Chen Xiaohu caught up with Lu Sheige's passenger ship bound for the capital, but Zhou Yang had to disembark here and transfer to the canal.

A light mist gathered on the river, and the dark night separated the two large ships, each running in two different directions.

Chen Xiaohu was so anxious to catch up all the way that he got on the boat and drank two bowls of cold tea before he felt that his pounding heart had calmed down a little.

In order to catch up with Lu Sheige's big boat, he used both arms to paddle the Lu family's small fishing boat to Nanyang.

Fortunately, he didn't go in the wrong direction, otherwise he would have really gone astray with Sister Xiang Ge.

Chen Xiaohu has already thought that if he can catch up with Lu Sheige, then he will follow his sister to Beijing alone. If he cannot catch up with Lu Sheige, then he will go to Beijing with his brothers in Nanyang.

Fortunately, I was lucky and finally caught up with him at Nanyang Pier.

Chen Xiaohu put down his tea cup, breathed a long sigh of relief, and asked, "What happened in the capital that made my sister so anxious?"

Lu Sheige had just drank wine and her cheeks were slightly hot. She raised her hand and patted it before replying: "The emperor is ill and the queen mother is uneasy. She will call me back as soon as possible."

The emperor is sick?

Lu Sheige glanced at Wan Zhao, and after she left the room with everyone, he lowered his voice and said, "The emperor must be in bad condition!"

At that time, most people who wanted to enter the city would flock to the city gate, waiting for the city gate to open so that they could enter the city early.

At the third table, sat a young man. Perhaps his clothes were too gorgeous, so he seemed a bit out of place among the group of singers and messengers. He sat alone facing the official road, with a bowl of barley tea in front of him that was no longer hot. It looked like

It looked like he had been sitting there for a long time.

Wan Zhao cleared the table, turned around and walked to the carriage, preparing to pack it up. She was going to the city in an hour. After the girl drank tea, she probably wouldn't sleep again, so she had to pack up the carriage.

The blind man carrying the erhu, the girl carrying the basket, the boy lighting the fire, the man carrying the teapot...

Chen Xiaohu suddenly sat up straight, "What should we do? The prince is still so young."

He took advantage of the chaos to climb onto the carriage and dragged Lu Sheige into the carriage. Qing Kong, who was guarding the door of the carriage, saw that the handsome man was also about to climb up and kicked him: "Get out."

It seemed that everyone suddenly became fierce and fierce, rushing towards Lu Xiangge with knives and sticks.

Chunhua Qiushi stood on the side of the carriage, and Zhexue followed closely beside Lu Sheige, not leaving even half a step away.

Chen Xiaohu lowered his voice and said, "It's still more than an hour before the city gate opens. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be so many people around here. There are too many people around here and it's too lively."

They were almost entering the city, so in order to avoid an accident, Doctor Xie and his son did not come out of the carriage.

In the evening, I wiped the table clean and wiped the stools carefully.

There are four tables in the tea shed, three of them are occupied, and one is sitting facing the father and daughter. The old man is blind and carries an erhu on his back. He looks like a singer who travels around the world. The daughter is seventeen or eighteen years old, with delicate features and beautiful eyes.

There was a bamboo basket covered with a flower headscarf.

Chen Xiaohu did not speak, but there was doubt in his eyes.

The three postmen who were still drinking tea and watching were afraid of being hit by the fallen tea shed, so they rushed out of the tea shed screaming strangely.

Qingkong washed and ironed the teacups, poured a cup of tea for Lu Sheige and Chen Xiaohu each, put down the teapot, and walked to the carriage carrying another pot of tea, which was prepared for Doctor Xie and his son.

Zhe Xue protected Lu Xiangge, and the handsome man grabbed Chen Xiaohu's hem tightly. The four of them exited the tea shed and soon joined Chunhua Qiushi.

Chen Xiaohu sat down opposite Lu Shege, looked around, and frowned.

By the time everyone packed up their things and got on the carriage and arrived at the city gate, the sky had not yet broken.

He has grown up in the market since he was a child, and has done everything to make a living. He is much more familiar with the surrounding environment than Lu Shege and others.

"real?"

Ouch...

"What's wrong?"

Bang...

The busiest time at this city gate is probably a quarter of an hour or two before the city gate is about to open.

Otherwise, the Queen Mother would not have told Zhou Yang to let Princess Changle enter the capital quietly without disturbing others.

The handsome man fell to the side, and before he could get up, the tea shed was already in a mess.

Who is this person?

She has no medical skills, nor can she revive human flesh and bones.

Yes, the prince is still young. If something happens to the emperor, the country will be unstable!

This is a truth that even Chen Xiaohu knows, how come those ministers who care about life don't know.

Click...

"Zhe Xue, protect the girl and leave first."

Lu Shege saw Chen Xiaohu's expression was different and asked, "Is there something wrong?"

It happened to be midnight when the big ship docked at the dock outside the capital.

Some of the vegetable sellers who were selling vegetables nearby were so panicked that they didn't even need to carry the burden of carrying vegetables and plunged into the drainage ditch nearby. There were a few who were timid and frightened, but they still carried their burdens and ran away.

"Sit here, girl."

At this hour, it's not that there's no one in front of the city gate, but there shouldn't be so many people.

Qingkong borrowed the stove from the tea shed and started boiling water to make tea with the pot he brought.

In the second picture, there are three big, dusty men sitting, wearing the soap clothes of government officials, with sabers hanging on their waists. There are three post horses tied outside the stable. It seems that they are postmen who are delivering messages to Beijing from other places.

Chen Xiaohu frowned, what does the emperor's illness have to do with Xiang Ge?

There are empress dowagers, empresses, and concubines in the palace, but it’s not my cousin Xiang Ge’s turn to serve her!

Before the word "ghost" came out, the man felt a cold light flash in his ears. Before he could react, Chen Xiaohu had already raised his hand and pulled him away.

The tall city gate was closed tightly, but the tea shed closest to the city gate was already bustling with people. Farmers from the countryside were packing up the vegetables they were going to sell in the city today by the light of the tea shed lanterns. Small merchants and hawkers were also exploring.

You can walk around in the crowd with your head down, meet someone you like, bargain for a price, sell it from these farmers, and then pick it up and sell it in the city, you can make a lot of money.

"Not quite right."

Qiushi stood in front of Lu Sheige, and with a loud roar, he pulled up the thick pillars of the tea shed, causing it to collapse.

Hearing this, before Lu Sheige could speak, a man in fine clothes at the table next to them suddenly put his head over: "Brother, you also feel something is wrong. Let me tell you, this city gate is not usually so lively. There must be...

…”

But Lu Sheige always felt that her aunt had a deeper meaning in asking her to return to Beijing this time. It was not just because the emperor was ill, but there should be other things.

Chunhua wields a big sword that makes the wind roar.

Lu Sheige was protected by Zhe Xue and retreated all the way to the carriage. Before she could turn around, Zhe Xue held a whip in one hand and Lu Sheige's belt with the other, and lifted her onto the carriage.

What has it caused to others?

…

"Ouch."

The handsome man never expected that he would be kicked off the carriage. He didn't care about anything else and tried his best to climb onto the carriage.

Chen Xiaohu turned his head and happened to see him, stretched out his hand and pulled him down again.

The man in fine clothes shouted in panic: "I am Prince He of Prince Qing's Mansion, please save me."
Chapter completed!