A worn-out carriage swayed squeakingly on the official road leading to the south in the capital. The road was surrounded by green trees and birds were singing everywhere.

Most trees in the north are trees. For example, where there are fewer people living near the official road, trees often grow tall. This is because there is no people, and they are less cut down and damaged. The trees also have a relatively loose growth environment. It is precisely because of this environment that allows them to grow wildly on both sides of the official road without restraint.

Compared with towns and villages with relatively concentrated populations, these trees are lucky. In winter, because the north is colder, a gust of autumn wind can often take away the red leaves attached to the thick branches.

The falling red leaves are piled up on both sides of the road, and some even fall into the center of the official road. The paths in the dense forest will become thick and soft due to the paving of the fallen leaves, exuding the fragrance of plant transpiration and the smell of soil.

Although there are many people walking on the official road, they are not concentrated in the same period of time. Many people pass by here every day, but a day is quite long for a road. Maybe for a long time, you won’t meet someone in the same direction as you on the same road.

After leaving the south gate of the capital, there are still many people leaving the city together, bustling and continuous. However, these people often head towards their goals after walking not far away.

The more you walk along the official road, the more sparsely populated it becomes, and pedestrians on the road become more rare.

Yun Zangfeng is the driver of this shabby carriage. Because he bought Hu Li, he didn't have much money on him. He used to be a boss and didn't know how expensive the food and rice were. Now, after walking in the world for a while, he finally realized how precious and important silver is for those who survive in this world.

He held a grass root in his mouth that he had pulled out from somewhere, and he didn't know who had developed such a bad habit of pretending to be cool. As long as he was maverick and did not affect others' appearance, he was cool and handsome for such a fledgling young man.

While humming a minor tune with incomplete tones, it was like a kind of opera brought from a mountain village. It was more like a kind of self-created noise, mainly focusing on entertainment, mainly to add a bit of rare fun to this boring journey.

The grass roots in the mouth were washed away, and the more I chewed, the more I could feel the weed juice splashing in my mouth. The bitterness was fresh, and the fishy smell of the soil had not completely faded. But this obscure feeling that could not be described in words made Yun Zangfeng feel like he saw through the world. He felt that between heaven and earth, only he himself was the most wise person, and everyone else was drunk.

Perhaps, this is what is called "Everyone is drunk and I am awake alone, and everyone is awake and I am drunk alone.

The person sitting in the carriage was naturally the charming little lady Hu Li. Hu Li's appearance cannot be called a stunning beauty, but it can be regarded as a slap in the moon. Perhaps the fox tribe's talent brought Hu Li a natural advantage, so there is no need to mention her appearance, she is the best class, and she has an inexperienced youth and the natural charm of the fox tribe. This is the thing that harms the country and the people.

Xiao Hu Li poked a small head out of the carriage and asked Yun Zangfeng: "Young Master, where are we going?"

Yun Zangfeng drove the car, leaning on the door frame of the carriage obliquely, casually stretched out one hand and rubbed Hu Li's little head, making her hair that had been combed neatly and messed up, and then watched her tidy up strands by strand.

He yawned lazily, spit the grass roots in his mouth to the side of the road, and then said, "Let's go to Jiangning County City. Go and meet a few old friends and give them some things."

Hu Li didn't know where the Jiangning County City was. She didn't know how far away the place Yun Zangfeng was to go from the capital, nor how many difficulties and adventures there would be on this road. She only knew that as long as Yun Zangfeng was to go, she would be right to follow Yun Zangfeng.

So, Hu Li just said "um" lightly, as a response to Yun Zangfeng's response.

Yun Zangfeng looked at Hu Li's well-behaved appearance. He seemed to fall in love with the movement of rubbing her hair. He reached out and made her hair fly up. He then pinched the ears of the two cute foxes that were exposed because they were not covered with a cap.

Hu Li was not angry or impatient, and she would not have handed Yun Zangfeng a angry look like a woman who had been experienced for a long time. She just retracted her head back into the carriage and sorted out her hair that had been messed up countless times.

"We will go to the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou first. Then take a boat from Hangzhou to Jiangning County City, which will be faster." Yun Zangfeng knew that Hu Li could hear it, but he still turned up the volume a little and said to the little fox girl in the carriage.

As Yun Zangfeng expected, there was still only an inauspicious word "可" in the carriage, and there was no other word.

The starting point of the Grand Canal in Beijing is in Beijing. Logically speaking, Yun Zangfeng boarded the boat directly from Beijing to Beijing is the most time-saving way. But Yun Zangfeng thought that the capital was at the foot of the emperor, and he had just broken up with the second prince Ji Buyu, so Ji Xiu would definitely know about this matter very quickly.

What's more, Yun Zangfeng took away the sword secret book sent by Ji Xiu from the Second Prince's Mansion this time. Although he didn't want to owe this favor, he had to admit that what Ji Xiu said in the letter made sense. Xiaohu really needed this secret book.

Therefore, the first place Yun Zangfeng had to go to leave the capital was Jiangning County City, and he would not choose to board the boat in the capital to avoid unnecessary trouble. For example, he was arrested by secret guards or local soldiers at the dock because he had stole secret books in the palace or something.

After walking for a few days, Yun Zangfeng finally walked from the capital to the boundary of Qiluzhou and arrived in Linqing City.

Along the way, Yun Zangfeng, who took Hu Li to the official road, encountered more than ten disasters in just a few days. This is not difficult to understand. There is never a shortage of people with great ambitions in this world, nor is there a lack of people with rebellious heads.

In addition to those who are kings who want to fight against the court with their own strength and geographical advantages, there are also many scumbags who want to plunder other people's wealth because of their personal desires or their own brute force.

Even a year or two ago, there were many bandit villages that were roaming and committing crimes on various hills in the Qinling Mountains, let alone scattered thieves. Besides, there were thieves in the peaceful and prosperous times, otherwise where did the sword technique that Yun Zangfeng hid in his arms come from.

These are not what Yun Zangfeng was surprised. What surprised Yun Zangfeng was that the journey was not too far from the capital, with dense towns and strong government forces enough. However, even in places where the government was still stable, all kinds of clowns and monsters dared to rob the road, and other places were indeed imagined.

He couldn't help but think of the Heishuiwu when he took a boat from Yuzhou City to Yangzhou. Although the leader died on the merchant ship, some remaining troops were wandering around. He swept away a Heishuiwu and Chishuiwu. Huangshuiwu would appear on various rivers to seize money and harm people's lives.

These things cannot be solved by him, a person who travels around the world by relying on his martial arts skills. He still has to rely on the stable and extremely powerful regime established by his second uncle.

Linqing City is a large and medium-sized city in Qilu Prefecture in the west. Since the Grand Canal passes through here, the economic array is very good. Compared with those cities in the west, it is also quite lively. It is a good thing to have a lot of people, and sometimes it will cause a lot of trouble.

For example, this time, when Yun Zangfeng entered the city, it was already dark and he was pulled by the guards at the city gate for a long time. With the experience of the capital, Yun Zangfeng stuffed a lot of money before passing the pass, and did not expose Hu Li to the sight of the officers and soldiers guarding the city.

When the carriage arrived at the dock, it was already dark. The ship from Linqing City to Hangzhou had either set off or did not set off for the time being. Yun Zangfeng was not good at breaking other people's rules and plans, so he found a smaller boat, stuffed some money, and agreed to set off time, so he thought it was to buy a high-priced boat ticket in advance, and then he returned to the city to find an inn to stay.

This means that there are many people in trouble. Although Linqing City is not an important waterway hub and transportation route, it is a must-pass place for merchant ships and passenger ships on the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou. There are many people coming here to unload goods, and these people often choose to stay in Linqing City for one night to relieve the fatigue and set off.

Yun Zangfeng drove a carriage and asked five or six large inns, which seemed to be large, but there was no room left. He couldn't take out one, so he had to find a dilapidated inn in the north corner of the city to settle in.

The inn's signature is pitch black, as if it had been burned by fire or smoked. There was only a lantern lit at the door, and there were a few tables inside, which looked unpopular.

"Is it a black shop? The legendary shop selling human meat buns?" Yun Zangfeng thought so in his heart, and stopped at the door. Then he shook his head and denied his thoughts.

Where can black shops be opened in a bustling town? Isn’t this waiting for the government to investigate?

With this idea in mind, Yun Zangfeng shouted loudly: "Is anyone there? Come out and say hello, tie the carriage for me, we want to stay in a hotel."

After shouting this sentence, Yun Zangfeng thought to himself that the hall of this store was too weak to see it. Even if other inns were full, they would have to come out to greet them. If they were embarrassed to leave with a smile, they would leave.

It is said that the store is bullying customers. The store is so dilapidated that it is even more embarrassing to put customers in such a pretentious manner? No wonder the business is so bad.

After waiting for a long time, no one responded. Yun Zangfeng turned over and got out of the carriage, walked into the store, preparing to see what was going on. However, when he walked into the store, Yun Zangfeng found that there was no figure in the store. The sparse tables were covered with dust, and the wine racks behind the counter were covered with spider webs. It didn't look like someone was often moving.

But if no one moves, what's going on with a lantern lit up at the door is simply incredible, and there is a weirdness everywhere.

Thinking of the carriage still parked at the door, Yun Zangfeng turned back to the door. As soon as he turned his back, he felt a cold feeling on his back, but it was not the coldness that made his hair stand on his hair, but it was like a coldness lying on the ice.

Yun Zangfeng looked back and saw nothing behind him, only the spider web on the wine rack was shaking slightly by the wind.

He didn't care too much, just thought it was his own illusion. When he looked back at the carriage, he saw a tall woman in white standing next to the carriage with disheveled hair.

"Customer, do you stay in a hotel?"
Chapter completed!