Chapter 172 Tossing and turning

After a few days, Qingyunbao, which had been noisy for more than half a month, finally gradually returned to peace, and the Zhongyuan Festival was over.

During this period, Chu Tianya was busy with entertainment on various occasions and rarely pulled away. Xiao Linglong seemed to have disappeared from his life, disappearing for several days in a row. When she stopped, Chu Tianya went to ask someone to inquire. Only then did she know that she had taken Ada, Yelu Chongwen and four or five Yecha female soldiers into Taiyuan City to watch the fun many days ago, and she has not returned.

He Bo has always been most worried about Chu Tianya's marriage. After hearing about this, he complained in private, saying that Chu Tianya had been a little strange to Princess Xiao since he became the master. She left for several days before she found out. He advised Chu Tianya that there was nothing to do in the castle recently. He might as well go to Taiyuan City to find Princess Xiao. Otherwise, the beauty's mind has always been a small device, and there may be any estrangement from then on.

Chu Tianya thought that Xiao Linglong was not that kind of petty woman. At this time, she quietly left Qingyunbao, probably because she deliberately avoided not wanting to talk about marriage. She has always been smart and clever, and it is estimated that she also sees the interests and risks hidden in this brown marriage, which is not good, which is likely to create a rift between Chu Tianya and Jiao Wentong.

If you can't speak clearly, it's better to take the opportunity to tell her clearly, so as not to have a gap between the two - Chu Tianya thought about this and decided to go to Taiyuan City.

In the evening of the same day, he cleaned up a little and dressed up as a rich scholar. He took Xiaofei to pretend to be a bookie, and then Jiang Laosan dressed up as a follower. There were only three people in the group, and he disguised himself into Taiyuan City.

After the First World War in Taiyuan, the city was almost completely destroyed and the people fled. The current Taiyuan City is no longer the hometown of Chu Tianya. Not only has the city experienced repair and reconstruction, but the people in the city are mostly from other places. There are not many native people in Taiyuan, and few know Chu Tianya.

The city has just finished the Zhongyuan Festival, and there are still some Yuqing after the festival, and the crowd is bustling. Chu Tianya and the three of them entered the city without revealing their hiding, but they were all right, so they went to Fuxing Inn to prepare to settle down. In the past, this was the most lively place in Taiyuan City. All kinds of gossip and lace news should be gathered together. When he first met Xiao Linglong, he saved Meng De's wife Zhang here. Thinking about it, those things only happened more than a year ago, but now it's like a different world. Too many things happened during this period.

Now the owner of this Fuxing Inn has changed, and no one recognizes him when Chu Tianya and his party went in. The three of them ordered a simple meal and sat on the table in the corner to eat slowly, paying attention to the scene in the restaurant. Xiaofei wandered around and found the tea and rice doctors and the tricks of drinking to inquire about Xiao Linglong's whereabouts.

"Young master, can we hear her here?" When they went out, they changed their names. Jiang Laosan looked around doubtfully and whispered, "Princess Xiao is such a golden person, will you come to stay in such a cheap and sloppy inn?"

"I'm not sure." Chu Tianya smiled, picked up a cup of coarse leaf tea and took two sips casually. He said, "Princess Xiao is an extremely nostalgic person. There are not many places worth her nostalgia in Taiyuan City, and Fuxing Inn is one of them.

"If it's not here, will she go to the young master's former residence?" Jiang Laosan said bluntly.

Chu Tianya couldn't help laughing, "It makes sense. Wait for Xiaofei to come back to see what's going on. If you don't have it here, go to the old house of the Chu family.

After a young age, Xiaofei came back with a surprised look on his face. He said that when he inquired about the news, there was a letter from Dr. Chafan to him, which was left by Princess Xiao.

"Young master, she is so amazing. How did she know that you would come here to find her?"

"Bear it to me." Chu Tianya took the letter and opened it. Suddenly, his eyebrows sank and his expression became serious.

"Young master, what's going on?" Both of them asked in shock.

Chu Tianya slowly put away the letter, "It's okay. Go and pay the bill. Let's go right away.

"Where are you going?"

Chu Tianya didn't say anything and walked straight out of the inn. Xiaofei and Jiang Laosan settled the bill and hurriedly followed up. They found that Chu Tianya strode straight to the gate of Taiyuan, as if they were about to leave the city.

"It's strange that the young master seems to be in a hurry. Where is he going?" Jiang Laosan asked.

Xiaofei curled his lips, "I don't know - keep up!"

The three of them arrived at the big Cheping at the gate of Taiyuan. They spent twice the price and finally rented a mule car that was willing to send them out of the city in the middle of the night, looking straight to the northeast.

Sitting in the carriage, Chu Tianya took out the letter and read it again. In fact, there were only ten words on the letter: If you don't come for a long time, I will drift away.

"Young master, where are we going now?" Jiang Laosan, who was sitting outside the carriage, couldn't help asking.

"Taihang Mountain, Qixingzhai."

"Ah?"

"Don't ask more questions, just go!"

Hearing this, the handlebars were scared. He said that he was going to Qixingzhai, which was an old nest of mountain thieves who killed people and sold more goods. He refused to leave even if he was beaten to the handlebars, and insisted on turning around. Several persuasion was useless. It made Jiang Laosan take out his bad temper when he was in charge of the prison city, kicked the handlebar off the car, threw him some money as if he had bought a mule car, and continued to drive forward with Xiaofei.

The next morning, the mule car finally drove halfway up the mountain of Taihang Mountain, and you can see the majestic Tianji Pass from afar. The dark whistle of the horse guarding the cottage had been staring at the mule car for a long time. At this time, he rushed out more than a dozen strong men with knives and surrounded the mule car.

"Which friend on the road broke into the situation of Qixing Baozhai, quickly pass on his name!" The leader shouted.

Jiang Laosan and Xiao Fei knew how to be measured. Instead of shouting arrogantly, they returned to the car and asked Chu Tianya, "Lord, what should I do?"

Seeing that the behavior of Qixingzhai was still restrained, Chu Tianya was still satisfied that he did not catch passers-by indiscriminately as before. So he said, "Take my seal and show it to them. Just be allowed to pass. Don't say anything. Don't let too many people know that I'm in Qixingzhai.

"Yes!"

After a while, the people sincerely and feared to get out of the way, bowed neatly on the road with one knee, and sent this inconspicuous little mule car to Tianqianguan. Another one rode a fast horse forward to inform. Everywhere he went, the mountain gate was opened, and a unicorn flag was raised at the head of the city. Although there is no gong to welcome you, it is precisely this low-key publicity and silent domineering, which makes the driver Xiaofei and Jiang Laosan look a hundred times more.

The mule car drove straight into the Tianqian Pass, passed the Kaiyang Palace, slowly passed the plank road, and stopped at the Yuheng Palace. Along the way, the big and small leaders pretended to be fine, but they all held their breath and stared like great enemies, and no one dared to come forward to question.

Chu Tianya got off the mule car and looked at Yuheng Palace as usual, but the female soldiers of the police post were replaced by men. They stared straight ahead like puppets and only regarded Chu Tianya as air.

"It seems that Liang Xing, Fu Xuan and others have a good way to lead the troops. The Luos of Qixingzhai know the rules of military orders very well." Chu Tianya was quite satisfied. He did not stop at his feet. He directly bypassed the back mountain of Yuheng Palace and went to the fairyland of Yunhai.

At this time, it is the time of the Chen card, the autumn is cool and the sun is shining, and the clouds and fog that do not disperse all year round in the back of Yuheng Palace are covered with colorful clouds, which is not in the name of fairyland.

Jiang Laosan and Xiaofei stopped knowingly. Chu Tianya walked here alone and slowly. He saw a beauty standing on the edge of the cliff like a fairy in the wind.

Chu Tianya breathed a sigh of relief and said a little: Fortunately, I'm not stupid! She is really here.

It was this gentle sigh that shocked the beauty standing on the edge of the cliff with her hands behind her back. She didn't look back and said, "What are you doing here?"

"I'm looking for you."

"What do you want me to do?"

"Let's talk about it." Chu Tianya said quietly with a smile on his face.

"What else is there to talk about between us?" Xiao Linglong turned around without any expression on her face, and her voice was as cold as the water in the deep pool of autumn. "Since you don't want to marry me, why bother?"

Chu Tianya's heart thumped and thought to himself: What on earth did she hear? So far, her temperament has changed greatly? Or does she want to bargain with me on military power in this cold and violent way?

"Hey... you'd better go!" Xiao Linglong looked at Chu Tianya a few times, as if she had noticed a slight change in his face, so she sighed and turned around again, and shook her head, "Now you are not what you used to be. You have changed and become very strange to me. I think there is really nothing to talk about between us!"

"It seems that you are still angry, so I'll go first." Chu Tianya had almost no pause and said, "Flying Fox, since I can find Xingfu Inn and Yunhai Wonderland, I think you should understand what I mean. If you have to force the competition for interests to have something to do with our relationship, that's not what I want; I believe you don't want to do this. I will wait for you in Qixing Hall for three days. In the past three days, you have calmed down and carefully thought about how we should get along with each other. That's it. I'll wait for you."

After saying that, Chu Tianya turned around and left without stopping for a moment.

Xiao Linglong couldn't help but be stunned. After a long time, she suddenly turned around and only saw the back of Chu Tianya.

"He actually, really... left?"

"Now Chu Tianya is really not the Longcheng Taibao who used to be mixed in the market..."

Chu Tianya went back and got on the mule car and went directly into the core of Qixingzhai, Qixing Hall.

Although Chu Tianya had already ordered not to say anything, Liang Xing, the leader in charge of the Qixingzhai branch, had already prepared a feast to entertain Chu Tianya.

Bai Shu is also here. As early as a few days ago, Bai Xi was ordered by Chu Tianya to come to Qixingzhai to recruit soldiers and buy horses, mainly for the remnants of Liao scattered in Hedong and Hebei, and tried to buy some war horses from the north or Xixia.

There are not many people participating in the banquet, only the three leaders in charge of Qixingzhai, Liang Xing, Fu Xuan and Liu Ze, as well as Chu Tianya and Bai Xu.

"Why did the lord suddenly come? My subordinates are far away, and the children are also very offended. It's really a death penalty, a death penalty!" Fu Xuan and others did not have much direct contact with Chu Tianya. As soon as they entered the table, they hurriedly toasted and apologized with fear.

"It doesn't matter. Not to mention you, even I don't know how to get here. Chu Tianya smiled and raised his glass and said, "Please!"

Just one sentence made the slightly tense atmosphere much easier. Fu Xuan and others laughed and let go, and it was difficult to ask about Chu Tianya's intention.

Bai Xun laughed secretly in his heart. The master's answer was neither dignified nor dear, but also dripping... See the truth in the details. In contrast, the late eldest brother and the second brother Jiao did have a big gap with him in that aspect.

I didn't talk about any business during the dinner, just eating and drinking. Fu Xuan and others were very interesting. After settling down Chu Tianya's accommodation, they left and did not dare to bother. Only Bai Wei followed him tacitly and reported to him about Zhengding.

"Jingqian, how's it going?"

"Just started." Bai Xu replied, "I have secretly sent his confidants to various prefectures, counties and villages in Hebei, Hedong, to find those places where the people are scattered to spread the news, and recruit the strong warriors who are good at riding and shooting to come to join us. He will give preferential treatment and Xu Yi Hou Lu. In addition, Xiaosheng also contacted some horse gangs who were smuggling goods around the two rivers and asked them to buy good horses. I believe there will be news back soon."

Chu Tianya nodded, "How long has Princess Xiao been here? Has she known the news?"

"Xiaosheng hasn't met her here yet. I don't know much about it." Bai Shu replied, "But Xiaosheng guessed that she should be aware of it. Because Fu Xuan and others used to be close to Brother Jiao and were also close to Princess Xiao. If Princess Xiao interrogats face to face, it should be difficult for them to hide it.

Chu Tianya nodded silently and said to himself: Even if it's not for Xiao Linglong, I must come to Qixingzhai this time. This important village is, in the final analysis, like Jiao Wentong's private property; although the three leaders here are in awe of me on the surface, fools know that they are more willing to listen to Jiao Wentong. In order to eliminate the possibility of potential division within the Xishan Rebel Army, Jiao Wentong must be completely convinced of me; and to do this, the current Qixingzhai must be turned into my "industry"!

Bai Xu obviously thought of this layer for a long time. Only he understood the deep intention of Chu Tianya's sudden visit to Qixingzhai, but just smiled and said, "Did the lord make Princess Xiao angry again and make her go away in anger, so the lord turned around looking for someone and found it here?"

"No." Since it was tacit, Chu Tianya did not make it clear, but laughed at himself, "Singqian, it's not that you told her that I won't hold a wedding for the time being, right?"

Bai He smiled mysteriously, and his answer surprised Chu Tianya--

"Xiaosheng is guilty... That's right, Xiaosheng said this to her."