As soon as Jiangmen Jiaojiao opened her eyes, she was paranoid that the prince had come to steal her

Chapter 327
Xie Zhaozhao pursed his lips, "Is it Qizhou?"

"How do you know?" Lu Jingrong asked in surprise, suddenly understanding something, "You also went to Qizhou for that matter? What a coincidence."

"Yes." Xie Zhaozhao nodded and asked, "Sir, are you going with Mr. Lu?"

"No, he left first and asked me to follow him. What about you, how do you leave?"

"Myself...since sir is alone, why not let us go together so that we can have someone to look after us on the way."

Lu Jingrong was about to say this, but he nodded when he heard this, "Very good, let's go together. Are you leaving now?"

"I plan to leave the city before the city gates are locked."

"Oh, okay, then I'll go with you and you guys ride horses?" Lu Jingrong looked at the carriage by the door and asked, "Do you have a lot of money? You will have to spend some money on the road. I don't have much money."

"..."

Xie Zhaozhao was silent for a moment and smiled: "I brought it, it's enough. Can you ride a horse, sir?"

"A little while."

"Then Hong Xiu, go to the stable and bring out a horse."

"Yes!"

Not long after Hongxiu left, he led a group of black horses out.

Lu Jingrong glanced at the horse in silence. Just as he was about to walk over while rubbing his hands, he grabbed the reins with some hesitation and stroked the horse's mane. "This horse looks quite tall."

Xie Zhaozhao saw his small movements in his eyes, and with a thought in his mind, he said: "Sir, why don't you ride my horse? This horse of mine is very docile. I will take this black horse."

Lu Jingrong looked back at the white horse beside Xie Zhaozhao and hesitated: "Is this horse docile?"

"Very docile. I ride on your side to ensure your safety."

"Okay, okay."

Lu Jingrong coughed lightly and walked over quickly.

Xie Zhaozhao's white horse indeed looked much gentler and more docile than the black horse that Hongxiu brought out later.

Even though Lu Jingrong nervously grabbed a handful of the horse's mane, he only raised the horse's head slightly.

"Sir, mount your horse."

Xie Zhaozhao straightened his stirrups and extended his hand in a gesture of invitation.

Lu Jingrong nodded and stepped on the stirrups nervously. His mounting action was a bit funny. After climbing up and sitting down, he nervously grabbed the saddle ring.

Xie Zhaozhao had always seen him as a calm-looking, knowledgeable saint with superb medical skills. It was really surprising that he had such a posture now.

Hongxiu and Hongxia both turned their faces away and suppressed their laughter.

Lu Jingrong said awkwardly, "I don't often ride horses."

"It doesn't matter. I'm walking at night, so I can't walk very fast."

Xie Zhaozhao jumped onto the dark horse neatly.

The reins of the tall black horse were pulled in Xie Zhaozhao's hands. The horse seemed to be well-behaved and not as arrogant and cold-eyed as when Lu Jingrong stretched out his hand just now.

Lu Jingrong secretly wondered if this horse had become a spirit.

"Let's go."

Xie Zhaozhao said: "Let's leave the city after the city gate is locked. We will travel at night tonight and rest at the posthouse a hundred miles away early tomorrow morning."

Lu Jingrong said "Okay" and followed Xie Zhaozhao out of the city.

This evening the four of them went jogging on horseback.

Lu Jingrong's riding skills were not very good, and almost all the muscles in his body were tight and uncomfortable.

If Xie Zhaozhao hadn't always been by his side, occasionally pulling the reins or giving him a hand, he would have probably fallen off the horse.

At dawn, the group arrived at a town hundreds of miles outside Beijing. When Lu Jingrong dismounted, his face was white and his forehead was sweating, and his steps were a little sloppy.

"Sir, please walk slowly." Xie Zhaozhao supported Lu Jingrong, and couldn't help but frown slightly when he saw how weak he looked.

It's only been a night's journey, and it will take several more days.

Looking at his appearance, Lu Jingrong couldn't hold it any longer.

Lu Jingrong looked apologetic and sighed, "Sorry, my riding skills are not very good, so I made you laugh."

"What did you say, sir?"

Xie Zhaozhao stabilized him and said, "Rest first. If it doesn't work, we can change the carriage."

Lu Jingrong's expression was rare and he didn't say much.

In fact, Xie Zhaozhao chose to ride a horse at night because he also considered hiding his whereabouts. During the day, there were many people on the official road, which could easily expose his whereabouts. It would be bad to let people in Qizhou receive the news and make arrangements in advance.

But Lu Jingrong was like this, so it was obvious that riding a horse at night was not in line with them.

Xie Zhaozhao quickly thought of another way.

After resting for a few hours, Xie Zhaozhao informed Lu Jingrong of his idea during lunch, "My husband and I can dress up as traveling doctors, so that we can travel day and night depending on the situation. Hongxiu, Hongxia and I will alternate between resting and driving."

"Whatever suits you." Lu Jingrong really didn't want to ride a horse anymore.

The inside of my leg was so painful all night last night that it almost cost me half my life.

Suddenly Lu Jingrong reacted again, "Can you still drive?"

"Yes." Xie Zhaozhao nodded, "I used to be in the army with my parents, and I also drove a chariot. That was more difficult than a chariot."

Lu Jingrong said "Oh" and looked at Xie Zhaozhao with a hint of approval in his eyes, "You are very different from ordinary women."

Xie Zhaozhao smiled without saying much and motioned for everyone to eat quickly.

If you want to change your look, you need to buy some things, and the carriage also needs to be bought now.

After eating and shopping, it was dusk again, and it was already late.

Xie Zhaozhao decided to stay here for one night.

Early the next morning, the four of them got on the carriage and went to the countryside. They changed their clothes on the carriage and became very simple and inconspicuous.

Xie Zhaozhao and Lu Jingrong were sitting in the carriage, while Hongxiu and Hongxia were sitting on the shaft of the carriage and driving forward.

Xie Zhaozhao leaned against the car wall and fell asleep for a while. Suddenly he remembered something, opened his eyes and asked, "Master Lu wants you to assist in investigating the case. Does the case involve medical poisoning or something like that?"

"Not sure." Lu Jingrong shook his head, "He called me over that day and told me that he was going on a long trip. I heard him talking to his people about the missing child, who was still only two years old, and I remembered one Evil recipe.”

"What evil recipe?"

"Master told me about this evil recipe, which is basically... to use children's skulls to make medicine to prolong life. I mentioned it casually, and he asked me to go there too."

Xie Zhaozhao was startled for a moment, and suddenly his back felt cold.

If those missing children were really captured and their skulls were taken to refine medicine, then who in Qizhou was behind this?

The fourth brother was also involved.

Did Fourth Brother discover something when he wandered to Qizhou? Did he fall into the trap of those people?

Or did Fourth Brother just happen to appear there...

There are so many doubts lingering in Xie Zhaozhao's heart, but they can only be solved one by one when they get to Qizhou.

Along the way, Xie Zhaozhao and Lu Jingrong walked together.

After all, the carriage is no faster than the horse, so the journey is basically day and night.

When we arrived in Qizhou, it happened to be a gloomy day.

There were almost no travelers or people coming and going on the official road.

Occasionally, three or two people would pass by in a hurry with nervous expressions on their faces.

(End of this chapter)