Chapter 62
"Are you going to the northwest?" Ling Xiao raised an eyebrow, "Why are you going? Are you looking for your elder brother?"

"Yes." Zuo Xiangning nodded, "I have something very important to do with my elder brother, and I am very anxious. As long as someone can send me there, any amount of money will do."

"1 taels, do you have it?" Ling Xiao thought for a moment and said, "1 taels, I will arrange five people for you to deliver you safely to your elder brother within fifteen days."

"1 taels?" Zuo Xiangning pouted her lips and said dissatisfied: "You are taking advantage of the situation! Weiyuan Escort Bureau only has 200 taels of silver. Even if you are fast, the 1000 taels will be gone. You actually want 1 taels." ?”

"You have two options now. One is for me to send you back to Beijing for free, and the other is to pay 1 taels of silver." Ling Xiao said, "You decide quickly."

He walked to the table, poured a cup of tea, drank two cups in a row, and asked, "Have you thought about it?"

"You promise to give me five thousand a year, and I will pay it back in two years." Zuo Xiangning gritted her teeth and said.

Anyway, I'm not sure whether I can get the 5000 taels, so I might as well transfer it first.

"I want cash in cash." The man said, "This money is not for me, but for the guards. I can't let them get the money in two years, right?"

Seeing how difficult he was, Zuo Xiangning felt annoyed and said, "I'll go back to the capital."

Ling Xiao didn't expect that she would agree so quickly. He looked at her angry little face and said, "Take your things, let's leave now."

"Okay." Zuo Xiangning walked to the bed, picked up the bundle, and threw it hard on her shoulders, stretching the wound on her neck. She hissed and took a breath.

Ling Xiao frowned behind her, but before she could say anything, she saw Zuo Xiangning carrying her baggage, opening the door and running out.

"Headguard!" Zuo Xiangning shouted downstairs.

Ling Xiao quickly stepped out, hugged her waist, and dragged her back into the house.

Zuo Xiangning struggled on her hands and feet, "Let me go!"

Ling Xiao looked at her neck, which was bleeding again, and shouted angrily: "Be more honest!"

"If you don't let go, I'm going to shout, 'Prince Zhongyuan is here!'" Zuo Xiangning turned around and glared at him, "At worst, none of us can even think about it!"

If Zuo Xiangning wanted to shout, she would have shouted.

In the end, she still didn't want to hurt him.

No!She just didn't want to help the eldest prince.

There were footsteps in the corridor outside, and a man's voice sounded outside the door, "Mr. Jiang? Are you okay?"

Zuo Xiangning looked at Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao also looked at her and whispered: "I'll send you to the northwest."

Zuo Xiangning blinked her eyes and said in the direction of the door: "Mate, I'm fine. I came to you to ask something, but I suddenly remembered it again. I'm sorry."

"It's okay. Mr. Jiang, just call him if you need anything." The head of the horse escort smiled and left.

Zuo Xiangning opened her big hands on her waist, turned around and asked, "I don't have 1 taels."

"What are you telling me to do in the northwest?" Ling Xiao said, "Tell me the reason and I will send you there."

"Ling Xiao!" Zuo Xiangning stared at her round apricot eyes and said angrily, "Do you mean what you say?"

Ling Xiao was silent for a while and said, "Let's make up my mind."

Zuo Xiangning glared at him, "Then I'll go find the horse escort leader and see if I can get some money back."

After she finished speaking, she turned and walked out.

"Ask the waiter to change the bucket of hot water." Ling Xiao said from behind her.

"What do you want to do?" Zuo Xiangning turned around and said, "You don't want to take a bath here, do you?"

"I will take you on the road day and night tomorrow. Today may be the only chance to take a shower and stay in the hotel." Ling Xiao sighed and said, "Enjoy it."

"I'll book another room for you." Zuo Xiangning took out a piece of silver from her bag and went out.

As soon as the door closed, Ling Xiao opened the window and whistled, and a man in black appeared outside the window.

"Let someone find out what happened in Zuofu in the capital, and get rid of the people who just broke into the room."

The man in black responded "Yes" and disappeared instantly.Ling Xiao gently closed the window, sat on the edge of the bed, leaned against the bed, closed his eyes and rested.

His trip to Beijing this time was quite difficult.

Some want him to go, and some don't want him to go.

He originally thought that it was only the eldest prince who did it, but now it seems that the second prince, the third prince, and even the fifth prince were involved.

The war on the border is tense. The emperor and his ministers should have worked together to resist the enemy. But now, for the sake of that position, several princes have long ignored the country, the country, and the life and death of the border officers. They only think about how to use this opportunity to eradicate dissidents and put their own people in power for the future. Prepare for the inheritance.

The emperor is now in good health and everything is fine. If anything goes wrong, the capital may be in chaos.

There was the sound of panicked running outside.

Ling Xiao opened his eyes suddenly, walked to the door, and bumped into Zuo Xiangning who ran in.

Ling Xiao asked nervously: "Why are you running?"

"The man in black who just broke in was killed!" Zuo Xiangning said with a pale face: "It's in the lobby on the first floor. There are more than 20 people there, but I didn't even see who killed him."

Ling Xiao frowned. He should have told him not to kill at the inn.

"Have you finished talking to the escort chief?" Ling Xiao asked.

"That's it." Zuo Xiangning pursed her lips and said, "I won't give back a cent of the money from the horse escort. I said the account has to be settled back to the General Escort Bureau in the capital. He is an escort and has no reason to return the money."

"Take your things and let's leave now." Ling Xiao said.

"Now?" Zuo Xiangning said hesitantly: "It's dark outside."

"Someone was killed in the inn, and everyone is suspected. The government officials will arrive soon, and no one can leave." Ling Xiao said, "I don't have time to waste time here."

Zuo Xiangning had no time to waste.

She picked up the bundle and followed Ling Xiao to the window.

Ling Xiao glanced outside first, then hugged Zuo Xiangning's waist and whispered, "Don't be afraid."

Zuo Xiangning felt her body light up and her feet left the ground. She was so frightened that she almost screamed. She quickly closed her eyes and hugged the waist of the man next to her.

Ling Xiao looked down at the woman in his arms, wrapped his arms around her, hugged her, and ran to the stable not far away.

When Zuo Xiangning opened her eyes again, the two of them had already run out of the inn on horseback.

"Do you have a cloak in your bag?" Ling Xiao lowered his head and asked.

"No." Zuo Xiangning shook her head.

"The further you go to the northwest, the colder it gets." Ling Xiao held her in his arms from behind and let her lean against him. "You hold on for a while. Then walk another twenty miles and there will be an inn. Let's go there and rest for a while." Night."

"Okay." Zuo Xiangning agreed.

"Sit tight." Ling Xiao clamped his legs on the horse's belly and shouted: "Drive!"

On the quiet mountain road, the two of them rode together and galloped through the night.

Zuo Xiangning's back was pressed tightly against the man's chest. As the horse ran, their bodies rubbed against each other from time to time. The hot touch made Zuo Xiangning's face redder and redder.

She wanted to say something several times, but in the end she didn't.

Fortunately, the horse was galloping, and the cool night wind blew on my face, taking away a lot of the heat.

The two of them were silent all the way. After an unknown amount of time, a bright light finally appeared in front of them. Zuo Xiangning shouted excitedly: "There is a light ahead!"

The man behind him felt that his woman was far away from him, and he felt secretly unhappy.

He shouldn't have hesitated just now and just bypassed this inn and went to the next inn.

He could hold her just a little longer.

(End of this chapter)

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