Jingmen Fengyue

Chapter 256 Husband and wife (1)
Seeing that he was determined to follow, Xie Fanghua didn't want to waste any more time, so she nodded and walked towards the gate of the city.

Li Muqing smiled and followed her.

The two arrived at the south gate one after the other.

After the first day of the Lunar New Year, the gates of the city were opened during the day, and some relatives of the people lived in the city, and some relatives lived outside the city.

Li Muqing and Xie Fanghua left the city without any hindrance.

Walking five miles outside the city, a horse was tied to a pillar beside a pavilion. Xie Fanghua stepped forward, stretched out his hand to untie the horse's reins, turned on the horse, and said to Li Muqing, "Mr. Li, there is only one horse. If you If you want to follow, I’m afraid you have to find another way.”

"It's easy!" Li Muqing nodded with a gentle smile.

Xie Fanghua clamped the horse's belly with her legs, and without waiting for him, the horse under her body rushed out like the wind.

Seeing that Xie Fanghua was gone, Li Muqing put his thumb and forefinger to his lips and whistled. Not long after the whistle sounded, an attendant led a horse to Li Muqing's side.

"My lord, are you leaving the capital?" the man asked in a low voice.

Li Muqing nodded, took the reins of the horse, and got on the horse.

The man looked at him and reminded, "Master Xiang said that he will be with you tomorrow morning..."

"Tell father, just say that I have something to go out of the city, and I will be back in two days." Li Muqing stopped him, put his legs on the horse's belly, and the horse under him followed the direction Xie Fanghua left.

Xie Fanghua's equestrian skills are naturally excellent, but Li Muqing's equestrian skills are not bad either.

So, at about ten o'clock in the night, when Xie Fanghua came to the next city, Xie Fanghua waited for investigation and when she passed the city gate, Li Muqing caught up with her.

Xie Fanghua turned her head to look at Li Muqing, but said nothing.

Li Muqing smiled at Xie Fanghua, and said warmly, "It's night now, this city is still a hundred miles away from the next city, if we don't have dinner here, I'm afraid we will be hungry when we reach the next city."

Xie Fanghua nodded.

The two handed in the customs clearance documents one after the other and entered the city.

In front of a not too luxurious door, Xie Fanghua glanced inside, only to see that there are so many people inside, the food must be better.He tied the reins of the horse and planned to go in.

Li Muqing immediately stretched out his hand to grab her, and said in a low voice, "This property belongs to Prince Ying's Palace."

Xie Fanghua immediately stopped in her tracks, and raised her head to take a closer look at the facade. She had just learned about the Xie family's economic context, so naturally she didn't know much about the facades operated by other mansions in the capital.Unexpectedly, this facade is the property of Prince Ying's Mansion.

It seems that it is necessary to go back and ask Qingge to find out what industries are in the major mansions in Beijing.

"That facade belongs to my house, let's go there! Its signature dish is sweet-scented osmanthus fish." Li Muqing stretched out his finger and said to a quite facade not far ahead.

"Okay!" Xie Fanghua nodded.

The two came to the front door one after the other.

After tying up the horse's reins, the two of them entered the door, and the waiter came out to greet Li Muqing. Seeing Li Muqing was stunned, he hurriedly saluted respectfully, "Master, why are you here?"

"Passing by!" Li Muqing said.

"Please go upstairs to the private room!" The shop waiter took a look at Xie Fanghua who was beside him, and hurriedly led the way excitedly.

Li Muqing walked upstairs slowly.

Xie Fanghua followed Li Muqing up the stairs.

The two entered the private room and sat down, the waiter immediately asked, "My lord, what do you want to eat? Or the old rules?"

"According to the old rules, add an extra serving of sweet-scented osmanthus fish." Li Muqing said.

The waiter was startled, "Don't you get rashes easily after eating osmanthus fish?"

"She eats!" Li Muqing pointed to Xie Fanghua beside him with a smile, waved his hand, and said gently, "Go! Hurry up! We have to hurry after dinner later."

The waiter in the shop understood what he said, and quickly responded, and hurried out of the room.

Xie Fanghua looked at the facade and furnishings of this house, thinking that the Youxiang Mansion of Qinggui family also had such a wealthy property, so it really shouldn't be too much on the surface.A noble family is not necessarily rich.

Li Muqing saw her expression in his eyes, and smiled, "Your Prime Minister's Mansion has accumulated for several generations, and there must be some family background. Qinggui is only a relative term. Besides, my father likes Qinggui, and I don't like it very much. .”

Xie Fanghua nodded, thinking of the Xie family, in comparison, the Right Prime Minister's Mansion is indeed much more noble.Li Muqing is naturally different from the one on the right.

Not long after, the waiter in the shop brought four dishes, one soup, and a jug of wine.Among them was a plate of sweet-scented osmanthus fish, which he placed directly in front of Xie Fanghua.Then he said, "My lord, this girl, you two are slow to use." Then he retreated.

"Eat!" Li Muqing handed Xie Fanghua the chopsticks.

Xie Fanghua nodded and took the chopsticks.

Li Muqing took the jug and filled two glasses of wine, handed one to Xie Fanghua, and put the other in front of her.

Xie Fanghua looked up at him.

Li Muqing said warmly, "It's not yet the beginning of spring, the weather looks a little warmer, but it's still a bit cold. We're going to ride horses for the night, so we'll have a drink to keep out the cold."

Xie Fanghua gave a "hmm".

Li Muqing stopped talking.

The two ate their meals quietly.

During the middle of the meal, there was a sudden noise from downstairs. This private room is located by the window, and all the situations facing the street can be seen at a glance.Therefore, the noise downstairs can be heard and seen clearly.

The two turned their heads to look out the window at the same time.

I saw a group of guards coming downstairs, about 30 people, surrounded by two women. The two women are charming, wearing riding clothes, and have exquisite figures. Even at night, they are especially eye-catching under the lights at the door.

The two women, Xie Fanghua, happened to know each other, and Li Muqing also knew each other.

One is Yan Lan, the little princess of the Yongkang Hou Mansion, and the other is Lu Xueyan of the Fanyang Lu family.

Xie Fanghua looked around, then looked away, thinking that Yan Lan and Lu Xueyan were not in the capital during the Chinese New Year and appeared here, perhaps like the many troops sent by the Yongkang Marquis, they came out to search and intercept Yanting whereabouts.

Li Muqing glanced twice, then looked away.

The two continued to eat quietly.

Downstairs was still bustling and noisy, and the disputes were rife.

Xie Fanghua didn't care about Yan Lan and Lu Xueyan arguing with the shopkeeper in front of this gate with these guards. She just thought that according to the time, Yan Ting left the capital at noon on New Year's Eve, and Yan Chen helped him avoid it. The men and horses tracked down by the Marquis of Yongkang have now come in the third day and night of the third day, and even if the road to Mobei is difficult, they have traveled more than 1000 miles.

Seeing that Xie Fanghua was thinking, Li Muqing didn't bother her, and helped her pick up two pieces of fish and put them on the plate.

(End of this chapter)