It was a big battle, but because there were officers and soldiers clearing the way on the left and right, pedestrians on the street gave way spontaneously, so the caravans and horses came all the way smoothly.
The driving speed in the city was not fast, and the carriage clanged and rattled for half an hour before getting out of the city gate.
The official road outside the city is wide enough to walk side by side, with Daye on the left and Yan Guo on the right. The two teams marched together.
The carriages on Li Chengze's side were also covered with blankets, and a layer of bamboo mats was placed on top of the blankets, making them cool and comfortable.
There was a low wooden table in the middle, and a set of empty tea sets were placed on the wooden table. Because it was fixed by something like a square wooden frame, the tea cups would not fall down when the carriage was walking.
Look again, there are two small wooden cabinets with two compartments on the left and right sides of the carriage.
Gu Qingci opened them one by one, there are dried fruits on the first floor, dessert fruits on the second floor, tea leaves on the third floor, and the same wooden cabinet on the other side, with a kettle full of water and some commonly used thing.
Because he was going out with the prince, Li Cheng had told him to be simple in the morning. He only needed to bring enough clothes and silver, and nothing else was prepared.
There were many cars and horses, and dust was raised along the way. Gu Qingci took a few glances outside and then put down the bamboo doors and curtains.
She sat next to Li Cheng, leaned closer, and whispered into the man's ear: "I just saw that the two princes are served by maids, if I knew this, I should have brought the jade beads and bracelets with me."
Li Cheng curled up his fingers when he heard the words, tapped her forehead, and said deliberately: "If I knew this, I shouldn't have brought you here."
Gu Qingci acted coquettishly: "Sir..."
"Don't talk nonsense. I told you before that the road along the wall will definitely not be easy. It's summer again, and it's very hot. There's no ice for you, and you can't escape the heat in the house. As long as you don't find an inn to stay in the future, you will have to use water if you want." No, are you still afraid? If you are afraid before you go far, I will ask Yuan Bao to take you back."
"Sir, I'm just talking." Gu Qingci mumbled, grabbing his sleeve.
"It's not good to talk about it. There are a lot of people talking about it. If it is spread indiscriminately, it will be a trouble."
"Understood, I heard from my husband." Gu Qingci was quite obedient and admitted his mistake.
Sitting bored, after a while, Gu Qingci asked again: "Sir, which road are we taking? Where do we stop today?"
Li Cheng took out a map from the luggage he brought, spread it out and pointed it to Gu Qingci: "Hey, this is the route, you can enter Barnyard County at night."
"Bi County, I know." Gu Qingci said, her mother seems to have a relative who is the county magistrate of Barn County, "Have you ever been to Barn County?"
Li Chengze of Barnyard County also knew that last year the emperor ordered his subordinates to divide the area neatly, and the three surrounding villages including Hekou Village were all included in Barnyard County.
Besides, "Li Chengze" had indeed been to Barnyard County, so Li Chengze replied: "I came here a few years ago. Before Hekou Village was allocated land, the household registration of Hekou Village was included in Barnyard County. Although Barnyard County is close to the capital, , but it is under the control of Kaiyang Mansion, that is to say, next year, I will go to Kaiyang Mansion to participate in Qiu Wei for my husband."
"How could this be so? Don't you want to look far away, so you can't just stay in the capital?" Gu Qingci had never heard of this before, but now that Li Cheng mentioned it, she was very reluctant to get up.
Li Cheng said: "It's okay, Kaiyang Mansion is not too far away, but a journey of three or four days is nothing."
"But it's still troublesome, not as convenient as the doorstep." Gu Qingci said.
This walk lasted for more than an hour, and at noon, when it was the hottest time, the convoy came to a shaded area, and the third prince ordered them to line up to rest.
He didn't plan to light a fire to cook, so the cooks and servants carried the dry food and distributed it one by one.
The carriage stopped by the tree, Gu Qingci rolled up the bamboo curtain and looked out, curiously asked: "Why are there so many pancakes? Are they all prepared early in the morning, but they can't hold them in such a hot day."
Li Cheng was amused when he heard that, "Silly girl, it is naturally impossible to prepare dry food every day. It is just the amount for these two days. The total number of this team is about seven or eight hundred people, and they have to eat a lot of food in a day. You See how many food trucks are following the team, the team of nearly a thousand people is going out, and there is no food to prepare."
Where did Gu Qingci think about these things? When she was at home, she only cared about begging Li Chengze to bring her along, and didn't think about anything else.
They didn't fall behind either, Jianfu came over with a plate of four pancakes.
Yuan Bao and the driver sat outside together, took the plate for the master and handed it in, while picking up his own pancakes and began to bite.
Gu Qingci said: "Sister, I don't want to eat this, there are some snacks and fruits in the box."
Li Cheng didn't force her, and if she didn't eat the snack, it would spoil.
People on horseback will not be hungry if they don’t eat some dry ones. Eating two of this kind of firm pancakes and drinking a few cups of tea will surely fill up the stomach.
Gu Qingci held a delicate and small snack and put it to his mouth, eating it bite by bite.
Li Cheng took a pancake casually and chewed it carefully in his mouth.
"Sanggong, why don't you have some snacks with me, that's not good."
While talking, Gu Qingci picked up a piece of snack and put it in Li Chengze's hand.
Li Cheng smiled: "It's okay, the dim sum is too sweet, I can just eat this pancake, why don't you pour me a cup of tea for my husband?"
Gu Qingci hurriedly wiped his hands with a handkerchief, then turned on a water jug that was screwed up next to him, refilled the white porcelain jug on the small table, and then filled a cup for Li Chengze, "Drink quickly, Mr. Xiang."
This is cold boiled water that has been boiled and filled first, and there is not so much attention to it on the road.
Gu Qingci was full after eating three pieces of snacks, and put the rest in the box.
While not driving the car, Gu Qingci rested in the car for a while with a pillow.
In fact, it's better when the carriage is moving. There will be wind blowing outside, and it will be even more stuffy when the carriage is stationary.
Not long after, Gu Qingci's forehead was sweating, Li Cheng saw it, so he had to take out a clean handkerchief to wipe her off, and then took a fan to beat her, sighing: "But you know what to do?" You have suffered a lot, are you tired?"
Instead, Gu Qingci smiled at him and said sweetly, "I'm not tired."
Li Cheng could only pinch her nose.
After finishing the repairs, the convoy started to move forward soon. The speed was faster than in the morning. It should be that they wanted to enter Barnyard County before nightfall.
Gu Qingci fell into a drowsy sleep, but Li Cheng woke her up, fearing that she would not be able to sleep at night after sleeping too much.
While playing Go, he accompanied the girl in the next game and coaxed her to cheer up.
I didn't stop all the way in the afternoon, and finally arrived in Barnyard County until Youshi.
The more than 600 soldiers were naturally camped and rested in the suburbs, and only a team of twenty guards escorted the third prince and them in.
They found the best and largest restaurant and inn, booked all the remaining rooms, and a group of people lived in it.
After a long day of driving, everyone is hungry and tired. In an instant, the dozen or so tables downstairs are all filled with these people, and the accompanying servants go and order the waiter to just serve up good wine and good food.
Gu Qingci was tired and had no appetite, but Li Chengze coaxed her to eat a lot and gave her a lot of fish and meat dishes.
Now I can still eat a mouthful of hot and fresh food, and there is still so much distance ahead, I don’t know what the situation is, so hurry up and eat while there is a place to eat.
After dinner, the two princes were led by servants to the Tianzihao room on the third floor.
Li Chengze and several other people accompanying him chose a room on the second floor to live in.
Li Cheng recruited a waiter at random, and gave him some money to bring a bucket of hot water. The waiter took the money and happily agreed, "Don't worry, the hot water will be delivered to you right away."
The two of them took a bath and lay down on the bed to rest. Gu Qingci suffered from back pain after sitting in the carriage for a whole day, but she endured it and said nothing, but how could Li Cheng not know, but since she came out with her, she would definitely Suffering this crime, the first two days will be harder, and it will be fine after getting over it and getting used to it.
Li Cheng didn't say a word on his face, but his heart was still distressed. Gu Qingci lay beside her and pillowed his hand, while Li Cheng stretched out his hand and rubbed her back for a while.
Gu Qingci had buried his face, so he slowly tilted his head and glanced over, and called out: "Msanggong..." His mouth was deflated, there was some misty water vapor in his eyes, and there was a cry in his voice that he didn't know. Calling out, tears also fell out.
Li Cheng picked her up a bit, Gu Qingci immediately wiped away her tears with the back of her hand, and buried her face in Li Chengze's chest.
After a long while, I said in a squishy voice, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."
Li Cheng stroked her back and said in a low voice, "What's your apology, what's on purpose?"
Gu Qingci said with a nasal voice: "I didn't cry on purpose, and I don't hurt, really."
"Okay, it doesn't hurt." Li Cheng followed her words.
The two whispered, one followed the other's words, the night gradually deepened, and soon, both of them fell asleep.
A night without dreams.
Early the next morning, after getting up and taking care of things, everyone went downstairs one by one, had breakfast, settled the bill and then set off again.
Gu Qingci only looked at the streets of Barnyard County from the window of the carriage. It was quite lively. There were already many people setting up stalls in the morning. .
Yuan Bao got up early in the morning, and Li Cheng asked him to go shopping and buy more food.
No, as soon as I got in the car, I came here with a few baskets of things, a lot of snacks, beef jerky with various sauces, dried plums and raisins, and a lot of snack fruits.
There is also a basket with things wrapped in oiled paper, which is steaming hot.
Li Cheng laughed when he saw it, he probably bought a whole drawer of steamed stuffed buns.
So he said, "Fix it yourself."
Yuan Bao giggled, "Thank you, master." Then he shared the meal with the driver. There were eight buns the size of a fist, and one person ate four.
Gu Qingci blinked his eyes, he was afraid of choking, so he couldn't help but say, "Drink some water."
Yuan Bao smiled with white teeth all over his mouth, "Young Mistress, this won't choke me, I have a good appetite."
Gu Qingci couldn't help laughing softly.
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Just like what Li Chengze said, the first few days before the journey were really tough, but after getting through it slowly, I got used to it.
Stop and go along the way, stop and go, from the capital of Daye, it took more than 30 days, from the beginning of August to the beginning of September.
Finally, the Julien Mountains were approaching.
The convoy stood at the entrance of Yu Liancheng, and all the people looked at the mountains that seemed to be in front of them, and almost let out a foul breath.