Deep love and loyalty...
This person is really good at finding ways to flatter himself!
"Sir, the dishes are all here, enjoy!" Obviously the smart people knew that the superiors were not people like them who could make irresponsible comments, so the owner of the restaurant immediately left.
Shen Xihe glared at the smiling Xiao Huayong with a secret warning, telling him not to think that no one would recognize them just because they changed their makeup.
In the current situation, there are no pedestrians on the street. Although the city gates are not blocked, most of the roads into the city are blocked, making it extremely difficult for outsiders to enter. The two of them walking here openly would have probably attracted the attention of officials. He even dared to talk about the crown prince's temperament in front of others.
Isn't this clearly telling others that they are suspicious
Shen Xihe didn't believe that Xiao Huayong didn't understand such a simple truth, but he was still careless and didn't care at all. She didn't know what he was up to.
Shen Xihe's intuition told her that it must be related to setting a trap for Xiao Changqing and Xiao Changyan. So she didn't say much, and let Xiao Huayong serve her food diligently. She had a very delicious meal. After the meal, they did not stay overnight, but chose to continue on their way.
The owner of the restaurant tried to persuade them to stay, telling them that the road ahead would be difficult and asking them to give up the idea and stay here to get news.
Xiao Huayong bought some dry food, rejected the good offer, and continued on the journey with Shen Xihe. However, they no longer rode together. When they changed clothes at the Taoist temple, there was an extra horse.
In the drizzle, the two had just left the town when they felt someone following them.
Xiao Huayong took out a flute from somewhere, threw the reins to Shen Xihe, and put the flute across his lips. The faint flute sound drifted in the cold wind along with the drizzle.
Knowing that he had it all planned out, Shen Xihe, who rarely cooperated, became a leisurely listener. He calmed down and listened to the flute. With the elegant sounds in his ears, the cool breeze beside him and the drizzle, he felt as if he was in a world of crystal clear ice and snow, and his mind became clear.
To the extent that Shen Xihe forgot for a moment that he was riding a horse in the rain. He had no control over the direction of the horse. Instead, the horse followed a breath of air and moved forward in one direction at a steady pace.
Usually Shen Xihe was as sharp and alert as a beast going to fight in the battlefield. She would be startled by the slightest movement. When she was like this, she didn't even realize that she had unknowingly trusted Xiao Huayong so much.
Because he is by my side, I can relax completely.
After their voices were lost in the white mist created by the long-lasting rain and mist, a group of people who were following not far away came after them. After passing through the maze, they caught up with the man playing the flute, only to find that he had suddenly turned his head and caught them red-handed.
They wanted to pretend nothing had happened and retreat, but they never expected the man and woman to suddenly attack them, leap up and stab at them with scimitars in their hands.
Several people were on full alert at that moment, but before they drew their swords, a sharp cold light flashed in their pupils. They were fully on guard against the man who was attacking them, and it was not until the moment they fell that they realized that it was the woman on the horse who wanted to kill them.
After everyone was lying down, Xiao Huayong led the horse and Shen Xihe out from behind a big rock. A man and a woman standing in front of them, who were dressed similarly to them, bowed silently to them from a distance and quickly left.