Chapter 694 Mianyang City
"The cold in the capital is dry and cold, while the cold here is wet and cold. It feels colder here than in the capital."
In fact, nowhere in the northwest is it as cold as Beijing.
The capital is in the northeast, which is much colder than the northwest.
However, Xia Zihan was not used to the cold and wet. He felt a little uncomfortable for a moment and felt that it was colder than the capital.
In the capital, every winter, she basically spent her days on the hot kang. But for more than a month, God knows how much she missed the hot kang in the capital.
Zeng Jing and Xia Zihan held hands and got into Zeng Jing's carriage, and the motorcade went directly to Liao Jingtang's magistrate's office.
In the past few years, Liao Jingtang and Zeng Jing have been living in the magistrate's Yamen. The Yamen is also large and has several courtyards. The front courtyard is the Yamen, the second courtyard is where the officials rest and the Magistrate entertains guests. Three entrances to the courtyard , is where the young servants who serve Liao Jingtang live. The fourth courtyard is the inner courtyard, where Zeng Jing and Liao Jingtang live. The fifth courtyard is the guest courtyard, and the sixth courtyard is the kitchen and maids. Where the children live.
And the last courtyard you enter is the back garden. There is also a row of houses in it, with twenty cabins. It was a place built by the former prefect for the guards of his family to live. However, Liao Jingtang did not maintain the guards, but only gave him money. , he hired several officials to take turns guarding him at night, so that row of houses was currently vacant and could be accommodated by the bodyguards.
In front of the house, there is also a large open space, where the guards of the former prefect practiced martial arts. Now, they can park their carriages.
As for Xia Zihan and his wife, they were arranged to rest in the fifth guest room, while Shengdi Chu Cang and others also stayed in the east wing and west wing respectively.
Because Zeng Jing did not expect that Zheng Wenting would be there on the same journey, and she did not prepare his guest room. After learning Zheng Wenting's identity, Zeng Jing did not dare to neglect, and quickly ordered her mother in charge to send someone to enter the courtyard for the third time, and put Zheng Wenting in the courtyard. The two main rooms, which had been idle and unoccupied, were cleaned and arranged for Zheng Wenting's five masters and servants to live in them.
After arranging the guests, Zeng Jing took Xia Zihan's hand and kept saying, "Cousin Chu Yu, you have to stay for a few more days this time, or else, just celebrate the New Year here. It won’t be long.”
When this matter was brought up, Zeng Jing thought it was feasible.
She advised again, "It's cold and slippery outside, and the snow on the road is thick. It's hard to walk even if it's not clear. It's very slow. It's far away from the capital. How long will it take to get to the capital if we walk like this? Cousin It’s better to wait until the Chinese New Year and return to Beijing in the next spring.”
Otherwise, just walking and stopping here and there, I'm afraid we won't be able to reach the capital until spring.
Xia Zihan smiled and said, "My father-in-law is still in Japan and has not come back. My mother-in-law is spending the New Year at home with her two children. I am worried and want to return to Beijing before the New Year."
Zeng Jing knew that she got along well with Mr. Zhuo, as close as mother and daughter. She also understood her desire to go home and spend the New Year with Mr. Zhuo. It was understandable, but it was a practical issue...
She said, "There is only one and a half months left for the Chinese New Year. With that road, it will be difficult to reach the capital in three months, right?"
I think back when she and Liao Jingtang came to Mianyang City from the capital, it was just the beginning of spring, the snow on the road had just melted, and the road was not easy to walk. They walked for more than three months, which almost delayed Liao Jingtang's reporting day. .
Xia Zihan revealed her plan, "After leaving Mianyang City, Aqi and I decided not to go with the convoy. We will ride on horseback, and Shengdi and Chu Cong will stay with the convoy."
She and Aqi came up with this plan after they were hunted down by the First Floor in the World. They suspected that the killers from the First Floor in the World came specifically to hunt down the couple. If they continued to follow the convoy, what would happen if they continued to follow the convoy? The people in the convoy will definitely be implicated. They don't want to implicate innocent people, and they don't want to destroy the goods this time because of the pursuit of the No. 1 team in the world. If they want to ensure that the convoy travels smoothly this time, they must leave the convoy and lure the killer from the No. 1 team in the world.
She and Aqi's martial arts skills are both good. Even if the best killer in the world comes to kill again, she and Aqi can escape unscathed.
And the most important thing is that Li Sangwu said that any subsequent business on the top floor of the world will be relentless. Even if there is only one person left on the top floor of the world, that person will continue to pursue the target.
Neither she nor Aqi wanted to live their whole lives being chased by the most powerful people in the world. They didn't want to have people worry about their lives all their lives, and they didn't even want to have a peaceful night's sleep.
She and Aqi wanted to find out the lair of No. 1 in the world and have a good talk with the people from No. 1 in the world.
Since the person on the top floor in the world takes the business to make money, then it should be okay for her to pay more money to buy the cancellation of this mission, right?
This is what she and Aqi decided to leave the convoy to do.
Zeng Jing saw that she and Chu Jingqi had made plans together, so it was difficult to persuade them to stay here for the New Year. However, they still had to stay for three or two days.
The two mentioned Zeng Jing's children, and Zeng Jing smiled and said, "The older one has just learned to walk, and the younger one can only cry."
Zeng Jing called the maid to bring the two children to Xia Zihan. Xia Zihan hurriedly stood up and said, "No, it's cold outside. It's better not to let the children go out. I'll go see them."
The child was too young, and Zeng Jing was reluctant to let the child blow in the cold wind, so she smiled sheepishly, "How can we let the elders visit the younger ones? These two children are really lucky to meet their cousin."
Xia Zihan followed the maid out, then hummed and joked, "It depends on when. If it's summer, do you think I can show off my elders and let your two children kowtow to me?"< br>
Zeng Jing covered her mouth and said happily, "Cousin, I can't imagine what it would be like if you put on a family tree."
She knew that although Xia Zihan was a princess, she actually had the kindest temperament. Especially when it came to people she recognized, she had no pretensions to being a princess at all, let alone what kind of elders she would show in front of two young children. .
Zeng Jing is also blessed. She gave birth to two sons in succession. The eldest son has just learned to speak, and the younger son is only a few months old. Both children have inherited the advantages of Zeng Jing and Liao Jingtang. They are very cute and beautiful, and they are well raised. , fair and plump, and the flesh on her face is pink and tender, very easy to touch.
Not bad, just easy to touch.
After Xia Zihan saw the pink faces of the two children, he couldn't help but reach out and touch one, then that, and then another, touching the nanny who was holding the children. I couldn't help but be happy.
The younger one is still young and can only look at people with a pair of eyes as black as ink, and cannot even turn over, while the older one can even call people.
When his soft and waxy voice called her cousin, Xia Zihan's heart softened. She picked him up and kissed him hard on the face.
(End of chapter)