Ning Dao Covered with Snow

Chapter 183 Protect you
The moment he said it, Du Lingzhou regretted it.

Although he was spoiled by his family and was fearless, he was not completely brainless. He knew that what he said was presumptuous, so he raised his hand and slapped himself on the mouth, cursing: "I spoke without thinking, and I shouldn't have said nonsense."

Li Chengge laughed at himself, then turned and left.

The rest of the people didn't know what to do. Finally, Xiao Wang, who was most familiar with Li Chengge, ran after him.

Du Lingzhou knew that he had gotten into trouble by speaking without restraint, and he didn't want to argue with Yan Ciwan anymore. He left dejectedly with Huai Yan.

In the end, only Yan Ciwan and Chaolu were left staring at each other.

Chaolu spoke cautiously: "I always feel that Li Sanlang's background is unusual."

Yan Ciwan nodded to indicate that he had the same opinion.

Zhaolu waved her fingers and counted, "Xiao Liulang is the grandson of the prime minister, Du Erlang is the posthumous son of the general who protects the country, and Li Sanlang's identity is unknown but he must have a good background. So, it seems that among our group, only you and I are ordinary people with no status..."

At this point, Chaolu became a little uncertain. She looked at Yan Ciwan suspiciously and asked tentatively,

"Are you really just an ordinary civilian? Why do you have such powerful martial arts?"

Yan Ciwan explained seriously: "The martial arts I learned were passed down from my ancestors. Although my ancestors were somewhat famous, they had no special status. They were just ordinary civilians."

Zhaolu blinked and asked curiously, "Were your ancestors some powerful heroes?"

"My ancestors rarely showed up outside and always lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests."

"That's the hidden master who possesses peerless martial arts!"

Yan Ciwan touched his chin and said, "If you must describe it this way, then there is nothing wrong with it."

Zhaolu thought of the opera she had watched before. The hidden masters in the opera were mysterious and powerful. Her eyes lit up and she said with longing: "It feels like the story in the opera is reflected in reality. It's so magical!"

Yan Ciwan laughed: "Those are all things of the past. A hero never brags about his past achievements. Now I am just an ordinary person who is busy like you."

Chaolu was already immersed in the legendary story in the play, and she said with anticipation.

"If you don't have to get married in the future, we can travel the world together. In the future, you will do good deeds and I will heal people. Together, our two swords will be invincible!"

Yan Ciwan asked: "What about your mother?"

"You can bring my mother with you. When the three of us join forces, we can be invincible!"

Yan Ciwan imagined the scene and felt it was pretty good.

Rather than getting married, having children, and being trapped in the harem for the rest of her life without freedom, she would rather travel the world with her good friends.

Unfortunately, reality is not always as good as we wish.

After Xiao Wang's comfort, Li Chengge's mood returned to normal, but the relationship between him and Du Lingzhou did not improve at all. Whenever they met, they would always say something to each other.

On the first day of the New Year, people need to offer sacrifices to the gods. After the sacrifices, everyone packs up their bags and leaves Jin County by carriage.

Before leaving, Xiao Wang handed a book of past deeds to Yan Ciwan.

Yan Ciwan opened the letter and saw Ning Ci's name written on it. He was seventeen years old, his ancestral home was Xizhou, and he later settled in Jin County. He was going to Chang'an to visit his relatives. The magistrate of Jin County, Xiao Yu, personally guaranteed him, and he had the official seals of the magistrate and the military officer of the Household Department.

This is different from the pass Yan Ciwan bought from the black market. This is a real and valid pass! With this pass, she can freely enter and leave various towns and stay in inns openly.

She was extremely surprised and expressed her gratitude to Xiao Wang again and again.

The other party helped her a lot this time!

Seeing her so happy, her eyes sparkling, Xiao Wang was also very happy. He took out a purse from his sleeve and said, "Here is some loose change. I'll lend it to you without interest."

When she was at the temple fair yesterday, she had to borrow money from others to play archery, so she probably didn't have much money on her.

Yan Ciwan once again sighed from the bottom of his heart, Xiao Wang is such a good person!
She took the purse and said solemnly, "Xiao Liulang, I swear here that I will protect you well along the way!"

Xiao Wang smiled and said, "Then I will entrust my entire fortune to you."

Yan Ciwan patted his chest and promised: "I promise to fulfill my mission!"

The carriage traveled along the official road for seven days and arrived safely at Yizhou City.

It happens to be the eighth day of the first lunar month, and almost all shops in the city choose to open today. The streets and alleys are filled with the sound of crackling firecrackers, which sounds very lively.

Before leaving office, Xiao Yu had to submit his resignation documents to the local governor of Yizhou, and also wish the governor a happy new year, so as to fulfill his etiquette.

So everyone found an inn called Yunkelai in the city to stay temporarily, planning to continue their journey after Xiao Ke finished his business.

That afternoon, Xiao Yu ordered someone to deliver a visiting card to the governor's mansion. After receiving a reply, he rode to the governor's mansion on horseback the next morning.

Yan Ciwan, Xiao Wang and others were bored staying in Yunkelai, so they decided to go out for a walk together.

Jiang Tingyue and Liu didn't go together because they had been traveling for days and didn't want to go out. They just wanted to stay in the inn and have a good rest, so they didn't go together. Xiao Yun and Xiao Ting were both children at heart and didn't want to be trapped in the inn. They insisted on going out to play with Xiao Wang. Jiang Tingyue couldn't persuade them, so she had to entrust them to Xiao Wang to help take care of them.

When the group walked out of Yunkelai, Xiao Ting suddenly pointed at the candy man vendor across the street and said.

“That guy had set up a stall in front of our house before!”

Yan Ciwan and others looked in the direction he pointed and saw the vendor sitting on a small stool, skillfully making candy figures with his hands.

The peddler seemed to be aware of the gazes from across the street. He raised his head and glanced across the street, and happened to meet the gazes of Yan Ci Wan and others.

The peddler looked to be in his early twenties. He was wearing a round-necked, narrow-sleeved robe commonly worn by ordinary people at that time, and a black fu hat on his head. He had dark skin, a broad forehead, a square face, and thick lips. He looked honest and simple.

He quickly looked away and continued to make the candy figure seriously.

Yan Ciwan looked at him twice more, then looked at Xiao Ting and asked, "Are you sure it's him?"

Xiao Ting hesitated for a moment before saying, "It should be him. I was on the tree at the time, looking down from above, and could only see the upper half of his face."

Yan Ci Wan and Xiao Wang looked at each other.

Xiao Wang understood what she meant. The candy figurine vendor might have followed them all the way from Jin County to Yizhou City.

Now they have all left Yunkelai, only Liu and Jiang Tingyue stayed in the inn with a few maids and servants. Just in case, Xiao Wang asked Uncle Jiu to stay in the inn to protect the safety of Liu and Jiang Tingyue.

(End of this chapter)