Quick Wear: Male supporting role, come to my arms quickly

As he was walking around, Chu Yuan saw a dim sum shop in front of him with a long line, and he became interested.

If she were to ask what she liked most about the ancient world, besides all kinds of exquisite hairpins and jewelry, it would be the various cakes from Xingfangzhai in the capital.

Although the taste of ancient pastries is not as rich as modern ones, they are authentic and not overly sweet. They are also all handmade with just the right amount of cooking time. She loves to eat them.

But after leaving the capital, when I tried pastries from other places, I always felt that they were not as delicious as those from Xingfangzhai.

Nowadays, seeing the long queue in front of this dim sum shop, it feels quite like Xingfangzhai.

On a whim, she also lined up at the back and asked the people in front of her why there were so many people here.

The answer I got was that the owner of this dim sum shop, Mrs. Zheng, had married to Qi County from the capital a few years ago, and her husband was serving in a soldier in a nearby military camp.

In order to avoid having to see each other only once every few years, Mrs. Zheng came to Qi County and opened a dim sum shop. The residents of Qi County had never tasted such exquisite dim sum, so the business was very good.

Nowadays, the skills of making dim sum are not passed on to outsiders. She has tried several pastry shops in Beijing, but she wonders which shop the owner of this shop learned from.

After waiting in line for a quarter of an hour, it was finally her turn. She bought two very common pastries, osmanthus cake and jujube paste pastry. Although many people can make these two kinds of pastries, it is indeed difficult to make them to suit Chu Yuan's taste.

After paying the money, she couldn't wait to take a bite. The taste was very familiar to her. She called the boss over and saw that it was Linglan, the maid who was released from her mother's yard a few years ago.

Unexpectedly, she married a soldier in the Northern Army and followed her husband to the northwest. However, Chu Yuan had already disguised himself, so there was no need to worry about being recognized by her.

After buying snacks, we returned to the inn.

I heard that the northwest region has been eroded by wind and sand all year round, forming a unique landform. I have only seen pictures of it before, but have never actually experienced it in person.

Chu Yuan wants to ride a horse out of the city tomorrow to experience the spectacular scenery described in Wang Wei's poem: 'The smoke rises straight up in the desert, the setting sun is round on the long river'.

She knew that Mu Lang had important things to do and could not accompany her on the tour, so she did not include him in her plans.

But unexpectedly, after Mu Lang came back, he said that he had nothing to do tomorrow and could accompany her out of the city.

During these days of getting along, Chu Yuan could also notice that he treated him differently.

But Chu Yuan doesn't want to get involved in the feud between Tianjian Villa and Vinci Hall. Now she just wants to travel freely and live the life she wants.

Mu Lang is indeed a very outstanding man and meets her requirements for a partner.

However, as the young master of Tianjian Villa, he cannot avoid facing various blockades and hunts in his life.

If I succeed the manor owner in the future, I will have to deal with all the affairs of the martial arts world, which goes against the life I want.

She just wanted to live a peaceful life, working from sunrise to sunset. The days of fighting and killing in the underworld were not what she wanted.

After traveling around, she still wanted to settle in the North. If there was another war in the North in the future, her father would definitely be stationed in the North, where she could still meet her relatives.

After thinking it all through, Chu Yuan decided to stay in the northwest for a while before saying goodbye to Mu Lang and walking the rest of the way alone.

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Most of the area around Qi County is desert with little vegetation, and the roads you pass through when entering the city are all plains.

This time she wanted to go in another direction to see if she could encounter the spectacular Yadan landform.

However, after riding for half a day, the two of them still saw endless yellow sand. If they went any further, they might not be able to return to the city before dark.

So he planned to turn his horse around and go back, but he saw the lily of the valley whom he had seen yesterday riding a horse westward. Chu Yuan felt very strange about this.

Chu Yuan had seen Linglan several times when she was in the general's mansion. She was just an ordinary maid. It was obvious that she didn't know any martial arts. At best, she was stronger than the other maids because she did odd jobs in the kitchen.

Now seeing that her riding skills are so superb, and it only takes half a day to get here from the city, even though Chu Yuan has been practicing martial arts since childhood, this journey is not easy.

Since it concerns the General's Mansion, Chu Yuan plans to follow and take a look.

However, this place was deserted and no one was around. If Chu Yuan followed rashly, he would definitely be discovered. Chu Yuan wanted to abandon his horse and follow him, and suggested that Mu Lang go back to the city and wait first.

However, Mu Lang said that Linglan was heading in the direction where Vinci Hall was located, and he wanted to follow and take a look.

The two of them used their lightness skills to follow from a distance, but after a while Mu Lang discovered that Chu Yuan was faster than him, and his body movements were so light and agile that he had to wait for him to use Chu Yuan's force two or three times before he would stop.

He had never seen this kind of body skills before. It was simply a must-have weapon for roaming the world. If he couldn't win when being chased, he could just run away and no one could catch up with him.

Chu Yuan also noticed that Mu Lang was observing her movements, so she would stop from time to time to gain leverage. If there was no one around her, she could even maintain this speed.

However, this kind of lightness skill is too amazing, and Chu Yuan doesn’t want anyone to discover her specialness.

After following for about an hour, they saw Linglan turning around and entering a farmer's house. They didn't dare to get too close to her, as they had no idea what she was doing inside.

Not long after, she came out with a basket in her hand. It was covered with a cloth, so it was impossible to see what was inside.

After that, she rode back on horseback, and Chu Yuan and Mu Lang followed her back to the city.

The trip was not without results. According to Mu Lang, Vinci Hall is less than a quarter of an hour's walk west of the village.

Therefore, Linglan's whereabouts were very suspicious. Mu Lang sent two disciples from Tianjian Villa to keep a close eye on the dim sum shop and pay attention to the proprietress's every move.

Chu Yuan did this because Linglan used to work in the General's Mansion, and her husband was a soldier in the Northern Army. If she had any rebellious intentions, it would easily be detrimental to the Chu family.

So she was not in a hurry to leave here. She wanted to get this matter sorted out first.

The next day, before dawn, Mu Lang knocked on her door and told her that Linglan was riding towards the city gate again.

Chu Yuan quickly got up and changed his clothes, and the two of them caught up with Linglan again. This time, she rode north after leaving the city gate, galloping all the way, still holding the basket from yesterday in her hand.

Mu Lang found a horse and pretended that the horse was frightened and out of control, and accidentally bumped into the horse that Linglan was riding.

The basket in her hand was knocked to the ground, and five or six eggs and several oil-paper bags rolled out of it.

It didn't look like anything special. Maybe she brought some food with her because she was afraid of getting hungry when she was away from home. Mu Lang apologized to her repeatedly and offered to compensate her for her losses.

Linglan checked the things on the ground and saw that there was only a little dirt on the outside and a few pieces of the cake wrapped in oil paper were broken. She refused his compensation and rode away.

Since Mu Lang had already shown his face in front of her, it was not convenient to follow him any further, so Chu Yuan asked him to return to the city to inquire about the situation of Linglan's husband.

It seems that Linglan was heading in the direction of the camp in the north of the city, which is where the Northern Army is stationed in the northwest.

But today was not the monthly day for soldiers to have a day off, and Chu Yuan noticed that this was unusual.