After dressing as a substitute princess

After continuing to travel by boat for more than ten days, and then transferred to a horse-drawn carriage for several days, Chen Nuo and his party finally arrived in Xiangchuan Prefecture.

After arriving in Xiangchuan Prefecture, Chen Nuo found out that there was a flood last year. Outside Xiangchuan City, there were mourners everywhere, and many victims who fled from the disaster stood outside the city and waited for the relief from the government after the city gate opened.

The disaster victims saw that Chen Nuo and his party were well dressed, and that although the carriage style was ordinary, it was already an extremely luxurious thing here. They could see that Chen Nuo and the others belonged to rich people.

Chen Nuo lifted a corner of the curtain of the car, and found that the victims of the disaster were slowly surrounding them, and immediately said to Li Shi, "Grandma, we must enter the city as soon as possible."

"Well, let the guards outside be alert."

Qu Moting also saw the victims outside and thought they were very pitiful, "Brother, should we give them some food?"

"Let's go to the city first, Xiaoting, they are pitiful, but they are also very dangerous."

Chen Nuo recalled the days when he was begging with Chen Yusheng and the others. The beggars looked pitiful, but in order to survive, some of them had no moral bottom line.

There was once a beggar head who tried to exchange a chicken leg for a night of spring dinner with Chen Yusheng. Fortunately, Chen Yusheng was not a real beggar. He was also a bandit leader for a while. Nuo ate a chicken leg.

The carriage began to speed up towards the city gate, Chen Nuo supported Li Shi to prevent her from being bumped into, and then said to Qu Moting: "Xiao Ting, kindness must be used in the right place, not everyone deserves sympathy."

Qu Moting nodded seriously, "I understand, brother."

Naturally, those victims couldn't run the carriage, and finally they entered Xiangchuan City safely.

The carriage came all the way to the old house of the Qu family, and I heard that the family of Duke Qu's concubine still lived in the old house, but they haven't come back for many years, and they don't know what's going on now.

Mrs. Li said that Qu Guogong once sent someone to send money back to repair the old house. Grandfather Qu also sent money back when he was alive, but that was many years ago.

The group of them came to the Qu family's old house, but what they saw was dilapidated. The house was not too old, but there were many sundries piled up. Some places were overgrown with weeds. It looked like no one had lived there for many years.

Chen Nuo said to Su Momo: "Su Momo, quickly send someone to find out what's going on?"

Madam Su soon learned from her neighbors that there was only one sick young master left in the old house of the Qu family. He was favored by a family before, and he was forced to marry the dead son of that family. Now he is probably dead already.

Mrs. Li was silent when she heard this. She and Qu Enliang did ignore the people in their hometown, but no one sent a letter asking for help, so they thought nothing serious happened.

"Then who does this house belong to now?" Chen Nuo only felt sorry for the young master, but didn't care too much.

"Back to Master, the deed of this house is probably in the hands of the family who married Master Tang." Su Momo said.

"Oh...Grandma, let's find an inn to rest first, and I'll go find out about that family tomorrow."

"Well, listen to Huai'er's arrangement."

Li Shi is liking Chen Nuo more and more. Chen Nuo is not as fragile as an ordinary brother at all, he is a smart and generous child, and she even feels that such a child is indeed capable of adapting to living in the harem.

Early the next morning, Chen Nuo went out with Cuiping and two entourages. Madam Su had already sent someone to find out that the family was named Yan and lived in the East Street area. I heard that the family was still an official.

Chen Nuo went directly to Yan's house with the greeting card, and didn't beat around the bush. She just said that she heard that her cousin was married and wanted to meet.

Chen Nuo originally thought that the Yan family killed the cousin named Qu Molian and would not see him, but he didn't expect that the guard at the gate would invite him into the hall after seeing the greeting post.

On the way to the hall, Chen Nuo found that Yan's house was low-key and luxurious everywhere. The pavilions and pavilions looked ordinary, but they were very rare in Kagawa. They were full of ingenuity, passing by a garden, and saw many potted plants with precious flowers and plants.

"Where is my cousin buried now?" Chen Nuo asked the boy leading the way.

The young man had a strange expression on his face, "Although the young lady is in poor health, the young master said that her life would not be in danger. Where did young master Qu hear that the young lady passed away?"

"Young Master? Didn't you mean a ghost marriage?" Chen Nuo was taken aback. Did he see a ghost? ?

"Master Qu may have only heard part of the false news. At the beginning, the master and his wife misunderstood the death of the young master, so they married the young lady home and had a ghost marriage. However, the young master came back half a year later. It turned out that he was seriously injured and lost contact. , did not die."

The corners of Chen Nuo's mouth twitched after hearing this. He was so familiar with the plot that he couldn't help but suspect that the young master who came back was either reborn or time-traveled. He must deal with it carefully later.

Chen Nuo drank tea in the hall for a while before waiting for Qu Molian, who came late.

I saw a thin young man in a white shirt walking slowly, smelling like medicine. This young man was pale, and his body was as thin as a weak willow, as if he would fall down at any time.

Chen Nuo hurriedly got up and saluted, "Qu Mohuai has seen my cousin." No need to guess, he knew that this was his sick cousin, but he didn't know what disease he had.

Qu Molian forced a smile and said, "You are Mo Huai's cousin? Sit down quickly."

"Mo Huai recently accompanied his grandmother back home to pay respects to the ancestors, only to realize that so many things have happened at home..." Chen Nuo suddenly noticed that there was no red mole on the center of Qu Molian's eyebrows, so he is a man, and the Yan family is actually married. A male daughter-in-law! ?

"Aren't you surprised, why did my cousin marry into Yan's family as a man?" Qu Molian asked suddenly.

Chen Nuo nodded, then shook his head again, "I know my cousin must have had a very difficult life these years..."

Qu Molian suddenly interrupted him and said: "Cousin, please let the servants go out for some refreshments, I have something to say to my cousin alone."

Chen Nuo asked Cuiping to retreat, and Qu Molian also retreated to the left and right, leaving only the two of them for a while.

Qu Molian looked at Qu Mohuai, and said sternly, "Cousin Mohuai, my husband and I really love each other, so you don't have to worry, if you don't like me marrying into the Yan family as a man, then it's as if the composer doesn't have me." Do not be filial to your descendants."

Chen Nuo was silent for a while, he looked at Qu Molian suspiciously, then suddenly looked left and right, and asked in a low voice, "Do you like ice cream?"

Qu Molian was slightly taken aback, but instead asked, "What is ice cream?"

Chen Nuo immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "Phew, it's all right." He was so frightened to death, he almost thought that Qu Molian was also time-traveling, he must be thinking too much.

"Cousin Mo Huai, will you look down on me?" Qu Molian asked with a frown.

Chen Nuo quickly waved his hands, "No, I've traveled all over the world and never seen anything. Well, it's very common for two men to fall in love."

That's right, in Chen Nuo's opinion, there is no difference between a brother and a man. He has long since despaired of this gay world.

Qu Molian seemed to be relieved, and finally showed a reassuring and sincere smile, "That's great, I don't want to sever ties with your blood relatives, I'm not in good health and I can't go out, and the old house looks like that, you guys now Where do you live?"

"We live in a hotel. By the way, I saw many refugees when I entered the city. Is the disaster serious?"

Qu Molian also had a sad face when he mentioned this matter, "Well, many people have died. The city government is worried that those refugees will get sick and prohibits them from entering the city. They only arrange for people to send some food out every day, but that is just a drop in the bucket .”

"Why didn't I hear that there was a disaster here when I was in Zhaoye?" Chen Nuo asked, if they had known this earlier, they would not have come to Xiangchuan in a hurry.

Qu Molian smiled wryly, "Father wrote a note and sent it to Zhao Ye. He sent several letters, but he didn't get any reply."

"Father?"

"Well, my husband's father is the prefect of Kagawa Prefecture."

Chen Nuo really didn't know about this, why didn't Madam Su even inquire about such an important matter?

"Sorry, I didn't know that the Yan family was the prefect's family, but my cousin is lucky to marry into the Yan family."

"Well, my husband and my parents treat me very well." When Qu Molian said this, his face was filled with a happy smile. It seemed that he really felt that the Yan family treated him very well.

Although Chen Nuo just knew this cousin, she felt that getting along with him was very cordial, and secretly decided to recognize this relative.

"Since the cousin thinks it's good, that's fine. Grandmother Mo Huai will explain it. Don't worry, cousin. Grandmother has always been open-minded and is very close to the younger generation. She won't blame my cousin for this."

"Well, I feel at ease when my cousin says so."

At this time, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, Chen Nuo saw a tall and strong man rushing in like a wind, he didn't care about other people in the hall, and rushed to Qu Molian's side , carefully put on a thick plush collar cloak for him, and said in a gentle voice: "Daughter-in-law, put it on quickly, what should I do if I catch a cold?"

Qu Molian gave the man a faint smile, and said, "It's okay, it's not cold today, and I didn't blow the wind outside."

"I'm just worried about you, daughter-in-law. I won't be able to go out and work with peace of mind when you're like this." A big man with a height of more than 1.8 meters actually acted coquettishly on the weak Qu Molian.

"Why are you so clingy?" Qu Molian said helplessly, but there was a sweet and happy smile on his face.

Chen Nuo grasped a few modern words sensitively, looked up and down the man in surprise, the man finally noticed Chen Nuo belatedly, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you my wife's cousin?"

Chen Nuo nodded, and asked back, "Can you recite "Quiet Night Thoughts"?"

The man was taken aback for a moment, and after a while he read: "The moon is shining brightly in front of the bed, do you think it's frost on the ground?"

"The King of Heaven and Earth Tiger?"

"The Pagoda Town River Demon..."

"One two three four five?"

"Go up the mountain to fight tigers..."

Chen Nuo racked his brains to get a secret code, but the man couldn't bear it anymore and interrupted: "You're right, we must be fellow townspeople. What level are you now, kid?"

"Oh, diamonds?"

"What diamonds? I'm asking about your current official position. I've been cheated by those online novels. Getting promoted and getting rich is not as easy as in the books. I've been here for a few years and I'm just a head of a hundred households. Who said it every minute?" Be a high official, idiot!"

Chen Nuo wiped his sweat. He thought the other party was asking about his rank, so he said with a dry smile, "I'm not an official, my father is the prime minister, and look at the red mole on my forehead, I'm a brother."

The man squinted his eyes, patted his chest and let out a long sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "I also said that I was lucky not to become a brother, but it turned out that someone really became a brother..."

The man suddenly stopped, looked at Qu Molian who had a puzzled face, coughed twice and explained: "Daughter-in-law, your cousin is a fellow traveler just like us."

Qu Molian understood after careful consideration, and suddenly realized: "So that's it, he just asked me if I eat ice cream, is that also a specialty of your place?"

"Ice cream? Well, it's a specialty, it's a snack anyway."

Chen Nuo asked strangely: "What do you mean? My cousin is also here?"