This time I went to Shezhou, it was a good weather for several consecutive days. The Xinzhou Hou Mansion convoy traveled early and stayed overnight every day, traveling more than 100 miles a day. On the afternoon of April 17, it arrived at the north bank of Qingyishui. After passing Qingyishui, it was the boundary of Shezhou.

Qingyi Shui was called "Qingshui" or "Jingshui" in ancient times. It is a large river in Anhui area with a wide water surface and a strong water level. There is no bridge on this section of the river. There is a waterway station to provide boats and cross the river. The water post has a five-meter-long boat and four small boats. All of them were used at this time, but the convoy of Xinzhou Hou Mansion had many people, and the boats had to travel several times.

Zhou Xuan and Lin sisters all got out of the car and stood on the river bank watching the water post boatmen busy placing pedals and letting the carriages get on the boat. The horses wear eye masks and are led by the driver on board to avoid frightening the horses.

The water-street ship transported six double-shaft carriages across the river at one time, unloaded on the other side and returned to transport the remaining four carriages.

Zhou Xuan said: "It's really good. Food and accommodation are free all the way, and it's not a good idea to cross the river. Ordinary people don't have such treatment, right?"

Fairy Jingyi said: "The four scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants only have no need to pay for the ferry."

Judge Fan on the side said, "Marty, the scholars had to pay for ferrying in the Tang Dynasty, why did they avoid it later? There is an allusion here. During the Yuanhe period, there was a Fujian scholar named Zhou Kuangwu who went to Chang'an to take the exam. His family was poor and unable to buy a carriage and horse. He was walking on both legs and sleeping in the open air. It can be seen that when he arrived at Qiantang River, the owner refused to carry him across the river because he had no money to take a boat. He asked several ships that were like this. Zhou Kuangwu wrote a poem in the inn, saying, "The vast vast sky is far away, and the Qin Emperor is uneasy? There is no money to pass by the Qiantang River, and it blocked the two tides of Xiling." After seeing this poem, the local officials severely scolded the minor official in charge of the ferry and sent Zhou Kuangwu across the river for free. The poem was widely circulated by boatmen everywhere. Since then, the ferry has never dared to ask the scholars for money."

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "It is beneficial to be able to recite poems, and you are not afraid of traveling all over the world."

Lai Fu said: "My aunt earned money by reciting poetry, but she won three thousand taels of silver in Xuanzhou's 'Xie Tiaolou'."

Lin Hanyun said: "Brother Zhou Xuan is just a gambler. He gambles wherever he goes. It's too urgent to travel these days, so it's not very fun."

Zhou Xuan smiled and said to Fairy Jingyi: "Sister Daoyun has worked so hard to follow me in such a hurry. I went to Shezhou to have fun with my sister for two days. Tomorrow, April 18th will be the new tea party in Shezhou, and my sister will definitely like it."

Fairy Jingyi smiled and said, "It's the first time that the female road has taken such a long journey, and it doesn't feel it hard at all. Well, the Shezhou New Tea Party is the largest tea party in the Tang Dynasty. Tea merchants from the Song Dynasty, Liao Dynasty, Southern Han Dynasty, Wuyue gather, and even tea merchants from Xi Dynasty, Tubo and Dali will come from afar. In just five days, the tea business is as many as hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. And every year, several new teas that were not famous before emerged, and they entered the ranks of famous teas. The famous tea that stood out at the Shezhou tea party immediately doubled the price of tea, and the tea fighting at the tea party was very lively."

Lin Hanyun said happily: "Then sister can show off her skills."

Fairy Jingyi smiled and said, "I am not a tea merchant and tea farmer. What are you trying to show off? Just watch the fun and buy some new tea."

Zhou Xuan said: "Sister Daoyun can pretend to be a tea merchant. Aren't I pretending to be a salt merchant in Xuanzhou?"

Fairy Jingyi smiled and said nothing.

It took about an hour, ten carriages, fifty soldiers and their mounts all crossed the Qingyishui River, and the convoy continued to head towards Shezhou and arrived in Jixi County, thirty miles from Shezhou City in the evening.

Zhou Xuan was unwilling to be disturbed by local officials, so he and his sisters in the county went to stay in the inn. General Qi and fifty soldiers stayed in the inn.

As soon as I entered Jixi County, the air seemed to have the fragrance of tea floating.

Fairy Jingyi said, "Brother Xuan said that the summer wind is like tea is really a wonderful saying."

Princess Lin Hanyun smiled and said, "Then Mingfeng can be changed to Xiafeng."

The pretty maid Mingfeng quickly said, "No, Xia Feng is too vulgar."

Mingfeng and Jianyue, the two maids, were influenced by Fairy Jingyi, and were also very cool and elegant in the forest, and their words and deeds were all elegant.

Everyone found a hotel called "Xinming Inn" to stay. Compared to the last time they stayed in "Yuelai Inn", there were two more people, Xiahou Liusu and Yuerzhumaid.

Xiahou Liusu has been a human being with a fox tail between her foxes these days. She wants to get close to Zhou Xuan. There are too many people around Zhou Xuan. When she stays in the room, she either plays chess with Sanchi or talks about tea with Fairy Jingyi. She can't get in at all. She can't hear anything about Qingyuan Protectorate from everyone's words.

Xiahou Liusu thought to himself: "Since it is a secret order, there must be very few people who know it. It is estimated that only Zhou Xuan and his personal guard - the two people who are known as Mr. Lao San, know it, but Mr. Lao San's martial arts are unfathomable, and even the third sister-in-law is also an extremely powerful person."

The day before yesterday, a carriage was stuck in a mud pit, and the two horses driving could not struggle. Sanchi walked over and pulled it on the shaft. He easily pulled it up with a weight of thousands of pounds of goods in the car.

The third sister-in-law killed a cabbage that jumped through the bushes on the roadside with a small stone yesterday. It was really terrible. It was not something that Xiahou Liusu could deal with.

Xiahou Liusu knew her situation and could only get close to Zhou Xuan by using her own female sex. But she was a virgin and was also afraid of serving Zhou Xuan. She came to Xuanzhou from Quanzhou to be a famous y, but she was not a good person. Now Young Master Lianchang asked her to follow Zhou Xuan to investigate the secret orders. Zhou Xuan is her master. The master wants to favor her and ask her to serve her. Can she refuse?

Fortunately, Zhou Xuan didn't seem to be very impatient. She hadn't asked her to sleep in the past few days. Xiahou Liusu was both relieved and disappointed. She was very confused about the future. The progress and turning points of things were not something she could control or control. In addition, Zhou Xuan's lukewarm attitude towards her made her a little resentful.

Xiahou Liusu is arrogant and beautiful, and can be literary and martial, but Zhou Xuan is not very surprised by her. She once mentioned a woman with a little flirting. It seems that the girl with a little flirting looks and music are above her. Even the Lin sisters who are compatible with Zhou Xuan and brothers and sisters are all first-class beauties. It seems that Zhou Xuan is a beautiful woman this time, so she doesn't care much about Xiahou Liusu, which makes Xiahou Liusu quite depressed.

After dinner at the "Xinming Inn", they all took a bath and rested. Xiahou Liusu and Yuer slept. Where could Xiahou Liusu sleep? Seeing that the moon was rising, the moon on the 17th night was still as white as a silver plate, so they took a jade flute and whined. It was like resentment, crying and complaining.

The little maid Yuer also sat down and was worried. She didn't know where she was going. She felt a false heart and whispered: "Miss, it seems that there is no need for Mr. Lianchang to let the young lady elope with Mr. Zhou. Mr. Zhou obeyed the secret order? You will naturally know when you arrived in Qingyuan. If it was fake, Mr. Zhou would not go to Qingyuan at all, then we--"

There was footsteps in the corridor outside the door, and the sound of Xiahou Liusu flute kept silent. He stretched out his feet and gently kicked Yu'er's leg. Yu'er immediately shut up.

Xiao Xun knocked on the door and said, "Sister Liusu, my son-in-law invites you to talk."

Xiahou Liusu's heart thumped, put down the jade flute, and replied, "Come on." Hearing the footsteps of Xiaoqian, he walked back.

The little maid Yu'er said, "Miss, is Mr. Zhou asking you to serve the bed?"

Xiahou Liusu was uneasy and said, "I, what should I do?"

Although the little maid Yuer was only thirteen years old, she had been in "Minglou Yu" for half a year and was knowledgeable. She didn't think it was a big deal to serve her bed. She advised: "Miss, this is a good opportunity. Mr. Zhou is willing to get close to you and ask you to serve her closely. You can take the opportunity to find out his secret order and then we will leave here."

Xiahou Liusu gave her a blank look: "You are so gentle, hum!" He sorted out his hair and went out to Zhou Xuan's room.

Zhou Xuan was drinking in the room, and Xiaoqian was pouring wine while yawning.

Seeing Xiahou Liusu coming in, Zhou Xuan asked Xiaoqian to go back to his room to rest and said to Xiahou Liusu: "Liusu, I listen to you playing the flute and know that you are not sleeping, so I asked you to come and have a drink with me and sit down."

Xiahou Liusu's face turned red and she said, "Liusu is really ineffective in drinking."

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't let you get drunk, Liusu, will you sleep with me tonight?"

Mr. Zhou was really straightforward. Xiahou Liusu was panicked and said, "Liusu was a little uncomfortable today - today."

Zhou Xuan said "Oh" and said, "Then you have a drink with me. By the way, do you still remember the lyrics I filled in when I made a drink with you last time? Sing it to me."

Seeing that Zhou Xuan did not force her to serve her bed, Xiahou Liusu felt relieved, so she sang the two poems "Ru Meng Ling" and "Yi Jian Mei" to Zhou Xuan in a silly manner.

Zhou Xuan listened and drank by himself, and praised: "Good words, you should have a big white!" After a few big whites, he gradually became drunk and got drunk. He stood up and staggered to the edge of the bed, stretched his legs, fell on the bed, and then fell asleep.
Chapter completed!