Chapter 214 The Most Dangerous Place is the Safest
Chapter 214 The Most Dangerous Place is the Safest
Xiao Ran had a smile on his face.
"You're welcome!"
The officers and soldiers stepped aside.
"Let go!"
Xiao Ran met Cui Boxian's calm gaze, with a smile in his eyes, and bowed.
"Master Cui, goodbye!"
"Brother Xiao, take care!"
Seeing the carriage drive out of the city gate smoothly, Cui Boxian turned around and left gracefully.
He heard that Su Xiaoxiao and Xiao Ran were going to leave the city, and guessed that Peng Xuemin would follow them.
In order to help Peng Xuemin leave the city smoothly, he came to the city gate specifically.
Fortunately, he arrived in time, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
As long as Peng Xuemin can leave safely, he will feel relieved.
Su Xiaoxiao and Xiao Ran, who had already left the city, also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank goodness we have Master Cui!"
"Who said it wasn't? You were scared just now, weren't you, my wife?"
"It's okay, it's just a little exciting, my heartbeat is fast!"
Xiao Ran immediately moved forward with a distressed look in his eyes and reached out to touch Su Xiaoxiao's chest, but Su Xiaoxiao noticed in time and pushed his hand away.
"What are you doing?"
It would be inappropriate to do such intimate things in the carriage in broad daylight. What if someone saw us?
Wouldn’t their image be ruined?
Xiao Ran looked innocent.
"I just wanted to pat your chest! Your heart is beating so fast!"
Su Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment.
It turned out that she misunderstood Xiao Ran.
Her cheeks flushed slightly and she lowered her head in embarrassment.
"Need not!"
"Really no need?"
"no thanks!"
Seeing that Su Xiaoxiao really didn't need it, Xiao Ran stopped insisting and took out some food.
"Wife, why don't you eat something? We still have a long way to go!"
It takes them five days to travel to Linzhou Prefecture.
They traveled during the day and found an inn to rest at night.
By noon, there was no village or shop on the road, so the convoy had to stop on the official road to rest.
Everyone took out the ingredients they brought and started cooking.
Xiao Ran said to Su Xiaoxiao, "The weather outside is nice, do you want to go for a walk?"
"Okay!"
After sitting in the carriage for a whole morning, Su Xiaoxiao felt very tired.
After Xiao Ran carried her out of the carriage and put her in a wheelchair, she looked at Xiao Ran.
"I want to get up and walk!"
"Your leg isn't healed yet!"
"Actually, it doesn't hurt anymore, it should be fine!"
"Nonsense! A broken bone takes a hundred days to heal. You've only been recovering for two months, which is less than a hundred days. If you want to fully recover, you need to take good care of yourself."
Su Xiaoxiao pouted unhappily.
"Then I want to get up and walk around! It's tiring to sit all day!"
Xiao Ran was really afraid that Su Xiaoxiao's leg would be injured again, but he still agreed to Su Xiaoxiao.
"Then I'll hold you and you walk slowly. If you feel uncomfortable at all, we'll stop immediately and sit back in the wheelchair!"
When Su Xiaoxiao saw Xiao Ran agreed, her pouting mouth immediately turned up, revealing her white teeth.
"it is good!"
Xiao Ran stretched out his finger and scratched the tip of Su Xiaoxiao's nose.
"My eyes are almost gone from laughing. Are you that happy?"
"Of course! Every day I'm either in a wheelchair or being held by you. I feel like I can't walk anymore!"
"It doesn't matter if you can't leave. I will take care of you for the rest of your life! I will never leave you!"
"No! I have legs, I don't need you to take care of me, hehe!"
"There's really nothing I can do against you!"
Xiao Ran supported Su Xiaoxiao and stood up and walked carefully.
The two came to the roadside, where the wild flowers were blooming in a riot of colour, which was very charming.
Xiao Ran looked at Su Xiaoxiao with shining eyes and asked, "Do you like it?"
"Ok!"
"Then I'll ask someone to take it off for you?"
"No, if you pick them, the flowers will wither soon. Just let them grow on their own!"
"My wife has such a kind heart!"
Su Xiaoxiao doted on him and said, "You have such a sweet mouth!"
Xiao Ran raised his head proudly, "My wife is just so outstanding, there's nothing I can do about it! I can't help but want to praise her all the time!"
"Okay, okay, whatever you want!"
Just as the two were flirting, Peng Xuemin came over dressed as a woman.
"Brother Xiao, Miss Su!"
The two turned and looked at Peng Xuemin.
Xiao Ran was the first to speak: "Brother Peng, is there something wrong?"
"This place is quite far from Changming County, so I won't continue with you! If we enter Linzhou Prefecture, it will be troublesome to leave the city."
Su Xiaoxiao asked, "Where is Brother Peng going?"
"I want to go back to the capital!"
Xiao Ran and Su Xiaoxiao almost dropped their jaws in shock.
"Capital?"
"That's too dangerous!"
Peng Xuemin didn't care.
"Right now, the most dangerous place is also the safest place. Besides, the evidence that can prove General Han's innocence is in the capital. I must take this risk!"
Seeing the determination in his eyes, Su Xiaoxiao and Xiao Ran stopped trying to persuade him.
"Brother Peng, take care of yourself. If you need anything, just let us know. We will do whatever we can to help you!"
Peng Xuemin bowed and said, "Thank you both!"
Xiao Ran asked Donglai to give some silver to Peng Xuemin.
"Brother Peng, take these with you on the road, they'll be useful!"
"Okay! Then I'm welcome!"
Su Xiaoxiao and Xiao Ran watched Peng Xuemin walk down the official road with a bag on his back and finally disappear from their sight, feeling mixed emotions.
"I hope Brother Peng is safe!"
"God is fair and will never let a good person suffer injustice!"
Zhuier walked over and bowed respectfully.
"Master, Madam, the food is ready, let's eat!"
"Okay! Bring the food to the carriage. The young mistress and I will eat in the carriage!"
"Yes!"
Zhuier went to prepare the meal, Xiao Ran picked up Su Xiaoxiao and carried her back to the carriage.
……
Five days later, the group arrived in Linzhou Prefecture safely.
The area of Linzhou Prefecture is several times larger than that of Changming County. There are more businesses here and the living standards of the people are higher.
Su Xiaoxiao lifted the car curtain and looked out.
"The capital city is different! The road here is so wide that three carriages can pass through at the same time!"
Xiao Ran replied, "Of course it is. It's one of the famous capital cities in the north!"
"Do you come to the capital often?"
"It's ok, I'll come to discuss some business!"
"So you're familiar with this place?"
"That's fine. Once you settle down, I'll take you out to play!"
"Okay!"
The carriage came to the Penglai Pavilion Inn in the center of the city.
The inn was left by Meng Ruyan, and Xiao Ran used to stay here whenever he came to the capital.
Shopkeeper Lu is nearly forty years old and was the old man selected by Meng Ruyan back then.
For so many years, Penglai Pavilion Inn has been managed by Manager Lu.
Although the business was not as good as before, he was still doing his best, had no bad intentions, and had never embezzled the inn's money.
Manager Lu had received Xiao Ran's letter a long time ago, and he had people guarding the city gate early this morning. If they saw Xiao Ran entering the city, they should inform him immediately so that he could go to the gate to greet him in person.
Seeing the carriage stop, he strode to the front of the carriage to greet it.
"Master, Madam, has the journey been smooth?"
Xiao Ran carried Su Xiaoxiao out of the carriage and said, "Everything went smoothly. Is the room ready? My wife and I need to rest first!"
"Master, don't worry. The room is ready. Please follow me!"
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