Xuanxia

Chapter 367 Going to Beijing
"The ancient road is long and thick with fallen leaves, and the small carriage slowly carries the spring and autumn."

"The yellow dust rolls and dances with the wind, and the sound of wheels accompanies the flow of water."

"The dusk is deepening and I am thinking of returning home; the setting sun half covers the old hilltop."

"Who knows what I am thinking at this moment, sitting alone in the carriage looking out at the distant building..."

Not far from the official road was a small lake, with horse-drawn carriages parked along the lakeside.

A group of scholars on an autumn outing were laughing and joking. One of them shouted out a poem he had just written to the setting sun, which drew loud applause from his classmates.

On the official road, a carriage passed slowly, pressing over the fallen leaves on the ground. The curtains were drawn open and Fu Qingzhou stuck his head out.

"Good poetry, good poetry."

He smiled and said with emotion: "There are so many talented people around the capital. I wonder if Brother Yue's talent has also shined here?"

"Don't sigh!" Qiu Chan's voice suddenly came from the carriage: "It's your turn to play!"

"Oh oh..."

Fu Qingzhou retracted his head into the car and threw out the cards in his hand fiercely: "Five of a kind!"

Qiu Chan laughed out loud: "Well done! Ding Gou!"

Tang Jiao, who was sitting next to her, glanced at her and said, "No."

The three people in the carriage each held a stack of "playing cards" in their hands...

This, of course, was something Fu Qingzhou made on the spur of the moment because he was bored on the road.

At the beginning, Qiu Chan and Tang Jiao naturally didn’t understand what “Ding Gou”, “Pidan” and “Lao K” were, but they learned this quickly and soon they had mastered it all.

So on the way to Beijing, the three of them stayed in the carriage every day playing Landlord.

After the Hidden Dragon Hundred Outstanding People Conference ended, it was time for Fu Qingzhou to go to Beijing - Tang Jiao wanted to overturn her father's case, so of course she would accompany him all the way. As for Qiu Chan, she had already made a bold statement that "I will follow you, you dead pervert", and she couldn't get rid of her, so they just happened to become card-playing friends.

"Three six!"

Qiu Chan's eyes lit up and she threw out three cards.

Tang Jiao shook her head to indicate no.

Fu Qingzhou grinned: "I've been waiting for this move of yours... three tens!"

"You are so stupid!" In his mind, the smoker cursed, "Didn't you calculate? Qiu Chan has a bomb in her hand! If you throw three tens now, she will definitely blow you up!"

"What's three tens?"

As expected, Qiu Chan made a sound of "tsk tsk" and pulled out four cards with her right hand: "I'll blast you! Four blasts!"

Fu Qingzhou wailed and covered his face suddenly.

But at this moment, Tang Jiao beside her suddenly spread out the four cards in her hand and placed them on the table in front of her: "Blast you, four old kings."

"!!!"

Qiu Chan was furious: "Tang Jiao! We are one family! He is the landlord! Are you crazy?"

"Hehe." Tang Jiao winked at her: "My eldest brother and I are a family, not you."

"You girl! What are you saying suddenly?"

Qiu Chan threw the cards in her hand and rushed forward: "See how I deal with you!"

Fu Qingzhou rolled his eyes and silently shrank into a corner of the carriage.

Of course, Qiu Chan didn't really want to fight with Tang Jiao. Instead, the two girls tickled each other and laughed. During the time they had been together, they seemed to bicker every day, but in fact, they had a very good relationship. They often kept secrets from Fu Qingzhou and often played around.

Fu Qingzhou just couldn't understand the relationships between women. Sometimes these two girls were bickering as if they were about to fight, and sometimes they were as good as a pair of sisters... He couldn't understand it, he really couldn't understand it.

"Alas, what a pity..." The Smoker sighed, "The cards Qiuchan had just now must have been good, she could win big."

Fu Qingzhou was stunned: "Is this the point?" "Sir, Miss."

At this moment, the driver's voice came from outside the carriage: "We are in Xiqing Town, should we stop for a while?"

Fu Qingzhou moved past the two women who were "twisting" and stuck his head out from behind the carriage door curtain: "Xiqing Town? How far is it from the capital?"

"Not far, just a dozen miles."

The driver replied, "But it's getting dark, and I'm afraid we won't be able to enter Beijing before curfew and will be stopped outside the city gate."

Fu Qingzhou raised his head and looked at the sky.

The setting sun is as red as blood, and has dyed the mountains red.

"In that case, let's rest in town for a night," he said. "Find a better inn and feed the horse."

The driver smiled and raised his whip: "Okay!"

After leaving Luoyi, Fu Qingzhou bought a carriage and hired a driver - after all, the prize money for the Hundred Outstanding Talents alone was one thousand taels, and he was very rich now.

This driver is no simple person either. He was recommended by a disciple of the Wulin Alliance to "apply for the job".

Of course, Fu Qingzhou just mentioned it casually while drinking, saying that he wanted to find someone to help drive for a long time. Somehow the news leaked out, and many people in the underworld took the initiative to grab this job. Not to mention whether it would make money or not, following a young and promising master, what if he founded a sect in the future? Or maybe he would also accept them into Wuwei Temple?
But in the end, it was Zhuang Zhenglin, who had taken care of Fu Qingzhou for a month, who introduced someone.

The driver's name was Yuan Ziping. He was originally a squad leader of the imperial guards in the capital and had reached the fifth realm of cultivation. However, one of his relatives who was an official in the local area was involved in a serious corruption case, which led to him being implicated and expelled from the army. He had no choice but to run back to his hometown in Luoyi and use the money he had saved to run a small escort agency.

But Luoyi... already has the Wulin Alliance, and there are almost no bandits or horse thieves around. What's the use of your ordinary small escort agency?

Before long, his small escort agency could no longer pay salaries, and all the escorts ran away. He could no longer run his business, so he had no choice but to join the Wulin Alliance and work as a bodyguard.

Of course, this guard was of little use... Unlike the disciples who could learn martial arts, few people dared to cause trouble. He lived an unhappy life with that little salary and was muddle-headed every day. He never married or had children.

Now that Fu Qingzhou wanted to find a coachman, Zhuang Zhenglin recommended him.

Yuan Ziping was an honest and kind person, and he was efficient and decisive in his work. Along the way, he not only drove the car for Fu Qingzhou and the other two, but also provided accommodation, fed the horses, arranged the journey, bought tea... He did everything very carefully. When he should be there, he would be there, and when he should not be there, he would be completely invisible.

This guy is not a coachman at all, he is simply a senior retired soldier, bodyguard, driver and butler!
Fu Qingzhou was naturally very satisfied. During the journey, he did not find any petty theft or petty profit behavior from the driver, nor did he do anything disrespectful to the two girls traveling with him. So he assuredly handed some silver directly to the driver and let him manage it.

As for Luoyi's other friends, most of them had their own plans. After getting drunk, they said goodbye to each other. Even Wu Changfeng, who seemed to have nothing to do, said that his father had arranged a few blind dates for him and that he had to go back to Shu to settle his life...

However, he originally wanted to bring Li Qing's sister, Li Xiaoyue, to Beijing with him.

But considering that there were many things to do in Beijing this time and there might be many dangers, she was temporarily placed in the Wulin Alliance. At least it was safe there.

Soon, the carriage slowly stopped outside the inn.

But after the car stopped, Fu Qingzhou in the car frowned.

"what happened?"

Qiu Chan noticed that he looked strange at the first moment: "Are you in danger?"

"Yes, there are many people ambushing around." Fu Qingzhou said in a low voice: "They are very good at hiding, their breathing and heartbeat are almost non-existent. If I hadn't broken through the sixth realm, I would not have been able to find them at all."

The sound of his voice was controlled just right. Unless one had extraordinary skills, people farther away would not be able to hear it at all. However, Yuan Ziping, who was driving outside the car, could just hear it clearly.

The next second, Yuan Ziping lifted the door curtain, turned around, and said calmly: "Sir, Miss, this should have nothing to do with us."

Fu Qingzhou raised his eyebrows.

Yuan Ziping continued, "They should be lying in ambush here, waiting for someone named Wu Yan."

"Wu Yan?" Fu Qingzhou was stunned. He never thought that he would hear the killer's name here.

"Yes."

Yuan Ziping smiled and said, "Young Master and Young Lady, you were playing games in the car and didn't notice that from today on, all the way here is this man's hunting order."

(End of this chapter)