female catcher

Chapter 131
During the rest of the meal, the atmosphere was neither hot nor cold. Chu Xia wanted to be more active, but his emotions were a bit heavy, so he couldn't be more active.The more she tried to be natural, the more unnatural it became, as if every smile seemed exaggerated.

Xia Chu really hated himself tonight, and was afraid that such a self would make Su Zhen feel disgusted.In the end, he was so cautious that he didn't dare to speak.

After dinner, Chu Xia returned home.Su Zhen sat in the carriage with his chin resting on his hands, looking at the streets outside the carriage through the curtain.

It's already dark, and you can only see a few door lights in the blink of an eye, slowly turning back like drowsy, which makes people feel dull for no reason.

Back in the palace, Su Zhen went to the imperial study first, stood by the desk and picked up a booklet, opened it, it was a list of wedding gifts from the Ministry of Etiquette.He frowned, closed the folder and put it back.

An Liang was having someone bring tea in, and seeing Su Zhen's expression, he said softly, "Your Majesty, don't read the brochures today, go to sleep early."

Su Zhen hummed noncommittally, but stood still.An Liang thought for a while, thinking that Chu Xia had said something that shouldn't be said, which annoyed the emperor, so he carefully said: "The emperor has complicated affairs recently, if he goes out of the palace, he will not be happy, so it's better to take a rest, Long Body is heavy."

Su Zhen turned around and wanted to say something to An Liang, but An Liang was a eunuch, and he felt that there were many things that he shouldn't say, couldn't say, and didn't know where to start.

He was unhappy because he saw that Xia Chu had something on his mind.He didn't know whether her thoughts were related to him, and he couldn't tell whether he wanted to have something to do with him.

Everything seems wrong tonight, maybe what An Liang said is right, if you can't be happy even when you leave the palace, you might as well rest more if you have time.But if you don't leave the palace, how can you meet Xia Chu?

Su Zhen took the teacup silently, and was stunned as soon as it was brought to his mouth.

No, there seems to be some concept that has been secretly replaced by myself.

In the past, when he left the palace, he always picked days that were not too busy, stealing half a day's leisure.But today he approved the papers for a whole day, and had a lot of conversations with the Ministry of Officials and Ministers of Shangshu. He was obviously very tired at that time.But he just wanted to get out.

He wanted to see Xia Chu's bright smile, to hear her voice when she called himself 'Master Huang', to see her proud expression when she put on the hat he gave her, to see her frown slightly when she talked about the case, Eat something casually, chat casually...

It seems that this is all.It was as if thinking about it gave him pleasure.However, since when did leaving the palace mean going to see Xia Chu?Since when did seeing Chu Xia equal happiness?
In the past, when Chu Xia was happy, he was also happy; today when Chu Xia was depressed, he was also depressed.When Xia Chu stopped him from entering, he was depressed, but when Xia Chu invited him in, he became happy again.

When was his mood unknowingly influenced by Xia Chu?Why was she at the mercy of her?

Su Zhen held the tea cup in a daze for a while, then smiled in disbelief, put the lid on the tea with a backhand ding, and threw it back into the tea tray.The action was a bit heavy, which startled the little eunuch serving the tea.

An Liang quickly supported the little eunuch, and asked softly, "Your Majesty... are you tired?"

Su Zhen still stood in front of the Long Shu'an in ecstasy, as if he didn't hear it.An Liang peeked quietly, and saw that Su Zhen had a weird expression, he seemed to be smiling but he didn't seem to be smiling, his eyes were fixed on a corner, as if that corner could give him some answer to reveal the mysteries of the world.

An Liang had never seen Su Zhen's expression like this, and he didn't know what to do for a while, and swallowed all kinds of words when they rolled to his lips.The long silence made his back feel like a needle prick, making him extremely uncomfortable.

After an indeterminate amount of time, Su Zhen moved, raised his hand and slowly placed it on the stack of memorials, tapped his fingers slightly, and then grabbed the betrothal gift list that he threw back just now in his hand , strode to the desk.

An Liang hurriedly stepped forward and waited, but Su Zhen didn't use him. He poured water into the inkstone by himself, picked up the ink and rubbed it randomly, picked up the pen, flicked it on the booklet, and threw it to the inkstone. An Liang said, "Department of Rituals."

"Huang..." Before An Liang could say the word '上', Su Zhen had already dropped the pen, and walked away as if fleeing, giving An Liang a back that he couldn't see clearly.

An Liang swallowed his saliva, carefully opened the notebook and glanced at it, and saw that Su Zhen had approved two words: do it quickly.The ink is not evenly grinded, and the pen is also pressed hard, and the tip of the pen is a bit flying.He held the booklet in a daze for a long while, wondering what the hell was going on?
The next morning, Xia Chu went to the government office with a small burden on his back, and went to the government office stable with Chang Qing to find a horse. Although it was not as beautiful as Jiang Xiyuan's horse, it was still pleasing to the eye and looked easy to bully.

Chang Qing walked out with her leading the horse one after the other, and said: "Boss, did you not sleep well?"

"Excited." Xia Chu said casually, and led the horse to the horse-mounting stone, stepped on the stirrups and sat on it.The yellow horse nodded up and down, and shook its mane again, making Xia Chu a little scared.She turned to Chang Qing and said, "How is your riding?"

"So-so, I can run a fast horse." Chang Qing also got on the horse, pulled up the rein, and patted the horse's neck, "Hey, although I'm not a runner, but we are also a fast catcher at any rate. Necessary skills. It’s okay, boss, you run yours, I can keep up. Don’t worry.”

"No..." Xia Chu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I mean, run slowly on the way and take care of me, I'm actually not very good at riding a horse."

"Ah?" Chang Qing was taken aback, "Are you kidding me?"

"Who has time to tease you. This is my second time riding a horse. The last time I rode was Mr. Jiang's horse, and Mr. Jiang has been teaching me all the time."

"Then you are going to Liangcheng?! Farewell, if you can trust me, I will take a policeman there, and I will definitely not miss anything that needs to be investigated and asked. Don't turn around and you fall again on the way, I can't wait Get up." Chang Qing said as he was about to dismount, but Xia Chu hurriedly stopped him.

"Once I am familiar with it twice, if I don't ride it, I will never be able to ride it. How can I not know the skills necessary for a fast catcher, just take it easy, it's okay, and you don't have to worry about it if you have something to do." Xia Chu felt that this was the same as taking a driver's license and going on the road. If you are nervous, you should be nervous, and it will be fine in the past.Although her skills are not good, she is very courageous. The horse is not a car, and the horse can make a judgment by itself, and won't hit the tree.

Xia Chu took a deep breath, recalled Jiang Xiyuan's horse riding lessons, straightened his body, clamped the horse's belly and called out to drive, the yellow horse was still obedient, and started off with its tail flicking.

It was very stable until they left the city gate, Xia Chu and Chang Qing were relieved, and when they reached the official road outside the city, Xia Chu became more courageous, so he whipped his horse and started to run.

The horse didn't run very fast, and it took less than half of the distance until noon. The two had a simple lunch in a farmer's restaurant next to the official road.When dismounting from the horse, Xia Chu felt his legs were weak because of the tension in the horseback. He was shaking a little when he walked, his palms were full of sweat, and his arms were sore from the tension all the way.

Chang Qing was happy just looking at it, with one leg up on the bench, biting a steamed bun and muttering, "If you want me to say, it might be okay if you don't rest for a while, but if you continue running in the afternoon after resting for a while, I'm afraid it will be too late." I can't bear it anymore. That's the way I rode a long distance the first time, and I ended up stopping with my elbow on the rein."

Xia Chu said nonchalantly: "Hungry, don't stop to eat, let alone stop the horse, if you don't keep it straight halfway, you will fall down dizzy. It's okay, this is the muscle tension caused by maintaining one movement for a long time. Just knead it."

After eating, Xia Chu ran outside to stretch his legs to loosen his muscles. After trembling for a long time, he felt that he was almost ready before getting on the horse.But as soon as she sat on the horse, she felt something was wrong, and she began to feel sore when her posture returned to the state when she was riding a horse.But Chang Qing had already started off, and Xia Chu had no choice but to grit his teeth and follow.

Because of her lack of strength, her riding posture became much looser. Her yellow horse seemed to be out of restraint, and began to gallop wildly after Changqing's horse.Xia Chu started to get scared, and called out to Chang Qing but Chang Qing didn't hear it, so he had no choice but to carry on.

According to the progress in the morning, they would not arrive in Jingzhao County until Youshi, but it turned out that the afternoon was much faster, and they arrived in Guanyang City in Jingzhao County in less than a quarter of the hour.Chang Qing stopped his horse to inquire about the Fulai Inn that Yu Wenping was talking about, but just as he jumped off his horse, he heard a short call behind him.

Looking back, Xia Chu was sitting on the ground next to the yellow horse, covering his ankles with his hands, buried his face in his knees and said nothing.Chang Qing was startled, and hurried over to squat next to Xia Chu, "Boss? What's the matter?"

Xia Chu waved his hands, raised his head after a long while, took a breath and said, "The feet were too tightly stuffed into the stirrups. When I got off the horse, I didn't pull them out. I tripped over the stirrups and fell."

"I'll just say it!"

"What are you talking about! You can't hear me calling you on the road, and my horse will run wildly along with your horse. How about running slowly? How about taking care of what you agreed?" She pointed to Changqing, and put her hand Pressing on his shoulder, "Help me up!"

Chang Qing nodded helplessly, took Xia Chu's arm and pulled her up, "Yes, it's mine, isn't it, take a few steps and see if there is any injury."

Xia Chu took half a step, but his right foot was fine, but his left foot, which was caught by the stirrup, could not land on the ground, and his ankle seemed to be broken as soon as he touched the ground.She put her hand inside the boot and pressed it, and it felt like it was swollen.

"Is it twisted?" Chang Qing asked her.

"Yes." Xia Chu sat down on the ground again, and said angrily: "You said, do I have to find a fortune teller when I go back? Did I step on something that shouldn't be stepped on when I was walking? How can I hurt myself?" What about my feet! I didn’t get hurt when I practiced kung fu every day before, so that’s good, my left foot hurts my right foot.”

"I think people are straight, come on, let me try." Chang Qing was about to pick off her boots, but was pushed aside by Xia Chu's palm, "You break me again! The muscles and bones Did you just try it casually!"

"That's all right, let's not look for any Fulai Inn for now, go to the city and find a traumatic doctor before the city gate is closed." Chang Qing said and dragged Xia Chu up again, and Xia Chu kicked There was another grin on the ground.

(End of this chapter)