The palace of the empress.

Because the hot spring comes with heating, there is no need to refill the water.

So Chuci and the Empress took a bath in the bathroom until midnight, then dried their bodies and returned to the bed.

The female emperor was resting on Chuci's arm, and she rarely showed a weak side.

"Master, why did you come back so late today?"

"I have been waiting for you for several hours!"

Chu Ci chuckled lightly and said, "We had a small gathering with a few friends."

Chu Ci stroked the long hair of the Empress Rupu, and said in silence for a moment, "Your Majesty, I am leaving Shengjing City for a while."

"Leave?!"

The female emperor sat up abruptly and looked at Chu Ci, "Why are you leaving? Isn't it good to stay in Shengjing?"

Chu Ci opened his mouth and whispered in silence for a moment, "I want to stay in Shengjing, but I have a reason to leave."

There was a flash of light in the female emperor's phoenix eyes, and she snorted softly.

"I'm afraid the master is going to find some other sisters, right?"

Chu Ci touched his nose with a guilty conscience, how could the empress secretly be so shrewd in his heart?

"I didn't! Your Majesty, don't talk nonsense!"

Chu Ci looked at the imposing phoenix eyes of the female emperor, and said righteously, "Your Majesty, do you think I am like a person who is obsessed with maidservants?"

The female emperor nodded without hesitation, "I can't say like, I can only say exactly the same!"

"cough!"

Chu Ci coughed slightly, and said aggrievedly, "How can your majesty be so innocent?"

Upon hearing this, the female emperor gave Chu Ci a coquettishly, "When the master says this, can you take the things out first?"

Chu Ci, "···"

"Your Majesty misunderstood me. Actually, I want to go to the Southern Region to help Master Di solve the homicide case of the Panyang Palace as soon as possible!"

"This matter involves the sacrifice of the Southern Territory, and it needs to be treated with caution!"

"Heh!" The empress chuckled, and said with a light waist, "Does the master really think so?"

"Um..." Chu Ci closed his eyes slightly, and said in deep thought, "Of course!"

"I have already thought about it, and I will leave tomorrow morning!"

The female emperor pursed her red lips, her phoenix eyes said vaguely, "Then master don't sleep tonight!"

···

At noon the next day.

Chu Ci left the palace.

When Chuci came to the South City Gate, the drunk Taoist had already waited for several hours.

Seeing Chuci's figure, the drunk Taoist immediately jumped out from the side of the road.

"Well you brat!"

"I have said that I will set off this morning, and I actually made Peng Dao wait for you for three hours!"

The drunk Taoist looked at Chu Ci with a slightly exhausted look, and asked, "Say, what did you stinky kid do last night?"

"Why did you come so late?"

Chu Ci glanced at the drunk Taoist and said softly, "The Taoist is lonely and widowed, even if I say it, you don't understand."

The drunk Taoist raised his beard when he heard the words, "How can I not understand the poor Taoism through the ancient and modern?"

Chu Ci pondered for a moment, and asked aloud, "Does the Taoist master know what Long Wanzhuan is? What is Yan Tongxin? What is Yuanyanghe?"

Chu Ci directly stunned the drunk Taoist.

What Chuci said about Long Wanzhuan, Yan Tongxin, Mandarin Duck and so on, completely hit the blind spot of the drunk Taoist's knowledge.

The drunk Taoist was a little dumbfounded, stroking his beard and pondering for a long while, still didn't understand what Chuci was talking about.

"Boy, what are you talking about?"

Chuci took two rare horses, threw the reins of one of the rare horses to the drunk Taoist, and said aloud, "Don't ask, you don't need these anyway."

The drunk Taoist took the reins of the Linjiao horse, gave up and continued to question.

"Smelly boy, where's the wine that Pindao told you about? Did you bring it?"

Chu Ci pointed his finger at the two jars on the back of the rare horse, and said with a smile, "Isn't that true?"

The drunk Taoist took a look, his eyes lit up, and he stretched out his hand to open the jar.

Chu Ci shook his head and smiled, "Leader don't look, save it on the road, let's go!"

After speaking, Chuci turned on his horse and rushed out of the South City Gate.

"Hey!"

"Wait for the old-fashioned!"

The drunk Taoist hurriedly jumped on his horse's back, be careful not to bump the wine jar, and urged the rare horse with his hips to chase him.

Out of Shengjing City, with a rare horse's foot power, only half a day's effort, the Songs of Chu and the drunk Taoist have left Shengjing City for nearly three hundred miles.

"Call!"

On the official road, Chuci held the reins of the rare horse.

At this moment, it was getting late, and only the skyline was left in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Chu Ci turned his head to look at the drunk Taoist who was drinking on his own, and said aloud, "Dao Master, let's find a place to rest for a night!"

The drunk Taoist waved his hand indifferently and muttered, "You look at the arrangement!"

Chu Ci nodded, raised his eyes and looked into the distance.

Just a little afterglow, Chuci saw the shadowy buildings in the distance.

"It seems to be a town ahead, let's go there and rest!"

After speaking, Chuci drove the Linjiao Ma to run forward.

"Wait for the old-fashioned!"

Seeing Chuci walking far, the drunk Taoist had no choice but to drive the Linjiao Ma to follow.

When the Linjiao trot for a stick of incense, a village and town was already in sight.

In front of the town gate, Chuci stood up and dismounted.

Chuci took the reins of the Linjiao horse and walked to the guard who was guarding the town.

"Thank you for this big brother to open the city gate, we want to enter the city and rest."

The guard glanced at Chu Ci and the drunk Taoist, nodded and said, "If you want to enter the city, you can pay the city fee first!"

"Fee for entering the city?" Chuci was startled when he heard the words, and had not heard of paying a fee for entering the city.

The guard chuckled and said, "Are you not from Songjia Town?"

Chu Ci shook his head, "No, we passed by."

The guard then explained aloud, "This Songjia Town was established with the funds of Grandpa Song!"

"Songjia Town guards the people of one party. Of course, the locals don't have to pay the entrance fee, but the people from outside towns need to pay the entrance fee if they want to enter the city to rest."

Chu Ci suddenly said, "How much do I have to pay?"

The guard stretched out a hand and said, "Not many, each person only needs five copper coins."

Chu Ci nodded, "That's really not much."

After speaking, Chu Ci turned his head to look at the drunk Taoist.

The drunk Taoist was taken aback for a moment, "What do you think poor Tao is doing?"

Of course, Chuci said, "Pay the fee and enter the city!"

"Sigh..." The drunk Taoist took a deep breath, and looked at Chu Ci in disbelief, "You bastard, are you asking me for money?"

Chu Ci raised his head and pointed his chin at the wine jar on the horseback of the rare drunk Taoist, "I bought the wine you drink!"

The drunk Taoist had no choice but to buckle and buckle out ten copper coins from the cuffs and hand them to the guard.

"Go, into the city!"