It only takes half a day to travel from Baiyang Town to the capital. After leaving Baiyang Town, there is a relatively flat and broad road. Along the road are overgrown weeds and some small stone mounds. Moreover, there are quite a few townspeople from Baiyang Town carrying their goods to set up stalls in the capital.
"Wei Wei, how much longer until we reach the capital? We've been on the road for so long!" Wei Shuxuan's voice came from inside the carriage, with a bit of complaint and a hint of eagerness.
Wei Wei felt rather helpless and didn't know how to answer Wei Shuxuan. In fact, they had just set off for less than the time it takes to burn an incense stick. They had just left Baiyang Town and were on the road leading to the capital.
Xin Shang, sitting on one side, looked at Wei Wei with a sympathetic gaze and patted his shoulder. Wei Wei had no choice but to reply, "Miss, we've just left Baiyang Town. It won't be so soon to reach the capital. Please don't be so impatient."
Wei Shuxuan, sitting inside the carriage, propped her chin up dejectedly. So they had just left Baiyang Town? She thought they had been on the road for a long time and were about to arrive soon.
"......I understand. You can continue on your journey. I won't urge you anymore." Wei Shuxuan's somewhat sulky voice reached their ears.
Sima Yongheng saw Wei Shuxuan's dejected expression and thought of cheering her up. "Sister Xuan, why don't we play a game? Then we'll arrive soon. Okay?"
Wei Shuxuan thought it would be a way to pass the time, so she agreed. "Alright. What game shall we play?"
"Let's play the idiom chain game!" Actually, Sima Yongheng didn't know what game to play either. He just said one casually. However... he should be able to play a few rounds of this game, right?
Wei Shuxuan squinted her eyes and looked at Sima Yongheng, who seemed a bit guilty. She asked him again, "Are you sure you want to play this game with me?"
He was exposed... Sima Yongheng thought silently in his heart.
Seeing Sima Yongheng's slightly embarrassed face, Wei Shuxuan sighed silently. It was her who had made them worry. "It's okay. Let's play something else. Let me invent a little game and we'll play together. Yongheng, I tell you, this game is really fun."
She asked Sima Yongheng to get some white paper and then cut it into 52 pieces. Yes, what she was going to make was playing cards. However, the quality of this white paper was rather soft. It should break after playing a few times.
"Okay, it's done!" Wei Shuxuan held up the "playing cards" in her hand. Although the quality was not very good, forget it. Just make do with it. Anyway, they would soon be back in the capital. By then, she would use some harder paper to make playing cards. Otherwise, the days without any cases to investigate would surely be very boring.
Wei Shuxuan first taught Sima Yongheng how to play the playing cards. Sima Yongheng was quite smart and quickly learned. However, when it came to the battle, her experience was still better.
Playing cards while eating snacks, the two of them passed the time in the carriage. A series of victories made Wei Shuxuan forget that she was on the way back to the capital.
"Two of spades! A pair of kings! Great! I win!" Wei Shuxuan played all the cards in her hand. "Yongheng, come on. You have to accept the punishment obediently."
"No way? I lost again!" Sima Yongheng felt extremely unconvinced. He had no choice but to obediently lean his face over. With a snap, a burst of pain spread on his forehead. He rubbed his aching head and couldn't help complaining, "Sister Xuan, can't you be a bit gentler? It hurts so much!"
While packing up the playing cards, Wei Shuxuan patiently educated him, "Yongheng, you're a man. How can you be afraid of pain? How can you achieve great things in the future!"
Just when Sima Yongheng wanted to refute Wei Shuxuan, he heard Wei Wei's voice, "Miss, we've already returned to the capital. We're entering the city gate now."
"What!" Wei Shuxuan threw the just-packed playing cards aside and quickly lifted the curtain to look outside. She saw that they had passed through a very familiar gate. She still remembered the scene when she left here. Now she was back here again.
Suddenly, she felt her eyes getting hot. It seemed as if something was about to flow down. However, this was not the right time. Moreover, there were other people in the carriage. How could she let Yongheng see her crying?
"Sister Xuan, it's really great that we're back here."
Wei Shuxuan suddenly remembered what Xin Zizhao had told her before. She turned to Sima Yongheng and said, "By the way, Yongheng, I'm going to meet a very important person later. I can't take you with me. I'll ask Wei Wei and Xin Shang to take you to my brother's place later. You can stay there for a few days. When the time is right, I'll send someone to pick you up."
"Sister Xuan, you're not going to abandon me, are you?" Sima Yongheng looked at Wei Shuxuan with a worried face.
"How could I? Sister Xuan won't lie to you. Didn't I say you can stay at my brother's place? My brother is very nice. You can ask him to teach you martial arts and read books. Be good, Yongheng."
Sima Yongheng hesitated for a while and then agreed to Wei Shuxuan. "Alright then."
"Wei Wei, Xin Shang, let's go to Zian's place first and let Yongheng stay there."
"Understood, Miss."
The horse that was originally running forward was suddenly turned around and galloped towards the General Long'an's Mansion.
Ge Zian was about to leave the General's Mansion for the palace when he saw a carriage stop in front of his mansion. Just when he was still puzzled, he saw two familiar faces. "Wei Wei, Xin Shang!"
"Little General!"
Then, he saw Wei Shuxuan get off the carriage. There was a fifteen - or sixteen - year - old teenager behind her. As soon as Wei Shuxuan saw Ge Zian, she happily shouted, "Zian!"
After explaining the whole situation to Ge Zian, Ge Zian smiled kindly. "It's okay. Let this young brother stay here with me."
"Thank you, Zian! Then I'll leave first!"
Temporarily parting with Ge Zian and Sima Yongheng, Wei Shuxuan, Wei Wei and the others finally returned to the palace. As soon as their carriage passed the moat, Wei Wei and Xin Shang saw from a long distance that there were several people standing at the gate of the front palace. The figure of the person standing in the front was especially tall and somehow familiar.
"It's the master!" Xin Shang didn't expect that Xin Zizhao would come out to pick them up in person. Suddenly, he felt flattered. However, this must not be because of them.
Wei Shuxuan seemed to sense something. She quickly lifted the curtain and looked outside. Their eyes met in an instant.