The road of life is both long and difficult, every step and every foot, as long as you step down, there is no chance to turn back and regret, those that look like a flat ground, there may be traps hidden underneath, accidentally fall, it will take a longer time to climb up, or never climb up, by the people who are watching the excitement outside a piece of soil and buried down, and finally there is nothing left.

Walking on the road, the long loess road looked at at a glance, only Lu Tao was alone, the leaves on both sides were dyed with a layer of dark green, the air was terrifyingly quiet, and there was no wind.

A drop of water fell on the top of Lu Tao's head, knocking down the ends of his hair, Lu Tao looked up at the sky, and there was a drop of water with a slight warmth falling on his forehead.

"It's raining?"

Lu Tao touched his hair, and the next moment, the rain fell violently, and the big drops of rain painted the gray earth dark, drowning the inexplicable emotion in Lu Tao's heart, and also caught him a little off guard.

He stepped to the side of the road in three steps and hid under a pine tree, and watched as the rain washed over the earth, and then merged into trickles, which slowly merged into larger trickles and rushed along the ravines on either side of the road.

What bad luck!

Lu Tao shook the water droplets on his head, watching the rain get heavier and heavier, washing the originally smooth loess road into a muddy and rugged one, and then gradually formed a small water nest, although it can't raise goldfish, but it can make the carriage walking on the road reduce the speed to the minimum.

A carriage drove along the road when Lu Tao came, Lu Tao hid in the rain, silently watched the carriage turn left and right, avoiding puddles and mud puddles one after another, the coachman in front of the carriage hid his figure under the robe, only a pair of strong hands stretched out from under the coat, carefully controlling the carriage.

Then, the carriage stopped at the place where Lu Tao was sheltered from the rain.

Lu Tao: "???"

The slender jade hand poked out of the carriage, and after that, a somewhat immature voice came out of the carriage: "Hey, the one who sheltered from the rain over there, are you going to Xianfeng Mansion?"

"Yes!" Lu Tao was a little confused, but he still answered the other party's question.

"That's right, you're in luck! Our young lady wants to invite you on the road!"

Lu Tao hesitated, but still rushed into the rain and jumped into the carriage.

"Hey, why did you come up?!" was still the voice just now, and now Lu Tao saw her appearance clearly, wearing an emerald green dress, looking young, her hair was tied into two balls, one left and one right on both sides of her head, and she handed over a coat: "You go to the front!"

"It's okay little peach, just let him stay in the carriage. ”

Another voice sounded, Lu Tao turned his head to look over, a girl who seemed to be younger than the previous speaker was sitting in the corner of the carriage, her face was covered with a veil, and the skin exposed from under the veil was surprisingly white, even on a rainy day, it still seemed to exude a faint glow.

"But Miss! This is a man! How can you be in the same room with Miss! And you! Turn your face away! Don't stare at Miss!"

"Ahem!" Lu Tao coughed and turned his head as he said, and at this time, the carriage started slowly, and the wooden wheels passed through the somewhat muddy road, but there were fewer bumps.

Lu Tao's eyes swept to the side, but he saw that the girl called Xiao Tao looked at Lu Tao for a moment, and her eyes were full of unbreakable vigilance.

"Okay, little peach, I can feel that he is a good person, you don't have to stare at him like this. The veiled girl turned her head: "Hello, I'm Liu Ruyan, this is my maid Xiao Tao, if Xiao Tao offended you before, I will say sorry to you for her." ”

"Miss!"

Liu Ruyan waved her hand at Xiao Tao, and Xiao Tao "snorted" and turned her head.

"It's really ......," Liu Ruyan continued: "It's really that I was too used to Xiao Tao before, and I have developed the appearance that she is not polite at all now." ”

Lu Tao hurriedly waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, I can understand." ”

He now regrets getting into this carriage a little, the carriage is fragrant, but it is not spacious at all, and the general will be able to stuff three people into it, thanks to Xiao Tao and Liu Ruyan's petite bodies, Lu Tao wants to sneeze but can only endure it, he doesn't know what to say, after all, he has only been in this world for a few days, and he doesn't know much about the things in this world, and it is quite dangerous to find a topic casually.

As if seeing Lu Tao's embarrassment, Liu Ruyan pulled the curtain on the other side that blocked the window of the carriage a little, so that the cold wind outside could blow into the carriage, and then looked at Lu Tao: "I take the liberty of asking, what is your name? Why do you want to go to Xianfeng Mansion?"

Lu Tao was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that he hadn't introduced himself yet.

"My name is Lu Tao, I'm just passing by to Xianfeng Mansion, I'm going to Wuyang. ”

"Wuyang?" Liu Ruyan's eyes seemed to light up, but soon her gaze returned to calm, Lu Tao didn't notice it at all, blinked his eyes, Liu Ruyan continued: "The imperial capital of Great Qin, I heard that it is very prosperous there, whether it is a martial artist or a literati, they are all concentrated in the Huanghuang city wall of Wuyang. Silk and bamboo constantly, lively and extraordinary, brocade clothes are extraordinary, unspeakably expensive, is that so?"

Lu Tao thought for a while: "I'm really sorry, it's the first time I've been to Wuyang, and I don't know if what you said is true, but I heard that Wuyang is prosperous." ”

Of course that's right, the map of the palace that Lu Tao got from Fang Tianli covers an area larger than Wenyang Mansion, so the city outside the palace should be bigger and more brilliant.

"That's a pity, I've always wanted to go to Wuyang to see, but I haven't had the opportunity...... If Mr. Lu, you come back from Wuyang and we are fated to meet, remember to describe the prosperity of Wuyang to me, okay?"

"Of course. Lu Tao agreed without hesitation, he didn't believe that he could meet this girl when he came back from Wuyang.

The moving carriage paused suddenly, then stopped, and then a slightly old voice came from the front of the carriage: "Miss, the carriage is trapped. ”

"Uncle Wang, what do you need us to do?"

"Miss, I'm afraid you'll have to get out of the cart first, it's too heavy for the horse to pull it out of the mud pit. ”

At this time, it was Xiao Tao who spoke: "Uncle Wang, is there no other way? It's still raining outside! What should I do if the young lady gets wet? Ah, yes! There is another person here! Uncle Wang, can you try the cart with him?"

"Little Peach, how can you let the guests ......" Liu Ruyan glared, her apricot eyes full of anger that could not be dissolved.

"It's okay!" Lu Tao waved his hand: "It's just as my reward for taking your car, I have a lot of strength." ”

"Cut! Great strength, I think it's just this thin arm and thin leg......" Xiao Tao was halfway through speaking, and was glared at by Liu Ruyan, so she had to close her mouth, but her eyes were not idle, staring at Lu Tao, as if she was going to rip off a piece of meat from Lu Tao's body.

Picking up the previous coat from the corner of the carriage, Lu Tao gestured and draped it on his body, but he didn't know how to tie the long and short ropes on both sides.

"Haha......" Liu Ruyan chuckled, covered his mouth, and finally stopped his voice, but the smile in his eyes did not completely dissipate, he pointed to the coat that Lu Tao hung on his body: "I'll get it for you." ”

"Miss, let me come!" Xiao Tao stood up, and it was not even as high as the carriage.

"Little Peach, you just sit there, let me come. ”

Don't let Xiao Tao say anything more, Liu Ruyan moved her knees a few times, sat on Lu Tao's side, stretched out her hand and began to tie Lu Tao's robe, Lu Tao smelled the fragrance of the girl's body, and didn't know why he suddenly became nervous.

"Okay, so it won't rain!"

Liu Ruyan put down his hand, while Lu Tao breathed a sigh of relief, a faint sense of loss suddenly arose in his heart, shook his head, and left these strange thoughts behind, Lu Tao opened the door of the carriage and walked down.

It was still muddy outside, and Lu Tao stepped into a puddle with one foot in the air, and next to the carriage, the coachman who Liu Ruyan called Uncle Wang was already waiting there.