Chapter Twenty-Six: The weather is dry, beware of the candles
Save the stubbornness in your heart and let others be in awe.
It is not too far from the old Wang shop that sells noodles, less than a quarter of an hour, Ling Ling arrived, although the road is quite short, but along the way Ling Ling still heard a lot of pointing and pointing, and suddenly felt that leaving this Qinghe County was a wise decision, all said that good things do not go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, and now this is the case, at that time, it took a lot of baked cakes to barely spread to every corner of Qinghe County, but Wu Dalang was wearing a hat, it has been spread all over Qinghe County for a long time, I didn't expect it to be a hot spot now.
To put it mildly, Ling Ling still doesn't care much about these gossips, Ling Ling has not yet integrated into the role of Wu Dalang, and has always thought that he is Ling Ling, if it weren't for the task requirements, and Pan Jinlian and Wang Po wanted to poison him at that time, he wouldn't be able to get along with Pan Jinlian and Wang Po, just like playing a game, just created a character, he was going to be killed, no one was happy.
After buying noodles, Wu Dalang's little savings were spent, but Ling Ling was distressed, carrying a noodle bag that was half a person's height (of course, this is Wu Dalang's height), Ling Ling went home with a hum, and gasped for a while before relieving.
Wu Song, who heard Ling Ling open the door, also came out of the house when he heard the sound, and when he saw the big bag of noodles, he was immediately a little puzzled.
"Brother, why are you buying so many noodles, it's bad if you can't eat so much"
"Whew, help me carry it in first" Ling Ling was still panting, and he really had no strength.
The next afternoon Ling Ling spent in the kitchen, almost more than 30 catties of noodles were all baked by him, after being wiped out by Wu Song and himself, there were almost 80 baked cakes, looking at the fruits of his labor, Ling Ling was still quite satisfied, and he was enough to cope with it for a while on the way away. He had already decided to run away at night while it was dark, and this kind of matter should not be delayed, and later would change.
"Pack up, let's go after dark"
"Ah, do you want to be in such a hurry?" Wu Song didn't expect Wu Dalang to be in such a hurry, did he still want to accompany him to Kyoto, after all, the road is far away, and the people in Kyoto are not familiar with the place, so when the time comes, Wu Dalang will be left alone, and he will not be bullied to death. It's just that this is what Wu Dalang wants to do wholeheartedly, and he can't object anymore, so he can only be reluctant or unwilling, as long as his brother is happy.
It was already late for the brothers to pack up, and there was already silence on the streets of Qinghe County, with a few dogs barking occasionally, and the sound of bangzi coming and going, "The weather is dry and dry, be careful of the candles."
Ling Ling and Wu Song went out, they didn't sneak around like Wang Po and Pan Jinlian, the two of them walked very calmly, even if they ran away, they couldn't lose their demeanor, didn't they. The two figures, one big and one small, went all the way to the west, and then disappeared into the long dark night, I don't know how long they walked, Wu Song looked back, it was just pitch black, and he couldn't see anything, Ling Ling didn't look back, because he would return sooner or later.
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It was already noon the next day when Ximenqing woke up, and he was still woken up by the old bustard, probably to disturb other people's business. Ximenqing, who was full of sleepiness, put on his clothes indiscriminately, cleaned up at will, and dressed up without anyone to serve, so he walked out of Yihong Courtyard lazily, today's sun is still a little warm, and Ximenqing can't open his eyes.
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"Goodong" Juan swallowed a mouthful of saliva hard, staring at the little er who sold steamed buns, he couldn't move, he was really tired and hungry, he ran away from Ximen Mansion in a hurry, and he didn't bring a penny, because he usually went out with Ximenqing, eating, drinking, and playing with Lazar, and no one dared to ask Ximenqing for money, so he didn't have the habit of bringing money.
"What do you see, get away, it's stinking Hanako" Xiao Er found Juan who had been staring at his steamer, and when he saw the tattered one in front of him, he definitely couldn't afford to buy buns, so he hurried away and didn't affect his business.
Ju'an ran all the way out of Qinghe County, didn't dare to stop for a moment, for fear of being caught by Ximenqing's people, he didn't usually run much, he didn't know how many heels he fell in the woods, and his clothes were in tatters hanging on the branches, and he ran and stopped for a day and a night, and Juan didn't know what direction to go, but he finally found some people at dawn.
Juan still didn't move, but his throat was still swallowing saliva, his stomach was rumbling, Juan wanted to rush up and grab a few buns, but he was hungry and sleepy now, and the shopkeeper was still quite strong.
"Didn't you hear, hurry up and walk away, I can't afford to see what to see" The shopkeeper saw that Ju An was still staring, and he was a little angry.
Ju An's lips trembled slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but he wanted to say something and stopped, Ju An wanted to say something good and beg that Xiao Er to give a bun, but he only grovelled in front of Ximen Qing He really couldn't open his mouth to a Xiao Er who sold buns, he had his stubbornness, at this moment, stubbornness defeated the cry of the stomach. Jue An retracted his gaze, took a deep breath, as if he had made a huge decision, took a step forward, and continued to start his escape, at this time he began to be confused, maybe he didn't have to run at all, maybe the master just punished himself? Finally, he finally couldn't walk, found a corner with few people, sat down, leaned against the wall, tilted his head, and stared at the sky.
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Yuehong, who hadn't slept all night, had two dark circles under her eyes, she didn't cover them with rouge gouache, and now she just wanted to make herself ugly, so that Ximenqing began to hate herself, and it was best to be kicked out of Ximen Mansion. Yesterday, I saw the miserable appearance of the eldest lady Wu Yueniang after her death, no one has cleaned up the corpse until now, and I haven't seen Yuexiang for two days, so it should be dead, thinking of this, Yuehong felt a cold breath rushing to her heart from the soles of her feet, and suddenly shivered. Once upon a time, she also fantasized about becoming the mistress of this mansion, and now she just wants to escape. She knew that if she stayed under the nose of Ximen Qing in this Ximen Mansion, she would die sooner or later, either she would be driven crazy and cut herself off, or she would end up with Yuexiang, in this mansion, there is only one master, and the others are just slaves who are not as good as grass mustard, even if you are a lady or a subordinate, if you say that you are dead, you will die, and you can't help yourself at all.
Ximen Qing didn't know Yuehong's thoughts, even if he knew, he wouldn't care, and he didn't know that Wu Yueniang was dead, and he lay in the house and died with resentment on his face, very desperate. Ximenqing rarely pays attention to these wives and concubines who marry into the door, they only marry for business, since they have entered Ximen's Mansion, they can only either stay in peace, eat and drink safely, can't cry or make trouble, or rely on their own posture to try their best to win Ximenqing's temporary favor and live a good life for a while.
In Ximen Qingfu, it is like a harem, depressed to the point of darkness.
(To be continued)