248. Convergence and Dispersion II.
All the qiฤ are ready, but this rain can't be controlled, but if you don't go at this time, I'm afraid you won't be able to walk anymore.
In fact, what is there to prepare, just run away from home, what else can I prepare except for horses and silver, and what else can I prepare, is it difficult to bring all the reluctance? Then I am afraid that I will be tired to death by myself, and I can't carry Yinzhen alone, not to mention the reluctance of my son and daughter's family.
Shaking his head, he pulled his rain hat and clamped the horse's belly, and ran towards the end of the night.
The leg still hurts, and even spreads from the knee to the backache so much that it can barely use the strength, but I can only grit my teeth and endure it.
Yinzhen, I'm gone, I won't let you feel distressed anymore, and I won't let you be controlled by others because of me. I know what you want, and I believe you can get it without me by my side.
If there is a coming day, I will come back, as long as you don't think I left you in the most bitter and difficult time, I will still be your blessing.
No matter where I go, I am your woman, whether you still want me or not, my heart will not change.
The rain did not stop and the wind disrupted the direction, and hit me in the face and body, but I had to drive the horse forward quickly, just to get farther away from him, and farther away.
Yinzhen, I didn't mean to put you down, after a while, as long as I walked farther away, you would wake up, don't hate me at that time. If I hadn't let you sleep, I would have been afraid, afraid that you wouldn't let me go, and even more afraid that I would look into your eyes and be reluctant to go.
The galloping horse stopped abruptly, neighing in the rain as if crying.
The two horses each took a step back, strangled by me and the man who was blocking their way.
One sat firmly on the back of the horse opposite, lowered his body and leaned on the head of the restless horse and patted it gently, the brim of his hat covered his face and was blocked by the rain at all, and he only heard the teasing words with a smile, "Where is Mrs. going on such a rainy night, if you are on the way, it is better for Xiaosheng to go with Mrs., and there will be a good response on the road." โ
Damn, this woman is a fortune teller? She even knew that she was blocking me here, could it be that she came here with a stopwatch?
"Since they are on the same road, let's hurry up, it's not a man's job to delay work. I smiled back and hurried the horse to run again, and Xiaoyan had turned the horse's head to follow.
"Run slower, it's not the right time, I'm afraid the person who made the appointment hasn't arrived yet." โ
Holding the reins tightly, as soon as he turned his head, he was poured a piece of rain on his face, and he wiped a handful of his hand and asked strangely: "How do you know that I have made an appointment? Do you really change careers and become a half-fairy?" Then I don't have to worry about this way, what is that thing called...... Be...... GPS? You're a living, moving, intelligent thermostatic map. Are you afraid of getting lost? Looking for you, pinching and pointing at it again is the correct direction of life. โ
"Bah, why do you disrespect science so much, for such a profound thing as guidance, we have to turn to science for help......"
I couldn't help but laugh and laugh in unison with her, "You have to throw your shoes." โ
It seemed that such laughter had not been seen for a long time, but we suddenly fell silent, and all the way to the agreed place and no one said a word. When my hands and feet were cold, I heard the sound of horses' hooves clattering in the rain.
Before we could get closer, Xiaoyan and I had already turned over and continued to plunge into the rain, and after a while, we caught up with two horses, and in the darkness we vaguely saw Yi An Xingjiu and us with the same face covered with rain.
After rushing all the way to the capital, the rain gradually decreased until it became a late night accompanied by stars and moons, and then at dawn in the early morning, we stopped to find a no-man's land with trees to shade. The wet grass was covered with morning dew, but we were like wolves fished out of the water, and even though we were wearing the cloak and clothes inside the cloak, we were still wet.
When I dismounted, my legs were so stiff that I could barely straighten and could no longer bend into another angle, Xiaoyan estimated that it was no better than me, and I barely jumped to the ground and came to help me, and the two of us women threw off the precipitated coat and collapsed on the ground like some kind of animal that had taken off.
Xingjiu led the horse and tied it not far away, and Yi'an took a water bag of dry food and handed it over, I woke up to find that I could fall asleep for only a moment, and I was so frightened that I leaned against the tree and chewed the damp bun. It's not delicious, but it has to be eaten.
"Are Honghui and Hongwan okay? Did Xiaohe tell you anything?"
The two men glanced at each other, Xingjiu was still looking around vigilantly, Yi An put down the water bag and took out a handful of โกโก from the baggage and handed it over, "It's all good." It's that Hurd wanted to come to see you off and appease Hongwang, so if you can't leave, let me hand this over to you. โ
I nodded, grabbed the burden, patted it, and handed it to Xiaoyan, "Take it, this master, you can't go all the way, don't embarrass your father-in-law." โ
After thinking about it, he still looked at Yi An uneasily, "Honghui ......"
"Don't worry, Honghui has long been sensible, he has a family to take care of, so let's take good care of you. The fourth master rushed to see that we were all in you and you were not there, so he left without saying anything. He came later than you budgeted, so he came out late. โ
I felt like I was dying, and I tried to stare at the burden and bite my lower lip, and heard Xiaoyan and Yi'an talking.
"Xiao He and Su Changqing won't forget my children, but they are all entrusted to them. โ
"Rest assured, it was arranged long ago and there will be no business trip. โ
Xiaoyan's smile was similar to mine, and I shook her hand and laughed dryly, "You are cunning." โ
She replied to me with "each other", and I looked at her as if I saw myself, with a reluctant look and helplessness. We held each other's hands tightly, as if to hold firmness out of our hearts.
Yi An pulled the green grass beside him and looked at the rising sun, grabbed the burden and stood up, "Let's go, let's go as hard as we can, and find a place to rest." Then I'll go find a carriage. โ
I looked at the road behind me, and resolutely grabbed the horse's mane and climbed up, just as I left, to see what was in front of me. The road ahead is very long, and there is no room for the slightest stumbling block, let alone going back.
It's just Yinzhen...... Last night we hugged each other tightly, I can still hear your breathing and heartbeat, today I am far away from the capital. I understand your heart, but I have to let it go at this time.
With a hard whip, the horses under me ran in pain, and I struggled to hold on to the reins to steady my swaying form, and galloped with my back to the direction of the rising sun.
Xiaoyan and I have not gone out alone in this era, Yi An Xingjiu is good at waterways, and he doesn't know much about the terrain of the Central Plains. Occasionally, when I met a caravan, I would jog with others for a while, and when I was resting and adjusting, I finally arrived at the famous chicken song station when the sun was setting.
asked for two rooms to rest in the special business travel place that was separated from the official, and told Xingjiu to properly put away a cart of commercial goods bought from the caravan at a high price, and pulled Xiaoyan to paralyze on the bed and couldn't get up.
I know that this is just the beginning, and the road ahead will be more difficult, but we don't have a choice, I am, and so is Xiaoyan.
When he opened his eyes with a sour body, it was not yet dawn, and Xiaoyan woke up at the same time. We pulled the corners of our mouths and laughed at each other, got up from the bed, and walked out of the room to see the famous post station that had not changed in the world.
Later generations know that it began with love, but they don't know that it was once a traffic artery and a military fortress, even if it is pushed forward from the Qing Dynasty, it will take hundreds of years, or even longer.
We leaned against the city walls to see the red light gradually revealed, some of the caravans had already left the city gates, and some of the fast horses rushing out of the city, I wonder where they would be sent with urgent paperwork.
This place is different from what I remember, it is not as bleak as it once seemed to be, although it is sparsely populated and not as good as the capital, but it is far from the desolation of later generations, only lonely.
Maybe my memories have faded over time, or maybe it's just wishful thinking, after all, I've lived here for too long, and I'm afraid I'll never remember that I can never find it again. And this loneliness may come from my distance, from the glory of a house to a lonely body, even with filial piety, it is still unstoppable loneliness.
What she is looking for is the lover she has chased for two lifetimes, but my love is behind her, there is no close following from life to life, there is no turning of lights, there are just endless thoughts.
Exhaled a long breath and stroked the city wall, the sun shone on the finger ring projected onto the wall, the light red light lit up an ancient green brick, such as me and this era, less estrangement and more closeness, not seeing the time flying only feel the passage of time.
No matter why this post station exists, no matter how many emperors have been beaten to this place, it is always a symbol of love in my heart. And I fell asleep in the afterglow of the setting sun, and I didn't see the lonely back walking in the desert, nor could I find the Dinghai Shen Needle that turned into a golden hoop stick. Maybe he put his shoulders on his shoulders and walked towards the Western Holy Land.
There is no supreme treasure in this world, and there is no longer a Zixia fairy who has been loved and kissed tightly in his heart, and there is just a fighting holy Buddha full of mythology. Who will remember what he used to look like as a dog, not seeing his heart, only seeing his shadow, running and jumping briskly between the master and his brother.
Perhaps, there was another tear that fell on the top of the city wall and was scattered with the wind. Or it fell back into his heart, or it slid down his shoulder with his footsteps and turned into dust.
When I went out of the city, I looked at the endless yellow sand, I rode on the horse and silently called Yinzhen in my heart, and a sudden gust of wind raised the sand and wrapped my eyes around my body. The sourness in my heart couldn't be suppressed, and it surged up to my throat and turned into a little fishy sweetness. grabbed the cuffs and wiped them over his lips and cheeks, pulled down the brim of his hat and "drove", and continued to walk west.
We bought more and more goods, and everywhere we went, we bought and exchanged huร n, and finally it became a veritable caravan.
There are only one or two carts of tea and silk that need to be exchanged for huร n or strange goods that can earn the price difference, and all the rest of the grain is handed over to the dart line that charges the short dart, and every time you pass a post station, you will find a group of people to take over, and leave the silver two at the post station to hand over in three ways.
Yi An was dressed up as a merchant from the Western Regions, and he could only see the deep sunken eye sockets and high eyebrow bones, and every time he used Chinese with a foreign accent to negotiate progressively, it would always reduce a lot of trouble. We all changed our costumes, but fortunately the weather was getting cooler and less difficult, and sometimes when we were tired of riding, we rode in a carriage, which was not slow.
It was nearly October when I arrived in Lanzhou, and the weather was surprisingly cold, but I couldn't stop the excitement in the city.
The street was full of pedestrians, and I listened to the endless sounds in my ears only to feel that my eyes were full of ghosting, holding the reins of the horse but shaking and holding the horse's back. Nothing could be seen, it was as black as the mane on its body glowed.
A thick smell of soup and medicine smoked everywhere, and I couldn't avoid it. I groped for my subordinates to sit up coldly, and when I opened my eyes, I saw Xiaoyan sitting beside me with a medicine bowl, and not far behind her was Yi An Xingjiu standing by the window and at the door.
Got sick? I persevered all the way here, but I still couldn't stand it.
Yinzhen's army had already arrived in Xining in three months, and we had to rush to Lanzhou for more than three months......
"Drink this medicine and rest. โ
The medicine bowl was pressed to his lips, and Xiaoyan looked at me as if he was coaxing, and the hand holding my back gently patted me.
"What's wrong?"
The lips that were close to my ears moved gently, warmer than the bedding under my hands, but they said something that frightened me, and I couldn't come back to my senses for a long time.
"It's been more than three months, you don't know, or have you endured it until now?
I...... There is!
I just thought that I had worked hard all the way to guide my body, and I was pregnant.
Xingjiu and Yi An saw that the two of us were looking at each other and didn't speak, so they told them to rest well and then withdrew and covered the door. I looked down at my lower abdomen, which I couldn't see at all, and raised my hand to it, but I didn't dare to touch it, and my fingertips kept shaking and I couldn't stop holding it. I'm afraid it's a dream, I don't know whether it's joy or sadness, but I feel that this time it's a big trouble.
"The moon didn't come, and you don't know?"
Looking at her somewhat complaining face, I was speechless.
I don't remember how many years a woman's menstrual period will be, and when I found out that I didn't see red in the first two months, I just thought it would never be there again, who knew that it was......
Yinzhen, if you know, you will be happy. Will the daughter you have been longing for be a daughter as you wish, or will you resent me even more for living in such a cold and snowy place, a city that is more familiar and strange.
I am afraid that it is impossible to move forward, and it is even more difficult to retreat.