At the foot of Hutou Mountain in Yizhou is a quiet mountain village. The village is sparsely populated, the folk customs are simple, and the villagers diligently guard a few acres of land of the official family every day, working at sunrise and resting at sunset.

Today, the sun is still sweltering, and the peasant woman who is busy in the field looks up at the cloudless sky, and she can't help but sigh for a long time.

Affected by the war, families have lost a lot of land. It's just summer, and it's been a few days of sunny days. If it goes on like this, if it doesn't rain, these crops in the field will all be sunburned, and there will be no harvest at that time, and I am afraid that there will not be enough to hand over to the government, let alone keep some food for the family.

Thinking like this, she felt more and more worried.

The Son of Heaven only cares about poverty and luxury, and the war is peaceful, but it is always the common people who suffer.

In the distance, a horse-drawn carriage drove slowly, and the sound of wheels seemed particularly lonely and monotonous in a field.

The handsome young man sitting in the front of the car looked left and right a few times, then suddenly took the reins and walked down: "Auntie, where is the road to the city going here?" ”

"Just go down the middle avenue."

The peasant woman's subordinates did not stop, and looked up in response. The people in front of him were dressed plainly, but they looked at them with bright eyebrows and starry eyes, unlike the people in this village, so they couldn't help but take a few more looks:

"Little brother, you also went to the city to pay grain, right?"

When the peasant woman saw her nodding, as if she had found someone to share the suffering, she couldn't help complaining:

"Hey, my family also went a few days ago. I said, the tax has just been raised, and the grain is going to be levied again. These days are getting harder and harder. ”

Gao Xun was stunned for a moment, the smile that froze on his lips gradually put away, and then asked, "Auntie, if you get to the county seat here, how long will it take?" ”

"It's not far, I walk there on weekdays, and it's only a few hours away."

"Thank you, auntie."

She leaned over slightly and thanked her, leaving her back straight, and drove away slowly in the carriage again.

In front of the slowly driving car, Gao Xun pulled the reins with one hand and wrapped the other around her waist, firmly imprisoning the person beside him in his arms.

The two seem to be intimate, but they look very estranged.

After the carriage zigzagged for a while, it gradually came up the avenue, and the road under his feet became smoother, and as soon as Gao Xun raised the reins, he increased his speed slightly.

A few breezes blew in his ears, mixed with a little warmth of early summer, Bai Sang turned his head slightly, looked at the side face of the person who was close at hand, and seemed to return to the day when she held herself and sat on the horse for the first time.

The person behind him hugged him tightly, and the familiar tone whispered in his ear. It turned out that the warm smile was still deeply rooted in my heart. At this moment, I was only slightly relieved, and the memories came flooding back like a flood.

She closed her eyes slightly, glanced at Gao Xun, half-raised the corners of her mouth, and sneered: "Why, are you thinking about how to get out, or are you thinking about your old friend again." ”

Looking at her stunned look, Gao Xun kept smiling on his lips, but his tone was cold and dissipated the warmth in the wind: "Lu Baisang, you'd better not think about running away." ”

"Even if I die in the future, I will take you to the funeral."

His heart couldn't help but tremble, and Bai Sang still turned his gaze away from it and was silent.

Inside the car, Ye Ziliang had lifted the curtain and looked outside for a long time. Song Yuyan looked at him and couldn't help asking:

"Mr. Ye, why is His Highness driving these days?"

Ye Ziliang put down the curtain, shook his head and smiled: "Ye Mou is old, there are some things that still have to be done by her in person." ”

Lu Cianming, who was sitting on the side, also raised his head when he heard the sound, tugged at his sleeve, and said in a low voice: "Master Ye, I also want to go out to accompany Sister A." ”

Ye Ziliang looked at the pitiful little appearance, raised his hand and stroked his head, and said with a smile: "Little Cassia, if you are not afraid that the person outside will let you and your sister not see each other for a few days, you can go out now." ”

Lu Cianming pursed his lips, looking extremely aggrieved, and a little unwilling: "That...... And what about tonight? ”

"Tonight, you can sleep with the old man and me."

Lu Cianming hung his head in disappointment, twisted his eyebrows, but obediently never said anything again.

There were no other stops along the way, and as the sun set on, the carriage slowly drove into the neighboring county of Shangjun.

This is a small county town that is not very prosperous, with scattered vendors and pedestrians on the streets. At this time, before the sun had set, the residents on both sides of the street had closed their doors and closed their stalls. Gao Xun drove the carriage all the way to find it, until he was almost exhausted of a street, and he would find an inn that had not yet closed.

"Guest officer, do you want to stay in the hotel?"

As soon as the group entered the door, the shopkeeper in the store greeted him, the inn was not big, but the boss in front of him smiled very honestly and enthusiastically.

"Three side rooms, and then a table of side dishes." Gao Xun responded without thinking, touched his stomach, moved his throat slightly, and added: "Add more bowls, two bowls of rice." ”

"Good Ratcha."

The shopkeeper smiled in response, and beckoned them to sit down at the table first. Gao Xun raised his eyes and swept around, although it was dinner time, there were not many people eating in the store. Excluding a few of them, there was only one table left, and there were three middle-aged men sitting, drinking a little wine, as if they were chatting energetically:

"Hey, I heard that today, the county commander Lu and the new county lord are making trouble in the hall again."

"What's this strange thing about?" The man sitting with his back to them shook his head disdainfully: "I saw that Song County Cheng a few days ago, and I don't play much music when I look at it, the official is not big, and the shelf is not small." ”

"Hey, you don't know, don't blame people for having big shelves-" The other person waved his hand and deliberately lowered his voice: "I also listened to my distant cousin who went to Yongzhou to visit relatives." He is the father of the queen of the previous dynasty! Those who have been officials in Beijing have a big background. ”

"Former Queen? Didn't you hear that she had already died in the palace? ”

"What nonsense, they all said that the queen escaped from the palace on the night of the siege."

"Smack!"

Song Yuyan's hand trembled, and she almost dropped her chopsticks on the ground. Gao Xun quickly helped her, handed back the chopsticks on the table, and said softly: "Be careful." ”

She nodded in a daze, and then heard that the three people behind her seemed to have drunk their heads, and raised their voices again:

"I heard that there were a lot of people who escaped from the palace that night, what kind of death row prisoners who killed people without blinking, Jiangyang thieves who were locked in the prison, the government has not caught a few so far, and it is all infiltrating!"

"Hey, now the world is getting more and more peaceful."

Ye Ziliang listened and sank his eyebrows, put down his chopsticks, and asked in a raised voice:

"Childe, are you going to leave early tomorrow?"

Gao Xun unhurriedly sorted out the food in the bowl, and his dark eyes turned left and right before he said lightly:

"Don't worry, let's rest here for a day."