Chapter 19: The Bean Bag Girl (4)

Su Yunkai went to the Daimyo Mansion to take up his post, and left Jiangzhou early, wanting to hike over and slowly enjoy the scenery along the way. But after staying in Nanle County for more than ten days, the time will be a little tight. So I bought a carriage and prepared to drive there. It was already noon when the carriage was purchased, so I simply had dinner before setting off.

When they had finished eating, Xiao Er also led the fed horses out of the stable.

Su Yunkai took the horsewhip and let the two girls get into the car. Bai Shui jumped into the car first, and was about to pick up Mingyue when he suddenly noticed that there was someone in the carriage, frowned, suddenly opened the curtain, and was about to beat the person with his fist, but before the fist went down, he saw his face clearly, and hurriedly stopped. Before he could shout, he was covered by the other party, and he "shh

Qin Fang looked dusty and "shhhhh

Bai Shui was half pressed by him, his face was red, his ears were red, and he grabbed his wrist and twisted it, so painful that his face was red, and he didn't dare to shout, half lying in the carriage rubbing his hands, glaring at him, "Believe it or not, I let my father remove you!" ”

Bai Shui sneered, raised his hand to beat him, Qin Fang hurriedly hid to the side, and asked Su Yunkai for help, "Brother-in-law, save me, my father's people are still going around here, I lost my silver, and I didn't entangle." ”

Su Yunkai thought for a while and said, "It's okay to take you away, but if you play for another half a month, you have to go back to Kaifeng." Later, I will write a letter to my family to report safety. ”

"Yes, yes, it's all up to you." He sat generously at this time, looked at Bai Shui and asked, "My brother-in-law is leaving here, what are you doing climbing up?" Go down, my son is going to sleep, sleep sideways. ”

Bai Shui slashed the middle with the handle of the knife and said coldly, "If you dare to cross the line, I will let you split it in half." ”

Qin Fang gasped and retracted his legs without saying a word.

The carriage was a little tall for Mingyue, and it was not equipped with a stool, only to find that her legs were really short when she was about to go up, and her hand lost strength and almost fell back. When I looked back, I found that it was Su Yunkai. Seeing him, he hurriedly retracted his gaze, bent over and sat down, and touched his waist again at the end, and happened to be seen by Su Yunkai, who had brought the burden in. He just pretended not to see it, so as not to embarrass her.

After a while, a small bench was handed over to Qin outside and asked Qin to put it in the carriage. Mingyue looked familiar, and then she remembered, isn't this the little stool when the innkeeper moved outside to bask in the sun just now? She looked out the window and saw that the shopkeeper was already standing, leaning against the pillar!

She stretched, and the tiredness of last night vanished. Today is clear, the warm sun is pouring into the city, and the sun is thick.

After a while, Qin Fang also lay down, looked outside, and didn't see any suspicious people, so he was relieved. Then he saw Bai Shui raise his knife at him, and he was so frightened that he hurried back to the other side.

If the journey from Nanle County to the Daimyo Mansion is smooth, it will only take eight days to arrive.

Along the way, several people are tired of being together for twelve hours a day, and they can't be familiar with it. There is also less restraint between Su Yunkai and Mingyue, but there is no alienation from the first acquaintance, and there is often laughter when chatting. It's Qin Fang and Bai Shui, and the more they go, the more noisy they become. In Mingyue's words, it's rats and cats.

Su Yun opened an official seal, took the three of them as his relatives, entered them into the register, and also lived in the post station together, which was a lot less troublesome.

On this day, the four of them got up early, Su Yunkai calculated the distance, there were still twenty miles away from the mansion, and if he hurried, he could catch up with the time for lunch. This time, he went to take up his post without informing the people there, only knowing that a new official had taken office.

Qin Fang slept on a hard bed for nearly ten days, and his waist was about to break. The post house was even harder, and it hurt so much that he had to hold his waist with his hands when he came out of the post station, and he walked with a limp. When Bai Shui saw it, he stretched out his finger and poked him on the waist, which made Qin Fang jump up and said angrily, "Bai Catcher!" ”

Bai Shui frowned, "Don't move, I'll twist the acupuncture points for you, it will be better." ”

Qin Fang was skeptical, but if he ran away like this, it was estimated that with the temperament of the White Demon King, he would also be arrested and returned, and it would not be in vain. He stood there with an "um" sound, Bai Shui pinched left and right, and he croaked in pain. When Bai Shui let go of his hand, he took two small steps, and unexpectedly found that it was really much better. He can be regarded as having a little respect for Bai Shui, "The craft is good, who did you learn from, I will learn it another day." ”

Bai Shui raised his chin, "Huh." ”

Qin Fang took a look and saw a pair of men and women who came out of the gate of the post house, under the reflection of the warm sun, they were talented and beautiful, talking and laughing, they were really a pair of beautiful people, and they felt comfortable looking at it. He suddenly felt that something was wrong, felt his stomach roll a little, and looked at him in shock, "Mingyue, Mingyue girl? So how did she learn? ”

Bai Shui thought for a moment and said, "When she first followed her grandfather to examine the corpse, she was forced to memorize the acupuncture points, and naturally knew what each acupuncture point was for. ”

Qin Fang suddenly felt that his legs were weak, his waist hurt even more, and his stomach was still churning a little.

Su Yunkai saw him lying on the wall of the car with a pale face, and asked, "What's wrong with him?" ”

Bai Shui glanced at him and replied, "Oh, probably because of back pain." ”

Mingyue stepped forward and said, "Little monkey, do you want me to pinch you?" ”

"Don't!"

Su Yunkai frowned, "No, no, what are you doing yelling so loudly." ”

Qin Fang said, "Just, no!" ”

Su Yunkai bent the corners of his lips and raised his hand to poke at his waist.

"Whew-"

Qin was so angry that Su Yunkai had already taken a small bench out and put it on the ground. Mingyue stepped on the stool and bent down to put the bench he handed him in. Repeat it several times a day, and you have already had a tacit understanding.

"Brother-in-law, I can't go up."

Su Yunkai sat on the board of the car, raised his horsewhip, and glanced lightly, "Then stay at the post station." ”

When Qin Fang heard this, he jumped up, and his movements were as fast as a leopard. When he climbed into the carriage, he began to wail again, annoying Bai Shui.

Mingyue was really noisy when she heard that the two of them were arguing, leaned over, sat next to Su Yunkai, opened the oil paper bag, tore a piece of baked cake and put it to his mouth. Su Yunkai took a bite into his mouth and chewed slowly. Swallowing a piece, she handed another one. After a while, the cake was eaten by the two of them, and Mingyue asked, "Drink water or eat another one?" ”

"Water."

After he drank the water, Mingyue took the water bladder back and continued to hold it. The sound of horses' hooves, the wind gradually subsided, and they had already gone up the mountain road. The trail is short and you can see the village below. She looked at the map and pointed to the path on the left side of the village, "You have to go through there, the road on the right leads somewhere else." After she finished speaking, she tilted her head and asked, "Have you walked this road?" ”

"Walk through. From Jiangzhou to Kaifeng, from Kaifeng to the Daimyo's Mansion, and from the Daimyo's Mansion to other places, when I was a child, I followed my father to basically go to the entire Great Song Dynasty. ”

The driver said these words very calmly, but how could the eunuch's house always run around. Mingyue had heard about his father, but because he was too upright, his career was not very smooth. And the reason why Su Yunkai is appreciated is because his name for tanhua was appointed by the emperor, and because he was the prince's accompaniment, he won deep trust and was really capable, so his career was smoother than his father's.

Now that he has been promoted to a criminal officer, isn't it the best proof.

Under the calm handsome face, there is still a high wall, which Mingyue has not yet crossed. The little brother in my memory is clearly very cheerful and talkative.

Su Yunkai saw that she hadn't spoken for a long time, and looked at her, "What's wrong?" If it's windy, go inside. ”

"It's okay, it's going to be boring if you drive alone, I'll accompany you."

Bored? Not really. But it seems that it is not bad to have someone talking next to you. Su Yunkai didn't let her in again, but the two of them in the carriage kept arguing, and it was already noisy. Su Yunkai and Mingyue glanced at each other and smiled helplessly, they were really two living treasures.

Descend the hill and pass by the road on the left side of the village. When he got closer, Mingyue saw that there were dark paper incense candles on the ground every other way.

An incense candle was interspersed with a piece of earthy yellow paper, on which two or three drops of red wax were lit, scattered in the grass and spread on the dirt road. Some were wet, some had been crushed into mud by passing carriages and pedestrians, and most of what remained on the ground was incomplete and must have been scattered for some time.

In the Song Dynasty, in some places, after someone passed away, relatives would use incense sticks on the ground to spread on the ground, which was said to pave the way for ghosts, find the ghost gate, and also use the money for the deceased when they went on the road.

Mingyue looked around, but she didn't see the white in front of any house, nor did she hear the sound of horns, and the road to the paper was still extending.

Su Yunkai also looked at it a few more times, until the carriage was about to leave the road, and he saw a group of people huddled together on a small hillside not far from the intersection. But no one cried, and no one saw the funeral, and they looked strange, "What are you doing over there?" ”

Mingyue was also itchy, "Go and take a look." ”

The carriage stopped suddenly, Qin Fang paused for a moment, opened the curtain and looked out, and saw that the ground was full of ingots and candles, and shrank back. Bai Shui took a look, immediately jumped out of the car, and followed the people who were already walking towards a small hill.

I thought it was silent when I walked away, but when I got closer, no one cried. Mingyue was curious, walked a few steps faster, and saw that more than ten people were looking down at the same place, looking relaxed, and some were laughing. When she looked into the pit, she understood. Just as Su Yunkai stepped forward, she said in a low voice, "It's picking up bones." ”

Su Yunkai suddenly, picking up bones is to clean up the bones and rebury, in the Southern Dynasty Jiang Yan had mentioned "drop out of the fire, blow the soul and pick up the bones", after the deceased is buried, relatives find an auspicious day to re-bury, generally limited to thirteen years.

It's no wonder that most of the people who come here look relaxed, after all, they are people who have been gone for thirteen years, and how much pain can they have.

After Mingyue figured it out, she had no doubts in her heart, so she planned to leave. But as soon as he turned around, his wrist was held by Su Yunkai. Looking away, the black eyebrows were slightly raised, motioning for her to look at the bones that had been picked up and pieced together. She looked at it and couldn't help but pause.

On the straw mat, there were two corpses.

She swallowed, and Su Yunkai had already asked others, "May I ask why there are two pairs of bones in the coffin?" ”

Others smiled and said, "Husband and wife, the same tomb and the same cave." ”

Mingyue frowned, "Judging by the size of the bones, the two of them were only twelve or thirteen years old, right?" ”

The others were still smiling, and replied—

"Secret Marriage."