Xiao Yezi found her mother, and immediately told her aunt's idea again, Gu Sanniang was first shocked after hearing it, and then sighed twice, she guessed that her second sister would give in so lightly, it turned out that she wanted to send her and her two children to the countryside.

"Mother, what should we do now?" Xiao Yezi asked.

Gu Sanniang sat in the room for a long time without speaking, Xiao Yezi saw that her mother's face was gloomy, and then quieted down together.

Brother Yu sat next to him, his eyes were red, and he said, "Mother, I don't want to go to the countryside, I want to find my father." ”

Gu Sanniang hugged her brother Yu'er, she said: "Good boy, my mother won't go to the countryside, don't worry, my mother will definitely take you to find your father." ”

After saying this, Gu Sanniang looked at Xiao Yezi again, and she said: "The road to the capital must be very hard, do you follow your mother to find your father, or are you willing to stay with your aunt and wait for your mother to come home to pick you up?" ”

Xiao Yezi raised her chin, and she said, "I definitely want to follow my mother and my brother." ”

Seeing this, Gu Sanniang nodded twice, and she said, "Since this is the case, we need to make a bargain first." ”

Gu Sanniang learned from Xiao Yezi that her second sister didn't plan to send her to Beijing at all, so she immediately asked Xiao Yezi to write a letter, which first sincerely admitted her mistake to her second sister, and said that she had to go to see Shen Zhuo, and said that when she came back, she would scold her second sister casually, and she would never refute half a sentence.

After doing this, that night she took Xiao Yezi and Yu Ge'er to Gu Erniang's courtyard to eat, this Gu Erniang only regarded her plan as seamless, but she didn't know that her sister already knew, the two women took the children to eat, during which Gu Sanniang has been absent-minded, she wanted to open her mouth several times to discuss with her second sister, but the words that came to her mouth were swallowed, she was very assertive since she was a child, but what she was most afraid of was her second sister, as long as the second sister cried, she couldn't take her, and then she cried, made trouble, and hanged herself, I can't say that the day when she is gone will be pushed back again.

The next day, Gu Sanniang and the children got up early, a thick frost fell last night, and the weather was a little colder than yesterday.

Thanks to her second sister's blessing, the silver hidden in the children's cotton clothes was not lost, and her second sister gave her a bag of silver yesterday, which was enough for hundreds of taels, Gu Sanniang felt uneasy and guilty, and when she left, she took twenty taels of silver from it, and the rest of the silver and letters, Gu Sanniang put them all under the pillow.

When she walked out of the house, there was a mother-in-law who was sweeping the fallen leaves, and she said, "Gu Niangzi, the dew is heavy in the morning, why don't you take the child to sleep for a while?" ”

Gu Sanniang smiled reluctantly, and she said, "The child wakes up early, let's take a stroll at will." ”

"Oh." The mother-in-law nodded, but she thought in her heart, what could there be to see this early morning, but although she thought so, she didn't say it, she only said: "Then you can come back after a little shopping, and if you want to come and wait for Aunt Zi's wife, I will send someone to invite you to the courtyard over there for breakfast." ”

Gu Sanniang vaguely agreed a few words, led a child out of the courtyard with one hand, and walked out of the courtyard gate, they first went to the small garden for a turn, and the maids who cleaned in the garden saw her and would say a few words to her.

It's not so easy to get out of the house, this high-door family, a yard is connected to a yard, Gu Sanniang has been here for two or three days, and she hasn't been to a few places, but she remembers that out of the garden and going north, there is a sandwich road connected to the side door of Xue's house, and the woodcutter walks from the side door of the house to transport firewood to the house on weekdays, and last night, she pretended to ask the maid in the house casually, and learned that the side door was specially designed to transport things to her second sister's kitchen, and it would only be open for a moment in the morning every day, so she made up her mind early in the morning, You have to leave the house from here.

After sitting in the small garden for a long time, after the servants finished their work and left, Gu Sanniang watched for a while, and saw that no one came again, so she hurriedly took the child and walked into the middle road.

Xiao Yezi and Yu Ge'er knew that they were going to the mansion, and neither of them spoke, so they just buried their heads in following Gu Sanniang, and through the mezzanine, Gu Sanniang saw at a glance that the side door was hidden, and she looked around like a thief, until she was sure that there was no one, and then hurriedly walked out of the Xue Mansion with the child.

This side door opened in a secluded alley, the mother and son went out of the side door, and they didn't dare to turn their heads, trotting all the way out, until they were far away from Xue's mansion, their steps slowed down, Yu Ge'er had short calves, and he was out of breath after running these steps, and he asked with a blank eye: "Mother, where are we going?" ”

"Don't talk yet, follow my mother." Gu Sanniang didn't say anything superfluous, she took the child and left the alley in a twist and turn.

Gu Sanniang is quite familiar with Tongcheng, the mother and son walked to the street, Gu Sanniang first looked for an inn, according to her guess, her second sister knew that she ran away with the child, and she must send her family to find it on the way to Beijing.

After staying in the inn, Gu Sanniang asked the store to rent a carriage for her, just because the clothes and bedding she brought before were left in the Xue Mansion, so she settled Xiao Yezi and Yu Ge'er, and went out alone to buy things to travel, in order not to be recognized by the people in the Xue Mansion, she didn't dare to stay out for a long time, and hurriedly returned to the inn after buying things.

At this time, the two children stayed in the inn obediently, Gu Sanniang packed her bags, as before, in addition to carrying some broken silver, she sewed the other silver separately in the cotton clothes, when she was doing the work, Xiao Yezi said lonely: "Aunt is so good to us, if she finds out that we don't say goodbye, don't mention how sad it should be." ”

Gu Sanniang's action of sewing clothes paused, her second sister loved her so much, she also knew that she had no conscience, but her sister was important, and her husband was also important, and now she could only be sorry for her sister first.

Xiao Yezi knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he lowered his head and said no more.

It didn't take long for the store to rent a carriage for her, and the driver was a man in his fifties, who usually sent people to Beijing, so this road is recognized, Gu Sanniang is familiar with the store, but she is not afraid of being pitted, she didn't even pay back the price, so she set it directly.

Let's say that on the side of the Assassin's Mansion, when Gu Erniang found the letter and silver left by her sister, it had been a long time, Gu Sanniang first admitted her mistake in the letter, saying that after finding her husband, she would come back and give her a solemn plea, and said that she should not blame the mother-in-law and maid in the house, she was going to leave all her own plans, and it had nothing to do with others, so she didn't want to anger the innocent.

After reading the letter, Gu Erniang was naturally so angry that she cried, but after all, she was still worried about her sister's thoughts, and she knew that her sister had a lot of silver in her hand, and she was even more afraid that her silver would run out, and she would suffer from herself and her children at that time, so she immediately sent someone to find someone along the road.

Said Gu Sanniang, she and the children lived in the inn for a day, the second day, the sky was slightly bright, the three of them got up to wash, after a simple breakfast, the rented carriage came to pick up people, the mother and son got into the carriage, only to listen to the old man who drove the car whip, the horse's hooves clattered to the outside of the city.

This way of eating and sleeping in the open, the farther north you go, the colder it gets, not only the adults suffer, but the two children also suffer a lot, but none of the three of them complained, each other is you protecting me, I protect you, so after walking for more than half a month, seeing that it is getting closer and closer to the capital, Gu Sanniang's heart is tightened.

On this day, the old man who drove the car said that he would walk half a day to the capital, Xiao Yezi and Yu Ge'er breathed a sigh of relief, these days, they sat on the carriage every day and bumped, and their buttocks were about to get sores, and now they finally arrived in the capital, the most important thing is to be able to see their father, just thinking about it, the two children couldn't help but be happy.

Gu Sanniang is not as simple as the children think, and when they arrive in the capital, they estimate that they can't see Shen Zhuo easily, and the first thing to do at that time is to inquire where Shen Zhuo is locked up, and then find a way to see him, and for other things, you can only take one step at a time.

The carriage traveled all the way, Xiao Yezi and Yu Ge'er lay on the window and looked at the scenery outside, the official road leading to the capital was full of people, and some families nearby were setting up stalls on the roadside to do business, these people were very different from their Lixian County whether they spoke in tone or dressed, at this time, there was a tall city wall in the distance, and Xiao Yezi said happily to Gu Sanniang: "Mother, we have arrived." ”

Gu Sanniang came over to take a look, only to see that the city wall was built very magnificently, the city gate was engraved with a few dustpan-sized fonts, as the carriage gradually approached, she also saw that there were soldiers guarding the city gate, everyone who entered the city had to pay tolls, and sometimes the soldiers would check the pedestrians, she thought for a while, found out the broken silver in the purse, and found out the road guide for her and the children, and showed it to others at any time in case of being checked.

Because the carriage and horses had to collect another toll when they entered the city, the old man who drove the car only sent their mother and son to the gate of the city and stopped, thanks to the old man to take care of him, Gu Sanniang thanked him again and again, and settled the rest of the carriage and horse fares, and said goodbye to the old man.

The queue to enter the city was very long, Gu Sanniang, who was in the back, looked into the distance, and couldn't help but have mixed feelings in her heart, and unconsciously came to Gu Sanniang, the soldiers who collected the money looked at her casually, and accepted her money, but they didn't want to look at the guide and let them in.

Looking at the road ahead, Gu Sanniang exhaled deeply, no matter what, she has already come, even if there are great difficulties and obstacles in the future, she and Shen Zhuo will bear it together, Gu Sanniang took the two children and stepped into the gate of the capital without hesitation.