After disembarking from Tongcheng, they arrived at the post station outside the city, where there was a caravan bound for the capital, and Shen Zhuo would go on the road with them on this trip.

The two are about to part, Gu Sanniang is afraid of making Shen Zhuo worried, even if she has a lot of reluctance in her heart, she can't help herself from crying, but how can Shen Zhuo not be able to read her mind, the more she endures, the more distressed he looks at, this young couple is not ashamed, the two hold each other's hands tightly, thousands of words come to their hearts, but they don't know which one to say.

The words of advice have been said many times at home, this time Gu Sanniang can't say anything, only knows how to look at Shen Zhuo in front of him blankly, he is good to her, even if it is a little bit She also remembers it deeply in her heart, she thinks that she must have burned some high incense in her previous life, so that she met Shen Zhuo in this life, but unfortunately the days of love and love have not passed enough, he is about to leave home, Gu Sanniang intuitively feels that if he leaves, the peace of the past will be broken, and then what will happen, she dare not imagine.

Shen Zhuo thinks more long-term than Gu Sanniang, the situation in the capital is turbulent, the factions of all parties are complicated, the letter from the East Palace, I can't hide it from Jiang An's family, as long as he steps into the capital, he will undoubtedly be classified into the East Palace party, Shen Zhuo's only worry is that Gu Sanniang and their mother and son are implicated.

Until the caravan was about to leave, the guy who escorted the car said hello to Shen Zhuo, and the two of them were shocked to realize that the hour passed so quickly, thinking that they were about to separate, Gu Sanniang looked at Shen Zhuo, she said with red eyes: "You must take care of yourself, me and the two children are counting on you." ”

Shen Zhuo's face was calm, he fixed his gaze at Gu Sanniang's eyes, and said, "You are waiting for me at home." ”

After that, he let go of Gu Sanniang's hand, and walked away without looking back, Gu Sanniang looked at his back gradually moving away, until the figure turned into a small black dot, and the tears she had endured for a long time finally came out of the frame, and the passers-by shook their heads and sighed when they saw this poor little lady crying.

Gu Sanniang watched Shen Zhuo leave, no one could complain about the grievances in her heart, no one knew her near the left and right, and she didn't have to take care of the eyes of others, so Gu Sanniang cried loudly while walking towards the city, and the liver and intestines that cried were broken and sweating, and in the end she was tired of walking, so she simply found a stone stone to sit down and cried happily.

Just when Gu Sanniang couldn't stop crying, a little girl with a double-ring bun ran over, she stood in front of Gu Sanniang and asked, "Auntie, my aunt asked you, why are you crying so sad?" ”

Gu Sanniang, she cried her, what does it have to do with her?

Seeing that she didn't speak, the little girl said again: "Grandma said, hearing your crying, she felt very sour in her heart, don't cry anymore, so as not to upset my aunt and grandmother." ”

Gu Sanniang held back her tears, she raised her eyes to look, only to find that a porridge shed had been set up in the distance, and the poor people around were queuing up to receive the porridge, at this time the porridge shed was separated by a bamboo curtain, and she could only faintly see a few figures wearing red and green inside, Gu Sanniang asked: "May I ask which house is your house from?" ”

The little girl was obviously surprised by Gu Sanniang's loneliness, and she said, "You haven't even heard of us?" My family is from the Assassin's House, and every fifteenth day of the new year, my aunt and grandmother have to give porridge outside the city. ”

When Gu Sanniang heard this, she immediately remembered that two years ago, she came to Tongcheng with Shen Zhuo for the first time, and inadvertently bumped into the aunt of the Assassin Mansion, and she didn't want to meet her again today, she often came to Tongcheng in the past two years, and she also heard of this aunt and grandmother of the Assassin Mansion, and heard that she was kind and charitable, set up a tent to give porridge, donate silver and send medicine, and was very respected by the poor, so the people in the city gave her an honorific title and called her a female Bodhisattva.

At this time, the curtain in the porridge shed was lifted to a corner, revealing a woman's face slightly, just because it was too far away, Gu Sanniang's eyes were not good, so she didn't see it very really, the little girl who was talking turned her head and looked, she said: "Oh, that's my aunt, she told me to invite you into the shed to drink porridge." ”

Gu Sanniang shook her head, she had heard too many stories of intrigue yesterday, and she was respectful of these rich and noble families, so she said: "Please say thank you to your aunt and grandmother for me, I still have something at home, so I will leave first." ”

After saying that, she glanced at the porridge shed again and turned to leave.

Seeing Shen Zhuo away, Gu Sanniang did not stay in Tongcheng for more, she only went to Dai Chunlin once, and returned to Lixian by boat the next day.

Since beating Shen Zhuo and leaving, Gu Sanniang has lived alone with her two children, there is one less person in the house, as if it is much more deserted, she guards the shop during the day, and it is good to say, but at night, she often sits alone until late at night without a trace of sleep.

Unconsciously, the weather became colder day by day, I heard that the farther north went, the colder it became, even if she knew that Shen Zhuo couldn't wear it, Gu Sanniang still cut two more thick clothes for him, when no one was around, she would pull her fingers, thinking about where Shen Zhuo went, not long after, an autumn frost fell, Gu Sanniang became more and more worried, she only looked at Shen Zhuo and cherished herself, and remembered to add clothes in time when it was cold.

After another half a month, the days seem to be calm, Aunt Qin and their sisters are gradually getting used to the lack of Shen clumsiness in the yard, the two children in the family are very well-behaved, especially Brother Yu'er, even if he misses his father, he always remembers what his father said before leaving, he is the only man left in the family, he wants to protect his mother and sister, six or seven years old children are the age of love and stubbornness, but whenever Gu Sanniang comes back a little later, he must go to pick her up with Xiao Yezi.

Shen Zhuo is not at home, he can't come back for a while, no one at home to tutor Brother Yu'er's homework, Gu Sanniang is worried that he has abandoned his studies, but unfortunately Lishan Academy is too far away, she doesn't worry about sending Brother Yu to study, soon she heard that there is an old Xiucai in the city, so she took Brother Yu to visit him, and wanted to ask him to teach Brother Yu, the old Xiucai accepted the silver and gifts, and promised to do it well, but the next day Brother Yu didn't want to go again, it turned out that he disliked the old Xiucai was not good at learning, and he didn't understand what he didn't understand when he read books, Lao Xiucai can only say some perfunctory words in his mouth, and he can't answer the idea at all, so it is better for him to learn by himself at home.

Gu Sanniang couldn't, she couldn't help with the study at all, but since Brother Yu refused to go, she couldn't force him, so Gu Sanniang had to tell him to study hard, every day when she went home, she always asked Brother Yu to read to her in person, and check his writing, although she couldn't understand those words, she could still see if she didn't write neatly.

On this day, as soon as Gu Sanniang entered the alley, she met the shopkeeper of Dongsheng Inn, who saw Gu Sanniang and said to her: "Shopkeeper Gu, there is your letter." ”

Gu Sanniang was shocked, those letters before had been stopped for a few days, why did they start to come again? Besides, Shen Zhuo is not there, should she answer these letters or not?

After thinking about it so secretly, Gu Sanniang asked, "Is this letter still sent to our master?" ”

The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "It's not a mile, it's sent to you." ”

Gu Sanniang was stunned at first, and then great joy surged into her heart, except for Shen Zhuo, no one else would send her a letter, she hurriedly said, "Show it to me." ”

The shopkeeper took out an oily paper bag, Gu Sanniang eagerly took it, she didn't want to think about it, so she walked quickly towards the house, and wanted to ask Brother Yu'er to read the letter to her, the shopkeeper saw that she didn't care about it, and shouted a few times in his mouth: "Hey, Gu shopkeeper!" ”

Gu Sanniang quickly remembered that she hadn't paid the shopkeeper for the run-off fee, she counted a dozen copper coins from her purse, and specially gave two more, and said, "If there is another letter sent to me, please send it to me quickly." ”

The shopkeeper readily agreed, and Gu Sanniang hurried into the yard, where the three children were playing ball, and she said to Brother Yu'er: "Brother Yu'er is coming, your father is sending a letter." ”

"Really?" Brother Yu and Xiao Yezi jumped up in surprise, and even Aunt Qin, who was sitting at the door peeling peanuts, stood up and asked, "Brother Yu'er, his father has a letter?" ”

Gu Sanniang nodded, she carefully opened the oiled paper bag, and the royal brother on the side saw the handwriting on the envelope at a glance, and he said happily: "It's really my father's family letter." ”

"Read it to my mother." Gu Sanniang kept urging Brother Yu'er in her mouth, and Aunt Qin also came over, and several people surrounded Brother Yu'er, and then listened to him read the contents of the letter in a childish voice.

This letter seems to have been written in a hurry, and Shen Zhuo only said that he had settled down in the capital and had seen Dongfang Jian, and he was all right, telling Gu Sanniang not to worry.

Gu Sanniang's eyes turned red, and Shen Chuan's letter made her hanging heart finally fall back into her stomach, and she asked, "When was this letter sent?" ”

Yu Ge'er replied: "It's been more than a month." ”

Gu Sanniang calculated, it seems that Shen Zhuo had just arrived in the capital, so he wrote a letter to them, the two places are far apart, and it is already fast to be delivered at this time, Gu Sanniang asked Brother Yu to read it a few times, and said: "You will reply a letter to your father tonight, and I will send it out tomorrow." ”

Brother Yu took the letter and read it a few times, and said, "But Daddy didn't say where he lives, where should we send the letter?" ”

Gu Sanniang's smile slowly faded, she remembered that Shen Zhuo had something to do in the capital, and he deliberately did not leave an address, presumably it also meant that they should not reply to the letter, after thinking for a while, Gu Sanniang said: "In this case, let's not reply to the letter for the time being, presumably your father will send the letter back soon." ”

Brother Yu nodded her little head, Gu Sanniang took the letter, she rubbed her fingers lightly a few times, lowered her head and pondered.