Encounter (1)

As soon as the carriage galloped north, the days were long in the summer, and Mu Qing felt that the carriage had been running on it for a long time, and her heart had been hanging for a long time. Finally, I saw the sun slowly slanting, sprinkling a soft golden light on the grass and vines on both sides of the post road. Ada said loudly: "We will leave the post road and go to Danyang County." The mother sat firmly, and the post road in front was not smooth. ”

After a while, the road became difficult to walk, the potholes gradually increased, and the speed of the carriage slowed down, and the bumps were terrible. Mu Qingti's heart calmed down a little, Ah Liu and Yinghua both woke up, and they sat in the car together and talked intermittently for a while, first comforting Yinghua, who had just left his mother, but fortunately, Yinghua was originally ambitious in all directions, and after a little persuasion, he was full of ambition. After talking for a while, she turned her head and asked Mu Qing: "My mother told me that we are going to vote for my brother-in-law first, I don't know what my brother-in-law looks like, is he as kind as my sister." ”

Ah Liu couldn't help laughing, Mu Qing's face blushed suddenly, fortunately, the slanting sun emitted a golden-red glow, covering her, and blending with the flying glow on her face, "I'll see you in two days." Ah Liu and Yinghua laughed at her, but she held her hot cheeks with one hand, and painted his appearance in her heart.

The sun fell from the sky, the carriage had already driven through several villages and towns, and seeing that the sky was about to sink, the horse driving had been running for a day, and if it didn't stop, I was afraid that it would be scrapped. Ada estimated that he was already a mile away from the post road, and saw a lively town in front of him, so he drove in and parked the car in front of a large inn. After taking care of the situation, the four of them settled down in this inn.

When Gu Li found out that Mu Qing had escaped with Yinghua, it was already afternoon, and under the anger, he didn't dare to delay, leaving aside the anxious and frightened Chen family, the Wang family who fell into the well, and the Wan family who couldn't stop crying, and hurriedly went to Ming Duyan. Du Yan was furious, and he lifted the table and kicked the stool to reprimand Gu Li fiercely. After all, it was not Gu Li's original intention, and he had no intention of condemning it, so he hurriedly ordered two teams of people, one team went to the water to chase, the other team he personally led to chase the post road, and the other went to the river.

Six miles overnight pursuit, Du Yan expected to think of Mu Qing and Yinghua's two daughters, but did not dare to rush overnight, so that people went through all the inns along the way, and made the villages and towns along the post road from Wu County to Jiangdu restless all night.

When the sky was bright, the gate of Jiangdu was wide open, and Du Yan led the crowd to gallop into the city and went straight to the Qiyue Residence on the bank of the Cao River. Entering the inn, the old housekeeper Liu Ao greeted him, and Du Yan said coldly: "Steward Liu hasn't seen you for a long time, but I invested here, and my mother's property is well managed." Steward Liu smiled and bowed, urging people to invite Du Ruhui.

Du Ruhui hadn't gotten up yet, and when he heard Du Yan's visit, he was shocked, and thought to himself, how did he know that I was in Jiangdu. And Su Ri has never had any contacts, and it is really strange to visit at this time today. He freshened himself up and dressed himself, and hurried to the hall where he was meeting the guest. Before he could enter the door, Du Yanhuo got up from the chair, walked straight to him, raised his head slightly, and looked directly at him, "Let me ask you, where are you hiding Gu Qiniang?" ”

With just this sentence, Du Ruhui probably guessed his intention, and suddenly felt that his scalp was tight, and his hair was about to rush up, so he forcibly suppressed his anger and said: "Dare to ask the Gu Qi Niang that my uncle called in his mouth, but is the nephew's unfinished wife going to the west to wait for the Gu family's Qi Niang?" ”

Du Yan said with a hint of disdain: "It's her." It's just that her father personally agreed to hire her as a concubine with me, and he has already passed the Najib ceremony, and he is just waiting for the deadline for accepting the levy. When did you become your unfinished lady again? ”

Du Ruhan said with a smile: "In the past, when she was still fostering Yu Hang, she already had a marriage contract, and it happened that Yu Hang was taking care of the family, so she could only move the day back a little. She has not been with her father since she was a child, so she went back for more than a month, but she was afraid that her father would not know what was going on, and there would be misunderstandings. ”

"What is the rule that you call herself your unmarried lady without the permission of your own parents? Is it a child's house? Du Yan raised his voice and cross-examined, "If you insist on not handing people over, don't blame me for tossing your inn." With that, he raised his hand and greeted the twenty or so people who had come with him outside the door.

Du Ruhui still had a faint smile on his face, but a chill suddenly rose in his eyes, "My Qiyue residence is not big in Jiangdu City, but it is built according to the Cao River and Baoyang Lake, the location is excellent, and the decoration is also exquisite and elegant, I don't know how much better than the post house. If the uncle makes a big disturbance and disturbs them and their families, how can the nephew make amends to them? Do you want me to say that my uncle suspects me of hiding his concubine, or that my uncle wants to rob my wife? ”

Du Yan was stunned, waved his hand to repel the more than twenty entourages who were about to move, and glared at Du Ruhui with cold eyes. Du Ruhui leaned over slightly, and said: "I am a person who is idle and wild, alone, even the official hat is abandoned, and I don't care what the face is." Uncle is bent on entering the court as an official, must he let his future colleagues see the ugly thing of this uncle and nephew competing for wives and concubines? ”

These words hit Du Yan's waist and eyes, and his anger was not as strong as before, so he only blackmailed a few words, and then led a group of people to withdraw from Qiyueju.

As soon as Du Yan left, the banter on Du Ruhui's face was suddenly swept away. A little guy caught a carrier pigeon with rain and dust and came in, and Du Ruhui recognized it, it was the flying slave of Ada**. Fei Nu's ankle ring really caught a note, unfolded it and saw that the note read: Du Yan forced to marry, went to Jiangdu, feared being chased and intercepted along the way, detoured to Danyang County to escape, and now stayed at Shunkang Inn in Hushu Town, hoping for quick help. He read the note twice, there was no doubt that it was Mu Qing's handwriting, and in an instant, his heart sank to the bottom, his throat seemed to be blocked by a foreign body, and he couldn't make a normal sound, so he only told Liu Ao to go and see if Yu Li had gotten up, and then paid a visit.

It turned out that a few days after Du Ruhui sent Mu Qing back to Wu County, Yu Li also handed over trivial political affairs to the successor and went west to take office. Before leaving, he received a letter from an old friend, inviting him to linger in Jiangdu for a few days, evacuate his depression, and then go to this place. I heard that the Qiyue residence on the bank of the Baoyang River is very good, and it is connected to the Qiyue Fang, and the businessmen and officials who come and go love to paint boats and swim in the lake, and the wine color is staggered. In business and in government, it is a good place to make friends and communicate news. The audience also said that Liu Ao, the owner of Qiyueju and Qiyuefang, is rare and righteous, and he has good friends with officials and businessmen.

Yu Li's old friend and Liu Ao had some contacts, after arriving in Jiangdu, friends took him and Liu Ao to drink once, at first sight, they talked very happily, Liu Ao invited him to stay in Qiyueju, and said with a smile that this can experience the wind and moon in Jiangdu, if you go to Jiangdu to wander in Qiyueju for a few days, and do not enjoy the dance and music beauties in Qiyuefang, you can't talk to people about Jiangdu in the future. After staying for two days, I met Du Ruhui in the inn, only to learn that the owner of Qiyueju was not Liu Ao, but Du Ruhui.

When Liu Ao came in a hurry, Yu Li had just gotten up and was about to go out, when he saw Liu Ao's face full of solemnity, followed by Du Ruhui, who also looked bad. "Brother Yu, stop." Ignoring the politeness, Du Ruhui said eagerly, "It's a shame to say that my uncle Du Yan wants to force Qi Niang to be a concubine, she escaped from home yesterday and is hiding in Danyang County at this time." Du Yanyi came from Wu County but didn't find her, he definitely won't give up, if I go to pick it up, I'm afraid that there will be stalking, half robbing people. I have to bother Brother Yu to go on this trip. Du Yan still has one or two private businesses in Jiangdu, so I will stay here and cause some trouble, so as to distract him. I hope that Brother Yu can bring Qi Niang here safely. ”

Yu Li took the note detailing Mu Qing's location, and only dropped one sentence, "Don't worry, I will protect her thoroughly." So he got on the horse he had prepared, and went to Danyang County.

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