Chapter 13: Farewell to the Lotus Valley
On the second day, Jingyue and Weiyan got up early to collect the chores in Wuzhu Juli, changed into plain clothes, dressed up as a girl, waited for Jing Ning to wear it, had breakfast, and followed Xilin Jinchun and Hao Bugui out of the Wuzhu Forest.
On the bank of the Xiangjiang River, the ferryman was already waiting there, Hao Bugui stepped forward to give a salute, and stepped on the ferry. Jing Ning was born in the deep palace and raised in the deep palace, and he has never seen such a river or such a boat.
"Ning'er", Xilin Jinchun called her, grabbed her, but gave way to Jingyue and Weiyan. When Jingyue and Weiyan got on the boat, Xilin Jinchun made a color towards Jing Ning, and said: "Say goodbye to my brother and sister-in-law, they have always loved you very much, and if you say goodbye today, I don't know when Lu Dao will meet again." ”
Jing Ning didn't know what this meant, but she had always obeyed Xilin Jinchun's words, so she made a blessing with a smile, and said with tears in her eyes: "Brother and sister-in-law, you have to take care, Ning'er will miss you!" ”
Seeing Jing Ning's tearful appearance, Jingyue immediately soured her nose, stood up involuntarily, and said with red eyes: "Ning'er, you also have to take care of yourself, don't worry about us, if you are idle, Weiyan and I will come back to see you." ”
In the face of this other scene, it was just uncomfortable for Weiyan to hide in the cabin, and the tears that were originally holding back, hearing Jingyue's words at this moment, couldn't stop flowing out. It's just that she is younger, and she is quite forbearant and quiet, although she is sad, she doesn't want Jing Ning to see it, she only buries herself in her arms and cries vigorously, and she doesn't even want to say goodbye to Jing Ning.
The group was sour in their hearts, but Xilin Jinchun was gentle as usual on his face, and said: "There will be a period later!" He waved his hand at Hao Bugui and them.
The boatman called out at the right time: "Start the boat-", and the boat pushed away the water waves, and then leisurely swung away into the distance.
The figure on the shore became smaller and smaller, and at the end of the day, the star was no longer visible at all, and Jingyue was willing to return to the cabin with Hao Bugui, facing the slight smoke, and the two of them had to cry again, which made Hao Bugui very unhappy.
It's all to blame for Xilin Jinchun, he didn't tell Jingyue and Weiyan alive, and sent them to pick up Xilin Jinchun's master and medicine boy with letters, if they returned to Xiangcheng in a few days, they and Jing Ning lived next door, so would they cry here and pull their lungs? It's going to give him trouble!
Farewell Hao didn't belong to them, Jing Ning was also very sad in his heart, frowned, pouted and asked Xilin Jinchun: "Master, why don't we go with Brother Hao and them?" It's just the two of us here, it's boring! ”
Xilin Jinchun smiled gently and said, "Don't worry, the carriage that picks us up will be coming soon!" ”
"Huh? It's true?! When Jing Ning heard this, his eyes lit up: "Master, master, where are we going?" ”
"Back to Xiangcheng! Do you like it? ”
As soon as Xilin Jinchun's words fell, the light in Jing Ning's eyes immediately dimmed. Xiangcheng, that is the place where she is haunted by her dreams, but at this moment, it is also a pain in her heart. She didn't understand that there were so many cities in Danxiang Country, so Xilin Jinchun chose Xiangcheng for her.
"What is Xiangcheng? Wu Zhu's eldest prince has become the new lord of Danxiang Kingdom, hasn't he been searching for me all along? Jing Ning tilted his head and raised his head, staring at Xilin Jinchun in confusion and asked.
A trace of horror crept into her heart, like a big tree full of rattans and roots, entangled Jing Ning in it, her voice trembled slightly, and she looked at Xilin Jinchun in disbelief: "Could it be ...... Are you going to deliver me up? ”
The smile on Xilin Jinchun's face withered in an instant, his sharp gaze swept towards Jing Ning, and the anger in his tone overflowed: "If I want to hand you over, why did I save you in the first place!" ”
Jing Ning was frightened by his anger, slowly lowered his head, and said with a heavy heart: "The entire Danxiang Kingdom is destroyed, I have nothing, you are all I have, I only have you to rely on, master, I'm afraid...... I'm afraid that one day even you don't want me, I will die without a place to bury. ”
Tears flowed down and wet the placket on Jing Ning's chest, Xilin Jinchun cupped her little face distressedly, both sad and helpless: "Ning'er, you can't rely on anyone, you can only rely on yourself." In this world, no one can always be by your side, and no one can protect you at all times, you have to learn to be strong and protect yourself with your own skills, understand? ”
"Wow-" Jing Ning shouted loudly, "I don't understand, I don't understand, I never want to understand...... Bad guy, big liar, when my father was here, you clearly promised him that you would protect me all my life, how could you just leave me like this...... Woohoo......"
Xilin Jinchun couldn't bear to see her crying and her face was purple, so he reached out and took him into his arms, hugged him tightly, and endured it for a long time before explaining: "It's not that the master wants to leave you, it's ...... It's that your side is really in danger, and I have eighteen classes of martial arts, and all the envoys may not be able to keep you safe and sound......"
"I don't care, I don't care...... I want the master to accompany me...... Master, please, don't leave me, okay...... Is it good......" Jing Ning was blindly willful and couldn't listen to it at all.
Gurgling tears were in Xilin Jinchun's arms, cold, he suddenly hated himself a little, what did he have to do to make Jing Ning understand that the world is sinister, and it is time to grow up.
In the distance, the sound of the carriage "purring" came, Xilin Jinchun pushed Jing Ning away, looked at her little face and sideburns that were messed up by tears, sighed, and said: "Okay, the master promises you, the master will not leave you, but you also have to promise the master, no matter what you do in the future, you will do your best and learn hard!" ”
Jing Ning listened, nodded fiercely, and replied vaguely in his mouth: "Well, I promise you, no matter what the master asks me to learn in the future, I will learn obediently, and I will never make the master angry again." ”
Xilin Jinchun nodded, took a handkerchief and wiped her face clean: "In the future, don't cry casually, if you cry, you will become ugly, the master doesn't like it!" ”
"Hmm." Hearing Xilin Jinchun's words, Jing Ning immediately reached out and wiped the tears on his face, and opened his mouth to reveal a big smile, with tears on his eyelashes.
Xilin Jinchun was very distressed, reached out and held her head in his arms, and quietly waited for the carriage from far and near.
The ringing of the bell on the carriage swayed with shallow cheerfulness, and before it was in front of him, Jing Ning had already seen a touch of flame-like red on the carriage, rushing towards him.
The bell stopped as the carriage stopped, and the curtain on the carriage rolled lightly, faintly revealing half of a human face, fat and pink eyebrows, and the fragrance hit people. Lined with the blood-red robe, the remnants of the embroidery are dotted, revealing a luxurious decadence, which makes people feel inexplicable pity when they see it.
The carriage had stopped, but the people on the carriage were not seen coming down, Jing Ning was still confused, and Xilin Jinchun had already spoken humbly: "I have heard that the master of the dance song said that the current head brand of Changle Fang, the begonia girl, has good singing skills, and she is also delicate, and she likes to dress up in embroidered red clothes the most, I am afraid it is Your Excellency." ”
The man didn't answer, but only heard a string of "Lingling" laughter, which was very coquettish, and came out behind the curtain, and the carriage had turned its head.
Then, behind the curtain, a little girl's body poked out, the same age as Jing Ning, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, also dressed in red, and her eyes looked at Xilin Jinchun for a long time, before she said to Xilin Jinchun and Jing Ning: "My girl said, let's go!" ”
Xilin Jinchun smiled: "Thank you for me, your girl!" I'm tired! ”
When the girl heard Xilin Jinchun say this, her face turned red, and she whispered shyly: "It's okay, Xilin Gongzi is polite!" Then he went back to the carriage.
The carriage then proceeded in a hurry.
Soon after, another carriage came, but it was much simpler than the one just now. The carriage stopped in front of Xilin Jinchun and Jingning, and a young man jumped down from above, saluted respectfully, and asked, "It's been a long time for Miss Ning'er and Gongzi Xilin to wait, and I'm bothering you to get on the car." ”
Xilin Jinchun thanked him, helped Jing Ning up first, and jumped into the carriage himself. The coachman lowered the curtain and jumped into the car, but went in the opposite direction.
Jing Ning pulled the corner of Lin Jinchun's clothes, and couldn't help asking: "Master, why are we not going the same way with that begonia girl?" ”
Xilin Jinchun replied: "It's a different path, why do you want to go the same way with them?" ”
"Huh? That's not right! Jing Ning asked suspiciously: "Just now you talked to her, it is clear that you know each other between the words, and the little girl still called you Xilin Gongzi, how can you tell us to go, and you don't take us with you, and send another car to pick you up?" ”
"That girl didn't say it to us! If you are curious, close your eyes and rest for a while, and it will be before long we will be there, and maybe we will see you again, and then you will go and ask for clarification. As he spoke, Xilin Jinchun had already closed his eyes.
Seeing him like this, Jing Ning stopped asking, closed his eyes in the same way, and fell asleep crookedly.