Chapter 52: The Forest Path
Duanyue ran all the way from Ninghou Mansion to the gate of Kuaicheng. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The gate of the city was very empty, and she was the only one standing under the tower, as if she was the only one in the wilderness who was so lonely.
She stood under the castle tower with a little expectation, facing the street where she came, how she wished that the figure of a familiar person could be reflected in her eyes. But I stood and waited for a while, but no one came. At this moment, the mood is a hundred times more aggrieved than being misunderstood by the storm.
Duanyue finally gave up, turned around and dragged her steps dejectedly, not knowing where to go. They all ran away from home with a hard heart, and now they have nowhere to stay.
"Duanyue?" Suddenly hearing someone call her name, Duanyue hurriedly trembled, and her face was ready to smile. You can turn your head and the corners of your mouth fall again.
"It's you!" She stared at Yan Xing and sighed, unable to contain her disappointment.
Yan Xinghui took in all of this, he thought that he had done something to make Duanyue unhappy, so he was stunned for a moment. "What's wrong? What are you doing standing here? ”
"This ......" Duanyue lowered her head and kicked the pebbles on the ground weakly, making them rattle. I had a fight with my brother and ran away from home. ”
Running away from home? Yan Xinghui blinked and looked at Duanyue's aggrieved appearance, and felt inexplicably distressed. remembered that he had always run away from home before, and seeing Duanyue was like seeing his own shadow. He stretched out his hand and patted Duanyue's shoulder gently, and his tone softened a lot. "And where are you going now? Yu Mansion or Murong Mansion? ”
"I can't go to either of these places." She whimpered lowly. "Go to Mandarin Yuan or Uncle, my brother can find me at once, I don't want to be arrested and locked up in Ninghou Mansion."
Yan Xinghui lowered his eyes and thought carefully for a while, he turned his head sideways and secretly glanced at Duanyue. Seeing that her lips trembled slightly, she couldn't hold back her tears, but her eyes were already red. He couldn't help but feel a little pity, originally thinking that he would let Duanyue hide in his house for a few days, and wait for the wind to subside and send him back, so that he could also leave his personal feelings. But then he thought of his situation in the Yan Mansion, so he had to smile bitterly and shake his head slightly.
"You can't stand here, can you?" Yan Xinghui took out a money bag from his waist and handed it to Duan Yue. "You take all this money first, so as not to have an unexpected need at that time."
He paused. "The bickering between brother and sister is just a trivial matter, let's get along."
Duanyue shook her head quickly, and she said categorically to Yan Xinghui. "I'm not going to give in to my brother! It's not my fault, it's that he doesn't believe and doesn't listen to me. ”
Yan Xinghui couldn't interfere in the family affairs of Ninghou Mansion, he could only stand aside and listen to Duanyue's indignant complaints. "So where are you going?"
"I want to go to Chenzhou." Duanyue looked at the endless path outside the city gate, and was stunned. She has lived to be fifteen years old now, and she has only stayed in three places in her life: Broken Leaf City, Chang'an, and Chenzhou, where she lived for a while. She suddenly thought of her life in Momiji Village at that time, and she couldn't extricate herself from nostalgia.
She turned her head to look at Yan Xinghui pitifully, and this pitiful little eye saw Yan Xinghui's heart tremble, and she began to panic inexplicably. He subconsciously avoided Duanyue's eyes, but it was already too late.
"Yan Xinghui I don't know the road and don't dare to go, can you send me to Chenzhou?" She tilted her head and looked at Yan Xinghui with a smile.
Yan Xinghui hurriedly waved his hand. "No, no, no, you don't know my father...... In short, I can't send you to Chenzhou. "He was afraid that he would get into trouble. This is a nuisance for whoever it is put on.
But even if Yan Xinghui rejected Duanyue so bluntly, she still didn't give up, and pulled Yan Xinghui's sleeve as soon as she stepped forward. "Please! Chenzhou is not far away, and you can get there in half a day if you walk faster. Send me there, send me there! Seeing that he was unmoved, Duanyue finally had to break the jar and break it, angrily shook off Yan Xinghui's sleeves, and strode along the path alone.
"If you don't send it, you won't send it! Who doesn't have a foot yet! She muttered to herself, excited to the air in front of her. You don't care about me, it's a big deal to be kidnapped by bandits or have an accident on the way, whether I live or die or I bear it myself! ”
Duanyue said this, Yan Xinghui really had no choice but to sigh secretly, and finally his feet subconsciously took a step towards Duanyue. "Do you know the way to Chenzhou?" Hearing Yan Xinghui's words, Duanyue had a triumphant expression, and turned to look at him stupidly. "You promise me that you will go for two days, and when the time comes, you will immediately return to Ninghou Mansion. Otherwise, even if you expose the corpse wilderness, it's none of my business, it's clear......"
"Clear! Clear! Duanyue couldn't wait, and before Yan Xinghui finished speaking, he immediately nodded and agreed, with a happy smile on his face, how could he have the pitiful appearance just now.
Yan Xinghui immediately reflected that he was calculated by Duanyue, but as a man, he had no choice but to do what he said and did not dare to regret it temporarily. He squinted at Duanyue meaningfully and sighed. "I'm still too young, and I'm always counted by you."
Duanyue pretended to be innocent and ignorant, and looked at Yan Xinghui with her innocent eyes. "What did you say? Why don't I understand? She snorted and laughed, her eyes crooked to the point of beauty.
"After leaving the city gate, I will walk along this road," Yan Xinghui pointed to the road in front of him as he walked, he turned his face to look at Duanyue and smiled with the corners of his mouth hooked. "But there's a shortcut that you can go faster." He mysteriously walked to the side of the road, pulling open a pile of dead grass and branches, and sure enough, there was a path that allowed one person to walk.
Duanyue looked at the trail in a daze, and asked Yan Xinghui suspiciously. "How do you know there's a shortcut here?"
Yan Xinghui just scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly. "I've run away from home before, but I don't have the courage to find a secluded place to hide, and I accidentally found this path. Driven by curiosity, I walked along this road. Originally, in the direction of Chenzhou, you had to pass through Tongcun, Hexi Town and Lingshan Town, and this road could bypass Tongcun, so it was much more convenient all of a sudden. ”
"Are you sure?" Duanyue looked at the overgrown and rocky path, and her pupils twitched in distrust. "Don't let me lead you into the ditch like in the hunting grounds."
Obviously, you fell into the cave first! Yan Xinghui rolled his eyes silently, muttering silently in his heart, but he still persuaded Duanyue vigorously.
"Don't worry, trust me."