To Xiao Qing's surprise, just when he was about to continue driving south around Bianliang City, the young lady suddenly ordered:

"Brother Xiao Qing, we won't go to Jiangning Mansion for the time being, so let's go west to Xijing Luoyang."

"This, okay."

Anyway, when I went out, the old lady repeatedly told me that as long as the young lady was well protected on the road, the young lady could go wherever she wanted, so Xiao Qing only hesitated a little and turned the carriage and drove onto the official road to Luoyang, Xijing.

Along the official road all the way to the west, a few days later came to Dengfeng County, after staying at the inn at night, Qingwen asked:

"Miss, this place is not far from Miss's former residence, do you want to go back and have a look?"

Xiao Yiran lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then said dejectedly:

"That's it, going back will only increase the sadness, so let's not go."

After playing in Dengfeng for a day, after setting off the next day, Xiao Yiran said to Xiao Qing:

"Brother Xiao Qing, let's go north from Dengfeng, go to Mengjin County first, and then go south to Luoyang City."

"Yes, miss."

Xiao Yiran remembered that when he went to Xiabang County with Lin Chen to attend the wedding of his senior brother Kou Zhun, he had dreamed that he suddenly appeared on the ancient battlefield of King Wu's war, so he wanted to take a look at Mengjin.

Mengjin City is a small county town, wandering in the streets of the city center where you can see the end at a glance, there is no trace of the eight hundred candidates meeting Mengjin in the past. It's just that I heard the locals say that not far from the north outside the city, there is a town called "Huimeng Town", which is the location of the alliance between King Wu and the eight hundred princes in the world. After thinking about it, Xiao Yiran did not go to Huimeng Town again, but directly turned around and went south and entered Luoyang City.

calculated, including this time, it should be the fifth time to come to Xijing Luoyang.

On both sides of the bustling street, the rows of shops seem to have not changed at all, and they deliberately chose the small inn where they lived in Luoyang City when they came to Luoyang City with their parents for the first time, and still chose the room of the year. After checking in, Qingwen couldn't help but pouted and asked:

"Why did the young lady choose this little inn?"

Looking around at the humble belongings in the room, Xiao Yiran certainly understood the meaning of Qingwen's words. Smiled and said:

"You know what? Back then, my father and mother came to take the exam with me, who was only a few months old, and I lived here. ”

"No, Miss, it's only a few months old, how do you remember?"

"Hehe, Miss, I naturally have a good memory."

Xiao Yiran's half-truthful words made Qingwen and Musk Yue both laugh.

Since coming to Miss's side, for so many years, the three masters and servants have long been like sisters, and if Miss can have a good mood and a good home, then Qingwen and Musk Moon will naturally have a head to rely on. So seeing that the young lady has been in a better mood day by day since she went out, the two girls are gradually smiling.

"Miss, why don't we stay until the peony blossoms bloom before leaving?"

"You Qingwen, it's only mid-February, and the peony flowers won't bloom until the end of March, so could it be that we have to stay here for more than a month?"

"What's that, it's all out for a break anyway. After sleeping in the open for so many days, Miss should also stay and rest well, right? ”

"It's okay to rest and rest, so let's stay first, and as for when to leave, let's talk about it in a few days."

Although Xiao Yiran did not explicitly agree, it had already made Qingwen hear a glimmer of hope. Seeing that Miss was in a better mood, Qingwen of course hoped to live in Luoyang City for a few more days, so that Miss could take care of her body that had been reduced a few years ago.

The so-called long-term chaos must be cured, and the development of history is always like this.

Xiao Yiran walked on the bustling streets of Luoyang City, and couldn't help but think that since the Spring and Autumn Period, the vassal states have been in turmoil, and experienced the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty, and after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, it finally ushered in the reign of Wenjing. In the past few hundred years, the war at the end of the Han Dynasty led to the destruction of life, and it was not until the establishment of the Tang Dynasty that the rule of Zhenguan appeared. Now in the early days of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the world has always been smooth, and now it is at the beginning of the history of the "Jiudeng" world, until Yingzong, that is, the prince Zhao Heng ascended the throne, it is considered to have entered the real prosperous period of the Northern Song Dynasty.

At the instigation of Qingwen, on the third day of coming to Luoyang City, the group went to the peony garden that they had seen in the east of Luoyang City, known locally as Dong's West Garden.

It's just that the season is not enough, and the garden is full of bare peony branches.

"Miss, the peony garden that is not in bloom is not beautiful at all."

"Hehe, didn't you encourage Miss to come and see it?"

Musk Moon rarely teased Qingwen.

"How did I know that a peony tree without flowers and leaves was so ugly?"

Hearing Qingwen's words, Xiao Yiran said thoughtfully:

"Flowers and leaves are just appearances, and only by removing appearances can we see things as they are."

Qingwen and Musk Yue didn't understand what Xiao Yiran's words meant, and Xiao Yiran himself didn't know why he suddenly thought of such a sentence.

Dong's West Garden and his party can be said to be a happy departure and a disappointment for Qingwen. When I returned to the inn, I saw that the young lady still had a thoughtful expression, and couldn't help asking:

"Miss, what do you want? Did you think of visiting Mr. Kou in Xiabang County? ”

"Yes, I haven't written to my husband for a long time, I don't know how my husband and my wife are in health, whether my brother can be promoted after his term expires, and my sister-in-law, I don't know if I have given birth to Lin'er."

"Why don't we go to Xiabang County first, and then come back to see the peony flowers?"

"Why did you change your mind so quickly?"

Qingwen smiled and didn't answer, but she was thinking in her heart, don't you hope that Miss you won't always be depressed, and come over as much as possible?

"Let's stay here for a few more days before we go."

Although he said this, Xiao Yiran also wanted to go to meet Mr. as much as he could.

It's just that he stayed for another two days, so he asked Xiao Qing to set up a car, pushed off the room of the inn, and after leaving Luoyang City, he went straight to Huayin. Habitually, he stayed overnight at the Yuelai Inn in Huayin County, and rushed to Koufu in Xiabang County early the next morning.

When he came to the gate of Koufu, Xiao Yiran did not get out of the car, but sent Xiao Qing to take Qingwen in first to make a report, and then still sat in the carriage and drove the carriage directly into the backyard of Koufu. The purpose is just to hide people's eyes and ears, for fear of revealing their whereabouts.

When I came to the backyard, I got out of the carriage and saw that Mr. Kou and his wife were already standing at the door of the living room and waiting. At the same time, Xiao Yiran also saw a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy beside the old gentleman. Suddenly, Xiao Yiran didn't recognize it, took the young man forward and saluted, and said:

"Yan Duan, thank you for the kindness of Miss back then."

Only then did I think about it, who is not Yan Duan?!

"Yan Duan, is it really you?"

After speaking, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet Mr. Kou and his wife who came over, and then hugged into the living room.

After Mr. Kou and his wife sat down, Xiao Yiran wanted to pay homage as a master and apprentice, but was stopped by Kou Xiang.

"Then you don't have to cling to those vulgar rituals, sit down and rest."

"Yes, Ran'er, sit down here with my wife. It's only been a long time since I saw you, why are you so thin? ”