Chapter Twenty-Eight: Jade Pendant
"Ono, I grew up here since I was a child, and I don't have a way to make a living when I go out, so it's better to stay in Baihualou, maybe I can hope for a good person."
Xue He's voice was a little sad, Tong Xiaoye was anxious, and pulled her to persuade: "Lotus, you are stupid, what kind of good people can there be here, the people who come to Baihualou are either gentlemen or poor scholars, even if they can soar, they will forget you when they turn their heads." β
Seeing that Xuehe was still unmoved, her heart moved, and her eyes widened suddenly: "Sister, aren't you really in love with Yan Qinghan?" β
Xue He's face showed a touch of shyness, which was a tacit meaning, Tong Xiaoye hammered her shoulder angrily, and couldn't help but scold: "Are you stupid, what kind of person is Yan Qinghan, he is just here to play, in case the coachman comes with someone, who can save you?" β
"I don't know anything, but I confronted them, I can't find anything, why should they arrest me?"
Xue He's big eyes like water were a little naΓ―ve, and she obviously didn't take the people who were checking it seriously at all.
"However, how do you know that Yan Qinghan will definitely come back, didn't he say goodbye to us last time? If he is gone, you will have to wait in Baihualou for the rest of your life? Tong Xiaoye still didn't give up, grabbed Xuehe's hand and persuaded him.
"He's going to be back, I know, he's going to be back."
Xue He's delicate face was full of longing for love, and her voice was inexplicably determined, like all women in love, she didn't take Tong Xiaoye's persuasion to heart at all.
Tong Xiaoye sighed helplessly, seeing that he really couldn't persuade her, he could only give up.
Before parting, she was still a little uneasy, and told Xuehe: "If someone asks you about the little bottle, you just say you don't know, if you really can't do it, just push it all on me, anyway, I'm leaving, they can't catch up with me for the time being, you must save your life." β
The two grew up together, and their relationship was like sisters, Xuehe's eyes were a little moist, and he refused to let go of the hand holding Ono, and after a long time, he said solemnly: "Ono, you have to be good." β
There is a small jade pendant in the palm of her hand, which Xue He quietly stuffed over, thinking that it was the thought she left for herself.
Tong Xiaoye bit his lip, and was about to leave, when he remembered something, took out a few silver tickets from his arms, and stuffed them to Xuehe: "You take these, find a place to hide them, and after redeeming them, you can use them as a dowry for yourself." β
"Where did you get all this money?" Xue He's eyes widened, looking at the silver ticket in Tong Xiaoye's hand, and she couldn't believe it.
"Turned out of the rose, she ushered in and sent it for many years, it just happened to be cheaper for me, and I don't have any good things to souvenir, or silver is the most affordable, you can rest assured to keep it!"
Tong Xiaoye smiled, and without waiting for Xue He to refuse, he ran out of the Lotus Pavilion with a smoke.
Ning Yuan had already helped her pack another small package, and at this moment she was fiddling with a set of gray clothes, Tong Xiaoye was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Brother, who is wearing this clothes?" β
"You wear this, it's safer on the road, Xuehe will wear my old clothes!"
Ning Yuan was very well prepared, Tong Xiaoye pursed his lips, and there was a trace of sadness in his big eyes: "Lotus is not leaving, let's leave now, right?" β
"Well, without further ado, there's nothing to clean up anyway."
Without the strange Qinglou woman, Ning Yuan felt a little relaxed in his heart, seeing Xiao Ye's sullen appearance, he patted her head comfortingly, helped her change her clothes, tied her long and thick black hair together, and dressed up as a little girl.
The brother and sister were very simple, and got into a carriage and went out of the city gate before dark.
"Brother, the mining place is far away, should we go all the way?" Tong Xiaoye looked at the vast mountain road and had a headache.
The brother and sister have been on the road for a day, after leaving the capital, the two of them slept in the wind and food along the way, and they didn't even see the shadow of an inn, and they still slept in the broken temple at night.
"When we get to the same state, let's go buy a horse, and it will go faster."
Ning Yuan leaned under a big tree casually, held Tong Xiaoye in his arms and rubbed her blistered feet, his smile was as gentle as ever.
"But brother, why don't we buy horses in the capital?"
Tong Xiaoye was a little puzzled, she was not afraid of hardship, but she heard that the mine was in the westernmost part of the Dasheng Dynasty, thousands of miles away from the capital, such a long distance, with only two legs, it is estimated that she will not be able to walk for a few months.
"Silly girl, you took other people's spiritual fluid, and you also bought a horse in the capital and ran west, I'm afraid that people won't know where you are fleeing."
Ning Yuan knocked on her head and explained, "Let's go to Tongzhou in the north first, there are good horses from the grassland, and when the time comes, follow the convoy of runners to the mines, and the road will be safer." β
Tong Xiaoye nodded as if he didn't understand, took a bite of dry food, the sun was groggy, and before he knew it, he snuggled up in Ning Yuan's arms and fell asleep.
Ning Yuan looked at the little girl sleeping quietly in his arms, and a smile appeared on his always cold face.
Sent here by his mother's desperate efforts, he thought that revenge was hopeless for life, so he could only hide in this soulless place and spend the rest of his life alone, but he didn't expect to have a sister by mistake, and this quirky little girl in his arms became his only warmth here.
Xu is doing too much rough work, Tong Xiaoye's skin is slightly dark and rough, the broken hair on his forehead hides his original delicate facial features, and he is wearing a dusty clothes, but he really looks like a little guy raised by a family in the mountains.
However, when did this girl wear a pendant around her neck?
An ordinary red rope hung around the neck very casually, and it didn't look like anything valuable at first glance.
Ning Yuan stroked the little girl's thick long hair, and gently pulled the red rope out, only to find that there was a lilac jade pendant hanging underneath.
The jade quality is good, it should be worth a lot of money among mortals, he has not had a good time these years, and he is not familiar with the jade jewelry that mortals like, and he didn't recognize what material it was for a while, and he felt a little similar to the red sandalwood he had seen before.
The little girl must not be able to afford such a valuable thing, it should be given by her little sister in the green building.
Tong Xiaoye woke up in a daze, only to find that Ning Yuan hadn't slept all along, her clear pupils looked ahead, as if thinking about something, she rubbed her eyes and muttered, "Brother, can we still find the broken temple at night?" β
Ning Yuan came back to his senses, pinched her cheek, and said with a smile: "There is a small town ahead, let's go to the town to rest." β
"Then you didn't say it earlier, why I slept here for so long!" Tong Xiaoye's eyes widened, only seeing Ning Yuan's narrow smile, she pouted dissatisfiedly, and ran out first.
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