Chapter 71—Out of the City (I)

As Yue Laosan said, by the afternoon of the second day, it was very close to the gate of the city that went out of the city to the south.

The road became narrower and narrower, the noisy voices outside the carriage were getting closer and closer, a train of people and horses stopped and stopped, and the more difficult it became, the hustle and bustle was like being under the stage, the left was a gong, the right was a drum, all the sounds were mixed together, shouting, pushing, and other stumbling sounds, Changting couldn't understand the dialect, pursed his lips, and pulled the corners of his clothes tightly in his hands.

Ah Ning was drowsy on Hu Yuniang's lap with a soft pillow, Hu Yuniang almost wanted to open her mouth to speak, but she couldn't bear it, and finally didn't say a word.

Shun lì out of the city, is to cross the fire pit, although you can't see where the road ahead is, but in the end after passing a level is a level.

If you can't get out

Changting hurriedly shook his head, there is nothing that can't be done, everything has been done, everything has been prepared, the account books of the Fushun, the samples transported by the way, the aurora abacus, the wrench and the Pixiu pendant that businessmen are used to wearing are all well prepared, unless Zhou Tongling wants to make a monster under the nose of the imperial envoy, otherwise he will not dare to rashly close the city, offend several major businesses that travel back and forth, and make the imperial envoy suspicious.

The further the carriage went, the tighter Changting's heart tightened.

Zhou Tongling is not a fool, he can naturally think that there will be anyone who knows the news of Lu Xuan's death, and naturally he can understand their current situation!

What if, under the guise of arresting the murderer of the persecution of the Heisei Lu family's house, Zhou Tongling secretly searched for her and Changning thoroughly, and suddenly closed the city and closed the land, and no longer allowed to travel and pass? What if Zhou Tongling didn't even pay attention to the three points of the imperial envoy's thin noodles, and insisted on detaining the family of a possible girl of appropriate age? If Zhou Tongling does not play cards according to common sense, will this line of people be caught off guard?

If, if, if

Changting's brain is like a slurry, taking a step is a risk, and squatting in the inner city is also a risk, just like hanging your feet on a brazier, stepping or not stepping, the choice is different, and the results of nature are also different. Approaching the gate of the city, Changting's sense of regret gradually became stronger, if when Meng Tuolai asked her opinion at that time, she told them that maybe it would be better to leave in two days, would it be much easier now? As soon as the thought came out here, Changting was stunned for a moment, then bit his lip and shook his head again, there is nothing to regret! If they don't come out of the Li Mansion now, I'm afraid she will be very frightened in her heart, and she will regret even more that she didn't choose to leave the city immediately!

There are many things in the world that are either/or, black and white, and if you choose them, what is there to regret!

Changting's hands clenched into fists.

The carriage staggered to a halt, but the human voices did not cease to stop, but intensified, and some male voices rose sharply and then suddenly lowered like a broken kite falling to the ground until they were silent.

No one in the inner compartment made a sound, Man Xiu trembled and served three teas, and listened to the sound outside, the more he listened, the more frightened he became, his whole body was like a trembling sieve, and his voice was choked with crying, "If you wait for the situation to be so severe, you have to come at such a bad time." It's not eating, so why don't you have to pick and choose to eat it."

Hu Yuniang couldn't hold back her "poof", and immediately laughed.

Changting's face stiffened, he glanced at Changning, who was sleeping soundly, and whispered, "In front of the second girl in the future, don't say these words" After thinking about it again, "You can speak less local dialect, if you can speak official language, try to speak official language, and if there are soldiers to pick up the curtain tent, if you can not make a sound, you will not make a sound, and if you are asked, you will use official language to reply." ”

Man Xiu's eyes were red and he nodded heavily.

Changting sighed, his heart went over again, and he was about to speak again, but he heard the sound of hurried footsteps outside the carriage, and immediately held his breath with a pale face, and looked directly at the curtain that fell quietly.

"Knock knock" three times, followed by a very steady and low male voice.

"We're about to cross the gates, and there's three more teams ahead of us. Now that the order from above has come down, the soldiers defending the city are very disciplined. During the special period, there was also a practice of body searches before us, which were all carried out by the mother-in-law and the old woman in the inner compartment. If we really can't avoid it, there is only a wronged girl. ”

It's Monto's voice.

Changting hurriedly leaned against the car window and asked repeatedly, "Can you find out who was detained before us?" Who is at the gates? People from Youzhou, or people from Jiankang? Is Zhou Tongling absent? How many lines of businesses come and go? What are they? ”

Every question just tickles the itch.

Fortunately, the two girls of the Lu family are not only women of the scholar clan who only know how to cry and cry.

Meng Tuo secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and responded in a concise and deep voice, "Most of the people who were detained were suspicious and couldn't tell where they came from and where they went, and there were also a few teams of merchants and horses who couldn't get a certificate from a vendor, and three out of ten people and horses were detained in the past. It should be the officials of Youzhou who sat at the city gate with the imperial envoy from Kyoto, and did not get the news of Zhou Tongling, and a selfish speculation that Zhou Tongling should have more important things to do and would not waste time here. Youzhou is a place that runs through the north and south, there are many businesses, and even many families have migrated, and the traces of our group are very normal. ”

What's more important?

Is it to vigorously cover up the clues left behind by Lu Xuan when he died?

Changting breathed a sigh of relief, turned sideways, gently lifted the curtain, and looked out of the gap that was lightly lifted, just in time to see Meng Tuo's half-sided face, with a high nose and deep eyes, thin lips pursed, and a calm gaze, but like a sea of thousands of feet, he couldn't see the bottom and couldn't see the truth.

"Thank you, Lord Meng."

Changting said softly.

These days, it seems that the word she says the most is thank you.

Thank you for the kindness and kindness of the world.

At the foot of the city wall, it was noisy.

The little girl's voice was very slow, interspersed with all kinds of voices from the complicated and vulgar earthly world, and gradually all the other voices sank, only the voice of Changting still existed in her ears.

Meng Tuo's eyes raised slightly, moved his throat lightly, looked away, nodded, and said in a deep voice, "I can't talk about thank you or not, my duty is where I can't help but obey." ”

Changting pursed his lips and smiled.

Again.

The duty did not tell him that he wanted to stand up for others, and he did not tell him that he should respect their opinions, and he did not tell him that he needed to take care of their filial piety, and that he needed to go to the doctor as soon as he entered the city, and he should have come forward to comfort him clumsily.

But he did it anyway, silently, thoughtfully, without a trace, and with great measure.

Now it is shirked by the place of responsibility.

The little pear vortex at the corner of Changting's mouth was brought out with a smile, and the little girl bowed her head lightly, and said softly in Meng Tuo's words, "Then thank you for the responsibility on your shoulders." ”

Meng Tuo saw his figure sideways again, coughed lightly twice uncomfortably, and put his hand in his sleeve pocket to check the thing that Yue Fan sent over with a plain silk handkerchief, which was like a sachet and like a cloth bag, his throat and eyes were itchy, he shook his shoulders invisibly, held the handkerchief in his hand a little tightly, groaned and thought about it, and saw that the convoy in front of him had rolled and rolled, and rolled out of the city gate, Yue Laosan was about to raise his horsewhip and hurry up.

Meng Tuo thought about it again, turned his back, and said in a deep tone with a slight hesitation, "Don't be afraid. ”

As soon as the three words landed, the young man turned his head and racked his brains to think about it again, and repeated, "Don't be afraid." ”

Some people say things that inexplicably make people feel very appropriate.

Changting Su pointed slightly, lifted the curtain again, quietly looked at Meng Tuo's back, and responded to him in a solemn but soft voice, "I'm not afraid." ”

The world is big, but it's just a dead word.

She tried her best, she tried hard, she tried hard to live, she walked forward step by step, she didn't make a mistake, she walked in fear and step by step.

As long as you have worked hard, as long as you don't despair, there is still hope, and there is no one to be sorry for.

People do nine points, heaven determines one point, they have already done everything, and now it is all up to God's will.

Defeated, she hugged A-Ning to see her father, mother, Fu family, and Chen Yu.

If she wins, she lives in their place.

Regardless of the outcome, she didn't lose.

Why be afraid?

Changting put down the curtain with one hand, so that he didn't see Meng Tuo's expression of turning around and looking back after a pause in his feet. RS