When I first saw that bit of light, Gao Qian only felt a little familiar. He had been instructed by Prime Minister Shi Jing to do some reconnaissance at night, and after searching in his mind, he quickly came up with an idea: it seemed to be a group camping.

Gao Qian thought back to his observation and grasp of the surrounding direction when he first checked into this inn, and the question he had been questioning before changing the fork in the road to enter Tutuo Town gradually resurfaced in his mind.

But Gao Qian did not share this idea with Cen Chi, although it was Cen Chi who first questioned this idea.

Gao Qian quickly withdrew his gaze from the far outside of the window, looked sideways at Cen Chi, and said warmly: "It's late at night, sir better rest early." ”

Cen Chi didn't seem to want to lie back in bed, but looking at the situation at this time, it seemed that there was nothing to pass the time, so he could only lie back on the bed according to Gao Qian's advice.

Gao Qian closed the window and had to leave the house. Cen Chi, who noticed a chair outside the door, suddenly stopped him and persuaded: "You have to hurry tomorrow, you can rest early, you don't have to guard me." ”

Gao Qian's original intention was to stay outside the door all night, and when he heard that he was about to say something, he heard Cen Chi persuade again: "There are far more things to face during the day than at night, how can you do it if you don't rest at night?" To tell you the truth, we are going west, and you have to judge and decide a lot of things on the way. I'm just feeling a little numb right now, and there's nothing wrong with lying still, but you can't afford to lose sight of the big picture for the sake of a little detail. ”

Gao Qian hesitated, but Cen Chi didn't persuade anything more.

After a while, Gao Qian, who had hesitated before, persuaded himself, his expression eased, and said to Cen Chi: "My room is next door, if Mr. has a need, just shout." I don't sleep too deeply at night. ”

Cen Chi nodded and did not speak.

Gao Qian blew out the oil lamp on the table and went out of the house.

When the door closed, Cen Chi, who was lying on the bed, sat up and stared at the closed window.

He was lost in thought, and in the room, where there was almost no light, the expression on his face was blurred, and he sat motionless at the head of the bed, he was just like a stone statue.

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After a peaceful night's sleep without dreams, when he woke up, Mo Ye only felt that the night had passed. It's almost a blink of an eye.

There was still the last knock of the rainy clock in his ears, and Mo Ye tilted his head to look at the window, which was separated by a layer of white window paper. It didn't seem to be dawning yet. Mo Ye's life has always been very regular, and it is customary to think that when she woke up naturally in the past, even if it was a little earlier, the sky should not be so gloomy.

"Could it be that the clock is broken?"

I thought about this question that I had just woken up with a mind that was not very clear. Mo Ye got out of bed, pushed open the window, and saw that the sky was gloomy, not because the hour was too early, but because the sky was full of dark clouds, and the sky was clear yesterday. It only took one night to change.

Except for being a little afraid of thunder when she was a child, Mo Ye never felt sad and sad, perhaps because she was influenced by her master. Not only did she not have much idea about the sudden change in the weather, but she also looked at some clouds.

The clouds are heavy, and I'm afraid it's going to rain. Mo Ye no longer delayed in the house, pushed the door and went out of the house, ready to wash up quickly. If you wait until the heavy rain falls. Outdoor activities are going to get a lot of trouble.

After pushing the door and leaving the house, she came to the door of Bai Tao's room as usual and knocked lightly. Called: "Sister Bai Tao......"

No one answered even a few calls, Mo Ye felt strange in her heart, she lived in the same yard next to Bai Tao in the past few days, and Bai Tao almost got up at the same time as herself every morning, why did she sleep so deeply today?

After hesitating for a moment, Mo Ye was about to give up, and was about to turn around and go to Jingting alone, when she suddenly found that the door that she had knocked on several times opened a crack by herself.

For this door was hidden.

Mo Ye didn't want to snoop on anything when the owner of the room was away, but when she found the door open, the scene in the house was already in her eyes - the bedding on the bed was neatly stacked, and at this hour, Bai Tao, who should have just gotten up, didn't know where he had gone.

Mo Ye's heart was strange again, but she quickly restrained her thoughts, and didn't have too many thoughts, only thinking that Bai Tao might have something to do to get up early. Pulling the door that had opened a crack, Mo Ye walked towards the well pavilion adjacent to the kitchen.

There are two well pavilions in the Song Mansion, and the one near the kitchen is the place where all the maids in the house wash and wash their clothes.

When Mo Ye came to this well pavilion, he saw two servants fetching water by the well, and Mo Ye felt strange in her heart, because in the past few days, when she got up early and asked Bai Tao to come here together, she would not meet anyone else in the house.

Is it really that I am late?

Yesterday afternoon, when Mo Ye and Ye Nuonuo went to buy tickets and came back, she learned from Ruan Luo that she would have a small study. Because of this matter, Mo Ye, who was in an extremely happy mood, spent most of the afternoon in the room that Bai Tao had cleaned up, sorting out the books that Wang Zhe gave her, and even taking care of Gu Ruan Luo's side would only take a look at it every once in a while.

But despite this, Mo Ye didn't stay up all night in the study because of joy, and when it got dark, she went back to the room on time to rest, and she shouldn't have gotten up late in the morning.

After hesitating for a moment, Mo Ye temporarily put aside this doubt, and after asking the two servants, she knew that Bai Tao had just left from here.

After washing up in a hurry, and there was no time to comb his sideburns, Mo Ye used a hairband to tie his hair together as he had done in Xingjia Village before, and then hurried towards Ruan Luo's room.

But when she came to Ruan Luo's room, she found that he was not there. Surprised, she asked the servant who was cleaning the room, only to find out that she had unluckily passed by Ruan Luo again. Just before she arrived, Ruan Luo had just left, and it seemed that he was going out somewhere.

Mo Ye hurriedly walked to the gate again, thinking that Ruan Luo was going out, she quickened her pace again, and finally simply trotted over. When the gate came into view, Mo Ye saw a carriage parked outside the gate, and Bai Tao and another maid stood at the door, watching Ruan Luo get into the car.

"Brother Ruan!" Before Mo Ye could get closer, he hurriedly shouted.

Ruan Luo, who was about to lift his feet to board the car, turned around when he heard the sound.

Mo Ye ran directly from the mansion to Ruan Luo, and before Ruan Luo could speak, she then asked, "Where are you going?" ”

Ruan Luo didn't understand why Mo Ye was so eager. After being slightly stunned, he said: "I made an appointment with Boss Jin yesterday, and I will go to him this morning to find a few account books." ”

Helping Boss Jin clean up bad debts was promised by Ruan Luo when he just returned to Beijing. Half of this matter can be regarded as a favor for a friend, and it is also equivalent to a professional warm-up for Ruan Luo before taking care of the Song family's industry in the future, and this matter itself is a matter of course for Ruan Luo to do.

However, after Mo Ye took a breath, he hurriedly asked, "It's still early, have you had breakfast?" You won't forget it, will you? ”

Ruan Luo couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and thought to himself: This girl is really competent. On the surface, he explained gently: "Boss Jin is entangled in things during the day, and he only has a moment of leisure in the morning, and I will go back when I go." ”

saw Mo Ye run out of the house directly. Until Ruan Luo came to him, Bai Tao, who was originally waiting by the door of the mansion, had also approached. After listening to Ruan Luo's explanation to Mo Ye, she also hurriedly explained: "I'm sorry, Sister Mo Ye." This matter was overlooked by my sister. Yesterday I saw that you were intoxicated with reading, quite sad, just imagine that you must have slept very deeply at night, and today Brother Ruan is going to go out early, but he will not be there for a long time and will come back. So I didn't bother you when I woke up early. ”

Mo Ye looked at Ruan Luo, and then at Bai Tao, not knowing what to say for a while.

At this time, Ruan Luo suddenly said, "Mo Ye, you come along." ”

Mo Ye was stunned when she heard this, and didn't wait for her to speak. Ruan Luo instructed Bai Tao: "What kind of dress should Tong Sheng have, Bai Tao, you can help her change her dress." The time I agreed with Boss Jin is almost up, you have to hurry up and do it. ”

The turn of events was a little too sudden. Bai Tao's eyes were stagnant at first, and then he nodded in agreement, and returned to the house with Mo Ye, who also felt surprised.

Ruan Luo sat in the carriage and waited, and Yang Chen, who was sitting at the door of the carriage, couldn't help but ask him: "Could it be that the joke of the prince that day really has to be put into action?" ”

"Is a woman dressed as a man?" Ruan Luo smiled slightly, "That's not Wang Zhe's joke." If Miss Mo wants to stay by my side, it is necessary to change her dress. The difference is only in the time when the real action is actually taken. ”

Soon, Bai Tao came out with Mo Ye, who was dressed as a man. Her fluffy hair had been neatly tied at the back of her head, like a ball of thread, and the pale red dress she was wearing just now had also been replaced by a set of green caftan brown, although simple and ordinary, but wearing it on her slightly thin physique, it could show a clean and neat temperament.

Mo Ye is like a young man in Tsing Yi.

She followed Ruan Luo to Jin's house, not as a guest as a guest, but to help, such clothes are simple and appropriate.

Mo Ye boarded the carriage and sat opposite Ruan Luo. Ruan Luo glanced at Mo Ye a few times, was very satisfied, and said with a smile: "When you used to be a companion in the academy, was this how you dressed?" ”

Mo Ye was asked by him face-to-face, and her heart was slightly embarrassed, because "being a companion in the academy" was her excuse to lie to Ruan Luo.

However, she has been in the academy for a long time, and this experience is indeed true, and in the past, she has always shown people in men's clothes, and this kind of dress should not have any psychological burden for her.

But in the past few days in the Song Mansion, she has received guidance and help from Bai Tao, and she has always been dressed in women's clothes.

Because of the change in dress habits, she also thought seriously about a question for the first time in these days. I am a girl myself, even if I often dress up as a man as a child, but in the future, I will eventually need to integrate into society with the mentality and image of a woman.

In the days when she lived in Xingjia Village before, those relatives loved her exactly the same, but they all agreed that she dressed as a man, and rarely mentioned women's affairs, even her aunt.

Mo Ye now recalls those pasts, thinking of the setbacks and hardships she encountered in the days after coming to the imperial capital, and only thinks that the actions of those relatives may be a means of protection for her because of the special circumstances of the environment.

Until now, Mo Ye doesn't know which is more important, but in the Song Mansion, everyone is used to the women's dress when she first came, so let her go! It just so happens that she can also ask Bai Tao for advice, those aspects that she should be familiar with, but have lived for nearly ten years but have not been exposed to much.

It's just that since she first saw Ruan Luo, she showed people in women's clothes, and now she suddenly asked her to dress up as a young man in a green shirt, although for her, this is just facing Ruan Luo with the clothes she was used to, but she just felt a little unaccustomed to it in her heart.

So in the face of Ruan Luo's unmalicious words at this time, she was like someone who had just made some big mistake and was caught, she didn't know where to put her hand, and she couldn't answer her words.

Without waiting for Mo Ye to reply to Ruan Luo's words, Yang Chen, who was slowly driving the carriage, suddenly said: "I didn't expect Miss Mo to be a person with ink in her heart, no wonder Wang Gongzi will favor Miss Mo when he chooses the people around Ruan Gongzi." ”