The next morning, Changsheng still instructed the shopkeeper to stay in the room and go out, and when he walked to the street corner and saw a colorful figure behind him, he smiled disdainfully.

When I came to the gate of Xing'an, I saw Uncle Xu carefully bowing to the two guards from a distance: "The two military masters are doing well, can you tell the whereabouts of the grass people's daughter?" My daughter's name is Zhou Changsheng, and she sent a letter saying that she left the palace the day before yesterday to let the grass people come to pick her up, but the grass people fell ill on the road and were delayed for two days, and they couldn't find their daughter when they came. ”

The two completely unfamiliar defenders didn't have the patience to listen to him at all, and said impatiently: "Hurry up, hurry up, I haven't seen any Zhou Changsheng, either I haven't left the palace, or I will go to the inn to inquire, don't be here Rosso!" ”

Uncle Xu didn't care at all, and said to himself: "The grass people have inquired, but they can't find it, the military master is doing well, I heard that my daughter is going to leave the palace, I have already made the decision to hire someone for her, if I can't bring it back, people still think that I sold my daughter to Beijing for a dowry, and I will have to eat a lawsuit when I sue the government!" ”

After speaking, he took out a cake from his arms and handed it over with a flattering smile: "Countryman, there is nothing good, the two military masters must be hungry, this is what I brought from home, give it to the military master and divide half of it to satisfy hunger!" ”

The two defenders looked at the dry and hard coarse bread, their faces turned white with anger, and they were about to have a seizure, but Changsheng, who was about to laugh, rushed over, and shouted from afar: "Dad! Father! I am here! I am here! ”

He said that he hurried over and said in a crying voice, "Why did you come?" Didn't you say that you would come the day before yesterday at the latest? I'm dying! You cruelly sent me to the palace back then, and now I don't care about me anymore when I leave the palace! Am I still born to you? ”

Uncle Xu saw Changsheng, hurriedly put the cake into his arms again, walked over in surprise and joy, wiped his sweat and apologized vigorously, and said flatteringly: "Okay, okay, my father didn't sleep last night, I rushed to the **** road, don't be angry, your mother is still waiting at home, my father was infected with a cold on the road, and he lay in the inn for three days, so he delayed the time, good girl, let's go home!" ”

Changsheng pretended to wipe away his tears and said, "Then why don't you leave a few days earlier?" I'm not afraid that my daughter will be sold! Do you know that a matchmaker surnamed Zhu came to the inn to bully me! ”

Uncle Xu's face changed: "What? Matchmaker? Dad has hired your mother-in-law in the township, isn't that matchmaker afraid of a lawsuit when she proposes marriage to a married woman? ”

"What? Did you hire someone for me? Why don't you wait for me to go back? What if it's pockmarked? ”

"It's not pockmarks, it's not pockmarks, don't worry, my father told you a good family business, I was officially hired before I came, I was a showman in the town, white and pure, only two or three years older than you, I just died last year, there are only two daughters in the family, and I have to go out after all. His family is quite a little bit of a small property, and he also opened a museum to teach, with two or three little girls and old mothers, you married a young grandmother who didn't touch the spring water with ten fingers, where to find such a relative? It's also your fate, I met it just out of the palace, let's go back and prepare a dowry, and marry after the New Year! ”

Changsheng pretended to be disobedient and stomped his feet: "Dad! What are you guys doing! I've been away from home for eight years, and you're in a hurry to marry me off before I go back! You picked me up? I'm not married! Don't marry! Elder, you raise me! ”

Uncle Xu said reproachfully: "Are you still capricious when you're so old? You are not young anymore, your sister is a year older than you and has three children, isn't your father looking at the good conditions of that family, afraid that your eldest will miss a good marriage? People fancy that you are a noble servant in the palace, and you are not too old, okay, let's go find the carriage from Beijing and go back as soon as possible! ”

Changsheng pouted, shouting not to marry, while pretending to be angry but helpless, followed Uncle Xu to the Yahe Inn to check out, Yu Guang saw that the colorful figure that had been following her disappeared quickly, and couldn't help laughing.

She did this on purpose to let Mrs. Zhu hear. As long as a woman in this era is formally hired, even if she has a husband, no one can forcibly marry, even if the palace will not forcibly recruit, and the resignation will be ridiculed for a lifetime, and whoever marries the retired woman will also be criticized for a lifetime.

Gao Shouren, a small guard captain, how dare he risk this minefield? He should know the difficulty and retreat, not to mention that she is not a peerless beauty, and it is worth his risk. Mrs. Zhu dared to tell a married woman that she was a matchmaker, even if she instigated adultery and sued the government to be sentenced to a heavy sentence, no wonder she ran so fast to pass a message to Gao Shouren.

Afraid of being suspected by the shopkeeper, Changsheng and Uncle Xu broke up halfway and made an appointment to meet tomorrow. Uncle Xu inquired early in the morning that tomorrow there was a couple surnamed Feng who were going to leave Beijing for a funeral, and they happened to be on the same road as Changsheng, so they went back to their hometown in Anyi, Hedong, and broke up after arriving in Anyi, and Changsheng returned to his hometown in Yunzhou, northern Shanxi. Because the carriage cost was evenly shared, the couple readily agreed and agreed to meet at the east gate this morning.

Changsheng was very moved, quickly quit the room, went to the nearby street to buy some easy-to-carry specialties, and water bladders, snacks, fruits and other things, afraid that the carriage would be too bumpy and bought thick cotton pads, Uncle Xu stuffed her with a bag of oil bread wrapped in yellow paper to eat on the road.

Ready to stop when the two came to the east gate, the carriage was already waiting there, and the middle-aged merchant couple surnamed Feng were also waiting at the door, although they were neatly dressed, but their faces were full of hard work, and their expressions were sad, Changsheng put his heart at ease, it seemed that it was really as Uncle Xu said, it was a couple of merchants who went home to mourn.

The couple saw that it was a neatly dressed and beautiful girl, and they also liked it, and when they heard that it was from the palace, they accepted the contempt and invited her to get into the car.

Uncle Xu Yin Yin admonished for a while, then took out two more packets of oil bread, one pack to the Feng couple, and one pack to the handlebar for them to make snacks to eat, and vigorously accompanied them with kind words to take care of Changsheng.

Before getting into the car, Changsheng secretly took out two taels of silver and stuffed them into Uncle Xu's hand, lowered his voice and said: "Don't make a sound, don't refuse, yesterday's silver was given to you, this is for the eldest mother, as the saying goes, wealth is not exposed, if you refuse, be careful that others find out that I have two silver tricks!" ”

Uncle Xu really stopped talking, and waved his hand with tears: "The girl has gone all the way, if she comes to Beijing in the future, she will come to the wicker lane at the south gate to find Xu Baozi!" ”

Changsheng waved goodbye, his heart was warm, although the possibility of the future is very rare, but if he comes, at least there is a familiar and reliable person in Chang'an, I hope they will live well.

The carriage moved forward slowly, looking at the increasingly blurred city wall, unfortunately in the palace every day thinking about the opportunity to take a good look at the prosperity of Chang'an, really out of the palace, but almost only in the Yahe Inn and Xing'an gate around, the wish to visit Chang'an City was disappointed, I am afraid that there will be no chance to come again in the future.

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