The long whip waved, and the carriage quickly left the capital, fortunately, it was not far from Beijing, and the roads outside the city gate were paved with green bricks, not too bumpy, and Changsheng sat on a thick cotton mat, but he didn't feel too uncomfortable.

Away from the city, the palace is full of eaves and tiles and never sees each other again, as well as Mama Zhou, Ju Xiang and Xi'er who have no chance to see each other again in this life, Changsheng suddenly felt that these eight years were really like a dream, and even her crossing was just a dream.

The brick streets have become loess official roads, the high-rise houses have become low-rise houses, and the roads have gradually become bumpy. Along the way, there are ripe and unripe yellow and green crops, which are about millet and millet. Occasionally, there are farmers leading ploughing oxen, children driving white sheep, under the clear blue sky, there are villages shaded by green trees from time to time, and there are good autumn field scenery.

She rarely had the opportunity to go out of the city in her previous life, and she was even more curious about the rural scenery more than a thousand years ago, and kept opening the curtain to look out along the way, the corners of her mouth were always smiling, and she even forgot the distress of no one to pick her up.

The merchant couple is a kind person, understanding that she has been confined in the palace for too long, so they can't help laughing, press the grief of bereavement, enthusiastically tell her this and that, persuade her to be careful on the road after breaking up, and comfort her that if it is peaceful today, there are no robbers such as cutting the path and robbing, as long as you take the official road to ensure a safe journey.

Changsheng smiled and nodded in agreement, secretly thinking about saying something about things in the palace that were not taboo, satisfying their curiosity, but also reducing the sadness of their relatives' death. Sometimes the kindness of strangers is more touching.

Along the way, as they said, the official road was smooth and wide, there were a lot of merchants and people from all walks of life who came and went to Beijing along the way, and occasionally there were officials who accompanied the guards to pass by, it seemed that safety was guaranteed, although Changsheng carried some belongings, most of the road had to be walked alone, or put his mind at ease.

In the end, it is not far from Beijing, there are inns and restaurants along the road from time to time, although Changsheng has no experience in life outside the palace, but the merchant couple surnamed Feng often runs around on this road, for which inn is clean and fair, the restaurant is good and cheap, so she is very worry-free, and she has also learned from experience, and has some understanding of prices.

After crossing the Yellow River through Tongguan, I finally arrived at Anyi, and I will break up tomorrow. Because the road became more and more uneven, and when they got out of the carriage, Changsheng's whole body seemed to be scattered, and Sister-in-law Feng and they found a familiar inn, booked two adjacent upper rooms, and went out of Beijing, spending the price of a medium room, and they could live in the upper room.

After a hasty dinner, although he was covered in dust, Changsheng still didn't dare to take a bath. Although the sister-in-law of the Feng family said that this inn had been open for many years and that they had lived there permanently, Changsheng still hid her baggage uneasily, plugged in the doors and windows, and gradually fell asleep thinking about her alone tomorrow.

The next morning, Changsheng woke up and it was already bright, she had never gotten up so late, it should have been too tired to travel all day, and she didn't see Sister-in-law Feng to call her, I think she was as tired as her.

I just got up and dressed and freshened up, and the guy probably heard a noise and brought hot water for washing. is going to break up today, Changsheng wants to invite the Feng couple to have breakfast, drink another glass of water and wine, and say goodbye.

Suddenly there was a noise outside, Changsheng opened the window, it was a middle-aged man who looked sturdy but had a poor face, unsteady walking pulling a person dressed as a doctor, and said noisily: "You quack, a little wind and cold have not been cured for six or seven days, and the cost is small, you have missed my big thing!" ”

The emaciated and white doctor was not a troublemaker, and said scoldingly: "You vulgar person, be careful when you speak, what kind of quack, you yourself are reluctant to spend money on good medicine, so the effect is slower, but blame me for misleading you!" ”

After saying that, he pushed the man away, almost pushing him to the ground, Changsheng suddenly felt disgusted, although the man didn't speak well, but the doctor's parents, he pushed a patient so ruthlessly, it seems that he is not a good person.

Fortunately, the shopkeeper rushed out to persuade the doctor to stop him from doing it again, and the man stood firm, gasped a few times, and said hatefully: "You are a quack doctor and don't let people say it!" The shopkeeper and the guest officials commented on the theory, just got the wind and cold to invite him to see, he said that three days to wrap up, I just put my mind at ease, who knows that six or seven days are not good, spending money is a trivial matter, the key is that I have to go to the palace gate to pick up my niece who returned home, originally four days ago to arrive, late for a long time, she is a girl family is not familiar with what to do? ”

Changsheng's heart moved, he also went to the palace gate to pick up the retired palace maid, but he just looked at the face of the child.

The doctor's mouth was still dry, and the man was completely enraged: "I'm worried that Yunzhou is far away from Chang'an, and I'm afraid that I will delay picking up my niece, so I left two days in advance, and I was still delayed by you, a quack, if my niece is safe and sound, if there is a little trouble, I will fight with you with this life, and I will definitely smash your medical hall to pieces!" ”

How far away is Yunzhou from the capital? Changsheng was excited in her heart, she was almost sure that this man was going to pick her up. In the palace, all the fellow villagers are often familiar with each other, in her impression, she is the only one who has returned to her hometown this year, although this person is born, but he has already said that he is picking up his niece, maybe he is an uncle who has never seen him.

Strangely, why wasn't it her father and brother who picked her up? Changsheng couldn't think of a reason, but although it was a few days late, someone finally came to pick it up, and it happened to happen, so it was better to meet first and then make plans.

I was about to go downstairs to see him, and I thought again, if he was really the uncle of the dead little girl Zhou Changsheng, then although eight years had passed, she should know him, and the child had changed a lot, and he might not know himself. It's not right to call uncle like this, what if it's wrong?

After thinking about it, I called the man, gave him a little bit of silver, and explained it in my ear, and the clever young man quickly went down.

Changsheng leaned on the window and looked down, and the young man said to the man: "Don't make any noise about this guest officer, my inn lived in a young female guest last night, and I heard that she also retired from the palace and came out, maybe you know the news of your niece, you ask her, it is much more useful than you are noisy here!" ”

The man helped him to stand still, his face full of excitement: "Where does that girl live?" What's her name? I'm going to ask? ”

"This can't be done, it's a young female guest, how can you be a big man and casually break in?"

The man was anxious, and grabbed the guy: "Okay, okay, you can say it quickly, what should I do?" ”

The young man smiled and said, "Why don't you tell me your niece's name, and I'll go up and ask her for you?" ”

"Hey, okay, you have to listen well, my niece's name is Zhou Changsheng!"

"Huh? How could it be such a coincidence? This female guest is also called Zhou Changsheng! ”

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