45. Mandarin duck sachet: Strange maze
When she opened her eyes again, a large group of people suddenly appeared in front of Li An, looking at her gloatingly, Li An subconsciously wanted to hide back, but turned around and found that people were not looking at her, but the three people behind her, to be precise, looking at the person who was supported by two officers and soldiers behind her.
Li Anfang came to his senses and was brought into the illusion by the sachet.
It was an extremely strange scene, Li'an was in the city, and behind him was the city gate, and thousands of people gathered in front of the city gate, men, women, and children, but no one made a sound, so quiet that even a needle could be heard falling on the ground.
"Why can't you even hear the breathing of these people" Li An even wondered if he was deaf until a gentle and elegant voice came.
"Official, why don't you leave?Excuse me, have I already returned to Qiushui County?" Everyone's eyes were focused on the person who spoke.
Dressed in a dark robe, he is covered in dust but not embarrassed, and his body exudes the elegant temperament of a scholar. Li An'an thought, "Looking at his face, he should be a handsome man, but it's a pity." ”
It's a pity that the man's eyes are covered with a white cloth, and the blood stains on the cloth have been blackened, which makes people unable to see the man's face clearly, and also covers the man with a layer of sadness.
"Lord Su, I've arrived in your Qiushui County. One of the officers and soldiers replied, calling out to your lordship, but there was no respect in his tone.
After hearing the answer, a smile appeared on the corner of the man's mouth, "I have been disarmed and returned to the field, and the official can call me Su Dingbai." I'm finally back, Xiruo is still waiting for me, I have to go back quickly. ”
The man paused, realizing that something was wrong, "Why is it so quiet? I can't hear anyone? ”
The officers and soldiers looked at him obliquely, with a hint of an inexplicable smile on their faces, "It's late at night, of course there's no one left." ”
Li An's head was shocked, this is obviously under the blue sky and white day, how can it be late at night?
"I see, I still bothered the two officials to hurry up late at night, and I worked hard for you. Presumably it has arrived, I have already heard the sound of the water of the Chicang River outside the city, and the Su Mansion is in the middle of the city, and it is not far away. The man reached out and fumbled forward.
The two officers and soldiers clasped their hands behind him and looked at his stumbling back with a smile, "Since it has been delivered safely, then we will not send Master Su back to the house, we still have to go back to the palace to report to the emperor." ”
Su Dingbai's body was shocked, and he turned around, but he didn't hear any sound again. "Well, it's not far anyway, I can walk back by myself. ”
Groping with his hands in front of him, his steps moving forward step by step, Su Dingbai walked in the direction of home with his memory.
A little further forward his hand could feel the crowd standing in front of him, but with each step he took forward, the people in front of him automatically dispersed to both sides.
There was excitement in the eyes of these people, a smile of schadenfreude on their faces, and a thrill of revenge.
Watching Su Dingbai go farther and farther step by step, the crowd behind him gradually made a slight voice, "It seems that Su Dingbai is really blind, he really responded to that sentence, the heavens are clear, the retribution is not happy, he was alarmist in front of the emperor and framed Zhongliang, so the end is really cheap for him." ”
I saw a short man with an obscene face walking up to the two officials, leaning over and saying, "Don't worry, the two officials, we will send Master Su 'home' according to the emperor's instructions." As he said the last two words, Li'an saw a chilling light in his eyes.
Su Dingbai walked with his intuition, "Fortunately, there are two big osmanthus trees at the gate of Sufu, and now is the season when osmanthus flowers are fragrant, and it must be easy to find." ”
The sun set in the west, and after the two officers and soldiers left, the crowd in the city dispersed, and returned to normal times, and there were gradually voices on the street, and Su Dingbai thought that it was dawn.
But no matter where Su Dingbai goes, there are people watching him around him, and they all have the same goal, which is to send him "home".
I don't know how long I walked, Su Dingbai was a little tired, and wanted to stop and rest several times, but he was eagerly pushed forward by the eagerness to return home, and there were more people on the street.
He grabbed a woman selling vegetables and asked, "I'm Su Dingbai, how far is Su Mansion from here?"
"Oh, Master Su, Su Mansion is in front, you go straight, just walk away. The woman replied with a light smile, but there was a smile in her eyes that she had succeeded in doing evil.
Su Dingbai walked forward again, but he never smelled the fragrance of osmanthus.
A child bumped into him, and he pulled him and asked, "Do you know where Su Fu is?"
"That's it ahead. The innocent child's voice replied.
It was almost there, and Su Dingbai continued to walk forward, walking. The more he walked, the more hungry he became, the more thirsty he became, but he never touched the osmanthus tree in front of the door, he thought that he might have missed it, and turned around and walked again.
With the noise and silence of the street, Li An watched Su Dingbai walk around the city for two days.
He was in a hurry, and when he caught someone, he asked, "Where is Su Fu?" and "Can you take me there?"
Everyone replied to him, "Su Mansion is ahead." ”
Su Dingbai sat in the corner, and finally found out that something was wrong, he was the county guard of Qiushui County, and the people in the city loved him very much, even if he had resigned from his official position and looked at him blind, the people should have a lot of concerns and questions, but although they spoke enthusiastically, they were actually very indifferent to him.
Even if the people in the city were indifferent, the news that he had returned should have reached Su Mansion long ago, why didn't the Mansion send someone to pick him up?
"Could it be that the emperor has made a move against Su Fu?" Su Ding broke out in a cold sweat on his white forehead, "No, the emperor agreed, as long as I gouge out my eyes, I will be allowed to leave my official position and return home, and I will not hurt my family, and the Son of Heaven will not break his promise." ”
The more he thought about it, the more doubts in Su Dingbai's heart became, listening to the sound of water outside the city, he knew that this was Qiushui County, but why, he couldn't find a home after walking for so long?
Since coming out of the palace, Su Ding has not entered a drop of water, and he has always been supported by the joy of arriving home soon, but now when he relaxes, he faints.
I saw a little beggar in ragged clothes approaching Su Dingbai and helping him up. The little beggar filled the broken bowl in his hand with some water and fed it to Su Dingbai.
"Ahem..."Su Dingbai woke up, the little beggar put half of the yellowed steamed bun in his hand in his palm, Su Dingbai quickly took a big bite, but immediately spit out the water he had just drunk, and the rancid smell of the steamed bun made it difficult for him to swallow.
"Who are you? Can you send me home, and I will keep you well clothed for the rest of your life. There was a not-so-pleasant smell around him, and Su Dingbai had already guessed that the person supporting him was a beggar, but as long as someone helped him, he would definitely be grateful.
I only heard a "woo-woo" sound.
"Are you mute?" Su Dingbai turned his head in the direction of the little beggar.
The little beggar "whined" again, and Li An saw that there was no tongue in his mouth.
Su Dingbai leaned hopelessly against the corner, and the little beggar put half of the yellowed steamed bun into his hand again, this time Su Dingbai did not throw it away, but ate it one bite at a time.
"I think I was proud of being able to see through people's hearts in the first half of my life, but now I can't even find a home" Su Dingbai smiled bitterly, "Chu Xiuyan, the monarch of Ming'an Kingdom, it turns out that this is your real punishment for me!"
Touching out the mandarin duck sachet in his arms, Su Dingbai put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed lightly, "Xiruo, wait for me, I will be back soon." ”