Chapter 347: The Little Things of the Journey (I)

For Zhou Pei, to some extent, it may be a memory that she is most reluctant to mention and remember in the future. At the age of fifteen, she went to Beijing in order to escape marriage, trying to achieve a good story in the future, which is good, but I didn't expect such a big setback at the beginning. I was hiding in the box, thinking about whether I wanted to make a sound, and by the time the decision was made, it was too late.

Coming out of the Yangtze River from the wharf in Jiangning, the river was bumpy along the way, Zhou Pei was locked in that big box and there was no light, for her, who has always been pampered, the fear in her heart was beyond measure. But even though she was banging desperately on the wall of the wooden box, there was very little sound of it coming out. The box next to it contained a heavy load, but it had already leaned over under the bumps along the way. She realized that she couldn't call for help, but she still had a dagger with her, and then she began to cut the wall of the box while crying, but after cutting for a long time, she only cut a small hole. In fact, if it weren't for this small opening that made the ventilation speed up a little, I'm afraid it wouldn't be long before she would have been suffocated in the box.

The time after that was a complete nightmare. Darkness, hunger, panic, and fatigue were like torture that Zhou Pei had never thought of before, although the box was quite large, but the fifteen-year-old girl couldn't fully stretch out her body in it. Sweat soaked her clothes, and the knife cut her hand, she thought she was going to die, and then she reflected the most embarrassing urine......

She didn't know how much time she had spent in the big box, and when she was conscious, she would bang on the wall, sometimes kicking with her legs, sometimes scratching with her fingers. Sometimes I think "I'm going to die, I'm going to die", and sometimes I think it's better to die, and the breath and time in the box gradually become strange. In a daze, she felt like the demon in the bottle that the teacher had told her before, and wondered how she would be discovered.

Sometimes I think that if someone can save her from the, she will like him for the rest of her life and repay him well, that is, he can do whatever he wants to herself. Thinking of the shame, my body curled up together, felt a warm current flow from between my legs, and cried in pain against the wall of the box.

Sometimes I think of the teaching at home, she is the county lord, she has the blood of the emperor, and she has the dignity of the royal family, although she can't see her appearance in the dark, but she can also imagine that she must be embarrassed now, if she is seen, I am afraid that the first thing to think about is to kill people.

A heart is dangling between the promise of the body and the murder, and there are many dreams in a daze, dreaming that she is married, and then she kills her husband, sometimes it is ordered by the royal family, sometimes she does it, no matter which time, she cries. Sometimes when I think of the teacher, she has always admired the teacher's poetry and talent, but the teacher probably doesn't know the way. She actually wanted to say it several times, and she always wanted the teacher to see her extraordinary, she is a small county lord praised by many people, and many people like it and come to the door to propose. wants to show her noble and elegant side in front of the teacher, but the teacher doesn't seem to be amazed, she is obviously longed for by so many people in the circle where she lives......

After all, everyone is not in a circle, Ning Liheng is too strange, he is not in any circle, and then the feeling in the dream has become the appearance of a teacher, and he feels ...... When he died, she was so sad......

In such a chaotic fantasy and dream world, the time is as long as if several days have passed, and the consciousness has actually become more and more blurred, and it is difficult to form clues. When the first ray of light finally appeared in front of her eyes and saw Ning Yi's appearance, she still felt that it was a dream, but between reality and dreams, that figure made her feel a little peaceful, and she finally fell asleep tiredly......

There was not much bump and the boat broke the waves.

Ning Yi stood on the side of the boat at the back of the big boat and looked at the scenery, in the summer evening, the scenery on both sides of the river went away with the boat, and occasionally saw pedestrians passing by in that picture. At this time, it was the third day after the departure, and the passage into the Grand Canal was clear, the sunset was good, and several large ships broke the waves, which made people feel refreshed.

On the other hand, the room where he originally lived has now been occupied by Zhou Pei. The fifteen-year-old little county lord is in a rebellious period according to the later generations, Ning Yi is unwilling to participate in her strange and tangled heart, although it is said that there is a master-apprentice status, but at least in Ning Yi's view, they are not close to each other, and he can't be too intimate with such a little girl.

When the little county lord was taken out of the box, the girl who had been locked up for a day and a night was indeed in an extremely desolate state, and perhaps it would not be an exaggeration to say that she was in a dying state. A person has been locked up in such an environment for such a long time, many adults may not be able to support it, let alone a little girl, after waking up yesterday afternoon, she has been silent since she curled up on the bed, and it seems that she is much thinner than when she was in high spirits, and it is estimated that there is already a shadow in her heart, and it is difficult to ease her mind for a while.

If she was a responsible parent, I am afraid that it would be better to send her back to Jiangning at this time, but Ning Yi chose not to help her. wrote a letter and sent it back to Kang Hyun with a flying pigeon, and the room was simply given to the girl who was unwilling to move her nest after being traumatized, so as not to become a big villain in her eyes.

Now there are not many people who are on the boat with the little county lord of Zhilu Dao, except for him and the steward who guarded the door yesterday, there is only Xiaochan. It's just that although Xiaochan has no problem taking care of people, she can't do anything about the psychological trauma suffered by the girl, and when it was time to eat, Ning Yi still had to bring hot porridge in. Maybe it's because she has been locked up in the dark for too long, even when she sees Ning Yi, the girl is still sitting on the bed with the quilt in her arms, her expression is still a little complicated, like fear or fear, but if it is Xiaochan, she has no positive reaction even if she gets close to the other party, or she simply hugs the quilt and shrinks to the corner of the bed.

After being rescued from the box by Ning Yi, Ning Yi first asked Xiaochan to bathe and change clothes for Zhou Pei and bandage the wound. At that time, she was still in a coma, and she was at the mercy of Xiaochan. After waking up, it was not good to be like that again, she was wearing Xiaochan's single clothes on the road on the bed, even though she was already Xiaochan's most beautiful clothes, she looked a little shabby on Zhou Pei, her fingers were bandaged with wounds, and her long hair, which was originally very well maintained, was also scattered, and she looked extremely thin and small when she sat on the bed, a little pitiful.

Ning Yi sat on the edge of the bed and scooped porridge and rice with a spoon for her to eat.

“…… The ship has already passed Yangzhou, not on the Yangtze River, and it will not be so bumpy next. It's not early now, and it will probably dock near Huai'an in the evening, and many people on the ship will go to the city to live, you can think about it. The news of you on the ship has not been made public for the time being, but it is not a big deal, if you feel better, you can go out for a walk, the scenery on the ship is not bad. ”

As he said this, he stretched out the spoon, Zhou Pei took a small bite for a long time, then retracted slightly, hugged the quilt and lowered his head. Ning Yi said: "However, the news has been sent back to your Grandpa Kang through the flying pigeon." Let's think about what happens next. Of course, it's better to go back, you are a royal family, fortunately, there is nothing to do, if the matter is big, no one can carry it, and the steward Liu of the ship is about to be scared to death by you. ”

Ning Yi said a few words, and Zhou Pei over there moved slightly, aggrieved, and said softly: "Teacher...... Feeling troublesome? ”

She asked like this, if it was an ordinary person, I am afraid that the answer would be that it is not troublesome, but Ning Yi nodded: "It is indeed a little troublesome, but now you should take care of your body first...... Take it in your hand. ”

After feeding the porridge, Ning Yi changed the medicine and bandages on her fingers, Zhou Pei's fingers were slender and white, stretched there, occasionally touched, trembling slightly, and Xu felt pain in his fingertips.

"Next time, I'll let Xiaochan change it for you, you've seen her before. Now she is my wife, and she can be regarded as your teacher, your status is too high, she is under some pressure, don't scare her. ”

In fact, it is Zhou Pei who is psychologically traumatized now, but she has a good upbringing after all, after Ning Yi said this, even if she resists others, at least she has to show her closeness to Xiaochan. But I heard her whispering over there: "Isn't Xiaochan the teacher's concubine......

"The concubine is the wife." Ning Yi replied.

"No, I haven't heard anyone say that......"

"My house's rules." Ning Yi smiled, seeing that she had already begun to speak, he said, "By the way, what does that Zhuo Yunfeng have to do with you?" ”

"Zhuo, Zhuo Yunfeng?" Zhou Pei probably thought for a while before reacting, "He...... It's okay......" I didn't understand what Ning Yi was doing, and suddenly asked this.

"I think he talks very well and is very talented. Look at him talking, I know you very well......"

"Teacher, you...... Seen him? Zhou Pei raised his head slightly, then lowered his head again, and said softly, "Oh...... He, he asked someone to find a teacher? ”

"He's on the boat."

"Huh?" This startled Zhou Pei, and he lowered his head and didn't know what Lu Dao was thinking, but he heard Ning Yi say: "I see that he has a good impression of you, and I guess he has already proposed to your family......"

Zhou Pei hurriedly shook his head, and then said, "He...... He is the son of the county lord of Chaoyang, and Aunt Chaoyang was originally married to a commander, but later the commander Zhuo committed an accident, and the family fell into the middle. Because of Aunt Chaoyang's relationship, the above is not too guilty. Zhuo Yunfeng...... People are very smart, when I was a child, I was sent by Aunt Chaoyang and worshipped a teacher with me. So I know him as well......"

She thought about it in her heart, but she had many things on her mind that she did not speak. Among the various young people around Zhou Pei, Zhuo Yunfeng is an extremely outstanding person, and he still has some friendship with each other, but he has not reached the relationship between men and women. Although the two families are royal families, they have been separated by blood for several generations, after the news of Zhou Pei's selection of county horses, the Zhuo family once sent someone to propose marriage, Zhou Pei's side refused as usual, Zhuo Yunfeng is also a proud person, and he has never mentioned this matter before and after.

It's just that since Zhou Pei also admires his talent a little, they are naturally closer to each other than ordinary people, and her admiration for Ning Yi's talent is sometimes inevitably manifested in her words and deeds, Zhuo Yunfeng should know the Tao, but I don't know how much he said to the teacher.

In the past, she often showed an unconvinced attitude towards Ning Yi, and at this time, if Ning Yi knew about it, she would naturally be greatly embarrassed. Although she was already embarrassed when he moved her out of the box before she thought about it - this day she was lying on the bed, thinking over and over again how she was carried out, in her imagination, it was already a more embarrassing scene than being stripped naked and carried out, so that she sometimes wanted to cry, sometimes wanted to hide and not see anyone-but at this time, she still couldn't help but feel apprehensive in her heart, but fortunately, Ning Yi heard her say this, so he nodded and didn't ask more.

After a few words with Zhou Pei, seeing that her state was improving, Ning Yi also put his mind at ease. When he took the dishes and chopsticks out, he saw Zhuo Yunfeng and several other people coming from the side of the cabin, came over to say hello, looked at the tray in Ning Yi's hand, and said, "Mr. Ning, do you still clean up after eating?" Ning Yi smiled: "It's just easy." ”

Most of the people who were with Zhuo Yunfeng were the sons of powerful people in the Jiangning area, and Ning Yi didn't know them, so he didn't greet them. After he left, Zhuo Yunfeng glanced thoughtfully at the room, and walked away while talking to everyone, and what a few people were talking about was also Ning Yi's identity, and someone said: "Living here, isn't it a bookkeeper." ”

"Looking at Yun Feng's attitude, it looks like someone's staff, maybe he went to Beijing with him."

Zhuo Yunfeng said: "He is Ning Liheng." ”

Everyone had heard of this name: "It turned out to be our first talent?" In his words, he was not too surprised, and then there was also a humane: "The teacher of the county lord, right?" ”

At this time, there were naturally people who were quite familiar with Zhuo Yunfeng, and when they reached the turn in front of them, they asked in a low voice: "Didn't Yunfeng want to marry that little county lord before, why did he suddenly go to Beijing again this time......" Zhuo Yunfeng looked back, just frowned and shook his head.

As they drifted apart, their voices became unclear, and in addition to Zhuo Yunfeng, of course, there were also people who knew Zhou Pei. But just as they walked over, Zhou Pei was lying on the bed in the inner room, gently biting his fingers and thinking about his small, chaotic thoughts, and did not listen carefully to the slight noise outside.

In the room not far from here, Su Wenyu, who was accompanying him, was lying on the bed with a pale face, and in the past few days, he was seasick and dizzy. On the side of the boat outside, Ning Yi said hello to the people who came over. On a big boat in the back, Yunzhu and Jin'er sat by the window and looked at the scenery outside, talking to each other, the boat was full of strangers, they were women, and since they moved in, they didn't go out much. The sunset was red, shining on the rolling river below, carrying everyone's thoughts, and on this night, they arrived at Xuyi, the county seat near Huai'an.

Huai'an is the junction of the Huai River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, although Xuyi is not as prosperous as Huai'an, many people on the boat still go into the city to have fun at night. However, in the middle of the night, several servants rushed back in embarrassment, saying that it was a little marquis who had a quarrel with someone in the green building of the county seat, and then was robbed......

After a whole month of being away from home, I got home.

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