Qin Luo decided to hurry up and go to Xindu Pingcheng early. After bidding farewell to General Feng, he and Liu Changfeng took the first step and left Wuping Pass. And Yereyi still stayed here, and although his mother Wei Wukedun's condition was much better than before she came, she still couldn't see the wind and couldn't stand the bumps in the journey. So Yerei decided to stay here for a few more days.

During this time, Ye Leyi often came into contact with Lu Ziyu, not only for the convenience of daily translation, but she even wanted to learn the language of the Central Plains from Lu Ziyu. Lu Ziyu was a little stunned, he didn't expect Xiang Qiang's young general to be willing to learn their language, but what surprised Lu Ziyu even more was that Ye Leyi had learned some, although he was not fluent, but he could understand most of the words.

"How can the Major General know our language?" Lu Ziyu asked in surprise.

Ye Leyi remembered Qin Luo, when she taught Qin Luo martial arts, Qin Luo taught her Central Plains culture, and they occasionally talked in the language of the Chu people. For example, for those "The Art of War" that are difficult to memorize, Qin Luo is to say a sentence in the Central Plains, and then translate the gist in Xiangqiang language.

"I have a friend, he is a Chu person." Ye Leyi said, "His name is Qin Luo, and he is still a Tanhua from Nanchu, have you heard of it?" ”

"Poof-" Lu Ziyu accidentally squirted out the sip of tea he had just drunk, this world is too small, and Qin Luo asked him to spy on Ye Leyi not long ago.

Lu Ziyu asked cautiously, "Do you know Qin Luo?" ”

"yes." Ye Leyi looked at Lu Ziyu suspiciously, this person reacted so much, it seems that he also knows Qin Luo.

"What a coincidence, I was a colleague with Qin Luo before, and I have met a few times."

Lu Ziyu didn't dare to guarantee that Ye Leyi mentioned it casually, or if he found the flying pigeon biography and deliberately tested himself. So Lu Ziyu had to pretend that he was not familiar with Qin Luo, but Qin Luo was an official in Dachu, and it was too fake to say that he didn't know this person.

Ye Leyi believed Lu Ziyu's words, she was more curious about Qin Luo's past, and she asked: "Then do you know Qin Luo's situation, for example, who else is in the family, and where is his hometown?" ”

Major General, you pay too much attention to Qin Luo. Lu Ziyu secretly complained in his heart, but he still had to tell Ye Leyi the basic situation of Qin Luo one by one, "Qin Luo's family is poor, his parents died very early, and he has only one younger brother in his family, named Qin Jiang, who should be fifteen or sixteen years old." ”

"Where's his brother?"

"I don't know about that." Lu Ziyu touched his nose weakly, obviously Qin Jiang was in his mansion in Pingcheng.

Yele resigned, apparently separated from the war. She asked again, "Where is Qin Luo's family?" ”

"It's like ...... in Huai'an County. ”

"Huai'an County?" Yeleyi had never heard of this place name, "Far from Wuping Pass?" ”

Lu Ziyu pinched his fingers and calculated, "It's not close, it's not far, it's in the southwest, and it's two or three days on horseback." ”

"Do you want to cross the Lan River?"

"But the river, it's on the edge of the Lan River." Lu Ziyu said.

Ye Leyi looked pensive, but Pingcheng, the new capital of the Chu State, was south of the Lan River, and she muttered in a low voice: "In this case, you can't go after crossing the Lan River." ”

"Huh?" Lu Ziyu's face was full of doubts, where does the young general want to go?

"It's okay, it's okay." Ye Leyi waved his hand and said, "Lord Lu should go and get busy." ”

After Lu Ziyu left, there were only two maidservants left in the room, Xin Ya and Saren. Xin Ya never stayed with Ye Leyi in Danyang City, but Saren witnessed the love between Ye Leyi and Qin Luo. Saren knew Ye Leyi's thoughts, and she asked, "Second Miss, are you really planning to go to Huai'an County?" ”

"Of course." Ye Leyi said, "It's hard to come to the Central Plains, how can you not go and have a look?" ”

"What are you doing in Huai'an County?" Xin Ya looked dazed, she has been getting more and more unable to guess the second lady's thoughts recently, and she is not as good as Saren, who has been serving the eldest lady since childhood.

Saren secretly smiled: "When the time comes, you will know." ”

Ye Leyi glared at Saren, she didn't want to make her and Qin Luo's affairs public. She said to Xin Ya apologetically: "This time Saren and I went secretly, I don't feel at ease with my mother, you better stay and help me take care of my mother." ”

"Miss, you won't take me with you now." Xin Ya looked unhappy, she was the personal maid who grew up with Miss since she was a child, and she should have accompanied the second miss, but now she was actually occupied by Saren.

It's just that when Yeletian ran away from home, he didn't take anyone with him. Yeleyi also saw that Saren was lonely and no one wanted her, so she asked her to go to her tent and be a personal maid.

"Xinya, it's also very important to take care of your mother, don't just want to go out and play." "I'll go out for a few days, and I'll be back soon." ”

"And how do you talk to Koldun?" Xinya asked.

Ye Leyi shook her head and thought about it, and said playfully: "Let's just say that I went out to see the scenery of Chu Kingdom, and my mother knows that I love to play and won't say anything." ”

Ye Leyi said that he wanted to leave Wuping Pass and walk around, and General Feng originally wanted to send someone to escort him, but Ye Leyi refused. She changed into the dress of the Chu people, pretended to be a woman walking the rivers and lakes, and rode towards Huai'an County with Saren. At this time, Qin Luo and Liu Changfeng were on the edge of the Lan River, hesitating whether to cross the river.

"Let's go to the house first, and then go to Pingcheng." Liu Changfeng persuaded, "Don't be in a hurry in the past two days, besides, the Chishui Ministry hasn't set off yet." ”

Qin Luo looked at the surging waters of the Lan River, on the one hand, his hometown that had not returned after a long absence, and on the other hand, his mission.

Liu Changfeng said again: "We can't hire a boat now, and we can't cross the river." Anyway, you have to wait for the ship, so it's better to go to the house for a day or two, and don't delay. ”

"That's it, it seems to be providential." Qin Luo smiled bitterly, "Who would have thought that the river would rise and the fishermen wouldn't want to go down the river." ”

Seeing that Qin Luo had finally compromised, Liu Changfeng showed a hint of a smile, "My lord, don't forget what you said." ”

"What?" Qin Luo asked.

"Okay, take me to eat your hometown specialty." Liu Changfeng has been out for many days, and in addition to eating, he still eats.

Qin Luo smiled, "Okay, okay, I'll take you there, and keep you fed." ”

The two led the horses into the familiar and unfamiliar Huai'an County. Since Qin Luo took the imperial examination, he left his hometown with his younger brother and went to live in the old capital of Yangcheng at that time. Come to think of it, Qin Luo hasn't been back for more than ten years.

Brick by brick in hometown, street by alley, even if it is many years in the future, Qin Luo can still remember what they look like with his eyes closed. He took Liu Changfeng and walked through the chaotic alleys with ease. The carvings on the bluestone road under your feet are still what they looked like when you were a child. It's just a roadside stall, and the stall owner is no longer the old man he used to be.