Chapter 2: Parting
"Did the Taoist calculate?" Xuan Shijing asked.
Yuan Shoucheng smiled mysteriously: "Yes and no." ”
After getting along for more than ten years, Xuan Shijing knows Yuan Shoucheng's character, sometimes he is really like a magic stick that fools people by setting up a stall on the street, but he is really a capable magic stick.
"Now that Daoist Yuan knows, Shijing will no longer speak, and he will be reluctant to say it." Speaking of parting, Xuan Shijing is still a little sad in his heart, ten years of calm and waveless life, seems to have been accustomed to this rhythm, if this is a calm lake in Khotan Town, then Chang'an City, is the turbulent sea, once I go back, I am about to face all kinds of big and small things, and then I want to live such a peaceful life, it is simply a luxury.
"The little marquis doesn't have to be sad, if the little marquis can really let go, the poor road is waiting for the little marquis at any time in this Kunlun Mountain." Yuan Shoucheng said.
"Didn't Daoist Yuan ever plan to leave Kunlun?" Xuan Shijing asked curiously.
"At this age, the poor road is already on the verge of a clean place, and it is very good to have this remnant life, and the environment in the western border is difficult, and the people are plagued by war all the year round. For these things, Yuan Shoucheng can see it, perhaps, a person like him who really has a Taoist heart, in terms of mood, is already beyond the world, Xuan Shijing can't help but admire Yuan Shoucheng spontaneously, admiring his open-mindedness.
"The Taoist chief is really kind-hearted, Shijing remembers that the Taoist has a nephew in Chang'an." Xuan Shijing said.
Yuan Shoucheng nodded, mentioning his nephew, he sighed, but did not speak, after a while, he said: "If Tiangang has any difficulties, I hope that the little marquis will look at the old Taoist and help him" After thinking for a long time, Yuan Shoucheng opened his mouth to ask, he has no heirs, only Yuan Tiangang, a nephew, but Yuan Tiangang has been trapped in the court of Chang'an City now, and wants to find a way out for the Daomen from there, this is a dangerous road full of thorns, and whether he can retreat in the end is still two words, Yuan Shoucheng also didn't want his only nephew to fold in Chang'an, so he had this request.
Xuan Shijing nodded lightly, Yuan Shoucheng had the grace to save his life, and he would not refuse Yuan Shoucheng's request.
"That's the case, then the poor road is here to thank the little marquis." He nodded towards Xuan Shijing.
"Dao Chang is polite, tomorrow Shijing will leave this Khotanese Town, Dao Chief, let Long'er cook more food at night, Shi Jing and Dao Chang have a drink." Xuan Shijing said, it is rare to have a confidant in life, his two confidants, one is Sun Simiao, and the other is Yuan Shoucheng in front of him, no matter when, when it comes to parting, it is always an uncomfortable thing.
"That's very good." Yuan Shoucheng responded with a smile.
In Xuan Shijing's room, Long'er and Gao Jun were packing up their things.
Long'er looked at the courtyard where they had lived for more than ten years, her expression was lonely, she didn't say a word, and silently packed up her things, Gao Jun on the side was really not used to Long'er's taciturn appearance for a while.
"Long'er, why do you have such an expression, isn't it a happy thing that the little marquis has completely recovered?" Gao Jun said.
"Yes, but we've lived here for more than ten years, and we're really reluctant to this town." Long'er said with a smile, but there was a hint of bitterness in that smile.
"You have to learn to look forward." When Gao Jun saw Long'er like this, he put down the things in his hand, sat on the stool in the room, put on a good posture, and prepared to enlighten Long'er: "You think, let's leave here and return to Chang'an, we can see Mrs., and Uncle Zhong has money to pile up them, but we have been out for more than ten years, and we haven't seen them for more than ten years, don't you miss them at all?" And your good sisters, Xiao Huan and Xiao Ji. ”
"I miss them, but" Long'er can't say what it feels like now, Chang'an only carries her memories for four or five years, and Khotan Town has lived here for ten years, she is reluctant to be here, but she is looking forward to returning to Chang'an to reunite with the people of the Hou Mansion, naturally, Long'er at this time has a tangled face.
Gao Jun didn't know what to say when he saw Long'er's expression, he was not a person who was very good at persuading others, and what he said just now was nothing more than saying what he thought.
When the two of them were relatively speechless, Xuan Shijing walked in from outside.
"How's it going?"
"Little Marquis." Gao Jun quickly got up from the stool.
No matter how stupid Xuan Shijing was, he could see that the atmosphere between the two was delicate, and Long'er stood there tangled, with half-packed things on the wooden bed.
"What's wrong?" Xuan Shijing asked out loud.
"Eh" Gao Jun scratched his head and said, "Little Marquis, Long'er said that she was reluctant to leave here." ”
Xuan Shijing looked at Long'er, Long'er nodded and said, "But I'm looking forward to returning to Chang'an."
It seems that it's not just yourself who feels this way, Xuan Shijing smiled: "It's normal for Long'er to feel this way, after all, I've lived here for a long time, and I have feelings for here, but no matter how good this place is, isn't our home in Chang'an?" The three of us are like duckweed wandering outside, our roots are in Chang'an. Okay, let's not talk about these sad things, I'll clean it up here, Gao Jun, you and Long'er go out to buy some things, Long'er will cook a good dinner in the evening, and we're going to say goodbye to Yuan Daochang. ”
Gao Jun and Long'er glanced at each other and nodded.
When Xuan Shijing woke up again, it was already the next morning, Gao Jun had already set up the carriage and was waiting at the gate of the courtyard, and Long'er was walking into the room with washing utensils.
"Little Hou Ye, hurry up and wash up, we're on our way." Long'er placed her things on the table.
Xuan Shijing covered his somewhat dizzy head, stepped on his boots and walked to the table and sat down in a white middle coat: "Long'er, what happened to me last night." Xuan Shijing patted his head, feeling that the memory of last night had been somewhat fragmented.
"Last night, when I was eating, the little marquis had to pull Yuan Daochang to drink, and you drank too much after taking it, and in the end you were unconscious, or Yuan Daochang and Gao Jun helped you back, and let me pour you a sobering soup, otherwise you will have a hangover this night, and you will have a headache when you wake up this morning."
After Long'er reminded her like this, Xuan Shijing vaguely remembered some of last night's events.
"What about Daoist Yuan?" Xuan Shijing asked.
"Daochang Yuan went up the mountain early in the morning to collect medicine, and said that we can close the courtyard door when we leave." Long'er said.
It seems that Yuan Shoucheng didn't want to face this moment of parting, Xuan Shijing smiled, and then got up and started to wash.