The two brothers of the Shi family came to see the little girl's earlobe together, and under the light, they both saw the mole behind her ear at the same time.

The little girl has changed hands since she was sold by her father in Dingzhou to pay off her gambling debts. There are buyers of all kinds of tempers, some want to resell, and some want to buy a child daughter-in-law. But the little girl always feels uncomfortable when she leaves her relatives, she can't stop crying, and some of her tempers are irritable and will hit her hands twice in addition to scolding. She had long been terrified in her heart.

Therefore, when the three of them surrounded her and looked at her, she thought that she was going to see each other again, so she chattered at that time, and she didn't dare to make a loud noise, but there were tears in her eyes.

Gao Jun looked at her pitiful appearance and didn't know how to comfort her. Suddenly, he had an idea, lightly held her in his arms, and asked her kindly, "Little girl, my uncle asked you, your mother is not surnamed Wang, is it?" ”

The little girl hesitated for a moment and nodded. Gao Jun asked again, "Uncle knows that your mother's name is Liu Caixia, right?" ”

When she heard the name, her eyes lit up and burst into tears. How many **** nights has she opened her eyes wide in the dark, hoping that her mother will appear in front of her. She burst into tears, and said indistinctly, "Liu Caixia...... Bring the silver...... Liu Caixia...... Mom! ”

Gao Jun stroked her head and said, "Don't cry, don't cry, it's your mother who asked your uncle to pick you up to meet her." ”

The little girl understood, and her mind immediately flew back to her mother's side, remembering her mother's face, which was already a little blurry, but she could not forget her mother's warm embrace. She stretched out two hands in Gao Jun's arms, carefully and gently touched Gao Jun's face, and then wrapped her arms around his neck.

Master Shi listened to it beside him, and quietly turned his face to wipe his tears. He liked this well-behaved and lovely little girl in his heart, and he really wanted to buy it to be his daughter. But now that she has found her biological mother, she has to let go no matter how reluctant she is.

Shi Dang said happily, "Sure enough, the last general congratulates Master Gao on finally finding the child!" It's getting late, so please join me in the city for a few drinks to celebrate! ”

Gao Jun saw Master Shi's performance and said busily. "How much money Brother Shi spent, I will give it to you according to the amount, and I can't let you suffer." Before he could speak, his cousin Shi dared to say loudly. "What money to talk about? No matter how much you want, you are not allowed to ask for it again, just as a meeting gift with this little doll! Master Shi nodded again and again.

Master Gao was warmly invited by the Lord of Qilian to stay here that night, and drank a lot of wine with the Shi brothers, but he didn't dare to overdo it. When I go to bed at night. The little girl snuggled into the arms of the tall man and seemed to sleep very soundly. Who knew that Gao Jun didn't wake up in the morning, she woke up first and gently pushed him.

Gao Jun understood what she meant, and she was in a hurry to leave. I had the intention to immediately return to Xizhou to let their mother and daughter meet, but if I wanted to go back and forth again, I wouldn't be able to catch up with the days of Chang'an. So he said to the little girl, "Don't be in a hurry, anyway, your uncle will take you on the road." It's a long way to see your mother. The little girl nodded, her eyes full of anticipation and fascination.

This is really unintentional! The tall man was in a very good mood and quickly got up to pack his bags. At a glance, he saw a purple-red bruise on the little girl's arm, and the little girl noticed that the uncle was looking at her arm. Immediately said, "It doesn't hurt to see my mother!" The child's voice was crisp, which amused Gao Jun.

When saying goodbye after breakfast, Master Shi stuffed back the one hundred taels of silver given by Master Gao and said that he didn't want anything, and handed over his purchase and sale note and the certificate of the Qilian War Lord to Gao Jun. Gao Jun waved goodbye to the Shi brothers, rode a horse, held the reins with one hand, and hugged the girl with the other hand and then walked east.

This time he didn't dare to gallop again, for fear of scaring her, and he only had a constant speed along the way. A four-year-old girl doesn't feel tired when she holds it in her hands, and the tall adult still thinks it's fun. There was a lot of fun during the trip. At noon, Gao Jun had already crossed the Shule River with the girl.

The Shule River is 800 miles, flows down from the Qilian Mountain, crosses the north on the official road and then turns westward, and the water volume is not large in spring. But unusually clear. A group of village women were washing clothes by the river, and the railings of the bridge crossing the river on the official road were full of washed clothes. Several young women sang along with each other. They saw a handsome young man on a red horse coming from the south, and he also hugged a little girl, and two bold women not only did not suppress their voices, but also amplified their brother's voice:

"It's the new year in the first month, and the grass sprouts are rising. The sky is based on the sun, and the people are based on the heart...... After March, it is Qingming, the peach blossoms do not bloom, the apricot blossoms are red, and the bees pick flowers and flowers are moving......"

The folk customs of the Tang Dynasty are simple, and the road encounters are comparable to relatives and friends. Gao Jun didn't mind the slightly ridiculous singing of these village girls, looking at the robes and sheets hanging on the bridge to let the wind blow, and the bridge deck that was not wide had taken up half of it, for fear that it would be dirty again, and the river water was crystal clear, so he didn't go on the bridge, urging the charcoal fire to step directly into the river.

The little girl was sitting in Gao Jun's arms, and suddenly looked up at him and said, "Uncle, I can sing too." After speaking, regardless of whether Gao Juntong disagreed or not, he opened the children's voice and sang, "How the lamb barks, the grass bleating." How to call a duckling, how to sing by the river, how to call a kitten, meow by the bedside, how to call a frog, croaking in the pond. ”

After half a day, the little girl and Gao Jun no longer knew each other, especially when she thought of seeing her mother, she had no worries, so she listened to the adults by the river singing, and she also sang loudly.

But the village women and village girls listened to her nursery rhymes, and soon stopped singing, and the little girl's immature nursery rhyme inadvertently compared them to ducks by the river and frogs in the pond.

On the other side of the river is a village of dozens of households, with a barbecue stall at the entrance of the village, and an old man guarding the side. Gao Jun saw that there were no restaurants or noodle stalls on the side of the road, so he had to stop and put the horse aside, let the old man roast half a catty of minced mutton, and handed it over with a one-foot-long bamboo skewer. Looking at the little girl's eyes looking at the meat skewers, Gao Jun suddenly wanted to tease her, "Uncle doesn't know what your name is, tell me, just eat meat." ”

The little girl said dissatisfiedly, "I wanted to tell you several times that my name is Lei Lei, but you didn't ask. I won't talk about it this time. The old man who barbecued the meat laughed, "Rush this doll, ask for less than two skewers of meat." ”

Gao Jun was afraid that it would not be safe for her to sit on the horse and lift the meat skewers to eat, so he patiently waited for her to finish eating before leaving. But the little girl didn't think so much, and raised the half-eaten meat skewer to the mouth of the charcoal fire for it to eat, and the charcoal fire sniffed and lowered her head to the ground to eat the grass by the roadside.

Taking this opportunity, the tall man asked the old man about the distance ahead. The old man asked Gao Jun where he was going and said that he would follow the normal route, and after passing Jiayuguan thirty miles away, he would go to Suzhou Chengtoudian. Stayed overnight and went 400 miles east to Ganzhou, and then he grew up so much that he had never been there.

The old man said that if he was in a hurry to walk, he would walk on the mountain road north of Jiayuguan. The mountain road is very narrow, and a large number of caravans and camels cannot walk. Therefore, the officers and soldiers are also loose. In this way, it is exempt from the cumbersome customs inspection, and it has been along the Zhangye River in the north of the mountain to the east, and you can cross the two prefectures of Gansu and Su. If you can't walk, turn right onto the official road, and there will be a post every 30 miles. It's also very convenient.

After resigning from the old man, seeing that the sky seemed to be raining, Gao Jun was a little anxious, coaxed Lei Lei to collect the meat skewers, and got on the horse and hurried. He followed the old man's instructions and rode up the mountain road around Jiayu Pass. Sure enough, after walking not far away, thunder broke out overhead.

Gao Jun saw that there was no rainproof thing, and he had an idea, put the girl in the robe and wrapped it tightly on the chest, and tied the windproof belt under the neckline, only the neckline let her breathe, and then tightened the belt around the waist. Prevent her from slipping.

In this way, the girl seems to be packed in a breathable and warm cradle. There is a saying that it rains a lot during the Qingming Festival, and as soon as all this is done, a light rain falls in the sky. The tall man bowed slightly on the horse's back, letting the rain fall on his back, urging the charcoal fire to speed up.

The trail is not easy to walk. But when he came out, Gao Jun knew that most of the distance to the east was a mountain road, so he had asked the horseshoe room to replace the special mountain road horseshoe for the charcoal fire to prevent slipping on the mountain rocks. In addition, the charcoal fire has fast foot strength and is flexible and vigorous. Therefore, I didn't see how hard it was, and it only crossed the top of the mountain in half an hour.

After a while, the rain stopped, and the charcoal fire galloped up along the south bank of the Zhangye River in the east-west direction, and the scenery on both sides of the river was high and beautiful, and it was not necessary to take a closer look. After crossing the river, standing at the mountain pass and looking at the opposite side, a vast city is already behind him, according to the distance, it is estimated that he has passed the city of Ganzhou, and the sky is not yet dark.

Gao Jun felt that the girl was very quiet in his arms, and looked at it with his neckline exposed. It turned out that she was lying with her back outward, tired and asleep inside. It wasn't until she ran out for more than eighty miles that she stretched her waist and woke up, shouting for water. Gao Jun saw that it was getting late, and according to the old man's instructions, he went right over the hill and Shangguan Road, and there was a post station not far away.

The post industry of the Tang Dynasty is very developed, there are 260 water posts, 1,300 land posts, and 86 water and land posts during the Zhenguan period, which are densely spread on the traffic road in the Tang Dynasty like a big net. The land post prepares horses and the water post prepares boats for officials to return and pass government documents. There are also privately opened shops next to the big post station, which not only sell wine and rice, but also have donkey rentals, "dozens of miles".

Gao Jun urged the horse to go over, and the plaque of "Zhangye County Gongbi Station" was hung at the door of the post station. In the front hall, she poured warm water for the female doll Lei Lei and drank it. At this time, two horseback riders came from outside the post house, and they were in the dust. One is older, the other is a young man, as soon as these two people enter the door, there is a post boy to greet the two, who seems to be familiar: "Two, I haven't seen you for more than half a year, I don't know what kind of beauty is entrusted to the two of you?" ”

The young one replied, "Go and send a letter to Master Wang of Chang'an Zhongshu Province." ”

Yi Ding said, "I naturally know this, but since the king of Xizhou and the Zhongshu family are world friends, why don't you go to visit the eldest brother of the king this time?" His house isn't far from here, isn't it? ”

Still young, he replied, "How dare you bother at such a late hour, just go over there tomorrow morning and ask for peace." ”

Gao Jun's heart moved when he heard the greetings between the two, and he didn't know what letter Wang Da had sent to Beijing. At this time, the post Ding said quickly, "It just so happens that there is also a ...... from Xizhou today" and looked at Gao Jun, but was stopped by Gao Jun with his eyes. He already knew Gao Jun's identity by the official, and he didn't dare to say it, but he just left under the pretext. And the two of them looked at Gao Jun together, saw that it was a young man, and they also led a little girl of three or five years old, so they asked, "Hey! Where are you going? ”

"Ah, the little brother Liu Zhongren, took the child to Chang'an to visit relatives."

"Oh? If you haven't been far away, just follow us! Take care of you on the journey, who will let one place come! ”

Gao Jun thanked him and asked, "Why are the two of you listening to the errand in front of Lord Don't Drive in Xizhou?" Going to Chang'an is an important thing for Tianda. The old man had already sat down and drank tea steadily, and the young man said, "That is, Lord Wang of Zhongshu Province in the capital and my family are old and have been walking around for many years," there was a look of pride in his words, "Do you know the origin of this Gongbi Station?" ”

Gao Jun really didn't know, so he shook his head. The young man said, "Lord Zhongshu Wang studied hard in this post before he was admitted to Chang'an, and became a high-ranking official in the capital, and even borrowed a small post station!" ”

Gao Jun had the heart to explore the details, so he said honestly and fearfully, "The younger brother has no power and power, and I want to get to know the two sincerely. ”

The two had no opinion, so the three of them took Lei Lei and went to the room of the old and young, and Gao Jun gave the money, and ordered more than a dozen kinds of cold, hot, meat, and vegetarian side dishes in the canteen of the post house, and three jars of good wine, and pushed the cup to change the cup and drank it.

couldn't stand Gao Jun's coaxing with a few good words, and the two of them didn't doubt it, and after a while, they were already drunk and hazy, and Gao Jun clicked on the sleeping acupoint, and snoring on the table.

Mr. Gao gently opened the backpack that the two of them carried, flipped through it twice and found a letter that was tightly pasted, the top was uprightly written: "Brother Wang Qianming of the Zhongshu Sheren opened it personally", and the bottom one read, "Brother Xizhou Wang Da Gong Cheng", I had the heart to open it but was afraid that it would not be restored as before, so I was pondering it, and saw Lei Lei looking at herself.

Gao Jun was afraid that her child would leak something tomorrow, so he whispered to her, "Shh...... Here's the map...... I'm sneaking to see how to find your mom walking closely...... It wouldn't be nice if these two uncles found out! Lei Lei nodded solemnly.

When I got up in the morning, these two people didn't forget to call Gao Jun before leaving, they didn't know anything about last night, and they were even more enthusiastic about Gao Jun after drinking, and said that they might as well take you to the brother's house of Lord Wang in Beijing to see, that is a scholarly family.

Gao Jun followed the two of them eastward for more than ten miles and entered a big town. The two stopped in front of a high-gate compound, went in for a while and came out, and said to Gao Jun, "Lord Wang's brother is playing poems in the teahouse in the town, just to take you to open your eyes." ”

They inquired with passers-by in the town, and soon saw a large two-story teahouse on the street. The young man said, "This is it, let's go in and smell the book and ink." Gao Jun was about to see what was going on, and followed behind.

He tied up the horse, hugged Lei Lei, took her things, and walked in gently with the two of them. The entire teahouse was full of seats, and the eight large tables were already full of people shaking fans and drinking tea, and they could easily find empty seats and ask for tea, but no one paid attention to them.

Because Gao Jun also heard a person reading two verses aloud: (To be continued.) )