The night before leaving Songxi County, Yao had gone to bed early this morning, but Lin Yuebai couldn't sleep. Since Jin Liancheng left, she moved into Nanguo Mansion and lived with Yao Jin, and at this moment, hearing her breathing through the screen was very steady, Lin Yuebai got up in the dark, put on a thin coat and walked outside.

Pushing open the window slightly, the moonlight came in silently, hazy shone on a small coconut tree by the window, the outline of the light and shadow opened its teeth and claws, Lin Yuebai looked at it, and suddenly sighed silently, and then took out a neatly folded letter paper from the close-fitting shirt, which seemed to still carry her body temperature, unfolded, and brushed her fingers over the vigorous and powerful handwriting on it, which was actually a letter from Li Yao, the hot prince of the capital, that is, Jin Liancheng.

Moon White:

I will definitely take you back to Beijing within half a year, and we will never have to separate from now on.

There's one thing you have to start doing right now. Because I don't want that day to come, Yao Jin and you and I will turn their faces over this, and at that time, I'm afraid I won't be able to do both.

Yao Jin originally wanted to independent Jiucheng and Yijiang, but it was just to get rid of Emperor Li's coercion, but if there was no Emperor Li in the future, no one would be able to blackmail and use her, and then she would have no reason to occupy Jiucheng and Yijiang, and she should be returned to the Li Dynasty. I know her temperament, you know it, so from now on you have to remind her from time to time, knock her, she should understand that in this era, a woman cannot occupy a place forever as a king, hold power and hegemony, freedom, wealth and glory, whatever she wants, I can give her, but nine cities and one river, she must return the Li Dynasty.

I know the relationship between you and her, and Yao Jin and I are not without friendship, so I really don't want one day she will turn against me and us for the sake of Jiucheng and Yijiang.

Li Yao

Since receiving this secret letter, every time she reads it, Lin Yuebai feels that her heart is a little more broken, and she returns to the night before Jin Liancheng left, Yao Jin and Jin Liancheng are arguing, and she is beside her, her heart is cold and painful.

How could she not know the meaning of Li Yao's letter? In the past year or so, he has gone from entering Beijing alone to earning out today's situation, how difficult it is for him, how could she not know? But Lin Yuebai also knew that in this Caiyun City, day and night, the rising sun and the stars, she could see the bits and pieces of Yao Jin's efforts, even if she learned that Wei Yan was going to get married, even if she cried uncontrollably in a thin blanket at night, on the second day, she could still meet with the county guards of various counties in high spirits for four consecutive hours, and discuss problems with them one by one. In the evening, as usual, the banquet was set up, and the drink was drunk one by one, and laughter began one after another. Although Yao Jin didn't let Lin Yuebai accompany her to this kind of occasion, sometimes Lin Yuebai watched the song and dance from a distance, and she didn't dare to walk away, because she was afraid, afraid that Yao Jin would suddenly collapse at some point, suddenly cry bitterly, or be drunk and unconscious - but she didn't, she never did. She is like a diamond, shining brightly where the light focuses on everyone's attention, but she is also indestructible in cold and dark corners. She really poured all her heart and soul into this land, she could tell the name of every river and every mountain in every county, remember which month and where the fertile fields were flooded, where the rivers flooded, and even learned to make a good calculation, because she often muttered and calculated the income and profits of the mutual market, and sometimes she would suddenly cry out happily like a child with the abacus beads—but if such Yao Jin wanted to hand over this land, and hand it over to Li Yao— Thinking of this, Lin Yuebai's heart trembled violently, she didn't dare to think about it and couldn't figure it out: Why? Why did these two people, these two people who used to have such a tacit understanding, trust, and good relationship, actually go against each other? Why did the more she tried to pull, the farther and farther they went? If there really was a day, a day when Li Yao said that she couldn't have both, what would she do? What would she do to stop it, or there would be no room for maneuver at all-if it really happened that time, the two of them were going to break up in front of her, then she would rather die immediately-

"Yuebai, what's wrong?"

Lin Yuebai, who was immersed in fear, suddenly looked up and saw Yao Jin standing in front of her with a candlestick, and was shocked "Ah", and the paper in her hand also fell under the stool, a just dark corner.

"What's wrong with you, are you sick?" Yao Jin frowned, touched a cold sweat on Lin Yuebai's forehead, and stretched out his hand to close the window, "It's still cold in the middle of the night, you must have a cold." Go back and lie down, you have to leave early in the morning, this way is delicious and fun, you have to cheer up. ”

"Good, good. Lin Yuebai smiled a little unnaturally, lowered her eyes slightly, and glanced at the dim floor, "You go to sleep too, I'll go with a drink." ”

"Okay, then you go to bed early, don't catch a cold. This time, but it's the first time we're walking freely with a bulging waist bag, and we must be very happy......" Yao Jin muttered a yawn, put the candlestick on the desk, turned around and walked inside, Lin Yuebai watched her back disappear into the darkness, leaning heavily against the wall, closing her eyes, a tear in the corner of her eye, and fell wordlessly.

Section 4 My Youthful Bird Is Gone and Will Not Come Back

From Caiyun City to Songxi, the road is not particularly far. After going out of the city, go all the way south, but you can get to Nanyi County in two or three days, and then there are two routes to choose from, you can go through Dingchang County to Jiuwei Town, the west entrance of Songxi County, or you can transfer to Shao County, and you can also go to the northernmost part of Songxi, Xiangcheng soon after leaving Shao County. Because Yao Jin and his party were micro-suited, she had the heart to take a look at the living conditions of the people in various cities, so she walked around all the way, and left after three days in Nanyi County. Coincidentally, a favorite concubine in the family of Nanyi County Shou made trouble, relying on his daughter to get face in front of the county guard, and a boy was born. The local county magistrate is a fearful lord, lest he offend the county guard, so he shrank in the county office and did not come out, the people who were occupied by the house had no way to ask for help, the old man was so angry that he was so angry that he was dying, the younger daughter was very arrogant, and resolutely refused to accept the county order's private advice and money, claiming that it was necessary to go to the county government to complain, Yao Jin learned that he ordered Liu Xiaolong to send a few people to pretend to be righteous people in the rivers and lakes to escort the girl all the way, but also to see how the Nanyi county guard handled. On this day, their carriage and horse have left Nanyi County, Yao Jin is still a little absent-minded on the horse, this way for the convenience of her has always been a man's dress, wearing a cyan robe, wearing a belt and a jade crown, looking back from time to time, muttering: "They haven't caught up yet, it's really slow......"

"Childe, our footsteps are slow, and we set off late in the morning, so we must be able to catch up by the afternoon. Liu Xiaolong's horse slowly walked to Yao Jin's side, "Childe is worried about the safety of that Zhang family girl? The brothers arranged by his subordinates are all competent, and the people who want to come to Nanyi County to guard are not as capable as a few of them, so Childe can rest assured." ”

"I'm not worried about that girl, I'm worried that the famous Nanyi County Guard will disappoint me. Yao Jin looked up at the sky, the scorching sun was about to rise overhead, and the wind blew from time to time, but it was hot, she exhaled and asked, "Two more days, can you get to Shaojun?"

Liu Xiaolong stared at a clearly visible mountain in the distance for a moment, then looked back at the way he came, and affirmed: "In less than two days, we will definitely be able to reach the west of Shaojun." But tonight we are going to spend one night in the county in front of us, the town is quite small, it is estimated that the food and accommodation are simple, and the son is afraid that he will be simple tonight. ”

Yao Jin smiled and said: "When did you learn to say polite words like Jane, and you didn't know me on the first day today, Jane or something, I cared?"

After that, as soon as she pulled the reins, she suddenly reached a little farther in front of her, she turned around and raised her horsewhip, and shouted: "There is no one on the official road, it is boring to walk, girls, boys, come on, how about a race?" But since Xuannu knew His Royal Highness, she only knew that Gongzi was good at handling state affairs, intelligent, capable and decisive, but she didn't expect Gongzi to have such a demeanor, and Xuannu admired it very much. ”

Along the way, Xuannu rarely spoke, although she was always answered, but she was always a little detached. Yao Jin seemed to have some intimacy between her words, so he smiled and said: "Mrs. Xuan gets up every morning to practice swords, and her heroic posture is better than that of men, and I also appreciate it." ”

Xuannu smiled slightly, hugged her fists and said: "It's just the kung fu of the three-legged cat, it's just to strengthen the body, Gongzi smiled." ”

At this time, Liu Xiaolong and the carriage and horse gradually caught up, he had always been obsessed with swordsmanship, and when he heard Xuannu say this, he said again and again: "Wang Jiaxuan Xiaoniang, you are too humble." Xiao Long has seen you practice swordsmanship a few times, not only the swordsmanship is exquisite, but the skills are also not shallow, presumably you have been practicing martial arts since childhood, I don't know if it is or not?"

Yao Jin asked curiously: "You used to be the princess of the mountain chasing clan, and you should have been pampered by brocade clothes and jade food, why did you learn martial arts since you were a child?"

"For the sake of ...... Protect yourself, protect my mother. Xuannu's eyes were gloomy, and then she was silent. Yao Jin instantly remembered that when she talked about her life experience in the Changhuan Palace, Wang Xiang suddenly stopped her and didn't let her say it, and guessed in her heart that Xuannu must have some obscure and unspeakable past, so she hurriedly interrupted: "I have always been very interested in martial arts and swordsmanship, but my father did not allow it in the Lingjing Imperial Palace in the past, and then I was busy with the affairs of Xiaonanguo and never stopped, and Liu Xiaolong and they are all men, which is inconvenient. Now I found out that there is a 'Nie Yin Niang' around me, I wonder if Xuan Niang doesn't dislike me for having no kung fu foundation, and is willing to teach me swordsmanship? I don't want to be as powerful as you, as long as I defend myself. ”

Xuannu obviously didn't expect Yao Jin to say this, stunned for a while, Liu Xiaolong saw that she didn't answer, so anxious to pull the reins on her hand, the horse neighed slightly, Xuannu came back to her senses, her face was a little shy, hugged her fists and said: "Xuannu's rough kung fu, get the love of the son, if you don't dislike it, you must carefully teach the son's swordsmanship, and protect the son all the way." ”

Yao Jin saw that her face was completely detached from the previous estrangement, and she was happy, swaying slightly and walking in front, smiling and humming a song:

"When the sun goes down, I still climb the mountain tomorrow morning,

The flowers will bloom the same next year,

The beautiful bird is gone, and never looks back,

My young bird does not come back,

My youth bird doesn't come back......"

Hearing Yao Jin's singing, Lin Yuebai in the carriage behind opened the curtain and laughed loudly: "The sun is high in the sky, my cousin Fanghua is old, singing this song is a little inconsistent." ”

Xuannu listened carefully to a passage, and caught up with Yao Jin curiously: "May I ask Gongzi, is this the folk music of the Li Dynasty, or the music of the palace? The melody is so light that Xuannu seems to have never heard it." ”

"So, do you think it sounds good?"

"It's very nice. Childe's singing voice is clear and pleasant, which makes people feel open, and although the words sung in this song are simple, they seem to have a deep meaning. ”

"It's good to hear, why bother with its provenance and ask what it means?" Yao Jin smiled, looked at Xuannu and said: "Many people have many things, in fact, you don't need to ask where you come from, people sometimes cling too much are also burdens, and living in the moment is the best." Just like Mrs. Xuan, you now have a husband who loves you, a kind-hearted and kind mother, a peaceful and joyful life, why remember everything in the past, do you say yes?"

"Living in the moment?" muttered Xuannu repeated, looking at the distant horizon, the slightly hot wind blowing across her face, and the past from the distant sea flashed like lightning in the dark mind—