5. Travel
On March 11, not long after the opening of the city gate of Beijing, two horses galloped out of the capital, and immediately the two of them were Ding Si and Hu Runze. As soon as the two men pulled the reins, the two horses immediately stood still, and at the same time, a carriage came from behind and stopped behind them. As soon as the curtain on the carriage window was lifted, a boy of five or six years old poked his face out and shouted, "Daddy." "This boy is very good-looking, and his eyes are bright, and he is very attractive. Ding Si smiled slightly, jumped off the horse, approached the carriage, stretched out his hands to the boy, and said with a smile: "Dewu, get off the car and come to Dad's side." The boy smiled, and as soon as he put the curtain down, he heard his angry voice coming from inside: "Mother, I don't want you to hug me, I want to come down by myself." It turned out that this boy was Ding Dewu, the eldest son of Ding Si.
A moment later, the curtain of the carriage door was lifted, first a girl jumped down from the car, and then quickly reached out to take Dewu from the car, Dewu struggled a few steps and ran to Ding Si, threw himself into Ding Si's arms, and was picked up by Ding Si. Ding Dewu laughed, turned around and grimaced at the carriage and said, "Mother, come here." ”
The curtain of the car was lifted by a snow-white hand, and then a beautiful face was revealed, the two eyebrows were gently bent into a crescent shape, a pair of eyes were like two springs of spring water, the nose was delicately erected, and the neat teeth were embedded in the small mouth like a braided shell, which looked quite delicate, it was Ding Si's wife, Guan Biyue, the daughter of Zheng Dameng, the commander of the Soldiers and Horses, although she was extremely good-looking, her demeanor was not as elegant as her appearance, she supported the carriage with her hands, and jumped off the carriage without being helped, and her mouth also shouted: " Ding Dewu, you little villain, run so fast and be careful of wrestling. ”
Ding Dewu was not afraid of his mother's scolding, and firmly hugged Ding Si's neck with both hands and said, "Dad, are you going to a far, far away place, I want to go with you." ”
Before Ding Si could speak, Guan Biyue slapped Ding Dewu on the buttocks, and said threateningly: "Ding Dewu, let's say that I brought you to send your father if you don't make trouble, if you don't let your father go on the road well, I will punish you for reciting the "Ding Family Motto" ten times after you go back." ”
Ding Dewu hummed in Ding Si's ear and said, "Dad, you see that my mother is so fierce." ”
Ding Si looked at his wife and son and smiled silently. Ding Dewu buried his head in Ding Si's arms for a while, didn't see his father and mother speak, raised his head and glanced at Guan Biyue, saw her staring eyes, making an angry look, and couldn't help but timidly turned to Guan Biyue and stretched out his arm to Guan Biyue and said, "Mother, hug." ”
Guan Biyue hugged Ding Dewu triumphantly, and said to Ding Si: "Even if you are a skin monkey, I am also the Buddha, and I can't turn it out of my palm." ”
Ding Si glanced at Guan Biyue apologetically, and said softly: "I'm running around, things at home are so hard for you, my mother is old, her health is not good, Devon has just turned 100 days, everything is not easy, it's just that you have to take care of yourself more." ”
When Guan Biyue heard Ding Si say this, two red clouds couldn't help but fly on her cheeks, which looked even more moving, and it took a long time before she forced herself to calm down: "How can it be as hard as you say, but you yourself, be careful in everything, I am a little scared when I think of the rumors outside about you catching thieves." ”
Ding Si said with a smile: "This is just a legend for everyone, it's not so dangerous, besides, this time I went to Fuzhou, I went with Hu Yushi, and he also had guards around him, so it was nothing." ”
Guan Biyue pouted and said, "Anyway, you have to be careful, when the time comes, when you come back to see me and Dewu Dewen, you will have a lot of hair." After finishing speaking, he looked around, and then put it in Ding Si's ear and said, "Also, don't provoke people who shouldn't be provoked, and don't make some rotten peach blossoms." After finishing speaking, his eyes sparkled and stared at Ding Si, as if he was waiting for him to promise. Before Ding Si could speak, Ding Dewu, who was holding her in her arms, suddenly asked puzzledly: "Mother, the peach blossoms are so beautiful, why are they rotten peach blossoms." Guan Biyue didn't expect Ding Dewu to say this, her face couldn't help but turn red into a peach blossom, and she pretended to be fierce and said: "Ding Dewu, you little villain, you have to listen to something you shouldn't hear." The girl next to her couldn't help laughing, twisted her face to the side, and wanted to make a look of not hearing it, Hu Runze next to Ding Si also couldn't help laughing, and Guan Biyue hugged Ding Dewu, and said in a loud voice: "It's not too early to come out, Devin should be in a hurry at home, go back quickly." After saying that, he hurriedly jumped into the carriage, and the girl followed into the carriage.
Guan Biyue got into the carriage and was not in a hurry to tell the groom to drive, but the white horse that pulled the wheel snorted and was tightly dragged by the coachman, so she had to step on the spot. Ding Si smiled slightly, walked forward in a few steps, and said through the curtain by the window: "Abi, don't worry, the same thing you are worried about will not happen, I promise you that I will come back as soon as I finish my errand, and I will not delay for half a moment." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, the curtain was lifted with a bang, and Guan Biyue's disgusted face was revealed, and she blinked her eyes and said to Ding Si: "I have taken everything you said to heart, and you have to count when you speak." She smiled brightly, like the warm sun on a spring day, which made Ding Si's heart warm in an instant.
Guan Biyue looked at the sun in the sky and said to Ding Si: "The time for your appointment with Wu Yushi is coming soon, I have to leave quickly." As she was talking, Ding Dewu squeezed his head out of the window and said, "Dad, remember to take care of your body and take care of yourself." He squeezed his eyes and said, "This is what my mother said to me, and what I want to say is that don't forget to bring me delicious and fun back." As soon as he finished speaking, Guan Biyue yelled: "Ding Dewu, are you looking for a fight?" Ding Dewu was dragged back at once, and then there was a burst of shouting inside: "Hurry back, hurry back." The carriage started slowly, the curtains were lifted again, Guan Biyue's head came out of it, and smiled at Ding Si, indescribably charming and moving. Ding Si watched the carriage gradually move away, and then closed his gaze, Hu Runze on the side was speechless, and secretly thought: Usually Lord Ding looks upright, how can he marry his wife so popularly, they all say that it is difficult to say goodbye, but Lord Ding's send-off is lively and lively, without a trace of sentimentality.
It didn't take long for a team of people and horses to come out of the capital, there were about five or six people inside, one person and one rider, a carriage in the middle, two fat and strong big green horses to drive, and the body made of elm wood was very strong, Ding Si hurriedly stepped forward when he saw this, and hugged his fist at the carriage and said: "Ding Si has seen an adult." Hearing Ding Si's voice, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a face of Wu Hai, the superintendent of the imperial history, poked out of it, he was about forty-five or sixteen years old, his chubby face was kind, his slender eyes looked very shrewd, and the gray beard under his lips was combed very neatly. He looked at Ding Si, and said with a smile on his face: "With the help of the golden knife catcher on this errand, my heart is much more steady." ”
Ding Si hurriedly said politely: "The adults are very intelligent, Ding Si has heard about it a long time ago, but this errand is sent by the adults." ”
Wu Hai showed a satisfied smile and said: "How dare you, we are all on errands for the emperor, so naturally we must do our best to do this thing well." After finishing speaking, he instructed: "Fuzhou is about a **-day trip from the capital, let's hurry up." The group set off immediately, only to see a puff of dust on the official road, and Ding Si and the others gradually disappeared. Suddenly, a carriage turned out of nowhere on the avenue, and the carriage followed the direction of Ding Si and others, but when the car was on the road, a snow-white carrier pigeon was thrown out of the window, and the carrier pigeon immediately flapped its wings and flew forward, and the spring breeze gently rolled up the corner of the curtain, and the magpie's lovely face was revealed, but soon someone tightened the curtain and covered it tightly.