Chapter 17: The Summer Night's Promise
When night fell, the land was pitch black, with only a little flickering fire, as if dotted with a black curtain.
Now that it is the time of night fasting, the gate of Gusu City is closed, and Wei Jue and others live in a post house on the side of the official road.
If you want to stay in the post house, you have to be an official of the imperial court, but after Cui Lingwei took out the token, the post man of the post house immediately let them in.
It's just that this post house is not big, so many people naturally can't arrange it, so Wei Jue and the sergeants have to sleep in the suburbs, and this little bit of fire is the bonfire lit by those sergeants.
He was resting with his back against a large tree, his body wrapped in a blanket, and his eyes closed.
A lot had happened on this day, and he was a little tired.
"Wei Jue?"
Suddenly, he heard someone calling him, opened his eyes, and saw that it was Cui Lingwei.
There is only one vacant room in this post house, so naturally Cui Lingwei and Na Que Er live there. Que'er has been unconscious, and Cui Lingwei has been watching her.
Now, when Wei Jue saw Cui Lingwei suddenly coming to him, he asked, "Sister Cui, but something happened to the finch?" ”
Cui Lingwei shook her head and explained, "No, she's fine, but she hasn't woken up yet." ”
Wei Jue listened and asked again: "Then you came to me for?" ”
Seeing that she was looking for herself, not for the finch, Wei Jue felt a little strange.
"I can't sleep, I want to talk to you."
Cui Lingwei said, sitting next to Wei Jue, her eyes looking at the bonfire burning not far away.
Hearing this, Wei Jue touched his face with both hands, blinked his eyes, and cheered up a little.
"San Lang, do you want to go over?"
Suddenly, Cui Lingwei asked and turned her head to look at Wei Jue.
Her question was sudden, and it was too far away, and Wei Jue had no answer, so she had to shake her head.
"I thought about it." Cui Lingwei said, and looked at the fire again, "I want to go outside the plug to take a look, I heard that the sky is very high and the ground is very big." Just ......"
As she spoke, she stopped.
Seeing that she wanted to speak and stopped, Wei Jue couldn't help but ask, "Just what?" ”
Cui Lingwei immediately looked over, looked at him, and didn't speak for a long time.
Wei Jue didn't know what was going on, and looked back at the past with a puzzled look.
Then, Cui Lingwei exhaled and turned her head again: "It's just that I can't go." ”
"Oh."
said such a word lightly, and Wei Jue also looked at the bonfire.
Seeing that he didn't continue to ask, Cui Lingwei looked at him again with a frown: "Why didn't you ask?" ”
"I'm afraid I'm asking the wrong thing."
Wei Jue honestly expressed his concerns, Cui Lingwei smiled when she heard this, stood up, and looked at the moon in the sky: "I'm leaving Gusu." ”
"Oh."
Wei Jue said such a word again, he knew that Cui Lingwei only came to Gusu for a temporary stay, and there would always be a day to leave.
Therefore he was not puzzled by this.
"Wei Jue, you are so hateful, I say so much, but you only say one word." Cui Lingwei pouted, looking down at Wei Jue, it seemed that she was very unhappy.
Wei Jue listened and knew that he was wrong again.
He was not accustomed to looking up at women, so he also stood up.
"Are you going home?"
He pondered and asked.
"It's not." Cui Lingwei shook her head, and then she suddenly asked, "Wei Jue, do you know Chang'an?" ”
Chang'an, Wei Jue naturally knew, he nodded.
When Cui Lingwei saw it, she smiled at him and whispered, "I'm going to Chang'an, do you want to know the reason?" ”
Wei Jue understood that Cui Lingwei had something to say, so he nodded
So, Cui Lingwei continued: "Grandfather wants to go there, he wants to take me there, so I can't help but go." ”
Wei Jue heard the helplessness in her words, but he didn't know what to say to comfort this sad girl.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Cui Lingwei herself smiled: "The world says that Chang'an is the best place in the world. Now, I'm going there, don't you want to congratulate me? After speaking, she looked at Wei Jue with a smile, as if she was waiting for something.
Wei Jue sighed in his heart, he knew that Cui Lingwei didn't want to go to Chang'an, so he didn't need this blessing at all.
But even if he knew this, he still didn't know what to say at this time.
He opened his mouth, but the words did not come out.
"Don't speak." Cui Lingwei blocked Wei Jue's mouth with her index finger, "Will you go to Chang'an to see me?" ”
Wei Jue looked at her eyes, and there was Wei Jue himself in her clear eyes.
So, he nodded.
Seeing him nod, Cui Lingwei grinned slightly, but her expression soon dimmed.
She squatted down, looked at the bonfire, and said, "But you're just a guy from a tea shop, how can you go to Chang'an?" ”
Any good wish is fragile in the face of cruel reality, and Wei Jue was speechless when asked.
Yes, it is a rugged and long road from Gusu to Chang'an, and from a tea shop guy to Cui Lingwei's side, it is not another even more rugged and long road.
Wei Jue looked at the night sky and thought so.
He thinks like this, without love, just for love.
Cui Lingwei helped him so much just because Cui Lingwei was such a person, and Wei Jue thought so only because he was such a person.
Although the two don't have much contact, it's the same between people, and a little feeling is enough to change everything. Wei Jue is a special person for Cui Lingwei, and Cui Lingwei is not in Wei Jue's heart.
"I'll go to Chang'an."
Suddenly, Wei Jue lowered his head and looked at Cui Lingwei who was squatting down, and he was very sure.
Cui Lingwei raised her head when she heard this, and the two looked at each other.
"Really?" She smiled and asked.
"Really." Wei Jue nodded slightly, and then repeated, "I'll go to Chang'an." ”
His words sounded very empty to others, but Cui Lingwei listened to it and believed it.
Cui Lingwei stood up and gently hugged Wei Jue, the two were about the same height, and Wei Jue felt her head resting on her shoulder.
"Wei Jue, you must come to Chang'an, I am waiting for you there."
This was the last sentence Cui Lingwei said, and Wei Jue just nodded.
He hesitated, and finally reached out and hugged Cui Lingwei.
This summer night was fixed at this moment, and the two friends who had not been friends for a long time made a promise to each other.
After a while, Cui Lingwei left, and Wei Jue stood in place, watching her walk away.
The little lady is still like that, her movements are cheerful and smart.
But the troubles in her heart are probably only clear to Wei Jue.
Que'er woke up early the next morning, and after dawn, Wei Jue entered the city and sent her back to the Yang brothers' courtyard.
The Yang brothers were naturally grateful for a while, and they wanted to keep Wei Jue. But Wei Jue didn't dare to stay longer.
After telling the Su family about the withdrawal of the lawsuit, he and Cui Lingwei rushed back to the Wei Mansion.
Cui Lingwei didn't return overnight, and now the entire Wei Mansion has become a pot of porridge, so that Wei Jue is forgotten in the back of his mind.
Fortunately, the chaos subsided after she returned.
The events of that night are only in the memories of the two of them.
Maybe in the future, when Chang'an meets again, the two of them will remember it again