Yuan Chen was resolute and determined to leave. Liu Ming and Yuan Moqing are not at ease, after all, she is a woman, although she knows some martial arts, but in these chaotic years, what can she do with her own strength?

"Brother Liu," Yuan Chen said, "didn't you say that there is a post house shopkeeper in Suzhou Mansion who wants you to help?" ”

"Yes," Liu Ming said, "it's the shopkeeper Zhao of the Shunxiang Post House in Suzhou Prefecture, and we are old acquaintances." ”

"Okay, then I'll go in your place." Yuan Chen said, "There is a stable place to do things, so that you can rest assured." ”

Liu Ming hurriedly refused: "Then how can it be done, it is very hard to do things in the post house, you are a girl, you can't bear it." ”

"Bitter? What kind of suffering can it become? Yuan Chen was stunned for a moment and asked.

Liu Ming said: "Shopkeeper Zhao came to me mainly because he took a fancy to my kung fu and wanted me to take a few darts for him." To put it bluntly, it's to escort something. That's a risk, and if you don't get it right, you have to fight for your life. ”

"Brother Liu, do you think I'm much worse than you?" Yuan Chen said with a smile, "Before I met Mo Qing, she was also a woman who walked the rivers and lakes with a sword. She made up her resume a little.

"It's not a question of how much worse, but you're a girl, how can you ......" Liu Ming couldn't think of any words to refute for a while.

"Sister Yuanyuan, please, let's stay." Yuan Moqing grabbed the placket of her clothes and just begged bitterly.

Yuan Chen patted her hand, took out the strong words when he worked in the special operations group: "I have made up my mind, so let's decide." After speaking, he lowered his head and stopped making a sound.

There was silence in the room for a while, and the lives of the three people were about to change, but Liu Ming and Yuan Moqing were helpless against this change. The only one who dominated her life was Yuan Chen, but that was not the life she wanted.

When there was silence, Guo Xing's voice sounded at the courtyard gate: "Mo Qing! I'm ready to bring you the food, shall I? ”

Yuan Moqing stood up, walked out of the door, and said to the courtyard door, "Thank you, Uncle Guo, you can come in and eat some together." ”

"No, no." Guo Xing's voice came, "I still have something to do, you can eat first, I'll go." ”

"Uncle Guo walks slowly." After Yuan Moqing finished speaking, he turned around and returned to the house. He was followed by several servants, each carrying a food box in his hand. The servants went to the hall, opened the food boxes, and laid the dishes on the table one by one.

When everything was in order, the servants withdrew. The dishes were very rich, with ten dishes and two soups, but the three of them had no appetite, and just sat at the table in a daze.

It was Yuan Chen who broke the silence and said, "Eat, the dishes will be cold for a while." ”

Only then did the three of them slowly raise their chopsticks and eat slowly.

Yuan Moqing didn't eat a few bites, and put down the chopsticks. Raising his eyes, he said with tears in his eyes: "Sister Yuanyuan." ”

"What's wrong?" Yuan Chen's heart tightened, and he also felt that his nose was sour, and asked.

"You...... Will you miss me? After Yuan Moqing finished speaking, tears rained down.

Yuan Chen's tears also burst out of his eyes, hugged Yuan Moqing, and cried loudly.

Liu Ming's eyes were red, and he looked at the two silently.

The two girls cried for a while before they let go. Yuan Chen helped Yuan Moqing wipe away his tears and said, "Mo Qing, don't cry." Then he said to the two, "Well, don't wait until tomorrow morning, I'll pack my bags and go on my way in a moment." Long pain is better than short pain, and it also saves everyone from being sad together. ”

Liu Ming and Yuan Moqing looked at Yuan Chen sadly, but there was no way to stop her decision.

After the meal, the three of them found Guo Quanan and explained Liu Ming's intention to leave Yuan Chen. Guo Quanan shook his head in regret and said that he would give gold and silver to the soft, but Yuan Chen refused. Guo Quanan thought about it, and assigned Guo Xing to pick out the best horse and a sword from the mansion and give them to her. Yuan Chen pushed again and again, and then accepted.

When the sun was just past noon, Yuan Chen stepped on his horse and galloped eastward. Behind her, a string of sad tears and everyone's reluctant gaze were left.

From Changzhou to Suzhou, the road is actually not far. However, if you leave at noon and want to arrive at night, it is absolutely impossible. Yuan Chen inquired about the distance before going out, if she didn't stop, she should rush to Wuxi in the evening, stay in Wuxi for one night, and then go on the road the next day, and she should be able to go to Suzhou Mansion in the afternoon.

The scorching sun in July was like fire, and the sun was gradually moving westward, which happened to scorch the back of Yuan Chen, who was traveling eastward, but she let herself sweat and did not make any stops, and still kept riding her horse and galloping.

Guo Quanan's gift is indeed a good horse, and as soon as it gets dark at night, he has already come to the outside of Wuxi.

Wuxi is located in the south of Jiangsu, the hinterland of the Yangtze River end plain, bordering the Yangtze River in the north, Taihu Lake in the south, Suzhou in the east, Changzhou in the west, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal passing through it. In modern times, Wuxi is already a fashionable city, but in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, it was subordinate to Changzhou Prefecture and was Wuxi County. However, although it is only a county, the border is still much more prosperous than the war-torn territory. As soon as Yuan Chen entered the county seat, he was attracted by the bustling crowd on the street.

While leading the horse, she wandered on the stone-paved road, looking at the brightly lit stalls on both sides, and her mood was much better than when she had just left Guofu in Changzhou.

At the intersection, a chic little shop caught her eye. Yuan Chen led the horse and came to the front of the store.

There is no indication in front of the store, but the decoration is very distinctive, and the door and the corridor to enter the store is a huge lying wine jar, through which people enter, walk through the altar, and then go to the store.

Yuan Chen stood at the door for a while, and found that there were many men and women coming in and out here, in pairs. It reminded her of a trip to a nightclub where the front door was so similar to the scene. The only difference is that the store is small, and it seems that the ancient people have not opened to the point where the nightlife is abundant, right? She thought.

Thinking about it, she was also very interested, but Yuan Chen didn't walk in, because she still had lingering palpitations about that nightclub trip, and the reason why she often recalled it was because she often missed Wu Ruojie, and the reason why she didn't want to remember it was because she often missed the little policewoman, and she missed Yuan Moqing even more.

So she tugged at the reins and prepared to walk away.

Just as she had already taken a step, a large hand stopped in front of her.

"Girl, don't you want a drink?" A magnetic voice reached her ears.

Yuan Chen was startled and turned his head to look.

The first thing that catches your eye is a pair of dark gray eyes and black curly hair.

At this moment, Yuan Chen instantly overlapped this scene with the scene she met Wu Ruojie for the first time, but at this moment, she immediately pulled herself out of her memories. The man in front of him has Wu Ruojie's temperament, but he is not Wu Ruojie.

"What's wrong? Girl, I, scared you? The man smiled and said slowly.

"Ah, no, no." Yuan Chen was a little embarrassed, and after his eyes were messy for a while, he re-examined the man in front of him. The man's height is about 1.8 meters, and his figure is not burly, but a little thin. The half-length black curls are tied together and tied behind the head, the gray eyes look deep and restrained, the high nose, some thin lips, and a slightly pale face make the man look not too much like a Han Chinese, a little like an expatriate or a mixed-race.

"Girl, is it alone?" The man asked with a smile again.

Yuan Chen suddenly panicked, he was obviously dressed as a man, how did the other party see that he was a woman?

"You've mistaken someone. I, I'm a man. Yuan Chen lowered his voice and said.

"Ha," the man laughed, "I know that some girls are not easy to walk outside, and tend to disguise themselves as men. But since it has been seen through and still has to deny it, it is not yours, girl. ”

"You, how did you see through it?" Yuan Chen couldn't help it, so he had to agree, but asked rhetorically.

The man laughed out loud and said, "With such a delicate face and such a graceful posture like yours, how can it be owned by a man?" ”

Yuan Chen listened to the other party's praise, and his heart couldn't help but be drunk. However, she still defended: "That's not necessarily, some of the cream noodles are also very tender." Aren't you afraid to admit your mistake and make a joke? ”

"Don't be afraid." The man stared into her eyes earnestly and said, "In order to be able to catch you in the crowd of thousands - my only one, even if it is wrong a thousand times or ten thousand times, I will not give up." ”

Yuan Chen lowered his head and smiled a little embarrassedly. This man, this ancient man, is too flamboyant to be a modern man. However, his words did make her very useful.

"So, would you like to go in with me for a drink?" The man saw the moment and invited.

Yuan Chen pondered for a moment and nodded. Anyway, this night is idle, and your future is uncertain, so it is better to find an irrelevant drinking friend at this time of distraction and relax completely. However, she also set a degree for herself, that is, she must not drink too much, let alone have a relationship with this man. Drink alcohol just to relax your mind.

Seeing her nodding, the man hurriedly stretched out his hand to lead the horse and tied it to the stable next to the door of the hotel. Subsequently, the two walked into the "altar" of the "wine jar" together. Walked through the "altar body" and came to the hotel.

The lights in the hotel were dim, and Yuan Chen struggled to look at the surrounding situation. Compared with the outside of the store, the interior decoration of the store is slightly more ordinary, the only feature is that each table is in a partition, and some partitions block thick curtains, which is more private. From time to time, there was the sound of laughter and conversation between men and women, some whispering, others bohemian.

Yuan Chen followed the man to a partition in the corner, there was no one inside, the curtain was not blocked, she looked through the faint candlelight, in the middle was a heavy wooden table, the table was covered with black and red coarse cloth, there was a candlestick on the tablecloth, and several candles on the table had been burned to half. On either side of the table are two large chairs, which are also covered with coarse black and red cloth. Except for one table and two chairs, there are no special furnishings.

The man walked into the partition, stood by the chair, and made a "please" gesture to Yuan Chen. Yuan Chen walked over to another chair and sat down. The man sat down as well.

Xiao Er walked to the door and handed the menu to the man. The man waved his hand and said, "I'm still the same." Give it to her. ”

Xiao Er handed the menu to Yuan Chen again, but Yuan Chen didn't take it, but just said, "Look at it." ”

Xiao Er made a sound, turned around and walked out of the partition, and reflexively blocked the curtain of the partition.

After the man sat down, he first opened the topic and said, "It must be not easy for a girl to go out alone. ”

"Hmm. Truly. Yuan Chen thought back to what he had encountered along the way and nodded.

"If it's not difficult, a girl will never go on the road alone." The man said again.

He really said it, so Yuan Chen nodded again.

"However, you must have something unspeakable." The man seemed to show a little curiosity.

Yuan Chen let out a long sigh and said, "Indeed. However, since we met here, let's be drinking buddies alone. I don't want to ask you about your rights and wrongs, and you don't want to ask me about my past. I don't want to know who you are, and you don't want to ask who I am. Let's drink like this, and get drunk to relieve a thousand sorrows. ”

The man smiled slightly awkwardly and nodded.

Xiao Er knocked on the partition, opened the curtain and walked in. A few plates of snacks and two jars of wine were served.

Yuan Chen opened the altar seal, directly picked up the wine jar, drank a few big sips, and said: "Cool!" ”

"Refreshing!" The man praised, picked up the jar, and took a few sips.

In the blink of an eye, the two jars of wine were drunk by the two. Yuan Chen didn't know how to drink very well, but because he was upset, he drank a lot. Although she told herself not to drink too much before entering the hotel, she could use wine to kill her sorrows, and after a while, she was drunk. But when she was drunk, she wanted to drink more, and it seemed that only by drinking more alcohol could she sober up from her drunkenness. Drunk on top of drunk, and in the end she was a drunken mess.

The man's amount of alcohol seemed to be very large, and he didn't react much when he drank a jar of wine. When he saw that the wine was gone, the man got up and said, "I'll go and get two more jars." With that, he turned and walked out of the partition.

Yuan Chen looked at the few candles on the table with drunken eyes, each candle flame danced slightly with her breathing, and after a while, they all turned into faces, jumping in front of her eyes, there were little policewomen, Ah Jian, He Yilong, Yuan Shangguang, Yu Yueting, Yuan Shizhong, Sai Jinhua, and Duan Xuehong. These were all dead people, and their appearance frightened Yuan Chen, and she hugged her head tightly, trying her best to control her emotions so that she didn't shout out. Her subconscious also knew that she was in a hotel, a public place, and that she could not frighten others because of her fear. However, she really can't control it.

The man walked in with two jars of wine, placed them on the table, and turned around and closed the curtain of the partition.

Yuan Chen couldn't wait to pick up a jar of wine, tilted his head, and drank it in a big gulp.

After drinking half an altar in one go, the fear improved slightly, Yuan Chen wiped his mouth, burped, felt comfortable in his heart, and drank the remaining half of the jar again.

When she had finished drinking, she set aside the empty jar and picked up the jar in front of the man.

The man didn't stop him, but smiled at her every move.

"You...... What to laugh at? Yuan Chen asked inarticulately.

"It's nothing, you drink less, you can't drink it in the first place, it's ......"

"I can't drink it?" Yuan Chen was really excited, "I'll show you what to drink!" Then he drank the jar again.

A jar of wine is about a catty. Although ancient liquor is far less strong than modern liquor, the ancient pound is more than the modern pound. For a girl like Yuan Chen, who doesn't drink often, after three catties of wine, she doesn't know anything.

Yuan Chenzhi felt that she had a long, long dream, in the dream, she was in a boundless black hole, she shouted everywhere, but no one answered, she wanted to find an exit, but there was no direction indication, finally, she ran in one direction in a rage, but stepped on the air and fell into the abyss.

"Ahh Yuan Chen screamed and woke up.

The sun was already getting high, and it was shining on the bed, on her quilt.

Yuan Chen felt a terrible headache, closed his eyes again, and soothed his nerves. But she suddenly felt that something seemed wrong, lifted the quilt and looked in, and couldn't help but be surprised.