On the sixteenth day of the first month, the sky was just bright, more than ten cavalry galloped towards the Mingde Gate like the wind, the rolling air waves washed away the quiet morning mist, the Mingde Gate has been opened, far away, the soldiers defending the city saw countless cavalry swept over, frightened to rush out of dozens of steps and shouted: "Stop!" Stop it! ”

The horses slowed down, and one of the captains guarding the city took the lead and asked, "Who is out of the city?" ”

Li Qingan reined in the war horse and said: "I'm Li Qing'an from Beiting, I have something urgent to go out, and I hope to let me go!" ”

The captain was in awe, and arched his hand: "It turned out to be Li Yuanjun." ”

He waved his hand and ordered, "Let go!" ”

The people at the door flashed to the side one after another, making way for them, Li Qingan hugged his fists and said, "Thank you folks!" ”

As soon as he urged the horse, the war horse drove into the city gate hole, and rushed out of the city gate in an instant.

Li Qing'an received a letter from Xiangguofu when the door was about to close last night, and the dance clothes were forced by the Cui family to leave Xiangguofu to go to Lingnan, he was immediately worried, they went all the way to Lingnan, he had to chase it overnight, how could the door of the fang be closed, he was worried all night, the sky was just green, and he led more than a dozen soldiers to chase after him.

Out of Chang'an City, they galloped more than ten miles, came to a three-way crossing, east, south and west, there are three roads from Chang'an to Lingnan, one is to take the sea route, to Yangzhou Shanghai ship, sail away; the second is to take the land route, from Jingxiang to cross the river and then take Yuzhang, and then to Lingnan; The third is the combination of water and land, that is, to take the Shu Road, to Yizhou to get on the boat and go to the Minjiang River, turn to the Yangtze River, and then take the land route south after arriving at the Jiujiang River.

Li Qing'an didn't know which line the dance clothes took, he looked around, there was a small town on the side of the road, and there was a small restaurant directly opposite the three-way road. ”

"Let me ask you, did two women in white come to you last night?"

"Yes! Last night, two white-clothed women passed by, they sat for a while, and with them, there was also a white-bearded old man, they were discussing going to Lingnan, but the guest officer was looking for them? ”

Li Qingan was overjoyed and asked anxiously, "Which way did they go?" ”

"When the old man left, he quietly left a message, saying that if someone looked for them, he would say that they had gone to Shuzhong in the Meridian Valley."

Although the accompanying old man's message was strange, Li Qingan couldn't care about it so much, he turned his horse's head and whipped the guide and said: "Go to Meridian Valley quickly!" ”

More than a dozen soldiers followed him and galloped towards the Meridian Valley together.

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Meridian Valley is a small road that Chang'an crosses Zhongnan Mountain, about 100 miles from the south of Chang'an, more than 600 miles in length, is a shortcut to Hanzhong in Chang'an, during the Three Kingdoms, Wei Yan, the general of Shu State, repeatedly sent surprise troops to Zhuge Liang to go to Meridian Valley to occupy Guanzhong, and was not adopted.

During the Tang Dynasty, the Meridian Valley became the main passage for the people of Guanzhong and Hanzhong, all year round, there was an endless stream of business travelers, and there were also many post stations and inns in the valley for the guests to rest.

In the evening, a carriage stopped in front of a big temple, the temple is called Xiangji Temple, here has left the official road for two miles, is a small road to the Meridian Valley, in the distance is the towering and stretching Zhongnan Mountain, the mountain is steep, like a cyan dragon lying across the Guanzhong Plain, blocking the road to the south of Guanzhong, and also becoming the natural strategic barrier of Guanzhong.

The spirit of the dance dress is still not very good, looking at Chang'an farther and farther, her heart is full of loss and sadness, since she was a child, she has never left Chang'an a step, but now she is going to leave her hometown, embarking on a road that she doesn't know where the end is, she is going to sweep the grave of her parents, but where are her parents exiled to Lingnan? Where are they buried? She didn't know anything, and then what? Where should she go after sweeping the grave? She was even more dazed, she was like a small boat floating in the ocean, she couldn't control her own destiny anymore.

Maybe she will go to a small town and spend her life peacefully, looking at the temple gate of Xiangji Temple, Wuyi can't help but think of Ci'en Temple, thinking of Li Qing'an personally driving a carriage to pick her up to go to Shangxiang's past, Li Qing'an's burly figure appeared in Wuyi's heart, his broad shoulders can hold up a piece of heaven for her, at this moment, how much she longs for Li Qing'an to come to herself!

At this time, Uncle Zhong hurried out of the monastery, followed by two monks, Uncle Zhong smiled at Wuyi: "Girl in Wuyi, I have already arranged it, please come with me!" There are rooms in the temple where we can rest. ”

"Okay!"

Seeing that this area was quite remote, and there was only this temple around, Wuyi nodded and said, "Yunu, let's go down!" ”

"Female donor, please!"

The monk led the three of them to a courtyard, which was the guest room of the monastery, next to the back wall, and there was a back door next to it to exit the monastery.

They walked into the courtyard, and the dead trees in the courtyard 'Quack! Ga! A few crows flew up from the ground, and the half-light and half-dark sky was very bleak.

"A few donors, please feel free! The small temple is short of food and rice, and cannot provide vegetarian food, sorry! ”

The two monks said a perfunctory word, and then hurriedly slipped away, there were four or five empty houses in the small courtyard, most of them had not been inhabited for a long time, the room was full of dust, the window paper was also broken, and the night wind beat the window paper, pop! Syllable! There was a bang, and there were cobwebs behind the corner door.

They searched around, and finally found a slightly clean room, this is the room where a scholar stayed when he studied here last year, the scholar is gone, Uncle Zhong lit an oil lamp, the bean-sized lamp lit the room, the room can barely accommodate people, at least the window paper is intact, and there is not so much dust on the empty bed.

"Girl rest first, I'll go get you bedding, there is some dry food in the carriage, the girl will stay overnight, I heard that there is a town fifty miles ahead, tomorrow at noon, let's have a good rest."

Wuyi sighed and said apologetically: "Uncle Zhong, it's really hard for you." ”

"Girl, don't say that, this is the master's order, I will do my best to take care of the girl, girl, please rest, I'll go get something."

Uncle Zhong left, at this time Yunu had already wiped the bed clean, helped the dance clothes to sit down, she was worried all the way, at this time she couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Girl, are we really going to Lingnan?" ”

"Then where do you say you won't go to Lingnan? It's good that my third grandfather was a petty official in Lingnan! Where else do I have relatives besides him? ”

"But didn't the girl say that the third master hates your father the most? Will he take you if you go? And I heard that Lingnan is hot and humid, how can the girl resist such a weak body for a long journey, girl, although it is filial piety to sweep the grave of her parents, but I think if they know that the girl has traveled thousands of miles, they will also be uneasy under the nine springs, girl, listen to me, we will not go to Lingnan for the time being. ”

The dance dress was also a little shaken, although it was her wish to sweep the graves of her parents since she was a child, but she was so sad that she went to Lingnan, she was also worried that her body would not be able to withstand it, she pondered for a moment, and said: "That's it!" Let's live in Chengdu for a few months, I can go to the piano academy to play the piano, teach a few students, and when my body is a little better and the weather is warmer, we will go to Lingnan again. ”

Yunu lowered her head and said, "Girl, I mean, let's go to the North Garden!" ”

"You're here again, didn't I tell you? Don't talk about it again. ”

"Girl, didn't Uncle Xiangguo tell you? I can't blame Li Qing'an, in fact, I know that he likes you very much, I heard that you were sick, so he was so anxious that he didn't say a word, so he rushed to see you, but you returned Xiaoqin to him, girl, I beg you, go find him! ”

"Alright, stop talking!"

Wuyi was upset and said, "Go and bring me the piano, I want to play the piano for a while." ”

Yu Nu was helpless, sighed, had to go to get the piano, a moment, there was a melodious sound in the guest room, the sound of the piano like a cry, telling a weak woman's lonely life and bumpy fate, gradually, the sound of the piano changed, into a song "Sad Spain", the tune began to become passionate, the dance dress devoted herself to the tune, her heart was full of unwillingness to give in to the fate of the struggle.

Suddenly, 'Zheng! With a bang, the sound of the piano stopped abruptly, and Mai slowly stood up, listening intently to something.

"Girl, what's wrong?"

Wuyi grabbed her and asked nervously, "Yunu, did you hear it, six-stringed piano, did you hear the sound of the piano?" ”

Yunu shook his head and said, "Girl, you must have heard it wrong, I didn't hear anything." ”

"That's not right! It's the sound of a six-stringed instrument. ”

Wuyi turned around and hurriedly ran to the backyard, and Yunu hurriedly called her, "Girl, it's already dark." ”

But the dance clothes have gone far away, Yu Nu smiled bitterly and chased after her, the girl didn't want to mention Li Qing'an, but when she heard his slightest movement, she didn't care about anything.

The courtyard where they live is close to the back door, the back of the temple is a large mountain forest, there is a small road leading to the official road, the sky is already dark, the temple is pitch black, the outline of the mountain forest can be seen faintly, the night wind blows the mountain forest, making a monotonous sound, the dance clothes stand stunned on the deserted stepping stone outside the temple gate, looking at the gloomy woods not far away, the extreme sense of loss in her heart makes her eyes welled up tears, the jade slave did not dare to disturb her, so she stood quietly in the door and waited.

The dancing clothes stood alone outside the temple gate, standing, standing for a long time, the bright moon rose, the moonlight light through the gap in the trees, shining on the beautiful face of this lonely woman, she could no longer suppress the sadness in her heart, and cried low on the stone tablet in front of the temple gate.

Suddenly, the sound of the piano came from the woods, so clear that even the jade slave could hear it, and she stopped and let out a low exclamation.

Wuyi slowly raised her head, she looked into the woods incredulously, she saw it, Li Qingan came out of the woods, he held the six-stringed piano, and played the song "Sad Spain" with all his attention, raised his head from time to time, looked at her affectionately, with a smile on his face, it was a joy of reunion after a long absence.

There were tears on Wuyi's face, but her eyes lit up, like a flame of life burning, shining her whole face shiny, she stared blankly at Li Qing'an, who was slowly approaching, was she dreaming? He was right in front of his eyes.

Yunu quietly closed the courtyard door, and at the moment of closing, she jumped up with joy, covering her mouth, for fear that she would scream, she ran to the courtyard with her skirt, she wanted to tell Uncle Zhong that they didn't have to go to Lingnan.

The sound of the piano stopped, and Li Qingan stood in front of the dancing clothes, looking at this weak and beautiful woman, his heart was full of pity.

Wuyi looked at Li Qing'an blankly, the force that had supported her for so long suddenly disappeared, she felt extremely tired, and before she could even say a word, her eyes turned black and fell softly into Li Qing'an's arms.

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(To be continued)