"It's finally here."

Outside Suzhou City, Shen Qiu, who was riding on a horse, sighed with emotion, and the young girl beside him was even more happy.

At this time, it was ten days after Shen Qiu set off from Luoyang, and they took a boat to Badu, where they rested for a day, and then traveled along the Yangtze River under Huaishui all the way to Nantong, and then changed to land back to Suzhou.

Even if there are servants of the Li family to take care of them all the way, it is still exhausting.

Shen Qiu couldn't help but sigh at the difficulty of traveling in ancient times, this land of Gusu was already prosperous, but the road was still difficult, and it had to go over mountains and mountains.

Fortunately, there are no hills and mountains like Taihang, and there are hills all the way.

There is also a stream of water around, and the scenery is also beautiful.

In front of this Suzhou City, just look at the city wall to know that it is a few points larger than Luoyang, and there are many settlements near Suzhou City, villages and towns, compared to the Taihang Mountain generation of ghosts in the world, here is definitely rich.

Not only are there more people, but the faces of pedestrians are also much better, and on the road to Suzhou, most of the people Shen Qiu saw all the way had gentle expressions, and they didn't have so much sadness.

This is a peaceful place, quite a lot of people's livelihood and peace.

"Senior brother, let's go home and have a look."

Qingqing rode a horse and said to Shen Qiu:

"Maybe Master is waiting for us at home."

Looking at Qingqing's expectant face, Shen Qiu really couldn't tell her the truth.

They could only follow Qingqing forward, and behind them, there were several mule and horse carts, which were the goods of the Li family's pharmacy.

Shen Qiu received a lot of care from the Li family along the way, and he also fulfilled his duties as a dart master and escorted these goods to Suzhou City.

"Hey! Say you, little girl, stop, no horses are allowed in the city! ”

The guards guarding the city gate were about to stop Qingqing, and Shen Qiu waved his hand and threw out a piece of silver, which was thrown into the arms of the leading soldier, and he said to the soldier:

"Invite the brothers to have a cup of tea, relieve fatigue, and make it convenient by the way."

"Yes, yes."

The soldier who got the money naturally smiled, and didn't care if he couldn't ride a horse in the city, so he let Qingqing go.

Shen Qiu followed behind Qingqing, the steward of the Li family's pharmacy and those goods did not care, they had their own business in Suzhou City, and the two parties had already made an appointment, and tomorrow, they would be introduced by Qingqing.

"Senior brother, keep up."

Qingqing is not a mischievous girl, she lowered her speed when she entered the city, she looked back and saw her senior brother get off the horse, and led the reins of the horse to walk slowly, so she couldn't help but shout:

"It's still far from our dart game, come with me."

"The clothes that Miss Shiyin gave you are still to come."

Shen Qiu pointed to a carriage with boxes behind him, and he said to Qingqing:

"You can't lose them, can you? I said you, this is all in Suzhou City, and you are not in a hurry, come down, don't bump into people. ”

As soon as the senior brother said it, Qingqing pursed her lips, but she still jumped off the horse very obediently, grabbed the reins, and walked with the senior brother.

At this time, it is early in the morning, and it is not yet the most lively time of the day, but this Suzhou city is already quite prosperous, the road in the city is very wide, and it is paved with bluestone, which is very exquisite.

The rich people in the city do not wear more brocade than the north, but wear more silk clothes, this Gusu land, the production of silk, naturally and the Central Plains scenery is not the same.

There were also waterways in the city, with stone bridges, wide waterways, and grasshopper boats going back and forth, either to transport goods or to sell goods.

There are many willows in the city, and when the autumn wind blows, there are willow branches dancing.

Shen Qiu walked in the city, and there were whispers of Wu Xie Township on all sides, which were not very real, but the tone of those words was gentle.

There are also female dependents in this city, and at the end of Shen Qiu's sight, there are also some brightly dressed girls, fanning and singing on the small building.

There are merchants on the street who set up stalls, and Xiao Er sells along the street, probably selling wine, and there is a sweet smell blowing in the wind.

It's a bustling landscape.

Shen Qiu sighed secretly.

It's not modern, but the ancient city isn't as bad as it seems, and although the streets aren't very clean, he just saw that it was probably a drunken man who had been drinking all night, relieving himself in the alley.

How so?

Shen Qiu didn't like this city, but he didn't hate it either.

"Senior brother! Look what is going on over there. ”

Qingqing followed Shen Qiu's gaze, and after seeing those Xiaolou girls, her face turned red, she stomped her feet, and said to Shen Qiu with her teeth and claws:

"You also want to go to the Qinglou Fireworks Willow Lane?"

"I don't want to."

Shen Qiu immediately retracted his gaze and followed Qingqing to continue forward.

This Suzhou city is indeed quite large, there are 178 square districts, this city is estimated to live nearly 300,000 people, and there are nearly 2 million people in the surrounding land.

This is naturally nothing compared to modern cities.

But in this ancient world, it was already a first-class city.

Shen Qiu followed Qingqing and walked for almost half an hour before arriving at the Fang Market where the Falling Moon Merchant was located.

It is worthy of being a big brand in Suzhou, specializing in the business of transporting goods from the south to the north, just the shop, it occupies a whole street, each has a signboard, at this time it is the time to open the door to do business, this street is also very lively.

"Yo, the young girl is back."

"I haven't seen you for many days, Qingqing is getting more and more beautiful."

"Qingqing, why don't you call you Uncle Liu, is it a raw point?"

Qingqing's popularity on this street seems to be very high, seeing her leading the horse over, there are people calling her name in the shops on both sides, which is quite familiar.

The little junior sister was also very polite, and after greeting the uncles and uncles, she said that there was something at home, so she took Shen Qiu all the way through the street, and finally came to a house on the edge.

This is also a shop with a sign hanging in front of the door.

"Lujia Dart Bureau"

Shen Qiu looked at the few words on the signboard, there was already a slight amount of dust on it, and the gate was closed, and there was a big lock on it, obviously no one had lived in it for a long time.

He glanced at Qingqing quietly.

The little junior sister pursed her mouth, and her big eyes were full of disappointment.

Master didn't come back.

"Don't cry."

Shen Qiu stretched out his hand and put it on Qingqing's shoulder, and he said:

"Maybe the master is at your sister Yaoqin's, don't forget, he was injured when they were separated."

Shen Qiu made up a lie.

He really couldn't cope with the crying Qingqing, so he delayed it and handed over the drudgery to the Yaoqin girl he remembered.

Anyway, she and Qingqing are sisters, so it is more convenient for her to persuade her.

"Really?"

Qingqing raised her head, her eyes were misty, she grabbed her senior brother's hand and said:

"Is Master really on the other side of the Falling Moon Qintai?"

Her tone was slight, as if she was holding the last hope, for fear that her hope would be shattered, begging Shen Qiu to give her an answer.

Shen Qiu knew the relationship between Qingqing and Lu Buru, and in this girl's heart, the master really raised her like a father.

"Well, it should be."

Shen Qiu touched Qingqing's hair, and he said to Qingqing:

"Open the door first, let's pack up our things, prepare a few gifts for your sister Yaoqin, and after eating, senior brother will take you over to visit."

The two were in distress in Taihang, the key to the door had already been lost, Qingqing grabbed a stone and was about to smash the lock, but was stopped by Shen Qiu.

He reached out and pinched the rusted lock with Chabao's gloves embellished with stainless steel finger guards.

"Click"

The thin iron chain connected to the lock was broken, Shen Qiu pushed the door open, and sent Qingqing to open the door of the courtyard on the side, so that Guy Li, who was helping them drive the car, could send Qingqing's belongings back to the courtyard.

After Qingqing left, Shen Qiu walked alone in this house.

After entering this house, the scattered memories in his mind kept coming, and he still remembered the past when he and Qingqing grew up in this courtyard after being picked up from Yanjiao by Lu Buru.

At that time, he was a stuffy gourd who was not outstanding in everything, and the smart and clever Qingqing were just two extremes, but the relationship between the senior brother and sister was harmonious.

The original Shen Qiu also treated Qingqing as his sister.

He followed his memory, walked a few laps around the house where he was doing business in the front hall, and then walked along the aisle into the back of the house, where he, Qingqing and Master lived.

Several houses are next to each other, with whitewashed walls, blue-black tiles, and curtains made of bamboo.

It's like an irregular courtyard, and when you walk out of the small round door from the kitchen, there is a spacious courtyard, where Qingqing is helping the Li family's men unload, and behind this courtyard, there is a weapon rack.

There were two black hand axes that were placed on the shelves.

It was an unruly blade.

Shen Qiu walked over and stroked the axe, during the time they left, there was probably rain washing, so that the surface of the axe was rusted, and it had to be sharpened before it could be used again.

The jujube wood rods used for these two axes have been ground out of the pulp, and they are quite heavy.

It was heavier than the axe that the mountain ghost brought back for Shen Qiu.

"Master..."

Shen Qiu said a word, and he carried the axe into his room, looking for a whetstone.

There are still sundries in the house where I live, and it seems that I used to live in the unruly dart game, and my life was really not leisurely.

Shen Qiu smiled, he followed his memory to rummage through the cabinets, but instead of finding the whetstone, he found a well-hidden wooden box under the bed.

This should be left by the original Shen Qiu... Relic?

He stretched out his hand and opened the box, and there was nothing particularly noteworthy in it, a few taels of silver, and a purse, which was made for him when the young junior girl was red.

There was also a black booklet, Shen Qiu opened it and looked at it, and found that it was the axe method written by Lu Unruly, which was the set of broken army axes, also known as the eighteenth style of the black wind axe.

A folded piece of paper fell from the booklet.

Shen Qiu opened it and took a look, and then tore it apart with black lines all over his face.

It's not an important thing, it's just a sour and terrible love poem originally written by Shen Qiu, and the object of the love poem is naturally the Yaoqin girl.

When she was arguing with Qingqing before, Qingqing laughed at Shen Qiu's crush on Yaoqin, but now it seems to be true.

"But you dick silk man, how can you be with Bai Fumei?"

Shen Qiu sighed, closed the box, and put it back under the bed, he glanced back at the room behind him, and could still remember Shen Qiu's life here.

He has lived in this house for more than 4 years.

Compared with the long-forgotten hometown of Yanjiao, this is his real home, the only place for a dazed teenager to live on the road of life.

"Shen Qiu, Shen Qiu, I accept your name, and I will inherit your sustenance. I can't chase that Yaoqin girl, and I don't want to chase her, as for Qingqing... I'll take care of her when she grows up. ”

Shen Qiu sat on the chair, put the two axes on the table, closed his eyes, and said to the empty room:

"Master's revenge can be regarded as revenge, in your name, you can go with peace of mind."

"Don't be annoyed."

"I took your body, and you may have been reborn in my 'old home', and if so, then it is a true paradise for you."

"Senior brother! What are you talking to yourself by yourself? ”

Qingqing's shout came from outside the door, and she said:

"Come and cook, after eating, we have to go to see Sister Yaoqin."

"Here we are."

Shen Qiu picked up the axe, walked out of the door, handed the axe to Qingqing girl, asked her to find a whetstone, wiped the rust off the axe, and went to the kitchen herself.

There is rice, but the vegetables are gone.

He went out again and bought some from the shop next door that sold meat and vegetables.

After eating, Qingqing was impatient to carry a few gifts and urged Shen Qiu to go to the Falling Moon Qintai.

The Qintai is not in Suzhou City, but in a garden in the suburbs, it is the property left by the Yaoqin girl's father, which is the real Jiangnan garden.

It's just a mansion, and it's the size of a village.

And this beautiful place is not only this garden, there are several, in modern terms, there is the Suzhou villa area, are the annexes of dignitaries.

Qingqing is used to walking here, she has grown up here since she was a child, just like going home.

The steward of Qintai also called Qingqing the second miss, it seems that Qingqing said that she and Miss Yaoqin are sisters, and she is really not bragging.

Shen Qiu followed Qingqing to a small lakeside building, and the maid pushed open the door for them, and in the small lakeside building, there was already a girl waiting for them.

That's Miss Yaoqin over there.

The body is like a willow, the waist is slim, and the figure is tall, and there should be at least 175.

She was wearing a long skirt of green pothos, wearing a step on her head, with a light veil on her face, only revealing a pair of eyes, and she leaned in front of the small window, holding a beauty fan in her left hand and hanging low in her right hand.

Green Onion also has a guqin in his hand, and a small sandalwood stove on the table.

The wind on the lake blew, and the girl's long hair fluttered, and she also blew a light veil on her face, she was a round-faced girl, not charming, and generous.

is really a picturesque beauty, no wonder the former Shen Qiu never forgot her.

However, in the opinion of Shen Qiu, who has been bombarded with those P pictures and beautiful photos sent by sand sculpture netizens... That's it.

Amazing indeed.

But when it comes to liking, it's far from it.

"Qingqing is here."

The woman spoke in an official dialect with a slight Wu accent, sounding soft.

She beckoned to Qingqing and said:

"Come here, girl, let my sister take a good look at you."

Qingqing stepped forward quickly, holding Yaoqin's hand, she was quite familiar with her sister, sat with her, said a few words, and asked:

"Sister Yaoqin, my master... Is he here with you? ”

The smile on Yaoqin's face disappeared at this moment, and Shen Qiu, who had been observing, sighed and shook his head, and then heard Yaoqin say to Qingqing:

"Uncle Lu, it's indeed with me. But, he has gone. ”

Qingqing's eyes widened, her expression became dull, as if she wanted to cry, but she was in a hurry, and as soon as she stood up, she felt that the world was spinning, and she fell to the ground in Yaoqin's exclamation.

Shen Qiu's eyes were quick, and he held Qingqing in his arms, Qingqing grabbed Shen Qiu's hand and whispered:

"Senior brother, Master is gone... I don't have a family anymore, woo... Brother. ”

"Silly girl."

Shen Qiu held Qingqing in his arms, his eyes were also a little sour, he patted Qingqing on the back and said:

"You still have me."

"Don't be afraid, Senior Brother is here, Senior Brother won't leave you."