Chapter 32: The Masked Child
After breakfast, Tang Su and Yan Miao embarked on the return journey, and the rest of the trivial matters were handed over to Gao Yang to deal with.
Rushing to the outskirts of Beijing that day, Yan Miao hadn't ridden a horse a few times, and she was still a little unstable on horseback. At this time, Yan Miao has gradually become accustomed to sitting on horseback, but it will take many days to experience the feeling of riding a horse.
The wind of early autumn passed by everyone, leaving only a trace of coolness, Yan Miao thought to herself: The sky is high and refreshing, that's roughly what I said.
It's still early to set off today, Yan Miao looked at the sun, there is still a period of time before noon, but there is no need to be too anxious, I will definitely be able to return to the palace before evening.
So, Yan Miao planned to enjoy the natural scenery, which was something that she had little time and opportunity to do in her previous life. She walked slowly with the horse, and gradually came to the back of the group.
Whether it's a crowded subway, a packed class schedule, or a student dozing off in class, they are all far away from themselves.
In this era when there are no mobile phones, computers, airplanes, and high-speed trains, time seems to have slowed down, and every minute seems to appear in her mind whenever she thinks about what happened yesterday.
It's been about half a month here, Yan Miao looked down and saw the reins still in his hand, looking around at the idyllic scenery around, Yan Miao really understood that he was indeed a person here.
Thinking like this, Yan Miao tightened the reins in her hand and truly felt everything in this world.
Before I knew it, it was past noon, and it was only half an hour's walk from the capital.
Suddenly, Yan Miao, who was on horseback, was thrown out by the horse.
Yan Miao was so frightened that she came back to her senses, and when she looked closely, she found that there was a masked man dressed as a scholar who was sitting on the ground at this time, and it turned out that the person was almost hit by the horse he was riding, and he fell to the ground in fright.
Seeing this, Yan Miao hurriedly dismounted to help people up, but although Yan Miao was anxious, the dismounting action was a little clumsy, and finally Yan Miao got off the horse and helped the masked scholar up.
The scholar thanked him again and again, and his voice sounded a little elegant.
After getting closer, Yan Miao noticed that this scholar was about 1.8 meters tall in his life, which was only a little lower than Tang Su, but it was different from Tang Su's sense of clarity, but it was a little weak and thin. Whether it's the slender fingers or the exposed neck, it gives people a sense of retraction.
Fang didn't really see it on the horse, and then Yan Miao saw clearly the mask that the scholar was wearing, the silver-gray half of the simple mask blocked the upper half of his face, but through the mask, he could also see the man's slightly sad eyes.
The light veil under the mask covers the lower half of his face, which is usually only used by women to cover their faces, but he is really thoughtful when he wears a light veil on the lower part of the mask, but there is no sense of peace on his face.
Yan Miao bowed slightly and apologized to the scholar.
And the scholar waved his hand again and again, saying that he was distracted and accidentally almost bumped into the horse that Yan Miao was riding.
After hearing this, Yan Miao no longer continued to apologize, but smiled slightly and asked, "I don't know where Gongzi is going?" ”
The scholar said: "Xiaosheng came to the capital to join his relatives this time and find an errand. ”
After hearing this, Yan Miao smiled and said, "What a coincidence, I also returned to Beijing." ”
The scholar said: "That's really fate, I hope to see the girl again in Beijing in the future." ”
Yan Miao smiled and said, "If you have a fate, you can see it if you want to come." ”
The scholar said: "I saw that the girl was following behind a group of people, but at this time I saw that the team seemed to be a little far away, and the girl still got on the horse quickly, don't lose it." ”
Yan Miao realized that she had lost a lot of time, and after saying goodbye to the scholar, she hurriedly got on the horse and chased after her.
"Lord Wang, Miss Yan is coming up." A guard said after catching up with Tang Su on a fast horse.
"Let's keep walking." Tang Su nodded. Just when Yan Miao dismounted, a guard told him.
Tang Su and his party didn't walk fast, Yan Miao followed the team behind after a short time, and then continued to walk slowly on the horse to see the scenery.
Soon, the group arrived at King Xuan's Mansion.
As soon as she got off the horse, Yan Miao ran to the garden of King Xuan's Mansion to find the mint lemon that Tang Su had promised her to move from the outskirts of Beijing.
Although Yan Miao is now under the fence, Tang Su has not restrained her on weekdays, and there are not many people in the palace, so no one said anything when she wandered around the palace.
As soon as Yan Miao entered, she saw a soft and weak girl, resting in the pavilion in the garden.
The girl was dressed elegantly and looked good, but she looked a little lacking in qi and blood, and she looked like she was weak and supportive, which was very pitiful.
Yan Miao had also heard about Lan Xiang's sister Lan Ying, and after seeing the people in the pavilion today, she guessed that this should be Lan Ying, she looked at Lan Ying's dress again, and felt that Tang Su treated people well.
Yan Miao didn't want to disturb Lan Ying, so she didn't approach the pavilion, but just looked for the mint lemon along the stone road, and after walking a few steps, Yan Miao found the lemon tree that was moved, there were only a few small fruits on the tree, Yan Miao picked all the fruits and brought them back to the room.
What Yan Miao didn't notice was that Lan Ying, who was leaning on the pavilion, showed a slightly dissatisfied expression when she saw her picking fruits.
After that, Yan Miao asked for a small jar and some honey in the kitchen, washed the lemon with salt and cut it into slices, mixed it with honey and marinated it in the jar, after doing this, Yan Miao showed a satisfied smile.
"In two days, you can make lemonade and lemon tea." Yan Miao placed the jar on the table in her room and muttered to herself.
Afterwards, Yan Miao ate something, went to the garden and went back to the room to rest, in her words: go to bed earlier to nourish your spirit and prepare for tomorrow's assessment.
The next day, Yan Miao got up early in the morning, and then went to have breakfast with Tang Su very consciously.
Tang Su has gradually become accustomed to eating with Yan Miao recently. It turned out that he was eating at the same table with the soldiers in the barracks, but now he is eating at the same table with Yan Miao, and there is no difference to him.
In fact, Yan Miao should have eaten in her room, but since she was called by Tang Su to eat together for the first time, Yan Miao mistakenly thought that she should accompany Tang Su to eat together.
After eating, Tang Su said to Yan Miao: "The first scene today is to go to the mass grave on the outskirts of the capital, not far from King Xuan's Mansion, you and I can ride a horse and go slowly."
Yan Miao obediently responded, and then went out with Tang Su.
Out of the palace, Yan Miao asked Tang Su curiously: "Why aren't you in a hurry at all, don't you have to preside over in advance?" ”
"On that day, I said that the Imperial City Division was in charge, but I didn't say that I was in charge."
"Oh. So who presides over it? Yan Miao asked.
"Do you still remember Song Ci who was in love with the autumn boat that day, he hosted the first scene."