When Shi Ke returned to the Hou Mansion, it was already dark.

As soon as he walked to the main hall, he saw the eldest lady and Shi Yuan both sitting on the main seat, and Shi Qingqian's maidservant Xue Ying was standing in the hall, as if talking about something.

"Dad, mother, is there a letter again?"

In fact, the day after the spring outing returned to the capital, Xue Ying received a letterhead from the snow-white birds, she unfolded it suspiciously, only to see that it was a piece of fabric torn off her clothes, and a few big characters were written on it in a dark green liquid of unknown objects: The two of them are fine, and they are waiting to return from their injuries.

Looking at the elegant font, Xue Ying immediately recognized that it was written by her grandfather Yu Banxian, and she hurriedly went to find the eldest lady with the letterhead.

At that time, the eldest lady heard about Shi Qing's failure to return from the forest, and she was so frightened that she fainted directly, if it weren't for Xue Ying who went to her with a letterhead, she might still be sick in bed at this time.

Xue Ying swore to the eldest lady and Shi Yuan that these eight words were written by her grandfather Yu Banxian, and introduced Yu Banxian to them, and in the end, she used her head as a guarantee to ensure that her grandfather would definitely bring Shi Qingqian back safely, and the two of them were willing to believe it.

Then, on the third day, another letter came, also from the same snow-white bird: silent, anxious to return.

Xue Ying naturally couldn't understand it, but Shi Yuan immediately understood the meaning of these eight words, it must be that the disappearance of the two of them involved something in the court, and the letterhead handed by Yu Banxian was intended to tell them to pretend that they didn't know anything about it, so as not to startle the snake.

Shi Yuan ordered to continue to send people to search, but they also had a lot of confidence in their hearts.

This matter is only known to the eldest lady, Shi Yuan, Shi Ke and Xue Ying, and on the surface, they still look like they are desperately sending people to find Shi Qingqian, just to not expose the whereabouts of the two.

After ten days, they finally waited for the third letter. This time, the letter was written with the words 'return to Beijing the next day'.

When Xue Ying took the letterhead to the eldest lady, the eldest lady immediately shed tears.

Even though she already knew that her child was not worried about her life, her heart as a mother still never let go, and she waited for the snow-white bird that flew back from afar every day, hoping that even her body was a lot thinner.

"Mother, she may be back in a few days," after reading the contents of the letter, Shi Ke sighed with a smile, "She's finally coming back!" ”

On the other side, deep in the forest of Wingfar.

Shi Qingqi happily walked in front, and Shen Shu followed behind, carrying the fruit they had just picked.

It was so bad luck today that they didn't encounter a single pheasant, and if it weren't for a small patch of fruit trees, they would have gone hungry today.

Walking and walking, in a place with extremely dense bushes, Shen Shu suddenly found that Shi Qingqian in front of him was gone, leaving only Xiaohu beside him, desperately trying to pass through the dense bushes like fishing nets.

"Why?" Shen Shu called softly, but did not hear any response, only the sound of the wind blowing through the leaves was left in his ears.

He faintly felt bad, put the basket in his hand aside, and fumbled with his left hand to pull out the small dagger from his waist.

Shen Shu closed his eyes and listened, his ears keenly caught the strange 'rustling' sound behind him, as the sound got closer and closer, Shen Shu turned around suddenly, and there was a big brown snake hanging its head from the branch in front of him, his triangular eyes were shining, and the long core was about to touch Shen Shu's cheek.

As soon as ...... saw that this 'uninvited guest' was a snake, Shen Shu put down his guard instead, he withdrew his dagger, and sighed helplessly, "Child, don't make trouble." ”

"......Shh It's boring," Shi Qingqian's voice came from the tree, and she actually sat on the branch at some point, crossed Erlang's legs, and her face was full of disgust for Shen Shu's uncooperation.

Shen Shu smiled helplessly, pretending to be unhappy and reproached: "How many times have you scared me these days?" Even a timid person should be numb, right? ”

Since Shi Qingqian's control of beasts has become higher and higher, he is no longer afraid of snakes and strange things, but has also formed to use Shen Shu to 'practice', and every now and then he will use snakes, wolves and other things she summoned to scare him.

Shi Qing pouted, her body was like a nimble deer, and she jumped down from the branch she was sitting on, "Hey, Shen Shu, I heard that the master said that we will be ready to leave for Beijing in the next two days." Before I came out today, I saw him tidying up his, don't look at the old man's cynicism, but he actually treasures his little things. ”

Hearing this, Shen Shu's movements seemed to be a little more hesitant, and seeing the inexplicable look in his eyes, Shi Qingqian also stopped curiously, turned around and asked suspiciously, "Shen Shu, what's wrong with you?" ”

"It's nothing," Shen Shu looked at Shi Qingqian and shook his head warmly, "It's just that I have lived in this forest for the past few days, although everything is simple in terms of food and clothing, but such a day of morning bells and dusk drums is also a rare peace, such as ...... If I have the chance, I really hope to stay here forever with you. ”

Shi Qingqian understood that Shen Shu's heart had always longed for ordinary and peaceful days, as a teenager, he had already experienced too much, and even a few days of tranquility needed to be rare as a treasure.

It's like a stray cat that feels warm for the first time, and then won't want to go out and endure the wind and sun.

"Shen Shu, there is a word called 'bitterness comes sweetly', no matter what you are facing now, there will always be a day when the dust will settle." For the first time, Shi Qingqian comforted Shen Shu like an adult, "Perhaps, after you are crowned, you will be able to do what you really want to do." ”

Shen Shu nodded, he longed for ordinary days, but he would not evade his own responsibilities. He will be the king of Yan in the eyes of everyone, will repay the unwarranted favor given to him by the emperor with his military exploits and political achievements, and will return everything to the land of the palace after he has repaid everything.

"Er, let's go back, it's been too long, your master may be in a hurry."

Shi Qingqian climbed on Xiaohu's back and took out his finger flute, "Shen Shu, I'll play a tune for you." ”

After speaking, she began to put the finger flute to her lips, and the melodious tune echoed in the stretch of this forest, Shen Shu walked beside Shi Qingqian, and the two of them walked forward side by side.

"Shen Shu, does it sound good?" At the end of the song, there happened to be a fresh breeze blowing, Shi Qingqian tilted her head and chuckled, and the breeze blew her hair up.

"Sounds good."

Perhaps, this is called the quiet years.