"Good, good, as long as there is hope. Thank you, Miss Liu. After Aunt Ma finished speaking, she whispered again: "Actually, I think it's a pity, why can't you sit in the position of the crown princess and think about other things?" ”

Of course, Su Jinyao understands that after the raw rice is cooked and matured, with Gu Xuebin's feelings (qíng) towards himself and his responsibility, he will definitely not transfer the hatred to his own (shēn).

But knowing the rights and wrongs between the two and the grievances and grievances of the previous generation, she still has to cover up the truth and whitewash the peace to marry Gu Xuebin, which is not what she Su Jinyao did.

As the Queen Mother just said, Helian Ruo can do what she wants to do according to her own preferences.

Su Jinyao can also make herself easily face a sincere feeling (qíng), and will never let anything other than the sense (qíng) be mixed in.

Sometimes, the trade-offs can be hard. But if you think about it from another angle, don't take it, just give it up, give up those heavy shackles, and everything will be easier.

When Su Jinyao turned (shēn) away again, snowflakes began to fall in the sky.

The snow is still not big, and the small, small snowflakes are sparsely floating, which reminds Su Jinyao of a snow, and Qi Niang, who has left her.

"It's time to go back and see. Maybe we can start all over again. Su Jinyao smiled at the sky, wanting to imprint her smile in the sky.

But when she lifted her face, the snowflakes fell on her cheeks and turned into tiny droplets. Like ...... Scattered tears.

"Silly girl, can you still find where it all began?" Su Jinyao muttered again.

Young man delivering an umbrella

When I left the palace, the snow was a little heavier and the wind was blowing. The temperature plummeted, as if the air was frozen all at once.

The streets of the capital are already full of lights, just waiting for the National Day ceremony that will start the day after tomorrow.

And the white snow, falling on the red lantern, lined the red is particularly dazzling, and the white is even more white.

Su Jinyao still remembered that the night before, Gu Xuebin also said that he would take her to the Taimiao Temple to worship her ancestors, and he would also take her to the palace banquet.

But now, she took the initiative to give up all this, she put aside a will that Gu Xuebin worked hard to get, and gave him a chance to choose again.

The truth has a real cruelty to her. So she also understands that if Gu Xuebin knows all this, he will definitely have a choice.

Then, now the opportunity to choose is in his hands, and only by crossing this hurdle can they truly leave everything behind.

Standing on the street and discerning the direction slightly, Su Jinyao gave up the idea of going home again, and turned (shēn) towards the city gate to the south.

Because going home means being found, she doesn't want to be like Princess Miyina of Tianze Kingdom, a pawn between the two countries. So get away from it all to start over.

And when she went to the capital, she walked through the east gate and the north gate, but did not walk through the west gate and the south gate.

Su Jinyao has a little quirk, that is, if there is any other choice, she will never take the intersection of the west or the door of the west.

Because as a killer, "returning to the west, returning to the west" is a very taboo thing (qíng). Although she still died in her previous life, she finally had the beginning of this life, so she still insisted on this quirk.

The road outside the south gate is very flat, but there are no horses, so if you have to walk, you don't know how long it will take to get to the next town.

Su Jinyao wrapped her clothes in shēn, only to find that this palace costume was beautiful but not practical, and the silk and satin were not as good as cotton clothes and cotton pants.

Su Jinyao directly ripped off the long skirt at the hem of the palace dress, and tied the loose sleeves to look neater. The xìng also spread out the flowing cloud bun of the head, and the silk knot hanging from the waist was used as the head rope, and the hair was tied high into a ponytail.

The advantage of walking alone is that you want to go wherever you want, and it doesn't matter if you want to walk fast or slowly.

Su Jinyao went all the way south aimlessly, she wanted to see the place she hadn't been to since she got here.

The farther south you go, the colder it gets. It's not the temperature, it's the humidity of the air, and the feeling of being clammy and cold makes it even more uncomfortable.

When I woke up early in the morning, the sky was heavy (yīn), and the humidity of the air became heavier and heavier.

Su Jinyao got up at the inn (shēn), pushed open the window and looked at the dark sky, and decided not to rush today, but to stay in this city called Guangchang for a few days.

Guangchang City is a larger city in the south, needless to say, the prosperity of the street is naturally not to mention, there are many merchants coming and going, and it is still an important road for business travel and trade.

Su Jinyao had already changed out of the complicated palace costume (shēn), wearing a long gown with a belt around her waist, which was a men's dress, and she looked like a fifteen or sixteen-year-old young man. Walking on the street, it always arouses the eyes of young girls or (ài) admiration or shyness.

The corners of Su Jinyao's mouth twitched, and she suddenly remembered that Gu Shangqing had been walking the rivers and lakes all the time, did she have to get used to the eyes of girls like this?

It is said that the ancients were very conservative, but Su Jinyao found that people can't control their eyes at any time.

These girls looked at her a little uncomfortable, but they were a little timid, and no fan sister dared to talk to her.

Su Jinyao originally cared very little about other people's eyes, but now that she is idle, she feels that everything around her is new and interesting.

Without the ties, she arrived in a completely unfamiliar place, and the freedom of the freeness (yù) made her feel comfortable.

But in the blink of an eye, it started to rain. The rain was not very heavy, but the rain was continuous, and it was okay to walk a little less, and it was already wet and broken by walking a little longer (shēn).

Su Jinyao saw a small stall in front of her, with all kinds of bamboo utensils hanging and several oil-paper umbrellas propped aside.

Su Jinyao walked over, picked up a plain earth-colored paper umbrella, the umbrella bone was very strong, and the area of the open was also large, and asked, "Boss, how much is this umbrella?" ”

"Twenty." The owner is a young man with a clear voice.

Su Jinyao took out the money and handed it over, and when the other party reached out to take it, it was a slender and white hand with distinct bones.

But the hand was full of small wounds, and the wound on the tiger's mouth was still showing bright red blood (ròu), and there was no scab, which must have just been cut.

Su Jinyao is good at how this person's hand is injured like this, she casually raised her eyes and glanced at her, and this young man also happened to raise her eyes to look at her.

The eyes of the two were slightly paired, and Su Jinyao saw that this young man was about twenty years old, and he was quite handsome.

"Girl, I'll give you this umbrella. The rain in winter is heavy, so bring an umbrella with you (shēn) to avoid getting cold in the rain. After speaking, the young man took his hand back and did not pick up Su Jinyao's twenty copper plates.

Su Jinyao was stunned, looked down at herself, and there was no flaw.

Moreover, her (shēn) material is slightly taller than an ordinary woman, and in the south, she looks even more thin and tall, plus a pair of eyes that are shining, and Zhou (shēn) has an extraordinary bearing, so almost no one suspects that she is a woman disguised as a man.

The young man smiled slightly and said, "Girl, don't look at it, your clothes, gait, and temperament are all flawed." But I can see through it at a glance, and I don't know why. Maybe it's because I'm good at hand, and it's easier to distinguish small examples, so I don't think your (shēn) form is a man. ”

Su Jinyao nodded and smiled when she heard this, but she didn't say anything, but she put the twenty copper plates in the stall, held up the oil-paper umbrella, and turned (shēn) away.

But after walking a few steps, Su Jinyao turned around and said: "Panax notoginseng powder can stop bleeding, buy a little and put it in a bottle, and if there is a wound, it will be sprinkled immediately." It's very convenient. ”

After speaking, Su Jinyao strolled and disappeared behind the thin rain curtain.

The young man looked at the thin and slender back behind the rain in a daze, and couldn't help but hook his lips and smile. He looked at his bloody wound again, took out a bottle of ointment from his arms, dipped a little of it with his fingertips and applied it one by one, and the wound quickly healed and scabbed.

Instead, he quickly collected the stall, rolled the bamboo utensils into a mat and put them at the door of the shop next door, only picked up a large oil-paper umbrella with plain noodles, propped it up and walked into the rain.

After a while, a guy came out of the shop next door, saw a pile of bamboo baskets, baskets, and oil-paper umbrellas piled up at the door, and shouted, "Hey, whose things are here?" Don't take it away and throw it away? ”

Eat noodles and add double portions of beef (ròu)

Su Jinyao held an oil-paper umbrella and walked casually in this Guangchang City. （&￥）

Because of the rain, there are no pedestrians in the street. Occasionally, someone passes by, and they run over in a hurry.

Although the shops are still open, they are also cold, showing a helpless depression.

Su Jinyao passed by one shop after another, and finally came to the front of a noodle restaurant.

The shop was really small, there were only three tables in the small hall, and it was the kind of small table that could only seat two people opposite each other.

But there were quite a few guests inside, and there were four people sitting at three tables. This rate is really high.

Su Jinyao was a little hungry, but when she saw the steaming (rè) smell coming out of the back kitchen, she smelled the smell of beef (ròu) boiled in old soup, so she couldn't help but put away her umbrella and walked towards the store.

There happened to be a table of guests who had finished eating, put down the dishes and chopsticks, put down a few copper plates, and shouted: "Boss, collect the money." Then he got up (shēn) and left.

The kitchen said yes crisply, and then a woman in her forties came out of it. When she walks, she has a wind in her steps, and she looks like a shrewd and neat woman.

The woman quickly put away the copper plate and chopsticks on the table, and beckoned Su Jinyao and said, "Little brother sits here, the store is small." But my noodles are boiled in old soup, and they are absolutely delicious. In this cold day (yīn) rain, drinking a bowl of old soup beef (ròu) noodles is the most warm (shēn) seed. ”

Su Jinyao nodded with a smile and said, "Then a bowl of noodles." ”

The proprietress listened to Su Jinyao speak, and seemed to think that this was a female voice. glanced at Su Jinyao again, pursed her lips and smiled, as if she understood. Then he asked, "加 (ròu)?" Eight coins plus two large pieces of cow (ròu). ”

"Okay." Su Jinyao nodded again and did not refuse.

The proprietress agreed, and was about to turn (shēn) with the dishes that had been removed. Another voice came from the door: "Boss, a bowl of old soup beef (ròu) noodles, plus (ròu)." ”

Su Jinyao listened to the familiar voice, and turned her eyes to see a familiar oil-paper umbrella. As soon as the umbrella was collected, it was the young craftsman who made the umbrella.

The little craftsman also looked inside, and saw that the other tables were full, so he walked straight towards Su Jinyao, sat down naturally, and said with a smile: "Guest officer, what a coincidence." ”

Su Jinyao didn't think it was a coincidence, she just nodded slightly and didn't say anything.

Seeing that Su Jinyao was silent, the little craftsman didn't say anything more, but reached out to pick up the kettle on the table and poured a glass of water.

After looking at the water cup, the little craftsman put the cup in front of Su Jinyao and said, "The cup and water are clean." It turned out that he was looking at the glass for this.

Su Jinyao had no choice but to say "thank you", but the cup was placed in front of her but did not move.

After waiting for a while, the noodles were served.

The proprietress put the noodles in front of Su Jinyao and the little craftsman respectively, and said, "I'm sorry for the two, my head of the family went to collect cattle today, and I was busy working alone in the store, so I was slow." ”

Su Jinyao responded casually, picked up the chopsticks and prepared to eat noodles.

The little craftsman on the opposite side praised it: "Boss, good knife skills." Your ròu is so well cut, the size is not a single point, it is really symmetrical. ”

Hearing him say this, Su Jinyao noticed that there were two boxy cows (ròu) in the bowls of the two people, which were really uniform in size, and they couldn't see who was big and who was small.

The proprietress also laughed when she heard this, and said, "The small restaurant makes noodles and cuts (ròu), and fiddles with things every day, what kind of knife is it called?" I am afraid that the guests will lose, so they are all the same size as much as possible. ”

The little craftsman gave a thumbs up, praised again, and then lowered his head and ate the noodles.

Su Jinyao sat opposite him, just slowly drinking the soup first.

Su Jinyao is not picky, but naturally a little vigilant. She thought that the little craftsman had come too coincidentally, so she paid a little attention.

As a result, I saw the hand of the little craftsman holding the chopsticks, and many of the wounds from the previous cut had scabbed. A thin layer of white ointment can be faintly visible outside the wound.

Su Jinyao is a healer and is also sensitive to ointments. The intuition ointment was not the original brown of the medicine, but this almost clotted white, which was by no means an ordinary ointment.

In Su Jinyao's experience, this ointment needs to be prepared with precious herbs such as snow lotus, snow clams, gyokuro, and ginseng juice.

Such a small craftsman who makes bamboo would use such a precious ointment?

can be regarded as suspicious, but Su Jinyao can't guess why this little craftsman is staring at herself?

Because she thought about it a lot, Su Jinyao's movements of eating noodles became slower and slower, almost eating them one by one, and the soup was also drunk one bite at a time.

"Girl, the cow (ròu) is delicious only when it is taken advantage of (rè)." The little craftsman on the opposite side reminded again.

Su Jinyao looked down and saw that half of the noodles in her bowl were eaten, and two pieces of cow (ròu) were still on the noodles. Look at the little craftsman's bowl again, it's almost finished.

Su Jinyao didn't want to make things too complicated, so Suo (xìng) asked directly, "You came with me, right?" Why? ”

The little craftsman probably didn't expect Su Jinyao to ask so directly, he was slightly stunned, and then said with a smile: "Because the girl is a little lonely in her eyes, I'm a little worried." ”

"Thank you." Su Jinyao smiled gently, stopped talking, and continued to bow her head to eat noodles.

Because Su Jinyao was still eating very slowly, the little craftsman opposite had already eaten the entire bowl of noodles at this time.

He looked at the bowl in front of him, then looked at the noodles in Su Jinyao's bowl, and shouted to the back kitchen: "Boss, a bowl of old soup beef (ròu) noodles." ”

"Hey, here we go." The proprietress voice came from the back kitchen, and then she asked again, "加 (ròu)?" Eight coins, two large pieces of cattle (ròu). ”

"No."

"Plus!" It is Su Jinyao who says plus (ròu). She wanted to see what the little craftsman was going to do.

The proprietress lifted the curtain from the back kitchen and asked, "Guest, do you want to add (ròu)?" ”

The little craftsman was just about to speak, Su Jinyao directly took out a piece of broken silver and put it on the table, and said, "I'll treat you to double the cow (ròu) for this little brother." ”

"Hey, okay. Horse good. The proprietress immediately agreed, lowered the curtain and went to make noodles.

The little craftsman looked at the broken silver on the table, and said with a reluctant smile: "It's really embarrassing to let the girl break the bank." ”

"It's fine. For the sake of how much you care about me, two bowls of noodles and a few pieces of beef (ròu) are just thank you for your kindness. After Su Jinyao finished speaking, she continued to eat noodles in a leisurely manner.

And when the proprietress put a large bowl of noodles with double cow (ròu) in front of the little craftsman, Su Jinyao put down the chopsticks in her hand and stood up (shēn) to leave.

The little craftsman was stunned for a moment, and also put down the chopsticks in his hand.

Su Jinyao smiled back and said, "What about the double portion of the cow (ròu), don't waste it." ”

With that, her fingers moved slightly, and a silver needle was thrown out of her sleeve, which happened to pierce the little craftsman's shoulder.

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The silver needle poked at the little craftsman's shoulder, just in the hemp (xué), which immediately made half of his son numb, and the whole person fell back to the bench.

Su Jinyao didn't reply and said, "The silver needle is also given to you." After speaking, he took the oil-paper umbrella that had been placed at the door when he entered the door just now, and walked out of the door.

The little craftsman couldn't stand up, and seeing that Su Jinyao had already walked away, Suo (xìng) shouted loudly: "Girl, I have no malice. I'm just afraid that you will be lonely in a hurry, and I want to go with you. ”

Su Jinyao turned a deaf ear and was about to lose sight.

The little craftsman hurriedly shouted louder, "We'll see you again." My name is Mu Qingyu. ”

However, the voice drifted away, and the person was gone, so Su Jinyao didn't care what kind of green feather, purple feather or blue feather he was, and didn't care about it at all.

She didn't go back to the inn, anyway, there was nothing valuable to pack except for a tào dress, Su Jinyao walked directly out of the city with an umbrella.

Now it is the end of the winter moon, and it is about to reach the wax moon in a blink of an eye.

She's been out alone for a month, and she hasn't contacted anyone, and no one has come to look for her.

Su Jinyao couldn't help touching her face, thinking about the words of the little craftsman just now, and laughed at herself: "Is my lonely and lonely appearance already written on my face?" Or is he used to talking to the girl's family like this? ”

The rain is still dripping, and the oil-paper umbrella "crackles".

After walking for a while, Su Jinyao suddenly found that the umbrella had changed. The original plain earth-colored umbrella surface has been watermarked one by one because it has been rained for a long time.

But the watermark is not disorganized, but forms a picture of layers of shadows.