Chapter 33: Patience
From that part of the mountain road to her home, Bai Ling walked back, so when she returned to her yard, it was almost dark.
Bai Shijun has been standing in the courtyard and looking out, and when he saw Bai Ling's shadow appearing at the entrance of the alley, he opened the door of his house and went out to greet him.
Although she had been prepared that Bai Ling might stay in Yongling for a long time, she didn't come back until this time, which really made Bai Shijun and Bai Yi worry for a while.
It wasn't until Bai Ling stepped into the courtyard that Bai Yi poked his head out of the kitchen, "Why did you come back now?" β
Bai Ling wiped the sweat from his head, "The horse is halfway through and can't run." After a trip, the driver confiscated a penny from me...... I'm so hungry, do you have something to eat? β
"Yes, wait a while, serve the food now."
At the dinner table, Bai Lingyin disappeared from the accident on the mountain road in the afternoon, and only reprimanded the current coachman's level of driving.
It wasn't until Bai Shijun began to repair in the living room again that the brother and sister went to the courtyard to talk.
Only then did Bai Ling tell the ministry what had happened in the afternoon.
The horseshoe was basically polished out of the car she was riding in today, but the car bank turned a blind eye to the money saving money, and did not change it at all.
It was the season after the snow had fallen, and there were places on the mountain road that froze into ice, and the horses slid on them, so there was an initial loss of control.
At that time, the coachman did not pull the reins tightly, so that he was thrown out first in a sharp turn.
Bai Yi was terrified when he heard it - the mountain road, the runaway carriage, and Bai Ling was sitting in the carriage......
"When the car stopped, you didn't see anyone?" Bai Yi frowned, "Did you really stop by yourself?" β
"It certainly didn't stop on its own." "I heard a very dull thump, but when I came out, the man was gone. β
"Not fourteen?"
"If it's fourteen, he won't show up when I call him." Bai Ling said softly, "Besides, the fourteenth has arrangements tonight, so it shouldn't be in Pingjing." β
Bai Yi was stunned for a moment.
"Who could that be......" Bai Yi frowned.
"I think of a person," Bai Ling said softly, "Do you remember, when you sent your son out of Pingjing three years ago, you also met someone who saved your life." β
Bai Yi's eyebrows moved slightly, and a light flashed in his mind.
In the past few years, their lives have been peaceful, and there are no more bloody things, if Bai Ling doesn't mention this matter, he will almost forget it.
There was a moment of silence between the two.
"And it's not like the horse can't walk," Bai Ling said suddenly, "I didn't want my father to worry about it just now, so I said that." β
"What's wrong with the horse?"
"I waited for a while until the coachman caught up again," said Bai Ling, softly, "and we drove the horse a few paces forward, and the horse fell to the ground and vomited blood, and in a short time died of his breath." β
"Dead?"
"Hmm." Bai Ling nodded, "I guess, in a hurry, that man was too heavy, so he killed the horse directly......"
Bai Yi gasped.
He didn't know whether to be happy or scared.
If it really is the same person, then they have lived under the gaze of this person for more than three years...... And in the past three years, even a master like Wei Shixi has not been able to detect the traces of the other party.
He lurked like this, only to make a sudden move until the most critical moment - and still kept his identity mysterious.
"The boat is naturally straight to the bridge." Bai Ling said softly, "It's useless to worry about these now, let's take it step by step." β
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Early the next morning, Wei 14 came back, and Bai Ling told him about yesterday, and Wei 14 was silent for a long time.
"I'll keep an eye on it." He replied.
Bai Ling looked at Wei Shixi's contemplative face, hesitated for a long time, and decided to put his true guess on the table for the time being.
She was more inclined to lean towards the harmless category, but it didn't make sense to say that now, and it was always good to be on the lookout first.
"By the way, there's one more thing." Wei 14 said, "The new Qinyuan has been sealed by the emperor again. β
Bai Ling's eyes widened slightlyβthis is sealed again?
Heng Yuanjun just came out......
"When?"
"The night before yesterday." Wei XIV replied.
Bai Ling faintly felt that something was wrong.
The day before yesterday, it wasn't the day she and Bai Yi came back from her uncle's house - it was the day after Han Chong came to deliver the chess games.
Heng Yuanjun must have done something to provoke the saint to be furious.
- But whatever he was going to do, why did he have to choose when he was just out of the palace? Isn't this asking for trouble for yourself?
"Got it." Bai Ling nodded, "I'll be careful, too." β
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The days go back day by day.
Chen Yicong still often comes to Bai Ling's yard, and Bai Ling sometimes feels that he is too serious and silent; Sometimes I feel that he has become too separate, and suddenly he happily pulls himself to say a lot of things.
But whether it was silence or chatter, Bai Ling responded as always.
Bai Ling didn't understand why, but Chen Yicong himself understood.
Chen Yicong was trapped in this kind of temptation and couldn't extricate himself, he sometimes heard Bai Ling's laughter, and when he saw her sitting alone in the room playing music, he felt that Heng Yuanjun's nonsense was not worth listening to at all.
However, occasionally, extremely occasionally, Bai Ling looked at his gaze, which made Chen Yicong feel a little "sorry for goodbye".
Those ordinary daily dialogues, Chen Yicong actually heard a little bit of the pre-farewell admonition from them.
He began to wonder how much of it was true and how much of it was his own nonsense.
In the dead of night, he couldn't control himself from thinking about the past before his mother left.
- "You love to cry so much, what will I do when I leave with your father in the future?" β
- "But there are many, many years before you grow to the age of me and your father, and you will not be afraid of these partings." β
The voice is smiling, and the words are still in the ears.
However, the mother was eventually taken away, by her pillow man.
Every time he recalls this, Chen Yicong can't help but tremble with his hands.
Sometimes he looked at Bai Ling, and he couldn't help but want to take her hand, to hold her firmly, to bury his face in her long hair, to smell the fragrance there.
Bai Yi occasionally appeared in the small courtyard, and whenever this happened, Chen Yicong would be like a great enemy.
But no matter how he looked at it, he felt that it seemed to be just an ordinary brother and sister in front of him.
If there's anything out of the ordinary, it's that occasionally he can't get into the conversation between the two.
At this moment, Chen Yicong would feel irrepressible anger in his heart - once he did just brush his sleeves away.
But this couldn't calm his anger in the slightest - if it wasn't for his brother and sister, some of the actions between Bai Yi and Bai Ling would be too close!
If someone else was standing in Bai Yi's position now, Chen Yicong felt that he would probably have a seizure a long time ago.
The days passed like this to the wax moon, and during this period, Chen Yicong never set foot in the Qin Garden outside the palace once.
But he already had an idea in his mind.
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