In the afternoon, Bai Yi followed Bai Ling and slowly walked to the courtyard of Shenji River.

In front of Jinyiwei, Bai Ling said that this was the itinerary she had agreed with General Shen the day before, so no one stopped her along the way.

"Have you talked to Fourteen?"

After leaving the warm pavilion, Bai Yi asked in a whisper in Bai Ling's ear.

Bai Ling replied in a low voice, then nodded.

"So did he decide he was leaving?" Bai Yi asked again.

"I don't know......," Bai Ling's eyes were slightly anxious, "so I'm going to go to General Shen's place to have a look......"

Bai Yi didn't understand for a while, "Why?" ”

"I consulted with Fourteen, and I told him that I would wake up in the afternoon and go to General Shen's place, if he didn't plan to go...... We met there. Bai Ling said softly, "If you want to go, go quietly, don't delay the time to say goodbye to others, so as not to cause trouble." ”

Bai Ling sighed softly.

"If it weren't for Cheng Li's jealousy of him, Jin Yiwei would probably have buried his eyeliner in my room a long time ago......"

Bai Yi understood.

He finally understood where Bai Ling's anxiety was coming from—at the moment, he was just as nervous as Bai Ling was about the answer given by Fourteen.

Crossing the threshold of General Shen's courtyard, Bai Ling's pace slowed down a lot, her palms were slightly sweaty, and the wooden door to enter the house was not far in front, but she stopped.

"Are you tired?" Bai Yi asked.

"No...... Bai Ling pointed to the eaves not far away, "That's ...... Is it a swallow's nest? ”

Bai Yi followed Bai Ling's gaze and saw that under the eaves not far away, there was an earthy yellow protrusion, like half a bowl buckled under the eaves. It was late when they came here yesterday, and none of them paid attention to the swallow's nest under this roof.

Bai Ling and Bai Yi walked slowly towards that side.

At this time, it is March, but Yanzhou is still the north wind calling, there is no sign of spring, and there is silence under the swallow's nest, it seems that this year's spring swallow has not yet come.

Bai Ling looked at the empty nest of the swallow above his head, and suddenly remembered that Fourteen was also a swallow.

She remembered the night in the Inner Palace Xuanqiong Tower many years ago, Fourteen took her to cook wine and chat on the top of the tower, all this seemed to have passed a long, long time, but it seemed like it happened yesterday.

Come to think of it, the flowers that Fourteen raised on that swallow tower should have been taken care of for a long time.

"Do you want Fourteen to go, or stay?" Bai Yi suddenly asked.

Bai Ling didn't know how to answer.

She seems to want Fourteen to leave, and she wants Fourteen to stay.

The door of the inner room suddenly opened, and the old servant who was waiting beside Shen Jichuan walked out with a basin of water, and when he saw Bai Ling and Bai Yi standing in the courtyard, he smiled and said hello, and then walked towards the small flower bed not far away, and splashed the water in the basin on the bare ground over there.

"Don't stand outside, it's cold," he said, turning back, "let's go inside." ”

"Uncle," Bai Ling suddenly asked, "is there anyone else in the house?" ”

"Who?"

"That's it...... Other guests who came to visit. Bai Ling replied with some stumbling.

The old servant looked at Bai Ling with some surprise, then shook his head and smiled, "No, our general rarely sees outsiders during this time, except for the distant mountain doctor, no one will come here on weekdays...... The general is still resting at this time, so you can come in first and wait in the outhouse. ”

Bai Ling and Bai Yi were silent for a while, and followed the old servant's gesture of "please" and entered the door one after the other.

The furnishings in the house are not much different from last night.

To keep warm, the door and most of the windows were covered with heavy cotton curtains, and even during the day, the room was just as dim. A few windows that had rolled up cotton curtains to keep light cast a faint path of light, and in the middle of it fine dust seemed to float in the water.

Bai Ling quietly looked at the floating dust and was distracted.

And every time the old servant pushed the door and entered the door, the wind stirred up brought new disturbances, and he worked in and out of the field, not forgetting to prepare a cup of hot tea for Bai Ling and Bai Yi.

Bai Ling sighed silently, a slightly helpless and relieved smile on his face.

"In other words, from here to Fuzhou, fourteen people hurried day and night...... Can I get there in two days? Bai Ling asked in a low voice.

"It should be." Bai Yi replied, he picked up the teacup and took a sip, and looked at Bai Ling's expression again, "Regret it?" ”

"No," Bai Ling said, "......maybe a little envious." ”

"Do you have a place you'd like to go? A place like Fourteen, I want to go and see it no matter what," Bai Yi supported his side face with one hand and asked softly, "When we get out of Yanzhou, where in the world can't we go?" We can go anywhere. ”

Bai Ling laughed and shook his head again.

"No, no," replied Bai Ling with a smile, "'I'm old, I'm like a sick beast,' and I can't run anymore......"

"Then let's find a place to retire." Bai Yi also smiled, "Do you want to go to Keats Hall to have a look?" Fourteen went to Qiansang according to your wishes, and donated a lot of silver to them. It is said that the whole Keats Hall is doing well now, and maybe I can find a position as a teacher there when I go there. ”

"Okay."

Bai Ling leaned back in her chair a little comfortably, and she stretched out her hand to Bai Yi a little tiredly.

Bai Yi spread out his palms and gently held a few fingers that Bai Ling had put up.

"It's good to go anywhere." Bai Ling half-lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "Anyway, in the future, we will never be separated again." ”

"Hmm." Bai Yiwen replied, "Not again." ”

……

In the next few days, Jin Yiwei was still very polite to the Bai family.

In addition to going to Shenjichuan regularly every day, the three members of the Bai family do not go out all day long, and occasionally when they deliver meals, Cheng Li cautiously peeks into the inner room - it is Bai's father chatting and laughing with his children.

All in all, everything was warm and calm. It's as if all three of them have already accepted their fate, and they don't want to do any useless struggles.

Cheng Li wrote a brief letter from what he heard every day in a complicated mood and sent it to the west.

It seems that in line with the movements of the Bai family, the Jinyi guards removed many guards in the bright places, making the entire courtyard look more like they were the only ones living freely.

March 12.

The distant mountain guest took a few apprentices of the same age as Bai Ling Bai Yi, as well as a large bag of medicinal herbs, to the warm pavilion where Bai Shijun and the three of them lived.

He brought news that the emperor's chariots and horses would arrive at the camp outside Yanzhou around March 16, and on the morning of March 17, the whole city of Yanzhou was under martial law to welcome the holy driver.

The plan was simple.

He spent the past two days looking for medicinal materials for General Shen's future medicine, and this time he dragged back many precious herbs, many of which were shipped from the south, and he couldn't recognize them all.

So in the past few days, he will come with several batches of herbs every day to discuss the efficacy and past medication experience with Bai Shijun.

They set the day of their escape on the night of March 16.

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