With a little guilt, Mu Cheng apologized to Li Yiru and Bai Ling for the fact that he left first.

At that time, he didn't know that the case on his body had been canceled, and he understood that the deer hunter had already targeted him, and after thinking about it, he felt that it would be a good ending to see each other in the rivers and lakes like this, but he didn't expect to be rescued by the two in the end, and this favor made him feel uncomfortable.

Li Yiru shook his head again and again, and said many words of relief on the side.

Neither of them noticed that Bai Ling's face on the side was no longer bloody.

She was afraid that her expression would be seen, so she turned her back and pretended to pour tea for herself, but her right hand trembled slightly.

- She still remembers that when she planned to go directly to Jiangzhou, the dart board selected a team of travelers for her.

It was also a mother and daughter, who came all the way from Yuezhou to the town between Pingjing and Huizhou, to go to Jiangzhou to find relatives.

They had their own carriages, accompanied only by "a servant" and "a groom", and had been escorted by a dartman along the way.

However, just when we were about to reach Jiangzhou, an old tree on the mountain was cut off by lightning and smashed down, so the car was destroyed and no one survived.

The mother and daughter...... It was "Yan's".

Is it a coincidence?

"Second brother?" Li Yiru shouted at her several times, and finally stepped forward and patted Bai Ling on the back, "What do you think?" ”

Bai Ling turned his head a little dazed, "What's that?" ”

"You go and talk to General Wang Meng about this tomorrow, and I'll go find the deer hunters." Li Yiru said, "Zhuozhou City is not small, but it should not be difficult to find new people who have entered the city in the past two months. ”

"Hmm." Bai Ling nodded hurriedly, "Good idea." ”

"What's wrong with you?" Li Yiru approached with some concern, "Second brother's face is so ugly. ”

“…… Tired. Bai Ling sighed lightly and held his forehead, "I haven't been able to rest well during this time, and I will be on the road again tomorrow, it's really ......"

"I'll get you a bed!" Li Yiru ran to the cabinet and helped Bai Ling take out the quilt again.

This annex is similar to the courtyard where the two lived in Tunlongpi, and it is also a temporary house.

There is only one bed, which has been given to Mu Cheng, and Bai Ling and Li can only make bunks on the floor if they want to rest.

It was late at night, and no one spoke in the house.

Li Yiru sat on the edge of Mu Cheng's bed, and from time to time he went to probe the towel on his forehead.

Mu Cheng was injured all over his body, and the high fever did not go away, when the young man touched the towel and was burned warm by his forehead, he picked it up and put it back into the cold water to rub it, and then put it on Mu Cheng.

Bai Ling turned his back to the two of them, curled himself up in the quilt, wrapped the quilt tightly, and still felt cold.

Hearing that Bai Ling's side had been moving, Li Yiru read in a very soft voice, "Second brother, can't you sleep?" ”

Bai Ling simply didn't pretend to be asleep, sat up and took his cloak and covered it with the quilt.

"It's too cold." Bai Ling whispered.

"I heard that everyone in the north sleeps on the kang, and it is very warm," Li Yiru said with a smile, "The prefect is a particular person, and he doesn't build a kang in his yard, so he has to put a wooden bed in the house, and he freezes to death." ”

Bai Ling craned his neck, wrapped the quilt around his body and walked to the window.

"It feels so quiet tonight." She pushed the window open slightly, "There's no wind at all—"

A glittering light poured in.

Bai Ling's voice stopped abruptly, she had never seen such a fluttering and silent snow. The snowflakes swirled and fell in the air, and when they came back in the evening, the ground was still wet, and now it was covered with silver frost.

Tomorrow morning, everything outside will be covered with snow.

"It's finally snowing." She said softly.

Li Yiru looked at Bai Ling, "Are you waiting for snow?" ”

Bai Ling was in a trance for a while, and felt that these words sounded a little familiar, as if someone had asked her the same words from the depths of his memory through countless frosted glass.

“…… Right. ”

Early the next morning, before dawn, Bai Ling had already packed his bags and left Zhuozhou with Wang Meng's army.

Before leaving, Li Yiru sent her to the courtyard of the yamen, said goodbye repeatedly, and said several times, "See you in Yanzhou."

Bai Ling waved his hand helplessly.

She kind of wanted to persuade the young man not to toss and go home, Jingzhou is in the northernmost part of the Great Zhou, it will always be there, and it will not run away.

It's better to stay in Zhuozhou, or retreat to Jiangzhou, and wait until the beginning of spring next year to go north with the ice-breaking river to see the spring of the northern country.

More importantly, it may be that at this juncture when the big war is imminent, stay with your family in peace.

Bai Ling tried to speak several times, but stopped again.

For young people, the significance of Jingzhou is obviously incomparable, it probably means a certain life ideal that belongs to the ancestors, a struggle against ordinary life and a certain "right track" in life...... In short, with a transcendent sense of value.

As for the preaching about "going home", the teenager is probably tired of hearing it from his parents for a long time.

Thinking so, Bai Ling walked a few steps out, and suddenly turned around, "Yiru, do you want to make a bet with me?" ”

"Huh?" Li Yiru didn't react for a while, "What kind of bet?" ”

"Just bet on Jingzhou." Bai Ling smiled and said, "Although I haven't been there either, I bet that when you get to Jingzhou, you will definitely be disappointed there." ”

“……？” Li Yiru opened his mouth slightly, and then laughed again, he crossed his hands on his hips, "Second brother, what do you mean?" ”

"That's it, let's fight it or not." Bai Ling said softly.

"Okay," Li Yiru nodded, "Bet on what?" ”

"I didn't think about it...... Let's talk about it when we see each other in Yanzhou. Bai Ling lowered his eyes and smiled, "Don't send me, it's cold outside, you go back quickly, don't freeze." ”

Li Yiru laughed, nodded and walked back, during which he looked back several times, and saw Bai Ling standing in the door, waving at him.

The boy was a little inexplicable in his heart.

Although Bai Ling didn't say anything, and although both of them were laughing when they parted, Li Yiru still faintly felt a little sad.

This kind of melancholy is not a pity or reluctance, it seems to carry something more profound and deep, which makes the young man feel very strange.

Bai Lingmu sent Li Yiru back to the house, and did not withdraw his gaze until he saw him gently close the door of the house.

Just after standing in the snow for a while, she felt that her exposed fingers were already a little frozen.

She looked at the snowy courtyard at that time, and suddenly felt that the most difficult thing in the world was probably just right, like Mu Cheng just wanted to walk back to his wife and daughter after going through the wind and frost all the way, and Li Yiru was plotting how to open up a free world from the coercion of his parents.

I don't know if I can go back if I want to go back, and I don't know if I can escape if I want to escape......

I don't know what kind of path it will be in front of me.