Zhang Yue staggered all the way back to Lize Xuan, Xiao Tong already knew about this, and said to Zhang Yue with a sad face, "Young Master, I heard that Young Master Yuan Mo said that you are leaving the academy, if you leave, take Xiao Tong with you, Xiao Tong has been serving you for several years, and I am reluctant to let you go." ”

Zhang Yue looked at Xiaotong, and didn't know what to say for a while, "Xiaotong, I-"

"Little uncle! Uncle Junior! Outside the courtyard was He Zhengfeng, the disciples of several senior brothers who were usually familiar with Zhang Yue, Qingfeng and others walked in.

Qing Shui usually has the best relationship with Zhang Yue, "Uncle Xiao, I heard Uncle Yuan say, you are going down the mountain to travel all over the world, right?" ”

Yuan Mo must not be able to tell the other disciples that she was originally a woman, and the fact that she returned to her hometown to reunite with her family gave her the excuse of traveling all over the world. Zhang Yue echoed, "Yes, you all got the news. ”

Qingfeng said with a sad face, "Yes, Uncle Xiao, although your knowledge is not good, I thought that one day you would become a teacher in the academy like the master?" I didn't expect you to leave the academy! ”

Qingfeng usually has a tendon, and he speaks very directly, what is called bad learning, Zhang Yue stretched out his right hand and knocked Qingfeng's head, "Dare to say that Uncle Shi's knowledge is not good, he should be beaten." ”

Qingfeng covered his head and looked at Zhang Yue aggrievedly, Zhang Yue's heart softened, and he said softly to everyone, "I will come back to see you in the future." ”

When the disciples heard Zhang Yue say this, their emotions improved. The disciples told Zhang Yue that Yuan Mo had set up a farewell banquet in Lize Xuan in the evening, and they would come back in the evening. Zhang Yue promised to send the disciples back first.

After the disciples left, Zhang Yue and Xiaotong packed up their things, Xiaotong shed tears while cleaning up, Zhang Yue was also quite uncomfortable in his heart, and thought about it again and again, "Xiaotong, back then, Senior Brother Dongyang asked you to take care of me, these years, we are nominally master and servant, but in fact our feelings are like sisters, I can't bear you, the outside world, life may be harder than the academy, if you don't dislike it, just continue to follow me?" ”

Xiao Tong wiped his tears in surprise, "Young Master, what you said is true!?" ”

"Well, it's true!"

"I'm not afraid of hardship, I'll follow you, young master." Xiaotong danced with his hands.

Zhang Yue looked childlike and felt a little better. The two of them packed up their things. It's nearly dusk.

The courtyard was lit up, and a large table was set up under the laurel tree that could seat more than 20 people. Aunt Wei in the kitchen heard that Zhang Yue was leaving, and made a lot of Zhang Yue's favorite dishes, and there were many disciples in the academy who had a good relationship with her on weekdays, but she didn't see Yuan Mo, Zhang Yue was wondering where Yuan Mo had gone? Could it be that she is leaving, and this guy is still angry with her?

At this moment, the senior brother Lu Danjing came over, Lu Jingjing quietly called Zhang Yue to a secluded place, took out a cyan cloth bag from his arms, and handed it to her, Zhang Yue opened it in a daze, it turned out to be several large-denomination silver tickets, adding up to at least a thousand taels, Zhang Yue was taken aback, and hurriedly excused himself, "Senior brother, I can't help it!" ”

Senior Brother Lu sighed and said, "Little Wu, everything is difficult in the world, and there will be no academy to protect you in the future, so you can keep these silver tickets for protection." Senior brother can only give you these mundane things. Zhang Yue looked at this senior brother who was older than his father, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

Senior Brother Lu is usually serious and unsmiling, but he actually loves her very much. I was afraid that I knew that she was not good at learning on weekdays, and I was worried that she would suffer a loss outside, so I gave so much money to my side.

Zhang Yue's heart warmed, put the cloth bag into his arms, and bowed deeply to Lu Danjing. Lu Danjing patted Zhang Yue's shoulder, nodded, and left Lize Xuan without leaving for dinner.

Zhang Yue sat down and continued to push the cup with the disciples, after three rounds of wine, it was late at night, the disciples said goodbye and left, Zhang Yue asked Xiaotong to clean up, no sleep, made a pot of tea, closed his eyes on the chair in the courtyard to recuperate.

At this moment, a lazy magnetic familiar voice appeared behind him, "This is drunk!" ”

Zhang Yue opened her eyes, and what caught her eye was Yuan Mo's handsome face, and she said coldly, "You finally came, I thought you wouldn't show up tonight." ”

Yuan Mo's pupils were deep, bright as lacquer jade, as cold as the moonlight in the night, but mixed with a trace of indescribable complex emotions. He took out a small jar of sealed wine from behind him and placed it on the stone table, "If you are not drunk, drink some more." ”

Zhang Yue took a look and was stunned for a moment, this is Yuan Mo's collection of 50 years of cellar wine "Seven Step Immortals", this wine is the unique secret brew of the famous Yunding Tianda Restaurant in Beijing, it is said that it is secretly made with more than ten kinds of precious medicinal materials using a unique production process. Mellow and sweet, the seven-step immortals of ordinary years cost dozens of taels of silver for an altar, and it can be said that it is difficult to find an altar for fifty years.

I don't know where this guy got a few jars, the year before last the master's birthday, he took out a jar of filial piety to the master and drank, Zhang Yue rubbed a few glasses of wine and drank, the taste was simply good to the extreme, the fragrance in the mouth was left for several days, and then when this guy asked for it, he didn't have a sip of wine when he said good things, and today he brought a jar to drink with her. Zhang Yue's heart warmed, and without saying anything, he asked Xiaotong to bring a wine glass, and the two drank it like this.

After a few glasses of wine, Zhang Yue felt that his chest was warm, looked at Yuan Mo's handsome eyebrows, and said with emotion,

"Tomorrow when I'm gone, no one will run you anymore. If you break the master's seven-star inkstone, you won't say it. ”

Yuan Mo half-squinted his eyes and answered the question, "What are your plans after returning to the capital?" ”

"I don't know, when I get home, I'll be back to my daughter. I'm afraid I'm going to have a very different life from what I am now, and I don't know if I can adapt to it. I wanted to entrust you to take care of Xiaotong, but that little girl had to go with me, so she had to take it away, and when I arrived in the capital, I might ask Senior Brother Dongyang to find a good family for her to marry. After all, she turned out to be Senior Brother Dongyang's maidservant..."

"What about you?" Yuan Mo suddenly interrupted Zhang Yue's words.

"What am I?" Zhang Yue was stunned when asked.

"Didn't your eldest uncle point you to marriage? Will you get married too? Yuan Mo opened his half-squinted eyes and looked at Zhang Yue with burning eyes.

''A girl my age has already reached the age of marriage in an ordinary family. But I've never thought about marriage, in fact, it's not bad to be single for a lifetime like a master. ”

Yuan Mo's eyes seemed to be surging with something, and he was quickly pressed down, he took a sip of the wine in the glass, and said, "You are different from the master. You won't be alone for the rest of your life. ”

"Huh!" Zhang Yue looked at Yuan Mo and was quite amused, "What do you care about this?" ”

Yuan Mo didn't speak, only sipped the wine in his glass.

"Yuan Mo, that day... My words are heavier, don't take it to heart. Zhang Yue hesitated for a while, and finally spoke.

Yuan Mo's eyebrows moved slightly, "I have long forgotten the events of that day." ”

Zhang Yue breathed a sigh of relief, "I know, you're not so stingy, by the way, do you plan to stay in the academy all the time in the future?"

"It used to be, but not anymore."