Su Jiu slept calmly.

Xiao Tingchen walked to the Luohan couch in silence, took the needle and thread from the drawer, and carefully sewed the holes in the cuffs, but his movements were very clumsy and dull, and the threads were very rough and ugly.

When he finally finished mending the hole, he let out a soft breath.

Putting on his shirt again, he got on the warm couch, habitually scooped Su Jiu into his arms, lowered his head and kissed her eyebrows, eyes and cheeks.

His peach blossom eyes were scarlet and moist, and even his voice was hoarse, "Su Xiaojiu, wake up quickly, I miss you so much, I miss you so much......"

The girl's eyebrows are clear, like a lifeless doll.

Xiao Tingchen buried his head deeply in her neck, quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, raised his head and smiled at her, "Xichan's side has stabilized, doesn't my sister want to go back to Jinling to have a look?" In a few days, I will leave to take my sister back. When I went back, the spring flowers were blooming, the apricot blossoms and lilacs outside Wuyi Alley were very beautiful, and the cardamom at the end of the alley was about to bloom just right, and my sister should like it. ”

In the spring of the second year of Dayong Mingde, the Central Plains was unified, and the four seas were leveled.

Xiao Tingchen returned to Jinling City with Su wine, which was the March day when the grass grew and the warbler flew.

They took a big ship painted with vermilion lacquer and gold, and went south along the Qinhuai River, and the scenery was extremely beautiful along the way.

When I landed on the shore, it was dusk, and the river was full of painted boats, and the beaded curtains were rolled up, revealing the beautiful embroidered wide sleeves and skirts, like gorgeous clouds of glow.

Restaurants along the street are lined up one after another, thousands of lights are rolled up and the eaves are arched, with the sky dark, the high-rise buildings of Huazhang are like the ethereal heavenly palace of gilt gold, and the people are ushered in to be sent to rub shoulders, and they are more prosperous and rich than back then.

Shocked and frosty and others are all Jinling people, and now they have returned to their homeland, with mixed feelings in their hearts, plus they are still holding the ashes of Bai Lu and Gu Yu in their arms, and then looking at Wuyi Lane from afar, they don't feel that they are already two tears.

Xiao Tingchen pushed the wheelchair, did not ask anyone to follow, walked through the streets and alleys alone, and walked slowly towards Wende Bridge.

He stood on the bridge and said softly: "When I was young, I asked my sister here why the gentleman couldn't but Wende Bridge. Now I ask my sister again, can my sister still answer me? ”

The hustle and bustle of the night market came from all directions, and the spring breeze passed through with a low chant, but the man felt silence in his ears, only the shallow breathing of the girl in the wheelchair.

But she couldn't answer him.

Xiao Tingchen smiled, looked at the flowing Qinhuai River, and asked himself: "Because the coastal fuxue is an important place for imperial lifting, and the opposite bank is a famous wine shop and brothel in the south of the Yangtze River, so there is a saying that a gentleman is not Wende Bridge." ”

His eyes were gloomy, and he pushed his wheelchair towards Wuyi Alley.

The entrance of the alley is still hung with a plaque with blue characters on a black background, the alley is deep and long, a light pink apricot blossom and a lilac in the corner of the wall quietly bloom at dusk at the beginning of the night, it is still the same as it was back then.

Passing through Xie's house, Xiao Tingchen glanced at it, the Xie family's plaque was old and dilapidated, the lanterns under the eaves had long since faded in color, a thick layer of ash fell on the knocker of the bronze beast's head, the swallow nest in the old time was vacant, and the swallows that he had built a nest in his year had already died in a foreign land.

He retracted his gaze and chuckled, "When I was young, I always disliked Xie Rongjing for being noisy and stupid, and whenever I squatted on the wall and made noise, I always wanted to kick him to death." But there is no him in this Wuyi Alley, but it is much more deserted. ”

Ahead is the Xiao Mansion.

Xiao Yu, who is over fifty years old, stands under the eaves, with a long shirt and cloth, still elegant to the bone.

He has never married a wife in these years, and a few years ago, he scattered all his family wealth to Xiao Tingchen as a military salary, and then he guarded this ancestral house alone.

He saw the girl in the wheelchair from a distance, his eyes were inexplicably red, and he stepped forward quickly and said, "I received news from the Cao Gang that you are going back to Jinling today, and I specially prepared good wine and food in the house." Drink her ...... Haven't woken up yet? ”

Xiao Tingchen waved at him, "Third uncle." ”

Xiao Yu hurriedly avoided his salute, "You are now the Son of Heaven, how can you bow to me?" ”

"In other places, he is the Son of Heaven, and when he returns to Wuyi Lane, he is still the concubine of the Xiao family's second room." Xiao Tingchen smiled gently, "We plan to stay in Jinling City for a few days, and then take a little wine to walk around and see if we can wake her up." This is her home after all, and it's time for her to wake up. ”

Xiao Yu looked at Su Jiu again.

The girl wears a thick spring shirt, her little face is white and full, and her sleeping posture is calm and peaceful, which shows that she has been taken care of very well during this time.

Thinking of the little girl's well-behaved and cute childhood, Xiao Yu's eyes couldn't help but burst into tears, and said in a dumb voice: "It's cold on a cold spring night, go in and talk." ”

There was a table of hometown dishes in the flower hall in the front yard, Xiao Yu and Xiao Tingchen pushed the cup and changed the lamp, but when they talked, they saw this young genius, and from time to time they had to look at the sleeping girl behind the bead curtain, as if they cared about the girl, which had become his instinct.

"I read the letter you sent, Xiaojiu was poisoned by a Southern Xinjiang Gu poison called Hualuo. Since it's something from southern Xinjiang, why don't you send someone to ask Minmin? After all, she is a royal family in southern Xinjiang who is good at Gu poison, and she wants to know something about Hua Luo. Xiao Yu proposed, "What's more, this Gu poison came in a strange way, although it made Xiaojiu fall into a deep sleep, it also completely eradicated the cold poison in her body, it didn't look like someone deliberately harmed her, but it seemed like she deliberately used Hualuo to prolong her life." ”

Xiao Tingchen shook the wine cup and didn't speak.

He also checked how Su Xiaojiu ate the flowers, and according to Tianshu's reply, she seemed to have carried the flowers with her all the time, and she also took the initiative to eat them, not that others wanted to harm her.

Raising his hand and pinching his eyebrows, he said, "If it weren't for the third uncle's reminder, I would have forgotten to ask my mother." Tomb. ”

The girl who was lying on the beam with her sword in her arms already understood, and got up and sent someone to do it.

After drinking a few more glasses of wine and talking about some family and country matters, Xiao Yu mentioned: "The Li family took Xiao Tingde back to the Li family, and she finally gave up asking Xiao Tingde to take the road of fame and officialdom. Xu finally realized his mistake, and even did the work of giving porridge and giving kindness from time to time. As for your father...... He has still traveled all over the world over the years, and occasionally writes back to report his safety, and he should be doing well. ”

Xiao Tingchen didn't care about these people, and seeing that the hour was not early, he got up and said goodbye to Xiao Yu.

He pushed his wheelchair for a walk in the house, the garden mansion was full of lights, and it was quiet and bright at night.

The spring night is lonely, and there are occasional insect chirpings in the grass and trees, which makes the mansion even more lonely and lonely.

Walking through the carved verandah, Xiao Tingchen looked at the embroidery building not far away, "This is the Crane Pavilion where my sister lived when she was a child, and the third uncle sent maids to clean it every day, and it was very clean." In the corner of that courtyard, my sister's camphor wood was planted, which was later transported to Chang'an by me and cut down to make the wardrobe for your and my wedding. ”

He stared at the empty corner of the courtyard for a long time, and looked down at the girl in the wheelchair.

She was still asleep, and the lights and flowers shone on her cheeks, as if dyed with two smiles.

Xiao Tingchen's heart was full of tenderness, and he pushed her towards Mingde Courtyard.