Chapter Ninety-Eight: Solitude
Besides, starting from Jixian County that day, Gu Zhai and his party had a total of three carriages, and many horses were changed.
At that time, most of the folk horses were horses, and the good breed was either encircled by the imperial court and raised in preparation for the future for the sergeants, or they were carefully served by large households and sold at a high price in the capital and other large states and mansions. The most expensive class is the Dawan Liang horse sold from the Western Regions, all of which are worth thousands of gold.
Jixian County is small, and the horses are not sold much, ordinary people are rented, from the past Ji Qingling searched for a long time, and bought a high-headed horse for Gu Yanzhang as a birthday gift for a certain year, this time it was naturally brought out, and the rest were bought temporarily, and there were a few feet for the dart master in the dart board, a total of about a dozen.
This horse looks a lot, but in fact, it is really used less, the horse is inferior, and it is used to pack people and pack things, and it will be difficult to walk for a few days, so it has to be changed back and forth among several horses, so that they take turns to fight.
Because the horses are not useful, pulling up the cart will naturally bump and bump. One of the three carriages was originally loaded with luggage, one was used by Ji Qingling, and the other was used by the rest of the servants.
At this time, because Gu Yanzhang was injured in the waist, he could no longer ride a horse, and he had to rush back to Yanzhou, for fear that he would be late, and even that place would be released for another exam, and he had no time to prepare, so Ji Qingling used a thick mattress in his carriage, and separated it with cloth and silk around him, and specially opened a piece for him, telling him to lie in the carriage.
Fortunately, I knew that this journey was very far, the carriage was set very firmly, and it was a great shape, at this time, he was a man, and then mixed with Ji Qingling and one or two girls, but he could barely squeeze in.
Everyone packed their bags and set off again, they were all small towns and towns, and they couldn't find a suitable dart bureau to hire people, so they had to call the two dart masters to open the way, fortunately, this road was not around Yanzhou, and it was not very messy, and there were rosin and pine knots running up and down, Ji Qingling referred to Gu Yanzhang's actions in the past, and dotted them one by one, although it was not as good as the first half of the road, and the road was half slower, but there was nothing wrong.
Gu Yanzhang was lying in the car, he was strong and strong, and he really got better very quickly. Originally, he also took medicine every day, and the medicine included cypress kernels, sour jujube kernels, and acacia skin, all of which were to calm the nerves and help him sleep, and he was only told to get in the car and sleep, and then the injury was almost healed, and the medicine was stopped.
Without the medicine to calm his nerves, he cleared his mind, recalled his actions a few days ago, and almost wanted to go back and beat up the one he was at that time. However, since the words have come out, it is difficult to collect the water, one is sick and burning, and the other is to be stimulated, so he was dizzy, and taught Ji Qingling to be so embarrassed.
The more he thought about it, the more he blamed himself, especially when he saw that Ji Qingling had even lost the flesh on his cheeks for a while, and he was even more guilty.
In fact, Ji Qingling is thin, and half of the Tai is caused by continuous driving, that is, without his toss, he will not have much energy, after all, there is no little girl who has not grown up with horses can stay in the carriage for such a long time, and she is always energetic when she runs the horse. But Gu Yanzhang was preconceived and took all the responsibility on himself.
He thought about it carefully, the two have always been brother and sister, and he confessed like this at first glance, it is strange that the little girl is not frightened, but under her own impulse, her brain is gone, and she only thinks about arresting people in her own wall, and then does not let them out for others to take them, and it is really selfish and hateful to make a hasty move when the time is not yet ripe, it is simply not human.
He thought about it once, felt distressed again, and felt uncomfortable, so he would make another move this day, and when Ji Qingling explained the actions of all kinds of people outside, and returned to the carriage, he could no longer press down, called her to his side, and said that he had something to say.
Qiu Yue followed behind and was about to get into the carriage, but she didn't want to step in with one foot, so she heard Gu Yanzhang say to her: "I have something to say to the girl, you go to the carriage behind." ”
Qiu Yue was stunned for a moment, and when she reacted, her feet were frightened.
She was really afraid that the two of them would be alone, because they were serving closely, and they were followed by a carriage, and in recent days she had noticed that something was wrong with her girl, and she was often in a trance, and occasionally looked at the young master at home in a daze, happy and worried, so that she was very worried when she saw it.
However, Qiuyue is a subordinate after all, and there is no reason why the master has made orders and he is still opposed.
Not only that, if Ji Qingling came out to speak, she could still say a few more words, and at this time, she had Gu Yanzhang's order in person, her feet stepped back as if she was conscious, and she obediently closed the car door with one hand.
- I don't know why, the whole mansion is afraid of this young master, and she is no exception, when she sees someone, she doesn't want him to have a black face, and her heart trembles, and she always feels that this one is just not fierce, and if she is really fierce, she can eat people when she raises her eyes.
This autumn moon with the same hands and feet, the six gods walked to the back carriage without a master, while walking, and looking back, as if they looked at it a few more times, they could say a few words less.
At that moment, as soon as the door in the carriage was closed, Gu Yanzhang said to Ji Qingling: "Qingling, come and sit." As he spoke, he straightened out the position in front of him.
Gu Yanzhang's injuries were already healed, and Ji Qingling put a thick mattress in a corner of the carriage, telling him to lean on his back without touching his waist, which was very convenient, he sat in that corner at this time, looked at it with a gentle expression, and put a few blankets on weekdays in front of him to make it easier for Ji Qingling to sit comfortably.
Ji Qingling hesitated for a moment.
There were only the two of them in the car, and Gu Yanzhang's one was very close, as long as they sat down, it was the distance between their hands and feet.
Her face slowly turned red, and she divided her steps into two or three steps, and sat down as she said.
Gu Yanzhang waited for her to sit down, took a deep breath, and said slowly what he had been thinking about for a long time today, he was afraid that the car in front of him would hear it, so he lowered his voice very softly, and said, "Qingling, what did you think about what I told you that day?" ”
Ji Qingling hesitated for a moment, and was about to think about how to answer, but Gu Yanzhang didn't want to be on the other side, and then continued: "If you don't understand, let's not think about it." In the past two days, I took advantage of the fact that my brain was not confused, and I thought about the situation for a while, let's go back to Yanzhou, first go to your house to take a look at the situation, if there are some traces of the best, if not, go to the Yamen, restore the name, and then ask about the situation of the day - your father has an eight-grade official body, and he is a martyr on the battlefield, and your brother also died in the battle, nine times out of ten, there will be commendations in the court, if there is no accident, there is no grave, there is also a martyr's monument, and there is a name listed on it. ”
"There is only one person left in your family, there must be a pension silver tael, first transcribe the name, no matter how long the silver tael comes, after all, the head is set, and then go to register the house and land, if there is an old person, you can get a little incense."