Zhuang silently counted the time, it has been almost a year since Wu Boyong was arrested, and every day that passes, she draws a circle on the calendar with a red pen, and now a thick calendar has been densely drawn.

In a few days, she will be able to go north to the capital to find a husband! This time, I don't know how long it will take to return to Yangzhou, the most reassuring is the young daughter who is less than a year old, Wu Yuan has not seen her father a few times since she was born, I don't know if she will remember her father's appearance in the future。。。。。。 Gritting his teeth, Zhuang forced himself to stop thinking about it, and now the top priority is to see the master, even if it is the last one。。。。。。

Summoned the nurse to bring Yuan Niang, Zhuang is going to sleep with Yuan Niang tonight, after leaving home, I am afraid that I will not be able to see Yuan Niang for a long time, thinking of this, Zhuang is distressed for a while.

Yuan Niang, who was less than a year old, was very active, when the nurse held her, she was still waving her little hand and didn't know what to say, and after seeing her mother, she hurriedly reached out to her mother to hug her.

Zhuang lovingly rubbed Yuan Niang's little hand, took her from the nurse's arms, the dishonest little guy rubbed in his mother's arms, pointed to the flower stand by the window for a while, and pointed to the Linglong bell for her to shake it to her. After retiring from the subordinate, Zhuang placed Yuan Niang on the bed, gently humming a lullaby to coax Yuan Niang to sleep, and after a while, Yuan Niang yawned, rubbed her eyes and scratched her ears and lay on the bed drowsy. Pull a small quilt for Yuan Niang, pinch the corners of the quilt, see that Yuan Niang has fallen asleep, Zhuang lightly took out an inconspicuous silver safety lock from the bottom of the box and hung it on Yuan Niang's neck, and the safety lock was carved with a small Wu character and a long-lived hundred years old pattern.

When he came to the outside world, Zhuang called his personal maid Chun Tao, Chun Tao is Zhuang's dowry maid, who grew up with Zhuang since he was a child, and entrusting Yuan Niang to Chun Tao is the most reassuring thing for Zhuang. Moreover, this time quietly going north, the Zhuang family could only give Chun Tao a breath.

When Chun Tao heard that the Zhuang family was going to the capital to find the master, she was immediately startled, and hurriedly dissuaded: "Madam, how can you go to such a far place alone, Yuan Niang is still so young!" ”

"I have to go, I've made up my mind, Chun Tao, I know you're good for me, but you don't have to persuade me anymore, I must leave tomorrow. This time I went to the capital quietly, don't make a noise, don't worry, I'm fine. ”

"But。。。。。。 But how am I going to explain to the old lady and my uncle? What if they ask? "Chun Tao is a little uneasy, if my uncle knows that he let his wife go north alone, according to my uncle's consistent behavior of loving his sister, I am afraid that he will be killed!" Or you let me go with you, and I'll take care of you all the way! ”

Seeing this, Zhuang knew Chun Tao's worries, and his face became serious: "Chun Tao, you have to remember, no matter who asks you, you will say that you don't know, if there is bad news from the capital, you will forward this letter to your uncle." Remember, only when there is bad news from the capital, I want you to stay in the Wu family and take good care of Yuan Niang, I don't know when I will come back, Yuan Niang is the most relieved to hand over to you to take care of me. After that, he turned around and took out an envelope that had been painted from the dressing drawer, solemnly handed it to Chun Tao's hand, and squeezed Chun Tao's hand tightly, "I'll hand over Yuan Niang to you." I have also given your deed of sale to my brother, I want you to swear that you will take good care of Yuan Niang to grow up, and not let her be wronged, if the Wu family is unexpected, take Yuan Niang away and fly away, be an ordinary person, and live a peaceful life. ”

"I swear, I swear that I will take good care of Yuan Niang, you can rest assured, even if I fight for my life, I will protect the little lady thoroughly." Chun Tao knelt on the ground and solemnly swore an oath, bursting into tears.

Zhuang helped Chun Tao up, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, "Now the only person I can trust is you." I have wronged you Chun Tao, there is still my private money in the cage in the past few years, although it is not much, it is enough for the expenses of the rest of your life. This is the key, be sure to put it away. After that, Zhuang turned around and went back to the inner room, looked around deeply, and wanted to deeply remember the house where she had lived for three years, which recorded the bits and pieces of her life with Wu Boyong, and witnessed her transformation from a young girl to a wife to a mother.

There was a sound of the man beating the watch in the yard, and it was the fifth watch. Zhuang got up on tiptoe and put on Wu Boyong's clothes, took his baggage, and quietly walked out of Wu's house through the side door. The Zhuang family, who was hiding under the tree, saw that the middle gate was wide open, and Wu Erye and his party went out of the middle gate one after another, seeing that Wu Erye had gone away, Zhuang hired a carriage to follow behind Wu Erye and his party.

"This lord, you are going to the capital to do business, right?" The coachman raised his whip, only to hear a whip that was particularly crisp in the early morning.

"No, I'm going to go to my relatives" Zhuang suppressed his voice, making it sound rough.

"I see that you are dressed luxuriously and extraordinarily, and at first glance, you are from a big family."

Seeing that Zhuang was silent, the coachman continued: "If you want to talk about big families, do you know that our wealthy businessman Wu family in Yangzhou? It is the Wu family of the fourth generation of Dongjie, such a prominent family is in decline, and now the uncle of the Wu family has also been arrested, and he doesn't know how to get rid of it! ”

Zhuang lifted the curtain and looked at Yangzhou City going backwards, getting farther and farther away, his thoughts were a little heavy, "I want to rest for a while, call me when I get to the inn." ”

"Okay!" The coachman whipped the horse vigorously, urging the carriage to run, the sound of the horse neighing accompanied by the sound of the clattering horse's hooves led the carriage forward, the scenery on both sides quickly retreated, and Yangzhou City was left far behind.

Zhuang's rubbed a gem-inlaid cloud-shaped golden hairpin, this is the first gift Wu Boyong gave her after the engagement, Wu Boyong first boarded the door of the banker's house, and went to Ruixiang Lou to play this golden hairpin, but he was embarrassed to give it to Zhuang's, so he called the little girl to secretly buy the mother-in-law at the back door, so that the maid handed it over to her, and she was shy in front of her father and brother for a long time, and it was from this time that Zhuang's heart was stolen by Wu Boyong.

From then on, Wu Boyong became familiar with the way and began to hand Zhuang all kinds of strange and interesting objects from the back door, sometimes Western chiming bells, sometimes candy on the street, sometimes a letter。。。。。。

He even flew in a paper kite from outside! Thinking of his clumsy kite flying, Zhuang felt ridiculous! The kite finally landed in the yard of the eldest brother, and when she went to ask the eldest brother for it, she was tricked well!