Chapter 54: Misfortune is not a one-way street

Floating like duckweed, running socks and dust.

Sijun doesn't see you, and he is sad about the broken intestines.

Murong Ningyan walked out of the water cloud stream, raised his eyes, if it was early, the snow was still falling, and his vision became blurred, and a person walked in front of him, and when he got closer, he saw that it was Murong Zifeng.

"Brother, didn't you say that you would wait for me at the dock last night!"

"It's too early, I'm not worried about you girl! Come, I'll take you! This springboard is slippery with snow falling! Murong Zifeng took the package off Murong Ningyan's shoulder and put it on his shoulder, then gently took Murong Ningyan's hand and walked towards the shore.

After the brother and sister went ashore, Murong Zifeng had just picked up Murong Ningyan on the horse, and suddenly a person came from under the tree next to him.

"Brother Zifeng! Sister Yan'er! It turned out to be Lin Xi'er, staring at Murong Zifeng with a pair of big watery eyes, her eyes full of reluctance. The creamy face was frozen into two ripe red apples by the cold wind of the early morning.

"Xi'er, why are you standing here so early, go back quickly, it's cold outside."

"Be careful on the road and come back early!" As Lin Xi'er spoke, she took off a white fox fur scarf from her neck and carefully helped Murong Zifeng wrap it around.

Murong Zifeng looked at Lin Xi'er's eyes affectionately, and said after a while, "Okay, let's go, Xi'er go back quickly!" ”

Murong Zifeng jumped on the horse, the horse took a few steps forward, Murong Zifeng looked back and saw Lin Xi'er's shoulders shaking uncontrollably, so he pulled the reins, jumped off the horse again, walked in front of Lin Xi'er, supported her shoulders with both hands, and said softly:

"Xi'er, don't cry! Wait for me to come back at home! ”

This time, after riding the horse, he didn't look back, stepped on the snow, and a pair of reluctant eyes stared at Murong Zifeng's back that was gradually moving away, until he reached the end of the road, only to be nowhere to be seen.

In the evening of this day, Li Gongzi, who had been missing for many days, actually appeared in Shuiyunjian.

"Li Gongzi, you're late, where have you been for so long? Miss Murong Ningyan was sad and wept because of your farewell, and was worried about the safety of Xiao Gongzi, so she had no intention of singing, saying that she wanted to go out for a walk, and set off early this morning. ”

When Li Gongzi heard that Murong Ningyan had left Shui Yunjian, he couldn't hide the loss in his eyes.

But soon he asked excitedly: "Sister Xue, you said that Miss Yan'er wept for me?" Is this true? ”

"yes, she said why you all left and didn't say goodbye."

"I don't want to say goodbye either, but I can't get out of it because of something, where did Miss Yan'er go and when will she come back?"

"She didn't say where she was going, and she didn't say how long she would come back, but you don't have to worry about her safety, she is accompanied by her brother Murong Zifeng."

"I was thinking how dare Sister Xue let her go out alone!"

"By the way, here is a letter left by Miss Murong Ningyan to Gongzi Li, you wait for me to pick it up."

Sister Xue turned around and took out a bamboo tube from the cabinet and handed it to Li Gongzi.

Li Gongzi melted off the wax seal, and saw a silk handkerchief lying inside, with a light fragrance, shallow tears, and a couplet of poems written in small characters of Juanxiu:

"Sigh at the blue clouds,

Playing in the depths of the day.

I would like to be the east wind,

Lift yourself up and chase paper kites. ”

Sister Xue didn't know what Murong Ningyan wrote, but after reading the letter, Li Gongzi's face was gloomy, and he held the silk handkerchief tightly in his hand, and strode out of the water and clouds.

I won't allow you to leave me like this, I want to find you, no matter where the world is, Li Gongzi thought to himself, and rushed into the cold night.

The snow is falling, but Lin Dan's medicine is full of spring, the family is around the stove, all roasted with red faces, Ning Lu looked at the thick snow outside the door and sighed softly, Wan'er said: "Sister is missing Sister Yan'er, right?" Actually, I miss her so much, it's cold, and I don't know how she is, it's really sad!"

"Yes, no one can replace the bitterness in my sister's heart, I thought that she would slowly get better when she came out of the palace, but now I see that she is still unhappy, I hope I can come back soon, and I should have opened my heart at that time."

Murong Ningyan and Murong Zifeng said that they were scattered all the way, but in fact, they both knew in their hearts that she was looking for Xiao Gongzi, and knew that Xiao Gongzi would not take the official road, so most of the way along the path, aimlessly, hungry to deal with a few mouthfuls of dry food, sleepy to find a farmhouse will go again for one night, I really can't insist on taking a bath, so I went to the nearest inn to take a bath, eat a good tooth sacrifice, I have been traveling for half a year, and I have reached the border.

The fluffy hemp is not long, and the silk is not hesitant.

After saying goodbye tonight, where is Xiao Ying?

The scorching sun at noon in June was like fire, and she was sweating when she sat still, let alone rushing, Murong Zifeng looked at the skinny Murong Ningyan, and helped her wipe her sweat in distress and said: "Yan'er, if you go again, you will suffer from heat stroke, there is a border checkpoint in front, let's go and get some water to drink, or let's go back, okay?" Murong Zifeng was cautious and tentative, looking at Murong Ningyan's reaction, it had been out for half a year, and it was the first time he had brought it back.

"Okay, just listen to my brother, let's go ask for some water to drink first." Looking at his brother, who was also skinny, Murong couldn't bear it.

In the checkpoint, two officers and soldiers were sitting there chatting, and Murong Zifeng stepped forward and arched his hand: "Official, can you give us some water to drink?" There wasn't even a stream on this road, and I couldn't get thirsty. ”

"Come and drink, come in and cool off, it's a hot day, what are you doing? Where is this going? When they heard that they were begging for water, and seeing that they were tired, the two officers and soldiers looked at each other and agreed to let them in.

"The official doesn't know, our brothers and sisters have fled from the disaster in their hometown." Murong Zifeng handed the water to Murong Ning and drank it first, and lied to the officers and soldiers.

"This famine occurs every year, and it is indeed pitiful. Since you don't even have water to drink, you must have no food to eat. It just so happens that we have a lot of food here, so let's deal with it if we don't dislike it! ”

"Thank you, sir, we have met a good person." The brother and sister were grateful to the two officers and soldiers, so they began to eat.

The two brothers and sisters who were very hungry had a good meal, but as soon as the meal was finished, several burly soldiers walked in and couldn't help but say that they had tied them up.

The brother and sister looked at the two officers and soldiers in surprise, and one of them took out a notice with a portrait of the two, saying that it was a wanted criminal by the imperial court.

Like a thunderbolt from the sky, the brother and sister couldn't believe it, they had inexplicably become a generalized criminal, and under Murong Ningyan's repeated questioning, an officer and soldier said that because Xiao Yixuan was a general prisoner of the imperial court, and the people in the yamen said that the eldest son of the Murong family had gone to intercede.

Murong Ningyan thought to herself: What kind of court is this? was inexplicably implicated like this, and there was no one left, I didn't expect that today's saint would be so mediocre, no wonder it would perish.

The brother and sister were tied hand and foot and locked in a carriage that was tightly packed around them.

"Brother, I hurt you, if it weren't for me coming out, you wouldn't have been arrested for such an unknown reason." Murong Ningyan was heartbroken, why was she so unlucky?

"Yan'er doesn't cry, don't say that, my brother will always support you, not to mention that we are not wrong in the first place, just go back and make it clear." Murong Zifeng gently patted Murong Ningyan's back, and wiped the tears from her face with her fingers.

"Don't speak, and I'll put a stinky rag in your mouth if you say anything else." A soldier shouted viciously outside the prisoner car:

The carriage galloped day and night on the official road, and rushed back to Jinling City in a few days.

It is also strange to say, when they arrived in Jinling City, the officers and soldiers said that it was Murong Zifeng who interceded, and it had nothing to do with this woman, so they actually let Murong Ning smoke, and Murong Zifeng was directly carried into the palace because he was a key criminal of the imperial court.

Seeing Murong Zifeng being taken away, Murong Ningyan, who was physically and mentally exhausted, wanted to cry without tears, and staggered back to Shuiyunjian, originally a Xiao Gongzi was enough to get into a lawsuit, but now he has implicated his brother, and he feels lonely and desperate to the brink of collapse.

At the door of Shuiyunjian, everyone saw a woman with messy hair, a gray face and a craggy collarbone, and they cast curious glances, and those with sharp eyes finally recognized that it was the top brand Murong Ningyan in the past, and saw that she was in a state of discouragement, and the former Fanghua was gone.

Attracted everyone to watch and sigh, Sister Xue heard the news, Dingqing saw that it was Murong Ningyan, quickly dispersed everyone, took her in and put a bucket full of water, took a good bath, and ordered the kitchen to make a lot of delicious food, although the cleaned Murong Ningyan was much darker and thinner than before, but it looked unusually beautiful.

Sister Xue really wanted to ask something, but seeing that she didn't know the taste of food, it was not easy to ask, or Murong Ningyan, who was smart in Bingxue, could see that Sister Xue had something to say.

"Sister Xue, Sister Lu'er and Sister Wan'er, are they all okay? How does the child look? ”

"They're all good, and the kids are sturdy and cute. I wanted to ask why you came back alone, what about your brother? ”

At the mention of his brother, Murong Ningyan, who was holding back his grief, burst into tears.

"It's all my fault that I'm too willful, Xiao Gongzi has no whereabouts, and he even put my brother in prison."

"What's the matter, sister, don't worry, speak slowly." Sister Xue frowned, hugged Murong Ningyan into her arms, and took out a silk handkerchief to wipe the tears on her face.

After Murong Ningyan adjusted slightly, he told Sister Xue what had happened in detail, and in the end, he couldn't cry.

"Sister, things are not so bad, you still have someone to find, he may be able to help you."

When Murong Ningyan heard Sister Xue say that there was hope to save her brother, her eyes widened in confusion and said, "Sister Xue, tell me quickly, who can help me?" ”

Sister Xue said as she went to the box and took out a Ruyi cigarette and handed it to Murong Ningyan.

Murong Ningyan took Ruyi and looked at it carefully: "Isn't this Li Gongzi's Ruyi?" Sister Xue, do you mean that Li Gongzi can help me? But I asked him before, and he couldn't help it! ”

"Maybe I thought of a way later, Li Gongzi also came on the day you left, I thought he was looking for you, and on the second day after you went to Meixiang Villa to spend your birthday, Li Gongzi found me and gave me a jade pendant for me to keep, saying that when you encounter difficulties, let you take the jade pendant to Zuiyunxuan to find Steward Zeng."

"Then why did he say goodbye?"