Dawn has not yet come, and in the most exquisite courtyard of Nanxiang City, a light is brightly lit. On the recliner next to the lamp, Yu Zichen was wearing a white robe and turning the pages, he had always slept lightly, only sleeping for two or three hours a night. A magpie cries outside the house, he frowned slightly, and said, "Come out." ”

The man dressed in black seemed to have changed out of the night, and just behind the lamp, he bowed his head and reported, "Young marshal, there is a letter from Muda Town, Miss Duanmu's personal maid has been killed, and the family sending team has turned back, and the path is to return to Linsu." ”

Yu Zichen closed the book and rested it on the side, one got up, the white robe slipped down on the chaise longue, his long black hair was draped over his shoulders, his phoenix eyes were slightly upturned, but the corners of his mouth showed a hint of disappointment, "It turns out that Miss Duanmu Er is nothing more than that, but I think highly of it." ”

"Young Marshal, should we send someone to show up and escort Miss Duanmu here?"

Yu Zichen's fingertips slid across his lips, something flashed in his eyes, and finally he only sighed softly, "The auspicious day is coming, the Duanmu family has not yet sent the bride, if the queen mother blames me, there is still reason to escape, but the Duanmu family must be guilty, and the Duanmu family will be guilty of this disaster, how can I sit idly by, prepare people tomorrow, and I will personally pick up the timid woman who is as timid as a mouse." ”

The man in black was back in the night, and there was no trace of his existence. When Yu Zichen lay down to read again, the sun had not yet risen, but the sky in Muda Town had already shone slightly, and some early workshops had already begun to work, and the town had heard again.

The farmer who entered the town to deliver vegetables sat in the front of the car, flicked his whip, and ran happily towards the outside of the town, today is his mother's birthday, and he said that he had to go back early after delivering the vegetables. Not long after leaving the town, he stopped his horse, turned over the basket a few times, and looked around, "There is no one here, come out quickly!" ”

A head sticks out, and there are rotten leaves on top of it. The dirty face was deliberately touched to the ashes, but the eyes were still shining. No one can see that this is Duanmu Qingrang, the second lady of the Linsu Duanmu family. Yesterday she asked the shopkeeper's daughter to put on her clothes and her veil and get into the carriage, pretending to be threatened to return to Linsu. Unsure whether the people who had been hiding in the shadows had left, she hid in the kitchen of the inn and waited for the carriage that would enter the town early in the morning to deliver food, and the innkeeper arranged for her to hide in the carriage and leave the town.

"You go south, keep walking, after two towns is Nanxiang City, take the official road and hurry up in three days, if you want to hide from people and walk through the forest over there is safer, but you have to climb a mountain, the mountain is very steep."

"The mountains are steep, I can't walk, and when I get to the town in front, I can rent a horse and walk faster." Qing gave a silver ingot to the farmer, "Don't talk to anyone about me." ”

The farmer nodded in agreement, the innkeeper was his old customer, and he naturally did not dare to neglect the things entrusted by the boss. After collecting the money, the farmer jumped into the cart, shook his whip and hummed a little tune, and continued to rush home. Qing Rang straightened her clothes and looked at the road in front of her, as if there were already a lot of them today, and the forest next to her was still very deep, she avoided the official road and walked into the forest. From this moment on, she couldn't trust anyone, because she had promised Yun Ze that she would definitely meet outside Nanxiang City safe and sound.

The weeds in the woods were higher than Qingrang, and every step she took was not very easy, so she walked towards the south for more than an hour and did not dare to stop and rest for a while. The sun is getting higher and higher, and the sweat will turn the ashes on Qingrang's face, she counted the time, knowing that the eldest brother and they are now far away from Muda Town, but those people should also quickly see that the carriage is a bride, she explained to the eldest brother, no matter what, the team will return to Nanxiang tonight, the dowry can not miss the auspicious time, the bride can not miss it, it is relatively safe for her only this day and one night, she must hurry more.

Qingrang's bag had a few steamed buns, she was by the stream, she ate one on the stream, looked at herself in the dirty water, and then looked at the mountains in front of her, she had the idea of wanting to give up, even if she really returned to Linsu, her father would protect her, but she thought that her father would protect her, how could she bear to run for her again when her father was not in good health. After washing her face, she got up again and continued on her way.

For Qingrang, the most terrifying thing is to spend the night in this mountain, listen to the birds during the day and feel some fun, but in the middle of the night to listen to the roar of the beast, the heart is still cautious panic, she took out the fire fold and made a bonfire, on the road to see the wild fruit picked a few, because she was thirsty and hungry she didn't care about whether it was poisonous, wiped on the clothes and gnawed.

She kept looking around, afraid that some beast would come and swallow her, perhaps she was too tired from walking all the way, and now she was too nervous, and she fell asleep in a daze soon after leaning against the tree.

It seems to be a dream, she heard the familiar flute sound, such an elegant and beautiful song listened to the warmth in her heart, in the dream she was still wearing a new dress made by her mother, her brother chased after her to make her run slower, and she held the piano book and kept shouting at the seventh brother and seventh brother, but the young man under the pear blossom tree kept playing the flute with his back to her, and never looked back at her.

In the dream, it was a laugh, but outside the dream, a tear slipped down the corner of the eye.