Chapter 3 of the Crane Scroll

Xiahou Chuan stayed in Gu's house for two or three days, and asked Gu Changan to do some simple training every day, and Void Mountain had to go back.

"Gu boy, tomorrow we will leave for Void Mountain, the sooner you go back, you can learn the halberd earlier."

The Gu family had prepared Gu Chang'an's bags early in the morning, and the Cui family had packed him with a lot of gold and silver.

"Chang'an, A-Niang prepared some more money for you, you go and buy cloth to make a few more clothes, there are too many on the road, it is inconvenient for you to ride a horse."

Gu Chang'an is a concubine, but Gu Chang'an is the most favored by Gu Lao'an, and he is not a good person, he is a well-known gentleman in Le'an City, but he is not a prodigal son of flowers, but he often chases people with bamboo sticks and beats them. If it weren't for Cui's memory of the Gu family's deceased wife, he would have been corrected a few years ago.

Cui's knew that Gu Changan wanted to be chivalrous, but outsiders only saw him chasing people and fighting, and they didn't know the reason.

She looked at Gu Changan, and her eyes were full of maternal love.

"Chang'an, go to the Void Mountain to take care of yourself. You rest early, you're leaving tomorrow. ”

Cui Shi turned to leave, and gently closed the prize door, Gu Changan looked at the silver money in the baggage, and his heart was full of warmth.

Early in the morning, several members of the Gu family bid farewell to Gu Changan and Xiahouchuan at the gate of Le'an City. Cui Shi took Gu Chang'an's hand and admonished at the city gate.

"Chang'an, if you go, I'm afraid you won't go home for a few years."

Gu Changan nodded, but he was determined to go to Void Mountain in his heart.

"Auntie, you don't want your son to be a gentleman in Le'an City all the time, your son wants to be a general and protect you."

Master Gu patted Gu Changan on the shoulder, he knew that his son had been reading the military book and must want to join the army, but he was just a civilian official and couldn't help anything.

"Son, you remember to write letters to your family, and if you can come back, you will come back often."

The four members of the Gu family hugged each other, and Xiahou Chuan on the side was the most numb, but he didn't bother.

"Don't worry, the old man will take care of him."

The group said goodbye outside Le'an City, Gu Changan looked back on the horse, this is Le'an City where he has lived for seventeen years, will it be a little different next time he comes back?

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On the Void Mountain outside Rongcheng, the little girl stuffed the washed dates into Zuo Ci's mouth, smiling sweetly.

"Sister Zuo, is it sweet?"

Zuo Ci ate the dates clean, spit out the jujube kernels in the bucket on the side, and reached out to scrape the tip of the little girl's nose.

"Sweet~ Everything Zhinan gives is sweet."

Xu Zhinan smiled and stuffed the dates into his mouth, speaking a little confused, but cute.

"I'll just say that the dates in Void Mountain are the sweetest, and the old man Xiahou won't let me pick them, so I'll pick more before he comes back tomorrow!"

Zuo Ci looked at Xu Zhinan, her eyes were gentle, she always hoped that Xu Zhinan could be happy and worry-free, it was enough to be free by her side, and she would help Xu Zhinan block those pains and sadness.

"Go ahead, be careful not to fall, or you'll cry again."

Xu Zhinan spit out the jujube kernel and walked out with the basket as he ran.

"Sister Zuo, I'm fifteen years old, so I won't cry!"

Zuo Ci watched Xu Zhinan run out happily, stretched out his hand to let the guards on the side follow her, and was relieved now.

The woman in black walked behind Zuo Ci and told what happened in the dark room behind the house with an expressionless face.

"Master, in the past few days, my subordinates have been ordered to check the hometown of the mountain bandit leader, and the person who found this identity died of illness three years ago, and the mountain bandit leader took the person's identity, and found the mark of the dead soldier on his body."

Zuo Ci frowned, she guessed that the man must be a dead man.

"The subordinates didn't find out where the mark came from."

"Since this mountain bandit is on the bright side, it will definitely not let you easily find out who the dead man is, I am only worried that this is not from Xizhou, but from within Dongzhou."

Zuo Ci waved his hand, and the woman disappeared from view, and she reached out to pick up the dates on the side.

"If only such happy days could last forever..."

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In the Rongcheng City Lord's Mansion, the maid of Sencha brought the tea to the city lord's room, as always, there was Xia Yingren's daily soup and snacks made by Zuo Jing.

"The young city lord is not coming back today?"

The handmaid got up and answered.

"If you go back to the city lord, the young city lord will return tomorrow evening."

The left city lord waved his hand and ordered the maidservant to go out, and looked at the letters of the other city lords on the side, and a letter slipped from it and drifted under the chair with the wind, but it was not noticed.

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At night, Zuo Ci sat on a stone on the top of the Void Mountain, the moon seemed to hang overhead, surrounded by stars.

"Yunzhou, don't hide, I know you're there."

When Shen Yunzhou heard this, he jumped down from the tree, walked to Zuo Ci and sat down.

"Growing up, you can hide anything from me, and you hide in a tree, stupid."

Shen Yunzhou looked at Zuo Ci, who looked extremely gentle in the moonlight, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, in fact, there was one thing he really hidden.

"Why don't you sleep?"

Zuo Ci sighed, his smile was a little bitter, and he looked sideways at Shen Yunzhou.

"Yunzhou, do you say that Dongzhou will be chaotic, whether Xizhou will attack Dongzhou, I don't want to see the city's citizens displaced, and I don't want the entire continent to be in war all the time."

Shen Yunzhou looked at her, his gaze was firm, and his tone was even more so.

"With me, Yecheng will not be breached, and Dongzhou will not be chaotic."

Zuo Ci laughed out loud and whispered, "Wood." ”

"I want to hear you play the leaf flute."

Shen Yunzhou picked up the fallen leaves on the side, wiped them gently, and put them to his lips, the leaf flute was crisp and simple.

The two looked at the moon and stars, Zuo Ci was a little sleepy, his body swayed slightly, Shen Yunzhou moved closer to her, waiting for Zuo Ci's head to slowly rest on his shoulder.

After a while, Shen Yunzhou took Zuo Ci in his arms and walked towards the courtyard. Zuo Ci slept calmly, and by Shen Yunzhou's side, she had always been relaxed.

"Ah Ci, in fact, what I want is that this moment can be forever. But I don't want to see you catch a cold and get caught in the wind. ”

Zuo Ci didn't hear this, and Shen Yunzhou never told the sober Zuo Ci.

The stars were still twinkling, some were sleeping soundly, some were sleepless all night, and he just went back to his place and watched the moon gradually replace it with the beginning of the day.

"Ah Ci, you don't have to worry, everything has me."

Zuo Ci seemed to hear someone calling her, rubbed her eyes and found that she had returned to the room and covered the quilt.

The warmth in my heart, I don't know how to tell.