There was no need for Ling Yun and Ling Feng to say anything more about the distribution of the carriage, and a few men naturally let An Chuxia and Gu Fangmiao ride in the carriage with elegant carvings and clean interiors.

The three of them jumped into the worn, leaky wagon.

Runsong stuffed the tarpaulin he was wearing into a hole in the roof of the carriage, and the three men found a relatively dry place to sit down.

In addition to the simple Gu Fangmiao sitting in the two carriages, there was also An Jinchen who didn't think much about it, and the other three people could more or less see the abruptness of the two carriages.

The rain continued to fall outside and beat on the roof of the carriage.

In this way, the sound of heavy rain was not stopped, and when they passed through the street in the early summer, they heard a noisy and piercing sound of the piano coming from an inn building.

Mu Tan, who was sitting in the dilapidated carriage, heard this sound and turned to push open the creaking carriage window.

On the third floor of an inn, I saw a window facing the street open, and it was from there that the sound of the piano rippled through the inextricable rays of rain.

An inexplicable light flashed in Mu Tan Ruifeng's eyes, and then slowly disappeared, pulling the corners of his good-looking mouth, thinking, "I haven't improved at all in this piano skill, and I dare to play the phoenix tail."

It's really as unself-aware as ever. ”

Runsong and An Jinchen only thought that Mu Tan was curious about who played such an ugly piano sound, and they didn't think there was anything abnormal about his behavior.

An Chuxia also pushed the window and looked up at the place where the noise was made, and suddenly the sound of the piano stopped.

Through the dense rain curtain, An Chuxia vaguely saw a man in a dark brocade robe, standing in front of the open window as if looking at her.

It wasn't until the carriage turned the corner on another street that the feeling of being stared at disappeared.

In the carriage driven by Ling Feng, An Jinchen saw that Runsong's clothes had all been soaked by the rain, and he and Mu Tan were also half of their bodies.

He took out a change of clothes wrapped in a cloth to save oil from the baggage, and handed it to Mu Tan and Runsong, "Quickly change the wet clothes, be careful of catching a cold for a while." ”

There is nothing to avoid in a carriage for a few people, so he took off his wet clothes and picked up the clothes he brought to change them.

Ling Feng, who was driving the carriage outside, drove the carriage out of the city with the raindrops that slapped on his face, and the soldiers watching the city gate only stretched out their heads to take a look, and then retracted into the city gate tower.

After leaving the city, even if they took the official road, it was not easy to walk, but fortunately, Lan Xuanjiu only asked his subordinates to pick a dilapidated carriage for the three men who were in the way.

But the carriage was broken, but it was very strong.

Even on such a muddy road, the carriage did not loosen in the slightest, and the two sturdy horses also galloped in the torrential rain.

Until noon, in the early summer, they lit a small stove in the carriage, together with Ling Yun and Ling Feng, who were driving the car, and had a simple lunch.

The rain was getting a little lighter in the afternoon.

An Chuxia, who was leaning on the carriage, took out a piece of clothing from her luggage and covered Gu Fangmiao, who was already asleep on her lap.

I also leaned on the carriage and closed my eyes to recuperate.

Until the neighing of horses, the carriage shook violently, and An Chuxia slammed his head on the carriage in order to support Gu Fangmiao, who almost fell off his legs.

"Shhhhh

Gu Fangmiao, who was awakened, opened her eyes and saw An Chuxia, who was covering her forehead, and hurriedly smelled: "Sister An, what's wrong with you?!" ”

wanted to come forward to help, but was stopped by An Chuxia.

"It's okay, I just didn't pay attention to touch it!"

Gu Fangmiao stepped forward and pulled her hand away, just to see that her forehead was a little red and swollen.

Thinking that An Chuxia was holding her head when she woke up, Gu Fangmiao's eyes were red with self-reproach, if it weren't for herself, Sister An probably wouldn't have kowtowed her forehead.

"Sister An, it's me who is not good, I will never be snooze again in the future!"

How could An Chuxia blame her for this, "It's okay, it's just a knock, and it will be fine soon." ”

An Chuxia pushed open the door of the carriage, and saw that it was already drizzling outside.

The two coachmen and their brother stood in front of the horses, looking at the road blocked by the mudslide that had fallen from the mountain.

An Chuxia was also dumbfounded looking at the scene in front of her.

She had to wonder if this was God, and she didn't want her to take the imperial examination.

Gu Fangmiao looked at all this blankly, almost crying, the little girl had tears in her eyes, and said pitifully: "Sister An, can we still have time to take the township test?"

If I go back without even taking the township exam, will my grandparents be disappointed! ”

An Chuxia calmed down and touched Gu Fangmiao's head comfortingly, "Don't worry, I'll catch up." ”

An Chuxia took the umbrella and jumped out of the carriage, turned back to Gu Fangmiao, who was about to follow, and said softly: "It's still raining outside, don't come down, I'll go and see first~"

An Jinchen, Mu Tan, and Runsong were discussing something with Ling Yun Lingfeng, who was pretending to be a coachman.

An Chuxia walked up to them with an umbrella and stepping on the mud under his feet.

I heard the middle-aged black-faced man who was driving the car say that if he made a detour to the provincial capital, it would probably take three or four days.

An Chuxia's heart was cold and frowned, in that case, the township test would have already begun, and even if they rushed to the provincial capital, it would be too late.

The white sky, the light rain, is almost evening.

An Chuxia held the umbrella in her hand tightly and looked into the distance, and saw that at the end of a winding path under the official road, there was a village looming.

She pursed her pale pink lips, squinted her eyes, a flash of wisdom flashed in her eyes, and turned her head to the few people who were still discussing, "It's getting late, and it's not advisable to take a detour." ”

An Chuxia raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the village, "Let's go there first and ask the local villagers if there is a path to bypass this official road."

If not, then we~"

Everyone understands what An Chuxia didn't finish, taking the land route is originally farther than the water route, and the ancient road is not easy to walk.

Especially the road that has just rained is even more difficult.

If there is no shortcut to bypass this blocked official road, then they may not be able to catch up with this year's township test.

Everyone had no better way, so they could only listen to what An Chuxia said, and drove the carriage to the village to find a family to ask for directions.

After knocking on the door, Runsong and An Jinchen stepped forward to ask, not to mention the villagers who live here all the year round, how can there be no one who doesn't know a few paths.

At first, the family was willing to take them to the trail to bypass the official road, but it was getting late, and they only said that the trail would be difficult to walk after dark for fear of danger, and they only hoped to take them to the trail during the day tomorrow.

After calculating the itinerary, An Chuxia knew that tomorrow would be a day during the day, and they would not be able to catch up with the provincial capital at all.

Gu Fangmiao was so anxious that she choked up directly, and An Chuxia's brows were also tightly furrowed, for a hard-working scholar, the importance of the imperial examination is self-evident.

An Jinchen was also anxious and grabbed his hair.

Mu Tan looked at An Chuxia beside him, and the pity in his phoenix eyes was about to overflow.

Runsong saw that the originally round little girl was now haggard and crying, and he was even more distressed and wanted to take her in his arms and comfort her carefully.

It's just that he still has a trace of sanity, knowing that with his current identity, such behavior will only scare Gu Fangmiao.

An Chuxia moved her eyes to this small farm yard, which had a large population of adults and children, noisy and crowded.

She narrowed her peach blossom eyes, her eyes became clear, and then she took out something from her sleeve pocket and stretched out her palms in front of the family~