In the small courtyard of Merlin, the door of the main house was re-closed and the door was locked.

As a footstep faded away, silence returned to the courtyard.

Inside the dimly lit main house with closed doors.

The dust rippled quietly in the air.

On a table covered with grayproof cloth, in addition to the extra envelopes, official seals, official uniforms and other items, there is also a pot of orchids hanging nectar on the table, I don't know when it was brought over from the window sill.

Jun Zilan quietly faced the closed door in front of the Eight Immortals Table.

It's all lonely and silent.

And in the distance, the gray young figure who put down his burden and left alone, strode towards the direction of Dagu Mountain without looking back.

……

"How's the man, haven't you woken up yet?"

In a certain office, in a heavily guarded courtyard, the door of the house was pushed open from the outside, and a serious voice came into the house.

On the side of the bed in the room where the unconscious prisoner was lying, several young guards got up one after another and got out of the way.

Yan Liulang held the handle of the knife in his hand, with a solemn face, and walked from outside.

The young catchers surrounded them and gossiped:

"Not yet, Sixth Brother."

"Sixth brother, since this demon girl suddenly vomited blood and fainted last time, we have tried all methods, and there is still no movement, is it that there is no way to return to the sky?"

"What nonsense? Before, he was still alive and bedridden for half a month, but he was rescued by Master Xie, and now isn't this just spitting blood, it's not a big problem, don't mess around. ”

Yan Liulang frowned slightly, and scolded his subordinates on the left and right.

is not by Ouyang Rong's side, Yan Liulang's painting style seems to be a different person, he looks serious and businesslike, which makes his subordinates fear and admire.

As for the reason for the change, it may be that the seniority has subtly changed from "Little Liu" and "Liulang" in Ouyang Rong's mouth to "Sixth Brother" and "Sixth Master" in the mouths of his subordinates.

After asking the young man about the recent situation of the sick prisoner, Yan Liulang frowned slightly, and sent everyone back to the courtyard to guard.

There were only two people left in the house.

Yan Liulang stood at the head of the bed and looked down at the jade fairy who was dying on the sickbed.

The palm of the hand on the handle, rub it for a while, and release it for a while.

It seemed to fall into a momentary hesitation.

Yan Liulang looked out the window and bowed his head slightly:

"There are many dreams at night, let's inform Miss Xie, it seems that this matter still has to be dealt with by Miss Xie, the more it drags on, the greater the risk, in case this demon girl is suspected...... Huh. ”

With a melancholy expression, he silently put his hand into his arms, turned to take out a pale green jade pendant, bowed his head and muttered:

"Miss Xie also told her before leaving, if there is an emergency or change here, she will immediately smash this psychic jade pendant infused with some of her aura, so that it can be sensed thousands of miles away and return to the ...... quickly."

I don't know how long it took.

At the head of the comatose bedside of the jade fairy, the figure of the blue-clothed catcher disappeared, and several young people quickly returned to the guard.

On the coffee table next to the bed, I don't know when, there was a small pile of broken jade.

The sharp-eyed catcher turned his head curiously.

I saw that on the coffee table, the jade pendant fragments were white in color.

The pale green faded.

……

This official ship that set sail from Longcheng County, Jiangzhou, is not very conspicuous in the section of the Xunyang River, where there is an endless stream of water transport merchants.

At least not as conspicuous as the magnificent fleet that carried the envoys of Luoyang not long ago.

On the river, where the wind and waves are slow, occasionally ships pass by with official ships, attracting the attention of some passers-by, and at most only attracting a few words of speculation about the official body of the owner of the ship.

These mutterings, in the noisy river wind, were quickly blown away.

The journey in this era is actually very boring, and this is still the fastest situation of water transportation, if it is a land route, it is normal to walk for a few months and half a year.

On the river, the morning mist has just been blown away by the morning breeze, the morning sun has just risen, and on the bow deck, a group of boatmen gather to fish, chat and fart.

An old boatman told the story of the jealousy of the eighteen-room concubines of the feudal officials who accidentally heard and saw when he was working as a boatman on the boat of a certain Lingnan feudal official who left his post and returned to Beijing.

The other dark-skinned boatmen, with rough skin blown by the river breeze, listened with great relish.

Occasionally, a few boring Merlot Garden maids and guard entourages who passed by the deck also stopped to blow the wind, looked at the river scenery without squinting, and quietly listened to collect gossip.

But at this moment, there was a knock on the door from the main cabin of a certain cabin not far away.

The boatmen and maids who gathered around the fish seemed to have received some kind of signal, their faces were solemn, and without saying a word, they turned around and left, scattered and left, each doing his own thing, and sticking to his post.

They couldn't see the location of the sound of the door opening, and they seemed to be very familiar with the signal.

Sure enough, after a while, a familiar figure of the "young county order" appeared on the deck and walked towards the bow of the ship.

The young county commander with a long sword at his waist circled around the ship, his face indifferent and silent.

This appearance of others not entering, so that the surrounding boatmen and maids and guards did not dare to talk, everyone buried their heads in their own hands, lightly, as if they were afraid that the movement would accidentally make it bigger, causing the young handsome official to look sideways.

It has been more than two days since the official ship set off from Longcheng County.

Everyone on the boat unanimously found that the county magistrate Langjun, who had returned to his hometown on leave, seemed to be in a bad mood, and he didn't know if it was because of seasickness.

In these two days, he said no more than ten sentences combined.

And this county magistrate stayed in the main cabin most of the time, closed doors, as if immersed in books.

Only twice, in the morning and evening, I would go out the door, make a round on the boat, and then bring some food back to the house.

No one dared to bother with this.

Even the little lady Ye who heard that it was the personal maid of the county commander Langjun couldn't enter the main cabin once.

Only by taking advantage of the gap between the two outings of the county commander Langjun in the morning and evening, with the opportunity of delivering food, can he ask for a few words of warmth.

But this county magistrate Langjun is also very sorry for this.

The man is in such a state, and the atmosphere on the whole ship is naturally quite serious.

The same is true for now.

I saw the county commander Langjun wearing the meticulous official uniform that everyone is familiar with, inspecting the official ship with a straight face, standing on the bow of the boat and blowing the river breeze for a while, his figure disappeared in front of the main cabin door again, and continued to study behind closed doors.

The people who peeked at the afterglow suddenly showed a relaxed look, looked at each other, well, continue to touch the fish, and the next time they come out will be in the evening.

Ye Weilai was dressed in a moon-white dress, a jasper hairpin rolled up a waist-length silver hair, her small face was covered by a light white veil, and she came to the main cabin with a plate of breakfast in her hand.

She stood in front of the door, looked at the closed door, and whispered:

"Tanlang, it's time to eat."

A calm voice came from inside the door: "Put it on the table outside the door." ”

"Yes." Ye Weilai glanced at the door and bent her knees to put down her breakfast.

I saw the silver-haired girl turn around and leave, and went to beckon the maids to work.

What Ye Weilai and everyone on the ship didn't know was that there was no shadow of Ouyang Rong in the main cabin at this moment.

Only one wooden man sat at the table, his face was serious, and his right hand was a little nervously holding a bronze beast face.

When he heard the footsteps of Miss Ye outside, he finally went away, and the man exhaled.

Liu Ashan lowered his head, looked at the bronze beast face, and then at the moonlight sword on the table, and shook his head with a sigh on his face.

In the past few days, he has completely acted in disguise according to the master's orders, and at the moment, it seems that there are no flaws.

The moonlight sword was given to him by the old man before parting, and it was more like it when it could be loaded.

As for the mirage mask, according to the master, after the master collected his qi engine, he operated it, and now Liu Ashan can use it for a short time, but as for outsiders, he can't use it even if he gets it.

Despite this, Liu Asan did not wear the mask all day long, but only wore it briefly when he went out to patrol in the morning and evening, and took it off as soon as he returned to the cabin.

Because he had heard the master say that this thing needs to be supplemented with some kind of special aura that only the master has.

So Liu Ahan thought that he could save a little aura, and only wear it when necessary, after all, the distance is still far away, what should I do if I wear it for a long time and consume my aura?

Recalling Miss Ye's tone just now, Liu Ashan said to himself:

"The old man is still smart and thoughtful, before getting on the boat, he told Miss Ye some things in advance, and after getting on the boat, I found an excuse to study behind closed doors, and Miss Ye didn't suspect it, I guess I thought it was because the old man was in a bad mood......"

Liu Ashan was still a little flustered at first, but after two days of observation, Miss Ye has been emotionally stable, with a normal schedule and no abnormality.

Liu Ahan touched his gurgling stomach and lowered his head to put on his mask.

Immediately, I saw that in front of the table, the "young county magistrate" dressed in official uniform stood up, walked to the door and listened carefully, and took advantage of the fact that no one passed by outside, quickly opened and closed the door, and took in the dinner plate.

"Is it longan lotus seed eight-treasure porridge again? Same as yesterday and the day before yesterday...... It seems that the master likes to eat, and Miss Ye is really intimate to the master. ”

Liu Ashan glanced at the hot porridge and mustard on the plate with a little curiosity, nodded and muttered.

He was not a picky eater, and immediately began to eat with a happy face.

Speaking of which, Liu Ashan hasn't eaten such a fine breakfast yet, only a scholar like Ouyang Rong has the conditions to eat it, he is just a rough man, and now he is blessed.

After swallowing the dates, Liu Ashan showed a little guilty face.

After half an hour, he quickly opened the door and placed the plate on the table outside the door.

After doing this, Liu Ahshan looked back at the empty room, he couldn't read a book, so he was naturally bored, so he went to the bed and slept with his head bored.

Liu Ashan, who was trapped by the rocking hull of the boat, didn't know that not long after he put the dinner plate outside the door, a slender figure in a white dress appeared.

Ye Weilai looked down at the porridge bowl that had been eaten again, she turned around and left with her plate.

I don't know if it's because the hull is shaking, Ye Weilai's body is also shaking, his steps are staggering, and he stumbles away.

On the deck, there was a little maid who was bumped into by her with a timid face, and apologized first, and then the maid's face was stunned, and she looked up curiously at the back of the silver-haired girl who did not look back, and muttered with a mouth......

Liu Ashan was in a daze, and vaguely heard a "bang bang" knock on the door, accompanied by a commotion outside:

"Oh no, no, sir! Ye Xiaoniang is gone, and there is no one after we have been looking for three rounds! ”

Liu Ahsan suddenly woke up, jumped out of bed, rushed out of the way, turned back and put on his mask, grabbed his long sword, and slammed the door out.

"Where is this?"

Liu Ashan frowned and pointed to the bustling wharf where the official ship was docked and resting at the moment.

"It's Xunyangdu in Jiangzhou." The boatman whispered.

Liu Ahan stared at the busy dock and sighed:

"It's not good, Miss Ye has seen through me, got off the boat and ran away, and wants to go back to find the master?"

didn't care about the boatmen and maids who were stunned and puzzled after hearing this, Liu Ashan immediately set off, to rush off the official ship and chase people in a haystack.

But at this moment, an old boatman approached with a slightly strange look in his eyes and said:

"Master, someone has been found."

Liu Ashan was stunned for a moment, asked a question, turned around and rushed to the bottom of the cargo hold.

When I entered, I looked closely, and sure enough, I saw a lonely and slender silver-white figure in a pile of luggage.

Ye Weilai leaned leaning on a large wooden box, her delicate body curled into a ball, and her scattered silver hair hung to the ground.

Liu Ahan glanced at the slightly familiar large wooden box, which seemed to contain the old man's books, clothes and bedding.

"You ......," he wanted to speak, and stopped,

"You're not Tanlang." Ye Weilai suddenly choked up and spoke.

She cleared her tears and shook her head vigorously at Liu Ashan, who was stuck:

"The lord hates longan longan, he doesn't like to eat longan lotus seed eight-treasure porridge, you eat it for three days in a row, the bowl is clean, and there is no response."

Liu Ashan: ......

He was speechless for a long time, took off his mask, and bowed his head guiltily: "Miss Ye, it's my ......"

Ye Weilai was not surprised by this, she curled up and hugged her knees, buried her head, as if she had already cried fiercely, her shoulders were still a little twitching, and her voice was hoarse:

"Brother Ashan, don't worry, I won't run...... I won't sneak back again. ”

Liu Ahan silently breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the silver-haired girl with a crying face, and was suddenly at a loss.

He turned around and borrowed a handkerchief from the maid and handed it over.

Ye Weilan didn't answer, ignored it, and tightened her arms.

Only then did Liu Ahan find that Miss Ye was holding a bunch of books that the master had read and the Confucian shirts and underwear that the master had worn in her arms.

At this moment, I saw Ye Weilai looking down at the crumpled books and clothes in her arms, her little face was haggard and miserable, and she whispered in a daze:

"He's leaving, I know, Tanlang is leaving, he can't fool me...... He's going to a place where he'll never come back, Brother Ashan, Tan Lang is so decisive. ”

She laughed and cried.

Liu Ashan was puzzled: "Isn't the master busy with promotion and transfer?" How could she go, did Miss Ye misunderstand something? ”

"No, the promotion of Jiajue has not attracted his interest in the orchid on the windowsill, and he doesn't know his ......"

"But where is the lord going?"

"I don't know where he's going, but I know that Tan Lang is leaving, I can see that the preparation he made is to say goodbye to us forever, I thought he was sending me back to Nanlong, but I didn't expect it to be Brother Ahsan......

Ye Weilai whispered in a low voice, a white-haired head was slightly tilted, looking out of the porthole, her little face was dumbfounded, and she suddenly asked at a moment:

"Brother Ahsan, can you do me one last favor?"

"What...... What's busy? Liu Ashan's face was embarrassed.

Ye Weilai tried hard to wipe her face and eyes with the back of her hand, and raised her head to reveal a smile that expressed joy and carefree:

"Brother Ashan, don't worry, the slave family listens to Tanlang's words, doesn't run, and returns to his hometown to worship his ancestors, but Brother Ashan, my heart hurts so much, strange, it hurts, it hurts, you, can you ...... Can you go back to Dragon City now, try your best to stop him, you talk better than me, okay, Brother Ashan, please......"

Liu Ahan and the girl with a few strands of silver hair on her lips looked at each other silently.

I don't know how long it has been.

There was a soft sigh in the cargo hold, Liu Ashan lowered his head, first solemnly put away the bronze mask, and then nodded in a muffled voice:

"Good. Miss Ye is obedient and returns to her hometown, so I will turn back and relax, I may have misunderstood the master. ”

"Did you misunderstand him......"

Ye Weilai looked out the window, tilted her head and smiled:

"The person who loves him the most and regards him as his life doesn't want you anymore, but you can no longer disobey his orders, you must walk away honestly and obediently, and watch him embark on a journey that may never return, the most painful thing in the world is this, Brother Ashan, have you ever experienced this kind of feeling?"

She asked with a smile as she poked her trembling index finger at the mouth of her heart.

Liu Ahsan shook his head.

Ye Wei hugged her knees and buried her face; Liu Ahan solemnly handed over:

"Since Miss Ye is obedient and returns to her hometown, then I will leave first."

Ye Weilai didn't reply again, she turned her face and looked at the waves outside the window in a daze, and whispered like a dream:

"Go, go, it's too late......"

(End of chapter)