The sky was overcast, the wind was raging in the air, and for a moment it was impossible to tell whether it was morning or dusk.

"It's not going to be a good day."

Wu Nuxia stood at the door and said to him.

"It's just the right weather."

Song You had already taken the jujube red horse out of the door, and when Sanhua Niangniang stepped out again, he closed the door, locked the lock, and handed the key to Wu Nuxia:

"Thank you, Woman."

"Thanks for what?"

"The Grace of Containment."

"It's not that I didn't give money."

Wu Nuxia took the key, put it in her arms, sighed, and said, "It's time for me to go out, and I'm going to go out of the city, let's go, all the way." ”

"Okay."

The two of them, a horse and a cat, walked out of the city.

It was early in the morning, and the shops on both sides were opening one after another, and the vendors who had come to set up stalls in the city had also entered the city. Song You walked through Willow Street, and from time to time, a shopkeeper and vendor saw him with a horse and a bag, and a bamboo cane in his hand, and greeted him out of curiosity, asking him where he was going.

Song You patiently replied one by one.

I was in a trance for a while, it turned out that I had been in Changjing for a year, and so many people had already known me.

Walk through Willow Street and through the city.

Along the way, there were still people who had their eyes on him.

Some people think that this Taoist has a cat and a horse without reins, which is quite strange. Some people have heard the legend of the Taoist with the three-flowered cat and the jujube red horse in other places, but they are not sure for a while whether this Taoist is the legendary Taoist, or they can't remember where they have heard of it for a while.

Slowly out of the city.

Changjing is prosperous, and there is still a flow of people outside the city, and there are many carriages and horses back and forth, and it is common to see caravans lined up in a long line.

"Have you ever calculated when your next time you'll be back?" Wu Nuxia asked.

"Not exactly." Song You shook his head, it depends on whether the demons and monsters in the north are enthusiastic, "Maybe a few years, maybe ten years, in short, they will definitely come back." ”

"Tsk......"

Wu Nuxia smashed her mouth.

Song You smiled at her: "When we meet next time, you and I will be old friends." ”

"Yes, old friend."

Wu Nuxia also grinned.

The last time we saw each other was in the spring of the second year of Mingde.

It's the spring of the fifth year of Mingde.

Three years have passed.

When we met in Changjing last year, we were old friends and old acquaintances, and if we met again in a few years, we would naturally be old friends.

It's just that we have to say goodbye.

This kind of parting that you don't know if you can see each other next time is the norm in this era, Song You and Wu Nuxia don't know if they are used to it, anyway, it doesn't matter if you are used to the world, how to treat you, or how to treat you.

I had to do my best and obey the fate of heaven.

"In the late summer and early autumn of the first year of Xia Mingde, for a period of 20 years, 20 years later, in the late summer and early autumn, in the second half of the year, most of the people will return to the Taoist temple." Song You said to her first, "Then I will tell the woman again, in the Fulong Temple of Yin and Yang Mountain, Lingquan County, Humble County, Yizhou, the woman will return to Yizhou in the future, you can come to visit me, if you can't find the Taoist Temple on the mountain, you haven't gone back yet." ”

"Got it."

Wu Nuxia nodded, and seeing that there were just few people on the side of the road at this time, she took a few steps and said to him, "Please also make a note of it." ”

"Listen up."

"My surname is not Wu, my surname is Ruan, and my name is Ruan Zhen." Wu Nuxia said, "But it's not to deceive you, Wu is the name that the head of the family chose for me, and I have been using it for more than 20 years." ”

"I've made a note below."

Song You nodded solemnly, continued to walk forward, and then asked, "It's just that why is the heroine incognito?" ”

“……”

Wu Nuxia glanced at him, pursed her lips and walked a few steps before saying, "Do you remember that Shu Yifan?" ”

"Yes."

"I'm about the same as him." Wu Nuxia's tone was light, "My father is Ruan Changxing, the former official of the ministry, who was framed by a traitor in the court twenty years ago, was dismissed from office, and on the way back to his hometown, hum, he said that he was robbed by the mountain bandits on the side of the road, except for me who I hid well, no one was spared, and I still don't know who the enemy is." ”

"I see."

Song You understood, and didn't ask more.

Everything has been explained.

After completing his studies, he resolutely left his division and came to Changjing, while doing the work of collecting intelligence and investigating the forces of all parties for the nobles, and on the other hand, he used the nobleman's network to investigate the mystery of the extermination, and most of the money he usually earned was also used in these places, and it was not easy to plan for twenty years.

Song You shook his head and didn't say much.

I only heard the voice of Wu Nuxia beside me: "There are Jianghu people staring at you behind." ”

"It doesn't matter."

"Do you want me to come with you?"

"No need, the heroine can go about her own business."

"It's okay, there may be a lot of people this time, but there should be fewer masters than last time, and people who mix well in Changjing, as long as they have heard about the Taiwei Mansion, should be more hesitant. In short, be careful yourself, especially beware of the hidden arrows of the Jianghu people, we are the best at playing yin. Wu Nuxia paused, "I'll go this way, and I'll send you here." ”

"That's ......"

"There will be a date later!"

Wu Nuxia hugged his fists with him and said in a deep voice.

"There will be a date later."

Song You also saluted to Wu Nuxia.

Wu Nuxia maintained a fist-hugging posture, bowed her head and said, "Sanhua Niangniang will also have a period later." ”

"There will be a date later!"

The two looked at each other, and there was nothing else to say, one to the left, the other to the right, and then gradually drifted away.

This time the separation was very bland.

It's as if this separation is the norm.

Looking back at the back of her leaving, Song You understood why people use the word "there will be a period later" when they are separated - in this era, it is already very good to be separated and see each other again.

……

Going out of the city to the north, there are obviously fewer people than going south.

The worst of the difference is the caravan.

Caravans coming from the north and going to the north were not, although not absent, but they were significantly less than those in the south.

The cat doesn't seem to have much parting feelings, it seems that except for her temple, she has no attachment to anywhere, and it seems that it is only because of the simple mood, less ignorance, only knows where the Taoist priest goes, she follows where she goes, and does not miss a certain place, so not long after leaving the city, she took a cheerful little step and walked to the front.

Smell here, smell there.

Only occasionally stopped, turned his head to look behind him, and I didn't know whether he was looking at the Taoist priest behind him, or looking at Changjing who was gradually moving away.

After walking a few miles, the terrain went up.

The cat suddenly stopped and looked up.

Song You also stopped and followed her.

I saw a thatched pavilion on the hillside in front of the left, I don't know when it was built, I don't know if it was used to rest in the cold, or it was used for people who left Beijing and returned to Beijing to look at Changjing, I don't know how many poems were written here. However, at this time, there were two familiar figures in the pavilion.

One of them, dressed in white and covered with a light veil, sat on a stone bench, and behind him stood a maid, all looking in his direction.

Sanhua Cat glanced back at Song You, then walked up the path leading to the small hillside and the pavilion with small steps, and soon arrived in front of the pavilion, she stopped and looked up at the two of them.

Song You and Zao Hongma followed.

"You're polite."

"Wanjiang is polite." The woman in the pavilion also stood up and gave a salute, "Knowing that the Taoist chief left Beijing today, I guessed that the Taoist chief was going to the north, so I specially came here to wait and practice for the Taoist chief." ”

"Thank you."

"Wanjiang has nothing to give to the Taoist chief, so he asked the Taoist chief to drink a glass of wine." Miss Wanjiang said, "I want to play a song for the Taoist chief, and I wish the Taoist chief a smooth trip." ”

The maid smiled and brought a glass of rice wine.

Song You stretched out his hand to take it, and the wine glass was still warm.

The seated woman had already begun to play the harp.

The sound of the piano sounded, and when it came out of the pavilion, it was weakened by three points, and it was dispersed in the wind, and it could not be transmitted on the road down the mountain.

The Taoist held the wine glass and drank it all.

Then he stood still and listened to the sound of the piano.

Suddenly, birds and cranes flew in, or flew in front of the mountain, or stopped on the top of the pavilion, and the merchant travelers under the mountain were greatly surprised when they saw this situation, and they stopped to watch.

After a long time, the sound of the piano faded away.

"There seem to be some people wandering over there." The girl in Wanjiang stopped the piano, looked in the distance, and then looked at the long box behind the jujube red horse and inserted in the quilt bag, which was extremely obvious, "If the Taoist chief feels troublesome, Wanjiang can also use a little trick to persuade these Jianghu people to go back." ”

"Don't bother."

"Then I wish the Taoist a smooth journey."

"Thank you for the affection of the foot, this glass of wine, this piano, I will remember it in my heart." Song parade salute said.

"I only hope that the Taoist will see you again next time he returns to Changjing." Miss Wanjiang said, "Maybe Wanjiang was already free at that time, and then she would talk to the Taoist chief about mountains and rivers." ”

"It doesn't matter if you can't see it when you go back to Changjing, the Taoist chief naturally wants to go back to Fulongguan." The maid smiled and said, "When we repay the favor and regain our freedom, we will also learn to travel the world with the Taoist, passing through Yizhou, and we will definitely come to the Yinyang Mountain in Lingquan County to find the Taoist. ”

"I hope to see you again in Changjing, if not, more than ten years later, I will wait for you in the view." Song You said respectfully, "I'll leave now." ”

"The road is long and walk slowly."

"The kitten walks slowly, too." The maid looked down at the three-flowered cat on the ground who tilted her head to meet her, smiled and waved her hand, "Don't forget us, little cat." ”

“……”

The three-flowered cat stared at her silently.

Song You turned around and walked out of the pavilion, walking down the mountain with a cane.

The cat and the jujube red horse also hurriedly followed.

The maid turned her head and glanced at Miss Wanjiang, and only smiled and said, "Those demons and monsters in the north are going to be unlucky." ”

"The demons and monsters born in the troubled times, no matter how high the Tao is, they are just a group of barbarians, and it is only a matter of time before they are unlucky to act so arrogantly." The woman in white said lightly.

"It's a pity that I can't go with him, otherwise it's great to go over and watch the play."

"Put away the piano, let's go back too."

"Don't you see the excitement here?"

"Nothing to look at."

"You are the master, you have the final say......"

The two looked into the distance, and the Taoist had already walked away.

They looked at each other, not knowing what they were thinking.

……

The sound of horses' hooves is audible.

The mountain is not high, but the road is very steep, the loess road slopes upward, the slope is very large, it looks like it leads to the sky, if it is not for the pavilion on the mountain, and a private house, no one knows how high it will go.

The wind is bleak and the grass is swaying, a scene of early spring.

A few schoolchildren walked bent over the road, carrying school bags, and they should be going to the private school where they were going to school.

When they were young, they frolicked from time to time, and they had to run around and laugh on even such a steep road, and I don't know if they knew that this might be one of the happiest moments of their lives.

It's a pity that no one in this era can remember this moment.

After this day, no one can see this day.

"Meow!"

"It's peach blossoms."

"Meow ......"

The peach blossoms bloom early, in front of the house, behind the house, between the mountains and fields, but also add some spice to the journey.

It's just that the Taoist people are walking, and there are many more people in the rivers and lakes behind him, turning around and looking down the mountain behind him, there are still people from the rivers and lakes coming, or riding horses, or trotting with knives and bows, and the dark clouds in the sky are gathering more and more - after plotting for half a winter, the Taoist people from the You side finally went out of the city, and received news that there were a lot of people from the rivers and lakes in Changjing.

These Jianghu people did not approach, but followed the Taoist from a distance, and their eyes were aimed at the box wrapped in oilcloth on the back of the jujube red horse.

This wooden box is really conspicuous.

Song You looked up at the sky, picked a flat place, stopped, and turned around to wait for them.

……

Ask for a commuter pass!

(End of chapter)