On the day of the Shangyuan Festival.

Unexpectedly, Song You hadn't left yet, but General Chen came to say goodbye to him first.

"I wanted to say goodbye to Mr. in person at that time, but His Majesty ordered me to return to the north and guard the north, so I had to say goodbye and thank Mr. first." General Chen said, clasping his fists and saluting solemnly, "Thank you, Mr. for speaking for Chen in front of Your Majesty and saving Chen's life." ”

"The general has already made arrangements, and he just passed a word in the middle for the general." Song You said, "Besides, Your Majesty has already made a decision, and it has little to do with me." ”

"But it has to be sir."

General Chen still maintained a posture of clenching his fists, and his expression was solemn.

In fact, he was later summoned by the emperor to the palace for a night talk, and after listening to the emperor talk about that night's conversation, he knew that although Mr. Song did not directly ask His Majesty to let him go, he only truthfully stated the facts and pros and cons, but this fact and pros and cons can only be said by him.

To be honest, he was defending him.

Not to mention the emperor's last question......

The gentleman clearly protected him.

If it weren't for what Mr. Song heard about it, Fu Longguan would not easily see the world usher in a catastrophe due to a simple matter, and I am afraid he would not have let him go back to the north so simply.

Even if you don't kill him, you have to keep him in the court.

"The general doesn't need to be polite." Song You said to him, poured two glasses of wine, "Since the general left Beijing one step ahead of me, I will give the general a glass of practice wine." ”

One cup was handed to him, and one cup was held for himself.

Sanhua Niangniang has long been not interested in wine.

Hands saluted each other and drank it all.

"Good wine."

General Chen's eyes narrowed.

"Trust the general, I only hope that the general will not fail me." Song You took back his wine glass and said to him solemnly, "Peace is not easy to come by, the general is a hero of the world, and he should protect the peace of the world." ”

“……”

General Chen's expression suddenly froze when he heard this, he had just picked up a life, this is to thank him, what else is there to say at this time, almost without hesitation, he raised the empty cup and said to him: "Mr. Chen's life in exchange for a promise from His Majesty, and Mr. Chen also gave Mr. a promise......

A slight pause:

"My generation of martial artists has always taken it as their responsibility to protect the country and the country, and Chen must do the same. As long as His Majesty does not take Chen's life, he will do his best to keep Dayan peaceful. If one day, Chen broke his oath and was going to bring disaster to the people of Dayan, please ask Mr. to kill me with a sword, and there will be no resentment. Not only Chen, but also Chen's descendants and generations. ”

"The general's words are serious, and he won't use the sword in the next place." Song You paused as he spoke, "By the way, how did Your Majesty consider the matter of establishing a prince?" ”

"This ......"

General Chen frowned, embarrassed and didn't know what to say, and finally only said: "Your Majesty has not made a decision yet." ”

"That's ......"

Song You couldn't help but squint his eyes.

It seems that at that time, his words to persuade the old emperor to make a decision early did not work, and the old emperor still failed to make a decision. Either the decision was too difficult to make, or maybe he had something else to consider.

Song You shook his head.

I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse.

General Chen soon left.

I heard that I will leave Beijing today.

There are five military towns in the north of the town, and now he has handed over the military power of the three towns, and only commands the military power of the two towns of Yuanzhi and Shuofeng, in exchange for the Marquis of Wu'an. His Majesty ordered him to return to the north, go deep into Saibei, and essentially bring most of the original territory of Saibei under the rule of Dayan. At this time, Dayan should be the pinnacle of history, in every sense.

Song You also turned back and began to pack his luggage.

Just a few days after returning to Beijing, Song You took Sanhua Niangniang to the City God Temple to retrieve two paintings, hung upstairs for three months, and now packed their luggage, and sent them back to the City God Temple, even with Song You wrote a thick travelogue in the past few years also sealed and brought over, please City God to help preserve, meet next time to return to Beijing, and then come to pick up, so as not to suffer from their own horses.

The next time I return to Beijing, I don't know which prince the emperor's throne will fall into, and I don't know if there will be turmoil in Changjing, and no one can say what will happen in the future.

Depositing it with him is good for both parties.

Night is slowly falling, and there are many rivers of lights on the streets, just like the Mid-Autumn Festival that year.

Song You also called Sanhua Niangniang, put on her pony lantern, and he himself brought up the lantern given by the little ghost in the mountains of Pingzhou, turned into two lights, and integrated into the river.

……

On the sixteenth day of the first month of the eighth year of Mingde, in the morning.

The streets of Changjing were full of dew.

The "Dao" flag and shop sign outside the door of the small building have been taken down, packed up and placed in the store, standing at the door of a jujube red horse, carrying a bag on his back, a three-flower cat standing at the feet of the horse, naturally looking small in comparison, is looking up at this small building, I don't know what I am thinking.

The Taoist stood at the door and locked the door.

After locking it, he tilted his head and took two steps back, and habitually glanced upstairs next door, and in a trance, as if he felt that the window should be opened, a figure leaned out, and looked at them with a smile.

It's just obviously impossible.

Next time may be the last time I go back to Changjing, I don't think I will see such a picture.

"Let's go."

The Taoist put the key in the quilt bag and stepped forward.

Xu is too tired from the lantern festival the night before, Changjing has the custom of not opening the door to do business on the second day of the Shangyuan Festival, the shops and storefronts in Changjing are almost closed, and there are not many vendors selling vegetables on the street, the whole willow street shows a rare cleanliness in the early morning, only the sound of horses' hooves is echoing, and it is also leisurely, stepping on the morning dew, all the way forward.

Fortunately, there were still people who came to see off Song You.

There are quite a few people who come.

More than the last time I left Beijing, and more than the last time I left Yidu.

Song You thanked them one by one and left the city.

At this time, Changjing has a bit of early spring scene, the spring is bright, the weather is warm, it is not hot to wear a little thin and rush against the sun, and the peach blossoms on the side of the road have bloomed a lot.

This road is the road that was taken when entering Beijing for the first time, and it is also the road that Song You twice sent the jujube red horse to the mountain, the village and town markets along the way outside the city, the wine flag beckoned, the people outside the city are not as particular as the city, but there are a few shops selling morning tea bags that have opened their doors, Song You bought some steamed buns to take on his body to make dry food, and bought a churning candy for his children to eat.

Slowly walked out of the village and town market outside the city, the wine flags of the rear building shop were far away, and the Taoist found a small hillside, sat on the big rock, basked in the sun and rested, and looked at "Jisheng of the Land".

This way to the south, I am afraid that there are hundreds of miles of roads in Angzhou that have been walked.

It seems that the last time was also the beginning of spring.

It's just that when you go back and forth, the direction is different, and the scenery in your eyes is naturally different.

After walking a few hundred miles, you will reach Fengzhou.

It's just that Zijun is still in the southernmost corner of Toyosu.

This map is drawn simply and abstractly, according to Song You's experience over the years, the scale of the map on this "Jisheng of the Land" is unbelievable, so he can't tell whether it is far or near.

The Taoist pondered as he flipped through it.

Sanhua Niangniang sat next to her, holding two small bamboo sticks, stained with reddish-brown slimy sugar, she held a bamboo stick in one hand, quickly stirred and played, so that the sugar was wrapped back and forth on the bamboo stick, from time to time stretched out her tongue and licked it gently, then squinted her eyes, very enjoyable, for the behavior and thoughts of the Taoist priests around her, is completely indifferent.

Just eating, she suddenly turned her head and looked at the way she and the Taoist priest came.

There is a loess road below, and there are many cars.

Sanhua Niangniang sniffed and handed the bamboo stick in her left hand to her right hand, holding it together, keeping a posture of staring at the way she came, but she just stretched out her hand to the side, grabbed the Taoist priest's clothes and pulled them.

"What's wrong?"

The Taoist turned to her and asked.

"Fox ......"

The little girl stared straight ahead.

The Taoist followed her gaze.

I saw that on the loess road, most of the cars and pedestrians went to Changjing, but there was a carriage, going to their side, and the driver who drove the car was a restaurant guy he had seen, and the frog became a fine.

Before the carriage arrived, the curtain was lifted.

Leaning out was the body of the maid, aiming at them.

"Appeal ......"

The carriage staggered and came to a halt on the road below them.

The maid jumped down first, lifted the curtain, and welcomed the master down.

Song You was already waiting for them on the side of the road.

"If you obviously say that the time is right, you will go out of Changjing together, why don't you say goodbye?" Miss Wanjiang asked, her tone was so calm that it was impossible to tell that it was an accusation.

"The Taoist chief is so unsympathetic."

Song You almost knew their temperament.

It seems that only the maid has a little problem, but in fact, both of them have a little problem, but one has a big problem and one has a small problem, or one hides deeply and the other does not hide, and he loves to play two roles, so he doesn't respond to their questions, but just asks: "How do you know that we will leave Beijing today?" ”

"The Taoist chief said that he would leave Beijing after the beginning of spring, and the weather has been warm recently, which is suitable for travel, and the literati of Changjing have gone out one after another, and I guess that the Taoist chief will almost leave Beijing in these days." Miss Wanjiang smiled slightly and said, "Yesterday's Shangyuan Lantern Festival, in order to celebrate the prosperous era, was the most lively Lantern Festival in recent years, and I guess that the Taoist Chief will definitely leave Beijing after enjoying the Lantern Festival." ”

"It just so happens that we think so too." The maid smiled and said, "After sending the princess, seeing that the New Year is coming, I want to celebrate a New Year, and after the New Year, I want to wait for the weather to be fine, the weather is clear, and I want to see that it will be the Shangyuan Lantern Festival in a few days, and I want to enjoy the Lantern Festival, but fortunately, there will be nothing to do after that, otherwise, maybe we will have to delay it for a few more days, and we will miss it with the Taoist." ”

"I see."

Song You nodded and said.

Sanhua Niangniang stood beside him, still playing with churning candy, staring at the two people in front of her.

"The Taoist is going south, we are also going south, the Taoist is going to Fengzhou for his travels, and we have to pass through Fengzhou when we go to Yangzhou, I don't know if we can go with us for a while?" Miss Wanjiang said, "There is gin and old friends to accompany me." ”

"It just so happens that we also plan to follow the example of the Taoist in the future, send love to the heavens, the earth, the lakes and the sea, and visit the rivers and mountains, so as to learn how the Taoist travels." The maid said.

"Two ......"

Song You looked at them with a smile: "I'm going to go to Zijun Yinnan to visit the ghost town of Yeshan, won't the two of you also go there?" ”

(End of chapter)