"These people are really hateful, how can they frame you like this?" Xiao Mo scolded Jia Mi, Jia Gong, Shi Hui and others. While she was indignant for Shu Yan, she was worried about him, "How long will it take you to come back after such a long journey?" ”

"I've never been to the Western Regions, and I don't have any experience at all. It's just that I heard others say that if you want to go all the way to the west, the road is not like the Central Plains. There are many hills that horses can't run at all, and then there is a large expanse of the endless desert Gobi, which has no signs, and it is very easy to go in the wrong direction. And when I arrived in Dawan, I don't know if things went smoothly, so I'm not sure how long it will take to come back. ”

"What about half a year?"

"More than that, I'm afraid of a year?"

"So long? That—then I'll go with you. ”

Although Shu Yan knew that Xiao Mo had never acted according to ordinary people's practices, he couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this: "You go with me?" What do you think of this order of your cuisine? Is this the official prefect of the imperial court, do what he says, and don't do it if he says he doesn't do it? What do you do when you come back? ”

After you come back? Where did Xiao Mo think so much? Anyway, it's going to take a year. The reason why she is an official here is because of Shu Yan, if Shu Yan is gone for a year, why is she still staying here?

"And what about when you come back? After a year, will they let you continue to work as a Hua Liucheng or will you be reassigned to some other position? ”

"After I come back, I don't want any position, I just go back to my hometown and return to the field."

Xiao Mo was taken aback, and couldn't believe it: "Have you given up your career?" ”

"Yes."

"You're willing to give up?" Repeat the question and look forward to reconfirmation.

"Zhongzheng is unfair, the scholars are separated, and the court is rotten, what is there to be nostalgic for such an official career?"

If he really got a positive answer, Xiao Mo obviously couldn't adapt, he was happy for a while, he got used to it for a while, his eyes were bright, and he looked down: "Then you can't go back to your hometown to farm!" ”

"Why?"

"Have you forgotten what you promised me when we first met?"

"What did I promise you?" Shu Yan was inexplicable.

"You said that if you are disappointed by the official one day, you will accompany me to the end of the world and go to see the legendary sea!"

Yikes! Shu Yan thought about it, when he said this, he was just entering the official career, and he was proud of the spring breeze, but he just casually agreed at that time, where did he think that there would really be today!

"Wandering the world, free from any constraints, as free as butterflies and fish?"

Xiao Mo nodded vigorously.

Shu Yan felt the heat and sincerity, and responded with a hearty and firm answer: "I want to go!" ”

"Really?" Xiao Mo almost cried with joy. After years of waiting and dedication, I finally have to bear fruit! At this moment, not only is she not resentful, but she even has to thank this officialdom, this nine-grade official, Jia Gong, Shi Hui, Jia Mi and all the people and systems who gave Shu Yan frustration and caused her frustration.

"But what about your Treasure Order?"

"What kind of bird delicacies, of course I don't do it."

"Not doing it?" Shu Yan was almost speechless, "Although this delicacies are not as good as the Three Princes and Nine Emperors, it can be close to the emperor, which is a beauty that many people and even the children of the family dream of, and you have won the appreciation of the emperor and queen with your unique cooking skills." It can be said that your career is smooth, completely different from mine, wouldn't it be a pity to give up like this? ”

"What am I reluctant to give up? I've endured it here for so many years to be with you! Do you think I'm so rare this bird officer? ”

"For so many years, you are not here to accompany me for your career?"

"Of course, my ambition is to wander the world, and even the three princes and nine kings have never been envious, let alone this treasure order!"

"But what a price it took for you—to purify yourself for this?"

"Cleanse? Hahaha. "Xiao Mo has been with Shu Yan for so long, and at the same time, he has been blinded for so long. Now that the matter has come to this point, Xiao Mo suddenly felt that it was time to completely confess to him today? Are you really going to confess? In that case, will happiness come too suddenly?

"Brother Shu, if you turn me into an identical woman now, will you like me?"

Xiao Mo is a very bold character, but as soon as he said this, his cheeks turned crimson directly. She looked at Shu Yan's eyes in great surprise, not knowing how he would respond, both expectant and afraid. The little heart beats like a deer, it's like a galloping horse.

"Woman? Like? ”

Shu Yan didn't react to Xiao Mo's words at all, and suddenly heard someone outside shouting from afar: "Is Brother Shu here?" ”

The two of them seemed to have done something unseemly, and they were a little frightened by this shout, and when they went out, it was no one else, but Ye Zhen, and they hurriedly invited him in.

Ye Yan didn't have time to say hello to Xiao Mo, and when he entered the door, he asked Shu Yan directly: "I heard that you have changed, and I was about to go to the Chefu Office to ask you for an understanding, halfway through, someone said that I saw you here at the Zhenfu Bureau, and I happened to come nearby, you really don't want to do the Chefu order, but want to go to Dawan?" What the hell is going on? ”

Otherwise, Shu Yan also planned to resign to Ye Jian, and he happened to explain it to him at this time.

Ye Qing sighed very sadly when he heard this: "Brother Shu is a young talent, and he is the best among the poor people. We all take you as a banner, looking forward to you getting ahead, rising all the way, and fighting for us. Who knew that it would end up in such a field! ”

Shu Yan smiled very lightly: "Brother Ye has said too much, how can he be loved like this?" I Shu don't know how to be an official, maybe I shouldn't enter the official career at all, you and other colleagues should not take me as an example. The world is like this, since we want to mix the official career, we poor people should learn to meet more than the children of the family, and seek perfection. Even if it is difficult to find progress, at least you can find a way to save your life. ”

"That's it, that's it. Even someone like you, who has both ability and integrity, can't settle down, what can I expect? Ye Qing shook his head again and again, and suddenly said solemnly, "Forget it, forget it, don't talk about this." You go to Dawan, I have two things that I can't worry about you. ”

"What are the two things that Brother Lao Ye is worried about?"

"In fact, with your talent and temperament, no matter which errand is given to you, you will be sure that nothing cannot be done. But when you go to Dawan, there are two things you can't do. The first is the language barrier. You don't know how to speak, even if you are talkative, even if you are full of economy, no matter how you can, when you get there, it is equivalent to playing the piano to the cow, and you can't show it at all; Second, if you want to go to Dawan, you must go to the Guanzhong area and go out of Yumen Pass through Chang'an. But now the Guanzhong area supports Qi Wannian's rebellion, and the war continues, and the soldiers are chaotic, which is very dangerous. I'm just afraid that you will already be fierce and unlucky before you leave the territory of the Great Jin. ”

Ye Yan's words were very sincere, and Shu Yan couldn't help but thank him: "What Brother Ye said is very pertinent, why don't I worry about it, junior brother?" But what can Jia Mi do if he arranges it like this? I can only bite the bullet and go! ”

The two of them were sighing, and Xiao Mo came out of the room and smiled: "Hahaha." What kind of difficult thing should I do, just these two things, I don't have to worry about it at all. ”

"Brother Jiang, you-why are you hiding inside?"

It turned out that Xiao Mo already felt very shy when he asked Shu Yan if he liked him just now, and it happened to be Ye Yan's visit, so he felt even more embarrassed, so he secretly ran to the inner room.

"I was a little dizzy just now, take a rest inside, Brother Ye is not strange." 33

Ye Meng hurriedly said: "It's not strange, it's just that I want to ask Brother Xiao Mo, these two difficult things make Brother Shu frown, you actually said that you don't have to worry at all, can you come up with any good way to solve it?" ”

"What else do you have to think of? I'll figure it out myself. First, my grandmother was a Dawan. Although she has long been cut off from that side, and I don't know my relatives over there, I can't count on help, but I have learned Dawan dialect from her since I was a child, and I don't have to worry about communicating with Dawan people at all; Second, I am a Qiang person, and my grandfather is a Qiang chieftain, although I am not able to turn the tide and stop Qi Wannian from rebelling, but it is still no problem to protect one or two people from crossing the border. ”

After hearing this, Ye Jian was stunned, "Why do I listen to what you mean, as if I want to go with Brother Shu?" ”

"I'm going to go with you."

"How can you go with you? Don't you make a delicacies? ”

"Don't do it!"

"You are a god chef, even if you want to give up the official position, the emperor and queen can't let you go?"

"It's their business whether they let it go or not, and it's my business whether they can leave or not. I'm bent on leaving, who can stop me? ”

Ye Jian couldn't help nodding: "Of course it's good, you are used to going to the rivers and lakes, and you have those two advantageous conditions, with you accompanying Brother Shu to the west, it must be foolproof." But don't be careless, this trip is really too far, you two have to plan carefully. I still have something to do, so I won't bother you. ”

Saying goodbye to Ye Jian, Xiao Mo turned his head and found that Shu Yan was looking at him with inexplicable eyes, and instantly felt panicked.

"What kind of crazy thing you just said? What makes a woman? ”

"I-" Xiao Mo wanted to tell Shu Yan the truth today, but when he came to his mouth, he found that it was so difficult to speak. Maybe it's not time yet.

In short, he has been completely disappointed in his career, and he promised to accompany me to the end of the world, which is considered a boiled duck, are you still afraid that he will fly? Besides, on this journey, if the identity of a man and a woman is indicated, it must be inconvenient, and even a person who is so particular about the way of a gentleman refuses to take me on the road at all. Thinking of this, he pretended to be angry and asked, "Since you know that what I said is crazy, what do you still think it is true?" What to ask? ”

"You, I'm worried, you're still in the mood to make such a joke!"

"I'm afraid you're worried, so I'll tell you some jokes to ease your worries."

"With you by my side, not only will the journey not be lonely, but I will also be able to solve my two difficulties, and I am very happy. To tell you the truth, you can go with me, I can't ask for it. If I hadn't been worried about your official seal, I would have begged you directly. ”

Although I didn't hear the other party say affirmative words such as "I like a woman like myself" in the temptation just now, don't the two sentences "I am very happy" and "I can't ask for it" are obviously like? She couldn't wait to ask, "When are we leaving?" ”

"If you're all right, we'll leave tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

"The day after tomorrow—it's too tight. Can you wait three or four days? ”

"Three or four days? The imperial court is urging you not to say anything, not to mention that it doesn't take so long to prepare, right? ”

"We don't have to prepare anything, but we have to wait. Because, the wine I made for you is almost ready, how can I not let you finish it before leaving? ”

"Really?" Shu Yan was overjoyed, "In order to make wine, you have spent a lot of painstaking efforts, and now that success is imminent, how can you not wait?" You have to wait, wait until you drink this wine! ”

"Okay, you can go back and wait for my news."

At this time, Xiao Mo was still in the mood to care about the imperial meal. After Shu Yan left, she immediately returned to her room, thinking about how to be free. She thought: If she directly wrote a resignation sheet and handed it to her boss Guang Luxun, he would definitely not agree. Not only do I disagree, but I may also use the emperor and queen to pressure me. The emperor is okay to say, Empress Jia is so vicious, if I forcibly disobey her, how can I have my good fruit to eat? Hey, since the way of a gentleman doesn't work, just follow the way of a villain, and when the time comes, give him a goodbye and disappear out of thin air. Uh-it doesn't seem to be appropriate, everyone knows that I have the best relationship with Brother Shu, if I disappear on the same day as him, others will definitely suspect it, wouldn't that be a burden to Brother Shu?

Neither seems to work. She suddenly remembered the last time she went home because she wanted to learn to make wine, she asked Wang Rong for resignation, but Wang Rong disagreed, and she left by herself. After arriving home, it coincided with the death of his grandfather and grandmother, and after returning to Luoyang, he used this as a reason to ask for leave, but he was not punished.

Going home to visit the funeral, this is a reasonable and valid reason, but the grandfather and grandmother are gone, the maternal grandmother is gone, and the parents are not old, who is the excuse this time? It seems that I have to grieve my grandfather. Grandpa is a chief, a chief is a chief, and I don't have any other grandfather. What's more, this is not a curse, if the curse works, wouldn't Empress Jia have died ten thousand times? Okay, it's settled, and I said to Wang Rong - my grandfather is seriously ill, and I want to go home to visit.

Some people died, but not completely......