Coming and going without a trace, going with the current affairs.

Yang Xin ran wildly on the official road, hungry, tired, aggrieved, and terrifying, all kinds of emotions swept over her. Finally she was so exhausted that she could no longer hold it out, and she fell to the ground and fell asleep. Until a jingling sound woke her up, a donkey cart slowly drove towards her, a strong will to survive, so that Yang Xin struggled to stand up, and opened her arms to stop the donkey cart.

The coachman tightened the reins, and was about to scold people with great displeasure, but he felt compassion for Yang Xin's deep affection, and said: "This is going to Zhangwu County, do you want to get in the car?" ”

Yang Xin bit her pale lip, nodded, opened the cloth bag in her arms, grabbed a handful of copper coins and handed them over, the coachman shook his head and said, "Two is good!" ”

After taking the money, the coachman looked her up and down, looked at her pale and depressed face, and wanted to ask something, but seeing her miserable appearance, he swallowed the words in his mouth again, let go of his back, and said softly: "There is water in the carriage, you should drink some!" ”

Yang Xin licked her dry lips and said, "Thank you!" The voice was extremely hoarse, he was startled, climbed into the carriage, hurriedly took the kettle, and no longer cared about whether it was clean, raised his head and drank, with the rumbling sound of his throat, Yang Xin felt that his stomach was empty, and as the hunger struck, his body functions gradually recovered, and the depressed heart finally came to life.

"Let's go!" The coachman shouted, the clanging sound returned, and the donkey cart slowly moved forward. Yang Xin sat in the carriage, although there was no window, her feet could not be straightened, half leaning on the back box, walking all the way, bumping all the way, hitting her head for a while, hitting her feet for a while, and the bumps almost wanted to vomit, but only physical discomfort could make her feel real. The rime monster in the mountains, the simple log cabin of the post station, and the kind old man and old lady may be just a dream, maybe it's really just a dream!

As the bumps in the car became more and more intense, Yang Xin even wanted to jump out of the car several times to walk, but looking at the dust raised by the roadside, she didn't know what the road ahead was, so she was timid, so she gritted her teeth and insisted. Every time she felt physical pain and discomfort, the reality of crossing over to another world in her heart was even stronger.

I don't know how long it took, but the bump finally stopped, and the coachman shouted, "Here! Yang Xin couldn't wait to jump out of the car, looking at the city wall that came into view, and all kinds of emotions suddenly surged in her heart: she had crossed, really crossed! This city wall within reach, this is the ancient coachman in front of her, she can't help but shout in her heart: I am a living ancient person! Forget about the past, the past, from this moment onwards! Let's start from the "new"!

Thinking of this, her eyes were already firm, and she swept away the gloomy demeanor.

At this moment, in front of her eyes, is a city wall more than five meters high, the bottom of the city wall is a gray-black stone wall, there are two layers of attic on the majestic and solemn city wall, several soldiers can be faintly seen behind the neat battlement wall of the attic, the plaque in the middle of the city wall is inscribed with the word Zhangwu, with the wind and sun, the handwriting on the plaque is a little dim, but the sense of vigor still makes people feel powerful. Under the city wall, on the left and right sides of the wide oval doorway, stood two rows of soldiers wearing red clothes and trousers, with sheet armor in front of them, a sword at their waists, and a spear taller than a man in their right hands.

The scene that can only be seen in film and television dramas made Yang Xin excited, looking around with a radiant look, and couldn't help but want to get closer and touch the real armor for a while, but suddenly looked at the sharp eyes of the soldiers, and then looked at the cold face, Yang Xin suddenly panicked, and hurriedly walked through the city gate and walked into the city.

The gray stone road, with the city gate as the central axis, is lined with scattered and orderly houses, brick and wood, pure wood, all kinds of lines. The gray and white stone brick wall like an ink painting, the black straight line vertical tiles, and then looking at the finely carved door in front of the house, Yang Xin couldn't help but look dazzled, and couldn't help but let out a sigh of exclamation in her mouth.

Yang Xin saw it, suddenly looked at the strange eyes of the passers-by who threw her at her, remembered her actions, and lowered her head in shame, she was really Grandma Liu entering the city! Haven't seen anything! Don't dare to be embarrassed anymore, and don't know the direction, hurriedly walked forward, more and more people passed by her, and the noisy voices in her ears became clearer and clearer, and it turned out that she had unconsciously walked to the entrance of the market.

In front of the bazaar sat a tower, and on the tower there was a soldier watching. There was a lively shouting in the bazaar, Yang Xin followed the voice, walked in excitedly, and was immediately attracted by the dazzling array of things. There are those who sell leeks, ginger, green vegetables, millet and other agricultural products, there are those who sell timber and bamboo poles, there are those who sell oranges, chestnuts and miscellaneous fruits of the mountains, there are those who sell wine, pulp and tofu, there are those who sell cloth, hemp, silk, silk, animal skins, as well as bronze, pottery and wood......

Yang Xin looked here and there, and muttered in her heart: This is not much different from a modern farmers' market! If it weren't for the strange costumes and quaint buildings, I wouldn't have been able to tell where I was.

Suddenly, a special shout attracted Yang Xin's attention.

"Ask about the future, a hexagram and a divination ......"

The voice was clear, "Divination? Yang Xin suddenly became interested, and hurriedly walked over to see, only to see a small low table, a white cloth in front of the table, two rolls of bamboo rolls in a corner of the table, a tortoise shell and gossip in the table, and a wooden pole stood on the table, and the white cloth hanging on the wooden pole wrote a "Bu". Behind the table sat a young man, also dressed in a white cloth robe.

Yang Xin looked at this line, and was amazed in her heart, this bridge fortune teller stall was still presentable, remembering that she was alone, and she didn't even know where to go tomorrow, not to mention the future, she was melancholy for a while, and came to the low table and asked carefully: "Dare to ask, what can this hexagram do?" ”

The young man didn't look at Yang Xin directly, and only replied loudly: "One hundred yuan and one hexagram, collect the money first, and then divinate the hexagram." Heaven and earth are opened, from the past, now, and in the future. ”

Yang Xin frowned slightly, looking at the young man's contemptuous look, is it so dragging? I am already extremely uncomfortable in my heart, isn't it just a charlatan, what's the big deal, I can't help but get angry, and I said in my heart, see how I clean you up! After pondering for a while, he immediately had an idea, squeezed out his face full of sincerity, and asked, "What if the hexagram is not accurate?" ”

The young man replied disdainfully: "If the hexagram is not accurate, I am willing to accept this stall and send it for the girl!" ”

Yang Xin carefully looked at the young man in front of him, about twenty years old, his face was thin, but his eyes were bright, looking at his nostrils, Yang Xin remained silent, smiled slightly, took out a handful of copper coins and handed it over, the young man only squinted his eyes, and said disdainfully: "Twenty!" ”

Yang Xin couldn't help but be speechless, she took a half-day car ride to give two copper coins, which turned out to be twenty! Afraid that he would boast that he would not count the words of "if he is not allowed to be sent", he hurriedly said: "A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the expression on the young man's face changed slightly, and he was stunned, but he still held his head high and said proudly: "That's it! What did you do? ”

Dragged unbelievable things, Yang Xin looked at him and was even more angry, the most self-righteous person in his life, bowed his head and thought for a moment, and said indifferently: "This past year, where should it be a good day?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the literary brilliance was brilliant, and the young man knew that the person in front of him was also a well-educated person, so he instantly restrained his arrogance, and bowed his hand, saying: "The little lady is so literate!" ”

Yang Xin smiled and said nothing, seeing that the person in front of him was impressed by his "literary talent", his attitude changed completely, without pretentiousness, and his hatred for this person was suddenly gone.

The young man bowed to the four directions, with a serious face, and asked Yang Xin to put twenty copper coins into the tortoise shell, and then took out a pottery bowl containing water, put two wooden blocks on the side of the pottery bowl, quickly lit three straws and stuffed them into the tortoise shell, held the tortoise shell and circled on the wooden block, and threw the tortoise shell into the water, with a snort, the fire went out, and the green smoke rose, so he picked up the tortoise shell and shook it in the direction of Yang Xin, but not a coin fell in, the young man "Huh", and then turned the direction and shook again, changed the posture and direction and shook it hard, Still no copper coins have fallen out. The young man's face changed, and he unwillingly turned the direction again, shaking them one by one in all directions, but no matter how hard he tried, none of the copper coins in the tortoise shell fell out, and the young man's face changed greatly, and he was extremely surprised, no matter how hard he tried, there was still nothing on the table.

Yang Xin looked at the posture of the young man, stunned in place, completely different from the divination he imagined, his eyes looked at the young man without blinking, for fear that he would miss any place, what kind of divination this is, he didn't know why at all.

Suddenly, the young man looked up to the sky and sighed, and asked in a trembling voice, "Dare to ask where the little lady came from and where she is going?"

Yang Xin's eyes were a little dazed, where did she come from? Where will it go? Can the world that came still go? Where should I go in this world now? I didn't know how to answer, so I lowered my head and sighed softly: "When you come, you will go without a trace, and you will go with the current affairs!" ”

Hearing this answer, the young man's hand trembled, and the tortoise shell in his hand fell on the table with a "bang", stood up, bowed down to Yang Xin at ninety degrees, and said, "Xiaosheng is willing to follow the little lady!" ”

Yang Xin looked stunned, what is this for? What did I say wrong? Or did you do something wrong and follow me for what? Just kidding! So he sank his face and said coldly: "Don't laugh, childe!" ”

The young man did not stand up straight, still bowed, and said extremely sincerely: "The little lady is a person of heaven, there is no hexagram, I implore the little lady to let Xiaosheng follow." ”

Yang Xin was embarrassed and didn't know how to deal with it, the words "Heavenly Dao people, no hexagram without a trace" made her heart tremble, does this person know that I am from nowhere? Isn't this ancient divination a liar? Could it be that in the more than 5,000 years of history of China, the art of divination is so magical? Countless thoughts swirled in Yang Xin's heart, and secretly looking at this young man's bowing didn't look like a play, he was originally on a whim, he was angered by his invincible attitude, and he wanted to make fun of him, how could it be? How should it end? The words I sent were originally jokes, but looking at his sincere appearance, without pretense, I felt faintly ashamed, and my tone softened, and I hurriedly said: "Childe get up first!" ”

Who knew that the young man's tone was very resolute, and he said: "If Mr. doesn't agree, he can't afford to give birth!" ”

Yang Xin was so anxious that she was sweating, what should I do? What to do? This is to experience the plot of the TV series firsthand! I thought that this person was just an ancient charlatan, but who knew that this person's divination seemed to have some doorways, and now he was ready to pack his luggage and follow himself! Thinking about the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei fooled Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in just a few words, could it be that he, a modern person, with his "literary talent", so easily convinced this ancient literati? What to do? If Liu Bei told Guan Yu and Zhang Fei what I said about King Jing of Zhongshan back then, he would have fooled you, I don't know if he would have been hacked to death on the spot? What do the people of heaven have to do with me! I'm just an elementary school teacher, ordinary people can't be ordinary anymore, what if I tell him? Will he believe it? Seeing him like this, he is completely determined to follow me, hey, what should I do! Then I thought about it again: I have crossed over anyway, looking at his appearance, it is clear that he is a pedantic reader, his emotions are all written on his face, and he is not like a bad person, in this world where he doesn't know anything, there is a person who is willing to follow, that shouldn't be a bad thing, right? Thinking of this, Yang Xin cautiously nodded in agreement.

Hearing the answer, the young man got up and said, "Xiaosheng Liu Xin, Zijun." Dare to ask the gentleman's name? ”

Yang Xin listened to this crepe words, and hurriedly told her name, but the words of this scholar, she hadn't thought about it for a while, so it would be good to do it first.

The young man said respectfully: "Mr. Xiaosheng remembers, please ask where Mr. stays, Xiaosheng will go home first to pack his bags, and come to find Mr. later." ”

Yang Xin thought that she didn't know where she would stay tonight, so she asked, "What's the name of the inn here?" ”

"Return to the clouds."

The two agreed on a place to meet, and the young man immediately packed up his stall and bowed to Yang Xin and turned around and left. This sudden encounter made Yang Xin's heart a little uneasy, and the novelty of visiting the market was gone, and her heart was pounding, thinking that it would be better to go to Guiyun Inn first. Along the periphery, walking outward, just walked to the corner of the backlight, suddenly a middle-aged man in ragged clothes jumped out, stretched out his hand to block her way. Yang Xin panicked in her heart, and screamed "ah", the corner was not love, but a big man with a stubble on his face. The big man also seemed to be frightened, and said in a low voice: "Don't make a sound! Don't make a sound! ”

Yang Xin turned her head and wanted to run, but at this corner, the big man stretched out his hand to stop her, and a peculiar smell came, Yang Xin panicked in her heart, and instinctively shouted loudly: "Help!" Help me! The big man grabbed her with one hand and hurriedly covered her mouth vigorously.

"Save the ......" Yang Xin struggled, but the disparity in strength made everything seem so powerless.

Just when Yang Xin was desperate, suddenly two spears pointed straight at the head of the big man, and the two soldiers held the spears and shouted: "Let go!" Suddenly touching this cold spear, the big man was immediately deflated, where had he seen this scene, he was so frightened that he fell to his knees with a plop, and hurriedly said: "The soldier spares his life, the soldier spares his life!" ”

The soldier said with a dark face: "Say, what are you doing!" ”

The big man just now, like a puppy, knelt on the ground obediently, and said incoherently in a trembling voice: "Master Bing spare his life!" Soldier spare his life! I...... I was just...... I want to sell the little girl to ...... The little lady is a maid...... Always ...... Opened...... That's it...... Mount...... Registration, but what can I do...... One-day ...... No one asked......"

Hearing his answer, one of the soldiers took out the bundled wooden coffin from his sleeve and looked at it, nodded, and the two bowed to Yang Xin and turned to leave. Yang Xin carefully looked at the big man who had already been paralyzed on the ground, only to see that although his face was full of stubble, his expression was very haggard, his robe was torn, his trouser legs were full of yellow dirt, and a pair of straw sandals were worn out. Where's your little daughter? Let's go see how? ”

Hearing this, Dahan instantly became energetic, for fear that Yang Xin would regret it, so he stood up and said, "Here, here, the little lady comes with me!" ”

Yang Xin followed the big man around and around and came to the other side of the market, where a little girl was squatting by the wall, and when she saw them running over, she shouted: "Daddy, Daddy, have you found a nobleman......

The big man hurriedly took the little girl's hand, forbade her to speak, turned her whole person to Yang Xin and said: "Little lady, this is a little girl, ten years old, can do needlework, can cook, can do sundries, can do farm work, you look at her hands, very coincidental, you look at her face, there is no lack of anything, you look at her waist, good birth, if you don't like her, you can marry her to someone else in two years" Yang Xin looked at the little girl in front ......of her: it was a cold day, barefoot, wearing old linen clothes with holes and patches, although her face was a little dark, But the eyes are very big, and I am very puzzled, is such a cute little girl willing to sell? "Is this really your daughter?" ”

Dahan hurriedly said: "Yes! It's my daughter! If the little lady doesn't believe it, the soldier at the door has done household registration! ”

Yang Xin asked again: "Why do you want to sell her?" ”

The big man let out a long sigh, shook his head helplessly, and said: "My little daughter and I haven't eaten for two days, there are two daughters and a son to be fed at home, and the old mother is still on the sickbed. I beg the little lady to buy the little girl! ”

Yang Xin looked at the man and the little girl in front of her, her heart was very sour, whether it was ancient or modern, this poor person had it everywhere, secretly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, hurriedly took out a cloth bag, took out a gold cake and handed it over, and said, "Is this enough?" ”

Seeing the golden cake, the middle-aged man was startled, fell to his knees with a plop and quickly thanked him: "Thank you, little lady!" Thank you, little lady! ”

"Go back!" Yang Xin waved her hand, she couldn't bear to see this human tragedy, she turned around and walked out of the market, and after a few steps, the little girl just now chased after her, pulling the corner of Yang Xin's clothes, Yang Xin bent down and looked at her and said softly: "Go home with your father, I won't buy you!" ”

The little girl blinked her eyes wide, and said in a glutinous voice: "Please ask the master for Ah Yan, I don't want to go back with Daddy, my mother died early, my sister is still young, I have to get up to boil water and work every day." A few days ago, I accidentally offended the son of the second son of the Dasi farmer's housekeeper, and he said, in two years, you must get my hands on me. Please, the master will ask for me! Please! As she spoke, she was about to kneel, Yang Xin hurriedly pulled her up, looked at her earnest expectant gaze, thinking of the tragic fate of this ancient woman, this little girl should not have a good time when she goes home, since she has met it, it is better to follow herself! took her hand at the moment, and was shocked, this skin is not only rough but also a little prickly, at such an age, younger than the children in the class...... With a little sour in his heart, he said softly: "If you want to go with me, then you don't have to call me master in the future, and don't call yourself a maid, just call ourselves sisters." ”。

The little girl saw that Yang Xin agreed, her face showed joy, and she responded with a sweet smile: "Thank you, sister!" ”

Look at how clever this little girl is! Yang Xin liked it very much, remembering that she hadn't eaten for two days, so she asked where the Guiyun Inn was, and pulled the little girl there. Secretly watching her walk barefoot and smiling casually, Yang Xin felt really uncomfortable.