The next day, after Li Ke returned to Li's house to say goodbye to his mother, he returned to his room, picked up the baggage and long sword that Linji had packed before, and was about to go out but found Linji standing outside the door without saying a word, tears about to burst out of his eyes.

"Little Jizi, young master, I will leave today, and the young master will not be here in the future, don't let others bully you." Li Ke looked at the sad Linji and said.

"Young master, Lin Ji has been by the young master's side since he was a child, if the young master leaves, Lin Ji really doesn't know what to do, without the young master by his side, it makes no sense for me to stay in the Li family, it's better for the young master to take me away." Lin Ji looked at Li Ke expectantly.

Li Ke pondered for a long time, knowing that he was expelled from the house this time, the road ahead was vast, and he didn't know where to go, so he couldn't bear to take Linji to suffer hardships, so he patted Linji's shoulder and said: "Little Jizi, young master, I know that you have a deep affection for me, but this time is different, you still continue to stay in the Li family, at least there is a shelter, at least three or five months, at least three or five years, and when the young master and I are developed, I will write to you, and then it will not be too late for you to go to the young master." ”

When Linji heard this, the tears that were about to burst out of his eyes suddenly poured out like a dam that opened the floodgates. He understood that the young master was thinking about him, and he didn't want to suffer with him, let alone leave the place where he had lived for many years. So he said: "I understand the young master's thoughts, and I also remember the young master's affection for me, in the days when the young master is away, I will clean the young master's room well, in case the young master comes back one day." If the young master has a home outside, he must inform Linji that no matter how high the mountains and the sea are, Linji will come by himself. ”

Li Ke saw Linji's aggrieved look, and his heart became more and more reluctant, but the matter has come to this point, the long road will be gone, and he will be alone, and he will not move forward, so he left Linji and went out of Li's house, and there was no longer any involvement.

Li Ke, who left the Li family, did not leave Jinyang City immediately, but went to find his friend Xiu Ming, who knew about Li Ke and did not say much, but just greeted Li Ke with wine and food, and arranged for Li Ke to live in his own home.

Li Ke knew Xiuming's good intentions, and hurriedly refused: "Brother Xiuming, the guest is here today, just to get drunk with Brother Xiuming, and then he will be alone and walk the world. ”

"Anyway, since Brother Li Ke is so refreshing, Xiu Ming and I will follow Brother Ke today, sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman, and I won't stop if I don't get drunk."

The two of them drank wildly while slapping the chopsticks and singing, and the unbridled laughter and chanting echoed in Xiuming's house, which was so comfortable.

Between stopping the cup, Xiu Ming suddenly asked Li Ke: "Brother Hak, if you leave Jinyang City, Brother Hakka is really willing to quit Miss Si Yao in the Jade Building, then Miss Si Yao is so graceful and unparalleled in literary and artistic skills, does Brother Hakka really want to abandon the beauty and go?" ”

Li Ke thought about Si Yao's appearance in his heart, and the ripples in his heart were overflowing, and he really had that reluctance, and thought of what he was experiencing now, and said: "Brother Xiuming, Ke is now alone, presumably this matter has been known to the whole city, Miss Si Yao is peerless, how can I mistake the beauty, it's just that, since ancient times, ruthlessness is better than affection, and the beauty of patience is accompanied by Ling Ding." ”

Xiu Ming naturally knew what Li Ke meant, and while comforting Li Ke, on the other hand, on the pretext of relieving him, he secretly arranged for his subordinates to inform Si Yao of the news that Li Ke was leaving Jinyang City, and also brought Li Ke's chant of 'ruthlessness is better than affection since ancient times, and the beauty of patience is accompanied by Ling Ding'.

Li Ke didn't know anything about this, and drank with Xiuming until late at night, and finally fell unconscious and stayed at Xiuming's house for one night.

In the early morning of the next day, a horse roar woke Li Ke up from his sleep, slowly pushed open the window, and saw a white horse standing in the courtyard, with bright eyes, strong limbs, and a diamond-shaped black hair on the eyebrows that made the horse look heroic.

Li Ke saw the excitement in the courtyard, so he walked out of the room and asked Xiuming: "Brother Xiuming, where did you get such a good horse early in the morning?" Is this going far away? ”

Xiu Ming replied in a low mood: "You, if you don't think that you have to travel far away and have no foot strength, then I will order someone to bring back the good horse that I have fostered in the horse farm outside the city, and it should be a separate gift for the guest brother." ”

"Brother Xiuming, this horse is really precious, do you really want to give it to me?" Li Ke looked at Xiu Ming with a surprised expression.

"Then what's the way, you don't want to stay here, you and I have a relationship, since you are leaving, you must have a courtesy, so as not to be worthy of you and my brother." Xiu Ming touched the horse's mane with his hand and replied sincerely in his mouth.

"And this horse is famous?"

"This horse's name is Haoyu, but it can travel thousands of miles a day, if you don't have to leave, I really can't bear to send you." Xiu Ming replied.

After some conversation, it was time to part. Xiu Ming led the horse and Li Ke side by side, until the east gate tower of the city, along the way, the two of them talked and laughed back and forth, but at this time standing under the city gate, neither of them spoke, they both looked at the distant mountains outside the city and the vast world.

"Okay, Brother Xiuming, you and I are brothers, brothers for life, we are here today, and we must remember that we can send you thousands of miles, and we will say goodbye here." In the end, it was Li Ke who opened his mouth first.

Xiu Ming didn't answer, just pulled up his long sleeves and said goodbye.

Li Ke knew that silence was better than sound at this time, so he didn't say anything more, and immediately stepped on his horse and walked away. Xiu Ming looked at the freshly dressed white horse in the distance in front of the door, and his heart was full of emotion, until the person and horse disappeared into the smoke and dust.

After Li Ke rode his horse and galloped out, he didn't dare to turn back, and galloped all the way, until Xiu Ming couldn't see it, and then slowed down.

It's just that what Li Ke didn't expect was that after separating from Xiuming, he didn't go far before he saw two people looking up at each other under the lookout pavilion in front of him. Li Ke rode his horse and gradually walked forward, but it was Si Yao and the maid Ling'er here.

Seeing that Li Ke hadn't dismounted yet, Ling'er rushed forward to stop Li Ke: "Li Ke Gongzi, Miss Si Yao knows that you are leaving today, so I am here to wait for you to see you off, and I also ask Gongzi to get off the horse and see you." ”

Li Ke, who heard this, was a little surprised, he didn't tell Si Yao the news that he was leaving, how could he be here today. However, Li Ke did not hesitate, and quickly dismounted and walked towards the pavilion.

"How did Miss Si Yao know that Li Ke left today? Coming here to see each other off really made Li Keqing unbearable. Li Ke looked at Si Yao in front of him with love but melancholy.

"Childe is leaving, how can I inform the little girl, after all, in the entire Jinyang City and even the whole world, only Childe can be regarded as a confidant, if he leaves quietly like this, then Si Yao will no longer have a soulmate." There was a hint of complaint in Si Yao's words.

Li Ke knew that since the two of them met in Yulou that night, they had put each other into their hearts, but this time they were expelled from the house, which was really helpless, so they never wanted to tell Si Yao, which was indeed a little inappropriate.

"Miss Si Yao, how could Li Ke not know, since that night, the girl has also become a confidant in Li Ke's heart, but Li Ke is now down, and he really can't bear to tell the girl, let alone say goodbye to the girl, so he made such a choice, and I hope that Miss Si Yao will take care of it." Li Ke looked at Si Yao affectionately.

Si Yao's face turned red when Li Ke looked at him. So he invited Li Keting to sit down and prepared food and drink.

"Li Ke's son, since he is a bosom friend, let's drink a few cups together and then leave, it can be regarded as Si Yao's action for the son."

Li Ke and Si Yao sat down together, picked up wine glasses together, looked at each other and drank down.

During the banquet, neither of them spoke, as if they were both thinking about the bits and pieces of the Yulou, and after three glasses of wine, Li Ke was about to leave, because Li Ke was afraid that if he continued like this, he would not be able to bear to leave.

At this time, Si Yao opened his mouth and said: "Si Yao knows that he can't keep his son, the vast world outside is the world in his son's heart, and Si Yao doesn't dare to stop it, let's have another drink, which can be regarded as consoling the fate of the previous encounter." ”

Li Ke looked at Si Yao, who was full of reluctance, neatly picked up the wine glass and drank it all, got up and was about to leave.

Si Yao called out to Li Ke at this moment: "Son, slow down, since you and I are already bosom friends today, then call me Yao'er in the future, so that it will be closer." ”

I never thought that Li Ke would also blurt out: "Got it, Yao'er." "Come to think of it, this Yao'er is afraid that she has shouted thousands of times in Li Ke's heart, if it weren't for this change, she would definitely have a good story with Si Yao.

When Si Yao heard this, his heart was both happy and sad. Watching Li Ke walk out and straddle the horse, tears in his eyes were about to slide down.

Li Ke didn't go far, he heard a flute sound coming from behind, the flute sound was tactful and inexhaustible desolation, and there was a trace of thought in the desolation, Li Ke looked back and saw that Si Yao was blowing the flute in the direction he left to say goodbye, this scene made the ripples in Li Ke's heart tumble into huge waves, Si Yao's shadow became clearer and clearer in his mind, and his emotions began to be more chaotic.

"Phew!" Li Ke stopped the white horse, turned the horse's head and galloped towards the lookout pavilion. Ling'er saw that Li Ke was rushing back, and hurriedly said to Si Yao: "Miss! You see that Li Kegongzi is back again, do you think he is reluctant to Miss Miss's decision not to leave? ”

"Ling'er Hugh wants to talk nonsense, I hope Li Gongzi stays, but I know he won't, I think I forgot something and didn't explain, so I just came back." After speaking, Li Ke had already jumped down from his horse in front of him.

I saw Li Ke take off the burden from the horse, walked into the pavilion, put the burden on the table and began to rummage, and read in his mouth: "Yao'er, you and I are bosom friends, and today you send each other affectionately, after I think about it, I feel that I should also have something to give back to you, so that this acquaintance is in vain." ”

Li Ke rummaged through, and in addition to clothes and entanglements, there was actually an extra letter in the baggage. Li Ke opened it and saw that it was written by his grandfather, it turned out that Li Ke's grandfather was worried that Li Ke would have nowhere to go after being expelled from the house, so he quietly asked Linji to put the silver ticket and some broken silver into Li Ke's baggage, and there was a title deed together with the silver ticket, and this property was purchased by Li Ke's grandfather many years ago.

Li Ke thought to himself, sure enough, it was his grandfather who was the best for him, but when he came back to his senses, he was about to leave, what was the use of this courtyard, and then turned his head to look at Si Yao behind him, Li Ke suddenly had an idea in his heart.

Li Ke took the deed in his hand, walked over to Si Yao, and said: "Yao'er, you and I have known each other, and I don't want you to wander around again, you hold this deed, it was given to me by my grandfather, and the people of the Li family don't know where this property is, you and Ling'er move over to live, so that you don't have to show your head again, and there will be no more risks, let alone drifting around." ”

Si Yao looked at Li Ke in front of him, and hurriedly refused: "This deed is too valuable, I can't ask for it." ”

Li Ke knew that Si Yao would not accept it easily, so he said: "Obedient, Yao'er, these things are just things outside my body now, far less important than you, I was expelled from the house by the Li family, even if I stay, I want to come to the Li family and the Tian family will not let me live well, it is better to leave in style, and you are different, if you stay in Jinyang City, no one will embarrass you, and this mansion is located in a secluded place in the west of the city, you can live with peace of mind." ”

Si Yao shook his head: "No, I can't accept it." ”

Li Ke patiently explained: "Then let's do it, you take the deed and Ling'er to live in first, it can be regarded as helping me take care of the yard, and if I come back one day, there will be somewhere to find you, otherwise when you return, you will no longer be here, wouldn't it be a pity." ”

Seeing that Li Ke was so affectionate and sincere, Si Yao hesitated for a moment and took the deed from Li Ke's hand.

"That's right, you and Ling'er will live in peace in Jinyang City and wait for me to come back, and then we will be drinking and singing for a long time." Li Ke looked at Si Yao with reluctance in his eyes, and after speaking, he took out a pen and paper from his burden to repair the book and handed it to Si Yao, so that when his grandfather came to find him later, Si Yao couldn't tell him about the deed and caused trouble.

Si Yao looked at Li Ke, who was full of thoughts and thoughts, and the friendship in his heart became a little more. And Li Ke also rode on the white horse after explaining, but this time he did not leave directly, but rode on the horse and looked back at Si Yao, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Yao'er, this courtyard is for my grandfather to prepare for my marriage, and now I have handed it over to you, you have to take good care of it." ”

After finishing speaking, Li Ke rode away. Si Yao recalled Li Ke's words on the spot, his heart was full of joy, and he secretly decided to take root in Jinyang City from now on and wait for Li Ke's return with peace of mind.

Ling'er also saw Miss's thoughts, and quipped: "What Li Gongzi said just now is that Miss is his marriage partner, right?" ”

When Si Yao heard this, he said: "Okay, you are a Ling'er, you are a small ghost, don't talk nonsense." At this time, Si Yao's heart was full of joy and new expectations for life.

While the two were talking and laughing, Li Ke had already disappeared in front of the distant mountain, leaving only a line of horseshoe prints that were deep and shallow looming.