When they returned to the tavern, it was already dark.

Su Yan craned his neck and looked at the big red paper pasted on the door of his room, only to see that the paper read:

The sky is vast and the sky is vast, and my red apricot is dug up the wall! For the teacher to go to Rongguo, just for the person on the tip of his heart when he was a teenager was forced to marry the rich old man, for the teacher and the red apricot have a marriage contract with their parents, they must not be dug into the corner, the face of the ancestors is broken, and the teacher must go to seek justice! The tavern has been sold, and this money is enough for you to go to Ruoshui with Zuo Qing, a good apprentice, follow Zuo Qing to find a way to make a fortune, and wait for good news for the teacher.

- Master, Su Ming.

Su Yan touched his chin, and was full of doubts in his heart, when did the master have a red apricot?

Maybe it's the belly for marriage... Zuo Qing explained.

Su Yan tilted his head, flipped the letter over and over in the moonlight, and said to the person behind him: "See, Master, this is asking me to follow you, but he doesn't know where you come from, if he knows, I don't know what to think." ”

When Zuo Qing saw this letter, he couldn't understand why Su Ming had already doubted his origin, so why did he let Su Yan follow him.

He suddenly thought of those suspicious people in Tsing Yi, could they be sent by Su Ming, and who was Su Ming?

Su Yan slept a bad night's sleep, Ruoshui City in her dream was still the same as before, there was a mother, a father, and brothers and sisters, they were laughing, and the family was happy, but there was no herself, no matter how she shouted, no one heard her......

When I woke up, it was the next day. Su Yan rubbed his eyes and ran to the melon shed in the courtyard to eat melons, but saw a document hanging on the fence, which was a document for the Seven Senses Academy!

Su Yan had no intention of looking, and sat in the mud eating melons, but accidentally found Zuo Qing appearing behind him, and said to him helplessly: "I took you in because you saved me, let's settle down, I won't ask for your benefits anymore, let alone go to Ruoshui!" ”

"The tavern is gone, where can you go?"

"The world is big, there is a place for it, don't bother you!"

"There must be a place to live." Zuo Qing took off the document and handed it to her, and persuaded her bitterly: "There is still a lack of a professor in the academy, and the learning you teach is what you are good at, so it is better to give it a try." ”

Su Yan didn't take the paperwork, and he didn't even look at it. ate three or two times, clapped his hands, and began to tinker with the melon vines, and didn't want to deal with him.

Zuo Qing persuaded again: "Just wait for your master, he thinks that you have gone to Rongguo, and he will definitely stay in Rongguo to inquire about your whereabouts when the time comes, don't let him worry." ”

The movements in Su Yan's hand stopped abruptly.

The tavern is gone, and she has no money to go to, but there are people in Ruoshui City that she doesn't want to meet, and most importantly, she doesn't want to get involved with Murphy!

Su Yan hesitated, feeling depressed and uncomfortable.

"I have planned a lot for Murphy, and many people have lost their official positions because of me, but if I am really ruthless, they can't just lose their official positions!" Zuo Qing solemnly promised her: "Don't worry, you take me in and treat me as a friend, I won't put you in danger." ”

"The academy is far away from the outside world, it is very well guarded, and it is also very clean, it will not be any danger to you, you can not only eat and live for nothing in the past, but also find an errand to make money, and when Su Ming comes to look for you, you should have earned enough money to open a tavern. Isn't that good? ”

Su Yan turned his head and looked at him expectantly: "Mr. Professor is so profitable?" ”

"It's okay to get together a tavern a year."

"Really?"

"If you can save some, maybe you can have some spare drinks to spare."

Su Yan folded his fingers to settle the accounts, the money needed for the tavern, as well as wine, tables and chairs, and facades, if you want to expand your business, you have to keep some reserves...... In this way, we have to save another ......

The carriage swayed through the torii at the entrance of the town.

The group appeared in the crowd, took off the hat, looked at the direction they left with concern, then turned around and jumped on horseback, and said to a few companions behind him: "Follow from afar, and then separate when they arrive in Ruoshui." ”

"Yes!"

"I'm afraid it's going to take a long time."

"A month? Two months? Su Yan lay in the carriage and asked Zuo Qing who was driving outside listlessly.

"The distance between the north and the south is nearly 2,000 miles, and it will take many days to speed up the horse, not to mention the carriage carrying people, and it will have to arrive in August. After arriving in Rongguo, we will first rest in Hongji Town, have you ever had an old man there? ”

"The deceased?" Su Yan struggled to recall the places he had visited, the people he had met, and the friends he had made when he was young, and finally came to the conclusion: "No." ”

He said, "But I have an old man." ”

"And he was waiting for you?"

He shook his head and said, "Not sure." ”

The state of Chu and the state of Rong, one south and one north, are thousands of miles apart.

Stop-and-go, wasted a lot of time, when I arrived in Rongguo, it was already September, and I temporarily rested in Hongji Town, a few miles away from the capital.

Wind Inn

Su Yan unloaded his luggage, went straight to the guest room, and fell asleep.

Zuo Qing looked around,

Heading straight into the corner, the cloaked man walked over.

In the darkness, they sat looking at each other, Zuo Qing poured a glass of wine and pushed it in front of him: "I've been here for a few months, and I got a message." He handed him a box, "Because it is a proton, Rong Guo does not have his household registration and related documents, I sent someone to the palace to steal it, you should write it down quickly." ”

The man took the box and ran his index finger over the texture: "Where is he buried?" ”

"Qishan, looking at Yan Country from afar."

The man's hand trembled slightly: "You are going to Zhao Kingdom, can you find the fragment?" ”

Zuo Qing nodded and said: "Naturally, I found it, presumably with this half volume of remnants, I can also convince him!" ”

The man didn't ask any more questions, and took a sip of wine: "I heard from his subordinates that Su Ming is missing, did he really go to find his old friend?" ”

"That's what the letter says, it's just... It remains to be verified. ”

"You doubt that person?"

"Not exactly, it's just... Somewhat uneasy. ”

"How so?"

"It's too coincidental, it's too smooth, it's too outrageous."

The man raised his eyebrows, and was about to continue to get to the bottom of it, when Zuo Qing interrupted him, "I'm here to give you something, not to be interrogated by you." ”

The man laughed awkwardly, his eyes were suddenly attracted by the lights on the second floor, and his eyes burned: "It's been nine years, it's time to meet." ”

Zuo Qing took a sip of wine, his lips were a little pale.

"I wonder if she remembers my ......"

"You and her childhood sweetheart, even if time passes, the relationship will not be forgotten."

The man smiled bitterly: "After returning to Ruoshui, I temporarily placed her in Yanshan Courtyard, they haven't seen each other for a long time." ”

He nodded in agreement: "Then, we will see you again if the water is in the water." ”

It was already dark, and the lanterns were lit up on the street outside the window, and the sound of the watch faded away, replaced by the sound of footsteps on the stairs.

Su Yan climbed out of the bathtub, changed into new clothes, curled his hair casually, and was about to go out to forage for food.

The goalkeeper will pull a crack open, and two blue and white figures suddenly flicker in front of him. She rubbed her eyes vigorously, and the two figures swayed closer and closer, and the cool and delicate smell hit her nose, just like the blue sky of spring, and suddenly a cold and lingering rain fell.

Su Yan was suddenly refreshed, and his vision was clear at this time, only to find out that it was the two sisters of Jin Gongzi!

Oops! At this time, it is a daughter's outfit...

Before she could close the door again, Jin Gongzi was already blocked outside the door, and his beautiful waistline was fully displayed.

Suo Qingqiu saw that Jin Gongzi saluted, and it was not good to hold it anymore, so he made a shallow gesture, but his hand was stagnant in mid-air. She looked closer at the people inside the door, and suddenly screamed, "You're really a woman!" ”

Su Yan was stunned: "What do you mean I'm really a woman?" ”

Jin Gongzi explained: "I was aware of it as early as when I was in the Chu Kingdom, but it was difficult to expose it because it was in the Qinglou at that time. She looked her up and down, and said, "When I first saw Miss Su, I found that you were extraordinary, and now you are dressed as a daughter, and sure enough!" ”

Su Yan had no choice but to open the door: "Actually, I already knew that you were also disguised as men..."

Jin Gongzi's thin waist blocking the door trembled slightly, and he exclaimed: "You have already found out?!" ”

"It's not like I don't say anything, just pretend," Su Yan hurriedly explained, "I really want to befriend you, and it's helpless to disguise yourself as a man and deceive." At that time, I was alone, and men's clothing was more convenient, so I guess you two are just like me! ”

Jin Gongzi's smile was gentle and charming: "Miss Su doesn't have to take it to heart, since we are both women, we can come and go more in the future, and there will be many people to talk to in Kyoto!" ”

"Huh? Do you also go to Ruoshui? Su Yan remembered that she hadn't seen the two of them all the way, and suddenly appeared at this time, as if she had already known that she was in this room, and couldn't help but ask her, "How do you know I'm here?" ”

"Actually, we have met at the border as early as before, but at that time you seemed to be preoccupied, and I was inconvenient to disturb, and I happened to stay in the same inn today, so I came to look for you."

Only then did Su Yan understand the cause and effect, and sighed in his heart, this is fate!

Suo Qingqiu saw that they were chatting happily, and he had no status of his own, so he returned to the room angrily.

After lunch, Jin Gongzi pulled Su Yan to chat about interesting things along the way.

Speaking of happiness, Su Yan remembered that he didn't inquire about the names of other people's girlfriends. Miss Jin took off the wooden plaque on her waist and gave it to her: "This is my waist plaque, which is worn by the royal family and nobles in Ruoshui and the common people of Li." ”

Su Yan pointed the wooden plaque to the sunlight outside the window, and could clearly see that the name on the wooden plaque was inlaid with gold wire, and the background was decorated with glaze, supplemented by mineral pigments, and a picture of Ruoshui was displayed in front of him.

Lesheng Hall, Jinyun City.

Su Yan's eyebrows were about to fly, and he sat up in surprise and said, "You are the gentleman of the Seven Senses Academy!" ”

Jin Yuncheng smiled picturesquely: "I've been a gentleman for two years. ”

Su Yan shook his head again and again: "This is a place where everyone in the world dreams of going in, it is a place comparable to the Dragon Gate, even the next person goes in and stays for a few years, and when he comes out, he is superior, you are still a gentleman, it's amazing!" ”

Jin Yuncheng was provoked by her cute appearance and smiled: "Miss Su is serious, it's just to teach a few students to read and write, and then learn some dance and music skills..."

"That's awesome, too! I'm not good at anything other than cooking and making tea..."

Jin Yuncheng seemed to think of something, and interrupted her, "You said you are good at tea art?" ”

"yes, what's wrong? Lack of someone to serve tea and water around you? ”

"The academy has been short of a gentleman recently, and it is the tea art that is taught, I heard that the master in charge is looking for people everywhere, but there has been no reply, this time he went to Zhao State, and it is time to return."

The two were chatting happily, Zuo Qing came to Su Yan and saw Jinyun City, she was a little surprised, but what was even more unexpected was Jinyun City, she got up in a panic and said: "The master in charge is polite!" ”

Zuo Qing nodded and sat opposite them.

Su Yan found that Zuo Qing at this time was different from before, very different, as if ...... When I first met him, he was like that, with a straight face, without any expression, like a block of ice!

Su Yan was very nervous, and he became cautious when he spoke, and asked, "Do you want to set off early?" ”

Zuo Qing said: "I heard that there was movement here, so I came to take a look." ”

Su Yan couldn't help but complain about dog ears.

Zuo Qing poured a cup of hot tea, and said with a smile: "Sitting in such a position, if your ears are not good, you don't know how to die." ”

Su Yan and Jin Gongzi's faces froze at the same time, Jin Gongzi hurriedly got up and poured tea, and said politely: "I have heard that Zhao Country is rich in weapons, could it be that the Lord in charge went to Zhao Country this time to ask for weapons?" ”

"I remember that before leaving, I explained to the people below, this time I went to Zhao Guo to visit Mr. Qin in the school hall over there, if I can invite Mr. Qin to come to my academy to teach, it will definitely benefit Rong Guo, why did the news change when it came to Mr. Jin."

Jin Yuncheng still smiled: "The huge academy, the news is naturally mistransmitted, then... Can you please move Mr. Qin? ”

Zuo Qing glanced at Su Yan: "His old man has wandered around." ”

Su Yan picked her teeth, listening to them talk about the academy all the time, and couldn't help but say: "I've heard a little bit about this academy, I only know that the academy has four halls, what Shuyoutang Lesheng Hall, Zuiyun Hall Qingping Hall......" She glanced at Jinyun City and threw admiration at her: "Mr. Jin is so captivating the country and the city, I don't know if the remaining ones are also like you?" ”

Jin Yuncheng smiled shyly: "The academy is indeed full of talents, but everyone has their own strengths and strengths. ”

Su Yan had never been to the academy when he was a child, and he had never seen anyone inside, but he had heard people talk about it a few times from time to time. At that time, in her impression, the teachers in the academy were all old people with white hair, and they taught old-fashioned and boring old clichés, but she didn't expect that there were young and beautiful people like Jinyun City. She silently sighed in her heart: The students are so happy!

Jin Yuncheng saw that she seemed to be a little interested, so he patiently introduced to her: "The Seven Senses Academy not only teaches knowledge, but also serves as a place for envoys from various countries to enter Beijing to pay homage, and the precious treasures paid will also be stored in the Wanchao Room of the Academy, and the large and small dinners held by the Imperial Palace every year are also organized by Lord Shangshu and Lord in charge, and sometimes the location will be selected in the Academy, and all kinds of items needed are basically provided by the Academy." There is also a summer resort there, which is a retreat for the elders of each dynasty of Rongguo! If you are lucky enough to be admitted to the hospital, with a little effort, you will be indispensable for prosperity and wealth in the future, and even entering the palace is unknown. ”

Su Yan sighed in his heart, Zuo Qing really knew how to repay his kindness, and he actually arranged such a fat errand for himself.

The errand is good, but this time when she goes back, she doesn't know how to deal with the people she has to face and the forces that may be involved. If Master was by her side, she would never be trapped in such an intricate place as Ruoshui City!

But she had nowhere to go, nothing to live with!

The only person I can rely on at the moment is the person in front of me......

Su Yan couldn't help but look at Zuo Qing, he didn't seem to want to be involved in the talks between women at all, and he was picking tea residues in the tea by himself.

The three of them chatted for a while, and then they dispersed.

Inside Zuoqing's room.

Yansheng made the quilt for him, and stood beside the bed waiting for orders.

"What is going on in Mofu these days?"

"It's business as usual."

"Where's the Academy?"

"Nothing happened either."

Zuo Qing walked slowly to the window and took a deep breath, "The people who have been laid down, it's time to enable it." ”