Chapter 21: Elopement

After listening to Lingxiao's narration, Mao Lian's eyes widened in surprise, "How can this be?"

Lingxiao looked at Mao Lian, "What should we do now?"

Mao Lian fell into a long silence, and Guan Daren couldn't afford to offend.

"Mao Lian," seeing that he didn't speak, Lingxiao knew that the biggest problem they were facing had come, "You take me away, let's get out of here." ”

The next moment, Mao Lian hesitated, Lingxiao looked into his eyes, and he had a fleeting embarrassment.

"Mao Lian," Ling Xiao couldn't care so much, "you take me away, let's get out of here." ”

Mao Lian looked at Lingxiao, he nodded profoundly, and did not hesitate any longer.

The two of them made an appointment to go back and pack their things, and meet in the evening on the stone bridge outside the town.

Later, the young lady hurriedly returned to the Yanyu Building to pack up her things, she did not take anything with her, those expensive ornaments, and expensive gifts were not as good as the painting that Li Maolian gave her in the eyes of the young lady. Xia Sheng couldn't calm down her excitement, she choked her voice, "Miss definitely didn't think that it was the last time she saw Mao Lian Gongzi, she definitely couldn't think of it." ”

Lingxiao packed some simple clothes, brought some money with her, and tried her best to keep everything simple, except for the painting painted by Maolian, which was regarded as a treasure, and the wedding dress she carefully sewed, she threw all those precious videos and gold and silver here, because she didn't know how long she had to run on the road, and she didn't want to be a burden to Maolian.

"Miss," Xia Sheng also packed his things, "I'll go with you." ”

"Xia Sheng," Ling Xiao touched Xia Sheng's cheek, "We don't know where we're going, you will suffer a lot with me, and you won't be able to live comfortably like here anymore, I still have a lot of money, you can take it and settle down elsewhere, and find someone else to live in." ”

Xia Sheng cried and shook his head, and hugged Lingxiao, "I don't, since I was a child, I have never been separated from Miss for a moment, I can't be separated from you, I can't do without Miss, even if I suffer a lot and suffer a lot, I will follow you and serve you." ”

Lingxiao's eyes turned red, and then he hugged Xia Sheng tightly, "Okay, let's go together, we won't be separated." ”

The two women threw their baggage down the window, and Xia Sheng tied a rope and hung down from the house to the bottom of the floor, and the two people, who were helpless, decided to flee like this.

Lingxiao didn't know where she got the courage, she climbed down the rope little by little from the second floor, the rope grinded so that the palm of her hand had blood blisters and couldn't take care of it, at the moment when her feet landed, she laughed excitedly, and then beckoned to Xia Sheng who was still in the window on the second floor, "Xia Sheng, come down, it's not terrible." ”

Xia Sheng nodded, and climbed down in the same way. Immediately, the two of them hurried to the stone bridge non-stop.

The stone bridge in the evening corresponds to the poem that Mao Lian gave to Lingxiao, the light spirit stone steps are invaded by the sunset, and the clouds and cliffs are windy and moonlight. The light breeze blowing by the river blew the skirt of the anxiously waiting woman, the sunset fell little by little, and under the orange twilight light, the shadow of the stone bridge was obliquely reflected on the river, and the woman sitting on the stone bridge looked in the direction where Mao Lian came.

"Miss, why hasn't Childe Maolian come yet?"

"Don't worry, let's wait patiently. He may still have things to explain to his family, and maybe he still has a lot of things to pack. ”

Xia Sheng nodded, another hour had passed, and the suburbs had fallen into darkness, except for a few fishing boats on the river, which had dim fishing lights on them.

"Miss," the night was slightly cool, the wind was not as comfortable as in the afternoon, and it had already begun to make people feel cold when it hit the thin woman, Xia Sheng couldn't help but ask, "Why hasn't Maolian Gongzi come yet?"

Lingxiao sat quietly on the stone bridge, she was still looking, her eyes were looking straight at the road, maybe the person waiting for the next second would appear on that road.

Xia Sheng walked over, Lingxiao's body was cold, Xia Sheng hugged her from behind, and the two of them snuggled together to keep warm.

I don't know how long it took, Xia Sheng leaned on Lingxiao sleepily, and Lingxiao sat there motionless. "Miss, could it be that Childe Maolian misremembered the time?"

Lingxiao shook her head, she didn't know, she really didn't know, remembering that at the moment when she asked Mao Lian to take her away, Mao Lian's eyebrows showed a trace of inadvertent contradiction, he did hesitate for a moment, she didn't dare to think about it.

For a whole night, Lingxiao and Xia Sheng waited on the stone bridge, the morning dew fell on the two of them, their clothes were already damp, and the hanging hair was already wet. Xia Sheng couldn't bear the sleepiness and snuggled up to Lingxiao's shoulder and fell asleep.

Lingxiao looked at the road with empty eyes, until the morning sun rose from the river, and the warm light of the morning sun hit Lingxiao's pale face, her eyes were slightly closed, and there was no light, just blindly looking ahead.

Xia Sheng was disturbed by the sun, woke up from his sleep, and rubbed his sleepy eyes, "Miss, you haven't slept all night?"

Xia Sheng touched Lingxiao's cold and wet body, Lingxiao turned his head and slowly spit out, "He didn't come." ”

"Let's go to his house. Xia Sheng felt that Mao Lian had misremembered the time and place, and maybe she was waiting for them in some unknown place.

Lingxiao nodded, moved his stiff body, and slowly stood up.

The two of them were sleepy and hungry, and they came to the door of Li's house slowly because they had been waiting all night.

Lingxiao locked the door, and someone finally opened the door after a long time, it was a young family.

"Who are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for Li Maolian. Lingxiao said weakly.

"The young master hasn't gotten up yet. Jia Ding said calmly.

Lingxiao's heart suddenly cooled, he really didn't come, he didn't want her anymore, and naturally he wouldn't take her away.

Jiading looked at the distracted girl with a tired face, "You can come back later." ”

Lingxiao bit his lower lip, and he didn't know where he got the strength to rush in.

"This girl, why did you break in on your own? ”

"Li Maolian!" Lingxiao ran in and shouted, crying, "Li Maolian, you come out!"

After a while, the family members who heard the sound rushed over, including Li Maochun and Lao Li's housekeeper.

The family members set up Lingxiao and blocked her way.

"Li Maolian, you come out, you come out, I ask you, I want to ask you, why don't you come?!" Lingxiao cried, the family grabbed her clothes and arms, and she couldn't move.

Mao Chun frowned, "Don't pester Mao Lian anymore, he has lost his way and won't go with you." ”

Lingxiao was stunned, stopped struggling, and looked at Li Maochun on the stone steps, so high, it seemed that she was even more humble.

"You call him out, I'm going to ask him, even if it's true, I want him to tell me personally!"

"You shameless Qinglou woman, how can you be worthy of him, don't harm him. Steward Lao Li looked at Lingxiao with disgust, feeling that her appearance at this time was really ugly.

This sentence of the Qinglou woman poked the softest place in Lingxiao's heart, she collapsed all of a sudden, the family members let go of their hands, the fatigue of the night, and the blow just now made her fall to the ground, she was weak to support her body, and her long hair hung down.

"The second young master of our family still has to take the township test, his future is immeasurable, and you will only harm him if you are with him. Steward Li obviously felt that the blow he had just given was not enough, and continued.

Lingxiao looked at the ground stupidly, a tear slipped out of his eyes and fell to the cold ground, and for a while the tears became beads that had taken off the thread, and they fell to the ground one by one.

Lingxiao slowly stood up with all her strength, her hair was scattered, all the sudden blows made her lose a lot of weight overnight, and her face became more and more haggard, she shook her head with a wry smile, she didn't look at the two people on the stone steps, she turned around and walked out, and the family members got out of the way and watched her leave.

Steward Xiao Li, who was hiding in the corner, watched all this, he couldn't forget Lingxiao's last expression, so sad, that was like a face about to die and pale, and Steward Li's heart trembled when he saw it.

Lingxiao walked out of the Li family little by little from the way of the family, and the moment she walked out, the door was immediately closed.

Xia Sheng greeted her, "Miss!" She looked at Ling Xiao with concern, and Ling Xiao's body fell soft on Xia Sheng.

Lingxiao didn't cry anymore, she just looked ahead with lost eyes, Xia Sheng held Ling Xiao, Lingxiao's burden slipped off Xia Sheng, she didn't pick it up again.

The two of them left the Li family step by step.

When Lingxiao and the others walked away, Steward Xiao Li opened the door, looked at their backs, and immediately noticed the burden in front of the door. He picked it up and walked back to Li's house.

"Miss, where are we going?" Xia Sheng looked at Ling Xiao, and Ling Xiao's head rested on Xia Sheng.

"Smoke and rain building. Lingxiao said these three words weakly.

Xia Sheng dragged the tired Lingxiao back to the Yanyu Building, at the moment of entering the door, the bustard and other girls in the building were stunned, originally the entire Yanyu Building was worried about how to explain to Lord Guan who came to pick up people early tomorrow morning because of Lingxiao's escape last night, but I didn't expect Lingxiao to come back again.

The old bustard walked up angrily, "You dare to run away, Lord Guan will come to pick you up early tomorrow morning, and you actually ran away at this time?"

Lingxiao didn't even raise her eyes, "Mom," she never called the bustard's mother, "I'm worried about you, I'm back, I'll get on the sedan chair early tomorrow morning." ”

As soon as these words came out, the rest of the people were even more confused by the second monk.

Lingxiao and Xia Sheng slowly went upstairs and returned to their room, and the moment they heard the door close, the old bustard and the others came back to their senses.

Lingxiao returned to the room and sat down on the bed, Xia Sheng sat opposite her, Lingxiao's eyes were dry, there were no tears, and his face was expressionless.

"Miss, I know you're uncomfortable, so just cry. ”

Lingxiao was still expressionless, Xia Sheng touched her cold face and looked at her distressedly. "Are you really going to marry Lord Guan?"

Lingxiao gradually raised her eyes, there was no dazzling look in her big eyes, she forced out a smile and nodded.

Xia Sheng hugged Lingxiao, lay on her shoulder and began to cry, as if he was crying heart-wrenching in place of Lingxiao's grievances.

In the early morning of the next day, Guan Daren's sedan chair was waiting in front of the Yanyu Building on time. Lingxiao, who had been sitting in front of the dressing table all night, calmly picked up the rouge and applied it to the mirror when the first ray of light jumped into the morning sun.

Paint the green daisy, apply the fat powder finely, little by little, extremely meticulously, and finally coil up the beautiful bun and insert the best jade pipe.

Xia Sheng pushed the door in, and saw that Lingxiao in front of the dressing table had changed into a red dress, and Lingxiao's skin was like first snow against the blood-red wedding dress.

She turned her head and hooked an intoxicating smile, Xia Sheng was actually stupid.

"Am I beautiful?"

Xia Sheng was speechless, Lingxiao was as beautiful as a fairy.

"Miss, I can't find that phoenix cloak. ”

"No need," Lingxiao stroked the hair left on his chest and smiled again, "That's enough, help me put the phoenix crown on." ”

"Miss. Xia Sheng didn't understand what was wrong with Lingxiao, and there was a trace of worry in his expression.

"Silly girl, I'm getting married today. Lingxiao walked over, as if he had come back from the dead, without yesterday's lost soul and embarrassment, the beauty of this rebirth bloomed enchantingly.