Chapter 18: To the City of Forgotten Sorrows
The sun was already climbing high, and the sun was shining through the windows of the Dream Tower, and two people who had been drunk last night were crawling on the table indiscriminately.
As the sun rose, the light gradually raised the angle and slowly shone on the faces of the two men. It didn't take long for the two of them to wake up to the blinding sunlight.
On the other side of the table, the old man who woke up early was drinking the few glasses of wine in the jug from the leftovers of the previous night. One bite at a time, it looks like it's very enjoyable.
"Ergou, did I say anything I shouldn't have said last night!"
Su Ruyu, who woke up, stretched his waist and asked casually, in fact, he didn't remember much about what happened yesterday.
"You're not the only one who is drunk, how do I know what you said!"
Ergou rubbed his sour eyes and opened his mouth lazily, but the old man who squinted and drank a little wine interjected.
"Xiao Yuyu, you said it last night, let Chu Mengru wait for you, and you also said that you were going to propose to his father. ”
Hearing the old man's words, Su Ruyu's face, which was originally a little pale because of being drunk, suddenly turned red, even redder than when she was drunk last night.
"Yo, I can't see it, Xiao Yuyu, you also have a girl in your heart!, tell me about it. This Chu Mengru is a girl from that family, it's really his misfortune to be taken in by you!"
"Haha, Ergou, you shouldn't know who this Chu Mengru is! Chu Mengru is not an ordinary girl, you forgot, I told you his name. It's the one named Chu Zheng. ”
"Oh... Chu Zheng! Isn't that the one... Wait!Chu Zheng...!That's the emperor Chu Zheng!"
"Otherwise, there is that Chu Zheng!"
The old man continued to squint and drink, looking a little disapproving.
But Ergou is different, after knowing the truth, his admiration for Su Ruyu is rolling like a surging river.
"Xiao Yuyu, I didn't expect you to have such a great and fierce ideal as marrying a princess, I have to say that I lost, and my little brother is willing to bow down. ”
"Hmph, what do you know, anyway, you are not the first to know that I am going to marry her, besides, I, Su Ruyu, am going to marry her Chu Mengru. From the first time I saw her in the palace, I knew that I would definitely marry her!
"Xiao Yuyu, I heard you say that this is to enter the palace and see the princess again, your family in the capital should be very amazing!"
"Hahaha, my family is just like that in the capital, there are a few officials in the family, and the biggest one is my father, who is the minister of the country. ”
"Although my father is a big official, I have never done anything in my father's name! One day, I will surpass my father and personally pull my father down from the position of prime minister. At that time, I will propose to His Majesty the Emperor myself, and I will not need my father at all, and I will save the old man from chattering about it all day. ”
Looking at Su Ruyu's ambitious appearance, Ergou couldn't help but give him a thumbs up, with such ambition, he should be encouraged no matter what.
"As for why I can enter the palace casually. That's because Prince Chu Wushuang is my buddy, and the relationship is so good, I think the first time he went to the Qinglou was still the way I led, so, hehe, sometimes I want to take a look at his sister, and he will quietly take me in. ”
"I'll go! Xiao Yuyu, you are really unusual. It doesn't matter if Dad is the Minister of State, he is still a buddy with the prince. At the same time, I also want to marry a princess! In the future, if you really marry a princess, who in this world will dare to provoke you. ”
"That's it, Ergou, let me tell you, when I was in Xijing City, I walked sideways. The eldest or youngest of that family doesn't give me some face!"
"Xiao Yuyu, since you are so powerful, why have we been taken out of the capital?"
"Alas, I'm sad when I mention this, if Chu Wushuang hadn't had to go back to Menglou to listen to the music that night, I wouldn't have been kicked out of the capital!"
"When I was in the capital, it was Chu Wushuang who wanted to go back to the dream building to listen to the music of the top fairy girl. As a buddy, I can't leave him behind! So, I shouted the words I shouted last night in the Huimenglou in the capital as well. ”
"But how did I know that my father was so well-informed, he knew it in less than a quarter of an hour, and he didn't care about the face of his own prime minister, and he carried a sword all over the capital to chase me. If my mother hadn't come in time, I would have been cut off by my father with a sword. ”
"Later, I was kicked out of the capital by my father. My father said that if I dared to go back before the imperial examination in the autumn, he would cut me with a sword. I'm not going to be kicked out. Then, I came to Luochuan City to meet you!"
Listening to Su Ruyu tell her own origin and story, Ergou only felt that this experience was exciting, compared to him, the big fart things he had encountered since he entered the rivers and lakes were not a thing.
Have you seen dozens of mountain bandits fighting, but have you ever drunk flower wine with the prince? Have you seen the killer's soul chasing for your life, but have you been chased by the dignified minister of a country with a sword on the street? Compared with these, what Ergou experienced was a trivial matter.
"Xiao Yuyu, how powerful are you, just take me and this old man to the capital together, anyway, my master and I have no place to go. I haven't been to the capital yet, and when I go to the capital, I want to see who dares to bully me!"
"What? You also want to go to the capital? Okay! It's not me Su Ruyu who brags! When we get to the capital, let's go back to Menglou to order the best private room and the best girl. Then go to the Bianhe River outside Xijing City to pack the most luxurious flower boat, hahaha, in Xijing City, it is not like in Luochuan City. I!
"Hahaha, then let's just say it's up to the capital and go to the capital together. ”
In fact, for Ergou, it doesn't matter if he goes to the capital or not, he is not worried about the best private room and girl in the dream building in the capital, nor is he worried about the most luxurious flower boat on the Bianhe River, but wants a long-term stable meal ticket today and for a period of time in the future.
If you don't find a reason, why do you eat and drink with others along the way! Of course, Ergou has never been to the capital, and it would be good if he could go and see it this time.
"Yes, yes, but it will have to wait a while. My dad said he wouldn't be able to go back until the fall. It's only the beginning of summer now, and I'm going back like this, I'm afraid my dad will really cut me. ”
"It's okay, it's okay, you can go back whenever you want, and in the next period of time, it's just when our brothers and I are walking the rivers and lakes. ”
"Okay, Ergou, don't hide it, I've long wanted to see what this river and lake looks like. I've always heard people say that I've never seen it before! This time, you and Senior Wang can show me around. ”
Seeing that the long-term meal ticket had arrived, Ergou was naturally full of joy, and agreed to Su Ruyu's small request to see what the rivers and lakes looked like.
As a result, the master-apprentice duo who walked the rivers and lakes became a threesome. I don't know what interesting things will happen to them in the next few years.
They stayed in Luochuan City for almost ten days, and of course, they didn't live in Huimenglou all the time. Even Su Ruyu can't bear such a high consumption, but if it's in the capital, it's a different matter.
I came out the same day after spending the night in Huimenglou and found an ordinary inn to live in. Since finding Su Ruyu's stable meal ticket, Jiang Ergou and the others have never been hungry again.
Almost ten days later, when the three of them decided to leave after they felt that they had visited the city of Luochuan inside and out.
After all, it's walking the rivers and lakes, and you can't just stay in one place, you always have to go out and see more.
Outside the city of Luochuan...
Even the fog hadn't completely lifted in the early morning.
In this thin layer of mist, you can dimly see a young boy in a brocade dress with a folding fan in his hand, a young man who falls in love with jumping up and down in ordinary clothes, and a lewd old man wrapped in a shabby robe.
Such a strange trio is naturally Jiang Ergou and them. As usual, the second dog carried a burden, and the old man carried a rattan-like item behind him. The most idle is only Su Ruyu, who is empty-handed except for a folding fan.
But there is no way, who makes the family the one who pays for the meal? Ergou has no choice but to aggrieve himself with the burden.
Actually, Ergou still wanted to bring the money bag over and carry it together, but unfortunately Su Ruyu refused, according to his words, no matter how good the relationship between our brothers is, it is more comfortable to put the money in his pocket, which is also said by Chu Wushuang.
"Xiao Yuyu, next, we are going there, do you have anything to think of. ”
"Hahaha, after seeing the wealth and prosperity of Luochuan City, I naturally want to see the Forgotten Worry City in Lingzhou. It is said that the reason why this city can forget worries is because there are so many beautiful women in this city! Every girl who walks out of the street is a beautiful woman, and we should take a good look at it. ”
Over there, the old man heard the name of Forgotten Worry City and lowered his head and thought for a while.
"It's okay, it's okay to go there and see it. ”
"Yes, yes, yes, you should go and see it, besides, this is still the only way to go back to the capital when the time comes. Since even the king's predecessors agreed. Ergou, you must have no opinion, then we will set off directly. ”
After speaking, this Su Ruyu and the old man took the lead in stepping on the official road from Luochuan City to Forget Worry City, ignoring the two dogs who were still hesitating.
"Hey, hey, hey, you wait for me, even if I have no problem with going to Forgotten Worry City, you don't have to be in such a hurry!"
As if they hadn't heard what Ergou said, the two of them just walked forward, and soon melted into the fog.
In fact, in the same territory of Lingzhou, Luochuan City and Forget Worry City are not far apart. Even for these two large cities, it is very unreasonable.
As one of the largest cities in Lingzhou, Forget Worry City is only five or six days away from Luochuan City.
Along the way, the three of them did not encounter any special circumstances, even when they needed to rest at night. Every day, Su Ruyu would look at the road ahead with anticipation, always wanting to see how those mountain bandits who robbed houses and houses intercepted the road, whether it was the same as what he had heard about when he was in Xijing City.
It's a pity that there were no mountain bandits out to intercept the road along the way. This made Su Ruyu disappointed for a long time.
This is not to say that the mountain bandits didn't find the three of them, but they felt that these two half-grown teenagers and an old man didn't have much money to intercept, not to mention, and they had to waste their energy, so it was better to let them go, and it could be regarded as accumulating some yin virtue for themselves.
The people who have fought all their lives on the rivers and lakes are more or less trusting, and they have not been able to live a stable life for a day in this life, and they always hope that they can live a dull life in the next life.
The trio swayed to the city of Forgotten Worries.
Outside the Forgotten Worry City, Ergou looked at the beautiful scenery of the Forgotten Worry City and was indeed a little intoxicated, not to mention anything else, even the guards at the city gate were girls in armor and swords, full of heroism. How could this beauty be worse?
Looking further into the middle of the city gate, most of them were women. They are all equipped with swords, and they look like they are dressed as chivalrous women.
Such a city that is not as big as Luochuan City and is not as prosperous as Luochuan City is the city of forgetting worries with pleasant scenery. It's just that whether this pleasant is the scenery or the girl, it is the benevolent and the wise who see the wise.