A horse-drawn carriage drove out of Leyouyuan slowly.

It was an old horse that was pulling.

Every two walks snort.

It looks like the next step is to fall.

The horse was old, but it was by no means thin.

On the contrary, it is also sturdy and tight.

The horseshoes on its four hooves were newly nailed.

Under it, sparkling.

It added a bit of heroism to this old horse.

I don't know if I was inspired by this new horseshoe.

Although the old horse was a little tired, he walked extremely steadily with every step.

The horse walks steadily, and the cart pulled behind the horse is naturally very stable.

It's just that compared to this old horse, this car is too ordinary.

Even the most shrewd person seems to be unable to figure out the identity of the person in the car.

As soon as I came out of Leyouyuan, there was a wind.

The wind wrapped in sand and kept beating on the carriage.

The old horse lowered his head and squinted.

As if he had long been accustomed to the wind and sand, the horse's hooves did not slow down in the slightest.

This carriage is ordinary.

But it's very well sealed.

So much so that no wind and sand penetrated at all.

"It's such a big wind and sand, are you sure you don't want to get in the car and sit down?"

Liu Ruiying asked.

It turned out that there was another person walking outside the carriage.

A man's steps cannot catch up with a horse.

If a horse takes one step, a man has to take at least two and a half steps.

But the man had no trouble following him.

Even this rhythm of going hand in hand with the carriage has been mastered.

"It's too small in the carriage!"

Hua Nong said.

Liu Ruiying has already left Bogu Building.

He is going back to the Central Capital Investigation Division to resume his life.

He came alone.

When he left, he was accompanied by such a young man as Hua Nong.

It's lucky to think about it.

As for the wine three halves.

He originally wanted to go to Nazhong with Liu Ruiying to have a look.

It's just that he still needs to participate in a grade assessment.

The rest of the friends may only be able to see each other again when the literary world is fighting.

Liu Ruiying didn't specifically say goodbye.

As soon as he left, the news naturally spread.

"It's small in the carriage, but it's windy and sand outside! ”

Liu Ruiying said.

"I don't like small places. ”

Hua Nong said.

Cold, I took a bite of wind and sand.

Then he coughed violently.

Coincidentally, Liu Ruiying also coughed.

He didn't enter because of the wind and sand.

Instead, I was choked because I was in too much of a hurry to drink.

Both coughed for a while, then regained their composure.

The gust of sand has passed.

The speed of the carriage was noticeably much faster.

But Hua Nong can still keep up.

Liu Ruiying opened the curtain.

Staring at Hua Nong's legs.

Although this is an old horse.

But he also wanted to see what kind of pair of legs could follow the carriage out of more than ten miles without slacking off.

However, he looked at it for a long time, but he couldn't figure it out.

As a last resort, I had to put down the curtain and sit down again.

A piece of music.

Liu Ruiying felt very lonely.

He didn't have this kind of emotion before.

Maybe it's because he's always lonely, so he doesn't know what this loneliness is.

Now he has bonds, and he has laughter.

Jumping out of the circle of loneliness, and looking back, I can understand what loneliness is.

It's not a comforting feeling.

Loneliness is followed by loneliness.

When the loneliness is over, you will be tired.

Liu Ruiying was sleepy and wanted to sleep.

But he was still thinking about the half-unfinished jug of wine in his hand.

When leaving, he asked Xiao Jinkan for the carriage.

He also gave his horse three halves of wine.

Although it was the horse of the Zhongdu Investigation Division, with his relationship with the old stable, it must not be too troublesome to lose a horse.

Liu Ruiying even made up several pretenses.

But when I thought about it in the end, I felt ridiculous.

If you lose it, you lose it, and if you give it away, you give it away.

It's just a horse.

What's there to worry about?

But if he didn't find something to worry about, his loneliness became more and more serious.

From the toes to the back of the head.

Little by little, it spread and ate away at his body and spirit.

It was very warm outside.

The carriage was still a little stuffy.

But Liu Ruiying was very cold.

He touched his neck with his hand.

The cold touch made him shiver.

After a long sigh of relief, I felt that the loneliness was suppressed a lot by this coldness.

To be honest, he didn't want to leave.

It's not because he likes this place.

It's that he is extremely nostalgic for the people in Bogulou, and what he saw and heard along the way.

Even Huo Wang, the king of Dingxi who has repeatedly embarrassed him, Liu Ruiying misses it a little.

Xiao Jinkan put a lot of wine in the carriage.

So much that Liu Ruiying can drink to Zhongdu all the time.

Now his sleepiness was gone.

shook the flask in his hand, lifted the curtain, and said to the outside:

"Come up and drink with me!"

Hua Nong tilted his head and looked at Liu Ruiying.

He may be a little thirsty too.

After all, he nodded.

"So you don't ride a horse, but choose to take a carriage back to Zhongdu, just for the convenience of drinking?" Hua Nong asked.

Liu Ruiying yawned.

Taking advantage of the gap between opening his mouth, he licked another sip of wine into his mouth.

"That's right. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

Although he is Hua Nong's uncle.

But Hua Nong never called him by that title.

Liu Ruiying doesn't care about these red tapes.

On the contrary, I feel more relaxed this way.

Otherwise, wouldn't a sentence from his uncle make him have to act like an elder all the time?

In that case, it would be better to ride a horse.

Because when riding horses, people usually don't talk much.

In fact, there is another reason why Liu Ruiying chose the carriage.

That is, Hua Nong is not very good at horseback riding.

A short distance is enough.

But if he is allowed to gallop all the way to Zhongdu with him.

I don't know how many times I have to fall off my horse.

The nose and face are swollen to the middle capital, and it is not interesting.

Moreover, along the way, it is also a rare leisure time for Liu Ruiying.

He didn't want to be in such a hurry.

A lot of times, it's important to get things done quickly so that it doesn't seem like a waste of time.

But now for Liu Ruiying.

Going back slowly like this can be regarded as making the best use of every moment.

Sounds extremely contradictory.

But isn't this world so full of contradictions and unwillingness?

As soon as she thought of all the trivial matters after returning to the Central Capital Investigation Division, Liu Ruiying had a headache.

What's more, he still has to go through the entry procedures for this Huanong.

The Investigation Division of the Central Capital is not a teahouse.

Idlers naturally can't get in.

But if you have a piece of paper and confirm your identity, it will be much easier.

I am already a provincial flag.

If you want to promote a provincial or let Hua Nong be the most ordinary guard attendant at your side, there is no problem.

But he still found it troublesome.

Man.

When things are busy, they always hate trouble.

But I have nothing to do and feel lonely.

Which emotion is real?

No one can tell.

Liu Ruiying is also extremely interested in Huanong.

Because he has just come out of the mountains.

I am full of hope for everything in this world.

It's just that he never asks.

Many times, Liu Ruiying saw that his brows were already furrowed.

Obviously, there is a lot of confusion in my heart.

But he still didn't speak.

Liu Ruiying took out a wine bottle from the carriage and threw it to Hua Nong.

"Do I have to drink it?"

Hua Nong asked, holding the wine bottle.

"I asked you to accompany me to the car for a drink, but you agreed. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

"I know, I said yes. But I thought that as long as I sat here and watched you drink, I would be accompanied. ”

Hua Nong said.

Liu Ruiying couldn't stop laughing.

Once upon a time, he thought so, too.

When Xiao Jinkan was still in the Investigation Division, he asked Liu Ruiying to accompany him to drink.

Liu Ruiying sat on the side in a daze, watching his cup rise and fall intently.

Although he also had a wine glass in front of him at that time, and it was full of wine.

But Liu Ruiying didn't have any intention of raising a glass.

Xiao Jinkan is not reluctant.

I drank it to myself.

Liu Ruiying thought of these past events and felt that she couldn't let Huanong repeat the mistakes of the past.

"If you are with you for anything else, you can sit quietly like this. You can't only drink alcohol. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

"Why can't you drink?"

Hua Nong asked.

"Because if someone asks you to drink with you, and you agree, you must drink together. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

"What's the reasoning?"

Hua Nong asked.

"It's a rule, not a reason. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

"Rules, what's the difference between rules and reason?"

Hua Nong asked.

He was holding the bottle, but it just wasn't opened.

However, this made Liu Ruiying speechless.

He couldn't tell what the difference was between the rules and the truth.

But he knew very well that the rules and the principles were two absolutely different things.

I couldn't help but have a little headache for a while.

Thinking that Xiao Jinkan entrusted his apprentice to himself.

However, his uncle was speechless by his nephew's first question.

Not to mention the shamelessness, this responsibility and obligation have not been fulfilled.

"Rules are rules. It can't be explained. It has existed for an unknown number of years, and people have passed it on from mouth to mouth, and taught it from generation to generation. Just obey it, and don't ask him what he justifies. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

He had to say something.

But I can't say why.

can only be so ambiguous and perfunctory.

"But in the end, you still got back to the truth. ”

Hua Nong said.

Liu Ruiying was speechless.

This Hua Nong is more difficult than the three halves of wine......

If you want to drink three halves, you don't know this person's sophistication, and you don't eat the fireworks in this world.

But at least he could listen to Liu Ruiying.

Liu Ruiying also told him a lot of rules and truths.

Although the three halves of the wine did not understand, they also obeyed and did it.

Because he saw that everyone around him was exactly that.

There are many things that you don't need to understand, just do it.

This is the comforting explanation that the wine three halves give themselves.

But Canon can't.

Maybe it's because he hasn't seen so many people.

There are not enough examples to prove that Liu Ruiying is right, so he naturally has to break the casserole and ask to the end.

But he asked.

Liu Ruiying suddenly had a feeling of being sudden.

The rules are made by men.

The truth is what the mouth says.

When the lip service is untenable, it often ends everything with the word rules.

Aren't the rules just the shield of the truth?

The reason is exhausted, if you can't sway the other party's thoughts.

That explains everything in the name of rules.

And people just listen to it.

Once the word 'rules' is placed in front of you, no matter how well you can speak, you will immediately become dumb and don't say a word.

"Well, I'll admit it's not clear to me either. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

"You are my uncle, why are there still unclear questions?"

Unexpectedly, Liu Ruiying said this, but it didn't make Hua Nong dispel his doubts.

On the contrary, he questioned Liu Ruiying himself.

"Although I am your uncle, I don't live long after all. Naturally, there will be a lot of things that are not clear. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

"If you live a long time, you will be able to figure things out?"

Hua Nong asked.

Liu Ruiying began to regret it.

He regretted why he had called Hua Nong in to drink with him.

As a result, I didn't take a sip of this wine.

was given a headache and brain fever by Hua Nong's repeated questioning.

Even the smell of the wine that I had drunk before was gone.

He wanted to have a few more drinks and get a good night's sleep.

Bogulou has a straight road leading to Zhongdu.

Except for a Taishang River in the middle, there is no need to even turn a corner.

"If you live for a long time, you don't necessarily know many things, but if you live for a long time, you must know a lot of rules. In fact, many rules are set by oneself and do not need to be followed by others. It depends mainly on who the person who sets the rules is. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

"I seem to get some of it. ”

Hua Nong nodded.

When Liu Ruiying heard this, she was immediately a little happy.

"For example, if I am the provincial flag of the Central Capital Investigation Division, then I must abide by the rules set by the head of the Central Capital Investigation Division. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

"What if you don't comply?"

Hua Nong asked.

"To not comply is to be unqualified. If you are not qualified, you will not be able to continue to stay in the Central Investigation Division. In the future, when you join the Investigation Division, you will have to abide by it in the same way. ”

Liu Ruiying said.

"So now it's you who set the rules, you said that you must drink with others yourself, and I have to obey it, right?"

Hua Nong said.

Liu Ruiying was very helpless.

He still didn't understand after all.

However, although the understanding was wrong, Liu Ruiying's ultimate goal was achieved.

Many things can't be forced in a moment, and he can only nod his head to indicate that this is indeed the case.

Hua Nong no longer hesitated, opened the wine jug, and poured a few sips.

"How much do you drink?"

Liu Ruiying asked.

"I don't know, I'm not drunk. ”

Hua Nong shook his head and said.

If someone else says this, they must be provoking or showing off.

But Liu Ruiying knew that Hua Nong's so-called lack of drunkenness was because he hadn't drunk much.

"And do you think the wine tastes good?"

Liu Ruiying then asked.

"It's a little light...... Compared to blood. ”

Hua Nong slammed his mouth a few times and said.

"Blood? Have you ever drunk blood?"

Liu Ruiying was very surprised by this.

"It's not every day that you come across food in the mountains. If you do, you can't even waste blood. Drink it until your stomach is full. It's best not to starve. ”

Hua Nong said.

After saying that, he took another sip of wine.

Liu Ruiying remembered the wolf blood wine that Huo Wang's Xuan Crow Army drank when he was in the Dingxi Domain.

It was blood, but it was still made into wine.

I'm afraid that the gap between it and directly drinking blood is not small.

Liu Ruiying really wanted to ask Hua Nong what kind of blood tasted like.

But he was afraid of arousing Hua Nong's sadness about his former life, but he didn't ask.

"It's bloody...... It's also a little salty. In comparison, this wine does taste much better than blood. ”

Hua Nong said suddenly.

"How do you know I want to ask you this?"

Xiao Jinkan has not yet granted the inheritance of the Supreme Onmyoji to Hua Nong.

How can he see through people's hearts at a glance?

"Because of your eyes. ”

Hua Nong said.

"Human eyes are the same as animals. Expressions can deceive, but eyes cannot. Sometimes you see the tigers and wolves barking happily, but there is timidity in their eyes. Every time I got there, I knew I had won. ”

Hua Nong said.

Liu Ruiying let out a long sigh.

I feel that I am indeed unworthy of being this uncle.

Although Hua Nong does not understand the way of the world.

But he always grasps the most essential things.

Liu Ruiying picked up the flask and touched it with him.

Then the curtain was lifted.

Sunlight shines through the curtains into the carriage.

sunburned half of Liu Ruiying's shoulders warmly.

By the sun.

Liu Ruiying looked at the wine jug in his hand.

Suddenly I remembered someone.

The man's face slowly emerged on the smooth porcelain surface of the flask.

He suddenly wanted to eat something.

But when he looked up, he was desolate.

Although a slice of green onions.

But there was not a single person, let alone a store.

And what Liu Ruiying wants to eat, he must find a market to buy it.

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