Youyou Sanshengyue

Chapter 16

The boat arrived at the county seat before noon, and before getting off the boat, Ming You gave He Xiaohe a piece of silver.

He Xiaohe carefully held the silver and put it in front of her eyes, looking fascinated, the silver shone beautifully in the sun, and Ming You teased her: "Greedy ghost, don't you think it's enough?" "Enough is enough! There are too many! I How many years have been on the boat and I can't get so much money." He Xiaohe wanted to find some change for him, but only a handkerchief was found all over his body, so he took it out and handed it to Ming You: "I can't ask for so much for nothing. Money, how about I won’t charge you for taking my boat in the future? I will do what I say... the handkerchief is the proof!"

"Miss, you're being polite." Lin Wenfang quickly snatched the handkerchief and stuffed it back into He Xiaohe's hand, "Women's handkerchiefs can't be given to men casually..."

He Xiaohe gave him a blank look, and handed the handkerchief to Ming You without heeding it, and triumphantly made a face at Lin Wenfang, and said in a mischievous tone: "I'm willing to give it to you." Then he jumped on the boat and left Lin Wenfang was so angry that he trembled on the shore, staring at Youyou for a long time, unable to speak, then pulled Xuanyue over and complained: "Look, look, what it looks like, Miss He clearly is..."

"I know who it is." Xuanyue grabbed the conversation, coldly left the two of them and left first.The three of them did not speak much along the way.It was originally planned to book a carriage for three people to sit together at the post station, but it was replaced by three horses.

There are many stones on the path, and the rustling of the copper bells on the horse's neck with red ears makes the noisy people feel uneasy.Ming You drove the horse to catch up with Xuanyue, but he couldn't see his expression clearly when he turned his face sideways.Forget it, Ming You thought, when did he change his expression?It's either indifferent or tragic, which makes people unhappy when they see it.

"Could it be that you're jealous? It's not a gentleman to be angry with a girl like that?" Ming You deliberately teased in a soft tone.

Xuanyue sneered coldly: "I'm not a gentleman, I have a small belly, and I can't compare to some people's sanctimoniousness. I love one when I see one." After saying that, she raised the whip in her hand and slapped the horse's buttocks hard, and the horse rushed forward with a jerk. The hooves kicked up a burst of dust, causing Ming You to sneeze.

"Making trouble for no reason..." Ming You turned to Lin Wenfang for an answer, but Lin Wenfang pretended not to hear, and brushed past him with a dark face.

Ming You reined in the reins, and the horse stopped after a few spins. He stared blankly at the back of his friend driving away, and the dust blurred his vision again.It is undeniable that for a moment he truly experienced loneliness and loss, and the sadness spread wantonly in the dust, but it was only a short moment.After the wind blows, the fine dust will disappear without a trace. Ming You has no intention of giving up on the journey. After all, he is not a person of willful thoughts. He clearly knows that the deep feelings between himself and Lin Wenfang and Xuanyue are nothing. It can’t be cut off, it’s like the path under his feet, winding and bumpy, there may be dusty confusion during it, but the road still exists, it will never disappear, it has been silently guiding the direction he is going, the road At the end of the day, there will be two most important people who are willing to wait for him.

Finally, Ming You still decided to look for them, one is a close friend and the other is a true love, even if he has the broad feelings like an emperor, how can he let go.He hurried on the horse, but suddenly reined in not far away.Xuanyue's favorite bone hairpin was lying on the ground. He knew that Xuanyue was a careful person, and he would not know if the bone hairpin in her hair fell off, unless something urgent happened.Ming You hurriedly got off his horse to pick up the bone hairpin, but accidentally found that the tip of the bone hairpin was pointing to a cave not far away, which was clearly an instruction to him.

The cave was very wet and dark, and from time to time there were strange sounds of water dripping from the top of the rock.The cave is very long, probably an entrance to somewhere.Going forward, you can see the light. The exit is blocked by a wooden door, and the sunlight is coming into the hole from outside the door.Ming You heard some movement on the other side of the door, so she put her ear on the door and heard two servants who were supposed to be guarding the door talking.

"Today, the village master robbed two passers-by again. They looked like they were dressed as scholars. What do you want scholars to do? You can't fight, and you can only shake your head with your books all day long."

"If you don't fight, what else can you do? Now there is a shortage of people in the village, so of course we have to arrest a few more. They still have horses and money."

Damn it, they seem to have been captured by the local cottage king.Ming You was thinking about how to save people, but accidentally stepped on a horse's hoof, the horse jumped up with a roar, and kicked open the wooden door with its two front legs, when the door panel fell, it just happened to hit a doorkeeper's servant.The other was also taken aback by the sudden attack, and hurriedly drew out his knife and pointed at Ming You: "Who are you?"

"I'm sorry." Ming You hooked his leg to the left with lightning speed, and kicked him to the ground with a knife. Ming You grabbed the servant's collar and asked, "The two people caught Where is the scholar now?"

"I...I don't know..." He spat out a mouthful of blood. It seemed that he was seriously injured, and even his voice was trembling: "Okay...good man...forgive me, I'm just a janitor. people."

In desperation, Mingyou had no choice but to tie up the two servants and throw them in the cave, while he changed into their clothes and sneaked into the cottage.

At that time, Lin Wenfang and Xuanyue had already been imprisoned in an abandoned firewood house. When they entered the room, they were startled by a room full of disheveled people. Dozens of pairs of hungry wolf-like eyes stared at them. Lin Wenfang trembled. He bowed and said: "We have all been robbed, and there is really nothing on us that can honor you."

"Don't worry, we were all arrested," someone said, and everyone else nodded with a smile.Only then did the two feel relieved and sat down next to them.A middle-aged man next to him took the initiative to answer: "Don't be afraid, you will be the same as us when you are hungry for a few days." He pointed to the people here and introduced them to Xuanyue and the others, "This is Zhang Landlord. The son of the family, that is Chen Yuanwai, that is the head of Zhao's escort...all of them are prominent figures. Since they were arrested, they have no money on them, and they can't go back even if they have a home. They are more pitiful than beggars! "

Lin Wenfang shook his head to express his pity, and asked him again: "It's really hard for everyone, so you are?"

He took out a name card from his pocket and handed it to Lin Wenfang, "My surname is Qian, and I am the least useful. I am a businessman, and I trade antiques in the capital. Didn't my truckload of antiques be robbed by these bandits?"

The door of the room opened suddenly during the conversation, and a large beam of sunlight crowded into the firewood room.The village master with a single black eyepatch led three or four servants in.Scanning a room full of thirty people, he nodded in satisfaction: "Enough."

The village master ordered everyone to stand up for him to review, and he would arrange suitable tasks for everyone according to their personal stature.He walks up and down and looks everyone up and down like he's picking garlic at the market. "You are strong, so you will rob with me from now on; you are too thin, so you will go to the stables to feed the horses; you are short, so you can only carry the burden..." The village owner walked slowly in front of them, and finally stopped in front of Xuanyue suddenly. Stepping down, he looked at this handsome man with interest, and asked softly, "What do you do?"

"Teach." Xuanyue was not afraid, and looked coldly into the eyes of the village master, her face as calm as a frozen lake.The village owner nodded and pondered for a moment, but did not assign him any tasks, but looked at Lin Wenfang again.

"I'm also teaching, let's go with him." Before the village master could ask, Lin Wenfang pointed to Xuanyue and answered.

"Oh, I just snatched a lot of official documents and letters. I don't know what they are for, so you go and sort them out, and mark the important ones."

"Why does Xuanyue have nothing to do? We are all teachers, it's not fair!" Lin Wenfang yelled in a low voice to express his dissatisfaction.

The village owner also frowned and roared angrily: "I'm the one who decides here, if you complain any more, I'll cut off your tongue and feed it to the dogs!" Then he slammed the door and left, and the servants led the arrested people Go to their respective positions to do things.Xuanyue was going to follow Lin Wenfang to help him, but the straight-minded servant refused to agree with him.After everyone dispersed one after another, with the loud bang of closing the door, the firewood room fell into darkness again.Xuanyue pulled the latch a few times, heard the sound of the iron lock, and was convinced that he was locked up again. This feeling inevitably reminded him of the loneliness and fear when he was locked in the house by the lion king, even his own His breathing seemed to be heavy and strange.

He thought of Ming You again, wondering if that idiot saw the mark he left, maybe he went back in a fit of anger.Then I thought again, so what if he saw it?Even if he rushed to save them regardless of the past, so what?According to that guy's behavior style, the entire cottage will definitely be bloodbathed.

Xuanyue shook her head in pain, he didn't dare to think about it anymore.He didn't want Ming You to violate the oath he made again and become a murderous demon king in order to save him.Normally, the nerd who is willing to be bullied by him is the one I rely on, isn't it?His Tsing Yi was so clean that it could no longer stand the stain and dirt of blood.

When you calm down, the air will also slow down the pace of flow, allowing people to think about things calmly.Xuanyue thinks that although she and Mingyou are not in the same life and death, they are also in adversity. They both know each other's thoughts, but they both keep their tongues out of face.Whether it's a little ambiguity when joking, or sacrificing his life to save him in a critical moment, Ming You will always stand by his side and silently support him the first time, and a word "you trust me" is the best medicine to save him.

"Yingyou...what should I do with you..." Xuanyue choked up and drooped her dense eyelids, a line of tears slipped down her left cheek and shattered on her fingertips.

"God knows, I don't want to drag you down, and I don't want you to go back to the old bloody emperor's road."

"God knows, I... tell me not to... miss you."

The sky outside was clear and clear, with a slight winter chill.Someone was heartbroken again, but it's a pity that person didn't have the chance to hear it again.