Enter Chang Xiangsi and help Jingzhai fight

Tu Shanjing stood up and also picked up the odds and ends. With red ears, he replied, "You're so smooth-talking again. Are you so happy that you're going back?"

I laughed and said, "Maybe! I haven't seen you for a long time, and I miss Sister Jingye a lot! And Xiaowei, and Senying and Ruiyang, and--"

Tu Shanjing turned around, with a sly look in his eyes, and continued, "And there is also Mrs. Li from the small kitchen."

I chuckled: "No one knows me better than you, young master!"

As we were chatting and laughing, the waiter from the shop last night respectfully brought us breakfast.

I tipped the waiter, took the food box, and put the food on the table. Two bowls of steaming green vegetable and shredded pork noodles, accompanied by a dish of red oil white mushrooms, a dish of scallion oil tofu, a dish of braised beef, and a dish of salted snow vegetables, were fragrant and appetizing.

I put the beef noodles into a small bowl, scooped a few spoonfuls of soup into it, and handed it to Tu Shanjing.

He took it and said, "I can do it myself. There's no one else here, so you should sit down and eat. After you finish eating, we can set off."

I nodded, sat down and started eating with him.

After dinner, I went back to my room, picked up the bag that I had packed long ago, and went downstairs with Tu Shanjing.

Yu Xin and Xiao Hui were already waiting in the lobby. Seeing Tu Shanjing also took the bag, Yu Xin hurried forward and pretended to take it. Tu Shanjing shook his head and said, "It's okay. It's not heavy. I can do it myself. You are going to pull the carriage now, so you don't need to take this."

Xiao Hui saluted us, and Tu Shanjing asked, "Are you okay?"

Xiao Hui nodded and said, "Thank you for your concern, Xiao Hui is fine now. I also want to thank you and the shadow guards."

Tu Shanjing raised the corner of his lips and replied, "That's great. We will have to travel day and night to get back this time. If you can't handle it, don't worry. Just ask anytime."

Xiao Hui answered yes, and seeing Yu Xin leading the carriage outside the courtyard gate, he followed us out.

After we were all seated firmly, Yu Xin whipped the horse whip and the carriage started moving.

I looked out through the gap in the car window curtain. The vast yellow sand had been buried by the white snow. The horse's hooves trampled the snow. The green mountains had long disappeared from the side of the road. Only the pines and cypresses still had some green, but they were covered by the snow on the top, waiting for the next spring with sleepy eyes.

It was freezing outside the window, and it was already midwinter, but I felt warm inside, with a sense of anticipation of returning home after a long journey. I lifted the curtain and took a breath of the cool, moist air, and saw a blue sky, red sun, and white clouds above the pine branches, and a flock of wild geese just flew over.

"Huh? Why are there still wild geese flying south at this time? Maybe they slept in and missed the departure time?" I asked curiously.

Tu Shanjing leaned against the window frame and looked out, smiling, "There are always people returning late. These are wild geese from the north, braving the wind and snow to come here to spend the winter. Although it is also very cold here, it is much warmer than their daily habitat." After saying that, he looked at me, his eyebrows and eyes softened and he said, "Be careful not to catch a cold."

I nodded and lowered the curtain. A wisp of pink snow flew into the car before the curtain fell, swirled a few times in the air, and then drifted away.

Seeing that he looked relaxed at this moment, I suddenly remembered the question I wanted to ask him last night but forgot, and hurriedly said, "By the way, sir, we set out one night later than the eldest young master. If he really knew that the map pointed to the holy land, wouldn't he have arrived before us?"

Tu Shanjing replied, "Don't worry. The shadow guards reported back this morning that they ran a few miles away and found an inn to stay, so they were not much faster than us. And according to their observation, they said that the two did not ride fast after leaving the inn, but just hurried on their way normally, and--" His eyes were bright as stars, and he smiled, "And the map has been in Guanglin's hands for a long time, and Big Brother is still leisurely drinking and having fun at Master Fan's place, and is not in a hurry to return to Qingqiu. So I guess Big Brother doesn't know about the other half of the map at all."

I speculated, "So, Guanglin is a coward. He lost the map and messed up the job, so he didn't dare to say anything. Since he was the only one who knew about it, he just kept it to himself?"

Tu Shanjing smiled and said, "That's probably the case. Even though he thought about it for a long time, he couldn't help but tell Big Brother. Unless he traced the picture from memory and Big Brother also drew it, they could only know the whole picture when they were put together. But to be absolutely sure, I have already sent shadow guards to the dense forests around the holy land to set up layers of guards, so no one can get in."

I thought about it. Tushan Hou has been drunk all day recently. All he can see is the fancy clothes and beautiful women. He doesn't look energetic. If Guanglin is good at painting and has an excellent memory, he would not be a servant serving Tushan Hou.

Thinking of this, I breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Then I won't be in a hurry anymore, I can go back to Qingqiu easily!"

Tu Shanjing responded: "Okay, don't rush, act according to the situation."

I took out the small seal in my arms and opened the mahogany box that Xiao Hui had mentioned before. Sure enough, I saw a pile of papers with beautiful handwriting written on them, neatly stacked inside.

I put them into a large brown paper bag, stamped it, and handed it to Tu Shanjing: "Then please help me pass on the last chapters of Zhen Huan's Palace Fighting Strategy to Su Zhizhai when you deliver the message. Ruiyang is not here, so I can only ask you to do it."

He took it with a smile and said, "Okay, okay, you are now a world-famous teacher, and your influence may be greater than mine. If this book is not published in time, I am afraid that my Su Zhi Zhai store will be smashed the next day. It is rare for a teacher to ask me to do so, and I will do it."

I bowed and said, "No, no, Master Qingqiu, you are too kind. If we talk about dignity, you are more noble. Please don't embarrass me!"

They traveled in this way, talking and laughing, riding horses along the river, with the snow and the moon shining brightly. When they reached Qingqiu, it was already the end of the year.

Although Xiao Hui's injuries had healed, he was still weak and could not stand the cold. He spent the whole day curled up on the mat in his original form.

It was unusually cold that day. Tu Shanjing saw that he was still shivering even though I held him in my arms and covered him with a blanket, so he asked Yu Xin to stop the carriage near a busy street and find a store to have a hot drink to cool down.

As soon as Tu Shanjing stepped out of the carriage, a waiter came up to him and bowed repeatedly, saying, "Greetings to you, sir! My teahouse has just opened. We have all kinds of famous and precious teas, such as Shouzhou Huangya, Mengding Shihua, Xishan Bailu, Mianzhou Songling, etc. You are handsome and talented, and you can tell at a glance that you are a person who understands tea. It's so cold, why don't you come to my house to taste some tea?"

I got off the carriage and took a look at the teahouse. It was indeed a new shop with bright red decorations that had not yet been removed. It looked clean and elegant, so I smiled and said, "You have said all the good things. Your family has made a lot of money! Lead the way."

Tu Shanjing nodded, and walked into the teahouse with me one after another.

An old man in a green brocade robe with gold patterns was greeting guests. When he saw us come in, his eyes lit up and he greeted us with a happy face, "Master Qingqiu, your presence is a great honor to our humble inn! Please take a seat, and let me know if you want anything to drink or eat. Today, I will treat you!"

I see this old man is so wise, his expression is sincere and he doesn't seem to be pretending, but I don't know how he recognized Tu Shan Jing. Is it true that in Qingqiu, Tu Shan Jing only needs to show his face?

Tu Shanjing probably had the same question, so he returned the greeting with a bow and said, "Sir, I am very grateful for your kindness. But please forgive me for not looking at you well. I don't know how you recognized me. I don't want to receive gifts without merit. I still have to pay for the tea."

The old man coughed and replied, "I have seen you on the boat at the Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Festival, but we have never spoken. It is natural that you do not recognize me. You have tasted tea here. From tomorrow on, I will be rich and powerful. How can I ask you for tea money? Please take a seat!"