Bamboo horse, bamboo horse, cheating and fraud

The three of them stood dryly like this, and finally broke the deadlock halfway: "I'm really gone, Wuwei is on a wrong road, and the sons and daughters share the towel!"

I nodded: "Go, the green mountains will not change, the green water will flow forever, there will be a period later!"

She fisted at me boldly: "Take care!" Then she got on the horse and galloped away with You Maobing without thinking.

I stood there for a long time, watching the red dress and that plump body slowly disappear under the rolling mountains, and then I gradually moved my numb legs.

Not long after they left, the sun broke through the clouds.This is the first ray of sunshine I have bathed in since the beginning of winter this year.

The sky was clear and bright, and it was a good day for traveling. They should be able to travel to Qingyu in the evening, and maybe they will be able to reach the desert in two months.

There are endless yellow sands, wild geese that come from autumn to spring, and the children of the rivers and lakes with arrogance. That's where they really should go. It's more refreshing than staying in the quagmire of the capital, unable to control their own ups and downs.

On the way back, it suddenly occurred to me that the weather was like this when I parted with Yun Rong.Some differences are like this, you never know how long the distance between life and death is.

However, life is like this, there is always a banquet in the world, what should be kept and what should not be kept, in the end they cannot be kept.

I suddenly realized that I still had one thing to do.

I didn't go home, but went straight to Xiaoshun's mansion.

The Ji Mansion is very poorly furnished, and there is not even a servant at the door.I knocked on the door for a long time before a half-grown boy poked his head out shyly, glanced at me and hurried back to report.

I stood outside the house for a long time, until the sun was setting, and no one came in or out of the mansion.

The old lady walked over slowly, and whispered in my ear: "I said sir, Mr. Ji is having a lot of trouble with the emperor these days, so don't pick on this juncture to make trouble!"

I sighed, looked back at the slanting sun, and bent my knees.

The Big Dipper in the sky and the South Dipper are oblique. I feel that the time has passed extremely long.

After a while my clothes were wet with cold dew.The old lady was old and couldn't stand the toss. She rubbed her nose and let out a long sneeze.

I sighed: "Go back and rest first."

She shook her head sadly, and sighed: "You are still kneeling here, how dare I leave!"

At this time, the door opened a crack, and a dim yellow light leaked out from it.The boy in the afternoon poked his head out, rubbed his sleepy eyes and said impatiently: "Why are you still kneeling here, Mr. Ji told you to go back quickly, he really can't help you!"

At this moment, I was in a trance: "It's okay, whether to kneel or not is my business, and whether to help is his business."

The boy curled his lips, muttered "I'm stubborn" in a low voice, and then sewed the door shut again.

After a while, the sky began to rain again. There was nothing to cover my head, and the slightest raindrops drifted into my eyes, which made my eyes feel jerky.

The old lady stomped her feet anxiously: "Master Xu, why are you doing this?"

She was getting old and couldn't stand the cold, so I signaled her to go under the eaves alone to shelter from the rain.She was so anxious that she let out an "ah", seeing that I was not moved at all, she had no choice but to get under the eaves.

After a while, the rain stopped.The air is filled with the smell of soil, the moon has not shown up, only the stars are all over the sky, but they are also sprinkled with silver light all over the ground.The bright starlight seems to be extraordinarily cold, my clothes have already been drenched, and now the breeze is blowing, I can't help shivering.

Looking up at the star curtain, the dots of light are dotted on it.I suddenly remembered that night a few years ago, Yunxuan and I were under the same glazed dome. At that time, I naively thought whether the glazed canopy would be so bad that it could be smashed down and kill the two of us. Crushed to pieces!Thinking about it now, isn't that an extravagant way to die?

Xiao Luo didn't owe me anything at all, even if he did, I would admit it.

I colluded with Yan Yin and worked with him overtly and secretly. The old accounts between us should be settled, and he saved my life, and I still owe him a life.

I'm already a dying person, I just want to come here in a good time and leave cleanly, and I don't want to owe anyone anything.

My head became heavier and heavier, and before the last trace of consciousness disappeared, I saw that the sky had turned white.The gate of the Ji Mansion opened slowly, and Xiao Shun walked towards me with a complicated expression...

I fell headfirst.

When I woke up again, my cough became a little bit worse, and I vomited a little, but it turned out to be vomiting blood.

The old lady heard the movement, opened the door and brought in the medicine.

Before I could ask a question, she spoke first: "A tall man came this morning. He wore a bamboo hat and covered his face with a veil. He came in a hurry and left before you woke up."

I asked, "Did he leave anything?"

The old lady couldn't wait to say: "It is true that I left a message. He first asked me to thank you and let you recover well. Then let me tell you that he has already thought about it these days, and he will probably go to Luzon to make some goods in the future, no matter the medicinal materials Ah silk or something, life is not a problem after all, don’t worry too much about him. What else did he say, a leaf of duckweed returns to the sea, where will life not meet again!”

I smiled and nodded, Xiao Luo is a shrewd man, he is a businessman, he has carried forward Zhonglie Building, so he doesn't have to worry about losing money in business.This time he was on the right path after all. If he had paid attention to this from the beginning, wouldn't it be a lot less ridiculous!

The old lady then lowered her voice: "There is one more thing, I don't know Daoist Xu has heard it..."

I asked her, "What's the matter?"

She sighed with a sad face, and finally said: "Master Ji..."

My throat tightened: "What happened to him?"

She sighed and drooped her eyelids: "It's not a big deal, I just resigned from the office, saying that I want to go home to retire..."

I was so anxious that I almost didn't come up: "He is in his twenties, why should he support him?"

The old lady said softly: "I guess it was intentional to anger the emperor! Everyone in this court knows that Lord Ji is the emperor's confidant, but that day Lord Ji actually wrote a letter, asking the emperor to let go of the traitor in the prison, you Are you saying that this is not intentional to make things difficult for the emperor?"

I suppressed the turbulent waves in my heart and took the time to ask: "And then?"

The old lady knows that I am a paper tiger, and she is not afraid of me. She even poured herself a cup of tea to moisten her throat, and then continued: "He brushed the emperor's face in front of so many people. I also endured it, but I didn't have a seizure, and I actually let him go after I went back. But that afternoon, the emperor turned over the old account, and found a reason to give Mr. Ji [-] boards. Mr. Ji was beaten full Feeling angry, I went to the palace to hand over the memorial that night, regardless of whether the emperor agreed or not, I just packed my bags and left the city overnight. The emperor sent someone to check on his mansion this morning, and there is no one there!"

I let out a long sigh, Xiaoshun's "begging for bones" is really ridiculous.Everyone thought it was because he was favored all along, and suddenly he was hit by twenty big boards, so he made such a bad plan because of the depression in his heart.But I know that he is just another way to express his protest against Yan Yin's death.The reason is that I got him involved.