A thunderclap across the blue sky woke up the birds and plants in their sleep, Jiang Xixi looked at the sky, and said to Liu Xujiao, who was carrying a burden beside him, "Seeing that it is about to rain, Lord Liu should leave two days later?"
” Liu Xujiao took a bamboo hat in his hand and smiled at her, "There are many waterways along the way, and I just took advantage of the slanting wind and drizzle to enjoy the scenery on the river, which is also a beautiful thing."
As he spoke, he walked to the carriage that had been waiting outside for a long time, "Miss Jiang, Master Cheng is trying the case of Qifenglou, so I won't bother, and I will tell him about it for me, and I will definitely inquire about the affairs of the Hu family, and ask him to wait for my news." ” "I will, it's a long way to go, Lord Liu take care."
Jiang Xixi saluted, watched the carriage turn, and then turned around and walked towards the courtyard, just two steps, she suddenly found a white thing on the ground.
Jiang Xixi bent down to pick it up, and found that it was Liu Xujiao's sword spike, so he turned around and ran in the direction where the carriage had left.
"Lord Liu, Lord Liu."
She ran two intersections out of breath before she stopped the carriage.
Liu Xujiao poked his head out of the car window, with surprise on his face, "The girl is so flustered, is something wrong?"
” Jiang Xixi held his stomach and gasped for a while, before he raised his head and brought the white sword tassel to Liu Xujiao, "This......
This one fell. ” Liu Xuzhu was stunned for a moment, then took it over, he looked at his sword hilt, "Yes, it is indeed my sword spike, I am so confused, I almost lost it, thank you girl." ” Jiang Xixi was about to answer, but her voice was swallowed up by a burst of rolling thunder, so she waved her hand and motioned for the coachman to move on.
"Miss Jiang," Liu Xujiao leaned his neck out of the car window, "You haven't felt any discomfort lately, have you?"
” "All is well, rest assured."
There was another burst of rolling thunder, and then, the bean-sized raindrops fell, soaking Jiang Xixi's clothes in an instant, she waved her hand at the carriage again, turned around and ran into the vast rain and fog.
"Hey, Miss Jiang is back."
The probe in his right ear poked his head out the door, then turned his head to report the military situation.
"Jian Suizi was given to Liu Xujiao?"
Yan Niang asked casually, she stood under the eaves, admiring the thousands of rains falling from the sky, they were like silver needles, once they fell, they were deeply rooted in the soil.
The right ear came over and shook his hair, splashing water droplets all over Yan Niang's body, "These two fools, I didn't notice that you had already dropped the sword tassel." ” Yan Niang frowned and kicked her right ear, took out a handkerchief to wipe the water droplets between the hair on her face, "Shake the hair and go back to your own room, so that my clothes are wet." ” The right ear glared at her, scolded the stingy, and staggered towards the house.
Yan Niang saw that he was unhappy, she was inexplicably happy, she looked at the opposite side of the courtyard wall, and a sly smile appeared on her face, "The praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches behind, Master Cheng, you let Liu Xujiao go to Hu's house, but I didn't expect that I would also find someone to accompany him."
She spread out her palms, looked at the sword spike with dragon patterns on it, and smiled a little frozen, "This thing is really not bad, but if you know the truth one day, you must be in pain, after all, this kind of thing, no matter who puts it, can't afford it." ” With that, she threw the sword tassel into the puddle next to her, and the shoe ran over it.
Liu Xuzhang and his entourage walked out of Xin'an City, and walked along a boulevard for about two or three hours, before they came to a river, which is a canal connecting the north and south, called the Jade River, because its shape is like a jade belt, looking at it from a high place, shining, shining and shining across the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.
Liu Xujiao jumped out of the carriage and said to the two officials who escorted him, "Send them here, go back to Lord Mingcheng, and say that I will go back as soon as possible." ” The two officials hesitated, "Do you really want to get on the boat alone?"
We're afraid that we won't be able to explain it when we go back. ” Liu Xuzhu put the hat on his head and smiled at them kindly, "Don't worry, I have already discussed this matter with Master Cheng, even if you go back to resume your life, he will not blame you." ” Seeing that he had made up his mind, the officials had to go to the river and hire a small boat, and then carry the luggage to the boat, then saluted Liu Xujiao, got into the carriage and returned the same way.
Seeing that they had gone away, Liu Xuzhu walked back to the river, and the surface of the river was smashed by raindrops into countless small pits, shaking dozens of small boats moored above.
"Guest officer, are you going to Qingcheng?"
The boatman was an old man over half a hundred years old, and his body looked quite strong, but the wrinkles on his face and the calluses on his hands revealed the rough years he had experienced.
"I'm going to Qingcheng," Liu Xuzhu jumped on the boat, the boat shook twice, and was immediately fixed by the old boatman with a pulp, "Old man, why are you old and still have to work hard, what about your children and grandchildren?"
” The boatman invited Liu Xuzhu into Wupeng, brought him a pot of hot tea, and then said, "My wife and son went early, and my daughter-in-law is now pregnant with a belly and is about to give birth, so I let my son stay at home to take care of her. ” "Three generations in the same house, it's a happy event, congratulations."
Liu Xujiao said with a smile, "I just don't know who the old man is?"
” "My house is not far from here, and we will walk seven or eight hours south to reach where I live, and our village is by the canal, and there is a lot of water, so there are a lot of people sailing," he said, and walked out of the tent, "Guest, sit down, and we will sail." ” With his shout, the boat gently swung away from the riverbank, like a big fish swimming freely in the blue waves.
Liu Xujiao sat in the black canopy, staring into the distance, where the water surface and the sky gradually merged, and it looked lonely and vast against the background of the rain and fog.
I don't know how long later, he fell asleep on the table, and in the dream, he returned to his grandfather's house again, and in a trance he was still a child, and he was so frightened that he fell from the tree and lay unconscious on the bed.
However, in his dreams, he seemed to hear someone calling his name.
"Xu, Xu" Liu Xuzhu opened his eyes and looked at the beams above, why was he still in a dream?
He was only awakened from a dream, and the person who woke him up was only in his dream.
In a drowsiness, he saw a vague figure standing in front of him, and Liu Xujiao stretched out a hand to him, "Cousin?
” The man turned around and grabbed Liu Xujiao's hand suddenly, his face was covered with a layer of wet moisture, and his face was chaotic.