After leaving the New Song Gate and walking two miles to the south, a huge garden suddenly appeared in front of Jiang Xixi's eyes, although it was surrounded by high walls, she could still see the extraordinary and gorgeous garden from the rare trees that poked out of the wall.
"I've lived in Bianliang for so long, why haven't I noticed that there is such a beautiful garden here?"
Jiang Xixi looked at the plaque on the gate, "What spring" "Jiuhua Hall in Yichun Garden, Fei Ge is as straight as a hair, this is Yichun Garden," Cheng Muyou lifted the curtain of the carriage and came out of it and sat next to her, "The reason why you didn't notice it before is because this is the garden of the emperor's brother Zhao Tingmei, which is heavily guarded by heavy soldiers, and others are not allowed to approach." ” Jiang Xixi nodded, "No wonder, it turned out to be a royal garden," she blinked, "And now, why don't you see a guard soldier here?"
” "Zhao Tingmei was demoted, and this place was slowly deserted."
Jiang Xixi lowered his voice, "My lord, I always hear people say that our emperor is hard-hearted and his brothers and sisters don't let go, is this really the case?"
” Cheng Muyou glared at her, and then looked left and right, "It's a pity, I just didn't hear this, and you should not say it yourself, from now on, don't talk about state affairs in vain." ” He rarely was so strict with himself, Jiang Xixi nodded in fright, "I know, I just said it casually, and I won't dare to say anything in the future." ” Cheng Muyou's expression slowed slightly, he looked at Yichun Garden, his eyes penetrated the red wall and fell into the bustling garden with beautiful ponds and marshes, and he sighed from the bottom of his heart.
After walking more than 20 miles to the south, there were fewer pedestrians on the road, and the sky was mostly dark, Jiang Xixi looked at the sunset that was about to fall, turned over and stood on horseback and looked ahead, "My lord, why haven't you arrived yet?"
Didn't the master say that you can walk before dark?
But now I can't even see the shadow of the village. ” Cheng Muyou lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked at Xun'er, who was already asleep, and said softly to Jiang Xixi, "I have never been to my uncle's house, but I have only met a few times in Bianliang. ” It turned out that this time when he returned to Xin'an, Cheng Muyou was ordered by his father to go to his uncle Cheng Guoguang's house to have a look, Cheng Guoguang lived in Jingmen Village between Bianliang and Luoyang, he was very old, and he broke his waist a few months ago, and he couldn't walk, so he couldn't even get to Bianliang to marry a wife.
Cheng Dexuan asked Cheng Muyou to come to his house, firstly, to greet his injury, and secondly, to help him diagnose and treat him, to see if he could help him recover.
But they have been walking for so long, let alone the village, and they haven't even seen a wisp of cooking smoke, Jiang Xixi is a little anxious, afraid that it will be difficult to walk in the dark, and he will not be able to find the village.
Thinking so, she turned her head and said to Cheng Muyou, "My lord, you take a break in the carriage first, and I will go to the front to explore, and then call you when I find the way." ” "It's fine, but it's getting dark, so you have to be more careful."
Cheng Muyou instructed.
Cheng Muyou looked ahead and found that there was a dense forest there, the forest was neat, the trees were vigorous, the branches were criss-crossed, thick and strong, like a pair of open arms, covering the sky above.
Suddenly, hearing Xun'er muttering something in the carriage, Cheng Muyou hurriedly lifted the curtain and entered the car, only to find that the kid was still asleep, but he didn't know what monsters he dreamed of, punched and kicked a few times, turned over and didn't move.
Cheng Muyou touched his hand, felt a little cold, then took off the big hat, covered him, just about to get out of the carriage, suddenly remembered Xun'er when he was a child holding Shuyuan's clothes to fall asleep, for a while his heart was full of taste, only staring at Xun'er's face that looked like Shuyuan, and looked at it for a long time.
"Quack" There were suddenly a few crows' cries in the sky, hideous and loud, startling Cheng Muyou, who was contemplating and contemplating.
Just as he was about to go out to see why Jiang Xixi hadn't come back yet, the door curtain suddenly shook slightly, and then there was the sound of horses outside, and the carriage also swayed from side to side.
"Unfortunately, are you back?"
Cheng Muyou shouted outward.
No one responded to him, Cheng Muyou was vigilant, grabbed the long sword and held it in the palm of his hand, tried not to make a sound to pull the sword out of the scabbard, aimed it at the center of the curtain, and waited with bated breath.
After a while, it was still silent outside, except for the occasional chirping of autumn cicadas, but other than that, there was no sound.
Cheng Muyou moved to the side of the door curtain a little bit and lifted it, jumped off the carriage, and circled back and forth a few times.
It wasn't until he didn't find anything abnormal that he settled down a little, and attributed the experience just now to another suspicion that he had committed because of chasing after the wind and shadows.
"Let's go, daddy, go" In the carriage, Xun'er's whispering sounded again, Cheng Muyou shook his head and smiled, "This kid, he doesn't stop all the time during the day, and he is still so busy in his dreams at night, isn't he too tired?"
Just as he was about to go in and wake him up, he suddenly heard the sound of "Huang Lang" inside, and opened the door curtain, but saw the golden unicorn on Xun'er's collar shaking non-stop, as if he was frightened.
Seeing the scene in front of him, Cheng Muyou only felt a chill behind him, and he suddenly remembered when was the last time this circle was shaking wildly, at that time, there was a gouache woman in the room who had skinned countless people, but now, there are only himself and Xun'er here, why did it start to shake again?
Thinking of this, he got into it and held Xun'er in his arms, holding a sword in one hand, and his eyes scanned back and forth vigilantly.
He could even hear his own rapid heartbeat, "Knock Knock", which was not covered up at all under the shaking sound of the collar.
But there was nothing around, no matter how he looked at it, everywhere he looked, it was just such a small square piece of the world.
Now the sun has just sunk, and the sky is not yet completely dark, so the carriage is just gray, everything can be seen clearly, left and right, nothing more than a few planks, nothing strange can be seen, but because of this, his heart has shrunk a little tighter, and his heartbeat is getting faster and faster, he knows that the unknown, like darkness, is the source of human fear, so now this feeling is even more than when facing a murderous and violent ghost like Gouache.
"Daddy, who's out there?"
When the nerves were already tense to the point that they couldn't be tightened, Xun'er in his arms suddenly opened his eyes, squinted at a gap in the door curtain, and asked these words softly to Cheng Muyou.
Hearing this, Cheng Muyou turned his head sharply, swept his long sword, and cut down the entire door curtain.