Out of Yuanmen

Shen Hanchi led the donkey and the couple to the inn, and asked about the current situation of Tanlang City in the past two years while walking.The man with wicked eyebrows and mouse eyes was called Huang Kui, and the pungent woman didn't say her name, so she only asked Shen Hanchi to call her sister-in-law.

Tanlang City is quite different from Huajing. Most of the women on the street do not bind their feet or wear gauze, while most of the men wear knives and are tall and strong.As Shen Hanchi walked and watched, he felt very cordial. The memory of being in this city with his parents when he was a child seemed to have recovered a little.

"It's not like that. The Qiang people are ready to move. If they can't get in, they will harass the people who are out of the city." Huang Kui said angrily, "After the old city owner died, the new city owner couldn't keep down the corrupt officials. Vigorously bully the common people."

Shen Hanchi stopped in his tracks, Mrs. Huang looked back at him suspiciously, and saw this handsome young man with a stunned expression and eyes full of astonishment.He moved his lips a few times before opening his mouth with difficulty: "Zhang... the old city owner passed away? When?"

Mrs. Huang looked at him a few times: "The young master is from the south. It's normal not to know. The old city owner has been depressed since the battle of Bailangguan and killed his sons, daughters, wives and concubines to share food with the soldiers. He hanged himself within two years."

Huang Kui continued, "Oh, I can't blame the old city lord for this... But if I were to change, I wouldn't do it."

Mrs. Huang smiled and said: "You are worthless, if you really beat the Qiang people, maybe I was the leader and killed you to feed the soldiers."

Huang Kui muttered "Vicious woman", and walked to the front, shaking his head.Shen Hanchi was still in a daze, and Aunt Huang called him several times before he came back to his senses.

He didn't expect that Zhang Xiong, the high-spirited old town back then, would actually hang himself.But after careful consideration, it seems reasonable again.If it had been him, he would have had to personally kill his close relatives for righteousness, and it would probably be difficult for him to live on.

That year when the Qiang people forced the pass, the imperial court forcibly cut off the water transportation in order to make Tanlangcheng surrender.Shen Qiong led five hundred elite soldiers who were willing to resist the order and the militia organized by the people to guard the city gate. It was Zhang Xiong who personally killed his six children and four wives and concubines, leaving only one eldest son.He shared the corpses of his family with the soldiers, and only then did he survive the arrival of three thousand reinforcements from the wine picking city under the pressure of the generals in the court to write a letter.The iron-blooded Zhenxi General Shen Qiong burst into tears immediately.

Ah, that was already 12 years ago.

He put on a smiling face, signaled Mrs. Huang that she was fine, and continued walking forward.

Huajing City, ask Tiansi.

Yun Shugui was holding a book of endgame chess and was reading it, a wicker branch was swaying in the wind outside the window, and the pond was full of vines in full bloom.

Suddenly, a head poked out from the window.A five-sense Lingtai Lang who asked Tiansi shouted to him: "Young Master Yun, we are going to go out for an outing outside the city the day after tomorrow, and Luo Zhaorong asked if you would go."

A distraught girl's voice came from a distance: "Liu Feng, do you want to die?!"

Yun Shugui smiled gently: "I won't go, you guys have fun."

Liu Feng shook his head and said, "I told you that you definitely won't go, the girl will never give up. Alas, I've said it all, Mr. Yun has never stepped out of Huajing City since he was a child, and this time is definitely no exception."

"By the way, Mr. Yun, why don't you leave the city?"

Yun Shugui's hand turning the pages of the book paused insignificantly, and he shook his head: "There is no particular reason."

Liu Feng giggled and said, "Everyone says you never leave the city because of the one you love, is it true?"

Yun Shugui saw the green clothes flash past in the distance.He pondered for a moment, then nodded: "Yes."

"Wow..." Liu Feng opened his mouth wide, "I didn't expect our Young Master Pian Pian to really have a sweetheart!"

Yun Shugui noticed that the green-clothed man ran away in a hurry, so he shook his head amusedly: "What kind of strange titles are these?"

"It's a lot." Liu Feng began to snap his fingers, "Young Master Ruyu, Young Master Wushuang, Mr. Lanhua... Oh, you don't know how much women in Huajing City like you. Oh yes, there are men. Now Knowing that you have a sweetheart, they will probably be heartbroken."

Yun Shu replied, "Where is such an exaggeration?"

Liu Feng clicked his tongue in amazement: "Mr. Yun, you don't know that every time you cross the threshold of Wentiansi, there are a bunch of girls secretly watching you from behind. There are also girls who ask me to deliver letters to you, but they are all rejected by Luo Zhaorong. Snatch it and tear it up. I wish I was half as popular as you."

The young man's tone of voice was sour, but Yun Shugui had always been insensitive to these things and didn't notice it. Lu Jiao, who was tidying up the room, had already heard the trick.She raised her brows upside down, put her hips on her hips and scolded: "Go, don't dirty my young master's ears with these things!"

"Alright, alright, Miss Lujiao, I'm leaving now." Liu Feng made a grimace, and ran away in a hurry.

Only then did Yun Shugui find leisure, and continued to read the chess records.Lu Jiao took a feather duster and dusted it here and there, but couldn't calm down, as if ten thousand caterpillars were crawling on her heart.Finally, the servant girl still hesitated for a long time, she simply threw away the feather duster, went out and asked, "My lord, do you really have a sweetheart?"

Yun Shugui heard the crisp sound of the feather duster falling on the ground, turned his head, looked at the maidservant with a half-smile and said, "Why do you want to inquire about these things?"

"Well, I'm just curious." Lu Jiao said coyly, "What kind of person can keep the young master in mind for so long?"

"He..." Yun Shugui gently lowered his eyelids, his eyelashes flickering.As if thinking of something good, a smile unconsciously appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Very good."

It was the first time for Lu Jiao to see the young master smiling so happily.The sunlight outside the window shone on Young Master's body, as if it had gilded him, making him look like he was about to merge with the sunlight.In that instant, all the tenderness and love in the world filled the dimples on Yun Shugui's face.

She thought, the person the young master likes must be very good.The young master must also like her very much.

But soon, that sincere and gentle smile disappeared from Yun Shugui's face without a trace, and he put on a shallow smile again.Lu Jiao realized that her smile was a bit forced, and couldn't help asking: "My lord, why don't you ever go to see her?"

Yun Shugui said softly: "If you don't want to, you really can't."

He flipped the pages of the book with his knuckle-boned hands, and a dry white crabapple flower lay quietly inside, falling in the Tianyuan position of the endgame.

The green dragon heard the many helpless struggles in that sound, and closed his mouth wisely, regretting why he had to talk too much to get to the bottom of it, which caused the young master's sadness.Poor her son, who is handsome and rich, but can't ask for his sweetheart.In order to make up for his mistakes, Lu Jiao had no choice but to wave the feather duster in the wind, trying to clean the young master's study spotlessly.

Yun Shugui picked up the crabapple flower, his eyes were clear and light.Suddenly there was a bang in his ears, as if something heavy had fallen into the water, he raised his eyebrows and saw that the girl in green shirt threw a whole box of things into the lotus pond outside his window, then ran away crying.

"Du Shiniang." Although Yun Shugui resented that he had hurt the girl's heart, he was amused by Luo Zhaorong's absurd behavior and put back the crabapple flower that had lost its moisture.He sighed softly, walked to the pond, and quietly looked at the strange objects floating in the water.There are letters, women's personal items, sachets and handkerchiefs.

"...I'm going to trouble Yin Fu to clean up." He said distressedly.

Before he could turn around, the girl in the green shirt suddenly ran back, her eyes were red, and she looked at him with hatred: "Senior Brother Yun, you don't like me, but I still admire you!"

Yun Shugui said in a gentle voice: "You have been asking Tiansi for three years, and I have already regarded you as my own sister."

Luo Zhaorong, who hadn't given up, finally burst into tears.Yun Shugui reached out to touch her head, stopped in midair, and finally retracted helplessly.

"Okay, I got it, hiccup." Luo Zhaorong's girlish nature, coming and going quickly, was amused by his hesitant behavior, "there are so many men in the world, I won't hang myself on your tree !"

"That's good." Yun Shugui still had gentle eyebrows and eyes, "Yun is not worth it, he is a bad guy who makes women cry."

Luo Zhaorong made a face at him and ran away.Yun Shugui looked at her back and noticed that she quickly raised her hand to wipe away her tears, as if she didn't want to be seen by him.

Yun Shugui stood silently in front of the lotus pond, with a sad look in his eyes, he said, "Bound yourself in a cocoon."

A carrier pigeon flapped its wings and landed on his shoulder. Yun Shugui untied the letter from the pigeon's leg, his eyes fell on the paper and his face sank like water in an instant.

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