Jun You Ji Fou

Flowers are blooming on the Moshang, there are few people on the official road, and there is only one carriage rolling slowly.

The woman in the car hugged the sleeping child tightly in her arms, and took out a blanket from the bundle with the other hand to cover him.The movement was extremely gentle, but the child moved suddenly, slowly opened his eyes, and after being dazed for a while, he said softly, "Mother, are you home yet?"

"We'll be there soon, and we'll be entering the city soon." Liu Yunzi stroked the broken hair sticking to his forehead, and said with a light smile, "Is grandma's house not good? Why did Ziming insist on coming back early?"

"I miss Daddy." Ziming pulled the blanket out of Liu Yunzi's arms, sat aside, and said sullenly, "Daddy is so busy that he won't accompany me and mother all day long, and won't let us stay at home. I haven't seen my dad for a long time."

Liu Yunzi patted his head, her eyes were gentle, but she didn't make a sound.

Ziming lowered his head and stared at the longevity lock hanging on his chest, "It feels like Daddy has changed."

"How could it be?" Liu Yunzi lowered her eyes and said softly, "Your father has always loved us in his heart."

"Yeah." The child nodded vigorously.

Liu Yunzi smiled, but when she looked up again, she couldn't hide the deep worry. She was thinking, and Ziming pulled her silk sleeves again, "Mother, I..."

The horse neighed suddenly, and the car suddenly braked to a stop.

The coachman shouted outside, "Ma'am, be careful!" Then there was the muffled sound of heavy objects rolling to the ground, the sound of metal hitting, and the carriage was suddenly surrounded by a hustle and bustle.

Liu Yunzi tightened her grip on the child, and pulled the curtain of the car to look over. A group of people appeared out of nowhere from under the blue sky. They were dressed in tatters and looked embarrassed. Most of them were holding hatchets or sticks in their hands, and rushed up fiercely.The coachman struggled to get up from the ground and tried to stop him, but was immediately pressed down by several people and couldn't move, while the rest of the people rushed straight towards the carriage without hindrance.

"Hold tight mother." Liu Yunzi hugged Ziming in her arms, jumped out of the carriage, turned around in an instant to protect the child tightly, and fell to the ground forcefully.She didn't dare to stop for a moment and was about to stand up, but there was a numb pain in her ankle, which made her unable to get up.

"Mother..." The child's voice trembled, and he tried to pull her up in a panic.

"It's okay, don't be afraid." Liu Yunzi held Ziming's hand instead, and turned her head to see the people rushing in front of the car, squeezing and tearing their bundles, stuffing them into their bosoms. Blanket, clutching tightly and refusing to let go.

Someone behind couldn't get in anymore, stopped by the car and looked around, suddenly heard the crisp ringing of a broken bell, followed the sound and found the two people half hidden behind the car.The longevity lock that the child was wearing had a shiny luster made of sterling silver, and the small bell that fell below it rang softly.

The man stared straight at the longevity lock, and rushed to pull it.

The child screamed.

"Please don't touch him!" Liu Yunzi completely protected the child in her arms, reached out and pulled out the golden hairpin and handed it over, "This is for you."

The man's movements suddenly stopped, he met her fearless eyes, and carefully looked at the woman with disheveled hair uncertainly.He suddenly changed his face, turned around and shouted something indistinctly.

Only then did Liu Yunzi see clearly that there was actually a woman among them. Although her clothes were old, she was much neater in comparison, and she was the only one holding a sword.The woman was startled when she heard the sound, then knocked out the coachman who was about to grab her leg with the scabbard, and strode forward.

Not knowing whether it was a blessing or a curse, Liu Yunzi was confused when she saw the woman leaning over to look at her carefully, but she was about to speak when she sternly said, "It's her!"

Gritting teeth.The woman drew her sword out of its sheath, raised her hand and was about to chop it off fiercely, as if she wanted to swallow her alive, the blade of the sword gave off a glare.

Liu Yunzi covered the child in her arms, turned her head away and closed her eyes.

A sharp wind whistling passed by.

The sword fell to the ground with a clang, and the woman was shocked to take two steps back. She covered her bleeding hand and looked at Liu Yunzi who opened her eyes blankly, and then looked into the distance.

In the blue sky, the ancient roads and horses, two young men stand tall and tall.The man in blue withdrew his hand, and smiled, "Not bad, the angle is just right."

The woman looked down and saw a blood-stained broken branch on the grass.Anyone can see that the master is extraordinary. She picked up her sword and shouted loudly: "Let's go!"

This group of people hastily retreated and retreated quickly wherever they came.

"Follow up and find out." The young man in white said.

The two of them chased after each other, and the moment they passed by, Liu Yunzi stretched out her hand to stop her without warning, and said, "Please stay!" She begged, "Let them go!"

Chu Mingyun and Su Shiyu reined in almost at the same time, looking back at her.

"I just passed out, it's nothing serious, I'll wake up later." Su Shiyu let go of the driver's wrist and stood up.

Liu Yunzi thanked her repeatedly, and tied her hair back with a gold hairpin.

Ziming had recovered from the fright, and leaned against Chu Mingyun, looking up at him with sparkling eyes, "Brother, you are so powerful, those bad guys all ran away when they saw you!"

Chu Mingyun looked at Su Shiyu with his hands crossed, and smiled casually.Ziming still muttered to himself, "This road is really annoying, it's a long way around and there are so many bad guys."

"Oh—?" Chu Mingyun looked down at him, "Why go far?"

"I used to take another road when I came back from my grandma, but that road was blocked. It seemed that people were going to be arrested. My mother and I had to go around in a big circle to go home."

Chu Mingyun raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Ziming." Liu Yunzi called out to him, and Ziming trotted back to cuddle up to her.Liu Yunzi had recovered her normal appearance, saluted them, and said solemnly: "My concubine's surname is Liu, thank you two gentlemen for saving my life."

"Thank you, big brothers!" Ziming followed.

Su Shiyu glanced at the child, and smiled faintly, "It's nothing more than a little effort." He asked, "I'm just a little puzzled, why did Mrs. Liu intercede for those gangsters?"

"There are no robbers," Liu Yunzi sighed, "They are just refugees who lost their homes during the rebellion. They want to rob some food and clothing. It's already pitiful enough, why bother to kill them all."

Su Shiyu frowned slightly and nodded.Chu Mingyun looked at her and suddenly asked, "Look at the direction, are you going to Shouchun?"

"Yes."

"How is it going there now?" Chu Mingyun asked.

Liu Yunzi thought for a while, then said, "It's settled down." She paused slightly, then looked up at them, "Why do you two ask this?"

"He and I are going to Shouchun," Su Shiyu said with a smile, "If Mrs. Liu doesn't mind, we can see each other off."

"This..." Liu Yunzi hesitated slightly.

Ziming couldn't help but tugged at her, "Mom, let big brother come with us! Don't be afraid if you meet bad guys again!"

"Ziming." Liu Yunzi pressed his hand, and Ziming obediently remained silent.

"It's okay to be embarrassed, I also find it troublesome. If he didn't say he wanted to save you just now, I didn't plan to make a move." Chu Mingyun put his hand on Su Shiyu's shoulder, and said with a low laugh, "Everyone is going his own way. People get in the way."

Su Shiyu pulled his hand down silently, and said to Liu Yunzi: "I just mentioned it kindly, Madam can decide for herself."

"I just have a doubt," Liu Yunzi smiled, and said, "I can see that the two young masters are wealthy people, why don't you take a car and a sedan chair, and you don't see any attendants following you, and you have to go to Shouchun to survive the rebellion." dangerous place?"

Before Su Shiyu could answer, someone grabbed his waist tightly, and Chu Mingyun's chin rested on his shoulder, "Of course..." He looked at Liu Yunzi and smiled, and said softly, "Elope."

Liu Yunzi was stunned, and stared at them incredulously after recovering for a while, "You, you mean you..."

Su Shiyu tilted his head to look at Chu Mingyun who was smiling with eyebrows and eyes, turned his gaze back to meet Liu Yunzi's shocked gaze, fell silent for a moment, and finally nodded solemnly, "Indeed."

As if struck by lightning, after a long time, Liu Yunzi took a deep breath before she managed to calm down, "This, that... no wonder."

"Can't accept it?" Chu Mingyun asked with a half-smile.

"No, how could it be, it's just that it's rare." Liu Yunzi smiled, "If that's the case, I'll trouble the two young masters to send them off."

After a while, the coachman woke up, and they continued to go to Shouchun, the main city of Huainan.It was clear that there had been a war, and the guards saw them but let them go without checking them carefully.After entering the city, Liu Yunzi thanked and said goodbye. Chu Mingyun and Su Shiyu walked around the city at will, and unexpectedly found that this city, which was called the empty city in the report, had already had many residents. It can still be considered lively.

It was noon, and the restaurants in every inn were full of guests.They randomly found an inn, but the shopkeeper heard that they wanted to stay, but he had a meal, and asked: "You two guests only stay for one night?"

"That's not true, we plan to stay here for a while." Su Shiyu said.

"But we have only fought here, and there may be troubles at some point. It's not safe for the guest officer to stay for a long time." The shopkeeper said.

"Maybe when there will be another rebellion," Chu Mingyun said with a low laugh, "Then why are you still staying in Shouchun for business, and why don't you go to another place to hide?"

The shopkeeper smiled, "After all, the roots are here, and no one wants to leave unless it is necessary."

Chu Mingyun turned his head and glanced at all the guests, and many people were talking and looking at them curiously. He continued slowly, "You have so many guests here, why do you want to urge us to leave?"

"What's the matter, what's the matter, of course I wish you could stay for a few more days, the guest officer, why would you urge you to leave." The shopkeeper hurriedly said, and then looked at Su Shiyu, "I'm asking too much, I don't know what the two guest officers do Woolen cloth?"

Su Shiyu smiled softly, and said gently, "He and I are both in business."

The shopkeeper nodded repeatedly and stopped talking.

It took another afternoon to walk the streets and alleys, and after they returned to their room to wash, it was already dark and the moon was high.

Chu Mingyun took off his coat casually and threw it on the table, then turned to look at Su Shiyu standing in front of the window, "Shiyu, what do you think?"

"...Let's not talk about the idea yet." Su Shiyu turned his head, his eyes flicked, and then he fixed on the robe on the table.

"..." Chu Mingyun picked up his coat and straightened it, folded it casually and put it down beside the bed, then walked to his side, "What do you say?"

Su Shiyu smiled softly, turned his eyes away and looked out of the window again. Under the sky, there are thousands of houses in the city, and the lights are like stars, and they are going far away. "It's just strange."

"Huh?" Chu Mingyun turned his head to look at him.

"Although it's been nearly a month since the rebel turmoil, the number of residents in this city is still unexpectedly large." Su Shiyu said.

"There are more than these things that are wrong." Chu Mingyun said in a low voice, "Until now, except for Mrs. Liu, I have never seen a woman in this city, and the people eating in the inn are all men. Are you not going out at home?"

Su Shiyu sighed, turned his head to look at Chu Mingyun, and met his eyes looking at him, his eyebrows gradually became tender, and he couldn't help smiling, "Why?"

"What do you think?" The voice was very soft, with a little smile, Chu Mingyun embraced him, and slowly leaned forward.

Su Shiyu raised his hand and was about to embrace him, but suddenly paused, with a complicated and unspeakable expression, "... so quiet."

"Huh?" Chu Mingyun couldn't help frowning.

"This inn is so quiet." Su Shiyu turned around and listened carefully, but there was no sound in his ears.

Chu Mingyun let go of him, exchanged glances with Su Shiyu, and pushed the door open.All the rooms are lit with lights, and the lights and shadows in the corridors are intertwined.They stopped silently in front of the next door, but they couldn't detect the slightest human voice.

Chu Mingyun frowned, pushed the door open, the candles were brightly lit, and the room was empty.

Heartbroken, they looked at each other again, and opened all the doors of the guest rooms separately, one by one, empty.The entire huge inn was brightly lit, but there were only the two of them.

Chu Mingyun and Su Shiyu stood side by side in the corridor, looking around at all the open doors, and there was a dead silence.

The night wind blows in through the window, and the lights are dim, flickering to be extinguished.