There is no phoenix

Jia Mu was supported by the mandarin duck back to the house, lying on the bed, and said to the mandarin duck who was putting up the tent: "Mandarin duck, tell me, is it like the sunset in our house? First of all, I was always worried that Yu'er would be wronged when she got married. The method asked her to marry Baoyu, but who knew that she refused; the fourth girl always said that she would cut her hair and become a sister-in-law, and I thought she was a kid who was used to talking and playing, but who knew that she would secretly go away now; If you make it clear that you don’t want to marry him, he seems to be a different person, and always seems to be lost. I wish I could close my eyes for a while, so that I can’t see or hear, and let them make trouble!”

Seeing Jiamu's sentimentality, Yuanyang hurriedly comforted her: "Old lady, in my opinion, children and grandchildren have their own blessings. You have tried your best, so don't think about it too much. Miss Lin, Miss Si is usually very good. They are growing up now. It’s not wrong to have their own ideas when they grow up. Maybe they want to live the life they like. After they leave here, after going through a lot outside, they will naturally think of the old lady, and they will definitely come back here to see the old lady. Ma'am. Madam, do you remember that Miss Lin always liked to lie in your arms and act coquettishly? Miss Si, don't you often help the old lady pick Buddha beans and copy scriptures? How can you say that you don't have such an emotion? "

After hearing this, Yuanyang didn't say a word, Yuanyang quietly backed out when she saw that Jiamu had closed her eyes.

Because there was a note left by Xichun, everyone discussed not to go to Miaoyu's place to find someone, but to quietly send a few suitable people outside to inquire.

Youshi took the note from Xichun and went back to Ningguo Mansion to discuss with Jia Rong's wife, Hu Shi, but they couldn't come up with a proper idea, so they had to wait for Jia Zhen to come back.

At Xu o'clock in the evening, Jia Zhen finally came back from outside.Youshi then told the whole story about how everyone was looking for Xichun, and then took out the note Xichun had left.Jia Zhen took Xichun's note and looked at it, then sighed and said, "Come on, I don't blame you. You all go down."

The next day, Jia Zhen went to Rongguo Mansion early, and personally interrogated the women and girls in Xichun's courtyard, as well as the gatekeepers.Those people said that they hadn't seen Xichun all day yesterday, even Caiping, so everyone guessed that Xichun and Caiping had sneaked out the night before.

Jia Zhen then interrogated several women who guarded the side door of the garden.Only Mrs. Song, who was guarding the side door closest to Xichun's residence, said that she had seen the color screen the night before when it was close to Hai Hai. , leave the side door by himself, it is estimated that Xichun and Caiping sneaked out at that time.

Jia Zhen was speechless for a while.Look at the words left by Xichun in his hand:

The mountains are far away, the rivers and lakes are wide, and the joys and sorrows are difficult to complete in ancient times;

The sky is gray, the land is vast, and spring and autumn come and go from north to south.

Don't ask where to stay, I will be self-sufficient when I get out of the cage!

Since today's departure, there is no reason to return!Old lady, wife, brothers and sisters-in-law, you should cherish yourselves, don't look for me!

Looking at the words left on the paper, Jia Zhen could only return to Ningguo Mansion with her head downcast.

In the afternoon, Jia Zhen still secretly sent a few reliable servants to look for Zhizhi in Mantouan, because she knew that Xichun had been friends with Zhizhi, but there was no one there.I went to the dizang nunnery to look for it again, because among the operas bought from Gusu, the Ouguan who was sent away by Mrs. Wang was in the dizang nunnery; I also went to the Muni courtyard to ask, because the Muni courtyard Miaoyu used to be there .

But after two or three days, all the nunneries and nunneries around the imperial city were searched, and there was no shadow of Xichun and Caiping.

Jia Zhen still didn't give up, and finally went to Feng's mansion to ask Miaoyu, knowing that Xichun had never said where she was going.Even Miaoyu couldn't imagine where Xichun would go.

After searching like this for seven or eight days, there is still no trace of the Xichun color screen.Jia Zhen was physically and mentally exhausted, so she had no choice but to stop.

It turns out that although Xichun is young, she has a strong mind and is stubborn. Once she has an idea in her heart, she will definitely implement it.

On the night of the [-]th, Xichun and Caiping packed their bags and let the women and girls in the yard go to rest early, saying that they wanted to read paintings and calligraphy.The mother-in-law and girl know that Xichun likes to be clean, so she is happy to go to rest early.

After the mothers-in-law and girls went to rest, Xichun asked Caiping to bring out a large handful of waste paper, saying that she would burn it outside the garden.The doorkeeper, Mama Song, is kind and the color screen often gives some benefits, so when the color screen said that she forgot to bring the flint, Mama Song didn't doubt it at all.

Just as Mama Song turned to leave, Xichun, who was carrying her burden, had already left quickly.When Mama Song took the flint, the color screen took it, and told Mama Song that it was still cold, so she didn't need to wait at the door, she would come in after burning outside the garden, but she could just close the door, Mama Song was naturally eager to do so.

It wasn't until Jiamu waited for the people who entered the palace to come back the next day that they realized that Xichun hadn't followed her into the palace. They searched for a long time in a panic, and they thought it was only this flaw, but they had already left, so they had to punish Mama Song for two months. money, sent to do menial work.

On the morning of the first day of the new year, when Xichun and Caiping, who were wearing men's clothes, boarded the boat to Gusu, they were indescribably excited.Especially seeing the boats coming and going on the river, Xichun seems to have seen the old Lin family house of Gusu Daiyu, and the red plums in the Xuantou Panxiang Temple.

The sky is high enough for birds to fly, and the sea is wide enough for fish to jump.

The boat had been sailing for quite a while before Xichun and Caiping entered the cabin to rest.

But it is said that Daiyu Shuirong and his party have been going south along the canal for seven or eight days without knowing it.Lin Zhong told Shui Rong: "It is estimated that we can go to Yangzhou tomorrow, the young prince thinks we have to stay in Yangzhou for a few days?"

Shui Rong thought for a while and said, "I have never been to Yangzhou. If we can arrive tomorrow morning, we will go to the post station to stay first, then go to Qiling Temple in the afternoon, and we will go to Gusu the day after tomorrow."

Daiyu looked at Jiang Mian and said with a smile, "Uncle Lin, if you guessed correctly, you should be arriving in Guazhou soon, right?"

Lin Zhongdao: "Guazhou shouldn't be far away. Guazhou Ferry has always been a major shipping route from south to north. After passing Guazhou, Yangzhou is on the other side. It only takes an hour."

Shui Rong said: "My father and king said that Guazhou is the most important place in the north and south. Millions of tank boats pass by every year, and people who move to trade in hundreds of states come and go. They must stop here. Since history, we have tried our best to repair the canals with the surrounding governments, so the salt tax has been good these years."

Daiyu laughed and said, "At Guazhou Ferry, what kind of person has what kind of state of mind, so Brother Rong will take a good look at Guazhou tomorrow, so that he won't make a trip to Yangzhou in vain!"

Shui Rong asked Lin Zhong, "Uncle Lin, can you go to Guazhou tomorrow morning?"

Lin Zhongdao: "It should be possible. I just asked the owner of the ship and said that it should be possible to arrive early in the morning. The weather is fine now, and if it rains, it may be later."

The next day, when Daiyu got up early and walked to the bow of the boat, she saw that Shui Rong and Shui An had already connected their swords there, standing there looking at the river.

Daiyu walked over and said, "Brother Rong, do you know that Guazhou Ferry is far away, and it should arrive soon."

Shui Rong smiled and said, "You remember so clearly?"

Daiyu smiled and said, "I don't know anymore, this is the fourth time I've been here, so naturally I remember."

Shui Rong was a little surprised and asked, "Is this the fourth time? Have you been here so many times?"

Daiyu said: "The first time I left Yangzhou from here to go to my grandmother's house, I was six years old; the second time was when I returned to Yangzhou from the capital at the age of nine; the third time was when I was ten years old and left my aunt Isn't this the fourth time Su passed by here to go to the capital?"

Shui Rong smiled and said: "You said that, you really passed by here several times. Then tell me, besides the poems written by many literati, what else is the most famous in this Guazhou Ferry?"

Daiyu said with a smile: "Of course there are so many literati who are famous, so there are so many literati here to recite poems and oppose each other. Brother Rong, do you know that the Buddhist culture in Dongying is passed down from us, do you know which one?" Monk's credit?"

Shui Rong smiled and said, "I know, it's Jianzhen, an eminent monk in Tang Dynasty, who is from Guazhou?"

Daiyu smiled and said: "That's not true. But Jianzhen sailed from Guazhou Dukou many times to the East. Also, this Guazhou Ferry has a very poignant and cautionary story, which has made countless generations sigh!"

Shui Rong hurriedly asked, "What's the story?"

Daiyu laughed and said, "Have Brother Rong heard the story of Du Shiniang's sinking of the treasure chest?"

Shui Rongsheng Wu said: "As soon as you said it, I remembered that it was at the Guazhou Ferry."

Daiyu said: "I heard from my father that in fact, ships coming from the south to Yangzhou City don't need to go to Guazhou to berth, but because of the reputation of Guazhou Ferry, they are used to mooring in Guazhou, and then go north to Yangzhou City. At the place where Du Shiniang sank the treasure chest, there is now a pavilion to commemorate the martyr Du Shiniang who unfortunately fell into the dust, so it is called "Caisang Pavilion". There is a stone tablet beside the pavilion. I heard that the stone tablet On the back is the story of Du Shiniang's throwing into the river, but I haven't read it. When we pass by there, we can see the weeping willows on the bank of the pavilion, and the willows are swaying in the wind, which makes people think of that sad story. .”

Shui Rong said: "Then besides this, is there anything else?"

How else will Daiyu explain it? Let's see the next article.