Lei Yue Longmen

On the surface, Li Jingchen pretended that he had gone there when he lifted his hijab, but he was fleeing at that time, so Cen Zhu didn't have it? I had time to think about it, and after thinking about it afterwards, what was hidden under the graceful red silk? It was her delicate face, in my heart There was an indescribable sense of joy and excitement.

However, how to prevent her from being recognized by others after the excitement is over? It's a rather troublesome thing, especially in front of Jiang Yiting. Jiang Yiting has been in and out of the East Palace before, and it is not easy to deceive his eyes.

Cen Zhu thought for a while, and simply followed the old method he had used, and found her a scarf to wear, and lied that Li Jingzhu had an allergy to his face after drinking too much last night.Jiang Yiting really had no doubts, on the contrary, he was very pleased that Cen Zhu could marry such a beautiful woman.

After sobering up, Chuan Feiyan was very sad when she heard about this incident, and kept regretting that she shouldn't drink with her. At the same time, she felt that Li Jingchen would rather take the risk of getting sick to drink with her. This kind of courage and capacity are really rare. So he was cited as a close friend.Before leaving, Cen Zhu saw that Li Jingchen and Chuan Feiyan entered the boudoir with their bags on their backs, and they talked for a while before they came out together. They were talking and laughing, and seemed to be closer than before. She was a little curious about what they said What? But it's inconvenient to ask now. I thought I'd find out after we were on the road.

The chariots and horses were all ready to go, Cen Zhu thanked Jiang and his wife for their generosity, took Li Jingzhu, who had changed into a plain dress and long skirt, bid farewell to Jiang and his wife and went to the east gate.After leaving the city gate for about half a cup of tea, I turned to drive northwest again.

Cen Zhu was driving ahead, waving his whip while paying attention to the road signs.In her hand, she held a road map that was temporarily sketched last night. The track marked with a red pen crossed mountains and ridges. It took only one morning to walk through an inconspicuous small part of the map. Piyang County in reality is better than imagined. is even further away.

On the way, they met a caravan, and after inquiring, it turned out to be the caravan of Fufeng Rice and Grain Bao's family. The leader, Cen Zhu, still knew that it was Yan Hui, Bao Siniang's housekeeper, who entered the East Palace with her back then.

The two were both surprised and delighted when they met in a foreign land. Cen Zhu heard that she had collected grain from several nearby counties and was going to transport it to Beijing. He happened to have two letters for him to send to the capital.One was sent by Li Jingyu to Tan Xuanjing to report her safety. The letter did not mention her specific whereabouts, but only stated that she would return to Beijing within a month; the other letter was a confession to the head of the household department letter, falsely claiming that something serious happened to his family and that he would not be able to enter Beijing to take office until a month later.

Yan Hui was surprised when he heard that she was going to Piyang County. Piyang County was a place where no shit was seen in her eyes, and even the most dangerous caravans were unwilling to go there.

"Does your family have relatives who are exiled there?" Otherwise, she really couldn't think of a reason for Cen Zhu to go there, "Or, you found a gold mine in that corner of the mountain, and you want to develop it secretly?"

Cen Zhu couldn't answer her. In fact, even she herself didn't know the meaning of the trip, so she could only prevaricate a few words, "That's right, I do have relatives who are exiled there."

Yan Hui was so unpredictable? He glanced at her, showing an expression of "I understand", then glanced at the grass map in her hand, and said with disgust, "You want to go to the Northwest with this?"

He beckoned his subordinates to bring an accurate map to her, "Here, this is called a map, what is yours? Halfway through the journey, I probably won't even know it was taken away by wolves."

Yan Hui has been traveling all over the country all year round, so it is not surprising that he has a map of Yurui.What is rare is that her map not only marked the mountains, rivers and roads, but also marked where the roads should be sharpened. It is more complete than the official map.

"Hey, this is simply a treasure map. Have you ever lived in the inns, farmhouses, and ruined temples on it? There are even bandit dens, tsk tsk, how did you collect them?"

"Hey, haven't you been there and asked about it? How can we merchants travel all over the world, isn't it just relying on these living maps accumulated with experience? To be honest, I really don't want to give it to you for nothing? .”

"Hey, I'll give it away as soon as I give it away. Why don't you give it up? At worst, I'll give it back to you after I use it up."

"Hmph, no need, these things have been in my mind for a long time, and then I will mark a new picture." She waved her hands generously, with a confident look, and then pointed to the map Said: "Piyang County is really difficult to travel, almost no business travel, but it's not like no one has passed by. You can take it easy, I heard that the loess over there covers the sky, and sometimes you don't see a single one for a whole day. People, don’t blame me for not reminding you, you must prepare enough dry food and water, and it’s best to bring a few robes to keep out the cold, because the temperature difference between day and night is quite large there.”

"Got it, thanks for reminding me!"

Yan Hui curled his lips, and pointed her to another pass, "This place is called Yangchen Pass. You'd better stock up on food in the pass, because after passing this pass, supplies are extremely scarce, and if you want to replenish them, you can Difficult." After speaking, he threw her a wooden sign, "This is the pass order of Fufeng Miliangbao's family, which can ensure that you pass through most of the gates in Yurui, saving you a lot of trouble."

"Wow, did we meet a nobleman when we went out today? Miss Yan, how can I thank you? Okay?" Cen Zhu held the small wooden sign in the shape of a fish, as if he had found a treasure.Yan Hui said, "No, as long as you don't ? come to harass our shopkeeper, or indirectly ? come to harass me, I'll be satisfied."

"I know Miss Yan has the best heart. Say hello to shopkeeper Bao for me. See you in Beijing."

After the two parted ways, Cen Zhu took the live map and felt much more confident.According to the accommodation indicated on the map, everything became convenient and practical. The two pretended to be a couple who went to Piyang to visit relatives and friends. Holding the pass for Fufeng Rice Grain, they arrived at Yangchen Pass without hindrance. .After resting here for a night, replenishing food and water, the two continued on their way.

Unsurprisingly, the further west we went, the more desolate we became. In the first day or two, we could find a farmhouse to live in, but later we could only make a bed in a ruined temple.When you can't even find a ruined temple, you have to hide in a cave or spend the night in a carriage.

Under such circumstances, Cen Zhu never dared to let Li Jingzhu leave him half a step away. During the day, he asked her to follow him while collecting firewood and making a fire to explore the way. At night, when he was sleeping, he had to be within reach, lest he might be negligent for a while. , Li Jingchen was carried away by wolves.One night, she woke up in the ruined temple and found that the mat next to her was empty. She got up quickly, took a piece of burning wood from the fire, and went to find someone.

It was very dark inside the temple, but fortunately there was moonlight outside, which could illuminate the afterimages of various parts of the courtyard.There are two tall locust trees in front of the temple, and the carriage stops in the middle of the locust trees.The wind passed through the branches and leaves, making the branches rattle like a war, and the night owl's cuckoo sound came from the small woods in front, which was particularly scary in the empty countryside night.

She called out to the night twice in front of the temple, "Jing Yu!" No one responded, but a night bird that was awakened flew away from the tree, and the fluttering sound of its wings startled her.

When she collected herself, she vaguely heard rustling noises coming from the carriage, and hurried over, "Jing Chen, are you in there?"

"exist."

Hearing Li Jingxuan's response, Cen Zhuang's suspended heart finally let go, and he was about to lift the curtain to look at her.But Li Jingchen hurriedly said: "Don't lift it up yet, just wait outside, I'll come out right away."

"What are you doing?"

Hearing this, Cen Zhu put down his hands, a little curious, she got up in the middle of the night.

There was no response for a long time, and she couldn't help but worry, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay, you stay away from the carriage."

why?She was a little baffled, worried more than ever.But he still did as he said, "Then you have something to say!"

She stepped back about five steps, and stood in the night staring eagerly at the carriage.After about half a cup of tea, Li Jingchen lifted the curtain and came out. He was dressed in light gauze and plain clothes covered with moonlight, just like a phantom, ethereal, sacred, like clouds in the sky.Anyway, it doesn't look real.Cen Zhu walked over quickly, hugged her in his arms, his heart felt at ease immediately, and said: "You scared me to death, I didn't see you when I woke up, I thought you were taken away by a night owl. What were you doing in the carriage just now?"

Li Jingchen came out of her arms with an unnatural expression on his face.

"Nothing, let's go back to the temple."

"Oh." Cen Zhu didn't? He asked carefully, and grabbed her hand, "Huh? Why are your hands so cold?"

It's summer now, and even though the temperature difference at night is huge, it's not so cold that it's like ice.

Suddenly, she thought of something, she tilted her head to look at Li Jing's pale face, and understood, this girl probably got a letter from Yue.No wonder she whispered to Chuan Feiyan before she came, presumably because of this consideration.It's really hard for her, now that Yun Zai is not around, what? I have to do it myself.

Cen Zhu went to the car to hug a blanket, readjusted the mat, stuffed some firewood under her side, and said: "The next time you wake up at night, remember to wake me up, I will help you You stay on guard, otherwise you will be so scared to act alone in the dark. The night owl's ghost screams even scare me? Panic."

Li Jingchen was noncommittal, and lay down on the mat that was laid out from exhaustion.Cen Zhu went to the other side to heat up the fire, and added a handful of wormwood to it to smoke mosquitoes.Choked by the smell of smoke, he quickly slapped his face with his hand, turned to Li Jingchen and said, "It's a bit choking now, but it will be fine later."

Li Jingchen was a little confused? He said "hmm" and curled up like a shrimp while lying on his side.Cen Zhu lay down from the side, covered her with a blanket, and leaned his body against her naturally, passing his hands through her waist, clasping her hands from behind, "Is it still cold like this?"

Li Jingchen shook his head, unconsciously approaching Nuannuan.Seeing that she looked like a weak kitten, Cen Zhu put his hand on her lower abdomen and gently rubbed her circle, "Hey, go to sleep, I'll call you at dawn."

When the genius was dim, Li Jing was awakened by a gurgling sound, opened his eyes, and found that Cen Zhuo was no longer by his side, and there was a tall tripod on the fire, and a bright light was tied to the top with a straw rope. The kettle, the gurgling sound came from the kettle.

She rubbed her eyes and got up to sit up, her waist was a little limp and weak.Just as he was about to open his mouth to call Cen Zhu, the latter came in with a basin of water, with a bright smile on his face, "Are you awake?"

Judging by the tiredness on her face, she should have just woken up.

"I brought you a basin of water and boiled hot water. Fortunately, we met Yan Hui on the road this time, otherwise we would have been in a hurry. Well, let's wash your face first." Cen Zhu knew that she couldn't use it now. For cold water, I picked out the boiling kettle with wood, held the handle with my hands, and poured hot water into the basin.

As soon as Li Jing's heart warmed up, he washed his face with water, and Cen Zhu handed her the towel.The rest of the hot water was reserved for two people to drink, and the rest was given to Li Jingchen, so that she could handle the necessary things by herself.

"need my help?"

"No need." Li Jingchen went out with hot water.When he came back, he looked relaxed, and Cen Zhu also infected her emotions, and handed her a baked steamed bun, "Eat it, we'll be on our way after eating."

Li Jingchen broke off a piece full of head, stuffed it into his mouth, and asked while eating, "Are you familiar with Bao Siniang's housekeeper?"

"Familiar! When I first got to know Longmen County, there was a serious shortage of food in the county, so I wrote to Bao Siniang for help, and she sent Yan back to deliver food a few times. We got to know each other after we came and went. "

"So, she knows that you are an official as a woman?"

"I know. She is quite envious of me. She said that one day she will be Bao Siniang's housekeeper. She will also learn from me to get a county magistrate. But, in my opinion, Bao Siniang's housekeeper will always be her. When? Not enough."

She smiled with ulterior motives.

When the sun rose, the two were already on the road, facing the sky full of glowing colors and heading towards an unknown territory. Cen Zhu's mood? For the first time, he was full of hope, not unknown and bewildered.

This is probably because of the conversation with Li Jingzhu before getting in the car.

"I'm asking you a question, you can choose to answer it or not? Why do you have to go to that lady?"

"..."

"Well, I know it's a bit abrupt to ask, but I just don't understand, what kind of person is worth spending half a month doing nothing just to find her. She really means so much to you ? Want it?"

"Ah."

"why?"

"...If there is a person in this world who can help you achieve your dream that was originally out of reach, what would you do?"

"...I will probably try my best to find her like you. So, that's why you crossed the mountains? That lady can help you realize your wish?"

"Ah."

"What is the wish? Can you tell me?"

She didn't answer. Cen Zhu suddenly regretted that she had asked such a stupid question. What other wish could she have? Naturally, it had to do with her reserve.

Li Jingchen suddenly held her face in his hands, lowered his head and pecked her lips lightly, and under her momentary dull gaze, he quietly lifted the curtain and entered the carriage.Leaving Cen Zhu in a good mood of being confused and rising all the way?