Great Imperial Merchant

Cheng Weizhe has learned horse riding from his father since he was a child, and now at this age, he is naturally quite proficient.These days, when running tea gardens in Quze County, he has always been the one riding the horse in front, with Li Yi or Er Mao following behind.

Therefore, when the accident happened, Li Yi had no time to react, and could only watch helplessly as he turned down the cliff with his men and horses.It only took a moment for the wind and snow to blind people's eyes. When Li Yi got off his horse and ran to the edge of the cliff to take a look, he could only see the dense bushes and white snow, and there were no figures of a man and a horse.

Fortunately, Li Yi is not a person who has no idea. He immediately marked the place, and then, regardless of the heavy snow, he quickly rode back to Quze County to find someone to help him find it.

The weather was bad and the wind and snow were blowing. Although the strong laborers in Quze County were not willing to go out, they were invited out by him for the sake of money, and hurried to the place where Cheng Weizhe fell off the cliff.

It's just that half a day has passed, the snow has settled, and the cliffs are rugged and full of trees, so it's quite dangerous to go down rashly.Li Yi saw that the invited men couldn't get down several times, so he couldn't help but get anxious and wanted to jump down by himself.

It was because others stopped him that he finally didn't do anything stupid.

They couldn't find anyone, and the sky was getting dark, so the group had to return disappointed.

Er Mao was anxiously waiting for them in the carriage and horse post. Seeing that Li Yi's face was blue and white, full of anxiety and disappointment, he couldn't help but sighed and almost cried.

However, after following Cheng Weizhe for so long, he is no longer the bullied boy of the Cheng family.Seeing that Li Yi was really sad, he first gave money to the helpers to go home first, and then asked the people in the carriage and horse station to prepare some steamed buns and cakes.

After arranging all this, he found out the safety letter written by Cheng Weizhe a few days ago from his luggage, and gave it to the people at Che Ma Yi, asking them to deliver it to Quzhou on a daily basis in the next two days.

Cheng Weizhe's letter of safety was just to comfort Yang Zhongyuan. He originally planned to return in three days, but he left early, so the letter was naturally kept. Unexpectedly, it was of great use.

After everything was arranged, Ermao found Li Yi and discussed the matter with him seriously.

To them, Cheng Weizhe is not just as simple as the patriarch and the boss, he and Yang Zhongyuan are kind people, generous and considerate to the servants, especially the servants like Ermao and Li Yi who sell themselves as servants are never contemptuous.Ermao has been with him since he was a child, and was taught by him to read, read and learn tea. Now Cheng Weizhe teaches all his skills. It can be said that he is respected as a teacher and a father.

Today, I was suddenly told that something happened to Cheng Weizhe. He was still in a daze at first, and he finally woke up at night.

He has already asked the people at Che Ma Yi, the cliffs on that section of the road are not too high, nor are they too steep. Cheng Weizhe may only be injured for a while, and there will be no more serious things .If it wasn't for the continuous blizzard, they would have gone down to find Cheng Weizhe long ago, and now they can only wait for the snow to stop.

Quzhou usually doesn't have a few snowfalls in winter, and it has never been this heavy. The people at the carriage and horse station also promised that it might stop tomorrow, so Er Mao felt relieved, arranged everything, and pressed Li Yi to rest.

Early in the morning of the second day, when they saw the blizzard outside the window, their hearts suddenly rose to their throats.

The strong men who helped find someone were unwilling to go down the cliff in such weather, Ermao made a quick decision, brought dry food, kettle, dry firewood and firewood, and went down by himself.

Li Yi hurriedly stopped him: "An Cen, you are still young, let me go."

Ermao shook his head, and his attitude was extremely firm: "Brother Li, you will write a letter to the two old masters later, tell the matter, and let them hide it from Zhengjun anyway. Brother Changqing is waiting for you at home, I have no relatives, I also practiced martial arts when I was young, so it is most suitable for me to go down. Don't worry, if I don't find the master, I won't let anything happen to me."

Li Yi repeatedly said that he couldn't beat him, finally he could only sigh, tied a thick hemp rope around his waist, and let him go down the mountain.

In such weather, it is very difficult to go down the mountain, even if there is a rope pulling, it is even more difficult to go up.But Ermao was able to go down, and he was carrying a dry food and water bottle, so he could barely survive for a few more days. Once the snow stopped, people could be rescued immediately.

Although the accident had happened for a day and a night, they never doubted that Cheng Weizhe's life was in danger.

In their hearts, Cheng Weizhe is almost omnipotent, even if he gets into trouble several times, he can still save the day.Li Yi may not understand, but Ermao grew up with him, knowing that Cheng Weizhe had an extremely difficult life in the early years. With his character, he was not a person who gave up easily in the past. Now he has a family, and the child has not yet been born. , he is even less likely to give up on himself easily.

Thinking so firmly, Er Mao also carefully descended the cliff.

The wind and snow got bigger and bigger, and Er Mao's thin figure disappeared in just an instant.Li Yi stood on the cliff, praying in his heart, let the snow stop soon...

Three days later, in the middle of the night, Li Yi was sitting in the tent beside the cliff with a pale face, a fire was burning in front of him, and it was crackling non-stop.

There was no movement on the rope since Ermao went down, Li Yi couldn't leave the cliff anyway, he asked someone to send a medicine tent, hoping that once Xueting came up to rescue people, there would be some wound medicine to use.

Just when he was full of anxiety and unable to fall asleep, the heavy snowflakes flying all over the sky gradually became smaller. When it was late at night, the winter snow that had been raging for three whole days finally stopped.

After a long time, Li Yi was awakened by the movement of the rope. When he came back to his senses, he realized that the snow had stopped falling at some point.

The rope moved softly, but in Li Yi's ears, it was like the sound of nature.

However, there was no other movement after the rope was moved, but Li Yi didn't dare to sleep anymore. He kept watching with his eyes wide open until the early morning. When the first ray of sunlight hit the top of the tent, Li Yi was already standing on the edge of the cliff, I saw two familiar faces below.

To be honest, he is in his twenties, and he has hardly cried since he lost his crown. After waiting anxiously for dozens of hours, he finally shed tears when he could see the two of them climbing up the cliff.

"Master, Ermao, you're counted."

The man came back, but Cheng Weizhe suffered some injuries after all.

When he just rolled down the cliff, he didn't react immediately. It wasn't until the neighing of the horse exploded in his ears that he came back to his senses and quickly reached out to grab a short tree in front of him.

It was freezing cold, and although he was wearing leather gloves, his hands became stiff within a short while, so he had to slowly approach the cliff, and had no choice but to let go of his hands and continue rolling down.

Fortunately, the hillside was not too high and not too steep. In winter, he wore a cloak and covered his whole body tightly, so the branches didn't scratch him.He just rolled down all the way, and still hurt his arm a little. He was relieved when he landed firmly on the ground, and stood up clutching his broken right hand.

There was basically nothing under the cliff. Cheng Weizhe was very smart. He took off all the things on the horse and let it run away. Then he hid under a nearby big rock and counted his belongings.

Although he was in a hurry to go home, he also brought gifts to his family.

There was a bag of maltose for Xu Xiaotian, and flax wine for Han Shiqian and Zhou Quanxu. Because the bags were tightly packed, they rolled all the way down without breaking.After Cheng Weizhe finished counting, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Only these two things are enough for him to last for a few more days.

When he thought that Li Yi and Ermao were on it, he didn't panic anymore.

But the snow fell more and more heavily, and soon covered his whole body. Cheng Weizhe wrapped his cloak tightly, gritted his teeth and endured the biting cold.

There is no way, he didn't bring a fire book, so he couldn't raise the fire.At any rate, this big rock is not small, and it has blocked him a lot of wind and snow. Cheng Weizhe tightly held the gift for Yang Zhongyuan in his hand, and told himself to persevere no matter what.

He prepared two gifts for Yang Zhongyuan, one was an ancient recipe book for him, and the other was a longevity lock for the child.

He knew that he had to persevere no matter what, someone at home was waiting for him, and the child hadn't seen his father yet, so he couldn't lose his courage and hope because of the heavy snow.

The first day was quite difficult. The snow fell harder and harder. When he was hungry, he ate a piece of malt candy, when he was thirsty, he took a sip of snow water, and when he was too cold, he drank wine, which helped his body recover a lot.

His persistence was not in vain. Early the next morning, Er Mao came down the mountain with a bunch of things to find him.

After lighting the fire, eating scones, and hastily rubbed the wound medicine on his arm, Cheng Weizhe finally felt relieved.

"Ermao, thank you." Cheng Weizhe sincerely thanked the boy who was brought out from home.

Er Mao just laughed, but said: "Master, you said this is too out of the ordinary."

Yes, it's too outlandish. If it wasn't for Cheng Weizhe back then, he might have been beaten to death by Cheng Weishu's envoys.His life was saved by the master, and now it is only a ten-thousandth repayment, so there is no word of thanks.

Four days later, the carriage carrying Cheng Weizhe returned to Quzhou.

When he arrived home, the whole family didn't know that he was back. The concierge suddenly saw him, and immediately smiled: "Master Zhe, you are back. If you don't come back, Master Yuan will die of anxiety."

Cheng Weizhe smiled at him, tightened his cloak, and walked quickly home.

Passing the rock garden in the front yard, walking into the arch of the back house, stepping on the small bridge of the lotus pond, and finally walking to the lobby of the main house.

Zicao was coming out of the tea room, seeing him coming home, her eyes widened suddenly, and she opened her mouth to cry out.

Ermao jumped out from behind Cheng Weizhe, quickly covered his mouth with his hands and feet, and dragged him out of the house.

Cheng Weizhe looked back at them and smiled, then walked slowly into the tea room.

He felt that his heart was stirring with unspeakable yearning and enthusiasm. During that night of suffering alone, Yang Zhongyuan was the one he thought of the most in his heart.

Before, I knew that I only had him in my heart, and I only loved him.But that scene at that time still gave him a deep understanding.

This person, in this life, he doesn't want to let go.

This person will grow old with him forever and never be separated.

Even if he leaves first, it is not allowed.He wants to stay with him for a long time, to see the prosperity of the world with him, to stay with him until the last moment of his life.

The door of the tea room opened with a "squeak", Yang Zhongyuan sat in his usual place to read, because he was at home, he was dressed very casually.The loose robe couldn't cover his bulging belly at all, and his long black hair was loosely tied behind his head, making him look very relaxed.

When he heard someone coming in, he didn't turn his head, but asked shallowly, "Why are you back again? Did Ah Zhe go home?"

However, he didn't wait for an answer after speaking for a long time, so he had no choice but to look back, but unexpectedly, he fell into a warm embrace.The familiar lips and tongue entangled, adding a bit of warmth to his round face.

"Xiao Yuan, I'm back."