I heard you want to let me down

There was a light snow in the morning, and several plum trees were planted on both sides of the road. The red plums reflected the snow, adding to the proud attitude.At the end of the winding path is a small forest building.

The old man walked along the path and saw a young man with his back facing him, kneeling in the kiosk with a pen in his hand, not knowing what he was writing at his desk.

The old man was very pleased to see this.

This young man came to Jingren Academy with Dai Xun'an's letter three months ago.The letter said that this young man is his proud disciple, who has been studying in Bailu Academy, and now he is studying abroad. I hope the teacher will allow him to borrow and study in Jingren Academy for a while, to listen to lectures with your great scholars, and the young people of Jingren Academy Talented people do academic exchanges.It is best for the teacher to give him guidance and guidance in person when he is free.After all, your disciple and grandson are about to end soon.

Dai Xun'an praised Gu Ruzhuo in the letter, and Wei Wushu was quite skeptical at first.Who knows that Wei Wushu has to admit that after getting along with each other in the past few months, he is really a good boy!

Talented, but not arrogant, with a stable temperament, respecting teachers and teaching, making good tea, and working hard!

No, it snowed early in the morning, and those bastards all ran out to play today, and they called it admiring the snow to compose poems and condense their ideas.Only Ruzhuo, obediently stay here to study.

What a good child, why did the kid named Dai Xun'an pick it up?Dai Xun'an is really too much. When he meets a good seedling, he only thinks about receiving his disciples, and doesn't think about his teacher!The old man is also very short of such a closed disciple!

The old man walked past him quietly, not wanting to disturb him, but wanting to see what beautiful articles he was writing.

Gu Ruzhuo had already put down his pen and was so focused on looking at the rice paper on the case that he didn't even notice him coming.

Wei Wushu went all the way to the desk, and took a closer look. What was on the desk was not an article, but a painting.His complexion changed suddenly, and when he raised his hand, he accidentally knocked over the teacup on the table, and the tea splashed on the table, almost staining the painting.

Before Gu Ruzhuo could react, Wei Wushu had already snatched the rice paper over, first carefully dipped his sleeves to wipe off the wet stains on the corners of the rice paper, then held the painting and looked at it for a long time.

He slowly raised his head and forced a smile: "This, this is, who are you drawing?!"

Gu Ruzhuo was puzzled by Wei Wushu's reaction, but still said respectfully, "She is my beloved wife."

"Your wife?" Wei Wushu glanced at the painting again, and suddenly asked, "How old is he this year?"

"It's the year of peaches and plums."

The eyes of the old man were a little wet, and he murmured: "20 years old. If my grandson is still alive, he will be 20 years old this year."

Gu Ruzhuo knew that Wei Wushu's sadness might be aroused, so he didn't speak for a while, just listened silently.

"It really looks like it." The old man became more and more excited as he looked at it, "It's very similar to Nannan."

After Nannan left, his old wife was so heartbroken that she went crazy and burned most of her previous portrait with a fire.He locked up the other pair or two.He was afraid of being emotional, and also afraid that his wife would not be able to bear it, so he never opened it again. 20 years, he hasn't seen his daughter for 20 years.

This portrait is really like that.

"It's a girl." The old man stretched out his hand and lightly touched the girl's bun in the painting, "Hello, girl."

It would be great if his daughter gave birth to a girl.

The old man stared at it for a long while, and suddenly caught a glimpse of Gu Ruzhuo beside him from the corner of his eye, and finally realized his gaffe.He carefully put away the portrait, then coughed twice, and said seriously: "I remember you have been studying abroad for three years? Didn't you think about going back to see your wife?"

He looked at Gu Ruzhuo reproachfully: "No matter how obsessed you are with studying abroad, you shouldn't go home for three whole years."

Gu Ruzhuo watched helplessly as Wei Wushu carefully folded the painting and stuffed it into his sleeve. Before he could explain that Rong Jin meant that he hadn't returned home for three years, he reminded softly: "Master, that is My painting."

"Oh." Wei Wushu didn't notice until he was reminded, took out the painting from his sleeve, and handed it to him reluctantly, "Give it back to you."

Although he was a bit reluctant to part with this painting, it was only his grandson-in-law after all, and it was really inappropriate for him to take away her portrait.

He was full of love for this woman who looked very similar to his beloved daughter: "Have you taken your wife to meet Xun'an?"

Gu Ruzhuo was a little surprised when he heard that, he thought that Dai Xun'an had explained clearly to Wei Wushu in the letter.Gu Ruzhuo explained: "Actually, my wife is your disciple and grandson, and I am your disciple and grandson-in-law."

The pupils of the old man shrank fiercely, and he tried hard to control his expression not to show any strangeness: "You mean, your wife is Xun'an's disciple?"

"Yes. I was originally a slave. I was lucky enough to be favored by a girl, so I was able to call Mr. Dai a master." Gu Ruzhuo took the opportunity to explain what happened before, "This study tour is also supported by the girl. I hope I can be outside. Take a three-year study tour and rest assured."

By the way, she hinted vaguely that they have a good relationship: "After the New Year's Eve, the girl will come to Jingren Academy to find me, and accompany me to the capital for the exam."

"That's right." Under the invisible sleeves, Wei Wushu's palms were tightly clenched into fists, his face was calm, with a slight smile, "You have been married for many years, and you should have children in your family. If your wife brings the children , you have to show this old man!"

Gu Ruzhuo blushed slightly: "Not yet."

"Then what, you are old and young, so hurry up." Wei Wushu left a few words absently, "You read carefully. I still have something to do, so I'll leave first."

Wei Wushu walked all the way to the study almost on his feet.He found a box from the bottom of the bookshelf.There is not much dust on the box, it can be seen that it is often wiped by someone.It's just that the lock is already stained with rust.Wei Wushu took a lot of effort to open it.

There are five or six scrolls inside.

Wei Wushu opened one of them with trembling hands.

Above, a girl in an apricot-colored shirt stands among flowers and smiles.

It wasn't that much alike, at least not as much as he thought.But Wei Wushu's expression was even more excited. He unfolded all the portraits with trembling hands, and finally found the one he wanted.

In this painting, the girl has been married as a woman, combing a woman's hair bun.She was sitting on a swing frame, smiling sweetly and gently, and a young man stood behind her.

Wei Wushu's gaze stayed on the man's peach blossom eyes that were always slightly cold.

"You bastard! You bastard! No wonder you stayed in Bailu Academy for so many years and refused to come!" The old man's hand holding the painting trembled slightly, "You didn't tell me! You didn't tell me such a big thing!"

He was momentarily at a loss: "After so many years of hiding it, why does he want that child to come over now? Is it safe?"

"That's not right." Wei Wushu recalled just now, when Gu Ruzhuo mentioned his wife, he was clearly affectionate, "Could it be possible that she really gave birth to a daughter?"

"No, no, if it's a girl, why is this! But if it's a boy, what's going on with Gu Ruzhuo?"

For a moment, various guesses flashed through Wei Wushu's mind.

"Don't the kid know?"

"Or, in fact, it was a girl back then, but something went wrong?"

If it's really a boy, it seems that they don't think well of Gu Ruzhuo; but if it's a girl, it's not okay either!There are hundreds of thousands of young talents in Da Yong, I haven't thought about it carefully, how can I directly decide? !Still studying abroad for three years and not going home, is simply courting death!

After that day, Gu Ruzhuo found that Wei Wushu, who had always been kind to him and was so kind that the other disciples envied him, suddenly became very strange towards him. At one moment, he seemed to be vaguely guilty, and at the other he was rather cold and critical.

While Gu Ruzhuo was puzzled, he also secretly took this matter to heart.

On this day, he went to the Library Pavilion of the academy.Zangshu Pavilion is one of the most admirable places in Jingren Academy. There are countless books in it, some donated by the teachers and students of the academy, and some are written by the teachers and students of the academy themselves.

There are several fixed academy disciples who take turns guarding the records in Zangshu Pavilion.The person on duty today is a student named Homer.Homer is lively by nature, has a lot of friends, and is well-informed. He is a well-known know-it-all in the academy. I am very sorry for his name.It is said that his father asked him to apply to guard Zangshuge every now and then just to change his gossip-loving temperament.

Gu Ruzhuo came over with two or three books in his arms.

Homer was sitting at the door of the Library Pavilion, bored, when he saw Gu Ruzhuo approaching, he stood up and said enthusiastically, "Brother Gu came to borrow books today."

"En." Gu Ruzhuo put a few books in his arms on the table, nodded and said, "Junior Brother Huo, please."

"Good talk, good talk."

Homer noticed that the pages of one of the books were very yellow and looked very fragile.He picked it up carefully, looked at the title of the book, wondering why: "Brother doesn't know something, this kind of book is not allowed to be borrowed for a long time, and this is the first manuscript. If you want to read it , you can look for it in the library, there must be a new print."

Gu Ruzhuo was slightly embarrassed: "Well, thank you, Junior Brother Huo, for letting me know. I saw that the book was signed by the master, and I was so happy that I didn't notice it."

"fine."

Gu Ruzhuo seemed to be reluctant to part with the book, and touched the cover lightly: "Is this book written by the master after he taught in the academy? Looks like it's been 20 years."

"That's right." Homer didn't think there was anything wrong, and nodded, "It seems that Mr. Wei wrote it not long after he first came to the academy. Let me think about it, Mr. Wei resigned from the court almost 20 years ago. He returned to Jingren Academy to teach in his post."

Gu Ruzhuo was puzzled: "At that time, the master was in his prime, why did he suddenly resign from the court?"

Homer looked around and saw no one, so he said in a low voice: "I heard from my father and the others. Mr. Wei's beloved daughter died 20 years ago. It is said that she passed away due to dystocia. Two lives. At that time, Mr. Wei and his wife were heartbroken, so they resigned and came back to teach. Brother, you are now studying with Mr. Wei, so don’t mention what happened 20 years ago.”

"What about the master's son-in-law?"

"I don't know, I haven't seen it in these years. It probably broke up at the beginning, or passed away."

After a few words with Homer, he went back and found a newly printed book, and turned to leave.

He returned to his room, meditated for a while, and then slowly unfolded the picture he drew today in his sleeve.

This painting shows a young girl, wearing a thick cloak, turning her head to look at it.The background is chaotic, but the young girl is like a fairy.The painting was exactly the scene where he met Rong Jin for the first time.Actually Rong Jin was wearing a veil at that time, but Gu Ruzhuo missed him, so he made a change and took off the veil.

There is a line of words next to it: When you meet Qing after a snowy night, you will finally have a place to return to.

Today, the "囡囡" that the master said is very similar to the girl should be the daughter of the master.

Gu Ruzhuo carefully looked at his own painting: Rong Jin's silhouette did resemble Rong Huaisong half or half of the way, and he should be Rong Huaisong's own daughter.But if it is said that Rong Jin is the child of Rong Huaisong and Wei Wushu's only daughter, there are many unreasonable things.

First of all, the family background is not suitable.The scholarly family is arrogant, and has always been unwilling to marry a merchant, let alone a scholar of Wei Wushu's level.More importantly, Dai Xun'an is Wei Wushu's disciple, and the relationship between the two is obviously very close.If Rong Jin is really Wei Wushu's granddaughter, why didn't Dai Xun'an tell Wei Wushu?

What's more, what Mr. Wei said today is clearly the word "grandson".And the girl is a woman.

Gu Ruzhuo slowly put away the painting: It should be just a coincidence.After all, the world is full of wonders.Perhaps Dai Xun'an took Rong Jin as his apprentice, and there was also a reason why Rong Jin was somewhat similar to his junior sister who died young.

He washed his hands, sat at the desk, and wrote a letter to Rong Jin.

Ever since he left Rong's house and started to travel, he started writing letters to Rong Jin as he had promised Rong Jin.At the beginning, he was always hesitant about the number of letters, and he specifically asked Chen Feng who was also away from home.Chen Feng rubbed his head: "Letters from home? When I was a soldier, I would send them home once a year or so."

There is no reference value at all.

I wrote every day, afraid that Rong Jin would bother him, but after a long time, I was thinking about it again.In the end, after some hesitation, he decided to write a letter every three days, controlling the number of words in the letter, and only writing about interesting experiences and scenery.

After writing a letter, he seldom sat in front of the desk in a daze.

We haven't seen each other for three years. I don't know if the girl has changed.In a month or two, the girl should arrive.

……

Rong Jin, who was missed by Gu Ruzhuo, is now in a city adjacent to Gu Ruzhuo.

Rong Jin has slowly taken over part of the family business over the years.One day, Rong Huaisong suddenly suggested that he would go to find Gu Ruzhuo before the New Year's Eve anyway, so he might as well go out a few months earlier and just go to inspect the properties of the Rong family in other places.

Rong Jin went out several months early and inspected the properties in some distant places, earlier than he expected.So he decided to speed up his schedule and rush to spend the New Year with Gu Ruzhuo.

It was a little tight to get to Dingjiang City where Jingren Academy was located before the New Year's Eve, so Rong Jin chose to take a boat instead.Unexpectedly, this shell was actually seasick, and he was sick all the way, and he persisted to the vicinity of Dingjiang City completely by one breath.Seeing that the carriage was more than enough for the journey, he stopped to rest and returned to the carriage.

This Haifeng Port is the last stop that needs to be inspected.After checking the accounts here, Rong Jin can rush to Dingjiang City.

One day, while he was sitting in the carriage, he suddenly heard a familiar voice from outside the carriage: "Is Junior Sister in there?!"

The driver asked in surprise, "Master Dai?"

Dai Chenglin opened the door curtain of the carriage with a "swish" and was ecstatic when he saw Rong Jin. He panicked and said, "Junior Sister, lend me a place to hide."

Rong Jin didn't bother to ask him what was wrong, and immediately signaled him to get on the carriage.

After a while, there was a chaotic sound of horseshoes from far to near, and they slowly stopped in front of their car.

A pretty female voice asked the coachman, "Did you see a young scholar running past here just now?"

This place is secluded, and it happens to be at the only corner. It would be too false to say that you didn't see it. The coachman said calmly, "Is it a scholar in a blue gown? It looks very flustered."

The girl said happily, "Yes! Where did he go?"

The coachman pointed to the way they came: "He ran across this road before."

The girl said "thank you", and seemed to move forward with the horse, but jumped onto the shaft of the carriage when passing by, and brushed the curtain with a whip.The coachman wanted to stop him, but the girl stopped him with a whip.

For a moment, the servants following Rong Jin's carriage and the people brought by the girl immediately formed a confrontation.

The girl looked inside, and there were two women sitting in the carriage, who seemed to be a pair of master and servant.

The maid guarded her master behind her and shouted sharply: "Don't offend our girl!"

The girl had a half-smile: "Such a big carriage, there should be a compartment at the back?"

When the maid wanted to say something, the lady in the veil raised her hand lightly: "The girl is so majestic, how dare I refuse to wait. Chaoyu, open the compartment and show this girl."

The maid responded in a low voice, and the screen door was pulled open, and there was no one in sight.

Seeing that no one was there, the girl was quite happy, apologized generously, jumped back to her horse, and waved: "Let's go!"

The sound of horseshoes went away, and after a while, Rong Jin opened the screen door again.The compartment inside the screen door is used for taking a nap. There is nothing in it, only a thick quilt is spread on the surface.Chaoyu went over and lifted the quilt, and the wooden boards below were divided into two pieces. Chaoyu pulled one of the wooden boards, revealing a hollow space underneath.

The plane of this space is large, but very low, and the plane of the compartment is covered with thick quilts. From the naked eye, there is really no such a mezzanine.

Dai Chenglin lay flat inside and hid.

Although there were holes for ventilation inside, it was still very stuffy. He ran all the way here again, and he didn't dare to breathe heavily just now. Now it was finally safe to crawl out, and he couldn't help panting loudly while holding his knees.

Rong Jin had never seen Dai Chenglin in such a state of embarrassment, with disheveled clothes and sweating profusely, how could he still feel as warm as jade in the past.

He frowned and said worriedly: "Brother, what's wrong with you? Who was the one chasing you just now?"

Dai Chenglin slowed down for a while, gave Rong Jin a deep bow, and sighed: "Thank you, Junior Sister, for saving my life."

Rong Jin's face changed greatly when he heard this: "They want to kill you?!"

"No."

Seeing that Rong Jin misunderstood, Dai Chenglin quickly smiled wryly and wanted to explain, but he opened his mouth and closed it again.Rong Jin could almost see the words "Unspeakable Concealment" written on his face.

Rong Jin looked at Dai Chenglin hesitantly for a while, and finally realized: "Did that girl admire senior brother just now?"

Dai Chenglin covered his face helplessly: "I really don't know where I got into trouble with this Miss Cheng! I've never seen her before!"

Knowing that it was not a murder case, but an emotional entanglement, Rong Jin felt relieved and asked, "She is gone now, senior brother, do you have a place to go, or follow me for now?"

"Follow you, follow you!" Dai Chenglin looked exhausted, "I didn't close my eyes for two days and one night in order to avoid this Miss Cheng. If I ran for another quarter of an hour, I would really die on the street. Junior sister, Can I sleep in the cubicle for a while?"

"Senior brother, it shouldn't be like this." Rong Jin felt that this was too exaggerated, "You have a reputation for raising people, if you don't want to, she dares to arrest you to pay homage?"

When Dai Chenglin heard this, he showed a very, very sad expression: "She dares. She really dares! I just escaped from her house!"

It's true that it looks pitiful, and it sounds really miserable, but for some reason, Rong Jin wants to laugh inexplicably.

He looked at the black and blue under Dai Chenglin's eyes, and held back his smile very kindly: "Brother, go and sleep in there for a while. I'll call you again when we get to the Rong family's house."

Without saying a word, Dai Chenglin dragged his tired body back to the cubicle.

Since Dai Chenglin asked him to confess to him before marriage, and he refused, he and Dai Chenglin rarely saw each other again for six years.Dai Chenglin often travels abroad, occasionally encountering Dai's house a few times, he also feels awkward, saying goodbye after saying a few words to each other.But this time they met, Rong Jin felt that it was different from before.They were kind of back in their childhood playing together, talking frankly with each other, and the atmosphere was lighthearted.

The way Dai Chenglin looked at him was also obviously different.

It seems that Miss Cheng has a great influence on the senior brother.

When they arrived at the Rong's house, seeing that Dai Chenglin was fast asleep, Rong Jin didn't call him.Dai Chenglin fell asleep in the carriage until the sky was dark and he didn't wake up until it was getting dark.

Dai Chenglin ate, took a bath, changed his clothes, and finally turned back into Mr. Pianpian again.

He knocked on Rong Jin's door: "Junior Sister, when do you plan to leave Haifeng Port?"

Rong Jin thought about it: "Wait until I finish checking the accounts. The accounts here seem to be a bit troublesome. It will take another ten days or so."

Dai Chenglin said sincerely: "Junior Sister, when you leave, can you let me hide in your carriage and take me out?"

Rong Jin was surprised: "Brother, don't you have a guide?"

Dai Chenglin took a deep breath: "She, Ms. Cheng, she even arranged sergeants at the gates of every city. I wanted to leave the city before, but she blocked me."

Rong Jin was startled: "Senior brother, what is the background of this Miss Cheng?"

Dai Chenglin smiled wryly: "She is the granddaughter of Old General Cheng."

"Which Old General Cheng?"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Dai Chenglin didn't need to answer him, he knew he had asked a stupid question.Old General Cheng in Haifeng Port, who do you think it is?

Rong Jin glanced at Dai Chenglin sympathetically.

"Old General Cheng is loyal to the emperor and the country, and he is also honest and self-disciplined on weekdays. How can there be such a granddaughter? She is simply a woman." Dai Chenglin gritted his teeth, hesitated for a long time, and finally said one word cruelly, "She is like a female bandit." !"