wind geese

The rain lasted all day, and at night, the rain did not decrease at all, and the slanting wind mixed with cold rain hit people directly.

Luo Xunfeng held an umbrella and hurried to the door of the tent where he and Su Yu lived, stretched out his hand and quickly wiped the moisture from his clothes, and pushed the tent door open.

Inside, it was pitch black.

"Su Yu? Su Yu?" Luo Xunfeng called twice, but there was no response, a huge sense of panic seized his heart immediately.

The oil lamp was quickly lit by him, and the small camp was empty...

……

There was the sound of rain, and lightning flashed across the night sky like a white rainbow, illuminating a remote corner of the camp.

There are a few simple tents set up here as temporary accommodation for some servants.

The few young men on Jiaozhu Island basically left the barracks on the day of the amnesty, and Li Lan stayed here to recuperate from his injuries.

Luo Xunfeng rushed all the way here, but found that he didn't know exactly which tent Li Lan lived in.

While he was looking around, the door of a tent was opened by someone, and the umbrella was opened and opened. The man walked into the rain with a knowing smile on his face. When he looked up, he saw Luo Xun Feng's expression froze immediately, he avoided his eyes unnaturally, and left here quickly.

Luo Xunfeng narrowed his eyes slightly, walked to the tent where the man came out, and called "Li Lan" to the inside.

"Please wait a moment." Li Lan's voice came, accompanied by some rustling sounds, and after a while, he opened the tent door.

"Lord Luo?" Li Lan looked a little surprised when he saw someone coming, "Why are you here? You didn't hold an umbrella? Come in quickly." He turned sideways to let Luo Xunfeng enter the room, and at the same time raised his hand to touch his ear s hair.

Luo Xunfeng noticed that Li Lan's usually light-colored lips were a little red and swollen at this moment, his clothes were a little messy, and his hair was loosely tied, with many strands hanging down his face.

The scene in front of him made it easy for him to guess what happened just now, Luo Xunfeng suddenly realized that the man who went out just now he had seen before, was a guard beside the emperor.

"That person just now..." Luo Xunfeng frowned, feeling a burst of displeasure in his heart.

Li Lan raised the slightly red corners of his eyes and glanced at him, "Ah, you saw it", he said casually.

Luo Xunfeng's anger ignited, he waved his sleeves and said, "What you want to do has nothing to do with people, but since you are such a casual person, why do you want to involve Su Yu to help you out!"

Li Lan was stunned, he twitched the corners of his mouth, then put on a cold and mean expression, and said to Luo Xunfeng, "Yes, people like us sleep with thousands of people and ride with thousands of people, willing to degenerate , even if you say a word 'no', you still want to say no, and it is a great blessing to be picked up by you big masters, why don't you seize the opportunity?"

"..." Luo Xunfeng saw Li Lan's sneer, but his eyes were about to shed tears, a pang of apology replaced the anger in his heart, he said to Li Lan, "I'm sorry, I should have thought that you couldn't help yourself, I shouldn't be angry with you."

"Lord Luo's 'sorry', Li Lan can't bear it." Li Lan lowered her body to Luo Xunfengfu, her words were sarcasm.

"Li Lan," Luo Xunfeng said anxiously while holding his forehead, "I came to see you to ask if you saw Su Yu."

"Lord Su Yu?" Li Lan was puzzled, "Shouldn't he be in your tent right now?"

"Not here." Luo Xunfeng said with a heavy heart, "You helped him back today, did he say anything?"

Li Lan said, "Today I helped Master Su Yu back to the tent. He said he wanted to be alone for a while, but he refused to let me bandage him. I couldn't resist him, so he left immediately. He didn't say anything to me again. What. Where did he go?"

"I don't know, I really don't know." Luo Xunfeng said, he reached out and grabbed Li Lan's shoulder, and asked, "Think about it, even if it's just a few words, did he say anything special today?"

"No..." Li Lan frowned, with a worried expression on his face, "Lord Luo, you should go find Lord Su Yu quickly, he was seriously injured, I mean, not only on his body."

"..." Luo Xunfeng let go of Li Lan and took half a step back. He saw a sad expression on Li Lan's face that knew everything. He said, "Yes, I'm going to look for him. Li Lan, just now I spoke rudely in a hurry, please forgive me."

Li Lan felt relieved, "Master Luo and Lord Su Yu are both good people, Li Lan can tell the difference clearly." He blessed his body again and said, "I will leave here tomorrow, and I'm afraid I won't have the chance to say goodbye to you then. I’m sorry, I’m here to say goodbye to you, I hope you can find Master Su Yu as soon as possible and resolve the misunderstanding.”

"Are you leaving?" Luo Xunfeng was slightly surprised. He thought for a second that it would be difficult for Li Lan to stay in the barracks. Of course, it's better to leave as soon as possible, so he cupped his fists at Li Lan and said, "Just leave now, I wish you all the best in the future."

……

The oil lamp was flickering, Fang Zehao sat in his tent, flipping through the books casually.

There was a sound of thunder outside the tent, and he couldn't help but look up at the door. At this moment, a figure rushed in.

"Brother Wang'an?!" Fang Zehao was taken aback by the appearance of the person in front of him, and the book in his hand fell to the table.

Luo Xunfeng was drenched all over, strands of hair stuck to his face, and his face was livid and ugly.

"What's wrong?" Fang Zehao hurried forward, looked left and right, brought a towel and handed it to Luo Xunfeng.

Luo Xunfeng didn't pick up the towel, and exhaled slowly, as if trying to calm down, he looked at Fang Zehao and said, "Brother Zehao, I want to resign."

"!!!" Fang Zehao reached out and grabbed Luo Xunfeng's shoulder, staring at him, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Luo Xunfeng pushed away his hand, and took half a step sideways. Fang Zehao saw his shoulders slumped slightly, and he looked distraught.

Luo Xunfeng said, "Now I have no freedom, even if I don't work as an official."

"Keep your voice down!" Fang Zehao hurriedly walked around to Luo Xunfeng, covered his mouth with his hand, and looked back and forth.

He lowered his voice, "Be careful with your words and deeds! Be careful with your words and deeds! What's the matter?"

"He's gone." After a while, Luo Xunfeng said softly, like a sigh.

"Him?" Fang Zehao was surprised.

"Su Yu, he must be angry with me." Luo Xunfeng raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, looking extremely annoyed, "He fought with the soldiers under Lieutenant Lin's command because of a quarrel today, and I punished him with thirty lashes. He must be angry that I can't protect him, so he left me."

"I've heard about this incident." Fang Zehao looked at him and asked, "You mean, Su Yu left without saying goodbye?"

"No, it doesn't count as leaving without saying goodbye." Luo Xunfeng opened his hand, and Fang Zehao saw a mottled stone in his hand.

"Using the code word of our villa, he carved a few words on the stone, saying that he fell into the sea earlier and was saved, and he was favored by others, so he went to thank me and bid farewell to me."

"That's it, Su Yu has already told you where he is going, what are you worried about?" Fang Zehao asked, his eyes rolled back and forth, as if thinking.

"I know him well. If he really went to repay his kindness, he would definitely tell me in person. Now he didn't say where he was going, nor when he would return. Heh... he really left, and only took four ingots. Rewarding silver, he didn't even pack his luggage..." Luo Xunfeng shook his head, "I've searched everywhere, but I can't find him. With so many injuries on his body, where can he go?"

Fang Zehao frowned, "I thought Su Yu was loyal to you, but I didn't expect him to be a stalker who can't be beaten or scolded. This kind of person, let's leave."

Luo Xunfeng's eyes were pained, "I'm afraid, he left me not because I beat him..."

"Brother Wang'an, you and Su Yu..." Fang Zehao asked hesitantly.

Luo Xunfeng looked at him and said slowly, "He is very important to me."

"..." Fang Zehao heard these words with mixed emotions in his heart, but his self-esteem did not allow him to ask any more questions. He frowned and said, "Isn't this better? Su Yu left on his own initiative, lest you don't know how to deal with him , making it impossible for the emperor to explain."

Seeing Luo Xunfeng's face turned ugly, he said again, "Su Yu is very capable, we all can see that nothing will happen to him alone. But you, you can't ruin your future just because of a momentary mood. What you and I want is nothing more than It is to show off your ambitions in the temple and shine on the lintel. I also rose to become an official step by step from a young age. After a long time, as long as the emperor sees that you are safe and capable, there is always a chance to be promoted."

After he finished speaking, Luo Xunfeng's mouth curled up slightly, and he said with a trace of sarcasm, "What you want is not what I want. If you are not a fish, how can you know the joy of a fish."

"You, do you understand your situation? Do you have to tell me?" Fang Zehao's face darkened, "Although the emperor promised to retry the Zhurong Villa case, he is the one who ordered you to exterminate your family after all. I keep you by my side because I want to watch your performance. Now you say 'resign', what do you make the emperor think? Where do you put me who spoke for you? Do you want to overturn the verdict of Zhu Rong Villa? ?”

He stretched out his hand to tug on Luo Xunfeng's lapel, and became excited, "People are high or low, and freedom is high or low. You and I are destined to enjoy the same freedom. I can help you! I hope you and I can stand shoulder to shoulder, you Maybe understand?"

Luo Xunfeng gritted his teeth and heard the last few words, and saw Fang Zehao's eyes were burning and his face was flushed, and he couldn't help being stunned by that expression, "You..."

Fang Zehao loosened his skirt, turned his back, raised his head slightly and said, "I have no siblings, you and Xunqiu were my best playmates when I was young, Xunqiu has a gloomy personality, I don't have a deep impression of him anymore, only The memories of practicing swords with you under the moon and stealing wine from the wine room, still come to mind today," he said, turning around with a somewhat restrained expression on his young face, "I heard about the accident at the Zhurong Villa at the beginning of the year. I used to cry secretly...the last time I was so uncomfortable was when I heard you were expelled from the villa..."

"..." Luo Xunfeng suddenly turned his eyes sideways. Fang Zehao said so bluntly, which made his troubled heart even more turbulent. , "I won't bring up the matter of resignation again. If you take the trouble to help this time, I will definitely not make it difficult for you. What you said just now..." He pursed his lips, "Everyone has his own ambitions, sorry."

After that, he turned and walked towards the door.

"Xunfeng." Fang Zehao called him to stop.

Luo Xunfeng stopped, but didn't look back.

After waiting for a while, Fang Zehao asked, "Have you asked the guard at the gate of the camp about Su Yu's whereabouts?"

"I asked, but they only said that Su Yu left the camp in the evening, and no one paid attention to his whereabouts." Luo Xunfeng turned his head slowly.

"I'll send some of my cronies out to investigate tomorrow. If we can't find him for the time being, don't delay our trip to Huzhou with the emperor the day after tomorrow. We still have time to look for it in the future." Fang Zehao said, smiling comfortingly at Luo Xunfeng, with an expression It looked a bit awkward anyway.

Luo Xunfeng nodded to him, thanked him and left.

……

Two days later.

At the junction of Ningzhou and Linxian County, in a small town, in the middle of the market, there are many pavements, people come and go, it is very lively.

Before noon, the largest restaurant in the town, Yunkelou, was already fully booked. There was a singing booth on the private floor on the second floor. A thin old man with his eyes closed was playing the erhu in his hands. Standing beside him was a seven An eight-year-old girl with a round face, wearing a floral dress that has faded after washing, sang little songs one after another. From time to time, some people pity the old and the young and ask for the hardships of life, and give them rewards.

At this moment, a group of people came into the restaurant aggressively. The leader threw down a lot of money and negotiated with the boss for a while. The boss smiled happily and ordered his waiter to quickly invite the guests out of the building and clear the restaurant completely.

The visitors surrounded a luxuriously dressed elder and invited him to the private seat on the second floor, only to find that the two singers were still inside the building.

"Hurry up, get them all out!" A companion next to the elder waved his orchid fingers and said to the boss.

"Slow down, don't push my grandpa!" The old and the young were dragged out of the door by the second, and the little girl yelled angrily, reaching out to help her grandfather.

Her grandfather went out backwards, staggered a few steps and fell into the crowd, releasing the erhu from his arms.

The street was bustling with people, some passers-by kicked the erhu and kicked it into the distance.

"Erhu, grandpa's erhu!" The little girl squeezed into the crowd. She was short and was knocked around for a while. Seeing that someone was about to kick the erhu on the ground again, she yelled anxiously.

At this moment, a man in black appeared from the side, walked close to the erhu, bent down, reached out and groped the ground twice, and picked up the erhu.

……

After a while, the grandparents and grandson who sang and the young man who helped pick up the erhu sat next to the tea stand on the corner of the street.

"Old man, is your erhu not broken?" the young man asked.

The old man kept his eyes closed. He touched the body of the piano, plucked the strings, and said with a smile, "It's not broken, it's not broken, thank you, young man."

The little girl looked at the man in front of her, and felt that he seemed to be suffering from some serious illness. His face was completely pale, but the man's eyebrows and eyes were very good-looking, but when he spoke, his eyes looked forward empty, which was strange. She looked at the man on the Looking at the hands on the table, I saw many fine wounds on his hands.

The little girl glanced at her grandfather again, and suddenly stretched out her hand to wave in front of the man, and suddenly realized, "Ah, big brother, so you, like my grandfather, are blind!"

"Xiaojuan, what are you talking about!" the little girl's grandfather hurriedly shouted.

"It's okay, she's right." The young man followed the direction of Xiaojuan's words, and slightly licked the corners of his mouth towards her.

Xiaojuan snuggled up to her grandfather, but she couldn't bear to take her eyes off the young man's face.

Grandpa patted Xiaojuan, and said regretfully, "Young man, I didn't expect you to... Hey, God really treats people unfairly."

"Yes, yes, those people looked so fierce just now, but they are so rich, God is unfair!" Xiaojuan also said indignantly from the side.

"They should just pass by, and they will leave soon. It's better not to talk about it." The young man said, although his eyes were dark, he couldn't help turning his face in the direction of Yunkelou.

……

Upstairs in Yunke Tower, Luo Xunfeng covered his mouth and coughed non-stop. The emperor sitting on the upper seat frowned and looked at him, saying, "Did Luo Qing catch a cold? I will call the accompanying imperial doctor to show you later."

Sitting beside him, Fang Zehao patted him on the back, and said to the emperor, "Brother Wangan must have been caught in the rain for the past two days."

Luo Xunfeng held back his cough, turned sideways, and quietly avoided Fang Zehao's hand. He said hoarsely to the emperor, "Thank you for your concern, I am fine, I just coughed to avoid contagion, please forgive me Leave."

He walked into an elegant seat facing the street alone, and the waiter served him a meal alone, but he had no appetite, and put one hand on the railing, looking down aimlessly.

The street was bustling with people, and the sound of singing could be faintly heard from the corner of the street. Luo Xunfeng looked there, but his sight was blocked by the ceiling of a tea stall, so he couldn't see what was going on inside the tea stall.

At the same time, at the corner tea stall, Xiao Juan stopped singing, moved from the bench to Su Yu's side, and asked crisply, "Big Brother, is this the song you want to hear?"

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