Following Wenxing Official Road to the northwest, three days later, Xia Zhaoyi and Zhi Changle stopped at the foot of Qingshanlin Mountain.
The mountain road is wide and wide, and when you go up a big bend, a large waterfall appears.
There were many people resting by the lake, and many people drank directly from the lake water.
Under the gloomy sky, the two sides of the waterfall are still green, and the splashing water blooms with thousands of silver stamens bursting out along the road.
Xia Zhaoyi and Zhi Changle's horses were forcibly bought from a few soldiers on the way. Now they were leading the horses. The horses were too eye-catching and attracted many looks.
Xia Zhaoyi took out the utensils and helped Changle go to the lake to fetch water. One was responsible for filtering the water layer by layer, and the other was responsible for setting up a frame to light the fire.
Countless pairs of eyes looked at them.
Xia Zhaoyi is used to being calm and not influenced by other people's eyes.
While Zhi Changle was filtering, he raised his eyes from time to time and looked at the crowd, his eyes scanning the people there over and over again.
Suddenly, a man emerged from the crowd.
He really appeared out of nowhere and startled Zhi Changle.
Xia Zhaoyi noticed Zhi Changle's suddenly trembling hands and followed his gaze.
A man in his early twenties ran over holding several pieces of paper folded in half, with a smile on his face: "You, you are Miss A Li?!"
Xia Zhaoyi and Zhi Changle looked at the paper in his hand, and sure enough, it was their previous portrait.
"yes."
"no."
Xia Zhaoyi and Zhi Changle spoke at the same time.
"Uh..." Zhi Changle felt embarrassed for a moment and looked at Xia Zhaoyi, "Ali, can you please tell me."
"Isn't it convenient for you to mention my name?" Xia Zhaoyi asked softly.
Zhi Changle frowned and scratched his neck uncomfortably.
She would not introduce herself to anyone, but when people asked her if she was Ah Li, she would rarely deny it and would just nod openly.
"Haha," the man held the portrait and said with a smile, "Miss Ali, you are so interesting! This hero is completely different from what I thought!"
"What do you want from us?" Xia Zhaoyi asked.
"Oh, it's like this," the man said happily, "The villain's surname is Zhuge, and his single name is Pan. He is exactly the Zhuge that Miss Ali thought of, Yi'an Zhuge. However, my branch is too collateral, and the genealogy has to go
It took dozens of ancestors to get to the direct line of Yi'an."
"Okay," Xia Zhaoyi nodded, "But you still haven't said what you want from us."
"Miss A Li, I want to be a cow and a horse for Miss A Li!" Zhuge Pan clasped his fists, "Please take me in, Miss A Li!"
"this……"
"To be honest, we brothers have wanted to look for you for a long time, but we have been unable to find you in the past few years. They have died, been injured, and become separated. Now I am lucky, and I just happened to come here.
When I went to Mr. Xin Shun, I met these portraits! Miss Ali, please accept me!"
Xia Zhaoyi looked at him. The style of his clothes was simple, the material was medium, and there wasn't much mud on his shoes.
And Xia Zhaoyi noticed that there were three men watching over where he came from.
From the looks of it, one is an attendant and the other two are guards.
"No," Xia Zhaoyi said, "I don't need it."
"Well," Zhuge Pan raised his eyebrows, "Miss Ah Li, I have read a lot of books, and my brain is quite useful."
"I have enough of my own."
"...Then you must need some manpower."
"Are you annoyed?" Zhi Changle said.
"Hero Zhi," Zhuge Pan looked at Zhi Changle, "Do you need any manpower? Do you need someone to act as your ox or your horse?"
Zhi Changle looked at him and went back to filter the lake water.
Zhuge Pan then looked back at Xia Zhaoyi.
"Go back, see you later." Xia Zhaoyi said and turned back.
Zhuge Pan followed her and knelt down and continued: "Miss Ah Li, if you think I am useless, in fact I have another use. I can help you drive away people!"
"What?" Xia Zhaoyi turned to look at him.
"You have been hiding all these years and only showed up in Hengxiang a while ago. Now here in Congxin, your portraits are posted everywhere. What does this mean? It means that I have been trying to find you and join you all these years.
People can rekindle their goals, and you will definitely be annoyed, but if I'm here, I can help you stop them!"
His facial features are not very good-looking, and he can barely be called handsome, but his smile is really bright, with white teeth and curved eyebrows.
Xia Zhaoyi ignored him and waited for the fire to start, then boiled the water filtered by Zhi Changle.
During this process, Zhuge Pan stayed here.
It takes time for the water to cool down, so Zhi Changle used filtered water to wash the several kettles they brought with them. After the boiling water became cold, they could put it in and leave.
No matter how much Zhuge Pan could talk, his mouth finally became dry.
Seeing the unmoved and cold look on the girl's face, Zhuge Pan felt that the current scene was very different from what he had imagined.
He has always felt good about himself. He has been praised by others since he was a child. Although he comes from a wealthy family, he has no airs. He likes to help others and distributes money to help the poor.
He is also promising in reading and has always been the kind of student that his husband prefers in school.
And this Miss Ah Li, who started from scratch, should feel that she has picked up a treasure...
"Miss Ah Li, I'm serious, I can do things very well." Zhuge Pan didn't want to give up.
Xia Zhaoyi glanced at him, nodded politely, and looked at Zhi Changle who was continuing to filter the water.
Zhi Changle lowered his head and worked slowly, but it was obvious that he was absent-minded.
Xia Zhaoyi's eyes fell on the bruises on his cheeks that had not completely faded away.
In the past, when she was harassed like this, Zhi Changle and Lao Tong would immediately get up and chase people away for her. They were more protective of her than anyone else.
But now, Zhi Changle has no reaction at all.
It seems that Zhi Changle has changed since he was unilaterally crushed and beaten by Qian Fengrong outside the Sinan Gate of Junzhen.
I have become extremely unconfident and timid, and I am no longer as reckless and arrogant as before.
"Miss Ah Li?" Zhuge Pan said a lot and found that the girl was distracted, so he called out several times in succession.
"You go to Hengxiang." Xia Zhaoyi said calmly.
"Hengxiang?" Zhuge Pan paused, "Uh, it's Dongping Academy? Miss Ali thinks my knowledge is still too shallow?"
"After arriving at Hengxiang, you go to Ning'an Building to find Manager Chu and ask Manager Chu to help you take the test. Then say it was my order. If Manager Chu thinks you can pass, he will tell you where to go next. Chu
If the manager thinks you are not good enough, he will punish you."
Zhuge Pan was overjoyed and stood up from the ground: "I understand, Miss Ali is willing to give me a chance!"
Zhi Changle looked up at him.
Zhuge Pan held the portrait and said happily: "Hengxiang, Ning'an Tower, Manager Chu, okay, I will remember it, thank you Miss Ali!"
After saying that, he gave a big salute.
Zhi Changle watched him turn around and run away, and said in a low voice: "He is such a energetic and enthusiastic young man."
