The sky was overcast, the wind was raging in the air, and it was hard to tell whether it was morning or dusk.

"The weather is not good today."

Wu Nuxia stood at the door and said to him.

"The weather is just right."

Song You had already taken the bay-red horse out of the room. When Sanhua Empress stepped out again, he closed the door, locked the lock, and handed the key to Wu Nuxia:

"Thank you, Heroine."

"Thank you for what?"

"The grace of shelter."

"It's not like I didn't pay."

Wu Nuxia took the key, put it in her arms, sighed, and said: "It's time for me to go out and leave the city. Let's go all the way."

"good."

The two of them, one horse and one cat, walked out of the city.

It was early in the morning, and the shops on both sides were opening one after another, and the hawkers who came to set up stalls in the city also entered the city. Song You walked through Willow Street, and from time to time, shopkeepers and hawkers would see him carrying a horse and luggage, with a bamboo stick in his hand, curious.

He greeted him and asked where he was going.

Song You answered patiently.

I felt a little dazed for a moment. It turned out that during the year I was in Changjing, so many people had already known me.

Walk through Willow Street and pass through the city.

Along the way, some people still cast their eyes on him.

Some people think it is strange that this Taoist brought a cat and a horse without a rein. Some people have heard the legend of a Taoist with a calico cat and a bay-red horse in other places, but they are not sure about this name for the moment.

Is the Taoist the Taoist in the legend, or I can't remember where I heard it.

Slowly he walked out of the city.

Changjing is prosperous, and there is still a large flow of people outside the city. There are many carriages and horses going back and forth, and caravans are often seen forming a long queue.

"Have you ever thought about when you will come back next time?" Wu Nuxia asked.

"Not sure." Song You shook his head. It depends on whether the monsters and ghosts in the north are enthusiastic. "Maybe a few years, maybe ten years, but they will definitely come back."

"Tsk..."

Wu Nuxia slapped her mouth.

Song You smiled at her and said, "When we meet next time, you and I will be old friends."

"Yes, old friend."

Wu Nuxia also grinned.

The last time I saw him was in the spring of the second year of Mingde.

It is the spring of the fifth year of Mingde.

Three years have passed.

When we met in Changjing last year, we were considered old friends and old acquaintances. If we meet again a few years later, we will naturally be considered old friends.

It’s just that we have to say goodbye.

This kind of farewell, where you don't know if you will see each other again as soon as you leave, is the norm in this era. Song You and Wu Nuxia don't know if they are used to it. Anyway, the world doesn't care whether you are used to it or not. How should you treat you?

, or treat you the same way.

We have to do our best and obey destiny.

"I will go down the mountain in the late summer and early autumn of the first year of Mingde for a period of twenty years. In the late summer and early autumn of twenty years later, I will probably return to the Taoist temple." Song You said to her first, "Then I will tell the heroine again, I am from

The Fulong Temple in Yinyang Mountain, Lingquan County, Zhuo County, Yizhou. The heroine will return to Yizhou in the future and come to visit me. If you can't find the Taoist temple on the mountain, it means I haven't gone back yet."

"take note of it."

Wu Nuxia nodded. Seeing that there were few people on the roadside at this time, she walked a few steps and said to him: "Please write down something."

"All ears."

"My surname is not Wu, my surname is Ruan, and my name is Ruan Zhen." Wu Nuxia said, "But I'm not deceiving you. Wu Suowei was the name chosen for me by the master, and I have used it for more than twenty years.

years."

"Write it down below."

Song You nodded solemnly, continued walking forward, and then asked: "Why does the heroine keep her name anonymous?"

"..."

Wu Nuxia glanced at him, pursed her lips and walked a few more steps before saying, "Do you still remember Shu Yifan?"

"Remember."

"I'm almost the same as him." Wu Nuxia said in a calm tone, "My father is Ruan Changxing, the former Minister of Civil Affairs. Twenty years ago, he was framed by a traitor in the court and was dismissed from office. On the way back to his hometown, hmm, he said he was killed by Lu.

The bandits nearby were robbed, and except for me who hid well, no one was spared. I still don’t know who the enemy is."

"I see."

Song You understood and didn't ask any more questions.

Everything has been explained.

She practiced martial arts hard since she was a child, and she surpassed many men in the world as a daughter. After completing her studies, she resolutely left the school and came to Changjing. While collecting intelligence for the nobles and investigating various forces, she also used the nobles' connections to investigate the past.

The mystery of the family's annihilation, most of the money I usually earn is used in these places. Twenty years of planning is really not easy.

Song You shook his head and didn't say much.

I heard Wu Nuxia's voice coming from beside me: "There are people in the world watching you from behind."

"It doesn't matter."

"Do you want me to go with you?"

"No need, the heroine can just go and do her own thing."

"Okay, there may be more people this time, but there should be fewer masters than last time. People who are doing well in Changjing will be more hesitant as long as they hear about the Taiwei Mansion. In short, you should be careful, especially

Beware of the hidden scheming of the Jianghu people, we are the best at playing dirty tricks." Wu Nuxia paused, "I walked this way and sent you here."

"Then..."

“See you later!”

Wu Nuxia clasped fists with him and said in a deep voice.

"See you later."

Song You also saluted Wu Nuxia.

Wu Nuxia kept clasping her fists, lowered her head and said, "I'll see you soon, Sanhua Empress."

“See you later!”

The two of them looked at each other and said nothing else. One turned to the left, the other to the right, and then gradually moved away.

This separation was very uneventful.

It seems that this kind of separation is the norm.

Looking back at her leaving figure, Song You realized why people used the phrase "see you later" when they said goodbye - in this era, it was very good to see each other again after separation.

…

Going north out of the city, there are obviously fewer people than going south.

The biggest difference is the caravan.

Although there are not none of the caravans coming from and going to the north, they are obviously fewer than those from the south.

Mao'er doesn't seem to have much feeling of separation. It seems that she has no attachment to any place except her temple. It seems that she is just in a simple mood and is not sensible. She only knows where the Taoist priest goes and she follows him.

She didn't want to miss a certain place, so soon after leaving the city, she walked to the front with cheerful little steps.

Smell here, sniff there.

He only occasionally stopped and turned his head to look behind him. He didn't know whether he was looking at the Taoist priest behind him or at Changjing, which was gradually fading away.

After walking a few miles, the terrain started to go up.

The cat suddenly stopped and looked up.

Song You then stopped and followed her gaze.

I saw a thatched pavilion on the hillside in front of me on the left. I don’t know when it was built. I don’t know if it was used to rest in the cool air or for people returning from Beijing to look at Changjing. I don’t know how many poems were written here.

.However, there were two familiar figures in the pavilion at this time.

One person was dressed in white, with a veil covering his face, sitting on a stone bench, with a maid standing behind him, all looking in his direction.
To be continued...