In the early morning after the rain, the birds picked up a mist from the eastern mountain top, like wet fluff, brightening the plains, brightening the tranquility, smoothing out the wrinkles of the dark valley, and falling slowly on the trail.
Three black horses walking.
On the leading black horse, there is a man in Tsing Yi sitting, holding grass in his mouth, lazily looking at the wilderness scenery on both sides, and behind the man in Tsing Yi, a woman in a white skirt and a woman in a black dress are sitting.
On horseback.
Compared with the skillful movements of the woman in black, the woman in white dress seems a bit unfamiliar with her equestrian skills. She has to tighten the reins and adjust her sitting posture from time to time.
These three people are naturally Qin Yu, Su Ruoyan, and the woman betrayed by his elder brother: Leng Yu.
Leng Yu, after what happened last night, was as cold as his fate and hard to approach. Qin Yu didn't know what Su Ruoyan and Leng Yu said, so Leng Yu decided to follow Su Ruoyan.
As for these three horses, they were naturally the mounts of Leng Yu and his party. When the four men died, the horses were naturally requisitioned by Qin Yu.
"Is Su Zicheng ahead?" Qin Yu suddenly stared ahead, where there was a vague outline of the ancient city.
"Where? Why didn't I see it?" When Su Ruoyan heard Qin Yu's words, her face showed excitement. She raised her head and looked forward. However, after looking for a long time, she didn't see the shadow of the city wall.
"Miss, Mr. Qin is an innate master, and his eyesight is far better than ordinary people." Leng Yu explained from the side.
"Sister Leng Yu, you are older than me. You told me not to call me miss. Just call me by my name, or call me Ruoyan." Su Ruoyan corrected again helplessly.
"No, I already said it last night. From today on, I am a servant next to the young lady. How can I directly call the young lady by her name?" Leng Yu is also very stubborn. He will not change things he has determined.
"I'm not a young lady, I'm just a brothel geisha." Su Ruoyan seemed to have thought of something, his expression was a little lonely, and his eyes fell on the back of Qin Yu in front of him.
Leng Yu followed Su Ruoyan's gaze and looked at Qin Yu in front of him, with a thoughtful look on his face...
"Su Zicheng is named after a great scholar named Su Zi. Hundreds of years ago, there was only one village here, called Sujiazhuang. Later, a talented man named Su came out of this village and passed the examination as a scholar.
, went to Beijing to take the exam, became the top scorer in high school, and later became the prime minister of the dynasty. The Sujiazhuang was also taken care of. In just a few decades, it continued to expand, slowly evolving from a village to what it is now.
Su Zicheng.”
Standing under Suzi City, Su Ruoyan saw Qin Yu staring at the mottled city wall for a long time, and introduced him to the side.
"Let's go into the city." Qin Yu smiled, looked away, glanced at Su Ruoyan, and took the lead in riding into the city.
After entering the city, Qin Yu slowed down and watched with interest the scenes similar to those on TV in ancient costumes, markets, vendors, bluestone roads...
"Does Mr. Qin have a place to stay in the city?" Su Ruoyan suddenly asked.
"No."
Su Ruoyan's face was filled with joy and he said: "Then Mr. Qin, why don't you go to my place? I have a small courtyard in this city, but there are a few vacant rooms. If you stay in an inn in this city, it will be very expensive."
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Qin Yu is good at everything. For him, he can live wherever he lives.
Su Ruoyan led Qin Yu towards the main road, but stopped in front of a stone bridge. Looking across the stone bridge, Su Ruoyan showed a trace of hesitation on his face.
Qin Yu glanced at Su Ruoyan, then looked across the bridge, and soon understood why Su Ruoyan stopped. On the opposite side of the bridge, there was a row of exquisite ancient buildings hanging with various red flower lanterns.
Downstairs, at the window on the second floor, many young women wearing thin gauze were playing and playing with the men passing by.
Even if he has never seen pigs running away, he has eaten pork. For scenes like this, Qin Yu is not uncommon on costume TV. This is probably the case in the land of fireworks and willows.
"Let's go." Qin Yu greeted, with a smile on his face, and walked towards the bridge head first, shaking his head, and said cheerfully:
"At that time, I was young, wearing thin spring clothes, riding a horse and leaning on a leaning bridge, with red sleeves and red sleeves all over the building."
"Miss, let's go. An expert like Mr. Qin often thinks differently from ordinary people." Leng Yu whispered in Su Ruoyan's ear. Su Ruoyan woke up as if from a dream and quickly rode on horseback.
Follow Qin Yu's footsteps.
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"Master Qin, do you still like this food?"
"Well, very good." Looking at Su Ruoyan's expectant eyes, Qin Yu nodded.
"I haven't cooked for a long time. I used to be with Xiaomei, and Xiaomei took care of my daily life." Su Ruoyan saw Qin Yu nodding, with a satisfied smile on her pretty face, and her whole afternoon's work was well worth it.
Hard.
"Miss, are you back?"
Just as Qin Yu was enjoying the sumptuous dinner made by Su Ruoyan himself, a childish voice of surprise came from outside the door, and then a little girl of fifteen or sixteen years old hurried in.
The little girl obviously did not expect that there would be so many people in the room. When she saw Qin Yu and Leng Yu, she was stunned.
"Xiaomei, let me introduce to you. This is Young Master Qin. I got lost in the mountains. Thanks to Young Master Qin's rescue, I was able to come back safely." Su Ruoyan introduced the little girl: "This is Sister Leng Yu."
"Thank you Mr. Qin for saving my young lady." Xiaomei turned to Qin Yu. After saying this, she bent her legs and knelt down to Qin Yu.
However, how could Qin Yu accept someone else's kneeling ceremony for no reason? Even in the illusion, Xiaomei only felt that halfway through her kneeling, a force came from under her knees. No matter how hard she tried, she could not kneel down.
"It's a small effort, you don't need to thank me." Qin Yu replied calmly.
"Xiaomei, get up quickly." Su Ruoyan came to his senses and hurried forward to pull Xiaomei up from the ground.
"Miss, you didn't come back yesterday, and I was worried to death. If something happened to you, how could I explain it to the dead master and the old woman?" The hot tears on Xiaomei's face flowed down. For
A little girl in her teens has been frightened for a whole day. You can imagine the pressure.
"I'm back now, Xiaomei, why are you crying? Didn't I just go out for a spring outing?" Su Ruoyan held Xiaomei in his arms, gently rubbed Xiaomei's head, and comforted her.
Although they are called master and servant, they are as close as sisters. Xiaomei has been with her since she was five years old and is her personal maid.
"Miss, what are you talking about, why do you want to go out for a spring outing with that snake-hearted woman? She has long wanted to harm you, miss." When Xiaomei heard Su Ruoyan's words, an angry expression appeared on her face, "Miss, do you know?
, that woman came back last night, I went to ask her where you are, miss, but she said she didn’t know."
"Miss, did this woman deliberately trick you into going out for a spring outing and then make you get lost?"
"Xiaomei, don't talk nonsense. Sister Yanru and I have no grudges. Why would she want to harm me?" Su Ruoyan frowned slightly and interrupted Xiaomei's words.
"She's not jealous that you are more popular than her, Miss. The young men in the city ignore her and steal her limelight. Miss, you don't know. Many people told me in private that she often scolds Miss behind her back.
And you."
"Okay, Xiaomei, don't say anything." Su Ruoyan glanced at Qin Yu secretly. Seeing that Qin Yu's expression didn't change much, he felt a little relieved, but he also felt a little disappointed.
"But Miss finally came back safely. If Miss doesn't come back today, Mr. Zhang, Mr. Li, and Mr. Wang will go out of the city to look for Miss tomorrow."
"What are they looking for me for?" Su Ruoyan asked suspiciously.
"That vicious woman refused to tell me where she was going for a spring outing outside the city. I had no choice but to ask Mr. Zhang and the others for help. However, Mr. Zhang and the others were really nice people. When they heard that it was about the young lady, they immediately agreed. Miss, I
I think you should thank Mr. Zhang and the others."
When Xiaomei said this, she also secretly glanced at Qin Yu, who was sitting on the table. Her voice raised a few decibels, "Miss, Mr. Zhang and the others really didn't say anything to the lady. They usually come here to support me."
, Miss had something happen, and she immediately agreed to help. Not only are the family powerful, but they are also famous scholars."
Xiaomei knew her young lady very well. When she talked about Mr. Zhang earlier, the young lady looked obviously unhappy and even glanced at Mr. Qin. She was obviously afraid that Mr. Qin would misunderstand.
There is only one possibility in this situation, and that is that my young lady has a crush on Mr. Qin. For Xiaomei, this is not a good sign.
Although Mr. Qin saved his young lady, he looks so ordinary and is as black as charcoal. Look at the clothes on his body. His arms and legs are exposed, and they look like linen. At first glance, he is a poor man, not her.
I look down on the poor, but how can such a person be worthy of my own lady.
In Xiaomei's opinion, only the best scholars in Su Zicheng are the real good matches for the young lady. As for Mr. Qin, he might as well sneak some money away while the young lady is away.
If Qin Yu knew that the T-shirt he was wearing was, in Xiaomei's eyes, a scanty poor man's attire, he would not know what he would think...
"Xiaomei, you came back just in time. Go and sort out the two wing rooms. Mr. Qin and Sister Leng Yu will live here from now on." Su Ruoyan gave instructions.
"Ah!" Xiaomei's face was full of reluctance, but under Su Ruoyan's gaze, she had to choose to obey. However, this also strengthened the little girl's decision to send Qin Yu away.
"This Xiaomei is quite interesting, the expressions on her face are very rich." Qin Yu said with a smile as he looked at Xiaomei's back as she walked out.
In fact, Qin Yu had already guessed a lot about Xiaomei's inner thoughts regarding the change in Xiaomei's facial expression just now. Of course, these did not affect his mood at all. (To be continued)