The years are fleeting and fleeting. Once the New Year is over, it’s the festival of flowers again in a blink of an eye. But my body is getting heavier and heavier. Even though Mi Jia is with me, I am too lazy to move, and I have failed to live up to this beautiful spring scenery of pink and green willows. Mijia was also five months pregnant, but her body was even more pregnant than mine. The store owner and the owner of the dock were all careful, fearing that something might go wrong. Fortunately, I met this virtuous couple. In the past few months, I have received a lot of care from them and the store owner. After the Flower Festival, Wu returned to Lingnan to prepare for Mi Jia's delivery. Now, I can only go to Cangzhou to find Brother Yun, but the situation is really embarrassing.
"Mrs. Yun, don't worry. We will take the waterway up Yingchuan River and take you to Yingchuan, where Panlong meets. Brother Yun must not know that you are pregnant. How about we give him a big surprise? "The dock owner saw that I was worried and came over to comfort me again.
"I'm sorry to trouble you, Master." I forced a smile.
"No trouble, no trouble. Didn't we agree that no matter whether the baby is a boy or a girl, we will be godfathers and godmothers? This is how it should be."
"Yes, yes, Brother Yun and I will definitely come to thank you in the future." I responded repeatedly.
"I plan to set off tomorrow as soon as the morning is over. You two are heavy, so you'd rather go slower on the road and leave enough time."
"Ma'am, please clean up the mess. We'll set off at dawn."
"Okay, nothing, just some children's clothes."
"Rouge, come in!"
The owner of the dock suddenly called outside, and a little girl with a willow-leaf eyebrow and a long face came in.
"This is a little girl bought in the village. It's inconvenient for you and my wife to walk because of their heavy bodies."
"This is Mrs. Yun. Next door is my wife. They are pregnant women. You have to stay close to them." The dock master instructed.
"Yes, sir." The girl agreed obediently.
"Have a good rest, madam. I'm going to see my wife." After saying this, the dock owner walked out.
After breakfast the next day, after a while of fussing, the dock master supported Mi Jia and Yan Zhi supported me as we boarded the boat. I thought about it for a long time under the lamp last night, and decided to leave a letter and tell the store owner to keep it carefully before I left, in case Brother Yun came to look for me and couldn't find me.
During the boat ride on the water, except for some dizziness and discomfort at the beginning, it was smooth and soothing, and everything was fine. Yanzhi helped Mi Jia and me out for a walk from time to time to look at the scenery, which made us feel a lot better. A few days later, the dock owner docked the ship at Qinghe Town early to rest and replenish supplies. Mi Jia also went ashore to relax, surrounded by the owner of the dock and a group of servants and maids. In the evening, the dock owner came over after dinner and said:
"Mrs. Yun, there is a bandit trouble in Yingchuan and it is difficult to survive. We have to set off tomorrow morning because we are afraid that water bandits will come along the river."
After pondering for a moment, the dock owner said again,
"Madam, to tell you the truth, I sent people to investigate as early as at the foot of Wangwu Mountain. There is a Panlong City in Cangzhou, but there is no big family with the surname Yun, and no Yunying person has been found."
I was shocked and speechless by the news brought by the dock owner. I could only reach into my arms, tremblingly groping for the dragon-shaped jade pendant that had been warmly covered by me, and big tears fell on the jade pendant involuntarily.
The dock owner took the jade pendant, looked at it, sighed and said:
"Oh, madam, don't worry. It's impossible to say that Yun Ying is just a pseudonym. With this jade pendant, I can draw the shadow and search for it carefully. However, the news there is difficult to find. Panlong City is a real aristocratic family. , the blockade is very tight.”
"Madam, you can write a letter and I will send someone to find out the truth."
"It's just that right now, it would be better for Madam to go back to Taohuawu with my wife and take care of her all the way."
"Okay, everything is at the discretion of the dock owner."
I said in confusion.
On the second day, many ships moored at the pier set sail one after another. We also followed everyone and headed straight towards West Taohuawu at high speed.
