The bamboo shadows in the courtyard were swaying, the moonlight was shining, and a figure flashed across the corridor.
Su Yan suddenly sat up from the bed, who? !
Su Yan leaned out the door and took a look, oh! Master!
Followed all the way to a side room...it turned out to be Zuo Qing's guest room!
The lights in the room were still bright, and although it was a little dim, one could still make out two figures intertwined on the window paper.
Curiously, he approached the window, and for a short while, the two figures were still entangled.
Humph, Master is usually quite a serious person, but it turns out he is good at this.
She excitedly dug a hole in the window and found a good lying position, but the slender woman in the window was none other than Zuo Qing!
I thought that having a live erotic palace would be a feast for the eyes, but suddenly I was poured cold water on it. I couldn't help but curse in my mind: The old man's back looks like a woman. It was really a waste of my interest.
Just as she was about to go back, she heard a conversation coming from the window, and she hurriedly went back.
As soon as his eyes came to the entrance of the cave, he saw Master pressing Zuo Qing against the wall.
ah! It's going to be a needle eye!
There was a dull sound, and the table and chairs overturned. Zuo Qing grabbed the wall to steady himself.
"What do you want to do?" Zuo Qing was controlled in Su Ming's arm, and naturally had no way out.
"What to do? You should know better!"
"I don't know what you mean?"
"Pretending, I've long seen something wrong with you, asking, are you an assassin sent by Murphy?"
assassin! Master said assassin? Zuo Qing is an assassin? !
Su Yan was sure that he heard correctly, so he was having an affair with Zuo Qing?
Su Yan covered his mouth with force, squatted down silently, and hid under the door.
The conversation between the two people continued inside. The master had a deep obsession with Zuo Qing as an assassin, but Zuo Qing acted innocent from beginning to end. It was a posture of refusing to admit it until death.
While Su Yan listened, he prepared to climb to the other side and run away as fast as possible!
In the final analysis, it was still my fault that Master was too arrogant when he was young, causing a lot of trouble and having as many enemies as there were not one hundred but ninety-nine.
The enemy is coming to your door today, it’s more important for you to save your life!
No, no, I'm Master's good disciple, how can I just walk away! Zuo Qing is weak and inexperienced. It is not a piece of cake for the two of them to take one of them!
Su Yan crawled back again, but just as he was about to rush in at once, he started to murmur again.
What if Zuo Qing pretended? What if he is a martial arts master?
After much deliberation, it was better to move reinforcements first. The master's martial arts skills are not weak. Even if Zuo Qing is a martial arts master, he can still hold him back for a while.
After thinking about it, he squatted down again and prepared to crawl away.
God! Su Yan was complaining in his heart. The reinforcements hadn't even arrived yet, and he was almost exhausted to death!
Just then, the door opened.
Before Su Yan could turn around, his neck hurt and he immediately fell over.
The last sight in his eyes was a corner of a mysterious robe, without a trace of color, like the softest but untouchable light in the Jiangnan sky.
When he woke up the next day, Su Yan had almost forgotten about it. As for the scattered fragments, he just regarded them as scenes in a dream.
The tavern had not made a profit for many days. Su Yan was slumped on the food table like a loach. Looking around, he saw dust everywhere, and he was too lazy to wipe it clean. It would be dirty tomorrow anyway, so why bother himself?
Maybe we will have to close down shop in a few days and find another way out!
Su Yanbei came out and sat on the threshold, holding his chin up and watching the people coming and going outside.
Why don't you go and work as a chef in the restaurant across the street? Maybe you can learn a few things from him and you won't have to worry about it for the rest of your life!
Or work as a serious herbal collector with the people in the town, and you won’t have to worry about it for the rest of your life!
Su Yan calculated everything in his mind, and finally gave up.
Su Ming sat next to her with a washbasin, looked at her, and smiled: "You are thinking about spring!"
Su Yan couldn't help but roll her eyes at him: "Is Sichun as sad as me?"
"There are many kinds of love, and this is one of them. Tell me, my teacher, whose family you fell in love with? It couldn't be... the upstart in town, right?" After saying that, he clicked his tongue twice.
Su Yan rolled his eyes again.
Su Ming held the basin and stared at her, and suddenly said sadly: "Sooner or later you will get married, and you will leave here sooner or later. Ayan, can you not leave me?"
"Master!" Su Yan complained, stroking the goosebumps on his neck: "Why do you imitate those knowledgeable people and pretend to be serious? How annoying!"
Su Ming sighed: "Nine years have passed so fast. I still remember the first time I met you. It was at the border of Rong State. You were as thin as a puppy. It took me a lot of effort to boil you one spoonful of rice at a time. You are so big. In the blink of an eye, you are already a person who can face the storm alone. However, I am still afraid. Do you think I should let go?"
Su Yan thought there was something wrong with his mind, so he simply ignored him. Unexpectedly, Su Ming let out a series of melancholy sighs.
"Master, why don't you go back and take a nap? Nothing will happen to you when you wake up. I'm still your good disciple!"
Su Yan was laughing, but she seemed to realize something as she smiled: "I remembered, it was not a dream!"
Su Ming's sigh stopped abruptly: "What kind of dream is not a dream?"
"Four nights ago, I saw you in Zuo Qing's room. You two were entangled. You and Zuo Qing had a problem!"
It seems that she still forgot one part, the most important part.
Su Ming breathed a sigh of relief, "You mean I broke my sleeve?" He laughed: "Even if my sleeve is broken, I can't find Zuo Qing. Look at how weak he is. He can't even kill a chicken!"
"It is precisely because you are weak that you are masculine!"
"Fart! Even if I hang myself from the rafters, I won't have anything to do with him!"
But the more he explained, the angrier he became, and the more deliberately he looked in Su Yan's eyes, as if he was saying: I like Zuo Qing, but I just don't admit it, I'm shy...
Su Yan leaned against the door and raised his eyebrows at Su Ming.
"Come on! You can think whatever you want. Anyway, Zuo Qing's thing will have to leave town sooner or later. When he leaves, you can go to Chucheng and sell the medicinal materials you collected!"
"You let me go?"
"How about I go?"
Su Yan was reluctant: "I am a weak woman, how can I travel a long distance, and I have to go to Chu City, how tiring it is!"
Su Ming looked curious: "Are you a weak woman?"
It was a quiet night, and Su Ming was pacing in front of the door, his face solemn and his eyes anxious. He suddenly stopped and his eyes touched the letter on the desk, but he still couldn't figure out why the prince called him back and why he wanted to watch her fall into danger.
There are so many reasons why, he needs to find out!
Three months later, Zuo Qing's injuries have completely healed, but because of his injured muscles and bones, he can only do some light firework at the moment.
These three months were neither long nor short, but Zuo Qing was still speechless and kept a cold face all day long, rarely smiling. The most common thing he does is to help Su Mingsa clean the tavern when the sun rises, and barely carry a plate when there is sporadic business. In my free time, I take a walk in the courtyard, looking at the flowers and grass, and by the way, there are fewer and fewer swallows... When the sun sets, I accompany Su Yan, sitting on the threshold at each end, and watch the people coming and going on the street together. Gradually enter the night market.
Su Yan gradually understood his temperament. He was dull and boring, even a little indifferent, but at least he was willing to help her dry herbs and tidy up the yard. At least, he was not as worldly as others, not like those dignitaries in Ruoshui City. Look down on people like that.
Su Yan didn't know his past or his purpose. She only knew that at this moment, he was her friend and she could make him feel at ease.
On the day of departure, Su Yan changed into men's clothes, put on a bamboo hat, carried a large package and a bamboo basket, and went out happily. Before leaving, Su Ming wiped away tears and said reluctantly: "This is your first time to go out by yourself. Be careful and don't worry me."
Su Yan took Master's hand and squeezed it, pretending to be sad: "Master, please take care of yourself. I'm afraid it will take a long time for me to come back. Zuo Qing will be with you along the way, so don't worry."
Su Ming was worried, she shed her tears, looked at Zuo Qing coldly and said, "Sir, you are also a person of status. You must protect my apprentice along the way. If something goes wrong, don't blame me for taking what I said that day seriously."
Zuo Qing smiled calmly, "Of course."
Su Yan was a little confused, "What are you talking about?"
"Let's go, we must find a place to stay before it gets dark." Su Yan was dragged away by Zuo Qing without knowing what was going on. He left the main street all the way, and then left the town. He suddenly realized, hum, it turned out to be a broken sleeve. Feelings.
The journey was long and boring, but Su Yan was in high spirits and kept talking without stopping.
During a break, Su Yan leaned against the tree with her legs spread out, and the sunlight shone on her through the canopy of the tree.
He looked at her and suddenly smiled.
Su Yan suddenly opened his eyes, looked at him doubtfully, and thought to himself: If it were his master who smiled at him, he might still think he cared about him, but Zuo Qing's smile made him feel so guilty.
I can't help but mutter, what kind of conspiracy does he have?
"There is only me within a hundred miles, who are you laughing at!"
"You show yourself in men's clothing, and you are also a handsome young man."
Su Yan was stunned for a moment. He was a nymphomaniac! Then he said smugly: "Master always said in the past that if I were a man, he would never save me because I would kidnap his wife! Do you think it's a pity that I am a woman?"
"If you were a man, you would surely be outclassed by all the handsome boys in the world. Unfortunately, you are a girl."
Su Yan pulled him and asked, "Then tell me, is it good for me to be a man?"
Zuo Qing looked at her strangely. After a long time, he frowned and asked, "Do you like women?"
Su Yan shook him off, "Don't you also like men?"
"What's the meaning?"
Su Yan smiled evilly: "My master treats you very differently. I suspect that you two are secretly in love. You..."
Before she could finish her words, Zuo Qing stood up quickly, his face suddenly blushing, "Let's hurry on."
Su Yan had been bored for so long and finally found a way to talk. He couldn't give up easily. She followed him closely and kept chattering: "Tell me, if I bring you two together, will it be considered a good deed?"
"..."
"Master doesn't admit that he has a broken sleeve, are you embarrassed?"
"..."
"When you are together, do you want Master to marry me or do you want to marry into our family? No, no, no matter how you look at it, you should marry my Master and be my Master's Wife!"
"..."
When Su Yan was a child, her father always explained to her the situation of the Six Kingdoms. When talking about Chu Kingdom, he often said with emotion: Forty years ago, King Rong allied the power of Lin, Zhao, Yan, and Wu. Attacked the Chu State and drove the Chu people out of the old capital Ruoshui, all the way to the south of the Yangtze River. Unexpectedly, the people of Chu could live a stable and peaceful life in that fairy-like place, far away from disputes. It was a blessing in disguise!
Because of this, Su Yan wanted to see what Chu State was like since he was a child.
Probably because he has been deeply impressed by this paradise since he was a child, or because this impression is deeply imprinted with his father's indelible traces, Su Yan always feels that this place is extremely familiar. Every street, every shop, even the passers-by who pass by, seem to have been there before and know each other before. Maybe this is deja vu.
As the sky grew dark, the two of them hurriedly entered the capital and settled at an inn.
