Qingming Festival last year, Qingming Festival again today.
Once again, Li Xiuyuan left Xiao Hei in the academy and with his master.
The difference is that this time it is Xiao Hei's own choice, because he wants to accompany Shuzi to spend his last days in the academy with his wife.
Li Xiuyuan allowed his wife to see the hope of a saint, and his wife taught Li Xiuyuan more principles about saints.
The two were both teachers and friends, and they discussed it for countless days, which not only made the master sigh with emotion, but also made Li Xiuyuan feel grateful.
When he and Xiao Hei came to Da Qin, they originally just wanted to witness major events such as burning books, harassing Confucian scholars, and assassinating Qin. Unexpectedly, by chance, he experienced more people and things.
He even told Zhang Liang that when his master left, he would consider leaving the imperial city with his family and heading to Xiapi.
He did not tell Zhang Liang the truth, but he believed that this guy's wisdom would be able to understand what he wanted to express.
After a detailed discussion with the Prime Minister, the lady from the Prime Minister's Mansion finally agreed that she should go to the border to meet Prince Su.
As the left prime minister, Li Si did not know Li Xiuyuan, but he believed that Zhang Liang would not cheat his daughter.
So, during the Qingming Festival when it was raining heavily, Li Xiuyuan closed the door of No. 47, and with a wave of his hand, the magic circle was raised, and no one except Xiao Hei could enter.
The Prime Minister's Mansion sent two carriages, one carriage for the young lady and two maids, and one carriage for Li Xiuyuan.
Li Si originally wanted to send guards to protect his daughter, but after Zhang Liang's persuasion, he safely handed his daughter over to the shopkeeper of the wine shop.
Since he is the master's friend and Zhang Liang's brother, Zuo Xiang is naturally relieved.
The spring breeze is blowing, and it is when the pear blossoms are blooming.
Outside the long pavilion on the west side of the imperial city, Li Xiuyuan stopped Zhang Liang who was following the carriage. Miss Xiangfu also poked her head out and waved goodbye to Zhang Liang with an uneasy look on her face.
After all, she has not forgotten the high-spirited young man in front of her who was rejected by the Li family on that snowy night.
She was even thinking that if she had persisted a little longer, her parents would have softened their minds and agreed to her affair with Zhang Liang.
If he comes, Zhang Liang will probably never meet Shuzi again.
However, fate never has ifs, and if she misses it, she will miss it forever. Now her lover has gone to a distant border, but the free Zhang Liang stayed in the imperial city.
Zhang Liang stepped forward on his horse, looked at Li Xiuyuan and said with a smile, "I'm here to see you off today on behalf of Teacher, Shuzi, and Xiaohei."
Li Xiuyuan waved his hand and said: "Remember not to be impulsive. If I don't come back next spring, I will marry Shuzi. Even if she marries you, she can still be my disciple."
Zhang Liang was stunned for a moment, then laughed sheepishly: "I said, are you worried about me?"
Li Xiuyuan shook his head: "I just don't want you to die in the imperial city. Remember my words, if Master leaves me and doesn't come back, you take Xiao Hei to Xiapi, and I will look for you wherever I go."
"Where's my yard? Don't want it anymore?" Zhang Liang was a little confused.
"You can resell it at a low price. Don't touch my wine shop. You can't touch it either."
Li Xiuyuan said seriously: "You can also ask your mysterious master to see where he advises you to go. In short, if Master decides to leave, you should not stay in the imperial city."
When Zhang Liang saw that Li Xiuyuan spoke so resolutely, he could only nod his head and said, "Don't worry, my unreliable master has been missing for many days. He should be back after all."
Waving their hands, the two separated by the pavilion.
One rode back to the imperial city, and the other sat on the carriage, following Miss Xiangfu's carriage, heading leisurely towards the western border.
Until this time, after looking at Da Qin’s map.
Only then did Li Xiuyuan understand the poem he saw in his teacher's bookstore: "I advise you to drink another glass of wine. There will be no old friends when you leave Yangguan in the west."
It turns out that this is also the world where Mr. Wang once lived.
It’s just that time flies, and I don’t know where in the long river of time my husband was in this world, in the blink of an eye.
Leaving the imperial city at Qingming Festival and walking along the official road, Li Xiuxing was not in a hurry and the carriage could not get up quickly.
This was the first time that Miss Xiangfu left the imperial city for a long trip. Although she was accompanied by two maids along the way, she went through many ups and downs and suffered a lot.
Fortunately, the group had official documents from the Prime Minister's Office, so they didn't have to worry about food and accommodation along the way.
Whenever he encounters a place without an inn, Li Xiuyuan would rather spend the night in a village or small town than in a hurry.
Because he brought several female relatives from the prime minister's residence with him, he didn't think the three women could withstand the wind and frost in the wilderness.
As we go westward, there are fewer and fewer passers-by, vendors, and pedestrians, and the whole world seems so quiet and a little desolate.
Loneliness was the only companion on the long road, and Li Xiuyuan had long been accustomed to loneliness. However, the two drivers driving the coach fell in love with Li Xiuyuan.
Because they discovered that this silent man always had endless amounts of wine around him.
Da Qin's poems and books were Li Xiuyuan's companion on his lonely journey, while wine was the favorite of the two coachmen.
It just so happened that this time, because of the old Taoist priest, Li Xiuyuan was able to travel far away with more wine.
Finally, the ladies and maids of Prime Minister Bian's Mansion also fell in love with the black bean wine brewed by Li Xiuyuan, so by the end of the evening, the three girls had to drink even two glasses of wine with Li Xiu.
It is said that there is a long stretch of yellow sand all the way, and I might not be able to survive the border crossing without wine.
After walking for more than a month, it was already midsummer and the group arrived at an ancient western city, Mingyue City.
After passing Youzhou, there is a bright moon. Going forward, not far away is the border pass.
Miss Xiangfu, who had been holding back for a long time, shouted and took her two maids to a roadside shop to pick out her favorite clothes and snacks.
Li Xiuyuan got off the carriage and stood under the tree on the roadside, quietly looking at the pedestrians passing by.
When they arrived at the Western Frontier, Li Xiuyuan found that the folk customs here were also different from those in the imperial city. Children were running around on the roadside, and women followed from a distance to look for their children.
There was a hawker carrying fruits hawking along the street. When he asked Li Xiuyuan, Li Xiuyuan smiled faintly and bought half a basket of pears. The hawker was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.
Standing on the roadside, Li Xiuyuan quietly watched the world, knowing that he was just a passerby.
Just looking at it, I am already very satisfied.
"Get out of the way and seek death!"
Suddenly, a rapid sound of horse hooves broke the calm in front of him.
On the long street, there was a horse running wildly on the street. An arrogant young man was roaring on the horse's back. Not far behind him, there were several fast horses, obviously this man's servants.
For a moment, passers-by were panicked and the streets were abuzz.
Li Xiuyuan looked around and saw a woman in Tsing Yi walking with her head lowered in the middle of the street. Apparently, it was too late to avoid the running man and horse.
The crowd on the long street had already dispersed. Obviously, in the eyes of passers-by, the young man on horseback was a demon king.
Some people exclaimed, some people were worried.
The next moment I saw it, the galloping horse trampled the woman in cyan clothes on the long street, and many people even screamed.
The woman with her head lowered and walking on the road had a sad face, obviously thinking about her own thoughts. How could she know that she was in danger?
In this flash of lightning.
There was a terrifying loud noise of "Boom!", followed by a mournful cry from the horse, stirring up dust all over the sky.
The horse fell to the side of the long street in mourning. The woman in green shirt was so frightened that she covered her mouth and was speechless.
Li Xiuyuan stood quietly on the long street, gently flicked his sleeves, and looked coldly at the man who fell from the horse.
But at the most critical moment, Li Xiuyuan punched out, knocking the galloping horse to the ground.
The young man on the horse immediately fell off, and when he got up from the ground, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Where did the savage come from? He's looking for death!"
After the young man got up from the ground, he had a ferocious look on his face. While cursing angrily, he pulled out the long sword from his waist and slashed at Li Xiuyuan.
"Go!" Li Xiuyuan sighed softly, whether it was for the horse that fell on the ground or for the panicked woman in green.
Just hearing a "bang!" sound, the long sword cut out from the young man's hand flew to an unknown direction.
But only here, a group of passers-by who were watching from a distance could not see clearly whether Li Xiuyuan took out his weapons.
I saw a long sword cut by a young man stuck in a tree on the roadside ten feet away.
The young man was stunned, and the pedestrians on the roadside were also stunned. There was a sound of horse hoofbeats, and someone exclaimed: "Sir, I want you to go home quickly."
So, a group of servants didn't even care about the horse that fell on the ground, and pulled their little master away in a hurry.
Even if there is trouble, the master has to deal with it, which is not something that servants like them can handle, because Li Xiuyuan gives them a too calm feeling.
He was so calm that they had no choice but to pull the young man and leave quickly.
The corners of the green-robed woman's mouth moved, but she couldn't speak, so she had no choice but to marry Li Xiuyuan.
When Li Xiuyuan saw the dry lips of the woman in green shirt, he didn't say anything at the moment. He walked to the roadside and took out a kettle from the carriage and handed it to the obviously frightened woman in front of him.
He said softly: "Don't worry, drink some water first, and then talk."
The woman in green shirt took the kettle and drank half of it, then sighed quietly, but she could not hide the faint tiredness on her face.
Seeing this, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but ask: "Where is the girl from? Isn't she a local?"
The fate between people is sometimes caused by God's will, and sometimes it is caused by human factors.
"Thank you, brother!" The woman in green shirt replied softly: "Meng Jiang, a civilian girl, is just passing by, but she is not a local."
There was a roar, and a thunder suddenly sounded in the sky. Then the clouds gathered and a heavy rain was coming.
Li Xiuyuan was stunned and speechless as if he had been struck by lightning.
It wasn't until the woman in green shirt was about to leave that she said in a deep voice: "It's going to rain heavily. Go inside and take shelter. I'll treat you to something to eat."
"Brother, there are differences between men and women..." The woman's eyes flashed with fatigue and she replied softly.
"It's okay, don't be afraid, girl, I have a few female relatives here with me." Li Xiuyuan pointed at the Prime Minister's lady and two maids not far away and smiled.
From the moment it happened, Miss Xiangfu stood blankly on the street because she saw Zhang Liang's stubborn shadow in Li Xiuyuan.
Sighing softly, Miss Xiangfu waved to the woman in blue: "Come here, I'll treat you."
She also understood that under the heavy rain, even the horses were afraid and didn't want to go on the road, so they couldn't help but stay here to rest for a while, waiting until the rain stopped before continuing forward.
Seeing that there was indeed a female family member, the woman in green shirt and Li Xiuyuan walked towards Miss Xiangfu on the street.
Because at this moment, she was really sleepy and tired and couldn't walk.
Until a group of five people sat down at a roadside restaurant, until Miss Xiangfu ordered a table of meals, and until Li Xiuyuan poured a cup of steaming hot tea for the four girls.
Tears of dissatisfaction flowed down the face of the woman in green shirt, and she murmured: "Thank you, I haven't eaten in five days."
Just a short sentence, even Miss Xiangfu couldn't help but reached out and gently patted the hand of the woman in green shirt, and whispered: "Don't be afraid, you can follow me."
Li Xiuyuan sighed silently in his heart. No matter how many storms he had seen, he never expected that he would meet a strange woman who was going to the Great Wall to find her husband here.
Seeing that the woman in blue didn't speak, Miss Xiangfu couldn't help but continue to ask: "Sister, what's your surname, where are you going?"
The woman in green shirt replied faintly: "Meng Jiang, a civilian girl, is going to the Great Wall."
