Noon that day.
Song Che and Jiang Yuntian bid farewell to Ningguo Mansion and prepared to continue their journey to Hangzhou.
Liu Xinnan saw her off outside the city.
"Brother Song, Brother Jiang, I have decided!"
She swears by it.
Song Che raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Looking at your solemn look, you must have made some very important decision."
"Hey, don't say it yet, let me guess," Jiang Yuntian pursed his lips and thought for a moment, then said: "You are impressed by my courage and are ready to marry me as a concubine? Ah... that won't work, that won't work, The princess will probably not agree."
Liu Xinnan rolled her eyes, glanced at Song Che, and muttered: "If I want to marry, I must marry Brother Song..."
"We all heard it."
"No, no." She said with a blush, "I have decided to resign from the post of magistrate and stop being an official after hearing the Wang family's case."
Song Che frowned slightly, "You have been studying hard for more than ten years in Hanchuang, isn't it just to become an official? Now that you have finally entered the Shining Palace, why do you want to resign?"
Liu Xinnan said seriously: "Actually, I took the imperial examination just to cheer up my dead parents, and I don't have much interest in being an official... Besides, I am a daughter, so I can't pretend to be a man all my life, not to mention, I myself I feel like I’m not suitable for being an official.”
She smiled at Song Che again and said: "I heard that Hangzhou has a strong scholarly atmosphere and is full of talented people and beauties. I decided to open an academy in Hangzhou after resigning and accept female students so that women can also be qualified to study."
"Tsk tsk...amazing!"
Song Che gave a thumbs up in praise and patted his chest: "Okay! Since Brother Liu has such great ambitions, Song should also do his part for this. I will cover all the expenses for running the academy!"
Jiang Yuntian also held his chest and smiled: "If a woman wants to learn some self-defense techniques, I can also serve as an instructor."
"Hehe!" Liu Xinnan held her red cheeks in her hands: "That's good! It's so good!"
"Look, she looks like this, how is she suitable for being an official..."
"It's okay to be a teacher, amiable, hehehe..."
"Hehehe..."
"Then, see you in Hangzhou, see you later."
"Big brothers, see you later."
…
The grass is long and the orioles are flying in February. The warm sun is shining and the spring breeze is warm.
"oops……"
Jiang Yuntian was riding a horse, taking a sip of wine and sighing.
"You sigh so much, you must be waiting for me to ask you why you sigh, right?" Song Che followed beside him, took a sip of wine, and said with a smile, "I won't ask."
"You guys always know what others are thinking."
Jiang Yuntian sighed: "Now that internal and external troubles have been resolved, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, you and I have become successful, have a wife and children, and life seems to have lost a lot of fun."
Song Che said with a smile: "There are often two stages in a person's life. The first is ups and downs, vigorous and vigorous; the second is ordinary, slow and steady. Both stages have their own corresponding fun, but it is undeniable that everything in youth is The vigorous and vigorous work is all for the sake of the steady flow in the future."
He raised the jug high and said with a smile: "After drinking strong wine, you always have to drink a cup of tea to relieve your tiredness——
From young and energetic, to middle-aged and calm, and finally to old and helpless;
From nothing, to small achievements, and finally to great success;
From the world of mortals, to a light-year, and finally to the passing clouds;
Looking back on the past, cherishing the present, and looking to the future, how can such a life be boring? "
"Damn, I don't understand at all!"
Jiang Yuntian rolled his eyes, "What I want most now is that my wife holds my son, and I hold my wife again, and then I am willing to do this for the rest of my life."
"Every man is willing, haha..."
…
The next morning, February 13th, Song Che and Jiang Yuntian arrived at Anxi Ferry. Now that the canal flow had calmed down and passenger water transport had resumed, they planned to take a boat back to Hangzhou, which would not take more than an hour.
There seemed to be something strange on the dock.
A large number of people gathered around and cheered.
"Hey, isn't it amazing? This snake can also dance. It's the first time I've seen it!"
"I went to Chang'an for business in the past and saw a native of Tianzhu who was like her. When she played the flute, snakes could dance along with her!"
"That's different. Look, this snake can also nod and say hello!"
snake? Dance?
Anyway, Hou Chuan still had a while, so Song Che pulled Jiang Yuntian into the crowd to get a good look.
But there were so many people that you had to stand on tiptoe to get a rough look - two women in Miao costumes, one playing the bamboo flute, the other beating the leather drum, and three little scarlet snakes swaying from side to side, dancing gracefully on the ground.
The two women seemed familiar.
The little snake on the ground also seemed familiar.
Miao girl?
Play the flute?
insanity?
snake?
Sangzhu, Jiang Xiaoli!
It should be them!
The Splendid Conference will be held in Hangzhou in June. In the past years in Chengdu, they had promised to represent the Miao family's beautiful girls in the competition.
But he hadn't seen them for a long time, so Song Che thought about squeezing his way into the crowd, but before he could make a move, he heard from behind:
"Get out of the way! The government is handling the case, so everyone needs to get out of the way!"
A dozen government officials armed with knives rushed to the pier and separated the crowd of spectators.
As soon as people heard that the case was being handled in official uniform, they all moved out of the way.
"Master Cha, just...it's them, these two Miao witches are trying to poison me!"
The person who led the official messenger was a pock-marked man with dog skin plaster on his face. He pointed at the two girls who were playing and said: "Master, look, they are performing Miao magic. Catch them quickly!"
"Hey! She is indeed a Miao witch!"
"Be careful, they are poisonous!"
When the onlookers heard words such as Miaojiang, witch, and poison, they dared to stay there and hurriedly hid behind the official.
The officer was also frightened and surrounded Sang Zhu and Jiang Xiaoli, not daring to step forward easily.
"Demon girl, if you are sensible, put away your demon snake and capture it, otherwise... otherwise the knife will draw blood!"
"We are not witches!" Sang Zhu and Jiang Xiaoli were back to back and had a tense confrontation with the official.
The pock-marked man poked his face out from behind the officer and pointed out: "If you weren't a witch, why did I just take a bite of food and start laughing after I got home? Master, fellow villagers, I laughed for two whole days! I almost died laughing! Only these lowly Miao people have this kind of voodoo technique!"
"What a shame, it's you, a charlatan!" Sangzhu pointed at the pock-marked man and said, "He was clearly the one who defrauded us of our money, so I just punished him. He was the bad guy, and you should arrest him." right!"
"Master Chao, don't listen to his nonsense. I'm just a magician! Listen, she herself admitted that she was bewitched!"
"Bah, bah, bah..." The three little red snakes that were dancing gracefully showed their teeth and grinned, making everyone scared when they saw them.
"Oh my god! I still think this snake dances beautifully! It turns out to be a Gu snake! Run away!"
The crowd dispersed in a hurry.
