Chapter 24 Leaving Yiyang
These were all calculated by Zhang Shiyan. When he and his aunt lived in a dilapidated temple and tiled house, he had noticed that she liked to sleep with a window open and did not like the wind at night, so he deliberately left the front and rear windows open.
When the aunt went to close the back window, she would only find that the back window could not be closed. The only thing that could be closed was the front window. So if she went to close the front window, he would be able to see her.
His original intention was just to take one more look at her, but he didn't expect that she would look out the window twice. Isn't this a coincidence?
I happened to see him taking a bath.
Seeing her shy and annoyed look, Zhang Shiyan couldn't help but feel very fond of her. He thought silently in his heart, it seems that it would be possible to invite someone to his side... It was difficult to even see her before.
The candlelight in the side room quickly dimmed, and my aunt and I were lying on the bed, and all we could think about was the naked man...
Afraid of scolding him out loud, I could only curse in my heart. This man with a mental problem scolded me for a long time. Then I thought, this is someone else's home. Is there anything wrong with taking a bath in my own home?
The question is why do I live here?
Then I made up my mind to submit my resignation. I had to tell the eldest man of the Zhang family that I was leaving!
The next morning, my aunt got up early and opened the door to go out. The two girls who were keeping watch at night were still napping. She packed her luggage and handed her resignation to the Zhang family's affairs boy. "This is my resignation letter."
Could you please help me pass it on to the eldest master of the Zhang family, I have important matters at hand and it is inconvenient for me to go."
After saying that, he handed the resignation letter he had written earlier to the hands of the servants in the inner courtyard, turned around and left.
We left Yiyang City that afternoon.
Outside the city, in the wilderness, He Gu practiced medicine on foot as usual. He should be going north to west. I heard that there are traces of the master there. If his legs are strong enough and the road goes smoothly, he will be able to find traces of the master in the northwest territory in about five months.
See the figure of Master.
If we really find Master, we must ask him face to face why he left without saying goodbye that night? Why did he suddenly disappear without giving any reason?
Why did Master leave?
Why didn't you ask someone to bring a letter to her? Isn't there no friendship at all between master and disciple?
Doesn't Master care if he encounters any danger during this turbulent time in the world?
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These unanswered questions have been running through Auntie's mind. Why did the master leave just as soon as he said he was leaving? There was no warning at all. Thinking about it, she felt aggrieved. She loved the master so much and relied on the master so much, but the master ignored her.
, it’s really people who don’t care at all who discard others at will...
No matter what, she had to ask him face to face, but if it was because the master had something hidden, the person who was at fault was He Gu herself, He Gu thought so.
The fault lies in why she didn't speed up the process on the way and rush to the master's side quickly. Maybe the master also needs her help. The master is just a mortal human being who will also get sick and feel uncomfortable...
On the other side, Zhang Shiyan didn't go to bed late last night. There was a wall between his and his aunt's bedroom. He seemed to be able to hear his aunt's movements, but all he heard was his own irritability.
He simply dressed and got up, and asked the servants not to make any noise, which alarmed his aunt. He climbed out of the window and stood outside the back window of the side room. The girl's breath was like orchid in the gauze curtains, and she slept peacefully. Zhang Shiyan was a little hot.
, stood quietly outside the back window and looked at the woman on the bed in the inner room.
Why did he fall in love with her? He still couldn't figure it out at this time.
Do you like her lack of compliments? Do you like her cold attitude towards him? Or do you like the feeling that she doesn't take him seriously? Or is it because there are too many women around him, and only the feeling that she is too lazy to talk to him makes him feel that way?
A desire to conquer?
He is not arrogant, why is it that the colder she is towards him, the more indifferent and careless she is, the more he wants her care, the more he wants her to care, the more he wants her to see him like other women
It can be full of enthusiasm and smiles...
He just wants such a woman who ignores him and has no reaction, who can extend her soft arms full of love to cling to his body and laugh in his ears to please him.
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"Have you found her household registration?"
Late at night, Zhang Shiyan summoned the Zhang family's clerical steward. He was worried that the sound of candlelight in the house would disturb his aunt's sleep, so he specifically asked the steward to go with him to the study for questioning.
The household registration clerk shook his head and replied: "Master, no."
In this era of turmoil, war, and warlord rule, it is normal to lose household registration. Many people do not even have a home.
If a poor family cannot afford to raise a child, they sell the child for money. If the child is weak and disabled and no trafficker is willing to buy it, the child will be left to fend for herself in the wilderness.
In an age when people are dying of hunger on the road and life is in ruins, life can be considered very good if they can have a place to shelter from the wind and rain and not be starved to death or indiscriminately killed by the times.
To the south, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, and Yangzhou are even more dark, with chaebols and warlords monopolizing the livelihood of the people. They are miserable and life is worse than death.
The Zhang family is not a wealthy family in Liangzhou, but it can still protect the people from being harassed by insurgents and bandits.
Therefore, after hearing the news, many refugees fled to Yiyang, Liangzhou, and came to seek asylum from Zhang Mansion.
"No household registration?" Zhang Shiyan wondered, "Are you saying she doesn't even have a living family member?" In this era of war and chaos, it is not uncommon to have no household registration, but for Zhang Shiyan, he cannot marry with a certain status.
A person of unknown origin.
He can't, and the Zhang family can't.
"So..." Zhang Shiyan had many guesses about He Gu's origins.
The household registration manager replied: "Yes, it may be an abandoned baby, or it may be after the family was wiped out."
"Can't we find any information about her identity?" Zhang Shiyan heard that she was raised by a medical master since she was a child. "Can her master's household registration be found?"
"The household registration is unknown. There was a war in Yuzhou twenty years ago, and the household registration information was burned long ago." The steward replied.
At this time, Zhang Shiyan didn't know that He Gu had already prepared to leave Yiyang, but she had no intention of staying in Yiyang to avoid the chaos.
By the way, this was what happened in the study last night.
Before noon, He Gu had already left Yiyang City. There were widowers and peasant women living outside the city walls. Seeing that she looked like a doctor and had a medicine box and luggage, they came forward to greet her: "The doctors... the doctors... the doctors are staying!...
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Hegu stayed and saw the old man waving in the distance, so he stepped forward, thinking that the old man must have something to ask for before asking her to stay. When she was about to step forward, a man suddenly appeared behind her and blocked her way. She was shocked.
Staying with my aunt, she didn't even notice that there was a man following behind her along the way.
She hurriedly backed away, terrified: "Who are you?"
This person is a secret guard of Zhang Jiajun, a group of guards trained by Zhang Shiyan himself. They are not recorded in the regular army reported to the court. Most of these people are abandoned babies in their fleeting years and exiles with nowhere to go.
"You don't need to know who I am. I was ordered by Mr. Zhang to protect the girl when she goes out." On the surface, the secret guard looks like an ordinary citizen. He looks like a young man. "This family is not a good person. Girl."
Don't go." He stood in front of Hegu and prevented her from going.
The sound of horse hoofbeats hurriedly sounded behind him, and the rider sounded anxious: "Auntie..." "Auntie..." "Auntie..."
These clear calls sounded like the good friend who chatted with her on Nuji Mountain, talking about the past and present.
——Song Pei.
We haven’t seen him for many days, and we didn’t have a chance to say goodbye to him when we left. This was just the right time, and my aunt was overjoyed: “Song Peijun?” “Why are you here?”
"What a coincidence!"
The man who came after a long journey smiled shyly and explained: "What a coincidence!"
"This is no coincidence," he hurriedly dismounted and ran over, "I came to chase you on purpose!"
He Gu thought that he was angry and left without saying goodbye, so she quickly explained: "I know that I didn't even say goodbye to you in person before I left. It was really a poor plan, but I think I should go north. After searching for my teacher,
Come back and see you again, if I still have the chance to come back here..."
Song Bei was panting, holding He Gu's slender wrist, feeling relieved, "Fortunately, I came back in time..."
"You haven't gone far yet..."
Hegu asked nonchalantly: "What happened?"
The handsome man in front of me smiled brightly: "A few days ago, I was ordered to go to the court to do something, so I left the mountain in a hurry."
"When I left, I was worried that you would leave without saying goodbye. After all, you told me that you just want to go northwest to find your master."
"But as I walked on the road, the more I walked, the more I missed you Youjia. I was thinking about what if you left Yiyang before I came back..."
Song Pei knew that Hegu was innocent, and since she had no relatives since she was a child, she didn't understand the ways of the world.
"I traveled all night after my return to life. I just arrived at my house this morning and learned the news that you had left. I was both sad and happy!"
What Song Pei said did not make sense to my aunt.
"What are you sad about?" "What are you happy about?"
In the woods on the outskirts, the man is dressed in Tsing Yi and the woman is dressed in pure white.
"I'm sad that you're leaving, but I'm happy at the same time..." Song Pei couldn't help laughing when he said this, "I'm happy at the same time!" "Unexpectedly, my lord couldn't keep you!"
Zhang Shiyan is famous for keeping anyone by his side whom he likes, and he has never failed to do so.
Unexpectedly, he couldn't keep her. It seemed that there were still women that Mr. Zhang couldn't get. Song Pei was overjoyed, "So, maybe you don't like my lord, right?" Song Pei looked at He Gu's face.
His eyes were full of sincerity, and he hoped to get an answer from her.
"Like?" Hegu didn't understand, "What do you like?"
"It's about a lifelong love." Song Pei held Hegu's hand tighter and tighter. "It's the kind of love that you want to be with him for the rest of your life."
"You don't have that feeling for him, do you?" His eyes were full of longing. He was born in a poor family and had no high-ranking officials. He considered himself inferior. However, he was full of ambition and went to Liangzhou to become Zhang Shiyan's subordinate.
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At the beginning of the period, when he knew that Mr. Zhang had some admiration for He Gu, he knew that his feelings for her must be suppressed in the cradle of germination. But what he never expected was that Mr. Zhang, who had always been as invincible in love as in the battlefield,
Damn, you didn’t capture her?!
Chapter completed!