step by step

Chapter 334
The horses shuttled on the official road, and the surroundings were so quiet that only the sound of whips were left.

The girl on the horseback kept her gaze straight ahead, her slender and thick eyelashes reflected a silhouette in the sunlight, beautiful and soft, like a picture scroll.

It makes people feel an impulse suddenly—wanting to reach out and touch that beautiful shadow.

"My lord, the road ahead is getting rough, slow down." Wei Yu reminded in a low voice.

"En." Zhuo Yibai responded in a low voice, as if he was still thinking about something.

The three of them walked for more than an hour, and the old house appeared in front of them, only half of the vermilion gate was incomplete, and fine dust accumulated between the blue bricks and stones, which looked quite desolate.

"Young master. Is this here?" Wei Yu asked in surprise. He felt that he had taken the wrong direction. How could this place look like a place where people could live, let alone compare with decent people.

The door was pushed open, and the musty smell mixed with the smell of soil poured into the nostrils.

The courtyard is very depressed, with yellow weeds overgrown, cobwebs dotted around the corners of the walls, half of the swing frame in the center of the courtyard collapsed, and sawdust flying everywhere.

Ye Zhaoyan also stared at the ruined wall in doubt, his delicate eyebrows knit together.

"It's here." Zhuo Yibai said lightly, "I remember the way."

"Let's go in." He jumped off his horse first and walked towards the house. Halfway through, he turned around as if thinking of something, "Go back."

Ye Zhaoyan hesitated for a moment, got off the horse, and walked beside him, "This place is not suitable for people to live in"

"Don't worry." Zhuo Yibai interrupted her, "This place is better than the Ministry of Punishment, so you can make do with it. It's not right for you to come to this remote place alone. Wei Yu, send her off."

"I..." Ye Zhaoyan wanted to refute him, but couldn't explain why for a while, so he had to stop.

She felt a little uncomfortable, obviously he was the lonely person, why did he seem to be meddling in his own business.

Wei Yu also hesitated, "My lord, I will accompany Miss Ye back to Ye Mansion, will it be dangerous for you to be here alone?"

Zhuo Yibai frowned, he knew Wei Yu's concerns, "I will be careful."

A trace of sadness flashed across his eyes, the most likely source of this danger was the Zhuo Palace.

This point has become a tacit secret between the master and servant.

Ye Zhaoyan said, "I'll get someone to clean it up." She couldn't just leave him hastily.

After hearing this, Wei Yu said with relief, "That's fine, I'll send Miss Ye to someone. My son lives in a safe place, so I feel at ease." He glanced at the girl beside him, deeply moved.

At the most desolate moment, there was only this Miss Ye family who met by chance by her side.

The people around the young master will always be the only ones to be patronized, and there is absolutely no reason for the people around him to bear the weight.

Even if King Zhuo asked Young Master Zhuo to take care of him for a few years, it was only in name.

It was the first time to be cared about "vulnerably".

"No." Zhuo Yibai turned around, "In troubled times, unless you have to, don't contact me for too long."

From the time we first met until now, he has never shown any complacency, but at this moment, the expression on his face is solemn, which makes Ye Zhaoyan feel a strange feeling in his heart.

Originally, they were far apart and would never see each other, but now they seem to have suddenly become people who have to keep a distance for each other's sake in the midst of suffering.

This feeling made her very uncomfortable, with chest tightness, shortness of breath, and even difficulty in breathing. She managed to keep her face unchanged, and after a long silence, she said softly: "Your injury has not healed yet, I will buy some medicine for you, by the way buy some"

"No need." Zhuo Yibai grabbed her wrist without any explanation, and walked out of the courtyard, explaining patiently as he walked, "My health is fine, and Wei Yu still has some money. Let's do it."

His palm was slightly cool and dry, with a reassuring texture, as if it had been frozen for a long time, and it was not as soft as before.

She was stunned for a moment, then calmly broke free from the shackles: "But this courtyard is so dilapidated that it is impossible to live in it. What's more, such a desolate place may not be peaceful."

"It doesn't matter, as long as it is repaired." The young man's speech was gentle and gentle, but with firmness that could not be refused, "I don't worry about you staying here."

Ye Zhaoyan looked up at his smooth chin, "Are you worried that Zhuo Wang's people will come?"

He paused slightly, then continued to walk out, his voice was faint and distant: "I'm just afraid that you and the Ye family will be ensnared."

Hearing this sentence, Ye Zhaoyan struggled a bit, and let him pull him out, but his mind was in a mess, and he was helped onto the horse in a disturbed mood.

He did it on purpose.The Ye family is her untouchable Nilin.

"I'll go by myself, you stay." She looked at Wei Yu, who was reluctant to get on the horse, and said, riding the horse away slowly.

The girl's back is slim and slender, and the corners of her skirt are fluttering in the cold winter air, like a pure white flower, gradually disappearing in this dilapidated alley, so beautiful that people can't take their eyes off it.

"Young master." Wei Yu led the horse to the side of the yard, and looked at the young man's slightly thin profile with some concern.

Zhuo Yibai came back to his senses.

"My lord, are we really going to leave here?" Wei Yu lowered his head, his voice choked with sobs, he knew that the lord must be reluctant.

"Wei Yu." Zhuo Yibai reached out and took the rein and tied it, "It is imperative to leave Jindu."

"Yes." Wei Yu wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, adjusted her mentality, and cleaned up seriously.

"Hey, why can't this door be opened? I remember that I just came to open the door yesterday, why did you change the lock?" Wei Yu scratched her head, reached out and knocked on the decayed door.

This old house was their residence before they left, and it was also a small yard that Zhuo Yibai had set up for others unintentionally.

When Zhuo Yibai came back from the border, there was a pair of orphans and widows who followed them in exile here and stayed here.

Half a year later, Zhuo Yibai bought this yard for them to live in.However, three years ago, the people who lived here had already left, and it was said that they had returned to their mother country.

The house has been unoccupied for a long time, and even the roof is broken. Only the door is still intact, but the chain has long been corroded and mottled.

"Crack." A piece of rubble fell to the ground.

"Who's there?" Wei Yu looked around vigilantly, but there was no movement.

After a while, a muffled voice came from the roof, with a strong nasal voice: "Master, go to the northern suburbs, the Beirong envoys are waiting for you there."

Wei Yu simply jumped onto the roof, the next moment, a chill hit him, he suddenly looked up, and saw a chunky figure standing in the dark on the courtyard wall, staring at him.

"You" Wei Yu was so frightened that she almost fell off the roof.

The man was dressed in coarse sackcloth, covered in dust and mud, "This place has changed hands, you should hurry up and leave."

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