Jiangshan is a matchmaker: Husband, please stay

Chapter 138 The Last Farewell

The day Su Jiu left with Su Xiaoshan happened to be the day of the imperial examination, the fifth day of the seventh lunar month.

The long streets are full of guards and soldiers, and there are even villagers who come to wait for their sons and brothers to take the exam. They are like animals waiting to be fed, standing on tiptoe and poking their heads.

Su Jiu's carriage passed through this group of people, and sometimes they could hear their complaints because Su Jiu's carriage broke their formation.

When their carriage came out of the imperial city, it was not yet dawn, only a white belly was visible in the sky, and the chariot was swaying along the long and narrow official road.

Inside the carriage was the sleeping hill, facing Su Jiu and Zhou Xiang.

When Su Jiu went out with a small package, Liang Xiaodie pulled Mr. Li with her small hands, and the two watched from afar. Xiaodie said hello and let the carriage slowly set off on the road.

Seeing Xiao Shan sleeping soundly, Su Jiu didn't disturb him, but Zhou Xiang kept looking for an opportunity to speak in a low voice.

But Su Jiu didn't even hear a word.

The carriage swayed like this, passed the stone road, went down the mountain road, and creaked on the way to Youxia Mountain.

Both sides of the official road are full of tall trees, and only a straight and long official road in the middle is driving a carriage. The boy driving the carriage is humming a tune, and the whip in his hand makes a series of crisp sounds in the air.

I don't know how long it took before the soothing chime sounded from afar. Su Jiu lifted the curtains of the car and looked over. The flags of the post station were fluttering, the dusk had dissipated, the sun was scorching, and the air was dull and hot. The strong fragrance of the monastery wafts in the air.

"Let's go down and have a look there first!" Su Jiu pointed to the temple hidden under the twilight.

Zhou Xiang looked in the direction and saw the green smoke curling up in the distance, like a fairyland, so he nodded to her, "Okay."

"Brother, tie the carriage to the post station over there first, we want to visit the monastery over there." Zhou Xiang shouted at the boy driving outside.

The boy tightened the reins, "Huh!", the carriage stopped, he jumped out of the carriage first, opened the door, and said with concern, "I have to come back earlier, the road there is not easy."

"Understood." Zhou Xiang jumped out of the carriage first, and turned to pick up Su Jiu.

Su Jiu didn't pass his hand away, and deliberately pushed his hand away, "I can do it myself, don't treat me like a daughter." Su Jiu smiled, and lifted the hem of her skirt by herself, "Boom!", jumped down, and turned back Don't forget to cover Su Xiaoshan with thick clothes before walking forward.

After walking a few steps, Su Jiu stood on the spot first, looking up at the sky, a few birds chirping and galloping past his head.The post station is located in a place where there is no village in the front and no shop behind.

The two walked slowly with Zhou Xiang, stepping on the path paved with potholes and gravel, Su Jiu really lost some strength.After walking for about an hour, the bright yellow lacquered gold gate of the huge temple appeared in front of my eyes, and deep bells and drums came from the temple, and the incense was lingering.There were very few people coming and going at the gate of the monastery, and she heard the chime chime, she lifted her skirt and went up the steps.

The half-closed temple gate was gently pushed open, and suddenly the front was opened up. There were a lot of people coming and going, the incense was burning, and the people burning incense and praying for blessings were marching in an orderly manner.The long queue was not crowded or noisy, and there was not a trace of monks from half a monastery to maintain it. Everything was moving in an orderly manner.

The first censer that came into view was filled with smoke, and the burning body as thick as an arm stood upright, and the cigarette smoked slowly.

She clasped her hands together and followed at the end of the big team. Looking up, the towering stone steps meandered all the way, as far as the sky.She still decided not to visit the shrine. After all, in her heart, she only had awe but no faith in these things.

"Zhou Xiang, let's go over there and have a look, do you still want to go to offer incense?"

"I just don't like these things, let's go, I'll accompany you to have a look."

The two of them went up the stone steps, entered a long corridor of vines, and went down the stone steps to a spacious high platform. Standing on the high platform, suddenly a strong wind blew, almost blowing Su Jiu away. Instead, Zhou Xiang stood behind her and said with a smile, "Miss Su may be blown away by the wind."

"I'll take you with me even if it blows away." Su Jiu grabbed Zhou Xiang's hand and said angrily, "Stand in front of me and protect me from the wind."

"Okay, hey..."

Standing in front of Su Jiu, Zhou Xiang braved the strong wind and said to Su Jiu with a smile, "Miss Su, when you go back this time, I will pick you up."

"Don't come to pick me up, the emperor will deduct your salary if you delay work, and your current status is not easy to come by, so you have to cherish it, remember?"

Zhou Xiang didn't answer her, just smiled and nodded to her.

"Zhou Xiang, there are intrigues in the imperial city. You are kind and have no scheming. Your status is different now. You need to be more careful and not be taken advantage of by others."

"I know, don't worry, I will find a way about Xiaoshan."

"It's useless, Xiaoshan doesn't say anything, that girl disappeared again, this is probably the case, you may not find anything out of your investigation, don't get involved in any conspiracy because of me, I believe, As long as I leave, there will be peace there, huh... In fact, sometimes it's kind of ridiculous to think about it. How can I be so good that I can make the emperor and the empress secretly try to kill me? Look at me like a disaster for the country and the people Is it the witch?"

"Miss Su..."

"Oh, I'm joking, don't look at me like that."

"Miss Su, will you still come? Or, I will pick you up, so that your reason for coming will be clear."

"I'm afraid I won't come!"

"why?"

"It's just, it's just..." Su Jiu would feel powerless when he thought of yesterday's helplessness. She was reborn here, from the Liu family in the village to Nie Wuhuan in the imperial city. The wounds left a lot of marks on her body and heart. Now she no longer has any strength to fight and argue theories. Now she just wants to hide quietly in Ranger Mountain In the village, I will slowly finish my life.

"Just what?" Zhou Xiang turned around and looked down at her. The two of them were close at hand. When Su Jiu raised his head, his eyes met.

"Miss Su..." Zhou Xiang hesitated to speak, he clenched his hand under his sleeve and raised it slightly, the shallow kiss he held back was bitten back by his own teeth, and his arm still wanted to He wanted to hug her in front of him, but...he still couldn't do it.Squeezing my hand, my whole body instantly loosened up, and I lost any strength, so I could only look at her fiercely.

Look at Su Jiu's eyelashes, look at her big eyes and that red but small lips.

"Miss Su, I, I..."

"What are you?" Su Jiu saw Zhou Wei's unnaturalness, and stared at him with wide eyes, trying to keep his words back in his stomach, and then squeezed his arm, "Look, over there The scenery is so beautiful! Don’t stand there stupidly. When you arrive at the next station, you have to go back to the imperial city. Don’t think too much. I’m always a villager from Youxia Mountain, but you are different. You have a bright future."

"I……"

"What am I, take a look at the scenery, the scenery here is so beautiful." Su Jiu pulled him over, and yelled in front of him against the strong wind, "Ah... so beautiful!"

The echoes are transmitted and vibrate in the open mountains.

It also oscillated in Zhou Xiang's turbulent psychology.

Zhou Xiang looked at her stupidly, unwilling to look away for a moment, for fear that if he did, he would lose the chance to catch her.

"You shout too."

"Ah?" Zhou Xiang was taken aback.

"Shout, it will be very comfortable to come out soon, shout out."

"me……"

"Hey, don't dawdle, shout out."

"Ah... so beautiful!" Zhou Xiang growled towards the empty cliff like Su Jiu, and hit the rocks one after another. When the last sound overlapped and circled, Zhou Xiang turned his head, "Su..."

"Miss Su, Miss Su..."

Su Jiu had already hopped down the stone steps, turned around the promenade, bypassed the crowd, and finally pushed open the gate of the temple with all his strength. When he heard a "dong", the gate was closed tightly , also blocked the hustle and bustle inside.

When Zhou Xiang chased him out from there, Su Jiu had disappeared.

Su Jiu ran back to the post station in one breath, dragged the young man who was still drinking tea, and got into the car in a hurry.

"Brother, let's go, it's getting late."

"Where's the young master just now, can't you wait?"

"Don't wait, let's go, he won't be with me."

"Oh, let's go, drive!"

The incense chariot plowed up slowly and leisurely, and with the sound of the horse's hooves, the only sound could be the rolling of the chariot and Su Jiu's beating heart under the flat ground of the official road.

Su Jiu huddled in a corner of the carriage, patted his heart that was still beating wildly, looked at Su Xiaoshan who was still sleeping soundly there, and listened to the low growl from the other side, tears could not stop flowing down.

Not long after, the coachman let out a low shout, and the crackling sound of the whip was heard above his head. The Xiangche that stopped abruptly swayed back and forth for a while, and saw the curtains swinging, and the bright light from outside came in, hurting his eyes .

She closed her eyes slightly, and only saw a man in white standing on the side of the road on a tall horse.

Su Jiu closed his eyes slightly, feeling ridiculous at his sudden hallucination.

Not long after, the Xiangche swayed slightly, and once again swayed up.

Su Jiu's heart skipped a beat, and the car curtain swayed with the wind.She abruptly opened the curtain in front of her, the horseshoes in the distance were light, the white coat fluttered on her body, her brows were full of heroism.

Su Jiu got up suddenly from the carriage, looked at the figure, and suddenly mist rose up, confused her eyes and mind, she kept admonishing in her heart, "It's true, it's true, he still comes gone."

The horse's hooves kicked and the chariot rode slowly. The two of them always kept a certain distance. Su sat on the carriage and couldn't speak for a long time. She looked at the back of the person who was going away leisurely, and exhausted all her strength to call out his name. , "Nie Wuhuan."

(End of this chapter)