[Red House] Li Changan

The waterway is long, from Kyoto to Yangzhou, along the canal all the way south, the two wedding boats of the Li family sailed one after the other on the canal, with layers of water ripples at the stern.

Daiyu leaned on the window and looked out, and all she could see was the scenery of mountains. In addition, it had rained for the past two days, and the mountains were shrouded in mist.

only--

Reluctantly and distressedly, she glanced at Zijuan. She had experience with Xueyan and Mama Wang during the journey. She never felt seasick when she came here, and naturally she didn't feel dizzy when she returned.

It's just that Zicuckoo has suffered a lot and has never left the capital. In the past two days, her complexion has turned pale due to seasickness, and she can't even eat anything.

The first few days were fine, after all, the weather was calm and the boat was moving slowly, but it rained for two consecutive nights in the first two days, the water in the canal became larger, and the wind blew up again, so it was unavoidable to be bumpy.

Many people on board couldn't bear it, let alone Zicuckoo.

"Ask the folks on the boat for the prescription. Drinking it will make you feel better." Xueyan lifted the curtain and came in with a bowl of medicine in her hand: "If you don't drink it, I'm worried that you will have to eat it for the next few days." Throw it all out."

When Zicuckoo heard this, she struggled to get up, took the medicine bowl and drank it all at once, not even caring about the pain, as long as the medicine works, the bitterness will be bitter.

After drinking a bowl of medicine, Zijuan wrinkled her face and stared at Daiyu and Xueyan in confusion.

"You don't feel uncomfortable at all? I thought the girl would be seasick, but she didn't respond at all. The waves were so big last night, and the girl slept soundly." Zijuan patted her chest, leaned there, her face was almost white paper.

"I didn't get seasick when I came from Yangzhou when I was a child. Could it be that after staying in Jia's mansion for a while, I still can't get on a boat?" Daiyu stared at the person in front of her, and said with a smile, "Would you like to sleep for a while? Sleeping will make you feel better." .”

Zijuan hurriedly waved her hands: "No, no, no, I fell asleep when I was seasick, and I was even more dizzy."

Hearing that Daiyu and Xueyan looked at each other, they smiled tacitly.

After getting up and going to sit down at the table, Daiyu picked up the red sandalwood on the table, lifted the lid of the incense burner, and stirred the spices inside.

There are still three days left from here to Yangzhou. Thinking about it, she has not left the ship in the past half month. First, because she only stopped once along the way;

Fortunately, except for the accompanying nurse, there are only women on board. At night, she can go to the deck to breathe while wearing a veil. Otherwise, if she really has to stay in this small cabin for half a month, everyone will be bored.

"What time is it?"

"I asked just now, and they said it's you time." Xueyan went to the side to make the bed: "The dinner should be delivered, when I came in, I saw that Mama Wang was talking to the Li family outside, looking at the warm Very much."

"Mother Wang is old and has taken care of me since I was a child. When I return to Yangzhou this time, I have no relatives to visit. Fortunately, when I return here, I will return to my roots in the future." Daiyu nodded and looked out again. .

The sky was clear after the rain, a rare rainbow was seen, and the fire-like sunset was reflected in the sky. Daiyu couldn't help but curled the corners of her lips, put down the things in her hands, and stared at the colorful clouds in the sky with her chin resting.

After Xueyan finished packing the things in her hands, seeing Daiyu staring outside in a daze, she chuckled lightly, and smiled at Zijuan.

Today's Daiyu is surrounded by a serene aura, compared to when she was in Rongguo Mansion, she is much more energetic, not only energetic, she looks much lighter.

The three were chatting and laughing, Daiyu was in the right mood, and she came up with some crossword riddles for Xueyan and Zijuan to guess. Cuckoo's mouth wouldn't let her speak.

Such a fight, the time passed quickly, after a while, all the boats traveling on the canal lit up the lights, and they were so close that they even started talking to each other.

A few days ago when the private boat was docked, I realized that everyone was going to Yangzhou by accidental gossip, so I made an agreement to go with each other on the way.

After dinner, Xueyan and Zicuckoo closed the windows that were fully opened during the day, leaving only one window for ventilation.Daiyu only read the book under the lamp for a while, and felt that her eyes were uncomfortable. Afraid of hurting her eyes, she closed the book, talked with Zijuan and Xueyan for a while, and went to bed early to rest.

Seeing that Daiyu was asleep, Zijuan and Xueyan stayed by the bed, and soon fell asleep with their heads propped up.

"Bang bang bang-"

"Young lady, young lady!"

In the middle of the night, there was a hasty knock on the door, and Zijuan and Xueyan woke up suddenly. The voice sounded like someone from the Li family, but they were just in such a hurry, could it be something else?

Zijuan pushed Xueyan: "Go and see what's going on, I'll wait for the girl to dress, outside—"

"Why is it so noisy outside? Could it be that we really met water bandits!"

"Don't be crowed, turn off the lights first."

Frightened by the sudden noise outside, Zijuan hurriedly blew out the lamp next to her, went to the bedside and patted Daiyu: "Miss, wake up, there seems to be something wrong outside."

Daiyu was in a deep sleep, and suddenly woken up by Zijuan's patting, she couldn't help but frowned, before she could speak, she suddenly heard a scream from outside, her eyes widened, and she reached out to grab her clothes.

What's going on, it's so noisy outside, and there's still the sound of fighting, could it be——

The ominous feeling made Daiyu's heart tremble, and she had already thought of the worst outcome.

She was anxious, knowing that the water bandits might cause trouble, and Daiyu's forehead was covered with sweat, but she couldn't think of a way for a while, so she hurriedly put on her clothes, and the servant girl calmed herself down.

According to the distance, this section of waterway should be under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou Prefecture. Yangzhou Daying, I heard my father inadvertently mentioned that there are three camps stationed outside the city in Yangzhou, and one battalion is in charge of the canal. There are soldiers patrolling specially to prevent water bandits from making trouble.

In the current situation, I'm afraid it's too late.

Most of the accompanying ships are private ships, not merchant ships carrying goods, or ships returning home and visiting relatives. The guards on board are no match for these desperate people.

Zijuan hurriedly helped Daiyu put on her clothes, anxious in her heart, looked out frequently, and listened to Xueyan talking to the man outside the door.If this is really a thief, what will Daiyu do?Once Daiyu falls into the hands of thieves, from then on, the gossip and common sayings of other people don't know what to say.

"Girl—" Zijuan was about to speak, but Xueyan interrupted.

"It's not good! There are really thieves, and a fight has already started on the nearby boat. Let's—" Xueyan hurried back, seeing that Daiyu was fully dressed, she was in a hurry: "What should I do? What should I do?!"

Daiyu put on her shoes, walked to the window, opened the window and took a look outside, just in time to see the water bandit killed the man on board with a knife, pushed the man into the water, paused, and hurriedly put down the window.

"Go and tell the people on the boat to turn off the lights. They don't have torches in their hands. They are afraid of attracting the surrounding officials. We will leave in a small boat in the dark."

"How can a small boat be enough, so many of us—"

Mother came in from the outside in disheveled clothes, and interrupted Xueyan, seeing that Daiyu and the other three were already dressed, she hurriedly urged: "Let's go quickly, those thieves have not boarded our boat, they can leave now, the people from the Li family are already here." Let the boat go, let's go quickly."

Hearing this, Daiyu nodded, pulled Zijuan out, lowered her voice and said, "Xueyan, quickly help Ms. Wang, let's get on the boat."

As soon as Daiyu went out, the vague sound of fighting just now became clear and audible, and she couldn't help speeding up her steps to go up to the deck, her breathing became uncontrollably short.

Hurrying to the deck, the person on the bed immediately stretched out his hand.

"Young lady, you come down first."

The people from the Li family came to meet her in the small boat, seeing that Daiyu was not moving, they hurriedly said: "Young Madam, don't worry, the other boat is already being released, you come up first, they will take the other boat."

The sounds of fighting and cries for help came to her ears, and Daiyu was in such a state of confusion that she couldn't help but grasp Zijuan's hand tightly, and frowned—she's gone, so what should they do?

"Girl, you go down first, hurry up, if you don't go down, it's too late—"

Zijuan pushed Daiyu's hand away, glanced at Xueyan, and both of them urged at the same time: "Girl, get on the boat!"

People on both sides are urging Daiyu, Daiyu is sad in her heart, knowing that if she delays for a moment, she is delaying everyone's time to escape, before she can react, she is handed over to Li's nursing home by Zijuan's hand to help her. On board the boat.

"Please, you two, take good care of my girl!" Xueyan pulled Zijuan, not forgetting to tell the nurse.

When Daiyu heard the words, she came to her senses and raised her eyes to look at the three people who were still on the deck: "You——"

Seeing that Daiyu was about to get up to pick up the maid beside her, the people of Li's family pushed the oars, and the boat backed up quite a bit.

Daiyu supported the boat, her eyes turned red, and said anxiously: "You—they are still on the boat, and there are so many people on board, when the government will arrive, it will definitely be too late!"

"In desperation, we can only escort the young lady to leave first. We will return to the ship immediately after the young lady is safe."

Hearing this, Daiyu was speechless, knowing that this was the best way to protect her, but Zijuan and Xueyan had been by her side since childhood, and Mother Wang, at this age, unexpectedly——

Is it really going to die here?

Daiyu lowered her eyes, tears fell down, she bit her lower lip and dared not make a sound, for fear of attracting water bandits, even the two nurses would be implicated by her.

"Someone has escaped here! Quick! I don't know whose master it is, we can make a lot of money by catching us!"

The sound of fighting on the bed became farther and farther away, and suddenly a loud shout came from beside the ear, and the two nurses of Li's family on the boat quickly put down the oars in their hands, and drew their swords to protect Daiyu behind them.

Startled, Daiyu raised her head and looked around.This group of water bandits actually set their sights on the small boat. It seems that they knew that the owner of the boat would probably escape in a small boat, and they were well prepared.

Li's nursing home asked in a low voice: "Young Madam, can you swim?"

"I've learned a little bit." Daiyu was startled, and quickly replied: "Are you going to abandon the ship and leave? I shouldn't be a problem, you—"

In fact, Daiyu's water skills are very poor. She only learned a little when she was a child, and she was almost drowned in the water. After that, although she was not afraid of anyone, she lost the courage to learn water skills again.

Nuyuan shook his head, staring at the surrounding water vigilantly.

Seeing this, Daiyu also realized that these water bandits make a living by robbing water, they are very good at water, they are more comfortable than fish after entering the water, how could she escape from these water bandits with her water skills.

"Bam—"

The boat was capsized from below, Daiyu was prepared in her heart, but she still choked on the water when she fell into the water.

Hearing the sound of fighting in her ears, Daiyu held her breath, not daring to come out of the water, let alone make any movement, letting the current push her away.

Daiyu closed her eyes, feeling sad-this time she really had to resign herself to fate.

"The officers and soldiers are here, withdraw—!"

Zijuan and Xueyan squatting on the deck compartment hugged each other, and suddenly heard a voice from outside, finally couldn't hold back their tense emotions, burst into tears, and hurried to push Mama Wang who passed by.

There were footsteps on the deck, Zijuan and Snow Goose heard the voices above, as if people from the government were inspecting the damage of each ship, and they breathed a sigh of relief.

Zijuan hesitantly stretched out her hand, pushed the deck lightly, heard the movement of the sword unsheathed, and hurriedly said: "I am the dowry maid of Jia's Mansion in the capital!"

Jiafu?

The person who was about to check the situation on another ship suddenly turned around, looked at the three people who climbed out from the deck compartment, his eyes were slightly startled, he whispered a few words to the person next to him, and strode in front of the three people.

"Are you from the Jia family?"

"Yes, this is the boat to welcome relatives, my family—" Zijuan looked at the person in front of her, feeling a little familiar, and choked with tears in her eyes: "My girl just left in a boat, and she was escorted by the Li family. It's only been a while, but—"

"Is that the girl's boat? Why did it capsize! Mama Wang, take a quick look and see if it's our boat!"

Mother Wang, who just woke up, squinted her eyes and saw that Daiyu's boat had turned over and was floating on the water, but Daiyu and the two guards were nowhere to be seen.

I was so anxious that I fainted again.

Zijuan was so anxious that tears came out, she plopped and knelt down: "Officer, hurry up and save my girl, I beg you to save my girl!"

"Let the two teams search all the way down this river!"

"My girl is wearing blue clothes, and her surname is Lin." Zijuan heard that these people were willing to help, and quickly explained: "The girl is weak, please trouble everyone!"

Hearing this, Li Changan glanced at Zijuan, then at Xueyan who was supporting Mother Wang, and frowned: "You are Daiyu's maid, I remember you. Someone will come to pick you up later, you Go to the inn and wait for news."

Zijuan raised her head in surprise, and looked at the person in front of her—is it from the Li family?

Li Changan turned his head and glanced at the person who came over: "I leave this to you, I will go find someone first."

"Hey! Who are you looking for? You're leaving. Let me clean up here alone. Are you looking for a girl to spend the spring evening with you?" Chu Zining spoke without restraint, and was startled by Li Changan's expression just after he finished speaking. Live: "I'm just joking."

Ignoring Chu Zining's nonsense, Li Changan was already used to this small talk, so he turned around and went directly to the shore, leading a horse and turning over.

Glancing at Chu Zining who was still thinking about it: "This time you are really right, I am going to find a girl, but this girl is your cousin."

"what!"

Chu Zining stared at Li Changan's back, and suddenly turned his head to look at the people on the deck: "What's your girl's name?"

Zicuckoo lowered her head and whispered:

"My surname is Lin, and my name is Daiyu. On the seventh day of next month, I will marry the second son of the Li family."