Ji Yu

After waking up, my whole body felt relaxed, except for my shoulders.I turned my head to look at Qiyu who was resting on my body, he was still sleeping soundly with a relaxed expression.Probably the dream was not disturbed by that bloody incident.I reached out to trace his eyebrows, then let go of him, and I got up by myself.

After taking a hot bath, my skin felt refreshed, "Is the carriage and luggage ready?"

"Yes, third master, everything is ready."

"Then let's prepare dinner. We are about to part, and the four of us will have a good meal together. After dinner, I have something to tell you."

"The third master is the benefactor and master of our husband and wife. How can a villain eat at the same table with you."

"Don't refuse," I smiled, "I will return the contract to you in a while, and there will be no more masters and servants. We have been together for many years, and we don't know if we will meet again in the future. Just like friends, let's have a drink together." Farewell to the bar."

"Yes", Lao Chen wiped away his tears, turned around and left.

I took out the wooden box for Gu Shao, Qiyu got up and sat down beside me.

"It's time to go after dinner in a while. Have you prepared everything you want to take away?"

"Well, ready."

"Go take a shower, it may not be very comfortable when you are on the road."

"Wait a minute, I want to sit next to you for a while", he leaned against me with half-closed eyes, as if he hadn't woken up yet.

He took out the house deed and 1000 taels of banknotes to check, and put them aside again.

"Do you have to return this to him? He is not short of money."

"Well, it's just pretending to be a brother. Naturally, the accounts must be clear."

Counting the house deeds of Qiyu's shops and the contracts of the accountants, "Are you willing?" I asked him softly.

"I can't bear it. But I can't bear you even more."

I sighed and put those aside.Smiled slightly, did not say anything.In fact, it is not without contradictions in my heart. It is a good thing that he has ambition and drive.I am also happy to see him running the business in a hurry and striving to make progress.It's just that I don't like other things that come with those successes and money, such as he gradually becomes arrogant, inattentive, hypocritical, playing around...

There is also the house deed that I prepared for Gu Shao to hide.Collected them one by one and put them back in the box.

"What is that? The house you bought when you went to the southwest? What do you leave it for him?"

"Hare to death dog cooking."

Qi Yu frowned and asked, "Are you talking about us, or Gu Shao?"

"All of them. He seems to be stronger than us, but in fact, he is in a deeper trap and it is more difficult to get out. Besides, he has a family, so he naturally has concerns and concerns in his heart."

"What are you going to do for him? He's so smart, doesn't he know how to prepare himself for retreat?"

"He prepared his, so what does it have to do with us? He prepared your and my identity documents back then, he taught me to study, and you made more money because of him. Shouldn't you repay him? Regardless Whether it is useful or not, this is also a grateful heart. Besides, it is not a bad thing to have an extra way out."

"I have already paid him back half of the silver, and now I have returned most of the shop to him. There is nothing I should or should not do. I just feel that I have done nothing all these years, and I feel unhappy." He leaned on my shoulder, pouted.

I thought about it, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll take out [-] taels from the stolen goods to compensate you for your loss, and it's also your reward for visiting Liu's mansion with me. Are you satisfied?"

He nodded with a smile on his face, "Satisfied, satisfied, I am very satisfied."

It is said that he is greedy for money, but in fact he is not really only obsessed with money.He said he didn't want the 5 taels of stolen goods, so he didn't think about it anymore.

He is just obsessed with giving, and he must be rewarded.That is to say, he can't lose money, and others can't take advantage of him.

So after compensating him for the part he took less, he will be satisfied.

A really greedy person will definitely think about the remaining 5000 taels of silver.Such a sum of money is enough to constitute a reason for killing one's life for money.In fact, even if it is one tenth, one percent, as long as the money is exposed, it is enough to make some people kill for money.

Qiyu has learned how to communicate with people in these years, and also learned a lot of business methods.However, his heart is still too pure.He didn't understand those real dirty methods, let alone used them.If it wasn't for Gu Shao's support behind him, he would have been swallowed up long ago, not even bones left.

Even I am useless, even if I have resourcefulness, I must rely on power to achieve success.I can be an assassin and kill a person, but I don't have the power to fight against the power behind those people.Compared with the huge power, personal force is vulnerable and not worth mentioning.

He has many shortcomings, his will is not firm, he is afraid of suffering and tiredness, he is greedy for pleasure, and he is easy to indulge his body.

He also has his advantages, he is simple.

A person who came out of a brothel and has been a male pet is of course not as pure as white paper, but his temperament is indeed pure.In the Liu Mansion, he simply wanted to maintain the life of rice bugs.As soon as someone provoked him, he simply slipped into their trap to realize his ambition.I did something wrong, and I simply thought that as long as I used some tricks to coax me, I would definitely change my mind.He used to simply be willing to follow me and give everything to me.Also once innocently and unknowingly hurt the relationship between us without knowing it.

I used to want to be with him for life because of his simplicity.Now, because of his simplicity, he should not immediately make up his mind to abandon him.

In fact, if I cheated on his body, it would be over if I was angry, and I wouldn't keep fussing about it.I can't forgive him, not because of what he did in the past, but because I don't know if he will do something similar to chilling me in the future because of his temperament.

Starting from here, I finally arrive at the place where I want to live.This road is the opportunity I give myself, if I can change him.It is also the chance I give him, if he can keep me.Then we still have a chance to be together.

Sweeping away those thoughts, I wrote a letter to Gu Shao:

【gentlemen:

The student decided to go out for a study tour again, and Qiyu also decided to go out with me because of the bad business.Because the date of return is uncertain, I entrust the house and shop to Mr. Yu.We are deeply ashamed to have caused you trouble.

There is another piece of house deed, which I gave to my husband as a token of my gratitude to him for his teaching and resolving doubts.If it is impossible to do something in the future, it may be available.It's all up to the sir's decision.

Because the date of return is uncertain, I don't know if I will still have the opportunity to listen to my husband's teachings.May you be in good health and everything goes well, sir.

Student Ji Yu left a letter at the end of the autumn of the Gengbing year]

"You scholars are full of twists and turns. It is obvious that we are going to sneak away, but you really write as if we are just going on a long trip."

I smiled slightly, "Then how should I write it? Said we are going to run away, return the things to you, don't chase us back?"

Qiyu rolled my eyes, took my arm, leaned against me with a smile and didn't speak.

"Go take a shower quickly, we will have dinner later, don't make me wait for you."

"Oh", he dawdled away.

I left another letter to Lao Chen and his wife, this is to let them separate their ties in front of Gu Shao.

[Second Master and I went on a long trip, and the date of return is uncertain.Return the employment contract to you.Once you get the contract, you can leave at will.

Chen Jue wrote at the end of the autumn of the Gengbing year]

Before dinner, I returned the contract of Lao Chen and his wife to them.He gave them the two letters and the wooden box again.

"We went out of the city before the city gate was closed. You can report to the uncle, saying that the second master and I had an awkward relationship because of discussing his marriage with the Liu family, and went up the mountain to stay for a while. Said that the second master was drunk and fell asleep at home Yes. Tomorrow, after the gate of the city is closed, you will report back, saying that the second master went out of the city to look for me on the mountain. The next morning, you showed him my letter and the wooden box, and said that you found it when you were cleaning the room. .Be sure to use the letter I left for you to disassociate yourself, and don't hurt yourselves."

The husband and wife looked at each other and knelt down together, "Master, you are our benefactor. We will leave our life to you before we have something to say. Just take us with you. You need someone to take care of you when you go out, right?" ?”

I helped them up, "I don't need to talk about this matter anymore. Although Mrs. Chen has nothing to worry about, your parents are still here, old Chen, and you still have younger brothers to take care of and support. After we leave, you can buy a few Acres of land, live your own life well. Don’t bring up the old thing again, forget it as soon as possible. You have done what I told you, and you have repaid this kindness. You don’t have to worry about it in the future .”

"Third Lord..."

"Let's have a good drink and not talk about anything else."

"……Yes."

The four of them had a farewell meal together, because there were still things to do afterwards, and no one drank too much.Lao Chen and his wife are not talkative people, so this farewell will be silent.

Before dark, Qiyu was sitting in the carriage, and I drove the carriage out of the city gate.The city gate slowly closed behind us.

When I left the capital, I felt uneasy, but also excited and longing.Now that I know the way forward, I only have firmness and peace in my heart.

A new life begins here again.