Don't go back to hometown

The flower boats floated on the Qinhuai River, surrounded by melodious sounds, but one of them was so quiet that only the sound of breathing could be heard.

Xie Cheng let go of Jiang Xianyu, turned his head to pant slightly, and calmed down some extra restlessness.

Sitting next to him, Jiang Xianyu's cheeks were flushed, his lips were a little red and swollen, and his eyes were forced to glisten. He lowered his head and grabbed his clothes, breathing slowly and steadily.

Then gradually came to understand what Xie Cheng cared about.

He stretched out his hand to cover Xie Cheng's clenched fist on his knee, and said softly: "Actually, you don't have to mind him so much... I just went on the same journey with him, and soon after, we parted ways, and we didn't meet in Xi'an until a few years later. "

He didn't name Ren Xiaoyao either, but Xie Cheng also understood what he meant.

"But you still left with him." Xie Cheng tightened his jaw, and firmly clenched Jiang Xianyu's hand with his backhand.

Jiang Xianyu lowered his head and clenched the hem of his clothes with the other hand, "I... I just wanted to find a fellow traveler, no matter who it is—"

"Then why can't it be me?" Xie Cheng turned to look at him.

Jiang Xianyu turned his head to avoid his gaze, and said in a difficult tone, "...I dare not."

Xie Cheng was taken aback, as smart as he was, he couldn't understand Jiang Xianyu's meaning for a while.

I heard Jiang Xianyu say: "You have learned a lot, you have the talent to become a marquis and a minister, and the road ahead is smooth, I dare not..."

I dare not pull you into the water, dare not beg you to go with me.

I don't even dare to call you brothers and sisters again as a criminal minister.

Xie Cheng didn't expect it to be like this, he didn't expect the young man to leave home alone because he didn't want to hurt him.

He should have been moved, but he felt even more absurd like a trick of nature.

So he could only smile wryly, and said sadly: "Is it because I persuaded you not to go? So you don't ask me anymore and leave alone?"

If you don't ask me, how will you know if I am happy?

Jiang Xianyu's heart ached, he closed his eyes to cover his red eyes, and didn't make another sound.

……

The flower boat turned around and returned to the starting point. Jiang Xianyu and Xie Cheng got off the boat one after the other, with somewhat gloomy expressions on their faces.

Mom winked at the two girls who were playing the pipa and singing, and said in a low voice, "Didn't you say they were playing on the boat by themselves? Why doesn't it look like that?"

How can this look comfortable after a little bit of fun?

"This..." The girl playing the pipa recalled the scene just now, "Maybe it's because the young master didn't like it, and the two fell out?"

The girl who sang the song nodded and agreed: "It's possible."

For a moment, the eyes of the three of them looking at Xie Cheng became extremely subtle: kidnapping the young master into the flower boat, and forcing him to cut off his sleeves, shameless!

Jiang Xianyu, who has excellent hearing: "..."

He will never come to this kind of place again in this life or in the next life!

It was already dark, and many drunken patrons staggered off the boat, full of makeup.

The wine is full of color and sound, and the shape of the waves is unrestrained.

"What are you doing?! Let go!"

A sharp cry pierced the night sky.

Jiang Xianyu turned his head to look, and saw a man reeking of alcohol pulling a girl dressed as a maid.While struggling, the servant girl backed up while protecting the woman wearing a veiled hat and extraordinary clothes.

The drunkard was accompanied by two cronies, one of them stepped forward and yanked the maid away, and the other reached out and lifted off the girl's veil, revealing the girl's pretty side face.

"You really are a beauty! Which ship are you a girl from? How about I take you home today?" The drunkard stumbled and threw himself on the girl, and the two friends laughed wantonly.

The girl exclaimed and hurriedly backed away.Jiang Xianyu saw the panicked face of the other party clearly, and his pupils shrank immediately.

He suddenly flew forward and kicked the frivolous drunkard away.The other party flew several feet away with a howl, and fell into the river with a plop.

The two fox friends were stunned, and hurried forward to save people.

The flower boat bustard, who had been watching from the sidelines, finally moved, beckoning his men to go find people.

The rescued girl was stunned, staring blankly at the boy standing in front of her, her panic expression gradually stabilized, and her eyes lit up.

The servant girl who was also stunned suddenly came back to her senses, and immediately ran back to the girl, crying: "Jun, Miss, are you alright?"

The girl shook her head and looked at Jiang Xianyu with burning eyes. Before she could speak, she heard the other party ask her: "Where is your servant? Why did you take a girl out? Why do you still come to this kind of place?"

The girl was stunned, surprised by Jiang Xianyu's familiar tone, and stared blankly at his failure to answer.

On the other hand, the maid next to him gave the young man a strange look, silently stood in front of the master, and stammered, "We, we have brought the servants. They are going to lead the carriage, and they will be here soon."

Jiang Xianyu looked at the girl, and his eyes fell on the fan-shaped jade pendant that slipped out of the other party's collar—this thing, his mother also had a piece on her neck.

The girl noticed his gaze, quickly covered her neckline, and stared at Jiang Xianyu with her moist and lively eyes.

But he saw that the other party had turned his head away.

Jiang Xianyu found the overturned curtain hat on the ground, and was about to step forward, Xie Cheng first picked it up, patted the dust on it, and handed it to Jiang Xianyu.

He looked at Jiang Xianyu silently, but Jiang Xianyu understood from his eyes that he also recognized the girl in front of him.

Jiang Xianyu took the veiled cap, turned around and saw that the girl had hidden the jade pendant around her neck into her neckline, thought she was hiding a glance at him, then lowered her head shyly.

There was a clatter of horseshoes, and a carriage drove up and stopped in front of the girl.

Seeing that the other party had a coachman and a guard, Jiang Xianyu was slightly relieved.

He returned the veiled hat to the girl's servant girl, and said: "Take your young lady back earlier, and next time you go out, bring a few more guards. Don't let her come to this kind of place."

The servant girl looked at him suspiciously, although she understood that his words had good intentions, but this familiar attitude was really too strange.

She took the veiled hat, glanced at her master, and said blissfully: "Thank you for your kindness, sir, I am grateful to you for helping my young lady out of the siege, I am very grateful——"

She took out a silver ticket from her arms and handed it to Jiang Xianyu, "A mere thank you is not a respect, please accept it, my lord." Repaying a favor with silver is better than being entangled in the future.

Jiang Xianyu grumbled helplessly, and pushed the bank note back, "Don't reveal your wealth, you are more likely to be targeted by people with malicious intentions."

The maid froze for a moment, then looked at the girl behind her.

The girl glared at the servant girl lightly, stepped forward to admire Yu Fu, and pretended to be mature at a young age: "Don't blame the young hero, I, my girl is ignorant, using money to ruin the young hero's good intentions, hope that the young hero Xia Haihan."

She called Jiang Xianyu "Young Hero" because firstly, she could see that he was dressed in a dashing outfit, and secondly, she could clearly feel Jiang Xianyu's kindness. She slowly let go of her offended and vigilant heart, and developed a kind of intimacy with the young man in front of her. favor.

She wanted to show her goodwill, but she maintained a polite manner, "It was thanks to the young man's help just now, I don't know where the young man lives, so I can send someone to thank him someday."

Jiang Xianyu finally smiled, and refused: "No need, I just did a little effort, girl don't need to worry, you should go back earlier."

The girl was rejected by him, and she felt that he was upright and bright, neither was blinded by beauty, nor asked for favors, he was really a chivalrous person.

She looked at Jiang Xianyu with more admiration, and asked Jiang Xianyu's name.Just now I only said to send someone to thank you, but now I want to make friends in person.

Jiang Xianyu refused to say, telling her to go back quickly.

The girl drooped her brows and eyes regretfully, and slowly got into the carriage.

"Slow, slow!"

Suddenly there was a scolding from behind, and I saw that the drunk just now had been caught.

Drenched all over, he staggered over with his hands on his waist, and yelled at the carriage with his mouth full of alcohol: "Does my master allow you to go?"

Jiang Xianyu's face darkened, and his usually clear and gentle eyes instantly became sharp, like a sharp arrow shooting at the drunk.He stood in front of the carriage, picked up a fine stone with his toes, and kicked it towards the other side.

The drunk had a pain in his knee joint and fell to his knees with a plop, his kneecap nearly shattered.

The severe pain woke him up immediately, and he looked at Jiang Xianyu in horror.

The drunkard's two cronies were also taken aback. Jiang Xianyu's kicks were enough to let them see that he was not easy to mess with, and suddenly became weaker, not even daring to go up to help others.

The flower boat old bustard who had entertained these guests before suddenly felt that something was wrong, and rushed forward to pull the drunk man: "Oh, Master Zhang! You have admitted the wrong person this time! We girls on the Qinhuai River, who can afford her clothes? Dressing up? She is a daughter of a wealthy family, so don't provoke her!"

Seeing someone stop the drunk, Jiang Xianyu ignored them, knocked on the window of the carriage, and said to the girl in the carriage: "Go back quickly, be careful on the road at night."

The girl raised the curtain to look at him, "You really don't want to tell me your name?"

Jiang Xianyu ignored her, nodded to the coachman, "Let's go."

As the carriage drove away, the girl let out a "hum" and lowered the curtain.

Jiang Xianyu and Xie Cheng followed behind for a while, until the other party left the bank of the Qinhuai River, the two returned home.

In Kuye Changxiang, there was a moment of silence.

After a while, Xie Cheng said: "Just now her guards were hiding in the dark, but you took the lead."

Jiang Xianyu was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "I'm confused, how could there be no guards around the majestic princess."

"If you care about it, you will be chaotic." Xie Cheng's face was sullen, and his tone was a little heavy.

Jiang Xianyu was startled, and realized that Xie Cheng must have angered her because he died at the hands of Prince Rui in his previous life.

He took Xie Cheng's hand and explained: "Mingya...she is a bit naive like me before."

Admires heroes and righteous men, likes to make friends, and has no defense against others.

"Prince Rui protected her very well and did not allow her to come into contact with those conspiracies." Jiang Xianyu paused, a trace of remorse flashed in his eyes, "That's why Mingya couldn't win Mingya's heart and married her to Ren Xiaoyao—"

However, Ren Xiaoyao snatched the jade pendant from Mingya's neck on the wedding day, and almost raped her...

So after the incident happened, Jiang Xianyu, who was used by Ren Xiaoyao as an abandoned son, bore all of Prince Rui's anger and died tragically in a foreign land.

Xie Cheng didn't say anything, he held Jiang Xianyu's hand tightly, and the disgust and hatred for Ren Xiaoyao deepened in his heart.

Seeing his gloomy face, Jiang Xianyu thought that he still didn't like Ming Ya, so she said again: "When I was locked in the dungeon in my previous life, she broke in to plead with Prince Rui."

There was a bit of sadness in his tone: "She is still so naive, she said that I treated her well and never hurt her, said that she only hated Ren Xiaoyao, and begged her father to let me go..."

Jiang Xianyu suddenly choked up, stopped talking, and said after a moment of silence: "Later she was sent away by Prince Rui."

Until Xie Chengye broke into Prince Rui's mansion to save him, he never saw Ming Ya again.

"Thank you." Jiang Xianyu looked at him, "I hate Ren Xiaoyao and Prince Rui, but I feel ashamed of Ming Ya."

He later recalled that Ren Xiaoyao's ambition had already begun to appear. If he could see it earlier, he might be able to protect Mingya and prevent her from being deceived and let down by Ren Xiaoyao.

"I know." Xie Cheng closed his eyes and tightened his jaw.

In his previous life, he searched Prince Rui's mansion upside down, so he naturally knew that Li Mingya had pleaded for Jiang Xianyu, so after destroying Prince Rui's mansion, he asked the Nine Kings to let her live, instead of killing them all.

"I can still leave her alone in this life, but Ren Xiaoyao and Prince Rui's residence must absolutely not stay."

Although Jiang Xianyu turned into a ghost and followed Xie Cheng in his previous life, he didn't know everything clearly.He knew that Xie Cheng had been communicating with those men in black, but he didn't know that the other party was from the Nine Kings, and he didn't know that Xie Cheng had pleaded for Ming Ya.

Hearing this now, my heart became more and more sour and unbearable.

He approached Xie Cheng, grabbed the clothes around his waist, and lowered his head against his shoulder, "Xie Cheng... I really do, I owe you a lot."

Xie Cheng held him tightly in his arms, and said viciously: "Then use this life to pay it back."

Jiang Xianyu closed his eyes and suppressed tears, and said in a hoarse voice, "Okay."

Just use this life to pay back.