Are you in the Shura field today?

As night fell, a late boatman had just thrown the rope ashore, and two figures walked unhurriedly on the wooden deck not far away, but they were dressed in dark clothes, just like the two shadows, When the boatman saw clearly, the man had already walked in front of him, which made him startled.

"Do you want to sail the boat?" It was the woman who walked in front with a clear and clear voice who spoke.

"No! It's time to call it a day." The boatman quickly refused angrily. At this point, he was asked to drive the boat, was he planning to sleep in the river at night?

"Oh?" Li Zuoqing dragged his voice in doubt, searched his sleeves with his hands back, and then released an ingot of gold. The ingot of gold had a slightly dim golden luster under the moonlight, and the boatman couldn't help swallowing. Well, this ingot of gold is almost worth his three-year ferry money.

"Start the boat, right now." Li Zuoqing saw that his eyes were straight, couldn't help laughing, put the gold back into his sleeves, and led Wen Mingran to his boat, "It's landed, this ingot of gold is yours. "

"!..." The boatman came back to his senses, and as soon as he took a breath, he tried his best to put the rope back on the boat, "Where are you two noblemen going?"

"Yaozhou, um..." Li Zuoqing thought for a while, then turned his gaze to Wen Mingran.

"Yaozhou Xihefang." Wen Mingran continued, "Take the shortcut of Jiangyun River."

"Okay, let's set off now." The boatman supported the bamboo pole, and soon the boat was far away from the shore, becoming a black spot on the vast river waves.

The boat sailed for a while, but Wen Mingran was still sitting on the deck outside the cabin, watching his surroundings with a nervous look.

Li Zuoqing was more open-minded than she was.

This time, she temporarily changed the boat and ran away. Although she would definitely offend the eldest prince who has obsessive-compulsive disorder for planning, as long as she was by Wen Mingran's side, she would still be considered "hijacked" by Wen Mingran.

In other words, although it ran, it didn't run completely.

And Li Zuoqing just wanted to take this opportunity to bring Wen Mingran into his gang.

What his eldest prince can guarantee, he can also give her.

Besides, it has been so long, and Furong's boat has not sailed away from the shore, most likely because the main envoy was dragged away by people brought by Lanshuang and Lu Shiwei. It is not so easy to send chasers now thing.

Li Zuoqing remembered that the prefect of Yaozhou seemed to be under Prime Minister Lin's subordinates, and the imperial envoy was ordered by the emperor to go there. No matter what, she had the advantage to go there.

So Li Zuoqing wasn't nervous at first, but she lay down and rested on her stomach in the cabin for a long time, only to see a gray-blue shadow squatting firmly on the bow.

Wen Mingran's emotions still infected her more or less, so she got out of the cabin and went to the bow to find Wen Mingran.

"Do you want to take a break? We can take turns watching the wind." Li Zuoqing couldn't help but yawned, looking at the sparse and slightly bright stars in the starry sky. If it wasn't for the moonlight, it would be impossible to see where it was around.

... Although she can see the way clearly now, she only knows that the mountain on their side is not like the river near the capital, and it is probably far away.

"No, Lang Yu is not good at this kind of thing, let me do it, and I'm used to it." Wen Mingran shook his head and politely refused.

"Well... Isn't it just to observe whether there are any suspicious ships approaching?" Li Zuoqing complained in a low voice, "I can do it too."

"Huh..." Wen Mingran sighed helplessly, his tense body bent down somewhat relaxed, and bitterly said: "Actually, I can't sleep, so I might as well divert my attention by patrolling."

"Well, it's true, I haven't seen my family for a long time." Li Zuoqing asked her.

"The last time I saw them... was three years ago when I went to Beijing with the master of Xiuren Workshop." They said they would send someone to settle my mother and send my younger sister to a private school, I don’t know how they are doing now.”

"Hope they're all well."

The people around her said the words as if she couldn't help herself, Wen Mingran turned her head and met Li Zuoqing and winked at her.

She couldn't help laughing, let go of her guard for the first time tonight, and asked Li Zuoqing calmly: "You are willing to accompany me like this, I'm afraid you have something to ask for."

Otherwise, Li Zuoqing would have been able to run away or call for help when they got close to the crowd, but she still chose the tortuous path of accompanying her to solve her long-cherished wish. like myself.

Hearing this, Li Zuoqing scratched her cheek in embarrassment.

"After arriving in Yaozhou, if I can protect the safety of you and your family, then I hope you can also tell me some information."

Through the imperial envoy, she will be able to meet the prefect directly. At that time, protecting the three people within the jurisdiction of Yaozhou is not a trivial matter. No matter how many people Li Zuomu has, he will not be able to create a bigger disturbance outside the capital.

"...I'm afraid that the information given will disappoint Lang Yu." Wen Mingran replied lightly, "And I have already made up my mind that when I see my mother and sister, I will immediately take them away."

Di Kun's face was filled with a smile full of hope and good wishes that Li Zuoqing had never seen before.

She firmly said: "I will protect them by myself, and then start life again in a place where no one knows."

Li Zuoqing was stunned by the shining light in her eyes.

——Such a free appearance.

I can't help but go back to when Wen Mingran was asked why she didn't leave, she replied with nostalgia and aggrieved "because I like the princess mansion, so I don't want to leave".

It turned out to be a little liar with hidden secrets.

Li Zuoqing hid the corners of his mouth and giggled, and after being misunderstood by Wen Mingran, he scolded, "Why are you laughing, do you think I have no ability to protect them?"

"No, no," Li Zuoqing shook his head quickly, and said seriously, "I just feel that I really know you today, which is a bit weird." And he is not a bad person in some respects.

Wen Mingran pursed his mouth and decided not to argue with her, but after a while, he still said something duplicity: "...Thank you for bringing me out tonight."

"Huh? Isn't it the way you drove? When you got off the boat..." She was amazed by the neat movement that knocked people unconscious.

Before Li Zuoqing finished the second half of his sentence, Wen Mingran stared at him and obediently closed his mouth.

"I mean—hey, I won't talk to you, a fool!" Wen Mingran moved angrily, and continued to guard the bow.

"Okay, then if you're tired, call me to change it." Li Zuoqing called her from behind, but Wen Mingran also stubbornly refused to answer. She sat outside the cabin for a while, and then got into the cabin unhappily. Lie down on the board.

She just took a rest not long ago, and couldn't fall asleep for a while, so she opened her eyes and prayed that everything would go well tomorrow, but after lying down for a while, sleepiness swept over her immediately, causing her to fall asleep again without knowing when.

Before dawn, Li Zuoqing was called up by Wen Mingran.

Drowsy and sleepy, she got out of the cabin, and saw that the surface of the river was not even a glimmer of dawn, the surrounding air was chilling, and the weeds on the bank were dotted with snow like stars.

She couldn't help but feel happy, and looked around for traces of snow along the bow, but some corners on the deck were still very dry, probably not long after it had fallen.

She heard Wen Mingran talking to the boatman at the stern.

"Yes, just stop there..."

"okay!"

The boat slowly leaned towards a small path in the middle of a riverside vegetable bed. After it came to a stop, Li Zuoqing also went over and stayed with them.

"How long has it snowed?"

"It didn't take long, it dropped a little fifteen minutes ago, and then stopped." Wen Mingran turned back to her, but pointed directly at a hut behind a vegetable bed.

"Well," Li Zuoqing nodded. She was worried that Wen Mingran would be uncomfortable after blowing the snow all night outside, but she didn't seem to care about the environment outside her body, and her mind was completely flying home, so she Without further words, he took out the ingot of gold and handed it to the boatman, saying: "Thank you my dear brother for ferrying us two last night, this is the agreed thank you gift."

The boatman's eyes were wide open, and he rubbed the ingot of gold with his palms over and over again: "Where, there, it's a little convincing to be able to do things for a nobleman."

"Let's go." Li Zuoqing turned around and patted Wen Mingran, but she couldn't help but pull Di Kun a little closer to him because of the chill all over his body.

"Hmm..." The sudden heat source surprised Wen Mingran, and aroused her hesitation just now.

When they got off the boat, they heard the boatman shouting in a hurry: "Hey! You two gentlemen don't have an umbrella. If it snows again, it will be troublesome! If you don't mind, please take this umbrella."

The boatman handed over a yellowed oil-paper umbrella.

Li Zuoqing looked at the still dark sky, where there were one or two snowflakes falling from time to time, so he took it politely.

After separating from the boatman, she opened the umbrella, and Wen Mingran looked at her with a worried face: "If we take other people's things so easily, will there be any trouble... If the boatman is stopped by someone, maybe he will be caught." Expose us with this characteristic."

"Uh." Li Zuoqing didn't think about it so much, she looked left and right at the pattern on the umbrella, no matter how she thought it was just the most common oiled paper umbrella in the market.

Wen Mingran seemed to see her big heart, pointed to the edge of the umbrella and said: "Here are some pictures of lotus flowers."

Li Zuoqing: "..."

"Well, I will put it away before dawn, and maybe we will see your relatives soon." Li Zuoqing smiled at her, hoping to relax her spirit.

Sure enough, after hearing her assurance, Wen Mingran smiled as expected.

That's right, Li Zuoqing thought, when you see your family, you should go there in a relaxed and happy mood.

Wen Mingran led her to shuttle through the farmhouse, the winding and narrow road, the road near the river was still muddy and cold, it was not until they had walked for a while, and Wen Mingran slowed down when they were far away from the river bank .

"Will I scare them if I knock on the door directly? No, it's already scary to come back and see them... And at this time, mother should have woken up, and the little sister must still be asleep..."

Li Zuoqing was happy for her when she heard her talking about the family in a low voice, but at the same time felt something was wrong.

Because the weeds around here grow deeper and deeper as you go in, it doesn't look like there are people living or taking care of them.

The hut less than half a mile ahead was almost hidden among the trees and grass, with dark windows, it looked silent and quiet.

Disturbingly quiet.

She hoped that those bad guesses were false, and that her mother would surprise and open the door the moment Wen Mingran knocked on the door.

But it was as silent as ever.

Li Zuoqing's heart sank, and Wen Mingran was more panicked than her. From the soft call at the beginning to the eager knock on the door, she couldn't see anything in the dark room through the broken window paper. She was almost crying come out.

"Mother, Xiaoxi, are you there! I'm back, Mingran is back to see you!"

"Is it really this family?"

According to Wen Mingran, her mother and younger sister will be waiting for her at Yaozhou's home, but it looks like no one has lived here for a long time.

Could it be a mistake? After all, Wen Mingran hasn't been back for three years.

"Yes!" Wen Mingran was full of affirmation, almost gnashing his teeth, "Li Zuomu said they have been here all the time!"

Di Kun Xinxiang, who was scattered and unstoppable, sensed that she was on the verge of collapse. Li Zuoqing moved his hand and smoothed her long hair along the nape of her neck, stepped aside and said, "Break the door directly."

Wen Mingran closed his eyes, pulled out the sword hidden under the gray-blue robe, and swung it down from the gap in the door. There was a crisp cracking sound from the lock in the room, and with another push, the two doors opened. before.

"Cough, cough."

The long-accumulated dust stirred up in the air, and the two coughed a few times covering their mouths and noses.

At this time, the morning sun was just rising, passing through the open door, illuminating the square inch of the room.

There are not many things in the house. There are damp and rusty pots and pans hanging on the beams, and moldy and smelly mattresses on the wooden bed.

"Have they left? Impossible, they won't even leave me a letter..." Wen Mingran frantically rummaged through the house, wishing to dig three feet into the ground if he didn't see anyone.

"Maybe they changed to a better house, but I didn't have the chance to tell you. You see, you have made meritorious service after you came to the princess mansion. The eldest prince will reward their wives as soon as he is happy..." Li Zuoqing tried to find an optimistic May come to comfort her.

Hearing the words "Eldest Prince", Wen Mingran's expression was suddenly as cold as ice.

"He better be like that."

After saying that, she suddenly remembered something, swiftly opened the door to the backyard, and strode out.

Li Zuoqing had seen the scene of the backyard clearly just now through the wooden fence. It was nothing more than a few small fields, a chicken coop and a few bundles of broomsticks that had dried up in the sun.

Li Zuoqing put away the umbrella and followed her, but saw Wen Mingran stop somewhere after turning around, and squatted down strangely while clutching his chest.

"what happened?"

"Well, it's terrible..." Wen Mingran raised his hand to try to stop her from coming forward, "——don't come over!"

But Li Zuoqing had come close enough that she could smell a strange rotten smell, which was like the corpse of a rotting animal, which made her feel sick.

But what concerned her most was what the source was.

"There is a corpse." Wen Mingran's words were a little unsteady, but her endurance is always much better than Li Zuoqing's. When she found the source of the strange smell just now, she was so scared that her heart jumped out, but after a closer look, the corpse did not have her at all. The characteristics of mother and younger sister.

"It's not your family..."

"Ah."

Li Zuoqing saw that Wen Mingran didn't have any serious emotions, so he also breathed a sigh of relief: "It's fine, but is it such a mess here?"

Wen Mingran shook his head, then nodded again: "Before I left, the taxes and taxes here were heavy, the officers and soldiers were big, and the people's livelihood could only survive, but such murders are rare."

"I'm afraid this room has been abandoned for a long time before it will be used here..."

Wen Mingran understood what she said later, even if she didn't say it.

"But it's only a matter of time before the officers and soldiers find out. Since he's not here, let's leave as soon as possible."

Li Zuoqing asked her: "Then how are you going to find them next?"

Wen Mingran was thinking while walking.

After a long time, she suddenly turned her head, with a crazy light in her eyes, and said, "I'll go and report the crime."

Li Zuoqing: "Well, huh?"

The author has something to say: there is still a part that has not been finished, and I will finish coding tonight