Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 93: Wuxi Goes Out of Xijing (3)

In the middle of the night, the night was quiet, the doors were closed everywhere, and the yard was pitch black.Li Ruoxue sat alone in the room, still wearing the half-worn blouse she wore when she went to see Zhao Xingde in the morning, two lines of tears silently slid down her cheeks.

When I read Wu Zixu's biography when I was young, I didn't understand Shi Zhennv's determination to throw a rock into the river and die.Shi Zhen is able to know the talents with eyesight, so why not go with Wu Yuan?Only later did I realize that when the hero is in exile, life and death are on the verge of death, and self-protection is not enough, how can he bear the burden of the weak woman.

"Although I lied to you, I also promised you that I will not trouble you again."

The oil lamp exploded a flower, and Li Ruoxue felt her heart shatter into ashes.When Zhao Xingde proposed to take her to the summer, she was not without concerns about the woman's name and the reputation of the family, but in the end it was this simple thought that overwhelmed the affection.She had followed Li Gefei and been demoted for many years, and she knew the difficulties of the world. Zhao Xingde was framed by traitors for rebellion, and it was God's blessing to escape his life. How could he add trouble to him.

"Don't hate me, at most I won't marry anyone else for the rest of my life." She sighed softly, just now the drum had been knocked three times, Zhao Xingde said that at the fourth watch, he would wait outside the moon gate of the inner house, and couldn't wait. Seeing her, naturally left.However, one thought is always lingering in my mind.

"After tonight, maybe I won't be able to see Yuan Zhi again. Even if it's across the Moon Gate, I'm going to give him a gift." The whole day's random thoughts made Li Ruoxue's forehead twitch a little. Hot, thinking of this, he stood up and put on a light yellow silk coat.

There seemed to be a voice in Li Ruoxue's mind that kept saying "I can't go." But her body seemed involuntary, and instead she tiptoed to the door. There was the even breathing sound of rolling curtains from the outer room, her cheeks were flushed, and she pushed gently. Opening the door, a gust of cool summer breeze blows in, making one feel refreshed.Li Ruoxue took a deep breath of the cool night air, with the unique vibrant smell of summer flowers and plants, which calmed down her mind a little.

She turned around lightly and closed the door, then tiptoed to the moon gate of the back house.At this time, I don't know how long it will be until the fourth watch, so she is wearing this thin silk dress and standing behind the moon gate. Tonight is August [-]th, and the moonlight is like a silver waterfall. The sparse shadows floating in the sky make people look like fairies, without a trace of fireworks.

A voice in her heart said "You can't see his face", another voice said "Maybe I will never see him again after today", Li Ruoxue still took a step forward, opened the lock of the moon gate, and was about to push the door When she came out, she heard footsteps outside, which woke her up from a trance, and she let go of her hand as if she had been electrocuted, and just stood quietly behind the door, holding her breath, and almost stopped her heartbeat.The footsteps sounded like Zhao Xingde's, they stopped before reaching the moon gate, and he was waiting for her outside the gate.

Zhao Xingde was carrying a simple green cloth bag, in which were clothes, customs clearance documents, scattered coins, and even a box of freshly bought preserved fruits.The rest of the large amount of Jiaozi, Chao Buzhi's letters and the waist plate of Jinyan Mansion are hidden in a more secure place to prevent others from coveting.

The cicadas could not stop chirping, listening to the melodious music in Zhao Xingde's ears, his heart was full of joy, even uneasy excitement.Although he fled to Xia Kingdom, he brought with him the people who came to this world with the closest relationship with him.Wherever you go, you are never alone.He looked up at the moonlight in the sky and felt it was very bright. He said that the moon was sixteen round on the fifteenth day. Zhao Xingde smiled slightly and pulled the latch outside the moon gate.

Time passed moment by moment, the clouds in the sky made the moon light and dark, and the cicada's cries became louder and louder. Gradually, Zhao Xingde couldn't laugh anymore, his heart became more and more uneasy, and his face was covered with A cloud.He is not a fool either, recalling Li Ruoxue's expression when he agreed, clearly carrying a kind of indescribable sadness, Zhao Xingde couldn't help feeling an ominous premonition in his heart.

It was almost five o'clock, Zhao Xingde stood quietly outside the moon gate, his blue shirt was stained with night's dew.The torment of waiting made him feel physically and mentally exhausted, and he suddenly understood the meaning of Li Ruoxue's complicated eyes in the morning, which was a kind of determination.

Zhao Xingde turned around slowly, a vague hope pulled him unrealistically, every step seemed to be of great weight.

"He finally left."Inside the Moon Gate, Li Ruoxue couldn't bear it anymore, two lines of tears flowed down her cheeks quietly.

Zhao Xingde took a few steps away, feeling extremely gloomy, when he suddenly heard a soft and suppressed cry, the sound was almost inaudible, but it was like a thin thread, tightly tied to his footsteps.A kind of hope like rebirth after a catastrophe was rekindled, Zhao Xingde immediately turned around and came to the moon gate, listened intently, there was no sound, then held his breath, and pushed hard with almost trembling hands.The door that seemed to make people so close to the world was gently pushed open.

The tears on Li Ruoxue's cheeks were still wet, and she looked even more pitiful under the moonlight. She looked up at Zhao Xingde, as if she had infinite grievances to say, she didn't wear clothes to go out at all, and she didn't take any luggage.Seeing this, Zhao Xingde didn't understand what was going on, he immediately walked over and took her hand, and walked towards the small door of the outer house without any explanation.

Being pulled by him, Li Ruoxue walked a few steps involuntarily, regained consciousness, and shook her hard, but because Zhao Xingde was stronger, she didn't let go, Zhao Xingde not only didn't let go, but gripped even tighter.Li Ruoxue struggled a few more times, then he stopped and turned around to look at her.Li Ruoxue lowered her head and said in a low voice, "I don't want to cause you any trouble."

Zhao Xingde asked her to look directly into his eyes, and said word by word again: "I'm not afraid of trouble." After a pause, he frowned and said in a deep voice: "Don't say troublesome words again from now on." His face was rather pale It was scary, Li Ruoxue didn't argue any more, and just followed away aggrieved.A hired carriage was parked a block away, the two got into the carriage, the driver slapped his whip, the carriage shook a few times, and then rushed to the confluence of Xia Guo's caravan.

When Zhao Xing dragged Li Ruoxue out of the inner house, the main room in the house was lit up, and Li Gefei and his wife stood in front of the window looking at the empty place.

Mrs. Wang's face was pale. Although Li Ruoxue was not her own, she was brought up by herself. She held back her sobs and said, "Master, did you let your daughter be taken away like this before the marriage ceremony?"

Li Gefei also had mixed feelings, and sighed in a low voice: "If you don't want Ruoxue to watch over the family, that's all you can do." From the beginning to the end, he believed that these acts of loyalty were done by his sons, and he never let his daughter plan to remarry.

At five o'clock, in Gonglou's embroidery pavilion, the fragrance is cold and golden, and it is turned into a red wave, and after the lingering, it is filled with the sadness of parting.Chen Dong felt a chill in his chest, and when he looked down, Li Shishi's pretty face was covered with tears, but he kept biting his lips and did not cry out.He lightly stroked her slightly twitching shoulder, feeling a little guilty in his heart, and said in a low voice: "After this turmoil subsides, I will redeem myself for you." "Well, I know."

Li Shishi's cleverness made Chen Dong feel more guilty. After a moment of silence, with an unusual tone, he said in a deep voice: "I, Chen Dong, swear to Tianmeng that I will definitely marry Li Shishi after we get through this difficult time. As a legitimate wife, if I violate this oath, I would rather..."

Before he could say anything, his mouth was covered by a soft hand.

"You don't need to swear." Li Shishi's delicate dimple was slightly red, and she buried her head on Chen Dong's chest without any shyness, and said in a low voice, "I can trust Chen Lang. I just want to stay with Chen Lang."

Chen Dong's heart became hot. Although he had planned to redeem Li Shishi's body earlier, because of the reputation of his family, he never mentioned whether he would marry as the wife, and Li Shishi never mentioned it to him.He is not a person who promises lightly, gently took her hand away from her mouth, and continued to say in a deep voice: "If I, Chen Dong, break this oath, I would rather not marry for life and have no children or grandchildren."

Outside the window, a ray of dawn sunshine has already shone into the house, and the moment of parting, although reluctant to part, has come.