I didn't intend to be a Fairy

On the day of Shangyuan Festival.

Unexpectedly, General Chen came to say goodbye to Song You before he left.

"I thought I would bid farewell to Mr. Chen personally, but His Majesty ordered me to go back to the north and guard Saibei, so I had no choice but to say goodbye and thank you first." General Chen said, clasping his fists and saluted solemnly, "Thank you, Mr. Chen, for speaking for Mr. Chen in front of Your Majesty. , saved Chen’s life.”

"The general has already made arrangements, and I just passed on the message for the general." Song You said, "Besides, your majesty has already made a decision, and it has nothing to do with me."

"But it must be sir."

General Chen still kept his fists clasped, with a solemn expression.

In fact, he was later summoned by the emperor to have a night talk in the palace. He heard the emperor talk about the conversation that night, and knew that although Mr. Song did not directly ask His Majesty to let him go, he just stated the facts and pros and cons truthfully. But only he can say it. If it is anyone else, the emperor will neither believe it easily nor accept it calmly.

To be honest, Ben was defending him.

What's more, the emperor's last question...

Mr. clearly protected him.

If it hadn't been heard from Mr. Song, Fulongguan would not have easily seen the world usher in a catastrophe due to a simple incident, and I am afraid it would not have let him go back to the north so simply.

Even if you don't kill him, you have to keep him in the court.

"The general doesn't need to be too polite." Song You said to him, pouring two glasses of wine, "Since the general left Beijing before me, I will respect the general with a glass of practicing wine."

Hand him a cup, and hold a cup for yourself.

Empress Sanhua has long since lost interest in wine.

Respect each other with both hands, and drink up each other.

"Good wine."

General Chen narrowed his eyes.

"I trust the general, and I only hope that the general will not let me down." Song You took back the wine glass and said solemnly to him, "Peace is not easy to come by. The general is a hero of the world, and he should protect the peace of the world."

"..."

General Chen's expression froze when he heard the words. He had just taken his life, and he came to thank him. What else can he say at this time, so he raised an empty cup and said to him, "Mr. Chen Mou's life was exchanged for a promise there, and Chen Mou also gave Mr. Chen a promise..."

Pause for a moment:

"Warriors of my generation have always taken it as our mission to protect the country and the country, and Chen must do the same. As long as His Majesty does not take Chen's life, he will do his best to keep Dayan safe. If one day, Chen breaks his oath and wants to give Dayan The common people have brought disaster, please kill me with one sword, there is no hatred. Not only Chen, but also Chen's descendants, and generations to come."

"The general is serious, I don't know how to use a sword." Song You said and paused, "By the way, how is your majesty considering the matter of establishing a reserve?"

"this……"

General Chen frowned, he didn't know what to say, and finally he just said: "Your Majesty hasn't made a decision yet."

"That's it..."

Song You couldn't help narrowing his eyes.

It seems that what he said to persuade the old emperor to make a decision earlier did not work, and the old emperor still failed to make a decision. Or this decision is too difficult, or he has other considerations.

Song You shook his head.

I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse.

General Chen left soon after.

I heard that I will leave Beijing today.

There are five military towns in the north of the town, and now he has handed over the military power of three towns, and only commanded the military power of Yuanzhi and Shuofeng, in exchange for the serious title of Marquis of Wu'an. His Majesty ordered him to go back to the north and go deep into Saibei, essentially bringing most of the original territory of Saibei under Dayan's rule. Dayan at this time should be at the peak of history, in every sense.

Song You also turned back and started packing his luggage.

A few days before returning to Beijing, Song You took Empress Sanhua to Chenghuang Temple to retrieve two paintings, which hung upstairs for three months. The thick travel notes written by Song You in the past few years are also sealed and taken away. Please help the Lord Chenghuang to save them. We will make an appointment to pick them up next time when we return to Beijing, so as not to suffer on our own horses.

The next time I return to Beijing, I don't know which prince the emperor's throne will fall into, and I don't know if there will be turmoil in Changjing.

Depositing it with him is good for both parties.

The night fell slowly, and there were many rivers composed of lights on the street, just like the Mid-Autumn Festival that year.

Song You also called Empress Sanhua, and carried her pony lantern, while he himself carried the lantern given by the big mountain ghost in Pingzhou, which turned into two lights and merged into the river.

...

On the sixteenth day of the first month of the eighth year of Mingde, in the morning.

Changjing Street is full of dew.

The "Tao" flag and store sign outside the gate of the small building have been taken down, and they are packed and placed in the store. A bay red horse is standing at the door with a bag on its back, and a three-colored cat is standing at the horse's feet. , it naturally looks small in comparison, it is looking up at this small building, and it doesn't know what it is thinking.

The Taoist stood at the door and locked the door.

After locking it, he raised his head and took two steps back, and habitually glanced at the upstairs next door. In a daze, he seemed to think that the window should be opened, and a figure leaned out, looking at them with a smile.

It's just obviously impossible.

Maybe it will be the last time I go back to Changjing next time, and I will never see such a scene.

"Let's go."

The Taoist put the key in the quilt bag and walked away.

Perhaps the lantern festival was too tiring the night before. Changjing has a custom of not opening for business on the second day of the Shangyuan Festival. Almost all shops in Changjing are closed, and there are not many vendors selling vegetables on the street. The whole willow tree The street is rare and clean in the early morning, only the sound of horseshoes echoing, and it is also leisurely, stepping on the morning dew, all the way forward.

Fortunately, someone came to see Song You off.

Not many people came.

More than the last time I left Beijing, and also more than the last time I left Yidu.

Song You thanked them one by one and left the city.

At this time, Changjing already has a bit of an early spring scene. The spring is bright and the weather is warm. It is not too hot to wear light clothes and drive in the sun, and there are many peach blossoms on the roadside.

This road was the one he took when he entered Beijing for the first time, and it was also the road that Song You took to send the bay red horse to the mountains twice. Several shops selling morning tea bags opened, and Song You bought some steamed buns to take with him as dry food, and bought a stick of candy for his children to eat.

Slowly walking out of the village and town market outside the city, the shop and wine flags in the back have all gone. The Taoist found a small hillside, sat on a big rock, rested in the sun, and read "Yudi Ji Sheng" ".

This road going south, I am afraid that there are hundreds of miles in Angzhou that have been traveled before.

The last time seemed to be spring too.

It's just that every time you go back and forth, the direction is different, and the scenery in your eyes will naturally be different.

After a few hundred miles, we will arrive at Toyosu.

It's just that Zi County is still at the southernmost corner of Fengzhou.

The map is simple and abstract. According to Song You's experience over the years, the scale of the map in "Yu Di Ji Sheng" is unbelievable, so he can't tell whether it is far or near.

The Taoist flipped through it while thinking.

Mistress Sanhua was sitting next to her, holding two small bamboo sticks with reddish-brown sticky sugar on them. She held a bamboo stick in each hand and stirred it quickly so that the sugar would wrap around the bamboo sticks back and forth, stretching them out from time to time. I licked it lightly with my tongue, then squinted my eyes, enjoying it very much, and didn't care about the behavior and thoughts of the Taoist priests around me at all.

Just eating, she suddenly turned her head and looked at the way she and the Taoist came.

There is a loess road below, and there are many cars and people.

Empress Sanhua sniffed and passed the bamboo stick in her left hand to her right hand, holding them together, keeping her posture of staring at the way she came, but she just stretched her hand to the side, grabbed the Taoist priest's clothes and tugged at it.

"What's wrong?"

The Taoist turned to her and asked.

"fox……"

The little girl stared straight ahead.

The Taoist followed her gaze and looked over.

I saw that on the Loess Road, most of the carriages and pedestrians were going to Changjing, but there was a carriage, going to my side. The driver of the carriage was a restaurant guy I had seen before, and he was a frog.

Before the carriage arrived, the curtain was lifted.

The body of the maid stuck out, aiming at them.

"Call..."

The carriage wobbled and stopped in the road below them.

The maid jumped down first, opened the curtain, and welcomed the master down.

Song You was already waiting for them by the roadside.

"If you clearly agreed that the time was right, you would walk with Changjing together. Why didn't the Taoist leave without saying goodbye?" Miss Wan Jiang asked, her tone was very calm, and no one could tell that it was an accusation.

"The Taoist priest is so sympathetic."

Song You almost knew their temperament.

It seems that only the maid has a problem, but in fact, both of them have a problem, it's just that one has a big problem and the other has a small problem, or one hides deeply and the other doesn't, and he loves to play two roles, so he doesn't respond to their questions , just asked: "How do you two know that we will leave Beijing today?"

"The Taoist priest said that he would leave Beijing after the beginning of spring. The weather has warmed up recently, which is suitable for traveling. The literati in Changjing are all going out for an outing. I guess the Taoist priest will leave Beijing in the next few days." Miss Wanjiang smiled slightly. Said, "Yesterday, the Shangyuan Lantern Festival was the most lively lantern festival in recent years to celebrate the prosperity of the times. I guess the Taoist priest will leave Beijing after enjoying the lantern festival."

"It just so happens that we think so too." The maid said with a smile, "After sending off the princess, seeing that the New Year is about to come, I just want to celebrate the New Year, and when the New Year is over, I want to wait for the weather to be fine. The Yuan Lantern Festival is over, and I want to finish watching the Lantern Festival, but fortunately there will be nothing else to do after that, otherwise, we may have to delay it for a few more days, and the Daoist will miss it."

"I see."

Song You nodded and said.

Empress Sanhua stood beside him, still playing with candy, staring at the two people in front of her.

"The Taoist priest is going south, and we are also going south. The Taoist priest is going to Fengzhou for his travels, and we have to pass through Fengzhou to go to Yangzhou. I wonder if we can go together for a while?" Miss Wanjiang said, "There is gin and wine to accompany you with old friends."

"It just so happens that we also plan to follow the Taoist priest's example in the future, and devote ourselves to the world, the lakes and the seas, and visit the mountains and rivers, so we can learn how the Taoist priest travels." The maid said.

"Two..."

Song You looked at them with a smile: "I'm going to Yinnan, Zijun, to look for Yeshan ghost town. You two will go there too, right?"