The first volume of pearl curtains rolls up the western mountain rain at dusk Chapter 64 Farewell to this Life
Yu Jiuling was about to say goodbye and leave early the next morning. He hardly slept the night before and sat by the window in a daze almost the entire night. He was ready to leave before dawn. What he actually wanted to do most was not to go to the capital Daxing, but to return to Tang County to see if there was any news.
Although I know there will never be good news, I just can't let it go. If people can let go of others, life is not over.
"I gotta go."
Yu Jiuling bowed to Li Diudiu and the others and said, "I hope we will have the chance to meet again in the future. I will remember your kindness in my heart. There is no need to see you off. Please stop here."
Li Diudiu said: "We will definitely meet again in the future."
Yu Jiuling smiled and said, "We will meet again if we don't die. I wish you all the best."
He clasped his fists, turned around and strode away.
Li Diudiu looked at his master, the Taoist Changmei, and the Taoist Changmei was also looking at him. As they looked at each other, they spread their hands at the same time and smiled at the same time.
"Are you distressed?"
Taoist Changmei asked Li Diudiu.
Li Diudiu shook his head: "I thought I would feel sad, but I don't feel sad at all. It's really strange."
Taoist Long Eyebrows smiled and said, "I thought I didn't feel any pain at all, but I really do, which is quite strange."
After they finished talking, both of them laughed again and said whether they felt sad or not, because Li Diudiu asked his master, Taoist Changmei, to take out the remaining 300 taels of silver notes. After thinking about it, Li Diudiu left 100 taels for his master. After all, he still had to continue staying in the inn, and God knew when he could transfer a few hundred taels of silver again. The other 200 taels were given to Yu Jiuling.
Yu Jiuling's trip to the capital would cost several taels of silver, and he had to live frugally. The remaining money would all be used to accommodate Manager Lu's family. I'm afraid that the money he earned from drinking alcohol would have been confiscated, and without income, the mother and son would have no means of living.
Fortunately, Shopkeeper Lu still had some silver saved, probably several dozen taels, plus the two hundred taels donated by Li Diudiu, this silver was enough to live for many years. If they lived a normal life, the family's expenses would only be seven or eight taels a year. After all, there were only two people. Even if there were some casualties, almost three hundred taels of silver would be enough for Mrs. Lu to raise her children to adulthood.
"It would cost about two or three taels of silver to stay in the inn for a month. One hundred taels is enough for several years. Don't worry."
Taoist Changmei patted Li Diudiu on the shoulder and said, "Even if you can't buy a house now, you can always buy one in the future."
Li Diudiu said: "Don't put so much pressure on me, I'm still a child."
Changmei smiled and said, "You are already taller than my shoulders."
Li Diudiu asked: "So you plan to put all the burden on my young shoulders?"
Changmei said: "You always say that you are immature. You are immature in every way except your heart."
After he finished speaking, Changmei laughed loudly, and then fell silent. They watched Yu Jiuling's back gradually disappear at the end of their sight. Even though they were smiling just now, they were not at ease in their hearts.
A good restaurant, a good family, and a good life just changed like that.
For Yu Jiuling, his life goals may have changed. His original intention was to protect this family and the property of Manager Lu, so he wanted to join the army, to achieve something, and to become a superior person.
But now, these are all gone yesterday and can never come back.
At this time, Xiahou Zhuo came over from a distance. He had not returned for the whole night. He was a little worried about Li Diudiu and the others. When he ran over, Yu Jiuling had already gone far away. He looked at Li Diudiu and the others, then looked at the direction that Li Diudiu and the others had just looked at. After a pause, he asked, "Gone?"
"gone."
"Then let's go."
Xiahou Zhuo let out a long breath, looked at Li Diudiu and said, "I guess you gave him the silver."
Li Diudiu said: "If you guess correctly, I will treat you to breakfast as a reward."
Xiahou Zhuo sighed, "I am cleaner than your pockets. Have you forgotten that I spent all my money in Tang County?"
Li Diudiu asked, "You are a gangster, but you have no money?"
Xiahou Zhuo said: "You also know how difficult it is for a gangster like me to live. I have to live by relying on others. The academy is on vacation. Those guys have nowhere to rob money. I also have nowhere to rob money. It's a gap..."
Li Diudiu chuckled, then looked at his master. His master stuffed the hundred taels of silver back into his clothes and held it tightly.
Li Diudiu said: "See, it's tough here too."
Yan Qingzhi sighed and said, "Do you think I'm very poor?"
Xiahou Zhuo and Li Diudiu nodded at the same time.
Yan Qingzhi said: "Okay... what you think is right, but I can still afford breakfast. Tell me what shall we eat?"
Li Diudiu raised his hand: "Braised and baked!"
"Walk!"
Yan Qingzhi waved his hand and said, "Eat it!"
Meanwhile, Tang County.
The door of the martial arts gym has been closed for two days and no one dared to open it. The people from the Criminal Investigation Bureau are still in the county town. Although it has nothing to do with Tang Shen's case, they dare not walk around randomly.
Gu Weishan's disciples came back from outside with some breakfast and told him the news they had heard. They learned that the wine-drinking restaurant they had just visited had been sealed off, and several of them sighed.
"Master."
Gu Weishan looked at Tang Shen and said, "I still have some savings. If I sell this house, I can get some money. I plan to leave Tang County. How about we go north?"
"Why?"
Tang Shen was shocked and immediately advised: "If my partner and I get you into trouble, we can leave today. Don't sell all your property."
"no no."
Gu Weishan explained quickly, "Master, listen to me. Tang County is not stable. The summer grain harvest will come in less than half a month. The bandits will definitely come. The soldiers in Laihu County cannot be relied upon. There are only a hundred or so soldiers in Tang County, and they are all just waiting to die. Most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled. They can't stop the bandits at all."
"Instead of waiting to die here, it is better to make plans early, Master... I originally intended to go south. After all, the closer to the capital, the safer it is. But now it seems that bandits are rampant everywhere. On the contrary, if we go north and close to the border, no bandits dare to act recklessly."
After hearing this, Tang Shen couldn't help but sigh.
No bandits dared to approach the border, not because those murderous and arsonist bandits did not dare to provoke the border troops of the Great Chu, but because they were more afraid of the black warriors in the north.
"Master."
Gu Weishan said, "I talked to a friend yesterday. He knows a businessman who is going to buy property in Tang County. I have already agreed to sell the house today. We will set out early tomorrow morning and head northwest to the grassland. There will be no more bandits after passing Yanshan. I have a friend on the grassland. We will settle a few years. If Daizhou is stable, it is not far from there, so we can go back to Daizhou to have a look."
Tang Shen looked at his only son Tang Pidi and asked, "Pidi, what do you think?"
Tang Pidi said, "I will follow Senior Brother's arrangements."
Tang Shen nodded: "It's not that we don't have something to ask for when we go to the grassland. When we get to the grassland, you can see how those grassland cavalry are trained and see their archery and horsemanship skills."
Tang Pidi nodded and said, "I obey my father's orders."
So it was agreed upon, Gu Weishan sold his house at a low price. This was not Jizhou, so the house prices were not that outrageous. The three of them traveled light with their savings. Gu Weishan had no wife or children, and it was impossible for his disciples to leave their homes and careers and follow him to the grassland, so their departure was a bit hasty.
Tang Pidi went north to the grassland, Yu Jiuling went south to the capital, but Li Diudiu in Jizhou City had to stay in Jizhou.
He had just entered the Four Pages Academy not long ago, and there was still a bright future waiting for him here. Although he could not see clearly what that future would be like, he could not let his master's ten years of hard work go to waste.
After breakfast, Li Diudiu breathed a sigh of satisfaction. The shopkeeper selling braised pork and steamed buns was stunned. It was the first time he saw a child of this age finish six bowls of braised pork.
Even those hard laborers who work hard all year round to make a living, if they eat as much as they want, they will be full after four bowls at most. Unlike this child, who still has an unsatisfied look on his face after eating the fourth bowl.
"Diu'er."
Xiahou Zhuo suddenly thought of something, smiled and said, "I thought of a way to make money."
Li Diudiu immediately asked: "What?"
Xiahou Zhuo said: "You are such a big eater, so your output of manure must be considerable..."
Li Diudiu: “Get lost…”
He asked Xiahou Zhuo: "Who did you meet last night? The governor?"
"Well, more than that. I thought that if I only met the governor, my father would be disappointed and angry if he knew about it. He would think that I, as a son, am closer to others. Although I am... after all, I am still his son, right?"
"So I went back and mentioned it to him. The governor said that if the people from the judicial department came to ask, he would handle it. My father told me not to worry about it."
Li Diudiu smiled and said, "So you should get closer to him in the future. You will be going to Northern Xinjiang next year, and he will definitely not be happy about it. You must not have told him yet, so meet him more often this year..."
"whispering sound……"
Xiahou Zhuo tapped Li Diudiu on the head and said, "He's not very old, but he manages a lot."
Li Diudiu curled his lips.
Yan Qingzhi said: "Since you are full, let's go back to the academy first. We should also tell the dean . If he knew that something happened to Mr. Yuming, the dean would be sad."
Xiahou Zhuo said, "I asked the governor yesterday, and he said that the Judicial Records Department has taken over Mr. Yuming's case, and will arrange a large number of people to escort Mr. Yuming to the capital. Mr. Yuming has evidence in his hands, and the Judicial Records Department can make a fuss. As for how big the fuss can be, it ultimately depends on Your Majesty."
Yan Qingzhi nodded: "In this case, I can be a little more relaxed when talking to the dean."
They were sitting at a roadside stall eating. Just as they were talking about this, they saw a team of elite cavalry from the Lufasi escorting a carriage passing by them. There were probably several hundred people on the carriage, so they expected that Mr. Yuming was in the carriage.
Just at this moment, Mr. Yuming felt suffocated and opened the car window. He saw Li Diudiu and others on the side of the road staring at this side. The moment Li Diudiu and others saw Mr. Yuming, they were shocked. They hadn't seen him for just one night, so how come Mr. Yuming's hair was full of white hair?
When Mr. Yuming saw them, his eyes lit up with joy, but were soon covered with sadness. Li Diudiu and the others could clearly see that there was no relaxation on Mr. Yuming's face.
At this moment, Mr. Yuming suddenly laughed a few times and then said a few words loudly .
"If there is no hatred in my eyes, I don't believe there are white hairs in the world."
"I know my feelings have been blocked by the mountains, and I often lean on the railings without freedom."
After finishing speaking, Mr. Yuming in the carriage bowed and clasped his hands towards Li Diudiu and the others, and Li Diudiu and the others all stood up and returned the greeting.
At that moment, it was as if I had said goodbye to this life.
However, it is not as if.
It means goodbye to this life.
