Chapter 548 Goodbye, Kyoto
At dusk, the drunken people have gone away, and the sky is full of wind and rain as the west building descends.
Cui Sanlun woke up slowly, his mind still a little confused.
Last night, Su Dalang and I were drinking and chatting happily, and the two of them applauded Xiao Nanxi's decisiveness.
Maybe I'm getting older and my alcohol tolerance is not as good as before. After a few glasses of fruit wine, I was drunk the whole night.
Cui Sanlun wanted to stretch, but suddenly found that he was not lying on the familiar bed.
The wheels are rolling, and the hawking sounds from the morning market can be heard through the carriage.
"Where are we going?"
Cui Sanlun lifted the car curtain, stuck his head out and asked.
This question was like a spell, instantly freezing the two groups of people outside the car.
The soldiers checking at the gate of Song Yahe City looked at each other, with shock and helplessness in their eyes.
Song Da secretly complained in his heart, didn't Su Dalang say that Lord Cui would not wake up before noon? Why did he wake up so early?
The soldiers guarding the city blinked and confirmed that the unshaven old man in front of them was none other than Cui Sanron, the famous one in Kyoto!
What should we do? Although His Majesty did not explicitly order Cui Sanlun and Su Dalang not to leave the capital, everyone in the world knew that these two were hostages.
A trace of struggle flashed in the eyes of the soldier guarding the city, and he squeezed the bulging purse in his hand.
The expression on Cui Sanlun's face was like an overturned color palette, blue, white, and red.
Touching, angry, guilty, regretful and decisive, mixed together and took turns to appear.
Cui Sanlun took a deep breath, decisively lowered the curtain, and went back to the carriage to lie down.
The soldiers guarding the city and Song Da all breathed a sigh of relief.
"Bon Voyage."
Song Da clasped his fists and saluted: "See you later!"
The mist was lingering, and the outlines of the mountains in the distance gradually became clear, like an ink painting.
Cui Sanlun was in the carriage, so Mrs. Song and Miss Song couldn't get in, so they squeezed on the shaft with Song Da.
There had been no movement in the carriage since we left the Kyoto city gate.
"Dad, do you want to go in and take a look?" Madam Song said softly.
What Su Dalang was most worried about was Lord Cui's health. Before leaving, he gave Lord Cui many warnings, fearing that Lord Cui would not survive to reach Hezhong Prefecture.
Song Da stopped the carriage, opened his mouth, but did not dare to lift the curtain.
The people in the carriage were probably awake. When they saw the carriage stop, the first thing they asked was: "Does Dalang have any instructions?"
Song Da licked his lips and whispered, "Let us get you to Hezhong Prefecture safely."
After a while, Cui Sanlun's old sigh was heard: "I am a setting sun, why do I need the rising sun to exchange for me?"
Song Da: "An old man in the family is like a treasure. Your experience and wisdom are beyond the reach of others."
Cui Sanlun knew that it was useless to feel regretful now that things had come to this point.
He lifted the curtain and let Madam Song and Miss Song go in to rest: "I haven't left Kyoto for a long time. I will take a rest outside the carriage."
Madam Song and Mrs. Song looked at each other, then lowered their heads and entered the carriage.
Song Da raised his whip and said, "Let's go along Jingxi Road for a while, and then change to the water route when we reach Junzhou. Most of the passenger ships in Kyoto have been booked and are preparing to go south. If we want to take a ship from Kyoto to the north, we will have to wait for a long time."
"Da Lang is afraid of the long night and many dreams, so we will go west for a while. When we reach Junzhou, there will also be Baida Express there. Then, we will follow their boat to the river."
Song Da and others walked along the Jingxi Road for three or five days and arrived in Junzhou.
The capital city of Junzhou is not as prosperous as the capital, but it has convenient water transportation, and there are many transport ships docked at large and small docks.
These docks employ many porters.
Although there were many beggars in the streets, no one was starving to death.
Song Da went to visit the Junzhou branch of Baida Express, while Cui Sanlun sat in the carriage and observed the people coming and going.
These pedestrians are very interesting, and are divided into different classes, even more so than in Kyoto.
Those who are dressed luxuriously and look arrogant are the best.
Those who dress plainly and are busy with their lives are the average.
The lowest class have sad faces, dull eyes, little flesh on their bodies, and rough fingers.
However, there is another class that is not included in these three, six, nine, and nine classes.
They are dressed in ordinary clothes, but their expressions are extremely proud. Even when they meet the best people, they will not show any humility.
"How bizarre. What's their confidence?"
Manager Qian of the Junzhou branch of Baida Express followed Cui Sanlun's line of sight and said, "They are our people."
"Our people?"
Manager Qian said as a matter of course: "Yes, Baida Express, Baichuan Academy, and Fruit Wine Distribution, aren't they all the businesses of Duke Yun?"
Cui Sanlun had not left Kyoto for several years and had no idea that Gu Nanxi's prestige outside Kyoto was so high.
Even the guys in her business would not be easily looked down upon.
Manager Qian had a lot of influence in Junzhou, and he arranged for a ship to sail north that afternoon.
Even if the officer in charge of inspection at the dock recognized Cui Sanlun, he pretended not to see him and let him pass.
It was not until the passenger ship sailed ten miles away and no longer saw the shadow of Junzhou that Cui Sanlun realized in shock that the cage that had trapped him for many years was broken just like that?!
Standing on the deck of the boat, looking at the river flowing, the waves violently hit the rocky mountains on both sides, the splashing waves fall on the weeds on the shore, and the grass and trees with water droplets hanging on them sway in the wind.
Cui Sanlun took a deep breath and exhaled the foul air in his chest. He then felt the chains that bound him breaking bit by bit amid the sound of the waves.
"I thought that this was a journey of escape and that the journey would not be peaceful."
After Song Da arranged for his wife and daughter, he was worried that Cui Sanlun would catch a cold, so he came to the deck with a cloak.
"If we had set out earlier, we wouldn't have been able to go as smoothly as we are now. It is precisely because Duke Yun took over Shuozhou that they are able to make things convenient for others and themselves."
People in official circles are used to changing their attitudes according to the situation.
In just a few days, Duke Yun took over Shuozhou with a force of 10,000.
On the surface, she still has 90,000 troops at her disposal. But behind the scenes, who can be sure how many she has?
There are so many tribes on the grassland, and Duke Yun can mobilize a large cavalry army of tens of thousands at any time with just one call.
The people of the grassland are inherently ferocious, and coupled with Duke Yun's superb military skills, no one dares to say how far Duke Yun can go.
Cui Sanlun was stunned for a moment, then he chuckled: "I am just taking advantage of Xiao Nanxi."
This passenger ship belongs to Baida Express and is used to transport goods. There are no outsiders on board, only our own people.
Perhaps because he had finally escaped surveillance, Cui Sanlun was in a very good mood and his spirits had recovered a lot.
Mrs. Song was worried that Cui Sanlun would not be able to get used to the food on the ship, so she prepared a special meal for Cui Sanlun.
Plum blossom buns, mutton soup, shredded chicken noodles, candied plum snowflake cakes...
Cui Sanlun ate so much that he looked radiant and didn't look sick at all.
"Yizu, nine out of ten sentences in my elder brother's letter were asking me to take good care of your health. But looking at your body, I'm afraid you are stronger than me!"
Li Mingde arrived at the dock early to welcome the guests.
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