Chapter 75: Together in Death, Are You Two Elopement Lovers? ...
When Su Guanqing woke up, the carriage had not yet left the city.
The car was very quiet, with only Zhong Wanci's intermittent sobbing.
"Awake! Master is awake!" Zhao Quesheng was the first to discover that Su Guanqing had woken up. She rushed over with joy and shouted in a hoarse voice.
As soon as Su Guanqing moved, he felt a dull pain at the back of his head. He covered the back of his head in pain, but when he opened his eyes, he was stunned.
He saw Zhao Quesheng squatting cautiously in front of him.
The little girl survived the disaster, but her face was still very pale, and tears were in her little eyes as she looked at him helplessly.
I can see it myself!
Su Guanqing was delighted and immediately thought of the medicine that Feng Fuliu had stuffed into his mouth.
...Did Fu Liu's medicine work? Could it be that the medicine his father had someone refine back then, after the Su family was raided by the Imperial Guards, had somehow ended up in Fu Liu's hands?
When Su Guanqing thought of this, he felt mixed emotions.
But he couldn't think about that right now. He looked behind Zhao Quesheng. Zhong Wanci was huddled in the corner of the carriage, wiping away tears. Jiang Huaishan was leaning against the wall with a grim expression, neither of them saying a word.
The carriage was small to begin with, and Su Guanqing took in the entire thing in one glance.
There is no Jiang Tong.
His heart sank.
“Stop the car! Stop the car!”
The carriage continued to gallop forward.
Su Guanqing stood up and rushed to the front to tug at the driver: "Stop! I told you to stop!"
"No, we can't stop. Master Feng said that if I dare to stop, he will chop me!" said the coachman in a trembling voice.
"He didn't follow you, so he couldn't hit you!" Su Guanqing looked back and said.
Zhao Quesheng's eyebrows twitched, and he suddenly realized something: "Master, can you see it?"
In the carriage, Jiang Huaishan and Zhong Wanci heard it and looked towards Su Guanqing.
Su Guanqing nodded, but there was no surprise in his eyes at regaining his sight.
At this time, the coachman, who found that there was no knife hanging around his neck, finally stopped the carriage.
Su Guanqing jumped out of the car: "I'm going back to find Tongtong. You guys leave the city first."
"Guan Qing!" Jiang Huaishan suddenly called out, his expression somewhat complicated. "The matter has been exposed. The Zhengtong Emperor has laid a net of heaven and earth. If you go back, you will die."
"Even if I die, I want to die with Tongtong." There was no intense expression on Su Guanqing's face, he even smiled.
Jiang Huaishan moved his lips, as if he was about to say something else, but Zhong Wanci had already rushed over and pushed Jiang Huaishan aside: "Guan Qing, you must protect Tongtong when you go back!"
"Don't worry, aunt. I will protect Tongtong even if it costs me my own life." Su Guanqing said solemnly.
Seeing Su Guanqing agree, Zhong Wanci remembered how she had forced them to separate before, and tears came to her eyes again. She sobbed and turned away.
"Master!" Zhao Quesheng saw Su Guanqing was about to leave, and jumped out of the car in a panic, wanting to follow him.
"Quesheng, don't come with me. Master has a favor to ask of you. Please help me and your master take good care of Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Zhong." Su Guanqing touched Zhao Quesheng's messy head and said in a gentle voice, "Wait for Master to find the teacher, and then we'll come to find you together."
"Yes." Zhao Quesheng agreed in a crying voice and climbed onto the carriage using his hands and feet.
After coaxing away all the old and young people in the car, Su Guanqing turned around and walked towards Jiang's house without hesitation.
He is now unsure of the condition of his eyes, nor does he know how long he can see this time. His only hope is to find his Tongtong before he loses sight again.
…
The Jinyiwei had set up ambushes inside and outside Jiang's house, just waiting for Jiang Tong to fall into the trap.
"Brother Feng, when the Jiang family's carriage left the city, there were only three people in the car. Su Guanqing was not in the car. Do you want to catch him back?" The brothers under his command sent back the message.
Feng Fuliu raised an eyebrow: "Forget it, he's blind and can't even find the way. Can he really walk back?"
"What if he really comes back..." The man looked at Feng Fuliu tentatively.
Feng Fuliu said coldly, "I have done my best for him. If he comes back, I won't be able to save him."
Su Guanqing did not walk to Jiang's house. When he passed by a remote alley, someone suddenly covered his mouth and dragged him away.
Su Guanqing struggled hard, but as a mere scholar, he couldn't break free and was dragged onto a carriage. As soon as he got on, he heard Jiang Tong's voice: "Guanqing!"
As soon as Su Guanqing heard Jiang Tong's voice, he stopped struggling. He looked up in surprise and saw Jiang Tong looking at him with concern.
The man who had covered Su Guanqing's mouth before saw that he had calmed down, said "I'm sorry" and got out of the carriage.
As soon as Jiang Tong made eye contact with Su Guanqing, she immediately noticed something was wrong. She supported Su Guanqing and asked happily, "Are your eyes okay?"
Su Guanqing nodded and was about to speak when the carriage suddenly started moving, and he immediately became nervous again.
"Don't be afraid, it's Aqiao's people," Jiang Tong pulled him up and said, "I've been exposed. Aqiao's people told me that my family is full of Jinyiwei waiting for me to fall into their trap. I can't go back."
"I came back to tell you not to go back. Your uncle, aunt and Quesheng should have left the city. Let's escape quickly." Su Guanqing pulled Jiang Tong's arm and said anxiously.
Jiang Tong squatted in front of Su Guanqing, took his hand, and whispered, "I have always been worried that you can't see. What will you do in the future when I am not by your side? But now that you can see, I am relieved."
Su Guanqing's expression changed. "Tongtong, what do you mean? You're running away without me?"
"Guanqing, I am no longer a princess, nor am I the painter and doctor Jiang who makes a fortune every day. I can no longer take care of you. I am penniless now, and I am also a wanted criminal in the imperial court. If you go with me, you will only be implicated by me." Jiang Tong's tone was very gentle when she said this, and she even smiled at Su Guanqing.
Su Guanqing's expression changed completely. He suddenly grabbed Jiang Tong's wrist and said, "What are you talking about? I'm not going to get involved with you! Wherever you go, I'll go! Even if I have to flee to the ends of the earth, I'll be with you!"
"Guan Qing..." Jiang Tong broke free from his hand, "Listen to me, the matter is still..."
Su Guanqing didn't let her continue. He suddenly leaned forward and hugged Jiang Tong tightly in his arms: "Tongtong, don't push me away. I'm not going anywhere. Tongtong, we agreed that we share the same fate, life and death. No matter where you go, you take me with you!"
"Guanqing! If you couldn't see, I would of course take you with me, but now that you can see, you can stay out of it!" Jiang Tong wanted to break free, but Su Guanqing held her in his arms even tighter.
Su Guanqing used up almost all his strength to hug Jiang Tong: "Tongtong, if you don't want me anymore just because I can see, I will dig my eyes out right now!"
Jiang Tong was completely stunned.
Su Guanqing had always been gentle, submissive, and obedient in front of her. She had never seen Su Guanqing express such a fierce attitude before.
She almost forgot that her Guan Qing had always been a very stubborn person. So stubborn that he was tricked to death by her in his previous life, but he still wanted to protect her without hesitation.
Jiang Tong's hard heart suddenly softened.
She reached out her hand, stroked Su Guanqing's back, and closed her eyes: "Okay, then we will flee together."
"Okay." Su Guanqing hugged her tighter.
The two of them just huddled together tightly, quietly feeling each other's breathing and heartbeat, and no one spoke.
…
Su Guanqing originally thought that he would be arrested and imprisoned together with Jiang Tong.
However, Aqiao's ability was beyond his expectations.
Even though the entire city was covered with portraits of the sea constable Jiang Tong and anyone entering or leaving the city was checked, A Qiao managed to get them out of the city successfully.
The driver who escorted them out was very proud of this: "Let alone a mere city gate, even if it was the imperial palace, our boss could easily get in!"
"Of course I know Aqiao's abilities." Jiang Tong jumped off the carriage with a faint smile.
Su Guanqing also jumped down. He looked around. This was a desolate place, and the Jinyiwei probably wouldn't be able to find them. At this point, he finally let go of the worry he had been holding.
The mountain road was narrow and the road ahead was impassable, so the driver left the carriage on the side of the road and took Jiang Tong and the others inside.
The driver said as he drove, "There's a small village a little further ahead. My home is there. But there's no one else at home. I'm not home all year round, so it's just an empty house. Our boss wants you to stay there for now. I'll bring you food and supplies. Don't worry."
"In that case, I'll trouble you, big brother." Jiang Tong said.
"Well, don't be so polite. You two are friends of our boss, and you are my friends. I am a rough man and can't speak well, but as the saying goes, anyone in our business will inevitably be wanted by the court. How does the saying go... help each other!" The coachman laughed and his laughter was very hearty.
Jiang Tong was amused by him and started giggling too. She turned her head to look at Su Guanqing and met his smiling eyes.
The two did not speak, but just clasped their hands together.
…
Jiang Tong and the others had no idea how the capital city had been turned upside down. The years in the mountains were particularly peaceful.
At the beginning, Aqiao had people send vegetables, rice, and flour to the house, and even firewood was provided. The two of them only had to stay in the house and didn't even have to go out.
But after that man came a few times, he didn't come back for a long time. I don't know if it was because the situation in the city was too tense.
Jiang Tong and Su Guanqing had no choice but to go out to find food.
There are mountains behind the village.
The two men carried backpacks and kitchen knives and followed the path up the mountain, intending to find some wild game to satisfy their hunger.
Unfortunately, neither of them had any hunting experience. After wandering around in the mountains for most of the day, they didn't catch a single rabbit. By the time they returned to the village, they were already starving.
Jiang Tong sat exhausted on the ridge of a field at the village entrance, looking at his hands, and said sadly, "I have so much talent, but it's a pity that I have no place to use it."
Su Guanqing dropped his backpack on the ground and sat down beside her. He was covered in mud, his hands filthy. The once exiled immortal, Master Yuequan, now looked like a down-to-earth peasant.
"How about I go to the city and find out what's going on?"
"Alright," Jiang Tong leaned her head on his shoulder. "After we hid, we didn't know whether that bastard emperor had left the palace, and whether Aqiao and the others had taken any action..."
Jiang Tong stopped talking midway when she saw a middle-aged woman coming in from outside the village carrying a basket of firewood.
When the aunt passed by them, she looked down at the backpack that Su Guanqing had thrown aside and couldn't help but click her tongue twice.
Su Guanqing's backpack was not empty. It was filled with wild vegetables they picked when they were wandering in the mountains.
"What kind of leaves are these? You can feed them to pigs, even pigs won't eat them!" The aunt said with disgust.
Su Guanqing's expression froze for a moment: "Are these inedible?"
When the auntie heard the question, she simply put the firewood on the ground and reached into the basket to pick up a handful of leaves: "This is poisonous. Eating it will give you diarrhea."
As she spoke, she threw the handful of leaves out and fished out another handful from the basket: "You can't eat this either! Ouch!"
Jiang Tong and Su Guanqing looked at her and said something, threw a handful, said something, threw a handful. In just a moment, the backpack that Su Guanqing had carried down the mountain with great effort was empty.
Jiang Tong and Su Guanqing stared at the aunt in amazement.
"Oh my, you two young people, you don't know how to live! How come you don't even know the dishes?"
Jiang Tong looked at the vegetables on the ground with distress: "Are these really inedible?"
"Of course you can't eat it!" The aunt grabbed a handful of vegetables from her backpack and put them into Su Guanqing's. "Here, this is a vegetable."
"Thank you, auntie." Jiang Tong thanked her.
"Why are you being so polite? It's just a bunch of vegetables," the auntie said, with a very warm personality. "You guys just moved here, right? What's your name?"
Jiang Tong said, "My last name is Jiang, so you can just call me Yuequan."
Su Guanqing heard this and raised his eyebrows slightly, looking at Jiang Tong with a smile.
"Who is that..." asked the aunt.
"That's my brother, his name is..." Jiang Tong was a little stuck. She had taken someone else's number, but in a hurry, she couldn't come up with a decent name.
Su Guanqing smiled slightly, stood up and bowed to the aunt: "My name is Ting Tong."
Jiang Tong glanced at him, suppressed the curve of his lips, and said nothing.
"Hey! Stop lying to me!" The aunt slapped her thigh. "Don't you think I don't know? From what I see, you two are not brother and sister at all. You don't even look alike!"
Jiang Tong and Su Guanqing were both stunned.
For a moment, Jiang Tong even thought that his identity as a fugitive had been discovered.
Jiang Tong stared at the aunt nervously, and then she came closer to him, looking gossipy: "I think you two are a couple who eloped, right?"
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