The sun is scorching.
The official road outside Haozhou City seemed to be ignited by the hot air, with heat waves rolling and cicadas on the roadside chirping heart-wrenchingly.
The grass beside the road was already leaning and falling down due to the heat.
It's deserted.
A carriage with a black nanmu body came from the southeast.
The car was not moving very fast, but it still stirred up a lot of dust.
The driver was a man wearing a black monk's robe and a conical hat. Beads of sweat the size of beans were dripping from his forehead.
The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a chubby little hand stretched out from the carriage, holding a water bag.
"Uncle monk, drink some water."
The cute voice is more melting than the heat outside the car.
Daoyan couldn't help but smile.
“Oh…”
The horse's hooves stamped on the spot, and the horse sneezed loudly and neighed.
Daoyan pulled the reins and stopped the carriage under a big tree beside the official road.
He was indeed a little thirsty.
"Okay, drink some water." Daoyan turned around and said to the people in the carriage, "You two gentlemen can get out and stretch your legs. We can enter Haozhou City in another half an hour."
Daoyan said as he took the water bag handed to him by Xia Xiaoxian and put the horse stool next to the carriage.
Then he opened the water bag and drank it.
After drinking the water, Daoyan found a slightly flat ground under the shade of a tree, crossed his legs, and began to meditate.
This is his daily habit.
Zi Su got off the carriage first, then turned around and picked up Xia Xiaoxian.
As soon as Xia Xiaoxian stepped on the ground, she ran to Daoyan.
She held a handkerchief in her hand and wiped the sweat off Daoyan's face like an adult.
After wiping the sweat off her face, she saw that Daoyan ignored her, so she followed his example and sat cross-legged under the tree in meditation.
It has been nearly ten days since they left the capital, and the monk and the baby have become inseparable.
Sometimes, they chattered in a language that no one could understand, and sometimes they sat cross-legged together like they were doing now, as if in a trance.
Along the way, Xia Yu always envied Dao Yan when he saw him. "The little princess and the master really get along well."
Daoyan replied, "All dharmas arise from causes and conditions, and all dharmas cease from causes and conditions. The Buddha says that all dharmas arising and ceasing from causes and conditions are empty."
......
"Miss, I'm going to see the Master and the Madam soon. I'm so excited."
Zi Su took out a handkerchief and handed it to Shen Yuyao. It was really hot that day, and she saw that Shen Yuyao's face was also red.
Shen Yuyao gently pressed her forehead with a handkerchief and looked towards the direction of Haozhou City: "I wonder how my parents are doing, and whether my brother and sister-in-law are all right?"
Although Haozhou is the hometown of Duke Shen, Shen Yuyao has never been back once. She was born in the capital by the Duke's wife.
Since then, the Duke has been fighting all over the country and has never had the opportunity to bring Shen Yuyao back to Haozhou.
Therefore, Shen Yuyao was actually unfamiliar with Haozhou.
Zi Su was a maid that the Duke's Mansion bought from Haozhou specifically so that Shen Yuyao could learn some of her hometown dialect when she was young.
Now that he was going back to his childhood hometown, Zi Su was visibly excited.
Xia Yu was also looking at the city gate from afar at this time.
Haozhou City is his father's hometown. Xia Yu has accompanied his father back to Haozhou to worship their ancestors several times, but it has never been like this time.
I feel so excited!
Shen Yuyao's face full of longing made him inexplicably excited.
The mood I felt was completely different from every time I came back before.
Accompany her and walk hand in hand for a lifetime.
Shen Yuyao, will she feel happy?
Xia Yu thought that in his previous life, he had never looked at her seriously, let alone wanted to spend his life with her.
What a pity, we missed it like that.
Xia Yu was trying hard to recall when was the last time he and her met in the previous life?
He only remembered that when he heard that his wife had died in childbirth, he could only sigh for the child who had never been born.
We don't even know the sex of the baby.
The next moment, he was inexplicably happy for the concubine and her twin children.
Therefore, when Xia Yu was on the verge of death in his previous life and realized that it was his wife who was reaching out her hands to him, the shock he felt still often strikes his heart.
He always felt a great sense of guilt towards her.
Living this life over again, Xia Yu felt that he was extremely happy every minute and every second he spent with Shen Yuyao.
Xia Yu secretly decided that in this life, he only wanted to make up for the regrets of his previous life. He must treat her twice as well as he could.
As long as she is by his side, he will never marry another woman. Shen Yuyao will be his only love in this life!
Even if he really reaches the top of the world in the future, he will only join hands with Shen Yuyao.
"Prince!" Shen Yuyao called out softly, and Xia Yu couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
"Your Majesty, let's go into the city."
"Okay, let's go into the city!"
Shen Yuyao is still a little unfamiliar with Xia Yu now, but she is still polite and even a little courteous every time she sees him.
Yes, it is this politeness that often makes Xia Yu feel distant.
However, Xia Yu didn't care too much. Shen Yuyao was his princess, and they had a long way to go.
Xia Yu walked to the carriage. Dao Yan had already sat on the edge of the carriage, and Xia Xiaoxian had also been brought into the carriage by Zi Su.
Xia Yu: "I will personally drive the chariot into Haozhou City!"
Daoyan: “…”
The horse seemed to sense Xia Yu's mood and ran more vigorously. With some wind blowing, it didn't feel as hot as before.
Haozhou was the birthplace of the Great Xia Dynasty emperor and is now a large city. Compared with the capital, it is no less prosperous than the soft red ten-foot-high city.
It was already one o'clock in the morning when Xia Yu drove into Haozhou City. It was a hot summer day, but there were endless pedestrians on the streets.
Shen Yuyao bent down and lifted the door curtain, looking around. She was really excited that she would see her father and mother soon.
At this moment, she felt that the entire Haozhou City and its people seemed to be full of joy.
Shen Yuyao patted Xia Yu's shoulder and asked, "How does Haozhou compare to Yanjing?"
She was also full of curiosity about Yanjing.
Xia Yu turned around and smiled at Shen Yuyao, "Yanjing is better!"
Shen Yuyao was a little unconvinced: "What's so good about it?"
Xia Yu shook the reins in his hand, looked at the teahouses and restaurants on the street, and said, "Everywhere."
laugh!
Xia Yu knew that she had never been out of the capital, so he was fooling her!
Shen Yuyao snorted and lowered the door curtain.
[Of course, Yanjing is better. Yanjing will be the capital of the Great Xia people for a thousand years.]
[The monks will also build a palace with red walls and golden tiles there, but unfortunately...]
Monks building palaces?
Shen Yuyao listened to Xia Xiaoxian's thoughts. She thought she had heard it wrong. How could a monk build a palace?
Maybe Xia Xiaoxian meant that Monk Daoyan would build a temple that looked like a palace.
The temples have red walls and golden tiles, which is also the color.
The carriage stopped in front of a not-so-big mansion.
After handing the reins to Daoyan, Xia Yu got out of the car first, looked up at the door plaque of the mansion, and after confirming it, he shouted, "We've arrived at the Chen Mansion."
As soon as Xia Yu shouted this with a smile, Shen Yuyao's heart started beating wildly.
I'm finally going to see my parents.
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