Chapter 60: Encounter at the City Gate
At the gate of Shangjing City, the city guards conducted routine inspections.
Jiang Yuyan nervously grabbed a corner of her clothes.
She asked the driver to hand the official Jiang Yi the pass that he had prepared in advance.
The driver that Jiang Yi found was indeed considerate and reliable. He only said that his young master was returning to Huzhou to visit his seriously ill grandmother.
Now that everything is peaceful, the police are just doing their job. There is indeed only one man in the car, but his skin color is very dark, which makes him look quite strange.
But he didn't ask any more questions and let him go.
The coachman breathed a sigh of relief and was about to drive away when a man and a man who looked like servants stopped in front of the carriage.
Jiang Yuyan was shocked.
"Brother in the car, I am a doctor. There is a young child suffering from acute abdominal disease at the foot of Mount Meng outside the city. Saving a child is like saving a fire. The journey is too far. Could you give me a ride?"
The voice of his voice was clear and pleasant, like the sound of a clear spring hitting rocks or the autumn wind blowing through the forest.
Jiang Yuyan lifted a corner of the carriage curtain and saw an ordinary-looking man leading a servant boy of about thirteen or fourteen standing anxiously outside the carriage.
The man was carrying a medicine box and seemed to be a real doctor.
Jiang Yuyan and the man looked at each other. He had slightly shallow pupils, as clear as glass, but when he looked at people, they seemed to be filled with starlight, like snow on a high mountain.
Jiang Yuyan was shocked. She always felt that a man with such eyes should not be so ordinary. As for his broad shoulders, narrow waist and handsome figure, it was even more incompatible with his appearance.
Jiang Yuyan suppressed the strangeness in her heart and didn't want to meddle in other people's business, so she refused.
The book boy stamped his feet in a hurry and said, "Young Master, please give us a ride. If we delay the boy at the foot of Mount Meng any longer, he will die!"
Jiang Yuyan frowned and hesitated.
But then I heard several horses galloping from behind.
She was shocked. Could it be that Ayan and the others caught up with her so quickly?
"Hurry, come up!"
She was anxious and quickly called the two people standing in front of the carriage to get in.
The driver drove away quickly and went out of the city.
The horses behind were following closely, and one could vaguely hear them stopping passers-by's carriages and questioning them.
"I'm sorry!"
"Excuse me, have you seen Mrs. Jiang? She should be dressed as a man now..."
It was Xiao Yuanyan's voice!
It turned out that after Qin Shangyu went to the front hall to greet relatives and friends, he returned to the inner courtyard to find Jiang Yuyan.
The servants only thought that the lady had gone towards the garden.
He hurried to look for her, but found Jiang Yi disguised as Jiang Yuyan.
Qin Shangyu suddenly felt that something was wrong and questioned Jiang Yi, but Jiang Yi gritted his teeth and refused to say anything.
At that moment, he felt cold all over and his heart was pierced by thousands of arrows.
Holding on to the last glimmer of hope, several people hurried back to Jiang Mansion.
Xiao Yuanyan and Xie Jingyu were almost going crazy.
They hurriedly checked Jiang Yuyan's room and found the letter under the quilt!
That page of heartbreaking handwriting suddenly came into view.
"Yuan Lang, Jing Yu, Shang Yu personally wrote:
People have pessimism, separation and reunion, the moon has ups and downs, forgive me for leaving without saying goodbye. Forgive me for being cowardly, I have tried to accept the current situation and myself, but I still feel depressed and unspeakable, so I choose to go far away to relieve the trouble in my heart.
However, I feel ashamed for my failure to show my love to you. I feel ashamed for my many mistakes. I beg for your forgiveness for my willfulness this time.
The return date is uncertain, but please treat yourself well, don’t worry or feel sad. If you find another good partner, you can stay or leave as you please.
Shang Yu needs to study hard, Jing Yu will run the Jiang soap business, and the affairs of the capital and the Jiang Mansion will be entrusted to A Yan.
As your wife, I have only one hope, that you live a good life and never think about revenge.
His wife Jiang Yuyan remains. "
"Hahaha..." Xie Jingyu laughed three times, "You can stay or leave as you like... Jiang Yuyan, you are doing very well!" His eyes instantly turned red. He laughed and smashed the letter to pieces, his eyes almost crazy, "Don't even think about leaving me in this life!"
Qin Shangyu knelt on the ground in despair, picking up the shattered letter piece by piece with trembling hands.
Xiao Yuanyan's heart was also broken. He shouted fiercely, "Go, chase him to the city gate!"
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Seeing that the troops behind were about to find Jiang Yuyan's carriage, she was so nervous that the corners of her clothes were crumpled into a ball.
The strange man next to her looked at her leisurely.
The slight movement of lips and tongue suddenly broke the tense atmosphere in the car.
"This young man seems to be in some trouble, do you need any help?"
Jiang Yuyan's heart moved and she looked straight at him.
The carriage had been stopped.
"Excuse me, I'm looking for someone. May I ask who is in the car? Have you seen Mrs. Jiang?"
Xiao Yuanyan spoke rudely and acted very forcefully, as if he would not let her go.
Jiang Yuyan didn't dare to say a word.
The strange man smiled and approached her and whispered, "Do you need help?"
Jiang Yuyan nodded repeatedly, not knowing whether she was bewitched.
The man curved his beautiful eyes and said, "I am a doctor who went out of town to see patients. I have never seen the Madam Jiang you mentioned."
Xiao Yuanyan added, "Excuse me, please open the door and let me have a look. I will leave immediately."
"My dear, isn't this too rude? If you meet the women, you will have to kneel on the floor when you go back!"
The man said something jokingly, then turned around and took out a human skin mask as if by magic, and instantly covered Jiang Yuyan's face with it.
Jiang Yuyan was stunned for a moment.
Xie Jingyu had already opened the car curtain, "Brother, why are you wasting your time talking to him!"
The two of them took a look into the carriage and saw a man and two people who looked like servants sitting inside the car, with rather uneasy looks on their faces.
"Sorry..." Xiao Yuanyan looked at him for a while, feeling disappointed. He apologized sincerely, "I am eager to find my wife, I hope you won't blame me."
"No problem."
The man's voice was soothing and his expression was relaxed.
The two had no choice but to continue chasing forward.
Jiang Yuyan looked at their departing backs, feeling sad and about to cry.
Now that things have come to this, there is no point in looking back.
The man looked at her expression and asked with a playful look in his eyes, "If you don't want to leave, why do you have to leave, Madam Jiang?"
Jiang Yuyan came back to her senses.
From the man's move just now, she had already realized that he was not an ordinary person. However, seeing that his eyes were clear and he had no ill intentions, she answered irrelevantly, "Sir, you have great skills. This human skin mask is excellent! Can you sell it to me?"
"You can give it to your wife... After all, your face is covered with soot, and I'm afraid no one can hide it..."
The man raised his eyebrows and joked.
“.……………”
Jiang Yuyan was silent for a moment, then lowered her head. "No reward without merit, you still have to pay."
“Just use this carriage fare to pay…” The man responded indifferently, very generously.
Jiang Yuyan thought that Xiao Yuanyan and Xie Jingyu were still chasing her, and she was afraid that they would turn back if they couldn't find her after chasing her too far. If they met again on the road, she would be hard to resist without this man's protection.
Then she tried to speak: "I wonder if I can follow you for a while? When... when my two gentlemen stop looking for me, we can go our separate ways, okay?"
Jiang Yuyan actually hadn't decided where to go. Since this was a doctor, she might as well just follow him for a walk. She would leave on her own after the storm had passed.
The man stared at her for a moment, the light in his eyes became brighter, and there was even a hint of amorous feelings in his look, which made Jiang Yuyan feel quite uncomfortable.
"My wife is already married, but we are not married yet. Wouldn't this cause people to talk about us?"
Jiang Yuyan blushed. Fortunately, she was wearing a human skin mask and nothing could be seen. "I was inconsiderate. Please don't blame me. I will take you to the child's home and leave immediately."
"Haha..." The man suddenly laughed, "Madam, you are really thin-skinned. I was just joking, please don't blame me. You are dressed like a man now, with a man's face, there is nothing wrong with you being with us. We would like to borrow your carriage..."
Jiang Yuyan stopped talking.
This man always spoke and acted in a relaxed manner, which made her tense nerves relax.
"Chen Yi, this is my servant Shen Fu." The man introduced himself.
The shorter little book boy next to him also smiled in a friendly manner.
Jiang Yuyan was about to speak, "I am..."
Shen Yi was the first to laugh, "You are Madam Jiang, who is famous in the capital! But now you are dressed as my servant, so you should change your name."
Jiang Yuyan pondered for a moment and said, "Cang Lan."
Shen Yi nodded, "Then let's call him 'Shen Canglan'!"
“.……….”
Jiang Yuyan suspected that he was taking advantage of her, but when she thought about her current appearance, she realized that there was no advantage to be taken, so she stopped talking.
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