Chapter 294: Good dreams are the easiest to wake up
from Half an hour later.
The carriage slowly stopped at the gate of a mansion. Li Wutong entered the mansion accompanied by several guards and came out about quarter of an hour later.
Looking at Li Wutong who sat down opposite him again, Wei Changtian did not ask her what she had said to Shen Shulin. He just stretched and told You Jia to take out the cards to fight the devil.
“Clatter, clatter~”
You Jia shuffled the cards quickly, but Wei Changtian was not in a hurry to draw the cards.
He looked up at Li Wutong who was staring at the tip of his shoe, and suddenly asked, "Do you want to play cards?"
"ah?"
Li Wutong looked around as if he hadn't reacted, then pointed at his nose and asked weakly:
"Are you asking me?"
"yes."
Wei Changtian smiled and asked again: "Princess, do you want to play cards?"
"I, I can't."
"It's okay. I'll teach you."
"Okay then."
Li Wutong moved his body and sat next to the small table, listening seriously to Wei Changtian explaining the basic rules of fighting the devil.
It wasn't a very complicated game, so she quickly figured out how to play it.
After the three of them played a few games, Li Wutong gradually became familiar with the tricks, but his interest in the game was still not very high.
"An eight."
Throwing a piece of cardboard on the table, Wei Changtian asked casually, "Princess, are you worried about Master Shen?"
"ah?"
Li Wutong suddenly forgot to play his cards, and after a long while he nodded slightly.
"Yes, I'm afraid he will be upset and bear a grudge against me."
"Well, that makes sense."
Wei Changtian drew another nine out of ten, which was even better than the best: "After all, love has always been full of regrets."
Since ancient times, love has only brought regrets. Upon hearing this, Li Wutong was stunned, and even You Jia's expression became very complicated for a moment.
The two women were silent, only Wei Changtian smiled and asked as if he didn't see anything:
"I've got ten, do you guys want one?"
"Don't let me go! One against four!"
"Do you want it this time?"
“.”
The two women looked at each other, suppressed their chaotic thoughts, and reluctantly turned their gaze back to their own cards.
"I'll play one against six."
As Li Wutong spoke, he absentmindedly put down a six and a seven.
"You played the wrong card."
Wei Changtian took the note and put it back into Li Wutong's hand, then casually said, "Since ancient times, love has always been full of regrets, and good dreams are the easiest to wake up from."
"Don't worry, Master Shen will wake up."
“.”
Shen Mansion.
The spacious study was filled with the smell of paper and ink. Behind the huanghuali desk were two bookshelves filled with classics, history, and collections of essays, as well as commentaries and lectures by scholars from various dynasties.
In sharp contrast to this, the volumes placed on the desk are all rare books on spiritual practice such as "Yunji Qijian" and "Wuzhenpian", or miscellaneous talks about interesting stories of the outlaws.
“.”
Sitting blankly on the wooden chair, Shen Shulin had been in this position for an unknown period of time, and the words that Li Wutong had spoken were still repeating in his mind.
"Mr. Shen, I will never marry a scholar, and I don't want you to give up literature and take up martial arts for me."
"You are a scholar and you like reading, so you should study hard and assist your father in governing the country in the future."
"I'm sorry about what happened last night."
"I believe you will find a woman who is sincere to you in the future."
"I'm leaving, and we won't see each other again."
“.”
“Crash~”
A breeze blew in through the window, flipping a book called “The History of Wulin Chaos” on the table.
Most people would just read this book of unofficial history and miscellaneous talks that records the affairs of the Green Forest in Dafeng as a form of entertainment, but Shen Shulin made careful annotations next to each page and each paragraph, which shows how seriously he read the book.
He reached out and gently pressed the pages of the book that were blown by the wind, his eyes fixed on the lines of small words that actually showed no interest in him, until the whole book was closed again.
Shen Shulin suddenly stood up, piled up the "miscellaneous books" on the desk that had nothing to do with governing the country, held them in his arms and placed them in the corner of the study.
Then, without saying a word, he took out a copy of "Tongjian Jielan" from the bookshelf, sat down at the desk again, and slowly flipped through the pages with great care.
Outside the window, the morning sun is shining and the breeze is gentle.
In fact, at this time Shen Shulin still felt a little unwilling and desperate, and he didn't know where his future lay.
But when he surpasses the ancestor of the Shen family and returns to his hometown to visit his relatives as prime minister several years later and comes to this study again, he recalls today's scene. At that time, he may also laugh it off like Wei Changtian did yesterday, and just turn this past into a hint of self-mockery at the corner of his mouth.
Two days later, Yuanzhou City.
Just when Wei Changtian and his party left Huailing Mansion and were only three days away from reaching Fengyuan, Old Zhang and Agou finally arrived in Yuanzhou City on a donkey cart.
Although the two countries are currently at war, no one will care about the "deserters" like them.
It’s just that while others were fleeing from Yuanzhou to the prefectures and counties in the hinterland of Daning, these two people went the other way and ran to wherever there was danger. It was really a bit strange.
"You are fleeing from Jizhou?"
At the west gate of Yuanzhou City, several Dafeng soldiers were questioning Old Zhang with strange expressions: "Old man, do you know that this is Yuanzhou City?!"
"Hehe, General, I naturally know that this place is Yuanzhou City."
Old Zhang smiled and replied, "We two just want to go to your Dafeng via Yuanzhou to seek refuge!"
"Going to Dafeng?"
A soldier said with a smile: "Why? A place as big as Daning can't accommodate you?"
"You are joking, sir. Of course I can tolerate it, but we have to fight every other day and our lives will be uneasy."
Old Zhang brought out the words he had prepared long ago: "Common people like us just want a stable life. What does it matter whether it's in Daning or Dafeng?"
"Hahaha, you're quite an interesting old man."
The soldiers laughed and said, "Do you know that if your officials in Daning hear what you said, you will lose your head?"
"Hey, how can they hear it?"
Old Zhang rubbed his hands and said, "Right now, Yuanzhou City is full of heroes from Dafeng!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The hearty laughter became louder. After laughing, the soldiers did not make things difficult for Old Zhang. They were ready to let him enter the city after checking the donkey cart.
After all, after several major riots in succession, all parts of Daning are indeed not peaceful now.
In addition, since the fall of Yuanzhou City, some people did choose to seek refuge in Dafeng, so they did not doubt Old Zhang's motives too much.
It's impossible for Daning to send an old man and a young boy like this to act as spies.
"Okay, go in."
After casually looking through the packages on the donkey cart and pinching Ah Gou's cheek, a soldier waved his hand and said, "Go to Dafeng and live a good life. At least you won't starve to death!"
"That's good, that's good. Thank you, officers!"
Old Zhang hurriedly agreed with a few words and prepared to go into the city with his donkey cart.
However, at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded from not far away.
"etc!"
(End of this chapter)
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