Chapter 1 Good Go
Bu Ruo stood at the foot of a high mountain, looking at the place where she had lived for fifteen years, and the four grown men crying affectionately at the mountain gate, the corners of her mouth twitching constantly.
"Master, if you can't bear to leave Ruo'er, then Ruo'er won't leave."
Jin Wuyou, a man in his forties, dressed like an old man in a white robe, paused as he wiped his tears with his sleeve.
"Ahem, Ruo'er, Master has prepared your favorite cakes for you and has already placed them on the carriage. Please drive slowly."
Watching the old man retreating silently, Bu Ruo continued to look at the remaining three men: "Big Brother, Second Brother, Third Brother, are you willing to let Ruo'er go? As long as you keep Ruo'er..."
"Well... Senior Brother has put a lot of banknotes in your bag. Don't treat yourself badly when you return to Kyoto. Just buy whatever you want to eat. Senior Brother will send someone to deliver the money to you on time every month. Don't worry, Junior Sister will never have to run back and forth."
"Second Brother prepared some fine clothes and jewelry for you. He gave them all to Bi'er and asked her to put them all in the carriage."
"And me~ and me~ Third Senior Brother has prepared a lot of hidden weapons for you, woo woo... If Master hadn't disagreed, Third Senior Brother would have wanted to go with you."
Upon seeing this, the eldest senior brother Ke Yuanjie pulled the two of them behind him and retreated like his master. He wished he could retreat directly to the mountain gate and not stop until his junior sister could no longer see them.
"Ruo'er, hurry up and go. Master and your three brothers will take you here."
"If anything happens after you return, just... write back. Master and the brothers will definitely support you."
Bu Ruo looked at the four people who wished they could become invisible, snorted, and turned around to get on the carriage.
In the carriage, Bi'er, who had followed Buruo since childhood, said sadly, "We've lived in the mountains for more than ten years. It's really hard to leave so suddenly. The young masters knew that Miss was leaving and started preparing for it months in advance. They must be reluctant to let Miss go too."
"Miss, we should come back more often in the future."
Bu Ruo ate some snacks and glanced at her: "You think too much."
"How could it be that I am overthinking things? Look at what the three gentlemen have prepared for you: banknotes, clothes, jewelry, hidden weapons, everything. They are so worried that the young lady will be wronged. How thoughtful."
"I do have a heart, a heart that wishes we would never go back."
Bu Ruo wiped her hands and fiddled with the nameless red flower that slowly blossomed on her fingertips. "But it doesn't matter. I gave each of them a gift before I left this morning. I guarantee that they will not only never forget me, but will also think of me all the time."
At the foot of the mountain, the four people who had just been wiping their tears together looked at the carriage going away, their eyes full of worry.
"Master, is it really okay for Junior Sister to leave like this? What if she gets bullied outside?"
"That's right, Master. Although... seeing Ruo'er leave like this, I really can't bear to see her go."
"How about I go and stop her before Junior Sister goes far away?"
Jin Wuyou glanced at the three of them and said, "She! Being bullied? With her intelligence and abilities, how could she be bullied? It's good enough that she doesn't bully others."
The eldest brother looked at his hands behind his back with a calm face. The old man with a sage-like demeanor reminded him, "Master, don't forget what you told the youngest sister. If she finds out you've lied to her when she gets to Kyoto..."
The old man was startled, his eyes rolling. "Um... Boss, from today on, I will be in seclusion for three months."
"Forget it, I'll lock him up for a year or so. If Ruo'er has any questions or requests, I'll leave it to the three of you."
After saying that, the old man disappeared down the mountain like a gust of wind, so fast that even his back could not be seen, as if there was a vicious dog chasing him from behind.
When the three of them returned to the mountain, they looked at the mess in their rooms and warehouses and wanted to slap themselves in the face.
Not long after, the brothers gathered in their master's room, looking at the lifted floor and peeled wall... Well, the junior sister was already very good to them.
"I prepared such expensive snacks for her!"
"I was actually worried about her being bullied outside!!"
"I can't bear to leave her!!!"
"And me... I actually wanted to stop her back!!!"
The four masters and apprentices exchanged glances and gritted their teeth: "Really... it's a good thing you left."
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One morning ten days later, in the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Bu Ruo stood beside the carriage, looking at the dilapidated gate of the general's mansion and the crumbling plaque, and his forehead ached.
"Miss, are we in the wrong place?"
The man who was temporarily assigned to drive the carriage from the outer gate of Wuming Mountain saw the master and servant squinting at him, and his heart trembled. Woo woo, it was all his bad luck.
There are so many disciples in the mountain gate, but he just happened to draw lots and got the job of driving the carriage for this old lady.
"Senior Sister, the Mountain Master is talking about this place. I...I'll go knock on the door right now."
As the knocks on the door came, the door, which was about to collapse but still holding on, kept creaking, which made Bu Ruo's head hurt even more.
After a long time, a lame old man in a gray robe tremblingly opened the door, and his eyes lit up when he saw Bu Ruo standing outside.
"Is it the young lady? Is it the young lady who has returned? She looks exactly like the lady when she was older. It must be the young lady."
"My last name is Zhang, Zhang Tiancheng, and I'm the housekeeper of the General's Mansion. Miss, please come in. I didn't know when you would arrive, so I cleaned up the room early."
Bu Ruo followed the butler inside with Bi'er, and her master said that she was the only and youngest legitimate daughter of the General's Mansion in Kyoto.
Now that she has reached the age of marriage, it is time for her to go home and enjoy her life.
It was spring now, and she had expected to see an imposing gate, a courtyard covered with lush grass, various lush green plants, and her own family, whom she had never seen before but who were welcoming her with joy.
But what did she see now?
There was a gate that was about to fall down after just a few hard knocks, there were broken branches and leaves all over the ground, and there were sick and crooked trees... There were even spider webs hanging in some corners.
In the entire general's mansion, apart from the butler who was leading the way in front, there was not a single person in sight.
Is this what Master said, come back and enjoy life?
Haha, old man, just wait for me!
"Uncle housekeeper, where are the people in this mansion?" Bu Ruo asked while listening to the introduction.
When Zhang Tiancheng heard Bu Ruo's question, he stopped and looked at her in shock. The lady didn't know this?
Bu Ruo saw his expression and realized that she was right. The old man had indeed deceived her.
Humph, no wonder he bought himself such expensive pastries. If he had known before leaving, he should have demolished the house, not to mention the floor and walls.
"Miss, there is no one left in our general's mansion."
"No one? What do you mean?"
Zhang Tiancheng's eyes were filled with pain: "They died in battle, two years ago, all died in battle, no one survived."
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