MTL - Long Wind Crossing-Chapter 40

Gu Jiusi went back to the room and splashed cold water on his face.

After a few more splashes, I woke up.

This made him clearly realize that Liu Yuru was his wife.

She will have children with him in the future, and live with him for a lifetime.

He never thought about these issues in the past because he always believed that one day he and Liu Yuru would part ways. When one day, he gave Liu Yuru the position of his wife, Liu Yuru got everything she wanted, and their marriage came to a conclusion. This was what he agreed with her early in the morning.

However, he clearly knew that the deeper meaning behind this agreement was that neither of them had any expectations for the future. , Liu Yuru wants to spend a lifetime with him, is not happy.

From the very beginning, he just wanted to find a happy path for this person. He clearly understood that Liu Yuru married him and wanted to live with him for the rest of her life, not because she liked it, but because she felt in her bones that if she married someone, she had to follow that person for the rest of her life. Dog follows dog. Even if that person wasn't him, Gu Jiusi, as long as she got married, she wouldn't even think about leaving.

However, can such a marriage bring happiness to Liu Yuru?

No.

In the bottom of his heart, he hoped that Liu Yuru could marry someone he really likes in his life and get what he likes.

So from the beginning he was persuading her, not only for himself, but also for her.

However, the situation has changed now, and he now feels that even living with Liu Yuru is not impossible.

At least for him, he couldn't imagine the world without Liu Yuru.

If it is a lifetime, he must think about these things, the future, and the children.

He took a deep breath to stop himself from thinking about these things. Now that his father is newly mourned, this is not the time to think about it. After all, he still has a long, long time to think about this issue with Liu Yuru.

So he made himself stand in front of the water basin, and after he was completely calm, he raised his hand to wipe his face, turned around, and went back to the inner room.

Liu Yuru sat on the bed, folded his clothes, and said while folding: "We are much better now, I want to say to Zhou Gongzi that we should set off to visit the capital quickly, and I don't know if my mother and How is your mother-in-law now?"

"Yes." Gu Jiusi replied, he lowered his eyes and said, "I will go to Brother Zhou and tell me that I will leave tomorrow."

Gu Jiusi told Zhou Ye about this at night, Zhou Ye also understood, he nodded and said with Gu Jiusi: "I still have some things to stay in Lucheng, so I will let my guards protect me. Go back first."

"Thank you, Brother Zhou."

After making such an agreement, on the second day, Zhou Ye sent someone to take Gu Jiusi and Liu Yuru back to Wangdu.

This journey took two days, but these two days were much better than the previous two months' journey.

There are people to protect, to ride in a carriage, to eat, and to drink. So they both feel much better.

Liu Yuru was curious about Youzhou, so she kept sitting in the carriage and looking around. And Gu Jiusi borrowed books from Zhou Ye and read them one by one on the way.

Zhou Ye sent someone to communicate with the Gu family early. On the day Gu Jiusi and Liu Yuru returned to the city, Jiang Rou and Su Wan waited at the city gate together. Liu Yuru sat in the carriage, rolled up the curtain and looked out.

Youzhou is different from Yangzhou. Yangzhou has a warm climate and weeping willows and streams everywhere, with an indescribable exquisite craftsmanship. Youzhou, on the other hand, is an amazing workmanship. The surrounding trees are lined up straight to the sky, but the leaves are extremely rare, and there is absolutely no lively greenery like Yangzhou.

The man from Youzhou is bold and loud, and along the way Liu Yuru saw the young man riding past their carriage, singing and laughing, completely different from the barren Cangzhou.

The two came to the city gate, Jiang Rou and Su Wan were waiting, Liu Yuru saw them from afar, and said excitedly, "It's my mother and mother-in-law!"

Gu Jiusi looked up from the book, raised the car curtain with the book, saw Jiang Rou and Su Wan standing in the distance, he smiled: "Your eyes are so good."

The carriage stopped, Liu Yuru got out of the carriage excitedly, happily rushed in front of Su Wan, and said loudly, "Mother!"

Su Wan had tears in her eyes as she watched her daughter run to her and hug her.

Liu Yuru was extremely lively when she was young, but since Zhang Yueer entered the mansion, she has been restrained, how can there be such a time when her emotions are exposed? Apparently very happy.

Su Wan patted Liu Yuru's back, sniffed and said, "Just come back, just come back."

Jiang Rou looked at Liu Yuru with a smile in her eyes, she turned her head slowly, and saw Gu Jiusi getting off the carriage.

He was dressed in blue with a cloth crown tied around his head. He has lost a lot of weight, and his height seems to have drawn a few points upwards. What's even more difficult is that he accepted his original flamboyant temperament and stood quietly in front of Jiang Rou, his temperament was restrained and gentle, like a scholar.

Jiang Rou didn't know why, looking at Gu Jiusi like this, her eyes were sore, but she still had to support herself, smiled and looked at Gu Jiusi respectfully and saluted, calmly said: "I have seen Mother."

Jiang Rou smiled reluctantly, sniffed and said, "I haven't seen you for two months, how did you learn these polite manners?"

"My father always said I was not straight," Gu Jiusi said with a smile, "Now I think, I should grow up too. I don't know what to do when I grow up, I just thought about learning from these false etiquette first."

"It's a good thing too."

Jiang Rou didn't ask Gu Langhua, she took Gu Jiusi's words and said, "I'm very happy that you can get better. Okay, don't say more," Jiang Rou turned to the side and said, "Enter the city. Well, the family has prepared meals, just waiting for you to come back."

The house bought by the Gu family is in the best location in Wangdu. When I arrived at the door, Liu Yuru knew that it was the style of the Gu family. This house was originally built by a person from the south of the Yangtze River, retaining the characteristics of the gardens in the south of the Yangtze River. In the area of ​​Wangdu, where the water source is not abundant, a waterside pavilion was built in the courtyard.

Liu Yuru and Gu Jiusi stood at the door, stepped over the brazier, and accepted Jiang Rou's light pat on the head and shoulders with mugwort dipped in water.

This ceremony gave Liu Yuru an inexplicable sense of relaxation, as if it heralded the end of a disaster and the beginning of a new life.

The two entered the house together, singing and laughing in the house, Liu Yuru and Gu Jiusi saw familiar faces, they greeted Gu Jiusi and Liu Yuru vividly, calling out "Mrs. "Young Master", for a split second, both of them had the illusion that they were still in Yangzhou.

Gu Jiusi took Liu Yuru's hand involuntarily, Liu Yuru looked up at him, Gu Jiusi smiled lightly, but said, "It's really nice of you to be by your side at this time."

Because the two came back, there were many dishes on the table. Naturally, it cannot be compared with the past life, but for the two people who have just passed through the famine, this is a feast.

The family laughed at the dinner table, and no one mentioned Gu Langhua. His name seems to be a taboo, and no one dares to say anything more.

When the meal was over, he saved a lot. Seeing the meal being served out, Gu Jiusi frowned, Liu Yuru looked at it, and felt a little uncomfortable.

Perhaps I know how precious food is, and seeing food being spoiled so much makes me feel a little distressed.

So Liu Yuru sighed and stopped the servant: "Don't throw away what you eat, and see if there are people who need it outside. If you need it, share it."

The next people looked at each other and said yes.

When the servants left, Jiang Rou took a sip of tea, hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "How has your two months been?"

Gu Jiusi and Liu Yuru looked at each other, Gu Jiusi smiled helplessly: "It's okay."

"What have you encountered, let's hear it."

Jiang Rou wanted to know what happened to them. In the past, Gu Jiusi naturally understood, and he would say it one by one, but now, he doesn't know what happened to him, He opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything. After a long time, he said briefly, "I went back to save my father, and Yuru saved me, but then my father was not rescued, so I went on fire..."

Jiang Rou listened, her face was calm, and she didn't seem surprised, but when she spoke, everyone could hear the hoarseness of her voice: "What happened later?"

"The waterway didn't work, so we took the land route. The drought in Cangzhou, plus the war, made the road longer."

Gu Jiusi said lightly about what they had passed by, Jiang Rou knew that there should be nothing to ask from Gu Jiusi, so she did not speak any more, chatted with Gu Jiusi at will, and let him Go down first.

After he left, Jiang Rou's eyes fell on Liu Yuru.

"What exactly is it," Jiang Rouping said calmly, "Tell me."

Liu Yuru didn't hide it, she told everything she saw and heard.

From the beginning, Jiang Rou's tears couldn't stop, she heard Gu Jiusi eating the bark and grass roots with her, she finally couldn't bear it anymore, when she grabbed Liu Yuru, she sobbed and said: " suffer...you suffer."

"It's okay," Liu Yuru sighed, "It's good to be back alive."

Jiang Rou nodded, got the answer she wanted, she didn't stay, and after a few words with Liu Yuru, she let Liu Yuru go back to the room.

She went back to her room. Gu Jiusi was reading a book when she heard Liu Yuru entering the room. While reading, he said to Liu Yuru, "But my mother asked about my father?"

"Ask." Liu Yuru sat in front of the dresser, dismantling her jewelry, and comforted, "Mother-in-law looks calm, you don't have to worry too much."

"What's wrong with not being calm?"

Gu Jiusi smiled bitterly: "My mother just knows how to restrain her emotions."

Liu Yuru paused while holding the hairpin's hand, and after a while, she lowered her eyes and seemed a little helpless: "Go to sleep."

Wait until the next morning, Liu Yuru went to Jiang Rou to get familiar with the situation, and Gu Jiusi also went.

Jiang Rou has been here for some time, and she probably knows the situation: "After coming here, I first asked Mr. Zhou to help him take care of him more. Mr. Zhou is a good person. When I heard about our situation, I kept helping. It's just that Young Master Zhou has limited abilities, so I didn't bother him much."

Hearing this, Liu Yuru was a little surprised: "Zhou Gongzi is the son of General Zhou, in Youzhou..."

Liu Yuru and Gu Jiusi looked at each other and said the words, but everyone knew it.

Zhou Gaolang is the second-in-command of Youzhou, his son is in the boundary of Youzhou.

Jiang Rou understood their doubts, and answered patiently: "Youzhou follows the rules in everything, Jiedushi Master Fan is a well-behaved person and performs his own duties, even if it is Zhou Gaolang himself, A lot of things can’t be done.”

Liu Yuru and Gu Jiusi nodded, Jiang Rou continued: "Of course, this is not the most important. The most important reason is that Zhou Gongzi's status is a bit awkward."

"How?"

"He is not Zhou Gaolang's biological son."

These words made Liu Yuru and Gu Jiusi stunned, Jiang Rou also saw their surprise, and then explained: "Mrs. Zhou originally had a husband, it is said that it was a gentleman who moved with Mrs. Zhou. , I met a robber on the way. Lord Zhou passed by and rescued the mother and son. At that time, Lord Zhou was not married yet, and the two fell in love after a long time, so they became a kiss. Therefore, although Mr. Zhou was surnamed Zhou, he was the eldest son of the Zhou family. He is not a biological child, he has no official position in Youzhou, and he has been doing business outside. It’s just that occasionally the army needs to do business, and he will also take care of it.”

Compared to Zhou Ye not being Zhou Langhua's son, Mrs. Zhou is a woman with a dead husband, and she can marry Zhou Gaolang with a child.

For Liu Yuru, this incident has subverted all her past cognitions.

"In fact, most of the things have been done now, the only problem is that our restaurant has not yet obtained the documents to allow it to open. It is said that there are too many people coming to Youzhou to do business. The documents are still lining up. Tomorrow I plan to go to the yamen and ask again to see what's going on."

"Then I'll accompany you."

Liu Yuru hurriedly spoke, she looked back at Gu Jiusi, but Gu Jiusi said, "I won't go, wait for news at home."

Liu Yuru didn't expect Gu Jiusi to say this, she thought Gu Jiusi would follow them.

But she restrained her surprise and responded.

The street was coming and going, Gu Jiusi saw the refugees around at a glance.

He beckoned to a child among the refugees, the child was stunned, Gu Jiusi simply walked up to him, he half squatted down, put his hands on his knees, looked at the little beggar and said: "Little brother, I have a small business and I need your help, may I ask?"

Speaking, Gu Jiusi took out the broken silver. Xiao Qi'er looked at the silver and hurriedly said, "Young Master ordered!"

"Go and find a few people for me," Gu Jiu said thoughtfully, "There is at least one in each of the thirteen states, and I want to ask them if I have anything."