Chapter 172 Departure

The two of them went straight to Qiyun Pavilion.

　　As soon as I entered the yard, I heard a soft creak from the door inside, but no one came out.

　　Jiang Zhu paused for a moment, then walked forward as if nothing had happened.

　　"Ahem, I won't go in with you."

　　When the two of them walked outside the small attic, Ziyu stopped.

　　Jiang Zhu nodded: "Then just wait for me outside."

　　"Yes," Ziyu responded, then hesitated, "Zhai Master... Thank you, senior, for being like this. Don't speak too hastily."

　　"I know." Jiang Zhu said, pushing the door open and going in.

　　The light in the house was dim, the doors and windows were closed, and a faint bitter medicinal smell filled the room.

　　Jiang Zhurao looked past the screen and saw the large carved bed inside. The curtain had been lowered, and he could vaguely see the figure lying on the bed inside.

　　He walked to the bed, took off the medicine box and put it aside. He pulled up a chair and sat down. He took Xie Xiaogong's arm and checked his pulse.

　　"Okay, stop pretending."

　　The person on the bed was motionless, and even his breathing was very weak.

　　Jiang Zhu:...

　　"Can't you get up?"

　　The person lying under the curtain still didn't react at all.

　　"Let me ask you one last time," Jiang Zhu ran out of patience and opened the medicine box, took out his needle bag with silver needles, took out a needle, "Can't you get up?"

　　As he spoke, he held the needle in his hand and stabbed it straight into Xie Xiaogong's philtrum, but the person on the bed still didn't react at all.

　　However, just when the needle tip was about to be inserted by a hair, the person who had his eyes closed suddenly opened his eyes and shouted: "Don't!"

　　At the same time, the old man who was lying on the bed pretending to be unconscious lifted the quilt and sat up.

　　Xie Xiaogong smiled "hehe" at Jiang Zhu: "I knew Wanwan was still thinking about me, and I would definitely not ignore my fate."

　　Hearing the word "Wanwan", Jiang Zhu showed an unabashed look of disgust on his face, frowned and said: "I told you eight hundred times, don't call me that."

　　"You finally came back, why did I call you?" Xie Xiaogong said confidently.

　　She looked behind him again and saw that he was alone, so she asked, "Where's Little Ye Zi? Didn't you bring it back?"

　　Jiang Zhu frowned: "I was thinking, how to take care of it? The trouble you caused me is not enough to clean up, so don't involve Nian Nian again."

　　"Ahem, where do I have it?" Xie Xiaogong coughed uncomfortably.

　　Jiang Zhu gave him a blank look: "I don't think you are poisoned."

　　"Just...a little bit." The old man carefully stretched out two fingers to gesture, "It's much lighter than yours."

　　Jiang Zhu:...

　　"Are you quite proud?"

　　"Oh, I'm doing this for you too."

　　Seeing his face darken, Xie Xiaogong finally became more serious: "Actually, it's Wei Zhihuai who wants to force you to come back by poisoning me. I just used his plan."

　　Jiang Zhu looked at him as if he were a fool: "This is the first time I've heard that the trick is to get yourself involved."

"The dog prince is too shrewd. What can I do?" Being 180 years old is not a problem."

　　Jiang Zhu: "Who cares about you?"

　　Xie Xiaogong:...

　　"Since you're fine, I'm leaving."

　　"Don't!"

　　Xie Xiaogong grabbed Jiang Zhu's sleeve.

　　Jiang Zhu glared at him: "What else are you doing?"

　　"You just came back, why don't you stay for a few days before leaving?"

　　"Still waiting for me at home every year." Jiang Zhu refused without mercy.

　　"Alas," the old man sighed, hugged his arms and cried exaggeratedly, "I worked so hard to bring you up, and taught you medical skills and kung fu. Now that you have a wife, you don't need a master! "

　　"White-eyed wolf! Ooooooh, old man, what kind of evil have I done!"

　　Jiang Zhu:...

　　I was really helpless by Xie Xiaogong's troubles, so I had to compromise: "Just stay for two days."

　　"I know that my good disciple still has me as his master in his heart." Xie Xiaogong immediately changed his face and grabbed Jiang Zhu's sleeve to wipe his non-existent snot.

　　Jiang Zhu ruthlessly snatched her sleeve back from his hand, turned around and left.

　　Xie Xiaogong looked at his resolutely leaving figure, and his smiling face suddenly fell.

　　He glanced at his left hand, which had begun to turn black, and sighed.

　　Three months, as long as I can keep this brat for three months.

　　…

　　Jiang Zhu walked out of the room and saw Ziyu standing at the door waiting for him, so he said: "The old man is fine, don't worry."

　　Unexpectedly, Ziyu was not surprised at all, and nodded "Yeah".

　　Seeing her expression, Jiang Zhu frowned slightly: "So, you two colluded?"

　　Ziyu didn't speak, which was tantamount to acquiescence.

　　"Only Zi Mo, the fool, was deceived?" Jiang Zhu raised his forehead.

　　"No one else in Baihe Zhai knows either." Ziyu added.

　　"Okay," Jiang Zhu was almost angry to death, "I've been gone for a few years, how come you were led astray by that old man?"

　　"Senior Xie just wants to take another gamble." Ziyu hesitated for a moment, then said, "He is currently helping Wei Zhihuai treat his leg. Wei Zhihuai will not let him die until his leg is completely cured. I will definitely give him the antidote to save his life."

　　"You also know that just to extend his life, how could Wei Zhihuai give him the real antidote."

　　"But..." Ziyu bit her lip, "It would be good even if it can be delayed for a few more years."

　　"What about in a few years?" Jiang Zhu looked at her helplessly, "Since the outcome is the same, why would he bother to hook up with me again?"

　　Seeing Ziyu fell silent again, Jiang Zhu sighed and patted her shoulder: "Thanks to you for all your hard work these years."

　　…

　　The weather is getting hotter day by day, and it's April in a blink of an eye.

　　Ye Anyian has been feeling uncomfortable in the past few days. He is extremely tired, has no appetite for food, and is particularly sensitive to smells.

　　He didn't take it seriously, he just thought it was because the weather was getting hotter.

　　In the morning, Zhang Lu went to see off his two children, so he got up a little late and sat at the kang table playing with the Rubik's Cube in a daze for a while.

　　Looking at his lonely bed on the kang, he suddenly remembered that Jiang Zhu seemed to have been gone for a month, and he must be back soon.

　　Thinking this, he immediately turned over and went to the ground, dug out the wooden box from the cabinet, and took out a small notebook.

　　When he opened the book, he wrote the word "正" one by one. Counting from the day Jiang Zhu left, he had already written nine and a half words.

　　Ye Anyian was surprised, it had already been a month and a half?

　　The faint expectation in my heart suddenly turned into worry.

　　Jiang Zhu said at the beginning that he would be back in a few months, but now...

　　Is it because Xie Xiaogong's condition is not good, or something happened on the road?

　　His heart suddenly became confused. Ye Annian closed the book with some irritability and began to uncontrollably think about what happened to Jiang Zhu that delayed him for so long.

　　Once this thought comes together, it can no longer be eliminated.

　　The day passed in a daze, and until Fuzai and Ding Qiu came back from class in the evening, he was still in an absent-minded state.

　　While eating, Fuzai watched his brother holding chopsticks in a daze again, then he leaned over and waved his little hand in front of his face.

　　"Brother? Eat quickly, the porridge is getting cold."

　　Ye Annian came back to his senses and saw the almost untouched white porridge in his bowl. He smiled at Fu Zai and said, "Well, brother, I'll eat it now."

But he had no appetite, so he only took a few bites and then put down his chopsticks.

　　Zhang Lu was also worried. Young Master Ye still liked to eat the rice he cooked before, but for some reason, Young Master Ye has been eating less recently. He once suspected that his cooking skills had become worse.

　　However, seeing that the two children were still the same as usual, he breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that maybe it was just that Young Master Jiang was not here and that Young Master Ye was in a bad mood, which affected his appetite.

　　Seeing that Ye Anyian put down his chopsticks after eating a few more mouthfuls, he cleared the table and served another bowl of porridge and two hard-boiled eggs. A plate of side dishes was placed in the pot to keep it warm in case Ye Anyian got hungry in the middle of the night. Get up and eat.

　　He has been doing this recently, although Ye Anyian has never gotten up to eat.

　　After sending the two children back to the house to sleep, Ye Anyian also locked himself in the house early, staring blankly at the flickering candlelight on the Kang table.

　　He sat like this until midnight, and finally made a decision.

　　He is going to Kyoto.

　　Although Jiang Zhu only told him that he was going to Kyoto when he left, and did not tell him where exactly he was going, he still wanted to go. Even if it was in vain, it was better than waiting at home all the time.

　　That night, the candlelight in Ye Anyian's room stayed on until midnight.

　　Poor Zi Mo, who was guarding outside, sat on a tree branch and yawned repeatedly, almost falling down.

　　Early the next morning, Ye Anyian followed Zhang Lu and the others to the town.

　　After sending Fu Zai and Ding Qiu to the academy, they returned to the shop, where Wen Heng happened to be there.

　　Ye Anyian told Wen Heng and Yu Hu that he was leaving for a while.

　　He didn't say what he was going to do, but Wen Heng and Yu Hu had already guessed it.

　　"First shopkeeper, why don't you wait a little longer." Yu Hu advised him, "What if you've been gone for a few days and the second shopkeeper comes back?"

　　"That's right, you two will miss it by then." Wen Heng also said.

　　Ye Annian shook his head: "He is not a person who does not keep his word. It has been a month and a half. I can't wait any longer."

　　"Then..." Yu Hu was still worried, "It's not safe for you to be alone on the road."

　　"I'll take Zhang Lu with me. But Fu Zai and Ding Qiu may need you to take more care of them."

　　"Okay." Seeing his resolute attitude, Yu Hu could only agree, "Don't worry, boss, I will definitely take care of the child for you."

　　"Yeah." Ye Anyian looked at Wen Heng next to him.

　　Before he could speak, Wen Heng expressed his position positively: "I'm with you at Mufang, don't worry! I will also go to other branches to check the accounts on time, and I will make sure to show you clearly."

　　Ye Anyian: "Thank you very much."

　　In the evening, he picked up Fu Zai and Ding Qiu. On the way home, he told the two children that he was going to find Jiang Zhu.

　　I thought Fu Zai would make a fuss, but I didn't expect that the two children were very sensible and allowed him to go with peace of mind. They also promised that they would study hard and wait for him and Jiang Zhu to come back.

Ye Anyian touched their heads and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

　　After returning home, he took some meat and snacks and a fifty-tael silver note to Zhao Lizheng's house.

　　Now that Zhao Nan and Zhao Le are married, only Dafang's family of three and Zhao Lizheng's couple are left in the family.

　　Ye Anyian only said that he had to go out to do some errands and asked Zhao Lizheng to help look after the house and feed coins and rabbits.

　　Zhao Lizheng readily agreed and accepted the meat and snacks, but said he wanted nothing with the banknote.

　　The two struggled for a long time, but Zhao Lizheng refused to accept it.

　　Ye Annian had no choice but to give up, thinking that he would do the same to him when he came back.

　　The next day, he packed his things and went to town with Zhang Lu and his two children.

　　After sending off the children as usual, Ye Anyian went around the shop and wooden workshop for the last time, then got on the carriage and said to Zhang Lu, "Let's go."

　　"Okay." Zhang Lu raised his whip, and the carriage rumbled away.

　　"Hush!"

　　However, before they had gone far, Zhang Luque suddenly stopped the carriage.

　　Ye Annian was shaken and quickly held on to the wall of the car to avoid falling.

　　"What's wrong?" He stuck his head out and asked.

　　Zhang Lu pointed to the front of the carriage: "Master, there is an old man in front of us who is blocking us and refuses to leave."