Chapter 105:
Li Mu's heart was like the rolling river under his feet, a vast expanse.
He never dreamed that, well, why did she suddenly change her mind. She was only delayed on the road by the Beijing password for a while. She didn't even say hello, and left him and went back to Jiankang?
He turned his head sharply and said sharply, "Mrs. is there nothing else to say?"
The entourage remembered that Mrs. Fang Cai arrived at the ferry, and after boarding the boat, she ordered someone to take out these boxes, told herself to look at it, and then said something to tell him to turn around, and then she sailed away. Confused, in the fog, seeing Li Mu's face is very ugly, he shrank his neck and whispered: "I never left anything else. I said it at the time, left me and went..."
Li Mu remembered that she ignored him after she went out this morning, and remembered the conversation between the two last night, and his heart went up and down.
He had a faint feeling that she was angry with himself.
But he couldn't figure it out, why was she still angry with herself?
He felt that he had figured it out a long time ago, and he no longer cared about the piano score. Naturally, he believed her words.
Li Mu really didn't know, what was wrong with her, and she was so dissatisfied that she made a willful move of leaving her alone and walking away?
He felt a little annoyed. He frowned slightly, and suddenly remembered that when he was talking to Jing Password just now, the other party had mentioned something, saying that someone came to report early in the morning, saying that he had left the door early, so he came in a hurry, but fortunately he didn't miss it.
At that time, he did not pay attention to the words of Beijing password. But thinking about it carefully at this moment, suddenly, he seems to have realized something.
Luoshen left him alone and left, not because he got a temporary idea when he arrived at the ferry.
Most likely, the Beijing password this morning was called by her. At home these few days, she seems to be doing nothing, and gets on well with her mother and A Ting. In front of her, she is the same as before, but maybe she already has this plan in her heart.
He was blinded by his little wife, and didn't realize it until this last moment.
Li Mu's face became more and more ugly. Seeing that the entourage was still staring at him with a sullen face, he ordered him to temporarily move his things to the inn, wait there, and don't go home to disturb the Lu family, so he immediately chased after him.
He went all the way west along the river bank and chased for a whole day. Until evening, he chased a pier where boats could be parked overnight. He searched for the boats parked there, but he couldn't see any sign of Luoshen's boat.
This section of the waterway is close to Jiankang, the waterway is busy, and there are thousands of sails in the river, and the boats shuttle back and forth from morning to night. The appearance of the ship also looked ordinary, without any conspicuous features. In addition, the river was wide, so if you traveled far away from the river bank, you might not be able to see its traces without omission.
Li Mu stood on the edge of the river, looking at the dim river surface after the sunset, dazed for a moment, and made a new decision.
He decided to stop this futile stupidity.
He went overland. If she went at full speed, it would be faster than her waterway.
Instead of looking for a needle in the sea without a purpose like this, lest you miss it, it is better to hurry her up and rush to the gate that is a hundred miles away from the east waterway of Jiankang City, wait there, wait for the rabbit, wait for her ship to arrive, and take her. She stopped.
Li Mu made up his mind, and the mood that had been chaotic for a day finally calmed down. So I randomly found a place to eat nearby, filled my stomach, took a little rest, and continued on the road, but the next day, people arrived at Jiangzhakou.
Jiangzha is less than a hundred miles away from Jiankang. All ships must pass through this gate before entering the waterway leading to the imperial city.
A few days ago, Li Mucai took Luoshen by boat out of Jiankang to Jingkou through the gate, and the gate officer naturally recognized him. When he suddenly saw him go and return, he came down from the sky and said that he would wait for a boat to come here.
Li Mu did this and waited at the gate for three days.
In the past three days, there were no less than a thousand boats that had to pass through the gate to Jiankang.
For three whole days, from morning to night, from opening to closing, Li Mu stared at it himself, without letting go of any boat.
But so many boats have not seen her one.
And counting the days, no matter how slow she went, the ship should have arrived today at the latest.
Li Mu could no longer be sure. The mood has changed from confusion and annoyance at the beginning to worry and anxiety.
This section of the waterway has been safe for many years because it is close to Jiankang, and Fan Cheng and others are walking with her. Li Mu was not worried about her safety at first, and just wanted to intercept her earlier.
He was very sure that she couldn't walk so fast, she could skip herself and go back to Jiankang first.
But, for some reason, she never came.
With a feeling of anxiety and anxiety, Li Mu waited another day, but still couldn't see the shadow of the boat.
He couldn't wait any longer, so he asked the gate officer to continue to watch here, borrowed a few people, and sent them to several yamen along the way in his own name, asking if there were any reports of abnormal waterways in the past few days, and he turned around along the river bank. When I came back, I inquired and searched all the way.
Another day passed and still no news.
Such a big boat, together with the people on it, disappeared like a drop of water out of thin air under the sun without a trace.
The people who were sent to Beijing Password finally sent back the news. Daojing's password went to Li's house to inquire in person, but Mrs. Li has not come back in the past few days.
Hope failed again.
Li Mu hadn't slept well for several nights. People are so anxious that they almost go mad.
Originally, he was reluctant to let Gao Qiao and the eldest princess know about this, thinking that he would intercept her and take her away before she went home with anger, and the matter passed.
Looking back at this moment, the idea at the beginning seemed so ridiculous.
With the last bit of luck, he hoped that God would be pitiful and miracles would appear.
Maybe she really walked faster than him. Before he reached the gate, she had already returned to Jiankang. At this moment, people are safely at home.
On this day, just before dawn, he entered Jiankang, walked through the empty street, and came to the gate of the Gao family mansion.
The morning light was dim, and the two black doors were tightly closed in front of him. The front of the door was empty, except for the two lanterns above the door that had not yet been extinguished, swaying gently in the morning wind, welcoming his footsteps.
With heavy steps, he went up the steps, stood before the threshold, gathered up his courage, raised his hand, and held a knocker above the gate.
After a long time, the sound of footsteps was finally heard from the door.
"Squeak", the door opened a crack.
"Who? Knock on the door early in the morning..."
Inside the door, the head of the Gao family concierge stuck out.
With sleepy eyes, he yawned and glanced at the people standing outside the door.
The man was dressed in dust, his face was haggard and tired, his eyes were sunken, his eyes were bloodshot, and his eyes were rounded: "Li Langjun?"
In response, he hurriedly opened the door.
Li Mu suppressed his beating heart, stared at the doorman, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Has Madam returned?"
The concierge shook his head: "Little lady never came home..."
The moment he heard these words come out of the porter's mouth, all the luck and hope that supported Li Mu along the way were completely shattered.
Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, palm, and back in an instant, and his heart fell to the bottom of the icy abyss. His neck seemed to be tightly pinched by an invisible hand, almost suffocating. With a smile on his face, he told him to wait a moment, then turned around and entered, quickly ran back, held a letter in both hands, handed it over respectfully, and said with a smile, "Li Langjun, why was my little lady guessing it? Before the little lady goes with Li Langjun, give me this letter, and if Li Langjun finds it, ask me to pass it on to you."
Li Mu originally thought that he was about to die, but suddenly, he came back alive and snatched the letter with his hands.
After just one look, his whole body froze from head to toe in an instant.
The concierge saw him staring at the letter paper without blinking, his face twisted, his expression seemed to be laughing, and he seemed to be crying, and he looked at him again, and he seemed to be gnashing his teeth again, which was extremely weird. Stopped for a while.
"Li Langjun? What's wrong with you? But you're not feeling well? What's wrong with the little lady? She's not with you?"
the porter asked him.
"I'm fine. Your little lady is fine too. You don't have to tell my parents-in-law about my visit."
With a hoarse voice, Li Mu gave orders. He stepped down the steps and climbed onto the horse's back. He galloped away one by one, and disappeared into the morning light in a blink of an eye.
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In the middle of the night, Li Mu rushed back to Jingkou again.
He did not enter the town, but went directly to the southern suburbs.
With such strength as Wu Wei, when he finally arrived in front of the gate of the manor in the southern suburbs of Jingkou, he was exhausted from running and was dripping with sweat, as if he had just been fished out of the water.
Feeling the master let go of the horse's reins and the light on his back, Wu Qian's two front hooves came together, kneeling on the ground weakly, sticking out his tongue, and gasping for breath.
It was so late, the gate of the manor was already closed, and the door was pitch black.
Li Mu rushed to the door, slammed the door hard, and the banging sound quickly spread out in the night.
With a night patrol torch in his hand, Fan Cheng hurried out, and when he saw Li Mu, he shouted happily, and then he seemed to have thought of something. . That day really happened suddenly. I just sent the little lady on the boat, and the little lady said that she was going, and she couldn't wait for a moment, I really..."
Before he could finish speaking, Li Mu walked past him and strode in.
"The little lady lives in the Qinghui Building at the back! Go through the corridor! Turn left! The pond will be there!"
Fan Cheng shouted at his back.
Li Mu hurried across the corridor, turned left, and ran to the small building by the pool.
The people in the building have fallen asleep, the doors and windows are dark, and the door downstairs is closed.
Li Mu ran to the door in a few steps and one step at a time, raised his hand to push it, but couldn't push it open.
The door is latched.
He knocked on the door.
"Who?"
From the door came the voice of a servant girl asking questions.
"it's me!"
His voice was dry and hoarse, but the servant girl still recognized it, sighed, got up hastily, and lit the lamp.
"Li Langjun wait a moment, I'll go talk to the little lady first!"
There was a banging sound of climbing the stairs.
Li Mu stood in front of the door waiting, still breathing, with his scorching hot sweat rolling down his forehead drop by drop.
After a while, a light came on in a window upstairs, revealing a warm yellow light.
Li Mu held his breath and listened to the footsteps of the servant girl.
The maid replied, but there was confusion in her voice, and she said through the door: "Li Langjun, I'm really sorry, it's not that I won't open the door for you, it's the little lady who said, I know that you have worked hard all the way, and I want you to go first. Rest well. If you have something to say, talk to you tomorrow morning."
Li Mu's eyes darkened, he raised his hand to slap the door again, but stopped again.
He backed out and stood on the ground in front of the building, looking up at the small window upstairs.
It was quiet behind the window, no one was seen, only the color of the lights.
He looked for a while, then withdrew his eyes, looked around, his eyes fell on an old camphor tree nearby, walked over, climbed up the trunk, quickly climbed the tree, stood on a cluster of branches, moved towards Zhang Xuzhi The small building outside jumped, like a spirit ape, jumped over, stretched out his arms and grabbed a beam under the eaves, and swayed up, and the person landed firmly on the roof.
He stepped on the eaves, stepped silently across the tile roof, walked towards the window, and when he reached the window, he stretched his elbow and pushed it hard, and with a click, the window opened.
He rolled in, his feet on the ground.
This is a woman's bedroom, the treasure tent is low, and the fragrance of orchids permeates. Across a beaded curtain, Li Mu saw a woman in a long gown, with her back to him, sitting in front of the mirror box.
She didn't seem to notice that someone was breaking in behind her. She looked at the mirror quietly, as if intoxicated by the delicate face of the person in the mirror. A bunch of long hair.
Hair like ink, clothes like clouds, wrists like snow, people like jade.
He finally found her, the little wife who left him inexplicably a few days ago and made him go through a nightmare looking for a wife!
On the way here, Li Muzeng gritted his teeth more than once, thinking about how he would let her know her willfulness and all the anxiety and anger that her willful behavior brought him when he caught her.
But it really came to this moment, when he traveled day and night, almost paralyzed Wu Hao, circled around a lot, and finally came back here, when he saw her figure in front of his eyes again, all the previous worries and anger, Anxiety, dissatisfaction, and tiredness all vanished in this moment.
His heart was full of excitement and ecstasy, and he just wanted to hold her tightly in his arms and never allow her to take a step away from his sight.
"Ami!"
He called her, opened the beaded curtain, and strode towards her.
Luo Shen gathered up his long hair, which was smooth and shiny like satin, turned around, glanced at his desolate look, and said lightly: "I'm not stupid yet, I know I've come here."
"Didn't I tell you to take a rest first? You climbed my window like a thief again, what's your intention?"
Accompanied by her crisp voice, the bead curtain moved.