Su Ningxin didn't catch any fish for the next half hour, so she turned to look at the plate where she was sitting obediently, "You ate too much today, and you'll look like a fat cat if you eat any more. Come back tomorrow."
"Meow~"
"No, you're not hungry, you're full."
Su Ningxin said as she put away the fishing rod, stood up and walked towards her yard with the plate in her arms.
Shuanghua, who was sitting under the eaves embroidering, saw Su Ningxin approaching and looked up with a smile, "Girl came back early today."
Su Ningxin stuffed the plate into her arms, "We are leaving in a few days. Have you packed everything?"
"Except for daily necessities, everything else has been packed. Fortunately, the girl had the foresight to bring not too many things with her when she came. She left many of her belongings in the courtyard of the capital."
Shuanghua touched the fur on the plate, but the plate didn't stay on Shuanghua's lap. She jumped directly into the house. Shuanghua couldn't help but laughed and cursed,
"Little Plate is also a snobbery. Just listen to the girl and don't even look at Shuangbai and the rest of us."
Su Ningxin smiled and then asked, "Where's Shuangbai? I plan to go to the chamber of commerce today to pick up the bay horse. I don't know if it has gained weight these days."
"She is teaching Xiaoan martial arts by the garden. I'll call her back." Shuanghua said, putting down the embroidery in her hand and getting up.
But before she could get up, Su Ningxin pushed her back, "You stay here. I didn't expect Xiao An to want to practice martial arts too. I'm going to see how they are doing."
Before Su Ningxin finished speaking, Shuangbai and Xiao An walked in outside the door. Su Ningxin teased Xiao An casually and asked Shuangbai to disguise herself and go out with her.
In order to avoid being noticed by others, Su Ningxin changed her face, while Shuangbai still disguised herself as Shen Bai. There is also an explanation for picking up Shen Qing's horse this way.
At the door of the Chamber of Commerce, Su Ningxin touched the neck of the maroon horse and sighed, "Uncle Qin really didn't treat you badly. You've gained a lot of weight. I've lost so much weight in the past few days that it makes me feel bad."
Frost White also fits the bill, "The bay red horse is really smart, and the young master can recognize it even if he disguises himself."
"No, how come there is such a smart horse?" Su Ningxin said with a smile, and the bay red horse nuzzled her hand obediently.
The sound of horse hooves stepping on the bluestone came from the street. Su Ningxin and Shuangbai both looked over and saw six or seven people riding towards them. The leader was Ji Chu.
Although his face was disguised, the disguise painted with special paint could no longer hide his fatigue, especially the red bloodshot eyes in his eyes that almost made the whole pair of eyes look blood red.
"Chen Bai," Chu Jihan dismounted and stood still, and said to Shuang Bai, "Where are you taking this horse?"
Shuangbai was stunned for a moment, and then said, "This bay-red horse is very humane. The young master used to like it very much. Now that the young master is gone, I plan to send it to the young master's friend to raise it."
"Can I borrow the bay red horse for a few days?" Chu Jihan asked.
"Ah, this..." Shuangbai hesitated, not knowing how to answer.
Seeing Shen Bai's reluctance, Lian on the side became anxious and said, "Shen Bai! My young master has not had a good rest for nearly half a month in order to find Mr. Shen in Shazhou. How can you treat Mr. Shen's disappearance so indifferently. "
Lian Sheng was familiar with Shen Bai, and he always felt that Mr. Shen was very kind to Shen Bai. He didn't expect that Shen Bai was such a person. He was not at all worried about Mr. Shen's disappearance.
Shuangbai felt extremely aggrieved and glared at Lian Sheng, "I am not."
The quarrel between the two people was interrupted by Chu Jihan, "Okay, Shuangbai, we are just borrowing the bay red horse for a few days. Maybe he will remember the way back and can take us to find Brother Shen. If he can't find us, he will be there in a few days." Will return it."
"But... But Young Master's friend will leave Xingyuan Mansion soon." Shuangbai replied hesitantly. When Shuangbai answered, he couldn't help but look at Su Ningxin for help.
Looking at the frosty white eyes, Chu Jihan understood immediately, and turned his attention to Su Ningxin, who originally had a weak sense of presence, "This is Brother Shen's friend. In the next season, Chu will be saved by Brother Shen, so I think I'm going to borrow the bay horse to search in the desert, and I hope this brother can lend me the bay horse for a few days."
"I've met Mr. Ji. I'm a martial artist, and my name is Li Yuan." Su Ningxin changed her voice and said casually, thinking,
[Learning to change your voice is really a wise choice.]
[I feel sorry for the red horse because he lost weight a few days ago. Now it is too difficult to let him go to the desert.]
Chu Jihan looked at Su Ning and was stunned. He was really the third person he had met who could read minds. However, now he was only focused on finding the missing Shen Qing, and he didn't have much thought to explore Li Yuan's secrets. matter.
Meeting Chu Jihan's gaze, Su Ning felt a little soft-hearted. After all, it was for her own sake that she was like this. It would be a lie to say she wasn't moved.
So Su Ningxin persuaded him, "Mr. Ji, I understand how you feel, but I also understand Shen Qing. If he could come back, he wouldn't delay his return until now. Since he can let the bay-red horse carry Mr. Ji, When he came back and disappeared, it shows that he was really convinced that he would never come back."
"Shen Qing would rather die than let Mr. Ji return safely. Mr. Ji should not let down Brother Shen." Seeing that Chu Jihan seemed to have listened, Su Ningxin continued to persuade,
"The dead have passed away, but the living still have to move on."
Chu Jihan's eyes were blank. How could he not know this truth? It had been a month. If Shen Qing was really in the desert, how could he still be alive? He had been lying to himself all along.
He stared blankly into the distance for a long time before bowing to Su Ningxin and saying, "Thank you, Brother Li Yuan."
After saying that, without waiting for Su Ningxin's response, she turned around and left on horseback.
Su Ningxin felt uncomfortable looking at Chu Jihan's desolate back. They were still friends after all. Just thinking about the grassland, Su Ningxin couldn't help but blush. However, others couldn't see her after she was disguised. , things that go beyond the boundaries of friends are still too embarrassing, so let him think that Shen Qing is dead.
A few days later, everyone in the Su Mansion packed their bags and set off back to Beijing. Because there were many salutes and there were hundreds of masters and servants in total, they walked very slowly on the road.
On the second day of departure, I also met Ji Chu's men on the road. Their light armor and fast horses were much faster than Su Ningxin's. They just met each other and left first.
Because Su Ningxin didn't know about it when Ji Chu and the others came over. She didn't hide the bay horse following the carriage, and she didn't know if Ji Chu noticed it.
However, Ji Chu didn't say anything at that time. He probably didn't notice it, or he just thought it was a horse with similar coat color.
It's not a big problem, and I probably won't encounter it again in the future.
(End of chapter)