(Thanks to the red reward of the sub-version "Muzijen".)

The ten-mile long pavilion was like a parting when the literati saw it. After Hu Guiyang arrived, he felt something in his heart, but it disappeared quickly. He just wanted to go in as soon as possible to enjoy the benefits of shade and avoiding the sun.

He walked along the way without hiring a car. Although he had been resuming practice for three months, he still sweated and felt pain in his feet.

But there are already people in the pavilion, and there are many. They look at the costumes of a group of scholars and their servants, as well as their white-haired parents and their beautiful wife who cried in tears.

Hu Guiyang only had to rest under the tree across the road and stayed with several farmers. The farmer squatted and he stood.

"He is going to Taiyuan Prefecture to seek refuge with his relatives." A farmer quietly pointed at a young scholar in his twenties.

"Oh." Hu Guiyang had no choice but to agree, although he didn't ask anything.

The farmer felt that he had an obligation to explain clearly, "It was probably because he failed the exam and planned to go to the army to find a future. The master supported him, and the old lady couldn't bear to part with his son. His wife said, how lucky it would be to marry such a woman? She didn't want to, look, she pulled her husband's sleeve and refused to let him go."

"Oh." Hu Guiyang agreed again, lowered his head and asked, "How long have you been watching here?"

"It's been half an hour?"

"No rush to rush?"

The farmer glanced at the burden beside him, sighed, and stood up reluctantly, "This is a hot day, my wife is reluctant to leave, but I am the wife who drove her out, alas."

When the farmer set off on the road, the other people laughed and soon stood up and left, leaving Hu Guiyang alone.

The parents and wife finally got on the bus and returned to the capital. The scholar and several friends stood outside the pavilion, watching their relatives leave, looking at each other, and enduring the pain of separation together.

Hu Guiyang was feeling sad for the family, and saw a mule cart coming quickly in the other direction. The scholar and his friends showed joy and rushed to meet him.

The mule cart stopped and walked down a delicate woman with a tired look on her face. She complained as soon as she opened her mouth, "The wife is here to see her husband, why are you asking me to join in the fun? Is the dirt on the roadside delicious?"

"I misunderstood. I said I wouldn't let me follow you. They insisted on coming..." The scholar looked flattering and wanted to kneel down and call her mother.

The servants set up a banquet, and everyone was competing to please the new woman, chanting poems and praising her, and showing their affection. The woman finally smiled and her beautiful eyes flowed, which made several people feel excited. She didn't want to go on the road, but she just wanted to stay in this pavilion.

Hu Guiyang shook his head gently, and the little poetic interest he "trained" by Li Xingtian has disappeared since then. He is a little anxious. These people never leave. How could the princess meet him here?

Fortunately, he didn't wait long, and the scholar went through a lot of vows and made many vows. With the help of his friends, he finally persuaded the woman to go to Taiyuan with him.

Everyone got on the car and rode north, and the friends were reluctant to part ways, and they had to take another trip to the capital tomorrow.

As a bystander, Hu Guiyang could see clearly that these "friends" were not scholars.

The servant threw the leftovers to the roadside, and Hu Guiyang shook his head even more. He was now irritated and wanted to drink some wine to moisten his throat. "I should pretend to catch a villain and cheat a few taels of silver. Maybe I can cheat you some taels of silver."

That being said, Hu Guiyang had no intention of causing trouble. This time he left the city, he didn't even wear boots, and replaced it with a pair of cloth shoes.

As soon as the scholar and others left, another group of people came. This time it was not a farewell, but a businessman who was on the way had to rest here for a while.

Hu Guiyang had no choice but to continue standing under the shade of the tree, feeling more and more that the princess chose was not a good place.

A mule cart drove from the direction of the capital and stopped by the roadside. The coachman looked into the pavilion for a while, turned to look at the young man under the tree, "Your surname is Hu?"

"Um."

"Get in the car."

“I didn’t hire a car.”

"It was hired by someone else for you."

"But I don't know where to go."

"I know. Get in the car quickly. If you wait, you may not be able to arrive after dark." The coachman said impatiently.

Hu Guiyang glanced at the short clothes and trousers he was wearing, and was not surprised at all with the attitude towards the coachman. He got into the car and smiled and said, "It's OK."

"Sit firmly." The coachman shook his whip, and the mule ran quickly, and could catch up with the horses in the army.

Hu Guiyang grabbed the carriage tightly, so that his bones did not fall apart.

It was more than an hour before darkness. The mule cart stopped and the driver breathed a sigh of relief, "It's okay, I have time to go back to the city. Guest, come out, the place is here."

Hu Guiyang got off the car and saw an orchard, "Where is this?"

"you do not know?"

"have no idea."

"Aren't you here to see the Lou family's grave?"

"Oh, I didn't see the cemetery, so I didn't recognize it." Hu Guiyang smiled and understood what was going on when he heard the "Lou family".

"I don't know where the cemetery is. Please ask someone to ask, I just send someone to the orchard door." The coachman got out of the car, pulled the mule and turned around, then jumped back to the car and looked at the guest, "Do you please pass the talisman?"

"Why are you asking for a talisman?"

"Haha, you are so brave. You don't even have a talisman, so you dare to see the grave."

"It's okay, I have a strong yang energy. I'm not afraid of ghosts. Ghosts are afraid of me. If I don't believe me, I will catch two ghosts and let you see them."

"I won't watch." The coachman drove the mule away.

"It's quite interesting guy, but unfortunately I don't want to stay." Hu Guiyang murmured, tightly holding his belt and entering the orchard from the small door.

Not long after walking, an extremely old fruit farmer appeared in the middle of the road, staring at the visitor from a distance.

Hu Guiyang quickly stepped forward and bowed, "I'm in the lower Hu..."

The old fruit farmer turned around and left, not wanting to listen to him.

Hu Guiyang could only follow behind and enjoy the beautiful scenery in the garden. Seeing the fruitful results, he couldn't help but develop saliva from his mouth.

There was a cemetery in front of me, with several towering cottages. Hu Guiyang was still shocked even though he knew what this place was. He thought to himself that the princess was really good at picking a place, but she actually saw another man in front of her husband's grave. When she thought of the scene in the pavilion, she felt fair.

Fortunately, the old fruit farmer did not lead him into the cemetery, and turned around and took him to an old locust tree. The only one in the orchard was not a fruit tree.

Under the tree is a very wide wooden couch, which is as high as a knee. A gauze curtain hangs straight from the branches that extend, dividing the wooden couch into two, with several copper rings on the bottom of the curtain to avoid being blown up by the wind.

On one side of the gauze curtain, there is a small table facing the big tree and facing the curtain.

The old fruit farmer retreated and said no words from beginning to end.

A maid came out from under the tree and smiled and said, "Please go to the table for Mr. Hu."

Hu Guiyang had never seen such a "cushion". He hesitated for a moment, took off his cloth shoes, boarded the wooden couch, imitated the appearance of an ancient man, and knelt behind several cases.

"Please taste the wild fruits you have made in your own home."

Hu Guiyang really wanted to have a big meal, so he forced himself to hold it back and asked, "How long will I wait here?"

"Well, it won't be too long. What does Mr. Hu need? Just call me, my name is Xiao Cui."

"Thank you, no need." Hu Guiyang wanted to be polite, but when he saw the maid turn around and leave, he changed his mind, "Well, please come to the pot bar for me, I'm really thirsty."

Xiao Cui smiled and retreated, and soon brought a pot of wine and some dried fruits. "There are no delicacies in the wild, but there are only some fruits. It may be rare to see in the city. Please use it slowly."

"The taste is very good." Hu Guiyang had already swallowed a peach.

Xiao Cui retreated again.

Hu Guiyang knelt on the couch alone, and at first he couldn't let go. Soon he abandoned the rules, sat cross-legged, and drank and ate fruit happily. Although he was not full, he was very thirsty.

He was hard to drink, and the more he drank Hu Guiyang, the more he drank, the more boring the princess refused to show up, and even the fruit farmer and the maid did not show up. He was so bored that he simply lay on the couch and planned to take a nap, but ended up falling asleep with his eyes closed.

When I woke up, the night had fallen, the breeze was blowing, and the unique sweet smell in the orchard came into my nose. Hu Guiyang was stunned for a while, and suddenly felt that the orchard seemed like a fairyland.

"Half Mr. Hu is sleeping well?" The voice came from the other side of the gauze curtain.

Hu Guiyang immediately got up and knelt down, rubbed his face, and smiled and said, "I am not a young master, but just a captain in the Jinyi."

"Is Captain Hu sleeping well?" the princess changed her words.

"Okay, I can rank first this time in the past year."

The princess chuckled, "What about a year ago? Is there anything better?"

"More than ten years ago, I ran to the roof to hide from my adoptive father. I fell asleep somehow. In the middle of the night, my adoptive mother called my name everywhere and that was the most beautiful."

The princess laughed continuously, "Person Hu has slept a lot."

"Well, after thinking about it, the most proud thing in my life is sleeping."

"Hu Xiaowei is so proud. Many things you have done are enough to shock the world. Unfortunately, people in the world cannot see the truth, and historical books do not contain confidential information."

"I haven't disclosed any secrets to anyone." Hu Guiyang said hurriedly.

"Of course, Captain Hu and Lady Hua are both trustworthy people. I promise Your Majesty repeatedly that you will never disclose a few words."

"To be honest, I can't even do it if I want to leak it. Until now, I don't understand what the jade pendant is, and why give it to me?"

"It was urgent at the time, and I really couldn't explain it. I only learned some truth from His Majesty a few months ago."

"Your Majesty...is it okay?"

"It's still the same, I'm weak, but it's not a big deal."

"I wish your Majesty a long life."

"Longevity is forever."

Hu Guiyang picked up a few wine glasses that had been filled at some point and took a sip, "Where is the prince?"

"The prince is also weak, but he is very lively. He still remembers your name and says you are 'interesting' and wants to call you into the palace."
To be continued...