cpa300_4(); Pei Yuanxiu decisively bowed his hand to them: "Farewell." ”

Then he turned his horse's head and led us out of the city gate.

The horse trotted all the way, and although the speed was not fast, it was a little bumpy. After walking a little way out of the city gate, I couldn't help but look back, only to see the dust raised by the horses' hooves filling the air.

And the emaciated and stubborn figure was still standing lonely at the gate of the city.

I don't know why, at this moment, my ears sounded the terrible roar in the wind and rain that day, although I have never seen that scene, but I also seem to have seen it, in a field of ice and snow, the isolated figure of the cocoon, as now, lonely, but stubbornly standing......

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After leaving Wuwei, our trip was accelerated.

We didn't have to take a detour like when we came, we went all the way west, and we walked very fast, but the mood was not more relaxed.

borrowed troops from the imperial court, Tu Shuhan didn't agree at all, although I think he listened to some of Liu Qinghan's words before leaving, but how much he listened to and what he would do, no one can guarantee; And on Losh's side, Huang Tianba will arrange it, how will he arrange it? Will Losh really let him arrange it?

A qiē, all unknown.

After a few days of starry nights, everyone was too tired to speak, and seeing that there was less than a day to go back to Nian Baoyuze, we finally decided to have a good rest that night.

A few of the guards laid out sheepskin felt for us, and a few more bonfires were lit, and four or five people gathered around a fire and began to roast and eat. The temperature difference between day and night on the grassland is very large, the sunset has just set, the cold has come, I hold Li'er in my arms, the flames reflect her red face, is looking ahead.

The flames fluttered, showing a bit of enchantment in the twilight.

On the other side of the fire, Liu Qinghan sat cross-legged there, his face reflected red in the firelight, but I don't know if it was because of the deep twilight, his eyes were dim.

I glanced at him, then lowered my head, and continued to look at the rabbit roasting on the fire, which was already seven or eight times cooked, and the smell of oil was bubbling out.

One of the attendants came up and sprinkled a handful of salt on the rabbit, and tumbled it in the fire a few times, then took it down, cut it with a knife, and brought it to us: "Childe, ma'am, please use it." ”

Each of us took a piece of rabbit meat and ate it, I didn't have much appetite, I only ate two bites and put it down, Yuan Xiu sat next to me, and when he saw me like this, he said softly: "What's wrong?" ”

"I'm full."

"I only ate so little, how can I be full."

I smiled, knowing that he was not so easy to fool, and was about to say that he had no appetite, but he had already torn off a piece of rabbit meat and brought it to my lips: "Eat." ”

I was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously blushed: "Yuan Xiu ......"

Li'er in his arms looked up at us, blinking with big eyes.

I was shaking my head, after all, I was still worried that Li'er would have any thoughts when she saw us like this, but I saw Pei Yuanxiu say to Li'er: "Li'er, your mother is disobedient again, so she can't eat well." You say what to do. ”

Li'er immediately said: "Mother must be obedient!" ”

"That's right, you see Li'er says so about you."

"Mother, eat quickly."

"Hurry up, you're not sensible yet."

I was so crying and laughing by them singing and talking, but I really admired Pei Yuanxiu, who actually knew that she had come to deal with me with Li'er, and also eliminated the obstacles in her heart, so she could only open her mouth obediently and eat the piece of rabbit meat.

Li'er immediately laughed.

Pei Yuanxiu also smiled, but taking advantage of everyone's inattention, he gently wiped the corner of my lips with his thumb, and I glared at him.

Fortunately, the fire is red, otherwise, I am still red-faced at such an age, and I am afraid that Li'er will laugh at me.

However, this person didn't know how to restrain himself, and tore off a piece of rabbit meat: "Come, eat a little more." ”

"Yuan Xiu ......"

"Good!"

Seeing that he was like coaxing a child, I had no choice but to eat obediently.

At this time, Li'er had already got out of my arms, picked up a burnt brown fragrant rabbit leg, ran to Liu Qinghan on the opposite side, and suddenly sent it to his mouth: "Third uncle, eat!" ”

Several of us were stunned for a moment and turned our heads away.

Liu Qinghan sat there silently, and after eating a piece of rabbit meat, he didn't speak again, and now Li'er was suddenly like this, and he didn't react for a while, and after a while, he smiled: "Li'er eats it yourself." ”

"Uh-huh. I want to see the third uncle eat. ”

"The third uncle has eaten enough."

"Lie! I saw that the third uncle had obviously only eaten a small piece of it. She used two fingers to compare, and the gesture was smaller than an ant: "Eat less than Li'er!" ”

The girl's voice was crisp and loud, and the guards and attendants who were surrounded by several campfires heard the movement, and they all turned their heads to look at them.

Liu Qinghan smiled awkwardly: "Third uncle is not hungry." ”

"I don't believe it!"

When a child is sensible, it is the most intimate time, but if she wants to play a trick, I can't wait to pump her every time. Now this girl seems to be playing tricks, Liu Qinghan dodged left and right, and couldn't avoid the rabbit leg that stubbornly stretched out to him, he had already wiped his mouthful of oil, and looked at Li'er's persistent big eyes.

After a while, he smiled helplessly.

He opened his mouth and took a bite.

Li'er immediately laughed so much that her eyes narrowed into two slits: "It's delicious." ”

"Hmm."

"You take another bite, here, there's a lot of meat here."

Seeing Li'er lying on his knees affectionately, well-behaved and caring, not to mention anything else, I am really proud of my gentle and lovely daughter.

A girl, no matter how noble her status is and how pampered she is, but being considerate of others and taking care of others is the greatest virtue.

Although, her "thoughtfulness" may be overwhelming.

Seeing Liu Qinghan's frustration and obediently biting the rabbit leg one by one, I couldn't help but smile.

It's just that I don't know why, but my heart is faintly heavy.

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After dinner, everyone gossiped for a while and then went to sleep.

Our family of three naturally slept together, Pei Yuanxiu and I slept on both sides, and let Li'er lie in the middle, this girl was so tired after following us for a few days, her eyelids had already fought, and she fell asleep after a while.

Pei Yuanxiu lay on her side, and after Li'er fell asleep, he poked his head over and gently kissed me on the center of my eyebrows.

"Go to bed early."

I couldn't help blushing a little, but fortunately Li'er was already asleep, and the guards who were keeping vigil around me stood far away, only nodded slightly, and then closed their eyes as well.

Although I was very tired, I was always relieved to have something in my heart, and I slept very lightly, and I woke up from the chaotic dream after a while, and when I opened my eyes, it was still pitch black around, only Li'er's hands and feet were wrapped around my body, like a little cat and bear, and Yuan Xiu, who was sleeping next to me, also put one hand on my shoulder, like a protector.

The fire was blazing behind him, and I could vaguely see the exhaustion on his quiet face.

On the grassland, it was so quiet that only the sound of the wind remained.

I didn't wake him up, I just watched quietly.

At this moment, a strange sound of wind broke the surrounding silence, as if a bird was flying down.

Immediately, a guard came over and lowered his voice: "Lord Liu? ”

"Nothing."

Liu Qinghan's deep voice sounded behind him: "You go down." ”

"Oh. Be. ”

The footsteps went away again.

The back was quiet, only occasionally heard two or three cooing sounds, I lay down for a while, or couldn't help but look back, only to see Liu Qinghan sitting cross-legged on the sheepskin felt, holding a gray pigeon in his hand, carefully removing a copper pipe from the pigeon's feet, and pulling out a piece of paper from it.

He opened it and looked at it, then crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it into the fire.

The flames soared.

Maybe it was because of that moment that his eyes flashed, and he also saw me behind the fire, looking at him with wide eyes.

The two of them looked at each other, but for some reason, even the wind stopped.

After a while, I said softly, "Is it related to us?" ”

He was silent and nodded.

I carefully took Li'er and Yuan Xiu's hands down, gently put them on the felt, and then sat up, but I didn't walk over, just looked at him through the flames: "What's the matter?" ”

Liu Qinghan said: "Yuanzhen asked someone to send me a letter, a few days ago she held a banquet in the princess's mansion, invited the emperor and empress, several concubines, and also invited You Muya. ”

"And then?"

"These days, the emperor is not in a good mood, and he does not favor any concubines. But that day, I still asked You Muya two words. He gave many things to the people, and by the way, he gave her a reward. ”

I nodded.

I know that except for opportunities like at the New Year's banquet, it is not so easy to introduce concubines to the emperor at other times. But as long as he has the heart and remembers this person, it will be a great opportunity for Yumuya. Besides, the emperor gave a wide range of rewards, and who could tell who he really wanted to reward.

"Later, I heard that Yumuya also sent a message to her brother."

"That Tu Shuhan—"

"He's a smart guy and should understand."

"But what if he still doesn't send troops?"

Liu Qinghan glanced at me, was silent for a moment, and then said, "No matter what, Tu Shuhan can't be co-opted by others. ”

“……”

My eyebrows frowned slightly, and I saw him turn around and look around, the pitch-black sky covered this vast and boundless grassland, a bonfire, a breath, it seemed so small that it could even be ignored.

However, many miracles in the world have been created by such insignificance.

The wind ruffled his forehead and wrapped it around his eyelashes, but his gaze seemed to be completely undisturbed, as persistent and firm as ever, and he said softly: "The northwest is too important. ”

“……”

"Especially when the sea ban has been implemented on the southeast coast, the northwest is the place that cannot be ignored. Both in terms of strategy and trade ......"

The more he spoke, the deeper his voice became, and the last few words were almost inaudible.

My heart chuckled.

Suddenly, he seemed to come back to his senses suddenly, and found that he had said everything in his heart, and immediately closed his mouth and looked at me cautiously.

I looked at him too.

I can't admit that that cautious glance tingled me a little, no matter who he became, no matter what I became, I couldn't deny that I had an almost instinctive trust in him.

But he's not.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but smile.

Looking at my smile, Liu Qinghan seemed to be a little dazed, but he didn't know how to deal with it, and he was silent for a moment, as if he had passed the matter, and then said softly: "I think that if Tu Shuhan is a little more sober, he will know how to stand in line." ”

I nodded.

In fact, Pei Yuanzhen is also a smart person, she didn't try her best to recommend it in front of Pei Yuanhao, so that You Muya could eat enough sweetness at one time, but also to hang the two brothers and sisters, Tu Shuhan If he wants to get what he wants, he must pay here first.

It's just-

I don't know when Liu Qinghan delivered the message to Pei Yuanzhen, but thinking about it, the two of them should have their own way of transmitting the message, but I didn't expect that Pei Yuanzhen was so "obedient" that in just a short time, he paved the way for Liu Qinghan.

Thinking of this, I smiled in my heart.

He really doesn't need anyone to worry about him.

When he raised his head, he saw Liu Qinghan looking at the flames for a while, although Pei Yuanzhen did what we wanted, but his expression didn't seem to be much relaxed, on the contrary, there was a faint haze in his eyes.

I subconsciously said, "What's wrong?" ”

He looked up at me and immediately shook his head, "It's okay." ”

“……”

I looked at him for a moment and smiled: "Then rest early." Tomorrow morning, we're on our way. ”

"Hmm."

He nodded briefly, then lay down, pulled the half-wrapped wind on his chest and put it on his chest, and after a while, turned over again and turned his back to us, and was silent.

I also turned around and saw that the wind covering Pei Yuanxiu's body also slipped down, and there were still some bruises on his shoulders and back, so he couldn't catch a cold, so I carefully pulled him up and covered him, and seeing that he and Li'er were both sleeping peacefully, I smiled lightly and lay down to sleep.

One night, no more dreams.

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The next morning, I was still in a daze, and I heard the sound of people walking around and whispering around me, I was confused for a while, and slowly opened my eyes, and I saw Pei Yuanxiu's back.

He sat next to me, watching the attendant cut a strip of dried meat into a boiling pot, felt the movement behind him, looked back at me, and smiled softly: "Are you awake?" ”

"Hmm."

I rubbed my eyes and looked around, and saw that almost everyone around me had washed up and started to make a fire.

"Why didn't you wake me up?"

"I don't want to wake you up." He smiled and reached out to brush away a strand of hair from my face, saying, "These days, you're tired. ”

I smiled.

"By the way, what about Li'er?"

"She's in good spirits, early in the morning—"

Before he finished his words, I heard a crisp and pleasant laughter next to me, and when I heard it, I hurriedly stood up and looked at the place where the sound came from, and saw Li'er wearing a small emerald green dress, the corners of the skirt were wet with morning dew, and the little boots were stained with mud, but it did not affect her mood at all, the round little face was full of sweet smiles, and the two dimples reflected the rising sun, full of happiness.

She and Liu Qinghan squatted on the grass face to face, and the two of them each held a lawsuit grass in their hands and entwined it, Liu Qinghan said: "I'll count one, two, three, let's pull together." ”

"Okay."

"One-two-three-!"

As soon as the words fell, the two of them pulled at the same time, and the lawsuit grass in Li'er's hand was immediately cut in two.

However, it seemed that because she put all her strength on the little grass, as soon as the grass broke, she fell on her back with a "wow", and fell on all fours like a clumsy panda. When Liu Qinghan saw it, he hurriedly threw away the lawsuit grass in his hand, and stretched out his long arm to scoop her up.

Li'er threw herself into his arms all of a sudden, and the two of them burst into laughter.

Pei Yuanxiu and I watched this scene from a distance, and both of us couldn't help laughing, Yuanxiu turned back to me and said, "It's rare that Li'er likes him so much." ”

"Well," I smiled at the two playful figures, one big and one small, "He also looks like a big child." ”

Pei Yuanxiu smiled dumbly: "The second rank of the imperial court, you say he is a child?" ”

"As long as a man is not married, he is a child."

"Oh?" Pei Yuanxiu listened, suddenly turned to look at me, and said with interest: "Then back then, when I was not married, when I saw you in the Inner Hidden Pavilion, you saw me, I was also a child?" ”

I shook my head.

"Not a child? What is that? ”

"O prince."

He was stunned for a moment, and looked at me pretending to be serious, and both of them laughed.

At this time, a crisp voice came from the side: "Mother, Daddy, what are you laughing at?" ”

Turning my head, Li'er had already returned, and she was holding Liu Qinghan's hand while standing there, looking at us with wide eyes.

I looked at her, and then at Liu Qinghan, who was standing in front of us holding her hand, as if he had peeked into the boudoir affairs of our husband and wife, his face was a little embarrassed, and he subconsciously turned his head and coughed lightly. I smiled faintly and stretched out my hand to Li'er: "Li'er, come over and comb your hair, let's leave later." ”

"Oh."

She glanced up at Liu Qinghan, and seemed to be a little reluctant, but the other party had already smiled and let go of her hand, and stroked her hair, and she trotted all the way to my side, obediently sat in my arms, and let me braid her little braids.

Only then did Pei Yuanxiu stand up and walk to Liu Qinghan's side, the two of them looked at each other, nodded and smiled.

The sun was shining brightly on their equally slender and tall figures, and I looked up at this scene with my little pigtails in my hands, somehow a little distracted.

And the departed child in his arms is also quiet.

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After a little tidying up, we got on our horses and galloped westward.

Maybe it's because everyone rested well last night, or maybe it's because the destination is ahead, everyone is in good spirits, speeding all the way, and the sky is full of smoke and dust behind them.

Soon, Nian Baoyu was ahead.

A cool river flows out of the valley ahead, and the sun shines brightly. Our horses were also a little thirsty after running for a long time, and they all subconsciously approached the river. However, seeing that the destination was in sight, the knight who had opened the way in front of him was still unwilling to delay, and pulled the reins hard to keep the horse away from there.

Just then, suddenly, there was a commotion in front of me.

Someone shouted, "Look! ”

Everyone stopped and looked in the direction of his finger.

That river, the water was actually faintly blood-red!