Forty-six, sand scorpion

Xiao Bao'er looked up at the moonlight, her eyes as clear and clear as the moonlight. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Yao Xitong suddenly felt a little pity for her, but she was just a girl who had just reached the end of her life, and she was left alone in the Great Xia Palace when she was very young, and it was rare to meet a man who treated her with sincerity, and how could she have thought that this man approached her with ulterior motives.

"Princess, can you tell me how you and Aoyama-kun met?"

In the past five years, countless fragments of the past have scattered in Xiao Baoer's heart like stars in the sky.

She said slowly: "When I first entered the palace, the Empress Dowager arranged for me to study with the Son of Heaven. Mrs. Song didn't like foreign races, and felt that I was not worthy of learning the broad and profound culture of the Central Plains, so he specially ordered someone to place me in the last row of the school. The Son of Heaven doesn't have a lot of time to come to class, and I spend a lot of time listening to lectures with those protons......"

"Tian Ji is a bastard, since the day I entered the class, he has been in the front row with other protons to speak ill of Beiliao. It is said that the people of Northern Liao eat with their hands, and the meat they eat on weekdays is bloodshot, and the king of Northern Liao stood out from several imperial heirs because he could eat raw meat and was selected as his heir......"

Xiao Bao'er's words made Yao Xitong full of doubts.

Tian Ji is the son-in-law of Tian Lingyin, the lord of Qi, who is extremely deep in the city, sleek, and has a strong maternal family, and has long been the default heir of all parties.

When the Empress Dowager hoped that the four tyrants would send their heirs to the capital to study, the Lord of Qi did not choose Tian Ji, but this person took the initiative to ask to enter the palace to accompany him, hoping to take this opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of the various complex relationships and struggles in the Great Xia Palace.

Is such a smart and bold person the one who would make a lot of nonsense in class to anger Xiao Bao'er?

Yao Xitong didn't believe it, and waited patiently for Xiao Bao'er to continue to tell her story in the palace.

"I began to think about enduring it and it would pass, how do I know that Tian Ji can't see my forbearance at all, how can this work, insulting me can do it, insulting my father is definitely not okay......"

Speaking of this, Yao Xitong couldn't help but interject, "Princess, how long have you endured it?"

"One morning, I was going to endure it all day. At lunchtime, he imitated the Northern Liao people to eat, and I couldn't help but put all the meals on his head...... Then he wanted to test the dining etiquette with me, and I agreed, promising that the loser would learn to bark. ”

"I had just entered the palace at that time, and I was surrounded by slaves and maids brought from Northern Liao, and they didn't understand the etiquette of Daxia dining. It's inconvenient to find the Empress Dowager about this matter, so I have to ask around the palace, and I don't know what benefits those people have gained from Tian Ji, and no one is willing to teach me dining etiquette......"

"Xuan Ze helped me at that time, he also sat in the back row, and I was treated as a proton by me. I also thought in my heart, the nobles of Great Xia are really strange, why do they go out with minions who are so good-looking and bearing. ”

"Xuan Ze is a concubine, and no one in the house taught him dining etiquette, he learned it secretly. Hearing him say this, I knew that in Daxia, the concubines were clearly distinguished, and the life of the concubines was not easy at all. ”

"Do you know, it's really not easy for Xuan Ze to have today, everyone else is asleep, he is still reading at night, he knows a lot of problems, but he has to pretend that he doesn't know at Mrs. Song's place, for fear that the edge is too revealing and making others unhappy......"

Yao Xitong interrupted Xiao Bao'er's memories of Xuan Ze and asked, "Princess, aren't we talking about Tian Ji? I don't know who loses and who wins in the competition of dining etiquette!"

"Of course I won, Xuan Ze taught me the most standard dining etiquette in Daxia...... I thought it would be good to win, but Tian Ji was a grudge-holder, but after learning a few dog barks, he regarded me as an enemy and tried with me all day long...... In the end, he actually asked me to be more popular than a woman. ”

Tian Ji and Xiao Bao'er competed to be a female celebrity? Yao Xitong vaguely heard a clue, and he asked, "Did you lose this time!"

"Isn't it, it's contemptible that a big man can embroider. ”

"What's the penalty for the loser, or is it learning to bark?"

"No, the punishment for this competition is to pretend to be a little maid to accompany him out of the palace. Speaking of this, Yao Xitong's conjecture was confirmed, and he asked, "Were you very happy that day?"

"yes, that's my first time out of the palace, and it's fun outside. Because he couldn't beat me, he was willing to take me to play anywhere, we went to drink tea and listen to the play, and watched the artists juggle...... I forgot to mention that I went to the Qing~ Building that day, and I listened to the wall with him, only to know that the so-called gentleman in Daxia took off his clothes and was not a gentleman at all. ”

Tian Ji took nine-year-old Xiao Bao'er to visit the Qing~ Building? Yao Xitong really didn't know what to say, "Princess, you only listened to the corner?"

"Of course it's not all, I also watched people undress, but unfortunately he covered his eyes when he took off his pants. If I hadn't seen other men, how could I praise you for having a good figure!"

Yao Xitong tried his best to remain calm, and continued to ask: "What about after that? You often go out of the palace together? What should Qingshan-kun do?"

"Take Xuan Ze with you! You don't know, Xuan Ze is miserable, he hasn't gone out to play much, he hasn't seen a lot of things, a concubine is not as good as a slave, Lord Song is really hateful. ”

"Does Tian Ji like to take you and Qingshan-kun out together?"

"How do I know? The three of us went out once, and we were supposed to sneak out, but my grandmother broke the palace rules and was going to be executed. The Empress Dowager called someone to beat her fifty boards, I have seen how to beat the board in the palace, and I know that Mama will definitely not survive after being beaten, there is no way, I killed Mama with my own hands. ”

Xiao Bao'er killed her grandmother with her own hands, and the first time she heard the palace people talk about it, Yao Xitong also regarded Xiao Bao'er as a cold-blooded and ruthless monster. After making trouble for a long time, I was reluctant to let my grandmother be beaten to the point that her skin was broken, and life was better than death, so she killed people ruthlessly.

He asked, "What rules did this grandmother break?"

"Someone told the Empress Dowager that Mama left a door for a strange man and wanted him to infiltrate the palace to tarnish my innocence. Xuan Ze did find me over the wall, and that was because he had no place to teach me dining etiquette, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, etc. in private. ”

"What Tian Ji told the Empress Dowager?"

"He denied it, but I only told him about Xuan Ze secretly looking for me. ”

"After Mama's incident, you won't play with Tian Ji anymore?"

"I didn't play with him, there was only a loser and a winner relationship between us. After the incident, he still competed with me, at that time Xuan Ze became the companion of the Son of Heaven, I lost more, and was often forced to teach him to shoot hunting, accompany him to dinner, and help him choose a female companion for travel. Xuan Ze saw that I was not happy, so he asked Tian Ji to have a comparison again, this time to discuss the strategy. ”

"Although the Son of Heaven is not in power, he has begun to come to the court with the assistance of the Empress Dowager, and Song Taifu feels that the Son of Heaven does not come to class, accompanying him has lost its meaning, and there should not be so many students in the classroom. For this reason, Song Taifu asked everyone to submit a policy, and those who wrote well could continue to stay in the palace as his students, and those who did not write well returned to the fiefdom with the envoys. ”

Yao Xitong knew about this, this was the first time that the Son of Heaven had challenged the authority of the Empress Dowager. He wanted to be pro-government, and did not want to be the puppet of the empress dowager, so at the beginning of the dynasty, he agreed to the minister's suggestion to let the protons sent by the princes return to the fief.

This incident was too sudden, the Empress Dowager did not receive any news beforehand, and she finally learned about it after being behind the scenes. Because of this, the Empress Dowager changed her behind-the-scenes behavior of manipulating the government and politics, and sat directly beside the Son of Heaven...... I never thought that there was another drama hidden behind this incident.

He asked, "Xiaoxiao, do you know how to write a strategy?"

"No, my homework was done by Xuan Ze for me. This matter was well concealed, Tian Ji thought that I would, and immediately agreed to discuss with me, but the outcome was decided by Mrs. Song. ”

Song Taifu is a contemporary Confucian, and there is certainly no problem for him to decide the level of policy. Tian Ji played a good move, even if Xiao Bao'er had Qingshanjun to help write the strategy, with her understanding of the Central Plains culture, there would definitely be no way to answer the question raised by Song Taifu on the strategy written by Qingshanjun.

Yao Xitong asked directly: "How did you win?" ”

Xiao Bao'er said proudly, "I don't understand the things taught by Mrs. Song at all, and I can't write strategies." In order to help me, Xuan Ze directly sent someone to break into Tian Ji's room and tore up the strategy he had written. ”

Tian Ji only found out about this the next day, and he told Mrs. Song that he hoped to have a few more days. Song Taifu immediately accused him of lying, the place where he lived was always patrolled by guards, and he also had personal bodyguards, how could there be a thief who broke into his residence and did nothing else, just to tear him apart?"

Speaking of this, Xiao Bao'er seemed very happy, very satisfied with the behavior of the Xuanze faction master to tear up other people's homework, and the silver bell-like laughter made the night a lot softer.

Yao Xitong saw that she was so heartless, and couldn't help but say, "Princess, have you ever thought of another possibility, Tian Ji likes you." Deliberately finding fault to attract your attention, approaching you through competitions, and not finding that he takes you out to pick the places that interest you? This is to please you. ”

Xiao Bao'er didn't answer, Yao Xitong looked down and saw that this person was actually asleep, with a smile on the corner of his mouth......

He was a little sympathetic to Tian Ji, this person knew that it was difficult for Qi to be independent, and it was not easy to protect himself, and when he learned that Xiao Baoer would go to Dadu, Tian Ji tried to find another way to get the help of Northern Liao through marriage, but unfortunately he was a bad move, and it became a stepping stone for Qingshan Jun.

What would nine-year-old Xiao Baoer look like?

Unruly, lonely, and arrogant with the princess of Northern Liao. Tian Ji first slandered Northern Liao to attract her attention, and then used gambling to suppress her arrogance, and after she had no way to ask for help and lost a few more times, he took her out of the palace to enjoy the completely different cultural scenery of Great Xia and Northern Liao.

The idea is good, but it's a pity that he met Qingshanjun, who pretended to be pitiful and aroused Xiao Bao'er's sympathy, and took the risk to help her when she was alone. These are not enough, Xiao Baoer is still hovering between him and Tian Ji.

Qingshan-kun's most ruthless trick is to blame. Finding someone to inform, and pushing the matter of informing Tian Ji onto Tian Ji, sacrificing a grandmother to make Xiao Baoer even more isolated and helpless, and at the same time letting her and Tian Ji separate, is really a good strategy to kill two birds with one stone.

Yao Xitong is the same age as Xuanze, and he claims to be smarter than Xuanze, but after hearing these past things, he has doubts, and he will definitely not be able to think of these strategies at Xuanze's age.

Xuan Ze really got the help of nobles when he arrived in Dadu, and relied on the Son of Heaven to manage the current situation? Or maybe he has always had someone behind him to guide him, otherwise how could he have the ability to find so many masters to sneak into Tian Ji's room and tear up his strategy?

The stars fell into the sea of sand, the moon quietly hid behind the clouds, except for the warmth from Xiao Bao'er and Doke's rhythmic footsteps, it seemed that only Yao Xitong was left between heaven and earth.

He emptied his mind and allowed his soul to roam in this desert of silence, secretly hoping that time would stand still and that this moment would become eternal!

The dawn tore through the darkness, Yao Xitong looked at the green shrubs that suddenly grew on the desert and whispered to himself: There was no grass yesterday, and so many shrubs grew in a rain, nature is really magical.

"Yes!" Xiao Bao'er in her arms suddenly spoke, this frightened Yao Xitong didn't know when this person woke up.

In the past few days and nights, he will cover Xiao Bao'er with his coat while she is asleep. Rushing last night, worried that Xiao Bao'er who was sitting in front of him would catch a cold, he unbuttoned his coat and wrapped Xiao Bao'er in his arms, originally wanted to take away his clothes before he woke up as before, but who expected that she would wake up in such a flash, it was really embarrassing!

Fortunately, Xiao Bao'er had a big heart, and when she woke up, she broke free of his embrace, jumped onto the desert, and began to punch. Seeing her so vigorous, Yao Xitong asked, "Have you recovered your martial arts?"

"Well, when I woke up, I felt energetic, and it felt good to have martial arts. ”

"Hey......"

"What are you sighing about?"

"Suddenly remembering that you still have seventy years of internal strength hidden in your body, do you think he will let you go?"

"Don't you say that I almost forgot about this, give me a pulse in a while, and see if I can find where those internal forces run, I don't want to die of a body explosion one day. ”

Yao Xitong had already looked at it while she was asleep, her meridians were no different from ordinary people, and the seventy years of internal strength were like stones sinking into the sea. Only sigh that the art is not proficient, and I know very little about the left side of the door, and it is fortunate that the bun shop can operate until now.

In order not to appear incompetent, he digressed the subject and asked, "With so many bushes growing in the desert, will there be anything to eat?"

"Yes, sand scorpion, will you get it?"

"Scorpion, what a medicine! Ginseng Rebuilding Pill, Dahuo Luo Pill, Qizhen Pill, Security Panacea, and Zhengsan all need to use whole scorpions as raw materials. Scorpion venom is more expensive than gold, and it is used to poison and attack poison, which can solve all the common poisons on the rivers and lakes......

Xiao Bao'er interrupted Yao Xitong, "Let's talk about how to eat first?"

"Fried, eaten raw, dry-baked, souped, I know it all. ”

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Bao'er took out a sweat towel and waved it lightly into the sand, and saw a big black scorpion landing on Yao Xitong from the sky. The latter knew martial arts, and he could catch the scorpion with his hand, and considering that he wanted to hide his martial arts, he had to pretend to be frightened by the scorpion, and fell off the horse exaggeratedly.

"Haha...... Ha ha...... Haha......" Xiao Bao'er was amused by Yao Xitong's embarrassed appearance, "The black scorpion is almost not poisonous, it won't die if it is stung, at most it is severe pain and numbness." The poisonous scorpions in the desert are all light-colored, and the lighter the color, the more poisonous they are, and the white scorpions are highly poisonous. ”

Yao Xitong understood all of this, but seeing Xiao Bao'er smiling so happily, he didn't say anything, he sat on the sand like a fool and laughed.