Chapter 50: The clouds are too late
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This night, cross the small bridge, walk the willow embankment, go around the sandbar, pass through the platform, go straight to the Jiangting Yuanshu is now dawning, and the morning smoke rises in the green poplar shade. The crowd of pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info moon-stepping trip slowly dispersed.
Yunyang got out of the potpourri car and prepared to leave with Zhao Yuan.
At this time, Xie Tangchen turned over and dismounted, followed quickly, and said after giving a deep salute, "Miss, please walk slowly." Say goodbye today, and there will be no date in the future. I take the liberty to ask Miss to give me something, and live up to the bright moon that will always reflect my heart. ”
Yunyang turned back to meet his fiery and sad eyes, a little overwhelmed. She returned the gift and gave Xie Tangchen a branch of osmanthus in her hand.
Gongzi Xie took the flower, put it on his chest, and said with red circles under his eyes: "Miss knows, from now on, I will see osmanthus below, such as Zhao Shixiong sees plum blossom ears." ”
It turned out that there was a record in "Dragon City Record" that Zhao Shixiong, a famous general of the Sui Dynasty, once went to a place called Luofu.
One evening, when it was cold, he drank in a tavern among the pine trees. Half-drunk and half-awake, he saw a woman with light makeup and plain clothes, walking in from outside the tavern with a servant dressed in green.
It was already dark, and the remnants of snow shimmered like pearls against the moonlight. Zhao Shixiong chatted with the woman, and felt that the other party was fragrant and the language was beautiful and lovely, so he drank several glasses of wine with her until he fell into a dream.
The next day, when the east was white, Zhao Shixiong got up and found that he had slept under a large plum tree last night, and there were kingfishers chirping on the plum tree.
It's a pity that the moon is falling, and the beauty is hard to find, and only melancholy is boundless.
Of course, Yunyang understood what Xie Tangchen meant, but she didn't hear it at this time, so she just walked forward quickly, wanting to leave it quickly.
Suddenly, I heard Qian Gongzi shouting from behind: "Western Regions slave!" ”
His voice was not high, but Yun Yang was shocked when he heard it, and he secretly sweated for him. I thought to myself: "Gongzi Xie, Gongzi Xie, can't you say a few words?" ”
Xie Tangchen walked over, took out a golden tin from his arms, and handed it to Zhao Yuan: "You dutifully protected Miss last night, you can use this money to buy wine and eat." ”
Zhao Yuan didn't pick up Jin Tianzi, but gently held Yun Yang's hand and dragged her behind him.
Xie Tangchen's eyes slowly widened - the noble lady shook hands with the house slave? Could it be...... Elope?
Yun Yang looked at Xie Tangchen with an expression of disbelief, knowing that his heart must be turning over at this moment. So he hurriedly said to Zhao Yuan: "General Polo, let's go back quickly!" ”
The two turned around and walked away without looking back.
Only Xie Tangchen's lonely figure was left, standing in the morning dew.
Yun Yang sighed in his heart as he walked: "In a few months, it will be the palace test, and when Gongzi Xie faces the emperor's dragon face, I don't know what the situation is?" Wouldn't it be my sin if he had delayed his future because of this? ”
At this time, it was already dark, and they walked to the inn, Zhao Yuan asked Yunyang to wait in front of the door, and he went in to pull the thunder beast.
As he turned to leave, Yoon-yang saw a red shadow fall from his sleeve.
Yunyang stepped forward to take a look, and it turned out to be the phoenix wing from yesterday. Although the color is bright, after a night, the moisture on the flowers has been lost, and some of them have withered and declined.
I thought that the flower for Zhao Yuanjia had already been dropped into the teahouse by him, but he didn't expect him to put away the phoenix wings heartily, which was really unexpected.
Yunyang usually looks at Zhao Yuan as burly and majestic, acting vigorously and resolutely, but he didn't expect that there would be such a delicate time. Thinking of this, she stepped forward with pity and picked up the flowers, and put them into the agarwood-colored embroidered hibiscus flower satin sachet she carried around her waist.
Zhao Yuan took out the horse and walked side by side with her on the street.
At this time, some restaurants on the street opened one after another, and the steam rose from the stove, and the aroma of pasta gradually filled the surroundings. They walked into a restaurant and each asked for a juicy noodle soup.
While eating noodles, Zhao Yuan suddenly remembered something, frowned slightly, and put down the chopsticks in his hand.
He pinched his sleeve, then his chest, then flipped through his belt, but found nothing.
Zhao Yuan pursed his mouth, crossed his arms on his chest, and his eyes were foggy, as if he was remembering something.
At that moment, he was a little childish in Yunyang's opinion.
Although such a look only stayed on Zhao Yuan's face for a moment.
Yunyang's eyes fluttered, and he deliberately asked, "What is the general looking for?" ”
Zhao Yuan glanced at her, groaned, calmly picked up the chopsticks and said, "Nothing." ”
Yunyang couldn't help laughing, neither of them spoke again, and silently lowered their heads to finish the meal.
After breakfast, Zhao Yuan and Yun Yang rode horses to Yuduan Mountain again. At this time, the Imperial Guards were already waiting there in a neat line. Seeing Zhao Yuan coming from a distance, he knelt down in unison.
When he came to the Imperial Forest Army, Zhao Yuan did not dismount, he said to the leader of the Royal Forest Army: "What happened to the things I confessed yesterday?" ”
The leader of the Imperial Forest Army replied: "The ministers obeyed the emperor's instructions and carefully investigated the nearby barren mountains, and found no signs of bandits. ”
"The two elite descendants sent out last night met a pair of village women on the mountain road, who claimed to be mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and went to grave their son who died in other places."
"The mountain roads were gloomy at night, and they were scared and asked to go with our people."
"When we reached a secret place in the mountains, our people noticed that these two village women were behaving frivolously and speaking rudely, and they did not look like good people, so they stepped forward and resolutely restrained them."
After searching, it was found that the two said that they were going to go to their son's grave, but they did not bring any incense, candles, paper and money on them. Incense and daggers are all available. ”
"The ministers immediately tied up the two village women and sent them to the county office."
After listening to the leader of the Imperial Forest Army, Zhao Yuan bowed his head slightly and said, "It's not surprising that you didn't find the bandits, because I suspect that the people who disappeared on the mountain road before were not killed by the bandits, but encountered a fierce beast." ”
When Yunyang heard him say this, his heart sank, and he immediately remembered the deafening screams in the dense forest that night.
Sure enough, Zhao Yuan said next: "A few days ago, I encountered a white lion tiger beast in the forest. Judging by the signs of this creature's confrontation with me, it has taken man as a kind of prey. ”
"It has a brass bell around its neck, like a magic weapon. Last night was the night of the full moon, when the beasts were in a rage, and as I passed by a Taoist temple in the east of the city, I heard the cry of the beast faintly coming from inside. ”
"Now that the sky is bright, it is the time when the beast of prey is at its most sluggish, and it is the best time to hunt this beast." Zhao Yuan pointed at the leader of the Imperial Forest Army with a horsewhip, "Since you want to hunt in autumn, you will go with me to hunt this thing." ”
"Although this time the Imperial Forest Army is acting alone, this is in the territory of Hushan City, and you have to send someone to the Hushan County Ya to report first."