Seeking Skin with the Tiger (5)

Mu Qing came suddenly after a long journey, and there were well-trained guards around him, as well as five or six hundred elite soldiers to escort him, but he didn't see Du Ruhui. Yu Li had a lot of doubts, and wanted to ask them one by one, so he asked a few words in a hurry, but he couldn't answer them. Mu Qing had a bright smile on his face, and he was coquettish like when he was a child, and he pouted and said to Yu Li: "Qi Niang ran all the way, and I didn't want to see my brother, so I didn't hurry to take it home to rest, but wanted to stand at the gate of the city and eat dust as a false courtesy." I haven't seen it for a few years, but it's rusty in the end. ”

Yu Li had an epiphany, and said to everyone with a smile: "It's really my fault, and please go back to the house with me to rest." As he spoke, he went ahead and led the way. Mu Qing looked around, above the city tower, on the side of the city gate, I am afraid that someone has already written down this scene word by word, so that he can take it back and invite merit. Now that the purpose had been achieved, and everything that should be put on display was all on display, she turned around and got into the carriage again, and followed Yu Li to the city.

Gao Dutong, as a messenger of Wuwei, wanted to enter the city with them to meet Xue Gong, so he ordered the deputy general to lead the troops to retreat to the outskirts of the city ten miles away, except for the next armor, only wearing a hakama narrow robe, carrying a long knife with him, and followed into the city.

Mu Qing sat in the car, looked out from the pane of the car wall, and saw Yu Li riding on the side, the wind and sand in the northwest had already left a mark on his body and face, his body was thinner, and a circle of stubble appeared shallowly on his chin. Ah Liu sniffed beside her, her nose was slightly red, but her face was happy, and she said in a tone, "I don't want Yu Alang to come to greet me, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Soon arrived at Yu Li's mansion, a servant greeted him, led everyone's horses, and Ah Liu supported Mu Qing and followed Yu Li carefully inside. Out of the second gate came a plain-clothed bearded girl, who was not yet proficient in Chinese, and her tone was mixed. The laughter was very crisp, "But Yu Hang's relatives have taken it back?" Mu Qing looked up and saw her lapel-neck skirt with a white background and a light green tuftling bird pattern, only knee-length, revealing a pair of brightly colored thick brocade soft boots, dressed in Sogdian costume. It is estimated that he is about the same age as Ah Liu, his skin is as white as snow, the bridge of his nose is high, his big amber eyes are particularly deep, and two symmetrical pear vortices appear on his lips when he laughs.

Yu Li stepped forward two steps faster and called "Ye Na". He stood beside the bearded girl with a soft smile on her face. Mu Qingdun understood, and hurriedly smiled and stepped forward to salute, "Sister-in-law is fine." She tilted her head to look at Yu Li, seeing this situation, he no longer paid attention to the past, and now he was doing very well, she was happy for him from the bottom of her heart, grateful to the bearded girl in front of her.

Yu Li was busy for a while. Settle the group. Along the way, bathing was a more worrying thing than eating, and the last time she bathed was in Guzang City in Wuwei, and she was once again immersed in warm water. In addition, the mood is comfortable, and the whole person is bright. When she was freshly washed, she changed into a Han skirt sent by Ye Na, and walked outside the house with her wet hair. It's completely dark. She had already learned the night in the northwest, and once the sun was hidden, the cold air would come. She braved the cold to run out of the house, across the yard, and into the back kitchen. Ye Na was busy in the back kitchen, and when she saw that her wet hair was still dripping, she hurriedly pulled her to sit down by the fire, and called the servant to fetch the dry cloth and wipe it for her with her own hands.

Ye Na said in a stiff Chinese: "Those who came with you have rested in the wings, and they have already brought food to everyone. What your brother means, if you want to get together with your family tonight, you won't set the table for a banquet, and it's not too late to invite everyone after two days. ”

Her hair was softly dried in Ye Na's hands, and there was a warm stove fire by her side, and when she heard her say that she wanted her family to be together, her heart seemed to be melted, and the tip of her nose couldn't help but be sour, and tears were so uncontrollably popping and dripping to the ground. The gate of Yuhang Gu's Mansion has been blocked with the departure of Daddy and Mother, Wu County has never been her hometown, not to mention that the clan is scattered, once she thought that she had no mother's family to vote into, but she never thought that although she was born in the beautiful water in the south of the Yangtze River, her mother's family would be in the northwest three thousand miles away.

"Why did Qi Niang cry?" Seeing her crying, Ye Na hurriedly stopped her hand and asked.

"Without him, I just think that if my father and mother are still alive, I must be very happy to see my sister-in-law." She wiped the tears from her face and smiled at Ye Na, "I missed my father and mother for a while, and I taught my sister-in-law to laugh." Don't cry anymore, and when you see Brother Jiao for a while, you should feel uncomfortable again. ”

Ye Na soothed her, and as soon as she laughed at her, Yu Li pushed the door and entered. There were tables and stools in the kitchen, and it was warmer than the outside, so he sat down at the table, rubbed his hands together, and said, "Just eat here, but don't you like Brother Brother's simplicity here?" ”

Mu Qing shook his head and helped Ye Na put the cakes, meals and wine utensils on the table one by one, happily like a little girl from an ordinary poor family seeing meat that had not been served for a long time. Ye Na brought a large flat plate with a lid, "This is the favorite gong of the Sogdians, and your brother said that you like something new, so he made this for you to taste." As she spoke, she picked up the lid on the large plate, and a hot mist with the smell of mutton came out, Mu Qing suddenly felt pantothenic acid in her stomach, and barely suppressed it, looking at the gong, there was no strong ingredient in this gong, just mutton, rice, mixed with sesame oil, steamed and cooked, why did it smell so bad.

She didn't like to brush off Yena's good intentions, took the chopsticks and picked some into her mouth, and as soon as she swallowed it, a wave of nausea rose from her abdominal cavity and surged up her throat. Hurriedly threw away the chopsticks, ran to the door and pushed the door out, leaning against the wall for a violent retching, but couldn't spit out anything, which made the cold air agitated, but it was a lot smoother. Yu Li and Ye Na followed out, one holding on to her and the other patting her back.

After a few moments, she straightened up, calmed her breath, and was helped into the room, and Ye Na hurriedly put the gong back on it, and removed it from the table. Mu Qing was full of apologies, and he didn't know how to explain it, neither left nor right. Yu Li had studied medical books with her, and when he saw her face pale and cold sweat, he grabbed her wrist and probed her pulse. After probing for a long time, he raised his eyes and looked at her with a frown, and asked hesitantly: "Qi Niang, you, do you know...... Are you already a double? ”

She pulled her wrist, nodded, and smiled indifferently, "It's just not very stable, it was about a while ago that I rode a horse and the road was bumpy, and I felt a dull pain in my lower abdomen a few days ago, so I changed to a carriage to sit in, but fortunately there was no big problem." I was about to bother my brother to find a reliable and clever doctor for me and prescribe a few good medicines. ”

Yu Li's face was solemn, his face was very ugly, and he asked in a deep voice: "You are so born in my words, why did you go to Jincheng County alone while pregnant, and you also brought a group of elite soldiers?" Where is Duke Kemin? How did the news of your coming here come from the Captain's Mansion? I have asked you many times at the gate of the city today, why are you so evasive? Also, has the He Sui who came with you ever seen it in Yuhang? ”

A series of questions pressed down like a mountain stone, and he could feel his imminent anger, and the three of them were silent, even Yu Li himself, he felt that his tone was too heavy, and he was afraid that he would shock her, and he couldn't help but feel remorse. Unexpectedly, after she was stunned for a while, she still had a light smile on her face, and said coquettishly as if nothing had happened: "These many questions, teach me which one to answer, only then did my chest feel uncomfortable and panicked, and now I have eased up a little, don't you appreciate the tea and eat it?" (To be continued......)