Initial Expedition (2)

Early the next morning, Mu Qing was in the study, with a small smoked cage on his lap to read a book, and Yinghua ran from the curved bridge from a distance, not wearing a canopy, only wearing a goose-yellow lapel and small sleeve jacket, running in the wind, a few thin braids fluttering behind him, compared with the previous days, the whole person was bright again. A smile floated on Mu Qing's lips, in the end, it is a child's heart, and it is easy to handle, this method of putting death and being born after death is right.

"Sister, Ada said she would take me hunting, would you like to go with me?" Yinghua saw that Du Ruhui was not included, so she ran straight into the study, grabbed Mu Qing's arm and shook it.

"In the cold winter wax moon, where do the living creatures in the forest come from?" Mu Qing is especially cold this year and is reluctant to move.

Yinghua pouted, opened his eyes wide, raised his eyebrows, and said: "The "Zuo Chuan" that was only taught last month, said in the fifth chapter of the Yin Gong, so spring and summer seedlings, autumn and winter hunting, are all in the agricultural gap to talk about things.

Mu Qing laughed and laughed, "Good girl, this is fast." "There was a commotion on the night of Qixi Festival, so far she has not been out of the city, and during the Chongyang chrysanthemum season, all the female relatives invited the suburbs to ascend, and she did not respond. At the moment, Yinghua easily replied a little, and she couldn't bear to be interested, thinking that there was Ada with her, and there was nothing wrong with going out of the city, so she nodded and agreed. instructed Ah Liu Ah Yue, went to change into a roll-neck jacket that was easy to ride, wrapped in hair, Ah Yue was meticulous, firmly tied the silk on the hood for her, and turned the hair on the hood neatly, and whispered, "The mother is cold, if you are facing the wind when riding, you must not open your mouth, don't eat the cold wind and turn around to get sick." ”

Approaching the wax moon, the sun rose late, when they galloped to the city gate, the sun flashed a few rays of light on the eaves of the city gate tower, Mu Qing's hand holding the reins was frozen purple, fortunately the Tusu wine brought by Ada, drank a few sips, and temporarily relieved the cold. When he untied the small wine bag, he said to Yinghua: "Carry the liquor with you, and if you hurt any place, you will spray it with the liquor to prevent the wound from festering." Yinghua nodded seriously, taking it to heart.

The forest in the suburbs was quiet, there were indeed no living creatures, and after more than an hour, Yinghua only shot a few gray squirrels, she looked at Mu Qing's frozen almost stiff hands, and said that she would go back and take it to the leather courtyard in Nanshi, and ask someone to make a hand cage for her sister to make a pair of Qingqiulan. Mu Qing turned his face to look at the gray squirrels he shot, every arrow hit the eye or scalp, if the body was hit by an arrow, this skin would be broken, and it would no longer be used. It can be seen that Yinghua's archery skills are now good, and she is happy in her heart.

It was almost noon, Ada and Yinghua both collected the arrows, and what they got was nothing more than gray rats and hares, and Ada taught her some methods of survival in the wilderness piecemeal, Yinghua was smart, listened carefully, and memorized what he said in his mind. The man let the horse wander out of the forest, and Ada, who was walking in front, suddenly reined in the horse, stood silent for a while, turned around and chuckled and said to Yinghua: "There is a red fox in front." Yinghua quietly turned over and dismounted, and while carefully moving forward, he picked up an arrow from his back and lightly fastened it. Mu Qing sat on the horse, holding his breath and looking around, but he couldn't see any trace of the red fox.

Yinghua pulled the bowstring full, stabilized her arm, and saw that the arrow was about to be shot, but she suddenly retracted her right arm and put down the arrow. Ada stared at her with wide eyes, shaking her head at where the red fox was, motioning for her to shoot the arrow. She raised her bow and took aim again, hesitated, but finally lowered her hand. Ada sighed impatiently, alarmed the red fox, and jumped out of the dry grass, Mu Qingfang saw it, sure enough, it was brown, red and white, the red fox's hind legs seemed to have been injured, and his body was bloated, and he limped over a few times before disappearing.

"It's already in the bag, why don't you release the arrow?" Ada glared at Yinghua angrily.

Yinghua pursed her lips and muttered: "That's a female fox, there are fox cubs in her belly, and her hind legs have been taught to be clamped with iron clips, how can I get my hands dirty." ”

Ada hung his head and sighed for a while, while Yinghua tilted his head to look at him unconvinced. Until they returned home from the city, the two did not say a word. "Yinghua has compassion, which is a taboo against the enemy." Ada quietly told Mu Qing that he was worried that she would suffer a big loss if she really had to face the enemy.

She knows that Yinghua is pure and kind, but she is not indecisive, "When she faces life and death with real knives and guns, Xu will be ruthless, and everyone is forced to experience." Mu Qing took words to relieve Ada, but this was also to comfort himself.

Mu Qing entered the house from the foot door in the backyard, and went straight to the main house to take off and change clothes, Ah Liu stepped forward to take away the heavy cloak for her, and whispered: "Ah Lang has returned home, and Steward Liu of Jiangdu has also arrived, and he is talking in front, but do you want to see it?" Approaching the New Year's Festival, Steward Liu suddenly ran over, at this time Ah Liu's expression was abnormal, there must be something unusual, Mu Qing stopped, put on his cloak again, and went to the front hall wearing a riding suit with lapels.

At the beginning of the year, Mu Qing instructed Liu Ao to quietly and gradually collect those large transactions, and Taoguang kept quiet. Liuqi Yueju operates maintenance expenses, prudently manages Qiyuefang, and Mojiao is overpowered. It stands to reason that there should not be anything urgent and important this year, so why should we brave the army and rush to the eastern capital at this time. This time, she walked uneasily, guessing Liu Ao's intentions, like a thorn in her back.

Liu Ao saw her enter the house, and hurriedly got up to greet her, Du Ruhui walked to her side, and put a hand on her shoulder and arm unintentionally, "Steward Liu specially came from Jiangdu and brought the news of your Wujun family. ”

Mu Qingyuan's suddenly beating heart was put back in its original place, it was originally a family affair in the West Houfu, what does it have to do with her, Liu Aute went to the Eastern Capital for this matter, but it was redundant. "Is the Wu County Gu clan broken up like this?" She turned her head and asked Liu Ao lightly. Liu Ao saw that she was silent, and he didn't expect to extend a helping hand to Wu Jungu, so he only nodded, no longer speaking, but looked at Du Ruhui hesitantly.

"There is another ......" Du Ruhui's hand was still on her shoulder, looking directly at the indifferent look on her face, and said fiercely: "Your father, guard the granary for Du Yan, the grain in the warehouse is prepared for the royal patrol of Jiangnan, the hungry people ask for food, your father sent people to beat them with sticks, and he didn't want to kill a few weak people, the hungry people were angry, and they were beaten in groups, and your father was killed by people." ”

Mu Qing's face was still flat, standing dumbfounded, stunned for a long time, not knowing what to say, and only after a while did he look at Du Ruhui and ask, "Then how are my mother and Wan now?" Liu Ao hurriedly stepped forward and replied to her: "The old lady and the respected brother are still living in the old place, and it is inevitable that they will be treated coldly, but they are unharmed." That Wan Shi, last year I don't know where to go, after deliberately someone to explore, actually said that it was escaped into the empty door, I don't know whether I look forward to Yinghua to look for her when he returns to Wu County in the future, but he did not go far, only hiding in the Meiwu Nunnery of the Qionglong Mountain outside Guangfu Town to practice, the nunnery is small and secret, the day is hard, but now I don't hear about the world, and I live a leisurely life. ”

She closed her eyes and pulled out a long string of sighs, now it is less than the spring and autumn period since the day of the hasty escape from Wu County, when the clock is ringing and eating, the strict etiquette of the expedition to the west of the Houfu, has been scattered, if no one in the clan is prosperous in the future, but ten years, this clan will be just an ordinary surname. What is the rank of the concubine, what is the order of the upper and lower, everyone is worried about the things that they are fighting for in their faces, and at this time they are all gone, and they are also clean. Looking at her father, in the past, in order to seek some benefits under Du Yan's seat, he worked hard all day long, but he even reached the point of disregarding faith and family affection and selling his daughter for glory, after all, it was this hard-pressed errand that hurt him, but she was not very sad except for emotion.

Seeing that Du Ruhui and Liu Ao were both looking at her nervously, she couldn't help but smile slightly bitterly, "Even if the Wan family is fine, I have no intention of teaching Yinghua about this matter." Then he said to Liu Ao: "This year's salt harvest, you don't have to come to me in the spring next year." I divided it, and gave it to my mother and Rokuro, thinking it would be enough for them to last for a few years. One was sent to Meiwu Nunnery, half of which was filled with lamp oil and incense, and half of which was purchased for my mother-in-law. For the rest, if there are any people in the clan who are in trouble and cannot live, they are all scattered. Liu Ao responded. Du Ruhui called Du Qi to lead him to the wing room to rest, and when he walked to the door, Mu Qing chased after him and added, "Those subsidies, don't teach them where they come from, let alone let the Gu clan know my whereabouts." ”

Du Ruhui originally thought that she was going to be sad, but she didn't know that she only heard about other people's family affairs, commented a few words, and felt nostalgic for a while, and was really indifferent. That night, he fell asleep with her in his arms from behind, the person in his arms fell asleep peacefully, the changes of the whole family, the loss of his own father, as if they had nothing to do with her, for no reason, he hesitated, and the little girl clinging to his chest seemed to make him feel a little strange. Recalling the past when the teacher and his wife passed away, she was devastated and mourned like a landslide, but I really don't know if it was because she was becoming more and more solid and cold inside, or because she had no affection for the Gu family of Wu County.

The quilt was filled with her sweet breath, intoxicating, and after thinking about it casually for a while, his snort gradually became heavy, and he didn't fall asleep. Mu Qing opened his eyes and looked at the patterns on the tent, and his heart was crushed and uncomfortable. Gu Li and his wife are no different from strangers to her, if it weren't for Daddy's sudden departure, I'm afraid she would never see her parents in this life, let alone the flesh and blood affection. At first glance, they passed dozens of days politely with each other, and they were almost abandoned again. Mu Qing himself didn't know what caused this discomfort, maybe it was because of the vague past.

In the blink of an eye, it is the twentieth day of the lunar month. Because of the continuous use of soldiers, the military cost is huge, the chaotic soldiers gather bandits, the counties are not happy, the year of the eastern capital is more bleak than in previous years, this year even the Duanmen Street opera has been exempted, and the surname is only in their respective homes to provide the god of the stove with gum teeth. Mu Qingli invited Liu Ao to stay in Beijing for the New Year, he missed his family and hurried back to Jiangdu. There is a family tied up, and the wife of the family is looking forward to it, if they get together, it is always a happy thing, and Mu Qing has not forced him to stay.

As soon as the door of the workshop was opened early in the morning, Du Ruhui took her to Liu Ao and sent it directly to the city gate. Just as he was about to go back, he suddenly heard someone shouting from behind, "Ah Lang, Mrs. Ah Lang is stationed here." Mu Qing looked back and saw a soldier guarding the city gate greeting them, and she was not sure who he was calling. Du Ruhui immediately looked at it intently, suddenly woke up, hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and stepped forward, "This big brother ......", just like that, the soldier gestured at a loss for a while, didn't know what to salute, and finally had to hold Du Ruhui's fist. "Ah Lang is going to torment me. The small surname is Liu, and the family is alone, so the neighbors all call Liu Da. As he spoke, he bowed deeply to Du Ruhui, and then turned to Mu Qingdao: "Ask how Madam is well." ”

Mu Qing didn't know what was going on, he bowed to him in a daze, and looked at Du Ruhui with a puzzled face. "Do you remember the night of Tanabata? If it weren't for Brother Liu's guidance on the chicken head pulp, I'm afraid it would be ......" Du Ruhui said this, Mu Qing suddenly became clear, and Ying Ying bowed to Liu Da, "It was Brother Liu who saved his life, but he never thanked him." ”

Liu Da was a thick one, he didn't dare to reach out to help, he shook his head busily, and rubbed his hands in a hurry. "Madame can't thank you, thank you. It is also the Qixi Festival of the year, and the old mother at home does not know what evil wind she has hit, and she has a high fever for several days, and she has not recovered after lying on the couch for several days. The village doctor doesn't look good, and he doesn't have the money to invite the clever one, even if he does, the medicinal materials can't afford to spend. When Mrs. and Ah Lang returned to the city that day, they were about to close the city gate, and they were about to close the city gate because of the annoyance in their hearts. It was this bag of money that saved my mother's life. I thought every day that I didn't know when I would be able to see my benefactor again, so I could thank him in person, but I never had the chance to see him again. Coincidentally, on the night of Qixi this year, Ah Lang took people out of the city to find people, the situation was urgent, and it was too late to thank him, but he just pointed out, thinking that he could do his best, but who knew that it was Mrs. who was rescued that night. ”

"It can be seen that it is a causal chance." Mu Qing responded with a smile. People talked a few words under the city gate, and after talking for a while, Liu Da returned to the city tower to be on duty, and Du Ruhui and Mu Qingcai rode back to the house leisurely. "Why did you think about tipping back then?" Mu Qing asked him with a side smile. "When I saw that your heart was happy, I rewarded it casually. Unexpectedly, even your little life was picked up at this leisure. Du Ru laughed darkly.

After sacrificing to the god of the stove, it entered the New Year's Festival, and the servants and maids shuttled in the workshop every day, and each family was busy with the New Year's affairs, purchasing and purchasing. Under this situation, the Du Mansion was significantly deserted, and on February 18, the army of the Duke of Tang Guo was opened, because it was with the army, there was nothing to prepare, and the saddle horse and armor should be rationed by the Duke of Tang, and what Mu Qing could pick up was only some small pieces of pills and gold powder, and he couldn't be more dedicated.

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