Seeking Skin with the Tiger (1)

The cold air at night was pressing, and the four guards took turns to guard it, one for fear that there would be bandits and others at night, and the other for fear of letting the fire go out. When a ray of light shone straight into the stone building from the battlement, the last wisps of green smoke rose from the fire. Mu Qing only felt chills all over his body, and a spirit woke up, and when he turned his head, he saw He Suizhao's eyes burning, looking at her, and he didn't know when he woke up, and how long he had been watching like this. She lifted the heavy cloak on her body and wanted to stand up, but found that in addition to her own fluffy cloak, there was another big cyan cloak covering her body, and she didn't need to ask her to know that it was He Suizhao's cloak.

Mu Qing picked up the cloak, walked slowly to him, and handed it back to him. "You don't have to be like that." Seeing that the rest of the people were asleep and not waking up, she whispered.

He Suizhao took the cloak, bowed his head and sighed slightly, and said thoughtlessly: "It's me who is not blessed, every time I meet you, it's the wrong time." ”

She was about to turn and walk away, but she involuntarily stopped in front of him. "It has nothing to do with timing, only with that person. Qi Niang is not broad-minded, and since she has already accommodated one person, she will not be able to vacate room to accommodate others. ”

He raised his head and smiled bitterly, "I don't dare to hope to have a place in Qi Niang's heart, I just want to be big enough to tolerate Qi Niang's heart and everything in my heart." ”

Mu Qing didn't answer, lowered his eyes and turned to leave, pacing towards the stone battlements outside the city tower, wanting to take a look at the Great Wall of the Han Dynasty that he didn't have a chance to see last night. She didn't take He Suizhao's words at ease, but when he was obsessed with it for a while, maybe in a few years, when he got married, today's words would be forgotten. The Great Wall of the Han Dynasty has been decayed, only the ruins and broken walls remain, piles of rubble, she looked at it and suddenly felt fearful, involuntarily afraid of the desolation and loneliness, for fear that one day she would be like the Great Wall of the Han Dynasty in front of her lonely bones in this world. She began to miss the days with Du Ruhui irrepressibly, and wanted to return to him immediately, even if she became a pile of bones after a hundred years, being able to curl up beside him would make her sleep with peace of mind.

There was a sound in the tower, everyone got up to clean up, and then another day of rapid travel, she sniffed hard, inhaled a large area of cold air, and neatly interrupted Fang Cai's feelings. Kang Saburo went down the castle tower one step earlier. Urging loudly below, "Everyone hurry up, I see that it is coming." ”

Mu Qing went down the stone building, but couldn't find her jujube red horse, remembering that she hadn't seen her since the sandstorm last night, "The horse has gone astray, and it can't be found." Qi Niang still rode with me. He Suizhao squinted and smiled casually, as if Fang Cai's confession had not happened. She sighed for a moment, but readily agreed. "Then it's hard work."

It was a smooth day. At noon, he returned to the official road from the desert, and it was even drier here, Mu Qing's lips were chapped two or three times, and his tongue licked lightly. There was a hint of sweet blood in his mouth. The horse's hooves stepped on, and the brown sand on the official road was raised, and there was a feeling of fine sand rolling in the mouth. She hurriedly shook the veil away and shook off the dust from the sandstorm. Wrap it around your neck and cover your mouth and nose, but your robe and hair are still covered with dust. If it weren't for the fact that they were straddled the horses. It was not far from that of a beggar. When entering Guzang City, the soldiers who checked Mu Qing looked Mu Qing up and down a few times, and muttered to his companions: "It looks like a little Ah Lang from a rich and noble family, who is not at home to enjoy happiness, but is outside to make that dirty mud." ”

She thought of Liu Da who was guarding the east of Luoyang City for no reason, and bowed to the soldier with her fist, took out a piece of money from her bosom and threw it away, and the two soldiers smiled happily, holding the money string and waving their hands to signal them to go quickly.

Although Guzang City is not as prosperous as the eastern capital Jiangdu, there are no rebels and bandits in the surrounding area, and the city is also lively, especially when they are not sleeping in the open or rough and wild shops along the way, Guzang City is actually the best place. I chose the most decent inn to settle down, and the astute shopkeeper looked at the dusty color of their bodies, and hurriedly instructed the guys to prepare more bathing water, Wuwei was extremely dry, and it was really extravagant to prepare so much water for bathing. The guy diligently handed over the cloth to wipe his face, and brought the freshly baked meat pie and hot soup, Kang Saburo sighed to Mu Qing with satisfaction: "At this time and now, I feel that it is far better than your family's Qiyue Fang." ”

Extremely tired, a good night's sleep. When she woke up the next morning, He Suizhao was no longer in the inn, so she took two guards with her, leaving the other two to guard in the inn, thinking that she had gone to the Li Mansion to deliver the letter. Kangzaburo did not lose his merchant nature, and he wandered to the city market early in the morning. Mu Qing sat up lazily, the corner of her lower abdomen began to throb faintly, and she had never eaten anything bad, how could she have abdominal pain from time to time in the past two days, the pain was looming, and it came from her lower abdomen, she stood on the ground with her lower abdomen, her fingers gently stroked back and forth in the throbbing place suspiciously, twisted her brows and speculated wildly, and before she knew it, she walked to the window, supported the pane, and the mountains covered with snow crashed into her eyes, and the wind outside the window whirred and rose from the ground, but the sun was very good. She muttered in her heart, last night was still a cold winter, and it was already spring in the morning, so strange place.

Stunned for a while, Ah Liu entered the house with a basin of water, and put a new tuft of robe on the crook of his arm, "He Sui Ah Lang left two guards when he left, saying that he must bring them when he invites Qi Niang to go out for a walk, so as not to cause extraneous branches." If you want me to say, this place is very interesting, the women outside, all dressed in everything, almost all of them have their faces exposed, no hats and veils, and they are also good-looking, and their skin is white and their eyes are ......," Ah Liu said in pieces as she freshened and changed her clothes, and pouted her to go outside.

"If you want to go and see it, just go and call Ada to go with you in a while. Is there anything to eat now? Mu Qing rubbed his lower abdomen, which felt a soothing throbbing pain, and replied with a smile, "If Yinghua is here, I don't know how to be happy, she loves to watch fresh and lively the most." This time in the army, the constraints are great, and it is really hard for her. ”

Ah Liu didn't know how to take the conversation, and if she made a mistake, she was afraid of provoking her spirit, so she heard that she wanted to eat, and ran downstairs with this. After a while, he staggered upstairs with a large bowl of things in his hand. "How can I eat this?" Mu Qing smiled and looked at the big bowl, which was full of a bowl of unknown things, shaped like a soup cake, but more wide, she ate a few bites of the big bowl at will, then sent Ah Liu to withdraw, and sent her to summon the two guards and Ada to go to the downtown together.

Mu Qing wore a clean new robe and walked in the unfamiliar market, no, compared to the Eastern Capital, this can not be regarded as a serious market at all, the pavement rammed by loess, the sand and dust are hovering at the feet, most of the surrounding houses are also made of loess, only a few houses with slightly larger doors are built with sand mixed with green bricks, as if a large piece of loess will fall from the wall at any time. Sure enough, as Ah Liu said, all kinds of Hu clothes are gorgeously spread out in the market, coming and going is not lively, and the women and little girls here are not as reserved as those in the Eastern Capital, and they are busy lively.

The sound of camel bells, caravans full of goods leisurely passing through, greeting acquaintances to each other, shops on both sides of Shifang Avenue are next to each other, Ah Liu looked at the piles and piles are all novel, Ada rarely smiled all over his face, happily followed behind, Mu Qing turned his head and nodded and smiled meaningfully at him, he was so ashamed to avoid her gaze.

After walking for a long time, there was a five-story blue brick house in front of it, and it was only when I got close that I knew that it was a Buddhist temple. Mu Qing glanced inside at the door, then walked towards the Buddhist temple, the two guards naturally followed, she turned around and saw that both of them were wearing long swords, I am afraid that they are too angry, and they collided with the gods and Buddhas, and they were disrespectful, so they hurriedly raised their hands to stop, "Please wait at the door for a while, I'll take a stroll and come." The guards had been instructed by He Suizhao to stay inch, and looked at each other in embarrassment, Mu Qing pointed to Ada and said, "With him with you, don't worry about it." The guard had no choice but to stop at the door and arch his hand: "Please Madame, please hurry, be careful." ”

There are three Buddha statues enshrined in the temple, the arms are entangled, the hand holds the lotus, and the eyes are looked down compassionately. The four walls of the main hall are covered with brilliant portraits, come forward to take a closer look, it was the story of the Buddha of "Satrina sacrificing his body to feed the tiger", Mu Qing carefully admired one by one, bowed down at the front end of the three-body Buddha statue, and prayed silently in his heart for a while. Usually she did not believe in Buddhism, but at this time, because of the obstacles in her heart, she prayed devoutly, earnestly begging the gods and Buddhas to hear what she was asking in her heart.

She bowed again, then stood up and walked upstairs, until she reached the highest floor, and she could see the entire Guzang City by the railing. Looking into the distance again, she couldn't help but be frightened, Wuwei County was indeed a fortress, clamping Jincheng Pass to the east, and the only road to the Western Regions to the west, separated by towering mountains in front, and followed by the desert and the Northern Turkic Khan. If Li Zhize can't be retracted this time, it must be a great hidden danger to keep him, and when there is no perfect solution, I am afraid that ......

She didn't want to take that thought lightly, especially quietly. If Du Ruhui was by her side at this moment, what should he do? Mu Qing asked himself quietly, and then lowered his head helplessly, with his actions, he was afraid that he would decisively get rid of dissidents, quickly settle trustworthy people, and never leave that General Li a chance to survive.

Seeing her overlooking her for a long time, Ah Liu stepped forward and whispered, "Go down, those two big guards below must be uneasy after waiting for so long." Mu Qing nodded, looked at it again, memorized the terrain in front of him, and followed Ah Liu downstairs. When the guards at the door saw her come out, they all breathed a sigh of relief, and they hurriedly followed her, not daring to miss the next step. (To be continued......)