Chapter 137: A pot of tea eggs
PS: Ps: I just want to say that I was watching "AKB49" recently, a very touching manga, and the enthusiasm of the male protagonist is really touching, which makes me ashamed to be always lazy. When will we be able to work so hard (for women)?
Wild forest, wild shop.
Shi Qingyi didn't expect that in this chaotic season, there would be a small shop in the deep mountains and mountains, but fortunately, he was exempted from sleeping in the wild, Shi Qingyi walked in, and then, he saw an old man sitting next to the stove leisurely warming, and the old man also saw Shi Qingyi: "The girl wants to live in the hotel?" Shi Qingyi nodded: "Yes, old man, are you the only one in the store?" "If it's just an old man, then this wild shop is still said in the past, because the old man has basically reached the time to know the destiny of heaven, and he doesn't care much about his own life and death, so he dares to change his house into a wild shop, which is convenient for business travel at the same time, but also earns a life ration for himself. And the old man's answer was not at all Shi Qingyi's expectation.
"Of course, little girl, who else is in this world except an old man of my age. Look at the girl's appearance, and I've been on the road for a day! I've got some food here, so the girl can put her stomach on and dinner will be in a minute. The old man said, got up and took out a pair of dishes and chopsticks from the closet beside him, and took out a few round things from the pot that was boiling on the stove and put them in: "There is nothing to eat in spring, just some bird eggs, but with some unique secret recipes from our family, the taste is delicious, the girl might as well taste it first......" said and handed the bowl to Shi Qingyi. Although the old man was very old, his body was very strong, and his movement was slow. However, the hand holding the soup bowl was unusually steady, but after taking the broken bowl that was full of grease and had several cracks. Shi Qingyi's brows furrowed visibly.
Although Shi Qingyi is not the kind of person who is very clean, he saw this scene, even though the contents of the bowl were exuding a very good smell. I also lost my appetite for a taste. So, Shi Qingyi put down the bowl: "Thank you for this." It's just that I'm tired now and want to rest. Seeing that Shi Qingyi didn't touch the contents of the bowl, the old man's face showed a look of disappointment, but he was very considerate and beckoned Shi Qingyi into the back room.
The back room of the wild shop is also very simple, except for a bed, there is only a very small amount of household goods. But compared to the wild, it's still much better. The old man then retreated, and Shi Qingyi turned to close the door, and then she breathed a sigh of relief. Sit down on the bed. There were pots and bowls on the small table in the room, and water was placed in the pot, and Shi Qingyi poured a bowl of water for himself to drink. Then he lay quietly on the bed. It's going to be a long night......
Outside the house, a strange man's voice shouted: "Is Uncle at home?" Immediately, the voice of the old man in the house rang out: "It's a big cow!" You sent Chai He over again! It seems that the two turned out to know each other. The whining wind outside the house brought the conversation between the two into Shi Qingyi's room, it turned out that the stranger was an acquaintance of the old man, and often sent firewood, food and other daily necessities to the old man. Although it was getting late today, the man was worried about the old man's lack of things. I hurriedly sent it over for him.
At this time, it was already dark, and the man was going to leave in disarray, but after dark, the barren mountains and mountains were not safe, and the man decided to stay under the old man's repeated retention. Spread a futon near the stove in the middle of the hall and spend the night at the wild shop.
In the first half of the night, Yedian had been peaceful, but in the second half of the night, footsteps began to approach Shi Qingyi's inner room. The voice was very soft, though. However, Shi Qingyi, who has always been vigilant in her heart, is extremely clear, her eyes opened, and then quietly touched the bed, like a ghost, quietly hidden behind the door.
"Is the girl asleep?" The voice of the old shopkeeper came from outside, and after a while, I heard no response from the back room. A knife crept into the door, slowly pulling the latch open, and then a sturdy black figure cautiously entered the room. Shi Qingyi suddenly made a move, and while closing the door, he flew up from behind the side and kicked the opponent's leg hard, and stretched out his hands to choke the opponent's throat while the opponent stumbled to the ground, sealing the exclamation that the opponent had time to shout, and then used force in his hand to crush the opponent's neck bone.
Shi Qingyi gently put the body on the ground, took the long knife in the other party's hand with his right hand, opened the door and walked out, the old robber was still around the stove leisurely roasting the fire, and did not notice Shi Qingyi's approach, and Shi Qingyi also took advantage of the robber's head to lower his head and expose his neck, and cut off the other party's head with a knife. The robber's head fell to the ground, rolled to the side with a grunt, and his body immediately tilted to the side, but Shi Qingyi never looked at the other party again, she first looked at the bird egg soup that was still placed on the stove, and then looked at the dilapidated wild shop, and then pulled out a burning firewood from the stove and walked out of the door, and then threw the burning firewood on the thatched roof of the wild shop......
Before Shi Qingyi walked out of Yedian for three or four miles, there was already a fire behind her, illuminating the entire night.
"Never look at your second sister-in-law with the eyes of ordinary people, because she is the heir I chose!" This sentence is what the late old lady of the Li family, Dugu, said to Li Xiuning, although the old lady has long been outdated, but for Li Xiuning, the grandmother who was as wise as the sky and rational to the point of being terrible has always been a mountain that she can only look up to. Although Li Xiuning did not inherit the amazing wisdom and vision of the old lady Dugu, as the granddaughter of the awesome old lady, Li Xiuning is also not an ordinary woman in the world, so when Shi Qingyi suddenly appeared in front of her, although Li Xiuning was surprised, she did not have any excessive expression, even if Shi Qingyi asked to be mixed into the team without giving her any reason, she still did not ask, but concealed Shi Qingyi's identity, Then we moved on to the rest of the journey.
Another person in the envoy group who knew that Shi Qingyi was Li Shimin's wife was Chai Shao, but he was Li Xiuning's husband, so he was naturally tight-lipped, and although the others were puzzled by the identity of the woman who temporarily cut in line, since the three princesses and their husbands had agreed to each other's stay, they were subordinates. Naturally, I didn't dare to have any objections. In this way, amid the doubts and curiosity of the entire envoy team, they finally arrived at the destination of this mission-Pegasus Ranch.
After Emperor Yang of Sui died violently in Yangzhou, Li Yuan, who occupied Guanzhong, immediately abolished Yang Yu, who was put on the throne by him as a puppet, and he couldn't wait to sit in that position and become the emperor and establish the Tang Dynasty. Li Yuan was proclaimed emperor. His eldest son Li Jiancheng was immediately named the crown prince, Li Shimin was named the king of Qin, Li Yuanji was named the king of Qi, and his daughter Li Xiuning was named the princess of Danyang. Because in the process of raising troops, the three sons and one daughter worked together, and each had an army to fight everywhere, so after Li Yuan was canonized, he promised that the three sons and one daughter could enjoy a series of privileges such as setting up official offices, making money, and owning guards and guards.
Because the world is still in chaos at this time, from the crown prince down, including Princess Danyang, they still need to use their own brains and wisdom. Contribute to the cause of Datang dominating the world. Li Xiuning's envoy to Pegasus Ranch this time was to use his friendship with Shang Xiuxun as sisters to draw Pegasus Ranch to the side of the Li Tang Dynasty. On the one hand, with Pegasus Ranch to provide excellent war horses, the Li Tang Dynasty's dependence on the war horses provided by the Turks will be greatly reduced, and then get rid of the Turks' internal control of Li Tang. Similarly, once the Pegasus Ranch is completely turned against itself. Then the large and small forces in the south, which already lack war horses, will undoubtedly make matters worse. Then in terms of the innate conditions for dominating the world, they are even more unable to compete with themselves. Because there are so many crucial factors, before leaving, Li Xiuning had been told by Li Yuan that no matter what the price was, he would let Pegasus Ranch fall to his side. When necessary. Even the position of the crown princess can be promised for Shang Xiuxun!
What needs to be known is that Li Jiancheng at this time has long passed the age of establishment, and he has already married a wife and concubine more than ten years ago, and his wife. At this time, the crown princess came from the Zheng family, a wealthy family in Kanto, she was a beautiful and virtuous woman, the relationship between the husband and wife was very good, and she had already had several children, divorced her wife and married another, no matter which one of the husband and wife was probably unacceptable, but Li Yuan would not care about these at this time! For Li Yuan at this moment, the only purpose of seizing the world and stabilizing the country is the most important. Besides, Shang Xiuxun is also a beauty, marrying her as a concubine, Li Jiancheng will not have any embarrassment, besides, this is just an expedient measure, when he is unified in the world, Shang Xiuxun will naturally lose the value of use, at that time, how to settle the other party, not only depends on the wishes of his own family? Li Jiancheng is the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, the future princes, even if it is for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, the prince should pay for it!
Li Xiuning firmly remembered her father's words, and at the same time, she had made up her mind to draw her friend to her side at any cost, but she would never exchange her eldest brother's happiness for it. Because of that, whether it is for the eldest brother or Shang Xiuxun, it is a kind of serious injury. Whether as a sister or a friend, she wants each other to be happy.
Putting aside the relationship between Li Xiuning and Shang Xiuxun's girlfriends, the Li Tang Dynasty at this time was in the middle of the pass. In the two places of Taiyuan, the soldiers are invincible, and the envoys of such a big force, Pegasus Ranch naturally have to be grandly welcomed, Shang Xiuxun greeted her personally, and behind her, she followed the various powerful figures in Pegasus Ranch. Li Xiuning rode a horse and walked at the forefront of the envoys' procession. walked all the way to Shang Xiuxun's approach, and then, she jumped off the horse, opened her arms and hugged Shang Xiuxun intimately: "It's been a long time, Xiuxun!" "Yes! I haven't seen you for so many years, and I can't imagine that now you have become a princess! "Just speaking of me, aren't you the same, becoming the mistress of this vast land!" ……
The two of them, like many old friends who haven't seen each other for a long time, just said some relaxed words happily when they first met, and no one mentioned the content of this mission, after all, although they each represent the forces behind them, but the identity of friends is also a fact, and as a friend, neither of them wants to bury a deep dark haze for their friendship at the beginning of the meeting. (To be continued......)