Chapter 61: Gifts
"Lady, lady."
Banqin hurriedly entered the door and walked towards the hall, forgetting to hand the basket in his hand to the little guy who took it.
"I know why you want to take care of King Qing..."
Standing under the corridor, Banqin's voice also stopped abruptly, looking at the few people sitting in the hall, except for Cheng Jianniang and Fan Jianglin, another young man smiled at her.
"It's because I'm going out." King Jin'an said.
Banqin brought the tea up.
"But how did you get here today?" King Jin'an picked up the tea bowl and said, "What a coincidence. β
Cheng Jianniang smiled slightly.
"It's a coincidence." She said.
"I invited my sister to dinner at home." Fan Jianglin said.
The king of Jin'an sighed and turned his head to look outside the door.
"All in new clothes." He said, looking at the little maidservant who was standing, "Is there any happy event in the family?" β
Cheng Jianniang was obviously a little surprised and looked at Fan Jianglin.
Fan Jianglin smiled a little wryly.
"Yes, little Bao'er's birthday." He said.
"Da Langjun, why didn't you say it earlier." Banqin said, "We came empty-handed. β
Fan Jianglin smiled.
"How can he afford to celebrate a birthday with a little doll." "It's just a family gathering for a meal, not to say it, not to say it." β
King Jin'an smiled.
"I didn't come empty-handed." He said, taking something out of the sachet.
Fan Jianglin was busy giving gifts.
"Don't dare, don't dare." He said again and again.
"It's not valuable." King Jin'an smiled and pushed things over. "I just bought two. I'm going to go back and play for King Qing. β
Fan Jianglin looked up. Banqin also looked over.
"It's a bird whistle." She laughed.
Bird whistles aren't worth a fortune, but sometimes gifts don't matter whether they're expensive or not, it's about the person giving them.
No matter how light the gift given by a noble person like the King of Jin'an is light, it is as expensive as a thousand gold.
What's more, people bought it for King Qing, and Fan Jianglin was busy giving gifts again to refuse.
"Take it." Cheng Jianniang said.
Fan Jianglin's words about to excuse themselves turned into thanks.
"Banqin, take it to play with Xiao Bao'er." Cheng Jianniang said.
Banqin responded, and went out with a bird whistle with a smile.
The king of Jin'an also stood up.
"I'm just here to talk to you." He said. "I have said hello to Her Majesty the Queen Mother, and when the time comes, King Qing will have to worry about it, and you don't have to go often, the people in the palace are all sent."
As long as you encounter a certain death, it is enough to be able to rescue and protect each other.
Cheng Jianniang Fan Jianglin got up to send him off.
"Your Highness, it's better to have dinner before leaving." Fan Jianglin blurted out.
King Jin'an looked at him and smiled.
"No, I'm going to leave the day after tomorrow, I'll accompany King Qing more." He said.
Fan Jianglin was busy giving salutes and responded.
"Your Highness, please wait." Cheng Jianniang said.
King Jin'an and Fan Jianglin both looked at her.
Cheng Jianniang turned around and walked towards the inner room, walking out with a small box.
"Your Highness, please come with me." Cheng Jianniang said.
King Jin'an followed with a smile. The two walked to the backyard, and Fan Jianglin wanted to raise his heels. was stopped by Huang, who was probing from the side of the room.
"Does Your Highness want to stay for dinner?" Huang asked in a low voice.
Fan Jianglin shook his head, and when he looked back, Cheng Jianniang and the King of Jin'an County could no longer be seen, he hesitated and did not raise his heels.
"How are you doing?" King Jin'an asked, looking at the woman who was walking a few steps ahead.
"Good." Cheng Jianniang said, and looked back at him again, "How is Your Highness?" β
"Okay." The king of Jin'an County smiled and raised his eyebrows, "I am now a soothing envoy, and I am about to lead the army north, and I am the leader of the army, although most of the time it is just a decoration." β
Cheng Jianniang also smiled, walked to the school grounds, opened the box, and took out an object.
"Hey, this isn't the one," said King Jin'an, who recognized it.
When it was too white that day, the bamboo tube she held in her hand.
At that time, I only glanced at it, and I was covered by Cheng Jiaoniang's sleeves and didn't see it clearly, at this time, it seems that it is not all bamboo tubes, but there is a copper tube in front of the bamboo tube.
What is it?
This time, though, he didn't ask.
"It's a gift for you." Cheng Jianniang said.
King Jin'an smiled.
When I first said goodbye, why didn't I say gifts.
"Liar." He said, "It's obviously a whistle salute." β
"That's also a practice ceremony." Cheng Jianniang said.
"Because it was given when you practiced?" King Jin'an laughed.
"yes." Cheng Jianniang replied, took out the bamboo tube, and stuffed a long paper bag in the box into the tube.
King Jin'an watched her movements curiously.
"What are you? Is it also a toy? He smiled and asked, "Can it be blown?" β
"Yes." Cheng Jianniang said, raising her hand to the side, "However, it's not blowing." β
"How does that sound?" King Jin'an said with a smile.
Cheng Jianniang took the fire twist with her other hand and lit it with a shake, looking at the king of Jin'an County.
"So," she said, the fire twist burning on the bamboo tube.
Such?
King Jin'an looked over, and before he could see it clearly, he heard a bang in his ears, as if a firecracker was bursting in front of him, and he couldn't help but take a step back in fright, only to feel that his ears were buzzing and his body was trembling.
That's loud!
The king of Jin'an County looked at Cheng Jianniang back to his senses, the woman looked calm, and she was still holding a bamboo tube in her hand.
"This toy is reallyβ" he smiled and looked down the bamboo tube, and when he saw the front of him, he froze.
The grass target erected one hundred and fifty steps away had broken and fallen down at this time, the grass target had been broken, and it was emitting black smoke, and flames were gradually ignishing.
One hundred and fifty steps...
It's rotten ....
"....It's scary..."
King Jin'an muttered.
This toy is really scary!
"yes, it's kind of scary." Cheng Jianniang said. "So if you really want to come face to face with the murderer. Startle them. Maybe there will be a slight chance of winning. β
King Jin'an looked at her, and suddenly felt that his eyes were a little sour.
She... We all know....
I knew that in addition to the rebellion of the victims, I also faced assassination and persecution.
He didn't say, she didn't ask, she didn't even have a polite greeting of concern, but she gave him....what he gave him was unthinkable....
Cheng Jianniang looked at the person in front of her and suddenly became sluggish, a little puzzled.
"Scared?" She asked, shaking the bamboo tube in her hand. "This...."
Before she could finish speaking, she saw the young man in front of her stride over and stretched out his hand to hug her.
The strange aura suddenly enveloped her.
She has always disliked being approached, and even when she washes and changes, she only lets Banqin serve her alone at most, and that kind of service is limited to putting on her sleeves and robes with her hands on her shoulders.
At this time, he was hugged by someone, and it was still a man.
Strange, hard, feel and breath.
Cheng Jianniang's body instantly stiffened.
A short scream of a woman rang out in the courtyard.
Banqin covered her mouth tightly.
You can't shout, you can't shout, you shout and be seen. The lady's reputation is even more....
This short scream was enough to bring the King of Jin'an back to his senses, and he seemed to realize what he was doing. was also startled, let go of his hand and retreated in a panic.
"I, I, I'm just" he stammered, "I want to thank you..."
Banqin had already run over with a white face.
Thank you?
How can there be such a thanksgiving?
Now the reason for becoming a disciple is really ridiculous!
Cheng Jianniang sighed.
"No thanks." She said, "It's a return of the courtesy." β
The white face of Banqin staggered.
Don't blame the disciples, the idea of being insulted is weird.
The atmosphere was strange after all, and there was silence for a while.
The king of Jin'an sighed, raised his hand and touched his nose.
"A whistle is such a good thing." He stammered, "That's... That..."
He had a lot to say, but somehow what was messing around in his mind was about the fragrance of a woman lingering between his noses, and the strange soft feeling of Shicai....
Don't think about it!
The king of Jin'an County hurriedly shook his head, leaving the word whistle in his mind, and subconsciously reached out and took out another one from the sachet.
"Well, I'll give you another one." He said.
Banqin felt that she was going crazy, and looked at the two in front of her blankly.
Cheng Jianniang stretched out her hand to take it and put the bamboo tube in her hand into the box.
"There are also four sub-kilns here, and when you use them, put them in the tube." She said, while demonstrating with her own hands, "....fire twister, click here...."[Note 1]
Speaking of which, I looked up and looked at the king of Jin'an who was still a little stunned.
"Be careful, this toy, if you don't play well, you'll hurt yourself." She said.
The king of Jin'an County was busy and solemn, and stood forward with his feet raised.
"I'll see if you do it again." He said.
Looking at the little lady who bowed her head to demonstrate, the young man who was standing close to listen and watch carefully took a few steps back.
Perhaps, the transgression she just saw was her hallucination?
Fan Jianglin took his family to send off the king of Jin'an County and looked back at Banqin.
"Banqin, what's wrong with you?" He asked, "Why is your face so weird?" β
Banqin smiled reluctantly.
I don't know what's wrong.
"I guess I didn't sleep." She said in a daze.
Fan Jianglin sighed.
"The second old man and his wife are acting really...," he said.
When you encounter this kind of thing, how can you not be upset.
The courtyard sounded a crisp birdsong, which attracted both of them to look over, and saw that it was Xiao Bao'er in Huang's arms who was puffing out his mouth and blowing the bird whistle, and Xiao Bao'er, who was encouraged, smiled happily, causing everyone to laugh too.
The intermittent long and short birdsong resounded in the courtyard for a moment.
"Okay, okay, go eat, and blow it after eating." Huang coaxed Xiao Bao'er and said.
Everyone walked towards the house, and only after a few steps, suddenly another birdsong sounded, startling everyone.
"Bao'er!" Huang turned around in disgust.
saw that Bao'er, who was being held by the nursing mother, had empty mouths and hands, and was shaking her head and looking around.
"Mine, mine." He shouted anxiously, thinking that his whistle had been robbed, and hurriedly reached out to find it.
The girl on the side hurriedly handed him the bird whistle that was coming.
Didn't he blow it?
Huang was stunned, and then another birdsong sounded.
Cheng Jianniang, who was walking behind, took the bird whistle from her mouth under everyone's gaze.
"I have it too." She shook the bird whistle in her hand at Xiaobao and smiled slightly.
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Note 1: "History of the Song Dynasty? Bingzhi 11": "In the first year of Kaiqing, Shouchun Mansion ...... He also made a sudden musket, with a bamboo as a tube, and the inner sub-kiln, such as burning, and then the flame was sent out, such as the sound of a cannon, and more than 150 steps were heard from afar. β
The inventor of the assault rifle is Chen Gui, the character Yuan Ze, the general of the Song Dynasty Kangjin, the famous military strategist, and the native of Anqiu. (To be continued......)