Chapter 22: Seeing Off
On this day, it is the day when the wind travels with the army. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Duanyue carried her heavy skirt and trotted all the way down the street. I knew that today was such an important day, but I slept through it. In the past, it was either Cuiguo who woke her up early in the morning, or Mrs. Yu came to visit with a mandarin duck. However, no one came today.
She didn't care what the people walking next to her thought of her, she only heard the bustling sound from outside the city, and she was eager to put on her wings and fly all the way.
When you pass through the city gate, you will see that the outside is suddenly open, and the wild flat bottom is boundless, and countless people are crowded, all of whom are people who come to see the excitement or see them off. Duanyue squeezed through the crowd, her hair bun was messy, and she didn't look embarrassed.
Three hundred soldiers, wearing dark blue armor, all with a long sword at their waists. They sit majestically on top of the horses, all of which show the momentum of the Great Liang Kingdom. Duanyue made her way through the crowd, and she hurriedly searched for the figure of the wind among the soldiers, but each of them wore helmets on their heads, and it was difficult to distinguish them if they glanced at them.
Mrs. Yu caught a glimpse of Duanyue's figure and hurriedly waved her hand to come over. Duanyue was still thinking that if she didn't see her this morning, it turned out that she went to the city gate early to see her off. Seeing Duanyue's embarrassed appearance, Mrs. Yu couldn't help but not count, and hurriedly wiped Duanyue's face with the handkerchief she was carrying, and then simply combed her hair.
She squatted down and said as she looked at Duanyue. "So many people are looking at you."
Everywhere Duanyue swept was full of people, and he was too anxious to ignore this point just now. When she saw that the eyes around her were looking at her intentionally or unintentionally, her scalp immediately went numb. Fortunately, he quickly remembered everything that Mrs. Yu had taught during this time, and showed the appearance of the county lord like a change of face.
"Where's my brother?" She turned her head sideways and asked Mrs. Yu in a whisper.
Mrs. Yu pointed to a black horse diagonally in front of her. "Over there, the one on the side is Xia Chu."
Duanyue looked over, it was the first time she had seen her brother in a military uniform, and the heavy armor had some unsuitable for thin and weak wind winds, and it looked loose and unenergetic. He saw Duanyue and waved to her. The armor clashed and clanged.
"Brother, when will you come back, can you make it to the state banquet?" Duanyue pouted and asked reluctantly.
"It's just a bandit, and Yuesong County is not far away, as short as two or three days, and as long as four or five days...... Ahh As soon as the wind opened his mouth, he was answered by Xu Xiachu on the side. His face was pale, and the wounds on his face had healed, leaving only a faint cyan.
As soon as Xu Xia said that, she kept sneezing, and the horses under the seat all snorted in confusion. The wind snorted and grinned. "It's been almost two days, why haven't you recovered from typhoid fever?"
Mrs. Yu heard the conversation between the two and looked at Xu Xiachu with a worried look on her face. "Xiachu, what's wrong?"
Duanyue secretly covered her mouth and smiled. Of course she knew what was going on, it was snowing heavily that day, and she had been lying on the ground for a long time, and no matter how strong she was, she could not resist the cold. Duanyue coughed lightly, sorted out her expression, and asked, pretending to be concerned. "Yikes! Vice General Xu, this is cold! ”
Xu Xiachu scratched her head embarrassedly. "I drank too much the day before yesterday and woke up to find myself sleeping outside, but it was snowing so much, I ...... Ahh He sneezed again.
Duanyue listened to the meaning of his words, but she couldn't remember what happened that night, and immediately her smiling face collapsed. I worked so hard to give you the medicine, and I forgot it in a blink of an eye. She gave Xu Xiachu a slap in the face indignantly, she deserves the cold!
Xu Xiachu didn't know why she was empty of Duanyue's eyes, and felt a little aggrieved in her heart.
"If you are sick like this, don't be reckless, so as not to drag my brother back." Duanyue didn't count Xu Xiachu angrily, and she didn't leave any affection.
Pity Xu Xiachu, he didn't know where he provoked Duanyue, and because of her reputation as the lord of Shi'an, he couldn't attack at this time, so he could only grit his teeth fiercely and squeeze out a few words from his throat. "Don't worry, county lord, I, Xu, will not drag down Marquis Ning."
Mrs. Yu slightly blamed Duanyue for her indifference, or selfishly favored her nephew. She defended Xu Xiachu. "Don't look at his young age, but he followed his father to the barracks when he was ten years old, and the position of deputy general is not arbitrary. If he goes into battle, I think Hou Ye will have to learn more from Xia Chu. ”
Yan Feng was also humble, and said to Xu Xiachu. "I hope Vice General Xu will teach me more."
Seeing that both of them were exalting themselves like this, Xu Xiachu instantly became triumphant, restrained her youthful aura, and then changed into an old appearance, and did not forget to be polite.
"Bastard! What is there to be proud of! Xu Lin glanced at Xu Xiachu, he didn't dare to make a mistake in an instant, and immediately lowered his head to settle down.
Duanyue saw Xu Lin for the second time, and the first time I saw him was in Hongye Village, and it has been a month. When Mrs. Yu saw him coming, her eyes showed a happy look, and she nodded to Xu Lin as a salute. After the two stood together, Duanyue realized that the two were not brother and sister, and they looked extremely similar.
Mrs. Yu told Duanyue that this army was under the jurisdiction of Xu Lin, so he would see him off. Seeing that Xu Xiachu, who was the most out of tune, actually became a general once, and he commanded an army of 300 people, which made Duanyue look at him a little. However, she was more worried about the wind that would make her debut on the expedition.
The wind sat on the horse, very calm, his hands naturally grasped the reins, without any nervousness, as if this time it was not a bandit, but a game out.
Xu Lin saluted to the wind and Duanyue, and then said some inspiring words to the soldiers, not to mention those soldiers, even Duanyue listened, and his heart was also restless, and there was a feeling of blood boiling. It turns out that as an excellent general, his eloquence is even better!
When the wind was leaving, he waved goodbye to Duanyue, and with a flick of the reins without a hint of attention, the horse left happily. Duanyue's heart was empty, and she was unhappy to carry the stones on the ground, clattering.
Seeing this, Xu Lin laughed and said to Yu Fudao. "The county lord looks like you when you were a child. Every time you see you off, you look unhappy. ”
Mrs. Yu snorted coldly and disagreed. "Brother is talking nonsense, I have never seen you off!" Xu Lin just smiled, and the beard on his chin trembled.
"I still have to go to Murong to discuss things, you and the county lord go back first." Xu Lin came over in a hurry and left in a hurry. Mrs. Yu said goodbye to her, and the person was gone, so she had to mumble and complain.
She took Duanyue's hand and left. The onlookers at the gate of the city consciously made way for the two, and they all bent down humbly, not daring to face the two. Duanyue seems to have become accustomed to the convenience that her identity brings to her, and she still feels that she likes this feeling a little.
Mrs. Yu's maid hurriedly came, her eyes dodged, and she told Mrs. in fear. "Madame forgives her sins, Rong'er didn't explain it well, and the groom thought it was okay...... and left on her own......" She was so flustered that she didn't dare to raise her head to see Madame's expression, for fear of being scolded.
"What's the matter," Sure enough, Mrs. Yu was angry and reprimanded Rong'er. "I've been by my side for so many years, and I can't do these little things well."
Rong'er's anxious tears fell, and people who didn't know what was going on thought that Mrs. Yu was an evil master and was bullying her subordinates.
She was the most unbearable to cry, looking at Rong'er's pear blossoms with rain, rubbing her swollen temples helplessly. "That's it, what's the way to get the car gone? The right to move the body. Seeing that she was relieved, Rong'er's heart fell to the ground. But a mistake is a mistake, and the monthly money will be halved this month! ”
Rong'er, who just thought it was fine, put on a sad face again. However, compared with other punishment methods, halving the monthly income at least does not hurt the flesh and skin.
Mrs. Yu took Duanyue and walked slowly in Chang'an City. Chang'an in the morning seems to be very quiet, there are many fewer people coming and going, and the stalls are scattered. There is less of a bustling atmosphere of the imperial city, but more of a sense of life.
"Are you worried about the wind?" Mrs. Yu smiled lightly. "Every time my brother goes out, I am afraid that it will be his coffin that comes back. But my brother is also angry, and he won't even bring back his injuries. ”
Her eyebrows were lowered, her laughter was swaying, and she said gently. "I always show that I don't care, in fact, Xin has already flown to the battlefield with him. Sometimes it's not that I don't want to show my heart, but I don't know how to express it, so I make a mess recklessly. ”
Duanyue saw the fleeting sadness in Mrs. Yu's eyes, and knew her thoughts well. She tried hard to stand on tiptoe, barely hooked Mrs. Yu's hair, and stroked it gently like a caring animal.
"Mrs. Yu, can you take me to eat something? Xiaoyue, I woke up late today, and I haven't eaten breakfast yet. She pointed aggrievedly at her flat little belly. This made Mrs. Yu, who was still in sadness, burst into tears and laughed, and she looked at Duanyue and shook her head helplessly. Sure enough, it's still a child.
"What is there to eat in the restaurant, would you like to come to my house and I will cook for you?"
Duanyue nodded impatiently, for her, the top priority was to fill her stomach.
The posture of Yufu is more than twice as small as that of Murong Mansion, although it is not as large as Murong Mansion, but it is also a big door compared to ordinary people. As soon as you enter the Yu Mansion, you will see the front hall of the guests, the bright house, and the people walking back and forth, which are extremely vibrant.
"Huh?" Mrs. Yu looked at the three figures in the living room in front of her, and made a sound of confusion.
Duanyue looked at the open door in the front hall, and it turned out that she had seen an acquaintance.