I'd rather be a peace dog than a chaotic person.

Since half a year ago, after the Southern Zhou Dynasty and the Western Qin Dynasty negotiated peace for decades, Jinling City, the imperial capital, is now prosperous and prosperous.

In front of the granary rice shop in the royal street, there was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl standing at this time, wearing a gouache silk skirt, with a mantine head and eyebrows, very delicate and clever. She knocked unhurriedly on the wooden countertop with one hand, played with a copper cigarette pouch next to her with the other, and looked at the smoking cigarette holder with a slightly distracted gaze, as if she wanted to extinguish the fire.

"County Lord, can you take a look at this month's rental money?" Before the girl's hand moved, a slightly rickety old man came out of the inner room of the shop, and put the scattered silver and a handful of copper coins in his hand on the countertop.

This person is none other than the shopkeeper of the rice shop, Limber.

The corners of the girl's mouth lifted slightly, a smile bloomed, let go of the somewhat hot pipe in her hand, her jade onion-like fingers pulled the money away, clicked it at random, picked up the silver in it, stuffed it into her waist, and then grabbed the copper coin and poured it into the prepared cloth money bag.

"You can't be wrong." She bent her eyebrows, looked up at the old shopkeeper, pushed the cigarette pouch in her hand over, and said with a smile, "Lin Bo, it's better to smoke less of this dry tobacco, now that there is no war, a stable life is still ahead, don't be ruined by this copper thing." ”

The old shopkeeper laughed loudly: "Who can say the way of this world? The Western Qin army is prosperous, and seeing that our Jinling City is about to become something in his pocket, he is afraid that he will fall into the evil of which family, so he will negotiate peace with our Great Zhou. Maybe it won't be long before another army comes over and flattens us here. I'd better take a few more puffs of this dry tobacco. After that, he picked up the cigarette pouch that was still smoking on the wooden countertop, took a hard breath, and slowly spit it out, squinted his eyes, was silent for a moment, and sighed faintly, "If the county lord, your father, the king of Dingxi County, is still alive, we people in Jinling City don't have to be so trembling." ”

Zhou Qingqing listened to the old shopkeeper talk about his father who had died of illness for five years, and he couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic for a while, thinking that when his father Zhou Hao was alive, he was known as a once-in-a-century general of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, as soon as her father died, the generals who were used to being comfortable in Jinling City could not pick a coach who could provoke the beams. So the Western Qin army approached step by step, the Southern Zhou soldiers were defeated and retreated, and in the winter of last year, tens of thousands of lions of the Western Qin crossed the Central Plains and approached Qicheng.

The five-year-old children in Jinling City know that as soon as Qicheng is broken, Jinling will be in danger.

Unexpectedly, when the Western Qin soldiers were approaching the city, and the Qicheng garrison was about to grit their teeth and fight to the death, the commander of the Western Qin, Qin Zhen, the martial king who had conquered all the way, suddenly proposed peace with the Southern Zhou.

The poor garrison of Qicheng and his remnants of the defeated generals suddenly cried with joy, and they rushed to deliver a report to Jinling that night.

Emperor Yongguang, the son of heaven in Jinling City, heard the news, and was even happier than the soldiers of Qicheng, and immediately wrote a letter to the emperor himself, and sent his idle imperial brother to Qicheng to sign a peace treaty.

This idle prince was still suspicious of fraud, and he was worried when he went with a mink coat. How do you know that the people of Xiqin are sincere in negotiating peace, and the covenant is signed, so they retreat to the west. The prince who made him tremble didn't react for a while.

Zhou Qingqing thought, what Lin Bo said was right, Xi Qin Xing may have fallen into some evil sect, so he took the initiative to negotiate peace. As a daughter's family, she also knows the truth of using soldiers to fight and pursue victory. The Southern Zhou Dynasty has been defeated like a mountain in recent years, and the Western Qin army has been fighting again, breaking the city and crossing the river, and the flowery Jinling City may have changed hands now.

But Western Qin took the initiative to shake hands and make peace, this sudden and strange Qicheng alliance should always be a great joy for both the Southern Zhou court and ordinary people.

Zhou Qingqing shook his head and smiled: "Since Xi Qin has taken the initiative to discuss and withdraw from the army, Xu is also tired of the battle, and he will probably not fight with us again for a while." ”

Thinking about half a year ago, she heard that the Western Qin army was marching eastward all the way, and the fall of Jinling was only a matter of time, and she also thought about her family as a royal clan, although the family road fell for a long time, but the name of the king of Dingxi County is still there, but I am afraid that after the city is broken, their family will not escape the doom, maybe they should find a deep mountain and old forest in advance, and hide first.

Before she could hide with a few turnip heads, the fierce battle stopped, like a squib, scaring you half to death, but in the end nothing happened.

The old shopkeeper took another puff of dry cigarettes, piled up his face full of wrinkles, and said with a smile: "I hope that the auspicious words of the county lord will let the people of our Southern Zhou have a few more years of stable life." ”

Zhou Qingqing also smiled.

At this time, a little girl ran in at the door of the rice shop, who looked a little similar to Zhou Qingqing, but because she was still young, there was still a trace of childishness between her eyebrows and eyes.

Zhou Qingqing was about to reprimand where she had gone, but the little girl had already gasped and spoke: "Sister, there are a lot of Xiqin people on the street, I heard that they are here to ask for marriage with our Nanzhou." ”

This is Zhou Qingqing's sister-in-law Zhou Xiangxiang. The little girl is thirteen years old, it is the age of innocence and curiosity, just now when her sister collected the rent money for the shop, she heard unusual movements on the street, and ran to see the excitement.

Zhou Qingqing's eyebrows frowned slightly, and the sound of horses' hooves and the wheeling of the car outside reached his ears. She was dragged by her sister by the door of the rice shop. The two leaned out halfway and looked out.

A cavalry and horse convoy came from afar through the streets. In front and behind are dozens of soldiers riding tall horses, all dressed in Western Qin armor. The people of Western Qin were already tall and rugged, and this group of people was even more majestic.

In the middle of the caravan was a wagon dragging a dozen large mahogany boxes, which had been stained with a trace of gray after a long journey.

When the people of Jinling heard the sound on the road, they had already spread out to both sides, and they hid on the side with fear and curiosity to see what was going on.

Zhou Xiangxiang looked like she was looking at Qian with open eyes, and said, "Sister, I don't know what kind of treasures are in those wooden boxes?" King Wu of Western Qin is the god of war of their Western Qin, and this dowry must be very valuable. ”

Zhou Qingqing knocked her head and asked casually, "Who did you hear say that King Wu of Western Qin came to ask for a kiss?" ”

Zhou Xiangxiang touched the back of her head and said, "Father-in-law An in the palace, the day before yesterday, he went to the street to buy gouache for Princess Jing'an, and I bumped into him and heard about it." ”

Zhou Qingqing sighed secretly, thinking that when her father was alive, their sisters were also frequent visitors to the palace, and several princesses of the same age could be regarded as their handkerchiefs. In the past, whatever news Zhou Xiangxiang got from the palace, it must have been Princess Jing'an who told her personally, but now she hears any anecdotes, but she can only know it from her father-in-law who came out to buy things and met by chance.

A princess of Jing'an and a father-in-law of An, the difference between the two words is the difference between heaven and earth. It seems to be a portrayal of their Dingxi Palace's prosperity to decline.

Zhou Xiangxiang saw the horse team approaching, leaned out further, and muttered, "I don't know which princess the emperor will marry?" From Jinling to Xijing, not to mention the long distance, you have to live so far away from your homeland in the future. How can those golden branches and jade leaves stand it? After that, he said, "Although Xijing is a good place, the Western Qin royal family was born in the desert, and the capital was Xijing only a few years ago. That martial king Qin Zhen, who doesn't know in our Southern Zhou, is that he led his troops all the way to Qicheng, and scared us half to death. I heard that killing people without blinking, eating human flesh and drinking human blood, is as fierce as a wolf in the desert. ”

Zhou Qingqing didn't know where she heard these words, and was amused and laughed: "According to this, no matter which princess marries, isn't it a lamb that meets a hungry wolf?" After that, Tut shook his head, "I don't know if the emperor is reluctant?" ”

The old shopkeeper in the shop laughed when he heard this: "What is the emperor reluctant to do?" Only when they are married can the alliance between Western Qin and Southern Zhou be considered stable, and the emperor will have a few years of stable life. ”

Zhou Qingqing turned his head, looked at the old shopkeeper, and said with a smile: "Uncle Lin, this Jinling City has many ears and eyes, aren't you afraid that these words will be heard by the government and convict you of false words?" ”

The old shopkeeper smiled: "I, a person who has half of my body in the ground, what is there to be afraid of!" ”

Zhou Qingqing was about to speak, but Zhou Xiangxiang, who was lying by the door and looking energetic, pulled her cuffs and said, "It's coming!" ”

Zhou Qingqing turned around and looked out, only to see this team of Western Qin people walking unhurriedly. The horse's hooves kicked up dust on the ground and covered it with a layer of mist.

Zhou Xiangxiang pulled the sleeve in her hand excitedly: "Sister, look at the person in front of you, he looks so handsome!" ”

Zhou Qingqing looked at it according to his words, and sure enough, he saw the man on the middle horse in front of the horse team, which was not quite the same as the Western Qin soldiers around him. Most of the people of the Western Qin Dynasty are born strong and rough, with swallow jaws and beards, not like their Southern Zhou men, and they are only beautiful men if their faces are three points white.

And though this man was armoured, he held a bridle in one hand. But with a face like a crown of jade, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, he doesn't look like a soldier, but has a bit of a gentle and elegant bookish atmosphere. If it weren't for the tiredness of the long journey on his face, he would probably have a bit of a fairy taste.

Horses' hooves trampled on the wheels, and people and horses passed in front of the rice shop, raising dust in the sky. Zhou Xiangxiang didn't realize it, her eyes were still glued to the person on the horse, and even her toes were slightly cushioned.

Zhou Qingqing slapped her on the back of the head angrily: "Still watching? Don't be ashamed! ”

Zhou Xiangxiang stuck out her tongue, and when she turned her head, her eyes were shining, her cheeks were red, and she grinned: "That person is really good-looking, better than the little marquis, and no one is allowed to take a few more looks?" ”

Zhou Qingqing glared at her, pulled her up and teased: "My second sister Sichun is gone, go!" After collecting the rent money today, the eldest sister will buy you two new clothes, and if you are wearing beautiful clothes, you may be able to find a husband who is as handsome as the person in Xiqin just now. ”

Zhou Xiangxiang's face was a little more embarrassed by what she said, and the two of them went out to fight, and the group of Xiqin people outside had already gone away. The people of Jinling on both sides of the street came out of the shops again, crowded into a pile, and talked about the figures in the distance, talking enthusiastically.

After buying clothes, the two sisters of the Zhou family came out of the ready-to-wear store and happened to meet the little marquis that Zhou Xiangxiang said before. Holding a paper fan in his hand and dressed in elegant white, the jade-faced little marquis obviously also met the sisters of the Zhou family. So the elegant and chic posture immediately faded a little, raised his hand to cover most of his face with the paper fan, and turned his head down to sneak away.

Zhou Qingqing looked at his small movements coldly, the corners of his mouth hooked up a sneering smile, and deliberately raised his voice to call him: "Little Hou Ye, what a coincidence!" ”

She opened her mouth, and Yu Xiaohou couldn't pretend not to recognize it anymore, put down the paper fan, turned her head and smiled: "Two county lords, what a coincidence." ”

Zhou Qingqing frowned slightly, pretending to be melancholy and resentful: "Speaking of which, I haven't seen the little marquis for more than half a year, it's really not a coincidence!" But the little marquis has a smile on his face, and Qingqing has always kept it in his heart. ”

When Yu Xiaohou heard her say, the smile on his face became more and more stiff, and a handsome face of Fu Fan added a little whiter, and he said: "I remember that there are still some things at home, so I won't disturb the leisure of the two county lords, so I will leave first." ”

Speaking of running away, he generally leaves, the appearance of a wolf bèi, where is the demeanor of a jade-faced little marquis.

Zhou Xiangxiang spat in his direction: "The snobbish eye that tends to be inflammatory, who do you think is rare!" My eldest sister doesn't like you. ”

Zhou Qingqing didn't care, and deliberately scared the jade-faced little marquis, feeling a little proud and boring.

Yu Hou Mansion and Dingxi Wangfu had a close relationship in the early years, Zhou Qingqing was the same age as Yu Xiaohou, and the two often played together when they were young. The prince and the marquis saw it, so they half-jokingly and half-seriously, and verbally ordered the doll kiss.

Who knew that as soon as Zhou Qingqing's father died five years ago, the trees fell and scattered, leaving only five children and an aunt in Dingxi, which was a small aunt, and quickly decayed with the momentum of destruction and decay.

And Yuhou Mansion, who was still proud of the spring breeze in the court, immediately drew a clear line with this Dingxi Palace, which only had orphans and widows. The marriage of the two children was never mentioned again.

This jade-faced little marquis is even more exaggerated, every time he meets Zhou Qingqing, he can't wait to make a hole and walk away, as if he is afraid that she will rely on him, and pull out the jokes about the two of them dating each other in his childhood.

The world is cold, that's about it. Not only ordinary people, but also nobles from these families are more easily understood.

Bah! Zhou Qingqing secretly sneered with disdain, just Yu Xiaohou's girly appearance, she really couldn't look down on it!