The sun rises and sets, and three days pass by in a hurry. Zhang Liang, who was anxiously waiting in the post station, was almost unable to sleep.

Finally received Shi Loess's return in the early morning of the third day, and Zhang Liang was immediately busy washing up and dressing up as solemn and nervous as if he was participating in an interview for the first time.

Three days ago, after Shi Loess returned to the village, he immediately convened a meeting of the old and young of the eastern and western villages in the ancestral hall. The content is very simple, that is, to do everything in its power to find the woman who exchanged rice at Shi Tian's house. At the same time, it was also announced that this year's Qingfeng banquet will be held in advance.

These farmers, who have been farming for generations, have a tradition of holding a feast once a year to celebrate the harvest. However, this time not only was the time much earlier, but the village official directly ordered that not only the residents of the village should participate in the feast, but also all scattered people living nearby. If the diaspora refuses, they will not be able to exchange food with them in the future.

The issuance of these two orders at the same time makes people unconsciously think that the village official is targeting the woman who came to Shi Tian's house to exchange rice.

Don't look at Shi Loess in the town, even the guards at the post station look down on him, but he speaks exactly what he says in the village. Even if the villagers are puzzled, they dare not disobey it in the slightest. In the village, the words of the village officials were even more effective than the king's decrees.

This time it can be regarded as a painstaking effort to apply loess. Although he didn't know what the "masquerade ball" that Zhang Liang's envoy told him was like, after carefully pondering his request, he realized that the Qingfeng banquet was traditionally for the villagers to wear masks and dance around the fire. So I think that such an arrangement should be able to satisfy Zhang Liang's envoy's wishes, right?

The fate of his daughter and even his future future is in the hands of the envoy, for fear that something is wrong with him, and Shi Loess who angers the other party again is uneasy. It wasn't until Envoy Zhang Liang, who had made himself fresh and handsome, patted him on the shoulder with a smile that his heart that was hanging in his throat sank again.

After sunset, a fire is lit like a hill. Under the announcement of Shi Loess, this year's Qingfeng banquet officially began.

Countless cows, sheep, chickens, and fish are slaughtered, cooked, and placed on wooden tables that form a circle around the field. A jar of self-brewed wine was also brought up by strong men.

Under the stars, in the open land. All the men, women, young and old wore masks, whether they were animals, spirits, spirits, or plants, and they danced and sang in unison around the fire. At the grand celebration feast, the villagers of Ramie Village were jubilant.

The reason why he wanted to wear a mask was that Zhang Liang was afraid that the other party would run away again after seeing him. At this time, he was standing in the corner of the field, staring intently at the group of women dancing around the fire.

Zhang Liang's gaze did not look at people, but focused on the feet that were constantly jumping on the ground. After searching all over the world, she finally found a pair of big feet that did not look like her, and at the same time took a closer look at the figure of the big-footed woman. I couldn't help but be excited and surprised: "I found her!" ”

has been listening carefully to the envoy's words, Shi Loess hurriedly looked in the direction of the other party's finger. Then he shouted: "Shi Jiaohei, you rabbit cub get over to Lao Tzu!" ”

The young strong man who was named was stunned, and looked at the village official who was staring at him inexplicably. After seeing Shi Loess gritting his teeth and waving at him frequently, he hurriedly ran over from the crowd.

Shi Jiao's black hand had just shaken off, and then a thick unfamiliar palm tightly held the little hand of the big-footed woman.

The big-footed woman turned her head to look at the man beside her, who was not recognizable from his figure and the fox mask he was wearing, so she smiled politely and continued to sing and dance without paying attention.

It's just a little strange, the fox man's hands are a little trembling and sweaty. As time passed, it slowly settled down.

When everyone was exhausted, the fire dance, which had lasted for a long time, stopped. Sweating profusely, they took the wine handed by others, toasted each other and drank dry.

Originally, after the fire dance, everyone had to return to their seats to enjoy the food. But the fox man just held the big-footed woman's hand and didn't let go, and forcibly pulled her to a corner where no one was around.

The woman looked at the other party suspiciously: "What's wrong with you?" Is there something looking for me? ”

Zhang Liang stared at a self-made emerald green bamboo mask worn by the other party, and his compelling gaze seemed to penetrate the past.

"Do you remember me?"

The woman seemed to have heard his voice somewhere, and looked up and down but still didn't recognize it. Seeing that he didn't look like a man from the village banker, he shook his head a little vigilantly.

"What's your name?"

"Shi Yiguang. Which village are you from? ”

Hearing this, Zhang Liang was excited. He was excited to finally know the other party's name, and the other party was still being held tightly by himself. If Li Jie is here, he must exclaim loudly, this Shi Yiguang is the real name of Xi Shi in history.

Zhang Liang slowly took out a pair of cyan cloth shoes from his arms: "What do you see this?" ”

"Huh?" Shi Yiguang recognized it as soon as she glanced at it, it was the shoes she had forgotten when she fled from the stream that day. When he looked up again, the other party had already taken off his mask and stared at him intently, and suddenly covered his mouth with his little hand and exclaimed, "It's you?!" ”

turned around and wanted to escape, but was dragged back by Zhang Liang. At the same time, Zhang Liang took her in his arms, reached out to take off the other party's mask, and eagerly stared at the beautiful face. I mustered up the courage to say: "I like you, I want to take you away!" ”

"You...... No. Let me go! Shi Yiguang struggled shyly, but the other party hugged him tighter and tighter.

At this time, Li Jie and Shi Loess had already walked over. The former interrupted the awkward atmosphere with a light cough. Zhang Liang also shyly let go of his arms, but the hand he was holding was killed. Let Li Jie stare at him as if he didn't see it.

"These two are envoys from the capital. I've seen two adults soon. ”

Hearing Shi Loess's introduction, Shi Yiguang was also surprised. hurriedly bent down, but his hand was still being held, and he was pulled up by Zhang Liang with a smile after only half of his body bowed.

Li Jie smiled slightly and asked the other party's name. When I heard this, my eyes lit up. "Sure enough, you are Shi Yiguang! Haha, we're looking for you so hard. ”

"Looking for me?" Shi Yiguang didn't understand why the two envoys would deliberately look for him. I'm just a mountain girl who usually barely survives by picking up salary.

Li Jie nodded, and didn't explain much. Turning his head to Shi Loess and said, "We're going to take her away, are you okay?" ”

Shi Huangtu Cheng hurriedly said in fear: "The envoy was appointed by King Zhao. King Zhao once issued an edict, as long as everything in Zhao State listened to the envoy's wishes. It is naturally a great honor for the women of our Lai Luo Village to be favored by the special envoy. Where do you dare to disobey half a point! ”

Shi Loess's words were not only to compliment Li Jie, but also to deliberately warn Shi Yiguang loudly.

Shi Yiguang, who understood at this time, was surprised, and Vino hesitated: "But I...... My mother is elderly and needs me to take care of her. ”

"But what? The envoy is looking for you to look up to our ramie village. Do you want to disobey the king?! Shi Loess shouted loudly, but after Zhang Liang's fierce eyes swept over, he hurriedly put away his anger, took a deep breath and changed the color of kindness, and comforted: "Your mother can be brought to live in our village, and our village will take care of it for you." If you can't, move to my house, I'll definitely be well served. Don't you believe what I say about loess? If you dare to disobey the words of the envoy, your majesty, your whole village will be implicated. Baby, you usually come to our village to exchange rice and grain, and I have never stopped you. Don't hurt me! ”

Shi Yiguang's eyes flickered at the moment, and while he was pleasantly surprised that the village official promised to take care of his mother, he panicked why the envoy had to take him away as soon as he saw him. And the envoy who has been holding his hand keeps saying that he likes it. For a while, Shi Yiguang couldn't accept what was happening in front of him.

At this juncture, Zhang Liang showed a man's domineering. The big hand waved repeatedly: "It's decided." Shi Loess, thank you for this time. We're going now. ”

"Leave now? Don't eat something? Shi Huangtu saw that Zhang Liang had already pulled Shi Yiguang into the carriage, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't forget what the envoy said to the villain." I want to take care of my daughter Shi Pingxuan! ”

"Don't worry!" Zhang Liang settled Shi Yiguang in the carriage and waited for Li Jie to sit together. Like a victorious general, he was full of energy, shouting loudly, and the whip was raised in the air with a loud sound!

After returning to the post station, Li Jie hardly had to talk nonsense. just invited Shi Yiguang out, and suddenly even the old bachelor became obsessed......

The goal of the beauty pageant has been achieved, and Wen Chong himself is convinced that Shi Yiguang is a beauty that is difficult to find. Without hesitation, he announced that the Zhao Guo beauty contest was over, and he immediately returned to the national capital.

Others didn't know what the real mystery was, and some people didn't have time to participate in the competition. At the same time, when I heard that the first beauty of Zhao was selected, one by one became extremely eager to see what this first beauty of Zhao looked like.

The journey back was extremely difficult. The curious men of the Zhao Kingdom were all around the envoy's carriage, and they were still eager to gather even though the guards drove them away.

I don't know which nerve of Wen Chong suddenly jumped, he can actually think of making a little money from it.

Upon reaching an inn, the envoy's carriage stopped. Under the instruction of the genre, the guards posted posts everywhere, saying: If anyone wants to see the appearance of the first beauty of Zhao Kingdom, they can come to the inn to watch.

Only three days after the post was posted, a group of inexplicable people suddenly flocked to the small city. Not only unmarried men, but even some old men were attracted to it. If it weren't for the fact that women and children were not allowed to go out at will, it might be called a national move.

Wen Chong smiled with satisfaction, and asked the guards to inform the crowd on the outer three floors outside the door. If you want to watch, you have to pay a penny per person.

A penny is nothing to these people, and they put it in the box one after another.

Originally, Zhang Liang was extremely resistant to this proposal, but he could not justify it under the big hat that the literary genre claimed that it was just to enrich the treasury. I can only sit in the hall and stare angrily at the Wen who is sitting on the side and laughing and counting the money.

Thinking that it was almost over, Wen Chong ordered Shi Yiguang to go up to the second floor. On the platform of the Zhu Building, Shi Yiguang stood by the railing. As soon as Pu appeared, there was a tsunami-like shout from the crowd below.

Li Jie's consolation could no longer stop Zhang Liang's anger, and the latter suddenly drank the entire pot of liquor in one gulp. After glancing at the genre, he stood up and picked up a saber.

At this moment, Shi Yiguang was standing on the platform and silently scanning the circle of people shouting frantically below. Feeling the greedy eyes of those people, he bit his lower lip deeply.

In this era, the position of a woman is nothing more than a vase, a vassal of men, a trophy of war.

Shi Yiguang, who originally lived in a world of indisputable mountains and forests, was pulled to the face of reality.

Her appearance was talked about by this group of people, and Shi Yiguang felt that she had no self-esteem at this time. She could feel the desire to get herself and conquer herself in the hearts of these people.

Unable to be angry, and unable to hide. I no longer belong to myself, and I can't even say the words of rejection to others. It's like being abandoned.

Suddenly, there was a burst of boos from below, and the enthusiastic shouts slowly cooled down. Shi Yiguang, who was puzzled, turned his head to look.

I don't know when, Zhang Liang was already standing behind her. Holding a sword out of the sheath in his hand, he guarded her like a god, and his eyes swept downstairs like a knife after a pair of angry eyes.

When he met Shi Yiguang's eyes, Zhang Liang gently took her little hand.

At that moment, Shi Yiguang felt the sun shine on him again. The duckweed-like silence found its support, and a line of tears quietly slipped down his eyes.

Shi Yiguang, who was still hating the other party a few days ago, felt the warmth from the other party's palm for the first time.

At that moment, Shi Yiguang enjoyed the taste of his hand being held by the other party.

Fulfilling, sweet ......