Chapter Forty-Eight: Liberation into the Imperial City
Now Lin Dai and Butterfly Xiaohua are riding on the same horse together. It is his beloved horse "Chrysanthemum Green", although docile, but Lin Dai unfortunately does not know how to ride a horse, Butterfly Xiaohua is a good equestrian, can help her keep in the saddle does not fall off, the posture is inevitably intimate, but it's just that, the horse can't run fast. Now it is pitiful that its blue fur is stuck together with sweat, the white flowers are spun on the ash and mud, and its pace is not as steady as before.
It and Butterfly Smile are tired now. The horse and has been wounded. The pursuers were behind him. The mountains are exhausted and the waters are exhausted.
"I thought I could save you." Butterfly Xiaohua urged the whip to move forward, and said, "It's still too late." ”
"It's not easy for you." Lin Dai said impartially.
Cui Heng's transfer killed several birds with one stone, and no one expected that there would be this change in Ling Lincheng. It was already a miracle that Butterfly Xiaohua was able to react, and even rushed to Lin Dai before the army. Lin Dai couldn't blame him for not getting her out of the city in time.
"But I wonder why they're arresting us?" Lin Dai said.
After all, it's just a merchant business. After all, there is no violation of law and discipline. After all, the battle ahead is the most important. Why did Cui Heng suddenly want to strike a thunderous blow at a business.
Butterfly Xiaohua pursed her lips: "We are robbers." ”
It turned out that the eyes and ears of the imperial court were so good that they found that the people and horses around Lin Dai at this time were mixed with the original smuggler of salt?
Lin Dai was shocked: "Then your southwest is also finished?" ”
The battle in the southwest of Butterfly Xiaohua is bigger than Lin Dai's current business in the north. If the imperial court knew the north, it probably also knew the southwest. It is more likely that the north is ended, and it is fundamentally affected by the southwest.
Then how Butterfly Xiaohua was able to react and rush to Ling Lin City can be imagined. He may have found some sign of his men, and that a great calamity was coming, and that it was too late for the southwest to rush there, so he went to the north. But after all, even the north can't be saved.
"How's the Southwest?" Lin Dai asked anxiously.
Butterfly Xiaohua sighed: "Don't worry." Impregnable. ”
Lin Dai breathed a sigh of relief. Then at least Yinggu and Luo Yue can be saved.
As for how it could be so solid over there, she didn't have time to ask.
Butterfly smiled at the place, dismounted, and pulled open a natural curtain of vines, revealing a hidden hole in the back. and the horses in the hole.
He even had a horse hiding here. At first glance, it may seem unimpressive, but those who know horses will know: this is a horse that can run!
"I don't regret saving you, because after all, there is still hope for rescue. If I can save you, then it's worth my risk. Butterfly Xiaohua is doing things at hand. He said as he spoke.
Lin Dai leaned on the saddle and listened. It's been a long run. Her equestrian skills are also considered fast. A person can stay in the saddle and not roll off.
Butterfly Xiaohua led the new horse out and said, "Now that I am in danger, it turns out that it is impossible for us to escape together." "Tie a broom to the back of the horse." Sorry, this horse can't carry two people to escape. ”
Lin Dai didn't say a word.
Butterfly Xiaohua turned over and got on the horse: "I'm even more sorry, I have other responsibilities to fulfill, and I can't die here with you." ”
Lin Dai nodded: "Understood." He added, "If we are really affected by you, I will not let you go." ”
Understanding is not the same as forgiving. Regarding this raid on the imperial court and the opportunity of Butterfly Xiaohua's cave candle, Lin Dai is full of doubts and unsolved, and it seems that there is no chance to dig out the truth from Butterfly Xiaohua's mouth now. Before she died, I don't know if she had a chance to know. Or after death? In short, if he puts him on the table again, she won't forgive him.
Butterfly smiled with her lips curled and smiled, tears in her eyes.
Oh, there are tears in the pearl of the sea and the moon, such a clear pearl.
When the dark clouds overwhelm the city and want to destroy it, these tears are like fragile treasures, and it is impossible to stay in the world for a long time.
How many people are willing to let him and forgive him just for this charming tear, but Lin Dai refuses. And how many people he can save and kill, he doesn't want to harm this woman in front of him, but he can't save her, and he can't even kill her with his own hands.
He still has to rely on her to cover him.
Two forks in the road ahead. He picked one and walked, and the broom swept away the footprints behind the horsetail. Lin Dai took another one to attract pursuers. can greatly improve his survival index.
He bowed his hand to Lin Dai: "If I escape, whether you live or die, I will always give you an explanation." ”
Lindai nodded his chin silently. Butterfly smiled and rode the horse, first chose a road and went away.
Lin Dai waited until the pursuers were close enough to see her before heading for another way. The horse lifted its hoof, and she almost fell down again, but finally steadied herself, and slowly passed by, when a gust of wind came in her face, rolling the sand. She buried her head in the horse, and the bean-sized raindrops crackled on her back.
It seems that Butterfly Smile Flower is really big. The wind helped him to blow the trails of his horse, and the rain obscured the vision of his pursuers, and his hope of escape skyrocketed.
I don't know if he will catch a cold if he is blown by a storm like this.
"There's always a feeling that your body is actually better than mine." Lin Dai muttered, feeling his body slide down little by little.
The horseback is really terrifying, comparable to the waiting bench in the magic capital.
Have you ever waited for the bus in Modu? The stool next to it, set up along the stop sign, is as wide as a slap, and it is actually high inside, bent down outside, and the butt sits on it, and it slides down. Why is there such a strange setting? It is said that it is because of the fear of homeless people sleeping on it. The law enforcement of the catch of homeless people is not good-looking, and there is a suspicion of infringing on any rights, so they simply take precautions and make such a wonderful bench, which is about to stand alone in the world.
And Lin Dai was on horseback, and he also felt like he was sitting on that stool. She couldn't hold it anymore, and it was only a matter of time before she slid down.
In this case, maybe it will fall into the hands of the pursuers and live a little longer, right? She did the math.
Since the imperial court has arrested them as a big case, she is the small leader who has been picked out here, and she is the key target of arrest, even if she is sentenced to death, she must be sent to Jingming for canonical punishment, which has a precedent for the Tang family's case. Before entering Beijing, they should help her to treat her illness and prolong her life, so that she can live and suffer the punishment.
But in the process of living, it is unknown how much pain will be suffered.
It's not an option for her.
Lindai slipped to the side of the horse. The earth was just a little bit away from her head. The naturally docile chrysanthemum green is also afraid, and she doesn't dare to raise her hooves for the time being, only screaming in circles in the dense rain of beans.
Lin Dai saw that the horse's hooves of the pursuers were already close at hand. She could already see the tassels on their helmets.
She remembered that she was on the road, with her face on his back, and she had spoken of little cherries. A woman who was designed to be ugly. She said: "I don't think it's that women shouldn't be obsessed with carnal desires. However, when it comes to myself, I have to take care of myself, not for anything else, so as not to make people sick to their stomachs after seeing it. ”
Butterfly smiled and said, "You are different from her. ”
Lin Dai chuckled lightly and asked, "When you fall into the hands of others, will you kill yourself?" ”
Butterfly smiled and said, "I don't want to for the time being." I advise you not to either. After all, the shape shì is not clear. I don't think it's time to kill myself. ”
So Lin Dai saved his life and returned to the capital.
When she entered Gyeonggi, she recognized that it was here that she chased Yunzhou last time, and Yunzhou faced almost the biggest crisis in adulthood.
Feng Shui takes turns, and now Yunzhou is still married to the Seventh Prince, how to get along behind closed doors, not to mention, at least the face is very beautiful, and the Seventh Prince will not treat her materially.
Lin Dai became a prisoner in a cage.
Fortunately, the army really cared for her, and seemed to be afraid that she would lose a piece of oilskin before entering Beijing. The place where she stayed was not so much a cage as a birdcage, the kind that was carefully woven and made to keep the canary in place. There is no shortage of food and water every day.
Lin Dai was also eating and drinking.
"You can really eat and drink." Lin Yusheng sighed.
"Always save the body." Lin Dai said.
Lin Yusheng asked rhetorically: "For what is the purpose of preserving the body?" "She really didn't think there was anything to look forward to.
Lin Dai blinked, but couldn't answer.
If you can't answer, it will slide into the mentality of "it's better to die", spit blood like Lin Yusheng, and go gorgeously, which is a good choice for lazy people.
Lindai is not.
Even if you cut off all her limbs and throw her into the abyss. In the process of throwing away, there was a small threshold, and she would show her big teeth and bite the threshold to stabilize her body.
What is the meaning, the goal, I will stabilize it first and then talk about it. Lin Dai doesn't care about this for the time being. Eat what you can eat and observe as much of your environment as possible. What if there are any clues that can be used?
The army didn't go out of their way to cover her eyes. She finds herself in Jingxiao.
The so-called Gyeonggi is the area near Kyoto, as far as this area is concerned, it is a long suburb, some green hillsides are slowly raised on the plain, the grass and trees are high and low, and the scenery of the field is dressed up freely, there are few buildings, and there are fewer houses and workshops. The Seventh Prince took Zhou Lanzhi to see the Pear Blossom Nunnery and tell the story of butterflies, which was also in this area.
After this wilderness, enter the outskirts of Kyoto, where the common people live, and then enter the capital, which is mainly inhabited by officials and magnates, and further in, it is the imperial city.
Lin Dai thought that he would be directly released into the imperial city.
After Yu Hexian led the army to capture Lin Dai and his gang, he still went to Weicheng to take up his post, and divided a group of soldiers and horses to escort Lin Dai and others back to the south. Lin Dai was separated from the others, but judging by the direction in which they had been on the same road before, they were also south, and were not abused. Lin Dai thought that everyone would be escorted into the capital together, like some rare animal to show the emperor to the emperor, and then clarify the canonical punishment, which is the reason.
Who knew that she did not enter the walls and gates of the capital, but only coiled in the mountains. It has also passed a stone gate, I don't know how many years ago, maybe the previous dynasty left behind and was inherited and used by Daling is not known, just because this door is too old. (To be continued......)