Chapter 38: A Pot of Wine Among the Flowers
"Tiger—"
"Tiger—"
"Tiger—"
The earth-shattering horn, like thunder and iron hooves, resounded on the edge of thousands of miles of yellow sand.
The majestic male city lies on the Gobi, the cross wind sweeps the royal banner to hunt, and the endless Luo team and horse team stretch to the end of the sky.
Suzhou City is a new city that has just been built less than 60 years, the capital of the entire northwest, and the last big city on the edge of the central Dayue map, and then 500 miles to the west, is the Yumen Pass.
There is a spring under the city, its water is like wine, this place is also called 'Jiuquan' since ancient times, located in the hub of the Hexi Corridor, connecting the lifeblood of the Western Regions and the Central Plains, it has been outside the Qianyang Pass of the Central Plains Dynasty in the past, until Jiazi was only gnawed down by Xu Lie, the king of Su.
It was April, and the sun was already scorching on the yellow sand.
Ten thousand horses galloped across the yellow sand, even if it was several miles away, the caravan on the official road was still shocked by its momentum, bowed its head, and did not dare to show half of its arrogance and dissatisfaction under the glance of the city gate guards.
The population of Suzhou City is not as much as that of Chang'an, nor does it have the grace of the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River and the heaviness of the hinterland of the Central Plains, just like a barbarian wrapped in animal skins, sitting on the side of the street with a big knife in his hand, eating wine and meat, and not being able to enter the elegant hall of literati and ladies, and even being jokingly called 'rough horseman', but whenever the war tears the bead curtain and the strong enemy steps into the house, it can give people enough sense of security, but it is such a barbarian, this is Suzhou!
Thousands of miles of yellow sand are like the sea, and thousands of horses are galloping like waves.
It is outside the city where this ruggedness and heroism converge, there is a little bit of purple and red green, the river is tactful, the grass grows and the warbler flies, and the sea of flowers everywhere is incompatible with the surrounding scenery, as if a well-informed lady has fallen into the bandit village.
This sea of flowers, where no outsider can set foot in half a step, has a name that is incompatible with the scenery, called 'Little Sword Sea', the source is that the ancestors of the Lu clan in the East China Sea sank into the sea with a sword on the side of the hundred-foot cliff and opened a family genealogy, so the Lu clan in the East China Sea is also known as 'Lu Shen Jianhai', and Princess Su grew up there.
In early April, summer is in full bloom.
Between the sea of purple and red flowers, a small wooden house is safely in it, the four corners of the wooden house are hung with wind chimes, and the northwest wind never stops, and it will always make a soft sound of 'ding ding dong'.
The wooden house has been some years, but it is as clean as new, there are wooden horses, large beds, swings, etc., and there is a portrait hanging in the center, and there is a tablet under the portrait, and the three incense sticks have just burned halfway.
There is a small terrace outside the house, and two empty deck chairs are placed on the terrace, and in the middle is a cradle, on which are also hung with wind chimes, but they are tied up by red ropes, and it should be that the baby in the cradle can't sleep.
Everything is the same as it was many years ago, but the past has long been different.
At the edge of the terrace, a man in a python robe sat with his elbows on his knees, slightly lazy, with peach blossom eyes, sword eyebrows, and a tea green wine gourd in his hand, which was originally a pair with the vermilion wine gourd. From the point of view of the figure, it is somewhat similar to Xu Buling, but the man's white hair is tied between the golden crowns, and the corners of his eyes can hardly hide the wrinkles accumulated over the years.
Whew-whew-
The wind swept across the wooden house, setting off ripples in the sea of flowers.
As the master of this world, the man's eyes were only on the square inch beside him, where there was a pair of embroidered shoes. The position of the embroidered shoes should have been a very heroic woman, sitting here in the same posture as him, only one person was left at this time, no matter how beautiful this sea of flowers was, it seemed to have no meaning. Peerless Tang Gate fo
Stomp –
The sound of footsteps came, and an old man in a robe walked over between the sea of flowers, with a straight knife hanging from his waist and a letter in his hand, walked behind the man, and bowed slightly:
"Lord Wang, the prince has sent a letter."
King Su Xu You came back to his senses from his past thoughts, raised his hand to take the envelope, and unfolded it to glance at it.
The old man in the robe is called Lao Yue by the people of Su Wangfu, and Lao Xiao is called the two major gods of Su Wangfu, and the rivers and lakes like to call it 'Yue Jiulou', and Lao Xiao attacks and defends, and the attacking one stays by Su Wang's side, and the guard protects Xu Buling.
Lao Yue was not as talkative as Lao Xiao, he just stood behind him and waited quietly.
In just one letter, Xu You read it for a long time, until the sun set in the west and the sound of horses' hooves in the distance faded away, and then he closed the rice paper:
"Don't hesitate to live or die, think twice about everything...... Ling'er has grown up. ”
Lao Yue stood quietly with his hands in his hands, pondered carefully, and then said in a flat tone: "The son of the world is a generation of Tianjiao, who has experienced ups and downs, and it is reasonable to have some understanding. ”
Xu You smiled lightly, put the envelope in his arms, picked up the tea-colored wine gourd, and looked at the sea of flowers in front of him:
"The princess said that this king is not a weapon, there is no world in her eyes, and she only thinks about one family...... In the end, I still don't like the small pattern of this king, I just think about one room. Ten years ago, standing on the side of the world, the princess did not blame the king, but the king had already suffered the hardships. Now Ling'er also asked the king to stand on the side of the world, and then act...... Alone, what if you come to the world, it is better to burn it as a sacrifice. ”
Lao Yue shook his head: "After all, the prince is guessing, if there is the court behind him, he will never dare to kill the prince, otherwise he has already done it in Weihe, and he will not leave the prince until now." For the king, he said what he said, and he couldn't get it back when he went out, and the prince was right to let the prince wait and see his plan and then move. ”
Xu You was silent and shook his head: "It's because you all think so that the other party is unscrupulous...... Ling'er sacrificed his life in the Taiji Hall and was seriously injured, and the people behind the scenes transferred hands to send antidote wine, which must have a plot. In order to prevent complications, I am afraid that it will be done soon...... The order went down, and let the West and North Route Army secretly assemble in Qinzhou, and Ling'er had a half-point difference and directly waved the army to level Chang'an. ”
Lao Yue frowned: "Please think twice, if the person behind the curtain is not the current saint, wouldn't he be in a trap." ”
Xu You swept his eyes at the sea of flowers, and his voice was flat:
"What if you fall into the trap, at least the people behind the scenes must be in Chang'an, slaughtering millions of people in Chang'an, it is impossible to kill them all."
"This ......"
Lao Yue frowned, pondered slightly, but only sighed softly:
"Lord Wang, please think twice."
"With the world's Go board, scheming, calculating, deducing and planning, this king also has to accompany them to play chess. Why think twice if you can lift the chessboard, this king wants to see if he dares to fall. ”
After Xu You finished speaking, he waved his python robe and strode away, and his white hair disappeared between thousands of purples and thousands of reds.
Lao Yue stood in place and thought for a long time, finally shook his head, turned around and went to the Xiliang Army camp stationed outside Suzhou City......