A spring rain was dripping, and the horse-drawn carriage procession slowly walked through the red cotton forest that stretched for dozens of miles. See. Wool, Chinese net

Many villagers live in this area, and this vast forest was planted by them, which is the main source of income for the villagers.

Red cotton, as the name suggests, is a kind of color such as fire, the form of the flower with great ornamental value, first bloom and then bear fruit after the leaves, flowers, skin, roots have medicinal value, fruit with cotton wool can also be filled to make quilts, pillows and other cold things, the highest flower tree is more than one zhang.

When the flowers fall in April, the petals look like a storm in the near distance, and the fire stretches from a distance, and the whole piece of fire seems to dye the clear blue sky red, and the horses walk through the forest, and the horse's hooves will step on the delicate and lovely petals into the mud and leave the footprints in chaos.

The sky was slightly dark, Ye Lingyi was serving in the carriage, holding a small glass lamp in his hand to light up Li Yuanlin, who was reading, but his expression was in a daze.

At this time, Li Yuanlin also had no intention of reading, a pair of eyes were fixed on the blue booklet in his hand, and the words of the book were reflected in his beautiful eyes, but his heart had long since flown away.

The two of them had their own thoughts, and the atmosphere in the carriage was really heavy to the freezing point.

"Young Master Helian!"

Suddenly, a coquettish cry sounded outside the carriage, and the two were pulled back to their senses, looking at each other with a slight embarrassment, Ye Lingyi put down the glass lamp slightly, and picked up a white jade cup on the saucer next to him, and added tea for Li Yuanlin.

The clear tea was poured into the tea cup as white as snow before it was full, and I heard the female voice outside the carriage shouting: "Young Master Helian, I don't know how to ride a horse, can you give me a ride?" ”

There was silence outside the carriage for a while, and then someone replied calmly: "It's okay!" ”

The person pouring the tea in the car was stunned, and the delicate fingers holding the tea cup suddenly tightened, and the tea in the cup unconsciously overflowed and wet the hem of her clothes.

"Green kites?"

Li Yuanlin was the first to speak, her arm slightly raised to snatch the overflowing teacup, but she had already reacted, hurriedly put the teacup back into the saucer, and lowered her eyebrows to look at the corner of her soaked clothes.

Li Yuanlin frowned slightly, his eyes were a little complicated, he took out a clean and neat handkerchief from his sleeve robe, and just wanted to wipe the wet hem of her clothes for her, but the man avoided it like an electric shock.

The outstretched hand paused, and Li Yuanlin's heart ached, and he thought: Is she so guarded against him now?

Ye Lingyi reacted, his expression was slightly flustered, and he took the handkerchief from his hand: "Emperor Xie cares." ”

After that, he hurriedly wiped the hem of his clothes, and was about to return it to him, when he looked down and suddenly saw that Jinpa had wet marks, so he apologized in a low voice embarrassedly: "I'm really sorry, it's dirty, the slave and maid will wash it and return it to the emperor!" ”

Looking at her like this, Li Yuanlin felt that he was bored and couldn't vent, and his discomfort finally turned into a long cry, and he looked away from his slightly unnatural gaze, and only said: "It's okay!" ”

At the end, the military commander who greeted the car stopped the car and signaled for a short rest here.

When Ye Lingyi got out of the car, he happened to collide with the sight of a man and a woman on the opposite horse, and Le Ya sat behind Helian Che, who was tall and tall, with a shyness on his face.

Ye Lingyi's eyes were fixed on the slender hand, and his eyes were as clear as water, and he was unconsciously awkwardly swimming. Look at 1 gross 2 lines 3 Chinese net

Helian Che didn't have any special emotions when he looked at Ye Lingyi, obviously the two of them hadn't spoken since the kiss last night, but now his normal indifferent eyes made her feel a pimple in her heart, thinking about it carefully, it seemed that she cared about him!

No way!

Sober up! Sober up!

Isn't it just a kiss, no one cares about it, so why should she be amorous? She is a person from the 21st century, and all the things that seem absurd now are nothing more than trivial in the eyes of the new century.

yes, isn't it just a kiss...... There's no need to be flustered, Westerners still have the habit of kissing when they meet, but it's just etiquette......

Yes, yes!

After some tough self-paralysis, Ye Lingyi took the initiative to look at Helian Che's gaze, smiled slightly, and was extremely sweet: "Miss Leya has come from thousands of miles away, and her sincerity to Helian Guards can be described as the sun and the moon, and the beauty is like this, Helian Guards are really a blessing!" ”

When Le Ya heard this, her face instantly turned red like blood, and her shyness overflowed on the surface.

Helian Che, who was sitting on horseback, stiffened his back imperceptibly, and the expression on his face was a little more icy.

Ye Lingyi smiled and bowed slightly to him, and finally stopped looking at them.

When he set off again, Wu Yuanzhou asked Ye Lingyi to take care of him on the grounds that he was unwell. Li Yuanlin was originally unwilling, but thinking about her appearance when she was guarding herself, the words of refusal reached her throat and could not be spoken, Wu Yuanzhou was also a good person, so he took advantage of this gap to pull Ye Lingyi into his own carriage.

"Are you really sick?"

Ye Lingyi's inquiring gaze wandered on Wu Yuanzhou, who was lying in the carriage with Erlang's legs crossed.

Wu Yuanzhou's face was ruddy, his expression was extremely comfortable and satisfied, and when he heard this, he immediately sat up: "I don't call this sick, I am saving you from fire and water!" ”

Ye Lingyi, who was sitting on the side, raised her eyebrows in surprise when she heard this, and smiled: "You? Free me? Still in the midst of fire and water? ”

"You only think I'm blind, but I don't know what I think is like a mirror in my heart, I can see your face when you got off the car, the emperor is not good to serve there, right?"

Ye Lingyi didn't speak, and Wu Yuanzhou said kindly: "Otherwise...... After I returned to Beijing, I told my father that he would ask the emperor for you? Of course...... My father came forward, and I myself wanted to say that the two-pronged approach can get twice the result with half the effort! ”

"Ask for ...... I? ”

Ye Lingyi raised his eyebrows, Wu Yuanzhou scratched the back of his head, the big boy's face turned slightly red, and he smiled shyly and said, "Don't worry, of course I'm not asking you to go back and continue to be a slave!" You see that you have saved me twice, if it weren't for you, I would have died twice, and there is no way to repay the great kindness, but ...... Make a promise! ”

"Huh?" Ye Lingyi was stunned, and she couldn't even speak: "You, what do you mean, you ...... Are you going to ask me to go back and be your little wife? ”

"Of course not!" Wu Yuanzhou said righteously: "I, Wu Yuanzhou, am also a member of the Jiangmen, and I am upright, since I said that I want you to go back, I naturally can't let you be wronged and become a concubine!" ”

Ye Lingyi looked at him and didn't know what to say.

However, Wu Yuanzhou suddenly approached with a smile, forcing her to lean back for half a minute, only to hear the ambiguous saying: "I want you to be my wife!" The only wife, the only wife of General Wu in the future......"

The young man is vigorous, and he doesn't know what will happen in the future, but at this time, he is strong and swearing.

Even so, no one has ever said such things to her, although Ye Lingyi has no love for Wu Yuanzhou that is beyond that of a friend, but I have to say that she is a little moved in her heart.

After hesitating for a moment, Ye Lingyi regained his composure and said: "I am very touched by General Wu's heart for me, but after all, the green kite is just a small slave, and it is still unknown where her life will go tomorrow, so I dare not climb the general's door." ”

At first glance, Wu Yuanzhou thought that Ye Lingyi was just hindered by the identities of the two, so he said: "Don't worry, my Wu family is by no means a superficial person who is high and low, I am the only son in the family, my father loves me the most, as long as it is what I want, he will never say much, and even if he does not agree, there is an old lady in my family, my grandmother spoils me the most, as long as I insist on something, she must be towards me!" ”

"No, I mean ......"

was misinterpreted by him, Ye Lingyi suddenly felt a pain in his brain, and wanted to tell him that he didn't like him, but when he saw the true appearance of the child with his eyes shining, he couldn't bear to hit him, so he had to hold his forehead and think about it, secretly feeling melancholy.

It was the carriage that was moving forward smoothly that suddenly braked suddenly, and a man and a woman in the carriage were unstable and crashed into the wall of the carriage.

The two looked at each other, both confused.

After getting off the carriage, I saw a few old men with gray eyebrows and a little girl with timid eyes in front of them, several people sat on the board cart dragged by the ox, one side of the cart was deeply trapped in a big pit filled with mud and could not move, and the other side was broken due to unbalanced force, and the old cow of the trailer was not as vigorous as the horse, so he was lazy and lay down on the spot, even if the old man broke the bamboo pole in his hand, he could not drive it up.

"Who are you?"

Wu Yuanzhou took the lead in walking over.

Several old people looked at each other, climbed down from the broken cart, and waved at him, saying, "We are from a nearby village, and we are here to harvest red cotton today!" This son, Mingjian, I didn't mean to get in the way, it was really because the old cow was not angry, so I delayed here. ”

Ye Lingyi glanced at the little girl with timid eyes on the cart and smiled: "How many people are picking red cotton and still taking the little girl?" ”

The old man's face changed, and he explained with a smile: "This is the old and foolish grandson, the family is barren, and it is difficult to eat, so I can only bring her to work as a laborer." ”

The old man sighed, and his face was ashamed.

Ye Lingyi squinted, the light in her eyes flickered slightly, but she was a little suspicious.

Moving his gaze slightly, Ye Lingyi smiled and asked behind the old man: "The little girl is so capable?" How old are you this year? ”

The little girl didn't look like she was about ten years old, and Ye Lingyi asked on purpose, just to lead her to speak.

When the little girl was questioned, her eyes were hot, and tears welled up.

Ye Lingyi's eyelids moved, and she was about to speak, but the old man immediately came up and blocked between the two of her: "This girl is still not embarrassed to be stupid, she is stupid, don't say the wrong thing to offend the two." ”

The old gentleman was thoughtful. Presumptuous! Ye Lingyi didn't smile, "It's just that you see, we're still in a hurry, you cow ......"

The old man looked at each other, divided into two groups left and right, scolded and beat the cow, but let them do their best, the old cow lay on the ground and did not move.

Even Ye Lingyi was anxious when she looked at it.

Just as she wanted to go up and follow the lesson, Wu Yuanzhou stopped her.

The two exchanged glances, and Wu Yuanzhou signaled her to beware of fraud.

Ye Lingyi was stunned.

At this time, Helian Che also came over.

"Ache!" Wu Yuanzhou turned his face and waved hello with a smile.

Looking at the two people standing side by side, their brows furrowed behind the silver masks, and they only asked, "What's going on up ahead?" ”

"Helian Escort has come just in time! These are the villagers nearby, the ox cart is broken, and the cattle are not obedient, you can help them! ”

Helian Che looked at Ye Lingyi, raised his eyes to look at the old ones again, and turned his gaze back: "Miss Green Kite is instructing me?" ”

Ye Lingyi showed her usual greeting face and sneered: "Don't dare, don't dare!" You are a big man, you said that the slave maid in the east would never dare to go west, and the slave maid just suggested...... After all, the ox cart is blocking the holy drive, and everyone is anxious when they look at it! ”

She's quite good at exculpating herself, and she's even a little cute when she talks about it.

An imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of Helian Che's mouth, and his gaze was fixed on the distressed person.

"But how can an ox that is neither scolded nor beaten be driven away? Is this the only road around here? She began to search for other paths with her eyes.

At that moment, another female voice floated in: "Isn't it just a cow?" Easy to do! ”

Le Ya walked over, shook off the mud stuck to his shoes in disgust, raised his eyes and smiled at Helian Che and said: "Cows have tempers, and when they can't see something shaking back and forth in front of them, it will think it's a provocation, as long as we take a piece of cloth and shake it in front of it, this cow will definitely get up, but in order to stop the cow from rioting, we will have to trouble Young Master Helian, who is the most skilled in kung fu at the scene, to make a move......"

Wu Yuanzhou, who was isolated from the kung fu powerhouse, was full of disbelief, and was about to speak, Helian Che smiled happily and nodded in agreement: "Just do it!" ”

Ye Lingyi also smiled, and the corners of her mouth twitched with a smile: "Miss Leya is so knowledgeable, she really deserves to be the confidant of Helian's guard!" ”

She said this on her face, but she didn't think so in her heart: Isn't it the trick used in the Colosseum for bullfighting? She knows it, too!

When Le Ya heard the word "confidant", she immediately blushed with shame.

Only Helian Che looked at Ye Lingyi fixedly, and his eyes seemed to say, "Which pair of eyes are you blind to see her as my confidante?" ”