Chapter Twenty-Six: Storytelling
Tai'an City, Shanglai Inn.
A table of people sat in the hall, eating silently, and even a needle could be heard falling on the ground, and the innkeeper did not dare to take a mouthful.
Ye Xingcan saw that the big furniture was inexplicably nervous, and the atmosphere was also strangely depressing, so he beckoned and asked him to sit down.
Zhou Tan and Ye Xingcan grew up together, and they used to always make trouble, but they walked over without saying anything, and because of their obesity, one person occupied one side of the table. Needless to say, Liu Qingrang rushed over all of a sudden.
Wang Shaoyuan, the commander of the Imperial Forest Guard, only felt that when he heard the eldest princess speak, his face couldn't help but be hot again, so he politely refused, drank a pot of hot tea on the table, and stabilized his mind.
Huo Yue has always been polite, he knows what he is here to do, the princess is polite, she can't kick her nose in the face, and she also stayed on the original table, and wanted to leave Liu Qingrang behind, but Liu Zhuangyuan was so fast that she didn't hold it down.
Ye Xingcan didn't force it, but said, "Let's eat quickly, let's rest early, and hurry early tomorrow morning." ”
Liu Qingrang felt that he hadn't sat at the same table so close for a long time, raised his hand to support his chin, and looked at Ye Xingcan, who was sitting beside him, stupidly, and didn't move for a long time, until Zhou Tanyi knocked his chopsticks on his head, and then he reacted.
Zhou Tan received the order, naturally unambiguous, and said to Liu Qing, "Lord Shaomu, although you have not married a wife, I am afraid that it is inappropriate to stare at our princess so directly, and it does not conform to the rules of your scholars, right?" ”
Liu Qingrang didn't want to be exposed in person, his face was red and transparent, and he said, "How can I have it," and said, "The prince and the princess haven't married yet, why did the princess come to the princess." ”
Ye Xingcan listened to Zhou Tan educating Liu Qingrang, and felt that it was serious, and saw that Liu Qingrang was pitiful to last week, and he was even more cowardly than to his brother, so he couldn't help but smile and said, "Brother Xiao Tan has been informal, Lord Liu forgive me, since you think the princess is awkward, it's better to call me Ah Can." ”
looked at Zhou Tan again and said, "Brother Xiaotan, this time I heard my brother say that you will come to escort, and I thought it was to accompany the chat on the road to relieve boredom, why is it so rusty, a princess, I used to call it this only when I was teasing me, and today, even the two captains of Duanxue Tieqi are also called so." ”
Zhou Tan touched his head, and he didn't know how to answer, he couldn't say that the prince was jealous, and when he gave orders, he was called the princess. After thinking about it again, the prince didn't mention that he had to use the title "princess" separately, so he nodded.
Liu Qingrang was so happy that he emphasized again, it was okay to call himself "Zimu", and then, one by one, he called "Ah Can", and he was irritable when he heard the talk.
Finally finished a meal, Zhou Tan arranged the guards, Zhang Luo rested early, didn't want Liu Qingrang to kill again, said that he saw a particularly interesting picture book a few days ago, it was about the princess and the general, and asked Ah Can if he wanted to listen to it to relieve the boredom along the way.
Ye Xingcan felt that it was novel, so he stayed in the hall to listen to the picture book, and the rest of the people had to sit down and listen together.
Unexpectedly, Liu Qing made the imperial examination a brush, and when it comes to painting, it is no worse than the storyteller on the street. I saw him get up and stand behind the table, and took out a folding fan from his bag, and with a wave of his hand, he opened and closed, which was very formal.
Here Liu Qing let the dragon fly and phoenix dance, but Zhou Tan frowned more and more when he listened, clenched his fists, and resisted the urge to smash the back of Liu Qing's head.
Let's talk about it, there are so many picture books, not the princess and the general, but also from the swords and swords on the battlefield, and finally the general died on the battlefield in order to save the princess, and the princess stayed alone in the dry city, waiting for the man to return.
Zhou Tan secretly looked at Ye Xingcan while listening, only to see that she was fascinated by the listening, and her eyes were full of tears, but fortunately, there was no special reaction, so she was relieved.
"Zimu, do you say there really is such a feeling in the world? Or is it the storyteller who writes it to earn the world's tears. Ye Xingcan asked while wiping her tears.
Lingxiang also cried, looking at Liu Qingrang eagerly, hoping that he could nod his head, so that he felt that there was still a true love in the world that was worth waiting for.
Wang Shaoyuan was bored listening to it, and felt that no matter how majestic these stories were, they were still the love of children wrapped in chivalrous bones. I also remembered that it was a headache for the saint to marry himself and the lord of Wuyang a few days ago, and the family marriage was a big matter, so where was the turn to find someone who really loved.
After thinking about it, she pretended to look at Ye Xingcan unintentionally, guessing whether she and King Yongning had more orders from her parents, or whether her children had more private feelings, but when she thought about what this had to do with her, she couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Huo Yue thought directly of his own prince, thinking that when he came back from Beiyin, he was injured, and before he could heal, he hurriedly sneaked out of the fiefdom and went to chase the princess and General Qin. Although I don't know what happened later, when I came back, I saw that he was lonely, and I heard Yang Jun say that the prince silently followed behind the two of them, secretly protected the princess for more than a month, and almost died in a place called Sishan Jungle.
Later, General Qin died in Tonglinguan, and it was also the prince who risked being discovered by the imperial court, took Yang Jun and himself out of the fiefdom secretly, and traveled thousands of miles to help, so as to save the princess at a critical moment. But at that time, she only remembered General Qin's exchange of life, and when she looked at the prince, there was only indifference and hatred in her eyes, which was distressing.
Everyone in the hall has their own thoughts, and it is difficult to say clearly.
Hearing Ye Xingcan's question, Zhou Tan couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and was afraid that Liu Qing would talk nonsense, so he said directly, "Of course there is, Brother Yao, if it weren't for the urgency of the Beiyin war and the fact that King Yongning couldn't leave the fiefdom, he would definitely accompany you to Yongning, I have been worried about your safety recently, and everyone has lost a lot of weight." ”
Liu Qingrang was robbed of words, and he was also in a hurry to speak, "Ah Can, listen to me, of course there is such love in the world", and said, "It is said that General Qin Mo of the Wuling Army of the previous dynasty died in battle, and there was a woman ......" Without waiting to finish speaking, he only heard the sound of "bang~~~", and Liu Qingrang fell straight to the ground.
Ye Xingcan looked at Zhou Tan blankly at the hand knife knocked on the back of Liu Qingrang's head, Lingxiang's eyes widened, and he was stunned that he wouldn't move, Huo Yue turned over and rushed in front of Ye Xingcan, Wang Shaoyuan was also shocked, and immediately pulled out his weapon and blocked it.
Zhou Tan himself was also stunned, fortunately his hands were faster than his brains, looking at everyone's posture now, he could only keep thinking, how to explain this, it can't be said that his hands are shaking.
However, Ye Xingcan came to his senses, ordered Huo Yue to quickly help Liu Qing to go back to the house to rest, and asked everyone not to be nervous, and collected their weapons, before talking to Zhou, "Brother Xiaotan, what are you doing, Lord Liu doesn't know martial arts, and he is so heavy." I know he is talking about Xian Xian, Mrs. Yang mentioned that after General Qin Mo died in battle, Xian Xian tied a filial piety scarf and went to the Guzi Nunnery, saying that she would keep filial piety for General Qin for three years. ”
Zhou Tan breathed a sigh of relief and nodded again and again, "That girl is stupid, she has no marriage contract with General Qin, and she has not made a relationship, so she ran to guard her filial piety, General Yang and his wife are distressed, and our brothers have also persuaded her, hey, this girl doesn't listen to anyone." I thought to myself, I have to have a good chat with that champion in the evening.
Listening to Zhou Tan say this, Ye Xingcan thought of his childhood again, so he continued, Slender is a sincere person, and there are no regrets, by the way, how is Second Brother Shen now, he liked Xianxian so much back then, and he was angry and resentful last time he mentioned it.
Zhou Tan changed the topic when he heard this, and couldn't help but sigh, Ah Can should have thought that Qin Mo and Xian Xian had a relationship, whether it was good, it was good.
Secretly glad that Xian Xian had made such a play as a "husband" to keep filial piety, so she rounded Zhuang Yuanlang's mouth that didn't hold the door, and when she asked Shen Chun, she looked dazed, "Shen Chun likes Xian Xian?" How do I not know, when will it be? ”
Ye Xingcan saw him like that, he really didn't know, and he couldn't cry or laugh, thinking that the man was really emotionally sluggish, he nodded, and said don't look at Shen Chun always bullying Xian Xian when he was a child, in fact, he didn't know how to express it, every time Xian Xian and someone fought, Shen Chun was in front of him, and he had to carry it to death if he was beaten.
Zhou Tan thought about it, it seems that this is the case, Shen Chun has been thin since he was a child, and he is always poor-mouthed, and he is not a good person, but as long as Yang Xianxian has an accident, he will definitely be the first to rush out, and for her, he has fought with the prince.
I thought of it again, at that time, Yang Xianxian ran to the nunnery to keep filial piety for Qin Mo, Shen Chun drank in the restaurant for several days, and he was drunk every day.
I thought that only Yang Xianxian was stupid, but in fact, Shen Chun was the most pitiful, as a brother, he was too incompetent, this time when he went back, he had to tie Yang Xianxian back, what kind of filial piety did he keep, the joke was.
Wang Shaoyuan listened to the two of them mention Qin Mo of the Wuling Army, and also remembered the scene when he led his troops to stop at Tonglin Pass, and couldn't help but stroke his left chest, it was still the first day of battle, and he was cut by Qin Mo's knife "Night Kite", and the bones were visible.
After that, he was sent back to Yongning for treatment, but he didn't see the tragedy of the last battle, only heard that the man weighed several arrows, and even desperately fought back to Tonglin Pass, saving a woman from the hands of the notorious general Xie Brown, is it the so-called Yang Xianxian?
I thought of the Qin family's loyalty and martyrs, but together with the Wuling Army, they were condemned as rebels by the history books, and sighed with emotion that they became kings and lost their cowards. At that time, the men of the Qin family were all killed on the battlefield, and the mother of the Qin Mansion, the daughter of the Lingdong Wang family, and her aunt, also committed suicide in the ancestral hall of the Qin family after receiving the news.
sighed secretly, fortunately, his father followed the right person back then, which saved the Wang family from being affected......
That night, Liu Qingrang slowly woke up, and before he could react, he saw a black shadow beside the bed, staring straight at him, screaming in fright, but someone covered his mouth.
Liu Qing turned his heart a thousand times, thinking that he was going to die in a different place so inexplicably before he had succeeded in worshipping the prime minister, so he sniffed, but listened to Zhou Tan's voice, "Big man, what are you crying about, hold it back for me." ”
Only then did I see that the person in front of me was Zhou Tan, and I was angry in my heart, in the middle of the night, how could it be so scary.
Zhou Tan lit the candle lamp, looked at Liu Qingrang, and said coldly, "Did I remind you not to mention the Wuling Army?" ”
Liu Qingrang was cut off with a knife, and he was still a little dizzy, and after thinking about it hard, he remembered that he was in a hurry to talk about the truth in the world just now, it should have mentioned General Qin, and he thought of the promise to Zhou Tan that day, his face was a little unbearable, his face was full of shame, and he hung his head and said, "General Zhou, I was wrong, I promise, I will never mention Ah Can's sadness in the future, which reminds her of the first emperor." ”