Chapter 16: The Smell of Gunpowder
Gongsun You's open-mindedness doesn't care about Li Zhiying, these false courtesies.
Gongsun Xi couldn't stand it, and pulled Xiaoqi Xiaoba and said, "Xiaoqi, Xiaoba, come here and salute Her Royal Highness the Princess." Her Royal Highness the princess is the sister of the current emperor, and if she is not careful, she will lose her head. ”
Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba are only three years old, where do they know so much, but when they hear that they want to lose their heads, the two little guys have white faces, and they all look at Li Zhiying in horror, just like looking at the king of Hades, hiding behind Gongsun Xi and secretly looking at the strange big sister.
Li Zhiying was a little dumbfounded, and glared at Gongsun Xi in annoyance.
originally wanted to use fireworks to please Xiaoqi Xiaoba: she lived in Shanzhou for half a month and knew Pei Min's love for Xiaoqi Xiaoba. I don't know that Pei Min is not alone, not to mention Jiao Chen's mother, Pei's mother also regards Xiaoqi Xiaoba as a treasure in her heart.
As long as you get the joy of the little seven and eight, it is easy to integrate into the Pei Mansion, and the fireworks are specially brought to please the two little guys.
As a result, when Gongsun Xi said this, she was as hateful as a wicked person, and the whole plan was disrupted.
Her glaring was even more "vicious".
Xiao Qi Xiaoba directly covered his ears and buried his head in Gongsun Xi's trouser leg like a bell, and he didn't dare to look at it anymore.
Where has Li Zhiying suffered such grievances in her life, her eyes can't help but turn red.
Pei Min glared at Gongsun Xi and said to Xiao Qi Xiaoba: "Don't listen to your Aunt Xi, Aunt Xi is scaring you!" The princess sister is not a bad person, and she also brought you gifts, beautiful fireworks. ”
Compared with Gongsun Xi, Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba obviously believe in their father more.
The two little guys walked out with a little fright, Xiao Qi took Xiao Ba's little hand, stepped forward to salute, and said timidly: "I've seen the princess sister!" ”
Gongsun Xi also accepted it when he saw it, and he didn't get an inch.
This is also one of the advantages of Gongsun Xi, she is the kind of personality that does not hold grudges. made her unhappy, she returned it directly, but did not pursue the malicious targeting.
Li Zhiying took out the fireworks after the rain and the sky was clear, and saw that Li Zhiying intended to pour all the fireworks on the ground.
Pei Min hurriedly said: "Don't don't, don't be, you have to play tricks, just fall to the ground like this, there are really only fireworks and nothing else." ”
Li Zhiying was surprised: "Then how to play?" ”
Pei Min took the box containing fireworks from Li Zhiying's hand, saw that it was full of colorful particles similar to gunpowder, grabbed a handful in his hand, and drew a big face of a bear on the ground with feeling.
Pei Min's calligraphy can be called first-class, but the level of painting is really worrying, a bear's face, Ren is painted like a dog and not a bear.
This is also crooked, Xiao Qi Xiaoba currently doesn't know what a dog or a tiger or a leopard is, but dogs are common.
Xiao Qi and Xiao Hachi pointed to the portrait on the ground and shouted, "Dog, puppy! ”
Pei Min's face turned red, and he thought he was painting a dog.
Li Zhiying looked at the "big dog" on the ground happily, clapped his hands and smiled: "It turns out that you can still play like this, why can't I think of it?" ”
Pei Min smiled and put the remaining fireworks aside, and found a fire fold to light the fireworks at one end.
In a flash!
White smoke filled the air, and flames of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple burned in place.
Although the night has not yet completely fallen, the colorful flames are still shining dazzlingly.
This kind of fireworks appeared in front of everyone for the first time, and they only saw Pei Mu, Jiao Chen, Gongsun You, and Gongsun Xi stunned.
Some of them have lived for half their lives, some have seen a lot, and some have traveled from south to north, but without exception, they have never seen such a grand scene.
The most excited are naturally the little seven and eight, they watched the fireworks, clapped their little hands violently, and ran and jumped around the big dog on the ground.
Until the fireworks burned out, there was a smell of gunpowder saltpeter.
Xiao Qi Xiaoba looked at Pei Min with unfinished eyes.
Pei Min smiled: "It's okay today, don't be greedy." You are still young, and smelling too much saltpeter is not good for your health. We'll play again in a few days, and we'll draw you a big bear in the back. ”
Xiao Qi Xiaoba is still very obedient, and he is not noisy when he hears the words, but he still looks at the remaining traces on the ground.
There is no child who doesn't like fireworks, Li Zhiying suddenly collected the hearts of the little seven and eight, and kept shouting around her "sister, sister".
Gongsun Xi saw that Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba had different thoughts, and stopped learning swords with her, and there was a little taste in his heart.
The evening breeze blew away the saltpeter dregs on the ground and the remaining fallen leaves on the trees.
Dead leaves flying, lonely.
Gongsun Xi gently raised the bamboo stick in his hand, and the shadow of the stick was vertical and horizontal, nailing all the fallen leaves flying in the air to the wooden stick in one go.
Pei Min's eyes lit up, he hadn't seen Gongsun Xi's swordsmanship in the past two years, and it was really rare.
Xiao Qi and Xiaoba applauded, and gave up Li Zhiying again and went to play with Gongsun Xi.
Li Zhiying has the feeling that his donkey skills are poor, and he doesn't seem to have a taste.
When night really fell, Xiao Qi Xiaoba felt tired and sleepy, no longer pestering Gongsun Xi, and followed Jiao Chen with a little weakness.
Gongsun You took advantage of the situation to leave, and Li Zhiying also knew that it was inappropriate to stay, so he took his leave.
Jiao Chen took Xiao Qi Xiaoba to rest, and Pei Min sent the three of them out of the house.
Gongsun Xi and Li Zhiying seem to be natural opponents, and no one looks down on anyone, so they keep bickering.
Gongsun Xi relied on the fact that she was the "Aunt Xi" of Xiaoqi Xiaoba, while Li Zhiying was a "sister", relying on her verbal cheapness.
Li Zhiying was not to be outdone, saying that she was the same as Pei Min, but she was an apprentice, so she was naturally inferior to her.
The two took advantage of each other's verbs, Xiao Qi Xiaoba was not there, and Pei's mother was not there, and the originally suppressed smell of gunpowder seemed to be ignited.
Pei Min and Gongsun You looked at each other and smiled bitterly, both feeling helpless.
The two looked at each other, but they couldn't help but recall that the Hongmen Sword Society, which was like a heart-to-heart connection, had something inexplicable in their eyes.
Send the three out of the house, each other is next door, and there is no need to go more.
Gongsun Xi and Li Zhiying each snorted, and for the time being, they drew and went home.
Back in the bedroom, Xiao Qi and Xiaoba had already slept peacefully, Jiao Chen covered them with quilts next to the small bed, and when he saw Pei Min coming in, he said softly: "Pei Lang thinks the smell is particularly strong tonight?" ”
"What does it smell like?" Pei Min pretended to be a little stupid and said with a smile: "Madam is talking about the smell of gunpowder?" That's natural, there must be saltpeter in the fireworks, there is saltpeter, and naturally there is the smell of gunpowder. ”
Jiao Chen rolled his eyes and said: "Lang Jun doesn't want to talk about it, just don't talk about the concubine." Let me tell you a serious matter, there is a news from the tavern today, in the restaurant we opened, the people of the Great Food Country and the Tubo people took advantage of the chance meeting with them, and they said that our people did not understand, and they spoke the language of the Great Food Country. Surely they were discussing something. ”
Pei Min was not surprised when he heard this, and said bluntly: "This is all expected, I think Tubo will not be interested in Nanzhao's inch, he is plotting the Western Regions." This time, His Majesty intends to subdue the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu with national threat, and they will definitely take the opportunity to show the momentum of their country in order to dominate the country. Let all intelligence networks pay attention to the movements of the envoys of various countries, especially the capable people among them, and pay more attention to them. ”
"Good!"