Chapter 223: Encounter
The grandmother who has served me for many years died, and then her personal maid, the girl she treated like her own sister, Xiaoyue, died.
Many, many people died in front of her, she watched the blood flow out of their bodies, some seeped into the floor, the rich smell of blood came to her face, she only felt that her stomach was turbulent, she wanted to vomit, but she knew that she couldn't make a little sound at this time, otherwise, her fate would be the same as Xiaoyue and Mama, she covered her mouth and tried not to make a sound.
She watched familiar people fall, those people who had accompanied her in childhood, who had accompanied her all her life, who were familiar with each of their hobbies, who were familiar with everything, who were all alive, had now dried up, and the smiling faces of those people seemed to still appear in front of her.
Several sisters in the boudoir spoke energetically, and said one after another: "Everyone is beautiful and has no husband." "Leaving aside his Gu Northwest, the people in the entire capital who want to marry fireworks will be lined up from inside the city to outside the city, and Gu Northwest will not be left alone.
The Zhao family is a beauty, and the whole capital knows it. If it weren't for the high walls of the Zhao family's mansion, and the fact that he was an official of the imperial court, he had the status of being superior to ordinary officials, and it was not easy for ordinary people to see it, otherwise the threshold of the Zhao Mansion would have been broken.
But this Zhao Yanhua only identified Gu Xibei, and others didn't know why, but only she knew in her heart that everything was just that chance encounter.
That time, she went out to play, but unexpectedly met him in the bamboo forest, only to see that he was nearly seven feet tall, thin, wearing a purple robe embroidered with green stripes, and a bright silk cream white cardigan back.
The robe was turned upside down and tucked into the white jade belt around his waist, and he wore white deerskin boots on his feet to facilitate horseback riding, and his jet-black hair was combed in a neat bun on the top of his head, which was set in a delicate white jade hair crown, and a pale green silk crown band hung from both sides of the jade crown, and a flowing knot was tied on the lower forehead.
His skin was very white, like most of the literati of the Southern Song Dynasty; But because of the white skin, the handsome facial features look very distinct, especially the lips, which are almost as rosy as rouge. But although he was beautiful, he was not feminine at all; Those eyes, in particular, looked both smart and proud.
Dressed in white and with black hair, the clothes and hair are flowing and elegant, not tied or tied, slightly fluttering, lined with a figure hanging in mid-air, like a god descending into the world.
His skin was faintly shiny and flowing, and his eyes flashed with a thousand kinds of glazed light. The appearance is picturesque, so beautiful that it does not look like a real person at all, this kind of demeanor has surpassed all human beauty at all. He just wore a white robe casually, thinking that even if he was an angel, he would never be more beautiful than him. This transcendent man and woman, transcending the beauty of the world, can no longer be described in words.
With just one glance, she fell from then on, only to see that she was stunned at that time, and was stunned for a long time before smirking and asking, "Who is Childe?" ”
That Gu Northwest said coldly: "The surname is Gu, and the word is Northwest." ”
Gu Beibei, Gu Beibei, since then, this name has been deeply imprinted in her heart, and she keeps chanting this name every day.
Everyone in this city knows that Zhao Yanhua is the most beautiful of these sisters. The other sisters younger than her in the family have all married their husbands, but she is the only one who has passed the age of peach and plum, but she has not yet left the cabinet.
Lord Zhao was not in a hurry at all. In his words, even if the fireworks wait for a lifetime, they are not as bad as his reputation for dishonesty.
More than ten years ago, Zhao Guan came to Beijing to take up his post, but it was just a small county order in Ji County. When he encountered a bandit on the way to take office, and his life was in danger, fortunately Gu Lang drew a knife to help. Since then, the two have been brothers, and they have been married early for their unborn child.
If both of them have a boy, they will become brothers, and if they are girls, they will be married. If it is a man and a woman, they are married.
Since then, Zhao Guan has been on the rise, and Gu Lang has also fought hard in the northwest to make some fame and become a general.
However, the battlefield was ruthless, and Gu Lang was unfortunate, and unfortunately died in battle when the Fanren invaded the northwest several times. In order to show his respect, the imperial court was posthumously awarded the title of Northwest General. Although Gu Lang died, he also bought ten years of stability in the northwest.
Gu Northwest grew up in the northwest since he was a child, and although there is no major turmoil in the current situation, there are still small fights. Fan people often use things such as "the child is lost" and "the sheep is gone" to harass the border.
The Northwest grew up in such wars, large and small.
He didn't have much memory of Gu Lang, and most of the time it came out of the mouths of others, such as "General Gu was brave" and "sacrificed his life for the country".
But he knew since he was a child that he had a marriage contract with a woman, and that person was in the capital thousands of miles away from him, called Zhao Yanhua.
His mother once told him that even if he couldn't become a general like his father in his life, he had to abide by his father's covenant and marry Zhao Yanhua.
But everyone in the northwest knows that what he likes in the northwest is Jiangyue.
Jiangyue is also a famous general in the northwest, even in the imperial court, he has heard of it. I heard that although Jiangyue is a woman, she is not lost to men at all, and she is really a woman who does not let her eyebrows go.
Of course, it's not a big deal that the Northwest likes the moon. Because in the Northwest, almost all the soldiers liked her.
Whoever makes Jiangyue look good, even the yellow sand in the northwest can only add to the desolation on her face, but it can't shake her beauty.
But what really made Gu Xibei love was her composure in the face of the enemy's danger, her heroic posture of waving a spear on the standing field, and her boldness in raising a jar of wine and drinking it all. I also love her obsessively looking at a person's gaze.
Jiang Yue once said to Gu Xixi that she would never get married in her life. Because the man who wanted to marry was buried under this loess. And her ending will be like this.
Jiangyue has a strong temperament and is very persistent, once it is determined, ten war horses will not be able to pull it back.
Every evening, I would look into the distance from the city wall and seem to be waiting for someone.
Wait for someone who will never come back.
Gu Xibei's marriage to Zhao Yanhua is indeed to fulfill the covenant of the year, and he has the responsibility that a man should have. Since you are married, you must treat her well. Even if he didn't love her
Gu Northwest is a garrison general, and it is rare to return to the capital to complete the marriage, so he led his new wife to the northwest.
Of course, this is what Gu Xibei didn't expect, he originally thought that he would marry Zhao Yanhua, so he placed her in the mansion in the capital, and he would not let her suffer if she was provided with brocade clothes and food. But I never expected that although this Miss Zhao family looked weak and weak, she had a tough temperament, so she had to follow Gu Xibei to this pass.
Zhao Guan thought about the water spilled by his married daughter, so she let it.
Gu Xixi had no choice but to bring her here. Placing her in a small city on the border pass, although it is not as good as the mansion in the capital, but in this northwest place, it takes some thought.
But Zhao Yanhua likes Gu Northwest very much, which probably has the attitude of "marrying a chicken with a chicken and marrying a dog with a dog". Originally, he just listened to the words from the soldiers who returned to the city, saying that Gu Beixi "has a handsome face, a burly figure, and the ability to lead troops to fight, and will definitely be a pillar of the country in the future".
Now that I have met the real person, and he treats her very well in addition to sleeping with her, he really loves her more and more, and finally can't extricate himself.
She remembered that her sister in the past said, "My daughter of the Zhao family looks down on him", but now, she is really rare.
She knew that he liked the female general in his heart, so she specially ordered someone to find the portrait of the general, learn her dress, learn her handwriting, and learn her to dance with knives and guns.
even secretly ran to the barracks to see how beautiful she was.
But all this fell in Gu Xibei's eyes, and it was a bit of a matter of imitation. He frowned every time he watched her take a big sip of wine like Jiangyue. He didn't know that the person in front of him was willing to bury his truest self in order to love him, and become a substitute for others, just to ask for a little love from him.
Zhao Yanhua reprimanded her after injuring herself with a gun.
She thought that he would feel a little distressed when he saw her hurt, after all, husband and wife. But Gu Xibei said with a cold face: "Don't learn it in the future, no matter how much you learn it, it's not like her." ”
yes, how could it be her. Zhao Yanhua is a lady, she reads poetry and embroideries on weekdays, and these knives and guns have never been moved. The ten fingers that were not touched by the spring water had already been full of calluses, bruised and bruised, but he never found it.
Zhao Yanhua is good at playing the Yao Zheng, but since he picked up the spear, he has never touched the piano again.
Since that time, Gu Xixi has returned to his home less and less. Sometimes it is clear that he comes back from her, and only waits for her to sleep before returning home, and leaves in a hurry before dawn.
Zhao Yanhua didn't feel sad every time he looked at the cold dishes on the table, and still smiled and said to his subordinates: "The general is busy with affairs today, so the dishes are all warmed in the kitchen." ”
But those meals can't escape the fate of being thrown away in the end.
Zhao Yanhua is never sad, always looks gentle and lovely, smiles and is polite to everyone, and there seems to be nothing worthy of her sadness.
Even if he was reprimanded by Gu Xixi, he just smiled and promised him that he would not do this again in the future.
But Zhao Yanhua is a woman, and she doesn't talk about any faith.
In private, he still learned the spear, and even invited the master to teach.
Gu Xibei didn't care about her, and he didn't bother to know.
He once asked Jiang Yue, saying, "Isn't it hard to wait for someone who won't come back?" ”
Jiang Yue shook her head.
He laughed and whispered, "I don't feel hard either." ”
The days of comfort soon came to an end, and Fanmen invaded in a big way, as if they were going to fight it out.
Fanren seems to have figured out the habits of Gu Xibei and Jiangyue in using troops this time, and even knows the deployment of border passes. This time it was unprepared, and Gu Northwest was really a little overwhelmed.
However, he was a general with some qualifications, and he quickly stabilized the situation. With half of the number of people lost, they were able to fight back.
But he didn't know that all this was a ploy of the fan. chased all the way for more than ten miles, but was surrounded by the Fan Corps.
It was also the two of them who had some skills, and they actually escaped back with a bloody way.
The injuries were severe. Gu Xibei was hit by several arrows, half of them were among the opponents, and half were blocked for Jiang Yue. But fortunately, I didn't shoot the central vein, and I can walk around after a few months of cultivation.
But right now, the two generals are seriously injured and can't lead the troops to fight, and the army has no generals, which of the other small generals will serve?
Gu Xixi had already bandaged himself and was lying uncomfortably on the bed in the tent. He was still somewhat conscious, and his fingers moved lightly.
He seemed to have had a dream. The reason for this seems to be that he himself is not sure whether it was a dream or if it actually happened.
He dreamed that Zhao Yanhua came to look for him. She must have been anxious to hear the news of his serious injury, and he expected it. But Zhao Yanhua was wearing a military uniform like Jiangyue, and asked him with a smile: "Am I good-looking?" ”
He tried to answer, but opened his mouth but found himself speechless.
But Zhao Yanhua didn't notice his abnormality, and said to him, "I'm leaving." ”
Then he smiled and turned away. The sound of her silver bell-like laughter was still echoing in her ears, but the figure was getting farther and farther, and he wanted to call out to her, but he couldn't babble.
It seems that she slept for a long, long time, so long that when Gu Xixi woke up, the map of Northwest on the table was covered with dust, and Jiang Yue walked in, she looked like she had recovered.
Jiangyue was only hit by an arrow, and it would be good to raise the moon.