Chapter 18: Encounters in the Water

When Zhou Nan looked back, it was the girl, still wearing the blue skirt on her body, but she was wearing a white fluffy fur jacket on her upper body, covered with a black cape, but there was no pearl amber headdress on her head, only a yellow forehead was put on her head, which looked more relaxed and casual than in the daytime. It's just that the girl herself, the maid didn't follow.

Zhou Nan stood up and said, "Isn't the noble man still resting?" The girl replied to Zhou Nan's salute, there was still a faint sadness on her smooth face, and she said softly: "Da Lang doesn't have to be polite, the mountains and fields meet in the water, and they don't match the vulgar etiquette, and the slave family will be like that good man, call you Da Lang." Seeing that this girl was downright and generous, Zhou Nan had no choice but to nod yes.

"The slave family is to see you come out of the tent, sitting alone on the fire, thinking that Dalang must have something to worry about, if Dalang is willing to tell him, the slave family also has some reputation in Yanjing City, and is willing to try his best to solve Dalang's worries."

Zhou Nan thanked him and said: "If you don't get what you want, it's not a big deal, and it's not worth bothering your nobles." ”

"It's often unsatisfactory......," the girl muttered and repeated Zhou Nan's words, and sat down unconsciously, as if in deep thought. Zhou Nan also sat down, just fiddling with dry firewood to make the fire a little stronger.

"I have been rejuvenating the country for more than 200 years, and the country should be prosperous, who would have thought that now it has lost half of the country, and the traitors in the dynasty have gained power, but the slave family only wanted to be able to flatter the mother, and the family was safe, but was falsely accused by the traitor, and now the saint believes in slander, forces my uncle to rebel, and kills my mother, and the slave brother is determined to be loyal to the country, and only the slave family is left alone in this world......" The girl whispered, but it seemed to be talking to herself, and her voice gradually became silent. The girl was afraid that her loved ones would leave one by one, but she couldn't do anything, Zhou Nanshi was sad that her people were divided into two places, I am afraid that there will never be a day to see each other again, and the sad people have their own arms, and for a while the two of them did not speak, only the sound of beeping firewood.

After a long time, the little maid came and said, "The night is heavy, please rest in peace." The girl stood up and said to Zhou Nan, "Please rest early." The slave family slept. Then the maid went back to her account. Zhou Nan came up sleepy, and also slept in the tent.

On the second day, Gao Yuan saw that Zhou Nan woke up, pulled Zhou Nan's arm in the tent, and said softly: "Yesterday, I heard that the guard was called "The Great Prince", I am afraid that he is not a member of the royal family, and he is not a member of the royal family, and he is not a person all the way, so he broke up with Qingjing as soon as possible. Zhou Nan nodded and said, "What Brother Gao said is that it is better to return to our Gao Laozhuang as soon as possible." Gao Yuan was also accustomed to the "Gao Laozhuang" in Zhou Nan's mouth, the corners of his mouth grinned, and he smiled strangely: "I thought you forgot Yun'er when you saw a fairy-like little girl, haha." Zhou Nan said with a smile: "Brother Gao said that he was joking, but he was just talking a few words, not taking it seriously." ”

The two laughed and got up and went outside, and the young siblings had also gotten up, and the guards had already set up breakfast. But it's not any hand-grabbed meat, it's four bowls of rice porridge like the Han people, and a few light dishes, four pairs of plates, placed separately. Gao Yuan and Zhou Nan saw that the young brother and sister were sitting, and the young man invited the two to sit down, and the four of them ate silently, but the girl seemed to have something on her mind, and stopped eating after a few bites, Zhou Nan took the chopsticks and first habitually paused on the inner side wall of the bowl, so that the two chopsticks were aligned, and then used the chopsticks to pluck the rice to eat, and after taking a bite of the dish, she habitually paused the chopsticks on the inner wall of the bowl, and the girl silently watched Zhou Nan's action of eating, Zhou Nan still ate by himself, and he always looked away from eating with his eyes.

After the four of them finished eating, another guard served four cups of tea for the four of them to drink. After drinking tea, the young man commanded, and the guards began to pack up their things, removed the tent, and put it on the horse, the girl commanded in Khitan language, and several warriors put the tiger carcass on horseback, and the royal boy asked Gao Yuan to lead the way down the mountain, Gao Yuan and Zhou Nan led the way in front, and a group of people followed, and went down the mountain.

"The powerful people are not authentic, but the tiger you killed was taken away by them. Anyway, let's just pay the rent. Dalang, don't care. Gao Yuan muttered angrily, and was afraid that Zhou Nan would care, so he hurriedly persuaded him.

Zhou Nan said indifferently: "But I underestimated me, there are many on this mountain, if you like it, Brother Gao, catch a small one for you another day, and let it show you the door." ”

The two laughed, and before they knew it, they walked out of the linden tree ditch, and the two stopped, and said to the young man of the royal family: "Please return along the way you came, and the two villains will return to the village from here." ”

The young man nodded, dismounted and said sincerely: "The two righteous men, if they go to Yanjing City another day, someone will invite the two of them to rest in the mansion, and today will be goodbye." Gao Yuan didn't even dare to say goodbye to the girl with Zhou Nan, and turned to his own Gao Laozhuang.

Someone stopped behind him, it turned out to be Hu Dugu, the leader of the guards, leading the horse in front, and there were two horses behind, one horse was empty, followed by two guards, and the other horse was just hunching the tiger corpse. Gao Yuan was puzzled and asked, "I don't know what to order?" Hu Dugu said: "On the orders of my little mother, this tiger was killed by this hero, and it should be a good man, and my little master was only afraid that the two would be inconvenient to bring back, so I ordered the three of us to send two righteous people to the village." Brother Gao will lead the way. ”

When Zhou Nan looked back, he saw that the young man and his party had already gone far. Seeing this way, Gao Yuan no longer shirked and led the way. Along the way, that Hu Dugu is very talkative, say some interesting things about Yanjing City, see a hare on the shoot two arrows, unconsciously came to Gaojiazhai outside, it was noon, Hu Dugu stopped and said: "The three of us have to catch up with the little master, today I will not be bothered by Brother Gao's house." Another day to Yanjing City, there will naturally be brothers to bring the two to the master's house for hospitality, and then I will be the east, so that I can drink with the two. Gao Yuan thanked him repeatedly. Hu Dugu put the tiger down, mounted his horse, and drove away.

Gao Yuan said embarrassedly: "This time, I wronged others, and I was benevolent, righteous and bold." The latter sentence is praising the girl.

The two of them worked together to carry the tiger carcass to their home, and the people they saw along the way asked for the reason, and they all praised Zhou Nan, and they were all brave. helped the two of them carry the tiger to their home together, Gao Yun was naturally happy to see it, but he blamed Zhou Nan for not caring for his body and taking risks for others; In a blink of an eye, seeing Gao Yuan giggling beside him, Gao Yun stomped his feet and said angrily: "Da Lang is in danger, but you don't hurry up to help, and now you ......are still laughing" Gao Yuan saw his sister blame, and said busily: "Next time, next time, I will be in front of Da Lang, and I won't teach Da Lang to hurt a single hair." ”

Gao Yuan said to Zhou Nan again: "How is Da Lang going to deal with this tiger?" Zhou Nandao: "I am alone, and I eat at my eldest brother's house, what is the use of this?" Let's dispose of it to the eldest brother. ”

Gao Yuan nodded, and was not polite, and said to the neighbors in the courtyard: "Tonight, I will kill the tiger and eat meat in front of the grass hall on the lawn, I hope you will go back and tell your neighbors, and everyone will have a good time." When everyone heard Gao Yuan say this, they all dispersed in a hurry and went to tell their neighbors.

Gao Yun, Gao Yuan and Zhou Nan had dinner, so they went to invite a few partners to carry the tiger to the grass hall on the law, and invited Lao Zheng Tou, under the guidance of Lao Zheng Tou, the tiger bones, tiger whips, tiger tendons, tiger gall and other useful things were left, these things Zhou Nan gave to Lao Zheng Tou, which was regarded as compensating for Lao Zheng Tou's wine. The tiger skin was peeled off, and the remaining tiger meat was brought to the big pot in front of the grass hall on the flat to cook, and the men, women and children who knew in the village rushed over, looking at the colorful tiger skin, and praised it.