Chapter 30: Temporary Rest and Reorganization of the Saale Alliance
Li Mingda is a princess, a golden branch and jade leaf, how have he ever seen such a bloody thing, he only feels that he is in the middle of a romance miscellaneous, and he can't wait to shout with Xu Zhen and others!
She looked at Xu Zhen's back and felt that it was a high mountain, and that kind of momentum would only be emitted when his father was reading the enemy's invasion in the imperial study.
She used to think that it would be difficult for her to return to Chang'an, but now, she feels that as long as she follows Xu Zhen's back, there is no place she can't go!
She had heard her father tell many stories about the bloody battles of the year, although her father did not play it up, but in her mind, she already had a heroic image belonging to her father.
And today, it was Xu Zhen who made her really see the image in her heart, thinking that when her father was young, she should be like Xu Zhen at this time...
The thunderstorm roared, but it couldn't extinguish the blood of the warriors, Murong Xiao looked at Xu Zhen's back, and his heart finally became cold.
He has fallen into Xu Zhen's hands more than once, but he has been indomitable, and he has never been convinced by Xu Zhen, and now, he looks at Xu Zhen standing with a horizontal sword, and what rises in his heart is not surrender, but fear!
Seeing that Xu Zhen was so heroic, the warriors of the Salle tribe were full of respect in their hearts, and after listening to the legends of Yinzong and others, they were even more sure that Xu Zhen was the son of Ahura and the savior sent by God to save them and give them freedom!
After cleaning up the battlefield, Wu Lie and Yinzong invited Xu Zhen's team to enter the tribe to rest, but Xu Zhen discussed it with Zhang Jiunian and still camped behind the high slope on the other side of the river.
This gave the Saale a sense of security and the ability to defend themselves against enemy attacks, killing two birds with one stone.
The heavy rain slowly stopped, and the golden crow poked its head out of the clouds, bringing warmth to the grassland, and in the evening, the autumn breeze was crisp, the red glow reflected the sky, and the huge sun was like a piece of red warm jade, and the twilight was drunk.
After Yinzong and Wulie returned to the camp, they brought cattle, sheep and wine to the army, and helped Xu Zhen's troops to set up camp, Rouran was heroic, and they had no obstacle to language communication with each other, and the customs were similar.
Zhou Cang and others were reckless in martial arts, and after being accepted as retainers, they had to be exaggerated by officialdom, but it was more than enough to deal with such a scene, they were elite when they wore red armor, and when they took off their red armor, they seemed to become indigenous captives, and even laughed and scolded others in blunt Turkic language, so unhappy!
After meeting with Xu Zhen, he returned to the headquarters, leaving Yinzong and Wulie to discuss the specific alliance with Xu Zhen.
Yinzong and Wulie are somewhat restrained in the face of Xu Zhen, the son of Ahula, especially Yinzong, who completely regards Xu Zhen as an idol, Xu Zhen no longer holds the posture of a magic stick, and does not have the official tone of a **brigade marshal, but is like Ren Xia who walks the land unrestrainedly, which won the great favor of the two, and when the three of them walked out of the camp, they were already singing and dancing loudly outside, full of enthusiasm.
The straightforward and open prairie girls were infected by the atmosphere of many men, and they joined in the carnival, according to the customs of the prairie, they have begun to secretly choose their favorite men, ready to drill the camp tents of those men after the bonfire party.
Seeing Xu Zhen and Yinzong coming out, the eyes of these girls all shifted to Xu Zhen.
Xu Zhen has a delicate face and a long figure, not lacking the domineering majesty of the grassland man, but also the elegance of the Tang Dynasty scribes, and the aura of the son of the god of fire on his body, his eyes are as deep as a prophet and a wise man, and there is always an impenetrable mysterious aura between his gestures, which is simply the first target of many girls.
However, everyone was ashamed of themselves, knowing that the son of Ahura was not very easy for people to approach, but instead targeted Zhou Cang, Gao Heshu and Li Desheng and other strong sons, and kept a very clear distance from Xu Zhen.
Li Mingda had heard that Hu Feng was quite degraded, and saw that the grassland daughter's family did not need to scruple about the form, and the bold ones had already entered the men's tent, under the reflection of the bonfire, the silhouette like a shadow puppet on the tent made people ashamed to look at it directly, and the air was filled with a charming smell of youth.
After all, she is a princess of the Tang Dynasty, deeply educated by the royal family, she can't help but scold but shyly and secretly watch, her mood is complicated, she can only stay alone in the camp tent, stroking a small stone in her palm, which is a gift from Xu Zhen, which has been rubbed extremely smooth and round.
The night was getting darker, there were no stars and no moon, the bonfire was slowly dimming, and from time to time there were extremely suppressed but irrepressible humiliating sounds from the camp, and I don't know how long it took to slowly stop.
Xu Zhen sat on the stone in front of the tent, the fire in front of him was still crackling, and Caesar, who had not been seen at night, was sitting beside him.
While others were carnival, she searched for herbs along the river, put the juicy grass blades in her mouth, chewed them and then applied them to Xu Zhen's left hand, and the medicinal juice with the aroma of herbs exuded a mint-like coolness, which made Xu Zhen's whole person relaxed.
The two didn't say much, Xu Zhen looked up at the dark night sky, sniffed the faint fragrance of mature women on Caesar's body, a smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth, a ripple appeared in his heart, and he smiled at Caesar and said: "You picked a good time, those white swans didn't dare to drill into my tent when they saw that you were here..."
When Caesar heard this, she couldn't help but be angry, if she hadn't seen him burn his hand in order to save herself, she would have been reluctant to go out in the middle of the night to find herbs, this damn Tang man actually blamed herself for ruining his good deeds, his hands were burned like this, and he was still waiting for a woman to drill into his own tent, bastard Tang people!
Xu Zhen still kept smiling, but it made Caesar feel a trace of subtlety, as an assassin, Caesar has always been very restrained, and his grasp and forbearance of emotions are also very harsh, but every time she sees Xu Zhen, she wants to be angry, and sometimes she doesn't know what she is angry about, which makes her feel uneasy.
Feeling the provocative meaning in Xu Zhen's smile, Caesar's strong heart was suddenly stimulated, and while Xu Zhen was unprepared, he actually hugged Xu Zhen in his arms, threw him into the tent, and took away his cold look, and the bewitching fox smiled and teased: "Since it is a good thing to drive away Lang Jun, it is better to let the slave and maid serve the master!" ”
Xu Zhen was taken aback by Caesar's outrageous behavior, remembering that Caesar had hid the poisonous snake on his body as a secret weapon, and all three legs were weak, where was he still in the mood, seeing that Caesar generously lifted his short coat and straddled his waist, hurriedly pushed Caesar away, and escaped in embarrassment under the pretext of changing guards.
Caesar looked at Xu Zhenyuan's back, like a junior brother who hadn't fired too much, and burst out laughing for no reason, this cunning Tang man always likes to pretend to be deep and old-fashioned on weekdays, but he didn't expect that there was such a cute side.
It wasn't until he laughed out loud that Caesar suddenly realized how long it had been since he had laughed out loud the last time he had laughed.
Xu Zhen was about to sit on the high post for a while, but when he walked out of the tent area, he found that there was still a fire burning not far away, and a petite figure was waving a sword next to the fire, every move was presentable, meticulous, isn't it Her Royal Highness Li Mingda, the princess of Jinyang of the Tang Dynasty!
At this time, Li Mingda was holding a slender short sword, and while practicing the swordsmanship taught by Li Dexian, he cursed in a low voice: "Damn Xu Zhen!" Damn Orchid! Damn the savage! ”
She has been paying attention to Xu Zhen's tent, Caesar bites the herbs and puts them in Xu Zhen's hands, the two laugh ambiguously, and finally the woman hugs the man, all of which makes Li Mingda inexplicably angry, and can't help venting his anger on the sword moves.
She had already seen Xu Zhen, but she didn't pay attention to it, but she was uneasy, and her sword moves were full of flaws.
Xu Zhen didn't know that he had annoyed this nobleman, squatting on the ground without any image, watching the little girl pouting and practicing the sword, at this moment, she didn't have any princess's compelling aura, just like the angry little girl next door, which made people angry and funny.
Li Mingda saw that this damn guy didn't say anything, but was like watching a monkey show, his heart was even more angry, and the short sword in his hand was thrown over, so frightened that Xu Zhen fell back with a big buttocks, and she laughed out loud, looking quite relieved.
Xu Zhen's face turned pale, he was really taken aback, this short sword is a real sharp guy, this little aunt said to throw it away, it is really willful!
Li Mingda was still smiling stupidly, but Xu Zhen was childlike, picked up the short sword on the ground, learned the posture of the eunuch in the palace, presented the short sword with both hands, and shouted in his mouth: "Your Royal Highness the princess, don't be angry, the slave family knows that it is wrong..."
He thought that this move would amuse Li Mingda again, but he didn't expect that his acting skills were good, and Li Mingda touched the scene, so he recalled the interesting things about life in the palace, frowned, and wanted to cry...
"Girl's heart, needle under the sea, if so..."Xu Zhen also couldn't cry or laugh, playing with a short sword in his hand, but sat down next to Li Mingda, beckoned, and said, "Girl, come here, I'll tell you a story." ”
In Li Mingda's eyes, Xu Zhen was just a little Wuhou at first, a small citizen at the bottom of the well in Chang'an City, but with the adventures along the way, Xu Zhen's impression in her heart became more and more proud, and even when Xu Zhen was passionate and encouraged the Salle people, she saw her father's temperament in him, so when Xu Zhen said that he wanted to tell a story, Li Mingda was really moved.
"In my hometown, there was a bearded boy named Hansel, and he had a younger sister named Gretel, and one day..."
Xu Zhen tried his best to omit those unfamiliar terms in the fairy tale, or look for something similar to replace it, so he finished telling the fairy tale of following the crumbs home, although it completely changed the taste, but when the two brothers and sisters pushed the witch into the furnace and successfully returned home, the stepmother also died, and after the happy ending, Li Mingda still secretly wiped a handful of tears.
She lowered her head silently, she didn't know what kind of bread it was, but the bread crumbs touched her heart deeply, maybe Xu Zhen was her bread crumbs, one day, she would be able to return to her home under the guidance of the bread crumbs, and those hateful birds that ate the bread crumbs so that the brothers and sisters lost their way should be in Chang'an at this time? Or Liangzhou Daying?
Xu Zhen still wanted to comfort him, but he suddenly became alert, the direction of the lower reaches of the Sale River lit up with a sky-high fire, the desolate and sad ancient songs, with the night wind, blew his heart cold for three or four minutes, he suddenly understood something, slowly got up, stretched out his hand towards Li Mingda, and said, "Do you want to go with me to see those children who go home?" ”
Li Mingda raised his head suddenly, nodded heavily, and habitually stretched out his hand, as if he was being led by his eldest brother, and rode a horse with Xu Zhen and went downstream.
(Note 1: Grimm's fairy tales, "Hansel and Gretel", also known as "Adventures in the Fantasy Forest")