Chapter 35: Xinghuagu Wine
"Sister, you're finally awake!" Xiang Zi'er lay in front of Zhao Kuangyan's couch and cried.
(Before that, because Zhao Kuangyan was dressed as a man, he used "he".) From this chapter onwards, she reverted to her daughter's identity - Zhao Kuangyan, and used "her" no matter what she was dressed in. I hope readers don't get offended. Thank you! )
Zhao Kuangyan slowly opened his eyes, only to see a yak oil lamp lit in the big tent, sleeping on the felt bed, Xiang Zi'er was guarding his side with tears in his eyes, and there was a faint noise of singing and dancing outside the tent. And her felt tent was deserted, miserable and miserable, a sense of sadness welled up in her heart, and she asked faintly: "What about Brother Yu?" ”
Xiang Boy said, "He's having fun with the princess!" ”
Zhao Kuangyan thought to himself: Brother Yu didn't come to see him after fainting for so long, he took care of himself and fell in love with the princess, and his heart was even more painful. She weakly supported her body, pulled the head rope, the headscarf slowly fell, and her long black hair poured down like a waterfall, she picked up the bronze mirror on the table and took a look, only to see that her handsome and melancholy face was extremely pale, she took a comb and combed her hair, and asked: "Xiangzi, which do you say is more beautiful, me or the princess?" ”
Seeing her dejected appearance, Xiang Zi'er felt very sad, and cried and said, "Sister, don't say it! I know you like Big Brother Yu, but ...... But...... Brother Yu, he has changed. He doesn't deserve your love, he wants to be a Khitan horse, just let him be a good one, we are not rare, we will leave here tomorrow. ”
Zhao Kuangyan muttered: "It's time to leave, it was a mistake for us to come to Khitan." ”
At night, Zhao Kuangyan tossed and turned, and she kept thinking: "Is Brother Yu doing something?" "Who is he with?" "Are you with Yelu Chuchu?" The more she thought about it, the more chaotic her heart became, the more chaotic her heart became, and the more painful her heart became, the colder her heart became.
But Xiang Zi'er was really a teenager who didn't know what it was like to be sad, and fell asleep lying on her lap.
Zhao Kuangyan gently picked up the fragrant boy, put it on the couch, and covered him with a felt quilt. Then he slowly came to a few fronts, poured a glass of horse ** wine, tears dripped in the wine glass, and the drink was full of bitterness. She took out the pen and ink, her heart was in turmoil, and she wrote a line of books on a handkerchief, a line of tears:
"The mountains have trees and branches, and the heart is happy!"
"He who forsaken me shall not remain in the day of yesterday; Those who disturb my heart will have many troubles today. Draw the knife and cut off the water, the water is more flowing, and the glass is more sorrowful. ”
"Those who know me say I'm worried, and those who don't know me say what I want?"
It's really a sad song, and the tears are falling without knowing what to do!
In the end, she put pen to paper and wrote down the five words "Zhao Kuangyan farewell". Glancing at Xiang Zi'er again, Yu Qing's package was placed next to his head, and a note was written on the package: Give it to Brother Yu. Then he lifted the curtain and slipped out of the tent and disappeared into the snowstorm......
In fact, Zhao Kuangyan knew that Yu Qing had always been concerned about her, but he was only concerned about his Zhao brothers, but Yelu Chuchu had been pestering him with various excuses, and he had never been able to get out. In the end, he finally got Yelu Chuchu drunk, and he had the opportunity to let the ladies help Yelu Chuchu into the big tent to rest.
At this time, Yu Qing was also a little drunk, but his heart was still sober, he had been thinking about his good brother, and he didn't see Zhao Kuangyan at the banquet (at this time, Yu Qing still thought her name was Zhao Kuangyan), so he hurriedly went to their camp to find out.
Yu Qing opened the curtain of Zhao Kuangyan's felt tent and saw that the fragrant boy was sleeping soundly, with his own package next to his head. Yu Qing looked around, but there was no trace of Zhao Kuangyan. At this time, the silk on the table came into view, and he picked up the silk and looked at it, only to see a few lines of words on it, and the tears on the silk had not yet dried:
"The mountains have trees and branches, and the heart is happy!"
"He who forsaken me shall not remain in the day of yesterday; Those who disturb my heart will have many troubles today. Draw the knife and cut off the water, the water is more flowing, and the glass is more sorrowful. ”
"Those who know me say I'm worried, and those who don't know me say what I want?"
"Zhao Kuangyan farewell"
"What the hell is going on? Could it be that Brother Zhao's sister Kuang Yan is here? When Yu Qing thought of this, his heart became nervous and pounded.
He took a deep breath and took a closer look, the second son of "Farewell" was particularly eye-catching, could it be that Brother Zhao's sister Kuang Yan came and left? He couldn't help but feel a little lost. But what about Brother Zhao?
All this is really incomprehensible.
He quickly shook the fragrant boy awake. Xiang Zi'er rubbed her fluffy sleepy eyes, saw Yu Qing, and said angrily, "What's wrong?" ”
Yu Qing said, "What about your brother-in-law? ”
Only then did Xiang Boyer realize that his sister was not in the tent, and he shouted loudly: "What brother-in-law? That's my sister, you nerd! ”
"What? Your sister? I mean Zhao Kuangyan Zhao brother, your brother-in-law Zhao Kuangyan! Yu Qing roared.
Xiang Zi'er did not give in, saw the silk in Yu Qing's hand, snatched it and took a look, and immediately understood that her sister had said goodbye. Shouted loudly to Qing: "Zhao Kuangyan is my sister, my sister is Zhao Kuangyan, no, it's not Zhao Kuangyan you said, her name is Zhao Kuangyan, Yanzi's Yan." ”
Yu Qing seemed to understand something in his heart, grabbed Xiang Zi'er's collar, and shouted, "What's your name?" Tell me what the hell is going on? ”
Xiang Boy had never seen his eldest brother so fierce to himself, he couldn't help but be a little scared, and said tremblingly: "You call me Xiang Boy every day, that's my nickname, you never asked me my name, I'll tell you now, my big name is Zhao Kuangyin, the word Yuen Lang, and Zhao Kuangyan is my sister!" ”
Yu Qing's brain "buzzed", almost standing unsteadily, in the past two years, with Zhao Kuangyan, no, it is Zhao Kuangyan who gets along bit by bit in front of his eyes, especially in the scene of Liu Zhiyuan's mansion drunk in Taiyuan Hedong Jiedu, Zhao Kuangyan's smile and every move are so familiar, as if it was just yesterday, which is not only unforgettable, but also so worrying. He made up his mind and looked at the words on the silk again:
"The mountains have trees and branches, and the heart is happy!"
He suddenly reacted and shouted, "Kuang Yan! He turned and ran out of the felt tent and rushed into the long snowy night.
Xiang Boyer also reacted, grabbed the package, put on a mink fur cloak, chased out, and shouted: "Sister! He also said, "Brother Yu, wait for me!" ”
Two figures, one big and one small, ran wildly in the wind and snow, shouting as they ran: "Kuang Yan, Zhao Kuangyan!" "Sister, where are you?" But what echo is there but the cold wind of the call sign and the heavy snow falling?
......
"Yu Qing, you big bastard, I hate you!" Yelu Chuchu cried and scolded while kicking and hitting the things around him.
A servant girl persuaded: "Princess, don't be angry, maybe the prince of the county has something to do and left temporarily?" Maybe he'll be back sometime! ”
"Get out! Get out of here! I don't want to see any of you! I hate you, I hate everyone! Yelu Chuchu wept as he threw a dressing mirror at the maidservants, who had never seen the princess so angry, and they were all frightened and discolored.
When the Empress Dowager Shu Luping heard the crying, she came to see what was going on, and the maidservants hurriedly asked the Empress Dowager for peace.
Shu Luping said, "Go down, all of you!" ”
The maidservants replied, "Yes!" Then they all withdrew.
Shu Luping put his hands on Yelu Chuchu's body and asked, "Good daughter, who made our princess so sad?" ”
Yelu Chuchu threw himself into Shu Luping's arms and cried: "Queen Mother! ”
"Don't cry, tell the queen mother, who provoked my good daughter?"
"It's Yu Qing, it's damn Yu Qing, he said goodbye! Woohoo......"
"Oh! The queen ordered him to be killed. ”
"No, don't kill the eldest brother after the queen mother, I want him back! I want him to come back with me! ”
"Okay, then the queen mother will send someone to arrest him! Oh! Don't cry, good daughter! ”
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Yu Qing and Xiang Boy each led a fast horse, thinking that Zhao Kuangyan must have returned to the Central Plains, and to go to the Central Plains, he must pass through Yanmen Pass, so he chased all the way to Yanmen Pass.
When he arrived at Yanmen Pass, it was already dawn, and Yu Qing showed his identity to the soldiers guarding the pass. On that day, Yu Qing's feat of fighting the Khitan cavalry at Yanmen Pass had been rumored to be a good talk among the defenders of Yanmen Pass, so when the guards heard that the person under the gate was Yu Qing, they hurriedly opened the gate and let them enter the pass.
After entering the pass, Yu Qing couldn't wait to ask if there was a woman who passed the pass last night.
The Yanmen guard said: "It snowed heavily last night, and I haven't seen any women pass through." ”
Yu Qing and Xiang Boy were both in a hurry, and they didn't know what to do. Yu Qing said to Xiang Child: "Since your sister has not passed the customs, then she must still be outside the customs, saying that she may not still be in Beijing, let's go back to find her." ”
Xiang Zi'er nodded yes, and the two were about to leave. But the Yanmen guard hurriedly stopped them and said: "Yu Shaoxia can't help it, you don't know, our Great Jin is going to war with the Khitan, if you go back, won't you be sent to death in vain?" ”
Yu Qing hurriedly asked what was going on.
The guard general said: "After the emperor ascended the throne, he called Sun not a minister to the Khitan, and later detained Qiao Rong, the envoy of the Hui Tu, who was a powerful and blessing, and the vast number of people in Jingyan ordered to kill many Khitans, which offended Yelu Deguang. It was only a matter of time before the Liao and Jin Dynasty went to war, and Lord Liu sent a letter ordering us to strengthen our precautions and not let the Khitan go south from Yanmen Pass. ”
Yu Qing saw that Yanmen Pass had indeed sent additional defenders, and knew that what the defenders said was true. But he couldn't leave Zhao Kuangyan alone.
Xiang Boy said: "The Khitan is so big, where can we go to find my sister?" Maybe she entered the customs from somewhere else, so let's go back to Taiyuan first. ”
Yu Qing thought to himself, now that the sixteen states of Youyun have all fallen into the hands of the Khitan, there are many passes to enter the Central Plains, so he is also lucky, hoping that Zhao Kuangyan will enter the customs from other places. Therefore, after hesitating for a moment, he agreed with Xiang Er'er's opinion and went back to Taiyuan for the time being.
Along the way, Yu Qing was worried, always thinking of Zhao Kuangyan, he blamed her many times, fell into deep self-blame, and kept saying to himself: "Yu Qing, Yu Qing, you are really stupid!" ”
Xiang Boy is a smart teenager, he naturally knows Brother Yu's thoughts, in order to distract Yu Qing's attention and make him feel guilty, he asked: "Brother Yu, I see that you and your sister attach so much importance to this burden, it is more important than your own net worth and life, what kind of treasure is it inside, can you let me take a look?" ”
Yu Qing was stunned for a moment, he never expected Xiang Boy to ask this question at this time, so he said: "This is indeed a treasure in it, this is what Uncle Taishi asked me to give to Chai Rong." ”
When Xiang Boy heard this, she was very curious, so she said, "What kind of strange treasure is it, can I take a look?" ”
Yu Qing said solemnly: "No. ”
Seeing Yu Qing's serious expression, Xiang Child'er changed the topic and asked, "Brother Yu, have you really never known my sister's identity?" ”
Yu Qing was silent because this question was too difficult.
"Do you like my sister, then?"