Chapter 7: Loyalty
It is said that Liu Qian, the emperor of Great Chu, held a grand enthronement ceremony in the capital of Dadu, which was once the capital of Great Qi, once again announcing the establishment of the Great Chu Empire, and at the same time rewarding meritorious ministers.
Cheng Hongzhuo, the former Huaiyuan commander-in-chief, was deeply appreciated by Liu Qian because of his meritorious service and avoided a bloody disaster in the capital, and he was crowned as the "Qinglong General", enjoying the same treatment as Xuanwu General Zhang Baiqian and Suzaku General Qiu Shengrong. There is also a "White Tiger General" Liu Qian privately reserved for Du Zhongnian, just waiting for Guan Yu to come over triumphantly, and then quietly divided his subordinates into two.
Cheng Hongzhuo got a set of spacious mansions in the capital and allowed it to be his general's mansion. Lord Cheng was immediately grateful, and swore allegiance to the Great Chu Dynasty. In addition to being overjoyed, I thought of the wives and concubines who were far away from home, and I must take them to the scenery of the capital. So, he sent a team of men and horses to meet him. And Su Changmin happened to be placed in the team.
In a short sentence, the group picked up a few ladies and embarked on a journey back to Beijing. Several ladies cried with joy, no one expected that the lord of the family would be a blessing in disguise, and he would be promoted to become rich, which was even more bullish than before.
On the way back, because there were more than a dozen carriages, the speed of travel was slow, and it happened to be rainy and rainy, which made the soldiers miserable. Only Su Changmin had no complaints, sweating like rain and running back and forth, very dedicated, and won the unanimous praise of Lord Cheng's wives and concubines.
On this day, the car was driven by a sudden strong wind, and the already muddy road was even more difficult to navigate. Suddenly, there was a crisp "kala", and the axle of a carriage stuck in a mud puddle broke, and the carriage was crooked in the wind, and it was about to turn to the ground.
The wind was blowing and couldn't open their eyes, and everyone who was swaying shrunk their necks stupidly and watched, only Su Changmin was quick with his eyes, and rushed forward with a loud shout, ignoring the muddy splashes, and stubbornly carried the carriage that was about to overturn with his strong shoulders.
After a moment, the soldiers gathered around with a curse, some helping to hold the crooked carriage, and some coming forward to pull the frantic horses.
Sitting in this carriage was a young concubine of the "Qinglong General" Cheng Hongzhuo, whose name was Xuan'er. After a moment of dizziness, she felt that the car was no longer shaking, and then she opened the curtain with a pale face. Glancing around, he frowned again.
I saw a muddy yellow mud soup all around, and there was no place to stay.
At this time, Su Changmin, whose face was covered with sweat and muddy water, just raised his head, the beautiful lady in front of him frowned, and he didn't want to move the place, he glanced around, and immediately understood. Hurriedly bowed his head, patted his broad shoulder, and waved at her.
The little concubine who was called Xuan'er hesitated for a moment, her face was slightly red, and finally she fell on Su Changmin's generous back, letting him run like a sturdy mule, carrying her like another two carriages.
The team moved forward a little further, and before it was dark, they found a large inn and settled down.
Maybe she was frightened, or because she had been in Chengfu for a long time, her body was delicate and expensive, and she was drenched in some rain, the little concubine named Xuan'er had convulsions in her limbs that night and had a high fever. The steward asked the local Lang Zhong for diagnosis and treatment overnight, and Lang Zhong said that he occasionally felt a cold and was fine, so he prescribed some decoction and told him to rest for a few days before he could return to the road.
The eldest lady of the Cheng Mansion and other wives and concubines are gone, and everyone is anxious, eager to step into Kyoto, see the master as soon as possible, and have a good family reunion. Later, as soon as the big guy discussed, he simply left a carriage, an old mother, seven or eight soldiers here, and the team took the first step, and when Xuan'er was better, let them catch up again.
The next day, when the rain had passed, the crowd was on the road. Among the soldiers who were forced to stay, except for Su Changmin, who had no complaints, everyone else scolded and yelled.
During the days of dull waiting in the inn, these veterans under General Cheng were bored, or shouting five or six, drinking and bragging, or gambling all night, but they also ended up happy.
Late that night, the little concubine named Xuan'er woke up from a dream and couldn't help but push the window to look into the distance. After a few pairs of potions and plenty of rest, she had recovered.
Outside the window, the moonlight is cold, and the shadows of the trees are waving. Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of a familiar back, and couldn't help but move slightly in her heart.
"Soldier, come here, don't poke at that stupidity!". She called out.
It was Su Changmin who was on duty that night, he glanced back when he heard the sound, turned his head and looked around, and made sure that he was calling himself, so he put down the spear in his hand and trotted over.
When he got closer, he humbly leaned over and asked, "What does Madame command?" The small ones are on duty. ”
Xuan'er smiled slightly, and said with a twinkle in her eyes: "When you come into the house, the old mother next door sleeps like a dead pig, and she can't wake her up!" I'm thirsty, I'm sweating too much, and I'm out of strength, so you can pour me a bowl of water. ”
Su Changmin lowered his head and pondered for a moment, hesitated for a moment, and still pushed the door in.
came to Xuan'er with a bowl of water, and when he raised his eyes to see that she was wearing thin clothes and her crisp breasts were looming, Su Changmin hurriedly lowered his head with a red face, not daring to take another look.
Xuan'er took the water bowl and put it aside, as if she was not in a hurry to drink it. She chuckled charmingly, looking up and down at the stocky man in front of her. Seeing the other party blushing timidly and lowering her head, she felt even more amused, and wanted to tease the other party.
"That...... Madam, if nothing else, the villain is gone. Su Changmin sweated on his forehead and said with his head down.
Before he could raise his head, suddenly with a coquettish cry of "oops", Xuan'er threw herself into his arms and wrapped her two arms around his neck.
Su Changmin was sweating profusely, holding his breath, a pair of big hands stretched out and there was nowhere to put them, and he hurriedly asked in a trembling voice, "Madam, what's wrong?" ”。
Xuan'er sighed leisurely: "I was just dizzy just now. As he spoke, he moved his body to the strong man in front of him.
Su Changmin felt that he couldn't breathe at all, he was stunned for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and grabbed Xuan'er's arms and pushed her away fiercely.
Caught off guard, Xuan'er fell on the bed with her back facing the sky, and she half-sat up, her eyes widening in surprise.
Su Changmin hurriedly knelt on one knee and saluted again and again: "Madame, the little one is reckless!" ”。
After a moment of silence, Xuan'er sighed leisurely: "Don't you want to have a skin-to-skin relationship with me?" ”。
Su Changmin felt that his throat was on fire, his Adam's apple rolled, and he swallowed a few mouthfuls of spit, and then he mustered up the courage to raise his head and said: "To be honest, Madame is so beautiful, of course the villain ...... Think. But I don't dare to kill me! The villain finally got out of Daqi's death row, and thanks to General Cheng, he is where he is today. The villain just wants to be down-to-earth and be a slave in front of General Cheng's saddle, and any non-trivial thinking will only make the villain lose his life! ”。
Xuan'er brushed her hair, sat up on her knees, and sighed silently without saying a word.
Su Changmin knocked his head twice, got up in a hurry, and ran out as if he was fleeing.
The next day, the group finally left the inn and embarked on the journey, Su Changmin hid far away and followed the team, the curtain on the carriage was lowered, and Xuan'er never looked at him again.
Turning a corner, a pleasant bell rang, Su Changming turned his head to look and couldn't help grinning.
I saw a little donkey walking briskly, sitting a Taoist priest wearing a Taoist robe, a small hat, and a peculiar face.
Su Changmin couldn't help but ask, "Dao Immortal Wind Dao Bone, where is this going?" ”。
The Taoist priest glanced at him with a cross eyebrow, and replied with a smile: "There is no fixed place to live, you travel everywhere, you are going to the capital, right?" ”。
Su Changmin nodded and smiled: "Exactly." ”
The Taoist priest turned his head strangely and glanced at Su Changmin, shook his head and sighed: "Your Excellency's Yin Hall is dark, there will be a bloody disaster in the near future, you had better not go to the capital." ”
Su Changmin couldn't help laughing, stretched out his hand and pointed: "You bull-nosed old man, don't use this set to scare me!" I have no money to deceive you. The Great Qi fell, the Great Chu Empire was born like the sun, the world was peaceful and peaceful, where did the disaster of blood and light come from! ”。
The Taoist priest raised his hand and stroked the long hair under his chin, shook his head contemptuously, and said, "The rat's eyes are light." Daqi and Dachu changed the soup but did not change the medicine, and at the beginning of the founding of the country, they naturally had to appease the people, and the taxes were very low. Wait and see, in a few years, it will still be rampant and tyrannical, corrupt officials are in charge, and the people are prey. As the saying goes: Xing, the people are bitter! Death, the people suffer! ”。
The seven or eight soldiers laughed loudly when they heard this, and someone shouted: "Get away, you crooked Taoist, beware that I will wait for you to go back and hand over to the government to cut off your head, and receive a reward for buying wine and drinking!" ”。
The Taoist priest grinned, didn't care, and drove the little donkey under his crotch to another sheep intestine fork.
This group finally returned to the capital and entered the magnificent general's mansion. General Cheng smiled, generously gave each soldier a silver reward, and sent them back to the camp to rest.
When everything was settled, General Cheng personally stepped forward to visit his beloved concubine Xuan'er, and took her little hand to ask for warmth.
didn't know that she didn't say a word, Xuan'er fell into General Cheng's arms and burst into tears, wanting to stop talking.
General Cheng was distressed and hurriedly inquired. Xuan'er said with tears in her eyes: "Master, you really have no conscience, you just care about being happy with the eldest mother, and the concubine almost died on the road, but you don't care." ”
General Cheng hurriedly said: "Why did my little baby say this?!" As soon as you entered the house, didn't Lao Tzu come to see you with a swish? ”。
Xuan'er pursed her lips, wiped a handful of tears and said, "Also, it's okay for you to reward other soldiers, that bastard named Su Changmin, who drank too much that night and almost humiliated the slave family at night...... At that time, it was really called that the heavens should not be called, and the earth was not spiritual! Thanks to the fact that the concubine only has the master in her body and mind, she resisted desperately, which scared him away! ”。
Hearing this, General Cheng suddenly let go of Xuan'er's little hand, stood up with angry eyes, gritted his teeth and thought for a moment, and said, "My little baby, this matter must not be made public!" That Wang Balamb, because he looks honest and honest on weekdays, dares to break ground on Tai Sui's head, it's just daring and too deceitful! Don't worry, in a few days, Lao Tzu will divide his five horses into corpses and break the corpses into ten thousand pieces, so that this king and eight lambs will die without a place to be buried! ”。
After speaking, "Qinglong General" Cheng Hongzhuo took a deep breath, clenched his fists, and clenched his teeth.