Chapter 48: I Like You Again
The matter about oranges is also like a war for the time being, and the entire territory of the Lanhe Empire is preparing for the upcoming Shangyuan Festival, and it is difficult for anyone to pay attention to the war in the northwest, whether it is Shilin or Shangjia.
Lanting City is naturally no exception, when a large number of imperial guards were stationed outside Lanting City, all the Lanting people knew that their Majesty had come to Lanting, so the atmosphere of the Lanting Festival was slightly better than that of Kyoto. Everyone took out all the treasures that they were reluctant to use on weekdays, and the city, which was a little gray because of the war, was instantly renewed.
It's just that, no matter how new it is, the city is the old city, and people are naturally the old.
Lin Hanyu trained Zhao Fu for almost a year, although he had a sense of accomplishment, but he was not happy at all, so he took advantage of this time to give his iron arm army a vacation, and he also slipped out of the barracks to linger among the flowers and willows.
Zheng Yuan got up early every day, first washed a few of his beloved horses, and then hastily started a day's cultivation after breakfast, whether it was the boiling of qi or the cultivation of internal qi, he never stopped.
Although Lin Haoyan said that this year began to become more diligent than before, but once he got out of the heavy palace in the capital, the whole person began to become lazy, and the biggest pleasure every day was to lie in Shi Yiqiu's arms and listen to Shi Yiqiu humming a little song or telling a story in his ear, in short, as long as it was not a chapter, everything was so beautiful.
As for Zhao Fu, Zhao Fu has not changed much from before, if Qin Zhirou did not come back from the capital, then he may be the same as Zheng Yuan, abiding by his daily schedule, but unlike Zheng Yuan Although Zhao Fu is very diligent, once he has a temperament, he will not practice if he doesn't want to practice. And now that Qin Zhirou has come back from the capital, Zhao Fu has simply stayed in the Qin Mansion, and he accompanies Qin Zhirou every day, if it weren't for Mrs. Qin's efforts to stop her, I'm afraid Zhao Fu would have to move to Qin Zhirou's room.
"What do you think about all day long? What happened to the Great General of the Northwest? I'm still the general's mother-in-law! Mrs. Qin said.
Faced with such a strong mother-in-law, Zhao Fu could only scratch the back of his head and silently accept such an arrangement.
However, Qin Shangxi was more open-minded, and he smiled and let his wife let go a little, and was about to brag about his heroic deeds back then, but he was speechless by Mrs. Qin's beautiful eyes, so he could only continue to laugh awkwardly.
Only Feng Yu is the most tired in Lanting City - he has not slept much since His Majesty arrived in Lanting, although there are a large number of imperial guards stationed outside Lanting City, but it has not brought him the slightest sense of security, if he can, he would rather not have those imperial guards, isn't this clearly telling the enemy that the emperor of the Lanhe Empire is now in Lanting?
Although Feng Yu is only a commander, this kind of official position can be very big in the Lan Court, and after Lin Haoyan moved half of the high-ranking officials of the imperial court to the Lan Court, his status is a little higher than that of those civilians. But even so, since the person in charge of Lanting City has always been Feng Yu for many years, even so, his position has not been shaken, and some people have even sent a letter of worship. Of course, it was not a door-to-door visit, but an invitation to Feng Yu to attend the reception.
If it was usual, Feng Yu would definitely be flattered, but now Feng Yu is already like a frightened bird without being favored, he has added three times the usual vigilance, and also rushed Xia Yingyang, who was hiding in the town guard mansion and drinking strong wine on the stove, to the front line to let him watch Beihu's movements. Poor Ma Xiong, who lost to Xia Yingyang because of gambling and drinking, was also pulled to the front line by Xia Yingyang.
It's just that the Hu people are really honest this time, not long after Ahu Yu succeeded to the throne, he hastily launched a war but ended in a series of defeats, which had to make him re-examine his views and attitudes towards the Lanhe Empire, and had to make him rethink the strength of the Han people.
So there are two more big men on the front line who hide in the military tent and have nothing to do, Xia Yingyang and Ma Xiong are typical soldiers, who don't know anything except fighting, so naturally the two of them won't do some elegant things like poetry and games to kill time.
Ma Xiong couldn't hold back at first, and ran outside to hunt a few hares, ready to open the meat.
"That's right...... Do you have ...... That one...... It's the ......" Ma Xiong was embarrassed to say it directly, but because of his character, he couldn't say it too vaguely.
"Of course." Xia Yingyang understood, and came out with a jar of wine from behind him.
Ma Xiong was overjoyed, and he wanted to open the wine jar when he moved it, only to find that the wine jar was nearly half empty, "Okay, you drink it while I'm not there!" ”
"I didn't let you go out and hunt rabbits." Xia Yingyang looked innocent, but he was arrogant, "Besides, this is originally my wine!" ”
"Hey...... Hehe...... "Ma Xiong realized that he was not superior, for fear that Xia Yingyang would regret it, so he quickly picked up the wine jar and took a big sip.
The two of them were eating roasted hare and drinking liquor in the military tent, but they found that it was no worse than in Lanting City, and gradually their faces turned red, and both of them began to show drunkenness.
"Lao Xia, what are we betting on this time? We won't lose again this time! ”
"Oh...... I want to think about it...... So let's bet on how long it will take for our town guard to get married? ”
"Two years?"
"Hahaha, then you will definitely lose, I will bet for a year!"
"Go, go, I lied to you, I ...... I'm betting on eight months! ”
"Six months."
"Four!"
"Three!"
“……”
“……”
Zhao Fu didn't know that there were two gossip men who were busy planning his marriage, but he was not in a hurry, although he was very envious of Lin Haoyan who was only a few years older than him and was entangled with Shi Yiqiu all day long, but in his opinion, he and Qin Zhirou were still a little young at this age.
So Zhao Fu is also the same as before, playing with Qin Zhirou - except for the moon in the sky, even if it is a star, I will take it off and play with Qin Zhirou with your attitude.
On the contrary, Qin Zhirou is a year older, not as clinging to Zhao Fu as before, and began to maintain a certain distance from Zhao Fu like the most traditional and common Lanhe girl, and her eyes no longer fell on Zhao Fu from time to time as before, but kept her eyes slightly lowered, and quickly glanced at Zhao Fu when Zhao Fu was not paying attention, and then showed a flush on her satisfied face.
Where would Zhao Fu not pay attention, his aura had been sweeping back and forth within three meters of his body, and anything that happened within a radius of three meters like a radar was as clear to him as he was in front of him. Zhao Fu smiled bitterly, he also knew that girls were developing so much earlier than boys in both physical and psychological development, but Qin Zhirou's posture as a little daughter was also normal, but this kind of Qin Zhirou really made him a little uncomfortable.
In the past, Qin Zhirou could only be regarded as a child, although she had some longing for marriage, but it was very simple to coax, where is it like now, if you keep staring at her, her face will be red as if she was slapped a hundred times, but don't you look at her, and soon her mouth will be sharper than being stung by a hundred bees.
Although the winter is about to pass, the snow in Lanting is still falling, and today Zhao Fu finally couldn't resist Qin Zhirou's request and agreed to take her to the city wall to see the snow scene in Lanting.
Qin Zhirou dressed up in her small room, and chose clothes for a long time in front of the bronze mirror, but no matter how she chose, she was not satisfied with her flat-like figure, she patted her chest a little angrily, but she could only sigh helplessly - how good it would be if she could have a figure like Sister Shi, such a figure can't tempt Brother Zhao Fu!
"Why do you wear so little?" Zhao Fu waited outside the door for a long time, but found that Qin Zhirou was still wearing autumn clothes after she came out, although she also wore a few clothes, but through those thin light gauzes, she could even see Qin Zhirou's complexion......
"I can't find anything to wear...... Qin Zhirou can only say a few nonsense words.
Zhao Fu hurriedly gave her a few wisps of internal qi to help Qin Zhirou keep out the cold - it's not that he doesn't want to take off his coat and put it on his beloved girl immediately like in the idol drama, but he wears very little, just two single clothes, and he can't take them off if he wants to.
The words between the two are a lot less than a year ago, because Qin Zhirou doesn't say anything like before, but the two of them just walk like this, but they won't feel embarrassed.
Although the two have not been together for a long time, they are very simple people if they want to see their hearts, so the two have a very tacit understanding, so tacit understanding that when Qin Zhirou's face was red and she could only raise her hand slightly and move towards Zhao Fu, Zhao Fu used the little hand that was about to hold on as fast as possible, and then they turned their heads and blushed each other in tacit understanding.
The two of them stepped on the thick snow, leaving a long, deep footprint, the walls of the inner city of Lanting City had long been covered by snow, Zhao Fu and Qin Zhirou were the people who rarely came to visit it these days. Although it couldn't say welcome, it couldn't express its joy, but it just looked at the two of them quietly.
"Brother Zhao Fu!" Very abruptly, Qin Zhirou suddenly jumped two steps and jumped in front of Zhao Fu.
"Huh?"
"I want to marry you!" Finally, Qin Zhirou plucked up her courage and blurted out five words.
"Huh?"
"I ...... I don't want to call you brother anymore......"
"Huh?"
"Fool!" Qin Zhirou stomped her feet angrily and ran away.
"What's wrong?" Lin Haoyan sat next to Shi Yiqiu with a smile, one hand around her waist.
Shi Yiqiu was leaning in front of the window and looking at the snow outside the window in a daze, and when she saw Lin Haoyan, she had no intention of saluting, still staring at the white sky outside the window in a daze.
"Then why don't you go out and see it if you want to see it?" Lin Haoyan was puzzled.
"Huh?" Shi Yiqiu was relieved from her daze.
"Why don't you go out and see it?"
"That's right...... Why not go out and see it? The poem whispered to herself.