Chapter 198: Return to Weize Pass
The seasick steamed buns, on the return trip, are magically not seasick!
On the first day of boarding, it was still a little sad, and after the boat went for an hour, there seemed to be nothing uncomfortable, and the steamed bun tentatively moved around the boat for a while, and there was no such feeling that made it annoying.
The steamed bun was so excited that he let out a "whoop", ran into Xue Lang's cabin, rushed over to Xue Lang's stunned face, and licked his master's face desperately.
Steamed bread rarely has this kind of excitement, Xue Lang laughed happily after being surprised, and shouted happily while pressing the steamed bun's moving head: "Okay, okay!" How is this so happy? β
Steamed bread naturally won't answer, but Xue Lang, who has been paying attention to whether the steamed bread is uncomfortable, naturally also saw that the steamed bread is no longer seasick! It actually adapted to life on board.
This is really good news! Is this a harbinger of a smooth return trip?
I don't know if it's a psychological factor, I always feel that the journey is extremely long when I go, and when I wait for the return trip, I inexplicably feel that the return journey is short and fast.
When you come, you go up the Weishui, and you go down the Weishui on the return trip, and the speed of the boat is naturally faster than when you come. The Fenshui distance is short, and although it goes upstream, it has little impact.
After walking the waterway, the light car and the horse are fast, which is naturally much faster than the slow driving that is afraid of breaking the sweet potatoes when they come. In the morning and evening, when the sun was not strong, Xue Lang followed by bicycle, and the guards could naturally drive the horses to jog, and when they came, they walked for many days by land, and they ran in three days.
After a short drive on the road, when they arrived at the first post station in Weize County, it happened to be dark. Sun Chang arrived first, and he had already asked Yicheng to prepare hot water. Today and rest at the post station for one night, tomorrow you can return to Weize Pass.
"Da Lang!"
As soon as Xue Lang entered, two people came out of the door, a man and a woman, Wanfu and Lamei. Wanfu smiled innocently, his expression was quite excited, and there were tears in Lamei's eyes, obviously excited to see the long-lost master.
Xue Lang was also surprised, and consciously stood up and asked Lamei to dust him and asked, "Why are you here?" How is it here? β
While dusting off, Lamei replied, "Hui Dalang, His Highness asked us to come." His Royal Highness said that Da Lang is now only following Chang Jian, and Da Lang is tired from the journey, so let the slaves and maids come and wait, so that Da Lang can rest for a good night. β
"Your Highness has a heart."
I'm used to being taken care of, and when I go, I have lotus fragrance, and I don't think so. When he came back, he was only a man, and he was cautious and careful, but he had some personal work, and he didn't do as well as lotus and plum.
After dusting Xue Lang, Lamei quickly got Jiang Lin a little bit, and then asked the two of them to bathe and change their clothes-
I didn't feel it when I was in a hurry, but after taking a hot bath to relax my muscles, I realized the aches and pains all over my body, and I was full of exhaustion.
"Da Lang, the slave may have come in?"
There was a knock on the door, and Lamei's voice asked outside. Xue Lang himself was loosely dressed in clean clothes, and naturally let Lotus Xiang in.
He Xiang was holding a tray in his hand, and on the tray was a pot of hot tea: "Da Lang, drink tea." This is the ginseng chrysanthemum tea given by His Royal Highness, and Dalang drinks more to relieve fatigue. β
"Hmm. Did Ah Lin send it there? β
"Back to Dalang, the slave maid has already sent a pot to Erlang."
Xue Lang nodded, and asked Lamei to tidy up his clothes first, and then sat on the wooden floor, drinking tea, and asked Lamei to wipe his hair.
Lamei sighed while wiping: "When Da Lang left home, his hair was long and shoulder-long, and now it has grown more than half a foot. β
Xue Lang smiled: "Is everything okay with Wei Zeguan now?" β
"It's good. The edict of Her Royal Highness Jin Feng Princess Anguo Pingyang and Da Lang Jin Feng County Duke reached Wei Ze Pass, and everyone was very happy. β
Lamei is not a talkative person, almost Xue Lang asked, she replied, the words were very empty, and half of the sentence did not involve Princess Pingyang.
Xue Lang nodded secretly, Lamei is so principled, she doesn't forget her previous master, and if she wants to treat him, the current master, it will be ordinary.
The arrival of Lamei was simply the most comfortable day for Xue Lang on the entire way back. All the likes and habits are all arranged by Lamei.
Maybe it's the hot bath that makes people relax, this night, Xue Lang lived in the post station and slept quite well. I woke up in the morning feeling refreshed.
Everyone set off before dawn, and Xue Lang sat in the carriage driven by Wanfu, not riding a bicycle again, for fear of soiling his clothes. Xu had not ridden the carriage driven by Wanfu for a long time, and he felt that there was no bump in the past. In the end, Xue Lang disliked the slowness of the carriage, or because he was like an arrow.
After walking for most of the day, after noon, I finally arrived near Weize Pass. Sun Chang, who was exploring the road ahead, drove his horse over: "Counselor Xue, Her Royal Highness the princess will take the mansion up and down ten miles to welcome Counselor Xue back." β
Xue Lang was leaning in the carriage and squinting and dozing, but when he heard this report, he couldn't react a little -
"What do you say? Say it again! β
Sun Chang repeated the report.
Unexpectedly, ten miles away!
This is Princess Pingyang's affirmation and reward for Xue Lang!
At this time, Xue Lang woke up from a drowsy, and without saying a word, he quickly asked Lamei to help him tidy up his clothes, and asked Sun Chang outside: "How far is our team from the crowd that greets us?" β
Sun Chang said: "Less than half a mile." β
Xue Lang said that he knew, tidied up his clothes, jumped out of the carriage directly, and walked. After turning a corner, I saw the flag fluttering, the crowd was weaving, the honor guard and flag representing Princess Pingyang were all erected, Princess Pingyang was dressed in an elegant silk dress, without armor, and the officials who followed behind her were all wearing dresses with long robes and large sleeves.
I couldn't see the expression on Her Royal Highness the Princess's face from too far away, and looked at Princess Pingyang's clothes from a distance, Xue Lang's thinking was very strange, and at this time, he actually had the mind to suddenly realize-
Princess Pingyang used to dress up in a plain and elegant manner, black, white, or wearing a silver-white silk dress like today, there was no eye-catching clothes. The strength of the hair is also very simple, either to dress up as a man, or to wear some silver, mutton fat jade, white jade jewelry.
I thought that the princess was dressed like this because of her preference and low-key, or maybe because she was mostly a group of men, so she dressed low-key. I never thought that it was because Her Royal Highness the princess was widowed!
Xue Lang couldn't help but think of a famous sentence of Xianglin's sister-in-law-
I'm so stupid! It's true!
The palace does not talk about the widowhood of Her Royal Highness the princess, that is the strict rules in the palace, where the servants have the reason to talk about the master, and the subordinates will naturally not talk about it in order to show respect for the boss. However, the dress of Her Royal Highness the princess has already shown the identity of the widow, but he, an outsider, does not understand the customs and folklore of the Tang Dynasty, so he knows nothing. So far, when Chang'an knew about it, he felt that he had been thrown a bomb!
If you go up and ask the princessβ
Princess, where's your colt Chai Shao? What about the two unfilial sons Chai Lingwu and Chai Zhewei?
"Xue Counselor?"
Seeing Xue Lang sitting on the wheel stupidly and not moving, Sun Chang couldn't help but call him. Xue Lang hurriedly responded, cleaned up his mood, and said, "I haven't seen the princess and your colleagues for a long time, and I'm a little excited. β
"Counselor Xue, please take the lead."
Xue Lang nodded, greeted Princess Pingyang and her party, and strode away.