Chapter 40: Change
Because White came back quietly and did not notify too many people in advance, at this time, the ancestor who did not get the news had already fallen asleep. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The housekeeper followed behind and slowly pulled the carriage back to the Hou Mansion, standing at the door and quietly watching his Hou Ye and his future wife walking farther and farther on the bluestone slab in the village side by side, and saw that on the other side, the little girl Yun'er poked her head out, peeked with wide eyes, so she walked over and gently knocked on the little girl's head.
"Little girl, don't look at it, go back quickly, don't disturb the tranquility of Lord Hou and Mrs.!"
Yun'er raised her head, pouted unhappily at the housekeeper, retracted her head with a "hum", and pulled back the dog who was following behind in a negative way. The butler smiled, took the door casually, only left a slit, and stood at the door waiting for the two to return.
As you go, the dim lights fill the wide streets. The trees on both sides cast tall shadows in the bleak night, and a gust of wind blew, and the leaves shook and made a "rustling" sound, like the whispers of lovers. Clean and tidy houses line the streets, and the occasional sound of poultry can be heard from inside the walls. In front of the houses with fences as fence gates, the sound of bamboo doors tapping can be heard from time to time as the night breeze blows.
"Woohoo!" A few low dog barks suddenly came from the front, and in the dark corner, a big black dog six or seven years old suddenly jumped out, startling Su Mushi, her face changed slightly, and when she was about to make a move, a strong hand reached out from the side.
"It's okay, this is an old man from the village, and an old friend of mine." Bai Qi smiled and preached to Su Mushi, he bent down, pressed the head of the big black dog, and scolded with a smile: "I haven't seen you these days, but it has grown like this, it seems that I have eaten a lot of oil and water recently!" ”
The big black dog looked at the white chess, and there was a light of excitement in its eyes, and it wanted to pounce on the white chess, but it was held down hard by the opponent, and could only stick out its tongue, panting loudly, and its body kept writhing.
Bai Qi grabbed its head with both hands, rubbed its docile hair vigorously, then let it go with a smile, stood up, smiled at Su Mushi who was standing next to him, pointed to the road ahead and continued: "Let's keep walking." ”
Su Mushi nodded, looked at Bai Qi's eyes with a strange color, followed Bai Qi, slowly leaned against him, pointed to the street or house next to him, and talked about some changes in people, things and things in Chang'an in the less than two months since he left.
In the night, a man and a woman walked in a quiet small village, the handsome man and the handsome woman, chatting quietly, talking about the prosperity, from time to time let out cheerful laughter. Beside them, a big black dog ran around the two of them excitedly, and from time to time came forward, and was touched by the young man on the head, showing an intoxicated expression, and then ran into the corner, showing off his might, and teasing the other dogs.
The two chatted until the early hours of the morning, if it weren't for the fact that they were a little tired when they were worried that Bai Qi had just come back, and Su Mushi pushed them back, Bai Qi would probably be able to continue chatting until dawn.
Although she is a princess, Su Mushi is different from other princesses in the Tang Dynasty in that she does not need to live in the princess palace specially built for the princess by the royal family. Strictly speaking, Su Mushi should be a commoner princess, she has considerable freedom, she can enter and leave the palace freely, and because she is a confidante of the Meridian Marquis, and even her fiancée, everyone in the court has enough understanding of the mavericks of the two, so Su Mushi lives in the Meridian Marquis's Mansion, and no one else speaks.
"Even my stepfather and stepmother didn't say a word about me, what do those ministers dare to say? It's a big deal to chew some tongues down there! Su Mushi said domineeringly, pushed away the white chess pieces in front of her, and walked back to her own room in the Hou Mansion under the leadership of the little girl Yun'er.
Bai Qi glanced at the old butler who was standing next to him smiling, and saw that he was already smiling so much that he couldn't see his face, and knew that no matter how much he asked, it would be in vain. Forget it, there are enough lice on his body, and he is not bad for one or two, if he takes 10,000 steps back, even if he loses face, he will lose the face of Li Shimin and his eldest grandson first, and now they all pretend not to know, so it doesn't matter if they don't care.
White slapped his forehead, turned around and went back to his room, fell asleep, and snored that it was a pleasure.
The next day, just after dawn, when White was still sleeping in bed, Li Tai ran over.
Bai Qi angrily threw the sheets, wore pajamas, stepped on wooden shoes, sleepy-eyed, and yawned step by step into the living room. As soon as I came to the living room, I wanted to scold Li Tai, but I opened my eyes wide, but I couldn't get it together!
What about Li Tai? Who is this handsome guy in front of you?
"Lao Zhang, are you lying to me, who is this guy? Throw it out for me! Bai Qi shouted loudly, stepped forward and pinched the opponent's chin, looked at the little white face that was a little pale, and said, "Friend, are you in the wrong place?" ”
The handsome guy snorted coldly, stepped on the white chess's foot, and watched him jump all over the room in pain, so he sat down slowly, let the subordinate serve breakfast, and gobbled up buns, fritters, etc. into his mouth, just like a beggar who has been hungry for a few days and has not eaten.
"Master Hou, he is His Royal Highness the King of Wei!" Lao Zhang hurriedly ran out of it, leaned next to White's ear, and explained in a low voice.
White tried to open his eyes wide, and then looked closely, in addition to the fact that his body was not as round as before, his eyes were still the same hateful as before, and he always looked at himself with a feeling of looking at an idiot. That face also inherited the advantages of Li Shimin and the eldest grandson, and it was a little too handsome - of course, white would only think that it was a hateful little white face!
After confirming the identity of this guy, Bai Qi also walked over, stood on the chair, served himself a bowl of white porridge, and ate it with a big face.
"I said, how did you become like this, abused by your mother or your majesty?"
"I've been hungry for more than a month studying that iron cannon. Don't talk about it, it's all tears, now I have to come to your house every day to eat, I can't eat the food in the palace, and I want to grow all the lost meat back! Li Tai still spoke in the same flat tone.
Bai Qi glanced at Li Tai, drank the last mouthful of porridge in the bowl into his stomach, and felt that his body was much fuller, so he put the bowl down, lowered his head and tore a piece of bread and threw it into his mouth.
"That iron cannon is very useful, Duan Zhixuan and they used two iron cannons, and they broke down the walls of Fu Qi City without a single soldier, and they were so frightened that Fu Yun and them fled for their lives!"
The corners of Li Tai's mouth curled, and it could be seen that he was very happy with this effect, but he still wanted to show his spirit of excellence in scientific exploration.
"My eldest sister, Princess Shuli - it's your good looks, don't stare at me with white eyes, who doesn't know the relationship between the two of you in this Chang'an - made some suggestions when studying this iron cannon called Shenwei by my father, which is very useful, but I still think that I can continue to improve, just when you come back, wait a minute, follow me to the top of Longshou Mountain to see the design drawings and prototypes."
Bai Qi nodded, this is also one of the main purposes of his return this time, after all, the biggest problem with the iron cannon designed by Li Tai is to explode the chamber, once it is blown up on the battlefield, then the consequences will be unimaginable.
"By the way, I heard that my sister lived in your Hou Mansion and slept together last night?" Li Taiyu is not shocking, and he is endless.
Bai Qi was stunned for a moment, and a mouthful of porridge water squirted out, all of which were sprayed on Li Tai on the opposite side, making Li Tai's head full of porridge water and embarrassed.
Li Tai looked at Bai Qi who was looking at him in surprise, wiped the porridge on his face, and said coldly: "Lose my clothes!" ”
White pointed at Li Tai and laughed. (To be continued.) )