Chapter 24: Vows
The snow is still falling.
Early in the morning, I sat by the window, looking at the snow outside, and my thoughts were already drifting far away.
This time, I didn't think about He Xiangxue, I was thinking about a bowl of porridge to teach Yumei, although I can't be 100% sure, but her voice, her figure, her appearance, these are the standards of the goddess in my mind.
I was thinking about it when there was a knock on the door.
I opened the door, and it turned out to be Yang Guozhong.
Yang Guozhong: Brother Jiang, morning, didn't disturb your rest, right?
Me: No, Brother Yang, come in and sit.
Yang Guozhong entered the house, sat down, and I poured him a cup of hot tea.
Me: Brother Yang must have something to do when he came to me so early, right?
Yang Guozhong: Yes, isn't it the Spring Festival in a few days, should we prepare some gifts and give them to these officials in the capital when the time comes?
Me: The Spring Festival will be in a few days! The days go by really fast, the gifts must be prepared, the younger brother has just come to Chang'an, and there are many things that he doesn't understand, so there is Brother Lao Yang in this matter, and all the money to buy gifts is taken from me.
Yang Guozhong: Since Brother Jiang said so, then I, the eldest brother, should be respectful and obey my fate.
I took five hundred taels of silver and gave it to Yang Guozhong.
Me: If it's not enough, feel free to tell my little brother.
Yang Guozhong: Definitely, then-one-book-read-novel{y}{b}{d}{u} Yang will leave first.
Me: Brother Yang, walk slowly.
After Yang Guozhong left, I continued to sit in front of the window and watch the snow, and suddenly remembered something, I came to Chang'an a few days ago, and I have always had something, and I forgot to go to the medicine king to do something, this thing can't be forgotten, anyway, now things are almost busy, so I simply went to see Wu Zetian's mausoleum, and by the way, I helped the medicine king fulfill his wish.
I called the stupid cow and the dog baby, told Yang Guozhong to go out and do something, and left the Yang Mansion.
We rode on horseback, and the horse's hooves were on the snow, which was already so thick that it almost drowned the horse's hooves.
Stupid Cow: Big brother, where are we going with such a big snowfall?
Me: Go and help the Medicine King fulfill his wish.
Dogbaby: Go to the tombstone of the Great Zhou Emperor to engrave words?
Me: Yes, isn't she a wordless tablet, let's go and give her those eight words of the medicine king.
Stupid Niu: Big brother, where is the mausoleum of the Great Zhou Emperor?
Me: In Xianyang City.
Gouwa: How far is it from Chang'an to Xianyang?
Me: It's close to a hundred miles.
Stupid Cow: Then let's hurry up, and we'll be able to get things done in one day.
Me: Stupid bull is right.
I whipped the horse's ass hard, and the horse neighed, spread its legs, and sprang wild.
In a snow-white land, galloping horses, not to mention how refreshing this feeling is.
We ran all the way for more than three hours, and when we arrived at the foot of Liangshan Mountain in Xianyang City, we saw a sergeant guarding the intersection of the mountain at the foot of the mountain.
Me: There are also soldiers standing guard, and it will take a bit of effort to get up.
Stupid Cow: There are only a dozen soldiers, and you can't go up and knock them all out.
Me: This is not good, we have to go up unconsciously.
Dogbaby: How can you go up unconsciously?
Me: It's very simple, I believe that Liangshan will not have only this one entrance, when we were in the Hungry Wolf Commando, wasn't our specialty climbing mountains?
The stupid cow and the dog laughed.
Stupid Cow: She-wolf, let's go.
Me: Bull wolf, dog wolf, action.
We tied our horses to the junction and hiked to find another way up the hill.
After looking around, I found a good place to go up the mountain.
Me: Cow wolf, dog wolf, be careful, snow is easy to slide down, be careful.
Stupid Cow and Dog: Don't worry, she-wolf.
The three of us went up, although it was a snow climb, but we were all masters, and in half an hour, we reached the top of the mountain.
I stood on the top of the mountain and looked down, it turned out that standing on Liangshan, I could overlook the entire Xianyang City, and the white at the foot of the mountain looked quite beautiful.
We walked a little way and saw a huge mausoleum, the mausoleum gate made of huge stones, quite spectacular, with the huge two words "Qianling" written on it.
Stupid Cow: Big brother, the stone gate is so big, can we push it?
Me: No matter how you push it, there must be a mechanism, go find it.
The three of us searched carefully for these stones, and finally I found a mechanism behind a boulder, I pressed it, and the big stone door opened.
We walked in, and we were amazed, and there was a royal palace inside, but it was all made of stone. We walked for a while and saw the tomb of Tang Gaozong, and Wu Zetian's tomb was next to it.
I took a look, and sure enough, there was not a word on the tombstone.
I saluted to the tombstone and said: Emperor Wu, you are a cow, in the history of China, you are the highest peak of women, you are the ancient, no one after you, your descendants are all admiration for you, today, your courtier Sun Simiao wants to send you eight words "a thought into a Buddha, a thought into a demon" as an evaluation of you, I hope you can laugh at it.
With that, I saluted again. Then, he took out the dagger he carried with him and engraved the eight characters of "One Thought to Become a Buddha, One Thought to Become a Demon" on the wordless tablet.
Stupid Cow: Big brother, how is your handwriting different from ours, is it a mistake?
Dogbaby: Yes, big brother, we don't know each other!
I wrote in simplified Chinese, which they certainly didn't recognize.
Me: Don't make a fuss, people in the future will know my words, let's go.
We walked out of the Qianling Tomb and closed the stone gate.
Stupid Cow: It's better to be the emperor, and live in the palace when you die.
Gouwa: Then I have to say, there will be an emperor in one day, who doesn't want to be it.
Me: Even if you are an emperor, what can you do, it's not the same as us, life doesn't bring anything, death can't take anything away, you see this great river and mountain, how beautiful the scenery is, so living is the happiest thing in life.
The stupid cow and the dog baby nodded thoughtfully.
As we descended the mountain, it snowed again, and the snowflakes were as big as goose feathers.
We went down the mountain, mounted our horses, and ran quickly towards Chang'an City.
By the time we reached the outskirts of Chang'an, the sky had darkened and the wind was getting stronger.
Me: Brothers, hurry up, let's go get some drinks when we get into town.
As soon as the stupid cow heard about the drink, he became energetic and said: "Big brother, the wind has been blowing for a day today, and my mouth is crooked, so I should hurry up and drink some hot wine and correct my mouth."
Me: I think your mouth is crooked, and it's not crooked by the wind, you want to eat crookedly.
When I said this, both the stupid cow and the dog baby burst out laughing.
Dogbaby: Big brother, I find that you talk sometimes, which is really funny.
Me: yes, it's called a sense of humor, do you understand?
Stupid Cow: Sense of humor, never heard of it.
Me: Have you ever heard that bad joke?
Both the stupid cow and the dog shook their heads vigorously.
Me: I'll tell you another day what a sense of humor is, what a bad joke is, these are the signs of a successful man.
I'll take you guys to a nice place for a drink.
I remembered the fond memories of the last time I was at the "Three Bowls of Wine" restaurant, and decided to go to "Three Bowls of Wine" to drink today.
The sky was getting darker and darker, the wind was getting stronger and stronger, and there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the street.
We tied the horses and walked into the restaurant, although there were fewer pedestrians outside, but the business of this restaurant was still very good.
We sat down by the window, and the guy served us three bowls of wine.
Man: Gentlemen, what kind of appetizer to eat.
Me: Cut three catties of mutton and bring ten steamed buns.
Man: Wait a minute, you'll be right here.
I held up a bowl of wine and said, "Brothers, in order to celebrate the fulfillment of the wish of the King of Medicine, we have made this bowl."
The stupid cow has long been hungry and thirsty, and now he said that he would dry a bowl, and his face instantly smiled.
Stupid Cow: Big brother,.
Dogbaby: Big brother,.
As soon as the three of us raised our heads, a bowl of wine was in our stomachs, and the aroma instantly came to our noses.
Stupid Cow: It's really good wine, it's the first time I've drunk such a good wine.
Dog: yes, it's a good wine.
Me: Otherwise, how could you only drink three bowls per person, the boss here is really good at business, and the marketing is really good.
Stupid Cow: Big brother, why is what you said today so difficult to understand?
Again, I forgot that there was no such thing as marketing in ancient times.
Me: It's fine. You'll understand later.
The man brought the mutton and steamed buns.
Me: Try the lamb here, it's delicious.
The stupid cow and the dog baby tasted it and nodded again and again.
Stupid Cow: It tastes great.
Dog: I've never eaten such delicious mutton.
I picked up a steamed bun and remembered the way Yumei ate the steamed bun, and I thought to myself: It would be nice if she could appear today.
I looked up and looked around, but I didn't see her, not even a woman, and I was disappointed, and I hung my head, picked up the wine, and took a sip.
The stupid cow and the dog baby changed their faces when they saw me, and their faces looked very puzzled.
Stupid Cow: Big brother, what's wrong with you, I just saw that you were talking and laughing, why are you unhappy all of a sudden?
Me: It's okay, I remembered something.
Dog: Is it sad?
Me: It's not sad. I thought: If falling out of love is sad, my situation has not yet begun, and I don't know if there is a chance to start, to put it bluntly, it is my unrequited love, is this considered love?
Me: Drink the bar, drink it and go home to sleep.
We drank for almost an hour before we came out of the restaurant.
We led the horses and walked on the way back.
The sky is completely dark, but the ground is snow-white, looking at the empty streets of Chang'an City, the people on both sides of the street have hung lanterns, although there are no pedestrians, but it looks like a festive.
I was thinking in my heart: unconsciously, it has been more than half a year since I came to the Tang Dynasty, and I saw that the New Year was coming, and I couldn't go home for the New Year this year. However, I feel very fortunate that I came to the Tang Dynasty, I have a red face, a confidant, and a brother, although the red face and the confidant are not around, but it is a happy thing to have two such good brothers by my side.
Thinking of this, I miss He Xiangxue, Haitang, and Yumei, and at the same time, I also miss Wang Long, my father and mother in Fanyang Mansion, Erniang and Master, Zhang Minxin and Master Yue, and even An Lushan, Shi Siming, and Li Yuanyi. It was with these people that I felt very happy to live in the Tang Dynasty.
I thought about it, and I arrived at the Yang Mansion.
Yang Guozhong welcomed us into the house.
Yang Guozhong: Brother Jiang, Yang has almost prepared all the gifts today, you can take a look.
Me: Don't look at it, Brother Yang is doing things, we can rest assured. Why, there are no lanterns hanging at the door of our house, and I see that the neighbors have hung them.
Yang Guozhong: I prepared a lot of gifts today, so I didn't buy lanterns, but I went to buy them early tomorrow morning, hung up the lanterns, pasted the Spring Festival couplets, and we happily celebrated the Spring Festival.
Me: There is Brother Lao Yang, you are our brother, and we will all listen to your arrangement.
Yang Guozhong laughed, and we all laughed.
It's the New Year, it's good to smile, and a smile is a happy day.