Chapter 163: A Great Thief
Twelve years, the years have not left any traces on her body, but have carved her into a more beautiful place. That smile instantly made everything in heaven and earth lose its luster.
At this moment, Ma Lan had forgotten who he was, and the memories hidden in the depths of his soul came like a tide.
Kang Qingqing looked at the woman who suddenly appeared with spikes in her hand, and she didn't know what to do for a while, so she froze naked in the small courtyard.
The woman walked slowly to Ma Lan's side, flipped her wrist and turned a silver dagger in her hand, stretched out to the wound and spun around, and cut off a large piece of meat. Ma Lan snorted in pain, and the tingling sensation at the wound disappeared.
"I didn't hurt my internal organs, so it's fine. You didn't suffer less from such an injury back then, and it won't be enough in a few days. The woman smiled lightly and tidied up Ma Lan's clothes and said softly.
Ma Lan nodded.
At this time, he didn't think about anything else, and only this beautiful woman with a smile like a flower in his eyes was in his eyes.
Among the rangers in Chang'an City back then, Kang Xiaoyu was the most unique one, because she was a Kangju person.
Like smoke, the past came to mind, and Ma Lan stretched out his hand and clenched Kang Xiaoyu's little hand.
Kang Xiaoyu smiled lightly and did not refuse.
A smile appeared on Ma Lan's face, and the thing that had been worrying in his heart was finally confirmed.
Twelve years, she was still waiting for him.
Knowing this, that's enough.
Kang Qingqing looked at the two of them, not knowing what to do. This beautiful woman who appeared suddenly made her feel extremely dangerous.
The two ignored her either, and their eyes were only on each other.
"How have you lived all these years?" Ma Ling looked at Kang Xiaoyu and said softly.
This is a topic that cannot be bypassed after all.
Kang Xiaoyu smiled lightly: "If you leave Chang'an, my situation will become very difficult. Afterward...... Later, I took in a disciple and taught her wholeheartedly, and the time became easier to pass. ”
"Young Lady Yang?"
"Hmm. At that time, her family was not so prominent. That girl is beautiful, isn't she? She's a gift from me to you. This kind of girl, I know you must like it. ”
"You've been living in the Yang family all these years?"
Kang Xiaoyu shook his head and said, "No." Yang Youniang is just my disciple, I have nothing to do with the Yang Mansion, and the people of the Yang family don't know about my existence. The young lady is very obedient and has a strict mouth. ”
Kang Qingqing wiped the blood from the spikes, inserted it back into her hair, stood in the small courtyard and hesitated for a while, seeing that the two of them didn't pay attention to her meaning at all, and quietly entered the room.
Kang Xiaoyu took Ma Lu out of the small courtyard and came to a remote courtyard in the backyard.
This place is obviously Kang Xiaoyu's residence, and there are many old things in the room.
"I've lived here since my young lady paid for this mansion. After so many years of wandering, there is finally a stable place. The young lady is a filial child, and I now like to live here. This is your house, and I just hope you don't kick me away. Kang Xiaoyu looked at Ma Lan and said with a smile.
"If you're willing to live here, it's too late for me to be happy, so how could I drive you away?" Ma Lan clasped Kang Xiaoyu's small hand and said softly, "I was too stubborn back then, I hope you can give me a chance to make amends." ”
Kang Xiaoyu smiled and said: "Young lady, this child looks better the older she gets, and when I hear the news of your meritorious service in Anxi, I am ready to give her to you as a gift." Brother Lei, they don't know your identity, only I know that you are a descendant of Ma Shaobao. This kid listens to me very much, he is also clever, and his family background is very good, I think you will like it. At that time, I didn't know that you had a woman you liked in Anthy. ”
Ma Lan thought of the beautiful girl with bright eyes and bright teeth outside Qiuzi City, and was silent.
"I told the young lady about your deeds back then, and this girl was very fascinated, so she went into the palace and begged her aunt to let the Son of Heaven give you a marriage. The young lady is a good child, you have to treat her well. In a few days, you will be married. I'm relieved to have her with you. ”
Ma Lan looked at Kang Xiaoyu and said, "What about you?" What about us? ”
"Brother Pony, Xiaoyu is almost thirty years old, and she is already an old woman. You can let me live here, I'm already very satisfied, where does Xiaoyu dare to ask for anything else? I'm a Hu guy after all. Kang Xiaoyu smiled lightly and said softly.
"Xiaoyu, you're not old at all."
Kang Xiaoyu smiled lightly: "If you were willing to talk like this back then, we wouldn't be separated." Brother Pony, the young lady doesn't know my relationship with you, she only knows that I am an old man with you, and you don't want her to know the news that I have seen you. This girl has a strong temperament, and this is very similar to me, the relationship between us, you should never mention it to her. ”
Ma Lan looked at Kang Xiaoyu, and his heart sank slightly.
As for the relationship between the two, she has obviously defined. With her temperament, I'm afraid it's hard to change.
He was unwilling, very unwilling.
"Brother Pony, don't be angry. There are some things that are missed and missed. The light rain is not the light rain of 12 years ago, and we can't go back. Brother Pony, Xiaoyu dances to you, do you still want to see it? ”
The skirt is flying, spinning like the wind, and the gestures are still the same as they were back then. Ma Lan looked at the beautiful woman in front of her, and her mood slowly calmed down.
Since then, he has really become an old man.
It's okay to do this, at least you can watch her well.
……
Time can change everything, but former lovers eventually become friends.
The most enthusiastic Hu Xuan, she only skipped for him once. Although the woman in front of her skirt was flying, she didn't dance that one.
Twelve years ago in Chang'an City, Brother Pony and Kang Xiaoyu, everything has become a thing of the past.
Although extremely reluctant, Ma Ling knew very well that the love between the two had passed away with the wind.
Time can really change everything, and after more than ten days, there are many fewer rumors in Chang'an City.
Li Longji postponed his visit to Huaqing Palace for the sake of Anxi Jian'er's success in Beijing, and now, as in previous years, he moved to Huaqing Palace with hundreds of civil and military officials and harem concubines. According to the practice of previous years, he went to Huaqing Palace in October every year to spend the winter, and returned to Chang'an in March of the following year.
As the third prime minister of the Tang Dynasty in addition to Chen Xilie and Yang Guozhong, Ma Lan could only accompany the Son of Heaven to Huaqing Palace. Yang Guozhong's time for ten days of self-reflection had arrived, but he was ordered by the Son of Heaven to stay in Chang'an and was not allowed to go, and was temporarily excluded from the court of the Tang Dynasty.
Huaqing Palace is not a separate palace, but has long since developed into an extremely large complex. Ma Lan has his own residence here, but it is naturally incomparable with Chang'an City.
For several days in a row, the subject of the court discussion was the matter of immigration to the land of the river. Li Longji attaches great importance to this matter, Chen Xilie is just a submissive person, and he obeys the words of the Son of Heaven. The others did not dare to have any opinions, and after several court discussions, the matter was finally settled.
The ten lords of the world still went to the river voluntarily, and the imperial court provided the needs along the way, and after arriving in Anxi, they were escorted to the river by the Anxi army. In addition, he also prepared to send the world's misdemeanors to the river to Tuntian Shibian.
For the immigration of the people in Guanzhong, it is much stricter. Households that have not paid the rent in Guannai Province for three years must leave Guanzhong and go to Anxi.
Such an immigration plan has exceeded Ma Lan's imagination.
The plan for the immigration of meritorious soldiers has not changed much from the plan envisaged in his recital, and he can accept the increase in the immigration of criminals. This kind of thing has happened for generations, and wasn't the United States a place of exile for British criminals in the first place?
Households that have not paid the rent for three years must leave Guanzhong with their families and go to the river, which can be imagined what this means for the people of Guanzhong who have relocated to their land. Originally, Ma Lan wanted to take the principle of voluntariness as the principle, but he never thought of forcing people to emigrate.
If Li Longji had been young, he would definitely not have issued such an order. And now he insists on issuing such an edict, which shows that he is really old and confused.
However, no one dares to question Li Longji's authority. Ma Lan raised objections several times, but Li Longji refuted them in public. The others did not dare to speak out against it, and in the end the edict was directly issued.
The state apparatus of the Tang Dynasty was still extremely efficient, and under Li Longji's strict orders, the household department began to prepare the treasury, carriages, and horses, and the officials of the counties in Guannei Province began to nervously check the account books to see if those households needed to emigrate to the river.
And with the issuance of the edict, the discussion in Chang'an City also broke out instantly. With the spread of this edict, Ma Lu's people expected to decline rapidly.
Before the edict was issued, Ma Lan was the new generation of military gods of the Tang Dynasty, Li Weigong was the second, a god-given general, a pillar of the country, and there were beautiful words in the market. However, with the issuance of this edict, Ma Lan immediately became a traitor, a national thief!
If you haven't paid the rent for three years, you will be moved to the river thousands of miles away, and you will never see the countryside again for the rest of your life, what a cruel thing for the people of Guanzhong! The emotions were quickly detonated among the people, and the angry poets gathered in the Qinglou of Pingkangfang, and the poems scolding the national thieves were made on the bed of the Qinglou sister.
The students of Guozijian went to Yankangfang under the personal leadership of the sacrificial wine, blocking the door of the Fufeng County Palace, and scolding. If it weren't for the fierce appearance of the Anxi army standing at the door, they would have been killed together a long time ago.
A few bold people threw a few night pots into the Fufeng County Wangfu through the wall, and nearly a hundred Anxi soldiers rushed out with a snowy Mo knife, surrounded the students in the middle and asked them one by one, but a few people stood up, but they were beaten by Anxi Jun who took off his pants and pressed them on the ground, and his buttocks were slapped by the handle of the Mo knife, and finally he was thrown directly into the pool, which was completely swept by Sven.
Anxi Jun was so domineering, which immediately detonated the emotions of the students again, although no one dared to throw the night pot into it anymore, there were more and more people scolding their mothers outside the door.
Ma Lan's black history was also quickly picked up by the students. I heard that there are dozens of concubines in his house, most of them are bearded girls, and all of them are beautiful and moon-like.
What qualifications does such a person have to be prime ministers, and what qualifications does he have to educate the people? (To be continued.) )