Section 42

Xuanyuan Ling smiled: "These horses are all imperial horses, and they are naturally precious. If you like it, I'll give it to you. ”

Wu Ming has a south-looking journey, no matter how good the horse is, it is a chicken rib, and he is waiting to refuse. Yululi shouted, "Okay, I want this horse." Mother, this is what you said, don't cheat. ”

As she spoke, she put her arms around the horse's neck affectionately. The horse was red and tall. At this time, he was greatly disturbed by Yululi, and kept snorting and walking, looking very uneasy. There are also horses in the Nanban, but the dwarf mule horses produced in the Duner grassland are too short and do not look good. Nanwang's divine horse had already made Lu Li very angry, and she also wanted to have a horse to travel on her behalf, but her vision was very high, and ordinary horses could hardly enter her eyes. She was overjoyed that the horse was so wonderful. Hearing Xuanyuan Ling say this, she was busy talking to death, for fear that the other party would regret it.

Xuanyuan Ling nodded and said, "Although this palace is not talented, its words still have a bit of weight, so it naturally counts." ”

Youluli was overjoyed and said repeatedly: "Thank you, thank you, thank you." Seeing Wu Ming shaking his head on the side, she stuck out her tongue and made a grimace, then turned her head and said loudly: "This horse is bright red all over, let's call it rouge." Rouge Rouge, give me a big roll. ”

In the general language of riding, rolling means to run fast. As she spoke, Yululi pulled the reins suddenly, and the horse exerted a force, and suddenly ran out of the boss, leaving the two far behind. Seeing that she rode away, her "giggle" laughter was still heard in the air: "This horse is very good, the kindness of the mother, I Youluli wrote it down." ”

When she first met, she was quite hostile to Xuanyuan Ling, and she was immediately grateful to Dade when they only gave him a horse. Wu Ming looked at her back, couldn't help but smile and shook his head: "This little girl ......"

Xuanyuan Ling also looked at Youluli's back, and said in a low voice: "It's good to be young, she is like this, but she is no different from me before." ”

She is similar in age to Yululi, even if she is slightly older than Yululi, it is not too much. These words are old-fashioned, Wu Ming heard it in his ears, but there was an unspeakable heaviness in his heart. If it weren't for the coup d'état five years ago, the current Xuanyuan Lingding, like Youluli, would be an innocent girl with a beautiful vision of love.

"General Wu."

Xuanyuan Ling suddenly whispered. Bringing the horse and Wu Ming to walk side by side, Wu Ming turned his face sideways and said, "What?" ”

"Miss Youluli has a deep affection for you, don't let down other people's feelings."

Wu Ming smiled bitterly in his heart. What does it mean to live up to other people's feelings? It seems that Xuanyuan Ling saw that Yululi was still a rare shadow of her past, and some love was overflowing. He shook his head and said, "Niangniang said she laughed." ”

Seeing his expression, Xuanyuan Ling's eyes couldn't help but widen: "Aren't you two making substantial progress?" ”

Substantial progress? Yululi had kissed herself, and she had hugged her. But both of them have layers of window paper that have not been pierced, so it should not be considered any substantial progress. Xuanyuan Ling stared at Wu Ming's wryly smiling face, and knew that what he expected was not bad. She said with a little crying and laughing: "General Wu, people come all the way, and you don't drag it like this." Only you can do this. ”

Wu Ming took the horse: "Niangniang, you don't understand." ”

Xuanyuan Ling said: "What don't you understand? ”

"Nanban was independent from the Eastern Han Dynasty. Therefore, morally speaking, the imperial court will not recognize the independent status of the Nanban at all, and sooner or later there will be a war between the two countries, if there is really any substantial progress between me and Youluli, once the imperial court and the Nanban go to war, how will I deal with myself? ”

Xuanyuan Ling laughed coldly, and after a while, she said with some sarcasm: "General Wu is really eloquent, after marrying the daughter of Governor He, the two central and western provinces and the three northwest provinces that you control are the territory of the Southern Han Dynasty in name, but they are independent. Is this the morality of your mouth? ”

Wu Ming looked at her blankly, and only said after a while: "Chinese and Western affairs, I am just protecting myself." Strive to earn a place for yourself and the people you protect in troubled times. Xiaobi died, I think you should know it, but do you know that the murderer behind the murder of their couple is the current prime minister, in this case, how do you let me deal with myself? But there is something to do and something not to do. As I said earlier, I have always treated your brothers and sisters as relatives. Five years ago, when His Royal Highness was trapped in Xinhe, Nanban also sent people to persuade him to surrender, promising His Highness that as long as he recognized the independent status of Nanban, he would protect His Highness's life. But His Royal Highness was unyielding on the verge of death, because he knew that he was the prince of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and once he recognized the independence of the Southern Barbarians, the land of the Southern Barbarians would always be separated from the Eastern Han Dynasty, and if he wanted to take it back, it would be unjustifiable. ”

Speaking of this, Wu Ming's eyes were also a little wet. In a blur, Xuanyuan was pointing to the ground under his feet and shouted: "This sky, this land, has always been the world of our Han family...... He Xing was asked outside Xinhe City, and it was difficult to make a sigh in the South Confession. Since ancient times, no one has died, leaving Dan to take care of his sweat. ”

Wu Ming lowered his head, and his voice was indescribably low: "When your imperial brother was dying, I swore to the heavens that I would lead the Han family to Xinhe again in my lifetime. If I really marry Yululi, once I use troops against Nanban, how will Yululi deal with herself? Long pain is better than short pain, and it is better to keep her away from pain than to let her suffer for life. In this way, it is good for her and for me. ”

Xuanyuan Ling was stunned for a long time, tears suddenly flowed from his eyes, and he said with a crying voice: "It turns out that this is what you insist on?" But you are still insisting, what am I insisting? The mountains and rivers were broken, but the Queen Mother fought happily with the prime minister, and the Northern Han Dynasty formed an alliance with Eastern Mongolia. Even if she is herself, she has become the wife of the Northern Mongolian people and the mother of two Northern Mongolian children. Every time I wake up in the middle of the night, I doubt myself if I am still the former Xuanyuan Ling, or the princess of the Eastern Han Dynasty. ”

Wu Ming was silent, when Xuanyuan Ling first married Beimeng, he must have been full of hatred. But the years are like water, the years are like knives, and in four years, no matter how deep your hatred is like the sea, it has also turned into a babbling stream in the family's affection, and the civil war in the homeland has made this princess of the former dynasty desperate. If Xuanyuan Ling knew the true identity of Xuanyuan Fu, the son of heaven in the Southern Han Dynasty, I am afraid that he would collapse even more. Xuanyuan Ling knew that this kind of thing was not good at all, Wu Ming naturally wouldn't chew the root of his tongue, but just said in a low voice: "Niangniang, look at it, life has to pass." ”

"Yes, life has to be lived." Xuanyuan Ling muttered, and he didn't know whether to cry or laugh in his tone: "My father is dead, my brother is dead, Xiaobi is dead, and even General Wu has changed." If the empire is going to die, let it die, I'm not rare. ”

As she spoke, she raised her whip and dismounted her horse, and the horse neighed and chased after Yululi in front of her.

Wu Ming smiled bitterly and gently pinched the horse's body. The horse yelled and rushed forward.

At this time, Youluli had rushed to the entrance of a street, grabbed her horse and beckoned to the back, and shouted, "Brother Amin, come quickly, it's so lively here." ”

The mounts of several people are one in ten thousand, and the speed is naturally extremely fast. After only a short while, the two of them had caught up with Yululi one after another, pulling their mounts and looking around. It was an alley just now, and it was relatively remote, but around the corner of the street, it was a market, and people came and went. Wu Ming looked at the citizens who came and went, and his heart was infinitely peaceful.

Youluli patted the horse and prepared to move on, but Wu Ming stood still in front of her, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Brother Aming, what are you looking at?" ”

"I'm looking at these townspeople."

Yululi was surprised, "What's so nice about this?" ”

Wu Ming said: "It's nothing to see." But I'm thinking, whether it's the Han Chinese, or the Mongolian people, or you Southern Barbarians. In fact, what the people yearn for is peace forever. Peace is a blessing, a person to live, in fact, the greatest happiness is to be free of disease and disaster, and to live every day with peace of mind. Once the war broke out, it became a luxury to think about living such a life. ”

Yululi was silent. She couldn't help but think of the process of Wu Ming and her acquaintance, it was Wu Ming's compassion and compassion that made her curious, and then she had a good feeling, and even secretly agreed. But when she thought of the relationship between the Southern Han and the Southern Barbarians, the interest in her heart disappeared cleanly, and she sighed and said, "Yes, it's good that there is no war in this world." ”

Wu Ming smiled and said: "The big is hidden in the world, and the solitary is hidden in the wilderness." If there was no war that day, I would have chosen to live in a place where I would be self-sufficient, and I would go to the market to buy something I like in my spare time. ”

Yululi clapped her hands and smiled: "It's good or good, that's what I like." As soon as the words came out, she realized that there was a big speech problem inside, and her face turned red. Fortunately, Wu Ming's eyes searched for everyone on the street, and he didn't seem to pay attention to what she said, so Youluli breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at Youluli's uncomfortable face, Xuanyuan Ling's heart ached. After listening to Wu Ming's heart, she also felt a little pity for Youluli in her heart. But no matter how pitiful Yululi is, she always has a chance to wait, and she doesn't even have the chance to wait. She forced a smile and said: "General Wu just said that he was angry, vowing to conquer the south and the north, why is his ambition so small now?" ”

Wu Ming said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "There doesn't seem to be a contradiction between the peaceful troubled times and the seclusion in the future. ”

Xuanyuan Ling thought for a while and said, "I don't know what the troubled times of General Wu are included?" ”

Although she spoke very quietly, Wu Ming could still feel the coldness in it. Xuanyuan Ling was probably afraid that he would wave his troops north. He couldn't help but smile bitterly: "The so-called peaceful and troubled times naturally mean that there are no more sword soldiers in the world, and no matter how you can save them." It's not that I'm really going to take the whole world down. ”

Xuanyuan Ling seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "In this way, I will first wish General Wu success and fulfill this wish as soon as possible." ”

The two of them were on the edge, and Yululi was not very interested in these big truths. Taking advantage of this, she quickly rushed into the crowd in front of her. There were many pedestrians in the bazaar, and Yululi walked very fast on her horse, but she didn't even touch the clothes of the pedestrians. Wu Ming looked at her back and praised: "This little girl's riding skills are so clever. ”

Xuanyuan Ling said: "The Nanban Duner grassland produces horses, and the wars between Persia and Nanban in the past few years have been in that area. She is a galale warrior, and she must jump on the battlefield, even if she smokes it, she will smoke it. ”

Wu Ming turned his head to look at her: "What about you, I remember that you didn't know how to ride a horse before." ”

Xuanyuan Ling smiled bitterly: "Naturally, I am also smoked. She seemed to remember something, and said with a wry smile: "Lanning is prosperous Chengdù, although it is not as good as Kyoto. But I'm free here. Even the royal family doesn't have so many rules. At least in Kyoto or Nanning, it is absolutely impossible for a queen to show her head and roam freely on the streets like I did. ”

After a pause, she continued: "Actually, I also like this peaceful scene, and I also like the people here. ”

As she spoke, another whip was whipped at the horse's hips, and she chased after Yululi.

The whip seemed to have whipped on Wu Ming's heart, and his heart twitched as well. Looking at Xuanyuan Ling, who was galloping on horseback, he knew that the princess of the Eastern Han Dynasty was getting farther and farther away from him.