"Little sister is scared?" The girl standing opposite me saw that I was dumbfounded and did not speak, so she took a stick and flicked me.

I came back to my senses, hurriedly shook my head, and said aggrievedly: "No, it's just that my brother has a wife at home, if I ask my brother to go to her tonight, I'm afraid my sister-in-law will be blamed if she finds out." ”

"Her man's man died in a war a few years ago, and there is no male in the family, and the village does not give land to plant. She is looking at your brother's strong health, and she wants to give birth to a son! If you have pity on her, let your brother go by night, and you will not be wronged by anything. When you go back, don't tell your sister-in-law. ”

"Oh, I...... I'll make a note of it. I listened to the girl's words so angry and funny, I could only reply and say that I would ask my "brother" later.

When the woman saw that I had agreed, she smiled very happily.

The millet soup in the black clay jar was less than half divided, and a sound of horses' hooves was heard in the distance. I looked up and saw a soldier wearing a leather crown and half a pair of leather armor on his body, riding a horse all the way from the east of the village to the gate of the courtyard of Lizai, turned over and dismounted and ran into the gate with a bamboo tube on his back.

Here's the herald?!

My heart suddenly tightened, and I said, what news did Qi people upload to the border at this time? The bamboo tube is filled with a wanted warrant from Chen Heng for us!

When the herald entered Lizai's house and didn't come out for a long time, I felt a little uneasy. If the bamboo tube really contained the wanted warrants of the few of us, it would be fine to be innocent, but the red mark on the shirt and my strange eyes would be easily recognized. If Rizai recognizes us and makes trouble now, I'm afraid that he will make trouble in front of the border guards when he passes the checkpoint tomorrow, then it will be bad!

I was in a hurry, when I turned my head to see the herald coming out of the courtyard with a large bowl with an open mouth, sitting under a big tree with a bolted horse, gulping down water. Seeing this, I hurriedly jumped down from the wooden pier, went into the hut and carried a large bowl, full of a bowl of millet soup.

"What are you doing?" The woman lifted her chin and wondered.

"Sister-in-law, I'll send a bowl of food to the soldier over there." I stood on the floor with the bowl in my hand.

The woman glanced back at the herald under the tree, and laughed: "My sister is tired of looking at your two good-looking brothers every day!" You can also see this sharp-beaked monkey's gills? Go, go! ”

"Sister-in-law Xie!" I laughed dryly twice, and hurried towards the herald with a bowl of rice in hand.

The herald under the tree was now drunk enough water and was wiping his mouth with one hand, and feeding the horse with half a bowl of water with the other hand. ”

"Eh, big brother eats the bowl first." I took the water bowl from the herald's hand and placed the large bowl I had brought in his hand.

"Good girl, I know that big brother and I am hungry." The herald didn't care about the hot mouth of the freshly boiled millet soup, and poured two large mouthfuls into his mouth, and he wiped his mouth and complained while eating, "Little sister, your family is also stingy, and you only give a bowl of water when you come back." Today, I stewed three pots of meat soup and didn't invite my brother to eat a bowl. ”

"If the eldest brother leads your panting horse to the yard and gives it to Li Zai, he will serve you meat soup as soon as possible."

"You girl is clever, why hasn't my eldest brother seen you before?" The herald stooped down to pick up a branch from the ground, patted the mud on it, broke it in two, and inserted it into the bowl.

"The slave came with her sister-in-law, and she doesn't work in the house on weekdays. Big brother, you're from far away, right? I looked at him with a twinkle of longing, "You can't be from the capital, are you?" Do all the girls in the capital wear silk? ”

"Hahaha......" The soldier smiled and plucked the corn soup knotted at the bottom of the bowl with two branches, "You can wear silk everywhere, but you can pick it up cleaner than you!" ”

"Big brother is really from the capital! I'm in such a hurry, but there are bandits in the mountains again? Or, is there going to be war again? ”

"Prime Minister Zuo is going to be recruited, tell your brother to hurry up and pack up!" He tilted his head and ate the last bit of soup, and said vaguely.

When I heard him say this, I was relieved. It seems that the contents of the bamboo tube have nothing to do with a few of us. But Chen Heng wants to be conscripted? What was he doing at this time for conscription? Could it be that the secret transfer of troops by the Gao and Guo families was discovered by him?

"Little sister, go, finish serving the soup to the eldest brother again!"

"Oh." I was pondering about Chen's conscription order in my heart, and I was unexpectedly grabbed by the herald and touched my right hand.

"My little sister's hands are very slippery, and she doesn't go to the ground on weekdays? The eldest brother is resting in the village tonight, and the younger sister is willing to sleep with the elder brother? There are still two feet of fine arrowroot cloth in the baggage of Gona......"

"Big brother Mo is pulling and pulling here." I smiled and pulled my hand out, and took a few steps back, "The house with poplar trees at the east gate of the village, the eldest brother will come back when the lights go out when it gets dark." ”

"Really?" The herald was happy when he heard it, he patted his thigh and stood up, and immediately took out a roll of blue fine arrowroot cloth from his baggage and stuffed it into my hand, "Sister, keep it to make a small dress to wear, brother will come in the evening!" ”

"Thank you, big brother!" I smiled and nodded, picked up the bowl and turned around to run, ran a few steps and turned my head to add, "Remember to touch it when the lights go out after dark, and don't make a noise when you enter the house." ”

"Got it!" The soldier nodded at me happily and said thoughtfully, "No need to serve soup anymore, brother drink horses!" After saying that, as soon as he untied the reins of his horse, he didn't know which country he was humming a little song from which country, and led his old horse away.

That night, I found an opportunity to tell Wuxian about Chen Heng's conscription, but I didn't expect Wuxian to have other views on this matter.

"You mean, Chen Heng's conscription order was prepared a long time ago?" I sat on the big tree at the entrance of the village and whispered to the shirtless beside me.

"Well, it's an unwritten rule among the princes. No matter which country has a rebellion against its courtiers, the other nations will raise up troops to fight against it, so as to maintain the proper etiquette between kings and ministers. Chen Heng may not know about the transfer of troops between Gao and Guo now, he issued a conscription order so quickly, and he is afraid that it will be a rebellious coalition of countries. ”

"Really?" I turned to look at Shirtless and sneered, "If I had believed what you said a hundred years ago." Now, the Duke of Song and his own Sima in charge of the military have fought, Zhiyao and your father in the Jin Dynasty have fought fiercely, Chu and Wu have been fighting in small wars for the past two years, and the monarch of the country is about to return to China to seize the throne, everyone is busy extinguishing their own fire, who still has the heart to take care of other people's affairs. ”

Wuxian smiled and twisted my nose: "After the ridge, the city wall is the boundary of the Lu country, which is the fief of Zhou Gongdan, and the people there have always regarded the etiquette as heavier than the people of other countries. Dr. Lu Kongqiu has always advocated the etiquette system of the monarch and the ministers in order and the ministers must not violate the monarch. In this matter, if he can say that Lu Gong can take the lead, maybe several other countries will also send troops to support. At that time, the coalition forces could contain Chen's troops on the battlefield, and the Gao and Guo families sent troops to welcome the Marquis of Qi back to Linzi City. At that time, our Qi Jin alliance plan will be considered a big success. ”

"No wonder you sent Si'er to the country of Lu, you had already planned to persuade Gong Lu to rebel?"

"To persuade Lu Gong, I have that Kongqiu to do it, and I won't get involved. Naludi's 'Three Huan' (1) is not easy to with, one Chen Heng is so tired that I am tired, and I can't bear three of them. Shirtless smiled and shrunk his neck.

"Then you say, why did you send Si'er to Lu State?"

"Didn't you always want to visit that Dr. Kong? We first took a boat from Yishui to the south, to the Mengshan area, and then to the east to the beach to live for a few days. When you get tired of playing, you will go to Qufu to listen to Dr. Kong's lectures. ”

"What about the Coalition?"

"If Dr. Kong can really say that he will move the Duke of Lu to send troops to the Qi Kingdom, someone will send an official letter to the Marquis of Jin at that time. As for whether or not to send troops, it depends on the consideration of the father, and you and I don't have to think about it. Wuxian grabbed me and kissed me lightly on the top of my head, and sighed softly, "I originally planned to let you come to Qi Country to relax, but it turned out that you were also thin, your face was blue, and you still trembled with your fists when you slept at night." Whether or not this alliance will work out in the end, everything we can do has already been done. In the next few days, you just have peace of mind and have fun, and we will return to Xinjiang for the first half of the month. ”

"I'm sleeping with my fists clenched? But I haven't even dreamed for a few days? ”

"You're so tired. Let's go, I'll take you back to bed! I'll be out early tomorrow morning. "Shirtless jumped off the tree with me in his arms.

After sleeping all night, as soon as it was dawn the next day, everyone who was about to leave the customs was called up. Carrying food, carrying bags, setting up ox carts, after a busy day, the big guys squatted under the wall outside the courtyard gate to eat breakfast.

"Brother, you eat more." Before the bowl in Wuxian's hand was empty, someone gave him two full spoonfuls of corn porridge, and at the end of the porridge, he added a few scalded chrysanthemums to the porridge.

"Sister-in-law, why does he have vegetables?" The bearded Orion, crouched beside the shirtless, tapped the edge of his bowl with a spoon and shouted.

"Sister-in-law, add a spoonful to me too!"

"I want it here, too!"

"Don't make noise, don't make noise-" It was the round-faced and high-breasted woman who carried the wooden barrel to serve us breakfast, and after she added vegetables to Wuxian, she didn't care how fierce the hunters next to her screamed, and squatted down in front of Wushirt as soon as she lifted her skirt, "Brother, I didn't ask last night, did you send Lizai to Song Guo this time and come back?" ”

Wuxian didn't know why the woman was talking to him, shook his head with a smile, lowered his head and continued to drink porridge.

"Sister-in-law-" I was afraid that this woman would leak her mouth, so I hurriedly put down the rice bowl and pulled her aside, "Didn't I tell you yesterday, my eldest brother is thin-skinned, and there is a sister-in-law at home......"

"Girl, I listened to you, but I didn't even hum last night! I just want to ask him what his name is today, and if I really have it this time, I can tell the doll who his father is in the future. ”

"This ......," I choked at the woman's words.

Note (1): The three clans of Lu Guo refer to the three major families of Lu State, Ji Sun, Meng Sun, and Shusun Clan, and they are all descendants of Lu Huan, so they are known as Lu Guo Sanhuan.

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