Tang Ji met Da Qiao's mother and son in the palace, but Liu Wei at this time was standing on the top of Bishan Mountain, looking at the vast expanse in the distance with gratitude.

followed Liu Wei to leave Luoyang and come to Bishan, in addition to Wang Zhen, who followed him all day, and Tao Huanniang, who had not been out of the palace for a long time.

Standing behind Liu Wei's side, looking at the vast mountains, Tao Huanniang said leisurely: "It's been many years since I left Taojiazhuang, and I don't know how the blind dates are now." ”

"I came here today to take a look at Taojiazhuang!" Turning back to Tao Huanniang and smiling slightly, Liu Wei said to her: "If it weren't for the villagers of Taojiazhuang back then, I and Tang Ji would have died in the mountains and wilderness, and it has been difficult for me to have leisure for many years. ”

Wang Zhen, who followed Liu Wei here, heard him say that he had a little leisure, but he smiled slightly and did not open his mouth.

Jiangdong and Jingzhou are all in trouble, Liu Wei is the most at the moment, but he said that he has time to say in recent days, obviously because he doesn't want Tao Huanniang to think that accompanying her has delayed Liu Wei's big event.

"Wang Zhen, have you ever lived in a small village in the mountains?" Tao Huanniang was really moved, standing aside without opening her mouth, Liu Wei asked Wang Zhen again.

"Back to your majesty!" Holding his fists and bowing to Liu Wei, Wang Zhen said to him: "Although the last general was born in the palace, he also wandered in the world for a long time after becoming an adult, and the village often stayed overnight!" ”

"I've lived in a small village, so it's okay to stay for a few more days!" Beckoning to Wang Zhen, Liu Wei strode down the mountain.

The two guards who followed behind him, worried that Liu Wei would slip under his feet, hurriedly ran up and protected him in the middle, one left and one right.

Although Tao Huanniang grew up in the mountains and wilderness, she has not returned to the village for many years, and she is also a lot unfamiliar with walking mountain roads, while Wang Zhen walks beside her, keeping an eye on her feet at all times.

There were only more than 100 guards who followed Liu Wei out of the palace.

When the team goes into the mountains and forests, they won't be dazzling at all.

Along the way, Liu Wei and others often heard the sound of frightened birds fluttering their wings and flying.

Since it was daytime, it was quiet in the mountains and forests, and there was no howling of wild wolves.

Along the way, Liu Wei and the others could only hear the "rustling" sound of the feet stepping on the fallen leaves.

Liu Wei, who was walking in the front, was very fast, and everyone who followed him felt that they were about to be unable to keep up with him.

"Your Majesty, slow down!" Supporting Tao Huanniang, Wang Zhen shouted to Liu Wei: "Concubine Tao's feet are not so fast!" ”

Hearing Wang Zhen's shout, Liu Wei stopped, looked back at Tao Huanniang and asked, "Huanniang hasn't walked the mountain road for many years, and she is no longer used to it!" ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry about your concubine!" Tao Huanniang, who was walking a little hard under the support of Wang Zhen, said to him while walking towards Liu Wei: "From here down the mountain, with the footsteps of His Majesty, you still have to walk for two hours, if you take care of the concubine, don't you go until it gets dark?" ”

When Tao Huanniang came closer, Liu Wei grabbed her arm and said to her, "Come, I hold you!" ”

The arm was held by Liu Wei, and Tao Huanniang's body trembled slightly.

Although she is the imperial concubine, she can be supported by the emperor himself, but she still can't afford it.

didn't dare to withdraw the arm that was being held by Liu Wei, Tao Huanniang hurriedly said to him: "Your Majesty is like this, the concubine can't afford it!" ”

"You and I are husband and wife, and we can't afford it!" Waving his hand, Liu Wei and Wang Zhen hugged Tao Huanniang together, and said to her as they walked: "If I am not the emperor, and you are not the imperial concubine, in this countryside, we are just ordinary couples, how can we have so many courtesies!" ”

"Women have always been bullied in the countryside and exchanged for value!" Walking down the mountain with Liu Bian, Tao Huanniang said to him: "In the early years of the concubine in Taojiazhuang, I also saw many villagers, exchanging their daughters with neighboring villages or villages further away. As for the particularly poor family, they exchanged their daughters for ploughing cattle, pigs, sheep, and animal skins. Women in the folk are not as general as His Majesty said! ”

After listening to what Tao Huanniang said, Liu Wei only felt very uncomfortable in his heart.

Although he knew that the people lived in poverty in the past, he never thought that there were people who were so poor that they could even sell their daughters.

Sighing softly, Liu Wei didn't speak again, but just supported Tao Huanniang with Wang Zhen, and rushed down the mountain surrounded by a group of guards.

Because Tao Huanniang's feet were not fast, their walking speed was much slower than Liu Wei expected.

When everyone arrived at the foot of the mountain, Liu Wei glanced forward and said to Tao Huanniang: "I remember that not far from here, there is a small river!" ”

"After many years, His Majesty still remembers this place, which is quite rare!" Smiling slightly, Tao Huanniang said to him: "A mile or two further ahead, there is a small river, and His Majesty was still teaching the villagers to build a waterwheel by the river!" ”

Waterwheels have been popularized in Dahan and have been built in many villages.

It is indeed much more convenient to divert water for irrigation than to fetch water from the river.

Thinking of the scene of building a waterwheel at the entrance of Taojiazhuang Village, Liu Wei couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and said to Tao Huanniang: "When I built a waterwheel, many villagers objected to it, thinking that I was letting the men in the village play around. ”

Walking forward with Liu Wei, thinking of the scene back then, Tao Huanniang had a happy smile on the corner of her mouth, and said to him: "Back then, the concubine also saw that His Majesty knew such an obscene skill, and only then did she feel that Her Majesty must be a delicate nobleman, and she wanted her concubine to have a lot of entanglements. ”

Liu Wei nodded and did not speak.

When he built a waterwheel and the entire Taojiazhuang was cheering for him, Tao Huanniang suddenly became cold at that time, and Liu Wei always remembered this matter.

After walking forward for a while, Liu Wei heard a sound of water in front of him.

Hearing the sound of water, he stopped, looked forward and said, "Near the river, it shouldn't be far from Taojiazhuang!" ”

"Someone!" As soon as Liu Wei's words fell, Wang Zhen shouted to the guards who followed behind.

A guard stepped forward, clenched his fists and bowed down to wait for Wang Zhen's command.

Raising his hand and pointing forward, Wang Zhen said to the guard: "You go and investigate, see where Taojiazhuang is!" ”

"No!" The guard answered, and did not ride a horse, but pressed the hilt of his sword with one hand, and ran forward as fast as he could.

The guards left, Liu Wei and the others did not stop, they gossiped while walking towards the river.

The slanting sun was about to hang to the top of the mountain, and after a glance at the slanting sun in the west, Liu Wei said: "I have seen the slanting sun in the palace all day, but the slanting sun in the palace gives people a much thicker feeling, unlike the slanting sun in the countryside, which makes people feel grateful, bathed in the sunset, the whole person is relaxed!" ”

"His Majesty is busy with state affairs all day long, and thousands of troops and horses must also be transferred by His Majesty to select generals!" His gaze also turned to the setting sun in the west, and Tao Huanniang said leisurely: "What does the villager who saw the mountains know? They are nothing more than to feed a family, how can they work so hard like Your Majesty? For those who work hard, the scenery seen in the hard place is also heavy! ”

I had never heard Tao Huanniang say such a thing, Liu Wei tilted his head to look at her, blinked his eyes twice and said, "Huanniang, where did you learn these words?" ”

"In the palace all day, I have more contact with the imperial concubines, and I don't want to be able to do it!" With a sweet smile, Tao Huanniang said: "It's just that the concubines and others are all daughters, and they don't know about the major affairs of the family and the country, what they can do for Your Majesty is nothing more than not to disturb Your Majesty!" ”

Thinking about it, since he became the king of Qin, the army under his command has been fighting in the south and the north, and Liu Wei has rarely been entangled with the imperial concubines.

Occasionally, I pampered a certain imperial concubine, basically stripped naked, made a move on their belly, and then fell into a deep sleep, and really cared too little for them.

Taking Tao Huanniang into his arms, Liu Wei sighed softly and did not speak.

He really wanted to say that when the world was calm, he would spend more time with the women in the harem.

It's just that when the words come to his lips, he can't say them anyway!

A promise is a debt.

If it is not yet peaceful today, in order to deal with a few heroes, he has to devote a lot of time to state affairs.

Once the world is calm, officials and rich gentry from all over the world will not do anything to endanger the court for their own interests, and as an emperor, you must have a grasp of these things.

As the saying goes, it's easy to fight the country, but it's not easy to defend the country!

Liu Bianzhen doesn't know that in the future, there will be no heroes in the world, can he still take some leisure time occasionally to accompany one or two imperial concubines to leave the palace and take a walk!

Unconsciously, everyone arrived at the small river that left countless memories for Liu Wei.

The afterglow of the setting sun spreads on the surface of the river, and the small river is glowing with golden light, which adds a bit of leisure to the mountain scenery in front of you.

Standing side by side with Tao Huanniang, Liu Wei did not speak, and Tao Huanniang did not say anything.

In the minds of both of them, the scene of that year came to mind.

Liu Wei thought more about the days when he was in Taojiazhuang, and what came to Tao Huanniang's mind was the scene where the Xiliang army drove the villagers away from their hometowns, but Liu Wei led the army to come to the rescue.

"Report!" Standing by the river, admiring the rushing river in the sunset, the guards who had gone to explore the road conditions ran back, only to Wang Zhen, the guards hugged their fists and said: "General Qiyu, Taojiazhuang is two miles downstream, at this time it is the end of the curtain, many women are washing clothes by the river at the entrance of the village, and there is curling smoke in the village. ”

Hearing that Taojiazhuang was two miles downstream, Liu Wei smiled at Tao Huanniang and said to her: "I thought that Taojiazhuang was still not close to here, but I didn't want to be there soon." If I wait for the pace to be faster, I may be able to catch up with the meal! ”

Tao Huanniang smiled slightly and did not say a word, while Liu Wei waved at Wang Zhen and the accompanying guards, and shouted to them: "Hurry up, I will wait until I arrive at Taojiazhuang, and I will ask for some food in the village tonight." ”