Chapter 102: Reunion after a long absence
The team of nearly 2,000 people continued to move west for several days, and a continuous mountain range finally appeared in front of Liu Wei's eyes.
Looking at the mountains emerging in the distance, Liu Wei turned his head and beckoned to the team behind him, and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, Woniu Mountain has arrived, work hard, go faster, I can return to the cottage tonight." There is hot food! There are wooden houses! Strong, and then sleep in the wilderness for the night! ”
Hearing that they had reached the realm of Woniu Mountain, more than 2,000 people raised their weapons and cheered in unison.
At the same time, in the Woniu Mountain Cottage, Tang Ji held the wooden stake of the cottage with one hand, leaned on the stake, and looked at the mountains in the distance.
The mountains are connected and the eyes are full of greenery. Wild flowers and grass are swaying gently in the wind, and from time to time a flock of birds flutters their wings and flies away from the mountains and forests and soars into the sky.
The whole Woniu Mountain is full of vigorous vitality, but Tang Ji has no intention of appreciating the beautiful scenery of spring!
Since Liu Wei led a team of more than 100 people to leave the cottage, she would stand at the gate of the village every day, looking at the way up the mountain, looking forward to Liu Bian's early return.
"Princess!" Looking at the vast mountain road from afar, there was a sound of small footsteps behind Tang Ji, and a sweet voice came from behind her: "It's cold outside, the princess should go back to the house and rest." ”
Without looking back, Tang Ji had already heard that it was Pei Yuanshao's wife Cui Niang who spoke.
The names of folk women mostly follow the words "aunt" and "mother", just like the deceased woman Honggu in Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao, the lady who was snatched from the folk, also took such a name with a strong local flavor.
Slowly shaking his head, Tang Ji held the stake with one hand, still silently looking at the path up the mountain.
"The wind and sun are fierce on the mountain, and the princess stands here every day waiting for Her Highness, if Your Highness knows, she will be very distressed!" Standing only three or four steps away from Tang Ji, Cui Niang bowed slightly, and said to her softly: "Please go back to the room to rest, Cui Niang will guard for the princess." When His Royal Highness returns triumphantly, Cui Niang will definitely tell the princess first! ”
"No!" Tang Ji shook his head lightly and said to Cui Niang: "I will wait here, wait for His Highness to come back, even if he does not break through Luoyang and just returns alone, I will wait for him to ......"
"Your Highness will surely return triumphantly!" As soon as Tang Ji's words fell, Cui Niang whispered to her: "Your Highness is a real dragon, this world is his, as long as you get to ......"
"General! Checkmate! Before Cui Niang's words were finished, a minion ran in from outside the cottage, and as soon as this minion entered the cottage, he shouted without a mouth: "Your Highness is back!" ”
Turning his head to look at the minion running towards the cottage, Tang Ji was wondering why the minion was so busy but happy, and suddenly heard the words "His Royal Highness is back", her beautiful eyes lit up instantly, and she hurriedly picked up her skirt and ran out of the village.
"Princess......" Tang Ji ran out of the gate, Cui Niang called her, saw that she didn't look back, and hurriedly followed out of the village.
A few minions who were standing far away, and the minions who were in charge of protecting Tang Ji also hurriedly followed.
The minions ran into the cottage and collided with Pei Yuanshao, who was walking out when he heard the shouting.
"What's it like to shout and scream!" As soon as the soldier ran to Pei Yuanshao's approach, Pei Yuanshao grabbed him by the collar and scolded: "You brainless rammer!" The princess waits for Her Royal Highness all day long, if you roar like this, she will definitely run out of the cottage, in case there are three long and two short, you and I will be cut off by Your Highness and hung on the gate of the village! ”
Pei Yuanshao scolded, shut up the minions who scolded him, and was stunned for a moment before he said tremblingly: "Your Highness is really back, and the brothers under the mountain have just sent news, saying that His Highness has arrived at the foot of the mountain......"
"General, the princess is out of the village!" Before the interrogation minions were finished, another minion came from the gate of the cottage and reported to Pei Yuan Shaoyu: "Madame also followed the princess out of the cottage!" ”
Hearing that Tang Ji really ran out of the cottage, Pei Yuanshao grabbed the minions who reported the news, glared at him fiercely, turned his head and shouted to the minions behind him: "Bring people, I'll wait down the mountain to meet Your Highness!" Be sure to catch up with the princess first! ”
A few minions hurriedly responded, beckoning those minions who heard the shouting and ran to the stockade, lined up in line, followed behind Pei Yuanshao, went out of the gate, and went down the mountain to greet Liu Wei.
Some of the family members of the men who were taken away by Liu Bian, when they heard that Liu Bian had returned, also followed Pei Yuanshao's team, wanting to go down the mountain to meet their relatives.
"Let all the family members stay in the village!" Pei Yuanshao, who had already left the gate of the village, turned his head, glanced at the family members who followed behind him, and gave a word of order to the minions who followed him.
The dozen or so minions who were walking behind the bottom of the line hurriedly turned around, raised their short spears horizontally, and stopped the family members who were about to follow them down the mountain.
A large group of family members who wanted to go down the mountain were blocked by the minions, and they all stretched their necks and looked down the mountain through the minions that blocked them.
On the faces of each of them, not only the expectation that their relatives were about to return, but also a little worried, worried that Liu Wei's team would come back, but they could not see their relatives.
Tang Ji, who left the village one step earlier, trotted all the way with her skirt in both hands, and the long skirt dragged on the ground, making her feel very stumbling when she ran.
On the slope of the slope, there were thorns everywhere, and the thorns with spikes scratched Tang Ji's clothes, and even the two white and tender arms were scraped out of small cuts.
The wound from the thorns was more painful than the sword wound, but Tang Ji didn't seem to feel the pain at all, and just blindly rushed down the mountain.
"Quick, catch up with the princess!" Running halfway up the mountain, Cui Niang was already tired, she held her knees with both hands, pointed to Tang Ji, who had run away, and shouted to a few minions who followed behind.
Most of the minions didn't dare to delay, and the pace under their feet was much faster, and only two people were left standing behind Cui Niang, protecting her.
"Your Highness!" The team advanced to the foot of Woniu Mountain, and Liu Wei was about to send someone up the mountain to tell Pei Yuanshao, so as not to have a misunderstanding with the people in the cottage on the way up the mountain, Zhou Cang raised his hand and pointed to the foot of the mountain, and said to him: "Isn't that the princess?" ”
Following the direction of Zhou Cang's finger, Liu Wei turned his head and looked towards the foot of the mountain, and sure enough, he saw a woman with many slender strips of cloth scraped out of her skirt by thorns coming down the hill, and was rushing towards them.
"Tang Ji!" Seeing that it was really Tang Ji who was running from their side in the Qing Dynasty, Liu Wei hurriedly greeted him, and Dian Wei hurriedly followed with a few soldiers, for fear that he would have an accident.
"Husband!" The two of them rushed to each other, and when they arrived in front of Liu Bian, Tang Ji forgot the etiquette he had always adhered to in the past, and threw himself into Liu Bian's arms, and two lines of tears slid down his cheeks in an instant.
Holding Tang Ji's back tightly, Liu Wei could feel her body trembling slightly.
"Are you alright?" Holding Tang Ji's fragrant shoulders with both hands, Liu Wei gently pushed her away, looked at her pretty face that was still stained with tears, with a kind smile on the corner of her mouth, and said softly: "Aren't you happy to see me come back?" Crying like a tearful man! ”
Tang Ji lowered her head, bit her lip tightly, shook her head vigorously, and wanted to speak, but her throat seemed to have something in her throat, and she couldn't even make a sound.
Seeing that Tang Ji was choked and speechless, Liu Wei took her into his arms again and said softly: "Don't cry, I'm back!" ”
"Your Highness!" Liu Wei was hugging Tang Ji, Pei Yuanshao led a team of more than 100 minions down the mountain, ran to him, clasped his fists with both hands and bowed down and said, "I heard that His Highness is back, Yuan Shaote is here to greet him!" ”
"Good!" Nodding at Pei Yuanshao, Liu Wei waved to the people behind him and shouted to them: "Soldiers, go up the mountain!" ”
After receiving the order to go up the mountain, the officers and soldiers who were already very tired cheered in unison, followed Liu Wei, and walked towards the only path leading to the cottage of Woniu Mountain.
Holding Tang Ji in one hand, Liu Wei walked side by side with her towards the mountain. After walking a few steps, he twisted his body slightly towards Tang Ji, and his other hand took Tang Ji's hand.
When going down the mountain, Tang Ji's arm was scratched by thorns, and her white and tender skin was scratched by thorns, and a trace of blood was spilled on the scars.
Liu Wei's hand grabbed her arm, and a burst of pain made Tang Ji subconsciously gasp and whisper "oops".
"What's wrong?" Tang Ji was so sorry, Liu Wei hurriedly stopped, pulled her arm, looked at the wounds that were cut by thorns, his brows twisted suddenly, and asked Pei Yuanshao, who was following him, "What's going on?" ”
Pei Yuanshao hurriedly took two steps forward, hugged his fists and bowed, but did not dare to answer, Cui Niang, who had followed Tang Ji down the mountain earlier, walked to Pei Yuanshao's side at this time, lowered her body slightly, and said to Liu Weifu: "Your Royal Highness, the princess misses Her Royal Highness for days, and waits for Her Highness to return every day at the gate of the cottage. Today, when I heard that His Royal Highness had returned, the princess saw that His Royal Highness was anxious and did not wait for us to accompany her, so she hurried down the mountain, so she ......"
"I'm back! You have to go up the mountain! Without waiting for Cui Niang to finish speaking, Liu Wei raised his hand and gently stroked Tang Ji's hair, and said to her softly: "Silly girl, don't be like this in the future, this arm is scarred, how long will it take to be transparent." ”
Since following Liu Wei to escape from Luoyang, in Tang Ji's mind, Liu Wei is not like a royal family who is only two years older than her, but more like a big brother who loves her.
The title of "silly girl", if it comes out of other people's mouths, Tang Ji will definitely be embarrassed, but from Liu Wei's mouth, she listens to it, but it is so kind and warm.
"Go back to the mountain, take some medicine, it will get better faster!" Holding Tang Ji in his arms, Liu Wei led the team and continued to rush towards the stockade on the top of the mountain. Looking up at the top of the mountain, you can faintly see several big flags with black backgrounds, which are waving in the wind.