Chapter 5: Sealing the Heart
Suddenly, I heard the crackling of armor outside the gate, and before dawn, a few silver-armored generals came in, the county lord hung a sword around his waist, and wore a white hat, which was different from before, and the corner of the hat was hung with gold beads, and he stood at the door of the house, and everyone knelt down one after another, and the county lord went straight to the four-wheeled carriage at the door.
I stood aside with my head bowed until everyone followed out, I once said that I was half a step away from her, I didn't know when it would be that day, I waited at the jade table, I didn't know if I would wait for her to come back, or wait for Master Han.
It was dawn, and Han Shi entered the gate: "Shao Qi, where is your armor?" ”,
"It was unloaded last night." I dare not look at him,
"Do you know that for us, this armor is like life, if the enemy comes to attack at this time and enters this gate, you don't even wear armor, how can you protect the county lord?" Han Shi's tone was sonorous, and I lowered my head and whispered, "Write it down." ”,
"Let's go, follow me to the front of the army to receive ten lashes." I followed Master Han out of the gate, walked to the school field next to it, not far away I saw two columns in the middle of the school field, tied with iron rings, when approaching, Master Han whispered in front of him: "One on the left and right hands for a while, put it on the chest and hold it tightly, remember what I taught you, no matter where a man is, his feet must be like a rock." ”。
I stood with the iron ring in my hand, the soldiers next to me all looked around, I lowered my head, and Master Han walked behind me with a whip.
"We never take off our armor in armament warfare, everyone should take it as a warning!" Before the words fell, I saw a whip shadow flashing on the ground, and when it hit the skin, the back was like a fire burning, and the eyes became fierce, and the sweat was like rain in an instant, and her legs trembled violently, and I looked up in pain but saw her standing next to the dune carriage in front of me, I quickly lowered my head and heard the soldier next to me sigh: "These ten lashes go down, it is estimated that I will be half dead...".
In the second whip, I lowered my head, ashamed, and wanted to get into the horseshoe pit on the ground, and stood with all my legs as hard as I could, my muscles tightened in my trousers, and I couldn't scream, and I didn't want to be embarrassed in front of her, and I kept saying in my heart: I am a stone.
The third whip... The tenth whip, when the beating was over, Master Han walked with me to the camp tent next to him: "Good man, the bones are really hard." My eyes were black, and I couldn't see the light and shadow clearly, but I was thinking about looking at the sand dunes where she stood, and in that brief dim gaze, she was facing me sideways, holding the white jade hilt at her waist, and the breeze could not open the hat with gold beads, but only the white neck and the floating veil at the corner of the skirt.
Awakened by the sound of slogans outside the tent, I lay on a wooden bed covered with horseskin, feeling cool and cool behind me, and looked around, this place should be dedicated to putting weapons, all kinds of swords are lined up, and spears are stacked on one side.
I sat up slowly, there was no one around, walked up to a long knife, used the knife face as a mirror and turned to look at my back, fortunately the wounds were healed.
Thinking about how many days it had been, he hurriedly put on a stack of new clothes next to the bed, and walked quickly outside the tent, just when he ran into Master Han who walked in again.
"Awake? It's been almost five days. ”,
"Master Han, where should I go now?" ,
"Go back, go to the county lord, she told you to go to her directly when you wake up." I ran out to tell her that I was alive.
After running two steps, he was dizzy, his lips were shriveled and white, and he tried his best to pretend that nothing happened, and when he entered the gate, the county lord sat on the jade bench with a hat,
"County Lord, I'm back, are you looking for me?" ,
"Sit down, take a break, and don't move." She waved her hand, and I sat by the pillar under the porch, and she didn't move, and I was at a loss.
Just like that, I couldn't see her face, I didn't know if she could see me, I fell asleep unconsciously, and when I woke up again, it was already night, her white veil was shining in the moonlight, and she was still sitting at the jade table, I got up suddenly: "County Lord, I...",
"It's okay, just wake up, you come and sit." I don't know why her tone is so gentle. I walked over to the jade table and sat down slowly, for the first time.
She held the hat veil in one hand, and ripped off the gold beads on the hat one by one like picking cherries with the other: "These are for you." ”,
"I... Why is that? At that time, I didn't understand, I really didn't understand what she meant, and her tone became softer: "Then, I'll give you the dragon dagger?" It's yours to keep in the future, okay? ”,
"County Lord, I don't understand, why did you give me these, do you want to leave? Do you want to get married? I instantly choked up a little, remembering the appearance of Sister Lingzhi when she left, she took off her hat and slowly put it on the table: "Shao Qi, I'm sorry, you were punished because of my bad idea, I saw you beaten... I remembered that I forgot to tell General Han about A, and my father told me that I had an urgent matter, and I forgot...",
"County Lord, I'm fine, it's good, Master Han still praises me for my hard bones, sleep for a few days, when I rest, you see, I'm not good." I laughed with a smile on my face, from the bottom of my heart, and she laughed with her choking.
We talked a lot that night, and Dai Shiheng of the East China Sea went down to the southern city yesterday, and if she reached the southern capital of Jinyang within two years, she would be forced to marry Dai Zhong, the son of Hou of the East China Sea, in exchange for peace in the Southern Plains in the form of a marriage contract.
When I asked her the same question as I asked Lingzhi, what does it mean to be married, she sat for a long time and replied: "Marriage is this hat, it covers all my nature, and it makes no sense to cry or laugh." The first time I didn't know where I got the courage or the anger, and the first time I looked her head-on, I told her in an extremely fiery tone, "I want to be your hat veil." After saying that, I quickly retracted my gaze, my head quickly turned to the side, she looked at me, and I looked at her with my spare eyes.
May I be your hat veil, and I will dance for you with the breeze when you laugh; May it be thy hat veil, and when thou shalt weep, I shall wet thy tears: when thou shalt lift me away, the sky shall be clear, the earth shall be luxuriant, the mountains shall stand steeply without danger, and the sea shall be like a stream...