Chapter 40: Exit
Walking and stopping on the road for a month and a half, the symptoms of my motion sickness have also been alleviated a lot in my habits, Bai Zhi and Huo Shu are no longer as raw as before because of my acquiescence that day, they are like glue all day long, but they do not get along with each other for more than half a point, in front of outsiders, Bai Zhi still called Huo Guard when she saw Huo Shu.
Now I am standing on the city wall on the border of the southern country, looking into the distance, out of this gate with Tongyu Pass written on it, even if I set foot on the land of Liangzhou, looking at the endless desolation, I also have a sense of loneliness in my heart.
When I first arrived at Tongyu Pass, there was a city gate guard who took our group to the general's mansion, I guessed that it was the will of the emperor and did not ask much, the general of Zhenguan surnamed Yu, looks like he is in his forties, a military uniform makes people feel awe, although he looks a little fierce, but he is a hospitable and simple person, Xu is perennial in the border pass to fight often back to Yanjing, now see me in the palace of the mother, he is always restrained.
The general's wife is a lovely person, like Sister Feng in the Red Mansion, a pair of hanging eyes are extraordinarily shrewd, seeing that I am also a mouthful of a lady respectfully shushh She treated the two girls of Sangma and Baizhi very well, cut a lot of materials to make new clothes for the two of them, and took them out to play, just like a mother, taking care of the three of us.
Madame often said in front of me that General Yu was a rough man, and if he did something to make me angry, I hope I would not blame him. Every time I nodded in response, saying that I envied their affection, she always smiled shyly.
But she is very spicy in front of General Yu, and every time she blames with a loud voice, the general is probably afraid of guilt, and always smiles honestly to make amends, and a man with three or five thick bows his body to admit his mistake to the little woman, which looks funny. Sometimes the quarrel between the two husbands and wives is accidentally seen by us outsiders, he always rubs his hands and stands in place awkwardly, often causing the two girls to cover their mouths and steal fun. But the lady said generously that the general loves his wife, and others can't envy him.
When she said this, it made my heart sour, it's so good, Qin Se and Ming, husband and wife love, isn't this the destination that a woman is looking forward to in her life? And what about me, where do I have to be?
It's like a duckweed, moving with the water, how can there be any freedom.
I stayed in Tongyu for more than half a month, I thought it was like before, I could arrange the trip to leave after three or two days, but I didn't want General Yu to say that before I came, the emperor issued a holy decree to send several officials to send me out of the customs, accompanied by envoys and ministers, they didn't set off as early as me, they all rushed to Tongyu Pass day and night, and Nanguo also had to give Liangzhou a document to send someone to meet me, so I need to wait here for a few days.
It turned out that what Huang Fuchen said was true, the first time I saw him, he promised me to send a hundred officials, and now, it has become true.
It just so happened that I was tired of traveling and wading through mountains and rivers along the way, and I was tired enough, so it was good to take advantage of this time to rest and rectify, and I also needed to make some psychological preparations, and I didn't know how to face the so-called biological father and mother of this body, and it was estimated that the two people should be not much older than Huangfu Chen.
Half a month later, those officials arrived one after another, and this morning, the envoy minister Lu Wen finally arrived, he had paid for a long time, saying that Lao Niangniang was guilty of waiting, and I was the kind of person who did not distinguish between right and wrong, so naturally I did not blame.
Mrs. Yu knew that I was leaving, so she filled me with a good snack unique to Mianguan, and wiped her tears and told Sang Ma and them to take care of me, saying that I was like her daughter who married not long ago, and she was reluctant to let me go, so she personally helped me dress up, and even changed the palace clothes by herself, which made people a little embarrassed, and made me feel like I was loved by my mother. Mrs. Yu took my hand and sent it all the way from the General's Mansion to the city tower. I hugged her and was relieved to come back from Liangzhou and stay in Tongyu Pass to accompany her for a few more days, and then I was relieved to let go, although I was scolded by General Yu for not understanding the rules in front of everyone, she just bowed her head and stopped arguing.
Looking at her like this, it reminds me of the time when I went to college in modern times, my mother's reluctant eyes always watched me get into the car, and I looked back step by step, feeling sad for a while, and almost couldn't help crying.
I took them to the carriage that the General's Mansion had been making for days, and this carriage was different from what I usually sat in, and its body was engraved with the iconic totems of the southern kingdom, painted vermilion, and the wheels were glittering with gold. Inside the car was a soft low slab and a small square table with a snack tea and incense burner, and outside the car were two coachmen driving four tall and athletic black horses. The envoy's carriage was not as extravagant as mine, but it was also luxurious.
Several officials stood on both sides of the city gate and waited, watching the carriage move slowly, and only then did they shout congratulations to the mother, and the people who joined in the excitement were surrounded by soldiers in the city.
Lifting the curtain from the car window, I saw Mrs. Yu standing at the gate of the city secretly wiping her tears and waving to me, which made Sang Ma keep shedding tears, saying that few people have been so good to her since she entered the palace, and when she cried, Bai Zhi also cried, and I was also depressed.
And General Yu rode his sweaty BMW to escort us to the border, saluted before turning back, and kept telling the two girls to take care of me, although he is a military general, but also a man of temperament.
Tongyuguan has gradually disappeared from sight, I opened the car window and looked out, the endless wasteland, not a single grass grows, only the exposed stones experience the wind and sun. I thought to myself, I'm afraid that this is the case in all border places, perennial battles and battles, the yellow sand is full of white bones, this soil is drenched in blood, imprisoning the souls of the dead, how can there be life and reproduction in the place of the purgatory of the ghost gate.
Liangzhou, the place that has been bound to me from the beginning, I was reborn because of it, and the real Helan Jiuli also died because of it. The lives of thousands of soldiers, the displacement of the people, the saintess of Liangzhou, and the eight-year bureau set up by Huangfuchen are all for this country.
I vaguely remember that on the map, the capital of Liangzhou is near the sea, and all its cities are linked together, divided into one area after another, like a fortress layered to protect the capital at the rear, rather than scattered like the southern country.
The capital was built in a harbor near the sea, like an onion heart surrounded by those castles. If one day, the enemy army invades the capital, this Liangzhou is afraid that the country will be destroyed.