Chapter 5: Three Women, One Play
Leng Wu couldn't hesitate any longer, he turned around and held a pair of Tongtian halberds held by the slave for him, and performed light skills, like a flying swallow stepping on the sturdy canopy of the carriage all the way, a pair of Tongtian halberds entered Qin Yunuan and Leng Changxi's carriage, Leng Changxi only pushed Qin Yunuan to the side, and took out a scimitar hidden in the edge of the carriage.
There was a clanging sound, it was the sound of blades meeting, Leng Wu and Leng Changxi looked at each other, and Leng Wu seemed to be able to clearly see Leng Changxi's original appearance from under this seemingly terrifying mask.
In an instant, the two jumped onto the cover of a carriage where Yan Su had beaten their heads, the double halberd in Leng Wu's hand danced with a hunting style, and Leng Changxi's scimitar was flexible and sharp.
Just as this halberd collided with each other, Leng Changxi clearly heard a whisper from Leng Wu: "Tomorrow at noon, the khans of the seven major tribes will enter the capital, and Princess Saichun's father, Bocharji, is the leader of the Orqi steppe in the north, and this time he also selected samurai to participate in the martial arts competition." ”
Leng Changxi heard it clearly, Leng Wu really didn't spend his thoughts in vain in the Great Prince's Mansion.
The two fought for more than a dozen rounds, Leng Changxi was hit by Leng Wu's halberd and retreated again and again, and almost fell directly off the car cover, Leng Changxi reflexively got off the car cover and sat back on his carriage, Qin Yunuan helped him and stroked his panting chest for him.
"I lost." Leng Changxi's bluntness made Wan Yanba very excited, he recalled Leng Wu with laughter, and gave Leng Wu a rich reward that was enough to make everyone around him blush.
Then, Wan Yan Ba glanced at Wan Yan Su even more proudly and said, "Fourth brother, it seems that you, a minion, are just like this, and you still can't get on the stage, why give him such a good carriage." ”
Wan Yansu's expression was faint, but he still said: "He is a guest of the imperial brother, not a slave." ”
Wan Yanba's smile retracted a little, and he still said arrogantly: "That's about the same, but since you lost, I can't let this way, so, fourth brother, I'm still bothering you." ”
Before Wan Yanba finished speaking, Wan Yansu had already very consciously ordered the coachman at the front to turn the front of the car around.
A long queue was close to the street, and the carriage cover almost touched the banner of the shop, all just to make way for Wan Yanba's procession, but as soon as Qin Yunuan and Leng Changxi's carriage approached the side of the street, all the people around it dispersed, and no one approached, they were all afraid of Leng Changxi's terrible face.
Qin Yunuan instead pulled Leng Changxi tighter, although Leng Wu was powerful, Qin Yunuan knew that Leng Wu's kung fu was definitely under Leng Changxi, Leng Changxi deliberately lost to Leng Wu, it was nothing more than wanting to be more arrogant and less vigilant, as Leng Changxi said before, I am not afraid that he will be arrogant, I am afraid that he will not be arrogant one day, and there is no benefit in revealing Leng Changxi's martial arts too much.
Wan Yan Ba's tall horse queue walked in front of Wan Yan Su, all of them looked arrogant, especially Wan Yan Ba, who deliberately stopped the carriage in front of Wan Yan Su, poked his head out to look at the sky and said: "Yo, I see it's about to rain, fourth brother, if your fourth prince's mansion leaks, you can come to my mansion for refuge, my mansion not only has many guest rooms, but the stables are also big, there is always a place for you to sleep;
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The insults have already been insulted to the point of unscrupulousness, but Wan Yansu just bowed his hand politely: "Thank you eldest brother for your concern, my mansion is very good." ”
Wan Yan Ba laughed and listened to it as a joke, but Wan Yan Su didn't lie, at least, when Qin Yunuan lived in this room carefully arranged by Wan Yan Su, he felt that this room was extremely elegant.
The wall is a thick brick wall unique to Beidi, in order to cope with the temperature difference between day and night, the kang head is paved with a thick layer of warm wool felt, in addition to these, the porcelain, calligraphy and painting, and the setting of Duobao Pavilion in the house are like the elegance and decency in the water town south of the Yangtze River in Daqi, and it can be seen that it has been specially arranged for Qin Yunuan and Leng Changxi, the two Daqi people.
The maidservant who led the way had been waiting for the reaction of the two at the door, seeing that Qin Yunuan and Leng Changxi had not spoken, and asked with some trepidation: "Your Highness wants the slave maid to arrange this house according to the characteristics of the Central Plains, the slave maid has never been to the Central Plains, so she arranged it according to her imagination, if the two distinguished guests from afar don't like it, the slave maid will arrange it again." ”
"No, no, no." Qin Yunuan hurriedly stopped, at this time she had already taken off her veil, and her eyes could barely see things clearly, but she didn't expect that this opening of her eyes was such a surprise, "You did a good job, by the way, what's your name?" ”
"The slave's name is Yaqi, and she is a slave sent by His Highness to serve the two."
Qin Yunuan smiled slightly: "By the way, I heard that there is a side concubine in the Fourth Prince's Mansion, I don't know when I can introduce it?" ”
Seeing that Yaqi hesitated a little embarrassed, Qin Yunuan hurriedly said: "I just thought, we are guests, and it is also appropriate to visit the host." ”
"I'm afraid." Yaqi's tone was stiff, and her speech was slurred.
"Don't be afraid, you just say it."
Yaqi and Pantuo: "That's the case, the slave maid only heard that the side concubine had a sister, and later went to Daqi in order to marry her relatives, and then there was no news, and then the princess who married the side concubine's sister was punished by the nine clans because of a crime, and the sister of the side concubine is afraid that it will be difficult to escape, but it's a pity that the side concubine's family is no longer as prominent as usual, and the Great Khan will not negotiate with Daqi for a woman" Speaking of this, Yaqi sighed leisurely again, "In Beidi, women are originally very cheap things, sometimes, Even like minions, they can be bought and sold at will. ”
Qin Yunuan said some words of comfort to Yaqi, and she could already be sure in her heart that Saichun had said to Qin Yunuan in Daqi before that she also had a sister in Beidi, and it seemed that it was undoubtedly the side concubine of the fourth prince.
Judging from Leng Wu's news to Leng Changxi, tomorrow Saichun's father, Bocharji, the great man of the northern grasslands, will enter the capital, and he will definitely come to see this daughter who has not seen him for a long time, and it will be difficult to see Bocharji, but this side concubine is right in front of him, how could Qin Yunuan let go of such an opportunity.
At night, it should have been an extremely quiet and peaceful time, but in a courtyard in the north of the Four Princes' Mansion, the lights were like the sparks in the sky, and they stayed awake all night.
In the courtyard, a woman dressed in a gorgeous Beidi service is drinking alone to the moon, from her dress and the bells on her head can be seen the status of this woman in the Four Princes' Mansion, her hand is a jar of fine plum blossom snow water wine, there is no one around, only an elderly grandmother in the distance, frowning at the woman in front of her who borrowed wine to kill her sorrows.
Beidi women can drink, and I haven't seen such a way to drink, seeing that the jar is about to see the bottom, the grandmother can't stand it anymore, she stepped forward to stop the wine pot in the woman's hand, and persuaded bitterly: "Concubine Fang, you have been drinking for so long, and you didn't go to greet Your Highness when he came back, so if it goes on, the Great Khan will come tomorrow, and when I see you like this, I will blame the slave and maid;
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It was none other than the concubine of the Four Princes' Mansion that Qin Yunuan wanted to ask to see.
Yasu ignored the grandmother, but poured another bowl of wine herself.
This grandmother couldn't help it, she was originally sent by the fourth prince to take care of the side concubine, if the side concubine continued like this, she could only walk around without eating.
"Concubine Fang, if you drink it again, you will get drunk."
Ya Su looked back at Mama at this time, and said bitterly: "If you are drunk, you are drunk, I found that every time I get drunk, I can see my poor little sister who married Daqi, you ask for peace, you want peace, you can, but why sacrifice my sister, now she can't come back, but what about the royal court of Beidi?" They are celebrating this hard-won victory, oh, I still think how hard-won it is, it's just sacrificing a woman, isn't it a blink of an eye for them? ”
The grandmother said earnestly: "Concubine Fang, you know, the four princes don't like to hear this, your previous request was too much, and now you are ruining yourself like this, let the four princes see it, how distressed should he be, you are drunk, you are really drunk." ”
"Don't worry, the side concubine won't get drunk." Suddenly, a female voice broke the whispering between the women, and the two looked in the direction of the voice, only to see a woman they had never seen before appear at the gate of the courtyard, this woman had a white veil on her eyes, and a cane in her hand for exploring the way.
"Who are you?" The grandmother immediately became vigilant, "Shouldn't you stay in your own yard at night?" ”
Yasu was very calm, she looked at the woman in front of her who was born with the appearance of the Central Plains, and she already had confidence in her heart: "I heard that His Royal Highness came back this time to bring two distinguished guests, this girl must be one of them." ”
"Distinguished guests don't dare to be" Qin Yunuan came in with a smile, tilted his head, and seemed to ask cuely, "Can I come in?" Yasu didn't stop her, Qin Yunuan naturally came in with her legs raised, glanced at the wine in Yasu's jar, and said with a smile, "I know this kind of wine, it's not intoxicating." ”
Ya Su raised her eyebrows, and this grandmother couldn't help but take over again: "This mare's milk wine made from plum blossom snow water is the most mellow, the highest degree, and the most intoxicating." ”
"Mama, go down," Yasu commanded coldly, "I'll call you if there's something." ”
After this grandmother left, Qin Yunuan said the second half of the sentence leisurely: "The most intoxicating?" I always thought that rice wine was not intoxicating. ”
Yasu was a little vigilant, she didn't know what Qin Yunuan's position was, was she here to threaten herself, or?
"When did you find out?" Yasu turned her head, "No, you can't see with your eyes, who told you?" ”
"I don't need anyone to tell me" Qin Yunuan touched the tip of his nose with his fingertips, "I have a nose, I can smell it, this wine tastes mellow, but it lacks the fishy smell of mare's milk wine, I still have ears, I can listen, I can even hear that your pulse has not accelerated or strengthened because of drinking, which shows that this wine has no effect on you at all." ”
Ya Su was slightly stunned, and Qin Yunuan sighed again: "In order to let His Royal Highness stand out for his sister, the side concubine really recruited hundreds of people." ”