Chapter 101: Mask
Meng Yu moved in Yuan Lie's arms.
Yuan Lie was ignited by her all of a sudden:
"Madam, look there, there's a me and you."
"What?"
Meng Yu was distracted by Yuan Lie's words and looked towards the place Yuan Lie was pointing.
In the quietly flowing waterfall mirror, a girl with long satin hair exuded a white luster, but her beautiful face was slightly angry. At this moment, the girl is being held in the arms of a strong man.
The girl's clothes are not fully pulled up, and the rounded fragrant shoulders are supporting the good-looking chin of the man behind her.
"Look at the two of us, how compatible and beautiful."
Yuan Lie's somewhat hoarse voice sounded in Meng Yu's ears, and Meng Yu reacted suddenly, and his bad intentions rose again.
"I'm leaving, take care."
Meng Yu broke free from Yuan Lie's embrace and pulled his clothes to get up.
Yuan Lie stood up, hugged Meng Yu, imprisoned her dressing hand with one hand, and pulled her waist close to him with the other.
"Ahh
Yuan Lie helped her put on her clothes and told her:
"When you get to Li's house, you tell Li Fu that I'm fine, and you come out to find me, understand?"
"I came out to find General Hu, so I won't look for you."
"Didn't we just get right? Why do you turn your face again for a while and don't think you're husband? β
Meng Yu's face flushed:
"It's getting late, I should leave for the barracks, and you should go back to the barracks." Again, the sword has no eyes, be careful in everything. β
Yuan Lie let out a "hmm", pulled her back, and buried his head in Meng Yu's long hair:
"Okay, I'll protect myself for your sake."
After Meng Yu and Yuan Lie separated, they rode their horses and galloped back to Chang'an.
"Miss, I have seen General Yuan with my own eyes, and everything is fine with him. You can rest assured. β
"Really?"
Li Fu's hand, which was holding the silk handkerchief tightly from the moment she saw Meng Yu, finally relaxed:
"That's good, that's good."
Meng Yu saw that Li Fu was so happy, and thought that it was best to take advantage of this time to leave:
"Miss, on my way to General Yuan, I met General Xuanwei and General Hu. I thought that General Yuan was right before, a good man should indeed go to the battlefield to experience it. Practicing calligraphy and copying scriptures every day is really not suitable for a vulgar person like me. I also hope that Miss will keep her promise and leave with the sand. β
Li Fu was very surprised when she heard that Zangsha had just come back and said that she was leaving:
"Zangsha, didn't you even realize that you were General Yuan's lucky star? How can I be willing to let you go to the battlefield to fight for your life? Since you don't like to practice writing and copying scriptures, don't do it. In the future, you will learn to make plans with Uncle Zhang, the housekeeper, and take care of the business for our Li family. β
Meng Yu was about to faint, she really didn't know where she got into Li Fu's eyes:
"Miss, I don't know anything about settling accounts and hiding sand, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to dart at the beginning."
"No one will be self-taught as soon as they come up, and the things in the world are only diligent. As long as you are diligent and in time, your abacus will play very well. It's decided, you step down. β
"Miss, why don't you let me be a nurse? I have all the strength to do that. β
"Nursing home? No way. Brother Yuan will talk about me when he comes back. In this way, if you really don't want to learn to do business with a butler, you can be my personal bodyguard. Wherever Xinyu goes in the future, you will follow. β
"Alright then, miss, Zangsha retires."
Meng Yu returned to his room and walked back and forth several times angrily:
"No, this place really can't stay any longer."
Meng Yu decided to go, anyway, her feet were on her own body.
Finally, when it got dark, Meng Yu quietly went to find Wei Chixing, ready to say goodbye to him first.
"What? You're leaving? β
Hearing Meng Yu say that he was leaving, Wei Chixing felt very sudden.
"Yes, I really can't stay here any longer, I'm going to follow General Xuanwei to the barracks to have fun."
"But you're a woman after all."
Wei Chixing's voice was a little low.
"What's wrong with the woman? Should a woman not go out of the door? I want to go to war, why can the world tolerate me? β
An unstoppable light flashed in Meng Yu's eyes, and Wei Chixing couldn't help but speed up when he thought of the face he had seen her before.
"But didn't you say you still wanted to fight Half-Face? I have already heard that on the night of the frost, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seemed to be going to hold a banquet for all his protΓ©gΓ©s who had taken refuge in him. I think most of the knights who help him on weekdays will probably hide in it. β
Meng Yu frowned:
"yes, how did I forget about it? That's okay, it's only ten days around, and I can bear with that Miss Li family again. β
I thought that with the noble girl in the capital, my life would definitely be impressive, but I didn't think that it was even more boring than learning calligraphy in Zhiren Academy.
Li Fu either went to the garden of the prime minister's daughter's house to admire chrysanthemums today, or Ming'er went to the pond of his uncle's granddaughter's house to enjoy koi fish.
Every time Meng Yu stood behind and fell asleep, Li Fu had to turn her head to look at her:
"It's him, every time he can save my family's Yuan Lie, do you think it's magical?"
Many delicate women all looked at her in surprise, and Meng Yu had no choice but to grin and smile silly to cooperate with Li Fu.
"You are all in such good spirits, you can sleep comfortably at night, but I have to practice martial arts at night. Hey, who can make this Miss Li socialize less? β
Meng Yu looked at a bunch of laughing warblers and Yanyan wanted to cry without tears.
The day before the frost fell, Meng Yu had made all the preparations.
In the past month, she has been dancing the whip every night, and she has understood the tricks given to her by her master very clearly.
"He Dao, I can avenge you tomorrow night."
Meng Yu swore to the white clouds in the sky, his eyes a little moist.
"Zangsha, get ready, let's accompany the young lady to Qianyuan Mountain for incense."
Xinyu looked at Zangsha, who was looking up and muttering to herself, and raised her voice, interrupting her meditation.
"Oh, no, Xinyu. Miss Buddha Hall already has such a big Flying Buddha, why does she want to go to Qianyuan Mountain to incense? β
"You know what? The Flying Buddha is a war Buddha, and only protects General Yuan's. Miss went to worship the Bodhisattva today, praying for the safety of the family house and a happy marriage. Hurry up and get ready to go. After a stick of incense, set off. β
"It's going to get more and more noisy every day."
Meng Yu gritted his teeth in the face of the distant Xinyu from behind.
Qianyuan Mountain is located in the eastern suburbs of Chang'an City, at this time it is close to early winter, many mountains have fallen leaves, has become a depressed scene.
Meng Yu and Xinyu rode horses and followed Li Fu, and on the mountain road, there was only the sound of "Dede" from three tall horses.
"Why doesn't Miss sit in a sedan chair?"
Meng Yu asked Xinyu incomprehensibly.
"Whoever sits in a sedan chair in Chang'an City will be looked down upon, and the person Miss likes is General Yuan, so she will naturally learn to ride a horse."
"That young lady is also very hard."
"What's the hard work? Miss's heart is sweet. β
"Did our young lady marry General Yuan?"
Meng Yu thought that the conversation was all here, so let's ask.
"That's not true, but the old lady of the Yuan family likes my young lady very much."
"The old lady of the Yuan family, who is it?"
"It's General Yuan's grandmother."
"Oh, yes, that's good."
Meng Yu pursed his lips and continued to whip after Li Fu.
Perhaps because the weather has become cold, there are not many pilgrims in Qianyuan Mountain.
Li Fu went in to offer incense, and Meng Yu and Xinyu waited outside the door.
After a cup of tea, Li Fu also came out.
"Qianyuan Mountain is high, there is a plum forest in the back mountain, and the flowering is a month earlier than in other places, you accompany me to fold two plum blossoms."
Li Fu said to the two henchmen behind him.
"Miss, you like Lamei, you should have told Zangsha just now, I'll help you fold it first."
Meng Yu was puzzled.
"You know what? The young lady will see which one is good-looking, which one is suitable for inserting jade bottles, and which one is suitable for inserting porcelain bottles. How do you know this? β
Xinyu blamed Meng Yu for talking too much.
"Picking flowers and so many famous halls? If you think I can't pick flowers, I can pull you the plum tree by the roots. β
Meng Yu stalked his neck, very unconvinced.
"Poof"
Li Fu took the silk handkerchief, covered her mouth and smiled:
"Okay, don't let others listen to these words, otherwise who will dare to let us into the mountains in the future?"
One master and two servants walked along the path behind the incense hall towards the back mountain.
Sure enough, after walking for a hundred steps, a half-acre of Lamerlin appeared in front of me.
However, there are not many plum blossoms in bloom at this time, only a few flowers bloom on a few plum branches.
"It seems that it's still early, let's go back."
Li Fu's tone couldn't hide a trace of regret.
Not long after walking back, Meng Yu saw a tall man, dressed in a navy blue robe, with his back to them, standing at the end of the mountain trail fifty zhang away, as if waiting for them.
"Miss, looking at the figure, how do you look like General Yuan?"
Xinyu stepped forward and said happily to Li Fu.
"Really? Brother Yuan is back? β
Li Fu hurriedly quickened her pace and headed towards the man.
Although Meng Yu felt a little strange in his heart, he still followed Li Fu's steps and chased after him.
The closer he got, the more he saw that the person was just similar to Yuan Lie.
First of all, the long hair with a slight curl already shows that he is not Yuan Lie.
The man heard footsteps and turned back.
On the right side of his face, he is covered by a half-bronze mask.
The uncovered left side of his face is very young and handsome, similar to the Hu merchants from Persia that Meng Yu saw in Xishi these days.
His left eye is actually a little blue, like a blue sky after a thunderstorm, clear and beautiful.
Meng Yu "chuckled" in his heart:
"Could it be that he's the half-faced man I've been wanting to meet for a while these days?"
Sure enough, the man on the other side quickly admitted:
"May I ask if you are the daughter of Li Zhongshu's family? In the rivers and lakes of the people appreciated, given the name 'half-faced man', today I took the liberty to come here, is to ask Miss Li a small question, I wonder if Miss can stop for a moment to solve a puzzle? β
When Li Fu heard these words, her face turned pale, her legs had begun to tremble, and Xinyu hurriedly stepped forward to support her.
Meng Yu had a loud alarm bell in her heart, she lowered her voice and said to Xinyu, "Take Miss down the mountain, hurry up", and then stood up and rushed straight to the half-faced man:
"Whatever you want to ask my young lady, I know everything. Let her go, and I'll meet you. β
Xinyu saw that Li Fu and Meng Yu were so nervous, and knew that they had met a bad person, so she hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Li Fu away.
Meng Yu and Halfmied Man confronted each other, and neither of them made the first move.
Seeing that Li Fu and the others had run far away, Meng Yu asked Half-Faced Man viciously:
"A month and a half ago, in a ruined temple in Bashu, all the dart masters of the Wind Dart Bureau were killed overnight, did you do it?"
The corners of Halfface's mouth, which was not covered by the bronze mask, slanted slightly, and looked at Meng Yu:
"That incident was done by my junior brother in disguise as my swordsmanship. However, what he did was the same as what I did. β
"Well, if you have the courage to admit it, I will respect you as a good man. I'm not afraid to tell you now that I was the only one who survived that night. I'm going to avenge my friends now, draw your sword quickly, and let us decide the winner today, whether it's life or death. β