Chapter 16: But for the Sake of the King (2)
The distant mountains are like eyebrows, and the pear blossoms fall like mist. In the Lu'an Inn, Sun Ce stood in front of the wooden window and looked at the green mountains in a daze, and in a trance, the mountain air and gloomy clouds turned into the appearance of Da Qiao, with heavy makeup and light makeup, and he was happy and angry.
Sun Ce was stunned, lowered his eyes and sighed, he knew that he couldn't give Da Qiao any promises at all, and rushing to bother her would only disappoint her more and more.
Zhou Yu didn't know when he walked into the room, and when he saw Sun Ce's lonely expression, he guessed a thing or two, he stepped forward and patted Sun Ce on the shoulder and back: "Bo Fu ......"
Sun Ce didn't look back, but said: "Han Dang doesn't know what's wrong, it's been half a day late and he hasn't arrived at the agreed place, I'm worried that there will be changes in the army that will affect their sisters." Let's not wait any longer, let's get ready to go. ”
Zhou Yu replied: "I think the same way, I have just told Miss Xiao Qiao to pack up her things and load the car, and she will be able to set off after about a cup of tea." ”
Sun Shizhi nodded, stared out the window in a daze, bypassed the mountain in front of him, and he would arrive at Shucheng, the seat of Lujiang County, known as the "Huai Right Throat", and go south along the narrow ancient road in the southeast of Shucheng, and in less than half a day, you can reach the ancestral hometown of Wancheng. Sun Ce was suddenly shocked, only to find out that after sending her home, he had never come to look for her again, and he couldn't help but be full of sadness, and his fist trembled.
Zhou Yu noticed Sun Ce's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Bo Fu, yesterday I said that you were interested in Miss Da Qiao, but I mentioned it casually, I didn't expect you to be really tempted by others......
Sun Ce glanced at Zhou Yu and said helplessly: "Gongjin, we grew up together, and I won't hide anything from you." I really didn't like her at first...... There are too many beautiful girls, if you only see the lust, what is the difference between my grandson Bofu and those disciples. ”
Zhou Yu had never seen Sun Ce so affectionate, and teased: "Although there are many beautiful girls, but there are few people in the world who are so beautiful as Da Qiao girl......
Sun Ce grabbed Zhou Yu's neck and threatened: "Gong Jin, having a fun is enough for me, you are not allowed to beat her idea!" ”
Zhou Yu couldn't stop laughing: "You're too jealous, don't disagree, continue to talk, since it's not the intention of seeing color, why do you fall in love with other girls?" ”
"Do you remember when she schemed on me and made a bet with me?"
"How can you not remember? You scolded other people's girls, and even openly humiliated others at General Yuan's banquet", Zhou Yu remembered the past and sweated for Sun Ce.
"From that day on, I found out that she was just a stupid person with a broken heart," Sun Ce laughed at himself, "She was born as General Qiao's daughter, if I got along with her, wouldn't it hurt her father?" I don't dare to say it, I'm even more afraid that she will marry someone else, and I really don't know what to do now. ”
Zhou Yu raised his hand and patted Sun Ce's head, and said word by word: "Bo Fu, you have really grown up, Miss Da Qiao will understand your mind sooner or later......"
Sun Ce pushed Zhou Yu away: "Go, go, you are a few months younger than me, what are you pretending to be old?" ”
At this moment, there was a sound of light footsteps outside the door, and with a few knocks on the door, Xiao Qiao's clear voice sounded: "Gongzi Zhou, we have cleaned up." ”
Zhou Yu and Sun Ce glanced at each other, and immediately replied, "Miss Xiao Qiao, wait a minute, let's go down immediately." ”
On the official road, there is an endless stream of business travel. After Zhou Yu bought the new horse, he freed his mount and explored the way in front of his head. The spring sun was hanging high, and the warm sun was shining on his body, Sun Ce couldn't help but fall asleep: "There is no scenery on these hundred miles of mountain roads, and I don't even see a bandit. ”
When Xiao Qiao heard this, he poked his little head out of the car window, flicked his wide sleeves, and hit Sun Ce's silver armor directly: "You stinky mouth, don't pull us on our backs if you want to die!" ”
Sun Ce deliberately did not block it, and looked back and said: "You girl is too barbaric, learn more from your sister to have the appearance of a beauty." ”
Xiao Qiao propped his head and smiled: "What do you learn from my sister?" Ignore you? ”
Sun Ce was choked by Xiao Qiao and was extremely annoyed and couldn't refute it, Zhou Yu saw that Sun Ce was embarrassed, and said something to relieve him: "Lujiang Taishou Lu Kang is a Jiangnan wang clan, a loyal minister of the Han family, since he took office, he has governed the county in a good way, and has been praised by the people, so this road can be so peaceful." ”
Before the words fell, the group turned right from the fork in the road, turned over the cliff, and walked into the dense forest path. This is the pass in the middle of the mountain, located between the three peaks, and the walls on both sides are thousands of miles, and the sky is covered with huge trees. The road at the foot suddenly changed from wide to narrow, and the business travelers parted ways with it, and there were only them with a cart and a horse as far as the eye could see, which was very bleak.
Sun Ce instinctively became vigilant and asked Zhou Yu, "How far is this place from Shucheng?" ”
"Less than twenty miles away, Bo Fu, let's hurry up and get through here as quickly as possible."
Seeing Zhou Yu's frowning brows and his handsome face solemn, Sun Ce guessed and asked, "What's wrong?" Are there bandits here? ”
"There are many mountains and rivers in Lujiang County, so mountain bandits are rampant, and the Zulang who we fought before is one of them. A few days ago, when I was in the nest, I heard Lu Zijing say that the Shanyue thieves in the vicinity elected a Donglai person as their leader. When he was young, this new leader had galloped on the battlefield, and his martial arts were unfathomable, and he had never met an opponent in the mountains, and for a time he became famous, attracting the bandits on the nearby mountains to yearn for it, intending to join ......"
Sun Ce immediately got up his spirits: "Wait for these two girls to be sent, let's go to meet him together, and when my Sun Bofu subdues him, he will know what it means to be invincible in the world." If he is willing to die now, I will not stop him......"
Zhou Yu saw that Sun Ce was not worried and happy, so he couldn't help but support his forehead. Also, Da Qiao is gambling with him now, if he doesn't overcome all obstacles, how can he show that his grandson Bofu has made meritorious escorts and regained the hearts of beauties?
A few drifting clouds floated from nowhere, and the forest was suddenly gloomy, and the sky was gloomy. Suddenly, an arrow broke through the wind without warning and flew straight towards Sun Ce's heart. Sun Ce reacted very quickly, raised the silver spear halberd to knock the arrow away, and shouted: "What person! He hurt people with hidden arrows! ”
The sound of the Qiang pipe sounded slowly, and more than a dozen mountain thieves suddenly appeared in the surrounding jungle, they were tattooed, fierce and vicious, holding bows and crossbows, and kept releasing arrows. Zhou Yu immediately bent his bow and arrows, and suppressed the opponent with accurate archery: "Bo Fu! Fast! ”
Sun Ce comprehended, waved his halberd to block the arrow and hit the horse at the same time, and Da Wanju fought with all his strength and rushed forward.
The door-to-door business, the thieves will not give up. The hidden thief aimed at the window of the car and kept firing arrows. For a while, arrows rained down in the compartment, and Xiao Qiao protected Da Qiao to hide in the dead corner of the carriage, but he was still scratched by the arrows.
Zhou Yu ignored his own body and rode forward to block the car window. Xiao Qiao took the opportunity to poke out his little head and hit several mountain bandits with a flick of his wide sleeve. Seeing this, Zhou Yu shouted: "Come in!" ”
Seeing that Zhou Yu was distracted, the two thieves stepped forward with their dancing knives and slashed at him vigorously. Xiao Qiao's heart hung in her throat, she supported the window with her left hand, and flicked the wide sleeve of her right hand, injuring the thief's eyes and relieving Zhou Yu, but she fell from the speeding carriage.
Da Qiao couldn't help screaming: "Wan'er! ”
Zhou Yu was not far from the carriage, and when he saw that Xiao Qiao was in trouble, he immediately stepped up to the horse, grabbed her waist, and pulled her onto the horse.
Xiao Qiao's heart throbbed suddenly, but before she could rejoice, she heard a muffled sound on the stone walls on both sides, and in a boom, several huge rocks rolled down and smashed down into the carriage.
Zhou Yu's heartstrings shook, and he shouted hysterically: "Beware! ”
Gravel and gravel fell all over his body, and Sun Ce knew that if he didn't pass this place quickly, he would die in the sea of stones, so he strode against the bumps and stood on the wheels of the carriage, and whipped the horse with all his might. Da Wanju was injured by a flying stone, and his fur was bleeding nonstop, but he still jumped out of the ground. The flying stone accelerated its fall, almost grazing the back wheel of the carriage and falling. Sun Ce turned around and saw that the road behind him had been buried by boulders, and Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao were nowhere to be seen.
Da Qiao ignored the carriage and stumbled, his thin body pushing forward the boulder, and his hands were bleeding nonstop: "Wan'er! Wan'er! ”
Saying that it was too late, Sun Cefang rushed forward and pulled Da Qiao into his arms, and more than ten cobble-sized gravels rolled down the cracks in the stone formation, hitting Sun Ce's gold helmet and silver armor. Sun Ce hugged Da Qiao tightly, jumped into the group, stumbled and escaped for a few feet, and before the two could breathe a sigh of relief, they suddenly heard someone behind them laugh and said: "What a Wujun Sun Lang, there are really two brushes!" ”
At the other end of Stonehenge, Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao were blocked by flying stones. Xiao Qiao was so anxious that he burst into tears: "How is this good?" My sister doesn't know what's going on......"
Zhou Yu looked at the huge mountain rock and thought for a moment: "For today's plan, the only way to do this is to go down the mountain and make a detour to live in the nest, and bring some people and horses to find Bofu and your sister again." ”
Xiao Qiao was so worried that he choked up, "Will my sister be in danger, will she ......?"
Zhou Yu said softly: "No, Bo Fu is quick and skillful, and he cares about Miss Da Qiao very much, and he will definitely protect her." If we want to see her sooner, we're going to have to leave quickly. ”
After speaking, Zhou Yu turned over and reached out to Xiao Qiao. Xiao Qiao was stunned, handed his trembling little hand to Zhou Yu, and was lightly pulled on the horse by him.
The most important thing at the moment is time, Zhou Yu is flying like a horse, thinking about Sun Ce's safety, and he didn't notice that Xiao Qiao has been covering his heart. If it is said that the throbbing in Fang Cai's heart is a deer colliding with him, and now being embraced by him is like a thousand catties of boulders hammering in his heart, Xiao Qiao only feels that he is about to lose his breath, but he hates that Zhou Yu's body has a fragrance like Zhilan lingering from time to time, which makes her dizzy and difficult to parry. If it weren't for the safety of Da Qiao, I was afraid that I would have fainted.
Seeing Xiao Qiao's body getting farther and farther away, Zhou Yu raised his hand to gently support her slender waist: "Sit tight...... Are you scared? ”
The voice like Qingchuan's broken jade sounded in her ears, combined with the breath of spitting, making Xiao Qiao's little face red all the way to the base of her slender neck, but she was the daughter of the gate, stubborn by nature, how could she stand to be looked down upon by Zhou Yu: "If you don't just ride a horse, what are ......you afraid of?"
After speaking, Xiao Qiao sat up straight and broke out of Zhou Yu's embrace. Who knew that Zhou Yu took Xiao Qiao back to his side, and stuffed the reins into her hands: "There is a steep curve ahead, don't joke, hold on!" ”
Zhou Yu gave himself all the reins regardless of his own safety, Xiao Qiao's heart was warm, and his little face was as red as a peach blossom in March.
The white horse galloped, the scenery on both sides was unobserved, and suddenly there was a long, low sound in the valley. Xiao Qiao immediately became alert and asked Zhou Yu, "Did you hear that?" Can you hear what it sounds like? ”
In the land of Jiangzuo, everyone knew that Zhou Yu knew the rhythm of music, and he tilted his head and thought: "It's like a big sheng, and it's like a number, what's wrong?" ”
Xiao Qiao said with a crying tone: "That day by Chaohu Lake, it was this sound that attracted a group of big birds to attack me!" ”
As soon as the words fell, a strong wind blew in the valley from far and near, and with the sound of the monstrous white waves, dozens of strange birds gathered and chased after Zhou Yu Xiaoqiao who was galloping like a dark cloud. Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhou Yu raised his hand to brush the mane of the horse under his crotch, the horse screamed, and the four hooves rushed like a war drum, stepped on the ground and flew, and jumped out like a gallop.
Not far in front of them was the gap in the valley, and between life and death, those strange birds with long feathers and scales suddenly tightened their wings and swooped down like sharp arrows from a string. Xiao Qiao turned his head to look, his long sleeves were good at dancing, and he only heard a few "pops" and screams, and a few birds suddenly fell to the ground. But there are so many strange birds that they can't shoot them all down, more than ten big birds swoop down together, and at the last moment, Zhou Yu crossed the cloak and wrapped Xiao Qiao firmly, but he was heavily pierced by the sharp beak on his arms and shoulders.
The pain in his body was like ten thousand arrows piercing his heart, Zhou Yu gritted his teeth, tried his last breath, and the royal horse jumped out of the valley. The eyes suddenly opened up, a horse was flat, and the flying bird saw that there was nowhere to hide, no longer pursued, and immediately flapped its wings and flew out of the clouds.
The war horse under the crotch was also stabbed by a strange bird, screamed a few times sadly, and stopped and knelt on the ground. Xiao Qiao raised his hand uneasily and patted Zhou Yu who was pressing on him: "Are you okay?" ”
Unexpectedly, Zhou Yu's long and handsome body lost his balance and suddenly fell off the horse.
The blood around his body coagulated in an instant, Xiao Qiao rolled off the horse in a panic, and crawled towards Zhou Yu who fell into the grass: "Zhou Lang! Zhou Lang! ”