Chapter 263: Go to War

The altar is white-skinned and red-drummed.

She's going to dance on the drums.

Cheng Qi was a little surprised, but also a little surprised, which reminded her of the white clothes dancing in the opening part when she first watched "Yang Guifei, the Woman of the Dynasty".

It's just that there are double-layered black drums in the movie, and this red drum is barely counted.

"Be careful, girl."

Qingmiao and a few girls didn't know when they ran to the bottom of the drum, and when Cheng Qi really stepped on the drum, they had to be a little shocked.

The red drum must be three or four meters high, to say the least, surrounded by men in black and red robes, holding drumsticks in their hands, ready to go.

It seems that this prayer for rain, Ge Yuanjun and the people really attach great importance to it, if it doesn't rain within two hours, he is really a sinner for the ages.

Cheng Qi looked at the dense crowd under the stage, and looked up at the sky again, the clear blue sky shone on the hot sun, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it's going to rain.

Under such pressure, Cheng Qi took a deep breath and looked at the hourglass standing not far away, and when the last sand slipped down, those black-robed men slammed on the side of the drum platform in unison!

There was a boom.

Cheng Qi...... To be honest, I was still taken aback, this has not been rehearsed, but fortunately, my psychological quality is still very good, I immediately put on my figure, closed my eyes gently, and said in a low voice: "Come on." ”

Three seconds later, a piece of music slowly entered, Cheng Qi moved with the music, and none of the people in the audience dared to speak, for fear of disturbing the person, all staring at each other without blinking.

Cheng Qi's body is very soft, and his dancing foundation is also very good, coupled with Cheng Qi's ten-day assault training, it can be regarded as throwing his sleeves like splashing ink, closing his sleeves like thunder, the long black hair swaying like willow branches in the air, the long eyebrows are smooth, the eyes are clear, with admirable firmness.

Jumped up and landed steadily, her white feet made a mallet on the drum, the music decreased with the sound of the drum, and her drum sound was better than the other, shocking!

At the foot of Dayi Mountain, half of the waist valley, the voice of a hundred turns, hovering above everyone's head, and rushing up to the clouds, they sincerely prayed, the sky rained nectar, to save the common people.

In the gazebo in the distance, Mr. Long looked at Cheng Qi on the drum, the figure was flying, and the gradually exciting music blended very well, it can be regarded as a fluttering turn back to the snow light, Yanran sent the dragon frightened, the willow was weak after the small hanging hand, and the clouds were about to be born when the skirt was oblique.

Mr. Long raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with a slight surprise smile: "I thought she had learned fast enough in the past ten days, but I didn't expect that the real person had never shown his face and deliberately hid it, but I didn't expect that Miss Qi's maiko was so good." ”

There is also a person in the pavilion, it is Jiang Xiaowangye, who came over, he looked at the people on the red drum in the distance, graceful and graceful, and it was really a shocking girl.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xiaowangye's face was still a little regretful, thinking that if it wasn't for Cheng Yan's dead cleanliness habit to take the lead, he would have a chance to marry Cheng Qi.

But then again, his identity is so complicated, and a person with a free and easy temperament like Cheng Qi will not like it, I think three years ago, the two met for the first time in the back garden, and in order to protect his eldest sister Cheng Shu, that person opened his mouth and said to himself: You are a poop.

scolded himself, Jiang Xiaowang didn't know how much he had heard since he was a child, but he pointed at his nose and scolded him in person, Cheng Qi was really the new daughter-in-law on the sedan chair, the first time.

He forgot to be angry for a while, and was only curious about who this scolding him was.

Cheng Qi is not as disciplined as Cheng Shu, but he is not bound by that person's dogma and rigidity, it can be described as a dull and dead silence, and the rare freshness and agility make his heart tremble.

But trembling, in the end, he was not married to Cheng Yan, that bastard, Jiang Xiaowang frowned unhappily, that narcissistic and dead cleanliness addict is really fast enough.

"I didn't expect that either."

He turned his head to Mr. Long and smiled, "Cheng Qi actually knows how to dance." After a pause, he handed a cup of tea to Mr. Long, "Come to think of it, it is also good for you to teach, sir." ”

"Little prince, you have won the prize."

Mr. Long said, was silent for a moment, asked the little maid to fetch a brocade box, carefully handed it to Jiang Xiaowangye, and said, "Little Wangye, that day...... Before the pet sister assassinated the king of Guangping, she once gave this to me, and she said, in case she never returns, let me give this to the county lord. ”

Jiang Xiaowangye's eyes were deep, and he didn't take it directly, but asked, "What is this?" ”

Mr. Long shook his head unexpectedly and said, "I don't know, it's just that I am friends with her, and I will definitely do it for her what she orders." ”

"I see."

Jiang Xiaowang said a word, took the brocade box, and opened it gently, there were no precious items in it, only a simple gold grate tied to a red bead spike.

Jiang Xiaowang picked it up, it was quite heavy, it seemed to be real gold, he turned it back and forth and looked at it carefully, and finally saw four words at the bottom - Han Fei and Jiang Yun.

Jiang Xiaowangye's heart was empty, and he suddenly felt uncomfortable scratching his heart, since beating his sister to reach the age of fifteen, the family who asked for marriage was almost about to step on the threshold of the prince's mansion, but even his own coachman could see that those artificial things were only his sister's status and family status.

I haven't met once, why is it so affectionate.

Every time he saw the so-called infatuated faces of those people, Jiang Xiaowang drove them away with words in his polite words, and now that the matter of my sister grinding mirrors with the drama has happened, those who shouted a second ago that they were in love with the county lord immediately turned into birds and beasts and dispersed.

It's just that Jiang Xiaowang didn't expect that in the end, he really loved his sister and was willing to give everything and even his own life for his sister, which was actually a drama in Guanyulou.

Such a favorite sister has to be respected.

Jiang Xiaowang had mixed feelings, covered the brocade box, and said, "I will hand it over." He looked up and smiled bitterly at Mr. Long, "When my sister sees this, she will definitely understand her favorite sister's intentions." ”

"Xiaofei, that's it."

Mr. Long recalled the years of friendship with his best friend, and there was a little relief and emotion in his eyes: "It's cold on the outside and hot on the inside, I think it's an ice lump, in fact, Xiaofei is more enthusiastic than anyone else, she knows that she and the county lord can't have both, so in the end, I promised her a double in this way, I said she was stupid, and I could only say that she was stupid." ”

When Jiang Xiaowang heard this, he did not answer.

Suddenly, the tune changed, and it was the second stage.

Jiang Xiaowang Ye looked at the sun, at this time, Cheng Qi had to dance for at least half an hour, he frowned and looked at the drum, Cheng Qi still maintained the vitality at the beginning, this is really not easy, normal people don't say that they don't rest for half an hour, even if they come down for three or five minutes, they should be paralyzed to death.

"Miss Qi's physical strength is really good."

Mr. Long praised from the bottom of his heart, just looking at that day, there was still no meaning of rain, and the people in the audience were also anxious.

"You said, this Cheng Qi has been dancing for two quarters of an hour, why haven't you seen a cloudy day?"

"If you want me to say, Cheng Qi is so virtuous on weekdays, it's strange to be able to ask for rain."

"What's the use of you saying this now, she's all up."

"Also, somehow, she opened the Heavenly Treasure of the Heavenly Passage."

Cheng Qi was on stage, and he could occasionally hear them muttering something below, so he didn't care about arguing with them at this time, so he had to continue to jump.

Fortunately, the rain dance here is relatively soft, and the physical exertion is relatively slow, otherwise, the magic power of this half an hour is going to circle in circles, and it is estimated that I will really have to accept my fate.

Qingmiao pulled Xi Xin to look at it, and said worriedly: "Sister Xi Xin, our girl has been jumping on it for so long, and it hasn't rained yet, don't be tired of her." ”

"Don't worry."

Xi Xin has never been a talker, and at this time she just clenched Qingmiao's hand, her eyes were fixed on Cheng Qi on the drum, in fact, to be honest, she really had no bottom in her heart.

What's more, Xi Xin, like Cheng Qi, doesn't believe in asking for rain.

Unconsciously, more than an hour passed, and the two-hour dance was about to end in more than ten minutes, because there was no cloud and no rain, the crowd in the audience also muttered from the beginning to a noisy, and finally boiled.

Jiang Xiaowang stood up worriedly, looked at the girl on the stage with his hands in his hands, Cheng Qi was obviously a little physically exhausted, but still tried his best to ensure that every action was in place, her long hair was sweaty on her neck and chest, her face was flushed, her thin lips were lightly opened, panting for thin heat, and her clear eyes were determined to persevere, and she was disappointed and guilty when she realized the result.

Jiang Xiaowang is quite distressed, this stupid girl, who doesn't know that this prayer for rain is fake, how can it be that because of a dance, God will rain it for you.

Mr. Long sat in the back, also looking at Cheng Qi uneasily, practicing dance in his wooden building, he could rest from time to time, and hide from the shade, dancing in the open air against the hot sun at this time, and being insulted by those people, it was hard for her to still carry it like this.

"Girl......"

Qingmiao was so worried that she was about to cry.

"It's still a quarter of an hour, I see, Cheng Qi can't ask for rain!"

Someone in the crowd suddenly shouted.

This time, the people couldn't hold back anymore and exploded directly.

"That's it! What else to dance! We've been waiting here for more than an hour! ”

"I think it's Cheng Qi's insincerity! She just wants to kill us with thirst! ”

"Their Cheng family has a big business! Big deal to move out! But what about us! ”

Seeing that those people were shouting more and more, Jiang Xiaowang stood up again, first glanced at the person who was still on the drum and continued to dance with all his strength, and then said to the little guy next to him: "You go and inform Ge Yuanjun, even if you can't ask for rain, you can't let Cheng Qi get hurt." ”

The little guy bowed his head and turned around and went down to the pavilion.

And Mr. Long also stood up, he walked forward, suddenly an extremely sultry wind came to his face, mixed with a fishy smell, his hair was messy and slapped on his face, Mr. Long felt that something was wrong, and looked up at the day.

The sky on the left did darken, but before he could tell Jiang Xiaowangye, a roar suddenly erupted in the crowd around the platform in the distance.

"Don't make any noise!"

It turned out to be the heart of the protector, the man was tall, more than half a head taller than the average man, although he looked good, but when he was angry, it was also terrifying.

"Let my girl finish the dance!"

After Xi Xin roared, naturally there were some who were not convinced, and he stepped forward with no gentlemanly demeanor, and stretched out his hand to push Xi Xin's shoulder, but the man grabbed his wrist and fell neatly!

This fall, the crowd suddenly rioted again.

"Hey! If you can't ask for rain, you can still beat people! ”

"Are the Cheng family so annoyed and angry! Is there still a royal law! ”

"Wait! Look at it! ”

"It seems to be windy!"

In the midst of a quarrel, someone suddenly reminded them, and the people also raised their heads and looked at the large dark clouds that were coming, as if they had accelerated up, and immediately enveloped the entire Xiping.

On the red drum altar, Cheng Qi also noticed it, she stared in amazement, she didn't expect that she really begged for rain, and then, she adjusted her breathing, although she was exhausted, but compared to being able to hold on for ten minutes, she gritted her teeth, moved her limbs that were about to break, and waved as hard as she could.

Finally, the crowd that was still boiling just now quieted down, and everyone was holding their breath and looking up at the sky, there were dark clouds, there were really dark clouds.

And Cheng Qi on the stage was so tired, really tired, the two-hour jumping almost consumed all the energy in her body, but the hot and dry wind kept blowing her nasal cavity, and even her organs were rubbed into a piece of scorched earth.

"Next...... It's raining! ”

"It's raining! It's raining down on my face! ”

"It's raining, it's raining!"

There was another outbreak among the people, but it was benign, and in the stands, they began to feel ashamed of what Fang Cai had done, and everyone felt the wind before the rain came, and they were all ashamed.

And that rain can be regarded as a comfort and encouragement to Cheng Qi, her movements are getting faster and faster, the long and soft skirt is thrown in the air and unfolded, even if it is like a lily petal blooming next to Cheng Qi, finally, a drop of rain falls on the hem of the clothes, followed by two drops and three drops, until the sky falls like a needle-like drizzle and pours on her body!

Cheng Qi's speed gradually slowed down again, she looked at the excitement on the faces of the people, and couldn't help laughing, the bright sunshine and the long-lost nectar blended, Cheng Qi closed her eyes very relaxed, enjoying the freshness and coolness of this moment, the rain smashed on her skirt and then splashed quickly, and the ripples that she stepped on with her bare feet were beautiful!

In the pavilion, Jiang Xiaowang watched this scene and sat down with relief.

Mr. Long also breathed a sigh of relief, stretched out his hand and touched it, and said, "It's finally raining." ”

When the last heavy drum stopped, Cheng Qi also stood up suddenly, she opened her arms and panted to look at everyone in the audience, everyone laughed, and she laughed too.

"Girl! It's raining! ”

Miao smiled and clapped her hands.

Cheng Qi looked at her, nodded and said, "Yes, it's finally raining." ”

With that, she fell weakly on the drum, and the clothes mixed with the rain were like spilled milk, and she blinked and looked up, and closed her eyes again.

The dry mind and body are finally fully relieved.

"Saved."

Cheng Qi muttered.

"Boom—"

As soon as the words fell, an earth-shattering sound suddenly sounded in the distance, which suddenly overshadowed the cheers of all the people, and everyone looked to the left in unison.

Cheng Qi too, she sat up, looked in the direction to the left, and at first there was nothing, only the echo of the sound was endless, and then, there was another violent sound, Cheng Qi stood up uneasily, and suddenly, on the mountain range in the distance, a thick wolf smoke rose!

The beacon tower was lit, from far and near.

Finally, the beacon tower in front of the gate of Liangcheng was also ignited!

There is a mountain roaring and the sound of a tsunami coming from the left!

Cheng Qi glared and said in disbelief: "It's a war." ”

This heavy rain irrigation, can be regarded as the solution to Xiping's predicament, Cheng Qi is also famous all over the world again, in the bedroom of the Quarry Pavilion, she read Cheng Yan's letter, the man is still teasing her in his heart, asking her what it feels like to dance in front of so many people wearing so few clothes.

Cheng Qi looked at the letter on the table, and it was no exaggeration to compare his middle finger.

It's already deep winter now, and in two or three months, you will be able to see Cheng Yan, Cheng Qi lay on the table and thought, Qingmiao looked at it and said, "What does the girl think?" ”

"Didn't think about anything."

After Cheng Qi finished speaking, he listened to Xi Xin and said: "Girl, Young Master Zongyu also wrote that now the Yiren and we have officially started a war, although now they are only competing with Fengbao, but this time, the leader of the Yi people, Taixing Zhenyang, has moved the real character, and the war will spread to Xiping sooner or later, urging us to quickly redeem the industry so that we can move to Beijing." ”

"I know that." Cheng Qi said, "However, I heard that there is not a newly promoted captain of the Nine Cities on the Wushan side, named Zhang Liao, who is very good at fighting. ”

"A good tiger is hard to beat a pack of wolves." Xi Xin said, "Girl, let's find a way quickly, in short, I'm afraid this Xiping can't stay, I think Ge Yuanjun doesn't have the posture of recruiting troops." ”

"Unless it's imminent."

Cheng Qi said indifferently: "Otherwise, we can't leave Xiping easily." "Silent for a moment," now I only hope that Cheng Yan will be able to come back smoothly at the beginning of spring next year." ”

"Grandma, didn't Cheng Yan say that he would come back in the spring, why did he change his hexagram again."

In the middle of summer in another month, in the pavilion in the backyard of Qingquan Villa, Liang Zhu looked at Cheng Qi, who was helping Cheng An to walk, and asked, "But what changes have you made in Beijing?" ”

Cheng Qi said with a flat face: "Cheng Yanxin said that the emperor said that we are now fighting on this side of the seal, so he locked up the waterway and dry road, it seems that ......"

"The emperor doesn't want to abandon the four states of Suibei." Liang Zhu said in disbelief.

Cheng Qi exhaled: "I don't know, but it doesn't seem to be optimistic." He turned his head to look at Liang Zhu and said, "I am already selling my property, and at the end of next year, we will move to Beijing." ”

"It's not good for a bad year."

Liang Zhu touched the pregnant belly of her second child, and said worriedly: "I thought that the Chen family went to Shangjing, and the third room disappeared, and our Qingquan Villa could live a few days to stop life, but I didn't expect this family to be peaceful, and it was a national disaster, and this battle is not easy to fight." ”

"That Taixing Zhenyang is a dead hand, the Yi people have been recuperating for these years, just waiting for today's blow, but it's a pity, our emperor is greedy for pleasure, and now the national disaster is at the head, and the Manchu Dynasty can't find a man who can fight, in the end, it will depend on the king of Guangping to lead the troops."

Cheng Qi handed Cheng An to Yueying and the others, and went back to sit next to Liang Zhu.

"I heard that King Guangping still has Cheng Yan with him?"

Liang Zhu asked.

"I don't know." Cheng Qi said thoughtfully, "It's just that I dare to think that the emperor must regret it now, and he must have done those disgraceful things, so that when the catastrophe is approaching, he has no right hand and is anxious, and he can't think of a good way to retreat from the enemy." ”

Liang Zhu hadn't heard of it, so he didn't take a stubble.

"Now the people in the four states of Suibei are panicking, especially our Xiping." Liang Zhu said, "That Ge envoy Jun also shrank up day by day, does not recruit troops, does not resist, I really don't know what he wants to do." ”

"Maybe it's ......"

"Girl!"

Xi Xin suddenly ran in, and said with a pale face: "The news just came!" said that the nine cities over there were all broken! The other two states surrendered without a fight! Yiren ...... Soon we will hit our Xiping, and the first thing to bear the brunt of it will be our Liangcheng! ”

Cheng Qi was startled, got up directly, frowned, and said, "Ge Yuanjun!" ”

Speaking of this, Xi Xin was even more stunned, and said: "The Assassin Shifu sent a message to say that Ge Yuanjun had a sudden hidden illness last night, and before dawn, people were ...... People are stiff! ”

"Ge Envoy Jun is dead!"

Liang Zhu shouted out in surprise, and Cheng An next to her was so frightened that she cried, she hurriedly held her son in her arms and said to Xi Xin: "How is it possible! ”

"It's all true!"

Xi Xin rarely cried and said, "Girl! Now Sipin is ready to slaughter the lambs! ”

Cheng Qi's head buzzed, and he listened to Liang Zhu say beside him: "I've never heard of Ge Yuanjun suffering from a hidden illness, how can he be so decent...... The good ones will die violently! ”

Cheng Qi's thoughts were in a mess, she sat down, the matter was imminent, she thought about it carefully, suddenly remembered someone, raised her head cautiously, and said in a low voice: "Second room." ”

Liang Zhu didn't understand, and Xi Xin didn't understand.

"It's too late, don't worry about anything, go tell your mother and pack up your salute." Cheng Qi stood up and walked out, "Let's go now!" ”

Xi Xin hurriedly said: "Okay! ”

And Cheng Qi went out in a few steps, and as soon as he walked out of the moon gate, he saw Cheng Yunshan, who changed his usual Central Plains dress, and his whole body was full of the symbolic characteristics of the Yi tribe, from clothes to hair accessories, which made Cheng Qi's thoughts even more determined, she frowned and said: "It's you who should be inside and outside." ”

Cheng Yunshan sneered and said: "Yes, Ge Yuanjun was killed by me, don't think that he made my mother crazy, I don't know." "Paused, "These things, I, Cheng Yunshan, remember better than anyone else, now that he is dead, I am already a guest of honor under Taixing Zhenyang." ”

Cheng Qi's eyebrows were still tightly locked: "Treason." ”

"This is not called treason, this is called a person who knows the times as a handsome."

"Presumably, Yiren will be able to occupy Xiping this evening" Cheng Yunshan smiled, and suddenly said expressionlessly: "Let's go, my little niece, Taixing Zhenyang said that I want to see you." ”

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