Chapter 31: Descending the Mountain
The date of going down the mountain was discussed, and he said that he would go down the mountain.
At the bottom of the mountain, there was a horse and a group of people who came to see me off, but I knew that those people were not here to see me off, but to send Jin Yuan. Originally, the bearded man said that he would escort me back to the palace, but Jin Que said that his martial arts were higher, so in the end, the bearded man had to give up.
But why only one horse, it's because I don't know how to ride. Although I didn't want to get too close to Jin Que, I had to settle for my own safety.
"Big brother, ...... Take care, girl! The bearded man realized that he had almost revealed my identity, and immediately changed his words, but his brow furrowed as if he had been separated from life and death.
"I'll be back in a month, don't look at me like that." Jin Quan, who seemed to be weak, slammed a fist on the bearded shoulder, "Help me take care of my sister." ”
"Big brother, don't worry!" Jin Que clenched his fist heavily, and then looked at the woman in a wheelchair in the crowd. And I found out that the woman, thin, dressed in white, and wearing a veil, only a pair of beautiful eyes were exposed. She stretched out her hand, and Jin Que walked quickly to her and squatted down.
Miss Jin raised her hand with great difficulty and stroked Jin Que's face, although the veil was not real, but she could still feel her smile through those eyes, Jin Que touched her head and immediately got up and came back. , I saw that his eyes were full of distress, and I couldn't help but sigh, it was rare to see him like this, and it was a pity that such a dusty sister was sick.
The wind is blowing in my ears, and the way back is the way I came.
When I really wanted to leave, I realized that I was still a little reluctant. The small cottage on the top of the mountain, if you don't go in, how can you find the comfortable life inside, although there is no wealth, no silk and satin, and there is no delicacies of the mountains and seas, but with the palace in the deception, it is really the life I want the most. After entering the palace this time to help Jin Que beg Mo Lian, I will definitely not go back. Thinking to himself, he glanced back at the smaller and smaller mountain among the mountains.
"You're not reluctant to be bearded, are you?"
There was a burst of heat behind my ears, and I turned my head uncomfortably. "That's not it, it's just that I can't bear your simple and stable life." He was silent for a while, but after a few moments he said nothing.
When I finally arrived in a village, my stomach also happened to growl. Jin Que, who was behind him, smiled and reined in his horse in front of an inn.
The inn is small and relatively simple, probably because of its proximity to the border. There was only a fifteen or sixteen-year-old shopkeeper and a gray-haired shopkeeper in the inn, and there were only one or two sitting guests at the tables around.
After Jin Que asked the shopkeeper for two rooms, we found a table and sat down. When Xiao Er asked us what we were eating, and I could only look at the golden shortage's dishes, and didn't ask me what I ate, who let me not have a penny on me. After finishing the work, Xiao Er took the broken silver that was rewarded to him and walked away happily.
"The eyeballs are about to burst into flames." , Jin Que raised his eyebrows and said.
"Hmph, you're really generous enough to spend money." I ordered so many dishes, the road was so long, I didn't know how to save some flowers, and most importantly, I didn't ask what I wanted to eat, and I only dared to go back and forth in my stomach with these words.
"Naturally, it would be a waste to exchange someone's jewelry for so much silver, and not to spend it." Righteous words.
I was so angry that I didn't want to look at him, and he stopped talking. I don't know why, but since I knew that he only saved me to cure his sister's illness, the only remaining gratitude in my heart for him was gone. Although he was trying to save his sister, he still felt like he was being used.
"Have you heard that now the Western Kingdom and the Eastern Wu Dynasty are fighting again?"
I pricked up my ears and listened carefully to the conversation between the two people next to me.
"I've known it for a long time, it seems that I've been fighting for more than half a month."
Half a month? I seem to have stayed in the cottage for more than half a month. "Two little brothers, can you ask why they are fighting?"
The two looked back at me, then at Jin Que behind me, and ignored them. I just stood there stupidly, not knowing how to react. In general, in this case, just give them two taels of silver. I looked at Jin Que in distress, and the man was pouring himself tea from the teapot, and he didn't mean to look at me at all.
"Girl, I know this." An old voice was the shopkeeper of this inn.
I hurried over, put down my intention to fight with Jin Que, and asked the shopkeeper: "Do you know uncle?" ”
The old man slowly put the abacus aside, "I don't know anything about this border matter, people who come and go have to stay here for a night before leaving." The cause of the war between our country and the Eastern Wu Dynasty is that it is said that the emperor's sister Ou De was killed on the way to Heqin, but the envoy returned to the Eastern Wu Dynasty intact, and later said that it was the people of the enemy country who pretended to make peace, and then assassinated the princess, so as to provoke the incident and achieve the goal of unifying the two countries. The old man sighed and said slowly: "Then the two countries began to fight. ”
I fell into deep thought, Yelujing actually returned to China, then it should be safe, and then breathed a long sigh of relief. However, that assassination was obviously deliberately carried out, and I believe it will not be Yelujing, so ...... Who could it be?
By this time, the meal had been served, and I thanked the shopkeeper and sat back. Thinking of the big stone that fell in his heart, he forgot about Jin Quan's "death and no rescue" just now, and he no longer fought with him, after all, there is still a long way to go together.
"You ......," Jin Que looked at me suspiciously.
I looked at him strangely, could it be that I had a grain of rice in my mouth? I touched my mouth, and no. "What's wrong?"
"It's okay, it's just strange that the person who heard the news of his 'death' not only didn't feel sad, but seemed happy."
Glancing at him fiercely, "When did you become so stupid, I didn't live well, why should I be sad, strange." "Besides, when I return to the palace, they will naturally know the truth.
The face of the person in front of me was a little ugly, but he just snorted coldly and did not refute me.
Eating and drinking to the fullest, lying on the bed in the inn, this feeling is very comfortable. If you don't have those worries, it should be more comfortable. It's just that this silence didn't last long before it was interrupted by a cacophony, just like the previous tent assassination, only this time there was no sound of weapons interfering.
"Knock knock!"
"Who?" I was startled, and as soon as I put on my boots, I heard a knock on the door.
"It's me who is lacking, you stay in the house first, and I'll go see what's going on." After saying that, I heard him walk away quickly.
I don't know if curiosity will kill the cat, but I opened the door with the guts, and the situation downstairs was unobstructed. There were no other guests in the inn for a long time, and a soldier leader led a few soldiers to pull Xiao Er, Xiao Er was unwilling, and tears were falling. And the shopkeeper had already knelt down, and begged the soldier leader for something, but the soldier leader would ignore him, so he took Xiao Er away, and when he left, he glanced at Jin Que, smiled, and showed a mouthful of big yellow teeth. In the end, only the shopkeeper was left crying.
When Jin Que came up, I asked him to find out that it turned out that he needed troops to fight, and then he would arrest some young strong men and the like.
I looked at Jin Que suspiciously, although this person was thin, he was also a young man, how could he be fine. "Why didn't they arrest you?"
Jin Que blushed rarely, and I was even more strange, and suddenly thought of a possibility, "Could it be that he smiled at you just because of ...... Got a crush on you? Jin Que didn't speak, he should have acquiesced.
"I didn't expect this soldier to be a short-sleeved soldier, tsk." It is really the world's greatest, and there are no surprises.
I was suddenly slapped on the head, and although it didn't hurt, I still frowned and looked at him, "What are you hitting me for?" ”
"Where did the broken sleeves come from? I don't know what you've got in your head. He turned his head, "I just told him that I was a woman, so I ......."
It turned out to be so! I looked at him carefully, his body was slender, his eyebrows were thin and his lips were red, and if I didn't look closely, it was really easy for people to mistake him for a woman, but the soldier was thinking about him, and I thought it was funny.
When he saw me covering his mouth and smiling, he turned his head and was about to leave. I suddenly remembered something, glanced at the shopkeeper who was still wiping away his tears, and asked him if he still had any silver taels and gave me a little more. He was reluctant to do so, but threw me a bag of silver, and I took it and went downstairs.
"Uncle, you take these silver taels first, and now we can't do anything, wait for me...... You tell me his name, and I'll send someone to get him back." ”
The shopkeeper sighed, did not accept the money, and shook his head: "That's it, I don't want him to be a deserter, but my grandson is only fifteen years old...... His father and mother died early, and I thought that my grandfather and grandson would rely on each other like this, but who wants to ......" He couldn't say more, and lowered his head to wipe his tears.
I didn't expect it to be his grandson, I sighed, it seems that I have to hurry back to the palace to quell this war. "Don't worry, uncle, your grandson will definitely come back safely."
"I hope so." The shopkeeper trembled and walked away.
When we left the next day, the shopkeeper stood at the door to see us off, and the inn behind us became more and more deserted. After we had walked some distance, a voice came from afar: "Girl, his name is Lin Zi, if you have a chance to find him, remember to help me, an old man, take care of him." ”
"I know, uncle!" I shouted to him and waved my hand.
He pulled me onto the horse, "I didn't expect you to have a good heart as a princess." ”
I gave him a blank look, "I'm just a good person, but you don't." ”
"Yes, yes, yes, I don't know Taishan...... I was so frightened that I hurriedly grabbed a corner of him, and I vaguely heard him chuckling.
Just laugh, what's so funny, isn't it fun to tease me? I feel secretly sorry in my heart, and when I am sent to the capital, I will not be afraid of you.
It's dusty along the way, so I think I'll be in the capital soon.