Chapter 1: Stopping the Horse
Ruyi woke up from a nightmare, I don't know how many times I dreamed of that house, the fire that soared to the sky, the raging fire, the red eyes were full of red, and the red was so dazzling. She wiped the cold sweat on her forehead, lay down and wanted to sleep for a while but couldn't sleep, turned over and put on her coat and walked to the courtyard, the night was as cold as water, and the silver moonlight covered the small courtyard like frost.
This is a simple small courtyard, a few ridges of vegetable furrows in the courtyard, a few grape trellises, a stone table and two stone benches under the shelf, and a large stone mill next to it. Ruyi was sitting on the stone bench at this time, staring at the moon in a daze.
"Ruyi, the stone bench is cold at night, why are you sitting on the stone bench again?" A woman hurried over.
"Mother, why are you up?" Ruyi hurriedly stood up and supported An's.
"Mother heard the movement and got up to see if you had a nightmare again."
"I've been dreaming about the fire in our house lately." Ruyi said.
An Shi looked a little uneasy, but Ruyi lowered his head and didn't pay attention, An Shi asked cautiously: "Ruyi, what did you dream of?" ”
Ruyi said lightly: "Actually, it's nothing, there is only a fire in the sky." ”
An Shi seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and comforted: "At that time, you were still young, and you can't remember it, but when our house was on fire, my mother only escaped with you, drifting in a foreign land......"
Ruyi was afraid that An's would be sad and quickly diverted the topic, "Mother, go to bed early." He helped Ann to walk into the house.
I don't remember anything before I was eight years old, and my memory is first fixed on the fire. Her mother never wanted to talk about what happened before the fire, and she never talked about her father.
However, this is not what he wants. Ru Yi is not from this world, her surname Ru Mingyi is from the 21st century, she is a war journalist, eight years ago at a Warring States period exhibition she saw a portrait of a Warring States princess with a face that resembled herself, wearing a hexagonal blue crystal on her wrist.
That night, Ruyi inexplicably dreamed of the princess of the Warring States, and when she woke up, she became an eight-year-old girl who was fleeing with her mother. She tried all kinds of ways to return to the original world, but failed, and had to admit that she had crossed over. And this girl is also called Ruyi, whether it is a coincidence or some kind of connection is unknown. She inherited the girl's memory, but she was the only one who had a fire.
The next day, Ruyi pushed the cart to sell tofu as usual.
Ruyi has a white and tender face like tofu, smart big eyes, delicate facial features, coupled with a light and graceful posture, and a quiet and gentle temperament, so she has earned the nickname of "Tofu Beauty". There is a lot of popularity in this town.
Aunt Zhang, who sells vegetables all the way, greeted her, "Ruyi came so early today." ”
Ruyi smiled and said, "I got up early today, and Aunt Zhang came earlier." ”
Uncle Liu, who was selling wontons next to him, also greeted Ruyi warmly, "Ruyi, come, eat a bowl of wontons and sell them again." ”
Ruyi smiled and said, "No, Uncle Liu, I've had breakfast, so I'm embarrassed to take advantage of you." ”
Aunt Zhang on the side laughed at Uncle Liu, "Your purpose of helping your son to please his daughter-in-law is too obvious." ”
At the right time, Uncle Liu's son Liu Hu came out of the wonton stall, "I'll help you if you wish." ”
Ruyi walked past him with a smile, "No, I'll do it myself." ”
The tofu sold quickly, and it was almost sold just after the end of the year, so Ruyi left two pieces of tofu to eat at home, and began to clean up the stall.
In the distance, I heard a shout, "Get out of the way." "A wagon was rushing towards this direction, and the coachman tightened the reins, but the horse did not listen to the command as if he had gone mad. Ruyi quickly picked up the knife on the board and stepped forward with an arrow step, intending to cut the reins of the wheel. Years of experience as a war correspondent have enabled Ruyi to develop a keen reaction and a good survival skill.
But someone was still a step ahead of her, and one jumped on the horse's back, his upper body clinging to the horse's back, his arms tightened with the reins, his legs clamped between the horse's belly, and his mouth made a rhythmic whistle. The horses kept stepping on their hooves, panting and neighing, and gradually the horses slowed down and neighed quietly.
The cart finally stopped in front of Aunt Zhang's stall next to it, and immediately got down a boy wearing a black dark flower brocade robe with a jade belt around his waist, and the hem of his clothes was already wrinkled, but he didn't care and asked with concern if the people in the car were okay. The coachman and the people in the car were very grateful to the man in black.
If the opinions are all safe, go back to the stall and continue to clean up.
A young man dressed as an attendant came up and said, "Girl, come with two pieces of tofu." ”
Ruyi didn't raise his head and said, "I'm sorry, it's sold out today, let's hurry up tomorrow." ”
"How can the girl lie, don't you still have two pieces of tofu?"
Ruyi raised his head and glanced at the attendant, "This is going to go home and eat by yourself." ”
Seeing Ruyi's look and not wanting to sell it to him, the attendant suddenly became angry on his face, "My son-in-law wants to eat your tofu because he can afford you, I want these two pieces of tofu, wrap them up for me." ”
Before Ruyi could speak, the boy who had stopped the horse just now came over faintly with momentum, and his voice was not angry and arrogant, "Fu Jiu, why are you so polite." The attendant called Fu Jiu was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak anymore, and silently stepped aside.
The boy in brocade turned to Ruyi and said, "Don't take it to heart, girl, it's not strict with your subordinates." ”
Ruyi was stunned for a moment, and then he saw his face clearly, a heroic face as deep as a pool of black eyes, those eyes seemed to have a magic power that could suck people in, Ruyi felt that this person was a little familiar. I was stunned, only to hear the boy in brocade say again: "I heard that the girl's tofu is very delicious, so I want to try it, but I didn't expect it to sell so quickly, I will call someone to buy it tomorrow." ”
Ruyi hesitated for a moment and handed over the remaining two pieces of tofu, "Since that's the case, I'll sell it to you." Qingmo, the guard next to him, took it and handed over a few round coins.
Ruyi glanced at the boy in brocade in embarrassment, "So much money, I don't have so much change to find you." ”
The boy in brocade smiled and said disapprerovingly: "Don't look for it, I took the girl's love in the first place, so I should make up for it." Without waiting for a satisfactory reaction, he turned around and left.
*
Guiling Town is a border town, which is both a border and a fortress, and a place where soldiers must fight. Over the years, there have been constant border frictions, and recently the Qi State has been preparing to move in the direction of the town. Now this town belongs to the Wei State, and the Marquis of Wei Wuhou took a fancy to this fortress place, so he sent General Jingyuan to guard this place.
General Jingyuan is the son of the general commander Ling Huda, who is twenty years old and has made many achievements, and has already been promoted to general. is also the nephew of today's Wei Wuhou, who is very relied on.
In the general's tent outside the city, the lord sat on the brocade boy just now. "The general was so polite just now, it's just two pieces of tofu!" Fu Jiu said unconvinced.
Ling Huyuan glanced at Fu Jiu and said coldly, "Why have you forgotten what I said?" What is Catch-5? ”
Fu Jiu was frightened, and hurriedly replied: "Don't bully people with power, don't bully the people." "Just remember, next time you will be dealt with for violating military law." Ling Huyuan glanced at Fu Jiu fiercely, and Fu Jiu hurriedly lowered his head.
Ling Huyuan said lightly: "Go down." ”
Ling Huyuan walked to the front of the case, took out a painting scroll and opened it, and couldn't help but look at the painting, the painting was a young girl, with a captivating posture, wearing a water-blue gauze dress, floating out of the dust. Ling Huyuan secretly compared the girl he saw today in his heart, and she was seven or eight points similar to the person in the painting, but the girl she saw today was a little more fireworks than the person in the painting.
"Qingfeng," Ling Huyuan called without raising his head, Qingfeng is Ling Huyuan's secret guard and a dead soldier, he will not show his face easily, he is only secretly protecting Linghu Yuan or performing some special tasks, and he is not in the establishment of the camp. He and Qingmo are two brothers, one in the dark, and the other in the light to protect Ling Huyuan.
"Yes, Major General." Aomine's black power suit flashed out of the corner. "You go and check if that girl is the person we are looking for. Remember to be cautious. Linghu Yuan commanded.
"Nuo" Qingfeng flashed out of the big tent.
Before Ling Huyuan had time to pack up his emotions, the deputy general Du Yi hurriedly came to report, "General, tomorrow's entry into the city has been arranged, and the county order has set aside a mansion to be the general's temporary residence." ”
"Well, restrain the soldiers and don't harass the people." Ling Huyuan said solemnly.
"The last will be remembered. The spies came to report today that there seems to have been a civil strife in the Qi State recently, and Tian Yinqi, the former son of the Qi State, suddenly came back to seize power. ”
"Tian Yinqi disappeared for eight years and suddenly came back, it seems that he came prepared, his whereabouts were unknown back then, it turned out that he was still alive. Recently, Qi Guo should not come to attack. Ling Huyuan got up and paced slowly, "But don't take it lightly, send a spy battalion to closely monitor." ”
"Yes, I'll do it." Du Yi turned around and was about to leave the big tent.
It just so happened that Fu Jiu came to pass on lunch, a small cup of crucian carp tofu soup, a shallots mixed with tofu, a vegetable, and a bowl of rice.
Du Yi couldn't help but wonder when he saw it: "Why is it so vegetarian today, it has become a tofu feast." ”
"This is the newly bought tofu today, which was ordered by the general." Fu Jiu replied.
Ling Huyuan couldn't help but smile faintly when he remembered Ruyi, and said to Du Yi: "Ah Yi, it's better to try it together." ”
Du Yi looked at the 'thousand-year-old cold-faced general' and actually laughed, and couldn't help but feel creepy, and quickly fled.
*
As soon as Ruyi set up a stall the next day, he saw a crowd of people on the side of the road, looking at the road into the city in the distance, Ruyi asked Aunt Zhang, who was selling vegetables next to him, "Aunt Zhang, why are there so many people today?" ”
"Haven't you heard, today the general entered the city, it is said that the general is only in his early twenties this year, handsome and chic, and has not yet married. It's not all about the excitement. Aunt Zhang winked mysteriously at the crowd on the side of the road.
Ruyi looked at the side of the road in confusion, and sure enough, he saw that there were mostly young girls, so he suddenly realized and nodded with a smile. Aunt Zhang looked at Ruyi and continued: "If you want me to say Ruyi, you are the most beautiful girl in our Guiling Town. Where do you go and where do you still have their chances! You're not too small, it's time to think about it. ”
Ruyi blushed and said embarrassedly: "Aunt Zhang is really, she actually made fun of me." ”
"Aunt Zhang, where is she making fun of you, if you were my daughter, I wouldn't want you to get up early and be greedy for darkness so much, and I would have married you a good man."
Just as he was talking and laughing, the well-trained army in the distance slowly approached, and the leader rode a maroon high-headed horse, dressed in bright armor, exuding a majestic momentum.
When Ruyi saw that handsome face clearly, he couldn't help but be stunned, isn't this the brocade boy who bought tofu yesterday? He turned out to be a general. Ling Huyuan also inadvertently saw Ruyi with a face as bright as a peach blossom at this time, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise slightly and smiled at Ruyi.
The crowd around Ruyi suddenly became crowded and excited. "See, he just smiled at this side." "Did he just smile at me?" …… The girls said excitedly. Ruyi hurriedly lowered his head.
The army that entered the city was finally finished, the crowd slowly dispersed, the streets returned to their former calm, Ruyi was still in shock, why did he smile at this side just now, and soon the answer came.
Qingmo, the guard who came to buy tofu with the boy in brocade last time, came over, "Girl, my general has all the tofu." Please follow me back to the house and settle the account! ”
Ruyi's mind turned a few times, hesitating whether to go with him, he always felt that the purpose was not pure, and if he didn't go, he was a general. When the visitor saw this, he didn't rush it, but waited on the sidelines. In the end, Ruyi made up his mind, turned around and shouted to Aunt Zhang not far away: "Aunt Zhang, I will go to the checkout with this little brother, and you tell me that my mother may go back later." ”
"Got it, go ahead, be careful!" Aunt Zhang looked at her with some concern. Ruyi nodded and left with Qingmo.