05 | Osmanthus for wine money

It has been a few months since the day of the farewell on the white embankment.

In addition to dealing with military affairs every day, and being called to the house by the state pastor every once in a while, as long as he is free, he will lead the horse alone and go out alone.

Cui Mu, as Qin Hanmu's general, did not notice anything abnormal at first. It's just that after a long time, he found that this general Qin, who was invincible in the eyes of the world and terrified the enemy, seemed to have changed recently.

General Qin, who was originally unsmiling, is now even more taciturn, often looking worried.

Cui Mu was a little worried, in his opinion, the general must be disturbed by heavy military and political affairs, so he took matters into his own hands and instructed the housekeeper of the general's mansion to select a few talented and famous men from the drunken dream hall to come to the mansion to sing a little song to the general, and dance a little dress.

On this day, Qin Hanmu saw that he was leaving the house alone, and Cui Mu was not at ease, so he followed out.

He found that General Qin had gone to Shili Baidi alone.

Qin Hanmu led the horse and looked out from the fence on the white causeway. The osmanthus flowers on both sides of the canal are now blooming, and the air is filled with a faint fragrance of osmanthus flowers. But in his eyes, there were only ten miles of residual lotus.

Although he was just looking at it from afar, Cui Mu could feel the sadness emanating from Qin Hanmu's body. The autumn wind is gradually rising, and the pedestrians are depressed. Qin Muhan stood on the white causeway without saying a word, one person and one horse, until the sunset was crumpled into rippling waves, until a woman in aqua green clothes suddenly passed by the bridge.

Cui Mu couldn't help but notice this woman, because from the moment she stepped on the white causeway, the ten miles of residual lotus seemed to regain its brilliance.

And General Qin, who was on the white causeway, didn't seem to notice this girl, he was still holding the railing with one hand and leading the horse with the other, and his eyes were set on the unknown distance.

Shangguan Miao saw that Qin Hanmu was sorry to find him, so he tiptoed behind him, stood on tiptoe gently, and then slapped him on the head.

If someone else had such a move, Cui Mu would have felt that person was either crazy or stupid, and he would dare to act disobediently to the general. And he would have rushed forward and slashed the man by his sword.

But it was this woman who made his feet seem to take root, making him feel that he was either crazy or stupid, and he actually felt that no matter what she did, it was all taken for granted.

Qin Hanmu was startled at first, and after he turned around to see the woman behind him, the previous surprise became two shocks.

"Is that you?" Qin Hanmu was surprised by three points and surprised by seven points.

"If it's not me, who can there be?" Shangguan Miao laughed and said, "Isn't the general waiting for someone else?" ”

"Nature...... No, I'm ......" Qin Hanmu still couldn't say the word "waiting for you" after all.

I've been waiting for you for a long time.

"Okay, I'm just passing by, and I'll say hello when I see you alone." Shangguan said misty.

"Oh." Although there were a thousand words in his heart, he only spit out this one word in the end.

"Oh, look at this." Shangguan Miao spread out his palm in front of Qin Muhan, and his jade fingers were as thin as boneless, like an onion, and they could be held.

On the palm of the skin, a small osmanthus petal lies quietly.

"Taken from the general's hair." Shangguan Miao winked at Qin Muhan, "I think the general is not a broken sleeve, so this osmanthus will not be deliberately dressed." ”

"How could it be ......" Qin Hanmu still didn't escape her gaze after all, and blushed again.

"Isn't there anything the general wants to say to me?" Shangguan Miao withdrew his palm and asked.

"How could it be ......" Qin Hanmu only felt that his mouth seemed to have been dropped on a thousand catties of boulders, and it was extremely difficult to open, even though there were hundreds of schools of thought in his mind, a thousand words, and he could only talk eloquently, when he reached his mouth, he could only rush out a few words.

Shangguan Miao covered his mouth and smiled, and his eyebrows and eyes were full of charm.

"When the autumn wind meets the old people, they will exchange osmanthus flowers for wine and drink, okay?" Shangguan Miao suggested.

"Okay." This time, a good word is worth a thousand words.

Qin Hanmu led the horse and walked side by side with Shangguan Miao, while Cui Mu stood in place in a daze, as if the roots under his feet before were now deeper.

It wasn't until he couldn't see the two of them anymore that he came back to his senses and returned home silently, leaving behind a broken moonlight.

In the wine shop on the street, Qin Hanmu and Shangguan Miao sat opposite each other and drank.

Perhaps because he had eaten a few glasses of new wine, Qin Hanmu spoke a lot more casually.

"Wasn't the girl from Jiangzhou before?" Qin Hanmu asked.

Shangguan Miao nodded: "I lost my parents since I was a child, but I was fortunate to be rescued by my master, and since then I have had a wind in my life and wandered with my master in the world." ”

In a few words, the past is full of ups and downs.

What made Qin Hanmu even more distressed was Shangguan Miaomiao's attitude when he mentioned these past events. She is so calm, so light and light, as if a gust of wind blows, sweeping away the autumn leaves, but the autumn coolness is not exhausted.

"Will the girl still leave?" As soon as Qin Hanmu asked this question, he regretted it.

Because he realizes that there is ambiguity in this question, it can be big or small, it can be very heavy, it can be very light.

Even if he asked, Shangguan Miao would not necessarily give him the answer he wanted.

Shangguan Miao naturally heard the ambiguity in the question, she smiled lightly, and said softly: "Of course I will leave, is it possible to stay in the tavern for the rest of my life?" ”

Saying that, Shangguan Miao added wine to the two of them: "The moonlight is just right, you should drink with the light of the toad." ”

The wine bottle touched lightly, making a crisp sound, knocking on Qin Hanmu's heart, he drank the wine in the cup, and said softly: "If you have a confidant, it is a street wine shop, and it is also my hometown." ”

"General, you're drunk." Shangguan Miao said faintly through the flickering candle flame.

"How so?" Qin Hanmu asked.

"If the general is not drunk, he should know that the height of the temple and the importance of the society are your home." Shangguan said misty.

"If that's the case, then I'd rather be drunk for a long time and never wake up, and I will have a dream." Qin Hanmu drank two more glasses of wine in a row.

"I heard that the general led 3,000 cavalry and defeated the barbarians." Just as Qin Hanmu was about to drink the third glass of wine, Shangguan Miao changed the topic.

"Everyone in the world knows that my 3,000 cavalry companies broke through 12 counties, but who knows that 3,000 soldiers will go out of the customs and 600 sons will return the township?" Qin Hanmu smiled a little bitterly, "In comparison, those robes who are buried in other places are more worthy of the word Chang Sheng." ”

"Rong Ma has a lifetime, and the horse leather shroud is not a good destination." Shangguan Miao comforted.

"Perhaps, after all, history books and biographies are still up to the living." Qin Han said.

"Jiangzhou is peachy and willow green, outstanding people, and there are three autumn laurels and ten miles of lotus, no wonder the barbarians will salivate."