Chapter Eighty-Five: Prelude
When I got out of the cave door, Lan Ling didn't return the treasure knife to me, and kept saying that it was the loot he had captured, and he wanted to hang it in the house to encourage himself. It's not the Qinglong Yanyue Knife that captured Second Brother Guan, what is there to encourage yourself to snatch from me, a handsome scholar?
To put it mildly, in the end, I put on two catties of cumin, and the unlimited right to use Jiuhua Yulu was reluctantly exchanged for the scabbard, and the knife was definitely not given, and the beautiful name said: attempted murder, the murder weapon was suppressed, and the right to prosecute was reserved. The scabbard was also completed, and he came out under the banner of going up the mountain to find the lost saber, and he had an explanation when he went back. The scabbard is there, but the knife has not been found yet, so there is a good stubble for the next meeting.
Today's trip was not in vain, not only did she understand the life experience of the second daughter thoroughly, but also understood the reason why Lanling has always been obsessed, although she did not say that the grievances for many years were written off, but her heart was obviously not so careful. Judging from the appearance of bargaining with me before leaving, blackmailing Jiuhua Yulu and cumin, Lanling already has the appearance of a little woman, and when she was with me, she had already abandoned the princess status of golden branches and jade leaves, and showed her true thoughts without scruples, and she would never say such things because of small gadgets such as spices and perfumes.
Even so, I would never think that I had already grasped Lanling in the palm of my hand, not now, and it is unlikely to be possible in the future. There are also people in the royal family who are infatuated, but they have the quality of being old with deep affection on the one hand, and sharpening knives with murderous surging on the other, and there is no shortage of such people in all dynasties. The love between men and women is not the whole of their lives, when necessary, their lives are just a bunch of chips, and they will never be soft when it is time to stud. I admire such a person, and I admire the five-body throw.
I was faintly jealous of the dead ghost monk who was a cheap old man who was able to lead the princess to seize power and rebel at the expense of the country and the people, and pulled on the back of countless people, which was too windy. The second daughter of my family has such parents, I must carefully observe my different second mother-in-law when I go back, I can marry such a girl as a wife, I am quite capable.
If I become an emperor, I will definitely be a faint king, the kind that has been scolded by people for eternity; If I want to fight for the throne, the end must be very miserable, as long as people catch Ying and the second daughter, or even Lanling, and put a knife on her neck, I will Lima pack up my luggage and automatically exile to the primeval forest as Mount Tai, no two words. Thinking of this, he took out the white and flexible transformation paper in his arms and rubbed it carefully.
Comfortable! Squatting on the tuyere, in the picturesque mountains and forests, in a happy mood and cranky to solve the big hands, a great thing in life!
When I went back to the yard, Lanling had already brought a lot of things over, and he Ying was happily pulling the homely food, and when he saw me coming back, his expression was still the same, and he was simple and polite, and he cooperated with him.
The second daughter, as usual, will hide in the bedroom as long as Lan Ling comes, fiddling with needlework or something. Maybe she didn't know her background, but the miserable living environment and the tragic experience of her family ruined made her hostile to the royal family, especially after she found out that my relationship with Lanling was unusual, and she didn't know what plans were in her little head.
The second daughter was sitting cross-legged on the bed embroidering handkerchiefs, the bun on her head had been pulled into the appearance of a woman, a gentle and virtuous little appearance, and she didn't stop when she saw me coming in, and bowed her head and said, "Husband has gone to the back mountain?" ”
"En" I raised the scabbard in my hand, and walked closer to admire the second girl's craftsmanship, "The scabbard is light, the knife is not found." What to embroider? ”
"Magpies." The second daughter carefully pulled the needle and thread, and was coloring the magpie on the handkerchief, "Husband, you have to go up the mountain tomorrow to find a knife, right?" ”
"Oh?" took the embroidery on the second girl's hand and lifted her chin, "What do you mean by the stinky girl?" ”
The second daughter giggled, "It's gone." My husband knows it in his heart. ”
"You know what?" I lifted it up for my second daughter and put it on my lap, "You are clever for a day, have you drunk hawthorn water?" Be careful of stomach upset in the middle of the night. ”
"Giggles...."The second daughter likes to mention her stomach trouble the most, and she laughs non-stop every time she says it. The concubine is about to have a stomach, and the husband is still taking care of it, which is not bad. ”
Gently holding her in my arms, facing this little goblin who was just fifteen years old, my heart was full of doting, "I just went to the back mountain to meet Princess Lanling, okay?" ”
"Yes." The second daughter raised her head, her nose wrinkled vigorously, and she made a satisfied appearance, "Princess Lanling is the aunt of the concubine, I had an impression of her when I was a child, and I was good-looking when I was young." ”
"What's a good idea?" I hung on her nose for a while, and the little girl changed her strategy and began to talk about her seniority and age, but I avoided the important and did not take her words.
"Forget, giggle......." The second daughter saw that I had the intention of defending Lanling, so she pushed her head into my arms, "Princess Lanling brought a lot of things over, and she didn't know what to say to her all day, and her wife had a good impression of her." ”
"You're fifteen?" I pulled the second girl's little head out of my arms and stared at her big eyes tightly, "What does a fifteen-year-old girl have in her head?" ”
"The concubine has grown up, and the husband can't resist it." The second daughter shook her small waist and showed a curve that seemed to have five, "What my aunt can do, my concubine can also do." ”
The title of aunt is so evil that it makes me an out-and-out and unruly beast. "Second daughter, let's change the name, it's good to be called Princess Lanling, and besides, your aunt has so much, it's not good to deduct it from me." It's as if all my daughters and I have done something, and I feel awkward.
"Yes! Aunt Lanling. The second daughter nodded seriously, and kept rubbing her small breasts on my arm, "Husband, do you feel the flesh?" ”
"Your aunt has more meat than you! Death, goblin! I threw her on the bed, twitched her buttocks, and said angrily, "It's just a little older, I don't study well in a day." ”
The second daughter laughed straight down, a picture of celebrating victory, and her little feet beat on the bed like a drum, and she was very happy.
"Okay, stop laughing." I pulled her up and sat up, "Don't talk about this matter, Lanling is not a bad person," the second daughter heard me praise Lanling, and there was a dissatisfied look in her eyes, so I changed my words: "Even if she is a bad person, she doesn't have bad intentions for our family." Being together means talking, talking about some academic things, it's not easy for her to be a widow, usually she can talk to me, have fun, nothing else, don't think nonsense. ”
The second daughter nodded, got out of bed and poured me a glass of water, and handed it to me obediently, "The second daughter is young and ignorant. The husband usually has to discipline the concubine more. ”
"Slippery head!" I took the water and drank it down. I originally wanted to persuade the second daughter not to be ******** and guard against people on weekdays, but forget it, it is not necessarily a bad thing to have more eyes, and when she is older, it is not bad to be a personal think tank for me, so I changed my words: "If you have time to read and write in the future, don't always keep the needle and thread in your hands, and resolutely don't do it in the future, don't be tired." In the future, you don't have to stay away from Princess Lanling when she comes to our house, you are generous, what you should do, just get by. Seeing that it was getting dark, Lanling took a lot of delicious food, and we ate it all for her. ”
The second daughter nodded, hugged my arm with a smile and went out to sweep.
It's warm and comfortable in the villa, and fishing has become my best pastime. Every morning, my second daughter and I are fishing on the edge of the pond, Ying and Lanling are on the side, and they look very good.
Cheng Chu seized the rare free time, and the pleasure of Xiaoao Mountain Forest made him change his job to become a professional hunter, and he went up the mountain alone before dawn, and did not come back until dusk, and he could come back with some prey every day. Sometimes it is a small muntjac, and occasionally there are mountain rabbits and pheasants that do not grow out of the nest in winter, and fresh game barbecued at dinner has become the mainstream food. I don't feel comfortable smelling cumin now, so I eat rock sugar gourd to eat.
On the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, Cheng Chu took a can of my Tsairan and brought a small half car of game back to honor Mr. Cheng, who came out for seven days, and it was a bit unreasonable not to go back, and it was also appropriate to bring some fresh things to make the old man happy. When he came back at the beginning of the tenth month, he brought the news that Qin Yu had been stationed in Shanzhou (Xining) with the soldiers of the Guannei Prefecture, and brought back more yak jerky.
Wasn't it in Suzhou earlier? How can there be a transfer in the middle of winter? Shanzhou is already the junction of the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, if there is a war, there is the front line, listen to the meaning of Cheng Chu, this time a large part of the government soldiers in the pass have been dispatched to Shanzhou, and there is a large army to press the border. It was a warm period of climate, and the movement of troops in winter was relatively simple, but the concentration of troops in Shanzhou still made me feel sudden. Perhaps the imperial court used the strategy of attacking and defending to contain Tibet and relieve the pressure on the Liaodong theater. Of course, it is not excluded that the new emperor will work hard a few years after coming to power, and the national strength will increase greatly, and he will be full of confidence to fight on two fronts after the spring warms.