Chapter 3 The Cold Mountain and Autumn Se
Lang Xia twisted Concubine De's green silk into a high knotted hair, towering above her head, with gorgeous jewelry and golden hairpins, which looked very noble. Such a hair ornament has one to nine mustaches, which is a more noble hairstyle in the palace, and in the end, Concubine De is not the queen, and she always abides by her duty in dress.
"Why did Concubine Xian suddenly fall ill today?" Concubine De asked.
Lang Xia shook her head: "The slave doesn't know, Concubine Xian is honest and honest on weekdays, but she is just worried about her son, and now her Royal Highness King Di is far away in the Xiongnu, it may be ...... Overly worried? β
Concubine De suddenly stopped the movement in her hand and asked, "No, the queen ...... she"
Lang Xia was still holding an earring in her hand, and when she heard Concubine De say this, she was stunned for a moment and asked, "Niangniang, what do you say is wrong with the queen?" β
Concubine De pursed her lips, took the earrings and put them on, and read, "It's okay." β
Lang Xia didn't know what to do, and continued to give Concubine De grate, Fu Fan.
Concubine De picked up the bronze mirror, touched the ornaments and inscriptions cast on the back of the mirror, and sighed: "The fat powder that Emperor Yin rewarded Yang Yuhuan with cost was one million taels, and no matter how valuable Fu powder is used in this palace now, it can't hide the wrinkles on his face." β
Lang Xia helped Concubine De to get up: "The Yin Emperor once chanted 'Spring Breeze Blowing Revlon', the spring breeze is thick, isn't that to describe you today?" The king's grace continues. β
After a while, Concubine De walked into the cloister leisurely, looking at the morning light, her good-looking brows gradually stretched: "Let's go, I'm afraid the selected show girls are also coming, let's go and have a good time, the palace wants to see what kind of show girls the queen can choose." β
"Yes, the slave will help you out."
Although it has passed the season of July fire, the sun is close to noon, and the back is still hairy. The floor tiles of the Great Yin Palace reflect the dazzling sunlight, making people dare not look directly.
Concubine De and the Empress stood in front of the Qingning Palace, and Concubine Xian was extremely unwell, and it was difficult to get up, so she had to be absent.
In the courtyard of Qingning Palace, there are already two selected show girls from the Chen family and the Yang family, named Chen Langgu and Yang Liu'an.
The two show girls have been in Qingning Palace for more than an hour, but there is no trace of the other show girl Xiao Shi, it is inevitable that they are a little impatient, and the sun is scorching, but they are a little unbearable.
"The two younger sisters feel a little tired?" The queen said with concern.
Hearing this, Chen Langgu and Yang Liu'an straightened their waists and held on strongly, not daring to be slack, but the beads of sweat on their foreheads seeped out one by one.
Concubine De held back a laugh while asking Lang Xia to bring two basins of ice cubes and put them in front of the two show girls, who hurriedly thanked them and continued to stand upright.
"Queen Mother," Concubine De's voice was sharp: "Look at the person you personally selected, it's almost noon, is the Xiao family too slender and sunburned?" Why can't you see a human figure yet? β
The queen sat on the throne, her hands in front of her waist, still graceful and generous: "Sister Concubine De is used to laughing, and she is not afraid of the new sisters making fun of us." β
Concubine De shook the fan and said with a smile: "Then you have to wait until she comes to make fun of us." In other words, I haven't seen Your Majesty for a long time, why didn't I ask Your Majesty to come to today's draft? β
The queen froze: "This palace is the lord of the six palaces, and it is not as good as Concubine De that you can see Your Majesty every day, today's selection, Your Majesty said two months ago, from beginning to end, this palace is in charge." Now that the local feudal towns are divided, Your Majesty is naturally busy dealing with political affairs, is it difficult for Concubine Dao to let Your Majesty come in person and be accused of being a faint monarch? β
Concubine De turned her head to the palace gate, only smiled and said no more.
"Pick the draft girl Xiao to-"
Qingning Palace everyone suddenly cheered up the spirit of twelve, all looked towards the palace door, as far as the eye could see, a young woman came in, her eyes flowed with a delicate luster, her body was light and soft, and she had a pair of flower shoes made of splendid silk step by step.
It's just that everyone doesn't know that this show girl is not Xiao Heling at the moment, she has already stolen the beam and changed the pillars and turned into this woman named Qier Qingyun.
Qingyun slowly walked into the inner court of Qingning Palace, and weakly bowed in front of the queen: "The queen's mother is a thousand years old." β
The queen was kind and pleasant, and helped Qingyun to get up generously and decently, because the queen's position was noble, ordinary people couldn't look directly at the queen, Qingyun lowered her eyes slightly, and she looked very elegant and exquisite.
"Since the three draft girls have arrived, then let's go with my aunt."
"Yes."
Just after noon, before the hour came, there were a few very thin clouds, blocking the sun from the background. The early autumn wind, moist and warm, swept through the ground like velvet, blowing from the Dayin Palace to the outskirts of the south of Chang'an City.
After the group that robbed Xiao Heling and stunned her and her maidservant Fu'an, they were still in the carriage and continued to rush towards the mountains in the far distance of the dense forest on the outskirts of the southern part of the city, where the bandits gathered.
However, Sikong Jun, the commander of the forbidden army, was on the way out of the city to Xiangzhou, and a group of robbers who kidnapped Xiao Heling were targeted by Sikong Jun impartially.
"Phewβ"
There was a neighing of horses, and Sikong Jun held a long tassel in his hand, rode on horseback, and blocked the robbers' carriage. Behind the assassins, dozens of soldiers stationed on the road, forcing several robbers into a dilemma.
Several robbers looked quite calm, and the leader jumped down from the carriage skillfully, stepped forward with both hands into fists, and saluted Sikong Jun: "I don't know what is important about Brother Tai, stop us from transporting business materials." β
Sikong Jun rode on his horse, looked at a few robbers, and said with a dignified gaze: "You say that you are merchants in Chang'an City?" So what kind of important material is in this carriage that makes you dress like this to escort you? β
The leader said: "Materials are precious, and ...... are naturally needed"
"Need to be covered?" Sikong Jun grabbed the words and asked.
"No," the leader said, "seeing that it is going to rain heavily, we are just taking precautions." β
Sikong Jun's expression seemed to see through a few robbers, he glanced at everyone, and sneered: "I'm afraid the things you are wearing are not something that ordinary businessmen can get, right?" Look at the swords worn by a few people, the outer sheath is completely painted, the handle is matched with the complete set, and the gauntlet is also tightly sealed with the sheath, such a level of craftsmanship, could it be that how many of you are related to the palace? Say! It's not dawn yet, who are you, and what kind of unsightly things are you transporting?! β
A group of robbers retreated in an instant, with a soft sound of "swish", and pulled out their swords, Sikong Jun saw that this was also drawing his sword out of the sheath, while the soldiers were holding their guns on guard, the two sides were opposed, and the atmosphere became anxious, but they did not immediately fight.
The cold eyes of the leader led by "Ho ......" swept Sikong Jun: "I advise you, it's better not to meddle in things." β
"If it's a matter in the palace, it's not an idle matter!" Sikong Jun snorted coldly and continued: "I advise you to explain it to me honestly, otherwise it will ......"
"How else?"
"Otherwise, don't blame me for the lack of eyes in my sword!" Sikong Jun shouted.
Just when his words fell, the leading robber actually threw out two steel shots, Sikong Jun's eyes flashed, he had already taken precautions, the sword dance was like a curtain, and with the "bang" two sharp sounds, the steel shot flew out.
"Formation! Capture these thieves with me! β
With Sikong Jun's order, dozens of soldiers behind him surrounded these robbers, and this group of thieves relied on the carriage to defend, plus the kung fu was not low, and they actually blocked the soldiers' attacks for a while.
On the other side, the leading robber didn't care about the situation behind him, and slashed with a steel knife in his hand, the light of the knife was like the shadow of the moon, and he immediately overturned the two soldiers who stabbed the spear at him.
"What a handsome knife technique, this gang of thieves really can't be underestimated," Sikong Jun's heart moved slightly, and he immediately raised his sword and rushed towards the robber, the tip of the sword flashed, like a silver snake Wandao, virtual and real, making it difficult to distinguish the true from the false, but the leading robber was not in a hurry, his feet were like roots, and his defensive position was like a mountain, so he did not move to prevent Sikong Jun's sword move.
The two sides exchanged more than ten moves in an instant, and the leading robber seemed to have figured out Sikong Jun's routine, and suddenly drew his knife and slashed, attacking Sikong Jun in a row of mountains and seas, but the tip of Sikong Jun's sword was lightly clicked, and after swinging away the robber a few times, the long sword stabbed forward and went straight to the middle palace.
"Ho!" The robber shouted, and then threw out two steel pills at Sikong Jun, Sikong Jun's pupils shrank, and he hurriedly retreated, clicked on the steel pill, looked at the man, and was slightly annoyed: "You guy, you will use some indiscriminate means." β
"Hmph, if you can kill someone, who cares if you can't do anything wrong," the man responded coldly, and shouted at a few people behind him: "This stubble is a little hard, and my brothers will break through with me." β
"Want to run?" Sikong Jun put his sword into the sheath, picked up the long tassel on the ground with his foot, connected the spear head, and attacked the leading robber again.
The leading robber shouted again, raised his knife to block, but unexpectedly, Sikong Jun, who took the gun, seemed to be a different person, waving the war gun in his hand, the wind gusted, and the stabbing was like a dragon, so that the leading robber was unable to guard against it, and he couldn't help but show a bitter face, but after seven moves, Sikong Jun found an opportunity and left the weapon of the leading robber in the distance.
When the leader saw that the brothers were about to be defeated, they looked at each other for a while, and then at the sound of an order, several people ran separately, and it seemed that they were fully prepared.
Sikong Jun's subordinates wanted to chase after each other, but Sikong Jun threw the long tassel away: "Forget it, don't chase it, who knows if it's a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, there are still people in the carriage, quickly rescue people!" β
After Xiao Heling and Fu'an were rescued by Sikong Jun, they were still unconscious after Shen Shi.
"General, let's go along the mountain road, in case anything happens to the girl." The subordinate asked.
Sikong Jun sat on the horse, his body shaking: "It's okay, I don't know who this girl is, wait for her to wake up and ask." You take two people to find a post station in front, let's rest for a while and continue to Xiangzhou. β
"Yes, General."
Halfway through the unitary hour, Sikong Jun and the others continued to move towards the south, and the emperor originally asked them to go to Xiangzhou to sit in the town for a month, in case the power of the feudal town endangered Chang'an City, so it was quite easy.
Xiao Heling and Fu'an were lying in the carriage, Xu is mountain road along the way made the carriage bumpy, Xiao Heling slowly woke up, still dizzy, so painful that he couldn't speak, so he had to sizzle and inhale, and while shaking Fu'an, he put his hand on the back of Fu'an's head to prevent the bumps in the carriage from causing discomfort again.
After a while, Xiao Heling finally waited for the pain to subside, but the carriage gradually stopped, Xiao Heling was worried, and he desperately protected Fu'an, not daring to make a sound.