Pei Qing hooked his little finger and pushed the hair that was attached to the corners of his lips behind his ears, and suddenly found that the color of Li Yi's ears was a little abnormal.

She didn't start, and held back a laugh as if nothing had happened.

There is no sedan chair in the Rui Palace, if Pei Qing wants to go anywhere, she will walk by herself, she prohibits the sedan chair driver in the palace without the slightest technical content.

When Pei Qing passed by the courtyard where the school was located, Cuiwan, who was resting between classes, saw her, and at the same time saw Li Yi who was a step behind her.

Cui Wan's inquiring eyes followed for a long time, until she couldn't see the two of them at all, and then took them back.

"If you were in my former master's house, you would have your eyes gouged out if you looked at your master like this." There was a "kind" reminder from the girls who came with me.

Another girl next to her immediately chimed in: "The princess definitely doesn't like to be stared at by us like this, but she is really very good-looking!" ”

Cui Wan didn't receive the persuasion of her companion at all, and asked with a glare, "Do you know who the tall man who is following the princess?" ”

She got two sighs.

"That's right." Cuiwan muttered to herself, "It's all new, I don't know it, and you don't know it either." ”

*

Pei Qing walked to the gate of the palace and found that there was a tall horse tied to the door, which was very handsome and all black.

She stood and admired it, and then told Li Yi: "This princess can't ride a horse." ”

Li Yi smiled dumbly.

"Then I had to let my subordinates lead the horses away." As he spoke, he motioned to Pei Qing and asked her to look at the upper horse stone at the door.

The corners of Pei Qing's lips hooked slightly, and he happily walked towards Shangma Shi.

Before stepping on it, she suddenly turned around and grabbed Li Yi's forearm, and then instantly felt his muscles tense.

Li Yi didn't speak, just looked at her.

Pei Qing had already used his hand as a railing and steadily supported the upper stone.

Li Yi had to pull the horse closer, he wanted to see how the princess, who couldn't ride a horse, got on the horse, so he only provided his arm and did not take the initiative to help her.

Pei Qing let go of his hand, pressed the horse's back with both hands, brushed it like a butterfly, and sat on the saddle lightly - sitting on the side.

She glanced at Li Yi defiantly.

Li Yi was really a little surprised now.

Pei Qing's balance is very good, even if he sits sideways on horseback, he is like a fairy sitting in the clouds, elegant and clear, and even the lines on the corners of his clothes are not messed up at all.

"Let's go." She commanded with her head held high.

Li Yi silently looked at her sitting posture, and then took the horse and walked out without saying a word.

Because of the sewer dug, the pavement of the street is freshly renovated, and although it is still dirt, it has been rolled very flat by stone grinding, and the horses' hooves walk on it quite steadily.

"Is it really the first time the princess has ridden a horse?" Li Yi held the reins of the horse with one hand, and looked leisurely, but his speed was not slow at all, and he soon walked to the city gate.

Pei Qing immediately replied: "That's right, but I have deliberately practiced balance before." ”

After passing through the short and dilapidated city gate hole, the road began to become bumpy after leaving the county seat, but this did not affect his fast walking.

After passing through the wheat fields where green wheat seedlings had emerged and the cotton fields that had grown strongly, they came to the foot of a small hill near Xixian County.

"These white ones with a little bit of lilac in them are astragalus," Li Yi pointed to the wildflowers on the ground and began to introduce, "the thin little purple trumpet flower like a bamboo tube over there is rehmannia root, and further down the mountain, there are licorice, ginseng and fine spice ......."

Pei Qing sat on the back of a high horse, looking at the mountains and valleys and deep forests in front of him, and involuntarily took a deep breath, feeling that his entire lungs were as comfortable as having been cleaned.

This fairytale-like green territory is hers!

Li Yi neatly tied the reins to a tree, then looked up at her, and opened his arms.

Pei Qing withdrew his gaze from the top of the mountains, looked down at the tall man in front of him, and asked a little hesitantly in the face of his movements: "Maybe you can find a dismount stone?" ”

She turned her head to look around, looking for something like a stake.

The answer to her was a low and soft cello-like man's voice, with a faint hint of a smile in it: "I didn't expect the princess to attach so much importance to the defense of men and women?" ”

His hand was still resting on the reins, so this tall horse was very docile and could keep Pei Qing safe on it.

Pei Qing replied casually and pretending to be considerate: "Aren't you afraid that your ears will burn red." ”

Li Yi, who was countered to the first army, coughed lowly.

"It's fine." He said so.

Pei Qing still didn't move, and seemed to have made up his mind to stay on horseback until he was old.

Li Yi had no choice but to say, "Don't you want to see the growth of medicinal herbs in the town?" Is it because you don't want to be hugged by me that you don't want to watch it? ”

Pei Qing's teeth gently bit the soft flesh inside his lips, and suddenly grabbed the two arms he stretched out with his backhand, and the brush fell to the ground like a leaf.

Then the two heels suddenly felt as if they had been slashed, and there was a burst of pain.

"Shhh

"Do you need me to rub your feet?" Li Yi asked softly.

Pei Qing rolled his eyes ungracefully, and finally let go of his hand.

In order to alleviate her embarrassment, she looked at the lush wildflowers blooming next to her and asked, "Is there an angelica in this place?" ”

Li Yi's answer was: "Yes." ”

After he finished speaking, he saw that her eyes were bright, as if a beam of light illuminated her face, making her look so bright that she dared not look at it, and it was more beautiful than the morning sun.

Li Yi wanted to look away, but he couldn't, so he could only look at her fixedly, and he didn't look away after three breaths.

"Great, so lucky!" Pei Qing was quite excited, so he didn't notice Li Yi's abnormality.

She walked through the flower-covered meadow to the top of the woods, and without looking back, she beckoned to him: "Hurry up, take me to see Angelica." ”

Angelica is a plant that is both edible and medicinal, especially when cooking meat dishes, no matter how fishy the meat is added to the angelica, the stew will have an ethereal medicinal fragrance, and the soup will become thick and elegant.

She has long wanted to make angelica pork bone soup to cook noodles, but unfortunately there is not even a pharmacy in this poor countryside in Xixian County, and even the only one in Langzhong can only diagnose the pulse and acupuncture, and the most used medicine is actually grass ash (?). ）。

Li Yi silently followed behind her, instructing her from time to time where to turn and where to go straight.

He would often brush away the branches and leaves that swept over her head in advance, and occasionally whispered to remind her to be careful of her step, always keeping an eye out for snakes, insects, rats and ants in the grass.

Fortunately, there are no snakes and insects in this season, and he can rest assured that Pei Qing will walk in front.

After walking up for more than 200 zhang, Li Yi said steadily: "Here we are, this is it." ”

Pei Qing stopped unsatisfied, feeling that his body was light and not tired at all, and he could climb two more mountains.

They came to a field of tender green plants, which were thigh-high and had fine gray hairs on the upper parts, and grew in clusters in the grass on the hillside, which looked inconspicuous.

"The young shoots and buds of Angelica sinensis in early spring are edible," Li Yibin politely asked her, "If the princess wants to eat them, I can pick some for you." ”

Pei Qing replied happily: "Okay, good." ”

However, when she looked down and saw the scars on his hands picking the stems and leaves, she bent down to pick them with him.

Li Yi glanced at her and didn't say anything, but moved faster.

Soon the two picked a small bundle, dug up a whole plant, and tied it together with rattan, and Pei Qing was satisfied.

"I'll make bone broth and noodles when I go back," she clapped her hands gently, "Add more angelica and scallion oil." ”

She felt that today's harvest was big enough, and although she really wanted to continue climbing the mountain, there were still many things waiting for her to deal with in the feudal town, and she had to go back.

Li Yi seemed to see her nostalgia, and he asked in a low voice, "Do you want to stay a little longer?" I brought dried meat, would you like to eat it? ”

Pei Qing stood on the hillside, looked at the small county town in the distance, which looked like a children's toy, and said with a little hesitation: "But I still have a lot to do......

"It's time to eat," he whispered to her, "and there's nothing to be done." ”

Well, Pei Qing agreed.

There was a dead tree that had fallen to the ground nearby, and Li Yi pointed it out to her, so the two of them sat on the dead tree, separated enough distance to hold the other person.

There was an unknown bird calling on a nearby branch, which was very beautiful, and the mountains and forests were particularly quiet, and after a burst of paper rustling, Li Yi handed over a small paper bag.

Pei Qing hurriedly swept his hand, couldn't bear to look at the scar on his hand twice, and quickly took the paper bag.

- with his body temperature on it!

She paused, then took a deep breath and spit it out deeply, this paper bag is a little hot.

Li Yi didn't notice her strange appearance, and asked in a slightly urging whisper, "Don't you open it and eat a piece?" ”

"......" Pei Qing opened the paper bag and found that there were several pieces of money and dried meat as beautiful as rubies.

She feigned composure and picked up a slice and stuffed it into her mouth, and her eyes lit up.

The sweet and slightly salty dried meat is flexible and chewy, but it is not firewood at all, and every time you chew it, it overflows with rich flavor in your mouth, and she tastes the texture of layers of unknown spices, which is very delicious.

"It's delicious!" She looked at the paper bag in amazement, a little incredulous, it was the best snack she had ever had in this ancient world.

A man's deep and magnetic voice sounded in his ears: "I made it according to the method taught by my stepfather, and there are many herbs in it from the slopes of this mountain, and if you need it, the princess, I can write you the secret recipe for making it." ”

Pei Qing came back to her senses from the food, and she was still biting the second piece of pork jerky between her lips, and suddenly felt as if she had treated someone a little badly.

"No, no, no." She said embarrassedly, "This secret recipe is not cheap when you eat it, you can keep it." ”

She has never paid Li Yi, and she has been saved by him three times and twice, but she has instructed him to do many things, and some things are not what he needs to do as a guard.

After thinking about it, she added: "Of course, if you are short of money, I can buy your secret recipe, as much as you want." ”

Li Yi looked sideways at her, and a low, pleasant laugh pierced through the face towel on his face and fell into her ears.

"Is it because I'm short of money or is the princess more out of money?" He teased her quietly.

Pei Qing put down the dried meat, and his face turned serious: "I am short of money, but I am not stingy when it is time to pay." ”

Li Yi stopped talking, but untied a small gourd from his waist and handed it to her.

Pei Qing took it suspiciously, opened it and smelled it, and smelled a clear fragrance of flowers.

"This is a rose drink that all the ladies of the capital like," Li Yi explained, "There is still a little rose puree in the library, and only the princess is worthy of it, so I took it upon myself to redeem some for the princess." ”

Then he found that Pei Qing was looking at him like a monster.

"I'm a little jealous of the prince, how did he train you?" She muttered, "The martial arts are strong, they also know the art of war, they have read a lot of books, they can recognize herbs, they can also train talents, they can also make money and dried meat, and they can exchange drinks!" ”

At this moment, she suddenly discovered that this Li Yi was an all-rounder, and he was a rare all-rounder with both civil and military skills.

She looked at Li Yi with a new look, and slowly, a curiosity rose about the dead prince.

To be able to raise such a top talent, presumably the Dead Ghost Lord has a lot of means, maybe he was still a brilliant person before he became a vassal - unfortunately, that person's life is short.

However, if he was still alive, the people of this domain might not be able to obey her as a princess......

Pei Qing fell into deep thought, chewing something in her mouth, completely ignoring the man next to her who was looking at her.

Li Yi was satisfied to find that Pei Qing liked the food and drinks he brought, she ate all the dried meat, and now she is holding the gourd and drinking it one by one, showing a satisfied expression every time she drinks the rose drink.

- like a cat, like a little fox.

There was a fluttering sound of wings flapping from the trees, and the bird that had just stood above them and singing flew away, and the forest seemed quiet for three minutes.

Li Yi still looked at Pei Qing's side face, and said in a small voice: "Princess, when you have enough trust in me, I have a secret to tell you." ”

"What's the secret?" Pei Qing quickly came back to his senses, turned his head to look at him, and raised his eyelashes in surprise.

Li Yi said softly: "It's about the prince." ”

Pei Qing: What? Is it about that dead ghost? That's fine.

She was in a lack of interest, returned the empty paper bag and the empty gourd to him, and took the lead in getting up and said, "It's not early, let's go." ”

"......" Li Yi looked up at her, his gaze moving with her movements, and he didn't slowly stand up until she took three steps away.

I really didn't expect her to be completely uninterested in the secret he proposed!

In the end, is it because she is not interested in him, or because she is not interested in the "deceased" prince?