215: Under the gardenia

In the night, Zhang Yan felt that Qu Yu looked at her with a strange gaze for a long time, and then asked, "Have you ever seen a gardenia?" ”

Why do you suddenly mention gardenias

For a while, Zhang Yan couldn't guess Qu Yuan's thoughts, so she had to reply according to the reaction of a sick and weak boy who grew up in the Huns since childhood, "Gardenia... Child... Flowers, what kind of flowers are this, from to large, I have never heard of them, are there red and blue flowers? ”

Qu Plover was silent for a long time before he said, "It is a kind of flower that blooms in the Han Dynasty in the south, white, very large, blooms after April every year, when it blooms, I heard that it is very fragrant and I want to transplant it to Xiongqu, do you think it is okay?" ”

"I don't know...... However, I listen to the meaning of the king of Zuogu Li, this kind of flower grows in the Han Dynasty, but I am afraid that I can't stand the cold of the Huns, if the king of Zuogu Li insists on doing this, maybe, it will die."

“…… Will you die? The voice of the canal plover was very desolate

……

Qu Yu turned around and paced a few steps, his voice faded to the tenderness and sadness of Shicai, and he heard a little bit of gold, jade and steel, "My sister Timirona once told me: The king of Han accepted Han Xin, undressed, and pushed food and food, so Han Xin swore allegiance to the king of Han, and when Chu and Han fought, Xiang Yu, the king of Chu, sent guests Wu Shi and Kuaitong to persuade Han Xin to stand on his own, but he did not shake his loyalty."

In the night, the corners of Zhang Yan's lips curled slightly

She raised her head, lowered her eyelashes slightly, and knew in her heart that Qu Yu had been able to determine that the Hun boy in front of him was himself and he did not expose his disguise, but asked himself such a question, hoping to answer himself and give himself a chance to choose

chose to admit that he was Meng Ying, and went back with him, maybe he would forgive himself for escaping again this time, just like the last time in the Juzhu Mountain, but he would never be able to leave here again;

Choose to deny it

Choosing to deny it, even he can only admit that his will to return to the Han land is unshakable, but he doesn't know, after that, he will let himself live, or kill himself easily in this place

Zhang Yan felt that from the perspective of Qu Yuan's heart, he would choose the former

However, in terms of Qu Yuan's high position and the determination that should be matched by this position over the years, he would choose the latter

But what does it matter?

The smile on the corner of Zhang Yan's lips was cold

It's better to take a gamble

Anyway, if you lose, it's just a death

For her, if she can't return to the Han land in this life, return to Liu Ying's side, and detain the Xiongnu, it is not an easy thing to accept than death

"So," she heard herself speak, her cold voice tinged with a coldness in the moonlight, "Have you heard of the ending of undressing and eating?" ”

Qu Yuan fell silent suddenly

The corners of Zhang Yan's lips curled up in an ironic arc, "After the world was settled, Emperor Gao traveled to Yunmengze at night, captured Han Xin, the king of Chu, and deposed him as the Marquis of Huaiyin, who had been dormant for many years, and finally in the eleventh year of the Han Dynasty, when Liu Bang personally led his troops to attack Zhao Xiang Chen Xuan, he joined forces with Chen Xuan in Chang'an, intending to rebel, capture Liu Bang's queen and the crown prince Empress Lu, and summon Han Xin, the Marquis of Huaiyin, into the palace, and killed this generation of war gods in the bell room of Changle Palace."

It is said that when Han Shin's body was dragged out of the bell chamber, there were bloody holes poked out with bamboo sticks up and down, and they were bloody and stretched all the way to the palace gate

The end of undressing and eating, but that's it

After a long time, Fang heard Qu Yu ask again, "Why?" The voice was low, but with a stubborn persistence

Her heart was sour, and she didn't answer, but just chanted a poem,

"Jun knows that the concubine has a husband, and the concubine gives the concubine a double pearl to feel the lingering meaning of the king, tied to the high-rise building of the red Luo concubine's house, and the two of them hold the halberd in the bright light to know the king's intentions like the sun and the moon, and the husband vows to return to the pearl with life and death, and hate not to meet when he is not married"

"Returning Jun Mingzhu's tears, I hate to meet when I am not married" Qu Yuan's body shook slightly, and he groaned twice, but he couldn't see the expression on his face

The moon gradually set, and the east of the sky spit out a misty fish belly white, and the guards waiting in the distance couldn't understand the secret tide surging here, and couldn't help but call, "King Zuogu Li, it's not early."

Should we go back?

Qu Plover turned around, affecting the direction of the rising sun, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he was about to speak, when he suddenly stopped, and listened carefully to the direction of the sound of horses' hooves

The brigade of men and horses rushed from the direction of Murray City, and the general saw the canal plover from a distance, and was stunned, and immediately turned the horse's head and rushed over, turned over and dismounted ten steps away from everyone, and bowed, "Subordinate Qianchang Anshi see the king of Zuogu Li"

"What's going on?" Qu Yu asked

"Back to the king of Zuogu Li," An Shi looked a little angry, "the Han man surnamed Meng ran away"

His face was flushed, and he looked like he was about to jump up, you know, he An Shi took over the task of defending the Xiongqu Department in front of the Ati Yan clan, especially to pay attention to the whereabouts of this Meng Ying, these days he saw that the Han boy named Meng Ying was weak, very afraid of cold, and he didn't seem to have any skills, and he had lost the will to flee again, so he relaxed his vigilance I really didn't expect that he still had the courage to escape

"Meng Ying ran away?" Qu Yu repeated, his face uncertain

Zhang Yan lowered her head slightly, hoping to hide herself in the shadows, if she was not noticed by anyone, she was in extreme depression, as if she felt that Qu Yuan's conscious gaze swept over her head

"It's true"

On the side, the general hugged his fists and said, "It was just a coincidence that no one would have appeared, the king left from Yan Wangji's house last night, Yan Wangji was a little embarrassed, just heard someone say that the king took great care of this Meng Ying on the way back, so he planned to come to the door to see if this appeared, the son surnamed Meng actually knocked Tana and Gesang unconscious, and he sneaked out and hurriedly told An Shi Qianchang"

"An Shi Qianchang has ordered people to search for it in Murro Winter City, and at the same time assigned four teams to chase them out in four directions, and he himself personally led the team to the west to track it down."

Qu Yuan's face suddenly became strange, "He knocked Tana and Gesang unconscious?" ”

"Exactly"

An Shi nodded, gritted his teeth, and made an oath in his heart, Meng Ying's son was powerless, and now he had only left for one night, if he had sneaked out of the city, he would definitely not run far, he would dig three feet into the ground, and he would dig him out, and he would be ashamed of today

In the early morning, the grassland was endless, An Shiyou looked around, noticed Zhang Yan and Meng Guan standing on the side, and asked casually, "Lord Wang, who are these two?" ”

For a moment, Zhang Yan's body tensed so tightly that she almost stopped breathing

Qu Yu didn't answer, but turned around and asked Zhang Yandao, "You just said that if the gardenia is transplanted to the Xiongnu, it will die, and now a gardenia has been transplanted in the Xiongnu royal court, and it has been alive for more than four years, what do you say?" ”

Zhang Yan was stunned and said lightly, "It is impossible for a gardenia to bloom north of the Yellow River, if the gardenia can really survive in the Xiongnu, or, it is not a gardenia at all; Or," her voice was soft and cruel,

"It's not going to bloom anymore"

……

"That's right" Qu Yu groaned for a moment, turned around and strode towards the mount that was put aside, "He is from the Eastern Branch, the grandfather who hurried to Hash at night, since Meng Ying has escaped, you will continue to lead people to chase him, and you must chase him back."

Speaking of Meng Ying, An Shi couldn't care about these two passers-by anymore, his expression was grim, and he replied in a deep voice, "No", turned back to the horse and shouted, "Let's go"

Qu Yuan also sat on the back of the horse and laughed loudly, "It's boring here, this king should go back to Yan Wangji to take a look" As soon as he pulled the reins of the horse, the horse under his crotch neighed, and in an instant, he galloped out of Xu Yuan

Zhang Yan and Meng Guan stood in the middle of the grassland, Qian Chang'an Shi had already led people to continue to look for Meng Ying's whereabouts around, and the figure of Qu Yuan had also disappeared in the direction of Murrowinter City At dawn, the sun rose from the east of the grassland, shining brightly, and in an instant, there was a huge grassland, and only the two of them were left

"Go"

……

After a long drive, Zhang Yan's mood was very low, and she suddenly heard the soft voices of the people around her, "stop" and looked at the red marks on her hand holding the reins,

"If you continue to rush like this, your body won't be able to stand it"

"Every time I feel that I have met you enough, you will give me a big shock in the next moment" Meng Guan said softly, "When we first met, I thought you were an ordinary noble girl in Chang'an, but after that, you were actually the noble Empress of the Han Dynasty; Later, I thought you would enjoy the honor in the Weiyang Palace, but you suddenly left everything behind and quietly left the north; I thought we would die together in that cloud city, but you fell in love with that person, and entered the Xiongnu military camp alone, and really persuaded him to retreat from the city, and you even had a relationship with the Xiongnu clan......"

“…… I used to spend a lot of effort on the Xiongnu," Zhang Yan explained, her voice was very depressed, "The Xiongnu language was learned at that time" shallow smile, "At that time, I thought that I would not really use it in this life, but I didn't expect that one day, I would fall into such a situation" with a little bitterness

"As the queen of the Han Dynasty, how could you think of spending effort to understand the Huns?"

Zhang Yan pursed her lips and smiled weakly, "Because, you don't know, in the next hundred and ten years, the most important opponent of the Han is the Xiongnu."

Han and Xiongnu, two large countries bordering each other, the Han was introverted and modest, and as long as they relied on their own land, they could live well; The Xiongnu have always been an outgoing nation, when the pasture can not meet their survival, their eyes will inevitably be cast on the Han, especially now Mao Dunshan is the British lord of the Huns once in a hundred years, and the threat to the Han is also rare to see

"However, the Xiongnu have not invaded the Han land for more than ten years"

"Hmph" Zhang Yan laughed sarcastically, "Do you know what it was for?" ”

"For such a false peace, the Han married two princesses, and at the same time came with countless gold, silver, silk, wine, tiller, and grain, as the queen, I have ten Shiyi counties under my name, but the dowry that the Han gave to the Xiongnu each time was more than my food in a year."

Meng Guan was silent for a while, and sighed, "These will be left for later, and the most important thing for us now is how to return to Dahan from the Xiongnu."

Zhang Yan's spirit perked up slightly, and she smiled, "Do you know how to hide a drop of water?" ”

Concentrate:

This chapter feels a little wrong, and I'll revise it when I get back

“…… Returning Jun Mingzhu to tears, hating not to meet when he is not married" The whole poem is the Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Ji's "Festival Women's Yin", although the literal meaning of the poem is the meaning of a woman who refuses to show her love to her lover, but in fact, with the ancient orthodox thought to explain, this is a courtier's ambition to express the poetry of ancient poets often use beauties to compare people as ministers, such as the romantic Lord Qu Yuan, wrote in "Lisao": The women are jealous of Yu Zhi's moth eyebrows, and the rumor is called Yu Yishanyin, therefore, the whole poem expresses the courtier's refusal to solicit a lord. It means that it is not that you are not virtuous, but that I have already confessed to the Lord once, why don't you let me meet you before I confess the Lord?

Ah Yan quotes this poem here, expressing this meaning, Qu Yuan listens to this meaning, Qu Yuan: Don't think that I am a Hun and I don't understand poetry, I was also raised by a passing sister

Of course, I don't mind everyone waving it literally in this poem, as for the last sentence: I still have Jun Mingzhu in tears, I hate to meet and add a sentence in my heart silently when I am not married, even if I really meet when I am not married, I will not marry you