Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Emperor's Effort
"Girl, do you know that the little master in the palace has woken up?"
On Xianyang Street, where business travelers and officials gather, it is prosperous and orderly.
Even in this year of great drought, no one dares to make trouble at the feet of the king, and the nobles of the family will be relieved and bold to take a few slaves out to play on the streets.
On the sparkling carriage, a maid was asking Li Yue, and when she saw Li Yue in a daze, she said, "Girl? What happened to you? ”
Li Yue reacted and shook his head: "It's okay." ”
"The little master in the palace has woken up, but it can be regarded as being more peaceful, and the slave always feels that since Chang Yu rebelled and King Qin broke his car, there has been a series of troubles."
“.”
Li Yue didn't speak, she raised her hand to support her forehead, and said tiredly, "I may not have slept well in the past few days, and I am so tired, you go in and help me choose a few horses, it is still the same, I want purple." ”
I always want purple materials, and the Qin people are still black, so it is difficult to buy purple materials.
The maid nodded suspiciously: "Okay, girl, the slave will go first." As she spoke, the carriage swayed, and she walked into the largest cloth workshop in Xianyang City with her sleeves rolled up.
There were well-dressed guests around her, and when they saw the wooden sign and family emblem with the word "Li" on her waist, they avoided it.
Li Yue sat in a luxurious and spacious carriage, and there was a maid in it who was fanning her, but no matter how good the fan was, it couldn't stand the hot weather like an oven, and the maid was also sweating profusely, her face was red, and she said carefully: "Girl, it's stuffy inside, why don't you go outside to breathe?" ”
"Okay."
Li Yue responded and got out of the carriage, but saw many people gathered under a crooked-necked tree in the alley.
Curious, she walked over slowly.
I saw a girl in the middle kneeling on the ground with her head hanging down, with a sign hanging around her neck, which read, "Sold for a price, twenty taels of gold", Li Yue looked at the neat and clear writing of this word, and saw that the girl's fingertips were neat, like a girl from a family who drank a few Gu ink.
The people around saw that the girl was kneeling and didn't look up, so they coaxed: "The stinky daughter-in-law still wants to see her in-laws, if you don't look up, how can we buy you, is it possible that these twenty taels of gold light will buy a pockmarked bucktooth mother-in-law." ”
"Yes, yes, don't say twenty taels of gold, even ten taels of gold Lao Tzu is not happy!"
"Hahaha, now in the disaster year, every family is green and yellow, what do you think is an ordinary time, and buy a woman as a burden, in addition to eating and running cubs, hugging on the kang at night, what is the use? Can plough the field or cut down trees, even if it costs a tael of gold, Lao Tzu would rather buy a foot-washing maid in the palace to play. ”
"Hahahaha."
The house burst into laughter.
The girl was so humiliated, embarrassed and painful that she couldn't hold back her trembling.
Li Yue could even hear her sobbing, the dry frog by the earthen wall was still puffing out its air bag and chirping, and jumped away over the wall, there was a boiling restaurant on the wall, and the high-class celebrities in it were talking and drinking.
If it weren't for her father being Li Si, it might be her Li Yue who knelt here in the disaster year.
Li Yue lowered his eyelashes and shook his head slightly.
Now that she enjoys endless glory and wealth, she is a daughter of the Li family from a civilian background, what is she sad about?
After taking the gold from the maid next to her, Li Yue gathered her thoughts and was about to step forward, but she didn't expect the maid who had bought the cloth before to come over and find her in a hurry, grabbed her, and looked at her: "Girl, you are golden and jade, this group of people are all ninth-rate homeless, very dirty, if there is anything, you just let the slave go." ”
Li Yue felt that there was some reason, and handed her the gold: "Go, hand this to her, let her not sell herself, in the year of the great drought, the world is not easy, and after this time, it will be over." There is no need to put your whole life in vain because of a momentary embarrassment. ”
The maid handed the purple cloth in her hand to the other maid, nodded and blessed her body.
But when he had taken two steps and saw the face of the girl who had mustered up the courage to raise his head, he was shocked, turned back and said, "Girl, this is the shepherdess. ”
"Shepherdess?"
Li Yue was puzzled, and went to see the appearance of the kneeling girl again.
"Yes, it's the shepherdess girl who has something to do with General Meng Yimeng and secretly communicates with the song." The maid was in the inner house, but she didn't inquire about the outside affairs, not to mention that Meng Yi was the future girl, and she pursed the corners of her mouth and said, "This shepherdessman is the daughter of a farmer, and now there is no harvest in the drought, and the shepherd is afraid that it is also difficult, no wonder she sells herself here." ”
"What's her name?"
"It's a fox name, Chang Yingying."
"Chang, warbler, warbler."
Li Yue went to look at the kneeling girl again, the girl tugged at the corners of her clothes, her slightly tanned skin looked thin and tight, revealing a crimson color, her facial features were small and exquisite, especially the tails of the two big eyes drooped slightly, like an innocent little milk dog, this color was a man's favorite, and soon someone surrounded her to bid.
"Lao Tzu paid ten gold, so he should buy it to wash his feet!"
"Twenty gold, warm kang, hahaha!"
Like picking a cow or a horse.
The maid also said: "Girl, look at her pretending to be like that, why don't you buy her and let the slave and maid be trained and trained by the girl, and you have done good deeds and left a good name." This warbler has also lost its color, and no matter how green the girl's house is, it has been worn out by rough work for several months. Will you still be able to see her at that time? ”
The maid was so indignant that she was about to buy Chang Yingying, Li Yue stopped her, looked at the little general Meng Yi who was silently watching Chang Yingying from the window of the restaurant, and said in a low voice: "Everyone's life is different, so let it all go by fate." ”
“.”
When she got into the carriage, the maid was still saying, "Girl, don't blame the slave for opening her mouth too much, and she is impatient when she hears it. You, it's just too kind-hearted, between this woman and the woman, you don't suppress it hard, and one day she will ride on your head because of jealousy, so many years, the girl is in the master's back house, do you see these women fighting less? Even if you can't be ruthless, it is not unreasonable to give some gold to let her go away, and if you are grateful to Dade, Aunt Meng Yi is afraid that he will think that you are virtuous and virtuous. ”
And said: "Girl, you will be the mother of the Meng family in the future, the descendants of the Meng family for generations have been shrouded in horse leather, throwing their heads and spilling blood, not only in the court, even in the status of the old Qin people in the Qin State are highly respected, married, not to mention kindness and love, General Meng will at least not treat you lightly, you hold on to his mind at this time, a good life, but it is even more later." ”
The maid leaned close to Li Yue's ear and said in a low voice: "Girl, the master has you in his heart, this good family affair is the only one in Xianyang City, those concubines in the family, crying and begging to make trouble, didn't you say that you want to meet the little peach lord in the palace, when the time comes, you will become a relative of the Meng family, and Aunt Meng Yi will definitely take you to take a look." can enter and exit the royal city, and no matter how many grasshoppers there are in the house in the future, I am afraid that they will not be able to jump. ”
Li Yue pursed her lips, but was still silent, touched the purple cloth in her hand, and said, "I'll talk about it in the future." ”
Seeing that she was indifferent and didn't know how to fight, the maid shook her head with some hatred.
*
Bai Tao has been awake for two days.
But I felt like I was still in a dream.
Ying Zheng's appearance is very wrong, he has lost weight, the corners of his lips have lost color, and his body is filled with a sweet smell of blood, much like the smell between Bai Tao's lips and teeth.
Except for the joy of Brother Shizheng at the beginning of his awakening, he couldn't help himself, and then he kept holding her tightly behind his back.
It's like walking a long road.
Neglect in the world has been a thousand years.
Bai Tao said: "Brother Zheng? ”
Hearing her call him, his handsome face leaned over, and his eyes were really sharp, like blades provoked by pen and ink.
When I looked down at her like this, in addition to the snorting and entanglement, it was a sense of oppression that could not be ignored.
Bai Tao was curled up on his toes when he saw it: "Brother Zheng, don't you still want to stare at me?" I've been looking at this for two days, and I looked in the mirror by myself, and I didn't see any monster flowers growing. ”
He hugged her a little tighter: "Peach." ”
"Well, did I sleep for a long time..."
"Hmm." He pressed against her cheek, feeling a little reassured, and his shoulders relaxed, "It's been a long sleep. For a long time"
No wonder, I've lost so much weight, it's a bit like I first saw him in HD before.
Why is she gone, and she won't take care of herself at all.
"I chased him out that day." Bai Tao bit her lip, "I was bitten by a snake, and then I didn't remember anything, and it seemed to float to the sky, and when I was in the sky, I entered a house, and you called me inside, you said Taotao, Taotao"
The king who was above all stood above the crowd, and under the sky, he looked so desperate when he cried out to her.
"Brother Zheng, why can I look at you in the sky, are you chasing me at the ends of the earth."
“…”
He didn't answer, his face was still buried in her neck socket, and his breathing slowly became even, as if he was holding a lost baby, and finally confirmed that the baby was still there, so he was relieved to rest.
Bai Tao was stunned for a moment, turned his head to see his side face, and the candlelight of the dusk came from the side, as if a band of light had been spread on the bridge of his nose, showing a weakness like a thin layer of gold leaf.
She didn't know how he came over these days, after being hurt by Aunt Zhao, he was still guarding her in a coma day and night.
Behind him is a group of surging relatives and complicated state disputes.
If you don't pay attention, you will make a mistake and fall into the abyss.
Thousands of burdens were on him, and he could only walk alone.
Bai Tao felt that a certain corner of her heart was rubbed repeatedly, sour and astringent, and the tears under her eyes almost fell, as if she noticed something, her hand fell on his chest, and she didn't dare to fall.
As if to verify something, she licked the taste at the corner of her mouth.
The smell of blood.
Enough to turn the demons upside down, the taste of the human emperor's flesh and blood.
In the faint floor lamp, a dark shadow shrouded her, and Rui'er walked in from it, looking at her worriedly.
"Little master."
Bai Tao slowly took her hand away from Ying Zheng's chest, and the hem of her skirt fluttered out like a swimming whale.
The night outside is bright, and it is obviously the best essence of the moonlit night, but it can shine brightly and openly.
"I remember that he was stabbed in the chest by Aunt Zhao before I woke up, but that knife is not good now."
"Rui'er, tell me, what's the smell of blood on his chest?"
Bai Tao suddenly turned her head, her eyes pulled, and she looked at Rui'er, "You tell the truth." ”
Rui'er hesitated, but still said: "This gentleman's injury is for you, the little master, you don't know, the clan and the ministers dissuade the monarch and dissect it, and only take the dagger to cut it open."
Every word she said was like a spiral of golden rings, twisted in her heart.
"Say no more!"
Rui'er shut up and said: "Little master, although the king is a king, he is true to you, and these days, the slaves and maids are all in their eyes. ”
"Me"
Bai Tao raised his hand and pressed the corners of his lips, as if he could still taste the taste of ecstasy blood in it, as if he couldn't lick it off, the fox eyes clicked and fell out of it.
Rui'er was startled: "Little master? ”
The green vines under the eaves are vast like the sea, there are a few slightly withered dead leaves fluttering under the eaves, the white peach moist eyes looked at the negligent night without blinking, raised his sleeves and wiped the tears on his face: "Since he treated me so well, he even gave me the blood of his heart, should I be happy." ”
With that, she walked back.
Rui'er was stunned.
The winding and quiet corridor, the misty woods, staggered by, drove the sadness in her heart for a long time.
Bai Tao wanted to go back, to see Brother Zheng, to accompany him, but the stumbling vines on her ankles were like scraped flesh, and the scars that couldn't be scraped off wrapped her tightly in circles.
She could only keep running forward, and then knelt in the flower garden, her loose skirt like a half moon rising in the waves.
"Isn't it painful?"
The young emperor seemed to be sitting on the stone steps, dressed in a black robe, with cold eyebrows, and said to her while cutting open his heart: "Taotao, it doesn't hurt to be alone."
"How can it not hurt, it's blood in the heart."
"That's right, that's a lot of blood, how can it not hurt?"
The slight rustle of the wolf on the paper sounded, and a pair of dark and godless mountain ghost eyes with the tails of their eyes pulled apart came over.
Bai Tao was startled, but unexpectedly, the mountain ghost came over and untied the thin vine wrapped around Bai Tao's ankle, and said while unraveling, "The blood of the heart is just the blood of the heart." Ouch, ouch, are you still poisonous, why do you put such a small thing in your heart like this, you used to have no heart and lungs, this is not like you, little fox, tsk."
As soon as the vines were untied by him, they instantly turned into ashes, and the mountain ghost stared at her directly, "Your heart barrier is about to be born, hey, little fox, are you okay?" ”
Bai Tao looked at his ankle with black marks in despair.
"But ah, the ghost of this mountain is also unexpected, tsk, you really didn't see it, the ghost of this mountain casually mentioned, how do you know that he really believed, the dagger is stabbed in the chest, the blood is like a spring and does not need money to spray out, fortunately, the ghost of this mountain reacts quickly, hurry up and take the bowl and continue, otherwise this ordinary goblin can drink the blood of ten years of cultivation, what a waste of sprinkling, and the ghost himself will not be able to forgive himself in the future."
Bai Tao was stunned: "You"
"What are you, the little fox cub is neither big nor small, you have to call the ghost brother of this mountain in terms of seniority."
The mountain ghost glanced at her tail bone arbitrarily, "If you get a cheap tail, you can get it, and what else do you want to sell." ”
Bai Tao was so clever, and his tone became cold: "Did you let him cut the blood in his heart?" ”
"Yes, the ghost of this mountain shouted that he would cut it, and he would cut it, and he would break Yangshou if he cut it." He was lying in the flower garden with no bones, his black hair was scattered, covering half of his dead white side face, the shadow was full of shadows, and he couldn't say weird, "I won't live long, what are you afraid of." ”
"What did you say?"
The white peach demon pupils stood up.
"Didn't say anything." He reacted very quickly and muttered, "The ghost of this mountain said, die quickly, I, the ghost of the mountains, die quickly, my legs will be crossed as soon as my eyes are closed, do you understand, the little fox's family, I haven't learned the, and my ears are pointed." ”
A nameless fire rose in his heart, and Bai Tao's five fingers became claws and rushed out towards the mountain ghost, "Who told you." ”
"What?!" The mountain ghost's heart jumped, and a few jumps hurriedly dodged, "What, ouch, I can't lie to you, you suddenly became so strong, you shot so fast, it's not a good way to drink the blood of the human emperor, for you to wake up nothing, and increase your cultivation, that human emperor's life, death, illness, and pain, what does it have to do with you, you can be so guilty of not recognizing the six demons!" ”
"Whoever told you that you can continue your life by drinking the blood of your heart, who told you about him"
Lives short.
Bai Tao couldn't speak, her movements stopped, the shadow of the tree swayed, and all her expressions were hidden in the shadows: "You are a mountain ghost who protects thousands of believers, and you have been worshiped and worshiped for generations, and this kind of bloody and damaging thing will not be the way you came up with." ”
The mountain ghost was frightened by her intelligence, and at the same time muttered in his heart: Why are the fox demons so smart. Do you want to live ghosts?
"What about telling you? What if I don't tell you? ”
The mountain ghost walked over with his waist crossed, as if he was strolling around, "What's the matter, is it possible that you want to settle accounts with him?" Little fox, your sick brother and uncle, I said to this ghost before, 'There are many things in the world that you don't have to understand,' such as"
He smacked his mouth twice, "Your brother's prostitute." ”
Bai Tao was stunned for a moment: "What? ”
"What, what do you know, you little fox bag? Your brother doesn't see the fox's tail every day, and he comes back with a kidney deficiency face. Seeing that the diversion was effective, the mountain ghost whistled and smeared, "At first glance, he is an old fox, and he can be regarded as an iron tree with a few trumpet flowers." ”
Seeing that the little fox didn't digest it, the mountain ghost smiled happily, he put his two hands under his head and pillowed, looked up at the stars, and sighed, "It's still good before, the fox is not this fox, the mountain ghost is not this mountain ghost, everything in life, tsk, it's really like a game of chess." ”
Bai Tao said: "How is your brother, why is he a sick ghost." ”
The corners of the mountain ghost's eyes couldn't help twitching, "Forget it, smearing that dead fox in front of you is the mountain ghost's own humiliation." Seeing that the little fox's heart barrier had been broken, he got up and clapped his hands, "Let's go." ”
As soon as the words fell, they disappeared in an instant, only to see the fireflies scattered in front of him, Bai Tao stretched out his hand, looked at the creatures resting on the tips of his fingers, and shouted: "Mountain ghosts!" “
“.“
Only the midsummer wind blew.
"Brother. Brother Zheng."
I only felt that my heart was mottled and complicated, and the golden bell on my ankle never rang again.
The throat seemed to be entangled by invisible wire, and Bai Tao suddenly woke up again, looking at the gorgeous curtains, only to realize that it was a dream.
A big bony hand stretched out behind her and clasped her in her arms, Ying Zheng's voice was hoarse, and her thin lips bit her collarbone: "Don't go." ”
Bai Tao frowned in pain.
Ying Zheng seemed to feel something, loosened his lips, and said dreamily: "Taotao, don't go." ”
Bai Tao felt sorry for him again, as if he was going around and around, and returned to that snowy night, he hugged her tightly, only each other was left in the world, and his heart softened, she hugged his neck and comforted: "Brother Zheng, I'm here, don't go." ”
“.”
Hearing this, his tight jaw and shoulders eased a little, rubbed her lips tightly, sniffed her neck, as if to confirm the smell, and closed his eyes.
Bai Tao's eyes were sour, so she could only hug him tightly.
She felt that she was lucky, there was a young man in the world who cherished her so much, but she felt that everything in front of her was confusing, and she couldn't see the road ahead.