Chapter 1 That's it
Midnight. Rain is dense.
Raindrops fall into the river, making heavy splashes.
The breeze blows the willows, and the fine rain is like a huge and light cobweb, gently enveloping the entire capital.
People were already asleep, and the houses on both sides of the street had no lights at all.
On the stone arch bridge at the end of the long street, there was a woman standing.
The woman was holding a pale yellow oil umbrella, dressed in white like snow, covered with white veil, standing gracefully on the bridge, her dress wrapped around her body, and the rain slid down the tip of the umbrella, wetting her black hair.
She was about seventeen or eighteen years old, but she didn't have an innocent appearance, staring into the distance, her willow eyebrows were deeply locked, like a sculpture, and she didn't move.
The long street is lonely, the small bridge is flowing water, and she stands facing the east, as if she has something to do.
The sound of drums came from afar, and the fourth watch was approaching.
In the dim light, a man came out of the corner and walked towards the girl with a drum.
The husband looked to be in his sixties, with a white beard and a bow like a shrimp, and walked tremblingly to the bridge, only to suddenly find a woman in white standing in front of him with a disheveled hair, and exclaimed in fright.
Hearing the voice, the girl in white slowly turned her head and gently brushed her hair on her forehead: "Old man, have you ever seen a woman in red with big eyes at the age of eleven or twelve?" ”
The husband shook his head, looked at the lonely girl, seemed to be a little distressed, and handed over the lantern in his hand.
A gust of wind blew and lifted her veil, revealing a face full of white hair.
The husband suddenly opened his mouth wide, took a sharp breath of cool air, involuntarily took a few steps backwards, screamed hysterically, turned and hurried away.
A wry smile appeared at the corner of the girl's mouth. She believes that just like this, it is a ghost, and she will be frightened.
Xu listened to the movement, and the dog barked in the deep alley.
At this moment, a fast horse rushed into the long street.
The horse is a hard-to-find steed, snow-white, without a single stray hair.
On the horse was a big-eyed girl about eleven or twelve years old, dressed in red and cloak, like a flame jumping in a rainy night.
In the blink of an eye, the girl in red had run to the bridge and immediately pulled the reins.
With a neigh, the white horse's front hooves were raised and stepped down again.
The girl in red leaned over and patted the horse's neck and scolded softly: "If you haven't seen you for three days, you won't recognize the master?" Hit you. ”
The voice is pleasant and childish.
Seeing her, the misty eyes of the girl in white became brighter, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, she glanced at the end of the empty long street, her eyes became dim again, and she said softly: "Where is the horse?" Why didn't you come? ”
Hong'er jumped off the horse, performed the master and servant salute, and shouted without caring about the wet clothes.
"Sister Loss once saved his life! Now my sister is in trouble, but he is good, planting onions in his ass, so ungrateful! ”
The girl in white frowned slightly.
The surnamed Chen said that he was alone, and he was used to walking the rivers and lakes, and he was not used to being a horse, but he was engaged to Ma Rouer when he turned around. Sister, this is too annoying, it's better to take off the mask and let him take a look, let him regret it! ”
Hong'er spoke quickly, roaring like a cannon, and stomped her feet again and again in anger.
The girl in white sighed lightly: "Turkic Budarhan came to propose marriage, and in a hurry, I lied that I was in distress when I was in Jiangnan and was rescued by a knight, and I have been married for a long time, so I escaped." If he doesn't come, and his lies are self-defeating, tell me what to do—"
Her voice suddenly paused, and her soft gaze instantly became fierce, and she subconsciously stretched out her arm to protect Hong'er behind her.
Hong'er's heart froze, although the long street was still deserted, but something must have happened, and she subconsciously shook her arms, and there were already two more short swords in her hands.
Sure enough, thirty or forty men in white came out of the darkness on both sides of the long street, holding torches in their hands, lined up left and right.
As soon as the fire was folded, all the torches were lit at the same time, illuminating the entire long street.
The girl in white was unmoved, the strong wind blew, and she reached out and swept her hair that was blown away by the wind.
The wind also blew a voice: "Mu Yao, the hour has passed, I'm afraid your colt won't come!" ”
The voice was screeching, like a sharp knife cutting through the night.
Hong'er couldn't see his martial appearance, and couldn't help but shout: "Liang Duzhi, you are so bold!" Dare to call the princess by her name! I think you have ten heads, and it's not enough to cut off! ”
Liang Duzhi's face changed, and he knew that he was speechless, so he hurriedly put on a smile. An old minion like him shouldn't have made such a low-level mistake, it was really a momentary gaffe caused by time being pressing, and he braved the rain to find most of the night, and he was in a hurry.
"Liang Duzhi is an upright person, and he is also in a hurry. Besides, if this palace really wants to leave, can you stop it? ”
Mu Yaolian moved lightly and gently helped him up.
Liang Duzhi still wanted to show his loyalty, but the moment his elbow was held, a powerful air current rose up and lifted him up. Slowly, his feet lifted off the ground, and he was so frightened that his face turned dirty and he stammered.
"Princess Qiyu...... The emperor has a decree...... Before dawn...... If the colt does not arrive, ask the princess to go to the garden of Hanxiang......"
Hong'er snorted and said, "The emperor asked you to pick it up, did you let you do it like this?" ”
Before the words fell, Mu Yao coughed lightly.
Hong'er understood, and then changed her head: "The princess needs to bathe and change clothes, you hurry up and get a sedan chair!" Such a heavy rain has damaged the body of a thousand daughters, can you afford it? I don't know how to do things at all, how to be a courtier! ”
"The minister is negligent, and the minister deserves death......"
Although he kept apologizing, he looked up at Hong'er's eyes every time, as if he was going to cut her with a thousand knives.
"Budarhan must be in Hanxiang Garden, my sister is gone, there is no doubt that the sheep is in the tiger's mouth, and my sister can't go ......"
Hong'er choked up a little and looked at Mu Yao.
"I thought he was the only person in the world who was worthy of being entrusted with his life, and in the end I found out that everything was just my wishful thinking."
Hong'er looked at it, her eyes couldn't help but be a little moist, and she couldn't help but bury herself in Mu Yao's arms, and suddenly had an idea.
"Sister, that Chen Feng is just a mortal who judges people by his appearance, so he doesn't have to be in love. Since he is ungrateful, then I will let him cut off his children and grandchildren, and regret it forever. ”
"He is strong in martial arts, far above you, you must not seek revenge from him and cost your life in vain. The sky can't fall without him, but I can't lose you. Go and pack up and wait for me at the South Gate. ”
A hint of surprise flashed in Hong'er's eyes: "Sister is running away from marriage?"
Mu Yao didn't speak, and gently hugged her. Budarhan has been spying on the country of Muluo for many years, and today it is just an excuse to bring the three Turkic warriors to propose marriage, the purpose is to find out the truth, but she Muluo country abandons the military and follows the literature...... If he could use this to kill the three Turkic warriors, Budarhan would definitely be greatly demoralized......
A strange look suddenly appeared in her eyes.
If Hong'er saw this look, she would definitely stop her from going, because there was a sadness in her eyes.
For any instructions from her sister, Hong'er has always responded positively. Returning to the house non-stop, he made some changes of clothes into a baggage, packed a bag of gold and silver, carried one on the left shoulder and one on the right shoulder, and the front foot had not yet stepped out of the door.
"Sister Hong, where are you going?"
Mu Yao is the emperor's favorite daughter, and this little girl is Mu Yao's favorite maid, and he Huang Zhong is trying to become Hong'er's best friend, although this little girl is only twelve years old.
"Lao Huang, choose some elite soldiers and strong generals, and go to the South City Gate with me, something big will happen."
Seeing him, Hong'er suddenly had an idea. If there is really a vicious fight in the future, he will inevitably be surrounded by the group, then these guards are the best shield for my sister to get out safely.
Huang Zhong didn't understand what was going on, so he didn't ask much, and immediately set about arranging, and in a short time, he had already selected twenty sturdy guards.
Hong'er smiled and laughed inexplicably at Huang Zhong. She naturally knows that these soldiers who look strong are actually straw bales and can't withstand three punches and two kicks, but at critical moments, they can always block a few knives for their sister?
Afraid that her sister would wait for a long time, Hong'er rode her horse and galloped, regardless of the 20 or so people behind her.
The sky was twilight, and a figure suddenly burst out from the corner of the street.
Hong'er was riding her horse and whipping, and suddenly noticed a figure in front of her, just a path cutting thief, scolding angrily and whipping it. The man panicked and fell on his back.
It was this fall, Hong'er saw his face clearly, couldn't help but turn from anger to shock, and then from surprise to joy, hurriedly jumped off the horse, walked in front of him and stared at his face carefully, and suddenly said angrily: "Chen Feng, did she abandon you, so you think about eating back grass?" Stop dreaming! My sister is not rare to you! ”
I swear, I really don't know this little girl, and I really don't know how she knows that my name is Cheng Feng. At that time, I was still in a drowsy after the crossing, and I fell this fall, which almost made me unable to distinguish my gender, and I was caught by her in a confused response.
Although Hong'er is young, she has a lot of strength, grabbed my back and threw it on the horse, I don't know why she has so much strength, but since then I have believed in the "internal strength" theory.
"What dynasty is this? Who are you? What are you going to do with me? "These are the three questions I ask as I sober up.
Hong'er laughed: "What are you pretending to be like a fool?" Since you are here, you will go with me to Hanxiang Garden. ”
I swear, the moment I heard the name, I hooked up with Yihongyuan. This surprised me and made me feel a little embarrassed at the same time. I never thought that the first thing I did when I crossed over turned out to be to have fun with a young lady, or a little girl to have a treat.
"Why don't you give me some silver taels, let me have a full meal first, get a good night's sleep, and then it's not too late to find Miss."
I swear, I really didn't know that modern and ancient young ladies were two very different groups, but they just happened by accident.
"I'll tell you! My sister is the emperor's favorite daughter, she is not ugly, she wears a mask, and she is actually a stunning beauty. ”
The little girl spoke very quickly, but fortunately my ears were very sensitive, and I was amazed by what she said. What kind of dynasty is this, the mind is so open-minded, even the emperor's daughter has become a young lady?
"I really don't understand, why did the emperor's daughter sell herself?" I finally couldn't hold it back and asked the world.
There was a startled cry, and the white horse suddenly stopped. Then I saw an angry face of a little girl.
"If it weren't for the fact that you were the colt pointed out by your sister, I would have knocked out your stinky teeth in your mouth!"
I still don't know which dynasty it is, but I'm sure that I looked exactly like another person with the same name, surname, or phonetic name, so much so that she misidentified me.
I didn't want to impersonate someone else, it was shameful, so I wanted to explain, but at that moment, a fast horse galloped from the end of the long street, and came to me in the blink of an eye.
Immediately rolled down the man, and beads of sweat rolled down, but he didn't wipe it lightly, and fell to his knees in front of the little girl.
"Report to Sister Hong, the four of Budarhan have entered the Hanxiang Garden, and their subordinates have received a secret report that Budarhan will poison the wine."
"Isn't that sister dangerous?"
The little girl looked at me and saw that my scalp was numb, so I had to speak.
"Who is Bourharhan? Tell me I'll give you an analysis. ”
The little girl told me that Budarhan was the generalissimo of the Turkic state and my rival in love. Then I briefly talked about the relevant matters, and until now, I didn't know that her original name was Hong'er. To tell the truth, Hong'er's introduction is very simple, and she may not know much.
But I really don't want to get involved, after all, it has nothing to do with me, and I don't want to get involved in this game of life and death as soon as I cross over, I'm here to play, not to find death.
When I think about it, I can't think of it. If the person with the same name and surname as me really cared about her young lady, he should have fought side by side with Mu Yao a long time ago. So, he should have escaped from the battle.
But I can't help just because I have the same name and surname, I'm afraid that in the end, it will come true, and I won't be able to figure out who is who.
But on second thought, this generalissimo of the Turkic state named Budarhan really had sinister intentions. He didn't come to propose marriage at all, he was clearly coming for the country of Muluo.
There is no mention of the country of Muluo in history, but it doesn't mean that there is none, I should have crossed into a blank period in history. Once intervened, the situation would develop in an unpredictable direction, and changing history would undoubtedly block my way home.
I'm here to play, not to die. Once again, I told myself that I jumped off my horse and strode away.
"Hero, please stay!" Hong'er dismounted and chased after her.
"I'm not a hero, and I'm not the person you call him, it's really just a coincidence." I confessed to her.
"What a coincidence, your name is also Chen Feng. Coincidentally, you're exactly like him. How could there be such a coincidence in the world? Hong'er looked at me with a smirk.
"I can't help it if I don't believe me." I don't defend anymore, I'm not a person who has to fight with people to get red-faced, just say it.
"Okay, okay, that's how coincidental it is. It's up to you...... For my sake, save my sister, and now you can save my sister. As she spoke, Hong'er's eyes turned a little red.
"I don't know you, why should I hold my head to see your face?"
What are you kidding, once I step into officialdom, my head is no longer my own, so I say that I will not risk my life to save a woman I have never met.
However, three seconds later, my categorical idea was easily shattered by the little girl.
"Because...... You're my brother. Hong'er smiled sweetly, and soon, she put away her smile and looked at me blankly.
The softest place in my heart was suddenly hit by something, and there were ripples in a circle, and the blue waves rippled. I have a younger sister, that year, I was seven years old, my sister was five years old, the traffickers caught me, my sister gave up her life to save me, and her last hoarse words will forever be imprinted in my heart: Brother, leave me alone, you run!
Every time I think about it, I cry. This is the most painful and regrettable thing in my life, I regret running all the way, I regret that I was not as brave as my sister saved me, I hate my cowardice, I don't want to be a cowardly and incompetent person!
"Where's my wife?"
"Huh?" For this title, Hong'er obviously didn't react.
So I immediately adjusted the title.
"Where is my lady now?"
"Huh?" Hong'er, who didn't react, didn't seem to be able to say anything else except this word.
"Sister, where is your sister?"
"Hanxiang Garden!" Hong'er's excited voice trembled a little.
Pointing out the direction, I strode away, and behind me, Hong'er shouted loudly: "What did you call me just now, I didn't hear clearly, you say it again!" ”
I stopped, turned around slowly to meet the dawn, and said word by word: "Sister, you have to listen well!" Wait a minute, no matter what happens, take care of your sister, take care of yourself, and leave me alone! ”
When Hong'er heard this, she immediately caught up, raised her little hand and wanted to slap me, but she was too short, so she had to step on me hard, and said half-angrily: "I want to save my sister with my brother, I want to live together, and I want to die together." ”
Living and dying together is really a stupid idea, I don't want to argue with it, to be honest, I am still willing to take her with me. After all, I don't know martial arts, and once I start to do it, I will have a foil by my side.