Chapter 413: There is an old alliance by the candleside
After eating in the restaurant, Zhao Ta and the three of them found an inn to rest, and did not go out to the street until evening.
Shangjing City is a bit lively at the moment, and the Khitan commoners are not interested in such a thing as offering the moon and worshipping the moon, but the nobles are vying to follow suit.
Although the Mid-Autumn Festival is an official festival set by the Song Dynasty, this festival has existed since ancient times, not to mention the Qin and Han dynasties, in the Taizong Ji of the Tang Dynasty, it is recorded that August 15 is the words of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Liao is known as orthodox, and the political and economic inheritance of Li Tang is to pass this festival, but the nobles have complete ceremonies, and they recite poems and lyrics, and they feel that reunion is not easy, but the people only think that this is a reason to be drunk and rest.
In the streets and alleys, there are drunken Khitans everywhere, and the taverns and restaurants are overcrowded, and the sound of shouting and shouting is endless.
Zhao Ta and the three of them found a restaurant to enter, this restaurant is very gorgeous and elegantly decorated, and it is not cheap at first glance.
There are not as many customers in the building as those ordinary liquor shops and restaurants outside, after all, it is not peaceful now, and the trade routes are affected, which leads to the shortage of money and food among the people of Liao.
After ordering a few dishes, the three of them sat by the window to eat and drink, and watched the lively scene downstairs while eating.
The so-called wood wax is actually a specially treated dry wood strip that can make the burning time longer, and after ignition, it is placed outside for lighting, but the smoke is very large.
There is also a stage on the other side of the street, which is for the people to watch for free, and there are many people around the front and back of the stage, but the noise below overwhelms the stage, and some drunkards are shouting and playing, and the restaurant can't hear what song is singing on the stage at all.
There are also full moon cakes in Shangjing, which were also learned from the Song Kingdom, but the fillings in them are not so particular, and some are directly wrapped in mutton and roasted, which is not delicious.
After eating, after a while, the three of them went back to the inn, and when the time was later, the street sounds began to gradually quiet down, the noise slowly disappeared, and Zhao Ta quietly walked out of the house.
He didn't call Yue Fei and Ouyang Bei, but came to the wall of the inn courtyard alone, looked around to see if there was anyone, and then jumped to the wall with an arrow, and then jumped to the ridge......
In the palace of Liaoxi County, Xiao Min sat at the small round table by the window, there were things such as cakes and preserved fruits, and there was a copper incense burner, the sandalwood in it had been burned out, and there was no fragrance left.
There were no lights and candles in the room, and the frosty moonlight poured in through the windows, illuminating the room like a woman.
Xiao Min got up, walked to the couch with slender jade feet as bare as snow, and then sat down silently.
Before, the eagle carried her around the mansion, and I didn't know what the bird was looking for, but in the end she didn't find it.
Soon after, someone came to Linya Mansion and invited her over to the banquet, but she politely refused, although the Khitan did not have those rules that could not meet before getting married, but she just didn't want to go, and she didn't want to go anywhere.
She didn't eat at night, the palace gave a small moon cake, she didn't taste any of them, they all gave the eagle, carved a bite, and ate a fine light.
The carving is now too big to live in the room, and it can't fit under the bed, so he built a house outside, and it lives in it.
Xiao Min thought about it, and suddenly felt a little cold on his body, it was already late autumn at this time, and Shangjing was on the northern grassland, which was better during the day, but the night was empty and cold.
She grabbed the quilt and hugged it into her arms, leaned back on the couch, and hid her two slender ankles in the quilt, revealing only a touch of snow white at her calves.
She was going to get married in a few days, but she didn't seem to have any feelings about it, just like usual, numb, and there was no joy or sorrow in her heart.
The events of her childhood, her mother, her playmates, those warm and carefree days kept flashing through her mind.
She was a scheming person, and she had never read about the world, until she was seventeen years old, and went to the Song Kingdom once.
Met the man......
I don't know how long it took, Xiao Min began to feel a little tired, felt dazed, hugged the quilt even tighter, and fell asleep unconsciously......
Zhao Ta came out of the inn and it didn't take long to enter the palace of Liaoxi County.
He was already a grandmaster at the moment, and he had such a body as a divine practice, and no one was aware of his infiltration.
He searched many houses in a row, and finally he came to a courtyard, and his body was like green smoke and pressed against the window.
Carefully twisting the window paper, he squinted his eyes and looked in through the moonlight, a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Came to the door, used a special technique to open the deadbolt, and then quietly walked in.
On the couch, Xiao Min was holding the quilt, half-leaning against the wall, in his sleep.
Her cheeks sparkled like jade in the moonlight, her long eyelashes, and her slender eyebrows like distant mountains, cold and beautiful.
Zhao Ta came closer, reached out and stroked her hair, maybe it was because the movement was too big, Xiao Min opened his eyes in a daze.
When she saw Zhao Ta, she was stunned, and then said to herself, "Are you dreaming again?" β
Zhao Ta smiled and didn't speak, Xiao Min suddenly sat up, then pounced on him and hugged Zhao Ta.
"Dream is dream, I hope it will grow longer this time." Xiao Min muttered, buried his face in Zhao Tan's chest, and hugged his waist with both hands.
Zhao Ta thought about it, and also stretched out his hands to wrap his arms around her shoulders, Xiao Min whispered: "Yuan Erlang, have you really forgotten Thirteen Niang?" β
Zhao Ta caressed her back and said nothing, Xiao Min's body trembled, and he looked up: "Erlang, you ...... This time it's so real, more real than all the previous dreams. β
Zhao Ta looked down at her, leaned down slightly, and lightly touched her forehead.
Xiao Min's eyes were a little confused, and he looked up at Zhao Ta, his face slightly ruddy.
"Jiro ......"
Zhao Ta lowered again, blocking the small sandalwood mouth, Xiao Min hugged Zhao Ta tighter and tighter, and his whole body was attached.
"Hmm, hmm......" Her face turned red, and her whole body felt as if it was about to melt, but the next moment she suddenly opened her eyes wide and began to struggle hard.
Pushing Zhao Ta away violently, Xiao Min took two steps back and looked forward in a panic.
"Motojiro, you ......"
Zhao Tan looked at her with a smile, but still didn't speak.
"Isn't this a dream?" Xiao Min's face instantly turned pale, "This...... Isn't it in a dream? β
She looked Zhao Ta up and down, her body trembled, and she suddenly turned around and pulled out the Yuzang dagger from under the pillow.
Zhao Tan touched his chin: "Thirteen Niang, this is not a dream!" β
"You ......" Xiao Min's face was extremely cold, and the dagger stabbed forward: "Yuan Erlang, you liar, bastard, bad guy!" β
Zhao Ta was on the side, dodged the dagger, then grabbed the white wrist, held it gently, and the dagger fell to the ground with a "clang".
"Genjiro, I, I'm going to kill you!" Xiao Min raised his leg and kicked at Zhao Ta again.
Zhao Ta reached out and grabbed the straight leg, and with a slight push on her shoulder, he pushed her to the couch.
Then he said, "Thirteen Niang, what are you doing?" β
Xiao Min got up in the couch, stared at him blankly, and then hugged his knees with his hands, buried his head in his knees, and cried "whining".
Zhao Ta sighed, and was about to speak again, when suddenly there was a "pop" knock on the door outside.
He frowned and listened, then walked over and pulled the bolt of the door, and saw that the eagle owl was spreading its wings in the doorway in an attacking look.
The eagle has a keen sense of hearing, and noticed the sound in the house in front of the courtyard, thinking that there was someone who was not conducive to his master, so he ran over, and then suddenly saw that it was Zhao Ta who opened the door, and immediately fell stupid.
Zhao Ta snorted lightly, and the eagle immediately "chirped", then turned around and ran, rushing to the front house, refusing to come out again.
Zhao Ta turned around and closed the door, plugged in the door bolt, and came to the bed again: "Thirteen Niang, don't cry." β
Xiao Min looked up at him when he heard this, two lines of tears hung on his cheeks, but his expression was as cold as promised: "What are you doing here?" β
Zhao Ta smiled: "I haven't seen you for a few years, doesn't Thirteen Niang miss me?" β
Xiao Min remembered what she thought was a dream just now, and couldn't help but feel annoyed, she was thin-skinned, she had always hidden her emotions, but just now she was all exposed in front of Zhao Ta, where could she stand it at this time.
picked up the pillow and hit Zhao Ta, then shrank into the couch, and said: "I don't miss you, I have forgotten who you are, you go, if you don't leave, I will call someone." β
Zhao Ta took the pillow, smiled, a look of memory appeared on his face, and said: "I remember that when I was in Huining, Thirteen Niang, you also liked to hit me with a pillow. β
Xiao Min didn't speak, nor did he look at him, pulled the quilt and hid his body in it.
Zhao Ta said again: "I remember that it was a small pillow, but unfortunately I didn't bring it back." β
"I remember that there was a poplar tree in the yard, tall and straight, a wooden pier table I made under the tree, and a few small stones you found, which were used as small stools, and they ate and chatted in the yard when it was hot."
"And the vegetables in the garden, we planted them together, but unfortunately we didn't eat them all, and they were wasted."
"I still remember that every night, we slept on the same kang, looking at each other, and from time to time outside the window, Jian Yinniang came to eavesdropping......"
Zhao Ta said as he sat down on the edge of the couch, and then began to take off his boots.
Xiao Min listened to him, and also fell into memories, his heart couldn't help but soften, he just wanted to say something, but when he saw Zhao Ta's movements, he suddenly exclaimed: "Yuan Erlang, what are you going to do?" β
Zhao Ta said with a smile: "I am reliving the old dream of Huining with Thirteen Niang." β
"No, no......" Xiao Min panicked: "You can't do this, I, I'm going to get married!" β
Zhao Ta glanced at her: "Who to marry?" β
Xiao Min said: "Naturally, it's Lin Ya!" β
Zhao Ta sneered, went directly to the couch, and then squinted and said, "Yelu Dashi doesn't know that I and Thirteen Niang have shared the same bed in Huining?" β
"He, he never asked......" Xiao Min said in a panic: "That's an expedient measure to assassinate Yan Agu, I ......"
Zhao Ta shook his head and said, "Thirteen Niang, come with me." β
"Where to go?" Xiao Min looked at him, and hugged the quilt tighter and tighter.
"Go to Tokyo!" Zhao Ta said.
This sentence sounded in Xiao Min's ears like thunder, and she was stunned for a moment, go to Tokyo?
"Yes, to Tokyo." Zhao Ta nodded: "Thirteen Niang, you are my woman, where else can you go if you don't go to Tokyo with me?" β
"I'm not ......" Xiao Min wanted to object loudly, but his voice became smaller and smaller: "Don't talk nonsense, I'm not, I'm about to get married, you, you better leave quickly......"
Zhao Ta looked at her appearance wrapped in a quilt and smiled: "What kind of relationship, you are my person, how can you marry someone else!" β
"I have a fiancΓ©!" Xiao Min plucked up the courage to say: "That year, when I went to Tokyo with the mission to set up the ring, I told you! β
Zhao Ta touched his chin when he heard this: "Didn't Yelu Dashi deliberately approach you to me that time?" β
"What did you say?" Xiao Min was taken aback.
Zhao Ta looked at her at a loss, thought for a while and diverted the topic and said, "Don't talk about it, Thirteen Niang, you can prepare and leave Beijing with me before August 20." β
"I ...... I'm not going! Xiao Min suddenly felt very angry and aggrieved, why do you say what you say? I don't.
Zhao Ta looked at her tears and began to roll in her eyes again, and said: "Go to the Great Song Dynasty with me, what I said in my letter last time was not false at all, you will know by then, now leave Liao with me." β
Xiao Min was silent, she actually wanted to ask Yuan Erlang a lot of words, but she didn't know where to start, at this time, her heart "banged" and jumped, and suddenly, she didn't even have the courage to look up at the other party.
She leaned against the wall of the couch, still clasping her knees with her hands, and the quilt under her legs inadvertently slipped off, revealing her slender ankles.
Zhao Ta's gaze fell, stared for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "It's so beautiful." β
"What's so beautiful?" Xiao Min looked down, and suddenly let out an exclamation, and his face immediately burned.
She wanted to retract the quilt, but unexpectedly, Zhao Ta suddenly stretched out her hand at this time, caught it, and then said with a smile: "What are you doing Thirteen Niang?" β
"I, I also asked Yuan Erlang what do you want to do!" Xiao Min struggled hard, and two red clouds flew up on his cold face: "Let go of me, you bastard." β
Zhao Ta laughed, how could he let go, and said, "Thirteen Niang, I won't leave tonight." β
Xiao Min was shocked when he heard this: "You, what are you going to do if you don't leave?" β
Zhao Ta said: "It's not that I haven't slept together, I think Thirteen Niang, your couch is good, much stronger than the inn, I won't go back to the inn tonight." β
Xiao Min was angry and ashamed: "Yuan Erlang, you scoundrel, splashy, shameless person." β
Zhao Ta gently held her ankle and shook his head indifferently: "Thirteen Niang, you didn't know this today." β
"I ...... Let me go. Xiao Min gritted his teeth and said, only to feel powerless.
Zhao Ta let go of his hand, and then looked at the bed: "Although it is not as big as Jin Guoning's kang here, it is enough to sleep two people." β
"You, Yuan Erlang, hurry back to the inn." Xiao Min said in shame, but his voice became lower and lower.
Zhao Ta moved his body to the edge of the couch, Xiao Min thought that he was going down, and he was slightly relieved, but unexpectedly, as soon as Zhao Ta stretched out his hand, he actually took off the silver hook hanging on the curtain, and the couch suddenly darkened.
"Ahh Xiao Min exclaimed.
"Sleep, sleep......" Zhao Ta's lazy voice came: "It's the same as Huiningshi, I sleep here, you sleep there, and no one is allowed to cross the line." β
"Motojiro, you scoundrel......"
Xiao Min wanted to say something more, but heard Zhao Ta's breathing evenly, as if he had fallen asleep......
(End of chapter)