Chapter 272: A Trip to the Border
By the time she finished drinking, the Taoist had already packed her things.
"Hiccup~"
The three-flowered cat hiccuped and turned her head to stare at him.
He glanced at it and turned his head to the other side.
I saw a few figures on horseback trotting down the mountain, all of whom she had seen.
"Tosh!"
The horses' hooves stamped on the grass, and there was only a slight sound.
The three-flowered cat couldn't help but stretch its neck.
The first ones were Lin Chang and Lord Han, although the young man behind him was light and the horse was young, and he was running fast, but he was also with his sister and honestly followed behind his father.
The cats were stunned for a moment, and they ran closer.
So she turned around, aimed at the horse's blanket and jumped, and just got into it.
"Mr. Song!"
Lin Chang and Lord Han were the first to speak.
The four arrived on horseback.
Lin Chang and Master Han both turned over and dismounted and greeted the Taoist, while the young man and girl were still sitting on horseback, looking left and right, as if they were looking for something.
The three-flowered cat curled up in the blanket and looked out secretly, and could hear the voice of its own Taoist priest talking to them.
"How many of you are here?"
"Mr. is leaving, I'll wait for nature to send it."
"Why is the gentleman in such a hurry? If it weren't for Han Mou meeting Lin Gong and talking a few words, he wouldn't have known that Mr. would be leaving today. Han also plans to invite his husband to the tent to drink at night. ”
"If you are fated to meet, you can drink this meal of Lord Han again."
"Alas......"
The young official sighed for a long time, as if he knew that it was useless for him to stay, and he kept a pot of wine in his hand: "Although Mr. is just passing by, he has solved a current problem for the local area, and solved many troubles in the future, but Han has nothing to repay Mr. ”
There is a pocket on the blanket, and there is a cloth cover on it, and the cloth cover hangs down at this time, and there is only a slit between the cloth bag, and the three-flower cat will take advantage of this seam, only revealing a pair of eyes, secretly observing the outside.
It's more fun than looking at it in the open.
I saw Lord Han take out a cup and pour a full glass of wine.
I've seen a lot of this kind of scene.
Especially when I was in Hezhou, I often finished fighting monsters, and someone would come to send them like this.
Wine Sanhua Niangniang also drank it.
It doesn't smell like water, but it tastes like water.
According to Sanhua Niangniang's judgment, it should be a kind of water that people will drink at special times or special occasions, although there is no other taste, but it seems to be very interesting.
It's a pity that I slept in a daze and forgot to become a human, otherwise I could have a farewell drink.
"Thank you, Lord Han."
The two raised their glasses and drank them all.
"This bit of money is that Han thinks that he will talk to Mr. to fall in love, and he will fund Mr. to entanglement, not much at all, and it may be similar to Mr. selling a hare." Lord Han took out another money bag and handed it out, "I only hope that Mr. will be able to travel the world in the future and walk more calmly, please be sure to accept it." ”
Sanhua Cat's eyes suddenly froze, staring closely at the money bag.
She has also encountered many such scenes.
The people of Dayan seem to like to give money, especially to Taoist priests and monks. It's a pity that most of the time Taoist priests won't accept it, and only a few times will accept it.
It's a shame.
It's like selling a rabbit once.
Sure enough, the Taoist priest refused.
It's good that Sanhua Niangniang is here, they can give it to Sanhua Niangniang, and Sanhua Niangniang will accept it.
Sanhua Cat thought so, but her expression was the same as usual, but her eyes turned to the two little people who were still looking around and looking for Sanhua Niangniang, and then at Lin Chang.
Lin Chang also brought some things.
"Mr. will continue to go north, it will become more and more desolate, and it will become more and more chaotic, although Mr. has superb skills, but it is also difficult to supply along the way, and our family has nothing good to give Mr., so I will bring Mr. a small bag of air-dried meat and dried milk, which are all made by us, and will be sold at the grassland fair, if Mr. has no food on the road, it can be used to fill his stomach."
The three-flowered cat secretly observed, with a thoughtful face.
This kind of thing is generally accepted by Taoist priests.
But sometimes she finds it strange -
Many times, it is because they and the Taoist priest have helped others that others will send them things, but sometimes, they and the Taoist priest will be sent by others if they do not help others with anything.
Sure enough, the Taoist priest accepted it.
"Thank you."
"Sir, be careful."
"I heard Zuxia talk about Ling Lang last night, I don't know which general Ling Lang was under before, and he walked to the border, if he meets him, he can ask Zuxia and ask him to return a letter home."
"When I sent the letter before, it was in Liaoxinguan, probably at the junction of Yanzhou and Yuezhou, and it seemed that I was serving as a cavalryman under a general surnamed Ban. His surname is Lin Mingyou, tall, dark, and the general said that he is superb in equestrian skills and brave in battle, promoted him to the team, and asked him to write a letter to his family. ”
"Remember." Song You paused and hesitated for a moment before he said euphemistically, "But at this time, there is a great chaos in the north, I heard that when the Saibei people went south before, General Chen was not in the north, and several checkpoints on the border were lost, and many troops were also disrupted, and they may not be able to find it in the north." ”
"This is natural."
"I just wish all the best."
"I borrowed the good words of Mr."
Although he said that the dream could not represent anything, in fact, Song You knew in his heart that the possibility of the death of the Lin family's son was already very high.
Lin Mu dreamed two days ago, indicating that the ghost had arrived in Fengzhou.
Now that General Chen is in charge in the north, no matter how chaotic it is, it is far better than more than ten years ago, which can be seen from the fact that the Lin family can send a letter back from the border. What's more, the people of Saibei did not succeed in going south, so there should not be a situation like more than ten years ago when the news of people who had been killed in battle could not reach their families.
Maybe when they get back from the Prairie Society, they will receive the letter.
It's just that first, I really don't have full certainty, and this kind of thing can't be said easily, and secondly, this is the grassland festival at this time, for the northerners, it's like the New Year in the south, it's really hard to say. So Song You could only vaguely remind them, hoping that they would make some preparations.
Sanhua Niang secretly observed, her eyes flickering.
Lin Le and his sister are still looking around.
I only heard Lin Chang seem to suddenly remember: "By the way, what about the Sanhua lady next to Mr., why didn't you see her?" ”
The three-flowered cat hurriedly pricked up its ears.
It's just that the Taoist smiled and didn't say anything, but gave them his hand: "We will say goodbye, thank you for sending you off, although the world is destined to meet again." ”
"Sir, walk slowly."
"Sir, walk slowly."
The Taoist stepped along, and the horse walked up.
The quilt and blanket were wobbly.
Facing the eyes of several people, the three-flowered cat stretched out a paw from the blanket and hooked at them.
Seeing this, several people were stunned for a moment.
It seems to be a little surprised, but it doesn't seem to be surprised.
……
A man and a horse walked slowly along the gentle curve of the hillside, walking from one hill to another, and then the three-flowered cat jumped out and walked on the ground, stopping from time to time and turning his head to look behind him.
"What are the three flower girls looking at?"
"Hmm......"
Sanhua Cat glanced at him, looked back again, and then said, "Daoist, do you say, will we come back here again?" ”
"Probably not, even if I come back, it's hard to see them again." Song You smiled and said, "But Sanhua Niangniang is talented and powerful, maybe many years later, Sanhua Niangniang wants to regain her memories, walk the road she has traveled before, and look at the old people she has met before, and she will come again." ”
"Is it like that?"
"Old Yan Xian."
"That's right." Sanhua Cat looked at him seriously, "Old Yanxian." ”
"That's right, like the old Yan Xian." Song You paused for a moment, and then said to her, "Sanhua Niangniang has a good memory. ”
"What about you?"
"I also have a good memory."
"Will you ever come back?"
"I don't know."
"I don't know~"
"Sanhua Niangniang look away." Song You said, "Life will always be like this, sometimes you will only see someone once or a few times in your life, and once you are separated, you will never see each other again." ”
"It's the same with cats."
"Yes."
In the vast grassland, it is not easy to meet, and the encounter with Lin Le's family is really accidental, to part, there is no interest involved, but Song You is also willing to go to the Liao Xinguan for them to find the general of the surname class and the cavalry team called Lin You, they are also willing to bring a parting gift to say goodbye to Song You, although each has a pay, but it is really not exchanged, sometimes the world is very simple.
Before you know it, the group has gone away.
Song You still walked very slowly.
The western grassland of Yanzhou is vast and sparsely populated, and more than ten years ago, the people of Saibei went south from here, and there are demons on this grassland, scattered and scattered.
There are people who attack the Taoists at night, and there are also rumors that have heard about it for a long time.
As in Hezhou, the Taoist people cleaned up slowly.
There is really no need to remember the day, only to watch the stars and admire the moon every night, so from the first quarter of the moon to the full moon under the moonlight of the grassland hills ghosting, it is okay to rush while the moon is on the road, after the last quarter of the moon, a few days and the sky is full of stars, the Taoist often lies on the grassland and looks at the galaxy to sleep, Haoran world seems to be the only one.
The grassland is stormy, and rain is common.
The weather is gradually getting warmer.
Before I knew it, it was early summer.
Small flowers began to emerge on the grassland, all kinds of colors, most of them very small, but they were all over the grassland, and butterflies that were not much bigger than their fingernails fluttered in them.
Because of the war, this side is almost completely uninhabited, and a person, a cat and a horse walk in it, and many times it is a pure feast of scenery.
They are the only ones between heaven and earth most of the time.
It's as if my eyes have been washed once.
And Song You couldn't tell whether he was still walking in the territory of Dayan, or whether he had gone out of the jurisdiction of Dayan and reached the territory of the Saibei people.
In these years, there was no clear border line, and it was true that the Great Wall was built in the north, but I don't know how many years ago the Great Wall was, and Dayan's sphere of influence had already crossed the Great Wall. Most of the time the border is an extremely ambiguous area that both sides can cross at will and often change, and a group walks through it, only occasionally seeing the lookout and the beacon, sometimes passing by a certain place, meeting the corpses, being able to tell which side it is from the armor that has not yet rotted, sometimes passing by the lookout, being warned by the defenders, and sometimes encountering scouts from both sides, both embarrassed and ignored.
It's a unique experience.
(End of chapter)