"The Painted Wife" Season 2 / Chapter 072
The city of Kedun angrily slashed the Turks
Murong Yan hated from love
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The poem says:
A journey, a journey, prosperity into the heart of the eyebrows,
Smoke and rain.
Love a watch, hate a change, the wind and snow whisper,
Looking back on the dream without a trace.
It is said that after Murong Yan regained her memory, she was very puzzled in her heart, and urged the horse to hurry for several days, desperately wanting to find out where it came from. But the horses were tired and ran to death. She had to abandon her horse and walk forward, in the middle of the day, the sun was shining high in the sky, and after walking for several miles, she did not feel that her mouth was dry, but she found that there was no water source around, so she had to endure her thirst and continue to walk, the trees gradually decreased, and there were more strange rocks. "If you die here, I'm afraid no one will know. "Although I was hungry and thirsty, I had to endure it forcibly, and at dusk, the sky suddenly became cloudy, and the wind was wrapped in sand and stones, and it hurt my life. Her heart tightened, she covered her face with her sleeves, lowered her head and gritted her teeth and walked for several miles, and when she looked up in a trance, she vaguely saw a flagpole not far away, and the flag on the top of the pole was waving in the wind. This flag is also quite interesting, it is actually a portrait of a person. She didn't bother to think about what kind of character was so loved, the most important thing at the moment was water, and then fill her stomach and buy a horse to continue on her way.
Entering the town, the wind and sand were still blowing, and there was no one in sight, only the sound of "ding dong" came from the blacksmith shop. Murong Yan looked for the inn, entered the store, and a hunchbacked old man said, "Where are the guests?" Murong Yan said: "Lin'an is here." The hunchbacked old man was surprised: "Thousands of miles away, what is the matter with the guests?" Murong Yan asked, "Do you know where it came from?" The hunchbacked old man was slightly stunned and shook his head. Seeing that he didn't recognize him, Murong Yan didn't care, after all, it was not easy to find someone in the vast sea of people like looking for a needle in a haystack, she asked for a pot of tea, and asked the store to cut a plate of cooked beef, the beef was not on the table, and the tea was exhausted, so she had to ask the store for another pot of tea, and while eating, she said to herself: "If I can't find you anymore, what should I do if all the money on my body is exhausted?" She stomped her foot, and the little daughter looked like she was eating herself, completely ignoring the astonishing gaze from the corner. It turned out that she was wearing a silk thin skirt, her hair was pouring down, her breasts were slightly exposed, and the bandeau inside was tightly wrapped, showing a magnificent wave, as if it would break at any time. The hunchbacked old man snooped behind the curtain for a long time, first frowned and was silent, and when he heard her words, his brows stretched again, and when he saw that Murong Yan wanted tea again, he secretly said while he was sending water: "Heroine, be careful, there are two Turkic people over there who have been paying attention to you for a long time." Murong Yan then remembered that her dress was too eye-catching, she bowed her head slightly, bought some cooked beef, ate a few cups of tea, filled the water bladder with water, and was about to get up, when she suddenly heard the raindrops outside the house "crackling" and falling, followed by lightning and thunder, and in an instant, the torrential rain poured down. Murong Yan frowned and said, "How is this good?" The hunchbacked old man said: "If it's too late today, the heroine might as well stay and stay until tomorrow." Murong Yan said: "I'm not afraid of the rain, but how can I get away without a horse?" The hunchbacked old man said, "It's okay." I have a horse in the back room, and if the heroine doesn't mind, just take it and don't charge a penny. Murong Yan was stunned for a moment, and said, "You and I have never known each other in life, how can this be done? The hunchbacked old man shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that if you buy my horse, there will be no more entanglement." If I delay the search for a husband, I can't afford to bear it. Murong Yan was taken aback, stared at him in a daze for a long time, and then said, "How do you know that I am looking for a husband?" The old man said: "Lin'an is thousands of miles away, if it weren't for the deep love between husband and wife, how could you travel long distances without fear of hardships and dangers? Murong Yan was puzzled: "What are you laughing at?" The hunchbacked old man said: "Does the woman know who is painted on the flagpole?" Murong Yan said: "What does the person painted have to do with me?" The hunchbacked old man smiled: "The woman doesn't know something." Three months ago, the blood flowed like a river here, it was He Guoshi to eradicate the demons, gave the town peace, but also exempted from taxes, the people are very grateful, so the portrait of the national teacher is painted on the flagpole, every day at sunrise, the town men, women and children are to bow under the flagpole to worship, in order to show respect. Murong Yan asked: "Dare to ask the old man, where did he come from now?" The hunchbacked old man said: "What are you doing to find a national teacher?" Murong Yan said: "You don't know, where is my husband." The hunchbacked old man was taken aback, and said, "How can it be proven?" So, Murong Yan took out the marriage edict of Emperor Zhao Gou and handed it to him, and saw that there was the emperor's jade seal and gold seal, and the hunchbacked old man was taken aback, knowing that this person was not small, and he must be a relative of the emperor, and the marriage actually alarmed the emperor, and he hurriedly said: "It must be in Kedun City." After a pause, he said: "Follow this road all the way, and you will arrive at sunset tomorrow." ”
Finally learned the news, Murong Yan couldn't help but be overjoyed, remembering that there was still a day to go, so she followed the old man to the back room Soma. It's a white horse. The horse's head is tall and handsome, and his face is thin and fleshy. When Murong Yan was young, she often rode a horse and ran around with her father, and she had seen a lot of the world, so she naturally knew how to choose a good horse. This strength can not be said to open the mountain and crack the stone, there are more than two or three hundred catties, but the white horse did not move, the heart was secretly surprised, praised: "It is a good horse!" The hunchbacked old man said: "This horse was ridden by the original national teacher, and the battle with Sanjar made great achievements, and the national teacher saw that it was scarred and took pity on me and ordered me to adopt and heal." You are not only the wife of the national teacher, but you also belong to the original owner, but there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not. ”
At this time, Murong Yan knew that He Lai got married a few days ago, and his new wife was Yelu Dashi's sister Yelu Balan. It is reported that on the night of the wedding in the cave room, the groom sat alone in the wilderness and did not return, and the bride rekindled her old love and wanted to spend a night with her lover. When Yelu Dashi heard this, he was furious and sentenced him to be beheaded. Nadadel was so frightened that he couldn't speak for a long time, and was dragged to the guillotine by someone, and with a "click", it was like cutting a large watermelon, and the red sac juice flowed all over the ground. When it was Balaan's turn, the national teacher forced him to keep people under the knife, and Yelu Balan was deeply moved and secretly agreed. At this point, the hunchbacked old man came to an abrupt end. Murong Yan heard it sincerely, and her heart was anxious, and she hurriedly asked: "What happened?" The hunchbacked old man smiled: "Madame, but I asked if a good thing has been done?" Murong Yan was told the central matter, her pretty face turned red, and she lowered her head and stroked the horse's back silently. The hunchbacked old man said: "The national teacher is not a monk, how can he not be close to a woman?"
Before the words fell, the two Turks who had been drinking in the corner flashed out, and one of them laughed and said, "Even if it is a monk and a Taoist, how can you not be tempted when you see a woman with such a posture? Come and sleep with me, and have a fat doll next year!" He originally spoke in Turkic language, but Murong Yan could understand it, his face was full of anger, anger rose from his heart, a cold light burst out of the scabbard, the hunchbacked old man's eyes were full of flowers, and it was too late to stop him when he wanted to make a sound, the man's head was tilted, a head fell, and it rolled to his feet like a ball, the hunchbacked old man was so frightened that his face was like earth, his legs were weak, and he fell to the ground, and the other Turkic man turned his head and ran away without saying a word. Murong Yan didn't chase after him, helped the old man up, and said: "I won't drag you down, I will return to the surname Murong under the next name, and the single name is Yan, if anyone asks, it doesn't hurt for you to tell me." "Anyway, ride on the white horse and go away in the dust in the rainy night. This is really a good horse, it originally needed a day's foot strength, and Murong Yan arrived in Kedun City at the third watch.
Remembering her previous experience, she said to herself, "If you dress like this, you will definitely cause a lot of trouble." I found an inn and settled down temporarily, chatted with the store without a word, and learned that the store had a son who was about the same age as himself, so he bought a set of clothes to wear, and his long hair was coiled, but the chest bulge could not be covered, so she had to wrap it with a strip of cloth, and when she saw that it was still high, she didn't feel anxious and said: "It's really annoying, who made you grow so big, but now it's very troublesome." I had to grit my teeth and tie it tightly with ropes, and smear my face with plant ash, so that I looked like a runaway boy, not a beautiful girl who was looking for a husband for thousands of miles. At this time, the street suddenly became bustling, and the Liao soldiers were dispatched and marched all the way to the west. That was the way she had taken when she came just now, wasn't Yelu Dashi going to arrest her after learning about the situation? She cautiously went to the street to check, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, it turned out that the horses ridden by the Turks were far inferior to Murong Yan's white horses, and I am afraid that they have not yet arrived at this moment, and this group of Liao soldiers is keeping vigil and patrolling the city. She masked her face with a black veil, jumped on the city wall, bent on her waist, and captured a Liao soldier leader alive with lightning speed, she originally wanted to ask where she lived, but she knew that this leader gritted his teeth and did not speak, Murong Yan was very surprised, this Liao soldier was really different from the Song soldiers, such a soldier was naturally brave and fearless on the battlefield, and he couldn't help but admire three points at the moment, and he didn't want his life, but just stunned him.
Although she couldn't speak, it didn't bother her, it just took some more time. Under the cover of night, she shuttled across the rooftops like a ghost. But she forgot one thing. When the leader woke up and blew the trumpet, the city of Kedun was invaded by the enemy, and at this time, the Turks arrived again and told Yelu Dashi that the wife of the national teacher in the Central Plains had come to kill the khan by the emperor's holy decree. Yelu Dashi hurriedly shouted to ask where he came, and he was confused, and truthfully told him that he was not married in the Central Plains, where did the so-called wife come from? The Turkic people caught the hunchbacked old man and questioned him, and when the hunchbacked old man saw where he came, he was so excited that he couldn't stand on his knees, and in the face of Yelu Dashi's inquiry, he said that the Turks had eaten wine but wanted to pay the bill, and they quarreled with each other because of their verbal discord, and when they saw the little girl in the middle of the fight, they had bad intentions, and accidentally killed her in a hurry. The Turkic was extremely angry, and the hunchbacked old man argued with reason, begging for wine money, and for a while, the tent was noisy, and it was difficult for Yelu Dashi to distinguish the real from the fake. He Lai smiled bitterly: "You said that my lady killed Liao Bing, and you tell me her appearance in detail." The Turks said: "I'm afraid that a fairy will descend to earth." After that, he described Murong Yan's appearance in detail. He Lai was taken aback, and said in his heart: Isn't this Lu Yirou? Could it be that she is looking for me so far? Although his heart was thinking, his face was not shocked, he waved his hand, and sneered: "How can there be such a beautiful woman in the world, it must be because you covet other people's beautiful women with bad intentions, which caused the disaster of killing." Fearing that it would not be easy to make a mistake, he made up lies to deceive the Great Khan. Yes or no?" the hunchbacked old man knelt down and said, "National Teacher Mingjian! The little girl's name is Murong Yan, she has run away from home and is missing. As soon as these words came out, He Lai was taken aback, and Lu Yirou had recovered her memory, and she couldn't keep that she was struggling to find herself in this Kedun City, so she said: "You go back first, whoever violates the law, no matter who it is, will be guilty of the same crime as the common people." Then he dragged the Turk out and fought a hundred times, and beat him until his skin was open, and he cried out for mercy, and he could not get out of bed in March or May.
At this time, it was the cold winter wax moon, and the sky was raining, and when Yelu Balan saw He Lai standing in the rain, he took a piece of clothing from the house and put it on He Lai, and said, "The sky is cold and the ground is freezing, don't suffer from the wind and cold, it is better to go into the house and eat a glass of wine to warm up your body." Brother, you can also come and eat and drink together. He Lai kept a straight face and said nothing, the farce of the wedding night kept hovering in his heart, and when he saw this woman, he felt as if he had eaten a fly. Yelu Dashi snorted and dragged He Lai into the house, Balan poured wine and admitted his mistake: "It was me who was wrong, for my brother's sake, forgive me once." From now on, you will be my husband, and I will treat you with all my heart. Yelu Dashi said beside him: "Sister, you have to remember what you said today, if there is a next time, even if the national teacher forgives you, I will not spare you." Balan nodded and said, "Brother, don't worry, for the rest of my life, I will be the wife of He, and I should do my duty as a wife." He Lai sighed, but didn't speak, he took the wine glass and drank it all, Balan hurriedly filled it with another glass, He Lai raised his neck again and drank it all, and ate a few glasses like this, the wine was strong, and in a trance, it seemed that it was not Balan but Murong Yan who was standing in front of him. There is a saying: If you don't get drunk, everyone is drunk, and Mo Dao is frivolous. Seeing Balan bending down to pour wine, he suddenly picked her up and threw her onto the kang, Yelu Dashi smiled when he saw this, withdrew with interest, and when he turned to look again, by the candle in the room, the two people projected on the window lattice were already entangled.
Murong Yan, who was secretly observing this scene, saw it so vividly that she couldn't help but break her heart, gritted her teeth and said: "I miss you because I miss you, but you don't care about your father and mother being happy here, such a heartless and unrighteous person is a scourge to stay in the world!"
He Lai also reacted very quickly, heard a noise behind him, and did not look back, holding Balan and rolling on a donkey on the spot, although he was embarrassed, he narrowly avoided the sword. Seeing that he was protecting Balan regardless of his own safety, Murong Yan became even more angry in his heart, and he raised his sword to split, and the blade of the sword drew a beautiful arc in the air, falling towards Helai's head. He Lai pushed Balan away, but he couldn't dodge, and he was about to die on the spot, the blade of the sword suddenly turned, and with a "click", the table and chair next to him were cut in two.
Murong Yan said angrily: "You actually risked your own life for her, if you have no intention, why bother me! Okay, very good, even if I see the wrong person, from now on, you and I will break off our relationship, and we will have nothing to do with it!" Suddenly hearing this familiar voice, He Lai was stunned at first, obviously did not recognize it, and when he saw this marriage edict, he suddenly realized the mistake he had made, and shouted: "Don't go!" ran out in disheveled clothes, only to see a white horse far away.
Hearing that someone had assassinated him, Yelu Dashi came out with his sword, and the assassin had long since disappeared, Balan told his brother what he had seen and heard, and he suddenly had an epiphany in his heart, Dashi ostensibly promised his sister to him, but in fact used her to spy on himself. Although he is now a national teacher, he has no real power, and he didn't understand why he knew everything about his every move, but now that he thinks about it, it turns out that Balan has been informing him. To put it bluntly, after all, he is a native of the Central Plains, and he was an official in the Song Dynasty, no matter how hard he tries, he can't win his trust. Thinking of this, he was extremely disappointed, and had the idea of retreating, and happened to hear the whispers of Balan and Dashi, his eyes rolled, and he stepped forward and saluted: "Great Khan, this woman's name is Lu Yirou, the emperor of the Central Plains gave me a marriage, I saw that she was arrogant and unreasonable, and she did not obey her original intentions, but the holy decree was difficult to disobey, so I had to use the excuse of sending troops to levy Dajin to get rid of her, who knew that she was looking for her." If you leave this time, you will definitely harm my father. If the Great Khan allows me to go to the Central Plains and bring my father and mother to show my filial piety, the ministers will be grateful, and the cattle and horses will repay each other!"
Yelu Dashi saw it, believed it, and thought that now the country is stable, and the tribes live and work in peace and contentment, and his prestige is gradually rising, which may not be conducive to the future emperor, so he agreed to let him go to the Central Plains to pick up his father and mother. Balan was not happy to hear the life and death, and said that the road was far away, and he couldn't stand the pain of being displaced, and besides, he couldn't get used to eating in the Central Plains, and he was afraid that he would be burdened when he got there, so it was better to wait here with peace of mind. Yelu Dashi smiled knowingly, and only said that this was a husband and wife family matter, and it was inconvenient for others to intervene. He didn't think about agreeing, he didn't expect her to go with him, but at this time, he chose a first-class horse, brought enough dry food and water, bid farewell to Yelu Dashi, clamped the horse's belly, and went away.
Seeing that he was far away, Balan clapped his hands and hugged his brother for a while. At this time, Dadel came out of the tent and knelt down to thank the Great Khan for his accomplishment. Dashi sighed: "If it weren't for my sister's love for you and forcing her life, how could I lose a general." From now on, if you have a different heart for Balaam, I will slay you with a thousand swords. ”
Who is this Dadel, and Dashi loves him so much? It turns out that he is Dashi's wife, and he is also the cousin of Xiao Ta Buyan, the current Empress of Western Liao. Although Dadel is emotionally submissive, he has an inherent set of military strategy, which is deeply valued by Xiao Ta. Instead of marrying Balan to a foreign surname, it is better to marry Dadel, so that he can do things for Xiliao with all his heart.
It's just that people are not as good as the sky, and the sky is not how to calculate, and at the time of the third watch, how can he suddenly and quietly turn back. The more he thought about it along the way, the more he felt that this matter was weird, it stands to reason that marrying a chicken and marrying a dog is a dog, where the husband goes, even if the wife is unwilling, he must follow. Moreover, when he killed Dadel, he was also suspicious, and he couldn't see his face clearly, not to mention, the figure of the person who was killed looked much thinner than Dadel, and most of them were transferred. Who would have the audacity to transfer a death row inmate? The profound meaning is self-evident. He Lai tied the horse to the jungle in the distance, used his light skills to avoid the guards, sneaked into the house with a familiar way, and saw Dadel sleeping with Balan in his arms, and suddenly felt smoke, and a large green piece of green on his head. Feeling that he had been fooled, He Lai was furious, and he slashed with his sword, and beheaded the dog man and woman in his sleep, and then set fire to the tent, and then relieved his hatred.
When Dashi heard the bad news, he beat his chest and cried, and since then he has been sick for a long time, and he has died for a year. Dashi died, his son was young, and his wife Xiao Ta Buyan temporarily became the ruling party, changing the yuan to "Xianqing", known as the "Queen of Heaven", naturally, this is a later story.
But he said that he ran around all night and found the hunchbacked old man's inn, explaining his intention to help. The hunchback old man's surname is Chen, Jiangling people's name, ranked fifth, in the early years of walking the rivers and lakes to be chivalrous and righteous, quite prestigious, the people of the rivers and lakes called "the chivalrous Chen Lao Wu", and then broke the back bone because of the conspiracy, although he saved his life, but he lost his martial arts and fell into a hunchback disease. There are also wives and children at home, and then the Central Plains war and fled to this, and now his wife and children are dead, leaving him alone, when he is desperate, fortunately he came to help generously, which turned the crisis into safety, in this regard, he was deeply moved, and swore that he would follow He Lai in his lifetime, if he abandoned it, he would immediately hit his head to death, in order to show his loyalty. He really couldn't shirk it, so he had to promise to take him on the road. Chen Lao Wu took out a letter from his arms, the handwriting on it was beautiful, He Lai recognized it at a glance that it was written by Murong Yan, but he saw:
~~~ If you are ruthless, I will take a break, and the past is as white as yesterday.
~~~ In the cold winter, the wax moon branches have no leaves, and the green mountains only recognize the white clouds.
~~~ The green lantern shaves his hair and leaves him with hatred, and Amitabha Buddha spends the spring and autumn.
Could it be that she wants to cut her hair for the rest of her life? Why is her feet jumping straight in a hurry, but the vast land, which nunnery is she in to become a monk? At this time, Chen Lao Wu said something again. Murong Yan's tears in the inn were heartbroken, and he was about to step forward to comfort him, when a person with a sword on his back next to him saw what he said to her, seeing that the conversation was not clear to her, Chen Lao Wu heard a sentence when he borrowed wine, and the person with the sword on his back said: "The moves of martial arts will only bind the mind." Once the mind is bound, the move becomes just a routine. If you want to break through this routine, you can only understand all things. Hearing this, Murong Yan seemed to wake up and followed the man.
Isn't it the Void Son of the Loose Sect? This thought flashed through his mind. It's just that this experience is familiar, and it is very different. Regardless of whether it is true or not, go and find out what is true and false. After making up his mind, Chen Lao Wu immediately packed his soft bags and rushed to the Xiaoyao faction with He Lai.
Exactly: the Tao is unintentional but intentional, and the true feelings cannot be disappointed. Looking for a wife does not swear to return, love needs and cherishes. I want to know if He Lai can find Murong Yan, and whether Murong Yan is really as he expected, and where will the relationship between the two go, and listen to the next breakdown.