Chapter 129: Entering the City
After Cheng Ying stopped the horse, he turned the horse's head and was about to rush towards the circuit, when Yang Guo's voice sounded behind him.
"Miss Cheng, are you looking for me?"
Cheng Ying couldn't help but be surprised, and when she looked back at her, Yang Guo happened to be standing there looking at her, with a smile on her face.
"Brother Yang is very skilled. Cheng Ying said lightly.
Yang Guo couldn't see what her expression was, but when he heard the tone, there was an obvious unfamiliarity, and he hurriedly said: "The road is boring, it's just fun, and I hope Miss Cheng won't be angry." ”
"It's just right that Brother Yang can catch up, and it saves me from going back to look for it, why should I be angry?" Cheng Ying turned the horse's head again after saying it and walked forward.
"It seems like it's a bit of a big game now. Yang Guo looked at her back and couldn't help but think a little embarrassed.
The two continued on their way, but no one spoke on the way, and the atmosphere seemed a little stiff.
Yang Guo quickened his pace, walked side by side with Cheng Ying, then reached out and took out the jade flute from his arms, and asked, "Miss Cheng, can you play tunes?"
Cheng Ying didn't look at him, and only replied with two words: "No." ”
"That makes me feel much more at ease. Yang Guo said: "I won't either." ”
Cheng Ying couldn't help but secretly say: "I don't know how to play a tune, what are you relieved of?" She was wondering in her heart, and a strange sound of "woo" suddenly sounded beside her, startling her.
"Ah, this flute ......" Cheng Ying looked sideways and saw that Yang Guo was fiddling with a jade flute, and couldn't help but be surprised.
Yang Guo turned his head to look at her and said, "I won't get this elegant thing." Fortunately, you won't, and you shouldn't be able to hear good or bad. I don't have to worry about disturbing your ears. After saying that, he blew again.
Cheng Ying looked at the jade flute in his hand, stopped talking a little, looked at him sideways for a while, listened to him blowing really ugly, couldn't help but turn his head again, and quietly pinched the horse's belly, speeding up a little.
Yang Guo pondered for a while, but he really figured out some tunes. Thinking back to the music played by the little dragon girl, she stumbled and squeaked and blew with all her heart.
At this time, night had fallen, and there was silence in the wilderness, and the piercing sound of the flute spread in all directions, and it seemed so unharmonious.
Cheng Ying endured it for a while, but she couldn't bear it anymore. couldn't help but look back and say, "Brother Yang, are you blowing 'Makeup Table Si'?"
Hearing this, Yang Guo put down the jade flute in his hand, raised his head and asked with some doubts, "What do you think?"
As soon as Cheng Ying heard it, he knew that he was playing the piano to the cow, so he asked again: "Where did you hear the tune you played?"
Yang Guo said: "This piece is often played by my master on weekdays, and I have memorized it after listening to it a few times. ”
Cheng Ying nodded slightly and said, "Give me the jade flute." ”
Yang Guo was puzzled: "What to do?"
Cheng Ying glanced at him. Said, "Don't you want to listen to the tune?"
Yang Guo couldn't help but smile slightly, handed over the jade flute, but deliberately asked, "Don't you know how to play tunes?"
Cheng Ying ignored him, turned his back, and put the jade flute diagonally to his lips.
The quiet sound of the flute sounded slowly. Soothing and smooth, flowing like water in Yang Guo's ears and heart. He couldn't help but close his eyes slightly.
This poem "Makeup Table Thoughts" is written to describe a woman who misses her husband outside, and the person who misses is alone in the empty room at dusk, and when she dresses up in the mirror, Gu Ying feels sorry for herself and complains sadly.
Although Yang Guo didn't understand the rhythm of music and didn't know the meaning of this song, he could also hear the sorrow from Cheng Ying's quiet flute, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, and said in his heart: "It's all some bitter women." ”
Cheng Ying blew the tune and put down the jade flute, looking at the night in front of him in a daze.
Yang Guo looked from behind, and saw that the back on the horse's back under the moonlight showed a hint of loneliness and coldness, and suddenly felt pity in his heart, and said: "Miss Cheng, don't worry, your cousin will be fine." ”
Cheng Ying let out a soft "um", then stopped talking, and after a while, she suddenly screamed "ah".
Yang Guo hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, Miss Cheng?"
"Uh......h It's okay. Cheng Ying replied in a little panic, his face under the mask was slightly red, he looked at the jade flute in his hand, and thought to himself: "He blew this jade flute just now, so don't I share a jade flute with him?"
Yang Guo saw that she was fine, so he found her and said, "Miss Cheng, you came out this time, but with Senior Huang?" I have admired Senior Huang for a long time, can Miss Cheng introduce me on my behalf?"
Cheng Ying calmed down and replied: "I have been separated from my mentor for a long time in order to find my cousin, and now I don't know where my mentor has gone. ”
Yang Guo was slightly regretful and said: "Huang's predecessors are unparalleled in learning, whether it is chess, music, calligraphy and painting, or martial arts formations, they have all reached extremely high attainments, if I can be guided by him, I can be of infinite use." It's a pity that Senior Huang is missing, and it is really difficult to see him. ”
Cheng Ying said: "The teacher likes the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River very much, although he has been wandering around in the past few years, but he always has to stay in the south of the Yangtze River for a short period of time every year. ”
Yang Guo thought for a while and said: "Forget it, Senior Huang is an elegant person, if I know that I am planning to find him, I will definitely not like it, everything is still fate." ”
Cheng Ying nodded, handed over the jade flute, and said, "The jade flute will be returned to you." ”
Yang Guo didn't reach out to pick it up, and said, "This jade flute is yours, right? Now it can be regarded as the return of the goods to its original owner, and there is no need to return it to me." ”
Cheng Ying asked, "How do you know that the jade flute is mine?"
"Isn't it?" Yang Guo smiled and said, "I just guessed, if I guessed wrong, it should be regarded as a gift for you." The jade flute left and right is also a pearl in my hands, you can play the song so well, this jade flute is the right master to follow you. ”
Cheng Ying took the jade flute back and asked, "Are you tired, do you want to take a break?"
Yang Guo said: "It's almost Xiangyang City in front, let's rest in the city." ”
Cheng Ying saw that he walked lightly, his sleeves fluttered, very leisurely and elegant, although he walked more than 100 miles away, but he did not feel tired at all, he couldn't help but be secretly surprised, and said in his heart: "This Brother Yang's martial arts are really unfathomable, with his help, there should be no difficulty in rescuing my cousin from Li Mochou's hands." ”
But she didn't know that the light skills of the Tomb Sect were unparalleled in the world, and with the Jiuyang internal force that regained qi very quickly, it would complement each other even better, and there would be no flaws.
After walking for dozens of miles, a little lights can be seen swaying in front of him, Yang Guo said: "Xiangyang City has arrived, it is the torch at the head of the city, it seems that our luck is not bad, I am ready to sleep in the wild." ”
Cheng Ying didn't reply, but suddenly asked, "Brother Yang, I still can't figure out why that master would accept your conditions, and what is that 'Black Jade Intermittent Cream'?"
Yang Guo couldn't help laughing and said, "I thought you really didn't care about the reason, but I didn't expect you to think all the way." ”
And he said, "For the sake of you blowing me a tune, it doesn't hurt to tell you." In fact, you have already stated the reason, but you have not yet realized it. ”
Cheng Ying asked suspiciously, "What did I say?"
Yang Guo said: "You said before that it is not difficult for the Golden Wheel National Master to escape, but the facts contradict your guesses, so why don't you speculate on the other side?"
Cheng Ying said thoughtfully: "You mean he ...... Can't escape?"
Yang Guo nodded and said, "I was just trying, but I didn't expect him to really agree." That's how I deduced it, and his injuries must have worsened. Since he couldn't get rid of me, he had to accept my conditions. ”
Cheng Ying couldn't help but say: "I didn't expect the reason to be so simple. ”
Yang Guo smiled and said: "In fact, all the strategies in the world are extremely simple and not worth mentioning after they are said, and the key is how to grasp people's hearts." ”
As the two spoke, they had reached the moat under the city, when the city gate was closed, and a group of soldiers at the head of the city were walking back and forth patrolling with torches.
A guard general saw Yang Guo and Cheng Ying, bowed his head and shouted: "Who is under the city? Now that the city gate is closed and impassable, retreat quickly!"
Yang Guo replied: "My surname is Yang Mingguo, I just came back from the hero's banquet, Guo Jing Guo Daxia is under the uncle, and the general is tired." ”
When the guard heard that it was Guo Jing's family, he didn't dare to slack off, and shouted loudly: "Please wait!" and turned around and ordered a soldier to report to the city.
After a while, Guo Jing appeared in the city, and when he saw Yang Guo, he couldn't help but be happy: "When you come, your aunt said that she was separated from you, and I was still worried about your safety." ”
Guo Jing ordered the soldiers to open the city gate and put down the drawbridge, and Yang Guo and Cheng Ying both walked and led their horses into the city.
"How's the defense in the city?, but the people have already entered the city?" Yang Guo asked, looking at the groups of soldiers who walked by from time to time on the street.
Guo Jing couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, and said: "The food and space in the city are limited, so in order not to cause riots, the people nearby can only be placed in the city, and the villages and towns farther away can't take care of it." ”
Yang Guo said: "When the two countries fight, there must always be casualties, just do your best, and my uncle doesn't have to mind too much." ”
Guo Jing nodded, and when he looked at Cheng Ying, his eyes were slightly shocked, and he couldn't help asking, "......Who is this?"
Yang Guo said: "This is a friend that my nephew just made. ”
Cheng Ying hurriedly saluted and said, "The little woman has seen Guo Daxia. ”
Guo Jing nodded and said, "Since you are a friend of Guo'er, you are not an outsider, so you can rest in my house tonight." ”
Huang Yaoshi has been absent from the island for many years, Guo Jing didn't know that his father-in-law had taken in another apprentice, although he felt that Cheng Ying's appearance was somewhat familiar, but he didn't think much about it.
Yang Guo saw that Cheng Ying had no intention of revealing his identity, so he didn't say much, and immediately followed Guo Jing all the way to the front of a big house.