Chapter 55

The wind was whistling around her ears. The speed of stepping on the snow was too fast. It was dark all around. The scenery on both sides passed quickly. An Changqing could only see the Eternal Bright Star River above her head.

I don't know how long I've been running, but I stopped by a small lake carrying two people on snow.

If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, no one would have thought that there was such a clear lake hidden in the desert. Perhaps the water is abundant, and the vegetation beside the lake is more abundant than other places. Among the vigorous grass, there are scattered fireflies flying.

The moon and stars in the sky are reflected in the lake at this time, as if there is another invisible star hidden in the lake, which is as beautiful as a fairyland.

An Changqing got off his horse and walked around the lake in amazement. Xiao Zhige set foot in the snow to play and followed him step by step.

"It's beautiful here. How did the Lord find it?"

Looking for a big clean stone by the lake, an Changqing brushed away the sand and dust, sat down, looked up at Xiao Zhige with a smile.

"I used to camp around here when I was marching." Xiao Zhige sat down beside him and told him in a slow voice what had happened in the past.

At that time, he had just joined the army, and he was just a little soldier with no reputation. His army was transferred from Yanzhou to Liangzhou, and when he was not able to do so at night, he stayed not far away to have a rest. At that time, he was young, far less calm than he is now. He was woken up in the middle of the night by several soldiers in the same camp and sneaked out to look for food.

They are all half boys. Although they are full in the daytime, they are not hungry. At night, when their stomachs growl, they think there is a lake here, so they ask three or five Companions to sneak out to catch fish. Sleep by the lake when you're full, and slip back to the barracks before dawn.

"That's where I got to know Chang Zaichang." Chang Zaichang was the one who took the lead in persuading him to catch fish.

But before they were happy for a few days, they heard that the war situation in Liangzhou was urgent, and they rushed to support them. Unexpectedly, the battle suffered heavy losses. Only he and Chang Zaichang were alive.

"It was hard then, wasn't it?" Watching him wring his eyebrows and falling into memories, an Changqing asked softly.

He also held the man's hands in his hands. These hands had thick palms and long and powerful fingers. They were supposed to be very good-looking hands. But for many years, holding the gun to kill the enemy made the knuckles thicker, the palms were covered with cocoons, and the touch was very rough. An Changqing had seen the hands of the prince and the third prince, which were white and delicate, and could not even find a wound.

The prince should be the prince and the third prince. Only Xiao Zhige suffered a lot from childhood.

Xiao Zhige shook his head and said with a smile, "it's hard, but it's worth it."

"If you want one thing, you have to exchange it for another."

When he said this, Xiao Zhige's eyes had been locked on an Changqing. Before he was twenty years old, he did go through all kinds of hardships. But he always remembered what his mother's concubine told him: people in this world have their own lives. Some people are sweet first and then bitter, others are bitter first and then sweet. Although my son has been bumpy since he was a child, he will be happy after suffering. You have to be patient. Wait. Don't worry.

Xiao Zhige kept in mind what his mother's concubine told him.

He felt that an Changqing was his "sweet and bitter". He used the frustrations of the first 20 years to exchange for the stability and prosperity of the rest of his life.

But an Changqing didn't know what he was thinking. He looked calm. After thinking about it, he reached out and touched the oil paper bag in his pocket. He found a round pine nut candy and fed it into his mouth.

"When I'm here, it won't be hard."

The sweet smell of sugar spread on the tip of his tongue. Xiao Zhige looked down at him and saw that an Changqing was smiling at him with curved eyebrows: "sweet?"

Xiao Zhige's eyes were slightly dark, and he was bewitched. He bowed his head to kiss him and put the pine nut candy into his mouth. His voice murmured in a low voice: "sweet, try it."

An Changqing's mouth was filled with the melting pine nut candy, and he looked at his face close at hand. His heart beat hard like a big drum, which made him dizzy.

In order to cover up her confusion, an Changqing crunched the pine nut candy and swallowed it, then stretched out a small tongue / tip to signal: "no more."

What he meant was that it was the last pine nut in his pocket.

However, Xiao Zhige didn't understand his meaning. His eyes only focused on the red tongue / tip that stretched out and drew back. He couldn't help itching in his throat and bowed his head to taste it again.

The light sweetness in the two populations, even breathing is the sweet taste of pine nut sugar.

An Changqing pushed people away and gasped against his chest / mouth.

Xiao Zhige pressed his back and whispered in his ear, "it's still sweet."

An Changqing glared at him, raised his hand to wipe his mouth, and said in a dull voice, "nonsense, no kissing." Another kiss will break the skin.

Xiao Zhige's Adam's apple rolled. The deeper his eyes were, he skillfully counted the joints of his back and asked in a low voice: "I gave it to you last time Can we follow the prescription? How come I haven't seen you use it since I came to Yanzhou? "

Caught off guard, hearing this, an Changqing's eyes widened, her face turned red quickly, and stammered for a long time before she uttered a complete sentence It's used up. "When he was in Yejing, he would keep warm with jade according to the prescription. After six little jade sticks were used up, he would do contraction exercises every day before going to bed according to the recorded breathing method. This method is hidden. When he did it, he didn't mean to tell Xiao Zhige. Of course, he didn't know

in the past, he worried too much and endured too long. But now I can't help it

"I'll go and see the snow treading." An Changqing got up and didn't answer this question. He ran to the edge of the snow, grabbed the reins and said to him: "don't you mean to teach me how to ride a horse? Do you want to teach it? "

...

when they came back, the subordinates who went hunting also came back. At this time, they were holding the hare on the fire

all of them hung their heads, pretended to be concentrating on roasting rabbits, and glanced at the corner of their eyes

this is Chang's death spot. He immediately shut up and rolled back to his position

there is a subordinate on the side of the barbecue, who looks pretty. I often sit by the fire and stare at people. I don't know what I'm thinking. When his subordinate's hands began to tremble, he suddenly said, "are men and men really so good?"

...

after sleeping in the open for one night, the next morning, the group packed up and set off on their way. In the afternoon of that day, I finally arrived in Liangzhou

due to the integration of the xidun people, many xidun customs and traditions have been brought about, gradually affecting the people in Liangzhou, making Liangzhou look very exotic today. Looking at the vendors on both sides of the street, an Changqing was dazzled

an Changqing took people around and saw a lot of interesting gadgets. After walking two streets, I met a teahouse where there was a dancing girl named Xi dung dancing with monkeys. Seeing this, an Changqing took people in for a tea break

after drinking two cups of tea and watching a monkey dance, an Changqing saw that it was late and got up to go back. After going out, I saw a lot of people around the teahouse, and there was a man's voice

looking through the cracks of the crowd, you can see a big man smoking a young girl with bamboo chips. The little girl was about ten years old. She wore little clothes on her head. Her shoulders and arms were exposed. She had a leather cover like a fish's tail on her leg. At this time, he was kneeling beside a large water tank, shaking with his arms

it turns out that this is an entertaining father and daughter. The little girl is dressed in a fishtail cover, pretending to be a shark and performing juggling in a big water tank. It is said that the little girl failed to hold her breath during the performance just now. When she made a mistake, the big man got angry and punished her

although I can't bear to look, they are father and daughter, and passers-by are not good at meddling. Just around you and me to persuade. But the big man said more and more, saying that the family was poor, that the child's mother was seriously ill and waiting for money to treat him, but the child couldn't even do it well.The little girl, with her arms in her arms and her head down, knelt all wet and said nothing.

Until the big man said, "I've worked so hard to raise her up," the little girl suddenly raised her head and said, "you're not my father! I was not raised by you

The big man's voice beat her hard: "I told you to talk nonsense! I'm not your father. Who is it? "

The little girl was shaking, but still insisted: "you are not!"

The big man was so angry that he picked up the wooden stool beside the water tank and was about to hit her, but he was stopped by an Changqing first. Motioning to the guard to separate the people, an Changqing guards the little girl behind her, pressing her anger: "how can you be such a father?"

Seeing that he was well dressed and had a guard with him, the man was a little nervous, but he still stuck his neck and said, "you, mind your own business. It's my family business!"

An Changqing ignored him and raised the little girl up with a frown. However, she found that she had a fishtail on her leg. She couldn't stand up at all. She had to sit on the ground first and take off her robe to put it on her.

"You said he wasn't your father?"

The little girl gave him a hesitant look, as if to distinguish whether he was a bad man. An Changqing looked at her gently and waited patiently for her answer.

Probably because she didn't think that an Changqing was a bad person, she nodded and said, "he's not my father. My father died long ago. He bought me

When the little girl said that, the onlookers quit and began to point fingers at the big man. If it's a father and daughter, it's not easy for them to manage the family affairs. But now we know that they were not born. Just now, what the big man said was to deceive them, and everyone began to be filled with righteous indignation.

An Changqing looked at the child, thought about it and asked, "how much did you pay for it? I'll give you the silver, and I'll take the child with me. "

The big man is not willing to give up. The little boy earned a lot of money for him. He is a money tree that can make money for a long time. He hesitated and said, "how can you buy or sell by force?"

An Changqing couldn't bear to grin with him. He took a look at the guard beside him. The guard looked cold. The long knife came out of its sheath and looked at him badly.

That big man a flustered, see he is not easy to provoke, connect busy way: "sell! I sell it! Five hundred taels. I bought five hundred taels. "

"He's talking nonsense. It only cost five liang of silver!" The little girl said in a clear voice.

The man choked and glared at her.

An Changqing took out five taels of silver and threw it to him. He asked the guard to pick up the skinny little child and take it back. As he was about to leave, someone stopped him after him: "please stay here, young man."

An Changqing looked back and saw that he was a young man in green clothes, with a smile on his lips. He was very handsome, but he looked a little frail, with a beautiful maid beside him.

"What's the matter, young master?"

"The child's leg is wearing a fishtail cover. If it's not removed in time, I'm afraid it will hurt his leg."

An Changqing was stunned. He followed his fingers to see the child. The fishtail cover started from his waist and tightly wrapped his legs. There was almost no gap. Look at the little girl again, she has been biting her lips tightly. Although she didn't speak, her lips are white.

"My maid will take it. If you don't mind, you can find a place to take the fish tail from the child's leg first."

An Changqing pondered for a moment, thinking that he had a guard, but this man only had a maid, so there should be no danger. Then he nodded and went into the teahouse nearby. He asked the young man to prepare a room for them.

Although the little girl is not very old, it's not easy for her to be a girl in public.

After entering the wing room, the maid picked up the child and went to the screen to get the fishtail cover on her leg. An Changqing and the young man are waiting outside for tea. The young man was very talkative and took the initiative to report to his family.

"My surname is Xue, and my single name is Yi. I don't know how to address you? "

"I'm ANN, and my name is Nuo."

The person who is not familiar with the place of life is accosted by others. An Changqing is on guard.

Xue Yi said: "I see you are not from Liangzhou, are you?"

An Changqing did not say where he came from, but said, "yes, there are some things to do in Liangzhou."

The two chatted casually, and the maid came out with the child wrapped in an Changqing's robe with a little red face.

There was no expression on the maid's face. She told Xue Yi, "the fishtail cover has been taken off. It didn't hurt her leg, but it's a boy, not a girl."

An Changqing was surprised and subconsciously went to see the child. The child is very good-looking. Because he is young, he has some unidentified beauty, but there is a big red fish scale birthmark under his left eye, which destroys the beauty.

The little boy looked at an Changqing uneasily: "he asked me to dress up as a girl. He said that I see so many people."

"He" naturally refers to the man who bought him.

An Changqing felt his head, took his hand, and said to Xue Yi, "now that the matter has been solved, I have something to do with my family, so I'll go first. Thank you, brother XueXue Yi said with a smile: "you're welcome, brother an. Take your time. We are destined to meet again. "

An Changqing nodded to him and left with the little boy.

Behind him, Xue Yi didn't turn around until he couldn't see him. The maid Ji Xue followed him step by step and said in a low voice, "don't you go back? Chang Zaichang has brought people back. "

Xue Yi, also known as Xue Wuyi, said with a faint smile, "it's time to go back. Chang Zaichang is back, so is the king of the Northern War. "

Ji snow way: "can want me to prepare carriage?"

"Don't worry." "As like as two peas," he asked, "Ji Xue, do you think there are two irrelevant and exactly alike people in the world?"

Ji Xue shook her head and said, "I haven't seen you before."

Xue Wuyi pondered for a moment and said, "ask someone to check the origin of this anno."

"Yes."