Chapter 55： Guhong

The middle part is the school field, next to the school field is a food garden and barracks, the back mountain in the north is a steep rock wall, the east is a waterfall and lake, the west is a racetrack and shooting range, and the south is close to the school gate, which is the office. The Academy occupies the entire mountainside, covering hundreds of acres of land, and has become the fortress of Nanshan.

Just looking at the layout, Li Zichou could come up with more than a dozen drill plans. Riding, shooting, fighting, bayonet fighting, rock climbing, swimming and marathon, the richness makes Li Zifu even a modern person feel envious.

When the sun sets, the afterglow of the golden crow burns the whole sky red, and the wind in the mountains blows across the grass, bringing a burst of coolness.

Li Zichou led Phantom walking on the grass of the racetrack, his clothes were still wet with moisture.

Living in the vast land always makes people feel infinitely alive, and it is the sunset time in summer, which inevitably makes people feel emotional. Li Zichou feels a little homesick.

"Your Majesty, what are you thinking?" Bai Qingyang who was following beside him suddenly asked.

Li Zichou stopped and looked at the town in the distance. The afterglow of the setting sun was reflected in her eyes, and the longing and nostalgia in her eyes were slightly leaked, comfortable and melancholy.

Bai Qingyang was very familiar with this look.

"I was thinking..." Li Zichou hesitated for a while, and finally shook his head, "No, it's nothing."

Bai Qingyang lowered his eyes, a little disappointed: "Really..." He refused to tell himself...

"It's getting late, it's time to go down the mountain." Bai Qingyang said.

The hair on Li Zichou's temples was blown up by the wind, making her close her eyes comfortably, and replied in a low voice: "Well, good."

When the wind stopped, Li Zichou opened his eyes and tugged at Phantom's bridle: "You idiot, don't eat, let's go."

The black horse seemed a little dissatisfied, shook his head lightly, snorted, and was still chewing.

"Children." Li Zichou scolded with a smile, and wanted to lead it back.

A mournful cry suddenly came from the distant sky, echoing in the universe, it was strange. In the mountains at sunset and dusk, it looks even more desolate.

The two people on the grass looked at the source of the sound at the same time, and saw a gray wild goose flying low above the dense forest on the ridge, with its neck hanging down, flapping its wings one after another, the desolate The sound is what it makes.

"How can there be wild geese flying south at this time?" Bai Qingyang asked in a mutter.

Wild geese fly south in autumn, and the wild geese want to spend the winter in the warm south, but it is midsummer now, so there should be no wild geese flying by.

Li Zichou stared at the gray shadow and sighed.

Guhong, this is not a good image...

There was a quiver and a horned bow hanging on the side of Phantom's saddle. Li Zifu took down the bow and arrow, and pulled out a white-feathered arrow from the quiver with his right hand, aiming at the poor lone goose.

The bow body is made of hard animal bones, and the two ends are tied with tough animal tendons. It takes a lot of strength to pull it apart. Bai Qingyang knew that she had been practicing archery with Chen Feng recently, but this was the first time he saw her shoot a bow.

The young girl in fresh clothes and angry horse pulled the string sideways, her white robe was flowing, and her eyes were determined. The well-defined knuckles are white from excessive force, and the blood vessels on the back of the hand are faintly visible.

Seeing her serious expression, Bai Qingyang also held his breath and kept his voice down.

The three fingers holding the bowstring suddenly let go, and the bowstring rebounded and trembled, making a long booming sound.

The Guhong in the distance fell in response to the sound, and seemed to let out a final scream, and then fell into the dense forest without a trace.

Bai Qingyang suddenly parted his lips slightly, his eyes showed surprise and admiration.

Li Zishou didn't react much, he waved to the attendants who were not far away and ordered: "Go and pick up the wild goose."

"yes."

A quarter of an hour later, the attendant came back holding the goose by the neck.

Bai Qingyang glanced at the wild goose, there were no arrows on his body, but one wing was stained with dried blood, it didn't look like an arrow wound.

"Your Majesty, this wild goose was not shot by the arrow, why did it fall to death?"

The guard who went to search was also very strange. He didn't dare to doubt the empress's arrow skills, but he couldn't find the second wild goose, so he had to bring this one back with doubts.

Li Zishou only glanced at it, as if he had expected it, and said indifferently: "It's just a frightened bird."

Li Zichou was self-aware of his archery level, since the distance was far away and the target was moving, it was impossible for Li Zichou to hit it.

It's just that Gu Hong, who was alone and injured, couldn't hear the sound of pulling the string.

It's hard for a frightened bird to rest.

Bai Qingyang stroked the wild goose's feathers, not long after he died, there was still some warmth left: "It's very pitiful."

Li Zichou didn't want to look any more, hung the horn bow back on the saddle, stroked Phantom's big head, and said casually: "If the queen likes it, then give it to the queen."

"Eh?"

"It's useless for me to take this wild goose." Li Zichou paused, and said to his attendants, "Go down the mountain and give Mr. Zhong a message."

The attendant answered yes, Li Zichou turned around and found that Bai Qingyang was still in a daze, and asked in puzzlement, "What's wrong?"

Bai Qingyang blinked, concealed his emotions, and replied calmly: "My concubine is fine."

Li Zishou always felt that her cheeks were flushed and her expression was a little unnatural, so she couldn't help feeling puzzled.

The temperature difference between day and night in this mountain is not small, and Bai Qingyang has blown the wind with him for so long, so don't catch the cold and get sick.

But she thought about it again, maybe it was a problem with the lighting, the afterglow of the setting sun shone directly on the faces of the two of them, and there was a possibility of misjudgment.

However, Li Zichou said with concern: "The mountain is cool, let's go down the mountain quickly, so we don't get sick."

Bai Qingyang's face became hot from time to time today, she really felt that she would burn out her brain, she didn't even dare to look directly at Li Zishou, she just ordered her attendants to grab the geese, turned around and walked towards the exit of the racetrack.

"Hey, wait for me." Li Zichou didn't know why she suddenly walked so fast, and hurriedly dragged the phantom to chase after her figure.

Bai Qingyang's footsteps were in a hurry, as if he was running away. She had everything on her mind, and she didn't even have time to respond to Xiao Le who came up to her, she just wanted to run away and not let anyone see her embarrassment.

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the heart.

Bai Qingyang only felt that she had never been so flustered before. She was politically swayed and well-versed in personnel affairs, but she had never guessed what Li Zichou was thinking!

What does sending wild geese mean, does she understand or not? !

This guy is just...

When Li Zichou and his party arrived at the suburban palace, it was already dark for a while. There are palace people left behind to clean the palace regularly, and the facilities are complete.

All the palace candles on the bronze candle tree were lit, illuminating the entire hall. Incense was lit in the Boshan furnace, and a few wisps of blue smoke were almost invisible.

Li Zichou squatted in front of the couch, tested the height of the soft couch, and asked: "The side hall is deserted, why don't the empress rest here?"

Although Bai Qingyang didn't show it on the surface, he felt a little embarrassed in his heart: he was sending wild geese off and inviting himself to share the same night. If it weren't for the friendship between the two of gentlemen, she would have thought that Li Zishou was implying something.

Don't blame her, Li Zifu's series of operations today is really hard for people not to think about.

But Li Zichou thinks very simply, homesickness suddenly came to her heart today, and seeing something hurt, she really doesn't want to sleep alone in a strange place.

Even if it was Bai Qingyang, she really hoped that someone could accompany her. Even if you don't use words to communicate, you don't need to do anything special, as long as someone is by your side.

"But Your Majesty only has a soft couch here." Bai Qingyang faintly wanted to shirk.

Li Zichou smiled slightly: "It's okay, there is a blanket on the floor, so I can sleep on the floor."

Bai Qingyang: ...

No, what happened to this man? Would you rather sleep on the floor and leave her behind?

Bai Qingyang wanted to struggle again: "Your Majesty is a body of a thousand pieces of gold, how can you spoil yourself so much, my concubine should go to sleep in the side hall."

Hearing Bai Qingyang's evasion, Li Zichou seemed a little disappointed, and his tone was pleading: "I don't have to sleep, and I have absolutely no other intentions. I won't insult the queen. The queen really doesn't want to stay?"

She changed her name on purpose, putting herself on the weak side. Bai Qingyang stared at Li Zichou, there was a hint of sadness in her eyes, as if she really couldn't have someone to accompany her. Looking at each other for a few seconds, Bai Qingyang was the first to be defeated and sighed.

I always feel that something similar happened not long ago, but the situation is reversed.

She compromised: "I still have to sleep, the concubine just stay."

Finally, a smile appeared on Li Zichou's face, he nodded and said: "Thank you, after a tiring day, the empress can go take a bath first." After speaking, he asked the maid to prepare bath water for Bai Qingyang.

Bai Qingyang hesitated to speak, because she had a ghost in her heart and told her to take a bath in Li Zichou's bedroom, is this...

"Your Majesty, are my concubines bathing here?" Bai Qingyang was a little ashamed to ask.

Li Zichou was also taken aback, obviously aware of this, and tentatively said: "There is only one door to the bathroom, if you don't want me to hear it, I can wait outside the hall and come in after you finish washing."

Seeing that she was also feeling embarrassed, Bai Qingyang couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, but shook his head and said, "It's okay, I trust Your Majesty."

The palace people quickly adjusted the hot water and filled it with wormwood and bath beans.

Bai Qingyang didn't need anyone to wait for him to take a bath. After dismissing the maid, he took off his clothes by himself, revealing a large piece of white and smooth skin. Take off the gold hairpin and silver grate in the hair, and 3000 black hairs are scattered. Black and white phase contrast, great visual impact.

Li Zichou was sitting in front of the desk outside the door, she couldn't see such a beautiful scene, she could only vaguely hear the sound of splashing water. It was the first time for her to be in this situation, and she couldn't stop thinking about every move of the stunner in the steam.

It's too bad, even Li Zishou, whom Yang Dejin jokingly called as frigid, was a little hard to handle.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, move no evil...

Li Zichou could only recite these few sentences silently in his heart, trying to numb himself.

The aroma of wormwood is refreshing, and it has the functions of relieving heat and clearing heat, removing filth and fatigue.

Bai Qingyang took a comfortable bath and felt refreshed all over. It's just that when she got out of the bath and was about to change into clean clothes, she heard a conversation outside the door. Li Zifu's tone was particularly serious and disturbed.

Bai Qingyang felt that something urgent had happened, so he speeded up his dressing.

"What's wrong?" Bai Qingyang asked as he walked out of the bathroom.

Li Zishou and the guard kneeling in front of her looked up at her at the same time.

The guard had never seen a beauty come out of the bath, her skin was as smooth as fat, and there was still heat and the aroma of mugwort leaves, his eyes almost popped out of his eyes.

Li Zishou was originally in a low mood, but when he saw such an explicit look in his eyes, his mood took a turn for the worse, and his words turned cold several degrees.

"Watch your eyes!"

The guard woke up like a dream, and quickly kowtowed to ask His Majesty to forgive him.

Li Zichou didn't have a good face, and said sullenly: "Get out of here."

The guards made promises repeatedly, retreated hastily, and retreated outside the hall to close the door before letting out a breath of shock.

Li Zichou turned around holding the secret letter from the imperial army, frowned, and said to Bai Qingyang in a heavy tone, "Prince Yu is gone."

The author has something to say:

Yang Dejin: My life or death is uncertain, you are talking about love, right?

Li Zichou: I spend all my clothes and food, you look for flowers and ask Liu what to say?

Yang Dejin: ...It's even.

Li Zishou: All right.