Yezhao Sandbar
Chapter 27
Yun Wu rushed in with a steaming steamer, threw the steamer on the table, hopped and pinched her ears, "It's so hot..."
Ah Xi set up the bowls and chopsticks. Tomorrow the king of the Western Domain will accept his concubine, and all the servants in the mansion added dishes for dinner today. He lifted the lid of the steamer and found three overcooked pig's trotters stewed with a strong aroma.
He licked his lips and sat down quickly.
Yunwu gave him a big one, "Eat it quickly, just this cage of sauced pig's trotters, the rest is Dongpo pork and elbow, too fat, I thought you must like this, so I snatched it."
In fact, where it was snatched, the dining room was specially reserved.
Ah Xi seems to be in a good mood today, with a good appetite, so she just picked up the pig's trotter and gnawed it. Yunwu made fun of him: "The people of the Yue clan believe in Tengger's longevity, and what you gnawed was the foot of a god."
Ah Xi gave a rare smile and said, "You're wrong. The Hui people who believe in Islam don't eat pork. There are also many Hui people in the Yue clan. The races in the frontier are too mixed, and they don't all have the same religion."
Yun Wu stared blankly at his smile, how could there be such a smile, like the aurora piercing through the smoggy clouds, clearing up the sky and the earth for a moment, people couldn't help admiring him, he held his breath because he was worried that the turbidity of the world would desecrate his holiness.
Blinking her eyes back to her senses, she asked, "Is the desert beautiful? I've never been there."
A Xi put down the pig's trotter in her hand, thought carefully, and described lightly: "People in the desert may think it is beautiful there, but people in the Central Plains may not be able to stay there for a day. When there is no wind and sand in the desert, the sky is blue, just like hanging. Crescent Lake in the sky."
Yun Wu laughed and said, "How can you describe it like this, it should be said that Crescent Lake is a piece of genius that fell in the desert."
Ah Xi smiled embarrassedly: "I don't know how to describe it, you will know when you have a chance to see it."
Yun Wu felt a little sour in her heart, and said in a low voice, "If I have the chance, I will definitely go to see the desert."
Ah Xi pulled out a smile, but it was uglier than crying.
Yun Wu wiped his eyes and said loudly: "Come, come, drink, drink for the beautiful Gobi, the beautiful desert!"
That night, Yun Wu was drunk, and Ah Xi helped her to sleep on the couch. She was talking vaguely, but Ah Xi couldn't hear clearly, and she only heard a vague sentence repeated many times, and it was only when he opened the door to go out that she understood: Nabu Nafei It doesn't matter, my lord, you haven't seen it through yet...
The nonsensical sentence was addressed to Duan Qianmo. Axi didn't understand the meaning and didn't want to understand it.
When the cock crowed, before dawn, a fast horse carrying three arrows headed straight for the palace of the Prince of the West.
The Jiangnan rebel army rises, Tang Huan rebels, the imperial court expedites the documents, and orders the king of the western feudal clan to purge the border troops of the feudal clan, and is on standby to reinforce Jiangnan to suppress the rebellion.
Duan Qianmo set off for the frontier army camp outside Suzhou City that day, and Nafei Jidian was postponed indefinitely.
He had already expected to receive the court's fast horse documents in the past few days, but he did not expect that Tang Huan would betray him. will mutiny.
But it's none of his business, it's not enough to send reinforcements from thousands of miles away, it's just for emergencies, using this as an excuse to postpone the marriage, and then let it go, the Fang family dare not object even if they are dissatisfied.
Going to the frontier camp was fast for one day and slow for two days. He had to take Axi with him.
The steward who had gone to convey the message came back with trembling legs, and it was not Ah Xi who was following behind him, but Yun Wu, who bowed his head and said nothing.
Duan Qianmo understood it immediately, his heart was churning endlessly, he clenched his fists tightly, and his joints creaked.
Yunwu helped Axi secretly save Chen Cang, and disappeared without a trace on the day of his wedding. Indeed, in Yunwu's eyes, he was no longer his master, and the relationship between master and servant was still there for ten years. He didn't want to lose his bearing and embarrass her in front of everyone. By not looking at her, it was to avoid strangling her.
All the sentry posts in the inner and outer courtyards who were on duty at night were sent over. At this time, it was completely dark, and everyone stood silently with their heads bowed, waiting for questioning.
Duan Qianmo crossed the clouds and strode out of the front hall. The first guard knelt on one knee and replied: "At five o'clock, a group of wild dogs once gathered outside the west courtyard gate. Because the prince is getting married today, it will affect the prince's rest. Three teams of patrol posts were dispatched to disperse the wild dogs, and the subordinates just now found climbing marks on the back wall of the northern kennel, and guessed that Ah Xi took advantage of the chaos to escape at five o'clock."
Duan Qianmo waved his hand, everyone retreated, Yun Wu walked over in small steps, lifted her skirt and knelt down.
"My lord, can I listen to my slave first?"
Duan Qianmo looked very calm, he stood for a while before lowering his eyes, glanced at her, and motioned for her to speak.
"Axi is an eagle in the desert. He should not be raised in a cage. He is still a thoughtful person. Who would be willing to be imprisoned?"
Duan Qianmo was furious, and said bitterly: "Don't forget, he is still a long-term worker with a contract!"
Yun Wu immediately said: "But the prince wants to win the heart of this long-time worker!"
Duan Qianmo gave her a "good job" look, but did not refute this sentence, she was right.
"My lord has great wisdom. He weighs everything and makes decisions everywhere. Even if he likes a person, he decides a tactic after careful consideration. Your lord, you use the current situation to prepare for the Jiangnan counter-insurgency to cancel the engagement. Maintaining your integrity will not only not offend the Fang family, but also make the Fang family pay more attention to the feudal town. Of course, your method is the best strategy. You played this move for Ah Xi, but you ignored Ah Xi and him. How can a simple person understand your intentions!"
Duan Qianmo had no power to refute the words of Yunwu.
That's how he planned, no one who looked at him would think that there was any problem with doing so, aside from cloud and fog, he would never see his own shortcomings in his whole life.
Be prudent in advance, judge, weigh, restrain, and walk calmly step by step. Without revealing the truth, being unable to restrain oneself, and being frank and honest, without these, how could there be any reason for Ah Xi to stay without regret?
Just like eating that plate of hand-caught meat, even if you love it, you still suppress your desire to talk, chewing slowly piece by piece, until the end, no matter how delicious the food is, it tastes like chewing wax and loses its flavor after cooling.
What attracted him to Ah Xi was exactly what he lacked - simplicity and simplicity.
He still remembered the undisguised anticipation in Ah Xi's eyes when he was questioned by Miss Fang's family that day, but he easily gave him a no.
If he had thrown off Miss Fang's hand at that time, and generously admitted that he liked Ah Xi, maybe... maybe he could have gotten a little nostalgia from him, and looked back at him when he was parting last night, so that he would not have left so decisively.
This time, he was walking with his back, but Duan Qianmo's state of mind was completely different. He was thinking, let him spread his wings and soar, who can say what will happen in the future, he is always in the desert outside the pass, And he himself will always stay where he is and wait.
The most terrible thing in the desert in October is the wind and sand. When the sandstorm rises, it only takes one night to change the desert. The first sandstorm this autumn has lasted for two days and has not stopped.
A few years ago, a haggard precept disciple lived here. Although he looked sickly, he could tame animals and wolves, and he was easy-going, so some scattered wanderers settled here, and gradually there were several residents. There are ten houses, and because of the presence of this old man, horse thieves are also afraid of three points, and the small town is considered peaceful.
When Ah Xi came back this time, the town was in ruins. Some residents' houses had not been renovated and had been blown down by wind and sand. The whole town had long lost its original habitation.
He found a small bag of rice grains in a family. If he cooked porridge, he would eat it alone for five days. He planned to wait for the sandstorm to pass before going to a nearby town to buy some grains.
After coming out of Suzhou, he went straight back here. He could hear the news from Dunhuang in Linzhen. Sima Qing's strange gaze made him a little breathless, and he didn't want to go back to the royal court yet.
On the third night, he was awakened by a whistle, and before he got up, the wooden door was kicked open. He thought it was a horse thief, but he saw the man in black who kicked the door open, turned around and took a man wrapped in a cloak from the horse. A dense crowd strode in.
"Who are you?" Axi asked, frowning.
The man in black is very tall, taller than Sai Mo, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes. He glanced at him, and there was no trace of temperature or fluctuation in his voice, "Nie Qin is my defeated general. Here, he asked me to come here." !"
While speaking, he had already walked to the bed and gently put the person he was holding onto the bed. The cloak was lifted, revealing a fair and beautiful face, it was a sick and weak man.
The man in black had a fierce expression on his face, Ah Xi was worried about his uncle, and asked coldly, "What did you do to my uncle?"
The man in black unloaded his water bag and ignored him, but the young man on the couch was very polite and said apologetically, "My little brother, we are friends of Hero Nie, and we have been instructed by him to stay outside the Great Wall..."
"Drink water!" The man in black interrupted his words with a choked voice, and put the water bag on the man's mouth.
The man gave Ah Xi an embarrassed look, took the water bag with a wry smile, and unbuttoned his cloak, revealing a baby face.
It turned out there was another one inside!
"Little San, drink water."
The little doll was about three years old, with a round face and big eyes. She first looked at Ah Xi, and then moved to the man in black. She shrank in fright and hurriedly lowered her head to drink water obediently.
"Is there anything to eat?" The man in black was unsmiling, and even asked for something as a matter of course.
Axi pointed to the pot on the earthen stove, and the man walked over, lifted the lid and scooped up the porridge in the pot.
Ah Xi saw his Adam's apple wriggling, but handed the porridge to the man on the bed.
"Since my uncle asked you to come, you must report your name." Axi watched the little doll eat porridge expressionlessly, and could see that the child was starving, but the way he ate was not in a hurry. Upbringing is like a child from a wealthy family.
"My surname is Jiang, and my single name is Ning. This is Gouzi, Jiang San'er. This is Qin Shaochuan, the hero of Qin. He is the savior of San'er and me."
Jiang Ning's face was sick, his cheeks were flushed, and he looked like he was suffering from the wind and cold. He clenched his fist and pressed his lips to cough dryly, and said weakly, "I'm sorry to bother you, brother. We just want to rest for a while, and we will find another place tomorrow. .”
"You just stop talking nonsense!" Qin Shaochuan growled, his tone was not kind, but he looked at Jiang Ning with concern.
Jiang Ning was in a good mood and wanted to sit up. Qin Shaochuan stepped over in two steps, picked up the third child, stuffed it into the bed, and ordered the two of them: "Don't move, go to sleep, you eat porridge , talk less!"
Xiao San'er pursed her mouth, blinked her eyes twice, resigned herself to turning over and lay down on the inside, her small body curled up into a ball, and she didn't dare to move.
Jiang Ning patted Xiao San'er's buttocks to comfort him. Under Qin Shaochuan's eyes, he picked up the bowl helplessly, took a few mouthfuls of porridge and put it down, "I can't eat any more." There was still half a bowl left, and he looked up. He looked at Qin Daxia.
The man had a cold look on his face, as if he was about to draw a knife and cut someone down.
The two looked at each other as if no one was there, one was a needle in the needle, the other was meat with a hob. In the end, the man compromised, picked up the bowl and drank the porridge in one gulp, and asked Ah Xi, "Where is the doctor?"
"It's getting late, you can go to Lin Town to find a doctor tomorrow, you can rest here, I'll live in another house."
☆, 28
Ah Xi tidied up a bedroom in the next door, barely rested for the night, and was woken up by knocking on the door just after dawn.
The one surnamed Qin was standing at the door leading his horse, and when he saw him, he said unceremoniously: "Let's go, call the doctor!"
The man's complexion was very bad, and Ah Xi thought that Jiang Ning was seriously ill, so she quickly put on her coat and mask, and was picked up by Qin Shaochuan on the horse as soon as she went out.
"Where to go?"
Following the direction Axi pointed, he rode a horse for half an hour and arrived at Linzhen. He took Qin Shaochuan to the only small medicine shop in the town. Jiong, the dead pig looks like he is not afraid of boiling water, and murmured: "For dozens of miles around, I am the only doctor, and I will never go to the doctor if it is not a dead person's disease!"
Finally took a handful of pills, Qin Shaochuan was worried, the doctor prescribed a prescription and decocted the medicine in the pharmacy, and when the medicine was ready, Axi and Qin Shaochuan came to the restaurant, chose a table near the corner and sat down.
The wine shop in the desert is a medium, not only a place where traders pass by to exchange goods, but also a place to get the latest news.
The owner of the restaurant, with a cloth towel on his shoulders, had been busy all morning before taking a break after lunch. He was chatting with a few regular customers sitting next to him. A black-faced man had such a loud voice that all eyes of the restaurant were cast on him as soon as he opened his mouth.
"I saw it three years ago, oh my mother, the skin is as tender as milk skin, the eyebrows and eyes are hooked, and the waist is like a willow branch when dancing..."
"Hey hey, look at that mouth of yours, the saliva that falls can resist drought, just a man, is it really as good-looking as you say?"
"Fuck you, don't listen to me if you don't believe my eyesight, go to Daxing City to see it yourself!"
"Look, look, everyone is dead!"
Ah Xi took a sip of her wine, not in the mood to listen to those rough men's disgusting nonsense, and was about to call the boss over later to ask about Jiangnan's situation, but when she turned around, she saw Qin Shaochuan frowning, with a serious expression on his face.
Still discussing over there, the owner of the restaurant said: "It's also a poor man, who is subjugated and a prostitute. He finally entered the palace, but was intervened by the courtiers, and ended up like this. So the fate of boys and girls is bad." ..."
They were talking about the cousin! ?
Ah Xi's heart trembled, and she was about to ask what happened, but Qin Shaochuan had already stepped over and asked, "Who are you talking about?"
"Who else is there? Isn't it the male favorite of the harem, the empress of the Southern Dynasty Mo Xianchen." The boss said loudly: "It's dead, even the Yuzhao Palace was burned down!"
Qin Shaochuan's face darkened, although this change was barely visible in his icy expression, Ah Xi still saw it.
What is the relationship between Qin Shaochuan and his cousin? He was so excited when he heard the news of his death.
"A few days ago, a businessman brought news that the south of the Yangtze River was in chaos. Hey, a war is really going to happen, and the people will suffer!" The boss shook his head and entered the counter.
Ah Xi and Qin Shaochuan bought some rice grains and meat, and then went back to the pharmacy to get the fried medicine for the return trip. Neither of them spoke. Ah Xi kept thinking that although he had never met that cousin, he was still his relative. .
Spilling a jug of wine bought in a wine shop on the galloping horse all the way, it could be regarded as giving him a ride.
Before entering the room, Qin Shaochuan stopped Ah Xi, and said in a deep voice: "What news will he ask later, please don't talk too much!"
After that, he opened the door and went in.
Ah Xi was too lazy to deal with them, and was about to leave, when Xiao San'er's heart-piercing cries came from inside, he hurriedly opened the door and followed in, Qin Shaochuan was hugging the unconscious Jiang Ning tightly, Xiao San'er was probably frightened , grabbing Jiang Ning's sleeve and shaking it non-stop, crying and saying: "Daddy is dead... woo woo... I want Daddy..."
Qin Shaochuan pushed Xiaosan'er away unceremoniously, the little thing rolled around on the bed, picked it up by himself, stared at Qin Shaochuan fiercely, puffed a few times in his nostrils like a little wolf cub, it seemed that he was about to say goodbye pounce on.
"Go away! If it weren't for you, he wouldn't be sick!"
Qin Shaochuan yelled coldly. When Xiao Saner heard it, tears came out again when the beans grew bigger. He opened his mouth and was about to howl. Axi went over and hugged him, covered his mouth, and threatened: "Shut up!" ! Your father is not dead yet, cry again and throw you out to feed the wolves!"
Xiao San'er shrank his neck and immediately fell silent.
Qin Shaochuan turned his head and glanced at him. If Ah Xi read correctly, the glance just now had a hint of praise.
Jiang Ning's face was flushed, his eyes and teeth were closed tightly, and the soup could not be fed in. Qin Shaochuan put down the spoon unhurriedly, took a sip of the medicine himself, and without avoiding suspicion, directly pointed it at his mouth. Ah Xi gasped and hugged Little San'er left the house.
Little San'er lay on Ah Xi's shoulder and twitched, probably because she was frightened. She thought Jiang Ning was dead, and she didn't cry until Qin Shaochuan came back. Now, Ah Xi sent him to feed the wolves and scared him silly again. He kept his mouth tightly shut, and tightly clenched the back of his neck with both hands, for fear of sending him to be fed to wolves.
The child was soft and warm in his arms, with his fleshy chin resting in the hollow of his shoulder, and Axi could smell the sweet and greasy milk from the child's neck when she tilted her head. The smell softened.
The corner of Ah Xi's mouth raised a narrow smile, which rarely aroused the young man's heart, teasing Xiao San'er and said: "Take you to the wolf's den, okay?"
Xiao San'er straightened up, with two snot hooked under the nose tube, looking at him dully, it took him a while to react, and howled with his mouth flat: "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...bad guys! Let me go, don't feed the wolves ..."
The miserable cry of the child disappeared in the desolate desert.
It was getting dark, and two figures, one big and one small, appeared at the end of the yellow sand and walked back slowly.
Little San'er straddled Ah Xi's shoulders, belching contentedly, since he left his nanny and fled westward, he hadn't had milk. Although the wolf is not as white as the nanny, he can drink it. Taking a sip of fresh milk can be regarded as a dish.
Ah Xi was still carrying an earthen jar in his hand, and when he walked to the front of the house, he didn't push the door open immediately, fearing that he would bump into something he shouldn't have seen again.
I don't know if I should say that he is lucky, the wooden door has no sound insulation effect, and the voice inside can be heard clearly.
Jiang Ning seemed to be sobbing, and his voice was hoarse, "Hero Qin, if you hide the truth, I will go to Linzhen to inquire tomorrow by myself... Please..."
Qin Shaochuan's voice still had no ups and downs, but it was not as forceful as usual, "Take care of yourself first, and don't worry about those nosy things..."
"He's my ninth brother, not an outsider!" Jiang Ning's voice suddenly became sharp, "Is something wrong with him, is it..." His voice suddenly dropped, and there was the sound of covering his mouth and crying bitterly.
"Don't be sad, you should have guessed his result a long time ago, right?" Qin Shaochuan's voice became low, his lips seemed to be touching Jiang Ning, and he whispered to comfort him, "Don't cry, maybe it's not as bad as you think, Didn’t my uncle go to Daxing? He’s so alert, maybe he’s already rescued your ninth brother, we’ll wait in peace, and when the limelight passes, I’ll go to the Martial Arts League to inquire..."
"Well...thank you Qin Daxia... If it weren't for Qin Daxia's help, Xiao San'er and I would never escape the Wanlong Mountain Palace. Jiang Ning is grateful for your great kindness!"
Qin Shaochuan's voice returned to the cold tone, "If you want to thank, thank my uncle Yunxiao, just remember him!"
Jiang Ning paused for a moment, then said softly: "That's natural, Jiang Ning will repay Mr. Yun's help if he is a cow and a horse."
Qin Shaochuan snorted coldly, and raised his voice: "Aren't those eavesdropping outside afraid of getting sore ears?"
Ah Xi pushed open the door and went in, put Xiao San'er down, put the earthen jar in her hand on the table, and said, "Replenish him while it's hot."
Jiang Ning leaned on the side of the couch, his eyes were still red, and he squeezed out a grateful smile, "Thank you brother, I haven't asked my name yet."
"My name is Axi!"
Xiao San'er rushed to the side of the couch, raised her head and said excitedly, "Daddy, brother Ah Xi is very powerful, even wolves listen to him."
Jiang Ning was stunned for a moment, looked at Axi, and asked, "Brother Axi is talented and supernatural, I admire you very much."
"It's just a way to survive in this barren land." Axi looked at Jiang Ning indifferently, and asked directly: "What is your identity, I heard it outside just now."
Qin Shaochuan came over with the wolf's milk poured into a bowl, squinted at A Xi, and said coolly: "You have too many things, do you know that people who are too many things often don't live long!"
Ah Xi stared at him indifferently, not caring about his threat at all, and said: "In this desert, I have enough ability to make you not live long!"
Not only was Qin Shaochuan not annoyed, but he smiled instead, not contemptuously, but happily. He handed the wolf milk to Jiang Ning, then turned to look at Ah Xi, and said, "As expected of Nie Qin's nephew, Be a little bold!"
Jiang Ning took a sip of the wolf's milk, frowned, was stared back by Qin Shaochuan, hurriedly picked up the bowl to drink medicine, closed his eyes and smoked it all in one gulp, exhaled, and smiled at Axi: "Brother Axi, I will tell you the truth. This is the former fifth prince who was imprisoned in the Wanlong Mountain Palace, and Xiao Saner is the only son of my third brother. This time he escaped from the palace in the chaos, thanks to the help of heroes like you and Qin Daxia along the way, so Jiang Ning dare not Concealing your identity is the minimum honesty you can do to your benefactor."
It turned out to be his cousin, who was in the same situation as the cousin who was put to death. He became a funeral object at the end of Guozuo. Save one life and live in fear and anonymity.
Compared with those other former princes who were trapped in the palace and lived in the world, Jiang Ning, who was weak but did not succumb to fate, was impressive.
Xiao San'er was full of milk, climbed into the bed and fell asleep, Jiang Ning was also a little tired, Ah Xi didn't wait for Qin Shaochuan to chase him away, she left the house by herself, ate a few mouthfuls of naan cakes next door and fell asleep .
The three of Qin Shaochuan took Axi's house unceremoniously, and settled down in this barren town.
The little San'er was picked up by Qin Shaochuan early in the morning every day, and thrown outside the house. The little guy probably got used to Qin Daxia's roughness, so he didn't cry, and came to pester Ah Xi with his little butt raised. He didn't ask for anything. I had no choice but to sip warm milk every day.
Xiao San'er is very clever, he can read his face, he knows that Ah Xi is indifferent by nature and doesn't like to make noise, so he doesn't make any noise, straddling his shoulders and wandering in the desert, swinging his short legs to enjoy himself.
After getting along for a long time, Ah Xi also got used to the attachment of the third child. The older one and the younger one ate and slept together, which saved Jiang Ning a lot of troubles, and the illness recovered quickly. After ten days, the inside and outside became clearer.
At sunset, when taking San'er back to town, Ah Xi would often see Jiang Ning leaning against the Populus euphratica tree admiring the sunset over the long river. Because of the reason, the side he looked up at was quiet and indifferent, just like a piece of high-quality warm jade rough, which exists indifferently without being ostentatious but without reducing its value.
☆, 29
The news of the wild land in the northwest was blocked. When Ah Xi and the others learned that the rebel army in Jiangning Prefecture had suddenly risen and was successfully surrounded by Emperor Duan Zimo using the concealed Huai River waterway, it had been two months since the war was eliminated without bloodshed. after.
After bringing the news back from Linzhen, Jiang Ning was silent for a long time. Axi sat on the pony to warm up the fire.
Xiao San'er leaned obediently in Jiang Ning's arms, pursing her lips silently as if she knew her father was sad.
"The map of the Huai River was handed over to my ninth brother by myself. For Duan Zimo, he bore the reputation of being a disaster for the country. Who would know that the greatest contributor to quelling this war was not the current emperor, nor a hundred thousand troops. It is the king of subjugation in the mouth of the courtiers, the evildoer who charms the emperor."
Tears fell and evaporated instantly in the fire.
Qin Shaochuan leaned against the door frame with his arms around and looked at this side, with imperceptible concern in his deep eyes.
"Dog Emperor!"
A childish voice broke the silence.
Qin Shaochuan shifted his gaze to Xiao San'er, with a rare smile.
Jiang Ning patted his little head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "Don't talk nonsense."
"My father taught me, he said that is the dog emperor!"
Ah Xi heard from Jiang Ning that Xiao San'er's father was the former third prince who died in the palace due to a heart disease.
"I taught you, don't mention your father!" Jiang Ning was a little sullen, and knocked Xiao San'er's head lightly, "If you don't obey me again, I will send you back to Wanlong Mountain!"
Xiao San'er flattened her mouth in grievance, but didn't dare to cry.
Ah Xi felt that this little guy would be fearless in the future, and that if he scared a big child, his courage would have been tempered long ago.
Qin Shaochuan, who had been looking at this side all the time, suddenly darkened and stood up straight.
Ah Xi also stood up suddenly, quickly picked up the kettle on the table, and extinguished the fire with one stroke.
At this time, Jiang Ning also felt that something was wrong, and stood up holding Xiao San'er. Qin Shaochuan said in a deep voice: "It may be a horse thief, find a place to hide!"
"follow me!"
Ah Xi kicked the extinguished charcoal with her feet, uncovered the rice vat, let Jiang Ning hide in with Xiao Saner in her arms, and got into the stove by herself. Qin Shaochuan took a look at this side, jumped up, and stuck to it like a bat The girders of the roof.
The wind whipped up sand and knocked on the window lattice, and soon there was the sound of horseshoes. There were probably dozens of people, and those people were thick and thin. Every household kicked open the door to have a look, and then someone kicked open the house where Ah Xi and the others were hiding.
"This house is quite clean, it seems that someone passing by has lived there!"
A man came in first, looked around, turned around and bowed to the people behind, "Zanpu, this household can accommodate you!"
Then a tall man came in, holding someone in his arms.
Qin Shaochuan on the girder frowned and looked at the tall man, trying to figure out how to control him. The man was holding a man in his hand and wrapped around the hood, revealing one eye just in time to see Qin Shaochuan on the girder.
He froze inwardly, gathered internal strength in his hand, blinked his eye, Qin Shaochuan didn't make a move, and stared down guardedly, the person who came in first called this man 'Zanpu', could it be the leader of Xiqiang?
Ah Xi was also surprised when she saw the person coming in from the stove. How could it be Sai Mo? Seeing him put down the person he was carrying and help that person take off the hood, she was even more surprised. This damned Sai Mo actually took Sima Sunny was taken captive!
Sima Qing was given medicine and couldn't move his whole body except his eyes. He stared at Sai Mo with wide eyes, his eyes were full of anger, wishing to stab him ten thousand times to death.
Sai Mo chuckled, and joked in blunt Central Plains dialect: "Little beauty, your skills are not as good as others, and you fall into my hands, so just follow me obediently. If I serve you well, I can consider marrying you as my wife. The marriage between the two clans dominates the Northwest, and even the king of the Western Domain will be afraid, do you think so?"
Sima Qing scolded him as a thief with his eyes, but Sai Mo thought he didn't understand, ordered someone to light a fire, and the room was warmed up, so he took off his cloak and went to take off Sima Qing's boots.
Sima Qing couldn't speak, her eyeballs almost popped out, and there was a voice of "hmm" in her throat. Sai Mo didn't care about that, took off his boots and socks, held them in his hands with a wicked smile, and put them on the soles of his feet. After scratching it twice, Sima Qing groaned angrily.
Ah Xi thought that Sai Mo was a lecherous bastard, he couldn't do anything, and if he didn't go out, Sima Qing would be eaten up and wiped out by him.
"Look at your little feet, they're frozen!" Saimo laughed ambiguously, kissed the soles of his feet, and then rubbed his feet back and forth in his big palms, "Let you taste my thoughtfulness first, here you are." Rubbing your feet is my sincerity in caring for you, all the women in Qinghai Lake want to warm my feet, and you are the first one to be served by me and stare at you, you little villain!" The last three words, from his rough Karma came out of his throat, really full of disobedience.
Qin Shaochuan shuddered.
He stuffed the hot foot into his lapel and kicked it well, then went to rub the other one, and he discussed while rubbing: "Anyway, I touched your foot too, and you are comfortable being served by me, just in time for me. I also like you very much, think about marrying me in Xiqiang to become the concubine of Qinghai Lake, have you considered it? If you don’t say anything, I will take it as your agreement, haha, Sima Qing, my little heart, you are so shy, why are you so shy? I feel embarrassed too, how about I give you Qinghai as a dowry, I like you so much, give me a kiss, okay?"
Sima Qing wanted to kick him over, so Sai Mo leaned forward and pressed his lips, then laughed and said: "You are really my good wife, Qinghai is worth giving to your master!"
Sima Qing squinted her eyes and despised him: You are Qinghai's big rough-skinned pumpkin, rough from the inside to the outside!
After rubbing his feet, Sai Mo yawned and lay down with his arms around Sima Qing and his clothes. He looked very tired and tried not to sleep. He whispered in Sima Qing's ear, from the highlands of Qinghai to the mountains of Qinghai. God, when I got excited, I kissed him on the face, and there was nothing left to play.
Ah Xi and Qin Shaochuan waited patiently. Sima Qing looked at Fang Liang, and with a thought, she closed her eyes.
Seeing that he fell asleep, Sai Mo gnawed lightly on his lips for a long time, leaving a string of wet watermarks, then closed his eyes satisfied, and snored after a while.
Sima Qing opened his eyes, Qin Shaochuan jumped down without a sound, opened the rice vat first, saw that Jiang Ning had fallen asleep with Xiao San'er in his arms, he was relieved, and touched Sai Mo's sleeping point.
Sima Qing stared at Qin Shaochuan, and begged him to unlock the acupoints with his eyes. Qin Shaochuan ignored him lazily, and whispered to Ah Xi who crawled out of the stove, "Do you want to kill this Xiqiang king?"
A Xi said: "There are dozens of Xiqiang masters outside, we can't escape."
When Sima Qing heard Ah Xi's voice, her eyes lit up, but she couldn't turn her head, so she could only lie on the couch and worry.
Qin Shaochuan shrugged, "I wanted to kill him to help you once, but you don't want me to pay you back!"
Ah Xi thought for a while, and said, "Take him away for me, and send him back to Dunhuang, it's considered helping me!"
Qin Shaochuan pointed to Sima Qing who was on the couch, and asked with his eyes.
A Xi nodded, "You guys hide for one night and leave tomorrow!"
Qin Shaochuan asked: "The woman who robbed her is gone, will this guy leave willingly?"
Without saying a word, Ah Xi hugged Sima Qing, took off his robe, exchanged it with his own, and put on the robe, then he looked at Sima Qing who had been wringing his eyes, and said lightly: "This Qin Daxia will send you back, listen to him!"
Sima Qing opened her eyes wide and stared at the person who was thinking about it day and night, there were thousands of words in her eyes, but she couldn't utter a single word, her face flushed with anxiety.
He had vowed to do his best to protect Ah Xi, but every time things backfired, and instead, Ah Xi protected him without any complaints and took his faults.
He watched Axi wearing his robe, washing off the disguise on his face, not only restoring his original appearance, but also pretending to be him again.
Qin Shaochuan watched Axi's face change, a little surprised, more curious, "I've seen a face that is as thin as a cicada's wing change face, it's already superb, but it's not as good as your unique skill, you don't need a mask, just slightly change the facial features If you lift it up a bit, you will see another face, tsk tsk tsk, today is an eye-opener."
It is rare to hear praise from Qin Shaochuan. Axi bowed her hands and said, "I hope Hero Qin will keep this secret, thank you!"
Qin Shaochuan immediately understood what he meant. These two people had the same appearance, but one of them was King Yuezhi, who probably had a secret background in royal politics, but it was none of his business. Going back can be regarded as paying him back a favor.
When Sai Mo woke up, he felt a little pain in the back of his neck, and he thought it was a stiff neck caused by the broken bed, but he didn't care, anyway, the little boy was lying beside him, staring at him with a pair of beautiful big eyes.
Suddenly I feel that I am used to being stared at these days, and my whole body is not happy without being stared at by him for a day. Being stared at by him this early in the morning is more enjoyable than drinking a bowl of mutton soup in winter.
With a crunchy mouthful, Saimo hugged him nervously and rubbed his shoulders, "The effect of the medicine should be over, I won't give you any medicine today, you have to be good, otherwise I will I want you!"
A Xi moved her shoulders and lay upright all night, her blood was frozen stiff, she was rubbed by Sai Mo a few times, and she regained some consciousness.
After eating the broth brought by his subordinates, Sai Mo ordered to leave.
Riding the same horse with him, when the town was about to disappear, Ah Xi couldn't help but look back.
Xiao Saner, Jiang Ning, Sima Qing, Qin Shaochuan...
After driving for five days in a row, the field of vision was dim, and gradually a large mountain crouching silently in the boundless sky appeared. It looked very close, but in fact, it took three days to drive. After crossing the mountain, we entered Qinghai. territory.
Ah Xi began to feel a little worried, because Sai Mo watched him too closely, and they were together all the time, so there was no chance to call the wolves. When they arrived at Longshan, the wild wolves gradually dispersed, and they couldn't escape even if they wanted to.
Beside the bonfire, dozens of people were sitting together, their faces glowing red from drinking, and the rough plateau man was talking nasty things that people couldn't bear to listen to, ah
Ah Xi set up the bowls and chopsticks. Tomorrow the king of the Western Domain will accept his concubine, and all the servants in the mansion added dishes for dinner today. He lifted the lid of the steamer and found three overcooked pig's trotters stewed with a strong aroma.
He licked his lips and sat down quickly.
Yunwu gave him a big one, "Eat it quickly, just this cage of sauced pig's trotters, the rest is Dongpo pork and elbow, too fat, I thought you must like this, so I snatched it."
In fact, where it was snatched, the dining room was specially reserved.
Ah Xi seems to be in a good mood today, with a good appetite, so she just picked up the pig's trotter and gnawed it. Yunwu made fun of him: "The people of the Yue clan believe in Tengger's longevity, and what you gnawed was the foot of a god."
Ah Xi gave a rare smile and said, "You're wrong. The Hui people who believe in Islam don't eat pork. There are also many Hui people in the Yue clan. The races in the frontier are too mixed, and they don't all have the same religion."
Yun Wu stared blankly at his smile, how could there be such a smile, like the aurora piercing through the smoggy clouds, clearing up the sky and the earth for a moment, people couldn't help admiring him, he held his breath because he was worried that the turbidity of the world would desecrate his holiness.
Blinking her eyes back to her senses, she asked, "Is the desert beautiful? I've never been there."
A Xi put down the pig's trotter in her hand, thought carefully, and described lightly: "People in the desert may think it is beautiful there, but people in the Central Plains may not be able to stay there for a day. When there is no wind and sand in the desert, the sky is blue, just like hanging. Crescent Lake in the sky."
Yun Wu laughed and said, "How can you describe it like this, it should be said that Crescent Lake is a piece of genius that fell in the desert."
Ah Xi smiled embarrassedly: "I don't know how to describe it, you will know when you have a chance to see it."
Yun Wu felt a little sour in her heart, and said in a low voice, "If I have the chance, I will definitely go to see the desert."
Ah Xi pulled out a smile, but it was uglier than crying.
Yun Wu wiped his eyes and said loudly: "Come, come, drink, drink for the beautiful Gobi, the beautiful desert!"
That night, Yun Wu was drunk, and Ah Xi helped her to sleep on the couch. She was talking vaguely, but Ah Xi couldn't hear clearly, and she only heard a vague sentence repeated many times, and it was only when he opened the door to go out that she understood: Nabu Nafei It doesn't matter, my lord, you haven't seen it through yet...
The nonsensical sentence was addressed to Duan Qianmo. Axi didn't understand the meaning and didn't want to understand it.
When the cock crowed, before dawn, a fast horse carrying three arrows headed straight for the palace of the Prince of the West.
The Jiangnan rebel army rises, Tang Huan rebels, the imperial court expedites the documents, and orders the king of the western feudal clan to purge the border troops of the feudal clan, and is on standby to reinforce Jiangnan to suppress the rebellion.
Duan Qianmo set off for the frontier army camp outside Suzhou City that day, and Nafei Jidian was postponed indefinitely.
He had already expected to receive the court's fast horse documents in the past few days, but he did not expect that Tang Huan would betray him. will mutiny.
But it's none of his business, it's not enough to send reinforcements from thousands of miles away, it's just for emergencies, using this as an excuse to postpone the marriage, and then let it go, the Fang family dare not object even if they are dissatisfied.
Going to the frontier camp was fast for one day and slow for two days. He had to take Axi with him.
The steward who had gone to convey the message came back with trembling legs, and it was not Ah Xi who was following behind him, but Yun Wu, who bowed his head and said nothing.
Duan Qianmo understood it immediately, his heart was churning endlessly, he clenched his fists tightly, and his joints creaked.
Yunwu helped Axi secretly save Chen Cang, and disappeared without a trace on the day of his wedding. Indeed, in Yunwu's eyes, he was no longer his master, and the relationship between master and servant was still there for ten years. He didn't want to lose his bearing and embarrass her in front of everyone. By not looking at her, it was to avoid strangling her.
All the sentry posts in the inner and outer courtyards who were on duty at night were sent over. At this time, it was completely dark, and everyone stood silently with their heads bowed, waiting for questioning.
Duan Qianmo crossed the clouds and strode out of the front hall. The first guard knelt on one knee and replied: "At five o'clock, a group of wild dogs once gathered outside the west courtyard gate. Because the prince is getting married today, it will affect the prince's rest. Three teams of patrol posts were dispatched to disperse the wild dogs, and the subordinates just now found climbing marks on the back wall of the northern kennel, and guessed that Ah Xi took advantage of the chaos to escape at five o'clock."
Duan Qianmo waved his hand, everyone retreated, Yun Wu walked over in small steps, lifted her skirt and knelt down.
"My lord, can I listen to my slave first?"
Duan Qianmo looked very calm, he stood for a while before lowering his eyes, glanced at her, and motioned for her to speak.
"Axi is an eagle in the desert. He should not be raised in a cage. He is still a thoughtful person. Who would be willing to be imprisoned?"
Duan Qianmo was furious, and said bitterly: "Don't forget, he is still a long-term worker with a contract!"
Yun Wu immediately said: "But the prince wants to win the heart of this long-time worker!"
Duan Qianmo gave her a "good job" look, but did not refute this sentence, she was right.
"My lord has great wisdom. He weighs everything and makes decisions everywhere. Even if he likes a person, he decides a tactic after careful consideration. Your lord, you use the current situation to prepare for the Jiangnan counter-insurgency to cancel the engagement. Maintaining your integrity will not only not offend the Fang family, but also make the Fang family pay more attention to the feudal town. Of course, your method is the best strategy. You played this move for Ah Xi, but you ignored Ah Xi and him. How can a simple person understand your intentions!"
Duan Qianmo had no power to refute the words of Yunwu.
That's how he planned, no one who looked at him would think that there was any problem with doing so, aside from cloud and fog, he would never see his own shortcomings in his whole life.
Be prudent in advance, judge, weigh, restrain, and walk calmly step by step. Without revealing the truth, being unable to restrain oneself, and being frank and honest, without these, how could there be any reason for Ah Xi to stay without regret?
Just like eating that plate of hand-caught meat, even if you love it, you still suppress your desire to talk, chewing slowly piece by piece, until the end, no matter how delicious the food is, it tastes like chewing wax and loses its flavor after cooling.
What attracted him to Ah Xi was exactly what he lacked - simplicity and simplicity.
He still remembered the undisguised anticipation in Ah Xi's eyes when he was questioned by Miss Fang's family that day, but he easily gave him a no.
If he had thrown off Miss Fang's hand at that time, and generously admitted that he liked Ah Xi, maybe... maybe he could have gotten a little nostalgia from him, and looked back at him when he was parting last night, so that he would not have left so decisively.
This time, he was walking with his back, but Duan Qianmo's state of mind was completely different. He was thinking, let him spread his wings and soar, who can say what will happen in the future, he is always in the desert outside the pass, And he himself will always stay where he is and wait.
The most terrible thing in the desert in October is the wind and sand. When the sandstorm rises, it only takes one night to change the desert. The first sandstorm this autumn has lasted for two days and has not stopped.
A few years ago, a haggard precept disciple lived here. Although he looked sickly, he could tame animals and wolves, and he was easy-going, so some scattered wanderers settled here, and gradually there were several residents. There are ten houses, and because of the presence of this old man, horse thieves are also afraid of three points, and the small town is considered peaceful.
When Ah Xi came back this time, the town was in ruins. Some residents' houses had not been renovated and had been blown down by wind and sand. The whole town had long lost its original habitation.
He found a small bag of rice grains in a family. If he cooked porridge, he would eat it alone for five days. He planned to wait for the sandstorm to pass before going to a nearby town to buy some grains.
After coming out of Suzhou, he went straight back here. He could hear the news from Dunhuang in Linzhen. Sima Qing's strange gaze made him a little breathless, and he didn't want to go back to the royal court yet.
On the third night, he was awakened by a whistle, and before he got up, the wooden door was kicked open. He thought it was a horse thief, but he saw the man in black who kicked the door open, turned around and took a man wrapped in a cloak from the horse. A dense crowd strode in.
"Who are you?" Axi asked, frowning.
The man in black is very tall, taller than Sai Mo, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes. He glanced at him, and there was no trace of temperature or fluctuation in his voice, "Nie Qin is my defeated general. Here, he asked me to come here." !"
While speaking, he had already walked to the bed and gently put the person he was holding onto the bed. The cloak was lifted, revealing a fair and beautiful face, it was a sick and weak man.
The man in black had a fierce expression on his face, Ah Xi was worried about his uncle, and asked coldly, "What did you do to my uncle?"
The man in black unloaded his water bag and ignored him, but the young man on the couch was very polite and said apologetically, "My little brother, we are friends of Hero Nie, and we have been instructed by him to stay outside the Great Wall..."
"Drink water!" The man in black interrupted his words with a choked voice, and put the water bag on the man's mouth.
The man gave Ah Xi an embarrassed look, took the water bag with a wry smile, and unbuttoned his cloak, revealing a baby face.
It turned out there was another one inside!
"Little San, drink water."
The little doll was about three years old, with a round face and big eyes. She first looked at Ah Xi, and then moved to the man in black. She shrank in fright and hurriedly lowered her head to drink water obediently.
"Is there anything to eat?" The man in black was unsmiling, and even asked for something as a matter of course.
Axi pointed to the pot on the earthen stove, and the man walked over, lifted the lid and scooped up the porridge in the pot.
Ah Xi saw his Adam's apple wriggling, but handed the porridge to the man on the bed.
"Since my uncle asked you to come, you must report your name." Axi watched the little doll eat porridge expressionlessly, and could see that the child was starving, but the way he ate was not in a hurry. Upbringing is like a child from a wealthy family.
"My surname is Jiang, and my single name is Ning. This is Gouzi, Jiang San'er. This is Qin Shaochuan, the hero of Qin. He is the savior of San'er and me."
Jiang Ning's face was sick, his cheeks were flushed, and he looked like he was suffering from the wind and cold. He clenched his fist and pressed his lips to cough dryly, and said weakly, "I'm sorry to bother you, brother. We just want to rest for a while, and we will find another place tomorrow. .”
"You just stop talking nonsense!" Qin Shaochuan growled, his tone was not kind, but he looked at Jiang Ning with concern.
Jiang Ning was in a good mood and wanted to sit up. Qin Shaochuan stepped over in two steps, picked up the third child, stuffed it into the bed, and ordered the two of them: "Don't move, go to sleep, you eat porridge , talk less!"
Xiao San'er pursed her mouth, blinked her eyes twice, resigned herself to turning over and lay down on the inside, her small body curled up into a ball, and she didn't dare to move.
Jiang Ning patted Xiao San'er's buttocks to comfort him. Under Qin Shaochuan's eyes, he picked up the bowl helplessly, took a few mouthfuls of porridge and put it down, "I can't eat any more." There was still half a bowl left, and he looked up. He looked at Qin Daxia.
The man had a cold look on his face, as if he was about to draw a knife and cut someone down.
The two looked at each other as if no one was there, one was a needle in the needle, the other was meat with a hob. In the end, the man compromised, picked up the bowl and drank the porridge in one gulp, and asked Ah Xi, "Where is the doctor?"
"It's getting late, you can go to Lin Town to find a doctor tomorrow, you can rest here, I'll live in another house."
☆, 28
Ah Xi tidied up a bedroom in the next door, barely rested for the night, and was woken up by knocking on the door just after dawn.
The one surnamed Qin was standing at the door leading his horse, and when he saw him, he said unceremoniously: "Let's go, call the doctor!"
The man's complexion was very bad, and Ah Xi thought that Jiang Ning was seriously ill, so she quickly put on her coat and mask, and was picked up by Qin Shaochuan on the horse as soon as she went out.
"Where to go?"
Following the direction Axi pointed, he rode a horse for half an hour and arrived at Linzhen. He took Qin Shaochuan to the only small medicine shop in the town. Jiong, the dead pig looks like he is not afraid of boiling water, and murmured: "For dozens of miles around, I am the only doctor, and I will never go to the doctor if it is not a dead person's disease!"
Finally took a handful of pills, Qin Shaochuan was worried, the doctor prescribed a prescription and decocted the medicine in the pharmacy, and when the medicine was ready, Axi and Qin Shaochuan came to the restaurant, chose a table near the corner and sat down.
The wine shop in the desert is a medium, not only a place where traders pass by to exchange goods, but also a place to get the latest news.
The owner of the restaurant, with a cloth towel on his shoulders, had been busy all morning before taking a break after lunch. He was chatting with a few regular customers sitting next to him. A black-faced man had such a loud voice that all eyes of the restaurant were cast on him as soon as he opened his mouth.
"I saw it three years ago, oh my mother, the skin is as tender as milk skin, the eyebrows and eyes are hooked, and the waist is like a willow branch when dancing..."
"Hey hey, look at that mouth of yours, the saliva that falls can resist drought, just a man, is it really as good-looking as you say?"
"Fuck you, don't listen to me if you don't believe my eyesight, go to Daxing City to see it yourself!"
"Look, look, everyone is dead!"
Ah Xi took a sip of her wine, not in the mood to listen to those rough men's disgusting nonsense, and was about to call the boss over later to ask about Jiangnan's situation, but when she turned around, she saw Qin Shaochuan frowning, with a serious expression on his face.
Still discussing over there, the owner of the restaurant said: "It's also a poor man, who is subjugated and a prostitute. He finally entered the palace, but was intervened by the courtiers, and ended up like this. So the fate of boys and girls is bad." ..."
They were talking about the cousin! ?
Ah Xi's heart trembled, and she was about to ask what happened, but Qin Shaochuan had already stepped over and asked, "Who are you talking about?"
"Who else is there? Isn't it the male favorite of the harem, the empress of the Southern Dynasty Mo Xianchen." The boss said loudly: "It's dead, even the Yuzhao Palace was burned down!"
Qin Shaochuan's face darkened, although this change was barely visible in his icy expression, Ah Xi still saw it.
What is the relationship between Qin Shaochuan and his cousin? He was so excited when he heard the news of his death.
"A few days ago, a businessman brought news that the south of the Yangtze River was in chaos. Hey, a war is really going to happen, and the people will suffer!" The boss shook his head and entered the counter.
Ah Xi and Qin Shaochuan bought some rice grains and meat, and then went back to the pharmacy to get the fried medicine for the return trip. Neither of them spoke. Ah Xi kept thinking that although he had never met that cousin, he was still his relative. .
Spilling a jug of wine bought in a wine shop on the galloping horse all the way, it could be regarded as giving him a ride.
Before entering the room, Qin Shaochuan stopped Ah Xi, and said in a deep voice: "What news will he ask later, please don't talk too much!"
After that, he opened the door and went in.
Ah Xi was too lazy to deal with them, and was about to leave, when Xiao San'er's heart-piercing cries came from inside, he hurriedly opened the door and followed in, Qin Shaochuan was hugging the unconscious Jiang Ning tightly, Xiao San'er was probably frightened , grabbing Jiang Ning's sleeve and shaking it non-stop, crying and saying: "Daddy is dead... woo woo... I want Daddy..."
Qin Shaochuan pushed Xiaosan'er away unceremoniously, the little thing rolled around on the bed, picked it up by himself, stared at Qin Shaochuan fiercely, puffed a few times in his nostrils like a little wolf cub, it seemed that he was about to say goodbye pounce on.
"Go away! If it weren't for you, he wouldn't be sick!"
Qin Shaochuan yelled coldly. When Xiao Saner heard it, tears came out again when the beans grew bigger. He opened his mouth and was about to howl. Axi went over and hugged him, covered his mouth, and threatened: "Shut up!" ! Your father is not dead yet, cry again and throw you out to feed the wolves!"
Xiao San'er shrank his neck and immediately fell silent.
Qin Shaochuan turned his head and glanced at him. If Ah Xi read correctly, the glance just now had a hint of praise.
Jiang Ning's face was flushed, his eyes and teeth were closed tightly, and the soup could not be fed in. Qin Shaochuan put down the spoon unhurriedly, took a sip of the medicine himself, and without avoiding suspicion, directly pointed it at his mouth. Ah Xi gasped and hugged Little San'er left the house.
Little San'er lay on Ah Xi's shoulder and twitched, probably because she was frightened. She thought Jiang Ning was dead, and she didn't cry until Qin Shaochuan came back. Now, Ah Xi sent him to feed the wolves and scared him silly again. He kept his mouth tightly shut, and tightly clenched the back of his neck with both hands, for fear of sending him to be fed to wolves.
The child was soft and warm in his arms, with his fleshy chin resting in the hollow of his shoulder, and Axi could smell the sweet and greasy milk from the child's neck when she tilted her head. The smell softened.
The corner of Ah Xi's mouth raised a narrow smile, which rarely aroused the young man's heart, teasing Xiao San'er and said: "Take you to the wolf's den, okay?"
Xiao San'er straightened up, with two snot hooked under the nose tube, looking at him dully, it took him a while to react, and howled with his mouth flat: "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...bad guys! Let me go, don't feed the wolves ..."
The miserable cry of the child disappeared in the desolate desert.
It was getting dark, and two figures, one big and one small, appeared at the end of the yellow sand and walked back slowly.
Little San'er straddled Ah Xi's shoulders, belching contentedly, since he left his nanny and fled westward, he hadn't had milk. Although the wolf is not as white as the nanny, he can drink it. Taking a sip of fresh milk can be regarded as a dish.
Ah Xi was still carrying an earthen jar in his hand, and when he walked to the front of the house, he didn't push the door open immediately, fearing that he would bump into something he shouldn't have seen again.
I don't know if I should say that he is lucky, the wooden door has no sound insulation effect, and the voice inside can be heard clearly.
Jiang Ning seemed to be sobbing, and his voice was hoarse, "Hero Qin, if you hide the truth, I will go to Linzhen to inquire tomorrow by myself... Please..."
Qin Shaochuan's voice still had no ups and downs, but it was not as forceful as usual, "Take care of yourself first, and don't worry about those nosy things..."
"He's my ninth brother, not an outsider!" Jiang Ning's voice suddenly became sharp, "Is something wrong with him, is it..." His voice suddenly dropped, and there was the sound of covering his mouth and crying bitterly.
"Don't be sad, you should have guessed his result a long time ago, right?" Qin Shaochuan's voice became low, his lips seemed to be touching Jiang Ning, and he whispered to comfort him, "Don't cry, maybe it's not as bad as you think, Didn’t my uncle go to Daxing? He’s so alert, maybe he’s already rescued your ninth brother, we’ll wait in peace, and when the limelight passes, I’ll go to the Martial Arts League to inquire..."
"Well...thank you Qin Daxia... If it weren't for Qin Daxia's help, Xiao San'er and I would never escape the Wanlong Mountain Palace. Jiang Ning is grateful for your great kindness!"
Qin Shaochuan's voice returned to the cold tone, "If you want to thank, thank my uncle Yunxiao, just remember him!"
Jiang Ning paused for a moment, then said softly: "That's natural, Jiang Ning will repay Mr. Yun's help if he is a cow and a horse."
Qin Shaochuan snorted coldly, and raised his voice: "Aren't those eavesdropping outside afraid of getting sore ears?"
Ah Xi pushed open the door and went in, put Xiao San'er down, put the earthen jar in her hand on the table, and said, "Replenish him while it's hot."
Jiang Ning leaned on the side of the couch, his eyes were still red, and he squeezed out a grateful smile, "Thank you brother, I haven't asked my name yet."
"My name is Axi!"
Xiao San'er rushed to the side of the couch, raised her head and said excitedly, "Daddy, brother Ah Xi is very powerful, even wolves listen to him."
Jiang Ning was stunned for a moment, looked at Axi, and asked, "Brother Axi is talented and supernatural, I admire you very much."
"It's just a way to survive in this barren land." Axi looked at Jiang Ning indifferently, and asked directly: "What is your identity, I heard it outside just now."
Qin Shaochuan came over with the wolf's milk poured into a bowl, squinted at A Xi, and said coolly: "You have too many things, do you know that people who are too many things often don't live long!"
Ah Xi stared at him indifferently, not caring about his threat at all, and said: "In this desert, I have enough ability to make you not live long!"
Not only was Qin Shaochuan not annoyed, but he smiled instead, not contemptuously, but happily. He handed the wolf milk to Jiang Ning, then turned to look at Ah Xi, and said, "As expected of Nie Qin's nephew, Be a little bold!"
Jiang Ning took a sip of the wolf's milk, frowned, was stared back by Qin Shaochuan, hurriedly picked up the bowl to drink medicine, closed his eyes and smoked it all in one gulp, exhaled, and smiled at Axi: "Brother Axi, I will tell you the truth. This is the former fifth prince who was imprisoned in the Wanlong Mountain Palace, and Xiao Saner is the only son of my third brother. This time he escaped from the palace in the chaos, thanks to the help of heroes like you and Qin Daxia along the way, so Jiang Ning dare not Concealing your identity is the minimum honesty you can do to your benefactor."
It turned out to be his cousin, who was in the same situation as the cousin who was put to death. He became a funeral object at the end of Guozuo. Save one life and live in fear and anonymity.
Compared with those other former princes who were trapped in the palace and lived in the world, Jiang Ning, who was weak but did not succumb to fate, was impressive.
Xiao San'er was full of milk, climbed into the bed and fell asleep, Jiang Ning was also a little tired, Ah Xi didn't wait for Qin Shaochuan to chase him away, she left the house by herself, ate a few mouthfuls of naan cakes next door and fell asleep .
The three of Qin Shaochuan took Axi's house unceremoniously, and settled down in this barren town.
The little San'er was picked up by Qin Shaochuan early in the morning every day, and thrown outside the house. The little guy probably got used to Qin Daxia's roughness, so he didn't cry, and came to pester Ah Xi with his little butt raised. He didn't ask for anything. I had no choice but to sip warm milk every day.
Xiao San'er is very clever, he can read his face, he knows that Ah Xi is indifferent by nature and doesn't like to make noise, so he doesn't make any noise, straddling his shoulders and wandering in the desert, swinging his short legs to enjoy himself.
After getting along for a long time, Ah Xi also got used to the attachment of the third child. The older one and the younger one ate and slept together, which saved Jiang Ning a lot of troubles, and the illness recovered quickly. After ten days, the inside and outside became clearer.
At sunset, when taking San'er back to town, Ah Xi would often see Jiang Ning leaning against the Populus euphratica tree admiring the sunset over the long river. Because of the reason, the side he looked up at was quiet and indifferent, just like a piece of high-quality warm jade rough, which exists indifferently without being ostentatious but without reducing its value.
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The news of the wild land in the northwest was blocked. When Ah Xi and the others learned that the rebel army in Jiangning Prefecture had suddenly risen and was successfully surrounded by Emperor Duan Zimo using the concealed Huai River waterway, it had been two months since the war was eliminated without bloodshed. after.
After bringing the news back from Linzhen, Jiang Ning was silent for a long time. Axi sat on the pony to warm up the fire.
Xiao San'er leaned obediently in Jiang Ning's arms, pursing her lips silently as if she knew her father was sad.
"The map of the Huai River was handed over to my ninth brother by myself. For Duan Zimo, he bore the reputation of being a disaster for the country. Who would know that the greatest contributor to quelling this war was not the current emperor, nor a hundred thousand troops. It is the king of subjugation in the mouth of the courtiers, the evildoer who charms the emperor."
Tears fell and evaporated instantly in the fire.
Qin Shaochuan leaned against the door frame with his arms around and looked at this side, with imperceptible concern in his deep eyes.
"Dog Emperor!"
A childish voice broke the silence.
Qin Shaochuan shifted his gaze to Xiao San'er, with a rare smile.
Jiang Ning patted his little head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "Don't talk nonsense."
"My father taught me, he said that is the dog emperor!"
Ah Xi heard from Jiang Ning that Xiao San'er's father was the former third prince who died in the palace due to a heart disease.
"I taught you, don't mention your father!" Jiang Ning was a little sullen, and knocked Xiao San'er's head lightly, "If you don't obey me again, I will send you back to Wanlong Mountain!"
Xiao San'er flattened her mouth in grievance, but didn't dare to cry.
Ah Xi felt that this little guy would be fearless in the future, and that if he scared a big child, his courage would have been tempered long ago.
Qin Shaochuan, who had been looking at this side all the time, suddenly darkened and stood up straight.
Ah Xi also stood up suddenly, quickly picked up the kettle on the table, and extinguished the fire with one stroke.
At this time, Jiang Ning also felt that something was wrong, and stood up holding Xiao San'er. Qin Shaochuan said in a deep voice: "It may be a horse thief, find a place to hide!"
"follow me!"
Ah Xi kicked the extinguished charcoal with her feet, uncovered the rice vat, let Jiang Ning hide in with Xiao Saner in her arms, and got into the stove by herself. Qin Shaochuan took a look at this side, jumped up, and stuck to it like a bat The girders of the roof.
The wind whipped up sand and knocked on the window lattice, and soon there was the sound of horseshoes. There were probably dozens of people, and those people were thick and thin. Every household kicked open the door to have a look, and then someone kicked open the house where Ah Xi and the others were hiding.
"This house is quite clean, it seems that someone passing by has lived there!"
A man came in first, looked around, turned around and bowed to the people behind, "Zanpu, this household can accommodate you!"
Then a tall man came in, holding someone in his arms.
Qin Shaochuan on the girder frowned and looked at the tall man, trying to figure out how to control him. The man was holding a man in his hand and wrapped around the hood, revealing one eye just in time to see Qin Shaochuan on the girder.
He froze inwardly, gathered internal strength in his hand, blinked his eye, Qin Shaochuan didn't make a move, and stared down guardedly, the person who came in first called this man 'Zanpu', could it be the leader of Xiqiang?
Ah Xi was also surprised when she saw the person coming in from the stove. How could it be Sai Mo? Seeing him put down the person he was carrying and help that person take off the hood, she was even more surprised. This damned Sai Mo actually took Sima Sunny was taken captive!
Sima Qing was given medicine and couldn't move his whole body except his eyes. He stared at Sai Mo with wide eyes, his eyes were full of anger, wishing to stab him ten thousand times to death.
Sai Mo chuckled, and joked in blunt Central Plains dialect: "Little beauty, your skills are not as good as others, and you fall into my hands, so just follow me obediently. If I serve you well, I can consider marrying you as my wife. The marriage between the two clans dominates the Northwest, and even the king of the Western Domain will be afraid, do you think so?"
Sima Qing scolded him as a thief with his eyes, but Sai Mo thought he didn't understand, ordered someone to light a fire, and the room was warmed up, so he took off his cloak and went to take off Sima Qing's boots.
Sima Qing couldn't speak, her eyeballs almost popped out, and there was a voice of "hmm" in her throat. Sai Mo didn't care about that, took off his boots and socks, held them in his hands with a wicked smile, and put them on the soles of his feet. After scratching it twice, Sima Qing groaned angrily.
Ah Xi thought that Sai Mo was a lecherous bastard, he couldn't do anything, and if he didn't go out, Sima Qing would be eaten up and wiped out by him.
"Look at your little feet, they're frozen!" Saimo laughed ambiguously, kissed the soles of his feet, and then rubbed his feet back and forth in his big palms, "Let you taste my thoughtfulness first, here you are." Rubbing your feet is my sincerity in caring for you, all the women in Qinghai Lake want to warm my feet, and you are the first one to be served by me and stare at you, you little villain!" The last three words, from his rough Karma came out of his throat, really full of disobedience.
Qin Shaochuan shuddered.
He stuffed the hot foot into his lapel and kicked it well, then went to rub the other one, and he discussed while rubbing: "Anyway, I touched your foot too, and you are comfortable being served by me, just in time for me. I also like you very much, think about marrying me in Xiqiang to become the concubine of Qinghai Lake, have you considered it? If you don’t say anything, I will take it as your agreement, haha, Sima Qing, my little heart, you are so shy, why are you so shy? I feel embarrassed too, how about I give you Qinghai as a dowry, I like you so much, give me a kiss, okay?"
Sima Qing wanted to kick him over, so Sai Mo leaned forward and pressed his lips, then laughed and said: "You are really my good wife, Qinghai is worth giving to your master!"
Sima Qing squinted her eyes and despised him: You are Qinghai's big rough-skinned pumpkin, rough from the inside to the outside!
After rubbing his feet, Sai Mo yawned and lay down with his arms around Sima Qing and his clothes. He looked very tired and tried not to sleep. He whispered in Sima Qing's ear, from the highlands of Qinghai to the mountains of Qinghai. God, when I got excited, I kissed him on the face, and there was nothing left to play.
Ah Xi and Qin Shaochuan waited patiently. Sima Qing looked at Fang Liang, and with a thought, she closed her eyes.
Seeing that he fell asleep, Sai Mo gnawed lightly on his lips for a long time, leaving a string of wet watermarks, then closed his eyes satisfied, and snored after a while.
Sima Qing opened his eyes, Qin Shaochuan jumped down without a sound, opened the rice vat first, saw that Jiang Ning had fallen asleep with Xiao San'er in his arms, he was relieved, and touched Sai Mo's sleeping point.
Sima Qing stared at Qin Shaochuan, and begged him to unlock the acupoints with his eyes. Qin Shaochuan ignored him lazily, and whispered to Ah Xi who crawled out of the stove, "Do you want to kill this Xiqiang king?"
A Xi said: "There are dozens of Xiqiang masters outside, we can't escape."
When Sima Qing heard Ah Xi's voice, her eyes lit up, but she couldn't turn her head, so she could only lie on the couch and worry.
Qin Shaochuan shrugged, "I wanted to kill him to help you once, but you don't want me to pay you back!"
Ah Xi thought for a while, and said, "Take him away for me, and send him back to Dunhuang, it's considered helping me!"
Qin Shaochuan pointed to Sima Qing who was on the couch, and asked with his eyes.
A Xi nodded, "You guys hide for one night and leave tomorrow!"
Qin Shaochuan asked: "The woman who robbed her is gone, will this guy leave willingly?"
Without saying a word, Ah Xi hugged Sima Qing, took off his robe, exchanged it with his own, and put on the robe, then he looked at Sima Qing who had been wringing his eyes, and said lightly: "This Qin Daxia will send you back, listen to him!"
Sima Qing opened her eyes wide and stared at the person who was thinking about it day and night, there were thousands of words in her eyes, but she couldn't utter a single word, her face flushed with anxiety.
He had vowed to do his best to protect Ah Xi, but every time things backfired, and instead, Ah Xi protected him without any complaints and took his faults.
He watched Axi wearing his robe, washing off the disguise on his face, not only restoring his original appearance, but also pretending to be him again.
Qin Shaochuan watched Axi's face change, a little surprised, more curious, "I've seen a face that is as thin as a cicada's wing change face, it's already superb, but it's not as good as your unique skill, you don't need a mask, just slightly change the facial features If you lift it up a bit, you will see another face, tsk tsk tsk, today is an eye-opener."
It is rare to hear praise from Qin Shaochuan. Axi bowed her hands and said, "I hope Hero Qin will keep this secret, thank you!"
Qin Shaochuan immediately understood what he meant. These two people had the same appearance, but one of them was King Yuezhi, who probably had a secret background in royal politics, but it was none of his business. Going back can be regarded as paying him back a favor.
When Sai Mo woke up, he felt a little pain in the back of his neck, and he thought it was a stiff neck caused by the broken bed, but he didn't care, anyway, the little boy was lying beside him, staring at him with a pair of beautiful big eyes.
Suddenly I feel that I am used to being stared at these days, and my whole body is not happy without being stared at by him for a day. Being stared at by him this early in the morning is more enjoyable than drinking a bowl of mutton soup in winter.
With a crunchy mouthful, Saimo hugged him nervously and rubbed his shoulders, "The effect of the medicine should be over, I won't give you any medicine today, you have to be good, otherwise I will I want you!"
A Xi moved her shoulders and lay upright all night, her blood was frozen stiff, she was rubbed by Sai Mo a few times, and she regained some consciousness.
After eating the broth brought by his subordinates, Sai Mo ordered to leave.
Riding the same horse with him, when the town was about to disappear, Ah Xi couldn't help but look back.
Xiao Saner, Jiang Ning, Sima Qing, Qin Shaochuan...
After driving for five days in a row, the field of vision was dim, and gradually a large mountain crouching silently in the boundless sky appeared. It looked very close, but in fact, it took three days to drive. After crossing the mountain, we entered Qinghai. territory.
Ah Xi began to feel a little worried, because Sai Mo watched him too closely, and they were together all the time, so there was no chance to call the wolves. When they arrived at Longshan, the wild wolves gradually dispersed, and they couldn't escape even if they wanted to.
Beside the bonfire, dozens of people were sitting together, their faces glowing red from drinking, and the rough plateau man was talking nasty things that people couldn't bear to listen to, ah
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