Finest Servant

The moon is on fire, the heat wave is blowing, the air seems to be able to smell the burnt smell, and the sun is setting. The quicksand of the desert outside the Great Wall is flying all over the sky, and the whole body is red. You can faintly hear a soft crackling sound, as if it is about to burn.

The city gate of Xingqing Mansion was half closed and half closed, and pedestrians kept coming in and out, which added some coolness to the city of spring. The Dahua soldiers guarding the city gate were wearing armor, and everyone was sweating profusely, but no one dared to let go of their armor.

"A cup is not exhausted, how many times I leave my arms, Guan Shan's soul and dreams are long, and fish and geese have few voices and books.

Drunk with autumn waves, misty rain in dreams, poor young temples, just for old lovesickness.

It is expected that there is a place of affection, bear to think about it, the moon will set and the sky will dawn.

When the leaping horse came back, he leaned on the railing, greeted the door, and smiled lightly. Look at my red makeup, I am not old! "

A slender and moving figure stood lightly on top of the city tower, looking at the bright red blood sun in the distance, muttering to herself, the afterglow of the setting sun reflected on her beautiful cheeks, and the two lines of tears were as crystal clear as snow.

"Aunt Xu—"

There was a call from behind, the woman hurriedly wiped the corners of her eyes, turned around, and said softly: "Wuling, why are you here?!"

"Aunt Xu, do you think Brother Lin will come back?!" Xiao Lizi choked up and said, "It's been more than a month——"

After returning from the grassland this trip, Li Wuling got a lot of tan and grew a lot taller. He is no longer that immature boy, but has grown into a real soldier.

Xu Zhiqing's face was pale: "No, he will definitely come back."

Li Wuling lowered his head sadly: "Auntie, you haven't seen the arrow shot by the Turkic Great Khan. Three arrows in a row, it is shocking. Even gods can't resist it."

Even the gods can't resist? Miss Xu burst into tears. Shaking his head firmly: "How can a god compare to him? He is the worst person in the world, God dare not accept him."

Xiao Lizi nodded, looking forward full of expectation. The wild sand danced outside the Great Wall, circling into a ball, covering half of the bright red sunset.

"Wuling, do you have anything to do with me?!" Miss Xu asked after being silent for a long time.

Li Wuling nodded hastily: "Auntie, the Turkic people are waiting for our answer! Since they captured the Huren Little Khan and You Wang and others, they have sent envoys to check our information every other day. Just now Brother Zuoqiu who was stationed in Helan Mountain came to report quickly, today Lu Dongzan sent another letter,

To negotiate with us. "

Hu Bugui and the others crossed the grassland all the way. Although the Turkic people had thousands of troops, no one dared to stop them. The royal court was broken, and the little Khan and the right king were all captured. This is in the mighty Turkic Khanate. is something that never happened. In addition, they stormed Helan Mountain repeatedly without success and turned back, paying countless blood and lives. While furious and sad, the Hu people were also deeply shocked by the perseverance and murderous spirit of the Dahua people.

Because the Turks have deep scruples. Over the past month, they have slowly returned to the grassland. The two sides stationed their troops on the border between the two countries. Although there were occasional skirmishes, there were no major battles. In this confrontation, there is a rare peaceful buffer zone between the grassland and the desert.

"Negotiation? We're not in a hurry, it's them who are in a hurry!" Xu Zhiqing said leisurely. To be able to have today's situation, and to hold all the initiative in Dahua's hands, countless soldiers sacrificed their lives, especially him whose life or death is uncertain.

Tears welled up in her eyes, and she sighed: "How to deal with the little Turkic Khan and these captives must be decided by the emperor. Before the imperial decree arrives, it is useless to discuss, and Lu Dongzan will not be unaware of this. He is They are deliberately putting pressure on us in exchange for some initiative in the negotiations."

Li Wuling nodded anxiously: "I came here for this purpose. Auntie, Grandpa asked me to tell you that the emperor's imperial edict has arrived."

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In the sunset, a small carriage, braving the wind and sand all over the sky, jingled and jingled slowly. The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the carport, turning a bright red.

A slender hand stretched out from behind the curtain of the carriage, occasionally pulling the reins, urging the horses, and correcting the direction. The flying wild sand beat the curtains, and a weak voice sounded in the carriage, as if sick: "Sister, don't go so fast, stop and rest. Think about it, strolling in the sunset, it's just you and me, The face is rosy and the scenery is picturesque, what a romantic thing it is!"

I don't know how turbulent it is, but how slow it is for sure. The elder sister shook her head helplessly, and said with a smile: "Didn't you just take a rest a while ago? Stay in bed in the morning, take a nap when it's too hot at noon, and start the journey after the sun sets. Just like you, how many times can we walk in a day? Lilu?!"

"Walk slowly if you can't finish walking. I'm a patient." The weak voice coughed and panted, "It doesn't matter if you walk slowly. It's only natural that patients receive preferential treatment! When my sister is in confinement , I will also take care of you like this, holding you without moving a step, do you agree?"

"Bah!" My sister blushed.

Seeing the patient's pale cheeks, she said a few words, and then began to gasp again. She felt a pain in her heart, and hurriedly held his hand tightly. The air in the car was obviously hot, but the patient's body was cold, which was a manifestation of extreme weakness in a serious illness. Although the trauma was good, how could it be easy to restore the shock of the arrow to the internal organs? !

"Sister, your hair is messed up." Seeing the teardrops in her sister's eyes, the patient smiled slightly, and gently brushed the strands of hair around her ears, extremely gentle.

Sweetness mixed with sadness, my sister's tears rolled down silently, she gently clenched his palm and let him hold her cheek: "You, I don't know why you are so stubborn. When you come back from Bayanhot, let go I don’t want to leave the flat grasslands and deserts, but I insist on carrying you across Helan and returning along the same road. You are so seriously injured, is that something you can bear? This is good, no one knows that you are still alive, I didn't even know you were back!"

"It's okay if you don't know." He sighed faintly: "I'm tired! I just want to find a place where no one is around, to be clean, to think about nothing, to do nothing. Just sleep, order money, and hug my sister , Make a complete set! How happy this day is!"

"Pfft", my sister smiled and pointed at his nose. Tears and smiles bloomed together: "Don't think I don't know your mind - you are afraid that they will find you. Drag you to the negotiating table and see the person who dare not meet?!"

"Sister, why bother. My whole body, but there is only such a little secret!" The patient smiled bitterly and shook his head, and said helplessly: "Okay, I admit, you are right. Negotiations are their business. It has nothing to do with me." Don’t worry, don’t let anyone bother me. I just want to be a deserter now, a carefree deserter.”

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deserter. get medicine. "My sister smiled and shook her head, and took out the herbal medicine from the small box. A faint fragrance mixed with a strong bitter taste came to the nostrils.

The patient had apparently had enough of the pain of the medicine. His face turned pale with fright: "Yes, can I not eat? It's so painful!"

"No!" There was no room for negotiation.

"The little brother, can you make a request, please ask my sister to chew up this medicine, and then feed it to me one by one, it will be sweeter - um. It's so sweet!"

"Boom" and "Boom" are still sweet. Suddenly hearing the bang of the carriage shed being smashed, the horses had stopped, and the fairy hurriedly retracted her mouth. She gave him a red-faced look.

The patient was furious in an instant: "Who? It's a big deal that ruined me. This is taking sweet medicine!"

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There were several loud shouts from outside: "Who is inside? What are you doing hiding in there? Get out of the car and get out of the car. Get checked!!"

The elder sister hurriedly poked her head out, took a look, and said happily: "Xingqing Mansion is here!"

Xingqing? The patient hurriedly lifted the curtain, his eyes swept slightly.

High city walls, solid crenels, towering beacon towers, bustling hawkers, crowds coming and going, tea houses and restaurants, men and women, mules and horses, all appear in front of you in an instant.

I haven't heard such a voice for more than three months, how familiar it is. The noisy human voice came to his ears, and he felt as refreshed as eating popsicles, and his eyes were moist in an instant. Xingqing Mansion, I'm back!

When he was proud, he felt his sister tugged at his sleeve and hid behind him angrily. Looking up, I saw the sentry in front of the car door, staring blankly at my sister, slapping down.

Although my elder sister is wearing a thorn hairpin cloth skirt and a light gauze covering her face, how can she just cover up her plump and delicate body and her peerless youth? There was a row of guards outside the car, their eyes were staring straight.

The patient was furious instantly: "What are you looking at?! If anyone looks at my wife again, I will gouge out his eyeballs. Tell you, I have killed tens of thousands of people!"

Just you tuberculosis? ! Several soldiers laughed happily. Seeing his sunken eyes, pale face, swaying body, and frail appearance, he looked like a consumptive ghost, not to mention killing people, even killing chickens would make people sweat for him!

"How fierce is it? Even the Turkic people don't dare to be fierce in front of us! Get out of the car and accept the inspection, beware of Hu spies sneaking into the city!" Xu Zhiqing commanded the army well, and the soldiers under him were just making jokes, but they didn't dare to take it seriously. presumptuous.

This is called Huluo Pingyang being bullied by dogs. Since he is going to be a deserter, he has to get out of the car obediently and accept the inspection. Seeing his aggrieved appearance, my sister suppressed her laughter and helped him out of the car.

Weakly leaning on my sister, I watched those soldiers rummaging around in the carriage, and after a long time, I finally gave up and waved them into the city.

"Consumption ghost! It's a beautiful flower stuck in cow dung!" A soldier couldn't restrain the depression in his heart and snorted angrily.

Damn, you don't put cow dung in flowers, do you want cow dung to put flowers in? He was furious, and was about to rush up to argue, but his sister held him back with a smile, and said tenderly, "I just like you, this cow dung!"

He laughed and withdrew his hands, and wrapped his arms around his sister's waist: "Really? I didn't expect my sister's hobby to be so special! Cow dung is good, cow dung is nutritious, and it is specially used to nourish flowers. If someone wants to insert cow dung, then Still have to line up, haha."

When I entered the city in a carriage, I could hear the endless din, yelling and hawking everywhere, princes riding white horses, ladies wearing floral dresses, long pavilions with flowers, restaurants and terraces, string orchestras, singing and dancing, red men A green girl is matched, a mule is matched with a horse.

I haven't been back to Xingqing for three months, this city of spring is completely different from when I came here. Dahua's elite soldiers have won several battles, and the Helan Mountain Pass is impenetrable. Recently, the Khan and Youwang of the barbarians have been captured. Dahua's whole country is boiling. This Xingqing Mansion has regained the feeling of a spring city outside the Great Wall. It is more prosperous and lively than before. , vaguely has the shadow of Jiangnan.

After three months, I finally returned to the human world alive. I saw a few sisters not far away standing at the door, twisting their bodies to attract customers, and their crisp laughter wafted through the entire street.

What a familiar picture, he was so excited, unable to extricate himself, he couldn't help sticking his head out, and whistled frivolously: "Hey, sister, what's the price for the whole set?! The kind with Mr. Horn! Sigh, this is the first time for my little brother, he is very young and doesn't understand anything, can you give me a discount?!"

It's your first time today! Sister Yao swarmed up: "Master, it's my first time too. It's cheap and affordable to drink tea and half taels in the house, and stay overnight. You don't need to light the lamp, so you save money for lamp oil, and I'll give you another Halve it by two. One tael and half of the money will last all night!"

Damn it! The sister stabbed his ass with a needle.

"Sister, I am teasing them," the patient pouted aggrievedly, "I just want to regain the feeling of being alive!"

My sister didn't know his mood, she just felt sour and jealous, which is a woman's natural nature. She has fallen into the mortal world, how can she be exempt from the vulgarity, she couldn't help but chuckle, and said angrily: "You are not allowed to say such explicit things to these women!"

"Understood, I should tell my sister!"

My sister blushed, but she surprisingly didn't object.

"Huh, candied haws?!" The patient stretched out his head excitedly and waved hurriedly: "Boss, boss, how do you sell candied haws?!"

"A string of five cents! No counter-offering"

Good one without bargaining! I bought candied haws with the eldest lady in Hangzhou, and I bought three bunches for ten pennies.

"Can you sell two strings of eight-cent coins? It's a hot day, the sugar has melted, so don't even think about selling it tomorrow! I'll have to stick my teeth if I buy it!"

"Well, you want two skewers? Well then, eight coins!"

"This sticky batter, who is willing to pay for it?! Sister, give him ten cents, and we will buy three skewers! If you can't do it, leave!"...

"Sweet?!" The other two skewers.

It's the first time for my sister to eat this stuff when she grows up. It tastes sour and sweet, and it's extremely delicious. She licked it a few mouthfuls, stuffed it back into the patient's mouth, and said with a smile, "It was five yuan a bunch, but you bought three for ten yuan. If you pay more, he will produce more candied haws. Who will win?" What's up?!"

"We're both happy, he and I both won!" The patient took a bite of the candied haws, shook his head and smiled: "Happiness is just a feeling!"

"Little thief," my sister stared blankly at him, full of surprises, and suddenly kissed him on the face, shyly said: "I'm just like you, very happy!"