Eastern Palace

Chapter 25

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I was pulled away by the invisible air current. A'Du's hand just touched the corner of my skirt. I saw that Gu Jian seemed to want to grab me, but the surging waves of people and swords wrapped him in it. The beams and roof tiles collapsed like overwhelming, my head hit something, and the severe pain on the back of my head made me lose consciousness almost instantly, and fell back into the endless darkness. "Pfft!" The heavy body smashed into the water, surrounded by clear water on all sides, like countless cold knives, slitting my skin. I gave up the struggle safely, and let myself sink into the bottom of the water, like a baby returning to its mother's body, like a flower falling into the earth, that is the most peaceful destination, and I already knew it. "The water of forgetting river lies in forgetting feelings... "..." A fox is sitting on a sand dune, sitting on a sand dune, looking at the moon. Oh, it turns out that it is not looking at the moon, it is waiting for the girl who returns from the sheep... "" Too It's ugly! Change it.""I can only sing this song..."..."I will forget you forever!"...In my memory, there are lights that flicker and flicker, like the depths of thick fog gradually dispersing , revealing an illusory mirage. Suddenly, I saw myself.

I saw myself sitting on the sand dunes, watching the sun go down one by one, and my heart gradually sank. In the end, the sun finally disappeared, blocked by the distant sand dunes, and could no longer be seen. . The sky and the earth were shrouded in darkness, and even the last ray of light could not be seen.

In desperation, I threw the jade pendant in my hand into the sand, got on my horse without looking back, and left.

Smelly master! Bad master! Worst teacher ever! He even told me to be a matchmaker and pick me the most handsome and handsome man in the world! He even fooled me here and made me wait for three days and three nights in vain!

A few days ago, the emperor of the Central Plains sent envoys to propose marriage to his father, saying that the prince of the Central Plains had met for seventeen years, and hoped to marry a princess of Xiliang, so that he could have a relationship with the two kingdoms forever. A princess in the Central Plains once married to our Xiliang, so we should also have a princess to marry in the Central Plains.

Both the second and third sisters wanted to go. They heard that the Central Plains are good, eat well, dress well, there is water everywhere, and there is no need to live by water and grass, and there is no need to suffer from wind and sand. However, the envoys of the Central Plains said that because the crown prince will be the Queen of the Central Plains in the future, and cannot be a concubine, they hope that the princess will be the daughter of the father, the king's family. I don't know what this is about, but only my aunt is from the Dae family. My aunt only gave birth to a girl like me, and the others are all boys. Now I can only marry. The second and third sisters are very envious, but I am not at all unfamiliar. What's so good about China? I have also seen men from the Central Plains. Those Central Plains merchants who came to sell silk are all too weak to hold a chicken, can't draw a bow, and can't ride a horse well. I heard that the prince of the Central Plains was raised in a deep palace since he was a child, and he knew nothing but poetry and painting.

Marrying a husband who can't even draw the bow is too suffocating. I fought for several days, and the king said: "Since you don't want to marry the crown prince of Zhongyuan, then I have to give Zhongyuan an explanation. If you have someone you like, the father will make an appointment for you first, and then inform Zhongyuan, and ask them to make another appointment. Choose a princess, so we can't fault us. "I'm not yet fifteen years old, and the men in the clan regard me as a little sister, and they don't take me with them, and they don't take me with them when they sing. Me, where am I going to find a sweetheart

Can worry to death me.

After the master found out, he patted his chest and assured me that he wanted to find the most handsome and handsome man in the world for me. He said that Zhongyuan called this "blind date", that is, men and women meet in private, and if they are in the middle, they can be ordered by their parents , the words of the matchmaker. I can see what I can see when I meet in private, but now my eyebrows are burning. In order not to marry the prince of the Central Plains, I promised my master to go on a blind date.

The master set the blind date on the highest sand dune three miles outside the city, and handed me a jade pendant. He said that the man holding the other jade pendant was the one who agreed for me. He told me to pay attention and look carefully. Disliked.

As a result, I waited on the sand dunes for three days and three nights, not to mention men, and I didn't even see a male fox.

I'm furious!

I knew that the master was teasing me again, and he took pleasure in teasing me every day. Last time, he lied to me that Wangchuan was behind Yanzhi Mountain, so I rode a little red horse with dry food, and walked for ten days and ten nights, over Yanzhi Mountain, and there was a large grassland behind the mountain. , not to mention forgetting the river, there is not even a small water pool.

On my way back, I walked for more than 20 days and made a big circle around the foot of the mountain. I almost lost my way. Finally, I met a shepherd and was able to struggle back to the city. A-Niang thought that I was lost and would never come back. She had a serious illness and hugged me and cried a lot. My father was furious and locked me in the royal city for many days, not allowing me to go out. Later, I asked the master angrily, and he said: "I said, you believe it? You must know that there are always some people in this world who will deceive you, you don't want to believe everyone, I'm teaching you, don't be arbitrary Trust other people's words, or you will suffer in the future." I looked at his bright eyes, so angry that I almost didn't vomit blood.

Why haven't I learned my lesson yet? I've been deceived by him several times, why am I still foolishly deceived

Maybe I will never learn the master's mind in my whole life.

Maybe I will never learn the master's mind in my whole life.

I was annoyed and believed that the horse was walking back from the reins. The horse was nibbling on the splendens all the way. I thought all the time, or I would tell my father that I like the master and ask my father to make a marriage for me and the master. Anyway, he framed me better than me, and if I framed him once, it wasn't too much.

I thought it was a great idea, so I suddenly refreshed myself, hummed a little tune all the way, and rode my horse all the way to the royal city. "A fox is sitting on a dune, sitting on a dune, looking at the moon. Alas, it turns out that it is not looking at the moon, it is waiting for the girl who returns from herding sheep... A fox is sitting on the dune, sitting on the dune, Look at the moon. Oh, so it's not looking at the moon, it's waiting for the girl who returns from the sheep... "While I was singing happily, someone suddenly called from behind: "Girl, your things have fallen." I turned around and looked To a man on a white horse.

The master said that the person riding the white horse may not be a prince, but more likely a Tang monk sent by the Eastern Tang Dynasty to the Western Regions to learn scriptures. But this man didn't wear a cassock, he was wearing a white robe. I have never seen anyone wearing a white robe so good-looking. The Persian merchants who came and passed all wore white robes, but those Persians wore white robes like Bai Lan. Gua, this man wears a white robe, but is as bright as the moon in the sky.

He looks so good-looking, his curved eyebrows seem to contain a hint of a smile, his face is as white as the best Hotan jade, his hair is in the style of Xi Liang, and his Xi Liang dialect can also be spoken. He is very fluent, but I can see at a glance that he is from the Central Plains, and it is impossible for us men from Xiliang to be so white. He was riding on a horse, and he had a very strange aura. I have only seen this kind of aura in my father. It was during the review of the three armies. When my father held a machete and galloped past the horse, when the crowd shouted, he Proudly overlooking his own army, his own territory, his own son.

This man just looked down at me like he was the only king in this world.

My heart suddenly jumped, his eyes were like a tornado in the desert, and he could pull everything in. I thought he was magical, and when he looked at me, my mind was almost blank.

On his slender fingers lay a piece of white jade pendant, the one I just threw away. He said: "Isn't this what the girl lost?" I got angry when I saw the jade pendant, and said with a straight face: "This is not mine." He said: "There is no one here, if it is not for the girl, So whose thing is it?" I stretched out my arm and gestured, arguing: "Who said there is no one here? There is still wind, sand, moon and stars..." He suddenly smiled at me, He said softly, "There's still you here." I seemed to have fallen into evil, and even my face started to get hot. Although I am young, I also know that his words contain a bit of frivolity. I kind of regret sneaking out of town alone, there's no one here, and if I do, I might not be able to beat him.

I said loudly: "Do you know who I am? I am the ninth princess of Xiliang, my father the king is the king of Xiliang, my mother is the Turk's princess, and my grandfather is the most beautiful woman in the Western Regions. The mighty Tirghada is the great Danyu, and the vultures in the desert dare not fall when they hear his name. If you dare to be rude to me, my father will tie you to a horse and drag you to death.” He slowly Tun Tun smiled and said, "You are a good little girl, how can you scare people at every turn? Do you know who I am? I am Ichigoro Nakahara, my father is the owner of the tea house, and my mother is an ordinary The housewife, my grandfather is a family who grows tea, although they have no background, but if you really tie me to the horse and drag me to death, you Xiliang will have no good tea to drink." I pouted and stared at him. , Tea only came to Xiliang in the past few years. In the eyes of Xiliang people, it is simply the best thing in the world. My father loves to drink tea from the Central Plains, and the whole territory of Xiliang likes to drink tea. No one can live without tea for a day. If what this guy said is true, then it would be very annoying.

He just looked at me with a smile.

Just when I was getting annoyed, I suddenly heard someone laughing "poof" not far behind.

When I looked back, it turned out to be the master. I don't know where he suddenly appeared, looking at me and smiling.

I was angry and annoyed, and said to him, "How dare you come to see me! You made me wait for three days and three nights on the sand dunes for nothing! Where is the most handsome and handsome man you found for me?" The master pointed Pointing to the man on the white horse, he said, "It's him!" The man on the white horse still smiled narrowly, and made another move. I saw that he was not a jade pendant in his palm, but a pair of jade pendants. He held the jade pendant in one hand, and then looked like he was watching a good show.

I was completely stupid, and it took me a long time to come back to my senses. I don't want to marry this Central Plains person! Although he looks very handsome, he has sharp teeth and sharp mouth, and he is not willing to forgive anyone, and he is still playing tricks on me. I hate people playing with me the most!

I rode back angrily, ignoring them. The master and Gu Wulang also rode behind me and started chatting without a word.

The master said: "I thought you wouldn't come." Then Gu Wulang said: "I received a letter from the flying pigeon, can I not come?" Old acquaintances, the two seem to have endless things to say. The master was telling Gu Wulang about the customs of Xiliang. That Gu Wulang listened very attentively, and every sentence and half of their words came to my ears. I can't do it if I don't listen. These two people gradually talked about the customs and the way of business travel. I have never heard the master say so much, and I was so bored that I couldn't help yawning. Not far away, the gray outline of the king's city finally appeared. It was a huge gravel brick, and the city walls and towers were built layer by layer. The majestic and magnificent city is like a continuous mountain range. The high city walls cover most of the sky. The closer you get, the more you feel that the city walls are high, the Western Regions are desolate, and there is no such big city. The tribes of Xiliang originally lived by water and grass, until a hundred years ago, when a companion, Chanyu, swept all the tribes in the Western Regions vertically and horizontally, and finally built this grand royal city, which was called the Kingdom of Xiliang. Then, since successive dynasties, it has been married to the Turks, Qiuci, and Yuezhi, and has been rewarded by the Central Plains. This royal city is located on the main road of business travel between the Central Plains and Dashi, and travelers must pass through, so it gradually became prosperous. With fierce troops and horses, and the sons and sons being brave and good at fighting, Xiliang finally became a powerful country in the Western Regions. Although the territory is not very large, it is the Central Plains, and now I dare not despise Xiliang. Against the backdrop of the black and purple sky, the majestic city wall is even more grand and magnificent. I saw the wind lamp on the top of the building, flickering and flickering in the high place, like a huge star, and further up, there is an endless starry sky. Stars that are as fine as icing sugar are scattered all over the sky, and Wangcheng is the thin naan under this piece of icing sugar. When I see it, I feel comfortable and satisfied - just like I have just eaten.

I patted the little red horse, it ran briskly, the luan bells tied around its neck made a crisp sound, and the sound of the camel bells in the distance, "bang bang bang bang" is very nice. There must be a caravan on the road while the night is cool, so the gates of the royal city will not be closed overnight. I took the lead and ran into the city gate on horseback. The water sellers who were guarding the drinking well at the gate of the city knew me and called me "Nine Princesses", and they threw me a bunch of grapes from a distance. It was given to them by a business trip in the past, and every time they left the biggest and sweetest bunch for me.