The girl sat by the bathtub, hummed a little song, untied her skirt, and threw it back. Li Cheng Yin saw that the skirt was thrown against the curtain and fell to the ground, only to know that she didn't notice it at all. , just undressing and throwing around.
The girl stood up, the sun shone brightly on her naked body, Li Cheng Yin didn't dare to look anymore, only felt his heart pounding, he turned around and hid in the curtain, but the reed curtain was faintly penetrating, only the sound of water rushing could be heard. As soon as it sounded, he looked from the gap between the curtains again, and the girl had already jumped into the water.
Her long hair spread out on the water, like water plants, and the water vapor was so dense that her eyes were like black grapes soaked in water. She sang while taking a bath, raised her arms to wipe, and the snow-white chest was beaten by the light waves, revealing a beautiful arc.
Li Cheng Yin held his breath and stood behind the curtain, only listening to her singing about the fox and the sand dune, which was quite happy.
The etiquette in the Central Plains is strictly forbidden. Li Chengyin has seen in his life all the well-behaved ladies, or the modest and virtuous ladies of the harem. I have never seen such an innocent and splendid girl before, I just feel that she is carefree, like a little bird in the sky.
She sang for a while, and the maid came to add hot water and bowed respectfully to her: "Nine princesses."
The ninth princess answered happily, and the maid cleaned up the clothes on the ground for her and said, "Ninth princess, don't throw the clothes around, the queen sees it and wants to scold me again..."
The maid picked up half of the red cloud - it was originally a dress, and she gave a surprised "huh".
"what's wrong?"
"Why is this dress torn in half?"
And the cracks are so neat, it looks like someone twisted them together with sharp scissors, not like they were torn unintentionally. The maid was full of doubts and opened the curtain at will. The long window behind the curtain was half-open, and only the golden sunlight flooded the ground.
Pei Zhao led the cavalry team and camped at the hidden place at the foot of the snow-capped mountain on the leeward side of the river. This time, Li Chengyin led the 3,000 Yulin Lang from the East Palace by order. All of those Yulin Lang are the sons of nobles, and this is the first time to go out to the garrison of Beijing. generally. Fortunately, Pei Zhaodan was able to hold back. He went west all the way, and trained while marching. When he arrived in the Western Regions, he actually practiced in a decent manner.
After setting up the camp and releasing the scouts, the army buried the pot and made meals. The meal was in shifts. Pei Zhao, as a general, was the last to eat. Not in a hurry, he ran straight to the camp, and it was Li Cheng Yin who came back.
Seeing that he had returned unharmed, Pei Zhao couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and went up to meet him. Someone had already held the horse. Li Chengyin got off the horse and asked, "Where's Gu Jian?"
Pei Zhao said: "Seeing that His Highness has not returned for a long time, he went back to the city to inquire about the news." He asked again, "Have you seen the Ninth Princess?"
Li Cheng Yin nodded and said, "I see."
Li Chengyin said, "His face is full of childishness, he doesn't seem to have any scheming at all, but he is only a half-old child." Having said that, he suddenly thought of the white skin under the waves of clear water, and only felt his ears heat up, as if he was lying. , so he bent down into the tent, and said only, "I'm so hungry, get some wheat and rice to eat."
Pei Zhaozi didn't notice his strangeness. They had come so far this time, and they had great plans. If Princess Xiliang was someone who didn't have the slightest scheming, it would be all the better.
Day after day on the road, everyone is a mess. However, the army is all men, and they are not very particular about it. When they encounter water, they go to the river to take a bath. The camp was stationed by the river. The river was originally formed by the melting of snow on the snow-capped mountains. Although it was still cold in June. At dusk, a group of Yulin Lang jumped into the river one after another. However, Pei Zhao and Li Chengyin competed in swimming. The two of them were ups and downs, and they swam far in the river. Yulin Lang liked this kind of battle game the most, and they all shouted and cheered. He took Xiaojie drum to beat the idea, and chased down the river bank all the way, shouting and cheering. It was just that the river was rushing in vain, and the two were swept away by the current.
In the end, it was Pei Zhao who won. Li Chengyin was exhausted and choked on two saliva. Pei Zhao dragged him up with his backhand. The two picked a shoal and went to the shore together. Pei Zhao turned around and saw stars in the distance. He took the torch and was looking for it here.
Pei Zhao and Li Chengyin were exhausted, so they both collapsed on the grass by the river bank. They saw the starry sky shining brightly. The starry sky here seems to be much lower than that of Shangjing.
The two of them were lying in the grass, only to feel that each other was in a state of embarrassment, they looked at each other dumbly, and finally laughed.
"A Zhao, have you ever thought about what kind of person you will marry in the future?"
Li Cheng Yin asked lazily.
Pei Zhao said, "I want to marry someone I like, and raise my eyebrows. But..." He didn't say anything further.
Li Cheng Yin knew that with Pei Zhao's background, 80% of the time he wanted to be the master. He could help a little in this matter, so he smiled and said, "If you fancy a princess, I can help you pull the strings."
Pei Zhao is very free and easy: "Then thank your Highness first."
The noise was approaching, and the Yulin Lang and the others, holding on to the torches, finally came over, and they were overjoyed when they saw them. Li Chengyin wiped the river water with a cloth towel, changed into clean clothes, and got on his horse.
Li Chengyin said, "Let's bet one more game and run back to the camp from here."
Pei Zhao said: "His Royal Highness has just lost a game, do you want to lose another game today?"
Li Chengyin turned his head with his whip and said with a smile, "That's not necessarily true!"
The torch made his eyes proud, the high-spirited young man rode away, and the stars in the sky were also eclipsed by the pine torches. At that time, he and he both thought that even though the road ahead was difficult and dangerous, all things in the world, together with this world, would not be enough. You can get it if you can.
The first time Pei Zhao saw the Ninth Princess of Xiliang was when Li Chengyin took the pseudonym Gu Xiaowu and lived in the city of Xiliang. Pei Zhao pretended to be a tea merchant to meet Li Chengyin, and happened to meet the nine princesses of Xiliang at the door, but he was wearing a robe often worn by Xiliang people and had a fake beard on his face. The princess thought that He is Gu Xiaowu's friend, so she smiled at him. She hugged a cage with two gerbils in it, and greeted Li Chengyin cheerfully: "Look, look, this is Aba and Axia!"
The two gerbils were very handsome, smooth skinned and fat, like two pieces of dough.
The princess stuffed a bean bean into Li Cheng Yin's hand and said, "You feed them!"
As soon as Li Chengyin stretched out his hand, a gerbil jumped up and put the bean in its mouth. The other gerbil hurriedly squeezed over and tried to take the bean, but because he was too fat, he stumbled. All fours were turned upside down, revealing a pink belly. He was screaming and screaming in a hurry, and his four small claws were scratching in the air, but his chubby body couldn't get up.
The princess laughed out loud, and Li Chengyin couldn't help laughing. The two of them lay head to head in front of the cage. Li Chengyin stretched out his finger to help the gerbil turn over, accidentally poking the gerbil's soft belly. A burst of laughter. For some unknown reason, Pei Zhao suddenly felt his heart sink. The two happy people in front of him always made him feel as if something was wrong.
But Li Cheng Yin didn't notice it at all. After feeding the gerbils, he and the princess went out of the city to ride a horse.
The sky was full of sunset, and the two of them believed in their horses and ran for a while. They sat on the sand dunes and watched the sun gradually go down.
Achnatherum splendens swayed in the shadow of the setting sun, and camel bells were heard in the distant place, which was a caravan passing by. The princess sat on the sand dune with her cheeks raised, pointed at the red cloud, and told Li Chengyin: "A tree by the desert lake, the leaves are as red as the rays of the sun, and the leaves are reflected in the lake, so beautiful Yes! So when I was born, my mother said, "Oh, it's a girl! She was very happy, because the brothers who gave birth to me before were all boys. She felt that she had finally given birth to a girl, and she would definitely give birth to a girl in the future." To be able to wear red clothes, clothes as red as Marchima leaves, reflected in the lake, must be very beautiful. So she named me Malqima. The name of the tree is called Malqi Ma."
The afterglow of the setting sun reflected on her face. Her cheeks were not painted with powder, but they were also glowing red by the rays of the sun. She was sitting on the sand dunes hugging her knees, and even her clothes were dyed red by the rays of the sun. Li Chengyin suddenly thought of it. She really likes to wear red clothes. Every time she comes to see herself, she wears red clothes. Together with the time when he sneaked into Xiliang Wangcheng and ran into her, he couldn't help but think of the red clouds slowly falling by the curtain and the girl's clean back. Her face was red and her ears were red. Fortunately, the sun was shining, and the princess was a person with no scheming, and didn't pay any attention to his strangeness. He looked up at the sunset and said, "We also have a tree in the Central Plains. In autumn, the leaves are as red as the sunset. That tree is called maple."
The princess clapped her hands and smiled and said, "That's great, so, if my name is to use the Central Plains dialect, it should be Feng."
"Our girls in the Central Plains are all called You Niang. It's better for you to be Feng Niang."
"I don't want to be called Feng Niang, it's too ugly." The princess pouted, "I want to be called Xiao Feng, your name is Xiao Wu, and my name is Xiao Feng. This is the right way."
Li Chengyin saw that her eyes were bright and gleaming like gems against the glow of the rays of the sun, and he nodded unconsciously: "Xiaofeng is a good name."
"Then my name is Xiaofeng!" The princess stood up happily and shouted to the sunset, "I have the name of Zhongyuan! My name is Xiaofeng! My name is Xiaofeng..."
Her voice echoed in the vast sea for a long time, the wind blew the gravel, as if it was a harmony.
Li Chengyin was sitting on the sand dune, watching her dancing in the red glow of the sunset, smiling unknowingly.
Pei Zhao originally led Yu Linlang to be stationed under the snow-capped mountains, and would only enter the city every once in a while. On this day, Li Chengyin suddenly rode out of the city and came to the camp. He thought something had happened, but he saw Li Cheng Yin was very annoyed, he took out a gerbil from his arms, and the gerbil lay upright in his palm, motionless.
Pei Zhao was very surprised and couldn't help but called out, "Your Highness." Li Chengyin said, "I didn't pay attention and let Aba slip out of the cage. Who knew that he climbed into the earthen pot and ate too many beans, and he actually Choked to death."
Li Chengyin said, "When I thought about setting up camp, I saw that there were many gerbil holes here, so I took one of them and went back. She probably couldn't see it."
Seeing that this was an unimportant matter, Pei Zhao couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and immediately ordered people to hunt gerbils everywhere. The poor gerbils at the foot of the snow-capped mountains were badly bad, and countless gerbils were dug up in the afternoon, separated according to the size of their coat, and locked in cages for Li Chengyin to choose.
Li Chengyin chose a gerbil that looked exactly like Aba and said with satisfaction, "This is it." He locked the gerbil in a cage and said, "Aba! Don't reveal the stuff, if Xiaofeng calls you, you must remember that you are Aba."
The gerbil just squeaked and screeched, and it didn't matter. Li Chengyin brought the gerbil back home, but Pei Zhao was not at ease. He went to see Li Chengyin in the city the next day. It happened that the ninth princess recognized that the gerbil was not Aba. : "This is not my Aba! Liar! Gu Xiaowu, you are a big liar! I will never pay attention to you again!"
The reed curtain slammed against the earth wall, and there was a "smack" sound, and the princess got angry and beat the horse angrily, ignoring Pei Zhao. Pei Zhao lifted the curtain and entered the room, only to see Li Chengyin sitting at the table, looking at the gerbil in the cage from side to side, but was unhappy: "How did she recognize it? Obviously this gerbil Looks exactly like Abba."
Pei Zhao said, "It's a gerbil she raised by herself, so she can recognize it naturally."
Li Cheng Yin sighed: "It's the first time I've seen her so angry since I met her. How can this be?"
For a few days, the princess was really angry, but Li Cheng Yin was not in a hurry, because there were guards set up by Yulin Lang at the foot of Tiangen Mountain, and there was a caravan from Siam with a juggling team. , Passing through Xiliang these two days, I want to perform juggling and juggling in Wangcheng. It was so lively, he was certain that the princess would definitely not be able to stop coming to see it.
On that day, it was really lively. Nine out of ten merchants stopped in Xiliang to sort out the goods of the camel caravan. There were also some merchants who sold cloth and silk from the east, and went further west. It was bustling with people in and out of the city. As soon as this juggling act started, the gongs and drums were beaten loudly, and there were people watching the excitement on the three floors outside.
The warehouse rented by Li Chengyin, who goes by the pseudonym Gu Xiaowu, is on the main street of Wangcheng. The tea in the Central Plains sells well. There are many people coming and going here. A vendor of tea. The people watching the lively on the street were so stuffed that he knew that there were too many people, so he closed the door of the warehouse and went up to the roof to watch the lively.
Because of the lack of rain, Xiliang's houses are all flat, and racks of tea cakes are hanging on the roof of the warehouse. He glanced at the corner of the roof, and sure enough, he saw the princess among the crowd, and he clapped his hands happily. Because a Siamese man was walking on a rope, and the rope was no bigger than a thumb. The man was still carrying two buckets of water and staggered on the rope. It was rare that not even a drop of water splashed out.