The car that drove over happily was stopped by the mother and son at the gate of Qianling Mausoleum. Then they slowly walked back to the courtyard, followed by a wolf and a tiger.
Things in the world are probably like this. When things are not said outright and honestly, they often appear weird and mysterious because of a mysterious veil. But when everything is really revealed and broken into pieces, it will appear strange and mysterious. When it comes out, there isn’t much that can be believed.
This was the case with Wu Mei. Although she had already been mentally prepared, after ten years, when Li Hong spoke out such mysterious and mysterious things in this way, she felt something in her heart at the same time. Some feel like listening to a play.
It's just that this time the play lacks the polish of Yan Lingbin and a larger audience, but it is no longer narrated by Li Hong alone. It has her own soul and character, and perhaps Qianling as well. The silent listener within.
The weather was not very hot, not to mention that when the mother and son were walking on the path in the mountains, it was already sunset, and the blood-like setting sun was slanting low on the other side of the mountain, as if they were an old man in his twilight years. The ending of a story is always somewhat lonely and poignant.
Jinwu guards were standing on both sides of the path. Similarly, the old and aging Xiao Shufei was also standing at the door of the courtyard, with Yiyang and Gaoan who had just arrived a few days ago behind her.
Li Lingyue, Shangguan Wan'er, and Bai Chun were also among them. Everyone's face seemed to have a trace of solemnity, as if everyone knew that Li Hong had something with the Empress Dowager today that others would never understand. secret conversations.
So when people watched the two people leisurely and leisurely, and occasionally pointed at the sunset scenery at the bottom of the mountain, everyone didn't know why, but they all breathed a heavy sigh of relief in their hearts.
No one knows why they are like this, but everyone feels as if something big happened today, a big thing that clears the air.
The courtyard of ten years ago has changed a lot, but what has not changed is the simple and simple style. The courtyard is a little deeper, with falling flowers and flowing water. Compared with the original plants and trees, today's courtyard is more refined and elegant. quiet.
The courtyards in the well-proportioned courtyards are arranged according to their own rules and the topography of Liangshan. Bamboo, as the most abundant plant in Liangshan, can be seen everywhere in the courtyards.
Of course, there are also peonies that Wu Mei loves most, but peonies bloom for one season. When late autumn turns to cold winter, all that can be seen are the flower stalks buried by the remaining flowers of the season, hibernating withered and desolate.
As if there was an extremely tacit understanding, no one asked Li Hong what he had said to his mother today, including Bai Chun. Although she was the person closest to the truth, she did not ask a word. .
The former slave was still a slave now, but she had gone from being one of the tens of thousands of slaves in the Tang Dynasty to becoming the only slave on the verge of extinction.
"The Queen Mother seems to be in a good mood." In the courtyard corridor inside the bamboo forest, the rustling mountain wind was blocked and weakened, and the influence of the mountain wind that could enter the courtyard was reduced by 80 to 90%. This is also the reason why the courtyard has been blocked for ten years. The northwest wind caused large-scale groundbreaking, mountain excavation, and land relocation.
So even in the twelfth lunar month of winter, when the northwest wind rages across the entire Liangshan Mountains, the place is like a heart protected by an invisible umbrella. Only the breeze above the head passes slowly, and there has never been a strong northwest wind.
This is why Li Hong can sit calmly in the bamboo forest, drinking tea and chatting leisurely.
Next to it is the Queen Mother's courtyard, and the courtyard she lives in now did not exist ten years ago. It was built recently. It was planned entirely by the Queen Mother alone. Everything was built according to Wu Mei's wishes.
The two adjacent courtyards were like neighbors in a farm. If Wu Mei poked her head from there, she could attract the arrogant Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
"Of course I'm in a good mood." Li Hong felt like he had a headache. It had been nearly a month since he came here. The car that he drove over happily at the beginning was now a pile of scrap metal. It was not for any other reason but because Long Ma wanted to try it in person. Try the feeling of speed.
So Bai Chun, Xiao Shufei, and Shangguan Wan'er volunteered to be passengers, and then the four of them drove out in the only car in the Tang Dynasty, and then came back panting one by one.
As for the car, it had already met a huge ornamental stone at the foot of the mountain. After all, it did not have the hardness of the ornamental stone and turned into a pile of scrap metal.
Fortunately, no one was injured except for Bai Chun, the unlucky guy whose left hand was broken while protecting Wu Mei.
It took a hundred days to break the muscles and bones, so these days, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was like a couple of ordinary people, serving Bai Chun with food and clothing every day, and even taking a bath was helped by Li Hong.
Now, even Shangguan Wan'er, who had always been indifferent, was jealous of Bai Chun. But when Li Hong whispered in her ear that he would help her take a bath at night, Shangguan Wan'er turned around and ran away.
Then at night, I stared at the bathroom in a daze, until I was surprised to realize that there was someone behind me, until I was suddenly picked up by someone, until I suddenly appeared in the bathroom, and then when I closed my eyes, the clothes on my body... After the pieces were separated from her body, Shangguan Wan'er also liked that feeling.
Li Lingyue's disdain for Shangguan Wan'er is inevitable, especially when Li Lingyue saw Li Hong walking out of Shangguan Wan'er's room refreshed in the morning, she was talking about the adulterer. side.
However, within a few days, she was driven back to Chang'an by Li Hong and was not allowed to live in Liangshan anymore.
Li Lingyue argued hard and even ran to Wu Mei to protest, but Li Hong refused because Liangshan was about to close the mountain. In short, he asked her to disappear from sight immediately and wait until winter to come.
Wu Mei didn't bother to pay attention to the brother and sister bickering like enemies. Even Shangguan Wan'er and Bai Chun, who had a broken arm, didn't bother to pay attention to the brother and sister being nervous.
Wu Mei signaled Bai Chun not to do anything, just sit aside. After all, there was a car accident this time. If Bai Chun hadn't stopped in front of her, she might even have a bigger accident.
Bai Chun was no longer polite, listened to Wu Mei's words, stood far away, and then watched Wu Mei on the left and right following Guan Wan'er, hanging a more exquisite and detailed huge "world" map on the on that wall.
From time to time, Bai Chun would stretch out his intact arm and swing it up and down, signaling that this side should be higher, that side should be lower, or Shangguan Wan'er to move to the right, Queen Mother, please don't move, and so on. Discourse.
Concubine Xiao Shu, along with Yiyang and Gao An, sat aside and drank tea by themselves. The three of them even began to guess whether the tea was new or old.
In Li Hong's view, this map is more accurate for Asia, but it is also relatively speaking. As for other places, especially the direction of the sea, Li Hong himself didn't know whether it was accurate or not. In short, it was still very different from the map in his previous life, but it was also due to the changes of the times.
Li Lingyue muttered that she didn't want to leave, but thinking about the fact that she still had a large family to take care of, the Princess Mansion always had the final say, and it would be unreasonable for her to stay here any longer.
But she was just so angry that Li Hong said that a married woman is like water thrown out, and she has completely forgotten her identity as a princess. Doesn't he know what the prince-in-law means? Doesn't he know that even if he is a married princess, his consort should follow him? Has he lived all these years in vain
He wanted to complain to Wu Mei, but since Wu Mei had the dream of a female emperor, he had no time to care about her at this time. He was too busy to look at his own "kingdom".
He waved his hand impatiently, signaling her to leave quickly and not to stop him from enjoying the "Country and Mountains Picture", so Her Royal Highness Princess Li Lingyue pouted and was pushed out by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
So when Li Lingyue left, she took away an extremely detailed map of Liangshan. In her heart, one day, she would also have a place on this Liangshan.
Today's Tang Dynasty, as Li Hong said in front of Wu Mei every day, is so poor that only money is left. Therefore, even if Wu Mei wants to level Liangshan and build a new mountain, Li Hong will nod and agree without hesitation. of.
So in the following time, Yiyang and Gao'an, who came to Liangshan the most, had their own small courtyards on Liangshan. Although it was not very big, even twice as big as ordinary people's homes, it was still enough. Yiyang and Gao'an were satisfied.
Of course, it is inevitable that Li Hong will cheat him out of money here. After all, Li Hong's name as a vampire is not for nothing.
Wu Mei, apart from walking alone with Li Hong and going to Qianling Mausoleum every day, she would continue to take care of Liangshan, or listen to Li Hong tell her about the past and present life of every inch of the land of China.
Occasionally, Bai Chun would be nearby, but at this time, there were only the three of them in the entire courtyard, and there was at most one wolf and one tiger within a hundred meters.
Jiedu made vassal towns separate, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms brought disaster to the Tang Dynasty, Shi Jingtang lost the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, etc. Wu Mei recorded them one by one, and even marked them on the huge map.
And when Wu Mei heard that in the five thousand years of Chinese history, only the Tang Dynasty had never built even an inch of the Great Wall, Li Hong could really feel Wu Mei's sense of pride.
"Youzhou?" Wu Mei's eyes once again focused on Youzhou, which is adjacent to the East China Sea and is guarding the future of the most powerful nation on the grassland. It is the only fortress that can enter the pass, so Wu Mei had to start thinking. What kind of method can completely solve this future worry.
The Great Wall is by no means a good idea. As long as there are people, no matter what kind of natural chasm it is, it will one day be destroyed by human wisdom.
Just like playing a game, Wu Mei's thoughts are now completely on Youzhou. As for Liangshan and Xianyang, the capital of Qin State, her thoughts are less and less now. Even if she is, she is relieved that Liangshan is not here because of Li. With Hong's arrival, it became noisy.
Walking in that sunny sea of flowers, Wu Mei was most proud of this place. It contained her ten years of hard work and her favorite peonies.
"See? Look over there." Wu Mei looked at Li Hong, who was carrying a gun, and Bai Chun, who had an arm behind him, pointed to the distance and said to Li Hong.
"Qianling?" Li Hong asked doubtfully.
"Yes, that is the final destination of the Queen Mother. Even if the Queen Mother cannot see the most beautiful sea of flowers in the future, she must build the sea of flowers directly opposite the Queen Mother. Now that I know why the Queen Mother spent so much money on you, I must Have you built this sea of flowers here?" Wu Mei looked a little proud, looking at Bai Chun who was wearing an ugly flower basket and said: "Pick the one on your head quickly, my mother will help you make a better one, how can he? That craft.”
"Don't make a sound..." Wu Mei was talking to Bai Chunzheng when she heard a click behind her. The gun on Li Hong's shoulder had been held in his hand at some point, and he was aiming at it at the moment. The depths of the sea of flowers.
"What are you going to do..."
There was a loud "bang", and Ye Qing pulled the trigger of a non-automatic rifle that could rival later generations in terms of precision, accuracy, and range. Then Wu Mei saw a hole in a sea of flowers in the distance with dark thoughts in her mind. The sea of flowers is like a beautiful woman whose face has been disfigured.
"Why are you so prodigal?" Wu Mei angrily raised her leg and kicked Li Hong.
But the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty didn't care at all. He didn't even look back at the queen who kicked him. He ran forward carelessly and laughed loudly: "Queen, let's have roast rabbit for lunch? Have a picnic? How about, finally there is meat.”
"I think you are sick. If you keep doing this, go back to Chang'an. You are not welcome here." Wu Mei was so angry that she had nowhere to vent, because an unfilial son showed no mercy and was neat and tidy there. In the sea of flowers, a dazzling scar was stepped on.
Bai Chun laughed when he saw Wu Mei's helpless look. One person in particular still ignored Wu Mei's warning and plucked the neat, colorful and beautiful flowers, looking for the rabbit he had just killed. .
"Bai Chun, do you see which way you are rolling?" Li Hong, standing deep in the sea of flowers, asked loudly as he looked at Wu Mei and Bai Chun standing on the street in the distance.
"It seems to be a little to the left." Bai Chun responded to Li Hong's question loudly, causing Wu Mei to roll her eyes, and then looked at the beautiful flowers with distress, which were ruined by the unfilial son.
"You are indulging him. If this continues, I have no idea whether this sea of flowers can be saved until the day I die." Wu Mei glanced at Bai Chun helplessly. She saw how Bai Chun had been doing these years. Keep your eyes on your heart.
"Don't worry. Your Majesty cares most about you. However, I think you can issue an order to let Your Majesty personally plant these flowers that have been trampled by him. Anyway, if there is another Autumn has arrived in two months, and when the flowers have faded and the leaves have fallen, it’s a good time for him to do some work." His daughter-in-law Bai Chun came up with an idea in front of Wu Mei, while the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty not far away was already carrying a bag. A rabbit came over here.
But before Li Hong could reach them, the sea of flowers in the distance suddenly began to surge like ripples on a lake.
"What's going on?" Wu Mei put up a pergola with her hands and looked at the swaying sea of flowers in the distance, as if the calm water was hit by a boulder, causing huge waves to spread.
"It's broken, something is really going to happen now." Bai Chun's face turned pale, and he hurriedly waved to Li Hong who was smiling and shouted: "Hurry up and ask Hu Niu and Bai Qi to stop, they are messing around in the sea of flowers." "I must have seen the rabbit in your hand."
"Why Huniu is following Baiqi? Are they following here?" Wu Mei was a little confused, and then her face also turned pale, because just a moment ago, she saw Huniu's calf-like tiger body jumping up , flew for a distance at the top of the sea of flowers, and then fell back into the sea of flowers.
"Hu Niu! I think you don't want to live anymore. Bai Qi, get out of here!" Wu Mei's hands trembled with anger, and she pointed the feather duster in her hand at the sea of flowers that was surging very fast, and shouted loudly.
At this time, after hearing Bai Chun's words, Li Hong reacted, stiffened his expression and smiled guiltily at Wu Mei, whose eyes were burning. Then when he turned around, he saw a huge black shadow rushing toward him, and then The roar of Huniu and the howl of Bai Qi also sounded in his ears.
"Hu Niu, Bai Qi, this is my filial piety to my mother, return it to me." Li Hong, who was thrown to the ground by Huniu, put one hand into Huniu's mouth, and with the other hand, he died Holding Bai Qi's head tightly.
And the rabbit that he shot to death had two more blood holes in his body because of Huniu's fangs. Then just when Huniu was pressing him and he was almost out of breath, Huniu suddenly got up and went to the other side. While running away, Bai Qi, who was held by him, broke away from his arms in an instant and chased in the direction where Huniu ran.
As a result, the sea of flowers was overwhelmed by two pets, Hu Niu and Bai Qi, in an instant.
The flower sea that Wu Mei had carefully taken care of for ten years was completely destroyed because Li Hong crashed the only car in the Tang Dynasty less than a month after arriving in Liangshan!
(End of chapter)