The five hundred and fortieth chapters of the world of Tao
The geese flew south and flew past the increasingly cool sky.
A figure riding a horse came from a distance in front of the foothills trail. Her eyes turned, and among the yellow forests all over the mountains, there was a remote market located at the foot of Songshan Mountain.
Hongxiu took out his hand, took a map and looked at the markings on it, heading towards the mountain village. Although there were not many houses and courtyards, it seemed that they had been newly built. It was not the time to go to the market, and there were fewer people. A little further forward, the children in the martial arts school shouted horns and concentrated on the flat ground to practice martial arts.
Some children also sat in the bright room and listened to the teacher explaining the martial arts scriptures... Around the loess low walls near and near, there were several children who were not old and could not go to school. They looked inside with their dirty little faces and pursed their lips and looked eagerly. One of the children saw the girl in red dress leading a horse, exclaimed, and pulled her companion barefoot and ran away quickly.
In a hurry, a little girl lying on the wall fell down. On the other side, her skirt raised her feet and put them on the girl's back. She gently raised her toes and pushed her thin body back.
The little girl stood there timidly, holding her ragged horns of clothes, but the girl took the horse's head and did not look at the girl on Bingfrost's face.
A copper bell shaking around the horse's neck.
"The godfather's first new policy has been around, giving many children a way out..."
The autumn wind blew over the withered yellow leaves. The girl in a red dress stood on the wall and looked at the simple schoolyard. She stroked the black hair hanging on her shoulders. Her voice was soft but cold. She turned around and walked away slightly, and went to another direction.
At this mountain market, the girl handed the horse to a keen friend who came up quickly, sat down and took a sip of the hot tea that had been prepared.
"Princess, I've asked you about it. Just in the alley in front, just go in the second door." The thin shop owner as thin as old wood said in a very humble tone.
The girl put down the tea bowl, opened her red lips slightly, and uttered two words: "Very good." Then she looked up at the foggy alley in autumn, got up and walked over, "Take good care of this princess's little rouge."
"yes."
The shopkeeper quickly put down the white handkerchief and called the clerk for a while. When the explanation was finished, the figure there had already gone from the entrance of the alley.
Embroidered shoes with red velvet flowers were stitched on the uneven yellow mud, and the single phoenix golden sachet was hanging around the waist. The girl touched the low and dilapidated courtyard wall, and the yellow mud fell off from it. Opposite was the painted courtyard gate, and a vague voice of a woman came out.
The door was half-closed, and she walked over, her fingers touched the copper ring lightly without pushing it open.
"...Baby, be good... Dad is coming back..."
In the courtyard, there was a slow and hoarse voice as if coaxing a child. The girl was not sure that it was the person she was looking for. She pushed her fingers and a gap appeared on the door leaf, and her eyes spread out from inside. She was a bloated woman sitting under the tree in the courtyard holding a cradle.
The woman looks good, but she looks a little stupid. She wraps a ball of cotton wool together as her own child. The girl is sure to be crazy.
"Not sister...isn't she sitting here?"
While the girl was frowning, a figure in the yard walked into her sight, holding a dustpan in the autumn sun, screening what to choose. The dust floated out, and the foolish woman coughed a few times. She stopped quickly and ran over to help beat her back.
The woman in the yard was wearing a shabby narrow-sleeved shirt, not tall, and her appearance was only ordinary. Her eyebrows were quite similar to that of the girl, but she had a lot of fireworks and her hair was fluffy and messy.
"Sister..." the girl covered her mouth and murmured.
Holding the copper ring with her fingers, she thought about how to face her long-lost sister when she came. With her past longing, she grew up and was able to walk out of the capital alone. After getting the news about her sister, she rushed here without stopping, thinking about how to get along with her sister when she was at the place. Maybe she has already started a family, has children, maybe she is not doing well... etc.
The girl took a deep breath, let go of her fingers, and finally pushed the door open and walked in.
The sound of footsteps came from behind.
A man in a long blue gown came over with a roll of cloth in his arms, stood at the door and stopped, looked around, and soon screams came from the yard.
"Don't steal my child... and give it back to me."
The man immediately pushed the door open and entered. On the roof of the courtyard gate, a ball of red fell down gently, and the red sleeves brushed. The girl looked at the yard, the crazy woman was making a fuss, snatching the ball of cotton, holding it nervously in her arms, hiding under the tree.
The young woman leaned in the man's arms with grievance and sobbed, "I didn't mean to... just wanted to change Sister Su's new one."
"It's okay...it's okay...it's change it while she's asleep." The man comforted the other party and took a roll of cloth he had been holding before. "...I bought it when I came back. You haven't changed your new clothes for a long time. When I go to the market tomorrow, my husband will take it to the market and ask Lao Li to make a new set for you."
A loud noise rang outside.
The man and the woman were stunned for a moment, turned around and looked over. On the open courtyard gate, a gold ingot rolled in on the ground.
....
The girl covered her mouth and suppressed her emotions back to the tea shop. The shopkeeper hurriedly came up: "Princess..."
The other party waved his hand, then took the horse over and turned over, stared at the shopkeeper of the tea shop with the reins, and raised the whip: "Be kind to that family in the future. If it is difficult, I will help you. I will remember it in my heart and will definitely give you a few good words in front of Eunuch Hai."
"Yes, yes." The shopkeeper was so happy that he couldn't stop and bent his waist to send the girl away.
The sun sets, reflecting the red foothills, the girl gallops on a horse for a while, and on the hills, she looks back at the market where she goes away.
When we had not met, she had longed for some pictures.
"Sister, let's live like this ordinary life... Live like this happily..." The girl's eyes were slightly red, and soon tears fell.
She turned over and dismounted and shouted at the market in the sunset.
"Yu Youqing"
"I am Linglong"
I am Linglong... I am Linglong... The voice of this sixteen-year-old girl echoed between the foothills. Soon after, she turned over and left. Perhaps she would occasionally come back to see here.
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The towering Mount Tai is stretching and towering.
Late at night, a man with a birthmark on his face in the tent in the camp was walking back and forth, waved his hand, his temper as if he could not vent, and the armor leaves on his body were shaking and clattering.
"The princess is really... she left quietly without saying hello... It's been a few days, and there has been no news coming back." Yang Zhi stopped and glanced at the adjutant, and the other party quickly lowered his head.
"If something happens, the Lord will definitely peel your skin."
The tall figure, who was angry, held the scabbard and looked at the candlelight on the short table, waved his hand: "Forget it, I'd better go and look for it."
He was about to lift the curtain when an Jinyiwei came in and bowed: "Report to the commander, the princess is back."
There were two slight sounds of relaxation coming from the tent.
"Get back." Yang Zhi kicked the adjutant, turned around and threw the sword in his hand on the knife holder, "I'm resting too, go quickly."
Back at the back of the case, looking at the map of the mountains above, I sighed and stroked my palms.
Chapter completed!