Datang beauty walk

Dodge to the right.So as soon as he came out with the left hammer, the right hammer followed closely behind, and secretly added power to the right hammer.

Unexpectedly, he was thinking here, and Qi Qing was thinking too.Therefore, he didn't expect that when his left hammer hit Qi Qing, Qi Qing squatted down, and then came towards him with a sweeping leg.

Wu Peng hurriedly avoided Qi Qing's sweep, but before he could stand still, Qi Qing, who had already stood up, kicked him under his left rib.But Wu Peng has already focused most of his strength on the right side of his body and the right hammer. After Qi Qing avoided his attack, he added another kick, which not only made his previous hammer miss, but also damaged his body. He leaned to the right.The distribution of his left and right strength was unbalanced, and he could no longer pull his fallen body back to the vertical position, so he fell heavily on the ground all at once.

Qi Qing took a step forward, put his sword against Wu Peng's throat, and said lightly:

"You are too vicious!"

By now, most of Wu Peng's subordinates outside have been killed by the princess's subordinates. The princess walked to the entrance of the hall and said:

"Wu Peng has been captured by us, are you still not stopping?"

The rest of the people, seeing their leader Wu Peng being captured, all fled in the blink of an eye.Two men under the princess, who were near the gate of the palace, ran into the palace to hold Wu Peng down, and took out ropes to bind him.

At this time, Qi Qing took back his sword, turned around and walked out of the palace gate, Princess Pingyang hurriedly followed, and shouted:

"Woman, thank you for saving me just now! Please leave your name and report with a picture!"

However, Qi Qing continued to walk outside the temple gate as if he didn't hear her.

"Your Highness, why is she..." A female attendant beside the princess said with some dissatisfaction.

"Zhang Yong, Han Liu, you two follow her, find out her details, and then report to me." The princess said.

The two men who held Wu Peng down just now, heard the princess's words, came over and promised, and took the order to go.

Wu Peng has been tied up, and the two women who went outside to chase those thieves also returned to the temple.That Ziqiang pulled Wu Peng and asked:

"Your Highness, how will he deal with it?"

The princess looked at Wu Peng who was still cursing, and said:

"Although this person has courage, if he doesn't use it for me, he will have endless troubles in the future, so he should push it outside the temple and deal with it!"

After hearing this, Ziqiang pushed Wu Peng out of the temple with the two women, and found a place far away from the temple, where Wu Peng died.Poor Wu Peng is full of strength, incomparably powerful, unstoppable, but lost to a little girl, under half a move, wouldn't it be injustice, pain, and sorrow?

☆, cliff jumping

The next day, after the sun rose, Zhang Yong, who was ordered by Princess Pingyang to inquire about Qiqing's details, returned.

"How is it? Did you understand?" Princess Pingyang, dressed in simple clothes, asked.

"Reporting to Your Highness, Han Liu and I have been following since yesterday evening, and we don't know where the woman is from, and I'm afraid that Your Highness will wait for you for a long time, so I will come back first." Zhang Yong said wearily.

After hearing this, the princess turned around, turned her hands behind her back, looked at the statue and said:

"Didn't find out? Then what have you been doing all night?"

"Returning to Your Highness, since the woman left the temple, Han Liu and I have followed her far away. However, she stopped and stopped on the mountain road without doing anything. After dark, she leaned against a tree She didn't get up under the tree, and Han Liu and I sat under a tree not far from her, resting and watching.

We woke up this morning and didn’t see the woman. We thought we had lost our footing, but after seeing her drinking a few sips of water by a stream, we climbed to the top of the mountain, sat on a big rock, and did nothing.I asked Han Liu to guard there, and I will come back first to ask you for instructions. "

Zhang Yong told the princess what had happened, and waited for the princess to speak.

"Is she not going anywhere, but wandering in the mountains?" the princess asked after thinking for a while, "How far is it from here?"

"It's about half an hour less." Zhang Yong replied.

"You lead the way." The princess turned and left.

A group of people left the mountain temple with the princess and went straight to the top of another mountain where Qiqing was. Zhang Yong said while walking:

"Your Highness, I think this woman is very strange. We already have many talented people in our military camp. I'm afraid she is not the talent your Highness wants. Why should Your Highness delay the return date because of her?"

Princess Pingyang, who was supposed to be on the road after dawn, was not in a hurry to go, but she went out of the temple gate to find a strange country girl. Zhang Yong and others couldn't understand it. They advised the princess:

"Your Highness, there are already a lot of talents in our female army camp, and the woman is just a daughter of an ordinary family from the looks of her clothes. She was able to win against Wu Peng. It may be that Wu Peng was careless and made a mistake accidentally, so that the woman Occasionally, she wins by luck. Besides, she is very arrogant and disrespectful to Your Highness, we don't deserve to delay our return date because of such a country girl who behaves strangely."

As the princess led the horse forward, she said:

"Her martial arts is high and she is agile, I have seen it with my own eyes, and even though this woman is less than twenty years old, she has the courage to jump out to fight Wu Peng. Such a person is exactly what our army of women wants to recruit, not to mention My father was not long after the founding of the country, and urgently needs such a talent. As for her strange behavior, maybe there is something hidden behind her, how can she be discarded because of a little flaw in her?"

The crowd followed the princess and tied their mounts to the trees beside the mountain road, then climbed to the top of the mountain, hid behind the pine rocks and watched Qiqing's Han Liu, saw the princess and the others coming up, ran over and said:

"Your Highness."

The princess looked at Qi Qing who was not far ahead, and asked:

"Has she been here all this time?"

"Yes, she has been here for more than an hour, Your Highness..."

Han Liu wanted to say more, Princess Pingyang waved her hand to signal him not to speak, and then the princess continued to walk towards Qiqing.Princess Pingyang and the others had just walked a few steps away, and before they reached Qiqing, they suddenly saw Qiqing standing up from the big rock she was sitting on.

Qiqing stared ahead, walked forward step by step, and reached the highest point of the mountain. There was no way in front of her, and there was an abyss under her feet.

"No, she's going to jump off the cliff!" The princess lost her voice.

As soon as the princess' words came out, before the others had time to react, Wang Ziqiang flew forward and rushed towards Qiqing.

But he was still a step too late, Qi Qing was already standing on the edge of the cliff, but saw her body leaning forward and still jumping off.

Just when everyone was disappointed, Wang Ziqiang, who was behind Qiqing, tried his best to flick the horsewhip in his hand forward. Under the control of his strength, the horsewhip wrapped around one of Qiqing's arms.However, Wang Ziqiang was pulled by the force of Qiqing's fall, and he also rushed to the edge of the cliff, and everyone behind was shocked again.

Wang Ziqiang, who was about to fall off the cliff, was in a hurry and used his other hand to grab a protruding rock beside him, stopping his falling momentum.Taking advantage of this opportunity, other people rushed over, grabbed Qi Qing's arm, and hurriedly dragged her up.

Qi Qing sat on the ground, looking up at the people who saved her numbly.

"Senpai, what can't you think about to go this way?" the princess said.

Qi Qing glanced at the young princess in her 20s in front of her, then lowered her head, said with a wry smile:

"I didn't expect that I would bring you here. I have lost my dearest person, and being alive means nothing to me. Why do you bother to save me?"

The princess squatted down, held Qiqing's shoulders, and said:

"What happened to your relatives? Can you tell me?"

Qiqing's eyes were moist, and she said sadly:

"23 days ago, she was captured by robbers!"

"Since the robbers captured him, why did you commit suicide if you didn't save him?" Wang Ziqiang, who had already stood up, put away his riding whip and interjected.

The princess looked at Qiqing's painful and emaciated appearance, and then asked:

"He was captured more than 20 days ago, how is he now?"

"I was injured when I went to rescue Danniang. When I went again, the place had been eradicated by the government army, and the cottage had been burned down. I couldn't find her."

"Is the cottage far from here? Are the officers and soldiers you're talking about our Tang army? If the bandits have been wiped out, your relatives may also be rescued, so why do you commit suicide?" the princess asked again.

"I've been looking for her for half a month, but I can't find her. I think she has been killed by bandits!" Qi Qing finally shed tears as she spoke.

"Before seeing the dead body, you can't be sure that your relatives have been killed. If your relatives are still alive, and you die like this, wouldn't it be a pity?" the princess said.

"If the bandits were wiped out by His Highness King Qin's army, it would be easier to find them," Wang Ziqiang said again.

"Well, I'll write a letter to my younger brother, King Qin, and ask him to send someone to investigate, maybe we can find out the whereabouts of your relatives." The princess said, La Qi cleared up.

After hearing the persuasion of the princess and the others, Qi Qing seemed to see a little hope, so she nodded.Seeing that she agreed, the princess added:

"Follow me first, and wait for news from my younger brother King Qin."

Qiqing nodded again.Princess Pingyang then wrote a letter on the spot and sent Han Liu to deliver it to King Qin.

After seeing the letter from Princess Pingyang, the King of Qin immediately called Li Zhen, the general who was in charge of the attack on the mountain to clear the bandits. Check the names of women who went down the mountain that day, and there is no woman named Chen Danniang.

In fact, when the Japanese general Li Zhen attacked the mountain, Zhou Zhongxian, who was cooperating with Li Zhenli, sneaked back to the cave where Danniang was with several of his men when Zhang Qiang led people out to fight against the Tang army, and killed the man at the entrance of the cave. Two minions guarding Danniang took Danniang out of the Black Dragon Village and went to a safe place.Then Zhou Zhongxian led Danniang away from Baiwa Mountain after finishing his own affairs.However, Danniang returned to Qixian Village, but did not find Qiqing.

And before that, when Qin Wang Li Shimin led the army to the territory of Henan, Zhou Zhongxian, who was at home with leisure and no official job, made a special trip to visit Li Zhen, the general of Qin Wang, hoping that Li Zhen would introduce him in front of Qin Wang.Li Zhen and Zhou Zhongxian once knew each other and knew that he was also a well-educated man. After meeting Zhou Zhongxian, Li Zhen temporarily asked Zhou Zhongxian to be a counselor before his army to work for him. He wanted to recommend Zhou Zhongxian to the King Qin.

Soon, Li Zhen was ordered by the King of Qin to be responsible for eliminating the small remnants of the Sui Dynasty that existed near Luoyang City, as well as the less powerful bandits on some small hills within the radius.After Zhou Zhongxian heard about it, he recommended himself to Li Zhen. He was going to persuade Zhang Qiang from Heilongzhai in Baiwa Mountain to surrender to the Tang army and make a contribution first.

When the Tang army attacked the mountain, Zhou Zhongxian had already rescued Danniang and left Heilongzhai.Therefore, when the soldiers wiped out the bandits and counted the names of the women who were robbed that day, no one knew about Tanniang.

Later, just ten days after Heilongzhai was wiped out, Zhou Zhongxian went to Chang'an because of King Qin's recommendation to the court, so he was not included in King Qin's investigation, and no one knew about Danniang.

☆, embroidery girl

After Danniang was rescued from Heilongzhai by Zhou Zhongxian, she went to Qixian Village's home twice, but she didn't see Qiqing, and she didn't know where Qiqing was going.There are many reasons for this -

Danniang came back to the village twice, both in Zhou Zhongxian's carriage. When she arrived in the village, few people saw her. This is one of them.Second, when Danniang came to the village for the second time, there were four or five people in the village before, and they all saw Qiqing and went back to the village to look for her, but those who had seen Qiqing all went to the field on the day Danniang went to the village She went, but she didn't hear about Qi Qing.

Thirdly, Qiqing went back to the village to look for Danniang's whereabouts, because no one in the village saw Danniang—the third aunt of Cuizhu saw her, but the third aunt died within a few days, and the other aunt who Danniang saw She was alone, but Qiqing didn't find out where she was going—so Qiqing didn't know that Tanniang had come to look for her.

Later, the person Zhou Zhongxian sent to inquire also found out that Qiqing had appeared in the village after she was here, but they didn't know where she went.

But at the beginning, Danniang hadn't escaped in Heilongzhai, when Qiqing went to rescue her, he was injured by bandits in Heilongzhai.Qiqing, who was injured in many places, lived in a farmer's house at the foot of the mountain. The wound on her back festered, pus did not heal, and she continued to have a high fever.She will be raised for eight days, and when her injuries get better, when she goes to the Black Dragon Village, Danniang is no longer on the mountain.

Qiqing searched all the caves on the mountain, and the nearby hilltops, but did not find Danniang.When she heard people say that the woman captured by bandits was rescued and released by the army, she hurried home again, but how could there be any sign of Tanniang?Ask others, but can't find anything.

Qiqing then ran to the Baiwa Mountain area again, looking for Danniang day and night, until Princess Pingyang comforted her, and she had some hope.

In the Shanshen Temple, Qi Qing, who was waiting for the news wholeheartedly, heard Han Liu who came back say that she hadn't found anything about Dan Niang, her heart sank again.Princess Pingyang called Han Liu and the others back, walked up to Qiqing, and persuaded her:

"Even if you can't find out about it for the time being, you still have to look for it slowly with hope. Maybe your relatives are also inquiring about you somewhere!"

Qiqing was very hurt. After hearing what the princess said, she thought of her father again. Since her father went out, he doesn't know where he has gone.After jumping over the cliff once, she suddenly thought: How could she abandon her father to die? ——she couldn't possibly die again.

Besides, Princess Pingyang and her party had already stayed here for a day for her own sake, so she felt that it was unreasonable to seek life and death.

So, even though she thought that Tanniang was in danger and that the chances of her survival were low, she still kept a little hope that Tanniang was still alive, and followed Princess Pingyang to the princess's camp in the north of Shanxi.

But Danniang couldn't find Qiqing and their father and daughter, so she had no choice but to go to Chang'an with Zhou Zhongxian.

Zhou Zhongxian promised Danniang that he would send someone to Qixian Village outside Luoyang City to inquire about Qiqing and Lu Xiaotian.In the past two years, the people sent there could not find any news about Lu's father and daughter.However, as time passed, Zhou Zhongxian no longer cared about this matter.

Time flies, more than five years have passed in a blink of an eye, Zhou Zhongxian was recommended by the King of Qin and General Li Zhen, his official rank was promoted year by year, and he sat at the position of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and he was like a fish in water in the officialdom.

Danniang lives in the backyard of Zhou Zhongxian's house, and she never leaves her body every day.Zhou Zhongxian expressed several times that he wanted to marry her, but Tanniang always politely refused.

Although Zhou Zhongxian has always treated Danniang with courtesy, he entered Danniang's room after being drunk once, intending to force her.In a panic, Danniang pushed the drunk Zhou Zhongxian away, and asked him:

"What's the difference between this and those robbers in Heilongzhai? Why not die in Heilongzhai that day!"

After hearing this, Zhou Zhongxian was half sober, turned around and left the room, after that, he never mentioned the matter of marrying her again.

Danniang told Zhou Zhongxian that she would use her own hands to repay him for saving his life and take good care of the two young children left by his deceased wife.In the blink of an eye, Danniang has spent five years at Zhou Zhongxian's house.

One day, Zhou Zhongxian and all the officials went to celebrate the birthday of a court minister.At the birthday banquet, Princess Pingyang, who went with all the officials, asked him with great interest:

"My lord Zhou, I see that the robe you are wearing is exquisitely crafted and the pattern embroidered on it is bright and lifelike. Compared with the robes worn by other adults, it fits better. I wonder which Qiaoniang made it? "

"That's right! The clothes we wear are similar to those of Mr. Zhou, but the robes worn by Mr. Zhou look much better than ours. Who made them? Mr. Zhou, you Tell me!" The officer next to him hurriedly answered.

"To tell you the truth, Your Majesty, there is indeed a embroiderer in the lower official's mansion, and she sews the robes worn by the lower official and the usual clothes of the elders and children in the mansion."

"No wonder Mr. Zhou's face is flushed, so it's Jinwu Zangjiao!"

The officials sitting next to him laughed loudly when they heard this.

"Where! Where!" Zhou Zhongxian replied a little embarrassingly, took the wine cup, saluted the colleague next to him, and drank it up by himself.

"If Mr. Zhou is willing, let the embroiderer also embroider a shirt for me?" The princess asked with a smile.

"I'm so lucky to be an official!" Zhou Zhongxian responded quickly after hearing this.

Then, Zhou Zhongxian, who returned home, told Danniang what the princess had said, and Danniang was a little nervous when she heard that she was asked to embroider clothes for the princess.

"It's okay, Princess Pingyang will be satisfied with the clothes you embroidered." Zhou Zhongxian comforted her.

The next day, Zhou Zhongxian took Danniang to the residence of Princess Pingyang in Yongxingfang.The maid at the princess' mansion led Danniang to the dressing room.

The female officer in the dressing room gave Danniang the size of Princess Pingyang, and handed her half a bolt of high-quality silk and a few turns of colored thread.The female officer didn't set a deadline for her, but only said that it could be delivered at any time when it was ready.

Regarding the matter of the princess, Danniang didn't dare to be negligent, and after returning home, she stayed up for four or five nights before sewing and embroidering the clothes.After Danniang sewed the clothes, Zhou Zhongxian delivered the clothes to the princess himself.

More than ten days later, the princess sent someone to send a message to Zhou Zhongxian: Ask his embroiderer to embroider some patterns on a robe that he gave her.Zhou Zhongxian was busy at the government office for the past two days and couldn't get away, so he sent his family to accompany Danniang to the princess mansion.

Accompanied by the servants and housekeepers of the Zhou Mansion, Danniang went to the Princess Mansion for the second time.When she came to the Siyi room, the female officer she saw was the same woman she saw last time. The female officer said to Dan Niang:

"Chen Xiuniang, the princess liked the clothes you embroidered last time. It fits the princess very well. The princess said she would like to see you when she has time!"

The female official who was in charge of the clothes room took the clothes that the princess had embroidered for her by Tanniang again, and said:

"The princess asked you to embroider two crabapple flowers on this dress. The princess is in a hurry. Can you make it in two days?"

"It can be embroidered in one day, can you send it over the next morning?" Dan Niang said.

"it is good."

The female officer wrapped the princess' clothes together with the silk thread and handed them to Tanniang.Tanniang took the package and saluted the female officer farewell.

"You are done, the princess will reward you." The female officer said again when she sent Danniang out.

After the clothes were ready last time, the princess specially sent someone to send a box of food to Tanniang as a reward. They were all the meals in the princess mansion that outsiders could hardly eat: a plate of finely sliced ​​steamed mutton, two small altars of fish pickles, a Serve Crabmeat Yulu Soup.Dan Niang respectfully presented those exquisite delicacies to Zhou Zhongxian's parents to taste first, and finally she tasted a little bit herself. ——It is true that the princess's reward is generous.

☆, sue

Danniang came out of the Siyi room and walked on the bluestone road leading to the gate of the princess mansion, watching the flowers blooming in the large and small flower beds on both sides of the path.

She saw two heroic generals walking side by side from the front, a man and a woman, talking to each other.

Danniang was walking in the middle of the road at this time, and when she saw two people walking towards her, she moved to the side of the path, and made way for them first.And when she was about to pass by them, her feet froze and her heart trembled slightly.

She turned her head involuntarily, and saw that the man also stopped, and turned to look at her, but she couldn't cry out for a moment, and Tanniang saw that her eyes were full of tears.

After more than five years, her figure has grown a few inches taller, and her eyebrows have become more handsome. Her hair is tied on the top of her head, and she wears a small hair crown; A semicircular jade pendant is tied on the sash; a long sword with a sheath is held in his hand.

"Qiqing!" Dan Niang said.

Qiqing approached her, leaned over and hugged her tightly, crying and saying:

"I thought... I'd never see you again!"

"Me too!" Dan Niang also shed tears.

Qiqing wiped away tears with his sleeve, let go of Danniang, turned around and said to the man next to him:

"Ziqiang, you go to see the princess first."

"Okay." Wang Ziqiang turned and left.

"Dan Niang, why are you here?" Qi Qing asked impatiently.

"The princess asked me to embroider some patterns on her clothes, and I'll come and get her clothes."

"Have you seen the princess?" Qi Qing asked in surprise.

"No, I just came out of the locker room."

"Oh."

"Have you been in Chang'an?" Danniang asked Qiqing.

"No, I only came to Chang'an with the princess a year ago. This time I came to Chang'an for a little over two months. Daniang, wait for me here. I'll come back when I see the princess?"

Seeing Danniang nodding her head, Qiqing hurried to the princess' meeting room.After a while, she ran back again, and called "Tan Niang" when she came to her.

The two walked out of the princess mansion together. Qiqing asked Danniang where she lived now, and Danniang told her that she had been living in Mr. Zhou Zhongxian Zhou's mansion all these years.After leaving the gate of the Princess Mansion, the housekeeper of the Zhou Mansion saw Danniang, walked over and asked:

"You came out? Are you going back now?"

"Dan Niang, my residence is not far from here, why don't you go to my place?" Qi Qing said hastily.

"You go back first, Mr. Zhou comes back and tells him that I will go back later." Dan Niang said to the housekeeper.

The male and female servants of the Zhou family left, Qiqing took his horse from the tethering post, walked up to Danniang, and said:

"Tan Niang, shall we ride back?"

Danniang looked at Qiqing's horse and said with a embarrassed face:

"I can't ride a horse."

"Don't be afraid, this horse is very docile..."

As Qiqing said, he brought Mara close to Tanniang, and asked Tanniang to step forward and step on the stirrups, while she stood beside Tanniang, holding Tanniang's arm with one hand, and lifting her up from behind Tanniang with the other hand , and helped Tanniang onto the saddle.Seeing that Danniang was sitting firmly on the horse's back, Qiqing held the reins, pressed the horse's back with his hand, jumped lightly, and sat behind Danniang, and then she patted her feet on the horse's belly, and the horse stabilized walk up.

Qiqing stepped on the back of the horse, and kept a fist distance between her and Danniang's waist. Danniang sat in front and blocked her view. When she looked forward from behind, she first saw Danniang's beautiful hair neck.

Danniang gained a little weight than before, and the skin on her cheeks and neck became whiter and more moist.When Qiqing saw Danniang's icy muscle and bone-like neck, she suddenly became a little dazed. Suddenly, the veins in her whole body became hot, and her breath felt a little tight. Her heart moved again. How much she thought...how much she I want to lean over and hug this lovely person in front of me deeply.

But her whole body immediately cooled down again. She felt how disgraceful her expression was just now, and she even felt a little despicable, because behind Danniang's back, without Danniang's knowledge, she actually stared at her neck Preoccupied.

So she straightened her body back, distanced herself from Tanniang, and turned her head slightly, her eyes only looking at the road ahead.Although she deliberately stopped going to see Danniang, the orchid-like fragrance from Danniang, who was so close to her, still made her a little confused, and her heart was still a little turbulent.

Danniang was a little scared when she first sat on the horse, but seeing that she was very stable on the horseback, she was no longer afraid.

"How is Uncle Lu?" Tanniang asked after riding the horse for a while.

After Danniang asked, Qiqing didn't answer her immediately. It wasn't until the horse took seven or eight steps that Qiqing said:

"I haven't seen him, I don't know if he is still in this world."

Danniang turned her head away to look at Qi Qing in surprise, but then she turned her head back because she felt that her face was too close to Qi Qing's.Even so, she still caught the sadness in Qiqing's eyes.

"Maybe, Uncle Lu is also looking for us."

"If he looks for it, he should wait for us at home!"

"Didn't you stay at home too?" Tanniang wanted to comfort her.

"At that time, I was penniless, and the princess promised me to help me find you."

Qiqing led Danniang on a red-brown horse and walked towards her own residence for about a quarter of an hour. Before she walked out of the main street, she suddenly heard shouts coming from the front.

Qi Qing looked from the horseback, and saw a woman rushing to this side in a hurry to push through the crowd, and after that, four or five men dressed as servants followed closely.

Qiqing took the horse, and when the woman ran up to her horse, she jumped off the horse, pulled the woman with the maid's hair bun behind her, and blocked the five men who were chasing the woman. arched his hands and said:

"Everyone, for some reason, do you want to chase her?"

The woman was out of breath from running, and when she saw someone coming forward to block her pursuers, she temporarily hid behind Qiqing, and a leading man who was chasing her looked at Qiqing and said:

"I said, don't mind your own business. We are the servants of Mr. Pei's house, and she is the maid of Mr. Pei's family. Our Mr. Xiang fell in love with her and wanted to take her as a concubine, but she didn't know what to do and ran out , we are going to take her back."

At this time, a government servant patrolling the street knew Qiqing, so he came over and said:

"General Lu, since this woman is a servant girl of the Pei family, it is understandable according to the law that she escaped and brought her back. Besides, Prime Minister Pei is a celebrity in front of the emperor, so I advise the general not to interfere in this matter!"

After hearing this person's kind advice, Qi Qing turned to look at the woman behind her, only to see that woman was trembling slightly from nervousness, looking at her beggingly.

Qiqing turned his head and said to Pei's family slave:

"Everyone, as the saying goes, twisted melons are not sweet. Since this girl doesn't want to be the prime minister's concubine, in my opinion, please raise your hands and let her go!"

"Heh! To put it lightly, you think you are the empress of the emperor, so you can let go as soon as you say it? Aren't you just a general in front of Princess Pingyang? You are still a woman, and dare to take care of our family affairs in Pei's house. I am really impatient! "

"General Lu, don't make trouble, don't make trouble!" The street patrol officer next to him said worriedly.

Dan Niang held the mane tightly on the horse and looked at Qi Qing.

At this moment, Qiqing's eyebrows and eyes revealed a cold and majestic air, and she said:

"Although she is Xiangye's servant girl, this woman is so unwilling to be a concubine, and you want to take her back so forcefully, don't you treat her as a human being? I have encountered this matter, how can I stand idly by? "

Seeing that she was nosy, the servants of Pei's family grinned their teeth angrily, and several hula came up to snatch the woman.

Qi Qing stood in front of the woman, without drawing his sword, and with a few punches, these servants of the Pei family who rushed over were beaten to death, and all of them fled with blue noses and swollen eyes.

After those house slaves ran back to Pei's mansion and reported the truth to Mr. Pei, the old man was so angry that he blew his beard and stared.The next day, he entered the palace, sued Qiqing to the emperor, and listed various crimes against Qiqing, such as lawlessness, crimes committed by subordinates, interference in other people's family affairs, private release of people, etc., and asked the emperor to punish him fairly.

When the emperor heard this, he was furious, and sent his servants to the Princess Pingyang's mansion to question the princess, and ordered Qiqing to punish her.

The princess called Qiqing to inquire in front of her. After understanding the matter, the princess went to the palace to meet the emperor in person.

After Princess Pingyang entered the palace and saw the emperor, she first pleaded guilty to the emperor on Qiqing's behalf, and then the princess appealed to the emperor that it was time for the court to employ people. An important go-getter who guards the pass and sends troops to fight, asks the emperor to forgive this time.The princess judged the situation and explained the advantages and disadvantages to her father. Seeing that the anger on the emperor's face gradually subsided, the princess told the emperor about the achievements that Qi Qing had made while guarding the border with her.

After listening to Princess Pingyang's narration, the emperor's anger disappeared, and he sent his servants to Pei's mansion, invited Mr. Pei to the inner court, and said kindly:

"...Isn't it just a concubine? I just sent you a few court ladies, Ai Qing doesn't have to worry about this matter, come, play chess with me again!..."

Therefore, because of the emperor's persuasion, Pei Xiangye let Qi Qing go, and did not pursue the matter any more.

After Qiqing rescued the woman, he sent her for a walk, seeing that she was indeed safe, and then stepped on the horse.After riding for a while, Tanniang asked:

"We shouldn't be in charge of this kind of thing. Why did you force yourself just now?"

Qi Qing held the rein, looked ahead, and said calmly:

"I'm sure, if this woman returns to Pei's residence, she will definitely die."

Tanniang didn't say anything to her anymore.

After riding the horse for another period of time, they arrived at Qiqing's residence. After putting Danniang off the horse smoothly, Qiqing led the horse and went to knock on the door.

Not long after, the door opened, and a middle-aged woman in plain clothes appeared at the door, saying: "Miss Lu, you came back so early? I just fell asleep..." She saw Dan Niang, and said: " This girl is...?"

"Mother Sun, this is Tanniang——Tanniang, this is my grandma."

"Mother Sun." Dan Niang looked at the woman inside the door and called out.

"Girl, please come in!" Sun Ma hurriedly stepped forward to invite her.

☆, say goodbye

After entering the door, Qiqing led her horse to the stable on the left side of the courtyard.Danniang followed Madam Sun into the second gate and entered the courtyard. Danniang raised her eyes and looked around—this is a small house, much smaller than the home in Qixian Village outside Luoyang City. There are three main rooms, the doors and windows are open; there is a side room on the east and west sides, and a small kitchen room connected to the east side room, which has a double window facing the courtyard.

There is a plum tree with crooked branches in the courtyard. It is past the flowering season, and the leaves are in full bloom.There is a round stone table under the plum tree, and there are two stone piers beside it.Between the rectangular stone bricks in the yard, clusters of weeds protruded, green and green.

Grandma Sun invited Danniang into the house, Danniang nodded and smiled at Sunma's invitation, and then walked to the main room.The attentive Sun Ma took a quick step, stepped forward and raised the bamboo curtain of the door, letting Danniang into the room.

In the room, facing the door and against the wall, there is a table with high legs. On the left side of the table, there is a maroon red couch for two people. There is a small square table in the middle of the couch.Behind the couch is a deep bedroom, with a couch and a lacquer-painted six-panel screen.A light red curtain hung between the bedroom and the couch to separate it from the hooks on the two wall posts. When it was lowered from the hooks, the bedroom was separated.

Then I turned my head to look at the right side, and saw a tall red lacquered loom conspicuously placed under the right window. Miscellaneous wool mattresses.The sun was shining on the mattress, and the red and yellow fur on it could be seen standing up and fluffy.

The shelf is new, and there is no cloth, no warp and weft on it.Tanniang stared at the loom for a long time before turning her gaze elsewhere.

There is a sword hanging on the wall pillar opposite the right window, and Danniang recognizes that it is the old sword that Qiqing used before.Hanging on the same wall as the sword, there is also a middle hall calligraphy and painting in the middle above the table case, on which a light dust has fallen.

"Miss, please sit down, I'll serve tea!" Seeing Danniang standing still after entering the room, Mama Sun followed Danniang's gaze and said.

"Hey!" Danniang agreed, and sat on the soft couch near the door.

Qiqing came in and sat on the other side of Tanniang, and asked:

"Tanniang, how have you been all these years?"

Dan Niang did not answer, but instead asked her:

"What happened to your wound? Where did it go?"

"Oh, I hurt my arm and back at that time. I healed my injuries, and when I went to you again, the mountain had been cleared. How did you know I was injured?"

"I heard it when you came to rescue me, and later I heard that you were injured and left."

"I couldn't find you everywhere at that time. How did you get to Chang'an?"

"It was Mr. Zhou Zhongxian who saved me. I was robbed to meet Mr. Zhou on the mountain. Five days after you left, the bandits on the mountain were wiped out by Mr. Zhou and the Tang army. I didn't find you when I got home. Later Master Zhou wanted to go back to Chang'an, so I also went to Chang'an together."

Sun Ma made some tea and said:

"Girl, drink tea!"

"Thank grandma!"

"Mother Sun, go get busy." Qi Qing said.

Grandma Sun agreed and went out.

"Why did you enlist in the army?" Danniang asked, looking at Qi Qing's clothes.

"At that time, I met Princess Pingyang in Beishan outside Luoyang City. At that time, I had nowhere to go, so I followed