A crow in the desert

Walking along the dirt road on the street, the wind and sand blowing people can hardly open their eyes.Crow has a strong physique and walks steadily, while Agou is a little wobbly, and the sheepskin jacket is also draped over him.

In the howling wind, the crow said, "That's the one I loved."

Ah Gou arched his shoulders, squinted his eyes and said, "What?"

The last two stood under a thick earthen wall, sheltered from the wind and sand, and they could see the lightning flash across the indigo sky.The crow's voice was very soft, as if she was muttering to herself: "She abandoned me. I even hated her when I left her, and felt that I was very pitiful, like a worthless rag. Young enough to feel ashamed to be rejected by a woman."

Agou looked at his silhouette in the night: "At that time?"

"Three months ago."

Agou nodded, people will grow up suddenly at a certain moment.

The crow smiled, and said in a very gentle tone: "Later I realized that love is a very beautiful thing. Loving someone is simply wanting to be nice to her, sharing something delicious with her, and sharing something fun with her." I was also the first to think of her. Those jealousy, possessiveness, and resentment are not love. Although I am not with her, she has made me gentler and more responsible, allowing me to look at the world with kindness."

Agou responded softly: "You are a kind person in the first place."

Crow turned to look at him, and said curiously, "Do you have a woman you like?"

Agou was silent for a while: "In most of the towns here, women account for less than one-tenth. Some shepherds have never seen a young woman in their entire lives."

"Have you seen it?"

"When I was young, my father took me to the market and met a few women who returned to Xinjiang."

"is it beautiful?"

Agou looked at the night in a daze.

The crow suddenly felt a little regretful, and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, don't talk about this."

"No, it's okay, your heart is so kind." Agou hurriedly explained: "I just don't know how to be beautiful."

However, the two were silent for a while, when a bolt of lightning struck, and suddenly it began to rain.In places like the Northwest, there is little rain all year round, so A Gou raised his hands with some joy: "It's raining, and there will be a good harvest next year."

The crow doesn't like rain, so he said with some disinterest, "Go back."

A Gou followed the crow, and he wanted to take off the sheepskin jacket and give it to the crow, but the crow, who loves to be smart and agile, would definitely not like this kind of thing.The raindrops fell silently on the desert, and the wind gradually died down.Agou, who has always been calm, was a little happier because of the rain. He tried his best to follow the crow's footsteps, and his breath was a little disordered: "It is rare to have a rain in the desert for several years."

It rains almost every day in Crow's hometown, he snorted: "I hate rain."

A Gou continued: "The seeds of many plants come with the monsoon and are deposited in the desert for many years. A heavy rain is enough to make them take root, germinate and bloom. I don't know how to judge whether a person is beautiful, but when you open your eyes It should be beautiful to open your eyes and see the desert turning into a sea of ​​colorful flowers.”

The crow opened his eyes wide, blankly imagining the scenery described by Agou, and finally said: "It must be beautiful, can I see it?"

A Gou lowered his eyelids: "I don't know, the old man in the town once said it."

The crow was very disappointed, he quickened his pace and went back: "You are lying. I like the desert, but I hate it here, the food is unpalatable, the bed is hard, there are no women, no music, only bandits, bacon harder than stone, There are corpses all over the street, and most of the men who save money to buy wives besides eating and working.”

The crow stopped suddenly and looked at Agou: "Hey, we met for a while, I think you are younger than me, call me brother, I will take you to see another world."

Standing in the desert under the darkness of night, Agou stood in the desert with the earth wall in the distance as the background. He only hesitated for a second, then shook his head and said numbly: "No, my home is here, and I don't know where to go." go."

The crow expected this result, so he was not disappointed, and just said: "I will leave tomorrow. I will ask the posthouse to bring you the rent and food that I owe."

The crow walked very fast, and he knew that with his own speed, the shop waiter would definitely not be able to keep up.He traveled the rivers and lakes and knew countless people. A Gou was a very ordinary person among the thousands of people he met, but perhaps because he was too ordinary, he had a little pity for him.

When Crow was a child, he raised a mutt, a worthless guy, but he felt pitiful and cute.

When Crow returned to the inn, Agou’s father was wearing a torn coat, smoking a cigarette with sleepy eyes, and asked where Agou had been. dissatisfaction.

The crow thought for a while, and took off the decorative bell on the saber on his waist. The saber was picked up during the last fight with the bandits. The bell was made of copper, but it was worth a few dollars.He put the bell on the table, Agou's father immediately took it and bit it a few times, then shut up.

Crow went upstairs, thinking: "In ten more years, Ah Gou will look like this."

When he left the next day, the weather was fine and there was a little damp smell in the air.Agou prepared a water bottle for him, put a rope through the mouth of the bottle, and hung it around his waist.Then Agou stood at the door of the inn and watched him off.

The crow glanced at him, and then remembered the puppy he had raised, which seemed to be caught by others after running into the street.He was sad for a few days, and he let it go.

"Goodbye." The crow said, "We will meet later, right?"

Agou was as dull as before: "I don't know."

The crow walked east along the official road.Li Yue and his army also walked in that direction last night.

Lan Beibei and Lord Chonghua and their servants are still sleeping upstairs, but those are just insignificant people.Agou rubbed his hands and went to the kitchen. The inside was smoky, and the damp firewood was billowing smoke in the stove. Agou's father cursed while fanning the fire.

Agou said: "I'm going out, you know what to do."

Agou's father glanced at him, nodded and said, "I know."

A Gou walked out of the inn, and walked along the street to a fairly well-off courtyard at the end. Several guards were laughing and laughing with long knives. They were local garrisons, and they were usually loose and lazy. Dozens of prisoners were guarded by them, but they didn't take it seriously.

Seeing Agou approaching, several familiar guards smiled and said, "Boss Agou, have you bought your pockmarked lady?"

A Gou stood timidly in front of them, stretched out his hand to take out his arms, as if he was touching a lice, but what he took out was a piece of white jade pendant, on which was engraved with staggered dragons and his name .

"I am Li Su, the eldest prince of the Loulan Kingdom." A Gou's posture was straight, his eyes were dark, and his tone was calm and rigid: "Open the door and let me go."

Meet under the moon

Li Su led the army to walk for a day, and only slowed down in the evening. His counselor walked side by side with him, pointed to the desert full of sunset ahead and said: "Crossing the Akata Desert is our Loulan. I have taken care of everything, and most of the ministers support you now, as long as we go back, we will hold the enthronement ceremony immediately... Your Highness, are you listening?"

Li Su was in a daze for a moment, but soon came to his senses: "Second brother will come back soon, and a big battle will inevitably happen."

"With all due respect, the Second Highness has the courage of a man, so there is nothing to be afraid of. The Han youth I met in Sanwu before is a genius, but it is a pity that we cannot use it."

Li Su lowered his eyelids: "He? He is not the same kind of person as us."

The counselor continued: "It can't be used by us, it's better..." He cut his throat: "So as not to get in the way."

Li Su frowned: "He's going south, we're going north. The two are not next to each other, what's bothering you? You know how to kill and kill all day long, and you don't have a brain."

The counselor was scolded for no reason, and he was very embarrassed and stood still.Li Su walked forward on his own, and the sky was getting darker and darker. He walked up a sand dune, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and an endless sea of ​​flowers appeared in front of him.Li Su couldn't help but screamed.

The guards behind him thought they were encountering an enemy situation, grabbed their long bows and short arrows and rushed up, and then they were also surprised and speechless: the green grass leaves, golden dandelions, and pink poppies are just like a lake. Slow flow.The lifespan of these flowers is very short. After a whole day of scorching sun, the rhizomes have shown signs of withering and yellowing, and they will probably die tomorrow.

Everyone was amazed and praised, and they didn't return to their tents until after the sun went down.But Li Su went straight to lead the horse, called two bodyguards to go with him, turned around and walked back.He walked very secretly, only a few counselors noticed, and rushed to grab the reins: "Where is your Highness going?"

Li Su sat on the horseback with a sullen face: "I'm dealing with some personal matters, and I'll be back soon."

Those counselors were worried that he was young and impulsive, and they refused to let go: "This is a critical moment of life and death, so I can't take care of my private affairs."

Li Su said angrily: "Why can't I care, I'm the prince, not a puppet." Seeing that all the soldiers were staring at him blankly, he paused, and said in a slow tone, "I'll be back before dawn."

"What if you don't return?" The counselor looked at him closely.

Li Su glanced at this person, thought for a while, and said, "According to the original plan, you are all my good subordinates. I disappeared for more than a year, and you all did a good job. Outsiders thought that Li Yue and I were arguing." It's the throne, actually I don't care about that, you are my kingdom."

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