The nine princesses of the East Palace

The days passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was the wedding date of Gu Xiaowu and I.Danchi's wedding customs are solemn and simple. On the day of the wedding, countless fat sheep were slaughtered in a ten-mile camp, and the smell of wine was everywhere.I am Ah Weng's favorite nine princesses, and Gu Xiaowu beheaded the white-eyed wolf king and defeated Heshi. Everyone in Danchi considers him a great hero. We walked through the long red felt in the priest's hymn At that time, countless people blessed us.

Gu Xiaowu wore Danchi's wedding dress, and walked forward holding my hand. We smiled and happily walked to the high platform to worship the gods.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes, and the warriors in front of A Weng's tent rushed in as if facing a formidable enemy, and came to A Weng's front.

The crowd around was still shouting, and it was very lively, but from a distance, I saw A Weng frowning, something must have happened.The priest was still singing the war song, but I had already ignored so much, and ran to A Weng, "A Weng!"

A Weng just smiled and stroked my hair, "It's okay, the Shobo people came here to scold me, A Weng will send troops to send them away."

A Weng called He Shi and his cousin and asked them to lead the troops to set off immediately to teach Shuo Bo soldiers a lesson.

Gu Xiaowu also came over at some point, he saluted Ah Weng with Dan Chi's etiquette, and then said: "A Weng, I also want to go together."

After shooting the bat that day, Ah Weng decided that Gu Xiaowu was my husband-in-law, and asked him to call him "A Weng" just like me.

"You?" A Weng was a little surprised, he stood up and glanced at Gu Xiaowu, "Shuo Bo has an army of [-], they are all good at horseback riding and archery, and the troops are led by experienced generals , although your archery skills are superb, you may not have the opportunity to display them on the battlefield."

Gu Xiaowu said: "There are 5 of them, and Ah Weng will certainly send tens of thousands of elite soldiers to fight. He Shi and General Yi are both brave and good at fighting, and the Shuobo people will definitely not get any benefits. Although I can't fight ten against one, But I have read some art of war since I was a child, so even if it doesn’t help much, it won’t hold me back.”

A Weng hesitated, but did not agree.

At this time, He Shi stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Xiao Wu's arrow skills are good, and there is a saying in the Central Plains that 'capture the thief first, capture the king'. If Xiao Wu can shoot and wound General Shuo Bo, they will definitely mess up their positions and lose their strength." Big injury. I think Xiao Wu can help us."

Only then did Ah Weng agree to Gu Xiaowu's request, and said to him: "Go ahead, take General Na Shuobo's head, and use it as a wedding sacrifice to the gods."

Gu Xiaowu saluted Ah Weng in the Central Plains, "Xiao Wu will definitely do his best."

"Little Five." I called him.I was worried in my heart. I don't like to wait for others. I will panic when I wait.

Gu Xiaowu walked up to me and said to me, "Don't worry, just go for a while."

How can I not worry about it.Seeing that he turned around and walked a few steps away, I quickly chased after him, and hurriedly tied my belt around his waist.

He looked at me, as if he had remembered something, and untied his belt, but before he could remember it for me, the slave had already brought his horse, and his cousin and Heshi had already got on the horse.

I thought he was going to get on the horse too, but he paused for a moment, wrapped the belt around my waist indiscriminately, and smiled at me: "It's okay, wait for me to come back."

It is a wedding ceremony for newcomers to exchange belts. My belt was given to him, and his was given to me. This is the ceremony, and we have officially become husband and wife. Although the belt he tied for me is messy, but I don't dislike it either.

He Shi and his cousin had already called him in front, and before he had time to say anything to me, he got on the horse at once, and I was still tugging on his sleeve, feeling reluctant to let go.

He smiled and stretched out his hand to touch my face. His hand was still as warm as usual, and there were no calluses. He was so good at archery, why there were no calluses?When I was thinking about this question inexplicably, he had already withdrawn his hand.

He rode away, probably knowing that I was still standing here looking at him, and looked back at me several times in the middle, but in the end it was getting farther and farther away, and I couldn't even see the shadow.

The soldiers who went to the battle were all riding horses. Looking at it from a distance, it was dark, and the place they walked was dusty. Many people, like me, were watching them leave.

The sound of stepping on the horse was no longer heard, and the shadow of the army was no longer visible, but I was still standing there blankly. I remembered something, and quickly reached out to tidy up the belt around my waist, otherwise, it would be unlucky if it got loose.

A'Du saw me standing here sadly, and comforted me a few words, telling me not to worry.I also think I don’t need to worry. Although Shuobo has 5 people, Danchi’s Wangzhang also has 10 soldiers, and they are all elite soldiers. Shuobo’s army is exhausted, but Danchi’s soldiers are full of energy. Defeated Shobo's army.

The roast sheep made a "sizzling" sound on the fire, and everyone tasted the mare's milk and fine wine. There were laughter everywhere, and everyone was waiting for the news of victory to come back.

I sat by the fire, thinking about the scene when I parted with Gu Xiaowu. He hadn’t left for a long time, and I started to miss him. He has a bad temper, and he has to be unforgiving. He usually quarrels with me a lot. Suddenly no one quarreled with me, it was really weird, as if something was missing.

Then I thought, after they come back, there will be a song contest at night, Gu Xiaowu can't sing, what should I do?He will definitely make a fool of himself then.

I don't know, there is no song contest anymore.

The waiting time is always long. We waited for two days and there was no news from them.From the original full of anticipation, it became worried.

I touched the belt on my waist, and I couldn't bear to take it off after two days.I don't know how the battle went, whether they were injured or not.

On the third day, there was news from the front that Shuo Bo had retreated, but Dan Chi had also lost many warriors.Even He Shi and his cousin were seriously injured and were brought back.

But, what about Gu Xiaowu?

There is no Gu Xiaowu.He didn't come back.

I asked all the soldiers who returned in triumph, and they all said they couldn't find him.

He Shi said that he might have died, that Shuo Bo's general was killed by him, after he killed the general and took the head, he disappeared, I don't know if he was ambushed or what.

How could he be missing?He already took my belt, and he clearly said he would be back in a while, it's been several days.What should I do if something happens to him?I don't want to be a little widow.

My cousin was in a coma when he was sent back and slept for a whole day before waking up.After my cousin woke up, I went to see him, and he took out something from his arms and handed it to me, "Sister, Xiao Wu gave it to me on the road, and said that if he doesn't come back, I will hand it over to you."

I took it over and saw that it was a jade pendant. I asked Gu Xiaowu, and he said it was a mandarin duck pendant, which was left to him by his deceased mother. He usually wears a pair, and this is one of them.

Holding this jade pendant, I was lost in thought for a long time.

Cousin said: "Sister, Xiao Wu is brave and good at fighting, and killed many enemies on the battlefield. He is so good at martial arts, so nothing will happen."

"Then why hasn't he come back yet? Don't you know I'm waiting for him?" It's fine if he didn't say anything, but when he said it, I felt a sigh of relief, and my eyes couldn't help turning red.

I suddenly thought of the story that Gu Xiaowu told. He said that the son led the army to go to war, and the girl he liked was waiting for him at home. He waited and waited for several years, but what he waited for was the news of the son's death.

Our current situation is very similar to that son and girl.Gu Xiaowu, is he dead too?