Love Like The Galaxy.

Chapter 171

Shao Gong was powerless to resist his sister's decision, so the group of horses hurried off the official road while it was still dark and no one was around, either leading a horse or carrying a cart, one foot high and one low foot stepping on the hard ravines. On the ground, and find a hidden corner to set up camp before dark. That night everyone dared not make a fire, so they had to feed their hunger with spring water and dry food. Fortunately, the weather was neither too hot nor too cold at this time, even if there was no bonfire, it would not be difficult to resist the cold. A felt blanket was enough for the night.

Shao Shang asked the guards to keep watch in shifts, and ordered his maids to dye spices to drive away mosquitoes, rats, ants, and so on until dawn. In the dark night, Shao Gong looked at his sister's calm instructions, and suddenly said, "Did Huo Budo teach you all of this?" - Mrs. Xiao definitely didn't teach you, and Dad Cheng didn't have the time to teach, so there was only that one left. people.

Shaoshang's figure froze, but he didn't turn his head: "...Can't I learn it by myself?"

Ye Feng whistle swept across the empty field, silent and cold. Except for the guards on duty, everyone has rested, and Shao Shang, who has no sleepiness, sits alone in front of the tent, hugging his knees. - She suddenly remembered 'him'.

When the army was out, when the night was quiet, did he ever look up at the sky outside the tent like this?

The cold night in Mobei was dripping into ice. How did he survive, but he had enough clothes to keep out the cold. When he left in a hurry, I don't know if she had brought the gloves and knee pads she made for him. There will be no frostbite on the top...

Shao Shang stayed up all night, and when the first light blue appeared in the sky, he immediately asked two scouts from Qingqi to inquire about the news, and at the same time ordered people to cook rice in a pot, so that everyone could eat a hot meal. . The rice was cooked and the soup was hot, and when Shao Gong stretched out from the tent, he saw that his sister didn't even bother to eat the rice, and was focusing on a map to check it repeatedly.

Soon, the two light cavalry rushed back, and she hurriedly asked about the situation.

One of the slightly younger Qingqi was out of breath, and the other replied, "Reporting to the young lady, that gorge is indeed inappropriate. Let's go to the wine shop to find out. The old shopkeeper said that there was no one going south yesterday. Merchants, who knew that after we left, a group of people came to visit relatives in the south. So we quickly chased after us. There were still ruts, hooves and footprints in the first few miles of the gorge, but there were no traces in the middle of the gorge.

" The younger knight took a deep breath: "The old shopkeeper of the restaurant clearly said that there are more than 20 people in that family, four or five cars, and they pass through the gorge in the evening, how can they get halfway there? It disappeared out of thin air. So we went back and searched again, and sure enough, we found that one of the gorges had faint blood, but it was covered with yellow sand. We walked forward for a while, and found that the soil at the foot of the mountain seemed to be newly dug. Yes, so I dug it up and took a look - the young lady, there are actually quite a few corpses...!"

Shao Gong almost turned over the porridge bowl in his hand: "Is there such a thing?!"

"Could it be for money?" Shao Shang asked.

The older knight said: "It doesn't look like it, although I only glanced at it, but I saw that several women still have silver bracelets on their wrists, um... a baby child's gold anklet is still there. ." When it came to the last few words, he couldn't bear it either.

Shao Shang's expression turned cold, and Shao Gong shook his bamboo chopsticks and asked, "Maybe it's seeking revenge?

"

Shao Shang nodded - the standard procedure for revenge in the time, always cut off the head to comfort someone or something. That's what He Zhaojun did back in the day.

"It's neither for money nor for vengeance. It seems that there is no other plan." She said coldly.

Shao Gong put down the bowl and chopsticks and said anxiously: "Yuyou, it seems that there is indeed a group of gangsters outside, but I don't know who is coming, let's hurry back to Mrs. Qu."

Shao Shang pondered for a while, and then asked the two knights: "Yi From your point of view, how many people are in this group."

Shao Gong's heart skipped a beat, and he had a premonition that his sister was going to make trouble again.

Estimating the number of enemies is the scout's ability to watch the house. The older knight said, "Judging from the traces of the fight that were covered up, the number of people is about two hundred. It is estimated by common sense that it is at most four or five hundred." One-third of the men were put on hold, at most half.

Shaoshang agreed: "Yes, I also think it is at most five or six hundred, and no more. The prefects of the prefectures and counties under Liang Zhoumu's rule will not be so negligent that they put in nearly a thousand thieves without knowing it." Especially in such a current situation, The prefects were afraid that something would go wrong under their own rule, so they must have doubled their control over weapons and armaments.

The young palace was listening to the clouds and mists, and he watched his sister summon the four chiefs of the guards and the other two servants of the Cheng family to the tent, and gave orders like this.

"...I just hope this move won't be too much." She put both hands on the map and sighed deeply.

One of the leaders clasped his fists and said, "You don't have to worry about the young lady. Those who kill innocent people will have more lives than others. Not to mention the instructions of the young lady. Our brothers see it on weekdays, and they will intervene!

" .

After everyone was clear, Shao Gong stood up abruptly and roared: "What are you doing?!"

Shao Shang's eyes did not leave the map: "I want to do justice for the sky."

"Don't fool around!"

Shao Shang looked at Brother Xiang: "I asked people to pretend to go to the Chakou wine shop to buy food and drink, and there were rumors - it is known that passers-by on the gorge road were intercepted and killed last night. Fortunately, I was unwell yesterday afternoon and I camped in the nearby wilderness to rest. I escaped the catastrophe. Now I am scared and I have decided to go back the same way and go to the nearest governor of Anguo County to avoid it. On the way back, there is no place to rest except the lush valley that I passed by before, because I I'm not in good health, I have to travel slowly, and I have to buy a lot of things."

"You want to lure snakes? You are crazy, people are planning to do something wrong, we can't hide in time, you have to catch up! You are so bold, treat me Tell grandfather and grandmother to see if they don't beat you!" Shao Gong's forehead jumped with blue veins, "You've done something wrong again! When you should be bold, you hesitate, and when you should be careful, you fight and tear down bridges. I really don't know where you are. The injustice of a lifetime!"

After losing his temper, he softly persuaded: "Why are you doing this, maybe people didn't come to you at all."

Shaoshang's eyes were calm: "If it wasn't for me, I heard the wind that I let out. There will be no movement. If it really comes at me... hum, once I return to the prefect's office or even Madam Qu, they will not dare to pursue, so they must stop me before I go back."

"Then It's not right! When we go back, it's not good to catch these bastards slowly!"

"When we go back, although they can't catch me, I can't catch them-I still don't know who these people are. Where did you come from, how to arrest?!" Shao Shang's voice was stern, "Those innocent people died because of me, they can't die in vain!"

Shao Gong was silent.

Shao Shang found a small wooden box from his luggage, and placed his hands in front of the palace: "Here are the pie stickers that my mother gave me before I left, and the ten thousand family seals that my sister Qiqi gave me, please three brothers. Lead a few guards to the Anguo County Office - the Governor of Anguo County has been a good friend of Uncle Wan for many years.

Seeing the disapproval on her brother's face, she smiled and said, "The current situation is unstable. If an ordinary guard sends a letter to ask for help, the prefect of the county may be hesitant because he is afraid that someone will lead the tiger away from the mountain, so the third brother must go in person. Therefore, it will take three hours to rush the horse and whip, and the county prefect will send troops to the bottom of the valley in less than two hours."

"The third brother knows my temper. I was stubborn and bastard since I was a child, and there is no cure. Now my mind has been made, third brother. It's useless anyway, why don't you hurry up and move the rescue troops, maybe you can get there before I meet my opponent."

Shao Gong looked at the beautiful face that was five or six points similar to himself, and after a long time, he There was a sense of powerlessness in my heart, and he sighed: "You must wait for me to come back!"

Watching the four fast horses raise the dust, Cheng Shaogong and the three guards galloped away, and Shaoshang immediately began to act.

First send a group of people to the gorge to exhume the corpses, and at the same time leave the luggage and the unarmed maids and servants in place. The rest carry weapons and the things prepared by the young merchants in advance, lightly loaded and fast on the road, and along the way to the farmhouse. Buying straw boards, when the solstice reaches the third pole, everyone finally arrives at the valley where the flowers and plants are lush.

It is said to be a valley. In fact, there are only a low hillside on the east and west sides. There is a road in the north and south for three or four vehicles to run in parallel. The ditches flow to the farmland ditches outside.

The young merchants immediately dispatched manpower, one group of people buried the pot to cook rice, one group of people worked at the place designated by the young merchants, and one group of people built a 'special' simple thatched pavilion in the middle of the valley. After everything was arranged, everyone sat down. After I came down to eat a full lunch, someone finally asked—"Young lady, who am I going to beat?"

At this time, it was important to pay attention to the fact that scholars die for those who are confidants. , It must not be imminent, and when the soldiers in front are strong, they will pick him up and say 'I'm quitting'.

Especially this time, the young merchants are either following the old part of Cheng Shi who has followed Cheng Shi for many years, or the elites she has trained carefully, and they can be called loyal 'one's own people'. Strictly speaking, Shaoshang lets them fight wherever they want, and it doesn't matter if they lose their heads.

However, it's better to boost morale... At this time, the people who were sent to exhume the corpses came back, and used four or five flatbed trucks to bring back the corpses of the people who died in vain.

The young merchant gathered the people, stood on a high place, and said in a high voice: "This trip, I thought it was peaceful, delicious and delicious, and I can go to Jingyang and Yang after I finish the declaration of the Queen Mother's wishes. The sister-in-law of Wu Nong Water Village..."

Everyone laughed.

"Now it seems that this good thing will be delayed." Shao Shang emphasized, "Someone wants to kill me! Is it possible that I will kill me!"

"Of course not!" Everyone shouted.

"Someone asked me just now, since someone killed me, wouldn't it be the end of my escape? I have to push back." Shao Shang pointed at the corpse on the ground beside him, "I'm not afraid to tell you, I'm not doing it for myself, but for them!"

Everyone's eyes shot in unison.

Shao Shang took out a piece of bamboo slip and said solemnly: "This is a family letter found from the corpse. They were originally from Jingzhou, and later they branched out to settle in Yuzhou. This time, the ancestors of Jingzhou will celebrate their 80th birthday. , And when the daughter of the uncle's family was about to get married, they thought of family affection, so they simply went out to visit relatives as a family, and drank the birthday wine together. Who knows that the world has no eyes, but the whole family was killed, let's take a look..."

Flatbed The corpses were stained with blood, the old and the weak, women and children were all there. The veterans of the Cheng residence were okay. The guards entrusted by the Queen Mother Xuan had basically never left the capital. I had never seen such a scene. The eyes were instantly moist, and the younger ones saw wooden boards. There were also the corpses of a little girl and a child in the car, and I couldn't help crying.

"They were raised by their parents, and they all have close relatives. Just because a group of beasts that deserved to be struck by the sky and thunder, now the happy event has turned into a mourning event. When the news spreads, their family members should be so grief-stricken..."

Now even the veterans are solemn. When his face changed, the others cried or gritted their teeth, shouting— "

Kill these beasts!"

"Kill these beasts!"

"Never let them go!"...

Behind him, while wiping away tears, he thought: My mother really has a good eye. When I was in the country house, I could see at a glance that the little girl was very good.

The shrunk version of the pre-war mobilization was over, Shaoshang sat alone in the pavilion, and the rest waited quietly according to the arranged positions.

Three minutes later, the shadow of the sun slanted westward, and the sound of horses' hooves came from the channel south of the bottom of the valley. The heavy vibrations hit everyone's eardrums through the air and soil. The four guard leaders immediately issued orders in secret.

Approaching Taniguchi, the sound of the horse's hooves slowed down. At this time, a large number of masked knights with knives and guns in their hands poured in front of everyone. There are already more than 400 people in front of them. , I'm afraid there are five or six hundred people.

Shao Shang rode on the horse and said loudly: "The old man is here, why don't you show up to see the old man?"

The masked cavalry team separated from the middle, and a riding girl accompanied by four maids slowly rode out from the crowd. She saw the person next to Shao Shang, smiled contemptuously, and gracefully took off the hood and handed it to the side. The maidservant: "I heard your intentions, and I came here to meet you. Why don't you come forward to meet Mr. Shao Shang?"

Shao Shang saw the familiar face and smiled slightly: "I vaguely guessed it was you, but I didn't dare to confirm it.

Luo Jitong caressed the whip in his hand slowly: "Why don't you dare to identify?" "

I have too many enemies to identify."

Luo Jitong smiled softly: "How can you be a little girl with so many enemies, is it because you are always too good?" Can't bear it?"

"There's no way, who told the woman who secretly coveted Huo Buxuan to fill the mountains and fill the sea."

Luo Jitong's face sank: "At this time, you still dare to speak your mind! Peeling the skin and digging the heart, I want to see what look on Huo Busu's face!"

"Speaking of words..." Shao Shang suddenly changed his tone, and said with a sense of disappointment, "I have known you for so many years, six years ago you Pretending to be a virtuous woman from a book, six years later you can't wait to eat me. To be honest, you and I have never had a good talk."

She pointed behind her with a horsewhip, "I don't know if Sister Jitong can Would like to have a chat with me."

The maid beside Luo Jitong immediately said: "Young lady, beware of deceit, it's better to end this matter as soon as possible." Luo Jitong didn't take it seriously, and smiled: "Cheng Shaoshang, don't think that I don't know that you have sent people to Anguo County to ask for help, but they won't arrive until evening at the latest. With just your troops, I can kill you all within half an hour.

Shao Shang kept his brows and eyes fixed: "Since you have the winning ticket, why not talk." Luo

Jitong nodded in agreement, so he waved his hands to let the horses behind him follow, and Shao Shang signaled the horses behind him to step back, so that the people on both sides occupy half of the valley, one in the south and one in the north. .

Shaoshang dismounted, stretched out his hand to welcome guests: "This is the pavilion I just built, Lady Luo, don't dislike it." Then, according to the host-guest etiquette, he sat straight to the north seat.

Luo Jitong saw that the pavilion was transparent on all sides and could not ambush anyone, so he walked in and sat opposite Shao Shang.

There is a small pottery stove on the table, the charcoal fire is soft, and the aroma of rice wine in the pottery pot is overflowing.

Shaoshang scooped up two scoops of wine and poured them into two amphora, then pushed the two cups in front of Luo Jitong for her to choose first. Luo Jitong glanced at her, stretched out his hand to the cup on the right, hesitated, and took the cup on the left.

After drinking a cup, Luo Jitong sighed with emotion: "This is what you brewed yourself. It is more fragrant than the rice wine from the big workshop in the palace. In fact, His Majesty likes to drink the wine you brewed, but he just refrained from complimenting you."

"I know, because the wine is made. I need to spend a lot of polished rice. Your Majesty is afraid that it will lead to extravagant and wasteful habits. In fact, soon after you leave, I will be able to make good wine with brown rice and corn." Shao Shang took a sip.

Luo Jitong looked around. Although this pavilion was simple, its structure was exquisite. The feet are flat wooden boards, covered with thick dry straw, a few strings of straw wind chimes are hung on the four long pillars erected, and a thin, light-transmitting fine woven silk cloth is stretched on the top of the head, which not only avoids direct sunlight, but also makes the The pavilion is bright and bright.

Although it was early autumn at this time, Luo Jitong was still a little hot while riding a horse. Sitting in this thatched pavilion that was transparent from north to south, feeling the breeze blowing from the opposite valley road, mixed with the aroma of rice wine, she couldn't help sighing: "You used to be like this, obviously the rules and etiquette are messed up, but there are many wonderful ideas in small places, especially enjoyment, no one is more agile than others."

Shaoshang tried to delay time as much as possible, pretending not to care: "You Instead, tell me where I should learn and where I shouldn't, and the niangniang always says that I am beneficial."

Luo Jitong looked at both sides of the Maoting, the hillside was gentle, and there was no way to place rolling stones or other ambushes, and then looked at the mere six or seven in front of him. The ten people said indifferently: "You don't need to think about delaying. If I talk to you for at most half an hour, you will inevitably die today."

Shaoshang said calmly, "If I didn't intend to wait for you, you might not be able to sit and say this. I'm waiting for you, but I just want to ask you if you have lost your mind and dare to make such an implicated family. The crazy thing is coming! Behind you are the soldiers of the Luo family and the Jianghu tourists recruited with a lot of money. In order to kill me, you slaughtered the people unscrupulously, and you also intend to destroy the corpses and destroy the traces. Whether I die or not, my three brothers will always speak up. It's rumored that your father, brother and family don't care..."

"Don't bluff, one, your three brothers may not know that it is me, and two, he has no evidence." Luo Jitong is sensitive, and he is not a generalist. "After I killed you, I immediately went to Jingzhou from the south. Jingzhou has a vast hinterland. When I wash my hands and feet, I say that I am in the south to relax. Then who can insist that I killed you?!"

Shaoshang was silent . A moment: "It seems that I underestimated you... Does Huo Budo know what you are capable of?"

Luo Jitong's expression changed, and his eyes seemed to be filled with fog: "... He is five years older than me, the year I entered the palace. He happened to be out of the palace, and in order to avoid the harem women, he only came to Changqiu Palace to visit the empress once or twice a month. At that time, I would hide behind the curtain and peek at him. I have seen him for so many years. So many times, but he didn't even say a word."

"You can go and talk to yourself, it's hard to wait for Huo Buhuo to talk to you by himself." Shao Shang rarely said a fair word.

Luo Jitong: "He turns a blind eye to all women, and I am not the only one. So I am curious, how did you get to know him? Why you, why not me."

Shaoshang opened his mouth and said: "...You may not believe it. Except for the divorce six years ago, most of the relationships between me and him can't be decided by me."

Luo Jitong's tone was dry: "Yes, he is such a person, he looks gentle and kind. , is actually stubborn. It's useless for anyone to like him, he has to like him. I knew I had no hope, so I made up my mind not to pay attention to him, but... but it's easier said than done..."

"He He was born so graceful and beautiful, he acted in a slow manner and spoke slowly. When he looked at you, he was attentive, and when he spoke, he was polite. He was alone, alone, and he never teased a word with the little palace maid."—then Gentle, so indifferent.

These words have been kept in Luo Jitong's heart for more than ten years, but there is still nowhere to tell. Today, in front of his dying rival, she can finally say it happily, so she is more and more out of control, dreaming about the sad and secret love of her girlhood.

"He is a dream I have had since I was a child. It is as far away as the morning light on the top of the mountain, and the Yaotai on the sea is beautiful but out of reach. I can't wait hopelessly, I have to plan for myself. Who knows..."

She looked at Shaoshang At a glance, with a sad expression, "Who would have woken up from a dream one day. I remember that early in the morning, Zhai Li said to me with a smile, 'Eleven Lang is going to marry a woman, it is the person he likes, thank God' - I don't even know what to do. Knowing how he got here all day, he was like a walking corpse, his soul was at a loss, and he overturned the water table for the empress, so he had to go home on leave."

At this point, Luo Jitong's eyes suddenly burned with anger and resentment. Lie: "If a dream is always a dream, and no one can touch it, I'll forget it, but then I knew that dreams can come true, and Shirou will like women! But why you, why not Me?!"

Rao Shaoshang was bold, and when he met Luo Jitong's frantic eyes, he couldn't help but lean back.

Luo Jitong stared at Shaoshang: "The first time I saw you, Your Majesty decided to marry you and Zisheng, and the second time I saw you, it was he who pulled you to sit at His Majesty's family banquet. I entered the palace than you. Zao, I am taller than you, smarter and virtuous than you, but I can only serve by the queen's side, serving dishes and wine, I am not qualified to sit on an equal footing with the princes and princesses!"

Shao Shang felt that his opponent was a little excited, and slowly moved the seat back. Some.

"At that time, the East Sea King already had a concubine, the Huai'an King was in love with his wife, the third prince and the fourth prince were from Yue Niangniang's side, and the fifth prince... hum, not to mention... the rest of the princes are still young. At the palace banquet that day, I I kept peeking at you, I thought, how can I sit upright at His Majesty's banquet, instead of bowing like a maid - and then I saw Mr. Huo. Well, things are back to where they were, and the way out is still with him body." Luo Jitong's eyes shone with a strange light, greedy and cruel.

"So, you and the Fifth Princess framed me together?" Shao Shang said coldly.

Luo Jitong glanced at her: "The fifth princess has to marry into the Yue family, I don't have any hope."

"I said why you married to the northwest earlier at that time. It turned out that you hurried out because you were afraid of an incident. It was ridiculous that I was sincere at the time. Taking you as a friend, I am reluctant to part with you." Shaoshang said bitterly,

"My life is not as good as yours, your marriage is paved with gold and jade, and my marriage is for the family." Luo Jitong did not move. , "Later, I met Mr. Huo in the northwest. I thought, it was because God had mercy on me and finally gave me a way out!"

"Well, God has mercy on you, so you turned around and killed your husband?" Shao Shang sneered. .

Luo Jitong's eyes were cold: "Anyway, he is always going to die. That sick seedling has been like a living zombie for more than ten years. I let him live a happy life for several months before he died, and he can be considered dead without regrets.

" No regrets? This is what Jia Qilang said by himself?" Shao Shang was incredulous, "It's okay if you have no guilt, and you are still righteous?! I heard that Jia Qilang's parents treated you like a daughter, and they went to Huo Budo for you in person. Don't you feel touched by the marriage proposal?"

"They are good to me, firstly because I serve them comfortably, and secondly because of the reputation of the Jia family. Now in the northwest Zhucheng, who doesn't say that the Jia family's family is noble, the elders Honest and benevolent, little girls are looking forward to marrying in."

"You are really a great talent in the world!" Shaoshang laughed back, "You can say such a bad thing without changing your face!"

"Don't dare, No matter how good my reputation is for being virtuous and virtuous, it's not as good as you are at seducing men! I've hooked one after another, and a few are not satisfied." The elegant and virtuous woman showed a vicious look.

"I didn't seduce men!" Shao Shang got angry and stood up from the table.

"Hmph, of course you refuse to admit it, but you can tell yourself, why do those men look at a vulgar and shallow woman like you!"

Shao Shang almost spat out a mouthful of old blood—if only she knew!

"Have you said enough!" She resisted her anger, "It's up to me to say enough!"

Luo Jitong snorted coldly.

Shao Shang took a deep breath: "You speak the truth, as if you know Huo Budo best in the world! Well, I'll ask you now, if you killed innocent people yesterday, what would Huo Budo say if he knew?"

Luo Jitong's face Convulsing, he said firmly: "Those who make big things don't care about small details."

"Killing me is such a big thing!"

Shao Shang clapped his hands on the table: "What kind of person is Huo Buzhu, you just said the table, I'll tell you Li - In order not to delay the farming season, he would drag his pierced shoulders back and forth for hundreds of miles to kill thieves! In order not to trample on the seedlings of the people, even if he was tired and fell off his horse, he insisted on taking a detour. Marching! He has never paid attention to the family banquets of the emperors of fame, fortune and wealth that you are thinking about! As long as Haihe Yanqing is free from disturbances in the government, he will be happy to let his horses go to the Nanshan Mountains, the vast seas and snowy mountains, and the world with swords! A mediocre quest like you is insatiable Killing an innocent slut indiscriminately, you deserve to mention him too?!"

She finished speaking in one breath - to delay the time on the horse, beat it, whoever is afraid of it will fail!

Luo Jitong's face turned blue and black, pointed at her and said sharply: "You, how dare you..."

Shaoshang stood up proudly and looked at her coldly: "Finally, I will tell you two things."

"First , no matter how many troops you have defeated the enemy, never fight in a place that others have pre-placed."

"Second, everything I will teach you next will be taught by Huo Buxiao!

" The maid drew his sword, and Shao Shang had already shouted loudly: "Go!"

I saw that Fu Deng, who was standing outside the pavilion, raised something in his hand, and the thatched pavilion where the two women were sitting instantly burst into flames.