The night before Xiao Yuan went north to join the army, it rained heavily, thunder rolled, and lightning struck from the center of the sky to the sky, seeming to split the heaven and the earth.
The sleeping child was awakened by the thunder and started crying.
The cries of children were mixed with the thunder and lightning, which made people feel panicked.
After a while, the child stopped crying.
Their mother held them in her arms and told them that this was God's encouragement for the sons of the Song Dynasty, because these unyielding men would go north tomorrow to defend the territory.
On the second day, Bianjing suddenly turned cold, and people put on autumn clothes one after another.
The army set off from the city, and the people stood on both sides of the road to see them off.
Among these soldiers and generals are their brothers, sons, fathers, and husbands. I don’t know how long it will take for them to see each other again after this separation, and I don’t know if they will accomplish great feats.
Some cried and some cheered.
Xu Nuo and Hu Ling were sitting in the private room of the Chengmen Restaurant, feeling the cool autumn breeze and waiting with interest for the troops that were about to pass by.
Compared with the indifference in Xu Nuo's eyes, Hu Ling was more envious. She has great martial arts skills, but she cannot go into battle to kill the enemy and defend the country. She has to pretend to embroider handkerchiefs at home.
It's really shameful.
Suddenly, her eyes lit up and she pointed at the general at the front of the army and said: "Look, look, the general leading the army is my fourth uncle, and he, his deputy general behind him"
Hu Ling excitedly pulled Xu Nuo and told her how brave her fourth uncle was and how good he was in fighting. He also named everyone on the horse, but found that Xiao Yuan was not there.
She looked at Xu Nuo in confusion and asked, "Where is the second senior brother? Why don't you see him and go?" If he deserted, she would be the first to spare him. How dare he let down such a rare opportunity like this.
Xu Nuo craned his neck and looked back. He saw the familiar figure in the military column and pointed it to Hu Ling: "How come, it's right behind."
Xiao Yuan had no experience in the military, so he was willing to start from the most ordinary soldier, not to experience hardship, but to lay a solid foundation for the future.
Xunuo sat up straight, straightened his clothes, and said, "Qiyue, bring my piano."
Looking at Qin in front of him, Xu Nuo closed his eyes slightly and then opened them.
With the fingertips stirred, a burst of extremely ethereal music came out from under the fingers. The music went from being soothing at first to becoming more and more urgent. Finally, it seemed majestic and majestic, like a cavalry galloping on the battlefield, passing through the heart of the listener. , and like an extremely fast and accurate sword and crossbow, it takes people's breath away.
General Hu turned his head and glanced back.
Xiao Yuan heard the sound of the piano and grinned.
Seeing this, the soldiers beside him gave him a squeeze and shouted: "Perhaps this is a gentleman who has a heart to devote himself to the country, but cannot join the army, so he plays music to say goodbye to you and me. How dare you laugh. "
Xiao Yuan nodded and said: "Brother Yang is right, we cannot live up to the kindness of that gentleman."
Brother Yang saw Xiao Yuan admitting his mistake in time and stopped talking about him, and his chest straightened out with the music.
After promising to play a zither song, all the troops had left the city gate.
The two of them came down from the restaurant, and Hu Ling asked: "Zhu Shang told me a few days ago that you redeemed Miss Xin'er from Wanxiang House?"
Make a promise.
"Why did she offend you?" Hu Ling originally liked Miss Xin'er a little. When she had nothing to do, she liked to go to Wanxiang House to eat some small dishes and listen to music. Now that she saw that Xu Nuo didn't like Miss Xin'er, she decided not to I like girl Xin'er.
Xu Nuo stepped down the last step and said lightly: "I just don't like her. I'm going to pick up Chuntang in Qiyue. Will you go with me?"
"There are too many elders in the Qian family who want to meet, so I won't go." Hu Ling waved her hands, raised her legs and was about to leave, but stopped and said seriously: "If you really hate that girl Xin'er, I will help you teach her a lesson." .”
Xunuo looked at Hu Ling with wide eyes, imagining in his mind the scene of Hu Ling whipping Miss Xin'er until she had no way to escape, and said hurriedly: "No, I have taught her enough lessons this time."
"Okay." Hu Ling nodded and left quickly. The conversation did not mention the promise of using 30,000 yuan to redeem people.
On the way back to Hu Mansion, she saw a man wearing red clothes from a distance, which was particularly eye-catching.
After getting closer, I discovered that the man in Hongshang was Zhu Shang.
Common men in the Song Dynasty could only wear black and white clothes. Although Zhu Shang was a commoner, he had the title of Mr. Beijiang and could choose the color and style of his clothes independently.
Hu Ling stopped and couldn't see anything else in his eyes, only him in red. Look at his elegant and handsome figure, look at the gentle smile on his face, look at his slightly open but charming eyes.
In the cool autumn day, she actually felt very hot, and her cheeks seemed to have been burned.
She liked his excellent appearance, and even more liked him smiling at her like this.
Seeing Hu Ling stop, Zhu Shang strode towards her with a bright smile on his face.
Every time Zhu Shang, who was dressed in red, took a step closer, Hu Ling's face became hotter and his heart beat faster.
Heart-pounding feeling.
She didn't want him to see her blushing, so she hurriedly turned away, not daring to look at him.
"Sanniang, what's wrong?" Zhu Shang put his hand on Hu Ling's shoulder.
Hu Ling was rarely shy. At this moment, he lowered his head and said, "You look really good today."
"Since you think it looks good, why do you turn your back?" Zhu Shang squeezed Hu Ling's shoulder, his tone was rare and gentle, for fear of scaring her.
Hu Ling squirmed for a while before saying, "I'm afraid I can't help but kiss you."
When Zhu Shang heard this, he laughed and asked, "Why not?"
"You and I are not engaged, so why do we do this?" Hu Ling said halfway, her face became even redder, and she wanted to find a crack to hide in.
Passers-by looked sideways when they saw the two of them standing and talking.
Feeling the warmth on his shoulders, Hu Qing mustered up the courage to say, "The engagement between my second senior brother and I has been terminated. You can go to Hu's house to propose marriage." After saying this, he stamped his feet, picked up his skirt and ran away.
She was a woman who talked about relatives and proposed marriage in broad daylight, and her face turned red with embarrassment.
At this moment, I just want to run back to the boudoir and cover my head with the quilt.
When Zhu Shang saw that Hu Ling, who was always cheerful and high-spirited as a son, was too shy to look at him, he regretted wearing such dazzling clothes today.
He held her down, leaned into her ear and said, "Just now, I went to the Hu Mansion and explained the matter to your grandfather."
Because of his status, he could never bring a matchmaker directly to Hu's house to propose marriage. He had to discuss the matter with the Hu family first, and then follow the etiquette and customs.
Hu Ling was startled and looked overjoyed. He turned around, grabbed Zhu Shang's arm and asked, "What did grandfather say?"
Zhu Shang was already leaning forward, but Hu Ling turned around and threw herself directly into his arms. She didn't react until she finished speaking and hurriedly took two steps back.
Zhu Shang said with a smile: "He yelled at me and kicked me out."
