After all, the young man didn't get on the horse. As he had been immersed in poetry, calligraphy, and etiquette since he was a child, he just had to get over the impediment of obeying authority just once.
The young man held a riding crop and swept the long grass up to his waist while walking in front without saying a word. Zhuang Yuan followed behind on horseback and never stopped talking.
The young man thought of the second sister in his family who was always preaching when he was not much older than him. Although he could talk about it endlessly, what he said was reasonable. There is also the sister-in-law's cousin, who also keeps chattering, but she is not as talkative as this girl.
She asked him what his name was, but he didn't tell her. She said she would call you Half-Mute. He rolled his eyes.
She asked him where his home was, but he didn't tell her. She said she knew how to count and could do it with just a few fingers. When he couldn't control his curiosity and squinted at her, who was holding her fingers and mumbling something, she said that she was in the Zhou Dynasty. He rolled his eyes again.
She asked him how he ran out alone, but he didn't tell her. Instead, she told him how she disobeyed her parents' orders and ran out over the wall, and then walked eastward all the way to the rivers and lakes for more than a month. It made him want to plug his ears.
She asked him what his family did, but he didn't tell her, and she said she knew how to do math. But this time the young man didn't intend to find out what was going on out of curiosity like she did just now. Fortunately, she didn't say anything unexpected. She just said that his family was from an official family, and definitely not an ordinary official family.
The young man who finally gave up his curiosity was successfully aroused by this chattering girl, but the young man still had no intention of speaking. He knew that if he didn't ask the girl, he would just pour out the beans in a bamboo tube.
During this period of getting along, the young man also had an inseparable understanding of this girl's temper. She was outspoken and quick, and she was so quick that he didn't even know how to stop her.
Especially trying to get her to shut up would probably be more difficult than asking her to leave.
As expected, the Loulan girl started her analysis, "You are definitely not dressed like this by a wealthy family like us. Judging from the material of your clothes, I once saw an official escort escorting several cars in Loulan City. The cloth and porcelain were bartered to Hudi in the west. I heard from my father that they were the best silk from the Jiangnan Weaving House and the best blue and white from the Lingnan official kiln. I would say that anyone who could afford this kind of cloth would not be able to afford it. Most wealthy people would not be able to afford it. Doorway. Let's talk about your horse. They say that the best thing is for a horse to have a strange appearance. It looks like a black body with four snow-white hooves, an elm goose with white hair on its forehead, and a white mouth. The teller's bridle with a black top and the bone-piercing yellow bridle with plum blossoms on its head are all considered good horses. However, horses of this kind are also expensive and have no market. If you have money, you can buy them. The only ones with no mottled colors are the only ones. Horses are truly marketable and priceless, and this is a top-quality horse that you can't even buy. As far as I know, there are only a few horses in the past. The red rabbit whose body is like fire, Guan Shouting, the former God of War, and I The black-as-ink Jueying Zaoli under Zhao Long, the founding general of Changsheng, is rumored to have appeared several times in South Vietnam, a golden-colored Qiji Feidian, and the late emperor’s favorite horse is known as the Purple-Colored Horse. Among the horses, there is the flying phoenix, the rustling purple, and the Zhaoye Snow Dragon Colt, whose fur is as white as snow. These imperial horsemen have not been able to raise a few horses for decades, and even if they did, they were all forbidden horses in the royal inner courtyard. , I probably won’t be able to meet the senior officials below the first rank, let alone..."
Zhuang Yuan, who was analyzing clearly and eloquently, suddenly stopped talking, and his clear eyes suddenly widened, staring at the young man leading the horse.
The young man who was listening with gusto and admiring the Loulan girl's thoughtfulness turned to look at the surprised little face. He was so attentive that he could naturally guess the doubts in the Loulan girl's mind, and said: "Don't make blind guesses, this is not a photo." Ye Xue Dragon Horse looks similar. Look, there is a strand of black hair under this horse's belly. How can it be that kind of divine horse with no mottled colors? Moreover, I am not from the Imperial City, but neither are you talking about. Well, my ancestors had some dealings with the palace back then, and this horse looks like it was a reward from the higher-ups at that time."
Zhuang Yuan, who didn't understand that this Huaitan Snow Dragon Colt was even more difficult to cultivate than the Night Snow Dragon Colt, looked a little down, and said disdainfully: "I'm just telling you, how could anyone in the palace compound grow like you?" .”
"..."
The young man was speechless again, but he still complained that this girl was really easy to fool. He didn't know whether to call her stupid or innocent.
"I would say those princes are definitely talented and unparalleled. When they go out, they have to be accompanied by thousands of knights and Yu Lin to clear the way. Even if they sneak out secretly, they have to bring a few masters, masters, masters, retinues and minions with them. There are a lot of them when they make a move. There are a lot of gold ingots in the banknotes, and everyone who sees them has to take a detour, it is absolutely majestic."
The Loulan girl on the horse began to mutter again, raising her foot and kicking the sash on the horse's back, "It's not like you. You don't have much money in your bag and you're a pauper. What else do you have besides this horse? You can recognize it right now. There aren’t many, and you don’t even know what to rob. It’s so embarrassing to say that you draw your sword to help when there is an injustice on the road. Have you drawn your sword? Where is your sword? You can only run, and those who don’t fight are faster than rabbits.”
The young man was so angry, why did he talk about himself again? He retorted, "I don't know how to fight. Why should I fight? You know I can't beat you, but you still think I'm stupid! Besides, didn't you run away with me?"
"No matter what, I fought with them. It's not shameful to run away if you can't beat them. It's shameful to run away without even fighting." The little girl had an attitude of hating iron but not steel.
"..."
The young man shut his mouth knowingly.
A woman's virtue is based on strong arguments and unjustifiable reasons.
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The two young boys and girls walked southeast like this, bickering all the way, finding a ruined temple to rest when they were tired, and eating a few mouthfuls of dry food when they were hungry.
After fighting and making trouble for a month, the young man thought that if he walked aimlessly, the girl would leave when she got bored. However, he did not expect that the girl was very patient and would never give up until she reached the Yellow River. All she wanted to do was get the book "The Twenty-Four Techniques of the Dragon King" which sounded particularly powerful to her.
Along the way, this Loulan girl has always been adhering to the purpose of being a chivalrous person, punishing evil and promoting good, but all she encountered were trivial matters such as carrying water for the old woman in the village or helping children pick kites that flew into the trees. little things. The only time I was called aside by an old man in a serious manner and said it was a big matter at home. In the end, it turned out that the old man was anxious to find a wife for his grandson and wanted to get married to this foreign girl who was considered to be above average in appearance. I was so frightened. This Loulan girl ran away, causing the young man to laugh even now when he thinks about it.
During this period, the little girl was very attentive. Apart from chirping, as long as she kept silent, she would either sleep or practice whipping. Although her foundation is a little weak, she has been immersed in this art for many years and has learned to imitate cats and tigers. This made the young man a little surprised by this girl's intelligence.
Although Zhuang Yuan ran away from home with her parents, she was still a young girl and it was inevitable to miss home. While walking and stopping along the way, the boy discovered that every time he arrived in the big city, the girl from Loulan would write letters to the Feng family and trust the postmen in the city to take them back to Loulan. She would also ask the boy about his destination and write it in the letter, hoping that the family would still be angry. Father and mother can reply to the letter, which can comfort the homesickness complex to some extent.
The boy once asked her why she didn't go home, but she put on a detached look and said that the heroine was never burdened by feelings.
On more than one occasion, he had secretly seen a little girl secretly crying because she was homesick. The young man could only laugh at this answer in his heart. What he said could easily lead to "death".
On this day, the two of them arrived outside the Anhwa Mansion in Gyeongju on the Gwannae Road. Zhuang Yuan went to the city gate alone to ask if there was any letter from Lou Lan. The young man who stopped to watch not far away saw that he always came back empty-handed and frowning. The little girl was overjoyed this time, tearing the envelope with the seal in her hand.
The young man frowned.
Unlike the young girl from Loulan who is inexperienced in the world, the young man who has been exposed to many social interactions and human relationships since he was a child will naturally understand that if the seal of this letter is sealed with lacquer, it will directly rise from the level of a family letter to an official document.
It's just that the young man doesn't understand. This Loulan girl doesn't look like a descendant of an official, so how can she be involved in an official's family?
Pulling out the piece of bamboo paper that was most common in the Zhou Dynasty from the envelope, and spreading it out, the originally cheerful Loulan girl's unique and exotic little face, the unique smile that was not common in the Central Plains, first solidified, and then collapsed. To solemnity.
Without waiting for the boy to react, the girl took three steps at a time and jumped forward, grabbing the reins from his hand and getting on the horse. With a flick of her wrist, she pinched the horse's belly. The white snow dragon pony without a trace of color galloped away. A flash of silver light disappeared in an instant, and the letter landed in front of the young man.
"When something happens to our family, no one is spared. Come back quickly."
A piece of paper, ten words, three lines.
The signature is the seal of the Governor of Loulan City, the Protectorate of the Western Regions.
There was no trace of the Huaitan Snow Dragon Colt, and the young man regained his senses and fell into a trance again.
He thought of the vast city three hundred miles to the south. There was a mountain to the southwest of the city, and the home on the mountain where he had lived for more than ten years.
This time I went out to travel alone. On the first day, my sister gave me many instructions and instructions carefully. My father, who was usually not very talkative, called me over for the first time and just sat there without saying a word for a long time. And that old man was wandering around outside his door but never came in.
All teenagers understand.
This is family love, a love that cannot be parted from since birth.
He thought again of the journey east and south from outside Yumen Pass for more than a month, morning and evening.
That kind of inseparability, that kind of love that is as close as a house to a bird.
He would see her happy, he would see her sad, he would see her chirping and fantasizing about doing chivalry and righteousness, and he would see her giggle when practicing whipping. He would also listen to her talk about her hometown of Loulan, a place he had never been to. Although he ignored her, he listened carefully to her talk about that important town in the Western Regions where many races from all over the world gathered. He liked to hear her talk about the customs and customs there. Listen to her learn a language that no one else understands from those yellow-haired, green-eyed merchants from the West.
The sixteen-year-old didn't understand why, but he was used to seeing a loud-mouthed girl about his own age behind him for the past thirty or forty days, chirping.
It's like getting used to the inseparable feelings between my family and myself since childhood.
The young man bent down to pick up the piece of bamboo paper, folded it carefully along the creases, put it in his arms, and murmured to himself in the direction where the familiar figure had long since disappeared.
"It's a bit reluctant to give up."
Obviously it is not referring to the precious divine horse.
It is said that a girl's feelings are always poetry, but these young men and women who have just begun to fall in love have more than one seven-character quatrain?
Love is hard to form and hard to understand. It takes a lot of thought, and it takes the most thought.
Outside Anhua City, the young man turned around and took a long breath into the city, then headed straight for the city.
In the Anhua government office, a young man broke into the office alone.
In the midst of a cup of tea, the young man rode out on horseback. Behind him, the city lord, the city shepherd, the garrison commander, and other senior officials in Anhua City who were stamping and trembling with their feet trembled as they trotted all the way to the door.
People in the world talk about the pain of life and the pain of parting, but they never mention the pain of missing each other.
As the saying goes, "among the 360 diseases, lovesickness is the most difficult to cure." Lovesickness is difficult to treat, but it is not incurable. Why do we need the nine-leaf double tower with cicada pupae in the winter solstice, and why do we need the auspicious snow every other year without roots and pure water? The young man rode towards the west, riding away from the dust.
The word "Everyone Knows" has been written for eleven strokes. Who knows how to finish it will attract people.
If you like someone, if you love someone, you will never say goodbye. After all, parting will end with bitter lovesickness.
Coming and going, I just want to find a close friend to watch the spring and autumn together.
The world of mortals is ruthless, but the most unexplainable thing is to move lovers.
The ancient road, the wind, the horse, the lovesick person will go to the end of the world.
