Prince Consort

Chapter 10 The Well Rope Is Like a Snake (1)
Back at Bai Mansion, Bai Zhi saw the bloody horse eating hay leisurely by the stable, looking very contented.Bai Zhi screamed inwardly, Ma forgot to return it to others.Seeing Bai Zhi staring at the horse in a daze, Qing He said happily: "Come on, I borrowed the horse to think of someone, and said to follow the fate."

Bai Zhi sighed: "I really want to go away with Jiulang and lay eggs all the way back to the capital."

"..." Qing He was dumbfounded.

Bai Zhi cheerfully went back to her own Linshuixuan, but before stepping into Linshuixuan, Bai Yuan ordered someone to call her to the study.In the past two years, she seldom went to the study to "face the saint", and now she knew what kind of wind was blowing, so she was not surprised.

As soon as she entered the room, Bai Yuan cut straight to the point: "This Pei Jiu is considered a good man, how is your discussion with him? Are you reconciled?"

Bai Zhi said: "You treat me as a rock, and my concubine as a pu reed. The pu reed is as tough as silk, and the rock cannot be moved."

Bai Yuan nodded in satisfaction: "Very good."

Pei Jiuyuan was in the capital, no matter how her pampas grass grows, it can't reach the rock that holds the capital firmly.She grew slowly until she couldn't grow any longer, and then she said, "A beauty makes a person grow old, don't wait."She is benevolent and righteous, and I believe Bai Yuan will not blame her.

Bai Yuan's heart sank, and he mentioned Bai Shao: "Shao'er and Qian Lang (Bai Shao's husband) intend to take root in the capital, and a letter came yesterday, and they have bought an old house."

Bai Zhi was shocked, and a bad premonition swept over her.

Capital, what a terrible word!

Bai Zhi always hopes that her worries are unnecessary.After Xiong Feng and Pei Jiu left, life was the same as usual, the only difference was that Bai Zhi no longer walked across the mountains and mountains to find Qiu Chan, but walked the horses along the way, tying the sweaty BMW to the carriage, like an expensive She swaggered through the market like Miss Jia.

Therefore, Bai Zhi had another negative comment in Sioux City—spoiled and spoiled!
Bai Zhi thought it didn't matter, but Qing He, who attached great importance to reputation, yelled for a long time: "Miss, don't lose more for a horse!" But Bai Zhi still went her own way, and retorted: "If I don't walk this horse, I'll have a good time." A thousand-mile horse has been ruined, how much loss do you say! How much is this man's words worth?"

Qing He couldn't answer, but she still felt that gossip was worth more than this horse!It must be that the young lady was obsessed by Pei Jiu, so she was so reckless.

Bai Zhi knew that she would not be able to get married in the closed city of Su, so she didn't want to worry too much about other people, she just wanted to live the life she wanted before Bai Yuan didn't "jump the wall" and marry her to a foreign country.In that realistic dream, she worried too much and lost a lot of happiness that she should have had.She lives in seclusion all year round, either female celebrity or piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and these are not what she loves, but because she is a "everyone's lady", she forces herself to do these things, thinking she is superior to others.But when she arrived in the capital, she realized that there were mountains beyond the mountains, and people beyond people. She was just a frog in a well, a wild girl from a mountain village who had never seen the world, but she thought she had seen the sky, so she overestimated her strength and was greedy for Tusu. Life has added a strong tragic color.She envied Qiu Chan, although Qiu Chan was born recklessly, she could live the life she wanted to live according to her own heart, practice martial arts when she wanted to, and marry herself happily when she wanted to marry.Qiu Chan's husband is a mountain herbalist who lives in the mountains all year round by collecting herbs.Qiu Chan marries a rooster and follows the rooster, and marries a dog to follow the dog. Although her life is monotonous, she can enjoy her old age peacefully and peacefully.Where is she like her, worried about the ups and downs of her fate, desperately wanting to grasp what she has now.

But Bai Yuan is Bai Yuan after all, he only wants to go to the capital to show his ambitions, and he will not miss even the smallest opportunity.Bai Yuan often writes letters to Bai Shao who lives in the capital. After all, he is a smart person. He doesn't say that he wants to go, but every letter expresses his longing for his daughter, looking forward to an early reunion, and sighing that he can't get out because of official affairs. , if you can get an official position in the capital, that would be great.

Bai Zhi didn't let these "missing letters" reach the capital, she robbed them halfway and burned these false letters one by one.She believes that Bai Shao will not be surprised that there is no family letter.Since Bai Shao got married, all the letters written by Bai Yuan were robbed and burned by Bai Zhi.

In order to keep this family, she had to do "inhumane and unrighteous" things. Even if there was a thunderbolt, she would face any thunderbolt.

The bright spring days are the most suitable for worshiping Buddha.The Liu family ordered the servant girl to come to Shuixuan and ask Bai Zhi if she would like to go to the White Horse Temple.Bai Zhi didn't have a date with Qiu Chan today, anyway, she was free at home, so she went with Liu Shi.

The thousand-mile horses pull the carriage, making people feel as if they are in the air, floating in the air.Liu's head hurt from being shaken by the carriage, and she wanted to help her forehead, but because her hands were shaking so badly, she poked her eyes, and hurriedly ordered the groom to stop.

Bai Zhi screamed badly, this Chollima has Bo Le, and it doesn't bring such joy, if Bo Le's mother is blinded, the consequences will be extremely serious.

"Mom, are you okay?"

"What's wrong with the carriage today? It's not enough to run and dance, it's so bumpy!"

"Maybe it's the rugged mountain road." Bai Zhi felt guilty.This hard-earned horse recognizes its owner, and with her around, it usually runs with dancing steps... She is used to it, but her mother still needs to experience it for a long time.

When they came to the White Horse Temple, they didn't see any pilgrims coming and going, and the courtyard was deserted. I don't know why.Bai Zhi asked Liu Shi to wait at the door for the time being, she and Qing He went to the temple to check, and before leaving the carriage, the sweaty BMW suddenly raised its front hooves and let out a high-pitched cry.Bai Zhi was stunned, is this horse overexcited today?She remembered that she took a horse for a walk a few days ago!

When she was about to enter the main hall of the temple, there were soldiers guarding the door. When they saw her coming, their weapons intersected and blocked her way: "Madam, please go back, the general is saluting in the Buddhist hall."

"Ma'am?" Bai Zhi shook her eyebrows.

Qing He on the side shouted loudly: "How rude, my lady has not yet left the cabinet, how can you slander my lady's reputation like this!"

The guard-like soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay, then looked at Bai Zhi's outfit, and did not express their opinion.What Bai Zhi was wearing was not girls' clothes, but clothes modified from Liu's old clothes.As for the hair bun, because she was in a hurry to go out, she just let Qing He tie it up casually.It's not that the Bai Mansion is so poor that they can't even afford a single piece of clothing, but that Bai Zhi is tired of wearing brocade clothes. Occasionally, after practicing martial arts, she was sweating profusely, so she changed into Qiu Chan's pure cotton robe, which felt very comfortable, so she thought buy one.However, the financial power has always been in Erniang's hands. Erniang felt that it was unseemly for a dignified daughter of the state to wear a cloth robe, so she didn't give it to her.Liu's love for her daughter happened to have a plain cloth robe, so she gave it to Bai Zhi, and Bai Zhi went to the clothing store to improve it, and because it was a cut-off from her mother, she wore this dress frequently, and it never attracted criticism.Now, after being mentioned by the soldiers of this sect god, she knows why she has not attracted criticism.She has long been stigmatized and is known as an "infidelity daughter", and she looks pretentious in girlish clothes.These soldiers were all from outside the city, so they didn't recognize her.

Bai Zhi didn't want to waste much time on this matter, her mother was still waiting outside, so she asked the soldiers: "When will the general inside finish his salute?"

"It's completely banned today, girl, come back tomorrow."

Bai Zhi frowned, feeling unwilling, it was not easy to come here, but returned in vain?She didn't give up: "What kind of general is there, such a big air?"

The soldier pouted with a bullish face: "The most powerful general in the dynasty, old general Pei, and the youngest general, General Mu."

Upon hearing "General Mu", Bai Zhi's heart skipped a beat: "General Mu is... Mu Tusu?"

"Bold, how can you call the name of the general!"

"Yes, yes, let's go now." Bai Zhi didn't say much nonsense, directly pulled Qing He, and ran away as if fleeing for her life.Qing He couldn't keep up, and shouted: "Miss, wait for me."

Just after the salute was over, Old General Pei Jiang and Mu Tusu came out with pleasant expressions, went down the steps, and walked towards the door.Mutusu glanced occasionally, and saw a figure drifting farther and farther away.His eyes darkened and he stared quietly.

Pei Jiang followed his gaze and laughed: "Huh? Why are you so fascinated by that woman? Judging from your face, you seem to have been frightened by something? Could it be that you are seeing a ghost?"

Mu Tusu laughed bitterly, "It would be a hell of a thing. At least... I can still imagine that she's not married."

Pei Jiang listened confused: "Tu Su, Ah Jiu said that since you accompanied your mother and concubine to the White Horse Temple, you have become much more silent. At that time, I thought that the child Ah Jiu had fallen ill again. Now I see you coming to the White Horse Temple. In other words, I also think there is a problem, why, do you like the little nun in the nun's nunnery near the White Horse Temple? They are not willing to return to vulgarity for you?"

Mutusu smiled and replied, "No, it's worse than this. The little nun would rather like the monk than me."

"Hey, with Tu Su's character, he should be transferred to Long'an Temple in the capital as the abbot."

Mu Tusu replied: "Uncle Pei really doesn't understand me, I will let the monk return to secular life and help him marry a wife."

"What about the little nun?"

"She continued to be a nun in the nunnery, which made her die."

Pei Jiang was taken aback: "Then what should you do?"

"Naturally accompany her always with the green lantern."

"Bullshit." Pei Jiang couldn't help spitting.

Mu Tusu didn't refute, just smiled and said nothing, and at the end, he added: "The nunnery is next to birds and beasts, and there are occasional things about animals and animals, no one knows."

Pei Jiang spat at him again: "Beast!"

He smiled, but his eyes drifted far away.

Seeing her own carriage, Bai Zhi immediately galloped into the carriage and ordered the driver to drive away quickly.Seeing Bai Zhi's appearance, Liu couldn't help asking: "Zhi'er, what's wrong?"

Bai Zhi only said that nothing happened.The talkative Qing He couldn't hold back: "Young lady, once you hear that the crown prince is in the temple, you'll be virtuous."

Mrs. Liu was stunned, and said softly: "Zhi'er, you and your sweetheart are innocent, and you haven't explained it to your son?"

"Mother, don't worry about this matter."

"How can I not worry? You are the only daughter I have." A trace of sadness flashed in Liu's eyes, "You and your father are my only concerns in this world."

When Bai Zhi heard that Liu Shi still cared about Bai Yuan so much, she held her breath in her heart: "When he dotes on Er Niang, can he put Niang in his heart?"

Liu Shi didn't speak anymore, but there were tears in her eyes.Bai Zhi saw it in her eyes and was sad in her heart. She comforted Liu Shi and stroked the back of Liu Shi's hand without making a sound.It would have been nice if the family had always been like this. Although my father no longer doted on my mother, at least it would give her peace of mind where my mother could see it.Mother's peace of mind is Bai Zhi's greatest joy.She doesn't ask for anything, but God just let her Bai family live in this small Suzhou city.

But as soon as she came home, the servant girl called her to go to the hall, and ordered Liu Shi to go with her. She had a bad feeling in her heart. Usually, the family training would go to the hall, and she asked her mother to go with her, so it would be—— She committed a crime.

What else could she do besides robbing and burning letters?

Sure enough, before she stepped into the threshold of the hall, Bai Yuan slapped her with a palm and slapped her on the face, causing severe pain.Originally, Bai Yuan wanted to slap a few more times, but because Bai Zhi was tightly protected in Liu's arms, she survived.

Liu, who had always been calm, burst into tears: "Master, please forgive me, what did Zhi'er do wrong, why did you beat her like this?"

"You have such a good daughter!" Bai Yuan gritted his teeth, blew his beard and stared, "She actually bribed Lai Fujie to send my letter to Shao'er! Ask her, what does this mean?"

Liu was stunned, and looked at the silent Bai Zhi in her arms: "Zhi'er, quickly explain to your father why you did this, quickly!"

How would she explain it?Said that she knew that Bai Yuan would abandon her and her mother after becoming an official in the capital, take Erniang and his precious son to the capital, and never care about their life or death?If she could explain it like this, she would definitely explain it out loud!
Seeing that Bai Zhi has been silent, Liu was anxious and angry.

Bai Yuan sneered at the side: "Your sister married a good family, you are unbalanced, you can only blame yourself for not living up to expectations. You ruined that good marriage back then, and you have no one to blame. I dote on your sister, It's because she is more sensible than you! Don't think that if you rob the letter, I will pamper you. I am completely disappointed in your unworthy daughter." Bai Yuan looked at her bitterly, and wanted to hit her again.

Liu Shi was crying while protecting Bai Zhi, shouting: "Master, please forgive me!"

Er Niang pretended to be a peacemaker at the side: "Master, don't be angry. I think Zhi'er is bored at home, why not let Zhi'er go to her uncle's house for a month."

Liu's hometown happened to be at the border guard, almost facing the battlefield. Now that the war is approaching and the situation is turbulent, it is a question of whether Bai Zhi can come back alive if she is sent there.

However, the angry Bai Yuan accepted Er Niang's suggestion, and said with a flick of his sleeves: "Go to your uncle's place and think about it for a month before you come back! At that time, you will know how happy it is to be my daughter!"

Bai Zhi sneered, this is really ironic.She said without crying, "Thank you dad for your kind hand!"

On the side, Mrs. Liu was crying until the pear blossoms were raining, it was very miserable.

The Liu family is from Tongcheng, and Tongcheng is at the border between Guanghui Dynasty and Nanzhao.It has a rugged terrain and is surrounded by mountains. It was an important border defense town of the Guanghui Dynasty.Tongcheng is mainly based on agriculture, but it is named after the thriving slave trade.There are all kinds of slaves in Tongcheng Slave Trading Bazaar, such as beautiful and enchanting blue-eyed Persian dancers, naive and hard-working men, all-round talents who are proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, or extraterrestrial experts with strong martial arts. In short, what do you think? Whatever you want, there is everything there for customers to choose.Those who can enter the slave trading bazaar must first pay the entrance fee of ten taels of gold to enter.Therefore, the master who went to auction slaves was either rich or expensive.

Bai Zhi has always been curious about the slave trading bazaar, and wanted to go there several times, but the gold tael was too expensive for her, and she couldn't afford it.Going this time, she naturally did not dare to think about the slave trading market. She was not going to play, but to think about her mistakes.

Outside the gate of the White Mansion, a carriage carved with indigo brocade cloth and wood carvings was parked.

Ever since Bai Zhi was ordered by Bai Yuan to go to her uncle's house to think about it, Liu Shi has cried a lot.The Liu family has only one elder brother, who is a large farmer with several thousand mu of land, and is a well-known agricultural family in Tongcheng.When Bai Zhi was young, she lived in her uncle's house for a period of time. Because of her arrogant personality at that time, the eldest lady had a bad temper, which made her younger cousin cry a lot. The cousin who loved her cousin didn't want to see her very much.Later, on the day she returned to Suzhou City, her cousin caught several toads and secretly put them on her carriage, scaring her so much that she fell ill for almost half a year.Afterwards, Mrs. Liu no longer took Bai Zhi to her uncle's house to visit relatives, for fear of another "sickness for half a year".

Now that Bai Zhi is going there again, while Liu is worried that her nephew Liu Ji will punish Bai Zhi again, she is also worried that the war is approaching and that Bai Zhi will be hurt.As a mother, you always think more than others.

Bai Zhi comforted the tearful Liu Shi: "Mother, it's only been a month since I went this time, and it's gone in the blink of an eye."

"Don't, don't mess with your cousin again."

"know."

Now her cousin is amazing, in charge of the thousands of acres of land accumulated by the Liu family for generations, he is the king of food.

Bai Zhi stepped into the carriage, and Qing He followed.She frowned and pouted, obviously looking unhappy.Bai Zhi naturally knew why she was like this.The lady is punished, the servant girl is punished together, and Bai suffers.

"Qing He, how old are you today?"

"Fourteen, miss."

"Oh, it's marriageable age." Bai Zhi recalled that in her dream she pointed Qing He to the senior guard of Prince Gong's mansion, but in the end Qing He had an affair with the housekeeper and was stabbed to death by the angry husband.

"Miss, Qinghe doesn't think about these things yet." Qinghe lowered her head shyly, but the corners of her mouth were raised with a faint smile.

How could such a pure girl do such a thing?Bai Zhi felt emotional, maybe she was wrongly matched in marriage.

The first half of the journey to Tongcheng was calm and smooth.She thought that the worry before coming here was just to scare herself, but there are some things, the more you feel at ease when you think it's over, it will always give you a blow in the head.

The carriage stopped suddenly, Bai Zhi staggered and nearly rolled off the carriage.The curtain was lifted, and the coachman said: "Miss, there is a fight ahead."

Bai Zhi was stunned for a moment, then poked her head out to look ahead.

The coachman was a smart man, he drove the carriage into the grass, and there were big trees covering it, so it couldn't be called completely invisible, but it was also invisible to people at a glance.The front is too far away, I can't see who it is, I can only hear the woman's scream, the sound is miserable, Bai Zhi feels cold from the bottom of her heart.

Could it be a bandit who took advantage of the chaos of war and acted recklessly?They are robbing women to go to the cottage?But she had never heard of bandits around here.

(End of this chapter)