Hibiscus Flower West Moon Splendid

Chapter 33
Jinxiu hugged me from behind with a smile, grabbed a piece of chicken heart cake and stuffed it into her mouth, leaned her chin on my shoulder, and said with a smile: "Sanniang, you said my sister is so hypocritical, she just misses the third master Yes, pretending! Look, the little daughter-in-law is cooking herself."

Sanniang knew that Jinxiu was a celebrity around Qingjiang, so she respectfully blessed her and called "Hello, Miss Jin". When she heard her say that, she looked at me ambiguously, covered her mouth and smiled.

I stammered and said: "You, you, don't talk nonsense, if you talk about it again, I won't eat it for you."

I wanted to pat off her little claws stretching towards the chicken heart cake, but her movements were very sensitive, dodging left and right, and I couldn't touch her hand no matter what.

"Well, it's delicious, it's really full of love. Sister, remember? You used to make pancakes for me, but you always say that, come, pick a small fancy one, and I'll try it." She giggled coquettishly there Smile, the stunning face of the beauty in men's clothing is even more glamorous and moving.The guards outside couldn't help but look a little straight, even including the two newly transferred from Xifengyuan, who are said to be very professional and cold-faced guards.

While laughing and fussing, the guards came back after searching, Jinxiu nodded and pulled me to a secluded place, "Mujin, it's our birthday tomorrow, what gift do you want?"

I shook my head slightly, "I don't want anything, as long as you are safe and sound. What gift do you want my sister to give you?"

She smiled and stared at me, "Mujin, actually I think the same as you, as long as you are safe and sound..."

I felt sad for a while, and tears fell from my eyes, "Jinxiu, my sister is incompetent, I made you suffer..."

Jinxiu panicked, "Mujin, don't cry, Jinxiu has never blamed Mujin. Jinxiu has never forgotten that Jinxiu will always be with Mujin. You will not die alone, so don't cry."

I cried even harder.Jinxiu wiped my tears for me, and shed tears herself, "You are such a fool, you are always thinking of others, it's really annoying..."

Jinxiu and I looked at each other through tears and laughed, and wiped each other's tears, as if we were children again, buttoning each other, braiding each other's hair, washing each other's faces, wiping each other's tears, blowing each other's noses...

Xie Sanniang forced Jinxiu to bring some chicken heart cakes to the distinguished guests who were enjoying the moon in the purple garden, saying that they were homemade and delicious just out of the oven.I secretly wrapped some for Jinxiu, and smiled and sent her to the door.

Outside the Chuihua Gate, Jinxiu pulled my clothes for me, "It's getting cold, add more clothes. You're a girl now, don't make people laugh, I'll send someone to send you some nice things tomorrow."

"Don't worry, Sanniang has prepared everything for me, I have everything here, you can keep it for yourself!" I happily stuffed the chicken heart cake into her arms.

She curled her lips helplessly, and suddenly approached me, and said in a voice that only I could hear: "It seems that the third master's kung fu is good, but you have to be more restrained."

I didn't understand at first, and I looked at her narrow smiling face foolishly, but when I looked back, I suddenly came to my senses, my face turned red to the base of my neck, I shook my hand, and pointed to her bright and charming but extremely hateful smile, "You little fart Boy, what are you talking about?"

She looked innocent and said loudly: "Who is a brat? You have done it, are you afraid of me telling? Look at your little cherry mouth, I wonder, which cat stole the meat?"

All the guards looked at me in unison, their eyes full of ambiguity.Well, this time I jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't clean it up.I stamped my feet angrily, turned around and left, and Jinxiu laughed unscrupulously behind my back.

I turned around and went into my own room, my face was still flustered, looking at the red and swollen lips in the copper mirror, I was also a little dazed.Why did Jinxiu deliberately tease me in front of so many people today?She wasn't like this before.

That's right, Ziyuan will spread the troubles of Jinxiu to me and Yuanfei Bai Qingqing, so what.

If it got to Feijue's ears, what would he think?

In the middle of my troubles, a black figure jumped by, and my goosebumps stood up.The so-called "a man of high skill is bold", when I felt the reward, I got out of the sheath and stabbed it.Facts have proved that I overestimated my three-legged cat martial arts, and I definitely belong to "blind and bold". The opponent's hand pointed directly at my throat, "If you make a sound, I will kill you."

Under the dim light, I saw a man with loose black hair, tangled with mud, unshaven, ragged clothes, and heavy handcuffs and shackles on his limbs. Only his eyes were clear, and there was a hint of mockery on his mouth.I remembered the prisoner that Jinxiu said just now that he would hunt down, so this person is Qi Botian?

I looked at this figure who would occupy an important position in the history of peasant uprisings in the future, turning my head quickly and slowly nodding to him.

He walked around behind me, "You take me out, and I will let you go. Otherwise, I will make you never see your lover again."

My fingers touched the beaded crossbow on my right wrist. Coincidentally, the beaded crossbow that Zhang Demao helped me find someone to make. It was just delivered the day before yesterday. The small fine steel arrow crossbows are all contaminated with poison, so I named it "Hujin".

I aimed at his thigh, and was about to turn the pearl crossbow quietly, when I heard his last words, it seemed that he had listened to all the conversations I had with Jinxiu.An idea flashed in my heart, what a good opportunity this is, go out and meet Feijue!A woman in love is really bold and blind!

I smiled wickedly in my heart, and said to him: "It's easy to say, strong man Qi, I will definitely take you out, please don't kill me."

He looked at me viciously, "Don't play tricks, or I'll kill you right away."

This kid's words are quite interesting, but if I go out like this, the two guards will definitely be suspicious, and they won't let me out!

I looked at him sideways and said, "Qi Zhuangshi, your face is recognized as soon as you go out. I suggest that you trim it a little and change your clothes before you leave! You take me out of the garden, and I will send it to you." You go out of the West Corner Gate, flee into the mountains and hide for a night, and come out wearing gold and silver tomorrow, no one will recognize you."

I'm speechless.

He stared at me blankly for a while, nodded and said, "This plan is very good. Why do you help me? Could it be a trick?"

Huh?Is this person really the leader of the Peasant Rebel Army?It's very simple.If you ask this question, the answer must be no!
So I sincerely said: "To tell you the truth, Qi Zhuangshi, my sister and I were also from poor families. We sold them to the original family to treat our father's illness. You stand out for us poor people, so I have always admired you in my heart." In heaven, I dare not deceive the strong man Qi.” I swore there, crossed my hands behind my back, and said to myself: God, this doesn’t count, this doesn’t count.

He looked at me dubiously, and slowly let go of the offer.

I said to him: "Use my dagger to shave your beard and hair quickly. There is a third master's replacement clothes in my cabinet. You can change quickly, and before the third master comes back, I will send you out of Ziqi Mountain Villa." .”

I pointed to the cabinet and he told me to get it, I slowed down as much as I could and pulled out the suit.This Qi Botian's luck is really good, it happened that Yuan Feibai had a white satin gown with Tuanfu characters on it, and there was a tear in it, he was always frugal, and he always mended his daily clothes, so Xie Sanniang insisted that I sew it for him personally .A few days ago, I asked Biying to secretly mend it for me and send it back to Yuan Feibai before I had time to take it back. Otherwise, with my craftsmanship, Yuan Feibai would never wear a dress with a skirt crawling on the front. "Centipede" clothes, give it to the leader of the Peasant Rebel Army today.

Seeing that I was still obedient and honest, he let go of his guard, shaved his beard in front of the bronze mirror, and looked at me cautiously from the mirror.After a while, a handsome young man appeared in front of me.I really can't tell, just now he looked like a 50-year-old old man, but now he is just a 23-year-old young man.

When he put on the original non-white clothes, I couldn't help laughing out loud.People really are more important temperament.It turns out that wearing this dress is obviously extravagant and looks like a fairy, but this comrade wears it like an arty nouveau riche.

He glanced at me, his face flushed, showing the honest and uneasy characteristic of peasants, "Don't laugh, I have never worn such a good clothes before."

I suddenly felt that I was going too far, so I bowed my body and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Mr. Qi Zhuang, I shouldn't have laughed at you, I'll make it up to you."

He was about to come to help me with a reward, but I was so scared that I ran away quickly.He blushed shyly there, and I wondered if this man was rewarded with 1000 taels of silver for his capture. It is said that he was committed by the extremely vicious and cunning imperial court.

His lightness kung fu is good, and he led me over the high wall of Xifengyuan lightly and deftly.We passed through the terrifying Xilin, and we left the compound of Ziqi Mountain Villa in a short while.I looked at the shining jade plate in the sky, let out a sigh of relief, and cupped my hands, "Okay, strong man Qi, I have sent you out of the villa. You can hide here overnight, and you can go out tomorrow."

I pulled out two silver hairpins from my head, and two jade bracelets, and stuffed them in his hands, "I came out in a hurry, and I didn't bring any silver tickets with me. You pawn these jewellery, and buy some new ones." Yi, have a good time."

With tears in his eyes, Qi Botian fell to his knees with a plop, "This, this... It's too much for me to force the girl to send me out. If someone bumps into me, it will be a burden to the girl. How can I take the girl's things again?"

I hurriedly helped him up, smiled and shook his head, "I respect the strong man the most in my life. What's the point of mere yellow and white things? Besides, I don't think the strong man looks like the desperado who committed crimes. Why did the strong man turn against him?" What about the imperial court?"

Qi Botian gritted his teeth and said, "I'll tell you the truth, the insects in our hometown are too violent, and the county magistrate is not allowed to exterminate the locusts. We farmers, the harvest is our destiny, and it seems that there is no harvest. My parents, three My younger sister starved to death, and my younger sister’s body was eaten away by locusts before she was buried. The landlord’s son Qi Zixiong took advantage of the fire to rob my daughter-in-law to pay off the debt. I went to the landlord’s house to ask for someone. So I insisted that I want to rebel against the imperial court." As he spoke, blood and tears flowed out side by side.

I sighed secretly.Since ancient times, farmers have indeed been at the bottom of life. No wonder ancient emperors always emphasized agriculture and suppressed business, and those dog officials relied on sucking the flesh and blood of these poor people, and even went to fish and meat villages in broad daylight. In the end, these poor people could only It is the government forcing the people to rebel.

I secretly wrote down the landlord's name, Qi Zixiong, and asked Qi Botian if he knew how his daughter-in-law was doing now.

His tears flowed even more fiercely, "After Xiulan was robbed into the Qi Mansion, she couldn't stand the torture and hanged herself. I heard that Qi Zixiong fed Xiulan's body to the dogs. killed."

I nodded heavily, "Strong man Qi, don't worry. In less than a year, someone will avenge your injustice and let you return to your hometown. It's important to hurry now. Mountains are high and rivers are long, and there will be a period later."

He bowed his hands gratefully to say goodbye to me, and was about to turn around when I remembered that the reward was in his hand, so I called him: "Scholar Qi, this dagger is a gift from my brother, can you return it to me?"

Just as Qi Botian was about to hand me the dagger, a cold voice came, "Brother, don't be fooled."

A cold sharp knife rested on my neck, and my sweat slowly flowed down, but the voice sounded familiar.

Qi Botian hurriedly said: "Little brother, put down the sword quickly, this wooden girl is my savior, come and thank her for elder brother."

The voice came again, "Brother is really confused, no matter what, she saw your true face and let her go, and there will be endless troubles. And you threatened with force just now, she must hold a grudge, and she brought you out just to get away. If you return this peerless weapon, she will find a chance to kill you, why don't you let me kill the grass and roots, and it will be over once and for all."

The man behind him slowly turned around.Under the moonlight, a young man in night clothes appeared in front of me. He was handsome and handsome, but his face was full of murderous looks. It turned out to be Qi Zhongshu, a young man who sold poetry in the night market.

The more I looked at him, the more familiar he looked, and suddenly the image of a crying child popped up in my mind, and I couldn't help blurting out, "You, you are Qi Fang, I am Hua Mujin, the Hua Mujin who was sold to Aunt Chen together, you Do you still remember? We used to ride the bullock cart together..."

Qi Fang's wrist trembled slightly, and a perfect sword flower successfully blocked my passionate confession speech.He lazily said: "So what? Your younger sister is Hua Jinxiu, the former celebrity in front of Qingjiang, Yao Biying is now the maid of Yubeizhai, and the brats Song Minglei and Yu Feiyan have both been promoted to fourth-rank officials. I saw it at the night market last time."

I feel cold.We haven't seen each other for six years, and the crybaby who used to cling to me and Jinxiu has become so indifferent.

He looked at me coldly and said: "Now you five are doing well, and my brother and I are miserable and destitute, and we are naturally unworthy to recognize you." Cuo's elder brother said, "Brother, do you know who this young lady is? She is Hua Hibiscus who was sold by the toothmaid together with me, but now she is the concubine of Young Master Treading Xue."

I looked into his eyes and smiled faintly, "I don't dare to be a concubine, but we Xiaowuyi are indeed working together in the Yuan family. Yuanhou Ye is a hero in the world, with unique eyesight. With the talents of you and Big Brother Qi, if we can work together in Yuanjia Under the family's tent, with the power of the Yuan family, not only can he avenge big brother Qi's grievances, but also get rich and prominent, which is better than fleeing for a lifetime and living in the rivers and lakes. Xiaofang, come back with me." After speaking, I Can't help but want to hold his hand.

With a swipe of his sword, a gash was pulled on my hand. The wound was not deep, but it was enough to make me shut up immediately.

"You're so eloquent. I thought you were so pretty, but Hua Jinxiu and the others were able to get along with Yuan Feibai. It turns out that you really have a bit of eloquence." He snorted coldly and looked at me with disdain.

I got a little pissed off there.

"Do you think I'm as honest and easy-to-coax as my elder brother? You nobles, which one of you has a white heart, full of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trust, but in broad daylight, fish and meat people, doing all kinds of evil, and dying, afraid that you have done too many bad things in ordinary times , was thrown into the [-]th level of hell, and then asked the monks to chant scriptures in a hurry, which is really ridiculous. Do you think that my brother and I rebelled against the emperor just for the sake of glory and wealth? Humph..." He sneered , "You're talking too much, all you talk about is nothing more than trying to trick me and my brother into piles of dead bones to help the Yuan family conquer the country. Huh, I would rather beheaded and die, than An Neng surrender? We want to kill all the nobles, To repay the suffering we poor people have suffered, starting from you today." He said through gritted teeth, his handsome face distorted under the moonlight.

I have to admit that Qi Fang's realm is very high, at least he is not fooled by the glory and wealth.It's a pity that using violence to control violence is the solution to the problem?
To kill all the nobles is completely childlike and angry. No wonder Yuan Feibai and Song Minglei laughed at them as a group of ignorant rogues, nothing to be afraid of.Moreover, although they claim to be acting on behalf of the heavens, they only gather some refugees in the Bianzhou area to occupy the mountains as kings, kill some nobles, rob the rich and help the poor, but they do not have a clear program and regulations, as well as a clear and step-by-step marching route and military plan .What's more, most of the people gathered together were hooligans and looters who killed people and robbed wealth, but were dissatisfied with Qi Botian and Qi Fang for distributing too much money and goods to the poor.

(End of this chapter)