twin moon

Chapter 103 No.13 Act [-]

Yuansui 11 years, the ninth day of the first lunar month.The sun rises after the rain, and the blue sky is like washing.

Just after the New Year's Eve, no one came to sweep the red papers for setting off firecrackers everywhere in Yunzhi City, and scattered all over the street, like colorful falling flowers.Overnight, countless golden plums suddenly bloomed on the plum trees in the city, adding a little vitality to the lifeless branches, and also heralding a brand new spring, which has quietly arrived.

However, all this did not make Leng Jiayun happy.

Although it had been three months since she entered the city, but she heard two assassins from Ye country sneaking into Yunzhi on the city wall that day, but she never heard anything more about it.Now everything in the city is as usual, although Fu Guogong strengthened the defense and even sent people to investigate secretly for a long time, but in the end, nothing was found.To this day, even the woman herself begins to wonder if she was hallucinating because she was drunk.

Maybe it's been a long time since I heard from Ye Kingdom.There are even rumors that even the boat division cavalry who broke into the territory of Fu country earlier have all evacuated.But the more this is the case, the more uneasy Leng Jiayun's heart grows, and the yearning for Xiang Baili increases day by day.

Xiang Baili, who appeared in front of the woman after getting drunk on the day of entering the city, had a hazy but real smile, and even made her naively think that her lover had not left, and that as long as she could get drunk, she could meet him again.So this day, she picked up the wine jar again, planning to get herself drunk.

Although the Huangmei brew made in Fu is not as overbearing as the Qing Li Shao brewed by Leng Jiayun, it has a sweet and mellow taste.After drinking half a pot of wine, Leng Jiayun already felt that she had returned to 23 years ago, and became the young girl who sold wine in Yelicheng's wine shop...

In the spring of the 36th year of Emperor Huan, Yeli City was broken.The rebel army in the city was defeated by [-] people and [-] elite soldiers from the king's division. After losing the enemy, they abandoned their weapons and surrendered.The people of Yeli, who had suffered from years of war, also opened the city gate, welcoming the belated peace with laughter.

The road into the city was packed with black crowds, many of whom were young girls of sixteen or seventeen like Leng Jiayun.They all heard that the five thousand elite soldiers who fought to the death with the rebels were led by a young and handsome general, so they all wanted to see his dignity on the side of the road.

Yeli City is far away at the southern end of Yizhou, the traffic is blocked, and he rarely communicates with other countries in the Central Plains, and he has never seen such a majestic army.As soon as soldiers dressed in white armor representing the Dasheng Emperor's family appeared at the gate of the city holding high the huge king's flag painted with a three-legged golden crow, the crowd began to cheer and applaud.

Leng Jiayun's eyes were quickly attracted by a young general in the team.The man's hair was not tied up, but was scattered over his shoulders.He was not wearing armor either, but was wearing a blue robe.There are two long knives, one black and one red, hanging from his waist, which seem to be out of tune with the armored soldiers around him, but from the bottom of his heart, there is obviously a sense of wantonness and unruliness.It is precisely this kind of attire that makes the opponent look out of place in the team.

"Hey, could it be that this is the general Baili who defeated the rebels yesterday with less?"

"It seems to be. I heard that he is also dressed in the same way on the battlefield."

"Aren't you afraid of getting hurt if you don't wear armor in battle?"

"How could it be possible to be injured? It is said that Lord Baili's martial arts skills are very good, and he can beat a hundred on the battlefield. Have you seen the two long knives on his waist? It is said that he was on the battlefield yesterday. He wielded these two sharp weapons and went ten times in and out of the enemy's formation without any injuries. Those rebels were decapitated before they could get within five steps of him!"

"But if I met him on weekdays, I would never have imagined that he is so powerful."

"Yeah, it looks like he is only seventeen or eighteen years old, not much older than us, but he has already made outstanding achievements in battle."

"If one day, I can also be favored by such a young hero and entrusted to me for the rest of my life, how wonderful it would be."

The chattering voices of the young girls beside her drifted into Leng Jiayun's ears with the wind.She watched without blinking the general in green riding his horse past her, and suddenly felt as if something hit her heart hard.

Xiang Baili's figure gradually walked away, and the girls on the street also chased after the horse like a group of sparrows.However, Leng Jiayun shook her head mockingly, turned and left:
"If I can be favored... It's a pity that such a hero, how can he fall in love with a wine seller in Dongli..."

A few days after Master Wang entered the city, news could be heard everywhere that the general in green had allocated some food and grass in the army, and distributed it to the people in various places in the city.The life of the people in the city soon returned to normal, and the business of the winery where Leng Jiayun was located was getting better day by day.

However, the store was busy, and the girl Dongli who was secretly in love didn't have the chance to go out again.But she didn't dare to expect anything extravagantly, she just looked out of the store from time to time every day, hoping that the young man would pass by her door, even if it was just for her to take another look.

"Girl, please serve me a jug of wine and a plate of meat."

A strange voice rang in the ears, and Leng Jiayun, who was in front of the cabinet with her head bowed in a daze, came back to her senses.She raised her eyes abruptly, and saw the young man in green clothes who made her miss him day and night, standing in front of her as if in a dream.The pair of knives that the other party had been carrying around his waist was not on today, and he lost a bit of vigor and seemed more approachable.

"Master Baili—why did you come to our small shop suddenly?"

The sudden encounter made the Dongli girl extremely nervous.She only felt a little fever on her face, and she stammered and asked in Dashengguan with a slight accent.

"You actually recognize me?"

The young man's eyes were very bright. Hearing Leng Jiayun's question, he actually smiled a little embarrassedly. The smile was as bright as the warm spring sun, melting into the girl's heart.

"Xiang Baili's name has long been spread in the city. What would the general want to drink?"

The Dongli girl smiled shyly, then led the other party to an empty table, and took off the rag from her waist to wipe it carefully.It was the first time she was so close to the other party, and she felt her heart beating wildly.

"I heard that there is a famous wine in Dongli, called Qing Li Shao?"

"The general is right. Many restaurants in Yeli City sell this Qing Li Shao, but my wine is brewed with snow water from Hezhai Mountain. It has a soft taste and a sweeter aftertaste."

"Okay, okay! First take an altar——" the young general went to touch the purse at his waist, but just halfway through his hand, he suddenly retracted with some embarrassment, "I'm really sorry, I came out in a hurry today, I forgot to bring money. Can you pay on credit here?"

"Of course, as long as you leave something on your body as compensation." Leng Jiayun nodded and agreed without thinking.

Unexpectedly, General Tsing Yi became more and more embarrassed, turned around and walked towards the door quickly: "Oh, I even forgot to bring my saber today!"

"Hey, it's okay to have nothing to do—"

Seeing that the other party was about to leave, the Dongli girl suddenly became a little anxious, and opened her mouth to keep the other party.Unexpectedly, the young man turned back in the blink of an eye, holding a blooming flower between his fingers:
"Girl, I saw that the crabapple outside the house is in full bloom, so let's use it to pay for the wine today. No matter what you or your shop need help with in the future, just send a message to my camp with the crabapple, and Baili will Whatever you ask for."

"My lord, how do you know that the little girl likes Haitang?"

Leng Jiayun suddenly froze in place, and took a while to take the flowers, as happy as a child.

"Your appearance makes the spring sunny, and the fragrance of the rain is still there. I have heard that Yizhou has this flower for a long time. It is beautiful and stubborn. Ye Li has been besieged for half a year, but he did not expect to recover so soon. I suddenly felt that it was born here. You, girl in troubled times, are just like this flower, beautiful and strong."

Xiang Baili suddenly felt emotional, and before the girl could react, he took the wine jar in his hand, dug open the mud, and drank cleanly with his head up.

"Good wine! It's strong enough and fragrant enough! Bring me another jar!"

"My lord, this wine is strong, you can't drink it like this!"

After hesitating again and again, Leng Jiayun still took a jar of wine and stepped forward.She also wanted to persuade the young general not to be greedy, but she saw that the other party's face was already flushed, and he actually grabbed her wrist and pulled herself to sit beside him:
"Girl, you and I are about the same age, so I don't need to hide it from you. I have been wandering here with my mother before. If I hadn't been taken in by kind people in the city, I am afraid that today I would have turned into a dry bone in the wilderness. These days, I have dreamed of my mother every night. Tuo Meng, told me to do something for the people in this city. But now, I can't even find my mother's remains!"

Two lines of hot tears gushed out of Xiang Baili's eyes without warning, and dripped down on the table.The girl from Dongli didn't know what happened to the young man in front of her at this time, but seeing the other party crying so sadly, she let him clasp her wrist tightly and watched him take a sip of the jar of wine in front of her. Drink it down in one gulp.

As if wanting to drink away his worries, Tsing Yi Ginseng soon became very drunk.Even though he was lying on the table, he was still talking vaguely.Maybe it's missing your loved ones, or maybe it's cursing this cannibalistic world.However, from the beginning to the end, Leng Jiayun never interrupted him.Because she knew in her heart that maybe only when she was drunk, could the other party temporarily forget the pain that had pierced her bones.

"What kind of world is this? Can a crabapple flower be used to pay for wine?!"

Suddenly, the angry shout of a man startled the girl so that she stood up from her seat.The speaker is the owner of this wine shop and Leng Jiayun's adoptive father.Previously he had been busy in the wine cellar at the back, and now he was coming out with two jars of new wine, when he saw someone exchange flowers for two jars of good wine, he was furious.

"Father, this is Master Baili who defeated the rebel army a few days ago. Their army has now stationed outside the city, and they are just a few drinks on credit. They will not refuse."

The Dongli girl hurriedly explained for the young general, but she seemed quite afraid of the adoptive father in front of her.

"Are you familiar with him? Why are you talking for outsiders!" The man refused to let go, grabbed the girl's hair, and dragged her away from the case, "If it weren't for these dog officials from Yujing How could there be rebels rebelling against me, Ye Li? If it weren't for this group of soldiers who suppressed the land, how could so many people die in the city? There are so many customers in the store, but you are the only one with such a The bad guys drink, I bought you back then, but I didn't let you eat and fight against me!"

"Father, what you said has nothing to do with Lord Baili, and he can't do anything about it! Now I only know that thanks to him, we are not trapped and starved to death in this Yeli city. It is also thanks to him, This wine shop in our family can only be reopened. He is kind to the living, so why can't he get some wine money on credit?"

Unexpectedly, for the first time, Leng Jiayun, who was always gentle and respectful, would confront her stingy adoptive father face to face.Seeing this, the drinkers at other tables in the store also stood by her side - after all, whether this world belongs to the Baijiang clan or not has nothing to do with the common people.As long as you don't have to worry about it every day, and you can have food, clothes, and a house to live in, it is already a great gift.

In this way, under the glaring gaze of the owner of the wine shop, the Dongli girl hired a carriage with the little money she had on her body, and joined hands with a drinker to help her go up to Baili, and sent her back to the camp.

And it wasn't until this time that she realized that the drunken young general left a worn-out official boot by the table.

"He--will come back, won't he?"

The young girl who had just begun to fall in love secretly prayed in her heart, hoping that God would bless Xiang Baili to be safe, and also looking forward to seeing her again.

(End of this chapter)