beauty heart thorn

Chapter 119
Gu Mingzhu was woken up by the bumps and pain along the way.

When she opened her eyes, her eyes were pitch black. As soon as she moved her body, she immediately found that her hands and feet were tied, her mouth was stuffed with cloth, and her eyes were covered with black cloth.

very good!

Gu Mingzhu gritted her teeth secretly, and what she saw in her memory was the last appearance of Zhou Yan. She poked her foot forward and touched something, but before she could identify it, she suddenly spun around and collided, and she fainted with staring eyes.

I don't know how long this coma has passed, and there is nothing I can do when I wake up.

The night wind was blowing loudly, the cloth in his mouth was torn off, and a piece of cake pressed against it.

Gu Mingzhu bit it without hesitation and started to eat it.

The man snorted and said, "He knows the current affairs."

I don't see the sun, the moon, or the stars, and I don't know how long I've been walking.

Until one early morning, Gu Mingzhu noticed bustling noises coming from all around, indistinctly recognizable hawkers in the market.

After walking so far, finally entered the city?
The ropes on Gu Mingzhu and Zhou Yan's feet were loosened, the strips of cloth were also torn off, and the black masks were removed from their eyes.

Seeing the light, Gu Mingzhu raised her hand and squinted her eyes, and then a face of a strange man appeared in front of her.

Wearing a strong suit and a knife, he smiled a bit wickedly, and said to Zhou Yan: "Third Princess, welcome home."

The tall house is majestic, and the two are in a lively market, surrounded by guards.

Zhou Yan was resentful and unwilling to stare at him: "It's fine to arrest me, why do you want to implicate innocent people in?"

"The friends of the third princess always give people unexpected surprises. Just in case, I have to do this." The big man smiled and glanced at Gu Mingzhu casually: "If the princess is obedient from the beginning, we will also be obedient." Not across thousands of miles."

He beckoned, and someone came forward immediately: "Send the two of you to the mansion for safekeeping. If you run away again this time, you will die."

"Yes!"

Gu Mingzhu and Zhou Yan were locked in a courtyard where there were guards on the inner and outer three floors.

Gu Mingzhu moved her hands and feet, glanced out, and looked around.

It seems that these people only restricted their freedom, but they were not treated harshly in terms of food and lodging.

She picked up a fruit, looked at Zhou Yan, and asked for a moment, "The third princess of Qi?"

Zhou Yan bit her lip: "I never wanted to implicate you, I...I..."

Gu Mingzhu thought for a while quietly, and said: "At least I was implicated by you innocently now, you should let me know the cause and effect of the matter."

Zhou Yan sat down in front of her with an embarrassing expression, as if he found it hard to say: "I...my concubine mother is an actress, her family is weak, and I have not been favored since I was a child. The state of Qi invaded and my elder brother was captured, in order to bring him back, someone proposed to use me as a marriage mate, and presented tens of millions of cattle and sheep as a token of sincerity."

Gu Mingzhu looked at her: "So you ran away from relatives?"

Zhou Yan shook his head, his eyes were slightly red: "No, it was my concubine who fought for me, but was thrown into the cold palace and killed by someone. In the palace, I discovered the secret of King Kecha, so I ran away out of fear. Border met Wu Yue."

Gu Mingzhu couldn't help but hold her forehead and was speechless. For a moment, she couldn't help but said: "This is really a person sitting at home, and the disaster is falling from the sky..."

It would take at least seven or eight days to travel from the southeast to the state of Qi. If Xu Jue couldn't find her, he would have to search all twelve states in the southeast.

Gu Mingzhu pondered quietly, and looked up at the person in front of her: "So they arrested you and asked you to make a kiss?"

Zhou Yan nodded, she always had an inexplicable cuteness in front of Gu Mingzhu.

Zhou Yan said: "When I reach Ji, I will be sent away."

Gu Mingzhu said: "When?"

"July thirteenth."

Gu Mingzhu looked at the strict defense outside the house, and thought about the southeast thousands of miles away. According to her current situation, she couldn't get out of here at all, so she could only say: "This is the end of the matter, one step at a time. It would be better if you can find an opportunity. If you don't have a chance, then wait until July when you reach the age of Ji, when you arrive in Li Country, there will be plenty of opportunities."

Seven months... Gu Mingzhu sighed inwardly.

Zhou Yan felt sorry for her. After all, Gu Mingzhu had helped her, but now she was in trouble because of herself, so she nodded and said, "I'll listen to you."

Fortunately, in this mansion, apart from the restriction of movement, the other treatment is not bad, and Zhou Yan was even assigned a servant girl.

It went on like this for almost a month.

Zhou Yan rested her chin and was boringly trimming flowers. She occasionally raised her head to look at the person who was flipping through books.

"Sister Gu." Zhou Yan called her, and said, "Are you familiar with Wu Yue?"

Gu Mingzhu turned a page of the book and said, "We grew up together since childhood."

Zhou Yan said again: "Then what kind of girl do you think he will like?"

Gu Mingzhu's gaze paused, and she looked up to meet Zhou Yan's sincere gaze.

This little girl is very persistent!After being reprimanded so bluntly by Wu Yue, he still made up his mind.

She smiled: "Ah Yue has a bright personality and is the son of the Wu family. Although he can't compare to princes and nobles, he is also the object of many girls in Gusu."

Zhou Yan pursed her lips and said nothing.

Gu Mingzhu's eyes fell on the book, she thought for a while, and said: "Since you are going to Li Country, then you should cut off the love of those children."

Zhou Yan turned pale, and said in a low voice, "I know..."

Gu Mingzhu shook her head lightly and stopped talking.

Now that he decided to stay until July, he couldn't stay stuck in this courtyard all the time, as this would drive people crazy sooner or later.

Two days later, Zhou Yan took the initiative to find the big man who brought the two back that day, and after repeatedly promising that he would never run away again, the two got the chance to leave the house.

Of course, this time out of the mansion is also accompanied by guards.

Zhou Yan has a very gentle name, but he grew up on real horses. Hearing that Gu Mingzhu likes horse racing, he took people to play on the grassland.

The wind in February was still bitingly cold, Gu Mingzhu pulled the rein and looked at the endless grassland.

She said, "Shall we play a game?"

Zhou Yan stepped on a white horse with a string of bells tied around its neck, which would jingle when the horse ran.

When she heard Gu Mingzhu's words, she had a bit of arrogance in her expression, and said, "Sister Gu, I may not be as good as you in other things, but I won't lose in horse racing."

Gu Mingzhu smiled: "Really... a gamble?"

"Then Ah Yan will ask Sister Gu for a lottery. If I win, you can teach me calligraphy later."

"it is good!"

The girls let go of their feet on the grassland, and the wind was fierce, as if everything had gone away, only the sound of wind and pulse remained in the world.

Zhou Yan turned her head to look at Gu Mingzhu who had fallen for a short distance, and the girl said with a bright expression: "Sister Gu, it seems that you are definitely the teacher! Drive! Drive!"

Gu Mingzhu smiled, and rode the horse vigorously to chase after him: "As expected of growing up on horseback, it seems that I have to teach you this word."

"My sister keeps her word."

It has reached the end of the horse racing range, and the guards will definitely come up to catch up any further.

The two reined in their horses, turned around and let the horses stroll. Zhou Yan had a smile on his face: "There is nothing worth nostalgic about here, only this vast and boundless place can be regarded as the comfort in my heart."

Gu Mingzhu stood quietly, but she was secretly surprised.

When she was in Dangzhou, she always felt that Zhou Yan was the kind of little girl who loved to cry, but since arriving here, the girl has a lively mind and has her own thoughts and opinions.

Such a bright and flying Zhou Yan seemed to be carved out of the same mold as Wu Yue.

He would not like it.

When they were about to leave the prairie, a few people rode horses from a distance, and as soon as they saw the two of them, they immediately stepped forward, and a dozen people stopped in front of them.

The young gentleman was wearing a strong suit, holding a whip in his hand, and his smile was a bit mocking: "Hey, isn't this our honorable third princess, come here for a horse race?"

Zhou Yan's face darkened slightly: "Zhou Yuanshu!"

Zhou Yuanshu said: "Tsk, it's rare that Her Royal Highness still remembers my name. It's a great honor. Let's compete?"

"Not interested in."

"Yo, are you afraid?" A young man from the side spoke up, "Afraid of losing?"

Gu Mingzhu stroked the horse's hair, watching the child's aggressive behavior, but did not make a sound.

Zhou Yan: "Am I afraid of you?"

Zhou Yuanshu said: "Then one match? If you lose, you will be my maid for a month. If I lose, I will be your servant for a month. How about it?"

Zhou Yan snorted, his face was full of disdain: "You will be my servant? You didn't even ask me if I wanted to."

"Oh? Then you don't want to?"

"Compare to compare!"

Zhou Yan turned the horse's head and said to Gu Mingzhu: "Sister, you wait here, I will compete with her."

Gu Mingzhu nodded and smiled at her.

The two ran back again.

Gu Mingzhu looked at the figure in the distance, the outcome of this match was very obvious, Zhou Yan distanced herself from the beginning.

She was watching Qixing, when suddenly someone beside her said: "Young lady looks so good-looking, is the elder sister recognized by the third princess?"

Gu Mingzhu glanced at him, he was a man in his 20s, he was good-looking, he was dressed in gold and silver, and he could only describe him in one word: extravagant.

He looked like a son of a wealthy businessman who got rich overnight.

Seeing her looking over, the man slapped his horse forward happily in his heart: "The girl can also race horses? Do you want us to have a race?"

Gu Mingzhu said indifferently: "Not interested."

If you're not interested, then you know how to race horses?

The man looked at the gentle face of Yanyu Jiangnan, his eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "I'm not interested... Are you looking down on me? Or are you afraid of losing?"

Gu Mingzhu smiled, but did not answer.

"Yo, this girl is quite tempered, young master, you are not good at face." Someone laughed.

The embarrassment of being ignored was stained on the man's face, and his voice sank: "Competition?"

Gu Mingzhu's heart skipped a beat and she looked up.

little lord?
The little prince of Qi?

That's right, although Zhou Yan is not favored, she is a real princess, and the people around her are naturally not ordinary people.

It's just that why is the young master of Qi State so foolish?

Gu Mingzhu shook her head, still said: "Not interested."

The man said: "Well, how about I let you count five first?"

Gu Mingzhu smiled: "You asked me to count to five?" She paused, then continued: "What if you lose?"

The man laughed: "Will I lose?"

Gu Mingzhu shook her head: "That's no comparison."

The man looked at the two of them in the distance, and said with a smile: "Well, let's make a lottery too. If I lose, I will be sent by you for a month. If you lose, you will be my concubine?"

The wind on the prairie was very strong, blowing her dress.

The girl's voice dissipated with the wind: "It's not fair."

"unfair?"

Gu Mingzhu said: "If I win, I will only have you for a month, but if I lose, I will be your concubine. I don't need you as my envoy. I have a servant in the garden to do some daily things."

The man frowned: "Then what do you want?"

Gu Mingzhu turned her head and thought for a while, then looked at him and said, "Six months, during the six months I've been in Qi, you have to pay attention to my affairs, you can't say anything if I say one thing, how about it?"

"Hey! What a big tone!" The man looked at her: "You actually want me to obey you?"

Gu Mingzhu looked away, and said lightly: "If you don't want to, forget it."

The people behind seemed to see the excitement as a serious matter, and immediately booed: "Little Lord Lei, whether you can embrace the beauty or not depends on whether you have the guts to gamble..."

"What are you talking about, you can still lose to a girl's family?"

"This girl looks different from our Qi girls. She must be interesting. Bring it back to your house, and she can entertain you every day."

Lei Jun has well-developed limbs and a simple mind. No matter how excited the people around him are, he would not lose face, so he said: "Okay, I will bet with you."

Gu Mingzhu raised her right palm: "Let's make a high-five!"

Zhou Yan turned around, and saw Lei Jun leaning against Gu Mingzhu in the distance, thinking of his usual debauchery, got angry, and heard the people chasing up beside him shout: "Zhou Yan!"

Before Zhou Yan could react, he was thrown down suddenly. The two of them rolled along the slope of the grassland, but nothing serious happened. Zhou Yuanshu's expression darkened, "What are you doing?"

Zhou Yan pushed him away and wanted to run up the slope, but was pulled back by someone. Zhou Yuanshu's face was ugly: "Is that why you don't want to stay with me?"

Zhou Yan's wrist hurt from being pulled by him, and he said angrily: "Zhou Yuanshu, let go of me, you hurt me!"

Zhou Yuanshu let her go slowly, and after a while he pursed his lips and said, "You lost! Come to my house tomorrow."

He paused, and continued: "Be my maid."

Zhou Yan ignored him, really worried that Lei Jun would do something bad to Gu Mingzhu, so he went straight up the slope and walked back.

Behind him, Zhou Yuanshu led the horse and chased after her. Seeing that her eyes were always on the front, she was worried, and said, "Are you worried about her?"

"None of your business!" Zhou Yan said angrily.

Zhou Yuanshu fell silent after being choked up by her.

After the two of them clapped their hands in the distance, Gu Mingzhu said: "It's not interesting to just race horses. I heard that Qi is a horse nation, and both riding and shooting are excellent. I guess the young master must also be a leader. Let's compare riding and shooting." how?"

Lei Jun didn't care and said: "Why not."

Gu Mingzhu pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "Young Master is indeed a cheerful person. I know that there is a kind of bird in Qi State called Qu Duo Bird. Qu Duo is vigorous and skilled. It is more difficult to shoot than ordinary flying birds in the air, and it also tests archery skills. , is your favorite to use when riding and shooting."

Gu Mingzhu looked at Lei Jun, and said: "Order people to release many birds in the same place, and whoever hunts more will win within a stick of incense, how about it?"

Her expression was so calm that Lei Jun couldn't help becoming suspicious.

But Gu Mingzhu was wearing a turquoise lotus leaf skirt, wrapped in a snow-white cloak, with pearls and hairpins Luo Cui on her hair.

Even if she really knows how to ride and shoot, can she still compare to herself?

Lei Jun was full of confidence in an instant: "Okay! Let's compare like this!"

(End of this chapter)