idle mistress

Chapter 166
The middle-aged man explained to her enthusiastically: "The government has announced that the imperial army will come to our Tong County today. Are you all waiting to watch?"

"Army? What army?" She asked suspiciously.

The burly man next to the middle-aged man obviously came with the middle-aged man, and he answered bluntly: "The girl doesn't know something, the rear is in chaos now, they are all fighting, I heard that the imperial court has sent an army of [-] Go south to quell the rebellion."

Speaking of this, the man's face was quite excited. Seeing her nodding with half understanding, he couldn't help but start talking at length: "I heard that the leader is the general of the Zhenbei Army, General Zhao."

The middle-aged man beside him answered, "What general, he is now the regent. This mausoleum king is a very brave and skilled fighter. Back then, he swept away thousands of troops with his own strength. He can be called a generation of heroes."

A young man not far behind heard this and couldn't help laughing: "The two uncles are really bragging about not paying taxes. Since you are the regent, why do you need to fight the enemy yourself?"

Seeing someone questioning him, the man looked a little unhappy, but he couldn't refute it, so he couldn't help but said angrily: "That's impossible to know, but that's what I heard."

Without saying a word, Shen Qing quietly listened to these people arguing passionately.

She stood for a while, feeling weak in her legs and feet, and just about to go back home, she heard the sound of horseshoes approaching from a distance.

The people at the scene suddenly burst into cheers: "Come... come...".

Affected by the emotions of the crowd, Shen Qing couldn't help but stop and wait and see. When he raised his eyes, he saw a team coming from the other side of the street with marching strides.

The flag is raised high, fluttering in the air...

The people were overwhelmed by this momentum, and the surroundings suddenly became quiet, and the people standing on both sides of the street held their breaths and waited and watched.

Shen Qing stood there and watched silently. Soon, an infantry walked past them, followed by a cavalry.

A tall man wearing a golden armor, surrounded by flags, rode a mighty white horse in the center.

The knights on both sides of him are even more sturdy.

The white horse walked straight forward with high spirits, and the general sitting on the horseback was wearing a golden armor with a straight waist, heroic and majestic, it is not difficult to see that this man is cheap and the commander of the army.

Shen Qing looked over from afar, only to see this person's eyes were sharp and his face was cold, he looked like a man not to be trifled with.

In the back, there are thousands of soldiers and horses, marching in uniform military steps, majestic and majestic...

Standing in the crowd, Shen Qing looked unusually small. She stopped and looked at it for a while, and then felt that her feet were weak, and it was difficult for her to support herself.

She knew that once the army left, the people would disperse immediately. With the crowd surging, her legs and feet were inconvenient, so she would definitely be more passive.

Some dangers can be foreseen. Thinking of this, she turned around silently and slowly walked out of the crowd with a cane.

The common people flocked to the official road to watch the excitement, and these small streets and alleys seemed very deserted.

Standing for too long, her calves were weak, and Shen Qing had more difficulty walking than when she came here. With the help of two crutches, she carefully walked towards home step by step.

Halfway along the road, a woman came out from a dark alley and walked alongside her. Seeing that she was standing on crutches, the woman couldn't help but look sideways at her a few more times.

Soon the woman was ahead of her.

Shen Qing struggled to follow behind the woman, the distance between them was getting farther and farther, as they walked, a gust of evil wind blew in front of her, she couldn't help bending over and coughing.

The crutch in her hand got stuck in the crack of the stone in the middle of the road, she lost her balance and fell to the ground immediately.

When the woman in front heard the movement, she quickly turned around and helped her up.

After Shen Qing thanked the woman, she walked more carefully.

The woman walking in front seemed worried, and looked back at her frequently, and she smiled back, that smile was like a flower, so beautiful.

The second sister-in-law Lu was stunned for a moment, she didn't know that there was such a watery person in this world, who could win people's soul away with a smile.

I'm afraid the appearance of the gods sung in the opera is nothing more than this.

She wanted to go up to say a few polite words, but she saw the woman turned around with difficulty and walked towards the Mu family's house.

This time, Second Sister-in-law Lu couldn't bear it any longer, leaned over curiously, supported her with one hand, and asked, "Miss has a tight face, is this from the Mu family?"

"En." Shen Qing nodded: "I've lived here for a while, but my legs and feet are inconvenient, so I rarely go out."

Second Sister-in-law Lu nodded: "Yes, I am familiar with everyone in this neighborhood, but I have never met the girl, but I do know Huijuan, the hostess of the Mu family."

Hearing this, Shen Qing was stunned for a moment, and then heard the woman ask: "Are you Huijuan's sister-in-law? I heard she said that her husband's younger sister is unable to move."

Knowing that Lu Huijuan lied to the neighbors... A person, after telling the first lie, has to make up more lies to cover up the lie.

Shen Qing didn't want to waste too much time, so she didn't expose her.

Second Aunt Lu saw her nodding, with a strange look on her face, and then raised her eyes to look at her twice, and then, she enthusiastically introduced to Shen Qing:
"I live on the opposite street. My husband's surname is Lu. He is the second child in the family. Everyone calls me Mrs. Lu, and you can call me Mrs. Second too."

The second sister-in-law of Lu is obviously acquainted, Shen Qing nodded, and said: "My surname is Shen, and my single name is Qing."

After hearing this, Second Aunt Lu was stunned again.

"This... why is one surnamed Mu and the other Shen, aren't they two brothers and sisters?"

Shen Qing smiled: "It's a long story, thank you, Second Sister-in-law."

Seeing that she didn't want to say more, Second Aunt Lu held her hand and sent her to the door before leaving.

Shen Qing pushed open the courtyard door, stepped into the courtyard with a cane, turned around and just closed the courtyard door when Mu Xiu inside heard the movement and rushed out from the main room.

He looked nervous, grabbed her arms with both hands, and asked, "Where have you been?"

Shen Qing was startled by the look on his face: "I...I'll go for a walk..."

Mu Xiu hugged her in his arms, and following his movements, a pair of crutches in Shen Qing's hands fell to the ground:

"I thought you were gone..."

When he said this, Mu Xiu wrapped her in his arms, and buried his bearded face into her neck.

Shen Qing was not used to being so close, she reached out her hand to push him away, but when she turned her head, she smelled the alcohol in his mouth, and she panicked: "Brother Shen, have you been drinking...?"

"Well, I'm in a bad mood, so I drank a little." Mu Xiu responded, holding her tighter and tighter with both arms.

He was tall and tall, just standing like this already gave people a sense of oppression, being held in his arms at this moment, Shen Qing suddenly realized a kind of crisis.

(End of this chapter)