Gongqing bone

Chapter 71

"Jinhua, in fact, silverware can also restore its luster. You can soak it in vinegar or brush it with tooth powder; this is what my mother taught me. I hope that when you see your shiny and brand-new jewelry , I will remember that your mother must be protecting you..." Du Heng said softly to Jin Hua.

Look, look, she's exuding her charms again...

Xue Feibai thought too far, if she were to change places, if she were her own, planning for her brother's great cause would probably be accomplished within a few years, right? ...

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Du Heng's foot injury finally healed when she entered Sichuan, and she upgraded the mounts for the three of them: from the original single ride to a carriage, she and Xue Feibai took turns driving, so that they could ride day and night. Hurry up and change horses at every post station.

In this way, although they were on their way quickly, their bones were almost broken; Jin Hua was eager to go home, gritted her teeth and didn't cry out when she was tired, and even offered to help Du Heng squeeze his legs and beat his shoulders to relax his muscles Xue Feibai didn't dare to have any objections after seeing it. Could it be that he can't even compare to a delicate little girl?
However, Jinhua is sometimes quite "understanding", and from time to time, she uses words to persuade Du Heng, who is determined to hurry, such as:

"My lord, I think Mr. Xue's complexion is not very good. Maybe it's because he's too rich and not used to being tired; Jinhua's skin is thick and thick, and your immortal will is beyond the reach of ordinary people. For Mr. Xue, you are not as good as us." Take a break?"

And: "My lord, are you tired of driving? Why don't you teach Jinhua how to drive a carriage, so that you can take the wheel for me~" Then Du Heng had to hold her in his arms and teach her like learning how to ride a horse.

Then there is the double standard that Du Heng always turns a blind eye to:

Jinhua always carefully prepares food where she can. She can make flowers from both dry food and freshly bought food; The radish, the white rice sold in the station can also be skillfully made into fruit rice balls... When it came to him, it was a mess of "ingredients".

It wouldn't matter if she abused herself, because she prepared the same "ingredients" for herself; until later, when Du Heng couldn't stand the food that Jin Hua ate, and wanted to drag her to eat with her whatever she wanted. Xue Feibai, who was driving outside to drink the northwest wind, realized that Jin Hua was too scheming.

Xue Feibai deeply felt that the days he lived every day in the capital actually reappeared on the carriage heading south!

Xue Feibai finally couldn't take it anymore. After Jinhua and Du Heng finally got tired of learning how to drive, Xue Feibai directly suggested that the three of them should take turns driving. Du Heng looked at him directly with a condemning face, as if I was wondering how he had the nerve to make such an inhumane suggestion.

Xue Feibai really wanted to scold her mother crazy in his heart:

When you are driving, someone sits next to you to protect you from the wind and knock your legs; when you go in to rest, the tea, soft quilt, and meals are ready for you to enjoy, and if you are bored, someone will chat with you. Didn't you find out what kind of life I am living, young master?

"My lord...it doesn't matter to me, Mr. Xue is right, the reason we are on our way is to get to our destination as soon as possible, I just go to drive too, it doesn't matter..."

Xue Feibai was about to gnash his silver teeth when he heard it, he couldn't believe that Du Heng couldn't even understand such a clumsy internal house speaking skills!

Of course Du Heng could hear it, but she was also very happy to bear it. It turned out to be such a pleasure to be blatantly favored by others. No wonder men are always praised by women in the backyard.

In the end, Xue Feibai didn't get what he wanted, and the three of them rotated. Du Heng thought of a compromise, and they alternated by water and land, so that they wouldn't be so tired.Unfortunately, the day before New Year's Eve, they finally arrived at Pu'er, and Mengla was within sight.

The girl Jinhua's chatter became more and more serious, and Xue Feibai wanted to attack several times, but Du Heng blocked her back.Because Du Heng felt that perhaps it was because of "being close to the hometown", Jin Hua became more and more anxious these days.

This emotion was the strongest when they first entered Yunnan, and it was also Du Heng who felt it keenly and assured Jinhua that they would not leave her alone, and they would not get up and go to Chuncheng to "handle the case" until they helped her return to Mengla and killed the enemy. ", she eased up a lot.

Since they went all the way south and entered the boundary between the two lakes, they wore less and less clothes.Arriving in Pu'er, the climate is already quite comfortable, neither hot nor humid nor stuffy, which is much better than that in Beijing.

Jin Hua explained that it was because the most comfortable time for them was the two months of winter.She said that the rainy season started before summer in their place, and it would last for five to six months, with endless torrential rains, and the month before and after the rainy season was very sweltering.

As expected, the atmosphere of Chinese New Year is strong, and after the twelfth lunar month, they can feel the overflowing joy along the way.When you are on the road, you will see people driving pigs, carrying big and small bags of New Year's goods and rushing home happily.

The places I walked were non-stop, and many customs were not the same. Some carried sugar cane, some hugged a huge pine tree crown, and some happily discussed what flower mountain to pick?
Jinhua explained that the flower-picking mountain is a kind of festival, just like the Shangyuan Festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month by the Central Plains people. Men, women, old and young have fun together; the pine trees are cut down for laying pine needles at home; .It's all for the custom of welcoming the new year.

And when they passed through some small towns and county towns, the number of pedestrians decreased significantly, and they were all in a hurry; when night fell, there were no ghosts on the official roads, and there was no trace of festive atmosphere.

Both Xue Feibai and Du Heng wondered why these small places are so weird?Later, it was Jinhua who explained that there were many bandits coming from a poor place like Yunnan, and there were people who robbed people and wealth. Everyone has been used to the existence of bandits since ancient times.

The large-scale suppression of bandits by the imperial court many years ago has made the people of the southwest stable for decades, and in recent years there has been some signs of revival.

It's just strange that in the past two months, it's like stabbing a bandit's nest. The bandits' running around and committing crimes are becoming more and more rampant in small places. The closer the new year is, the more sad it is.

Well, at the end of the year, the bandits also have to celebrate the New Year. Officially, they all want to get rich.

It's just that Du Heng and Xue Feibai understood the situation more or less:

The banditry in Yunnan has become a prairie fire, and it is inseparable from the handwriting of the third prince Zhou Pan; but he is only the fuse, and in the final analysis it is the eighth prince-he put his muddy father-in-law who couldn't support him on the wall and tried his best The governor of Yunnan who fought for it was only for the tea-horse road that opened up business in the southwest.

(End of this chapter)