box of hearts

Chapter 133 Congratulations to the Groom (3)
At this moment, in the face of the Mongolian tribe struggling in the fiasco, there was a Mongolian who actually showed a slight smile—this person was Burigude, the commander of the Eastern Route Army of the coalition.He had expected a big defeat today, and was only prepared to appreciate Qi She's performance and Timur's appearance, so as to understand the former's progress in troop transport in the past few years, and seize the leadership of the army from the latter right.When he felt that he had finally seen enough of the subtleties between victory and defeat at the foot of the mountain, he waved his hands and led his subordinates to retreat from the mountain they were occupying.

However, after running a few miles in one go, the Mongolian army regrouped and launched a decisive counterattack against the king's army.The two sides fell into a new round of fierce fighting, and the sky and the earth changed color and the sun and the moon dimmed.Later, Qi She saw that his side was beginning to show signs of fatigue, while the other side was a little crazy, so he no longer wanted to fight, and called for money to withdraw.

According to what he said, the green grass of thousands of miles has long been painted the most auspicious red by blood, brains, stumps...

Despite the poor conditions in the army, the first battle was won, and it coincided with the 30th birthday of the Commander-in-Chief and the Regent. After the withdrawal of the army, there would inevitably be a big celebration.

In the inner tent, Qing Tian and several maidservants had also had a birthday banquet, and they were sitting around a food table on the kang bed, talking and laughing, when they saw Zhou Dun helping Qi She come in, they hurriedly put down their cups and chopsticks to welcome them.Qi She waved his hands to order the rest of the idlers to retreat, and grabbed Qing Tian alone, and was led by her to sit down beside the bed, smiling and watching without letting go.At the end, drunkenly, he said happily: "I'm happy, I'm so happy today, there are such a group of men outside, and there is a woman like you inside." On the contrary, he added helplessly: "And your cat." Immediately, he freed up one hand and patted the table twice, "Thirty! Stand here!"

Seeing him forgetting his appearance, Qing Tian couldn't help feeling affectionate and funny, took out a handkerchief and stamped his sweat on him, "Eating wine makes your tongue hard, so you're not afraid of another night attack by the Oirats?"

Qi She laughed foolishly, "The biggest advantage of me is that I gain my wisdom from a pit. This time, some of the people I brought here don't have to do anything, and they are just responsible for shifts. Starting tonight, there will be twelve people a day. There is no rest at all times, and they are noisy outside the Mongolian camp from morning to night, so that they will not even be able to sleep peacefully, so they can only wait for the master to sleep soundly every day to attack them."

"What kind of noise and noise?"

"Beating gongs and drums, setting off firecrackers, doing carpentry...you can do whatever you want. Today, I want to celebrate my grandfather's birthday, and there are even those who pull their necks and sing operas."

Qingtian clapped his hands down, but his hands were held by the other party - "You, too, will sing a song for my grandpa's big day. It's been a long time since I heard you sing." She didn't refuse, and immediately turned around and said: "Which part do you want to hear? ?”

Qi She leaned on the bed, took Zai Yu into his arms, and smiled with dark eyes, "As you wish."

Qingtian thought for a while, and then sang with a voiceless voice: "The birthday banquet has a beautiful scene, and we compete to see the glory of the birthday star. Envy Magu and Jade Girls, and the longevity is as old as the Queen Mother. Shouxiang eyes, birthday candles shake, jade cups of birthday wine Zengshou Kao, Jinpan Shouguo and Longevity Peach. May blessings be as deep as the sea, and lifespan be higher than the mountains. [3]" With slender jade fingers, he picked up the sapphire lotus petal jug on the table, and poured it into the cup.At the end of the song, the man stood in front of Qi She with a twinkle in his eyes, bowing his eyebrows in admiration.

Instead, Qi She pushed the wine cup away with one hand, "This one is not good."

"I said let you choose, but you said follow me."

"This one is with you, and you can give me another one——"Back to Camp"."

Qingtian laughed crimson and dizzy early, holding the small cup in one hand, as charming as a handful of erotic words full of spring love, "The girl in the cloud is in a high bun, embroidered with mandarin ducks and dance clothes. Smiling in the spring breeze and hugging the flowers, it is worth the autumn night to sleep Bottom. Snuggle up against the red and lean against the emerald green, let’s see who in the world is a hundred years old. Tonight we will have fun together, dreams and souls will fly, and a pair of clouds will return to Wushan.[4]”

"That's right!" Qi She clapped his hands in praise, but he still didn't take the cup in Qingtian's hand, he only caressed Zaiyu on his lap, the smile in his eyes was thick and thick, "But I don't want to eat this jade cup , I want to eat a leather cup."

Qingtian giggled and laughed, he really swallowed a glass of wine with his head up, leaned over to feed Qi She.Qi She swirled the tip of her tongue and swallowed bit by bit, but Jinmei drank the wine, and tomorrow he raised his knife to chop off the enemy's head.

He smiled drunkenly and happily, and wiped the corner of his mouth with his hand, "And what about the birthday gift you prepared for my grandfather? I always see you doing something mysteriously there these two days, hurry up, don't hide it Come on, give it up."

Qingtian is dressed in festive and blessed patterns for the occasion, and the crowds of happy characters, chimes, bats, and plum blossoms are spread lightly on the background of the palace gauze with double layers of light blue and misty purple, so people are also full of joy. Some unpredictable alienation.Her expression changed slightly, she let go of the empty cup in her hand, turned around and dragged out a small cage from the side of the kang.Once opened, there are so many miscellaneous things inside.Qi She put the cats aside, and picked them out to see: there was a wishful sachet, a sweat towel with a swastika ending at the end, a tooth-bone fan with paintings of Narcissus and Tianzhu "All Immortals Blessing Birthday", a pair of The scroll of Pine Age and Crane's Longevity, a picture of a hundred years of life written in regular script, official script, seal script, line, cursive script, fire script, dragon script, Feibai script, ancient bronze script... everything is exquisite.Before seeing half of it, Qi She had already frowned in a smile, and stared at Fang Wufu holding the silk handkerchief holding Fang Wufu's birthday.

Qingtian smiled into his gaze, his smile was as misty as smoke, "Third Master, I have been staying in Huai Ya Tang since I was five years old. Every day before dawn, I played the piano, flute, sang and danced, and chanted with my master. Poetry, calligraphy, painting and Go... the master will play Go when I am lazy. When the sun goes down, I can finally rest, and I will be squeezed out by Xizhu, who adds salt to my meal and puts my hand in my sleep. Let me wet the bed in the hot water, steal my clothes and my hair. I told my mother to go. My mother only wants to keep her temperament like a bureaucrat. She never beats her, but only beats me. In a blink of an eye, I will be 15 years old , I don’t want to be a prostitute, my mother locked me in the firewood room, I thought about it and found a firewood branch, and opened myself.”

There are some things that Qi She has never asked, and this is the first time he knows.So he closed the corners of his mouth and listened without saying a word.

"Later," Qingtian paused for a moment, and the smile on his lips and cheeks became lighter and lighter, like a boat with a lot of sadness and sorrow that couldn't be carried, "I got used to it, serving banquets and wine every day, Greeting guests with a smile. Some guests take advantage of their power and money, and like to mistreat people in different ways. They are worse than animals. But if I make a scene, my mother will make me kneel hungry and punish me, or close the door. Beating. When you are clean, you use a whip to beat. You are told to put a mouthful of sesame oil in your mouth. When a drop comes out of your mouth, you will be beaten five more times. When you become a clean servant, you will use a wooden stick and stack a set of books when you beat. I didn’t see any injuries on my body until I coughed up blood, so as not to make the guests feel disgusted. For a while, I had to eat and beat every day. But no matter how much people abused me and my mother tortured me, I didn’t care. For so many years, the only thing I was afraid of was, 'that person', he would look down on me. Later I realized that not only did he look down on me, but he was a bitch who even looked down on himself. Half my life in Qingtian Beloved, it’s such a thing! But third master, all of this, whether it’s now or in retrospect, I’ve never—really never—felt myself ‘poor’. Until—— "

Qingtian stretched out his hand, as if playing with the past, playing with all kinds of things in the box mockingly, "Embroidering purses, sewing clothes, writing fans, writing... everything I know, in the past, I did it for other men sincerely. I have done it. Needless to say, my body, even my heart and my life have been given to others. In the past few months, every time I make an extra gift for you, I feel sorry for myself. I can't even give you a unique thing, and I can't even prove that the heart in this box is unique. My crying, my laughing, and my words are all from my childhood. As far as I learned how to deal with men, I learned so well that there would be no difference between the real and the fake. Until then, I felt so pitiful, I can’t give you anything, I just don’t Nothing. I'm sorry third brother, I'm really sorry, I tried my best, but I really, have nothing..."

At the end, she cried, the kind of little girl with a very thin skin who cried with shame and shame when someone scolded her, and she couldn't make a sound.Qi She got out of bed, half-kneeled, and embraced Qing Tian with both hands, "It's a happy day for you, please cry like you're mourning."

Sure enough, she immediately forcibly stopped her mourning, sobbing and wiping away the tears on her cheeks, "I was the one who offended."

Qi She only rolled her eyes on the red chaotic tears in front of her eyes, and after a while, she smiled slightly, "Qingtian, the first time you appeared in front of me, you already gave me 'uniqueness'. In your life, I have never met anyone who is more overwhelming than the feeling you bring to me. I miss you for a moment. At that time, your careless frown and smile to me made me feel precious, let alone today—— —” He spread and fisted the veil still in his hand, “This kind of affection. It is because of your experiences and your ability to confuse the real, I know, that you entrust yourself wholeheartedly to one person—— How difficult it is to re-entrust to a person, but you are willing to do it for me. With this alone, I can’t express my gratitude for everything I have given you. There is no need to care about how high or low between you and me. "Throw me a peach, and repay it with Qiongyao. A bandit repays it, and it will always be good." To you, to me, it's the same. See, Xiaonan smiled like this, and I felt that there was nothing to repay."

(End of this chapter)