Horse on the World

Chapter 199 Peach Blossom House
After the bidding ended, Dingzhou Tongzhi Lu Yiming couldn't close his mouth with a smile. One hundred repeating crossbows were sold for nearly 8 taels of silver. He had never expected this amount. , although it is cheap, but the buyer placed a large order. After a day, adding up the bits and pieces, there are actually tens of thousands of taels of silver in the account. This is just the beginning. There is also a fee for the service, and next year it will be possible to sell a hundred-shot crossbow, and if the buyer used it frequently, the core components can be replaced, which is also a waste of money.There is a way to make money!Lu Yiming was overjoyed, with this money, Dingzhou could live a very prosperous year, and he no longer had to hide from those officials who came to ask for money like a plague god.

I have money!The next day, he walked into his official hall confidently with his chest upright, his hands behind his back, and the officials who had already known the news had already flocked to him, all with smiles on their faces, watching He was like looking at a peerless beauty.There are two words in the eyes, give money!
When Lu Yiming was full of ambition and complacently fulfilled the money requirements of various departments one by one, Li Qing took Tang Hu and a few personal guards and sneaked out from the corner door, heading towards the outskirts of Dingzhou. run.There, Li Qing had a manor called Taohua Xiaozhu, and Jiyue lived there now. Except for Tang Hu and a few other personal guards who participated in the operation, no one knew that Jiyue who disappeared from Chong County where to stay.Qingfeng wanted to know, but the spies from the Statistics and Investigation Department didn't have the guts to follow the commander in chief.If the commander-in-chief finds out, his head will definitely be lost.

As the name suggests, the Peach Blossom House is naturally full of peach trees. If spring comes in March, the peach blossoms all over the mountains and plains will be enough to make everyone admire them. But now, apart from the bare tree branches hanging upside down with ice , nothing.

Li Qing and his party entered the manor quietly. There were more than a dozen personal guards stationed here.

Throwing the whip to the guard, Li Qing got off the horse and asked, "Where is Miss Jiyue?"

A personal guard smiled and said: "Commander, Miss Jiyue is building a snowman in the backyard! There are maids and women serving, so I won't freeze Miss."

Li Qing smiled and glared at him, then walked towards the backyard, except for Tang Hu, the rest of the guards stayed outside, anyway, there were some secret whistle around the garden, so it was not a safety issue.

After walking to the Moon Gate, he faintly heard the singing inside, Tang Hu stopped, leaning against the outer side of the Moon Gate, and let Li Qing enter the back garden by himself.

"Picking and picking ears, not full of baskets. I am pregnant with people, and I will go around. Zhibi Cuiwei, I am a horse. My uncle drinks the golden pot, so that I will not be pregnant forever. Zhibi Gaogang, I am a horse. Xuanhuang. My aunt drinks the other's cup, so as not to be injured forever. The other is dead, my horse is dead, my servant is dead, why do you say so?"

Li Qing stood in front of the door with a smile, looking at the girl in fox fur and white fur who was happily building a snowman and singing softly. The maids and women around her were holding capes and hand stoves, Some are holding a small shovel in their hands and shoveling the snow into small piles, which is convenient for Jiyue to build a snowman.Seeing that the snowman was gradually taking shape, a woman raised her head suddenly and saw a man standing in front of the Moon Gate with a smile on her face, but she didn't recognize her, she couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise, Tang Hu found them all from Fuyuan through Yang Yidao, It was Li Qingshang's first time here, and they didn't recognize him.

Jiyue raised her head sharply, and saw Li Qing all of a sudden, she was startled for a while, then she ran forward excitedly, stretched out her hands, as if she wanted to give Li Qing a gift, watching her jumping and jumping. Running, Li Qing was worried for her, "Slow down, slow down, be careful not to fall!"

Running two or three steps in front of Li Qing, Ji Yue suddenly stopped, as if remembering something, her little face flushed, and she withdrew her hand, "Brother, you're here!"

It was only then that the maids realized that the man in front of them was the Marshal Li Qing who the lady often talked about, and they all knelt down in front of Li Qing, "I've seen the Marshal!"

"Get up, everyone get up!" Li Qing waved his hands with a smile, and walked in front of Jiyue, "Are you used to living here?"

"I'm used to living here, it's a good place!" She replied carefully. "That's right, there's no one talking!"

Walking up to Li Qing's side, standing on tiptoes, stretching out his arms to untie Li Qing's cloak, Li Qing smiled slightly, squatted down a little, and let Jiyue untie the cloak for her, stretched out his hand to hold Jiyue's little hand, feeling cold icily. "Well, I just know that you must be a little lonely here, so I came here to talk to you today. Are you happy?"

"En!" Holding Li Qing's hand, Jiyue's body stiffened suddenly, a tremor rose from the depths of her heart, her mind became dizzy, and she barely kept up with Li Qing's pace.At that time in Chong County, when Tang Hu told her that the commander-in-chief was going to take her to Dingzhou and give him a garden to live alone, she followed Tang Hu without thinking about it. Of course, Tang Hu The guy from the Statistical Investigation Department who sent someone to stun several people would definitely not tell her.I have been here for many days, and I have always hoped that Li Qing would come to talk to her and listen to her singing. When this day really came, she felt unreal like a dream.She secretly pinched herself, narrowed her eyes in pain, gritted her teeth to keep herself from making a sound, and confirmed that this was indeed not a dream. She was so happy that she could hardly control herself.

How could the little girl's little actions deceive Li Qing, he shook his head slightly, took those cold little hands, walked towards the octagonal pavilion in the garden, and blamed: "Jiyue, look at you, your hands are cold, be careful of catching a cold, if you It's really bad to be sick. It's not impossible to play outside, but you have to be careful of your body, your body is weak, and it's not good to be soaked in this cold wind." Jiyue's heart was like honey, and her small hands were held in Li Qing's thick In the palm of his hand, he just felt warm and comfortable, and wished that the road to the pavilion would never be finished, so that Li Qing would not let go.

"I know big brother, you must be careful in the future, only come out to play for a while!" She replied in a low voice.

Li Qingcard laughed, and only played for a while, Jiyue is really a child at heart. While talking, she had already walked into the pavilion, and several women and maids had already covered the pavilion with white gauze, leaving only the leeward On the other side, it can not only keep out the wind and snow, but also enjoy the scenery. A pot of burning charcoal fire is placed in the pavilion. After a while, there is already some warmth in the pavilion.

Letting go of Jiyue's little hand, Li Qing sat on a stone bench covered with cushions, and Jiyue asked, "Brother, do you want tea or wine?"

Li Qing said with a smile: "I've been a little hurt from drinking wine these days, so let's drink tea. Besides, what kind of wine do you drink when you are young? I heard from your sister that you are very good at cooking tea, so let me drink it." Appreciate it."

When Li Qing mentioned her sister, Jiyue's expression changed slightly, but she returned to normal immediately, and said, "Brother, I'm going to be eighteen soon, not a child."

Li Qing laughed loudly, "Yes, it's almost eighteen, you are indeed a big girl, well, your birthday is at the beginning of spring, right? Brother-in-law will come to celebrate your birthday then?"

"Okay!" Ji Yue smiled openly, "You can't lie to me, you must come, I'll remember what you said!" While speaking, the elder brother has been changed to you.

Not long after, the servant girl brought over the small stove and a whole set of tea sets, put them lightly on the stone table, bowed her body and retreated, and Jiyue put the neatly cut pieces of wood on the charcoal fire Ignite it, and then put it in a small stove. When the fire is hot, I put a small copper pot full of water on the fire, and said with a smile: "Since it snowed, every day I collect some snow on the leaves and turn it into water. , I just want to cook tea for you when Big Brother comes over!"

Li Qing's heart moved slightly, and he watched Jiyue making tea in an orderly manner, but Jiyue was a little embarrassed to be stared at by him, her face flushed slightly, she suddenly became flustered, knocked a purple sand cup down on the table, rolled Make a ball.

Putting the teacup away with a blushing face, he twisted some tea leaves from the small earthen pot and put them into the teapot. When the water boiled, he lifted it down to let the boiling water cool down a bit, then poured the water into the pot.Hold the teapot in your hand and shake it slowly. After a while, a scent of fragrance will permeate the pavilion.

After receiving the fragrant tea that Jiyue handed over, Li Qing took a sip gently, looked at Jiyue looking at him eagerly, and couldn't help laughing: "Jiyue's method is really well-deserved, compared to the tea made by Huzi, that It’s simply not the same. That guy, no matter whether the tea is good or bad, it’s just a thick cup anyway, sometimes, there are more tea leaves than water, and keeping them refreshed.”

Jiyue smiled and said angrily: "Brother, you actually compare Jiyue with Brother Hu, who is... hehe..."

Li Qing glanced back at Tang Hu at the Moon Gate, remembering Tang Hu's ferocious face, and looking at Ji Yue with a flowery smile in front of him, he couldn't help laughing, the contrast was too great.

The two were sipping tea and chatting some gossip. Before they knew it, an hour had passed, but it was snowing again outside. Looking at the snowman outside the pavilion, which was half completed by Jiyue, Li Qing suddenly became childlike. Get up, put down the teacup, and said with a smile: "Jiyue, brother, let's finish building that snowman with you!"

"Okay!" Jiyue clapped her hands and cheered, the two walked out of the pavilion, Li Qing took a shovel to shovel the snow, Jiyue was like a cheerful deer, running around happily, a snowman gradually took shape, at this moment, several But the maidservant retreated quietly, leaving only Li Qing and Ji Yue in the whole yard.

Looking at Jiyue's cheerful figure and hearing her silver bell-like laughter, Li Qing suddenly felt extremely relaxed, as if the responsibilities and pressures he had felt all the time disappeared without a trace at this moment , and this kind of ease, Li Qing has never experienced it in other places.

(End of this chapter)