Horse on the World

Chapter 403 Mulan Festival (3)

The courtyard door opened, and Li Qing appeared at the door with a face full of anger. Liu Qiang, who was guarding the courtyard, and dozens of guards saw the angry general, and fell to their knees on the ground with a loud crash. Li Qing didn't even notice. Glancing at them, he went straight to the upper room.Tang Hu followed closely into the courtyard, saw Liu Qiang, and kicked him to the ground in anger, "You bastard, you don't know how to say something about such a big matter, if something goes wrong, you'll eat it!" Can you afford it?"

In the room, Jiyue was sitting at the small table, twirling a dim sum and savoring it with gusto, "Qiao'er, this dim sum is quite delicate and tastes good, you should try it too!" A snack was handed to Qiaoer.Qiao'er, on the other hand, was a little distracted, looking up at the door from time to time.

With a creak, the door was pushed open, Li Qing appeared at the door with a black face, Qiaoer, the first generation, knelt down silently on the ground, and Jiyue stood up with a look of surprise on her face : "Brother, you are finally here, I have been waiting for you for almost an hour!"

Li Qing, who rushed in with anger, was planning to get angry, but when he saw Jiyue's surprised face, that high bulging belly, and the posture of standing up with difficulty while holding on to the table, his stomach was full of anger. All of a sudden it went half way.

"Why are you messing around like this?" Walking in front of Jiyue, staring at her, said: "When is it now, you dare to sneak out, if something goes wrong, what's wrong?"

Turning around and looking at Qiao'er, "And you, Ma'am, you are messing around, you don't know how to persuade, but follow blindly, hum, I will deal with you when I go back!"

Qiao'er was so frightened that she trembled all over, and fell on the ground, "My servant is convicted!"

Seeing Li Qingji's sharp words, Jiyue's complexion suddenly collapsed, her small mouth flattened, and her big eyes filled with tears, "Brother, it's none of their business, I'm the one who wants to come out, I'm alone in Taoyuan I've been here for a long time, and I'm suffocated to death, and my eldest brother can't come a few times a month, so I just want to go out and relax."

Looking up at Li Qing, big drops of tears fell down, seeing Jiyue like this, Li Qing felt distressed again, and stretched out his hand to wrap her shoulders, "Okay, okay, Don’t say anything, big brother, this time I’ll let you off, but if there’s another time, I definitely can’t let you off lightly!” Thinking of Jiyue staying alone in Taoyuan Xiaozhu, the only thing she does every day is to wait for her , Li Qing felt a little sorry in his heart, thanks to Jiyue's temperament, this kind of life might not be able to live with another person.Among my three women, Qingfeng has a soft temper with a sharp edge, is decisive in planning, hides a needle in the cotton, and always does everything beforehand, while Qingcheng is a fiery temper, belonging to the type of one point, a typical male character, but now It seems that there have been some changes, except for the occasional small show of embarrassment. In Li Qing's view, these two people are both women who can make up their own minds, and only Jiyue is a typical little bird who depends on people. She regards her man as the sky and everything. Only by relying on this man can she feel that her life is worthwhile.

Hearing what Li Qing said, Jiyue couldn't help laughing through tears, "Is it true, brother, you are not angry anymore, and you won't drive me back, will you take me to the forest?" Qing also made a laugh, reached out to wipe away the tears hanging on her face, and scratched her upturned nose along the way, "It's already here, how can I drive you back, that's all, that's all, I'm really spoiled by you Defeated, let's go, I've already brought a pregnant woman with me, one is to take care of, the two are taken care of the same way, fortunately I have the foresight to bring along Miracle Doctor Huan, otherwise we won't be in a mess now!"

Jiyue snuggled her head into Li Qing's arms, giggled and said, "I knew that big brother treats me the best!"

"Hey, this one who is crying and laughing, is the one who sang?" Qingcheng's voice came from the door, and Jiyue left Li Qing's embrace like an electric shock, blushing, and lowered her head.

Qingcheng stepped into the door, looked at Jiyue, and said with a smile: "Sister Jiyue, you really are, you are going to have a baby soon, and you come out to run around. Personally..."

Jiyue moved forward a few steps, and said softly: "Jiyue has met my sister!"

"Oh sister, don't salute anymore, look at you, can you salute!" Qingcheng pulled Jiyue back, turned to Li Qing and said, "Commander, since Jiyue is going to go to the forest with us, let her Let's take a carriage with me. The carriage is nice and stable, and the facilities inside are also very complete. We sisters and I happened to chat along the way, both of whom are going to be mothers. We must have a lot of common topics. "

Jiyue couldn't help trembling when she heard it, and looked at Li Qing for help. Speaking of the carriage, Jiyue's was also specially built by the craftsman at Li Qing's request. In terms of performance, it was no better than Qingcheng's. Bad car.Li Qing thought for a while, these two women are going to be his children's mothers after all, the situation where the two have only met a few times like this really needs to be changed, and they can fight the world by themselves, so they can't let the back house restless, right now Qingcheng lives in Hou's Mansion, but Jiyue has been living in Taoyuan Xiaozhu. The two of them seem to have no contact with each other, so it's not very good if it goes on like this.Letting the two of them talk together might eliminate the barrier between them. Jiyue is still a little girl and won't cause any trouble, and Qingcheng will never bully her.Immediately nodded and said: "Okay, you two take a car, and I will ride a horse."

After lunch in Fuyuan, Jiyue was aggrieved and dragged into her carriage by Qingcheng. Li Qing rode on the horse and specially called Huanxi over: "Doctor Huan, Jiyue looks like this, is it okay?"

Huan Xi smiled and said: "Don't worry, Marshal, I think Mrs. Jiyue's fetus is stable and everything will be fine."

Li Qing nodded, with Huanxi's endorsement, he felt relieved. "Master Huan, I have to trouble you a lot on this journey."

"This is the duty of an old man. Just put your heart in your stomach, commander-in-chief. With me around, nothing will go wrong." Huan Xi patted his chest loudly.

All the way was fine, Li Qing rode on the side of the carriage, and I don't know what method Qingcheng used to make Jiyue laugh out loud. After all, Jiyue is still a child who knows nothing about the world, and can get along well with anyone , if it were Qingfeng today, it would probably be lightning and thunder, and a sharp blow.If Qingcheng really gets along well with Jiyue, she can consider bringing Jiyue to the Hou's Mansion. Although Taoyuan Xiaozhu has complete facilities, it cannot be compared with the Hou's Mansion after all, and Jiyue is about to give birth again. , I have to stay in the waiting mansion to deal with a lot of official business, and I can't go to accompany him often, so it is inevitable that I will be a little lonely.

Thinking in my heart, before I knew it, half a day had passed, and when it was getting dark, I arrived at Shanglinli. Today's Shanglinli is not as good as it used to be, it is just a military fortress. In Shanglinli back then, there were only a few Thousands of troops, plus a group of half-farmers and half-soldiers who immigrated here, most of the nearly 20 barbarian immigrants live here. The spacious courtyards are neatly arranged. Unlike Dingzhou City, there is a lot of land here. Yes, so the houses of each family are very spacious. In addition to the main house, rows of auxiliary houses have been built to feed livestock.The entire Shanglinli has developed into a medium-sized city, but the sound of cows roaring, horses neighing, chickens crowing and dogs barking also presents a rural characteristic, which has the characteristics of both urban and rural areas.

Luo Daoming, Yang Yidao, Lu Dabing, and Boyan Sushun Fusen, who arrived here earlier, came out to welcome them. Luo Daoming is the chief administrative officer here, Yang Yidao is the chief military officer, and Lu Dabing's status is somewhat special. , he is leading thousands of cavalry from Fusen of the Red Department here. After the new year, Li Qing has decided to transfer Lu Dabing to Luofeng and Jiangkui. The war in the north is approaching, and the barbarians in the upper forest have calmed down After accepting the rule of Dingzhou, it would be a waste to station so many elites here, and good steel should be used wisely.

Tomorrow is the Mulan Festival, and the whole Shanglinli has become lively ahead of time. A large number of people have poured into Shanglinli City, and the inns in the city are already full. The purpose of accommodation for outsiders is to prevent these people from sleeping in the open, and it also allows the people in Shanglin to earn extra money, but it is still far from meeting the needs, so in the main venue of the Mulan Festival tomorrow, Huge fires were lit one by one, and these people who had nowhere to go brought wine and meat and sat around the fire, drinking to keep the cold away, while discussing bragging and farting. From a distance, it was quite spectacular .

"In such a cold weather, it won't freeze people, right?" Li Qing asked Luo Daoming worriedly, pointing at the crowd sleeping outside.

Luo Daoming said: "Marshal, I didn't expect so many people to come, I was really caught off guard, but I have prepared a lot of dry firewood to ensure that these fires will not be extinguished overnight. Ginger soup and other items are provided free of charge, so there should be no surprises."

Li Qing laughed, "You've made enough money, of course you have to keep them safe. Lord Luo, do you feel like you've shot yourself in the foot?"

Luo Daoming was in high spirits, "Commander, although it's been a bit hard, the money I earned this time is not only enough for next year's voluntary school expenses, but also has a lot of savings. I plan to use the money to build ditches to divert the water from the Shanglinli River Go to the fields, although there is so much snow this year, there should be no drought tomorrow, but in a good year, you should do these things well, otherwise in a bad year, you will inevitably panic!"

"Very good!" Li Qing said, "take it from the people and use it for the people! You have done a good job. The barbarian people have just immigrated here. The importance of water conservancy may not be as painful as that of the people in the interior. You need to do more publicity. , start work next year, use work as relief, and the rest must be paid according to work, and we cannot let the people work for us for nothing."

"Marshal, I understand!" Luo Daoming said.

Qingcheng pointed to the huge wooden platform in the distance, and asked: "Master Luo, what is that huge platform used for?"

Luo Daoming smiled and said: "Back to the princess, that stage is for the performances of various ethnic groups. The barbarian singing and dancing has its own characteristics. Every tribe has their special skills, and they will be displayed on it tomorrow. It is our Dingzhou The locals, and some squires funded and organized a large-scale song and dance, and tomorrow they will be on stage to compete with other tribes!"

"I heard that there is also a sheep picking competition, so what's going on?"

Boyan on one side smiled and said: "This is a traditional festival of our clan. Brave men will compete for a white sheep on the grassland of several kilometers. Whoever can win the white sheep in this process will become the leader of the clan. Hero. Will be favored by the girls."

Jiyue said worriedly: "Will it be dangerous?"

Su Shun replied: "Of course there are dangers, but our people are skilled in equestrianism. Although injuries are inevitable every year, there have been no major incidents!"

Yang Yidao smiled and said: "Commander, my subordinates are also a little eager to try tomorrow's sheep, I wonder if Boyan Sushun and the two lords can let them go to the field to compete together?"

Li Qing said with a smile: "Competing in the same field is also a grand event, two adults, why don't you let them try?"

Sushun and Boyan said together: "It's so good, then this year's sheep picking competition will be even more exciting!"

(End of this chapter)