Sick King and Concubine

Chapter 88
After running for a while, I saw a row of black shadows in the distance. It was expected to be a place for raising horses and a place for resting. Running towards the west, the row of terrain was thrown out of sight in a short while.

The sky was pulled down, Chu Yu stretched out a hand, held hers, and then passed his heat over, put his lips to her ear, and asked, "Is it better?"

His breath penetrated into Jiang Li's ears, itching and crisping, she flinched and replied, "It's not cold."

It was probably because of her shivering that Chu Yu thought she was still cold, so she reached out and pulled the cloak off her body, wrapped her up again, and hugged her into his arms: "Wait a minute, we'll be there soon. "

"Yeah." Jiang Li secretly rejoiced that it was dark, otherwise there would be no place to put his blushing old face.

But in the bottom of my heart, the night seemed to have become a warm tone.

Sure enough, after walking for a while, turning a grassy slope, I saw a vague shadow of a house near the side of the mountain, with dim lights jumping out of it.

The horse stopped in front of the house, Chu Yu hugged Jiang Li, Jiang Li pulled off the cloak that was wrapped around him, and then tiptoed slightly to wrap it around his body.

Chu Yu watched her movements with a smile, and finally took her hand to the small wooden house, reached out and knocked on it a few times, and asked in a low voice, "Master Wei is here?"

The flames in the room flickered, and after a while, the door opened with a creak. An old woman opened the door, holding a broken oil lamp, and lifted it high. face, but he didn't even move.

The old woman squinted her eyes for a long while, then suddenly her face became serious, and she cursed: "That old ghost has recruited some kind of moth again! Didn't he just build a house in this place? The old woman has no money! Or just Just set the old woman on fire!"

After saying "bang", the door was closed!
Jiang Li smiled. She didn't expect that with Chu Yu's face, she could get such a closed door. It seemed that the old lady was determined, and even she couldn't match it.

Chu Yu glanced at her and said, "We can only wait."

The two stood outside the door, but suddenly heard a low growl from the horse next to them, and the horse beside them suddenly ran over.

The two walked over to have a look, only to find an old horse standing in the dilapidated stable next to it, lame, skinny, with most of its fur gone, and a few strong horses beside it were pushing their heads Grab its body, and then grab the fodder in its trough.

Taxue rushed in, growled at the horses, and the horses straightened up one after another, then hesitated for a while, but did not move.Although they are awed by the majesty of treading snow, now that the luscious forage is in front of them, coupled with their own "horse and powerful", they are ready to provoke.

Ta Xue held his head high, and walked in front of the old horse.

The remaining four healthy horses suddenly flicked their hooves, and then rushed up!

Chu Yu and Jiang Li only saw that Taxue stepped back to avoid the head of the charging horse, and then raised his front hooves and smashed it down like an iron ball!
All the horses trembled in their calves, then neighed in pain, and then got out of the stable in desperation.

Taxue raised his tail, then walked up to the old horse, lowered his head and rubbed against its head, as if to comfort him.

Jiang Li was dumbfounded, not expecting such a horse to be so brave.

Chu Yu looked at the bony old horse with heavy eyes, as if it was going to die anytime, anywhere, and then walked in.

The stable smelled of urine, and Jiang Li followed behind him, only to see Chu Yu walk up to the old horse, and Ta Xue took the initiative to move out of the way, waiting for Chu Yu to enter.

The old horse saw Chu Yu, then limped and dragged it over with difficulty.

Chu Yu looked at the horse's mouth where it left pickled saliva, and picked up the hay next to it and sent it to its mouth. The grass that reached the edge of its mouth was sucked into its mouth, and then chewed, but because the teeth in its mouth really had no extra strength, it fell off after chewing. It lowered its head, then bit the grass again, and then dropped it, Bite again, so repeatedly.

Jiang Li inexplicably felt a sense of sadness and sadness, as if once the horse accepted something, it was the perseverance to never give up until it reached its goal.

Chu Yu turned around and left the stable, looked at Jiang Li, and said with a smile, "That old horse was once the king of horses born only once in 20 years, and it was the mount of Lou Yi, the number one general of the Chu Kingdom at that time. During the war, it was pregnant with a cub and rushed to the hospital with Lou Yi, who was seriously injured. Along the way, it was chased by countless people, and the horse bone was broken, so it has been kept here. Back then, it responded to all calls, and it was better than those two horses. A white horse is still majestic."

Jiang Li didn't make a sound, just silently watched the snow falling outside without any trace.

The two stood outside for a while, and one of them hurried over with a broken lamp. When he saw Chu Yu, he lowered his head slightly and called out, "Master Jiu."

Chu Yu took Jiang Li's hand and said to him, "Master Wei, this is my wife."

That Master Wei looked up at Jiang Li, and said, "Hi Madam Ninth."

Jiang Li nodded and smiled, "Master Wei is good."

The two of them followed into the cabin, and when the old woman saw it, she yelled like a bellows: "What kind of moth did you bring in again?! Get out of here!"

That Master Wei pulled the old woman aside and whispered something in his ear, and the old woman shouted, "Can you pay for me?!"

"Keep your voice down, keep your voice down." Master Wei growled with a headache.

Jiang Li and Chu Yu smiled at each other.

The old woman turned into the small room next to her, and then Master Wei came over with a face full of embarrassment and apology.

Chu Yu's long eyebrows were slightly drawn, and he said, "Master Wei, don't worry about it."

After receiving Chu Yu's words, Master Wei felt relieved, and hurriedly pointed to the fire next to him and said, "Master Jiu, please sit there and warm your hands with Madam Nine."

Chu Yu and Jiang Li walked over, Chu Yu put the corner of his cloak on Jiang Li's wooden stool, Jiang Li looked at it, remembered the old events of the Lantern Festival night, met Chu Yu's eyes, and then sat down .

Jiang Li saw Chu Yu break a branch from the dry firewood nearby, and said to Master Wei, "What is He Yue doing here today?"

Master Wei said: "He Yue came here to ask Zhou Yan to give him the hundred iron-headed horses in his hands, and promised him 500 taels of silver for each horse. But Zhou Yan didn't agree."

Chu Yu drew three circles on the ground with a tree branch, and said: "This is Chu Yuan, this is Chu Chen, and this one is another force, it may be the second prince, or it may be the fourth prince, or the sixth prince. This is the case. Chu Chen has the support of the courtiers headed by He Yue behind him, and in a certain way, he has formed an alliance with the people from Daqiu, and now it seems that the concubine is secretly buying news for him. of."

(End of this chapter)