Mingyi twitched the corners of her lips, smiling, "It's early in the morning. Mr. Chu wants to walk more to help strengthen his body. What can we forgive him?" The post house is not close to the Governor's Mansion. He loves it. Let's go, who can stop him?
Chu Yanze was used to Mingyi's sharp teeth and sharp mouth, but remembering her bright smile before seeing him, he felt inexplicably depressed.
"Since Mr. Chu is here and the time is almost up, let's go together!" Xue Lin answered, his eyes fell heavily on Chu Yanze's face, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, but the smile was not at all as deep as his eyes. There are some things that he can clearly see, but he is afraid that the authorities are obsessed with them, but he will not tell Mingyi. If possible, he also hopes that Chu Yanze will never understand his heart.
Chu Yanze only felt that Xue Lin's gaze was like a sharp sword, but when he looked over, he only saw Xue Lin's indifferent eyes, which were the same as before, with doubts hidden in them, and he responded with a low smile, "That's very good, then let's go!" He made a gesture of invitation.
Xue Lin nodded, stretched out his hand, and held Mingyi's hand. This time, he did not hold it through his sleeves, but actually held her hands together.
Mingyi was stunned for a moment, her eyes moved from their intertwined hands to the eyes he looked at, speechless.
However, when Xue Lin saw that her face was as usual, the corners of her mouth raised slightly, her eyes and tone were rare softness, "Let's go!" After saying that, he gently rubbed the back of her hand with his calloused fingertips.
Mingyi trembled all over and subconsciously wanted to withdraw her hand, but he refused and tightened her hand instead. Mingyi glared at him. His palm was dry and strong. Unlike the sticky feeling she was afraid of, it actually didn't make her feel even half of the nausea and discomfort she had before. On the contrary, her face couldn't help but heat up.
There was unspeakable joy in the corners of Xue Lin's eyes and brows. He tightened her hand and turned her around. The two of them acted as if no one was around, as if Chu Yanze was not around, and they didn't even look at him.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the two of them stepped down the steps, they heard the sound of horse hooves approaching from far away. Bian whispered a few words. Mingyi was close and vaguely heard something like "a small group of cavalry" and "Beidi people". Mingyi didn't feel much surprise, but instead felt a sense of settling down in his heart. Sure enough, coming!
The next moment, Xue Lin frowned and looked at her. She didn't wait for him to speak, but she smiled at him and said, "It doesn't matter. Military affairs are important. Just go ahead. As for offering incense and praying for blessings, isn't it that Master Chu will do it for you?" ? The imperial patrol envoy, the people in Beiguan must be more curious and want to see him!"
Xue Lin didn't say anything, just looked at her deeply, exchanged understanding glances, gently rubbed the back of her hand twice with his fingertips, squeezed her tightly again, and released his hand the next moment. Pull away.
Songfeng had already brought his black horse over with great discernment. He took the reins and jumped on the horse's back.
"Be careful, don't get hurt." Seeing his horse's reins flicking and galloping away, Mingyi couldn't help shouting at his back. The sound of horse hooves and the dust and smoke were rising lightly. He didn't look back and didn't know what he heard. No more.
Mingyi watched the dust and smoke dissipate at the end of the long street. She couldn't see anything, and then she looked back with a sense of loss.
"I didn't expect that you would be such a good wife. I didn't expect that you and Governor Xue would actually have a close relationship as husband and wife."
Mingyi turned her head and snorted softly as she heard the cold words with a hint of yin and yang in her ears, and said with a smile, "If Lord Chu can think of everything, wouldn't he become a Bodhisattva? No, Lord Chu will definitely not become a Bodhisattva in this life. After all, a Bodhisattva must abstain from greed, anger, ignorance, pride, and suspicion, let go of the five desires and six objects, and must not create killing karma, right?" She looked at Chu Yanze with a smile, but there was no smile in her eyes.
Chu Yanze looked at her eyes as clear as a stream, and for a moment there was a trace of murderous desire in his heart. She was obviously a pretty and lovely girl, but why did opening her mouth make her want to break her neck? Mingyi didn't notice at all that when Chu Yanze squinted at her, he was already planning to break her lovely neck. She still smiled and walked forward with her hands behind her back, "Let's go, Master Chu. If you are late, you will miss the wonderful things." What a show."
Chu Yanze's eyebrows jumped in surprise, and he always felt that there was something in her words, but when he looked closely, he only saw her back, upright and elegant, with the same look as that of a noble lady in Wangjing.
Walking out of the street of the Dudu's Mansion, the bustle and bustle can be heard all the time. There are Hu people singing sacrificial music in unison. I don’t know what they are singing, but the street rhythm is brisk. If it weren’t for the sadness in the sound of Hu Jia, people would forget that this is a time to worship ancestors and miss relatives.
After a while, the singing was mixed with loud chanting of sutras and chanting of Buddha, and it seemed that all the faithful men and women in the city were following behind the monks, singing in unison with them.
There is a faint smell of burnt paper in the curl of incense candles that fills the nose. Someone is burning paper money and cold clothes.
When we reached the open space in the middle of Nagato Street, we could see a newly built high platform in the distance. The platform was ten feet high. In the center of the platform was a Buddha statue as tall as one person. The Buddha statue was surrounded by flowers and fruits. Amidst the smoke and the sound of Sanskrit singing, although it is not in a Buddhist temple, it has a special solemnity.
Xu You was already here. He saw a group of guards surrounding Mingyi and Chu Yanze coming one after another. He quickly greeted them and led them to the high platform. As for the two guards, they naturally stayed below the stage. , only Wei Yu and Feng Yu who were beside Mingyi followed her up to the high platform.
A monk brought an incense burner and brought it to Mingyi, "I would also like to ask my wife to represent the Governor's Mansion and offer the incense first!"
Mingyi didn't say anything. She nodded gently, knelt down and raised her hands flat in front of her chest. She took the incense burner with a pious expression, held it solemnly, and slowly walked towards the Buddha statue step by step.
Many people in the audience were looking at the tall and graceful woman on the high platform who had grown taller and slimmer at some time. She wore a goose-yellow wide-sleeved jacket and a high-waisted crimson pomegranate skirt. Her hair was tied up in a high bun and her expression was calm. And solemnly, carrying incense with both hands and offering it in front of the Buddha, there is an indescribable splendor and character in his actions, which makes people unable to help but stare at him.
"I didn't expect that Jiaojiao would end up like this." Among the crowd, a young Hu man looked at the woman on the stage, his eyes were burning with joy, but there was also a trace of uneasiness that could not be hidden. Jiaojiao was like this ...it actually made him feel a little strange.
After he said this, he didn't hear a response from the people next to him for a long time. He turned around and saw the people around him looking at the people on the stage with blank expressions. He didn't know what they were thinking, but those eyes were so deep that they seemed A bottomless pool of water.
He frowned and called softly, "Brother Shu Yu?"
The people around him turned around with their eyes flickering. He seemed to be lost in thought just now, but he also listened to all the words of the people around him, and he could still lower his eyes and said, "Indeed. It's not the same as I thought." That dress Her posture, gait, and gestures all looked very much like the person in his memory, but they were clearly not the same person.
On the high platform, Mingyi had already entered and left the incense, and it was Chu Yanze's turn. Many people in the audience heard that the imperial court had sent a patrol envoy. They were very surprised. After all, for so many years, very few imperial officials came to Anxi, especially border patrol envoys. Some of them had already caught a glimpse of him on the street before. After that, I told the people around me about this border patrol envoy from the imperial court. Although he seemed to be a little weak, he was quite good-looking...
