Chapter Six
After returning for a short while, he left again. Although the girls on the boat were reluctant to leave, they finally met again and felt warm. The longing in their hearts was relieved and the atmosphere became lively.
Xu Buling had been away for three days in a blink of an eye, and the snow in the sky stopped, revealing the warm winter sun.
Xiao Xiang'er had been worried about Xiaowan a few days ago. Now Xiaowan went out to relax with Xu Buling, and felt relieved. She opened the table on the deck with her sisters and basked in the winter sun and started mahjong.
Song Yufu and Chuchu have already entered the door, so they are naturally serious about being sisters, standing by and watching, and occasionally trying to get on the table.
On the shore outside the building, the snow had not melted yet, and the branches were gathered together with Qingye to fish, and there were two dogs and a geese squatting beside them.
Nightingale took the newly bought "Sword Saint: The Invincible Golden Spear" by the Manzhi, and leaned against the willow tree to carefully review it.
Zhu Manzhi was originally sitting alone on the boat fishing. With company at this time, he became much more active. He held the fishing rod and wrote a poem in a decent manner:
"Birds fly across the mountains, people die in the paths, and the old man in the straw hat is alone, fishing alone in the snow on the cold river. What's this poem like in the clear night?"
In the past, I prayed to Manzhi fishing alone on the shore. Cui Xiaowan read this poem after seeing it. Because of the lofty artistic conception, Manzhi remembered it.
But Ning Qingye was not interested in poetry and songs, so he put the big fat fish he had just caught into the fish basket and said casually:
"If you can't catch fish, you can't catch fish. You can't catch fish alone in the snow in the cold river. What's so nice to say?"
"Hey--"
Zhu Manzhi looked down at his empty fish basket and said a little dissatisfied:
"You have to be calm and not utilitarian. What is important is the process rather than the result. I just like the artistic conception of fishing, and I don't really want to catch the fish... Hey, I bit the bait, it seems like a big guy..."
While talking, the fish floats on the water moved, Zhu Manzhi immediately became energetic and began to walk the fish skillfully.
Ning Qingye rolled his eyes, too lazy to pay attention to it. After continuing to throw the rod, his eyes turned to the riverside under the warm sun.
The ship was docked outside Yueyang City, and the Xiliang army was stationed around it. It has been a quit for several months. The business road has been recovered a little. On the official road, you can occasionally see people from the Jianghu escort by the convoy.
Ning Qingye looked at it for a moment. Before the big fish were walking up, a fast horse suddenly ran over the shore, with the scouts of the Xiliang Army sitting on it.
The nightingale leaned against her, saw this, closed the book, raised her hand and asked the scout to come to her and asked:
"What's up?"
Nightingale is Xu Buling's personal secretary, and she is equivalent to Xu Buling's aide in the army, and her level is still very high.
The scout turned over and dismounted, came to the front and raised his hand and bowed:
"Just just now, a woman from the martial arts camp stopped and came forward to investigate. The woman said she was here to ask for the prince's identity. She did not report her identity, but only said she knew her prince. Seeing that the girl was extremely handsome, she did not dare to expel her, she came over to ask."
An extremely handsome woman in the world?
Looking for Xu Buling?
When Ning Qingye and Zhu Manzhi heard this, they both turned their heads and showed suspicion in their eyes.
Nightingale was also quite strange. She actually didn't know how many women there were outside her young master. She frowned and asked:
“What does it look like?”
The scout recalled and said seriously: "He is tall, wearing an ordinary martial arts uniform, and a silver scimitar with beads on the back of his waist and a whip. It looks like it is not an ordinary weapon..."
"Chen Sining?"
Before the scout could finish his words, Ning Qingye stood up and said in surprise:
"Why did she come?"
Nightingale was also confused. Chen Sining was the third princess of Nanyue. Now that Nanyue surrendered, Chen Sining was demoted to princess. He should follow Chen Jin to Chang'an City to be a vassal. What should he do to come here?
When Zhu Manzhi saw the reaction of the two, she stood up and approached Ning Qingye and asked:
"Xiao Ning, Chen Sining is the one you said that is better than me and older than me, right?"
"That's it, you're probably going to be the youngest."
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Before Zhu Manzhi could figure out the situation clearly, Ning Qingye followed the scout to the nearby military camp with the scout.
Zhu Manzhi didn't have the intention to fish at this time, so he quickly dropped the fishing rod and trotted over...
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Outside Yueyang City, more than 100,000 troops were stationed here, and wars would only take place in spring. The surrounding areas of the military camp were making preparations before the war, building siege equipment and troop transport ships, etc.
The military discipline of the Xiliang Army was very strict, even in the war, it was still majestic and solemn. The black flag was clamoring in the wind. Except for the sound of horse hooves and armor rubbing in the military camp, there were basically no noisy voices.
A temporary garrison wall was built outside the barracks. Chen Sining stood outside the cordon with a horse. The blue and white skirt on her body was replaced with the common military uniforms in the Central Plains. Her leggings and wrist guards all looked quite heroic. At this time, she stood on tiptoe and looked at the barracks that stretched to the end of her vision in a little amazement.
Chen Sining grew up in South Vietnam. As a noble princess, she naturally saw the military camp, but it was the first time she saw such a large and so neat.
Before coming, Chen Sining was a little regretful about the fact that Nanyue was surrendered to the land, and felt that if his father had not been murdered by evil people, Nanyue would not have fallen into the current situation.
But after seeing the military camp stationed in front of him with more than 100,000 people, Chen Sining realized that his previous thoughts were too naive; Da Yue really wanted to gather the whole country to fight Nanyue, and Nanyue had no chance of winning at all. He didn't do that before, just because there were strong enemies in the north, and it would be useless to defeat him.
There were 10,000 armored Hu Ben Cavalry in the military camp. At this time, a small team was practicing. The tall horse was armed with armor, and there was an iron tower-like knight on it. Even the face was covered tightly, leaving only a gap in his eyes. Just one person and one horse went there and one pestle was a steel fortress. Chen Sining could not imagine how spectacular it was.
After waiting outside the military camp for a while, the sound of horse hooves sounded in the distance.
Chen Sining came to her senses, and when she saw Nightingale and Ning Qingye, she suddenly seemed a little restrained, and hurriedly pushed back, made a calm look, and raised her hand to wave:
"Miss Ning, Sister Ye."
When the two little snakes heard the sound, they seemed to know that they would be able to eat something delicious immediately. They both came out of Chen Sining's arms and looked around.
The weather in Nanyue is hot and the winter is not too cold, but Chu is not the case. In the cold winter when snow is flying, the temperature is extremely low. If the two little snakes do not hibernate, they will be frozen to death. They can only hide in Chen Sining's arms and rely on their body temperature to keep warm. Even so, they look a little wilted.
Nightingale and Ning Qingye were sure that they were Chen Sining. Although they were confused, they still showed joy and spoke from afar:
"Miss Chen."
Chen Sining led the horse forward, and wanted to say something. Suddenly, she found a little girl behind them. She looked round and smooth, just like a porcelain doll. Her big eyes looked very awesome. She said she was young and her breasts were scary. When she was jogging with her skirt, the waves made people worry that the little girl was unstable and she threw herself.
Chen Sining raised her eyebrows and looked down at her. She felt that she could not compare to her later. She subconsciously stood up and walked up to her and smiled:
"Long time no see you two, well...what is this girl?"
Zhu Manzhi found a new rival, so he must not show his fear. He was about to introduce himself, "I am the successor of the Zhu family in Youzhou, the eldest granddaughter of the Sword Saint Zhu Choushan, the sixth daughter of the Sword Saint Zhu, and the Jianghu people sent the name "Fenhe Sword God".
But before he could speak, Ning Qingye took the lead and introduced:
"Her name is Zhu Manzhi, my friend I met in Chang'an. Why did Miss Chen run over?"
Zhu Manzhi choked and the topic jumped directly. It was a bit awkward to force himself to introduce himself, so he could only nod and stand behind to listen.
When asked about the purpose of her visit, Chen Sining was obviously a little panicked. She definitely didn't dare to tell her father about his marriage. She just used the excuse she had already thought of on the way and explained:
"After Sister Zhongli left, A Qing and A Baicha were not thinking about food, and they kept greedy for Sister Zhongli's food. Now Nanyue and Dayue have become a family, and I am also a member of Dayue. Anyway, I have to go to Chang'an. It's boring to follow the team, so I took A Qing and A Bai to pass in advance. You shouldn't dislike me for coming here without invitation, right?"
"Miss Chen is so polite, so why bother to say these strange words?"
Ning Qingye actually believed Chen Sining's explanation, because the two little snakes opened their mouths and were hungry for feeding, so they just ran to the other side of the building.
Now that Nanyue surrenders, Chen Jin is named King of Pingyang, and Chen Sining naturally becomes the princess of Dayue. Speaking of which, the title is only lower than Xu Buling, and in Dayue, he is considered a top prince and noble lady.
Nightingale naturally would not neglect Chen Sining, so she helped lead the horse and raised her hand and said:
"Please, Miss Chen, Sister Zhongli is on the boat, I'll take you there."
"oh."
Chen Sining nodded, tidied up her hair slightly, walked beside the three of them, and asked:
"The weather is good today. Is Mr. Xu in the military camp or with Sister Zhongli and the others?"
Zhu Manzhi has always been ripe. At this time, he walked in front of Chen Sining and said with a smile:
"If Miss Chen came to find Mr. Xu, she would probably be late. Mr. Xu left two days ago and probably wouldn't come back after the New Year."
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When Chen Sining heard this, she paused suddenly.
She ran nearly two thousand miles before finding this place...
Leaving?
That wasn't a waste of running away!
Zhu Manzhi's thoughts were not ordinary. Seeing Chen Sining's reaction, he understood Chen Sining's true intention, but he did not point it out, but just said curiously:
"Miss Chen, why don't you leave?"
"oh……"
Chen Sining came back to her senses and continued to walk forward with a smile:
"It's nothing, well... A Qing misses Mr. Xu very much. If he is not here, A Qing may be a little disappointed."
A Qing, who was leaning in his arms, shook his head blankly, obviously not understanding the master's meaning.
Ning Qingye couldn't see Chen Sining's thoughts that were twisting around her heart, and shook her head and said:
"With Jiujiu here, Ah Qing probably won't miss Xu Buling too much. Let's go back to the boat first. Manzhi kept talking about the noodles you cooked, just to open her eyes."
“That’s natural.”
Chapter completed!