Jiu Zhang Ji: The Daily Life of the Reborn Daughter

Chapter 3: Riding a Horse on a Sloping Bridge

At the hour of Si, Qiao Lili, dressed in her best, climbed up the city wall. She wore a moon-white cross-collared shirt with a pattern of endless swastikas embroidered on the collar and cuffs with gold thread. She paired it with a black horse-faced skirt with a pattern of a thousand miles of rivers and mountains, and a luxurious ice-silk cloak, which made her rosy cheeks look whiter than snow and her jade-like face shine.

Qiao Lili wore a fairy-like lily bun on her head, a pearl flower made of East China Sea pearls, a golden hairpin with ruby ​​tassels, and a delicate peach blossom on her forehead. Her dark eyebrows were like distant mountains, her eyes were bright and charming, her lips were red and her teeth were white. She was a beauty who could not match the beauty of lotus.

The city wall was bustling with people of all shapes and sizes, well-dressed and elegant, mostly young women, all waiting to see the young general return to the capital today. It was said that the young general was not only brave and good at fighting, but also handsome and extremely talented.

Qiao Lili is the most outstanding one in the crowd and also the one who is talked about the most.

"Whose girl is that? She's so beautiful! I don't want to get too close to her." She was afraid that if she got too close she would be dwarfed by her. She was also a simple-minded girl and said whatever she thought.

"Don't you know? She is the daughter of Duke Dingguo and General Bai's fiancée." A woman next to her explained to her.

"Oh, it's her. She's not that great. How can she be worthy of our young general who is invincible and became famous at a young age." A girl in a rose-red dress came over and took over the topic.

"Haha, she's not that great, how about you? Don't you have a mirror in your house?" Someone who didn't like her immediately retorted. "She's the daughter of the Duke of Dingguo, and no one dared to say she was unworthy of marrying a prince, let alone a poor man who was stripped of his title. What do you mean by young general? He's just a fifth-rank cavalry lieutenant."

"Young General Bai has made countless contributions. When he comes back this time, he will definitely be rewarded by the emperor." The girl in the rose-red dress was still speaking for Bai Junzhe. In fact, Qiao Lili knew her. She was a close friend of Bai Junzhe's sister Bai Rouer. She was not very smart and was fooled around by Bai Rouer every day.

She was not the only one who was being fooled around. She was also the one who was having the most fun.

Qiao Lili turned a deaf ear to these discussions. He won every battle and became famous at a young age. Haha, that was just because his father and brother felt sorry for her who was waiting for him at home, so they put all their military achievements on him alone so that he could come back and marry her after he became famous.

In this life, he cannot take away these merits.

She looked out from the city wall and saw smoke and dust rising at the horizon.

Then, the smoke slowly dispersed and expanded, and the deafening sound of horse hooves rang out.

A fast horse was running at the front of the team, and in the blink of an eye it was on the stone bridge over the moat. On the horse was a woman in a fiery red dress and a graceful man in white. The woman leaned delicately in the man's arms, and the man protected the woman in his arms strongly. As the horses ran, their sleeves were tangled and fluttering in the wind. Anyone who saw them would have to praise them, what a beautiful couple of gods.

Someone on the city wall recognized the man in white as the young general Bai Junzhe. Cheers rang out one after another, and excitement was like a lit firework, splashing everywhere.

People soon realized that there was something unusual about this. Everyone in the capital knew that the young general's fiancée was Qiao Lili, the daughter of Duke Dingguo. She wore plain clothes and ate simple food, and waited for him for four years.

Who is the woman in red riding on the same horse as her? Countless eyes turned to Qiao Lili.

The cheers gradually died down, but could no longer cover up the discussions among the people on the city wall. Some were gloating, some were sympathetic, and some were blaming and scolding. There were all kinds of expressions on their faces. It was truly a good show.

Qiao Lili remained calm. The girl's tall and slender figure stood straight, and the breeze gently lifted her waist-length hair, so beautiful that it was beyond words.

However, in her long sleeves, which were invisible to others, her two palms had been pierced by nails, and the blood of revenge was rushing through her body. What price would these two people have to pay to repay the five years of imprisonment and torture in the previous life?

Only in this way can he make up for the fact that his father and brother's bodies were destroyed.

The initial cheers from the city wall attracted the horsemen. On the Victory Bridge over the moat, the young general reined in his horse, stopped, and looked up at the city wall.

The people on the city wall turned their attention back to the person who was coming, and cheers started again, one wave louder than the other.

The time is now. Qiao Lili raised her lips into a beautiful arc and made a gesture to Xiao Sanzi and the others who were ready.

The young general reined in his horse and stood facing the city wall. Right in front of him, to the left and to the right, something was thrown down with a crackling sound.

Is this a sachet or a handkerchief? Is it possible to do this? Is it possible to throw flowers, sachets, or handkerchiefs like in the parade of the top scholar?

The ladies on the city wall were so regretful. Why didn't they prepare something? Look at others, they prepared several baskets and threw them down together as a group.

Not only the spectators on the city wall thought so, but the young general Bai Junzhe on the Victory Bridge also thought so. He even thought in his heart, it’s useless to throw it away, Xinyue is in my arms, I won’t catch anything.

"Pah, pah," a "sachet" was actually thrown on his head, and something thin and liquid flowed down from his head, passing through his forehead, eyebrows, eye sockets, nose, and reaching his mouth.

No, the smell of this "sachet" is not right.

Before he could think more, more things were thrown at him and Lou Xinyue whom he was holding. He urged his horse forward, but there was nowhere to hide under the empty city wall. In the blink of an eye, he was covered in sticky things and the stench spread like an explosion.

It is not a sachet, nor a handkerchief, nor a flower. What is it? It is a rotten egg or a rotten vegetable leaf!

In a flash, the two people who were dressed in fine clothes and full of high spirits just now now had broken egg shells on their heads. Their hair was stuck in wisps with egg liquid and rotten cabbage and celery leaves. Stinky egg soup was dripping down their faces, and their bodies were covered with egg white and yolk, and rotten vegetable leaves.

If there are not enough rotten eggs, fresh eggs will do. The egg yolks are smeared on the white robe, just like painting on white rice paper. The original red and white robes were too monotonous, but now they are so beautiful, yellow, green, and red, colorful.

A big freehand painting.

Riding a horse and leaning on the sloping bridge, are there red sleeves waving all over the building? Haha, riding a horse and leaning on the sloping bridge, rotten eggs and rotten vegetables are floating.

Qiao Lili's eyes are bright and her smile is as beautiful as a flower.

Embarrassed? This is just the beginning. Since I have been reborn, I can't live in vain. I owe you Qiao Lili double back what you owe me.

Bai Junzhe, Lou Xinyue, you two vicious couple, are you ready?