Northern River Sword

The two went south all the way, and this day they arrived at the boundary of Dali.Qin Xiao untied the rope from Su Yi's hand, pulled him into an inn, and asked for a private room.For the convenience of walking, Qin Xiao took off her mask and changed her face to a dry yellow mask.The sex is very rough, you can tell it's a fake at first glance, but it makes people pay attention to it.

Qin Xiao didn't care much about these things when she came to her own land, and passers-by could let them see it.After the two sat down, Qin Xiao ordered Yunnan's honey-glazed ham, chicken in bamboo tube, spring rolls, cross-bridge rice noodles and other special dishes, and said, "As a landlord, I invite you to try authentic Yunnan dishes. This bridge rice noodle is kept warm with chicken oil cover, it doesn’t look hot from the outside, but it’s very hot inside, don’t burn your tongue.”

Su Yi listened absent-mindedly, but felt that this person was not pleasing to the eye, and wished he could jump out of the window immediately and sneak away.

Yunnan is like spring all the year round, and the scenery is picturesque, and it is not cold even in the deep winter.Su Yi pushed open the window and looked out, the street was full of traffic, and the shouts of vendors kept coming and going.Su Yi was used to being on the street since he was a child, and the voice of the market was very kind, making him feel like coming home.

Su Yi relaxed his body and sat in the chair. There were a few pots of delicate flowers in the corner. Su Yi thought it looked pretty, so he stared at it for a while.Qin Xiao said: "This is a camellia. My mother likes this kind of flower the most. She opened a camellia garden at home, and all the flowers in it are planted by herself."

Hearing his kind words, Su Yi couldn't help but yearn for it, but said stubbornly: "Your mother is not my mother, it's none of my business what she likes to plant."

Qin Xiao raised her eyebrows, but said nothing.Su Yi was so bored, he looked outside again, and suddenly saw a little girl downstairs looking into the restaurant, as if she was asking someone for something.

The girl raised her head and met Su Yi face to face, it turned out to be Qiaoer.

Su Yi was so excited that he almost cried out.He peeked at Qin Xiao, Xiaoer just brought up the food, Qin Xiao didn't notice his gaffe.Su Yi quickly winked, signaling to Qiao'er not to be impulsive, and asked her to find someone nearby to save her.

Qiao'er covered her mouth with her little hands, looking like she was about to cry.Su Yi also felt sad, others gave up when they couldn't find him, but Qiao'er didn't give up.As a little girl, she chased her all the way to Dali, and she suffered a lot along the way.She was not much more courageous than a rabbit, if she didn't regard Su Yi as more important than her life, how could she have worked so hard to chase him here.

Qiao'er looked at Su Yi anxiously for a while, fearing that Qin Xiao would find her, she hid in the crowd and hurried away.

Su Yi knew that she was looking for someone to deliver the news, but she still felt a little bit reluctant.He picked up the rice noodle and started to chop it. He was scalded by the hot soup and burst into tears.

He wanted to cry, but it was a cover-up.Qin Xiao didn't notice anything unusual, and said: "Eat slowly, we'll be home before dark. I invite you to see my mother, she is a very kind person, and will definitely treat you well."

Su Yi thought to himself: "I'm afraid this business will never return. Although what you said sounds good, I'm afraid that if I go, I will only be treated with sticks and whips."

After the two had finished eating, Qin Xiao paid the bill and was about to go downstairs when she heard the sound of horseshoes outside.Su Yi was overjoyed, and secretly said: "So fast! Did Qiaoer find someone?"

Qin Xiao was very vigilant, rushed to the window and looked down, and saw hundreds of soldiers on the street.All the soldiers were wearing armor and holding swords. The leading general gave an order, and the soldiers quickly surrounded the entire restaurant.

Su Yi realized that it was impossible for Qiao'er to bring so many reinforcements, and said in shock, "Such a big battle, who is this here to catch? It has nothing to do with us, right?"

Qin Xiao didn't know what was going on, but felt that the situation was not right, and it was better to leave here as soon as possible.

The general downstairs was wearing bright silver armor, riding a tall white horse with a sharp head, holding a sharp sword in his hand, and said loudly: "Listen, gangsters upstairs, you are already surrounded by us! Let go of this princess' son-in-law quickly, or else I will lead someone to kill you without leaving a single piece of you!"

All the soldiers responded in unison: "Leave no piece of armor! No piece of armor left!"

Su Yi was a little dumbfounded, and said: "What princess, son-in-law? The general is a woman?"

Qin Xiao understood what was going on, and suddenly felt a severe headache.Since he hid out to avoid the limelight last time, Duan Ruyi has been sending people everywhere to look for him.Just now he took Su Yi to swagger through the market, and the spies probably discovered him.That man mistook Su Yi for Qin Xiao, thinking that he had been kidnapped, and went into the palace to inform the princess, and the princess came out with her own soldiers.

The people in the restaurant were terrified. They all squatted against the wall, not daring to move, for fear of accidentally injuring themselves with random guns and arrows.The shopkeeper hid behind the counter and shivered.A group of personal soldiers rushed in and shouted: "Don't move! Swords have no eyes, be careful of anyone who wants to die!"

Seven or eight soldiers were guarding the diners downstairs, and the captain was about to rush upstairs with his men.All Qin Xiao's exits were blocked by the princess, and there was nothing he could do.He suddenly said loudly: "Duan Ruyi, don't act recklessly!"

The princess heard his voice, her eyes lit up immediately, and she said loudly: "It's me! It's me! Qin Lang, hold on for a while, and I'll rescue you!"

She shouted: "Listen up, gangster, as long as you let the son-in-law go, not only will the princess not pursue you, but she will also give you a big reward. I will count to three, you let the son-in-law go downstairs, and the captain of the guard will be in charge. Three—— Two—one—"

Qin Xiao looked at Su Yi, and was really reluctant to let him go just like that.The second monk Su Yizhang was puzzled, and a little funny, said: "Who are they looking for? Are you her son-in-law? Hehe...haha, your wife is very powerful!"

Seeing that no one came down, the princess said again: "My princess will give you another chance, I will count to five, five—four—three—"

Qin Xiao worked so hard to bring Su Yi here from the Central Plains, and absolutely cannot give him up to others.What's more, Duan Ruyi is hot-tempered and behaves differently from ordinary people. If Su Yi falls into her hands, I don't know what weird things will happen.

Qin Xiao said loudly: "Okay, I'm coming down, don't move rashly."

He pushed Su Yi downstairs, and the captain of the personal guard led the soldiers to surround the two of them, and followed them slowly.Seeing that the knives and guns were pointed at him, Su Yi couldn't help feeling a little nervous, and said: "Hey, I didn't offend you! If you want to fight or kill, just go at him, don't come to harm me!"

The captain of the personal army regarded him as the son-in-law, so he was naturally very respectful, and said repeatedly: "Yes, yes! Don't worry, my son, everyone will not dare to hurt your old man!"

Su Yi was in a cloud of fog, he seemed a little bit clear and a little confused.He was pushed out by Qin Xiao until he reached the street, surrounded by more and more guards.The princess was very excited when she saw Su Yi, and said: "Quickly let Young Master Qin go, do you hear me?"

Qin Xiao lowered her voice and said: "I can let him go. There are too many of you, Dongnan will open a gap for me, and don't come after me."

The captain of the personal army looked at the princess, who frowned and said, "Okay. Do as he said."

The captain of the personal army commanded the people to disperse, and the southeast direction went straight to the outside of the city.Qin Xiao was about to get on the horse with Su Yi in his arms, but the princess suddenly urged the horse to raise the knife, charged forward bravely, and said loudly: "You don't even want to run away! Leave the son-in-law here!"

Qin Xiao thought that the princess holding the knife was just for show, but she didn't expect that she really wanted to kill someone.

Although Duan Ruyi has never learned martial arts, she is extremely brave and not afraid of killing people.She charged first, and the soldiers naturally followed up bravely.Seeing a group of personal soldiers rushing like waves under the leadership of Duan Ruyi, Qin Xiao couldn't help shivering.

He didn't want to kill Dali's soldiers, the princess charged forward, let alone hurt her.

In an instant, dozens of soldiers rushed over and scattered him and Su Yi.The princess beamed with joy, and said loudly: "Good job! He has no hostages now, let's kill this little thief!"

The crowd was also very fanatical, shouting loudly: "The princess is mighty! The princess is mighty!"

She pointed at Qin Xiao with a knife, and said as if shouting on stage: "You despicable little thief, you dare to hijack my princess's son-in-law! I see where you are going!"

The commander of the personal army was afraid that the princess would be injured, so he followed her closely.The princess has someone to protect her, so she is even more unscrupulous, and must kill Qin Xiaoliwei.

She swung her long knife and slashed at Qin Xiao. Qin Xiao heard the wind and bent down to avoid it.The princess slashed again, Qin Xiao lifted the sword to hold the long knife, and kicked the princess's mount with one foot.

The horse neighed, staggered a step, and almost fell to the ground.Holding the horse's neck, the princess staggered to and fro, and shouted, "Stop off, little thief! I want you to know how powerful my daughter of the Duan family is!"

Qin Xiao couldn't afford to get entangled with her, so he drew his sword and slashed the legs of several soldiers' horses, and took the opportunity to urge the horses to leave.

Seeing that Qin Xiao had escaped, the princess was very angry and said loudly: "Catch him quickly! This princess offers a reward! The reward for catching him is a hundred taels of silver! Chase him quickly!"

Su Yi staggered around in the chaos, almost being kicked over by the horse several times.He was like a little ant caught in a torrent, struggling in the whirlpool with a leaf in his arms.His mind was buzzing, and people were shouting and neighing everywhere.Fortunately, the princess led people to run away after Qin Xiao, but no one paid attention to her in the chaos.

He stooped to the side of the road, and suddenly someone grabbed his hand and whispered: "Follow me!"

Su Yi took a closer look, but it was Qiaoer.He was overjoyed and said, "It's you!"

Qiao'er pulled him to turn east and west, and gradually moved away from the place of right and wrong.The two of them hid under a broken thatched hut and let out a long sigh of relief.With mixed feelings, Qiao'er jumped up and hugged his neck, weeping with joy: "God has eyes, but told me to find you! I knew you were still alive!"

Su Yi had a sore nose and red eyes, and said, "What a coincidence, how did you find me?"

Qiaoer said: "After Master died, I waited for you for several days, but I never saw you come back. Later, someone came to deliver a letter saying that you were in Hejiazhuang. Sister Xue took someone to pick you up, but she went but couldn't find you. Sister Xue has no choice. Everyone says you are dead. I don’t believe you. I look for you everywhere. Later, I saw a man in Nanyang pulling you west. I couldn’t save you, so I followed you quietly and stayed all the way. I hope that the brothers of the Beggar Clan will come to rescue us if they see it... I didn’t expect to follow it all the way to Dali.”

A warm current surged in Su Yi's heart, and he said to himself: "I'm afraid there will be no one in the world who treats me like Qiaoer. What virtue can I, Su Yi, have someone treat me so sincerely in this life."

He said: "Qiaoer, you are so kind to me. I used to be ignorant, and I always made you sad... I will definitely treat you well in the future. If I am sorry for you in the slightest, tell me Su Yi to become a pig, a dog, a tortoise Big bastard!" He said while slapping himself hard.

Qiao'er hurriedly tore off his hand, shook her head and said, "Don't talk nonsense, I just want you to be well. We finally met, don't say unlucky words!"

Su Yi lowered her head and kissed her on the face. Qiao'er was still a little shy at first, but then she burst into tears and murmured: "Don't die, I can't live if you die! You Alright, we will always be together and be companions for the rest of our lives."

The two cuddled together for a while, Qiao'er said: "We can't stay here for long, we have to find a way to leave quickly."

Su Yi said: "You're right, it's not too late, let's go!"

He quickly messed up his hair, took off his coat and tore a few cuts on his body, rolled on the ground again, wiped his face with putty a few times, and returned to his true nature as a beggar.

Qiao'er has been looking for him for the past few days, and she has no time to dress up, and her whole body looks dusty and weathered.Su Yi wiped a few handfuls of mud on her face, and said, "In this way, no one will pay attention to us."

Qiao'er still cared about her image in front of him, she couldn't help but wiped her face, and said, "It's too dirty."

Su Yi smiled and said: "You are beautiful, you look good in everything. Let's go, the city gate will be closed after dark."

When the two arrived at the city gate, the gate was closed.It was getting late, Su Yi and Qiao'er had no choice but to sleep next to each other at the base of the wall all night.The two waited until the next morning, intending to leave the city as soon as possible.As soon as the sky was slightly brighter, someone rushed over on a flying horse.The soldier said loudly: "Princess ordered strict investigations of people entering and leaving the city, arresting fugitives, and looking for the son-in-law. If you find them, you will be rewarded!"

He brought the portrait, shook it out and pasted it on the most conspicuous position on the city wall.One is Qin Xiao wearing a mask. The person on the portrait is vicious and strong-boned. Underneath it is written: Capture a criminal who hijacked a son-in-law. .

Su Yi probed his head to look, shook his head, and thought: "It's too far away, isn't this a monster? If you search like this, you won't be able to find it in ten years."

There is another portrait next to it, which depicts Su Yi's appearance, majestic yet delicate, he is a heroic handsome man, prettier than himself.Su Yi touched his face and felt very satisfied.

Qiao'er pulled him aside and said in a low voice: "You still watch, aren't you afraid they will take you away?"

Su Yi scratched his head and said: "Do you think this is strange? I don't know that princess, why did she draw my portrait and put it on the wall? Didn't she call Qin Xiao a son-in-law? Why did she look like an enemy again yesterday?" Same, almost cut him with a knife. Tsk tsk...Could it be that Qin Xiao did something to offend the princess, the princess hated him in her heart, and she heard that the heartless man came back and brought soldiers to kill him? "

Qiao'er was dumbfounded when she heard this, and said for a long time: "I...I don't know, anyway, if you do something wrong to me, I will take someone to kill you."

Su Yi shuddered, thinking that no woman could be messed with.He also felt that there was something wrong with this matter, why was Qin Xiao's name written under his portrait?

It was getting brighter, and people began to enter the city.The soldiers guarding the city really strictly checked everyone, and even checked the goods in the car with spears.Su Yi saw that they were investigating closely, and said: "It seems that we can't get out for the time being, let's go back and think of other ways."

Inside the Dali Palace.

The emperor looked at Duan Ruyi condescendingly, very annoyed.He twisted a string of emerald jade beads so loudly that it sounded like he was going to crush the string into a handful of powder.

Duan Ruyi walked in timidly, knew that he was angry, smiled flatteringly, and said, "Brother Emperor, do you have something to do with Ruyi?"

The emperor said with a sullen face: "You don't play around with me. Honestly, what did you do yesterday afternoon?"

Duan Ruyi was a little guilty of leading troops out to make a big fuss without authorization.She said: "I... I heard that Qin Xiao was kidnapped, so take someone to rescue him."

The emperor said: "How many people did you bring?"

Duan Ruyi said cautiously: "Twenty... thirty... fifty personal soldiers."

The emperor slapped the dragon chair hard, thundered and furious, and said: "Fifty people? You have transferred the guards of the entire military battalion! The commander of the personal army is so confused that he even wants his life because of you. Mess with you! Duan Ruyi, you are really capable! Do you know what this is called? This is called rebellion!"

Duan Ruyi was so frightened that her knees gave way, she knelt on the ground and said, "Ruyi knew she was wrong, I beg the emperor to calm down!"

The emperor sneered and said, "I heard that you are quite majestic and even go into battle in person. Do you want to be Hua Mulan?"

Duan Ruyi had nothing to say, so she could only smile flatteringly.The emperor reprimanded: "Your behavior yesterday caused a very bad influence and disturbed the normal life of the people. Now the whole Dali is talking about you, saying that you are crazy and arrogant, and that I have indulged you too much. Do you know that?"

Duan Ruyi kowtowed and said, "Ruyi knew she was wrong, I dare not do it again."

The emperor said angrily: "You still want to have a next time! If you weren't my sister, ten heads wouldn't be enough to cut off! By the way, Liu Hui, the leader of the personal army battalion, bent the law for personal gain and led troops without permission for your dispatch. He should be punished for his crime." .He has been cut by me, do you want to see it?"

Duan Ruyi was a little regretful when she heard the news of Liu Hui's death, but she didn't take it too seriously.There are too many people in the world who admire her, and they all swear that they are willing to die for her, and there are not a few people who really fly to the fire.She couldn't sympathize.

She shook her head and said, "I don't want to see the bloody head. Brother Emperor, Ruyi really realized that he was wrong. Please forgive me this time."

The emperor knew that she had no ambitions, was lazy and coquettish, and had no intention of rebelling.He was just this one girl, after all he loved her dearly, but he had to punish her.He said: "You made too many mistakes this time, and I will punish you for half a year. Go back and write a letter of repentance, review your mistakes, and give the common people an explanation."

The princess became anxious, and said: "Brother Emperor, can you punish me in another way? I can write a letter of repentance, but I can't ground my feet now. The concubine's heartless son-in-law ran away again. I have to find him!"

The emperor was angry and funny, and scolded: "You have done something wrong and dare to bargain with me! If you don't want to for half a year, then add another half year!"

Duan Ruyi was about to cry, kowtowed and said, "Well, half a year is half a year. I just stay in the mansion and don't go out... But if that heartless Qin Xiao took the opportunity to marry another woman, what would I do? ?”

The emperor could not do anything about her, and reprimanded: "Okay, you are a golden branch and a jade leaf, pay attention to the royal dignity. There are countless young talents in Dali who admire you. After a while, I will hold a marriage recruitment meeting for you to publicly choose a son-in-law. Guaranteed to be a hundred times better than that Qin Xiao."

The princess refused, and said: "I don't care, I want him! Brother Emperor, you can make the decision for me, just issue an imperial edict to marry us, okay?"

The emperor frowned and said: "Twisted melons are not sweet. Even if I force him to marry you, you two will not live comfortably. If he is interested in you, he will come to invite you."

The princess still refused to give up, and said: "What if he doesn't come?"

The emperor said: "If he doesn't come, it means that he is not a good man, and he is not worthy of your attention. My younger sister is the most beautiful girl in Dali, and she deserves the love of the best man in the world. You must not compromise on it."

The princess thought about it, and felt that he was worthy of being the emperor, and what he said made sense.She felt relieved and said with a smile: "Brother Emperor, you are the best man in the world. You are handsome and wise. Compared with you, others are far inferior."

She smiled sweetly, and her charm suddenly appeared, as if thousands of flowers bloomed in an instant.The emperor sighed, shook his head and said, "You little girl knows how to flatter you. Go back and stay and don't cause trouble for me!"