[Three Kingdoms] Jingyunshang

Autumn goes to winter, day after day, the ordinary and monotonous days always pass quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it is already the twelfth lunar month. Li Jing has always been a little bit worried about not buying anything good on New Year's Eve last year. Therefore, just after the Laba Festival this year, Li Jing, Lu Zhi and Zi Ling rushed to the Xinye Market early to buy many things that they hadn't bought last year, such as chickens, ducks, etc., but for Lu Zhi and Zi Ling However, Li Jing didn't go shopping in Xinye City five or six times this time, but after two simple visits, Li Jing hurried back to the thatched cottage with Lu Zhi and Ziling early.

On the way back, Lu Zhi smiled at Li Jing and said, "Sister Jing, why did you change your sex when you went to Xinye this time, and you haven't visited so many times?"

"That's right! Sister Jing, you used to go shopping five or six times at least, what's wrong this time?" Zi Ling followed Lu Zhi's words.

"It's nothing, but this time I don't want to waste so much time shopping. How about rushing back to marinate the chicken and duck? There are still about 20 days before New Year's Eve. I'm afraid the smell of marinating will not come out after a long time. It's not good at that time." It’s a waste of a trip to eat today!”

"Oh! So that's the case! I thought sister Jing, you don't like shopping anymore, so it turns out that you are rushing back to marinate chickens and ducks!"

"Okay, sister Zhi, don't sigh, go back quickly! Drive!"

"drive!"

The two horses galloped against the cold wind, and after a quarter of an hour, Li Jing returned to the thatched cottage.Li Jing closed the bought chicken and duck, and polished the slightly rusty kitchen knife on the whetstone.

"Sister Jing, are you going to kill chickens and ducks?" Zi Ling leaned over to Li Jing.

"Hmm! How to marinate chickens and ducks without killing them?"

"But sister Jing, have you ever killed chickens and ducks?" Lu Zhi stood behind Li Jing holding a sword.

"Alas! Actually, I haven't killed it before, but I have seen others kill it before, and it seems quite simple!" Li Jing said while sharpening a kitchen knife.

"Sister Jing, I don't think you can do it!" Lu Zhi smiled.

"Sister Zhi, don't underestimate people! I'll kill you later!" Li Jing was a little unconvinced.

"Sister Jing, you are too kind, and sometimes you are too kind, so Zhi'er concludes that you dare not kill chickens and ducks!" Lu Zhi smiled and leaned against a corner of the house.

"I'm going to kill you later! Sister Zhi, don't think that you have killed many people, just say that I dare not kill chickens!"

"Okay! Then Zhi'er will wait and see!" Lu Zhi pursed her lips.

After a while, Li Jing's kitchen knife had been sharpened to a bright shine. Li Jing grabbed a chicken, and the chicken that was caught kept tossing and turning.

"Don't run! Don't run!" Li Jing kept chasing the rooster, but she was so exhausted that she didn't even touch a chicken feather.

"Look at me, Sister Jing!" Lu Zhifei jumped up, pulled out the long sword and threw it, directly hitting the rooster's tail, and the rooster immediately flopped and couldn't move.Lu Zhi grabbed the cock and handed it to Li Jing, "Sister Jing, it's up to you!"

Li Jing took the rooster, and the rooster screamed desperately. To Li Jing, the sound was like heart-piercing. For a moment, the kitchen knife in his hand stayed in the air, unable to cut it down.

"Sister Jing, let me tell you, you can't do it, I'll do it!" Lu Zhi grabbed the rooster for Li Jing, raised her sword and dropped it, the neck of the rooster fell instantly, and a lot of blood fell to the ground.

Why don't I even dare to kill a chicken? It stands to reason that the Shadow Assassins have attacked several times over the years, and I have seen them kill people without blinking. In this era, killing people has long been commonplace. Don't you have the courage to do so?If one day, the relatives around me are hurt, what can I do to protect them, do I have to bear the death of relatives like Yi in front of me and I can't do anything?No!no way!Never let this happen again, me!Be sure to do it!

After making up her mind, Li Jing grabbed the other rooster, raised her kitchen knife, closed her eyes tightly, and chopped it down heavily, only to hear a rooster crow, and then it stopped abruptly. Li Jing opened her eyes and saw that her hands were covered with There was a deep sense of fear in his heart, but fortunately, Lu Zhi's words made Li Jing's fear gradually disappear.

"Sister Jing, that's good. I finally dared to kill a chicken. You just need to treat this chicken as a member of the Shadow Assassin Group who killed the people of Changsha. If that's the case, maybe you will feel better."

After listening to Lu Zhi's words, Li Jing's mind kept reappearing in the Changsha thatched cottage. So many innocent people in Changsha were killed by the Shadow Assassins for themselves. Li Jing raised the kitchen knife again and killed all the remaining chickens and ducks.

After the killing, Li Jing no longer felt so scared, replaced by an inexplicable feeling.Without thinking too much, Li Jing yelled at Ziling: "Sister Ziling, come and help pluck the hair!"

Ziling rushed over and saw Li Jing whose hands were covered with chicken blood and duck blood, she couldn't help but asked with some fear: "Sister Jing, did you kill these chickens and ducks?"

"Except for the first one, which was killed by your sister Zhi'er, I killed the others." Li Jing remained expressionless.

Zi Ling was shocked when she heard this, she kept silent and plucked the feathers of chickens and ducks with trembling hands. After half an hour, the feathers of several chickens and ducks were all plucked, and Li Jing cleaned them up, cut them into pieces, and washed them with warm water. Slowly cook the chicken and duck over the fire. After cooking, put some well salt and brewed wine, dry them, and put them into the altar.

On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, it is already the Lunar New Year, and the surroundings of the thatched cottage are getting colder, and suddenly there are goose-feather-like snowflakes in the sky. , Li Jing, wearing a white brocade robe, opened the doors and windows and walked into the snowy sky alone.

Suddenly, the entire thatched hut was surrounded by snow-white, Li Jing also merged with the snow-white world, and the whole world was quiet, so peacefully Li Jing could even hear her own breathing.Picking up a piece of snowflakes, the snowflakes were fleeting, Li Jing couldn't help feeling a little sad at this moment, thinking: What a beautiful snowflake, why does it always stay for a moment, is it true that the beautiful things in the world are always so short-lived.

Just when Li Jing was immersed in the world of snow, the sound of a horseshoe not far away entered Li Jing's ears. The sound of the horseshoe was steady and powerful, and it moved forward slowly, getting closer and closer. When Li Jing opened her eyes and looked, only Not far from the snow-white grass hut, a handsome man in a white cloak and white armor is riding a white horse slowly coming. The man is none other than Zhao Yun.

Seeing Zhao Yun coming, Li Jing couldn't help being happy, and hurriedly strode towards Zhao Yun facing the wind and snow, suddenly the white horse stopped, and Li Jing also stopped, Zhao Yun was riding on the horse's back, Li Jing stood in front of the white horse, The two looked at each other for a long time, as if speech was better than sound at this time, time seemed to stand still, and the two were as peaceful and comfortable as if they were in a picture scroll.

Just when the two were looking at each other, there was the sound of a horse neighing not far away, and Li Jing and Zhao Yun came back to their senses. They both blushed at the same time, and when they turned their heads to look, they turned to the grass A man and a woman were dragged by a brown horse 50 meters south of Lunan. There seemed to be many things hanging from the back of the horse, and the horse moved forward with difficulty.

When Li Jing and Zhao Yun walked over to look closer together, they couldn't help but be surprised. They saw the man wearing the hood was eight feet long, with a face like a crown jade, and he looked like a fairy, while the woman had yellow hair and a slightly dark complexion. .

"Mr. Kong Ming, madam, why do you two come to Jing's thatched cottage when you have time?"

"Yes, Mr. Kong Ming, madam, why are you here today?" Zhao Yun followed Li Jing and asked.

"What's the matter, come to Miss Li's thatched cottage, isn't Miss Li welcome?" Zhuge Liang smiled.

"That's right, the concubine came here with my husband, don't you two welcome me?" Huang Yueying also laughed.

"Where is there! Mr. Kong Ming and his wife can come to the humble house, and Jing welcomes them very much, but today is a small year, and the husband does not spend the small year with his wife and comes to Jing's place, which really surprises Jing!" Li Jing hurriedly explained.

"During New Year's Eve, I will go to my father-in-law's place with Zhuojin. I don't know when I will be able to come back, so I will take advantage of this young year to visit my friends."

"I see, Mr. Kong Ming, Yun will help you lead your horse!"

"So, thank you General Zhao!"

"Please! Mr. Kong Ming, madam!"

"Miss Li, General Zhao please!"

The four of them walked into the thatched cottage together, and Lu Zhi and Zi Ling, who heard the noise outside, also came out to visit. When Lu Zhi saw Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying, a feeling of gratitude welled up spontaneously, and she walked quickly to the room. The four of them turned to Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying and said, "Mr. Kong Ming, madam, Zhi has not repaid the favor of saving your life last time. Since you have come to the thatched cottage today, if you have orders, Zhi Ding will go all out!"

After hearing this, Zhuge Liang laughed loudly and said: "Miss Lu, last time I just drew my sword to help when the road was uneven. Don't worry about it. Today, Liang really doesn't need your help!"

Zi Ling on the side looked puzzled, thinking: Who is this person? Why are Sister Jing, Sister Zhi, Brother Zhao being so polite to him?Just as she was about to ask questions, Li Jing introduced to Zhuge Liang: "Mr. Kong Ming, madam, this is Jing's younger sister Zi Ling!"

"Miss Ziling, Zhuge Liang is polite!"

"Miss Ziling, my concubine, Madam Zhuge, is very polite!"

"Zi Ling, this is Mr. Zhuge Liang, and this is his wife!" Li Jing introduced to Zi Ling again.

"Sir, madam, Ziling is being polite here!"

"Okay, Mr. Kong Ming, madam, this way please!"

"Miss Li, please wait a moment, light up that thing!" After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, he took out several Kongming lanterns, wooden horses and some food from the horse's package and handed them to Li Jing: "Miss Li, be careful, it is not a respect , I still hope to accept it!"

Looking at the Kongming lanterns, wooden streams, horses, and grains in Zhuge Liang's hands, Li Jing was moved, and she was embarrassed to say: "Mr. Kong Ming, Madam, you can come and visit Jing. Jing is already satisfied, and you have brought so many things. Jing feels a little embarrassed!"

"It's not rude to come and go! Liang can only bring these things!"

After Li Jing finished collecting the things, she led everyone into the hall of the thatched cottage. In the hall, they sat in separate seats. Li Jing, Lu Zhi, and Zi Ling sat in the chair, Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang took the second seats on the left and right, and Huang Yueying took the last seat.Everyone ate and talked.

After Zhuge Liang drank a glass of wine, he exclaimed: "Miss Li, this wine has a strong taste, and it is more mellow than the wine Liang used to drink. If you dare to ask Miss Li where you bought this wine, Liang will buy more for later. Bright friends!"

Zhao Yun smiled and explained: "Mr. Kong Ming, I'm afraid you can't buy this wine in other places?"

"General Zhao, why?"

"This wine is brewed by Jing'er herself, so it cannot be bought in wine shops outside."

Zhuge Liang exclaimed: "Unexpectedly, Ms. Li not only has superb medical skills, but also brews such good wine. Liang admires it. Let's toast Ms. Li!" Zhuge Liang drank it down.

"Mr. Kong Ming praised it. This wine is actually no different from the wine in the usual wine shop. It's just that Jing added a kind of Chinese herbal medicine to increase the concentration when brewing, so it is stronger than the wine in the wine shop!"

"So that's it! It's just what kind of Chinese herbal medicine, can Miss Li reveal it?"

"Mr. Kong Ming, I'll tell you later, it's inconvenient now!"

"it is good!"

After drinking for three rounds, Li Jing stood up and said: "There is still a mysterious dish that Jing wants to share with Zilong and Mr. and Madam. Please wait a moment, Jing will go get it right away!"

Zhao Yun, Zhuge Liang, and Huang Yueying looked puzzled. Soon, Li Jing took out a big jar from the room. When the jar was opened, the fragrance overflowed and filled the room.

"Jing'er, what is so fragrant?" Zhao Yun asked first.

"Yes, such a fragrance, Liang has never smelled it before!"

"Taste it and you'll know!" After finishing speaking, Li Jing poured out the chicken and duck in the altar before everyone's bowls.Zhao Yun, Zhuge Liang, and Huang Yueying looked at the small piece of chicken and duck, and began to chew.

"This is chicken and duck, but what makes Liang wonder is how can Ms. Li make such delicious food?"

"Yes, Jing'er, how do you make it? Yun has eaten a lot of chicken and duck meat before, and he has never had such a delicate feeling!"

Li Jing briefly described the method of marinating chicken and duck, and Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun, and Huang Yueying praised it repeatedly.Everyone ate and drank again, talking and laughing for a while, and before they knew it, it was evening and the snow was no longer falling.

Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying were about to leave and return to Longzhong. Li Jing looked at the extremely deep snow and said to Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying: "Sir, madam, it's snowing so hard outside, why don't you stay here for a while and come back tomorrow?" Longzhong, although there are not many rooms in Jing's place, it is still possible for Mr. and Mrs. to stay."

After hearing this, Huang Yueying smiled and said: "Miss Li, you don't know that my husband has a bad habit. If he is in someone else's house, he will not be able to sleep no matter what. Therefore, Miss Li's kindness is appreciated by both of us. Besides, My father has been urging me for a long time, and my concubine and my husband have to rush back to my father's place overnight, I hope Miss Li will forgive me!"

"Ma'am, since that's the case, then Jing is not forced to stay, by the way, you take these things, it can be regarded as repaying the kindness of Mr and Madam for saving them last time!"

"Yes, sir, madam, you just accept it, you saved Zhi's life, so you must accept it no matter what!" Lu Zhi accepted Li Jing's words.

Zhuge Liang hesitated for a while, and finally nodded and said: "Okay! Then Liang will not be polite, and I will brew wine and marinate chickens and ducks according to Miss Li's method when I go back in the future!"

"Sir, madam, go slowly! Take care!" Zhao Yun clasped his hands together.

"General Zhao, Miss Li, Miss Lu, Miss Ziling, take care too!" Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying also returned the salute.

"Slow down! Take care!"

Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying gradually disappeared into the vast snow field on horseback until they disappeared completely.After sending off Zhuge Liang and his wife, Zhao Yun also wanted to leave, so he said to Li Jing and the three of them: "Jing'er, sister Zhi, and sister Ziling, it is very likely that Yun will not be able to come to you for New Year's Eve this year, my lord sent someone yesterday Come to the barracks to ask Yun to go to his mansion for a drink this year. It is said that Yun Chang, Yi De, and Uncle Zhi have all been invited, so Yun came here specially to talk to you today. I don’t want to meet Mr. and Mrs. Kong Ming! rubbed for a while."

Hearing that Zhao Yun will not come this year's New Year's Eve, Li Jing, Lu Zhi, and Zi Ling are all disappointed, especially Li Jing and Zi Ling, feel extremely lonely.As if aware of the loss of the three of them, Zhao Yun comforted him, "Don't worry, even though you can't come over on New Year's Eve, but during the Shangyuan Festival, Yun Ding will come with Uncle Zhi, Zi Xu, and Zhao Huo. Don't be stingy when the time comes!"

After hearing this, the three of Li Jing felt a little better about their disappointment. Li Jing looked at Zhao Yun and said, "Zilong, it's cold, wear more clothes, don't freeze. By the way, take these wine and meat. Let the brothers in the military camp eat some!" Li Jing asked Lu Zhi and Zi Ling to go to the room to bring out the wine and jars and hand them to Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun took the wine and meat, hung them on the back of the white horse, clasped his fists with both hands and said solemnly: "Jinger, Sister Zhi, Sister Ziling, I have to work, it's getting late, Yun first bid farewell! Take care, too!"

"Zilong, come on, let's go! Otherwise, it will be dark!" Li Jing urged.

"Okay! Yun farewell!" Zhao Yunfei got on the horse, turned the horse's head, and the white horse galloped away. Looking at Zhao Yun's back, Li Jing's eyes were full of reluctance.