Great Zhou Empress

"With you, there is freedom everywhere."

Xue Zhijing's heart was warmed by Xiao Liege's sweet words, it was extremely rare, her face was stained with crimson, looking at Xiao Liege's eyes were a little hot.

But the joy didn't last long. The bamboo raft of the two seemed to have taken a fork in the road, and the guards around them became nervous. They actually appeared by the river and waved and shouted at the two of them. Can't hear what they're saying?

Soon, there is no need to know what they are saying anymore, because the two have already seen it.

The river ahead began to narrow, the speed of the river became turbulent, and reefs appeared even farther away.

Obviously, they came to a more dangerous area.

Xue Zhijing yelled inwardly, and hurriedly put on the pole, "Hey, we can't move forward, we have to stop."

Xiao Liege simply slid directly into the water, preparing to stop the direction of the bamboo raft.

It's a pity that the movements of both of them were no match for the current. In the end, Xue Zhijing had to go into the water, and the two let the bamboo raft go forward, going down among the reefs. After hitting several times, they completely fell apart.

It turns out that there is a small cliff waterfall in front of it. The height is not high. It can even be said that it is not a waterfall. It's easy to get into trouble.

The two moved forward with the current, trying to control their figures. Xiao Liege's reaction was better, and he hugged a rock directly. When she wiped the water off her face, it disappeared. Seeing Xue Zhijing's figure, she immediately became nervous.

"Jing, where are you? Jing!"

For a while, extreme panic welled up in my heart, did something happen?

It's been a long time since I've felt this way. After all these years, my life has settled down. Where can there be anything? Dangerous.

The next moment she was about to dive into the water to look for it, Xue Zhijing got out of the water in front of her, and actually slid from the water to the slope of the waterfall.

Only then did Xiao Liege's hanging heart sink.

Xue Zhijing panted, swam quickly and hugged a rock, wiped the water off his face, and shouted to Xiao Liege, "I'm fine."

As she spoke, she pointed to the shore, and Xiao Liege nodded to her.

From their respective positions, the two headed towards the shore that Xue Zhijing was pointing at. After landing on the shore, the two were panting rapidly.

Sports in the water are not as exhausting as those on the shore. The two of them swam against the direction of the current to the shore, and it was pretty good to be able to stand and breathe.

Xiao Liege didn't care to catch his breath, and ran towards Xue Zhijing along the bank.

When she got to Xue Zhijing's side, she hugged her tightly and said, "Damn it, I thought something happened to you just now, it scared me to death."

Xue Zhijing patted her on the back and coaxed her with a smile, "It's okay, I was hit by a wave and hit the bottom of the water just now, when I got out I was in that position, fortunately I didn't faint ah."

Xiao Liege was so anxious that he bit Xue Zhijing's shoulder. After the bite, his heart ached and he rubbed and rubbed.

"You scoundrel, why did you bite me?" Xue Zhijing said with a smile, although he was in pain, but he didn't let go of Xiao Liege's hand.

"I don't know, I just want to bite. I won't play bamboo rafts with you next time."

Xue Zhijing laughed a lot, "What kind of danger is this? Ah, I have been through it since I was a child. Isn't there little danger? I have been submerged in the sea for a long time, and I almost died."

"That was before, not now, I don't allow you to have anything."

Xue Zhijing said with a smile on his face, "You took three children to do such a dangerous thing before, and you lost all the children. I didn't see you like this? Nervous, why did I disappear? After a while, you I'm so nervous, the kids should know, they should be sad, haha."

Xiao Liege's face was a little embarrassed, and he said stiffly, "I was training them. And I was also nervous. At that time, my mouth was angry, and I didn't sleep all day and night. Have you forgotten?"

"Yes, yes, you are all nervous."

The guards rushed over, all of them sweating profusely. They were relieved to see that the two of them were fine.

Xue Zhijing asked them to light a fire, and then Xue Zhijing and the two of them started to roast their clothes on the spot. Going back, I guess they can only walk, and go back with a whole body of wet clothes. Even if the weather is warmer now, there is still a risk of getting sick. of.

When the clothes were half dry, Xiao Liege said, "In my heart, you are more important than anyone else."

"What??" Xue Zhijing didn't realize it for a while, and then remembered that Xiao Liege was talking about the topic before responding.

She sighed and said, "Our poor family? Three children."

When walking back all the way, the guards cleared the way back and forth, Xue Zhijing held Xiao Liege's hand, leaned closer and said, "I know I'm the most important thing in your heart, but I'm still very happy to hear you talk about it. "

Xiao Liege leaned close to her, rubbing his head on her shoulder, smiling like a kitten coquettishly begging its master.

Xue Zhijing took advantage of the situation and kissed her on the forehead, and said with a smile, "But, I still hope that in addition to loving me, you will put more affection on the children, otherwise they will be very "poor". "

"Me? Didn't say I don't love them!" Xiao Liege's eyes widened immediately.

"I didn't say you don't love them, I just hope you love them more."

Xiao Liege didn't say a word, probably, in comparison, she also knew that the order in her heart was still in order.

When the two returned to the courtyard, it was already dark, and they were exhausted, so they didn't want to do anything, so they asked someone to cook and boil water, and they fell asleep after eating and washing.

After waking up overnight, Xiao Liege regained her spirits. She guessed that she had picked up a few hairs on the pillow, so she lay down on the bed and used the hairs to scratch Xue Zhijing's nose.

The hair is too thin and too soft, it's nothing at all? As a result, she is still wondering where to find some chicken feathers.

But this round of tossing and tossing still woke Xue Zhijing up.

"What are you doing?" When he woke up, Xue Zhijing's voice was still nasal.

Xiao Liege leaned over and rubbed her nose, kissed her lips, closed his eyes and said, "Just now I wanted to use my hair to wake you up, but it seemed like it failed."

Hearing Xiao Liege's words, Xue Zhijing patted her head with a smile.

Xiao Liege turned over on Xue Zhijing's body and kissed her ear. Xue Zhijing was itchy by her, and refused to say, "Little boy, it's so itchy, stop making trouble."

Xiao Liege leaned close to Xue Zhijing's ear, breathed and said, "Where are you itching, I'll scratch it for you."

How could Xue Zhijing hold back, he simply gave up, and put his hand loosely on Xiao Liege's shoulder, "Okay."

After a fierce battle, the two finally woke up feeling refreshed all day.

Thinking about what he said yesterday, that he was going down the mountain for a walk today, Xiao Liege brought it up.

The two changed into ordinary men's clothes and tied up their hair, probably because they were tall and tall, and they practiced martial arts all year round on weekdays, so they looked quite indistinguishable.

It's just that the two of them are so close, maybe it's easy to make people look sideways.

The closest one is a small town, about a few streets away. When the two of them walked on the street, they always looked like rich sons from a distant place. People on the street would always pay attention to them. .

On the contrary, the two felt that the folk customs here were simple and interesting, and they greeted everyone with great interest.

The two also went to a food shop facing the street. They said it was a food shop, but in fact they built a shed on the side of the street. It might be more appropriate to call it a roadside stall.

The owner of the store is an honest-looking middle-aged man in gray cloth clothes. When he saw the two "noble gentlemen" coming over, he was immediately overjoyed. He hurried over to wipe the tables and chairs again, and asked them what they would like to eat. ?.

"Give me two copies of what you are best at." Xue Zhijing said.

"Okay, you two wait a moment."

Generally speaking, the nobles would not come to such a place to eat, probably because they are afraid that the uncleanness will cause diarrhea. But for the two of them, their stomachs are very rough. What are they? People who can digest rough food, such a place is nothing, it will only give them a sense of pleasure immersed in the folk.

Soon, the store brought two bowls of soup cakes to the two, sprinkled with green onion and two slices of mutton.

Soup cakes are hand-rolled wide noodles boiled in soup. In this era, what is made of noodles? Almost everything is called cakes.

Xue Zhijing smelled the smell of the soup, it was really fragrant, and asked loudly, "Shop, is it boiled with sheep bones?"

The shopkeeper responded, "Yes, it has been boiled for six hours, and it is fragrant. The mutton soup cakes here are the ones we have come from ten miles away. They are absolutely unique."

Xue Zhijing took a bite of the wide noodles. Although the flour was not very refined, it was kneaded very soft, making it soft in the mouth, comparable to the chefs in the palace.

While eating, Xue Zhijing asked the store how the business was, how was life going and so on.

"These days have been easier. Her Majesty the Empress attaches great importance to us small businessmen. Why? He always thinks of us. The town? They often don’t give money after eating, and they always talk about keeping accounts, but who? Can they ask them for it? Now they dare not, they only say that the rules are strict, if they are supervised? The officials found that they were asking for it properly. punished?"

When Xiao Liege heard someone praise Xue Zhijing, he was as happy as if he had been praised by others, maybe even more happy, and asked the shopkeeper, "The emperor of the Great Zhou came to the world? The Great Zhou will naturally flourish."

Xue Zhijing took a look at her.

When the storekeeper heard Xiao Liege's words, his face was wrinkled with a smile, "Young master is right. To tell you the truth, when the Empress just ascended the throne and was going to change her dynasty? Didn't we small people Few people are also worried. Since ancient times, where has a woman become the emperor? There is a precedent. Will the future be easy? But now, it feels like our? Build a school, let the business prosper, just my small shop, but it’s all gone, flour? The price is cheaper, and more people come to eat, life is better than before.”

Hearing what the shopkeeper said, Xue Zhijing smiled with relief, she finally lived up to her expectations many years ago, she has done so much, but she is just asking the bottom of the market to have a better life.

The one who was happier than her was naturally Xiao Liege, Xiao Liege leaned into Xue Zhijing's ear and said, "Everyone praises you as the Empress Nuwa descending to earth, haha."

Xue Zhijing shook his head, and patted Xiao Liege's forehead.