The Four Concubines

"Squeak."

When Yun Xiao was still feeling emotional, a voice suddenly came from behind him. Yun Xiao turned around and saw Brother Ting climbing up the ladder.

Brother Ting silently walked to Yun Xiao's side, sat down beside her, and took out the two wine bags in his arms and handed one to Yun Xiao.

Yun Xiao pulled out the cork, and the strong smell of wine came to her nostrils, it was Gobi spirits.

Gobi is too cold at night, this kind of spirit is the best choice to drive out the cold.

Brother Ting looked into the distance and took a sip silently.

Yun Xiao looked at the wine bag in her hand, then at Brother Ting, gritted her teeth, and took a sip as well.

It's like taking a sip of plain vodka.

This mouthful is like swallowing a piece of burning coal. La's throat hurts, and when it reaches the stomach, it starts to "burn" violently again, and the "burning" limbs tremble.

The cold air in the body dissipated a lot, Yun Xiao exhaled a breath of white air, feeling warm.

"How old are you?" Brother Ting asked suddenly.

"Ah." Yun Xiao was stunned for a moment, and then realized, "Oh, how old is it, 21."

The system set her to be seventeen in the year she ascended the throne, and now it is four years of Tianwen, which is 21.

"21." Brother Ting repeated with his head down. "How does it feel to manage such a big country in a weak crown year?"

Yun Xiao didn't expect him to ask this question, thought it over carefully, and replied, "I don't feel very good."

Brother Ting raised his eyebrows, "Oh? The Lord of the World is not very good?"

Yun Xiao sneered, "What kind of lord of the world? As for me, I was not welcome when I was young. Even the rebels don't remember me as a prince. It will be even worse when I ascend the throne. There are tigers in the court and wolves in the territory. Chasing the tiger, how good do you think it is."

"But what you have is the envy of everyone in the world." Brother Ting's eyes darkened.

"Zifeiyu knows the joy of fish?" Yun Xiao smiled, "What I'm asking for is not these, I just wanted to live a stable life and protect myself, but I promised myself that I would be a good emperor , if I promise, I will do it.”

Brother Ting took a deep look at Yun Xiao, got up and patted the ashes on his body, and said in a flat tone, "Go to bed early, get up to work tomorrow morning, my family does not support idlers." After speaking, he turned and went down the roof.

Yun Xiao pouted, took another sip of wine, got up and went down to the roof, and went back to sleep.

"Uncle Xiao..."

"Uncle Xiao, wake up..."

"Uncle Xiao, get up quickly!"

Yun Xiao fell into a drowsy sleep when he heard someone calling him, forced his eyelids to open, and saw A Liang turned around and ran out.

I don't know if it was because of the alcohol or because the bed was too warm, but Yun Xiao slept very peacefully this time.

"Father, I woke up Uncle Xiao!" Ah Liang said outside the house.

"He's been in fear for the past few days, you can't let him sleep well." The woman's voice came with some reproach.

"Why are you killing me for an outsider?" Brother Ting's tone was soft and aggrieved.

puff!

If Yun Xiao hadn't heard it with her own ears, she wouldn't have believed that these words and tone came out of Brother Ting's mouth.

Yun Xiao changed her clothes, folded the quilt, and left her room. The family of three had already sat down at the table outside.

Sister-in-law saw Yun Xiao coming out, and greeted her warmly, "There is freshly boiled hot water outside, hurry up and wash up, we can eat after washing up."

"Thank you sister-in-law." Yun Xiao grinned unconsciously.

"Hmph, you have such a big heart, you can still be the emperor just like this." As soon as Yun Xiao sat down, Brother Ting threw a taunt over him.

Yun Xiao gulped down a mouthful of hot porridge, ever since hearing Brother Ting's aggrieved tone just now, Yun Xiao understood that Brother Ting was a strong wife but a strict wife...

"Brother Ting." Sister-in-law called Brother Ting, who immediately bowed his head and drank the porridge.

Look, there is a sister-in-law protecting her, she is very stable.

"Uncle Xiao, what is an emperor? Is it the same as the village chief?" A Liang looked at Yun Xiao with glowing eyes.

Yun Xiao smiled, "Yes, the emperor is a village head, but the village he manages is very large and there are many people in charge."

"Oh! Uncle Xiao is so amazing!"

"So, when Ah Liang grows up, why don't you also go to Uncle Xiao's village to play?" Yun Xiao said with a smile.

"Okay, okay!" Ah Liang nodded vigorously, "Aniang, can you take me to play in Uncle Xiao's village when I grow up?"

Sister-in-law didn't respond, she just smiled and wiped Ah Liang's mouth.

After breakfast, Yun Xiao was called out of the house by Brother Ting, who took two horses out of the stable and handed one of the reins to Yun Xiao.

Yun Xiao took it puzzled.

Brother Ting turned on the mocking mode expressionlessly, "I don't know how you became an emperor. You can't ride a horse. You can't ride a horse in the Gobi. Today I will teach you how to ride a horse and learn to work well."

Yun Xiao looked at the tall horse worryingly, but Brother Ting turned over handsomely and got on the horse's back. Yun Xiao grabbed the saddle, kicked his legs vigorously, and his upper body was finally hanging on the horse. , rubbing left and rubbing right, finally rubbing the whole person up.

That is to say, the domesticated horse is gentle, and Brother Ting is on the side, otherwise Yun Xiao still wants to get on the horse because of this trick?After two kicks, Yun Xiao had to go down.

The moment Brother Ting got on Yun Xiao's horse, his brows and eyes returned to the expressionless face before, and there was strong disgust in his eyes. Yun Xiao had a natural face and a very thick skin, turning a blind eye to Brother Ting's gaze.

Brother Ting taught some horse riding skills, and let Yun Xiao walk around outside slowly for a few laps, and the whole morning passed like this.

When Yun Xiao got off the horse, she felt that her limbs were all stiff. The main reason was that there was no support from her feet, and it was difficult to control the balance of her whole body.After lunch, Yun Xiao started to make stirrups.

It took ten days to make Yun Xiao's stirrups before finally making a similar stirrup.

When Brother Ting saw Yun Xiao joking outside, he saw the things Yun Xiao stepped on at a glance, and understood that it was because of this that Yun Xiao dared to ride so "presumptuously."

In fact, Yun Xiao learned very quickly, but she was too timid to let go.

Seeing Brother Ting, Yun Xiao raised her eyebrows and asked, "How is it?"

Brother Ting walked to Yun Xiao's side, patted the horse's head, and said to Yun Xiao, "Come down."

Yun Xiao dismounted gracefully. Brother Ting got on the horse and stepped on the stirrup. After walking around for a couple of times, he discovered the function of this thing. After getting off the horse, he looked at Yun Xiao in surprise, "You Daqin, when did you have this thing?"

Yun Xiao smiled and said, "I just got it."

Brother Ting looked at Yun Xiao complicatedly, turned around and walked towards his own yard, without turning his head, he said, "Go home for dinner."

"Hey!" Yun Xiao happily agreed.

She lived very comfortably these days, learning to ride a horse in the morning, making stirrups or playing with A Liang in the afternoon, and talking and drinking with Brother Ting in the evening, although she was the one talking most of the time.

Brother Ting seemed to like to hear these things very much, and he inquired clearly about Yun Xiao's entry into the Northland in the past few years, the suppression of the rebellion, and the promotion of the New Deal, but every time Yun Xiao finished speaking, he would be silent for a long time.

Yun Xiao came to this village No. 13 days, something happened.

The people in the village galloped through the whole village on horseback. Someone shouted something in Cantonese, which Yun Xiao couldn't understand, but Brother Ting and Auntie looked very ugly.

Brother Ting rode on his horse, carried a bow and arrow on his back, hung up his knife, and said a word to Sister-in-law.

Auntie's complexion was very ugly, and tears welled up in her eyes.

Brother Ting took a deep look at Yun Xiao before leaving, and left without saying anything as usual.

"Sister-in-law, what's the matter?" Yun Xiao frowned, and Brother Ting's eyes gave her a very bad feeling.

Sister-in-law wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, shook her head, took A-Liang with one hand and Yun Xiao with the other, and walked towards the stables. It was only then that Yunxiao realized that Sister-in-law could also ride a horse. Brother Ting’s family had two horses, which were captured later Brother Ting got another one.

Sister-in-law took A-Liang, Yun Xiao followed, and the three of them rode horses and galloped all the way. After driving for half a day, they arrived at another small oasis.Auntie got off the horse, led the horse and walked inside, and then Yun Xiao walked to a cellar-like entrance with a surprised expression on her face.

The door of the cellar opened from the inside. Auntie turned her head and nodded to Yun Xiao to signal Yun Xiao to follow. When she went down inside, Yun Xiao was even more surprised. The underground was not only dry but also very empty. There was even a special place for tying horses at the entrance.

Two men came out from the inside, and when they saw that it was Mrs. Sister, they hurriedly made a sound.

"Let's take a rest first, it's okay." Auntie returned with a pale face after exchanging a few words with them, trying to comfort her.

Yun Xiao nodded, found a dark corner, carefully took off the golden silk soft armor on her body, greeted Ah Liang, and carefully put it on for him.

"Uncle Xiao, what is this?" Perhaps because the atmosphere below was too dull, Ah Liang's voice was consciously lowered a lot.

"It's a gift from Uncle Xiao. I promised Uncle Xiao that no one other than your parents can see it. Do you understand? Also, you have to wear it all the time." Yun Xiao said solemnly.

A Liang nodded earnestly, indicating that he understood.

Yun Xiao patted his head with a smile, looked around, and found that there were mostly women and children inside. Before associating with what happened before, she probably knew what happened.

This village was probably being targeted by desert bandits, Yun Xiao frowned tightly, she lived so comfortably these past few days that she even forgot about the danger.

From time to time, the rumble of horseshoes came from above, making the people below feel even heavier.

After an unknown amount of time, there was another sound at the door of the cellar, and Yun Xiao got up first, hiding A Liang behind her back.

The only two Guangxia men held a torch in one hand and held a weapon in the other, staring at the direction of the door. Auntie stepped forward, and Yun Xiao handed Aliang to Auntie's hand. "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I can protect you." After saying that, she turned her head and looked outside the door.

What Yun Xiao can do to protect them is nothing more than telling people that she is the emperor of Daqin, and those horse bandits will definitely kidnap him and send him to the Guangxia royal court for money. If she does this, not only Daqin will be passive, but her own life It is also difficult to keep.

Sister-in-law looked at Yun Xiao's back, her nose was slightly sore, and she sighed secretly, what a family.

"Squeak." The door of the cellar was opened from the outside, and the dazzling light shone down, forcing Yun Xiao to cover his eyes.

"Your Majesty?" The familiar voice and title made Yun Xiao a little dazed for a moment, and then realized that it was number one.

After nearly half a month, the dark guard finally found him.

"It's me." Yun Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.

Sister-in-law naturally heard the conversation between the two, turned around and announced to the others in Cantonese.

The atmosphere in the cellar instantly relaxed a lot.

A-sao suddenly handed A-Liang to Yun Xiao, walked quickly to her own horse, and led the horse up quickly.

Yun Xiao frowned and pulled A Liang to follow. Seeing that Yun Xiao was safe and sound on the first day, she also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Did you see horse bandits when you came here?" Yun Xiao asked.

"Never met, but there are indeed traces of fighting on the way." No. [-] replied.

Yun Xiao watched A-sao galloping towards the village, handed A-Liang to No. [-], and chased after her on horseback.

When we rushed back to the village, the sun had already set.

Before entering the village, Yun Xiao smelled blood, and his face became even more ugly.

Yun Xiao got off her horse and took advantage of the moonlight to look for the sister-in-law who came back first. There were corpses everywhere in the village. After searching around, she finally saw someone behind the village.Yun Xiao ran over quickly, only to see Auntie kneeling beside a dead body as if her soul had been sucked out.

"Sister-in-law..." Yun Xiao spoke with difficulty, only called out her title, but couldn't utter a single word of comfort.

She didn't even dare to look at the corpse.

Sister-in-law turned her back to Yun Xiao, slowly straightened her body, and said slowly in a voice that was a little quieter than the moonlight, "Brother Ting was originally from Daqin. More than ten years ago, in order to make a living, he worked alone When he entered Gobi, he was only your age at that time. Brother Ting’s family only had an old mother who passed away a few years ago. He had no father since he was a child, but he had a noble surname..."

Sister-in-law turned her head, her face was calm, with two lines of clear tears on her face, she looked at Yun Xiao and said word by word, "His surname is Yun, and his name is Yun Ting, he is the blood of the previous Emperor Qin who left unintentionally when he visited Pingcheng in his humble clothes. "

Yun Xiao was silent, but his heart suddenly became enlightened. No wonder, no wonder, Brother Ting asked such strange questions. At one time, they were about her, and at other times, they were about governing the country and the imperial city. He clearly disliked her so much, But patiently taught her how to ride a horse.

Not only are they brothers and sisters, but they are also in very similar situations.

One is an illegitimate son with a noble bloodline but shameful, and the other is a prince born of a court lady. Not only does he not look like a royal family, but he doesn't even remember the rebels' sense of existence. The two of them are a perfect match.

"Sister-in-law, did you recognize me a long time ago?" Yun Xiao asked hoarsely.

Auntie's face softened, "Ah Liang's eyebrows and eyes are very similar to yours, especially when she smiles."

Yun Xiao was silent.

Sister-in-law continued, "Can I ask you, Ah Liang? The road to Huangquan is too lonely, I want to accompany Brother Ting..."

"Don't!" Yun Xiao suddenly raised his head to stop, but only saw a trace of blood slowly flowing from A-sao's mouth, and a sharp knife sticking out of her abdomen.

Yun Xiao tightly clenched her fists, not letting herself cry.

There were gradually more footsteps behind him.

"Take Ah Liang away!" Yun Xiao shouted.

Yun Xiao looked at the two people who were cuddling and lying together in front of her, lifted her robes, knelt down straight, and kowtowed three times.

At this moment, there is no emperor of Daqin, but only the "brother" of a husband and wife, and the uncle of a child.

After Yun Xiao finished her salute, she got up and turned her head, and saw not only her own hidden guard behind her, but also the previous "leader".

"Yun Ting and Dai Shu will be buried properly according to Guangxia's customs."

He can actually speak Daqin dialect.

Yun Xiao looked at the leader covered in blood, and nodded slightly.

The leader glanced at the hidden guard at the side and continued, "Your people should already know about that passage. It was discovered by me, Yunting and another person. Later, that person betrayed us and took this passage. I told the Eldest Prince's people about the incident. The ten or so people before were the Eldest Prince's subordinates. Yun Ting and I arranged to ambush them on the way home and killed them all. Now, no one except me knows what happened. way."

Yun Xiao nodded.

The man continued, "The royal court of Guangxia has been completely corrupted. The first prince secretly backed the horse bandits and let them run amok in the Gobi. The second prince is brave and resourceful but very warlike and easy to kill. No matter where the two princes are, If one becomes king, Guangxia will perish."

The leader's eyes flickered, and he looked at Yun Xiao and said, "So...Emperor Daqin, bring your people, come in, break into the royal court, and return the people of Guangxia to a clean Gobi."

Yun Xiao didn't answer directly, and walked out step by step with a blank face. When passing by the leader, she said softly, "Take the people in the village away from the royal court."

Ah Liang was protected outside by No. [-], Yun Xiao walked over, took Ah Liang's little hand, knelt down and looked at Ah Liang seriously and said, "Ah Liang, let's go with uncle."

"Where are Dad and Mom?" A Liang looked at Yun Xiao and asked seriously.

Yun Xiao spoke softly, "Brother and sister-in-law said they wanted to see the scenery in the distance, but Ah Liang was too young and the journey was too far away, so they handed you over to me and said that they can go to them when you grow up. "

Ah Liang nodded, "Okay, then Uncle Xiao, when I grow up, you can take me to find my parents, okay?"

Listening to the childish voice, Yun Xiao had a sore nose, suppressed tears, and said with a choked voice, "Okay."

Under the moonlight, more than 20 horses galloped on the silver Gobi Desert, and the wind and sand hit Yun Xiao's face fiercely, but she didn't care at all, her face was expressionless, and she just wanted to go back to Pingcheng as soon as possible.

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The author has something to say:

Second more achieved.

"You are the source of my jealousy, but you don't want us to feel sorry for each other."

"Huangquan has a long way to go, I'm afraid he will be lonely, so let's walk this journey with him."

"I want to grow up quickly, and go find my parents with my uncle!"