The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]
Chapter 67 Great Chinese Chapter
Xia Anran considers herself a messenger of justice.
And any messenger of justice will always be pressed and rubbed on the ground by the big devil several times before successfully defeating the big devil.
So did he.
Xia Anran, who was snatched away by Dou Wan one by one, looked more and more serious, and at the same time, Daying, who had a group of little chickens hanging on his back, could no longer be as flexible as before.
Behind Xia Anran, there are only a few companions of Liu Zhi left at the end. They have lived together for a long time, and they have a perfect understanding. They directly rely on Xia Anran's Zhang Qian's line of sight to be blocked, but whenever Liu Zhi observes what he is behind, he can quickly adjust. Actions to help the little king adjust the dynamics of the team and protect the chicks from being caught by the eagle.
But those little chickens who were caught over quickly adapted to their new identities, and they never let go of their brothers. They saw that Zhang Qian's actions were under Liu She's command, and they interrupted Liu She's actions one after another. command sound.
"Ayan, you are too cunning!" Liu Xiaozhu evaded Dou Wan's arrest in a panic, his short legs did not disappoint the hard training during this period, and he walked fast, hiding himself under the protection of Xia Anran Inside the circle, pointing at the opponent's little military division.
Han Yan smiled flamboyantly, "His Royal Highness, this is a soldier who never tires of cheating."
"This isn't a lie, you're playing a rascal!" Liu Zhi jumped his feet angrily. He didn't notice that when he was arguing with Han Yan, a person quietly lurked to the right side of the team, and then suddenly launched a fierce attack on him.
Liu Zhi: "!!!!!! Ahhh!!!!!!"
Xia Anran turned her attention to Liu Zhi and Han Yan before, and did not notice that Dou Wan would attack suddenly and was succeeded.
Dou Wan smiled and winked at him when he walked past him with the captured Liu Zhi, "Your Highness, do you never tire of deceitful soldiers?"
The little king's heart shrank suddenly, he patted his chest suspiciously, and then raised his head, Dou Wan, who was still smiling just now, was standing opposite him, staring at him with black eyes as bright as lacquer, Xia Anran can You can see 100% seriousness and seriousness in his eyes.
There is also the sharpness that beasts have when hunting.
Xia Anran inexplicably felt that this look looked particularly scary, although he didn't understand why it was just a game, how could Dou Wan be so serious, but he attributed it to the general's instinct.
The little king took a deep breath, straightened his sleeves, and pulled up his belt a bit, looked at the little bean dings behind him, and narrowed his almond eyes.
At night, Liu Zhi and Xiao Douding straddled his imperial brother and smacked his shoulders with bang bang bang.The poor little king was lying flat on the bed right now, like a salted fish that had lost its dream, without the slightest desire to struggle.
Accompanied by his younger brother's little fists raining down on him, the little king breathed intermittently. Seeing that he hadn't reacted at all, Liu Zhi wiped his face, but it stuck to Xia Anran obediently, "Brother, you know Wrong~"
"Hey, Shit was no longer a chick at that time, but a baby eagle!"
"Brother, look at me!"
Liu Xiaozhu hummed and rolled on his brother's body, this action successfully emptied the last bit of blood from his brother, Xia Anran's fingers lying upside down on the bed trembled, but he himself didn't say anything.
Liu Xiaozhu pursed his lips and was about to speak, but he felt light all over his body. He was lifted away, and then put aside respectfully.After Dou Wan moved the person away, he turned the little king over, Xia Anran glanced at him, and sat up under the support of the person with a grunt.
He was almost killed by Liu Xiaozhu's flattery just now, and now he felt pain all over his body after being lifted up.
There is a reason for Liu Xiaozhu to be so guilty.
In today's most critical round, Xia Anran protected Zhang Qian who was behind him extremely bravely, while Dou Wan, who led a large army, was successfully slowed down and failed to catch Zhang Qian repeatedly, fighting fiercely for several rounds.
However, at the most critical moment, Liu She suddenly gave an order to his little friend, because Zhang Qian had been listening to his instructions before, and Zhang Qian was already extremely nervous and concentrated, so he subconsciously followed Liu She's order and completely forgot about Liu She. She is already an "enemy".
With this movement, he broke away from Xia Anran's protection, and it happened to be caught by Dou Wan.
So all the chicks were taken away, and the poor mother hen could only flap her wings and be brought back to the nest by the eagle.
The round of the game is over.
But in fact Xia Anran was not angry because of this.
After that, the two sides exchanged offense and defense, Xia Anran also caught the little chickens when he was the main attack, and everyone had a great time playing.Because of this, the little king waved his big hand to indicate that the little bean dings are exhausted and will not return to the palace today. It just so happens that the other courtyard also built a heated kang this year. Before the wall is sealed, everyone will sleep together in the Datong bunk!
The children naturally had no objection, and all of them were taken down by the servants to wash them for nothing, and it was at this time that Xia Anran discovered something.
Liu Zhi and Han Yan had an awkward relationship.
"Why are they so awkward?" Xia Anran, who asked Xiaodouding to take a bath first, quietly inquired about the news from Dou Wan, who was also waiting in line to take a bath. Confused.
Xia Anran's eyes widened, and she looked at the young boy who threatened him in disbelief, but after a while, he was dejected and asked to put clothes on himself under the firm gaze of the other party.The elder brother who whispered behind his back said that he regressed because he was running out of time and couldn't waste a minute, not that Dou Wan's little expression was so scary that he obediently put on his clothes due to his power.
The young man who wrapped the little king in his robe and straightened the robe bit by bit said softly, "Your Highness is not pleased with Yu Yan's "betrayal". "
betray?The little king was a little puzzled, what betrayal?
It was only after the little boy reminded him that he remembered the scene in the game that directly led to Liu Che's arrest, but was this a game?
Obviously, Liu She didn't regard it as simply playing a game.Although he has a good temper, good personality, smart, studious and sensible, he is indeed the cutest child Xia Anran has ever seen, but he is essentially a tenth son of the emperor who was born in wealth and grew up in the court.
As the tenth son of the Great Han Kingdom, he is different from the other princes. Liu Qi was still the crown prince when the other princes were born, but since his birth his father has been the ruler of the world, his mother is also the proud person in the harem, and his elder brother is also the prince. Better than him.
He learned the forbearance and gentleness of his mother during the process of growing up, but in fact he has the same domineering and authoritarian nature in his bones.
So he was extremely displeased that Han Yan betrayed him first, even if it was just a game.
Xia Anran frowned, this problem...it is indeed very difficult to deal with, but fortunately there is no way out...he thought about it, and finally pulled Dou Wan to act in this play.
The little king expressed that he was very unhappy, and Liu Zhi, who cared about his brother, would naturally come to ask his brother why he was unhappy, and then Dou Wan told him that it was because His Highness felt betrayed by you.
Liu Xiaozhu, who suddenly thought of what he had done badly, felt guilty for a while, and immediately picked up his small fists and used the Dafa of coquettishness that had not been updated after leaving Chang'an, and beat his brother's small body hard.
Xia Anran, who never expected his younger brother to act like a baby, said that he couldn't bear it at all, but fortunately Dou Wan rescued him in time, Xia Anran took a breath, calmed down and squinted at Liu Xiaoshe, "You really know your mistake? "
"He's wrong." Liu She sat obediently in the posture of being put down, with two paws on her knees, her small mouth pursed, with a very serious expression, "You shouldn't have thrown yourself at the other party."
"Brother is not angry because of this." Xia Anran sighed, realizing that the kid was completely in the wrong direction, he got up and sat in front of Xiaodouding with his stiff body.
"Hey, why are you unhappy with Ah Yan?" Xia Anran blinked her eyes, and hit the curved ball that she had planned before into a straight ball.
Xiao Douding didn't expect Brother Ah to say this, so he froze for a moment, his elder brother looked at him seriously, his usually gentle apricot eyes were now showing a bit of sternness, "Do you think that Ah Yan helped others to arrest you, yes Incorrect?"
Liu She didn't speak, which was the default meaning.
Xia Anran was sure, and said again: "Brother, what makes you angry is that you think in your heart that Ah Yan did something wrong, but you did it too."
"Hey, when you accuse others, you have to make sure that you wouldn't do it in the same situation. Otherwise, our accusations are groundless."
"And if you can't do it, you can't ask others to do it."
Liu She's ten fingers tightened and released, he pursed his lips, and said in a low voice: "I know."
Seeing Xiaodouding's head hanging down, Xia Anran felt his heart melt into a puddle of water in an instant, and he opened his hands to his younger brother in front of him, "Come on, give me a hug."
"Brother, the pig has grown up and can't be hugged." Having said that, Xiao Douding still moved two steps forward, and his actions and words were completely inconsistent.Xia Anran hugged him back with a whoosh, and Xiao Douding softened into a ball in his arms, like a small rice cake that could be kneaded casually.
He waved his hand to signal the palace servants to retreat, and then said to Xiao Douding: "Don't think that brother is strict with you, it's because we have a special status, we sit too high, and every word and action may be against a person." have an impact on their lives.”
"So brother, I hope that you must understand this and think twice before you act. Be careful what you say and what you do, be careful, be careful, especially words that hurt people, and actions with evil thoughts. Don’t say it after you’ve done it a few times. For example, if you treat Ah Yan like this today, some people may think that you don’t like Ah Yan, and then they will bully him and neglect him.”
Liu Zhi pinched the corner of Xia Anran's clothes, and muttered in a low voice: "There is no one who doesn't like Ah Yan."
"Yes." Xia Anran touched her brother's little head with some distress, "But you have to know, we are the people in the world who can do whatever we want, but we are also the people who are the least qualified to do so. Because every action we take Too many people are involved.”
"In the future, please remember to give yourself a chance to regret. Some things are definitely not black and white." He pinched his brother's fleshy face and said softly, "Brother, I don't want to see you regret."
"I got it." Xiao Douding pursed his lips, locked his face in his brother's arms, and remained silent for a long time.
Until Xia Anran thought he was asleep, and was about to pick him up, he suddenly heard the child say sullenly: "I don't think the eagle should keep the chick behind after it catches it."
This sentence made Xia Anran dumbfounded.Ouch, baby, so you've been thinking about this for so long?Xia Anran couldn't help but arched Xiaodouding into her arms, thinking that her cub was too cute, but the bad brother rolled his eyes, "Hey, do you know why the hen turned into an eagle in the end, and the eagle turned into an eagle?" Will it turn into a hen?"
He said the answer in a very mysterious way, "Because people become very powerful when they have something they want to protect, so the hen can confront the eagle in order to protect the cubs."
"But being too greedy will lead to a decline in its own strength. Therefore, after the eagle has several chicks, it can't fly! On the contrary, the hen that lost all the chicks becomes Very powerful!"
Does it make sense?Being able to make up this reason made Xia Anran very proud!
The little king's words successfully made Xiao Douding's mouth grow wide, and at the same time, attracted Dou Wan's meaningful gaze.
That night, Xia Anran brought the eiderdown quilt made by Zhongshan Guoxin this year. The soft and light touch made Liu Zhi very novel, and rolled on it several times.
After the little princes said they wanted to stay overnight, the eiderdown quilt was immediately baked on the fire. The fur inside was soft and fluffy, and it was very warm.
But Liu Xiaozhu only fell asleep for a while before acting like a brat. He quietly poked one paw out to enjoy the shade, and his fat foot trembled very proudly.
Xia Anran, who originally arranged for him to sleep alone, only came to investigate overnight and found out that his younger brother was "doing bad things", and immediately deprived him of the right to sleep alone.
Liu Zhi was wrapped into spring rolls and thrown between his elder brother and Dou Wan. The two teenagers pressed the corners of the quilt on one left and one on the right.
The child is full of heat, Xia Anran only feels that the surrounding is warm, which is very comfortable on a chilly autumn night. When he was feeling dizzy, he suddenly felt that the child next to him was arching his head several times under the soft eiderdown quilt. .
After his elder brother finally couldn't bear this kind of harassment and pressed down his younger brother's butt with one hand, Liu She finally couldn't hold back, and said, "Brother, I still can't figure it out."
Xia Anran glanced at Dou Wan who was sleeping on the other side, and the other side was leaning on this side, her eyes were closed tightly and her breathing was long. Seeing that the other side was sleeping peacefully, the little king asked his younger brother in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
Liu Zhi blinked his black eyes in the faint moonlight, and asked very seriously: "Brother, you said that if people are too greedy, their strength will decline, so did the mother chicken used to be an eagle?"
"That, that..." The child tried to express himself with his poor language skills, "The eagle will become a mother hen if it grabs too many chicks, and the mother hen will become an eagle if it loses all the chicks. What's the point?"
"It's better not to snatch a single chick, then he's still an eagle." Xiao Douding's voice carried the innocence of a child.
Xia Anran glanced at Dou Wan who was completely motionless, and then at the younger brother who was sleeping between the two who was full of thirst for knowledge, he was silent for a while, and said: "Hey, people are powerful because they have nothing, but There is no contradiction in being strong because you have something you want to protect."
"Brother, I hope that you become strong because you have something you want to protect, because if you become strong, but you don't even have anyone to protect and share with, that's too lonely."
"Then brother, is there anything you want to protect?"
"Yes." His elder brother smiled and said, "Zhongshan is what I want to protect, and the people of the big man are what I want to protect. Father, mother, you are all I want to protect."
"That's why brother studies so hard?"
"Didn't you work hard too?" Xia Anran said in a low voice, "I read and study until late every day, brother knows."
Xiao Douding hit his head on the pillow. Fortunately, everyone used a cloth pillow made of wheat husks today, otherwise he would have hit a small bag with his strength.
It turns out that my brother knows!Hey Hey.
Liu Zhi was suddenly praised, and he was extremely embarrassed. He covered his face with his hands, and after a while he said, "I will snatch sister back in the future."
"Hey, I don't know too much..." The child twitched and muttered, "But I'm afraid that I will turn into an old hen whose chicks were taken away, and I'm also afraid that I will turn into a very strong old hen." An eagle that was weakened by carrying too many burdens.”
"But you are neither a chicken nor an eagle." Xia Anran said naturally, "You are a pig!"
Liu Zhi was speechless by his brother's words.He suddenly turned over and turned his back to brother brother. Today he didn't want to talk to brother brother.
Hey, brother can't understand his mood at all.Don't mention it, don't mention it, I feel tired.
Xia Anran looked at the child's angry little face, smiled, and whispered in the child's ear, "Swish, do you want to be a chicken mother or an eagle? Brother, stay here with me. Wait for you to grow up." Now, let me ask you again."
Xiao Douding shook his shoulders, full of displeasure and wanted to refute: Obviously I asked my brother's question, why did it become my brother to ask me!It's not right anywhere.
Hmph, if you don't talk to brother, you won't say it——Liu Xiaozhu, who is very self-contracting, thought in his heart.
Xia Anran didn't know that the child was having a temper tantrum with him, she just thought that the child was sleepy, so she stretched out her hand around the quilt and patted the little brother's back to comfort him, he was also sleepy, Xiaoxiao yawned and suddenly Seeing the bright black eyes directly opposite.
Dou Wan's eyes are completely different from the refined aura that his father, Dou Ying, showed. The boy's eyes are less white than his eyes, and his pupils are a rare dark color. If you look directly at each other, you will feel that this person's eyes are dark. His eyebrows are as deep as ink painting, and his tail is sharp and raised, making him even more aggressive.
Although Dou Wan usually takes books more than weapons, Cheng Bushi once told him that Dou Wan was born in the battlefield and was born in Dou's family, so he doesn't know if it's a blessing or a curse.
It is a blessing, because he can enjoy more resources than others, and he will start much higher than others.
It's a curse, because he was born a few years late.Empress Dowager Dou is old, and sooner or later the Dou family, as a family of foreign relatives, will make way for new relatives like the Bo family.It's not that the Dou family has no chance of resurgence in the future, but it's inevitable that they will be silent for a generation or two.
Dou Wan's generation is destined to be sacrificed.
Dou Ying sent Dou Wan to Zhongshan Country, perhaps without this consideration.
If he can stay in the feudal kingdom, as long as he is careful, the feudal king will be able to protect him.Dou Wan may not be ignorant of this, but even so, he still reads and practices martial arts at his own pace, with a calm and unhurried attitude that even Zhidu would boast a few words when meeting Han Ying.
However, every time Han Ying faced Zhidu's praise, he could only show a wry smile.
Outsiders can't see it, how can he not know that the word "accept fate" is not burning in the eyes of this student.
And now Xia Anran met these eyes.
The emotions in the young man's eyes were complicated, like a flame burning underwater, but there was stubbornness in the silence.After the two looked at each other, the man's eyes gradually softened, and then he smiled slightly at the little king, and said angrily: "Your Highness's words of gold and jade, I am taught."
Xia Anran looked puzzled: "It's just coaxing a child, what is there to teach and not to teach?"
But Dou Wan didn't talk to him again, Xia Anran yawned a lot, his physical strength was exhausted today, his eyelids had already started to fight, shaking.
Just as he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly felt a hand fall from his back, patting him on the back just like he was coaxing Xiaodouding.
A word flashed through Xia Anran's mind - hey, he is not big or small, so we must talk about him tomorrow.
While the little princes were sleeping soundly, a bloody massacre spread across the grassland.
The first Han-Hungarian trade meeting ended with the reluctance of the Huns and merchants from all over the place.Since the end of the meeting was postponed for ten days, the Huns were given the opportunity to gallop to inform other tribes.Of course, this is not very friendly to some businessmen who rely on buying and selling between the Han and the Huns to make profits.
But they thought about it, the trade between the Han and the Huns was only once, and the next time is unknown, but the trade between them and the Han can be carried out anytime and anywhere. When these Huns return to the camp, After using the goods of the Han people again, if you want to buy them, don’t you have to buy them from them?
Pricing is a problem.This time the Han people were more conscientious in their bids, and the price they sold to the Huns could be said to be quite cheap. After the base price of the goods was known to the Huns, it was difficult for the caravan to make a profit in this regard.
Fortunately, there are some.
After all, the Han and the Hungarian parties used to barter, and the exchange of goods mostly depends on the interests and needs of the buyers and sellers. There is still something to be done in this regard.
Besides, it is a seller's market, and they are not afraid of this.
These Hu people's caravans have a keen sense of smell in doing business. They are more flexible than the Huns and can walk around the two passes. Finally, these caravans that are about to go west quickly gathered in Daijun.
Because the lanterns that attracted the Huns also attracted them.They also live as nomads, so they naturally have this need.
It's a pity that the Huns couldn't be more satisfied after receiving the big lantern with a lantern stand attached by Zhongshan Kingdom, so they paid a large amount of deposit immediately.In addition to ordering lanterns, they also ordered candles from Zhongshan Kingdom.
The small animal candles promoted by the merchants were warmly welcomed by the Hun merchants. At the same time, the large candles were also very popular.
This kind of big candle is naturally placed in a large lamp. Of course, the caring Zhongshan craftsmen also told the Xiongnu merchants, "You don't have to stick to using big candles. You can use kerosene in this lantern. It's okay. Our goods are very good. All-match drop".
But the local tyrant Hun merchants still fiercely stated that as much as there is in stock, we will pack it up, and we are not short of money.
Zhongshan State quickly seized this market and launched a variety of lanterns, including small portable lanterns and small lanterns that can be hung under the neck of a horse.The length of the latter can be adjusted freely. If you use this kind of lantern, you don’t have to worry about not being able to see horses and people when walking at night!
Of course, because it was launched temporarily, there is no stock, so all of them need to be ordered.
After hearing this, the Hu people immediately enthusiastically expressed: "We can help you bring the goods!"
The Xiongnu gave them a hard look, and then said to the interpreter with enthusiasm: "We will come and get it ourselves next year, by the way, when your Han emperor opens the mutual market next year, you must let us know in advance. I am King Zuoguli Under the account..."
He reported a name of the Xiongnu, and the interpreter of the Han people transliterated it into Chinese without batting an eye, "Okay, Master A Ce? At that time, our envoys of the Han Dynasty will go to negotiate with the Xiongnu Chanyu earlier."
"Hey! Don't tell Shanyu!" The Huns named A Ce coughed dryly after looking around for a while, "This grassland is our left area, you just come and inform us of the left side of the Huns, same as Shan Yu If it is said, they will have to wait for several decades for the word to come back."
The interpreter showed just the right embarrassment, "But it is difficult for our envoys to find your tribe on the prairie."
The Huns were very mobile. Even though the court of the Huns was generally in a fixed position, in fact, according to the memories of the envoys who returned to the country, they actually went to different places every time.
Every time the Han Chinese envoys went to the grassland, they would go forward for a while, and then watch which team of rangers they encountered randomly, and then those rangers would take them to the royal court.They themselves can't figure out the place.
Apparently, the tenant on the left was also very aware of this situation. He thought about it for a while, and suddenly asked someone to fetch a piece of sheepskin with a totem painted on it.
The Xiongnu explained to the interpreter: "When the time comes, send someone to show them this. The people on our left will recognize this, and they will bring you to me."
The interpreter agreed very gently. He carefully put away the sheepskin, and finally confirmed with the Xiongnu side the time and speed of their retreat.
From the moment they leave the station, they will become hostile and alert again.The withdrawal speed of the Huns determined the patrol distance of the Han.
After the two parties finalized the agreement, Interpreter would also like to present a jar of wine to the Xiongnu man on behalf of the individual, and smiled happily to treat the Xiongnu as a household.
He was not willing to open the jug of wine and drink it, but asked his brothers to put it in the pockets on the horse's back—by the way, these pockets were given to them by the Han people to facilitate them to carry more supplies.
Ah Ce had the idea of offering this jar of wine when he got back. At that time, he was going to use it to say a few words to King Zuoguli and King Zuoxian. He thought this market was very good, and the Han people were also very enthusiastic, so he could continue. do it.
And he also bought a lot of very useful things this time. The only drawback is that Daijun does not sell wheat, which is a bit difficult for them to deal with. Fortunately, the "porcelain" in Daijun is exquisite, and they also exchanged a large number of them. grains of salt.
The salt can make some jerky.
When these porcelains are placed in front of the witch, there will be another big sacrifice, and the gods will definitely favor them Huns.
Hey, the fly in the ointment is that these livestock are actually being exchanged. The Han people are particularly vigilant about this, and they send the things to the city as soon as the transaction is established.
Otherwise...hehe...
But it doesn't matter, they have already targeted several Huren caravans who left around the same time, and there is no room for manipulation by then.
Even Ah Ce, who looks simple and easy to talk, still has the blood of plunder in his bones.
On the other hand, he was still planning to go to someone in Yanmen County in his heart, and he didn't know what they exchanged there.According to what he heard, Yanmen County mainly trades wheat grains, which are not as exquisite as theirs, but they are all things that can fill the stomach.
Ah Ce made some calculations and decided to send a team of Qingqi to Yanmen County to grab a wave.
It doesn't matter who the target is, if you can grab that guy, it's fine, if not, you can grab a Hu merchant from Yanmen.Although he has gained a lot from this trip, but there are also many to be handed over to his superiors. He must leave some plans for his own tribe.
Although he got "hard currency" salt this time, he still wants some wheat noodles that can satisfy women and children.
——Coincidentally, the Xiongnu team who went to Yanmen Pass also thought so.
And any messenger of justice will always be pressed and rubbed on the ground by the big devil several times before successfully defeating the big devil.
So did he.
Xia Anran, who was snatched away by Dou Wan one by one, looked more and more serious, and at the same time, Daying, who had a group of little chickens hanging on his back, could no longer be as flexible as before.
Behind Xia Anran, there are only a few companions of Liu Zhi left at the end. They have lived together for a long time, and they have a perfect understanding. They directly rely on Xia Anran's Zhang Qian's line of sight to be blocked, but whenever Liu Zhi observes what he is behind, he can quickly adjust. Actions to help the little king adjust the dynamics of the team and protect the chicks from being caught by the eagle.
But those little chickens who were caught over quickly adapted to their new identities, and they never let go of their brothers. They saw that Zhang Qian's actions were under Liu She's command, and they interrupted Liu She's actions one after another. command sound.
"Ayan, you are too cunning!" Liu Xiaozhu evaded Dou Wan's arrest in a panic, his short legs did not disappoint the hard training during this period, and he walked fast, hiding himself under the protection of Xia Anran Inside the circle, pointing at the opponent's little military division.
Han Yan smiled flamboyantly, "His Royal Highness, this is a soldier who never tires of cheating."
"This isn't a lie, you're playing a rascal!" Liu Zhi jumped his feet angrily. He didn't notice that when he was arguing with Han Yan, a person quietly lurked to the right side of the team, and then suddenly launched a fierce attack on him.
Liu Zhi: "!!!!!! Ahhh!!!!!!"
Xia Anran turned her attention to Liu Zhi and Han Yan before, and did not notice that Dou Wan would attack suddenly and was succeeded.
Dou Wan smiled and winked at him when he walked past him with the captured Liu Zhi, "Your Highness, do you never tire of deceitful soldiers?"
The little king's heart shrank suddenly, he patted his chest suspiciously, and then raised his head, Dou Wan, who was still smiling just now, was standing opposite him, staring at him with black eyes as bright as lacquer, Xia Anran can You can see 100% seriousness and seriousness in his eyes.
There is also the sharpness that beasts have when hunting.
Xia Anran inexplicably felt that this look looked particularly scary, although he didn't understand why it was just a game, how could Dou Wan be so serious, but he attributed it to the general's instinct.
The little king took a deep breath, straightened his sleeves, and pulled up his belt a bit, looked at the little bean dings behind him, and narrowed his almond eyes.
At night, Liu Zhi and Xiao Douding straddled his imperial brother and smacked his shoulders with bang bang bang.The poor little king was lying flat on the bed right now, like a salted fish that had lost its dream, without the slightest desire to struggle.
Accompanied by his younger brother's little fists raining down on him, the little king breathed intermittently. Seeing that he hadn't reacted at all, Liu Zhi wiped his face, but it stuck to Xia Anran obediently, "Brother, you know Wrong~"
"Hey, Shit was no longer a chick at that time, but a baby eagle!"
"Brother, look at me!"
Liu Xiaozhu hummed and rolled on his brother's body, this action successfully emptied the last bit of blood from his brother, Xia Anran's fingers lying upside down on the bed trembled, but he himself didn't say anything.
Liu Xiaozhu pursed his lips and was about to speak, but he felt light all over his body. He was lifted away, and then put aside respectfully.After Dou Wan moved the person away, he turned the little king over, Xia Anran glanced at him, and sat up under the support of the person with a grunt.
He was almost killed by Liu Xiaozhu's flattery just now, and now he felt pain all over his body after being lifted up.
There is a reason for Liu Xiaozhu to be so guilty.
In today's most critical round, Xia Anran protected Zhang Qian who was behind him extremely bravely, while Dou Wan, who led a large army, was successfully slowed down and failed to catch Zhang Qian repeatedly, fighting fiercely for several rounds.
However, at the most critical moment, Liu She suddenly gave an order to his little friend, because Zhang Qian had been listening to his instructions before, and Zhang Qian was already extremely nervous and concentrated, so he subconsciously followed Liu She's order and completely forgot about Liu She. She is already an "enemy".
With this movement, he broke away from Xia Anran's protection, and it happened to be caught by Dou Wan.
So all the chicks were taken away, and the poor mother hen could only flap her wings and be brought back to the nest by the eagle.
The round of the game is over.
But in fact Xia Anran was not angry because of this.
After that, the two sides exchanged offense and defense, Xia Anran also caught the little chickens when he was the main attack, and everyone had a great time playing.Because of this, the little king waved his big hand to indicate that the little bean dings are exhausted and will not return to the palace today. It just so happens that the other courtyard also built a heated kang this year. Before the wall is sealed, everyone will sleep together in the Datong bunk!
The children naturally had no objection, and all of them were taken down by the servants to wash them for nothing, and it was at this time that Xia Anran discovered something.
Liu Zhi and Han Yan had an awkward relationship.
"Why are they so awkward?" Xia Anran, who asked Xiaodouding to take a bath first, quietly inquired about the news from Dou Wan, who was also waiting in line to take a bath. Confused.
Xia Anran's eyes widened, and she looked at the young boy who threatened him in disbelief, but after a while, he was dejected and asked to put clothes on himself under the firm gaze of the other party.The elder brother who whispered behind his back said that he regressed because he was running out of time and couldn't waste a minute, not that Dou Wan's little expression was so scary that he obediently put on his clothes due to his power.
The young man who wrapped the little king in his robe and straightened the robe bit by bit said softly, "Your Highness is not pleased with Yu Yan's "betrayal". "
betray?The little king was a little puzzled, what betrayal?
It was only after the little boy reminded him that he remembered the scene in the game that directly led to Liu Che's arrest, but was this a game?
Obviously, Liu She didn't regard it as simply playing a game.Although he has a good temper, good personality, smart, studious and sensible, he is indeed the cutest child Xia Anran has ever seen, but he is essentially a tenth son of the emperor who was born in wealth and grew up in the court.
As the tenth son of the Great Han Kingdom, he is different from the other princes. Liu Qi was still the crown prince when the other princes were born, but since his birth his father has been the ruler of the world, his mother is also the proud person in the harem, and his elder brother is also the prince. Better than him.
He learned the forbearance and gentleness of his mother during the process of growing up, but in fact he has the same domineering and authoritarian nature in his bones.
So he was extremely displeased that Han Yan betrayed him first, even if it was just a game.
Xia Anran frowned, this problem...it is indeed very difficult to deal with, but fortunately there is no way out...he thought about it, and finally pulled Dou Wan to act in this play.
The little king expressed that he was very unhappy, and Liu Zhi, who cared about his brother, would naturally come to ask his brother why he was unhappy, and then Dou Wan told him that it was because His Highness felt betrayed by you.
Liu Xiaozhu, who suddenly thought of what he had done badly, felt guilty for a while, and immediately picked up his small fists and used the Dafa of coquettishness that had not been updated after leaving Chang'an, and beat his brother's small body hard.
Xia Anran, who never expected his younger brother to act like a baby, said that he couldn't bear it at all, but fortunately Dou Wan rescued him in time, Xia Anran took a breath, calmed down and squinted at Liu Xiaoshe, "You really know your mistake? "
"He's wrong." Liu She sat obediently in the posture of being put down, with two paws on her knees, her small mouth pursed, with a very serious expression, "You shouldn't have thrown yourself at the other party."
"Brother is not angry because of this." Xia Anran sighed, realizing that the kid was completely in the wrong direction, he got up and sat in front of Xiaodouding with his stiff body.
"Hey, why are you unhappy with Ah Yan?" Xia Anran blinked her eyes, and hit the curved ball that she had planned before into a straight ball.
Xiao Douding didn't expect Brother Ah to say this, so he froze for a moment, his elder brother looked at him seriously, his usually gentle apricot eyes were now showing a bit of sternness, "Do you think that Ah Yan helped others to arrest you, yes Incorrect?"
Liu She didn't speak, which was the default meaning.
Xia Anran was sure, and said again: "Brother, what makes you angry is that you think in your heart that Ah Yan did something wrong, but you did it too."
"Hey, when you accuse others, you have to make sure that you wouldn't do it in the same situation. Otherwise, our accusations are groundless."
"And if you can't do it, you can't ask others to do it."
Liu She's ten fingers tightened and released, he pursed his lips, and said in a low voice: "I know."
Seeing Xiaodouding's head hanging down, Xia Anran felt his heart melt into a puddle of water in an instant, and he opened his hands to his younger brother in front of him, "Come on, give me a hug."
"Brother, the pig has grown up and can't be hugged." Having said that, Xiao Douding still moved two steps forward, and his actions and words were completely inconsistent.Xia Anran hugged him back with a whoosh, and Xiao Douding softened into a ball in his arms, like a small rice cake that could be kneaded casually.
He waved his hand to signal the palace servants to retreat, and then said to Xiao Douding: "Don't think that brother is strict with you, it's because we have a special status, we sit too high, and every word and action may be against a person." have an impact on their lives.”
"So brother, I hope that you must understand this and think twice before you act. Be careful what you say and what you do, be careful, be careful, especially words that hurt people, and actions with evil thoughts. Don’t say it after you’ve done it a few times. For example, if you treat Ah Yan like this today, some people may think that you don’t like Ah Yan, and then they will bully him and neglect him.”
Liu Zhi pinched the corner of Xia Anran's clothes, and muttered in a low voice: "There is no one who doesn't like Ah Yan."
"Yes." Xia Anran touched her brother's little head with some distress, "But you have to know, we are the people in the world who can do whatever we want, but we are also the people who are the least qualified to do so. Because every action we take Too many people are involved.”
"In the future, please remember to give yourself a chance to regret. Some things are definitely not black and white." He pinched his brother's fleshy face and said softly, "Brother, I don't want to see you regret."
"I got it." Xiao Douding pursed his lips, locked his face in his brother's arms, and remained silent for a long time.
Until Xia Anran thought he was asleep, and was about to pick him up, he suddenly heard the child say sullenly: "I don't think the eagle should keep the chick behind after it catches it."
This sentence made Xia Anran dumbfounded.Ouch, baby, so you've been thinking about this for so long?Xia Anran couldn't help but arched Xiaodouding into her arms, thinking that her cub was too cute, but the bad brother rolled his eyes, "Hey, do you know why the hen turned into an eagle in the end, and the eagle turned into an eagle?" Will it turn into a hen?"
He said the answer in a very mysterious way, "Because people become very powerful when they have something they want to protect, so the hen can confront the eagle in order to protect the cubs."
"But being too greedy will lead to a decline in its own strength. Therefore, after the eagle has several chicks, it can't fly! On the contrary, the hen that lost all the chicks becomes Very powerful!"
Does it make sense?Being able to make up this reason made Xia Anran very proud!
The little king's words successfully made Xiao Douding's mouth grow wide, and at the same time, attracted Dou Wan's meaningful gaze.
That night, Xia Anran brought the eiderdown quilt made by Zhongshan Guoxin this year. The soft and light touch made Liu Zhi very novel, and rolled on it several times.
After the little princes said they wanted to stay overnight, the eiderdown quilt was immediately baked on the fire. The fur inside was soft and fluffy, and it was very warm.
But Liu Xiaozhu only fell asleep for a while before acting like a brat. He quietly poked one paw out to enjoy the shade, and his fat foot trembled very proudly.
Xia Anran, who originally arranged for him to sleep alone, only came to investigate overnight and found out that his younger brother was "doing bad things", and immediately deprived him of the right to sleep alone.
Liu Zhi was wrapped into spring rolls and thrown between his elder brother and Dou Wan. The two teenagers pressed the corners of the quilt on one left and one on the right.
The child is full of heat, Xia Anran only feels that the surrounding is warm, which is very comfortable on a chilly autumn night. When he was feeling dizzy, he suddenly felt that the child next to him was arching his head several times under the soft eiderdown quilt. .
After his elder brother finally couldn't bear this kind of harassment and pressed down his younger brother's butt with one hand, Liu She finally couldn't hold back, and said, "Brother, I still can't figure it out."
Xia Anran glanced at Dou Wan who was sleeping on the other side, and the other side was leaning on this side, her eyes were closed tightly and her breathing was long. Seeing that the other side was sleeping peacefully, the little king asked his younger brother in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
Liu Zhi blinked his black eyes in the faint moonlight, and asked very seriously: "Brother, you said that if people are too greedy, their strength will decline, so did the mother chicken used to be an eagle?"
"That, that..." The child tried to express himself with his poor language skills, "The eagle will become a mother hen if it grabs too many chicks, and the mother hen will become an eagle if it loses all the chicks. What's the point?"
"It's better not to snatch a single chick, then he's still an eagle." Xiao Douding's voice carried the innocence of a child.
Xia Anran glanced at Dou Wan who was completely motionless, and then at the younger brother who was sleeping between the two who was full of thirst for knowledge, he was silent for a while, and said: "Hey, people are powerful because they have nothing, but There is no contradiction in being strong because you have something you want to protect."
"Brother, I hope that you become strong because you have something you want to protect, because if you become strong, but you don't even have anyone to protect and share with, that's too lonely."
"Then brother, is there anything you want to protect?"
"Yes." His elder brother smiled and said, "Zhongshan is what I want to protect, and the people of the big man are what I want to protect. Father, mother, you are all I want to protect."
"That's why brother studies so hard?"
"Didn't you work hard too?" Xia Anran said in a low voice, "I read and study until late every day, brother knows."
Xiao Douding hit his head on the pillow. Fortunately, everyone used a cloth pillow made of wheat husks today, otherwise he would have hit a small bag with his strength.
It turns out that my brother knows!Hey Hey.
Liu Zhi was suddenly praised, and he was extremely embarrassed. He covered his face with his hands, and after a while he said, "I will snatch sister back in the future."
"Hey, I don't know too much..." The child twitched and muttered, "But I'm afraid that I will turn into an old hen whose chicks were taken away, and I'm also afraid that I will turn into a very strong old hen." An eagle that was weakened by carrying too many burdens.”
"But you are neither a chicken nor an eagle." Xia Anran said naturally, "You are a pig!"
Liu Zhi was speechless by his brother's words.He suddenly turned over and turned his back to brother brother. Today he didn't want to talk to brother brother.
Hey, brother can't understand his mood at all.Don't mention it, don't mention it, I feel tired.
Xia Anran looked at the child's angry little face, smiled, and whispered in the child's ear, "Swish, do you want to be a chicken mother or an eagle? Brother, stay here with me. Wait for you to grow up." Now, let me ask you again."
Xiao Douding shook his shoulders, full of displeasure and wanted to refute: Obviously I asked my brother's question, why did it become my brother to ask me!It's not right anywhere.
Hmph, if you don't talk to brother, you won't say it——Liu Xiaozhu, who is very self-contracting, thought in his heart.
Xia Anran didn't know that the child was having a temper tantrum with him, she just thought that the child was sleepy, so she stretched out her hand around the quilt and patted the little brother's back to comfort him, he was also sleepy, Xiaoxiao yawned and suddenly Seeing the bright black eyes directly opposite.
Dou Wan's eyes are completely different from the refined aura that his father, Dou Ying, showed. The boy's eyes are less white than his eyes, and his pupils are a rare dark color. If you look directly at each other, you will feel that this person's eyes are dark. His eyebrows are as deep as ink painting, and his tail is sharp and raised, making him even more aggressive.
Although Dou Wan usually takes books more than weapons, Cheng Bushi once told him that Dou Wan was born in the battlefield and was born in Dou's family, so he doesn't know if it's a blessing or a curse.
It is a blessing, because he can enjoy more resources than others, and he will start much higher than others.
It's a curse, because he was born a few years late.Empress Dowager Dou is old, and sooner or later the Dou family, as a family of foreign relatives, will make way for new relatives like the Bo family.It's not that the Dou family has no chance of resurgence in the future, but it's inevitable that they will be silent for a generation or two.
Dou Wan's generation is destined to be sacrificed.
Dou Ying sent Dou Wan to Zhongshan Country, perhaps without this consideration.
If he can stay in the feudal kingdom, as long as he is careful, the feudal king will be able to protect him.Dou Wan may not be ignorant of this, but even so, he still reads and practices martial arts at his own pace, with a calm and unhurried attitude that even Zhidu would boast a few words when meeting Han Ying.
However, every time Han Ying faced Zhidu's praise, he could only show a wry smile.
Outsiders can't see it, how can he not know that the word "accept fate" is not burning in the eyes of this student.
And now Xia Anran met these eyes.
The emotions in the young man's eyes were complicated, like a flame burning underwater, but there was stubbornness in the silence.After the two looked at each other, the man's eyes gradually softened, and then he smiled slightly at the little king, and said angrily: "Your Highness's words of gold and jade, I am taught."
Xia Anran looked puzzled: "It's just coaxing a child, what is there to teach and not to teach?"
But Dou Wan didn't talk to him again, Xia Anran yawned a lot, his physical strength was exhausted today, his eyelids had already started to fight, shaking.
Just as he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly felt a hand fall from his back, patting him on the back just like he was coaxing Xiaodouding.
A word flashed through Xia Anran's mind - hey, he is not big or small, so we must talk about him tomorrow.
While the little princes were sleeping soundly, a bloody massacre spread across the grassland.
The first Han-Hungarian trade meeting ended with the reluctance of the Huns and merchants from all over the place.Since the end of the meeting was postponed for ten days, the Huns were given the opportunity to gallop to inform other tribes.Of course, this is not very friendly to some businessmen who rely on buying and selling between the Han and the Huns to make profits.
But they thought about it, the trade between the Han and the Huns was only once, and the next time is unknown, but the trade between them and the Han can be carried out anytime and anywhere. When these Huns return to the camp, After using the goods of the Han people again, if you want to buy them, don’t you have to buy them from them?
Pricing is a problem.This time the Han people were more conscientious in their bids, and the price they sold to the Huns could be said to be quite cheap. After the base price of the goods was known to the Huns, it was difficult for the caravan to make a profit in this regard.
Fortunately, there are some.
After all, the Han and the Hungarian parties used to barter, and the exchange of goods mostly depends on the interests and needs of the buyers and sellers. There is still something to be done in this regard.
Besides, it is a seller's market, and they are not afraid of this.
These Hu people's caravans have a keen sense of smell in doing business. They are more flexible than the Huns and can walk around the two passes. Finally, these caravans that are about to go west quickly gathered in Daijun.
Because the lanterns that attracted the Huns also attracted them.They also live as nomads, so they naturally have this need.
It's a pity that the Huns couldn't be more satisfied after receiving the big lantern with a lantern stand attached by Zhongshan Kingdom, so they paid a large amount of deposit immediately.In addition to ordering lanterns, they also ordered candles from Zhongshan Kingdom.
The small animal candles promoted by the merchants were warmly welcomed by the Hun merchants. At the same time, the large candles were also very popular.
This kind of big candle is naturally placed in a large lamp. Of course, the caring Zhongshan craftsmen also told the Xiongnu merchants, "You don't have to stick to using big candles. You can use kerosene in this lantern. It's okay. Our goods are very good. All-match drop".
But the local tyrant Hun merchants still fiercely stated that as much as there is in stock, we will pack it up, and we are not short of money.
Zhongshan State quickly seized this market and launched a variety of lanterns, including small portable lanterns and small lanterns that can be hung under the neck of a horse.The length of the latter can be adjusted freely. If you use this kind of lantern, you don’t have to worry about not being able to see horses and people when walking at night!
Of course, because it was launched temporarily, there is no stock, so all of them need to be ordered.
After hearing this, the Hu people immediately enthusiastically expressed: "We can help you bring the goods!"
The Xiongnu gave them a hard look, and then said to the interpreter with enthusiasm: "We will come and get it ourselves next year, by the way, when your Han emperor opens the mutual market next year, you must let us know in advance. I am King Zuoguli Under the account..."
He reported a name of the Xiongnu, and the interpreter of the Han people transliterated it into Chinese without batting an eye, "Okay, Master A Ce? At that time, our envoys of the Han Dynasty will go to negotiate with the Xiongnu Chanyu earlier."
"Hey! Don't tell Shanyu!" The Huns named A Ce coughed dryly after looking around for a while, "This grassland is our left area, you just come and inform us of the left side of the Huns, same as Shan Yu If it is said, they will have to wait for several decades for the word to come back."
The interpreter showed just the right embarrassment, "But it is difficult for our envoys to find your tribe on the prairie."
The Huns were very mobile. Even though the court of the Huns was generally in a fixed position, in fact, according to the memories of the envoys who returned to the country, they actually went to different places every time.
Every time the Han Chinese envoys went to the grassland, they would go forward for a while, and then watch which team of rangers they encountered randomly, and then those rangers would take them to the royal court.They themselves can't figure out the place.
Apparently, the tenant on the left was also very aware of this situation. He thought about it for a while, and suddenly asked someone to fetch a piece of sheepskin with a totem painted on it.
The Xiongnu explained to the interpreter: "When the time comes, send someone to show them this. The people on our left will recognize this, and they will bring you to me."
The interpreter agreed very gently. He carefully put away the sheepskin, and finally confirmed with the Xiongnu side the time and speed of their retreat.
From the moment they leave the station, they will become hostile and alert again.The withdrawal speed of the Huns determined the patrol distance of the Han.
After the two parties finalized the agreement, Interpreter would also like to present a jar of wine to the Xiongnu man on behalf of the individual, and smiled happily to treat the Xiongnu as a household.
He was not willing to open the jug of wine and drink it, but asked his brothers to put it in the pockets on the horse's back—by the way, these pockets were given to them by the Han people to facilitate them to carry more supplies.
Ah Ce had the idea of offering this jar of wine when he got back. At that time, he was going to use it to say a few words to King Zuoguli and King Zuoxian. He thought this market was very good, and the Han people were also very enthusiastic, so he could continue. do it.
And he also bought a lot of very useful things this time. The only drawback is that Daijun does not sell wheat, which is a bit difficult for them to deal with. Fortunately, the "porcelain" in Daijun is exquisite, and they also exchanged a large number of them. grains of salt.
The salt can make some jerky.
When these porcelains are placed in front of the witch, there will be another big sacrifice, and the gods will definitely favor them Huns.
Hey, the fly in the ointment is that these livestock are actually being exchanged. The Han people are particularly vigilant about this, and they send the things to the city as soon as the transaction is established.
Otherwise...hehe...
But it doesn't matter, they have already targeted several Huren caravans who left around the same time, and there is no room for manipulation by then.
Even Ah Ce, who looks simple and easy to talk, still has the blood of plunder in his bones.
On the other hand, he was still planning to go to someone in Yanmen County in his heart, and he didn't know what they exchanged there.According to what he heard, Yanmen County mainly trades wheat grains, which are not as exquisite as theirs, but they are all things that can fill the stomach.
Ah Ce made some calculations and decided to send a team of Qingqi to Yanmen County to grab a wave.
It doesn't matter who the target is, if you can grab that guy, it's fine, if not, you can grab a Hu merchant from Yanmen.Although he has gained a lot from this trip, but there are also many to be handed over to his superiors. He must leave some plans for his own tribe.
Although he got "hard currency" salt this time, he still wants some wheat noodles that can satisfy women and children.
——Coincidentally, the Xiongnu team who went to Yanmen Pass also thought so.
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