Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2466 The name of change

  Besides Wuguan.

Cao An realized that there was a major deviation in his prediction when the follow-up person sent by Huan Dian told him that the Jiangdong spies had been arrested. His first reaction was to refuse to believe it, and his second reaction was to arrest him. Rubbing his hair, he let out an extremely distressed sigh.

  Cao An came to Chang'an Sanfu, of course not for sightseeing.

  In the last Tongguan incident, most of the Cao family who managed to lurk in Guanzhong were hit hard.

  Cao An shoulders the important task of verifying and rebuilding the Changan Sanfu spy network. To accomplish such a task, it is obviously impossible to rely on lip service alone. He needs to show some achievements to prove his ability...

More importantly, the warship stolen by Jiangdong may cause the general Cao Cao to get into trouble in the process of confronting Jiangdong. Well, Cao An naturally does not know that Cao Cao is already preparing for the ceremony of being promoted to prime minister, and even if it is Knowing this will make Cao An even more urgent.

  『We must go back now...』 Huan Dian’s confidant said to Cao An, 『At present, there is nothing we can do...The heads of Jiangdong spies in Chang’an Sanfu are all hanging outside the military academy grounds...』

  Huan Dian's confidant glanced at Cao An and tried to comfort him, "And it's a good thing, isn't it?" The hussars must think that they have been cleaned up...and if the Jiangdong spies really took the Wuguan Road, maybe even if we snatched something, the hussars' soldiers would follow behind their buttocks...』

  『No, you don’t understand...』 Cao An shook his head.

  Huan Dian's confidant fell silent. OK, I don't understand, you understand.

  Cao An subconsciously clasped his hands together, occasionally rubbing each other.

  He is not reconciled.

   This was his first battle, and it was also a battle he was full of confidence in. Even at the risk of exposure, he found Huan Dian, asked for manpower, and prepared to perform it well, but he didn't expect...

  『Then the hussars said that they recovered the stolen items? 』Cao An suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly stood still and turned to hear Huan Dian's confidant.

  Huan Dian's confidant shook his head, "Not really. 』

  Cao An pondered, "Then could it be... not found? 』

"What's the meaning? Huandian's confidant asked.

  『Speaking normally, if the stolen warship technology is recovered...』 Cao An said while thinking, 『I will definitely say it...』

  Huan Dian's confidants sang a different tune, "Maybe I'm too embarrassed to say it?" After all, it’s my family’s lax guarding…”

"Ok? ”Cao An was stunned for a moment, then nodded, “It’s also possible. But if it were me, if I really recovered the lost property, I would definitely show Xiao Xiao with this display...』

Cao An didn't care that he became the "Xiao Xiao" in his words, but Huan Dian's confidantes would feel uncomfortable, because they were just accompanying Huan Dian to Chang'an to see a doctor, and they were forced to be involved in such a case. During the espionage operation, since it can be said that the operation has failed, then it is enough to end it early and go back. I don’t want to continue talking nonsense with Cao An. Huan Dian said straightforwardly: "My master wants to go back now!" It’s been a long time since Chang’an was gone, and the patrol inspectors came to inquire twice, but my master made excuses to cover it up... But as time goes on, if there are any mistakes...』

After finishing speaking, Huan Dian's confidants no longer listened to Cao An's opinions, and directly passed Cao An's order to let these guards who followed Cao Anbai and fed mosquitoes for a few days in the mountains pack up and return to Chang'an !

  These Huandian guards were naturally very happy. After tidying up their things happily, they were ready to return. Cao An on the side didn't stop him, but stood with his hands folded, as if he was thinking about something...

   In Cao An's mind, a thought lingered.

   What if the hussars didn't find the stolen items, but just caught the people who were too late to escape?

  Those Jiangdong spies who were caught and killed died as soon as they died. Cao An would not feel sorry for these spies, but the things that were stolen...

   If he really left and didn’t take the Wuguan Road, could it be that he took the Tongguan line?

   Or in other words, is it a detour on the route of Hedong and Longxi?

   Detour is, after all, too far away.

  Far means more insecurity!

  So, if the Jiangdong spies stole something and did not show up in Wuguan, then they must have taken the route of Tongguan Luoyang!

"Walk! go faster! 』

  Cao An suddenly reversed the previous dawdling, and hurried forward while greeting.

  Seeing this, Huan Dian's confidants couldn't help frowning.

   This guy, is he going to do something again?

  …(;￢￢￢)…

  Chang'an.

  Hussar General's Mansion.

  The front courtyard corridor at the side door.

  Yami lowered her head and walked slowly forward with the Han maidservant in front.

After entering the Hussar General's Mansion, although Yami felt that the surrounding things became more and more exquisite, and it seemed that the people around her were completely different from those in her previous living environment, but Yami did not express emotion in a fuss, or It is necessary to get closer to see what happened.

  The Hussar General’s Mansion is very large. After entering the gate, Yami thought she was there, but she turned west again and entered the second gate, which is not only thick and strong, but also guarded by guards.

   How many gates are there?

  Is it interesting to have so many gates?

   Horses can’t even run.

  Yami slandered all the way.

  There are some Chinese characters on the gate, which Yami doesn’t recognize, and the crooked ones are not as beautiful as the colorful paintings on the eaves. After walking about a hundred steps, the guards and maids who had led her in stopped, and then replaced five or six Han maids, as if looking at a...

   Some kind of living animal?

  Yami’s little panic about being separated from her maids was dispelled by the actions of these Han maids.

   Isn’t it so fresh?

   Have you ever seen a live Qiang daughter?

  Yami secretly rolled her eyes.

  Two Han maidservants came forward, seeming to want to help Yami, but Yami threw her aside.

  Are you kidding me, am I too old to walk?

   Or do you mean that you look so old that you need someone to help you?

   Entered a round door that looked nice, but made Yami think it was a bit fancy. In front of her was a short wall with some Chinese characters written on it, some bats and some kind of plants.

  What's the use of this wall?

  Resist attacks?

   It seems that people cannot stand on it, at most people have to walk from both sides of the wall. But there are no traps placed on these two sides, that's it?

   It seems to be a pure and useless decoration just for good looks?

   It's like the embroidery and carvings on Han clothing.

nice.

   But it looks good and has hair, huh?

  If there is no such embroidery and carving, it will not affect the wearing at all.

  Han clothing made her very uncomfortable, especially when she felt that her chest was bound and her breathing was slightly difficult. It was somewhat better when she was sitting still, but she could feel the difference from her own sheepskin robe when she moved.

  Although the current Han clothing smells good, it is very thin. Yami suddenly understood why Han people must live in houses, because with such clothes, they definitely cannot set up tents in the wild.

  Without a heavy leather robe, you will be freezing all night long!

  Han things are really not practical.

   There are so many rooms on both sides, with various patterns and colors on the door and window lintels. Besides looking good, can it be eaten?

   At those window lintels, a few women secretly put out half of their heads, but retracted when Yami looked over, like little rabbits in the grass.

  The movement of retracting the head is so slow, and the sound is so loud, if you give me a bow, I can definitely shoot these guys' dog heads, oh, rabbit heads...

  Yami sneakily aimed at the neck of the Han servant girl leading the way, like a predator aiming at its prey. It is so thin and white, and with that thin arm, if I pounce on it and grab it with my arm, this Han maidservant will probably be like a big sheep that I have knocked down, and can only bleat , kicking all four hooves?

   Hum.

  Yami retracted her gaze, like a big cat retracting its paws protruding from the white glove.

  Is Yami good at martial arts?

   Not really.

   But for Yami, who grew up in the pasture, played wrestling with cattle and sheep, and slaughtered some big sheep and even calves from time to time, the Han maidservant in front of her was indeed too thin.

  Most of the strong men in the ranch can directly bring down a cow.

   Wrestling was originally a skill evolved from dealing with cattle and sheep in the grassland and desert.

  If the generals of the Han people were so thin...

  A gorgeously dressed woman walked over with four maids.

   A gust of fragrant wind rushed towards me.

  It makes Yami want to sneeze.

  Yami's nose wrinkled, and even the plateau freckles on her face moved slightly. Longyou is basically close to the Western Regions, there is a lot of sunshine on weekdays, and the big man does not have any sunscreen, so basically there will be such a problem, which also makes the skin color of Yami and Han women basically quite different of.

  Han people really like incense.

   Various scents, osmanthus scent on clothes, and flower petals when bathing...

This person is dressed differently from the Han maidservants who were with Yami before, and the clothes on her body are more colorful and embroidered, like some kind of bird, and she still wears a golden bun on her head, shining in the sun with. The clothes are light gray, but there are pea green decorations on the skirt, a red rope is tied around the waist, and a jade pendant is hung. There should be a lot of powder on the face, it is as white as sheepskin that has been drained of blood, and the lips are red, as if they just ate raw meat.

  The middle-aged woman looked Yami up and down a few times, and immediately babbled a lot of Chinese.

Yami can understand a part of Chinese, but those things need to be relatively simple, and the other party needs to speak more slowly. There are a lot of babbling like now, and often only understand two or three words among them. , and then it is washed away by the following sentences, and then the previous words are also fragmented, and the complete meaning cannot be pieced together. Often, only the general impression of the last sentence is left in the end.

The middle-aged woman is very imposing, pointing fingers, Yami watched coldly, thinking that even if this guy is the wife and concubine of the Han general, if she really dares to bully her, she must let her know which flower is the most beautiful on the desert grassland. red!

However, it seemed that this middle-aged woman was not coming towards her. Under her yelling, she didn't know that a few little maids trotted out from that corner holding lacquer trays, and another came forward , gently tugging at his sleeves, as if he wanted to let him follow them.

   What are you doing?

  Yami turned her head to look at the little maid who was pulling her sleeve.

  The little maid opened a pair of pure eyes, pulling slightly with her hands, like a puppy in her home, trying to pull her somewhere...

  Yami didn't want to move at first, but looking at the simple and innocent eyes of the two little maids, she sighed slightly, and walked into the next room following the little maids' pulling force.

   Entering the room, Yami couldn't help feeling a headache.

   Behind the screen in the middle of the room, a large wooden barrel was revealed, filled with hot water, with some flower petals floating on it.

  Again, Shuang, do you want to take a bath?

   How many times have you washed in the past two days?

The little maid's hand was pulled and touched, the tickle made Yami couldn't help laughing, "Okay, okay, don't move around, ah, don't scratch me... Hahaha, hahaha... Forget it, forget it, I’ll take it off myself…”

  Yami took off her clothes with three swipes, then calmly walked into the wooden barrel and immersed her body in the hot water.

what kind of flower is this?

smell good…

  But it doesn't feel pungent.

  But among the floral fragrance, there seems to be peppery fragrance?

This…

  Do the Han people want to wash themselves clean and then aromatherapy into bacon?

  In the water mist, Yami looked left and right, letting the hands of two or three little maids rub her body back and forth.

It seems that they didn't see any knives and wooden shelves. The little maids around are like little lambs who haven't grown up. I'm afraid that if I give them a brain adze, they will fall to the ground, a little deterrent nothing.

  So just take a bath?

  Do Han people like bathing so much?

  Does it mean that the Han people also use such fragrant water to wash their meat?

   Then how to eat?

   When it comes to food, Yami thinks that the steamed buns made last night are delicious, but it's a pity that the amount is too small.

  Only four buns!

   Then there will be no buns in the morning...

   I wonder if there will be buns tonight?

hungry…

While Yami was taking a bath, the middle-aged woman from earlier had already changed her face of humility, prostrated herself at the foot of the back hall steps, and smiled apologetically, "Your Majesty, the Qiang girl has already arranged for her to be washed... Really. The pickled smell all over the body can be smelled through a flower hanging door...』

  Cai Yan frowned slightly.

  Huang Yueying said: "Have all the entourage of this girl been settled?" How many people did you bring? What luggage do you have? Has the courtyard been cleaned? Are all the equipment ready? 』

  As a woman in charge, the middle-aged woman is of course familiar with these matters, so she quickly answered them one by one.

Huang Yueying nodded, and asked about the distribution of the monthly money, and finally said: "After washing, lead him to the side courtyard... Send a good woman over there, first teach the Han people some rules, manners and manners." ...After staying for a few days, see you soon. 』

  The middle-aged woman in charge answered with a low eyebrow, turned around and stepped back.

  Huang Yueying watched the middle-aged woman retreat, and was silent for a while.

  Cai Yan sat aside, looking through the hall to the small courtyard.

This is the rear main hall facing south, and it is also the large courtyard in Yimen. In addition to the first five main rooms, the wing rooms, side rooms, Kuiding, Zhuanshan, Baoxia and other houses on both sides are interconnected in one place, and the corridors extend in all directions. , Exquisite tiles, gorgeous painted buildings, pink walls, Zhuzhuxuanwa and white steps, all reflect a dignified atmosphere.

  In the hall, there are large red sandalwood carved chi tables, carved screens inlaid with gold, silver and precious stones, green and green bronze tripods with a size of a foot, colorful woven mats covered with white thatch, and silk and satin cushions embroidered in Sichuan and Sichuan.

  A touch of sandalwood lingers in it.

   There is also a touch of sadness permeating inside.

  Huang Yueying slowly tilted to one side, leaned on the big red embroidered brocade by her side, pulled the lapis lazuli quilt covering her legs, and sighed softly.

  Huang Yueying had just given birth not long ago. Although she was confinement, she was still a little afraid of the wind.

  Cai Yan followed Huang Yueying's gaze, and saw a slanted tall-neck vase in the corner of the table, with several seasonal flowers inserted in the vase...

  Yes, no matter how flowers are, they will wither one day.

  Huang Yueying looked away, then met Cai Yan's gaze, and smiled slightly. The smile is still beautiful, but the smile is a little less bright and cheerful when he was a teenager, but a little more helpless and sad.

   "I made you laugh..." Huang Yueying said softly.

  Cai Yan shook his head slowly. She can generally understand Huang Yueying's mood, because Cai Yan had discussed this topic with her before Cai Yan was still in the Shoushan Academy and before she married into the Fei Mansion. But even so, Cai Yan still felt a little uncomfortable.

This kind of discomfort is not purely selfish, or negative emotions such as jealousy, but an almost instinctive reaction, just like a stranger suddenly came to the family, and you still need to live in one place every day, just Like future generations who have to live with strangers for various reasons, they will instinctively feel uncomfortable.

  This kind of animal-like instinct can be slowed down by reason, but it cannot be eliminated.

  Cai Yan didn't know how to comfort Huang Yueying, maybe even she herself was a little hard to let go, let alone comfort, or even if it was comfort, what's the use?

  『There is Fusu in the mountains, and Hehua in Xi. 』

  『I don’t see Zidu, but I see Kuangqi. 』

  『There are bridge pines in the mountains, and there are swimming dragons in Xi. 』

  『I don’t see Zichong, but I see Qiaotong...』

  Huang Yueying muttered softly, then turned to look at Cai Yan, "How is it?" Am I right? 』

   Cai Yan smiled slightly and shook his head.

"That's it..." Huang Yueying nodded and said with a smile, "Before I married you, I was thinking that I might join a scholar, a farmer, a businessman... But now, the farmer didn't come, but Mu came first. fish! Hi! 』

  (end of this chapter)