Today was the day when Ling Jiyun rewarded the three armies. Everyone got ready and set off early in the morning, heading straight to the military camp.
The injury on the sole of Mrs. Li's foot has almost healed, and she can barely walk on the ground. Gardenia spent a few taels of silver to buy a crutch for her. Mrs. Li was very grateful.
"Sister, sister, come and see." Wei'er shouted loudly in the yard, which made Gardenia startled. She thought something serious had happened and hurriedly helped Sister-in-law Li out of the room.
Asked: "Weier, what's wrong?"
Wei'er pointed to a bird with colorful feathers on the roof tiles and said excitedly: "Look at that bird, it's so beautiful."
Gardenia breathed a sigh of relief and raised her hand, and the bird flew to her hand. Wei'er was even more surprised: "Sister, how could it stop on your hand?"
Gardenia smiled and said: "It's called Cai'er, and she is my sister's relative."
"Cai'er, Cai'er, it's so fun." Wei'er said excitedly, clapping her hands.
Gardenia looked at Cai'er, full of sorrow, and said with a wry smile: "Cai'er, thank you for coming to take me home?"
"Sister, didn't you say you wanted to play with Wei'er for the whole day before leaving today?" Hearing that Gardenia was about to leave, Wei'er pouted and said unhappily.
"Weier, how can you be so disobedient? Don't delay sister." Sister-in-law Li said to Wei'er.
"It's okay, Sister-in-law Li, I'll play with Wei'er for a while and then I'll go." He turned around and asked Wei'er again: "Wei'er, what do you want to play?"
Wei'er tilted his innocent and cute little head, thought for a moment, and said: "There is a river outside the city, and there is a large grassland by the river. Let's go there and put the kites."
Speaking of Paper Kite, Gardenia noticed that Sister-in-law Li's expression was a little gloomy, so she supported her and asked: "Sister-in-law Li, what's wrong with you?"
Sister-in-law Li sighed: "Wei'er's father liked to take him there to put kites there before he was alive. I pity this kid, ugh——."
"Don't worry, Wei'er, let's go now." Gardenia tried her best to smile, not wanting such a sensible child to fall into bad memories.
Went to the Paper Kite Store and bought Wei'er a beautiful big butterfly, which made Wei'er very happy along the way.
Looking up, I realized that Cai'er had flown to nowhere.
At the city gate, Wang Yang was carefully observing everyone entering and leaving the city. He received an order from Ling Jiyun to stay at the city gate and must find Gardenia.
Gardenia held Wei'er's hand and saw Wang Yang from afar. Although she didn't understand why he was here, she couldn't let him discover her at this time.
Seeing Gardenia stop, Wei'er shook her hand and said, "Sister, let's go quickly."
Although Wei'er was pulling him, Gardenia still moved forward slowly. Suddenly, there was a gap. A soldier pulled him aside and said something to him. At this time, he was facing the city gate with his back.
, when the opportunity came, Gardenia pulled Wei'er past Wang Yang and quickly walked out of the city gate.
"Sister, why are you walking so fast again?" Wei'er asked in confusion while holding the paper kite.
Gardenia smiled and said nothing, looked back slightly, and Wang Yang began to examine the person carefully again.
In the tent of the military camp, Ling Jiyun was discussing matters with the generals. Suddenly, a rare bird appeared on the tent. It was standing on the top of the tent, looking around from time to time.
After a short while, he fluttered his wings and flew towards a straw canopy. He flashed past quickly, leaving only a colorful feather slowly falling along the window with his back to Ling Jiyun.
The horse attendant was bending down to add fodder to the horse. Cai Que took the opportunity to stop on the head of a black horse. Cai Que walked and jumped on the horse's head from time to time, which made the horse seem nervous and struggled after a while.
The reins jumped over the horse fence. The horse attendant straightened up and saw a strange-looking bird flying beside the running horse. The barrel in his hand fell to the ground in vain, and he sat slumped on the ground, muttering to himself: "It's over, it's over, my lord."
My beloved horse ran away for no reason, and I'm afraid my life is at an end."