"What is this? I've never seen it before. Buy it and try it."
"This looks delicious."
"I bought these and this..."
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Women and strong men dressed in strange clothes walked on the street, which naturally attracted the attention of countless people.
She ignored this at all and bought all the snacks on the street stalls before finally walking into a remote inn.
The inn looked very dilapidated, and the door was ajar. She pushed the door open, and several figures in the room immediately stood up, folded their hands on their chests, bowed slightly, and babbled a few words, which seemed to be
What unknown language.
The woman asked in the same language, and one of them immediately pointed upstairs.
When the giant man who followed her in opened the leather bag around his waist and showed off to a few people in the house, the woman had already gone up the stairs. When she walked to a door somewhere, she knocked on the door and pushed the door open and entered.
A middle-aged woman was sitting at the table. When she walked over, the middle-aged woman asked: "Have you heard about it?"
The woman stood there, stunned, and asked: "Inquire about what?"
The middle-aged woman looked at the remaining candied haws in her hand and asked, "I asked you to inquire about the Chen State's mission. Are you just buying something to eat?"
"I forgot, but Han people's food is really delicious..." The woman looked at the candied haws in her hand, handed it over with some reluctance, and said, "Do you want to eat it?"
"The convoy of the Chen State escorting Princess Pingyang to the Chu State for marriage has arrived in Yunzhou." The middle-aged woman looked at her and said: "Once the Chen State and the Chu State complete the marriage, they will be as close as one family. When the time comes, the two countries will mobilize their troops to attack.
Grassland, your cattle and sheep will be robbed by them, your horses will be robbed by them, and your women and children will be robbed by them!"
When the woman heard this, her face showed an angry look, and she gritted her teeth and said: "The cunning Han people must never let them get..., get..., how do you say that in Chinese?"
The middle-aged woman looked at her and said, "Go and copy the word "success" a hundred times."
The woman's face immediately fell.
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The weather in March and April is the most comfortable. The weather gradually gets warmer, and there is a hint of coolness in the breeze. Zhao Man took off his shoes and socks, sat on a stone by the stream, raised his feet, and the water splashed everywhere.
I ran barefoot to the grass and was very happy because I caught a butterfly.
A clean white cloth was spread on the grass, and on it were placed various snacks just bought from the street.
Tangning put her hands behind her head and lay on the grass, watching the white clouds drifting by in the sky.
It has been more than a month since we left Beijing, but we are not even halfway through the journey, and there will be about half a month before we enter the territory of Chu.
Going further, we reach the northernmost part of the Chen Kingdom. The further north we go, the weaker the imperial court's control over the place becomes, and naturally the more chaotic it becomes. If someone wants to stop the marriage, they will definitely choose to do so in this section.
Although these people have the same purpose as him, they cannot succeed.
In name, he is also the wedding messenger on this trip, and his responsibility is to deliver the princess safely to the capital of Chu. If anything goes wrong along the way, he will have to bear the main responsibility, and he cannot escape it.
However, when he arrived in Chu State, his mission was completed, and naturally he didn't have so many worries. Whether it was robbing people or stealing people, it had nothing to do with him, but was the responsibility of the Chu State court.
He was lying on the grass with his eyes closed and basking in the sun, and suddenly he heard the sound of "whoosh" and "whoosh" coming from the wind in the air.
He sat up and saw that Zhao Man had picked up a cane from somewhere and was waving it vigorously.
She came over carrying the cane and said: "The young lady I met today is so powerful. I also want to learn how to whip. When I learn how to do it, if that dead peach still scares me with her snake, I will use the whip."
she!"
Zhao Yingying was still brooding about Xiaotao scaring her with a snake. He seemed to have thought of the majestic look of the woman just now, with a look of longing and expectation on his face.
Tangning stood up, took the whip from her hand, and said, "Girls, don't play with whips..."
She is still young and has not yet fully established her three views. It is best not to touch whips, candles and the like...
Women who like whips have a bit of a queen's temperament. Whoever marries a woman who is skilled in whipping skills will have a lively life in the rest of his life.
"But there's nothing to do anymore..." Zhao Man clapped his hands, lay down next to Tang Ning, and said, "How about you tell me a story? I haven't listened to a story for a long time."
As long as she doesn't play with the whip, everything will be fine. Tangning nodded and said, "Then what do you want to hear?"
Zhao Man lay on the grass, looked at him sideways, and said, "I like to hear everything you say."
Tangning thought for a while and said, "Then let's talk about "The Deer and the Cauldron"."
Although marriage is a national matter, nothing is absolute, and she still needs to relieve some psychological pressure.
Butcher Zheng was leaning under a tree not far away, with his butcher knife beside him, looking into the distance with deep eyes.
On the grass by the stream, young men and women lay side by side with their hands behind their heads. The cool breeze blew by the stream and the white clouds floated in the sky. Tang Ning turned over her memories and recounted a legendary story. Zhao Man hummed softly.
The tune, a look of satisfaction.
The original text has more than one million words, and Tang Ning of course cannot tell it all. She only explains the context of the story clearly, focusing especially on the part about Princess Jianning’s marriage. The purpose is to let Zhao Man regain some confidence.
As he was talking, he suddenly felt that there was no movement around him. He turned his head and saw Zhao Man's eyes moving around, as if he was thinking about something.
After thinking for a while, she looked up at Tang Ning and asked, "Princess Jianning, are you talking about me?"
Tangning glanced at her and asked, "Do you think you look like her?"
"It's not like that." Zhao Man shook her head and said, "I'm much more ladylike than her..."
She thought about it again and suddenly asked: "You said, if I kill the prince of Chu, won't we not be able to get married?"
"No." Tangning ruthlessly shattered her illusions.
There is only one prince in the Chu State. If the prince becomes a eunuch, the Chu State will immediately fall out with the Chen State and become incompatible. The envoys who went to the Chu State this time will not even think of coming back.
"Then I listen to you." Zhao Man sat up and said: "But why does Wei Xiaobao marry so many women? He is so sexy!"
This is something I have to ask the author. In addition to Wei Xiaobao, he knows a senior named Li who has also married many people. It seems that there are many authors who like this tone.
Tang Ning did not answer, but Zhao Man suddenly seemed to have thought of something, lowered his head, and his face turned red.
Although Princess Jianning is a princess, she still married Xiaobao in the end. Is he hinting at something? Although the father will not agree, they can also go to a place where no one can find them and be happy together...
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After telling the story, time was almost up. When she went back, Zhao Man seemed to have something on her mind and was distracted. Tang Ning took her back and no one noticed. Unless there was an accident, no one would enter the room where the princess was.
After sending her back, he returned to the street.
The girl selling tofu pudding was cleaning up her stall. Tang Ning walked over. When the woman saw him, she immediately said, "A commoner girl has seen you, sir!"
Tang Ning waved her hand and said, "Madam boss, do you want to sell your secret recipe for tofu pudding? I want to buy your secret recipe."
The woman quickly said: "If you like it, sir, I can give you the secret recipe. Anyway, I will leave Yunzhou soon, so there is no use keeping this secret recipe."
As she spoke, she bent down and pulled out a small box from under the table and chair. After opening it, she took out a piece of yellowed paper from the inside and said: "This secret recipe is passed down from generation to generation in this little girl's family. If you don't mind it, I can give it to you."
Please take it."
Tangning took the paper, opened it, looked at it, took out a banknote from her arms, put it on the table, and said, "This money is for buying the secret recipe, girl, keep it."
The girl looked at the one hundred taels of silver notes on the table and immediately said: "Sir, this is impossible, this is impossible..."
"I like the taste of this tofu pudding very much. Since you are leaving Yunzhou, you might as well accept this bank note. You can make a new living in another place." After Tangning said this, she waved her hand and turned to leave.
The family secret recipe is a way for others to make a living. Many people regard it as more important than their lives. Buying someone else's secret recipe is a bit excessive, but Zhao Yingying likes it, so Tangning can only give her a relatively generous compensation.
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He was walking on the street, and at a certain moment, a voice suddenly came from behind him.
"stop!"
He turned his head and saw the foreign woman he had seen today running towards him.
