Nightfall Chapter 7: Drinking at night, dreaming of a sea
Chapter 7 Drinking at night, dreaming of a sea ()
Looking at the top of the tent, Ning Que had traces of leaving Weicheng in his mind.
The luxurious carriage was always tightly closed along the way. Except for the little boy with obvious barbarian descent who occasionally got out of the car and played, there was no chance to see any princesses. Only the graceful and haughty maid issued instructions from time to time.
For some reason, the maid likes to call Sangsang over to chat.
Still for some reason, the maid made no secret of her disgust towards him.
Ning Que thinks she is a very good actor. Because whether it is in Weicheng or on the journey, whether it is the attitude of the subordinates of the prairie man, or the temperament that she reveals, it is difficult to see... she is not a handmaid.
It was this that made him feel a little strange. He always thought that the real nobles of the upper echelons of the Datang Empire should not have too much sympathy for Sangsang.
But these are not things that he really cares about. For a few days, he always pays attention to the old man in the old robe in the carriage. If the guess is good, the gentle old man should have been mentioned by General Ma. An expert at the South Gate of Haotian Road.
From a very young age, Ning Que was determined to step into that mysterious world, but he was too late to enter. He was willing to go back to Beijing with this team because there was such a real Monk.
Unfortunately, on the way, he never found the opportunity to talk to the old man who was under strict protection, but when dining at the camp, occasionally he could look at the old man for a moment, and at that moment he seemed to see the old man’s eyes Being gentle and amiable is even encouraging, which makes him a little puzzled.
Thinking and analyzing puzzled, Ning Que took his attention back, only to realize that the little feet in his arms had not been warmed, they were still as cold as ice lump, and even his chest and abdomen were also cold. Can't help frowning anxiously.
Sangsang, the little maid, suffered too much when she was a child. She was wrapped in wind, rain and rot in the pile of dead bodies by the road for several days. After being picked up by him, she fell ill with a serious illness, which lasted for several months.
Weicheng's military doctors have seen it, and he also took her to the Kaiping Mansion in the distance. All the doctors have the same opinion: congenital deficiency, physical deficiency and cold.
Because of the extremely cold physique, Sangsang rarely sweats, and the waste and toxins produced every day cannot be eliminated. The accumulation of time makes her health worse and worse, so Ning Que followed the doctor’s instructions to let her daily Carrying out a high-dose exercise is used to slightly improve the cold environment in the body. This is the real reason why in the eyes of outsiders, he always regards this black and thin little maid as a donkey and horse.
Even if you work hard every day, you don’t necessarily make Sangsang’s physique warmer every time, just like a woolen mattress like an ice cellar at this moment.
Ning Que got up, rubbed her frozen belly, took out the cowhide wine pouch from the corner, patted Sangsang awake, and then handed the wine pouch to her lips.
Sangsang opened his eyes in a daze, took the wine pouch naturally, unscrewed the stopper skillfully, and poured his neck into his lips. The wine did not spill a drop, but the tent was still filled with the spicy aroma of wine. It seemed that it should be a cut-throated spirit on the grassland.
The thin and small maid drank a big wine sac. Two bowls of spirits could smash a big man. She suddenly drank a small half of the bag until her abdomen bulged slightly. This scene is difficult to use heroically To describe it, it's better to say that it is a little weird.
She wiped her lips, and her willow-like eyes became brighter in the dark night, and she couldn't tell that she had drunk alcohol. Xiang Ning Que smiled, then fell down and continued to sleep.
The room was full of strong wine, and the cold feet in her arms gradually became warmer. Ning Que looked at the few drops of sweat leaking from the tip of her nose, and finally relaxed and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Wrapped tightly on the woolen mattress, Ning Que slowly closed his eyes. Not far from his face was the volume of the elders that had been torn up. He read a few pages before going to bed every day, even if he didn’t. Quietly remember it in my heart, this is a habit cultivated over the years.
"May all sentient beings have enough to practice the method of renunciation and death, and all disasters and poisons will not harm their lives."
"May all sentient beings not get old and sick, always stay at the root of life, and enter the path of wisdom with courage and spirit."
During light sleep, his spirit moved slowly along with the words on the scroll, along with the seemingly simple, but in fact, difficult perception methods.
Gradually, the woolen mattress covering him and Sangsang's body disappeared, the simple small tent disappeared, the grass outside the tent disappeared, and the stream turned into a cloud of white mist and then became invisible. The whole world has become a world with me in you and you in me, and in this world, you can vaguely feel a certain kind of breathing in a mysterious rhythm, and the breath between the world and the breath gradually becomes the sea, warm. one slice.
This kind of magical feeling is no stranger to Ning Que. After watching the Taishang induction chapter for the first time many years ago, he can often sense it before going to bed, but he is very aware of a sad fact. This is not meditation. Post-real perception, but just a dream.
The warm ocean is probably just an illusion in a dream, because the little feet wrapped in thick cotton socks in my arms are getting warmer, but this is also a very beautiful illusion.
So comforting himself, Ning Que entered a deep sleep, a night of sweetness and no dreams.
Woke up early the next morning, Ning Que slept very well, but his expression seemed to be extremely eager to sleep for another three days and nights, full of consternation and dissatisfaction.
"Why change the route temporarily?"
He looked at the indifferent maidservant in front of him, suppressed his emotions, and said as gently as possible: "Cross the Minshan Mountain and go straight to Huaxi Road. There will be no problems with the route I chose."
Including the handmaid, no one in the tent answered his question.
"I am a guide, and you are not familiar with Minshan at all." Ning Que looked at the maidservant and said after a moment of silence: "I know that you are worried about an ambush. I can assure you, as long as you listen to me, No one can stop you."
The maid gave him a look, like looking at a stone, what she wanted to express was very clear, probably what qualifications do you have for me to explain to you?
Back in his tent, Ning Que looked at Sangsang who was packing his luggage and said, "Send them into this straight, and we will withdraw immediately."
Take out the hand-painted simple map that year, he pointed to one of the places and said: “We can only follow this place as far as we can, and then go ahead. The other party only needs to send a few horse teams over to get this one. The team has been slaughtered."
"You should convince them." Sangsang said with his head up.
"I guess there are troops over there to respond to the princess, so they won't listen to me." Ning Que replied: "I am not good at persuading a group of piggy partners."
Sangsang didn't speak, and asked with his eyes, why are you so worried, even preparing to slip away halfway, if someone answers there?
"I have a problem with my intuition."
Ning Que replied: "Because I believe that the fierce character who dared to assassinate the four princesses of the Tang Dynasty will definitely not be idiot like that woman. There are not many plans."
Sangsang wanted to say something but stopped, reminding: "You... be polite to her."
"I know her true identity." Ning Que raised his eyebrows slightly, and said mockingly: "What about she is a princess? I said in Weicheng that this is an idiot princess."