Chapter 474 Enemies meet on a narrow road (Part 1)
Early the next morning, Li Ye arrived at Dugu's house. He did not enter the house. Within a moment, three warriors escorted a carriage out of the side door.
The car window opened, revealing Dugu Xinyue's pretty face. She wore her hair in a single-ring bun with a jade hairpin inserted sideways. Her eyebrows were as beautiful as distant daisies, her beautiful eyes were like autumn water, and her pupils were like autumn water.
Li Ye was a little dumbfounded by the black gemstones that gave birth to her skin, which was as white and greasy as fat.
Dugu Xinyue smiled sweetly, "You idiot, you haven't recognized me since we haven't seen each other for a few days?"
Li Ye smiled and said: "I'm used to seeing your heroic appearance, and suddenly you turned into a beautiful girl like a fish and a geese. I'm a little uncomfortable with it."
"Then which one do you like?" Dugu Xinyue asked with a smile.
"Of course now!"
"Cough! Cough!"
There was a dry cough from the side, and a cute girl's face squeezed out from the side, it was Dugu Qiming.
"You two, you two should pay attention to my feelings when you are flirting or teasing, okay?"
Dugu Xinyue rolled her eyes at her, "I told you not to come. If you insist on coming, just get used to it."
Dugu Qiming immediately shouted, "I don't want to come! Grandma forced me to come here to spy on you two, huh!"
Li Ye laughed dryly and said, "Let's go!"
The carriage started and drove toward Qujiang Pool in the southeast direction.
Today is the fourth day of August, and the wedding is twelve days away.
Since the time is so close, men and women are generally not allowed to meet again.
But the Dugu family is very realistic. Li Ye was promoted to the military governor of Anxi, held the title of a third-rank champion general, and donated three million gold coins to the emperor, which already caused a sensation in Chang'an.
The Dugu family unanimously believed that they must win over Li Ye, especially Dugu Ming, who valued Li Ye very much. Li Ye dispatched a hundred soldiers to join forces with 230 hidden-wing warriors from the Dugu family to attack Shengdaofang Martial Arts Hall at night and kill them.
More than a hundred Anjia warriors severely dealt a blow to An Lushan's attempt to annex Wang's property.
Dugu Ming especially admired Li Ye's decisiveness and ruthlessness. He firmly believed that this was the person who could do great things.
Therefore, Mrs. Dugu agreed and agreed that Dugu Xinyue should spend more time with Li Ye before marriage.
Of course, the elderly have the wisdom of the elderly. She asked Dugu Qiming to follow Dugu Xinyue, so that others would have trouble gossiping.
Dugu Qiming is Dugujun's daughter. She is only fifteen years old. Although she is a little younger, she is very pretty and cute, with a little baby fat and a pair of big black and white eyes that are very smart.
She had a lively and outgoing personality, and she quickly got along with the two of them. She was sweet-tongued, and her elder brother-in-law and younger brother-in-law made Li Ye very happy and gave her a high-quality sapphire, which was of the same quality as the gemstone necklace on Dugu Xinyue's chest.
The autumn air is crisp in August, which is a good time for autumn outings. Leyouyuan and Qujiang Pools are full of people taking autumn outings. They are all families coming together for autumn outings.
But today happened to be a holiday, and the weather was unusually cool, so there were a lot of officials and dignitaries coming for the autumn outing, and the official roads were lined with carriages.
Many officials also came with their families to play, and Li Ye had already greeted many officials along the way.
Leyou was originally located to the north of Qujiang Pool. It is the highest point in Chang'an City. It is actually a low and gentle hill. Standing on the top of the mountain, you can overlook the sparkling Qujiang Pool, which is very relaxing and refreshing.
Li Ye went to Leyouyuan with his two girls, and there were three Dugu family warriors guarding them. In fact, only Dugu Qiming among them did not know martial arts.
Originally, there was a young lady who wanted to follow, Dugu Ming's youngest daughter Dugu Taibai, but she was feeling a little sick today and did not go out.
Shangleyouyuan is basically a walk. There are many tourists, mostly families, gathering together in twos and threes and slowly walking up the mountain.
The three of them unanimously decided to walk up the mountain to feel the tranquility of nature and the mountain breeze.
Today, Dugu Xinyue and her sister Qiming are both wearing corset skirts, jackets and bijia, but the colors are different. Dugu Qiming's skirt is cyan and white, which is very youthful, while Dugu Xinyue's skirt is
It is yellow and red with patterns embroidered on it, making it appear rich and noble.
However, both of them wore curtains, beautifully woven bamboo hats, and gauze hanging around them to cover their faces. On the one hand, it was to prevent sun and sand, and on the other hand, it was also because there were so many rogues in the Tang Dynasty.
There were more in the past dynasties. This is also because the Tang Dynasty had a relatively strong curb on the commodity economy. Many young people had nothing to do and could only idle around. Unlike the Song Dynasty, when the commodity economy was developed, everyone was busy making money.
In fact, we ourselves have experienced it. There were a lot of local hooligans in the 1980s and 1990s, but they have become less and less since then. The reason is very simple. As the economy develops, there are more ways to make money. If there is a place to make money, who would want to be a local hooligan?
rogue.
Along the way up the mountain, we met several gangs of ruffians, who specially harassed the young and beautiful lady. In the end, the male host had to spend some money before they were willing to let her go.
However, these gangsters are very discerning and do not dare to harass officials or powerful people. For example, Dugu Xinyue and Dugu Qiming, they look like noble ladies at first glance, followed by three muscular servants and warriors. Who dares to provoke them?
?
Although they didn't dare to provoke him, a short-sighted scoundrel whistled at Dugu Xinyue from a distance. The three warriors behind him were furious and rushed up, grabbed the scoundrel and slapped him dozens of times.
His face was beaten into a pig's head, three of his teeth were knocked out, and he fell to the ground unable to move.
Li Ye smiled and said to the rogue: "You are lucky today. You met three living Bodhisattvas. Go home and burn incense to honor your ancestors! If I take action, your head will be gone."
Dugu Qiming smiled and said: "My brother-in-law didn't scare you. He is nicknamed Ksitigarbha and kills people like crazy. You are really lucky that he didn't take action!"
The other dozen or so scoundrels were so frightened that they ran away. The scoundrel who fell on the ground also struggled to get up and stumbled away.
"Qiming, don't call me Ksitigarbha anymore." Xinyue frowned and said.
"Why?"
Dugu Qiming said with a smile: "I think it's very interesting! It's very interesting to scare these gangsters!"
At this moment, someone from behind shouted: "Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
I saw a few knights leading the way, followed by a carriage, and more than twenty warriors following on horseback, all holding slingshots. Needless to say, this was also a dignitary going up the mountain to play.
Although Li Ye himself didn't like this kind of domineering behavior, he also thought it was normal. This was the privilege of the powerful. If others wanted to exercise this privilege, it was also their freedom.
Dugu Xinyue gently grabbed her sister's arm and pulled her to her side, while Li Ye stood in front of them and naturally blocked them with his body.
The carriage passed by Li Ye and suddenly stopped. The window was opened, and it turned out that it was an enemy on a narrow road. It was An Qingxu.
"Captain Li is also here for the autumn outing? What a coincidence!"
An Qingxu suddenly saw Dugu Xinyue behind Li Ye, his eyes became hot, and he pretended to be dissatisfied and said: "General Li, this is your fault. How can you let the dignified Miss Dugu walk up the mountain? There are rogues along the way.
, why don’t I take her for a ride.”
Li Ye looked at him coldly and said nothing.
Dugu Qiming said angrily: "Whoever dares to provoke my sister will be killed by my brother-in-law!"
An Qingxu looked at Li Ye with a half-smile but said provocatively: "Really? General Li, if I ask Lady Dugu to get in the car, will you kill me?"
A flying knife suddenly appeared in Li Ye's hand, and he said calmly: "You might as well give it a try!"
With a wave of his hand and a flash of cold light, the warrior's horse that opened the way suddenly neighed violently, and a flying knife shot into the valley. The horse was in great pain, and leaped high with its front hooves. The warrior was caught off guard, and was overturned and fell from the horse. The horse suddenly galloped wildly.
, jumped down the cliff, and everyone around him exclaimed.
Li Ye sneered and said: "The weather is hot and war horses are easily frightened. I advise Mr. An to walk! Otherwise, both the cart and the horse will fall down the mountain."
An Qingxu's face turned pale and he couldn't say a word. He quickly closed the car curtain and said, "Open the way!"
The frightened coachman led the horse up the mountain.
Dugu Qiming clapped his hands happily, "Brother-in-law is so awesome, he deserves to be a Ksitigarbha demon. I like it. Sister, please give me your brother-in-law!"
Dugu Xinyue was so angry that she pinched her mouth, "You damn girl, you have no shame or shame, you dare to say anything!"
Li Ye suddenly discovered that this Dugu Qiming was quite cute.
At this time, Li Ye saw a few white copper marbles on the ground, which were specially designed for shooting birds. They usually use stone pellets or iron pellets. However, An Qingxu was more luxurious, so he actually used white copper marbles to shoot birds.
It should have been that the follower just rolled out when he was overturned and fell to the ground.
Li Ye saw a few white copper marbles that were very delicately made. It was the first time he saw them, so he picked them up and put them in his pocket, so he could try the slingshot.