She looked about seventeen or eighteen years old, as if a gust of wind could blow her down.
The face was also ashen, and the specific appearance could not be clearly seen. Even the hair, which was originally black, was covered with dust and turned khaki.
Their eyes met, the woman didn't say anything, and knelt on the ground again.
Di Xin spoke first and asked in a deep voice: "Why are you blocking our cavalry?"
"The parents of the common people were killed by bandits, leaving them helpless..."
Hearing this, Emperor Xin couldn't help but feel pity... The bandit massacred the village and would not pity anyone.
Feeling something in his heart, Di Xin asked again: "How old are you? What's your name?"
The girl did not dare to raise her head. After running with the convoy for more than an hour, she was already exhausted. At this moment, she said feebly: "I have just passed my seventeenth year. Xishi has no name. Everyone calls me Xizi."
"Xizi?"
Emperor Xin lowered his head and thought deeply: If you want to compare the West Lake to the West, it is better to wear heavy makeup.
Could it be that she is Xi Tzu?
How can this be.
"Who are you……"
Di Xin was about to ask more questions when he suddenly remembered that the name Xishi was given to her by a later generation. At that time, she was called Xizi.
That is a great beauty.
No, a peerless beauty only comes out every few thousand years, but this woman doesn’t look very good.
Oh, she should be asked to wash her face first.
"Laifu, take her to wash her face and dress up."
"okay."
Laifu dragged the woman to wash her face.
Historical records record:
Xi Shi is from the Yue country. Her hometown has two villages, the east and west. Xi Shi’s family is in the west village, so she was named Xi Shi.
Is this Xizi the same Xishi? We can only find out after she comes back from washing her face.
After a while, Laifu brought the woman back.
"Keep your head up!"
The woman slowly raised her head... When Di Xin saw her face clearly, he trembled all over.
Willow eyebrows, big eyes, that nose, and that small mouth are really the aura of heaven and earth, the essence of the sun and the moon.
This woman is a peerless beauty.
Di Xin couldn't help but feel pity in his heart.
A servant brought a bowl of broth. After Laifu took it, he said, "Your Highness, it's time to eat."
"If she has no appetite, give it to her."
Di Xin curled his lips and said that he didn't want to eat after being tired from traveling for the past few days.
In fact, Di Xin felt sorry for that woman.
The woman was a little flattered. She raised her head and looked at Di Xin blankly. After being stunned for a moment, she finally came to her senses and said quickly: "The daughter of the people does not dare. I just want some solid food. I promise that the daughter of the people will go to Jizhou with the cavalry."
"Jizhou?"
Laifu couldn't help but laugh twice.
After being glared at by Di Xin, he stopped smiling, coughed, and said seriously: "Little girl, Jizhou has already passed. If you follow us again, you will reach the border."
"ah?"
Xizi's face was full of astonishment, and then two lines of clear tears fell, and his shoulders twitched. He just didn't dare to cry out, and said intermittently: "Before my parents died, they asked me to go to Jizhou to find my uncle, but the journey is long... I...
…”
After saying that, she was exhausted from crying. It seemed that the little girl finally couldn't hold on anymore and fell back.
Fortunately, Di Xin saw the opportunity quickly and stood on the carriage, reaching out to grab her.
He pinched the sword with two fingers, placed it on Xizi's wrist, and checked his pulse... Fortunately, it was just because he was out of strength and hadn't eaten for a long time that he fainted.
While secretly breathing a sigh of relief, Di Xin then ordered: "After resting, the convoy will continue to move forward... Laifu, go find two clean clothes."
While he was talking, Di Xin was already carrying Xizi and getting on the carriage.
As soon as he got on the carriage, Laifu said in horror: "Your Highness, are you going to take her to the border with you?"
"Why not?"
Laifuxun thought: His Highness saw this girl's beauty and fell into a nymphomaniac again.
Since ancient times, beauty has been a source of misfortune. Before your hard work has been accomplished and your career has not yet been established, you, the emperor, have fallen under the pomegranate skirt of a woman.
His Royal Highness Prince Yu is also hopeless.
"Absolutely not, Your Highness!"
Laifu screamed: "The origin of this person is unknown. If he is an assassin and rides on the same horse with His Highness, it will be detrimental to His Highness..."
"Your assassin found a teenage girl? And she's so thin?"
Di Xin rolled his eyes and secretly said that Laifu was really unfounded.
Laifu didn't dare to say anything anymore.
After Xizi drank a bowl of soup, he seemed to feel energetic.
Di Xin decided to ride on horseback together.
"Come up!"
Xizi was not polite, grabbed Di Xin's hand, jumped on the horse, and hugged Di Xin's waist,
Di Xin suddenly felt at a loss, and his waist felt a little itchy, so he twisted twice on his horse.
The woman quickly let go of her hand.
"Your Highness, the daughter of the people is guilty..."
Seeing Xizi's cautious look, Di Xin suddenly wanted to tease her. "Where does the crime come from?"
"The sin lies in..."
Xizi was slightly stunned when he heard this and muttered for a long time, but couldn't explain why.
Di Xin felt soft, and after sighing, he said: "It's going to be bumpy soon, you'd better hold me tight."
"Folk girls don't dare."
"Okay, okay, no matter what you dare to do, just hug me if I ask you to."
Di Xin looked back at her. She quickly avoided Di Xin's gaze, but then peeked at him with fluttering eyes.
Those smart eyes look very cute.
"Your Highness, can you send a civilian girl to Jizhou?"
"Why are you going to Jizhou?"
Xizi said quickly: "The daughter of the people is going to join the uncle..."
"I'm afraid it's three or four days' journey from Jizhou. We may encounter bandits and bandits on the way."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Xizi's face change, and then he was about to cry again. "But if the daughter of the people doesn't go to Jizhou, is it possible..."
There are many people who are displaced these days, dying of hunger, cold, or due to war... Just thinking about it makes Di Xin feel cold.
After looking at Xizi twice more, I felt even more pitiful for her.
Regardless of whether she was the Xi Shi in the history books or not, Di Xin felt that he could not just sit idly by.
After thinking for a while, he said: "Xizi, if you have no relatives at home, you might as well follow me to the border... It just so happens that I am short of a maid."
"Can...is it okay? Sir." Xizi asked fearfully.
Seeing how cautious she was, Di Xin smiled and said, "Of course."
Laifu had just taken the clothes from the servants who had arrived. When he heard Di Xin's words, he immediately shouted: "Your Highness, you must not do this!"
"what happened again?"
"Your Highness, this person's identity is unknown. I'm afraid he is a spy sent by the Turks, or a person installed by King Cheng... or King Jing!"
"What else is possible?"
Di Xin rolled his eyes and asked nonchalantly.
Even if this Xizi is really deliberately arranged by King Cheng, one more is not more, and one less is not necessarily much better.
In this case, what if I take her with me?
Thinking of this, Di Xin didn't wait for Laifu to retort, took the clothes from him, handed them to Xizi, and then said: "Put them on."
Xizi smiled and asked: "How do I change it when it's on horseback?"