Chapter 115 [Lonely Indus Seeking Fragrance]
The rain is continuous. 'The drizzle of cows and the rustling north wind dances together, falling and flying, knocking down the withered leaves, soaking the dry road, urging pedestrians on the road to speed up and reunite with their relatives and friends as soon as possible.
Yizhou, within Ba County.
On the southwest official road in Fuling County, a caravan with more than 300 people was moving forward quickly in the slanting wind and drizzle, heading west along the not-wide plank road.
On the surface, this caravan is no different from an ordinary caravan, with a large scale. Each carriage carrying cargo is full of cargo. In order to prevent the goods from getting wet in the rain, it is shown that these goods are of great value and are valuable items. However, if someone is deliberately paying attention, it is not difficult to find that this caravan is extraordinary and is definitely not an escort team that ordinary merchants or gentry can have. There are many places that are different from ordinary caravans.
First, there are five quite large and luxurious high-topped canopy carriages in the middle of this carriage, all of which are two horses. Among them, the carriage in the middle is particularly conspicuous, with extremely wide ruts, which is obviously inconsistent with the laws of current merchants riding in carriages. It is like an "official carriage" that only high-ranking officials are qualified to ride, and it is a high-ranking official of the three dukes and nine ministers. If it is a horse shepherd who has been driving carriages for officials and prominent families all year round, you can see at a glance that the carriage itself is not a two-horse carriage, but a prince's carriage that requires four war horses to drive side by side.
Secondly, the horses used by the caravan are extremely special. Not only are there a large number, but they are all excellent horses with smooth and shiny manes. Each one is a high-quality war horse worth hundreds of gold. It is very rare to have a price but not a market. And there are more than 300 horses in this caravan, with one horse in hand and a surplus. This is unique among other caravans, unless it is a caravan that sells horses.
Third, it is also the most eye-catching phenomenon. This is the huge escort team that escorts the caravans are very large. The entire caravan has only more than 30 carriages carrying cargo and five luxury cars, but more than 300 escorts are escorted along the way. On average, each carriage is escorted by as many as ten escorts, and these escorts are all burly, strong, strong and powerful. They are equipped with long-handed swords and iron swords. The brows naturally show a strong and violent aura. They form two horse teams on the left and right as they move. The steps are consistent and very organized.
This situation is too terrifying!
Because of this, no one along the way dared to look at this caravan for a few more times, for fear of being targeted by these burly men riding tall horses with fierce eyes, so as not to cause trouble and cause trouble.
Not only did pedestrians on the road dare not approach the caravan, but even the guards of checkpoints and city gates along the way dared not provoke this extraordinary caravan, because they held the clearance route signing issued by Yi Governor Shi Zhao Wei, while the escorts of the caravan claimed that they were the personal army of General Wu Yi, the general of Fenwei, and the famous sect of Wu Yi. In this way, no one dared to stop this caravan in Yizhou. They traveled smoothly all the way, and the stations along the way were warmly received. They were respectful.
It goes without saying that this large caravan was the Xiliang caravan that entered Yizhou from Hanzhong. The current general Li Li and the military advisor who followed him to Yizhou to offer sacrifices to Zhuge Kongming.
The people sitting in the other four luxury carriages were Li Li's four beautiful wives and concubines and their personal maids. They were: the fourth wife Ren Hongchang, the eighth concubine He Ying, the twelfth concubine Ma Yunluo and the thirteenth concubine Xiao Qiao. In addition, Zhuge Liang's wife Mi Huan also followed him. She was Xiao Qiao's best friend, and she sat in the same carriage with Xiao Qiao at this moment.
It is worth mentioning that the four wives and concubines who came to Yizhou with Li Li this time were all selected by Li Li's many wives and concubines. In fact, they selected a total of five sisters and followed their husbands to Yizhou. The top of the list was Dian Wuxia, who was called "enchanting beauty" by them. However, Dian Wuxia couldn't help but sneak to Luoyang before. At that time, Li Li was defeated by Jizhou and returned to Luoyang from Bingzhou. So the couple parted in a small separation and became more in love with each other. It was so lingering. It was not until Li Li led his army to Xuzhou that Dian Wuxia returned to Chang'an. Unexpectedly, when Li Li went back to Chang'an, Dian Wuxia was two months pregnant.
Due to the inconvenience of Dian Wuxia, the five quotas that followed Li Li to Yizhou were vacant. For a moment, the other sisters were very moved by the quota. At this moment, the eldest wife of the wife Li Xin said: "Wuxia is pregnant and should not be bumpy for a long distance. The children of other sisters are still young and cannot live without their mothers, so Hongchang and the other four can accompany their husbands."
Having said that, all the sisters knew that there was something in Li Xin's words, and the hidden meaning was also their unanimous voice: "Select the sister with the best appearance, appearance and figure to accompany my husband, so that she can take a good look at our sisters, both in appearance and figure!
This "she" is the purpose of Li Li's hidden identity and sneaking into Yizhou.
She is Li Li's woman like Li Xin, Dian Wuxia and many other sisters, but she is a special existence. She is not by Li Li's side for many years, and she is unwilling to live in the General's Mansion, without any status, and has never even met Li Xin and others. In other words, she and Li Li have been determined for many years. Except for Ma Yunluo, more than a dozen sisters such as Li Xin and Dian Wuxia have never seen her, and have never appeared in public, just like a dragon who meets her head but never meets her.
However, all the girls knew that this mysterious woman occupied an extremely important position in the hearts of her men and was an irreplaceable special existence. The reason why sisters such as Li Xin, Dong Wan and Dian Wuxia were sure that this woman was very important to Li Li was because as many girls knew, this woman had only been with Li Li twice in three years, and each time she had only been together for ten days or half a month, but she was already the mother of two children. What does this mean?
There were only two reunions, and they had been together for only half a month, but she never left empty-handed and gave birth to a son and a daughter one after another. It is not difficult to imagine that the intimacy she had after meeting Li Li every time was really affectionate and mixed with her. This situation was no stranger to the sisters such as Li Xin, Dian Wuxia and Cai Yan, because they had all experienced the same situation, and were deeply obsessed with their own men and gave birth to children for him.
The reason why Li Li decided to go to Yizhou this time was because the woman gave birth to her second child in mid-June this year was a girl. Li Li had promised her before, claiming that if she could not go to the appointment this year, she would personally rush to Yizhou to find her. Unexpectedly, Li Li's words came true last year. Just when Li Li was defeated by Jizhou, he received a secret letter from the General's Mansion of Chang'an, and Dian Wuxia personally handed it to him. Dian Wuxia also took this opportunity to steal food, but she ended up eating too hard and was so full that she missed the opportunity to accompany Li Li to Yizhou to travel around and make up for a "honeymoon".
It was this letter from the mother and daughter that safely made Li Li, who was suffering from a great defeat, swept away his decadent spirit, regain his fighting spirit, and be brave. From the defeat of Yecheng in late April to the expedition of Xuzhou in early June, Li Li only took a month to rest and recuperate the army, and then set off again, fought continuously, and captured Xuzhou in one fell swoop.
In late August, Li Li led his army to Chang'an. For nearly two months, he had been with his wives, concubines and children. During this period, he handed over all the military affairs to Li Xuan, Jia Xu, Li Ru and Zhuge Liang, but he took his wife and children to play around and enjoy the joy of family. Until the cold winter approached, Li Xin, Cai Yan, Dian Wuxia and others urged him to go on a journey. There was still a woman in Yizhou raising her two children alone and waiting for him.
In fact, Li Li has always been thinking about Meng Xin and her children who are far away in the mountains of Yizhou and are looking forward to his arrival day and night. However, the palms and backs of hands are full of flesh, which is really hard to choose. Therefore, if Li Xin and Cai Yan's sisters do not take the initiative to mention this matter, it will be really hard for him to speak of it. He will never give up his wives, concubines and children from Chang'an and travel thousands of miles to Yizhou.
Fortunately, Li Xin, Dong Wan, and Cai Yan's women are all women who love him wholeheartedly. They are smart and kind-hearted, and they are good women who value both beauty and wisdom. They all know that Li Li and Meng Xin have made an appointment to have a tryst once a year, and they also know that Meng Xin has always raised her and Li Li's son alone, and now she has a daughter for Li Li.
Both mothers and are women who love Li Li. They can experience Meng Xin's loneliness and hard work of raising her children all year round. Therefore, although they have complained about Meng Xin's unique personality and her own way of doing things, they do not reject her existence, and they know how difficult it is. So, after the girls discussed privately, they resolutely decided to let Li Li get off as soon as possible, so as not to wait for Meng Xin, who is far away in Yizhou, but never wait for Li Li's arrival.
However, more than a dozen sisters including Li Xin, Cai Yan and Chen Yu were quite dissatisfied with Meng Xin's behavior of not meeting the sisters for so many years, but seducing her men to refuse to let go. So they secretly discussed and decided to choose between the sisters, with good figure and temperament, and gentleness and considerate. Sisters with high martial arts skills accompanied Li Li to Yizhou. It was obvious that they wanted to give Meng Xin a little color to let her know that the sisters far away in Chang'an General's Mansion were not vulgar fans, nor were they greedy for wealth. Whether it was their appearance, talent or martial arts, they were not inferior to her.
Of course, all this can only be done in secret, so that Meng Xin can understand this, but it cannot be placed in the open. If Li Li noticed it, they would think they were jealous. Therefore, Ren Hongchang, He Ying, Xiao Qiao and Ma Yunluo shouldered the high expectations of the sisters, but in name, they took care of their husband Li Li's daily life along the way, and came to invite Meng Xin to go to Chang'an to reunite with the sisters.
This is a battle between women who have many against few, and it is also a silent war.
The strength of the two sides is very different, and they fight undeclaredly, fighting both beauty and wisdom. There is no matter how victory or defeat is, just to win the heart of a man.
Chapter completed!