Chapter 22 Strategic Retreat
The Xia Palace in Licheng County was decorated with lights and everyone was smiling and full of joy. Tomorrow was the day when Princess Shiniang got married, which made the people of Licheng County feel happy. Dou Jiande specially sent someone to send three kilograms of rice to each family and wrapped it in red cloth, which won praise from the people of Licheng County. They all came to the door of Prince Xia's Palace to congratulate the old prince.
Dou Jiande was even more happy and simply pardoned the prisoners. All prisons in all counties and counties under his jurisdiction were opened to let the prisoners leave. Dou Jiande also wanted to use the joy of marriage to dilute the shadow of Hebei's failure.
Liu Heita also arrived, and he brought three thousand war horses. As a betrothal gift for his son to marry the bride girl, his son Liu Zhi was even more happy, and even dreamed that he was waiting for the moment of the wedding night.
But not everyone is happy about this marriage. Dou Jiande's princess Cao is worried. Cao is not Dou Jiande's original wife, she is the wife Dou Jiande married after falling into trouble.
The Cao family was also a farmer family and was able to endure hardships. They followed Dou Jiande to fight the country, supported her husband to share the money to the soldiers, and ate braised vegetables with Dou Jiande. They were willing to be poor and made great contributions to Dou Jiande's unification of Hebei, which was deeply admired by Dou Jiande.
Although Cao has a bad temper and is jealous, she is very kind by nature and is a kind woman with a stingy mouth. She is 40 years old this year and has no children. So she raised her mother-in-law, treats her as her own and loves her very much.
Now the stitch is seventeen years old. When it is time to get married, Cao has also begun to consider finding a good husband for her. Cao wants to find a literary husband for the stitch because the stitch is good at fighting bravely. If her husband is also a general, the couple will live a life of fighting all day in the future.
But the straight girl didn't like literati and thought they were useless. Dou Jiande didn't like literati as son-in-law. The opposition of the two important figures made Cao lose the possibility of a literati's son-in-law. She had to turn her attention to the general again.
In fact, it doesn’t matter what kind of person you marry. It’s important to have a good character, a kind heart, and a love for your wife. A few months ago, Dou Jiande mentioned that Liu Heita wanted to propose to his son.
Liu Heita grew up with her husband, and the two were in love with their brothers. It was actually a good thing to become in-laws again. However, Cao did not like Liu Zhi very much. Liu Zhi was always the garrison of the capital, and Dou Jiande had been fighting abroad for many years. Liu Zhi was responsible for defending the capital.
Dou Jiande didn't know Liu Zhi, but Cao knew him very well, and his personality was violent. He was as handsome as a man, and he was very fond of fishing. He often heard him forcibly robbing women in the capital. Cao even saw with his own eyes that this person was addicted to alcohol and used a whip to slap people after drinking. He often had a fight with others and killed people when he had a quarrel. Wouldn't the wizard marrying such a person to harm her for the rest of her life?
Cao is a woman. She knows very well what marriage means to a woman. She strongly opposes this marriage, but her husband is determined to marry the wizard girl to that calf. Cao no longer knows how to persuade her husband.
Seeing that tomorrow was the day for the wife of the straight man to get married, Cao was so anxious that he was restless in the house of the royal palace. At this time, a maid came to report, "Princess, Mrs. Liu is here."
Mrs. Liu is Liu Heita's wife, surnamed Hao. She is not Liu Heita's original wife. His original wife has died in the prison of the government. Hao is the new wife Liu Heita married when she was in Douzigang. She is Hao Xiaode's sister. She is also an extremely powerful woman who has practiced martial arts.
Cao did not want to see this Mrs. Hao at this time, but out of politeness, she had to see her, so she had to resist displeasure and said, "Please invite her in!"
After a moment, the sound of heavy footsteps came, making people unable to help but worry for the shoemaker. Then a harsh laugh like a thorny noise came, "Sister Cao, tomorrow is the day for our two families, so I will congratulate you first!"
Immediately afterwards, an extremely strong aroma of powder swelled into the house, and the maid standing next to him was almost fainted. What's so bad is that there was a smell of mutton in the aroma of powder, and even Cao had to hold his breath.
A woman in a red dress and green dress rolled in like a gust of wind, and she was Liu Heita's wife, Mrs. Hao.
Mrs. Hao is about thirty years old and has a very masculine look. In other words, if she was not dressed as a woman, she would easily regard her as a man, with tall figure, thick eyebrows and deep eyes, and a clear contour on her face.
But she dressed up as a woman, with a high bun, her hair was covered with gold, silver, pearls and jade. The color of her hair was no longer visible. Her face was at least half an inch thick, just like a wall that had just been painted with lime in the old house. Even if it was snow-white, the potholes on it were still clearly visible.
Her lips were painted brightly red, as red as a burning fire, so dazzling that she dared not look at it too much, for fear of angering her and being swallowed by her in one bite.
In fact, this is one of the reasons why Cao didn't want to see her. She was afraid that she would not dare to sleep at night.
"Mrs. Hao is so happy."
Cao forced a smile, "Madam, please sit down!"
Mrs. Hao did not kneel like an ordinary woman, but sat cross-legged, and her two big bare legs sat cross-legged on the cold couch, and her long skirt swayed to both sides to cover the bottom.
Cao gave the maid a wink and asked her to pour tea, but Mrs. Hao waved her hand, "Don't pour tea anymore. The family is very busy preparing for the wedding and has to set up a wedding chamber. I will tell you a long story and leave after saying a few words."
"Madam, please tell me!" Cao said with a reluctant smile.
"I'm here to give my daughter-in-law a gift, which is something I have to do as a mother-in-law."
Mrs. Hao was holding an ivory box in her arms, which made people feel that it should be filled with precious jewelry. As a mother-in-law, it is normal for her to give her some private gifts first.
"Madam, you're so kind."
"You're welcome, I said this is a must-do."
Mrs. Hao put the ivory box on the table and opened it. Cao was stunned for a moment. There was no jewelry inside, but a thick booklet.
"Madam, this is..." Cao asked in confusion.
Mrs. Hao stretched her face and said, "This is the rule of the Liu family, and it is also my rule. There are 108 rules in total. Let the wizard take a good look tonight. I don't want her to be special. I hope that she will strictly abide by the rules of the Liu family when she gets married. Otherwise, don't blame my family for being ruthless."
After saying that, she stood up and said goodbye. She left like a gust of wind, which shocked Cao. After a while, she slowly picked up the booklet, and it turned out to be a long hard banner. It was folded together and pulled apart, four feet long, with small words densely covered with small words, from the first to the first hundred and eight.
Cao looked out the window, as if she was making a major decision. After thinking for a long time, she finally made up her mind, stood up and walked quickly towards the east courtyard.
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Dou Xianniang was locked in an empty room in the East Courtyard. This is the place where Dou Jiande interrogated the traitor. There was a small window with iron bars as thick as a thumb on it. The door was an iron door. The surrounding walls were made of bluestone, and there was no way to escape.
The light in the room was very dark, with only one wooden couch. Dou Xianniang sat on the wooden couch, her eyes firm and calm. Although tomorrow was her happy day, she would rather kill that man than share the same bed with him.
For two days, Dou Jiande would come to persuade her every day, but she had only one answer, 'My father would not use me for profit exchange.'
The implication is that she no longer admits that Dou Jiande is her father. She keeps saying that she loves her, but in the end she uses her life's happiness to exchange military power. This is not something a father will do.
Dou Xianniang hated Liu Zhi very much, the man who didn't know how much he killed. She could not allow him to become her husband no matter what, she would kill him with one knife.
Dou Xianniang is already seventeen years old and has reached the age of Sichun. Like a girl of the same age, she also hopes to marry a man she loves and a heroic man, and she also longs for this person to appear in her life.
As her identity, I don’t know how many people are interested in her. But no man can be noticed by her and can enter her heart.
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No. A man appeared in her life, his image was deeply engraved in her mind. He returned the horse and weapons to himself, turned around and left without hesitation.
Her tall and burly body, his deep personality, and his majestic posture that commands thousands of horses and troops. She knew that his name was Luo Shixin, who was from Licheng County, was their enemy, but.
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She could no longer drive his figure away from her heart. As time went by, she had been to Luo Shixin's former residence more than once and had taken care of his relatives who remained in Licheng County.
Dou Xianniang sighed softly.
At this time, the voice of the guard soldiers outside the Iron Gate said, "See the Princess!"
"You guys retreat first, I want to say a few words to the stitcher."
"Yes!" The soldiers all retreated.
Dou Xianniang didn't move. Tomorrow is the day of marriage. Will my aunt come to persuade her? Although my aunt is very nice to her, the ruthlessness of her uncle Dou Jiande gradually faded her favor for her aunt.
"Xian Niang, are you here?" Cao's anxious voice came from outside the door.
Dou Xianniang said coldly: "Aunt, if you come to persuade me too, then you can go back!"
"Oh! I'm not urging you, I'll give you the same, take it."
In the dim light, something was handed in through the crack of the door, which was a black ruler-shaped object. Dou Xianniang hurriedly stepped forward to catch it, heavy, wrapped in black cloth.
"Mobile Wife, go! The farther you leave here, the better."
"Auntie!" Dou Xianniang's eyes felt sore and tears rolled out.
Cao's eyes also turned red, and he said in a trembling voice: "Child, take care of yourself! Auntie is gone."
She turned around and ran away. Dou Xianniang felt sad. She slowly opened the cloth bag and was stunned for a moment. Her eyes were filled with excitement. Hei Buli turned out to be Dou Jiande's favorite short sword, the ice sword, which could be cut like mud.
Dou Xianniang turned around and her eyes fell on several iron bars in the small window.
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The night was about to fall, and darkness enveloped Licheng County. The time for the city gate to close was about to come. Several soldiers guarding the gate yawned, and the lazy spirit walked towards the city without any energy.
At this time, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from afar. The soldiers were stunned and turned their heads to look intently. As the sound of horse hooves became closer, they saw clearly that it was a woman wearing a veil and covered her whole body tightly, revealing only two eyes, with her eyes particularly bright, and her war horse seemed to be very familiar.
"Stop! Who is it?" the soldiers shouted.
The woman suddenly set off her bow and arrow and aimed it at the soldiers. The soldiers were so scared that they hugged their heads and squatted down. Taking advantage of this moment of dazedness, the woman rode out of the city.
The arrows did not shoot, and the soldiers looked at each other. One soldier suddenly reacted, "Isn't that the princess's war horse?"
More than a dozen soldiers guarding the city immediately understood that the princess ran away from marriage.
"Shh--"
Everyone shrewd and whispered: "We didn't see anything, let the princess run away."
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Dou Xianniang ran out of the city. She took out an inch of gold from the horse bag and looked at it. A ray of tenderness appeared in her eyes. This was the gold he gave herself to her. She put the gold back into her bag, whipped the horse hard, and ran towards the northwest.
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