This is the second time Hong Xiaoduo has been away from the children for so long since that trip to Beijing.
When I left Hongliucheng, I wasn't wearing a cotton-padded coat, and it was still a bit cold in the mornings and evenings. Now, just over a month later, I've already switched to spring clothes.
"Little Black, you miss Tian Shu and the others too, don't you?" Sensing Little Black's speed, Hong Xiaoduo reached out and patted it.
Little Black nodded, as if in response, but its four hooves did not slow down at all.
I followed this person on a business trip for over a month. The food was good, and most of the places we stayed were also very nice, with tender grass everywhere. However, this person was very busy after leaving, leaving it on the green grassland day and night.
Occasionally, I would bring her some radishes or fruits as snacks, but unless I needed to travel, I would hardly ever see her.
Those children used to brush its fur and play with it all the time, and it got used to it. But for over a month now, no one has brushed its fur, and it seems uncomfortable all over.
Moreover, now that the children's laughter is gone and its little brother Little Gray is nowhere to be seen, it feels lonely and isolated, and it feels like it's going to become depressed if it doesn't go back soon.
Thinking this, Xiao Hei ran even faster.
Hong Xiaoduo, riding on horseback, wondered if this little black horse was really just a particularly intelligent and humane horse.
That evening, the White Stone City Gate could be seen in the distance. Hong Xiaoduo signaled Xiao Hei to stop, but the guy wouldn't listen and showed no intention of slowing down.
"Little Black, are you really going to pretend you didn't hear me? Fine, from now on your fodder will be the most ordinary kind. Fruits and radishes? Forget it."
"Next time I go out, I'll bring Little Grey with me." Hong Xiaoduo, whose bones felt like they were about to fall apart from being jostled around, said this harshly in desperation.
There was nothing she could do; she didn't want to lower herself to the level of a four-legged horse and threaten it like that. But what could she do when this thing was trying to rebel? Could it be that it had just gone through a rebellious phase?
She has always been kind and gentle to both her own people and her own horse. For her to be so serious about a horse like this shows that she must have really lost her temper.
As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Hei came to an abrupt stop. It didn't even slow down gradually. Hong Xiaoduo was caught off guard and almost fell off the horse due to inertia.
For the first time, Hong Xiaoduo grumbled as she dismounted, stretching her frame which had been shaken out of place. She pulled out her whip and gestured at Xiao Hei, but in the end, she couldn't bring herself to hit him: "You're something else. You just wait and see. This is the last time. If there's a next time, I'll make you work as a plowman for the farmers."
Seeing that Xiao Hei had its head down and looked like it knew it was wrong and was obediently listening to the scolding, she couldn't continue with her moral education.
He turned around, found a suitable spot, and after checking that there were no pedestrians around, he quickly moved some of the grain and supplies that he had taken from the enemy from his storage space.
Sitting on a box, he took out a can of eight-treasure porridge from his storage space to fill his stomach first.
There was plenty of food in the space, but she wanted to eat the dishes Tianxuan made, so she had to eat on an empty stomach.
Calculating the time, it was still early before her appointment with the people from Duobao Pavilion. She couldn't help but glare at Xiao Hei again, it was all its fault!
Hong Xiaoduo pulled out a bag of potato chips and a bottle of green tea from her spatial storage. The potato chips were cucumber flavored; crunch crunch, so delicious!
After hesitating for a while, Xiao Hei stepped forward and touched her arm with its head, signaling her not to just eat by herself, but to give it a fruit too.
Hong Xiaoduo wants to eat fruit again today? What are you thinking!
But, being soft-hearted, she took a big apple from her spatial storage and placed it on a box nearby, letting it eat it by itself.
There was still more than an hour before the agreed time, but the people from Duobao Pavilion arrived early.
"Young Lady Hong, you've arrived long ago? I'm sorry to have kept you waiting." The person who came was Huang Xunzhi, the Northwest Hall Master of Duobao Pavilion, who said apologetically.
He had deliberately planned to arrive early to wait for Hong Xiaoduo, but he was still late even though he was more than an hour earlier than the agreed time.
"Master Huang, please don't say that. Actually, I arrived early." Hong Xiaoduo almost wanted to say that the reason she arrived early was because the four-legged guy next to her was too excited.
"These?" Huang Xunzhi looked at the large pile of things in front of him, and he was puzzled as to what they were.
"Oh, that's why I'm here. These things were taken from over there by my friends, but they can't show their faces, so I'm asking Hall Master Huang to help me pass them on to General Gong." Hong Xiaoduo pointed in the direction she came from.
"So that's how it is," Hall Master Huang nodded, then thought for a moment and asked, "Then how should I answer General Gong when he asks where these things came from?"
"Well, just say you don't know. Just say someone came to your Treasure Pavilion and asked you to deliver these to them," Hong Xiaoduo said.
"When would be the best time to deliver it?" Master Huang asked cautiously. Was it after she entered the city? Or...?
"That's fine, you can handle it. I'll go into the city first, I'll leave this place to you." After saying that, Hong Xiaoduo went to Xiao Hei's side, mounted her horse, and headed towards the city gate.
"The city gates are closed. If you wish to enter the city, do so tomorrow morning," the city guards warned Hong Xiaoduo loudly.
Although White Stone City is becoming more and more stable, for the sake of safety, the city gates are closed at a set time at night, and people are not allowed to enter the city after the announced entry time.
This regulation was probably the most inhumane one that Gong Wei issued after leading his troops into the city, and the same was true for Red Willow City.
But there was nothing they could do; these two cities had just been captured from an enemy country.
Hong Xiaoduo wasn't angry. Just as she was about to try introducing herself to see if it would be effective, she heard someone on the city wall order, "She's one of us, yet you dare to turn her away and not let her into the city? Open the city gates immediately."
The two gatekeepers recognized the voice immediately. Although this man held no official rank, General Gong consulted with him on many matters.
This young master comes to sit on the city wall every day, sometimes during the day, sometimes at night, and sits for at least an hour or more. I don't know if he's worried about enemy troops sneaking in or what. Anyway, if he misses his hometown, he shouldn't be sitting on this city wall looking towards the direction of Yunwu Kingdom.
Some people secretly joked that this young master was like a legendary "waiting-for-husband stone".
Upon hearing this, the two soldiers guarding the city gate quickly opened the gate. However, at this moment, Hong Xiaoduo, who was on Xiao Hei's back outside the city gate, subconsciously looked up at the city wall after hearing this voice. In the dark light without the moon, she couldn't even see his face clearly.
Holy crap, I just got back and hadn't even entered the city gates yet, and he already spotted me?
Also, when exactly did he arrive? From his position on the city wall, did he see what she was doing outside the city...?
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