Chapter 7 By the Ba River
Liu Yi and Shangguan Wan'er rode a horse together, galloped through Chunmingmen Street, exited Chunmingmen in the east of Chang'an City, and ran towards the Bahe River.
Shangguan Wan'er seems to be very confident in Liu Yi's makeup for her, not afraid of being recognized, after leaving Chang'an City, no matter what passers-by think, the whole person is nestled in Liu Yi's arms, with no twist on her face, enjoying the comfort and sweetness in Liu Yi's broad mind that she has not felt for a long time.
Shangguan Wan'er was in a very good mood today, riding on a horse and asking Liu Yi this and that from time to time, most of them were the situation when Liu Yi went out on the expedition, and today she can go out of the city with Liu Yi to play, and ride the same horse, Liu Yi is behind her, there is almost no distance, you can catch it with your hand, Shangguan Wan'er said a few days ago that those melancholy and depressed moods are gone, and some are just the joy of a girl.
Liu Yi also intermittently talked about the situation in Anbei, the situation of the conquest was less talked about, and the beautiful scenery along the way was talked about a lot, especially the grassland scenery in the Yinshan area was depicted in a lot of language, almost saying that it was like a paradise in Chengren!
"San Lang, is the grassland in Anbei really so beautiful? When will you take me to see it? Shangguan Wan'er didn't care that the horses under her were running, the whole person leaned back, fell into Liu Yi's arms, and said with a smile.
"Wan'er, as long as you want to go, I will take you anywhere, but ah, the Tang Dynasty is so big, there are too many beautiful places, we must be able to play in this life, continue to play in the next life!" Liu Yi put his arm around Shangguan Wan'er with one hand and pulled the reins with the other, letting the horse run fast on the official road.
In the early morning, the densest wave of early risers has already entered the city, which is the time when there are the least people on the official road, which is suitable for fast horse running.
"It's nonsense again, it's only been a few years in this life, and I'm thinking about the next life," Shangguan Wan'er pinched Liu Yi's arm.
"You don't know, I've been a person for several lifetimes, and I've been in heaven and earth, otherwise, how could I be so good!" Liu Yiyu made a pun, regardless of Shangguan Wan'er's doubts or not, and said loudly.
"I don't believe it, you're getting more and more oily, you're always not serious, and you deliberately use words to fool me, I don't know when you tricked me into abducting and selling!" Shangguan Wan'er protested loudly.
"You, it's best to believe it, I, Liu Yi, never lie to people," Liu Yi said with a deliberate laugh.
"I don't believe it, I don't believe it!" Shangguan Wan'er still shook her head.
Liu Yi didn't explain either, and moved on to other topics.
The two of them talked and laughed all the way, not worrying about other people recognizing them, and they didn't care about the eyes of passers-by, and ran quickly in the direction of the Bahe River.
The Bahe River is about fifteen miles away from Chang'an City, and there is a very famous bridge named Baqiao, which spans the Ba River.
On both sides of the Baqiao River, build the embankment for five miles, I don't know where to start, plant willow trees extensively, to now, there are already 10,000 willow trees, in the spring, it is the most beautiful time in the Bahe River area, whenever the spring is full of joy, the spring breeze blows on the face, the catkins are flying all over the sky, the smoke is misty, it has become a big landscape near Bashui, it is called "Baqiao Wind and Snow", "Baqiao Wind and Snow" is also one of the famous eight views in Guanzhong. In the spring day, visitors come one after another, enjoy the beautiful scenery by the side of the Baqiao, and ten thousand people gather on both sides of the Bahe River, which is a great spectacular scenery for Chang'an.
In addition to the attraction of the beautiful scenery on both sides of the Bahe River, there is also a reason for Bashui and Baqiao to be well-known to the world, that is, Baqiao is the only place to go out of Chang'an in the east, and ordinary people travel from the east to Chang'an, which also makes the cars and horses coming and going on Baqiao very dense.
Every year the willow color, Baling hurt farewell, Chang'an people send guests to the east, more in this fold willow farewell, the car is sparkling, the horse is howling, many people's tears are sprinkled on the Baqiao, which also makes the Baqiao become a parting bridge, sad bridge, it is rumored that the willow trees near the Baqiao, the willow branches in the lower places are refracted by people, which has also become a unique scene by the Baqiao, there are also many literati and ink writers here to leave poems as farewell, so that the reputation of Baqiao and Bahe will be passed down through the ages, and even Liu Yi of later generations knows.
Liu Yi has been in Datang for more than two years, but he has never been to the Bahe River once, which makes him very regretful. In later generations, Liu Yi went to Xi'an to play, when he drove to Huaqing Pond and Qin Warriors to play, he once passed by the Bahe Baqiao, and when he passed the Baqiao toll station, he also got off the car and stopped to watch the scenery, but the scenery by the Bahe River in later generations is no longer there, there is very little water in the Bahe River, there are sand dredging boats in operation, the beach is bare in many places, and there are not a few willow trees, which makes people very disappointed.
The Baqiao of later generations is no longer the Baqiao that is now saying goodbye to people at this time, and the pavilion next to the Baqiao has long been buried in the dark of where it has been, and the intoxicating scenery of the Tang Dynasty is no longer there.
Many times, when a page of history is turned, many beautiful things do not exist, such as the beautiful scenery in front of you, and many famous people.
In this era, Liu Yi has a strong idea of grasping everything, just like the talented woman in front of her, who is famous in the original history, must make her her his own woman.
The beauty is in his arms, Liu Yi feels proudly agreeing and a little unreal, and then looking at the surrounding scenery, it is also so unreal, and the scenery in the memory of the future is too beautiful.
Although it is now the mid-autumn season, the scene of catkins flying like snow is no longer there, but the Bahe River is still very beautiful, there are still some people who go to the Bahe River to play, Liu Yi and Shangguan Wan'er rode their horses to the Bahe River, crossed the river from the Baqiao, and after reaching the other side of the river, Liu Yi let go of the reins and let the horses run slowly.
"San Lang, let's find a place to come down!" Shangguan Wan'er turned her head and said to Liu Yi. Liu Yi didn't stop on the bridge, and when she arrived at the riverbank, Liu Yi didn't get off the horse, which made her a little strange.
"Wan'er, have you ever been to the Bahe River in the spring? What is the scenery of the 'Baqiao Wind and Snow', have you ever seen it? Liu Yi replied non-sensitively. When he went to Xi'an Qin Shi Huang Terracotta Warriors and Horses that year, it happened to be spring, it was the time when the willows were flying, there were many willows on the side of the Qin Warriors, and the sky was full of flying flakes, it was really like snow, but although the scenery was beautiful, it was a bit regrettable, the flying flakes were inhaled into the nose or mouth, it would be very uncomfortable, and some people would even be allergic, Liu Yi didn't know that tens of thousands of willow trees by the Bahe River were about the time to emerge, and the white flakes that flew up would be a spectacular scene.
Liu Yi wants to choose a place on the side of the Bahe River as a training place for his private soldiers, such a grand occasion in the spring must be taken into account, those who will follow him to the expedition in the future are not for them to go to the Bahe River to see the grand scene of flying flotsam, there are too many flying flotsam, it will inevitably affect the training, you must find one, the willow tree does not have, and it is a leeward place, look at the terrain in this area, such a place still needs to go upstream.
"Haven't you been here?" Shangguan Wan'er was very surprised, "Wan'er came here a few years ago, it was on the third day of March, and Princess Taiping came to see the excitement..."
March 3rd is the most lively place by the Bahe River, and Shangguan Wan'er is also looking forward to being able to come here with Liu Yi to play once in this very special day, but it is a pity that Liu Yi still has Anbei on March 3 this year.
Liu Yi smiled and said: "I don't remember many things before since that fall, and I don't know if I've been here, so you can tell me about the beautiful scenery by the Bahe River in spring, especially the Baqiao wind and snow..."
Although Shangguan Wan'er was a little puzzled, she still described the grand scene by the Bahe River in spring, saying that in March, the flying flakes by the Bahe River were really like snowflakes, even denser than snowflakes, and they were all flying in the southeast direction.
"Wan'er, on March 3 next year, I'll take you here to play, catch up with the excitement, and get covered in catkins, okay? Let's go up there and have a look, okay? Liu Yi leaned over and pointed to the upper reaches of the Bahe River and asked Shangguan Wan'er.
"Okay," Hearing Liu Yi say this, Shangguan Wan'er was about to clap her hands and say hello, and she was happy wherever Liu Yi was willing to take her to play.
Seeing that Shangguan Wan'er agreed, Liu Yi also immediately drove down to chase the wind and ran forward along the riverbank.
After crossing a few low hillsides, Liu Yi still had no intention of stopping.
Although the sun is a little big, the wind blows while riding a horse, which makes people feel quite comfortable, and Shangguan Wan'er, who was hugged by Liu Yi, was also in a good mood, facing the empty river valley and the uninhabited hillside, and shouted loudly regardless of the image.
Finally, when Liu Yi galloped to a slightly higher hillside, he stopped, took out his treasure from the package he carried on his back, the monocular that had followed him on the expedition, and checked the surroundings.
"San Lang, what is this?" Shangguan Wan'er was very surprised.
"This is something you've never seen before," Liu Yi removed the telescope from his eyes, handed it to Shangguan Wan'er, and said to her with a smile, "Let you see..."
Shangguan Wan'er took the telescope from Liu Yi's hand, adjusted the focus according to Liu Yi's prompt, and looked into the distance.
"Wow, Saburo, how can this thing be so powerful that it can bring things in the distance closer?" Shangguan Wan'er was very surprised, removed the telescope and looked at the distant scenery with the naked eye, and then put the telescope in front of her, repeating it several times, "You also made your things?" ”
"Don't you believe that your husband is so capable?" Liu Yi wrapped his hands around Shangguan Wan'er's slender waist and said with a smile.
"I believe," in the face of Liu Yi's joking words, Shangguan Wan'er was surprisingly not embarrassed, and leaned into Liu Yi's arms, "I know that this thing is very useful when it goes to the battlefield, and it can find the traces of the enemy army at a long distance..."
"Our family's Wan'er is really smart!" Liu Yi laughed twice, "This is what I took a lot of effort to polish the best crystals and then put them up, there are only two in total, and one is given to General Pei!"
"Oh, it seems that I heard General Pei mention this matter in front of His Majesty the Emperor and the Queen of Heaven, and what did he say about the glaze, and suggested that the imperial court recruit some craftsmen from Persia who can make that kind of thing, but that was before the expedition!" Shangguan Wan'er got up from Liu Yi's arms, turned her head sideways, looked at Liu Yi and said, "Yi'an, I think that there are some things that you may be more effective than General Pei before you go to the Queen of Heaven, if you want to make more of this thing, you can talk to the Queen of Heaven..."
Liu Yi was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood, "Wan'er, I know, I will tell the Queen of Heaven after a while, I still have a lot of ideas, about the Turkic people, or the way to deal with the Tubo people, I am already sorting out the manuscript in this regard..."
"Then before you present it to the queen of heaven, let me take a look, and I will check some words!" Shangguan Wan'er put away the laughing look she had just now...
(To be continued)