Chapter 16 The smell of gunpowder
Gongsun You was open-minded and did not give Li Chiying some of these false rituals.
Gongsun Xi couldn't stand it and pulled Xiaoqi and Xiaoba and said, "Xiaoqi, Xiaoba, come here and salute to Your Highness the Princess. Your Highness is the current emperor's real sister, and someone who is careless will lose his head."
Xiaoqi and Xiaoba are only three years old, so they don’t know so much, but they hear that they are about to lose their heads. The two little guys are pale and look at Li Chiying in fear. Just like the King of Hell, they hide behind Gongsun Xi and secretly look at the strange big sister.
Li Chiying was immediately stunned and glared at Gongsun Xi in anger.
I wanted to use fireworks to please Xiaoqi and Xiaoba: she lived in Shanzhou for half a month and knew that Pei Min loved Xiaoqi and Xiaoba. She also knew that it was not just Pei Min, but she didn't need to say that Jiao Chen's mother also regarded Xiaoqi and Xiaoba as her treasure.
As long as you get the joy of Xiaoqi and Xiaoba, it will be easy to integrate into Pei's mansion. You specially bring the fireworks to please the two little guys.
As a result, when Gongsun Xi said this, she was as hateful as a villain and disrupted the entire plan.
Her glaring made her look even more "vicious".
Xiaoqi and Xiaoba buried his head in Gongsun Xi's trouser legs like a bell, and he didn't dare to look at it anymore.
Li Chiying had never suffered such grievances in her life, and her eyes couldn't help but turn red.
Pei Min glared at Gongsun Xi and said to Xiaoqi and Xiaoba: "Don't listen to your Aunt Xi, Aunt Xi is scaring you! Sister Princess is not a bad person. She also brought you gifts, beautiful fireworks."
Compared with Gongsun Xi, Xiaoqi and Xiaoba obviously trusted his father more.
The two little guys walked out with a little fear. Xiaoqi took Xiaoba's hand and went up to see him, saying timidly: "I have met the princess sister!"
Gongsun Xi also stopped when he saw it, and did not gain any urgency.
This is also one of Gongsun Xi's advantages. She has the kind of personality of not holding grudges. She is unhappy and returns it directly but does not follow the root cause.
Li Chiying just passed by the rain and took out the fireworks. Seeing that Li Chiying intended to pour all the fireworks on the ground.
Pei Min hurriedly said, "No, no, don't, you have to play tricks. Just fall to the ground like this. There are only fireworks and no other things."
Li Chiying said in surprise: "How to play?"
Pei Min took the box containing fireworks from Li Chiying, and saw that it was colorful and similar to gunpowder particles. He grabbed it and drew a big bear's face on the ground based on his feelings.
Pei Min's calligraphy is first-class, but his painting level is really worrying. He can only paint a bear's face like a dog but not a bear.
This is also a coincidence. Xiaoqi and Xiaoba have no idea what bears, tigers and leopards are, but dogs are common.
Xiaoqi and Xiaoba pointed to the portrait on the ground and shouted: "Dog, puppy!"
Pei Min's face turned red and she thought he was painting a dog.
Li Chiying looked at the "big dog" on the ground happily, clapped her hands and said with a smile: "So I can still play like this, why can't I think?"
Pei Min smiled and put the remaining fireworks aside, and found a fire stick to light the fireworks at one end.
In an instant!
White smoke filled the sky, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and various flames burned on the spot.
Although the night has not completely arrived, the colorful flames still shine with dazzling light.
This was the first time this kind of fireworks appeared in front of everyone, and only saw Pei's mother, Jiao Chen, Gongsun You and Gongsun Xi were stunned.
Some of them have lived for half their lives, some have a lot of knowledge, and some have traveled around the world, but without exception, they have never seen such a grand scene.
The most excited one was naturally Xiaoqi and Xiaoba. They looked at the fireworks and clapped their hands vigorously, surrounding the big dog on the ground, running and jumping.
Until the fireworks burned out, there was a smell of gunpowder and saltpeter.
Xiaoqi and Xiaoba looked at Pei Min with unfulfilled desire.
Pei Min smiled and said, "It's OK today, don't be greedy. You are still young, and smelling too much saltpeter is not good for your health. We will play in a few days and we will draw a big bear for you."
Xiaoqi and Xiaoba were still very obedient and did not make noise when he heard this, but he was still looking at the remaining traces on the ground with unfulfilled intentions.
There is no child who doesn’t like fireworks. Li Chiying suddenly attracted Xiaoqi and bastard and kept calling her “sister, sister”.
When Gongsun Xi saw Xiaoqi and Xiaoba were unfamiliar, he stopped learning swords with her, and had a small taste in his heart.
The evening breeze blew away the saltpeter residue on the ground and the remaining fallen leaves on the trees.
The dead leaves are flying, and there is loneliness.
Gongsun Xi raised the bamboo stick in his hand gently, and the stick shadows scattered, nailing all the fallen leaves flying in the air to the wooden stick in one breath.
Pei Min saw that Gongsun Xi's sword skills have been vaguely transformed in the past two years, which is really rare.
Xiaoqi and Xiaoba applauded, and then abandoned Li Chiying and went to play with Gongsun Xi.
Li Chiying felt like he was exhausted, but it didn't feel like he was.
As night really came, Xiaoqi and Xiaoba felt tired and sleepy, and no longer pestered Gongsun Xi, but followed Jiao Chen with a little weak look.
Gongsun You took advantage of the situation to say goodbye, and Li Chiying knew it was wrong to keep it, so she said goodbye.
Jiao Chen took Xiaoqi and Xiaoba to rest, and Pei Min sent the three out of the mansion.
Gongsun Xi and Li Chiying seemed to be a natural opponent, and no one looked down on each other and kept fighting.
Gongsun Xi relies on his own "Auntie Xi" of Xiaoqi and Xiaoba, while Li Chiying is "sister", relying on his verbal cheapness.
Li Chiying was not willing to be outdone. She said that she was a peer with Pei Min, but she was an apprentice, so she was naturally a low-key generation.
The two of them took advantage of each other verbally, and Xiaoqi and Xiaoba were not there, and Pei's mother was not there. The originally suppressed smell of gunpowder seemed to have ignited.
Pei Min and Gongsun You looked at each other and smiled bitterly, both of whom felt helpless.
The two of them touched each other, but they couldn't help but recall that the Hongmen Sword Club, which was like a soul-to-heart communication, had something inexplicable in their eyes.
I sent the three of them out of the mansion, and they were all next door, so there was no need to leave too much.
Gongsun Xi and Li Chiying each snorted, and they were tied for the time being and returned home.
When she returned to the bedroom, Xiaoqi and Xiaoba were already asleep. Jiao Chen covered them with a quilt by the small bed. When she saw Pei Min coming in, she whispered: "Do Pei Lang think the smell is particularly strong tonight?"
"What does it taste?" Pei Min pretended to be stupid and smiled: "What the wife said is the smell of gunpowder? That's natural. There must be saltpeter in the fireworks. If there is saltpeter, it will naturally have gunpowder."
Jiao Chen rolled his eyes and said, "Your husband doesn't want to talk, I just don't want to talk. Let me tell you a serious matter. Today, a news came from the tavern. In the restaurant we opened, people from Dashi Country and Tubo people took a chance to meet. What they said, our people didn't understand, and they spoke the language of Dashi Country. It's certain that they were discussing something."
Pei Min was not surprised when he heard this, and said bluntly: "This is all expected. I think Tubo would not be interested in the Nanzhao area. He was planning to the Western Regions. This time, Your Majesty intends to use his country to intimidate the nine countries of Zhaowu. They will definitely take the opportunity to show their own country's momentum so that they can no longer win the Lord. Let all the intelligence networks pay attention to the abnormal movements of the envoys of various countries, especially the capable people and strangers among them, and pay more attention."
Chapter completed!