Shaojun riding the sea

Chapter 48 An Exception
"General Xiaoyan, I have something to tell you."

The closed door suddenly opened, and Ji Zhiyue stood in the morning light in a smoky pink dress, with a face full of shame, as if she had finally made up her mind.

The sea breeze swept over Wen Yanru's long hair, and he looked at the identical "imitation" in his hand with disbelief on his face.

Ji Zhiyue buried her head in shame in front of him, she whispered about the "crime process" of last night, Wen Yanru stared at her blankly, momentarily at a loss.

He didn't know how long it took before he held the key tightly in his hand, and looked up at the girl in front of him, who had an honest attitude of admitting his mistake, with a complex and unspeakable expression.

"As expected of Yanjia Master, the number one organization in Dongmu, the craftsmanship is indeed fake. You can be said to be flawless and leak-proof. You can deceive me without anyone noticing it. Then why, why did you tell me?"

Ji Zhiyue was ashamed, but still mustered up her courage, raised her head, looked directly into Wen Yanru's eyes, and said word by word:

"Because General Xiaoyan, you are also my friend, just like Xiaolingdang and Shizi, to me... a very important friend."

The boy's breath trembled slightly, but the warm and soft voice continued: "Since I came to Yunzhou Island, no matter what happens, although your mouth is cold, you always help me every time. That night when I was scared, you still stayed with me, held my hand tightly, stayed by my side and talked to me, and today you came to send me isinglass, trying to cure my eye disease..."

"You, you treated me with a sincere heart and treated me so well, but I cheated and used you. How can I live with my conscience? So I have to tell you the truth, otherwise I will have trouble sleeping and eating for the rest of my life. Yan will face you again."

Hearing the girl's words full of sincerity, Wen Yanru looked at the two boxes of fish gelatin at the door again, and some unspeakable images suddenly appeared in his mind, and he suddenly felt guilty——

In fact, his heart...is not so "sincere".

"General Xiaoyan, please scold me. I took advantage of your trust in me. I made a thousand mistakes. It's all because of my confusion. We are friends, and there should be no deception between friends. I have failed you." Heart of a child, I'm sorry."

Ji Zhiyue lowered her head in shame, revealing a section of her snow-white neck again, the morning wind picked up her long hair, and the faint fragrance drifted towards Wen Yanru again.

His heart skipped a beat, and he quickly turned his head away, but he couldn't help but mutter softly: "I can't scold you, it just offsets a debt, and the crimes I committed last night are paid off..."

These words came out of nowhere, Ji Zhiyue didn't understand, so: "What?"

Wen Yanru was taken aback, why did he say what was in his heart?
He hurriedly said: "No, it's nothing. In short, if you can turn back in time, it's not a serious crime. At best, it's...'attempted crime'?"

"An attempted crime?"

"Yes, I will destroy your re-engraved key, so don't say anything about it, just pretend it never happened, and don't do it again in the future, do you hear me?"

As soon as these instructions were uttered, Wen Yanru faintly felt that something was wrong. His attitude...seemed to be too "tolerant", right?

This is not at all like his stern and selfless style in the past. It is too mixed with personal feelings. He coughed quickly and said in a more emphatic tone: "The Privy Council is an important place for military aircraft. You are so bold and reckless in forging keys. If you Next time, I will never forgive you lightly, I will definitely arrest you in that dark prison and lock you up for a period of time, understand?"

"Understood, there will be no next time."

Ji Zhiyue murmured and nodded obediently. She hadn't slept all night, but now she confessed the truth to Wen Yanru. Hearing his reprimand, she was extremely ashamed, her face was as pale as snow, and even her eye sockets were red. Feng Zhong looked more and more pitiful.

This time, Wen Yanru regretted it again. He, what he said just now...was it too harsh, and was it too harsh?

After all, she is a little girl who comes from a famous family, follows the rules, has never had any real evil intentions, and is thin-skinned. She is not the real prisoners in his prison. He scares her like this, really, really... too unreasonable ?

"Ji, Miss Ji, don't cry. Actually, I didn't mean that. I won't arrest you. Anyway, don't do this again..."

Wen Yanru was a little at a loss, Ji Zhiyue sniffed, and looked up at him, "I see, General Xiaoyan, I will definitely not do it again."

"But," she stretched out her hand timidly, grabbed his sleeve, her eyes were red, but she still mustered up her courage and said, "Can I, please, help a bunch of little bells?"

Wen Yanru was stunned, and Ji Zhiyue stood in the morning breeze, pleading with a clear face: "The reason why she wants to enter the Privy Treasury is to find someone who once lived in Lanxin's small courtyard. This answer is correct. She is very important, but it will never involve any military secrets, can you help her?"

Naturally, Ji Zhiyue didn't mention anything about Shi Xuanling's hometown, but emphasized that the answer she was looking for had nothing to do with any military secrets on the island.

Wen Yanru was pulled by Ji Zhiyue's sleeves, and hearing her begging, her breath trembled slightly, and finally said: "No matter what, I can't give this key, and they can't enter the Privy Chamber, either. But—I can go in."

His succinct sentence has a profound meaning. Ji Zhiyue is smart and understands it as soon as he hears it. He asked tentatively: "General Xiaoyan, what do you mean...you can go in for Little Bell and help her find the Someone who once lived in Lanxin's small courtyard?"

Wen Yanru pursed her lips, and finally nodded under the girl's expectant eyes.

With an excited scream, Ji Zhiyue suddenly grabbed Wen Yanru's hand, and almost jumped up in joy.

"General Xiao Yan, you are so kind. I knew you were not so unkind. Thank you for your willingness to help Xiao Lingdang. She will be very happy when she knows the news!"

"I'm willing to help... Forget it, you can tell her the news."

Wen Yanru looked at the hands that were holding him tightly, and then looked at the bright smile on the Qingjun face in front of him. For some reason, a warm feeling rose in his heart, and he couldn't help but sway slightly in the wind. Lip corners:
"It's only this time, it won't happen next time."

Ji Zhiyue nodded heavily, the morning light shone on them, and the shadows of the trees in Yuzhu Juli danced like a dream, but at this moment, Wen Yanru still didn't know——

The "exceptional things" he committed for her in the future were far more than this one.

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When the good news spread to Lanxin's small courtyard, Shi Xuanling couldn't believe her ears, and jumped up and down excitedly holding Ji Zhiyue.

"Zhizhi, you are too powerful, there really is nothing in this world that you can't do!"

Yue Wujiu also had a thought, thinking of the "Feng Qiyun" playing the flute under the moon on the mural, he couldn't help but quietly walked to Wen Yanru's side, and whispered something in his ear.

Wen Yanru looked up in surprise, but Yue Wujiu quickly wrote a word in his palm——

"That's the last name, Feng."

He lowered his voice again, and asked earnestly, "General Xiaoyan, please check for me. Has there been anyone with the surname 'Feng' on Yunzhou Island for hundreds of years?"

In Wen Yanru's view, this request was quite strange, but it did not involve any military secrets. He looked at Yue Wugui, who was sincerely looking in front of him, and then glanced at Ji, who was hugging Shi Xuanling not far away, smiling happily. Zhiyue, for some reason, finally nodded.

Friends, as she said, they are her best friends, and if he helps out, it also counts as repaying her "debt", right?

They went to Chongming Pagoda without delay, but a soldier rushed over and told Wen Yanru:

"Master Pei is not feeling well. He had diarrhea all night last night. His subordinates sent a message that Mr. Pei could not leave for the time being. He might have to rest on the island for two more days. I heard what Wu Jinwei said. Mr. Pei is like I ate something wrong, tossed and tossed all night, and now my body is so weak that I can't even get out of bed!"

Speaking of this, the soldier paused, as if he felt it was ridiculous, but he still told the truth: "Not only that, even the wolf brought by Mr. Pei also had diarrhea, and now he is lying in Mr. Pei's room, weak, I can't get up."

"Master Pei... and his wolves have diarrhea? Did he have diarrhea all night?"

"That's right, Mr. Pei...and his wolves, maybe they can't get used to the seafood on our island."

"..."

Wen Yanru frowned, and was speechless for a while.

"Okay, I know, you go to the sea dining room and ask them to make some light food for Mr. Pei, so don't let Mr. Pei... have diarrhea with his wolf."

He waved his hand, and then he finished giving orders to the soldier, turned around, but found that Shi Xuanling and Yue Wujiu had strange expressions, as if they were holding back their laughter at the same time, and it was very hard to hold back their laughter.

"You, what's the matter with you?"

"It's nothing, I just sympathize with Mr. Pei and... his wolf."

Shi Xuanling wiped away a little tear from the corner of his eyes, and said nonsense in a serious manner: "If they still have diarrhea, General Xiaoyan, you can take me to Mr. Pei to have a look, and I will prescribe a prescription for them. When the medicine arrives, the disease can be cured immediately, and the diarrhea has been reduced from five consecutive days to only three days."

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The sea breeze is blowing, and the mist is lingering in the morning. The Chongming Pagoda stands tall in the rising sun on the sea, looking majestic and solemn.

Stepping up to the sixth floor with ease, the group of people stopped in front of the dark iron house, with a big lock still hanging on the door, but this time, Shi Xuanling didn't have to return disappointed.

She watched Wen Yanru step into the privy treasury, her heart full of anticipation, but also a little inexplicably apprehensive.

Ji Zhiyue walked up to her, patted her hand lightly, and comforted her softly: "Little Bell, don't worry, there will be good news, God will bless you and find your way home."

Yue Wujiu also stared at the closed door, with all kinds of emotions surging in his heart, did the Feng clan ever exist on this Yunzhou Island?

The three of them waited outside the door like this, but unexpectedly, they waited directly from early morning to evening.

The setting sun was sinking to the west, the seabirds were returning to their nests, and the sunset glow shrouded the Chongming Pagoda. Between the swaying golden light and shadow, Wen Yanru finally came out.

The eyes of several people lit up, and they rushed to meet him, but Wen Yanru shook his head slightly at the last one, Yue Wujiu, the meaning couldn't be more obvious.

He didn't find any people with the surname "Feng" on the island. This family neither existed in Dongmu's ruling and opposition people, nor did it exist on Yunzhou Island.

Yue Wugui's heart sank suddenly. Although he had guessed the result long ago, when the answer was revealed, he still couldn't help feeling lost and confused, as if he was in a fog and couldn't tell the direction——

Feng Qiyun, where did he come from, why is there no trace of his existence in the world?

But compared to the more blameless one who got nothing, Wen Yanru brought good news to Shi Xuanling.

"In the Privy Council, there is only one record about Lanxin Courtyard, that is, 17 years ago, someone did live in Lanxin Courtyard for a period of time."

"Who, who lived in Lanxin Courtyard?"

　Guess who lived in Lanxin Hospital 17 years ago?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)