Shaojun riding the sea

Chapter 8 Bet
"Of course, we shared the same room and slept on the same bed on the boat!" Shi Xuanling wanted to proclaim to the whole world with her hands on her hips, but Yue Wujiu who was next to her hurriedly grabbed her and stopped her with an unnatural expression: "Xuan Ling, the 'sleeping' he said is not what you think."

"How is that?"

Yue Wugui breathed tremblingly, his face flushed a little, he coughed twice, he didn't answer Shi Xuanling directly, he just looked at Zhonglisheng and explained:
"Xuan Ling and I did share the same room on the boat, but we slept in separate beds separated by a screen. There was only one night when I had a high fever in the middle of the night, and Xuan Ling took care of me in untidy clothes until dawn. She thought...sleeping in the same bed together."

After a pause, he added solemnly: "She is fourteen years old, and she has not yet reached the age of hair. As you said, I still owe her a big marriage. Before that, I can't touch her."

In Dongmu, a woman can be betrothed and married when she is fifteen years old. At that time, she can be regarded as a "woman" in the true sense.

And obviously, Shi Xuanling is just... a young girl.

Yue Wugui felt that he owed her too much, Zhong Lisheng was right, she followed him to Yunzhou Island with no name and no title, and gave up all the glory and wealth, but he couldn't even give her a wedding, and made her suffer from others. Criticism and ridicule.

"In the future, I will definitely reverse the case for my father, and I will also return to the imperial city to provide Xuan Ling with a dignified wedding and make her a legitimate concubine."

The young man pursed his thin lips tightly and his eyes were firm. He didn't say this to Zhong Lisheng or Shi Xuanling, but...he himself.

He wants to let himself remember how much he owed a young girl, if he owes her in the future, it would be a waste of life.

However, as soon as he said this, Zhong Lisheng sized him up with the eyes of a "fool", shook his head, and said with a sneer: "It's so ridiculous that a gnat shakes a tree without knowing what it can do."

"Young Master Yue, you don't really think that you can return to Shengdu City in this life, do you?"

After finishing speaking, Zhong Lisheng ignored Yue Wugui, and just folded the fan and pointed at him to announce the bell.

"Let's go, Miss Shi San, the young master personally escorted you all the way, isn't it very face-saving?"

"I do not go!"

Shi Xuanling uttered an earth-shattering cry, and when it was too late, she rushed towards Yue Wujiu, bent down and wrapped her arms around her, and when the bell rang, she tightly hugged the boy's waist, It's like a dog's skin plaster, and it will never be torn off.

Zhong Lisheng was stunned, Yue Wujiu was also stunned, the two of them just looked at Shi Xuanling like that, listening to her roar resounding throughout the courtyard.

"I won't leave even if I'm killed. I must live in this Lanxin courtyard. No one can separate me from Shizi!"

Only in this courtyard are her family's knot-faced flowers planted, and no one can separate her from these flowers!

"You, you woman!" Zhong Lisheng almost laughed angrily: "I said you are a woman, you are really ashamed, are you so short of men? Are you going to live with him to death?"

"Yes, I just like him and want to live with him. I love him as the only man in the world. I must live in this Lanxin courtyard!"

The girl's "love" was so intense that the boy didn't know what expression to make. He looked at the girl who was tightly attached to his waist, and his thin lips finally moved:
"Xuan Ling, you..."

"My son, didn't I tell you that from today on, this is our home?"

Shi Xuanling raised his head, Yue Wujiu's deeply shocked face was reflected in his light-colored pupils, he looked around the small courtyard, there were traces of him and Shi Xuanling cleaning everything here.

The setting sun is like blood, the flowers and plants are swaying, and the courtyard looks brand new, just like the homeland that teenagers are looking for in their dreams.

He has already lost a home, can't he even keep another "new home"?

A surge of hot blood surged into his chest, Yue Wugui pulled Shi Xuanling into his arms, tightly protected him, and sternly shouted at Zhonglisheng:
"You can't take her away, Zhong Lisheng, you heard me clearly, I'll go wherever my fiancée goes, if you want to take her away by force, I'll go to the west courtyard and make a mess of everything, no matter what, I'll take her away Bring it back with you!"

The loud and loud words echoed in the small courtyard of Lanxin for a long time, Zhong Lisheng looked at the two hugging each other tightly, and instead of being angry, he smiled: "It's okay, it's interesting, it's getting more interesting..."

He changed the subject and asked abruptly: "Miss Shi San, are you willing to do anything for your family's heir?"

Shi Xuanling was taken aback for a moment, then nodded immediately.

So the little purple shark laughed even more happily: "Okay, I'll give you a chance, how about making a bet with you?"

"There is a kind of poison on this island called sea centipede. It is extremely poisonous all over the body, but it has miraculous effects when used as medicine. If you can catch a hundred sea centipedes within three days, I will allow you to live here. Yard, how is it?"

"But let me tell you first, this sea centipede is very poisonous. If you are not careful during the capture process, you may lose your life. Are you afraid?"

As soon as he heard that his life was in danger, Yue Wujiu's eyebrows twitched, and he hurriedly tried to stop him: "Xuan Ling, don't promise..."

"I'm not afraid!" But the girl had already answered firmly.

"Very good." Zhong Lisheng folded his fan and became even more interested: "It's so wonderful, love makes people stupid and bold. I'm very happy to collect the body of you, an ignorant yellow-haired girl, in three days' time."

He said, and then emphasized: "By the way, from the beginning to the end, your man can't interfere, you can only watch from the sidelines, if you can't bear it, you can give up halfway, but from then on, not only can you no longer Stepping into the Lanxin Small Courtyard, you have to serve hard labor and be punished like all other female slaves, can you do it?"

Shi Xuanling originally landed on the island as a "family member", as long as she follows and takes good care of her, the more blameless she will be, and she doesn't have to do hard labor like other criminal slaves, but since Zhong Lisheng brought it up, she can only accept this "big gamble" , betting on his future identity and destiny on Yunzhou Island.

This "bet" was indeed a bit high, Yue Wujiu was eager to stop him, but Shi Xuanling who was beside him was one step ahead of him.

"can!"

"Okay, I swear by high five, I am willing to admit defeat and never regret it!"

Zhong Lisheng stretched out a hand, Shi Xuanling raised his hand without thinking, accompanied by the crisp sound of bells, and gave Zhong Lisheng a high-five without hesitation: "Never regret it!"

The wind sweeps across the fields, and the sound of bells echoes in the dusk. This scene has an indescribable beauty of determination.

Yue Wujiu was emotionally agitated and shocked for no reason, he could only stare at the brave young girl in front of him, unable to say a word.

How many people in this world would do this for him regardless of life or death?
He was used to hypocrisy and the coldness of the world, but he had never seen such a clean and hot love that filled his chest vigorously.

He had grown up so big, and he had never been loved like this.

Mountains, rivers, seas, sun, moon and stars, through this grand evening, he only saw a shining and unique love.

The young man was still immersed in it, and no one knew what was going on in his heart, while Zhong Lisheng had already said to Shi Xuanling: "Although the bet is placed, you still can't live here until you complete the bet for the next three days." Xin Xiaoyuan, this is the rule of the island, you can't make an exception, you still have to come with me and stay in Naxi temporarily..."

"Young island master, let Miss Shi live with me!"

A soft and thin voice suddenly sounded at the gate of the courtyard. It was Ji Zhiyue in a smoky pink dress. She didn't know when she came back from Wen Yanru, and she didn't know how long she had been listening at the gate.

The girl held the glazed mirror tightly and stepped into the courtyard step by step, her tone full of kindness:
"My place is right next to Lanxin Courtyard. For the next three days, I would like to live with Miss Shi. I wonder if the Master of the Young Island will grant that?"

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Next to Lanxin courtyard, there is another separate courtyard named Yuzhuju.

Among the group of sin slaves who landed on the island this time, Yue Wujiu and Ji Zhiyue are the only ones who have their own separate residences.

"So, your grandfather's favorite student is the father of the son of Yue, Lord Yue?"

In the home of Yuzhu, the candlelight is flickering, and the three young girls are sitting around the table. At this moment, they reveal their identities to each other. Only then did Yue Wujiu and Shi Xuanling learn that the reason behind Ji Zhiyue's exile was actually a case of treason with Lord Yue. Can't get rid of the relationship.

Ji Zhiyue's grandfather, Ji Ruhui, was once the imperial tutor, Emperor Yun and Marquis Yue were both his students, and the friendship between teachers and students is profound.

Especially for Lord Yue, Mr. Ji was unreserved, he gave everything he had, even the red-tasseled gun made by his granddaughter, and gave it away as a gift.

Ji Zhiyue's crime of exile was caused by this red tasseled spear.

Don't look at Ji Zhiyue who looks gentle and nerdy, but she is the most powerful Yanjia master in Nanling, and even in Dongmu.

Yes, she looks weak, but she has loved to tinker with all kinds of weird things since she was a child. She has made a flying wooden bird, an exquisite hidden weapon box with exquisite mechanisms, and a red-tasseled gun that she loves the most. ——

There are seventeen organs hidden in the body of the gun, and the sharp tip can hold gunpowder. It is extremely powerful, just like what she said to Shi Xuanling, it is really a very powerful red-tasseled gun, and it is the most perfect work of her life.

After his grandfather gave the red-tasseled gun to Yue Hou, he loved it so much that he named it "Chi Yang". case.

The weapon was innocent, but the king was furious, so the maker of the red-tasseled gun became the best outlet.

"Although His Majesty exiled me to Yunzhou Island, he also remembered the old relationship with my grandfather as a teacher and student, and ordered the island owner to treat me preferentially, give me a separate residence, and exempt me from the punishment of handyman. The job of processing jade is also my 'old line'."

Ji Zhiyue smiled softly: "When I was at home in the past, I was locked in the room and devoted myself to making all kinds of gadgets. Now it's no big deal to change to a different place to 'practice'."

As she spoke, she patted a large box with exquisite patterns on the table, raised the corners of her lips and said, "Look, Your Majesty also allowed me to bring my 'treasure box' to the island, which contains all kinds of tools, and I personally The many treasures that have been completed, on this island, I can still read and study, do what I like, and I don’t have to listen to my grandfather’s nagging, how wonderful, isn’t it?”

The girl's clean and gentle face was reflected in the candlelight, she smiled serenely and contentedly, she was clearly implicated, but she didn't have any resentment or resentment, this open-minded and tolerant attitude made her more innocent and more guilty.

He lowered his head, not daring to look into Ji Zhiyue's eyes, "It turns out that you... were implicated by my father."

"I'm sorry, Miss Ji, I didn't know that His Majesty would vent his anger on you, and even exile you to Yunzhou Island. It was our Yue family who caused you to suffer such an indiscriminate disaster. I, I..."

"No, son, don't do this."

Ji Zhiyue hurriedly waved her hand to stop her, she shook her head and said, "I never blamed your father or the Yue family, never, because..."

When the girl said this, she thought of something, opened the treasure chest, found something from the inside, and handed it to Yue Wujiu.

"My son, open it and have a look. My grandfather asked me to give it to you."

(End of this chapter)