Jiaochu

When Xiaoluzi showed the small, snow-white pearl bird in front of the four of them, Ye Xingye asked Ye Lingjue to help identify whether it was a legendary rare beast. Ye Lingjue said that he had never seen one spitting out pearls. Bird, no matter how many times I clicked on it, I didn’t say anything. Ye Qingran said nothing, observing the bird's eyes and beak, as if accumulating materials for future carvings.

Ye Lingxi saw that this snow-white bird was round-headed and cute, and its chubby body looked like a pearl at first glance, so the name seemed appropriate.

"Third brother, what is that?" Ye Lingxi was attracted by the small cage hanging under the window. There seemed to be a small black thing inside.

"Your Highness picked it up on the road." Xiaoluzi said as he walked over and took down the small cage, then took it over. There was a ball of fluffy black stuff nestled inside, and it was impossible to tell which was the head and which was the neck.

Xiaoluzi recounted how he picked it up again. Ye Xingye had just left the martial arts training ground when a lump of something suddenly fell from the sky and hit him on the head. He thought it was bird droppings, and it was still a big lump. His whole body was covered with blood. Numb.

The result was this little black thing, still covered in down, indicating that it was still a baby bird.

The more Ye Lingxi looked at it, the more she felt that the little black thing looked like a crow. Thinking of the crow incident during the autumn hunting, she approached the cage and stared at the little thing, and finally met a pair of small black eyes. , the size of a mung bean, round and bright, simple and ignorant, making people cute all of a sudden.

At that time, Ye Xingye was also moved by such a pair of weak, innocent and ignorant eyes.

"Third brother, are you going to keep it?" There was something intriguing in Ye Lingjue's tone, as if he knew the details of this young bird. When those cold, peach-blossom eyes glanced over, the little thing wrapped his head in it again. Into the dark downy hair.

"It's still a bit cold here. It's so small and can't fly. It will definitely starve to death outside." Ye Xingye said.

Ye Lingxi asked: "Second brother, do you know what this is?"

Ye Lingjue said: "The crows in the world are as black as crows. If they are so black, if they are not crows, they probably rolled in the soot."

"Crow?!" Ye Xingye's mood was a little complicated. He was originally expecting some kind of mythical beast to be picked up, but it turned out to be a little crow.

"If you want to raise third brother, don't let anyone find out." Ye Lingjue reminded.

Ye Xingye asked Xiao Luzi to take the cage to the back room and hang it up. It seemed that he planned to raise it. He also told Ye Lingxi that he would go to see the master Qu Lianmei tomorrow to learn boxing skills and asked her if she wanted a piece. Go, she thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

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Heavy snow has been falling here in the north all night, and it has stopped this afternoon. A ray of sunshine shines out of the thick clouds, and it just falls on the top of the mountain. It is like a staircase leading from the human world to the gate of heaven. It seems to be within reach if you stretch out your hand and look around. But out of reach...

Yanfei stared at the beam of light, and the next moment his vision was blocked by a round face, with a nose that was red from the cold and a pleasing smile on his face.

"Little general, these are freshly roasted sweet potatoes." The young man who handed the steaming roasted sweet potatoes to Yan Fei was the cook from yesterday, Li Bing.

Seeing Yan Fei accept the roasted sweet potatoes, Li Cake grinned happily and took the initiative to talk about where he was from, how he joined the army, and how many people he had in the family... as if he had endless things to say. Yanfei didn't interrupt. When Li Cake mentioned that he had arranged a marriage for him at his home and would get married when he returned, Yanfei asked, "Do you really want to get married?" Li Cake was stunned for a moment, as if He had never thought about whether to think about it or not, and he was a little shy when he talked about the girl he wanted to marry. She was his childhood neighbor. He still remembered that the little girl had two smooth braids and was wearing a bright red jacket with him. Playing with lanterns, a pair of big bright eyes smile like the crescent moon in the sky.

At this time, Yanjiang came over following the scent of roasted sweet potatoes in the air and said, "What delicious food did you secretly eat behind my back again?" Li Bing said there was still more in the stove and hurried back to get the roasted sweet potatoes.

"Well..." Yanjiang nodded and praised, "He is a man of great talent." "Is there a fire in the backyard?" Yanfei asked.

Yanjiang waved to him and whispered a few words to him. Qin Min opened the tent and looked in the direction of his uncle and nephew. Seeing Yan Fei leaving alone, he ordered a close aide to follow him quietly to take a look.

When Li Bing came back with roasted sweet potatoes, Yan Jiang was the only one there. Yanjiang took a bite of the hot roasted sweet potatoes and praised Li Cake for being good at cooking and that he would have a bright future. He also asked where he was from and who else was in his family. The two chatted happily, starting from their parents' brief chat about roasted sweet potatoes. The secret of...

Here, Yan Fei and two Long Shadow Guards left the military camp and arrived at a cliff. Behind the cliff was the dense forest, and someone was already waiting here.

The opponent was wearing the clothes of the Yue clan, and his head was tightly wrapped in a cloth, with only a pair of eyes exposed. He had a scimitar on his waist, with a golden lion head carved on the handle, which was the symbol of the warriors of the Yue clan.

After handing a secret letter to Yan Fei, the other party left.

The confidant hid in the dark and saw everything clearly, and reported it to Qin Min after returning.

In the evening, Qin Min invited Yanjiang and Yanfei, his uncles and nephews, to have wine and meat, and also invited Sun Wu to accompany him. After drinking two bowls of wine and saying a few innocuous words, Qin Min asked, "Brother Yan, is there something you are hiding from the general?" Yan Jiang said, "We are all our own people, how can we hide something from the general."

"Has the news been released?" Qin Yin asked.

Yanjiang looked around and whispered: "The great elder of the Yue clan wants to meet with me. He probably wants us to cooperate to bring down Wu Yue."

"There can't be any fraud, right?" Qin Yin said.

Yan Jiang said: "General, you are still thoughtful. I am also afraid of fraud. I will bother Brother Sun to take care of him when the time comes." After saying that, he raised the wine bowl to toast, and Sun Wu also raised the wine bowl to toast in return. The two of them drank it all, with great pride. lofty.

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Prince Liu was also drinking alone here. After King Liu was killed, Ye Lanchen asked Eunuch De to arrange a place for him in the palace just in case.

He had been living in fear in the palace these past few days, fearing that his son would be the next to die.

Now that he had drunk too much wine, as the saying goes, wine makes people bold, he stumbled to the door, sat on the threshold with an empty wine jar, and cursed.

A figure walked over, wrapped in a black cloak. It was unclear whether he was a man or a woman.

Liu Shizi raised his confused eyes and glanced at the person walking over. He yelled at the person to get out and hit him with a wine jar. The person took off his cloak and the light reflected from the gold hairpin shone on the confused eyelids, which made Liu Shizi Sober up a bit.

(End of this chapter)