the first lady

Chapter 119

By the time they walked the entire Qilian Mountains, most of the soldiers were out of breath, but compared to Zongzheng Yi and Qiao Linger, they were no different.

Before Qiao Linger could make a move, Zong Zhengyi at the side had already wiped the sweat off her forehead with his sleeve.Looking at that beautiful face, in return, she also imitated his movements, stood on tiptoe, and wiped off the thin sweat for him.

While wiping, an inexplicable light flashed in her eyes.

Although it was just an inadvertent action without any words to supplement, in the eyes of outsiders, these two people are a real golden couple, perfect and enviable.

"Master Xiang, Licheng is ahead." The soldiers who explored the road came back and reported, "Master Sun Zekang, the lord of Licheng, is already preparing in the city to welcome Master Xiang."

"En." Zongzheng Yi responded softly, then turned to the group of soldiers and said, "Take a break."

A group of more than 100 people and their horses also stopped at the same spot. Qiao Linger and Zong Zhengyi walked to the huge rock and found a clean place to sit down and rest.

"The temperature here is indeed very high, very comfortable." Qiao Ling'er had already shed off the thicker clothes before, and in this spring-like place, it was already too hot to wear so much.

Zongzheng smiled lightly, "It's like spring all year round, and the people hardly need to change their clothes, and the scenery is beautiful."

The scenery is naturally good, just passing through a Qilian Mountain, it is like another world, the grass is not even yellow in autumn, but green and green grass, the flowers are in full bloom and very beautiful, just like the real spring .

Breathing the faint fragrance in the air comfortably, Qiao Ling'er was full of happiness: "If only I could live in such a comfortable place forever, I don't have to think about anything..."

"Do you like it here?" Zongzheng Yi asked slightly curiously.

"The air here is good, and the environment is good for people. Why don't you like it?" For her who lives a relatively lazy life, this environment is the most suitable place to live.

Hearing this, the eyes flashed brightly, "We will live here from now on, with our children, and the whole family will live here, okay?"

The word "child" made Qiao Ling'er lose his mind for a moment, and then said a little shyly: "It's too early to talk about it!" There are so many things in the capital, and there are still some messy situations. Did they have a peaceful life?
However, the child... asked her if she would like to have Zong Zhengyi's child, as if... yes.

Wait, is it too early for her to think about this question now? Although she is so excited, it is still the same sentence, the situation has not stabilized yet, she can't think about it, she can't think about it, otherwise she really doesn't know what to say up...

"By the way, if you keep going west, is there an ocean?" Qiao Linger changed the subject.

"Yeah." Zong Zhengyi nodded, "Linger, how do you know?"

"The climate here is warm. I think it is near the sea, so the temperature will be relatively high." Qiao Linger roughly guessed that in addition to the monsoon climate and geographical location, the ocean is actually an important factor affecting temperature. "And now there is a touch of humidity in the wind, which is usually felt by the lake and sea."

"Ma'am, you are so knowledgeable." Qing Ye came over and praised sincerely.

Moon Shadow also nodded in agreement. He didn't think so before, but since she showed her "magic" and used herself as a bait and used a mirror to make herself invisible, his admiration for her has grown to a higher level.

Zhui Ming snorted coldly, although he was very curious about her tricks in his heart, but his arrogance still defeated his curiosity, and he would not let himself ask.

Qiao Ling'er smiled awkwardly, and then said, "I'll tell you later when I have time. Now, Yi, the city lord of Li City should already know the purpose of our visit, why didn't he move at all?"

Zong Zhengyi was not very surprised by her sudden change of seriousness, on the contrary, he seemed to have known that she would ask this question a long time ago.

"My lord, this trip is dangerous, do you really want Madam to go with us?" Yue Ying frowned and asked.

"Moon Shadow!" Qiao Ling'er yelled slightly warningly, "I have already followed here, do you want to persuade my husband to let me go back to the capital?"

Seeing Qiao Linger's extremely unfriendly eyes, Yueying's heart trembled, and she turned her questioning gaze to Zong Zhengyi, and let the young master make his own conclusion.

Qiao Linger also looked at Zong Zhengyi, he was the one who spoke the most in the whole team.

Zongzhengyi smiled and looked at Qiao Linger, "Linger, Yueying is right, it will be dangerous to go to Licheng this time." Qiao Linger panicked when she heard this, because she was afraid that he would suddenly say that she would not be allowed to follow her. Go, but the next words made her feel relieved, "However, if you don't cause trouble for me, I won't let you go back."

"Yeah, I will definitely not cause trouble for you." Qiao Ling'er nodded immediately.

Seeing the well-behaved woman, Zong Zhengyi felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction, as if... teasing her like this is not bad.

Qiao Ling'er was originally an independent woman, and she didn't realize that she was already being eaten to death by a wolf with a gentle face but a black belly. If she was sold by him one day, she might still Count the money for him.

"As for the question you asked before, Ling'er, it may have come from the people behind the scenes." Zong Zhengyi said with a light smile.

"The person behind the scenes?" Qiao Ling'er looked at him suspiciously, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, "You mean..."

She didn't say the following words, but Zong Zhengyi signaled her not to say anything with his eyes, so she didn't say anything.

But Zhui Ming, Qing Ye and Yue Ying at the side drew their swords and stepped forward almost at the same time, and there was a little movement behind the big rock.However, in the movements of the three of them, Yueying and Qingye were double-teaming, while Zhuiming split the huge boulder with a sword, and the sword energy rushed towards the people behind.

The person injured by the sword qi flew out of the grass, lying on the ground like a dog eating shit, spitting blood from his mouth.

When Aoba knelt down and tried to grab his chin, black blood was already dripping from the corner of his mouth.

Frowning at the moment, he turned to Zongzheng Yi and said, "My lord, I have committed suicide by taking poison."

Wen Yan Zongzhengyi's eyes flashed imperceptible coldness, Qiao Linger frowned, came to inquire, but did not realize that he would be discovered, now that he was discovered, did he use such an extreme method? ?
"My lord, these people have been following us since we entered Qilian Mountain. They should be sent by the people behind the scenes." Yue Ying concluded, and at the same time, her face became a little more serious.

Qiao Ling'er raised her eyebrows when she heard the words. She thought it was her own illusion, but she didn't expect that someone was actually following her. It seems that Zong Zhengyi also knew about it early on.

Zong Zhengyi saw what she meant from Qiao Linger's eyes, and said with a smile, "I didn't tell you because I was afraid you would be worried." As a result, her expression had already told him. In fact, she knew it early on.

"Then what should we do now? Now the person behind the scenes must have known our whereabouts." Qiao Ling'er didn't care about it anymore, and now she cared more about the man who controlled the city lord of Li City and so many officials, big and small. behind the scenes.

"It's okay, the soldiers will come to cover up the water and the earth." Zong Zhengyi said calmly.

Seeing Zong Zhengyi's confident look, Qiao Ling'er felt relieved. This man would never fight an unsure battle, at least in her opinion.

Zhui Minglue looked thoughtfully at Qiao Ling'er and Zong Zhengyi, and the words that the man in purple clothes said before he left appeared in his mind.He would say that, he must have gone to Licheng to investigate, and even he would say that the place to be careful is definitely not a place that can be easily controlled.

It seems that the next censure is about to begin.

Li city.

A city with a strong sense of simplicity, just as Zongzhengyi told her back then, Licheng is not a place where birds don't shit, but a place with beautiful mountains and rivers. From the clothes of the people, it can be seen that they are considered wealthy. life.

It's just that people's faces are pale and sad. There are very few young women on the street, no, it should be said that there are none.

Qiao Linger and his party were led by Sun Zekang, the city lord of Licheng, to live in the real inn. Although he was originally allowed to live in the city lord's house, Zong Zhengyi refused.

From the outside, Sun Zekang is an honest and honest man, and no one will think him in a bad way.But Qiao Ling'er also knew very well that there was already a typical example of the saying that people should not be judged by their appearance: Shi Jinyuan.

In Sun Zekang's case, the honesty on his face was a little stiff, or perhaps the light in his eyes seemed a little hollow.

Qiao Ling'er was very clear about what this meant, but she couldn't really be sure what it was. It was the same situation as the Fifth Princess Helian Feijing didn't know.

After calming down Zong Zhengyi and his party, Sun Zekang dragged his body away stiffly, with an almost stiff expression on his face.

"My lord, there is a problem." After everyone left, Zong Zhengyi's confidants and Qiao Linger's Lan Feng stayed in the room, Qingye said with certainty.

"Is it the same as the Gu caught by the fifth princess?" Qiao Linger asked.

Zhui Ming shook his head and said: "That little princess is a Gu, but this person is controlled by someone, it should be a kind of witchcraft."

"Witchcraft?" Qiao Ling'er was really curious when she heard this not-so-unfamiliar word.

Zong Zhengyi explained to her: "Witchcraft is a kind of ability rich in some remote tribes, which can control people's thoughts and spirits through spells. Of course, this is only one of them."

Hearing what Zong Zhengyi said, Qiao Linger thought of something similar to hypnotism, which is also a kind of psychological hypnosis that makes people remember forcibly and controls people's spiritual thoughts.Unless the hypnotized person can undo the hypnosis, it will be like a walking dead.

(End of this chapter)