First smoked mind

Chapter 35
After lunch, Jing Yi hugged her directly onto the soft couch, took a blanket to cover her up, and sat on the couch himself, reaching out to stroke the hair by her ear: "Will it be cold?"

Qiao Chuxun leaned against the cushion with half-cast eyelids, bit her lip and shook her head.In the past, Jing Yi was half leaning and half lying down, she moved a stool to help pour tea and water, but now the whole thing is reversed, and the relationship between the two is not as simple as before, although she is happy in her heart, she always Feel a little uncomfortable.

Seeing that she was still unwilling to raise her eyes, Jing Yi stretched out his finger and clasped his chin closer and asked, "Why is she still unwilling to raise her eyes? Don't you like to look at me?"

I remember when the two first met, the girl stared at him for a long time with her eyes wide open, she was obviously terribly frightened and confused, but she refused to blink a single tear.But since following him, it is rare for him to look at him for a long time. Whether it is eating, walking or talking, he always has a low-browed look, which often makes him feel depressed.

Qiao Chuxun shook his head, and cast a reproachful glance at Jing Yi: "The young master is known for his handsome appearance..."

When Jing Yi heard this set of rhetoric, he just sneered, with a look of disdain on his brows, looked into her eyes and said: "Do you like my face?"

Qiao Chuxun frowned, she didn't understand what he was asking, but she still answered honestly: "Young Master's appearance is indeed outstanding, I'm afraid there are few women who would not love him."

"It's just the appearance alone that can make people fall in love at first sight; if you want to really love, you still need to get along with it for a long time." He couldn't help but soften his tone and show a bit of shyness on his face.

Jing Yi looked at her pulsing eyes, with a gentle face, and heard her whispering her own opinions in a low voice, her lips were slightly curved, and her tone was not as sharp as before: "Then after getting along for a long time, what kind of person does Chu Xun think I am? "

Qiao Chuxun thought for a while before replying in a warm voice: "Young master is resourceful, capable of both civil and military skills, he is affectionate and righteous to his friends and subordinates, he can also help strangers, and he does not seek fame and fortune for the benefit of the people." Having said that, Qiao Chuxun raised his eyes, looked at Jing Yi and said, "My lord is a good man."

Jing Yi looked at her quietly for a while, his voice hoarse: "I don't care if others judge me whether I am good or bad, what I have done in my life, I just want to be worthy of the world. I am not afraid that you will think that I am extreme and insidious, as long as you don't leave me , being with me all the time is enough."

As she said that, she moved closer, held Qiao Chuxun's cheeks, kissed her lips and said, "Promise me, you will stay by my side for the rest of your life."

Qiao Chuxun opened her eyes wide, feeling that the two of them were very close, those black pupils were staring at her, and there were constant pecks on her lips.As if bewitched by something, Qiao Chuxun muttered in the space of being kissed by him: "I promise you, I will stay by your side for the rest of my life."

Jing Yi's movements froze, his lips curled up with joy, and he pressed against her forehead and said, "Remember what you said, don't forget it."

There was a cautious knock on the door, followed by Xiao Tao'er timidly asking: "Master, sister Chuxun, I'm here to deliver the medicine..."

Jing Yi retreated a little distance, still holding Qiao Chuxun's hands: "Come in."

The sound of the door being pushed open was a bit weird, accompanied by the slightly chaotic footsteps and whispered complaints, Jing Yi turned sideways slightly, and saw a large group of people rushing in, and the rosewood screen was stunned. After shaking for three times in a row, Xiao Wan and Xiao Lai, who were standing at the end, gave him a hand at the same time before he stabilized himself.Xiao Tao'er, who was asking questions just now, didn't know where she was pushed, but the shadow guards headed by Gao Ling stood in a row.

Jing Yi seemed to have expected it long ago, and he didn't blame him. He just ordered in a low voice: "Everyone has a sentence, and then go out after finishing speaking. Don't fight and make noise, and don't talk about cooking."

Xiaowan pursed her lips and murmured softly: "I just want to say that although the noodles at noon are delicious, they are not as smooth as Miss Qiao's... Is that okay?"

Jing Yi glanced at him: "You have already said one sentence. Next."

Xiaowan let out an "ah" and pushed forward pitifully: "But I haven't even seen Miss Qiao's face yet... Ugh!"

The little cup next to him covered his mouth and kicked him out, turned around and said in a deep voice, "Miss Qiao, don't worry about food, take good care of your body, just tell me what you want to eat, and we'll go buy it."

Xiaolu gave him a sideways look: "Young master said that you are not allowed to mention food!" Just as he turned his face, he saw Jing Yi looking at him with a gloomy expression. When it's over, did his sentence disappear?Moreover, he seems to have accidentally mentioned the word "rice"...

Each of the seventeen shadow guards quickly finished their sentence. The content was nothing more than letting Qiao Chuxun take a good rest and that they were "not in a hurry" to eat the food cooked by Miss Qiao. Jing Yi's face became darker when he heard it, and the corners of Gao Ling's eyes twitched. The brains of these people...

Xiao Tao'er was squeezed last, her hands were sore holding the tray, and she pouted and sulked.Just now, no one dared to knock on the door by pushing you and shoving me, and finally called her as a shield, saying that she is young and is a girl's family, even if the son is angry, he will definitely not lose his temper with her.As a result, when she entered the room, she was thrown at the end, and everyone was tall and burly in front of her. She didn't even look at Qiao Chuxun's clothes from the moment she entered the room!

However, because Qiao Chuxun hadn't seen each other for a few days, listening to everyone's greetings and exhortations and joking with each other, she felt very cordial, and nodded with a smile, "Thank you everyone. It's really not a big problem. I'll give you all tomorrow Do……"

"No." Jing Yi cut off Qiao Chuxun's promise in a cold voice, and glanced at everyone with condensed eyes, "The doctor said, at least one month of recuperation is required. This month, you can eat wherever you like. If you don't have enough money, let's eat." Gao Ling will support you."

Knowing that Qiao Chuxun's ears are soft, they all come here to pretend to be pitiful.Pretend it again, and I won’t make it for you to eat when you are healthy again!Jing Yi was originally dissatisfied with Qiao Chuxun's cooking three meals a day for more than 20 people. On the one hand, he felt sorry for her being too tired; There has never been a suitable excuse.Now it's all right, take this opportunity to quickly recruit cooks, and those who should go out to restaurants and restaurants don't always think about saving money, just cook a meal for this group of idiots occasionally in the future.

All the shadow guards shrunk their necks in unison, responded in unison under Jing Yi's intimidating cold gaze, and left the room listlessly.No way, master is the biggest!In the future, if they are ordered not to eat the food made by Miss Qiao, they will have to bear it without saying a word, but when they think of this possibility, everyone can't help but burst into tears and sorrow. It is obvious that winter is about to pass, and the once good How come the days are gone forever!

Jing Yi only asked Gao Ling to stay and let him go to close the door first, then he got up and walked to the center of the room, and told him some things by ear.

Seeing this, Xiao Tao'er hurriedly gave Jing Yi a small blessing, and quickly brought the tray to the high table, and took out a cup of medicine first.Open the lid of the cup, put the spoon on the edge, and then leaned in front of Qiao Chuxun, her round eyes were a little red, and asked in a low voice, "Sister Chuxun, how do you feel? Does your head still hurt? Is there any discomfort in your body?"

She heard from the shadow guards that the villain used silver needles to pierce several acupoints on Qiao Chuxun's head, and also gave her a lot of drugs to induce unconsciousness.When Jing Yi brought her back, she helped change her clothes, and when she saw black and blue fingerprints on her arms and waist, she was so frightened that she almost cried out.

The big guys didn't stay at home very much these days, she cooked and sent them to the government office, and rarely saw anyone, so she went to the city to find someone.She was already terribly worried, but she didn't even have anyone to talk to, and she didn't even think about going home.After a few days in a row, the little girl also suffered from dark circles under her eyes, and her originally tender cheeks became thinner.

Qiao Chuxun saw that she looked like she was about to cry, so her eyes became hot, but she still patted her on the back and softly comforted her: "Don't cry, I'm fine. I feel much better physically, it's really not that serious. "

The little girl looked at Qiao Chuxun with a pale face, recalled the bruises on her body the night before, and then thought of the horrible scene described by the shadow guards, her mouth shrunk, and big teardrops fell down She fell, threw herself into Qiao Chuxun's arms and cried out loudly.As soon as Jing Yi finished giving instructions, his face darkened when he turned around, but he couldn't say anything, and looked at the two of them hugging and crying with an ugly expression.

Qiao Chuxun stroked Xiao Tao'er's head, and didn't care to wipe away the tears on her face. After coaxing her softly for a while, the little girl gradually stopped crying.Seeing Jing Yi's complexion getting worse and worse, Gao Ling coughed and called Xiao Tao'er: "Let Miss Qiao take the medicine first, or you will have to fry it again when it gets cold."

Xiao Taoer hurriedly stood up when she heard the words, wiped her face with the back of her hand, took the medicine cup and handed it to Qiao Chuxun, her thin voice still choked with sobs: "Sister Chuxun drinks the medicine."

Qiao Chuxun took the medicine, and glanced at her with a smile: "Stop crying, you're all a little cat. Go out later and be laughed at by your brothers, so don't come back and complain to me."

Xiao Taoer blushed, twisted her little hands and pouted: "Sister Chuxun, you are laughing at me!"

While the two were talking, Qiao Chuxun also drank the medicine in his hand.Seeing Gao Ling winking at her beside her, Xiao Tao'er also sensed some tricks, said a few words to Qiao Chuxun, followed Gao Ling out of the house one after another, and took the medicine cup together Take it out.

Seeing that there were still two plates in the tray, Jing Yi opened it to have a look.One contained some candied kumquats, and the other contained several brightly colored pastries.

I saw that the whole body of the pastry was snow-white and fine in texture, with a layer of gorgeous rose red sandwiched every finger's thickness, a layer of white and a layer of red stacked up to three inches high, and the top layer of white was covered with a thin layer of red. A layer of finely crushed petals can faintly smell the fragrance of roses.

Because the style of this pastry looks like plums soaked in snow in winter, and there was a poem in the previous dynasty that "build plums like snow", it got the nickname "build plums like snow". In fact, the so-called red plums are It's the real rose petals.

Jing Yi hooked his lips, went to the stove and took off the kettle, poured two cups of hot water and brought it over.Then he scooped up a spoonful of pastry with a small spoon and brought it to Qiao Chuxun's lips: "I used to like to eat this the most, try it."

Qiao Chuxun was a little embarrassed, but still obediently opened his mouth slightly, and swallowed the cake.When I first entered the mouth, I tasted full of milky fragrance and rose fragrance, and the pastry was smooth and soft, like butter.He chewed the fine rose petals between his teeth, swallowed the slippery ointment in his throat, and his mouth was immediately filled with the rich milk flavor, which left a lasting aftertaste and a lingering fragrance on his teeth and cheeks.

"Do you like it?" Jing Yi watched Qiao Chuxun's expression change, and scooped up another spoonful, but this time he put it into his own mouth.

Seeing this, Qiao Chuxun's face burned, but she still nodded honestly. It is indeed a very unique dessert. It should have been frozen immediately after it was made out of the pan. In addition, it is relatively cold now, otherwise it would be as good as the paste. The softness and slipperiness, I am afraid that it will turn into a puddle of mud after a while.

Seeing a little milky white stain on his lips, Qiao Chuxun hesitated again and again, but raised his hand and wiped it off gently with his index finger, not daring to see Jing Yi's expression, immediately lowered his eyes and explained softly: "It was stained... it was stained with milk. "

Jing Yi raised the corners of his lips, grabbed the hand she was about to withdraw, pinched the white-stained knuckles to his lips, and stuck out his tongue to lick it up.Seeing that her cheeks were burning instantly, she became even more interested in teasing her, put down the spoon and moved closer, rubbing her lips against those soft and fragrant lips, and said in a low voice, "Why does Chu Xun blush so easily..."

Qiao Chuxun turned her face to avoid the thin lips, not wanting him to kiss the corners of her lips immediately, and gently pushed Jing Yi's chest with two hands in front of her, and protested with her lips, "Young master only promised me at noon." of……"

"What did I promise you?" Jing Yi licked and kissed, while playing a rascal in a flat tone.

Trapped in his arms, Qiao Chuxun couldn't avoid chasing lips no matter what, and complained softly with slightly wet eyes: "Young master likes to bully me... You clearly said it, it's not always like this..."

Seeing that he was going to cry if he teased him any more, Jing Yi couldn't help being a little funny, so he suppressed the burning fire in his chest, stretched out his arms and hugged him in his arms.He took off the hairpin in Qiao Chuxun's hair, and while stroking the cascading hair to relieve the itch in his heart, he said with a smile: "Okay, let's stop making trouble. Don't cry, cry on me again." Really kiss."

Qiao Chuxun felt a little embarrassed when he said that.That's right, I've done almost nothing since last night, and I've shed all my tears.Afraid of annoying Jing Yi, Qiao Chuxun hurriedly nodded: "I won't cry."

Jing Yi knew from her tone that the little girl wanted to get off the hook again, but he didn't bother with this issue any more.Sitting up on the couch, he hugged her to his lap, put one arm around her back, held a tea bowl with the other hand and fed her a few sips of water, then said slowly: "Have you known him since childhood? "

The first time he heard Jing Yi mention that person, Qiao Chuxun froze.After a long silence, one hand grabbed Jing Yi's skirt, and said softly, "My lord, I have something... I want to tell you."

Jing Yi put the tea bowl aside, gently stroked her hair, and signaled that he was listening.

Qiao Chuxun bit her lips tightly, thinking that Jing Yi might dislike her because of this incident, a tearing pain spread in her heart.It wasn't until the tip of my tongue tasted a faint smell of blood that I suddenly came back to my senses, took a deep breath, and my voice was still slightly trembling when I spoke: "When I met the young master, I was avoiding the man yesterday. His name is Qiao Zian. It's the housekeeper of the mansion... That day," Qiao Chuxun closed her eyes and pressed her forehead against Jing Yi's chest, as if she wanted to crave the warmth that this man gave her for a moment longer, "That day, I was going to be married by my family to a... more than 40 years old. Years old, to be a concubine..."

Jing Yi's hand stroking her hair didn't hesitate at all. Looking at the trembling eyelashes, he felt her tightly pressing against his chest, so he lowered his head and kissed her cheek: "Don't be afraid, later you are not Have you met me?"

Qiao Chuxun leaned on Jing Yi's chest, and asked in a muffled voice, "My lord...don't you dislike me?"

Jing Yi frowned, only then did she realize why she hesitated before.He reached out to cover her hand that was tightly clutching his skirt, and motioned her to look up at him: "I look like I despise you now?"

The slightly white lower lip was already bitten to the point of blood stains, Qiao Chuxun slowly raised his head, and saw Jing Yi was looking at him intently, his dark eyes were as calm as before, and there was no trace of disgust.The tip of his brow was furrowed slightly, and he slowly bowed his face towards her.

The four lips pressed together gently, Jing Yi rubbed her lips and said, "That's your family's fault, what has it to do with you? Since you made up your mind to escape, you have already stated that you don't want to marry such a person. If I don't like it, I don't like you having such a family, but sometimes, what kind of family we are born in is not something we can choose."

It's like he hated having such a father and brother since he was sensible, and wanted to escape from the daily life with those two people more than once. When he was 15 years old, he was drugged by Zhao Lin's plan and then thrown into a night with two young prostitutes. Waking up early the next morning, looking at the face exactly like him in the mirror, I finally couldn't help but vomited it out.

Holding a silver gun, he rode to the gate of the city, looking at the boundless sunny sky, but his body was filthy from inside to outside.He walked at the forefront of the army with a face of indifference. He once thought that he would definitely die in the battle of Mobei, but he did not expect that after fighting for a full year, he not only returned to the imperial court unscathed, but was also promoted to the rank because of his outstanding military exploits. .

Back home, looking at the ugly faces of those two people, listening to the lewd voices in the mansion regardless of day or night, he didn't need to think about how those teenagers and girls were tortured and finally disappeared into this world without leaving a trace, but he didn't There is no way to stop it.

Talked with the Holy Master in the imperial study for half a night, half a month later, he had his own mansion.Although he was still in the outskirts not far from Bianjing City, he was lucky to be able to escape that place that was comparable to purgatory on earth.

In the next eight years, he traveled all over the country, visited famous mountains and great rivers, rarely went back to Bianjing, and made many friends of all kinds of religions.Only at the beginning of summer every year, I went to see my mother's tomb, entered the palace, walked around a few mansions, and met a few elders of the royal family and close friends from childhood.

until this summer.

Three brothers died, and he was severely injured and thrown into prison. The moment he regained consciousness, he suddenly understood that escaping was not the solution to the problem.It was because of his blind evasion and trying to ignore that the brothers were tired of suffering with him, and more innocent people were tortured and ravaged.Eight years of accumulation and waiting, almost [-] days of almost non-stop planning, every step of the way to lure the king into the urn, setting up the situation almost at all costs, vowing to send those two people into the eighteen hells and never recover.

With the great help of several elders and the unconditional cooperation of close friends, in the end even the current emperor was included in his calculations, and the lives of the eighteen brothers, including himself, were all bet on that last fight.The moment he heard the sentence was pronounced, he spat out a mouthful of blood, looking at the clear sky outside the government office, he really felt that it didn't matter if he just died like this.

(End of this chapter)