phoenix jiuxiao

Chapter 94

In the early morning, an unremarkable carriage quietly left Xijing from the north gate.

Apart from Mu Qingchen and Situ Ye, Su Hailing only brought Mu Xin and a guard named Meng Ruyan as coachmen.

However, although the carriage looked simple from the outside, the furnishings inside were by no means shabby. Both warmth and ventilation were excellent, and the space was also spacious, so four people would not feel crowded inside.

Due to the sporadic snowfall the night before, a thin layer of ice formed on the official road, Meng Ruyan didn't dare to drive the carriage too fast, so she went north without haste.

This road is exactly what Su Hailing and Haoyue walked when they escaped from the capital, and now they are still following the old road to return, but their mood is far different.

Because he was concerned about Mu Qingchen's body, and he had to wait for Lan Qinshuang to enter the capital, Su Hailing was not in a hurry, and stopped and stopped all the way. By the time he entered the boundary of the capital, almost the whole winter was almost over.

The journey was surprisingly peaceful, not to mention killer assassins, not even a thieves scissors, and the journey was slow, which made Situ Ye complain about being bored a few times.

"Master." Meng Ruyan's voice sounded from outside the car, "If we hurry up, we will be able to enter the capital before sunset today. At this speed, the city gate will probably be closed when we arrive."

"Don't worry." Su Hailing looked at Mu Qingchen who was beside him with a tired face, thought for a while and said, "I remember there is a farm not far ahead, let's go there for a night and have a good rest, and then enter the city tomorrow morning. Late."

"Yes." Meng Ruyan agreed, and slapped the horse's ass with a whip.

"I'm afraid the farm near the capital is not an ordinary family?" Mu Qingchen suddenly said lazily.

"As far as I know, it was originally the property of Mr. Qin Xiang, so he probably won't sell it to others now." Situ Ye said lazily.

"We're just staying for one night, whoever owns it." Su Hailing said indifferently.

"Really?" Mu Qingchen glanced at her with a half-smile.

In fact, it is said that it is a farm, but it actually includes a large piece of land centered on the villa, surrounded by scattered tenants who rent the fields of the villa.

Meng Ruyan jumped out of the carriage, stepped forward and knocked on the closed door of the village.

Su Hailing also followed, looked up, and saw the four big characters of Zangyu Villa on the plaque, full of momentum, and the inscription was indeed written by Qin Xiang himself.

Cangyu... She remembered that the man Su Xueling tried to get her to marry was Qin Yuxuan, the grandson of Prime Minister Qin?
With a sound of "squeak", the gate of the villa opened slightly, and a white-haired old woman poked her head out tremblingly: "Who is it?"

"Old man, we are passers-by. Because the gate of the city is closed, we want to stay overnight." Meng Ruyan tried her best to calm down her face, but unfortunately she is Yang Wan's capable subordinate, no matter how you look at it, she can't match gentleness above.

"What did you say?" the old woman asked loudly with her cloudy eyes open and one hand placed next to her ear.

Su Hailing walked forward with a smile, made a few gestures, and said, "Old man, we want to spend the night in Guizhuang, is it convenient?"

"Ah, stay overnight, come in." The old woman nodded, slowly opened the door, and said in a nagging voice, "This man is getting old, and his ears are not working well. The one in the car is a family member, right? It’s such a cold day, why are you still outside the house, come in and have some hot tea to keep you warm, luckily the fire under the stove has not been extinguished, the old lady asked them to cook some hot food.”

"Thank you, old man." Su Hailing helped Mu Qingchen off the carriage, Situ Ye and Mu Xin also jumped down, Meng Ruyan pulled the carriage to the yard by himself, untied the horse, and followed a boy to the stable .

"It's a shabby place in the countryside, so please don't dislike it, miss." The old woman said, leading them to the west wing, "All four guest rooms here are available for use, but there are male relatives in the villa, so don't step into the backyard, miss."

"I'll take care of it, mother-in-law, please rest assured." Su Hailing agreed with a smile.

"The old lady is going to order the boys to bring some food." The old woman walked out of the courtyard slowly, leaning on a cane.

"Such a big Zhuangzi, and it belongs to the Xiangfu's land, how can such an old man be the housekeeper?" Meng Ruyan frowned.

"Old man?" Situ Ye rolled his eyes and said, "This Granny Rong was a well-known thief in the world when she was young. I heard that she was chased and killed by mistake once. It happened that Prime Minister Qin passed by and saved her life, so she stayed. The butler is here."

"Have you seen her?" Su Hailing asked.

"It's been more than ten years. I was so young at that time, she wouldn't know me." Situ Ye shrugged.

"You really can't judge by appearance." Su Hailing shook his head, "I didn't even see that she knew martial arts."

"Grandma Rong is a great thief, her most powerful ability is to hide her breath." Situ Ye said.

"Okay, don't stand here and blow the air, let's go into the house." Mu Qingchen interjected.

There are no furnishings in the guest room, but there is nothing missing, and the sheets and bedding are also clean, exuding a fragrance of gardenias.

After a while, two fifteen or sixteen-year-old teenagers came in with a tray each, and put down several large bowls of simple vegetables, a whole stewed chicken, and a pot of steaming rice.

"My mother-in-law said that the country people don't have anything good to entertain distinguished guests. Please forgive me, ladies and gentlemen." A young man said crisply, "But these vegetables are all freshly plucked from the ground, and the chickens are also raised at home. Generally, princes The food in the noble family is not as fresh as this!"

Seeing his innocent appearance, Su Hailing couldn't help laughing, thanked him, and took a box of beautiful candies for them.

The two teenagers ran out happily.

"This Zhuangzi doesn't have the rules of ordinary noble mansions." Situ Ye tore off a chicken leg and gnawed on it while talking, "I'm almost starving to death... Hiss—it's so hot!"

"No one is robbing you." Su Hailing shook his head, first served Mu Qingchen a bowl of fragrant chicken soup, and then called Meng Ruyan and Mu Xin to sit down and eat together.

Sure enough, although it was just a simple dish, it was more delicious than the usual ones, and even Mu Qingchen, who had no appetite, ate more than usual.

Let the boy come over to clean up the dishes, wipe their faces, and then they went back to their rooms to rest. After all, even if they were in a carriage, a day of bumps would be enough. There are no cement roads and rubber tires in this world.

"Aren't you going to sleep?" Mu Qingchen went to bed only to find that Su Hailing didn't seem to be going to sleep at all.

"Go to bed first, I'm not sleepy yet." Su Hailing smiled and said, "I'll go to the yard to blow some air and think about something."

"Come back early." Mu Qingchen ignored her, pulled up the quilt and fell asleep.

Su Hailing opened the door gently and went out.

It was the first day of the new year, there was no moon in the sky, and it was pitch black.

There was no one around, so Su Hailing didn't have to worry about anything, he jumped onto the highest roof, and lay down on the sloped tiles with his hands on his head.

Tomorrow, I will return to the capital.

Among those old ministers, there are some decayed old antiques. As long as she can control the situation, as the blood of the Holy Emperor, she will not object to them. At worst, it will not be too late to replace them slowly when there are talents.The rest of the shrewd and capable people all placed their bets early on, but they controlled the army, so few of them had the courage to come out. However... that Qin Xiang, the head of all officials, is the confidant of Empress Su Xueling!
Qin Xiang has been prime minister for many years, and his disciples and children are all over the government and the public, and his power is deeply entrenched. Whether he wants to get rid of her or win her over, it is a huge problem.

"Hey, who are you? What are you doing on the roof?" While she was contemplating, a voice came from below.

Su Hailing was startled, sat up, looked down, and saw a man of eighteen or nineteen years old standing in the opposite corridor, dressed in a simple light blue robe, with ink-like long hair tied up with a jade hairpin. Zhang Wenrun's jade-like face was familiar to her——Qin Yuxuan, the piece of beautiful jade "hidden" in the villa by Prime Minister Qin.

But judging by his appearance, he is clearly still unmarried?He reached the age of marriage three years ago, how could he waste it until this time?Although Su Xueling thought about using him to keep him by her side for surveillance, she avoided him, so maybe he was not allowed to marry because of this!
"By the way, Grandma Rong said that there is a traveler staying overnight in the village tonight, and it's you?" Qin Yuxuan's voice was clear and light, like a ray of spring breeze, which was very comfortable to hear.

Su Hailing was stunned when he heard the words.He... doesn't recognize himself?

But soon she realized that three years ago at Fenghexuan's night banquet, she was dressed in court attire and was weak and flamboyant. Qin Yuxuan didn't dare to look at her appearance carefully, but he only saw a vague impression.But now, three years of baptism in the rivers and lakes had already changed her temperament greatly, and Qin Yuxuan would never associate this calm and sharp woman with Princess Ruiqing.

"I'm asking you something." Qin Yuxuan couldn't help being a little annoyed seeing that she didn't speak, but just stared at himself.

"Ah, I'm sorry." Su Hailing jumped down and bowed deeply, "Because there is a faint shadow of the dead brother between the son's brows, so I am a little dumbfounded."

While talking, she murmured in her heart, anyway, after arriving in two worlds, they will never see each other in this life, so it is not an exaggeration to say that they are dead!It's just... as Qin Yuxuan got older, he did look more like Su Mo.

"It's okay, it's because I caused the lady's sadness." Qin Yuxuan smiled slightly and returned the gift.

It was supposed to be the words of the apprentice girl, but when the woman said it, it was very natural, her eyes were as clear as water, and he was calm, so he couldn't help but believe her words.

"I don't know that the young master belongs to this mansion..." Su Hailing asked knowingly.

"My surname is Qin, and I'm the owner of this place." Qin Yuxuan said with a slight smile, "I just can't sleep. I came out to blow some air, and I'm disturbing Miss to enjoy the night."

Su Hailing couldn't help laughing, today is the first day of the new year, there is no moon, how can there be night to enjoy?
"Miss, do you know martial arts?" Qin Yuxuan asked.

"It's just superficial knowledge." Su Hailing said, "Nowadays, the world is not peaceful. When you go out, you can feel at ease if you know some kung fu."

"Really?" Qin Yuxuan looked at her enviously, then turned his head to look at the black night sky beyond the high wall, and sighed softly.

"You want to go out?" Su Hailing's heart moved.

"Men like us, how can we go out at will." Qin Yuxuan said sadly, "It's just... occasionally I want to see what is the scenery beyond this high wall."

"It's... not difficult at all." Su Hailing said with a smile.For some reason, a trace of distress flashed across her heart, and she was also sad for the men of this era.It has nothing to do with the relationship between men and women, I just feel... It's like Su Mo always pestered me to take him out to play when he was a child.

"Oh?" Qin Yuxuan looked at her in surprise.

"Offended." Su Hailing accused him first, put his arms around his waist, performed lightness kung fu, and went up to the roof again.

"Ah!" Qin Yuxuan exclaimed, stepping on uneven tiles, afraid of falling, grabbed her arm without thinking.

"Don't be afraid." Su Hailing helped him sit down.

"What did you bring me up there for?" Qin Yuxuan said in shock.

"Look!" Su Hailing smiled and pointed to the distance.

Qin Yuxuan looked in the direction she pointed, and couldn't help being shocked.

Although there is no moonlight, I can't see clearly, but after my eyes have adapted to the darkness, I can still vaguely see the empty fields outside Zhuangzi, scattered residential houses, and far away... the city wall of the capital is looming in the night.

"How is it?" Su Hailing asked.

"It's so beautiful." Qin Yuxuan's face was full of confusion.

"Hmm...doesn't your father let you go out?" Su Hailing asked after thinking about it.

Although he is the son of Xiangfu, he is not so strict!
"I was brought up by my grandma. Since I was a child, she wanted me to learn piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and poetry. No matter what it is, I must be the best... No, I can only be the best, otherwise my teacher will be the best." Will be expelled from the capital." Qin Yuxuan said lightly.

Su Hailing was stunned, he didn't expect Qin Xiang to be so perverted in his heart while smiling like a Buddha!
Thinking about it, Su Xueling must have been unwilling to point out Qin Yuxuan to me as the ruler back then, so what is the purpose of raising a boy like this?She is still waiting for Qin Yuxuan's refusal to marry, and she is probably waiting... Who is qualified to sit on that phoenix chair!

What an old fox!
"It's... nice here." Qin Yuxuan stretched out his arms, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath of the cold air.

"Be careful of falling." Su Hailing quickly supported his shoulder.

"Is it hard to practice martial arts?" Qin Yuxuan asked suddenly.

"Oh? It's okay." Su Hailing smiled wryly, hard work?Naturally, it was hard work. In Xiao Hanshan's three years, she practiced hard from dawn to dusk.

"It would be great if I have martial arts like yours, and I can go out and see the outside world." Qin Yuxuan said with longing.

Su Hailing smiled lightly and shook his head. After all, he is the grandson taught by Qin Xiang, so he is not as bold and rebellious as Situ Ye!
"Go down, it's not good to be seen." She reminded.

"Yes." Qin Yuxuan said reluctantly.

Su Hailing grabbed his belt and he landed, let go of his hands and took a few steps back, clasped his fists smartly, turned and left.

Tonight was just a chance encounter...

A slight blush flashed across Qin Yuxuan's face, and the warmth of another person seemed to remain on his waist... After standing still for a while, he suddenly remembered that he didn't even ask her name...

(End of this chapter)