The beauty is endless

Chapter 35
This is not a clever trap. The reason why Murong Qi didn't dodge it was because she didn't expect an old man whom she didn't know would plot against her, and secondly because the moment the trap appeared, she saw a staircase on the ground. Into the unseen darkness.

At this moment, the mechanism above her head had been closed again, and she was standing in front of the steps, surrounded by stone strips, which looked very clean, as if it was often cleaned by someone.

Murong Qi took out a fire pocket to polish it, and went down the stairs, the steps fluctuated up and down along the terrain, there were copper lamps installed at intervals on the walls on both sides, the lamps were full of oil, obviously someone added it from time to time.

After walking not far, a door blocked her eyes, she stepped forward and pushed it, and the door opened silently, revealing a room behind.

She lit the oil lamp in the house, and looked around in the hazy yellow light.

The room looks very ordinary, with a bed in the corner, a sky blue gauze hanging on the bed, a dressing table next to the bed, a painting hanging beside the dressing table, incense candles for sacrificial offerings are placed on the long table under the painting, and a A loom, the paint color is old, it has obviously been used for some years.

But Murong Qi immediately noticed something was wrong - this was obviously the capital of Baishuo King, but the furnishings in the room were typical Dayou residences.

She walked to the long table, raised the lamp and looked at the painting on the wall.

Surprisingly, this is not a portrait of a god or Buddha, nor a landscape of flowers and birds, but a picture of a lady.

The woman in the painting is sitting on a loom and weaving cloth. Although her clothes are plain, her appearance is extremely beautiful, her eyes are full, and the corners of her lips are smiling.

The painting is very vivid, even the slender fingers of the woman weaving cloth are drawn very meticulously, but when Murong Qi looks at it, he always feels a kind of indescribable weirdness.

She moved the lamp slightly away and saw the dressing table beside her, her shadow was vaguely reflected on the bronze mirror, her heart moved, and she suddenly understood where the strange feeling came from.

The appearance of the woman in the painting is [-]% similar to her!

She suddenly felt hairs all over her body, and couldn't help but take two steps back, but a voice as indifferent as ice spring suddenly came from behind:
"You see? This is my mother."

Murong Qi turned her head suddenly, and saw Wei Ji standing at the door at some time, the flickering lights cast his shadow at her feet, deep and shallow.

She calmed down the turmoil in her heart, frowned and said, "What does this mean?"

"I apologize on behalf of Uncle Gan." After a pause, he continued, "I'm glad you can come."

...the apology sounded insincere.

"Is this how you treat guests?" Murong Qi raised the lamp to illuminate the surroundings, "Give me an explanation, otherwise I will never think of you as a friend again."

"I was negligent." He said as he turned sideways to open the door, "Come with me."

"explain!"

"As you can see, this is the place I used to commemorate my mother. I didn't intend to hurt you, and Uncle Gan didn't mean it. It's just that he saw your appearance and misunderstood me." He is good at explaining, and he speaks very slowly while thinking about a sentence.

Murong Qi was a little surprised: "Who would put a place to commemorate my mother underground?"

"Because it is not recognized, it cannot be aboveboard."

Wei Zhi's tone was light, but Murong Qi was stunned.He closed the door casually, motioning for her to follow him and walk the other way.

"My mother is from Dayou. She was just a weaver girl with a low status. Although she gave birth to me, she was not recognized by her father, and finally died in depression. Because she had some friendship with King Ding's mother and concubine during her lifetime, I collected her relics. In this underground secret passage, so that I can always remember it."

His narration was the same as his usual speech, very flat, but in this empty underground, it sounded a little lonely.

After a moment of silence, Murong Qicai asked again: "Why did you tell me?"

"I don't know, just say what you want."

"..."

Please don't be so casual.

"Probably because you look a lot like my mother." He thought for a while, and finally gave her an explanation, "So, I want you to stay by my side, and I will never treat you as a maid."

This child, did he pin his longing and dependence on his mother on her?
Although they do look alike, she and his mother are completely two people, and she has no interest in taking care of such a big son.

"I'm not anyone's maid." She waved her hand, and didn't bother to explain her relationship with Feng Yuan. She just said after thinking about it: "As for me, I like freedom the most. Xiaowei, I don't ask you. Origin, don't mention what you asked me to stay, how about it? Your mother died young, I express my regret, but that has nothing to do with me. "

While speaking, the two of them had gone around to the ground along another tunnel, but this exit was much friendlier than the place where Murong Qi fell down. It was located in a small courtyard with a rockery screen in front of it, which was both concealed and convenient.It can be seen that there are dedicated people to take care of the courtyard. Although it is not as exquisite and gorgeous as the Juze Garden, it is also a very rare sight in this bitterly cold grassland.

Murong Qi consciously spoke clearly, and looked back at Wei Ji, Wei Ji squinted his eyes, and his eyes stayed on her face for a moment, a smile flashed in his cold green eyes, this rare smile made everyone His face looked softer.

"understood."

After a pause, he said again: "In that case, I will treat you as my mother and leave it to my sister in this world."

"..." This kid is too cunning!
"I'm hungry, do you have something to eat?" It was just a title, and she didn't want to argue anymore, so she walked around the rockery and looked around.

"Yes." Wei Ji seemed in a good mood, "The rules in the palace are so inconvenient, I'll take you out to eat, and let Uncle Gan apologize to you."

"That's unnecessary..." She didn't argue with the old man, and she could see that Wei Qian should be someone Wei Zhi trusted very much.

Before he finished speaking, a few strange birdsong rang in his ears, Murong Qi followed the sound and looked around, only to see a garden full of bare branches, not even a single bird.

Wei Ji stopped and looked towards the rockery behind him.

"Twelve, here, here!"

A deliberately lowered voice sounded immediately, and behind a few rocks, there was a small white face with beautiful features and big eyes. She was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl.

Wei Ji frowned, turned around and strode over, and said in a deep voice, "Why are you here?"

"Twelve, come here, I need your help!" The girl continued to greet, and leaned out from behind the rock, wearing an inappropriate servant's attire, which was obviously put on temporarily.

"Didn't you be locked up by your father?"

"Nonsense, didn't you escape!" the girl snorted impatiently, and stretched out her hand to pull him, "Hurry up and go to the back door with me, the front is busy right now, take this opportunity to help us get out of the city..."

In the middle of speaking, he suddenly yelled: "This is your maid? Why are you so ignorant of etiquette!"

Wei Ji looked back, and saw Murong Qi following behind him, stroking his chin while looking up and down at the girl.

"Xiao Zhi?" Murong Qi didn't dodge when he saw him looking over, and asked straightforwardly.

Wei Zhi nodded.

This girl is the girl Xiao Zhi who disguised herself as a man in Zixia Town and appeared with Feng Yuan in Sword Holding Villa.

Xiaozhi obviously understood these two words, she glared at Murong Qi and said, "A mere servant girl dares to call me by my first name! Twelve, how do you discipline your servants!"

Wei Ji felt a little headache about this situation. After thinking about it, he explained a few words to Xiao Zhi in Bai Shuo's words. That's the best, your master is in danger now, so hurry up and follow me."

Murong Qi was staggered by her, master, who is that?

But she quickly figured it out, the person Xiao Zhi was talking about should be Feng Yuan.

Is Feng Yuan in danger?So, he is also in Chiyue City right now?
Murong Qi was pulled by Xiao Zhi, and walked a few steps forward involuntarily, but was stopped by Wei Ji again, Xiao Zhi raised her brows and was about to get angry, when suddenly many guards from the palace rushed out from all around, surrounded them .

Xiaozhi screamed "Yeah", and immediately hid behind Wei Ji, Murong Qi was not in a hurry, just lowered his head and took a step back, he had already seen clearly in his cold eyes that although there were many guards, none of them were armed. Doesn't look malicious.

"Xiao Zhi, Twelve, where are you going?"

Following the voice, a tall young man slowly walked out of the crowd, dressed in black fur, with a high nose and deep eyes, those eyes were the same dark blue color as Wei Ji.

At this moment, Wei Ji also changed his slightly arrogant and indifferent expression before, bowed in a proper manner, and said: "Third brother."

Xiaozhi behind him also knew that he couldn't hide, so he stood up slowly, and called out "Third Brother" with annoyance in his tone.

Although they spoke Bai Shuo dialect, they were all very simple sentences. Murong Qi roughly understood, his eyes flashed, and the hands hanging by his side silently gathered the corners of his skirts tightly.

The young man stopped in front of the three of them, his eyes wandered around Wei Ji, and finally fixed on Xiao Zhi, and said in a deep voice: "Xiao Zhi, you are too willful."

Xiaozhi was obviously a little afraid of him, but she was very unwilling. She glanced at her mouth and said, "I haven't done anything wrong, so why lock me up? I'm already fifteen, don't treat me like a child!"

"The state banquet is such a big occasion, but you lose your temper and don't attend. Does this mean that you have done nothing wrong?" The young man snorted coldly, "Father asked you to reflect, and it is for your own good. As a princess of a country, you are so ignorant. , let other countries see the joke, don’t you know how to repent?”

These words were very harsh, Xiaozhi pursed her lips, but she didn't dare to reply after all, but her eye circles were already red.

"Follow me back to the palace." The young man gave a short order, and then said to Wei Ji, "Twelve, you stay here first, and don't mess around with her in the future."

This matter has nothing to do with Wei Ji, he just answered "yes", but Xiaozhi seemed to wake up suddenly, and shouted: "I don't want to go back!"

"Little Zhi!"

"I'm not going back! I know what those people are here for. I don't want to marry those messy old emperors. I'm not a commodity. My father can't trade me!" She yelled, and her tears finally stopped. She couldn't stop crying, and said, "I don't care about princesses, I want to marry someone I like..."

"Bullshit!"

The young man sternly shouted, his face turned livid, he stretched out his hand to call a group of guards to come forward, obviously intending to take Xiao Zhi away by force.

Xiao Zhi cried until she was crying, but she also knew that she was alone and could not escape, so in desperation she just grabbed Wei Ji's sleeve and cried, "Twelve, you must help me, Twelve, I don’t want to go back, Twelve, I beg you!”

A trace of helplessness flashed in Wei Ji's eyes, but he didn't make a move after all, he just said softly: "You and third brother go back to the palace first, and we'll talk about other things later."

"Don't..." Before he finished speaking, the captain of the guard had already walked in front of Xiaozhi and said, "Princess forgive me." Then he reached out to grab her arm.

"Who dares to touch me!" Seeing that there was no way out, Xiaozhi became ruthless, she shed tears, slipped out the iron bone fan from her sleeve, and slammed hard on the opponent's wrist.

It's just that she was not good at martial arts, and she was quickly surrounded again, and both arms were grabbed.

At this moment, the sound of clothes ripping through the air came from everyone's ears, accompanied by a clear shout: "Wait a minute."

Everyone felt a flash in front of their eyes, a figure flashed by, and an unknown force came continuously, and the guards surrounding Xiaozhi were pushed away several steps.

At some point in the crowd, there was a man wearing a purple brocade robe. His black hair was like ink, his face was handsome, and his brows had an indescribable demeanor. It is the inner strength that has not yet been exhausted.

The young man called "Third Brother" by Xiaozhi and Wei Ji frowned, and said angrily, "Who? Dare to break into the palace!"

The purple-robed man looked calm, raised his hands and saluted, respectful yet arrogant, said: "Feng You Gong Feng Yuan, I have seen His Royal Highness Prince Ding."

"Feng You Palace?" Ding Wang Ban Weijin was startled, a trace of cruelty flashed in his eyes, "So it's you! You want to prevent me from taking Xiaozhi away?"

And Xiao Zhi, who was in a panic just a moment ago, seemed to see a savior at this moment, hugged Feng Yuan's arm, tears fell like rain, and pitifully called out: "Brother Feng Yuan!"

Feng Yuan didn't talk too much, and lightly patted the pair of white hands holding his own, but his gaze never left Ban Weijin in front of him, the smile on his lips was shallow and calm.

Only Wei Ji took another two steps away from the crowd, leaning on the rockery with folded hands, as if he had nothing to do with him.

"His Royal Highness Prince Ding wants to bring Xiao Zhi back to the palace, how can I stop her? After all, she and Da Khan are united as father and daughter, and their blood is thicker than water. It is not my original intention to turn against each other because of a mere Feng Yuan." It was Feng who spoke. Yuan's tone was calm, but Ban Weijin was taken aback, looked him up again, and said coldly, "What do you mean?"

"I think, maybe Da Khan misunderstood me, if I can meet Da Khan and explain it myself..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Zhi hurriedly interrupted him: "Brother Feng Yuan, my father wants to kill you, how can you go to see him in person!"

Feng Yuan just waved his hands at her, and looked at her with a softer gaze: "There are always some important matters that need to be discussed with Da Khan face to face, and it would appear insincere to avoid them, so there is no need to be afraid." Turning his head to look at Ban Weijin, he said, "I hope His Royal Highness King Ding can recommend it for me."

Xiao Zhi obviously thought of something from his cryptic words, her little face flushed instantly, her anxious and fearful gaze became firm, she glanced at him shyly, puffed her chest out, and raised her voice a bit.

"Brother Feng Yuan is right. Father Wang has never even seen him, and he has never spoken to him. How can he kill if he says so? Third brother, I promise to go back to the palace with you, but you want to take us Let's go to see Father Wang together, I want to have a good talk with him!"

(End of this chapter)