The beauty is endless

Chapter 47
Murong Qi woke up in a burst of aroma that made people's index finger move. When she opened her eyes, she saw three plates of dim sum on the table by the window, crystal dumplings, white sugar cake, golden silk lotus paste cake, all of which she loved. .

She immediately felt that she was hungry, so she jumped out of bed and rushed over, picked up a piece of golden silk lotus seed pastry and put it in her mouth. It was hot, fragrant, sweet and just right. Once she tasted it, she knew it was someone's handwriting.

She dropped another crystal dumpling into her mouth, and from the corner of her eye through the open window, she saw the man in black on the porch, with a blue hawk squatting on his shoulder, looking down at the sealed letter in his hand. letter.

It has been seven days since I left Tianhe City. Although I am still in the northern frontier, the scenery is quite different from the desolate and vast snowfield of Baishuo.From Zixia Pass to the south, there are towns and villages along the way. In some warm valleys surrounded by mountains, spring has come quietly, with small green buds on the branches and spring flowers dotted by the pool, just like the garden view outside the window at this moment—since she reunited It has been a year since I returned to Liaoyangjing.

Murong Qi rested his chin, chewing delicious food while looking at Ji Che not far away.Does he know that frowning always looks so fierce, and the corners of the lips are so tightly pursed that it is easy to get wrinkles. The silver hair tie seems to be made by Xiaoci, and he has to get a new one next time. How did he take care of his long and black hair... Every detail is him, but it doesn't seem to be him. She is fascinated by it, as if she has known him for so many years, and she is not as good-looking as these few days.

Ji Che quickly noticed her gaze, hurriedly put away the secret letter in his hand, and raised his eyebrows: "Are you awake?"

She asked, "Any news?"

He walked towards her, and said: "King Khan has decided to let Xiying Emperor Ji Yuan marry Dayou, and he will leave soon, accompanied by Wei Nange back to Liaoyang capital."

Murong Qi was stunned for a moment, then quickly smiled secretly at him: "What else?"

"..."

"Don't think that I didn't see it when it was received quickly." She snorted and pouted her mouth, "The signature on that letter paper is clearly in the Chinese character Shan. Since when did you become so friendly with that Commander Liang? What's so shameful?" Do you want to keep it from me?"

She was obviously not very happy, but Ji Che smiled, some smiles bloomed from his always stern thin lips, like the snow and the first sunshine.

"Are you jealous?"

"So what?" She didn't deny it, her phoenix eyes were slightly squinted, and the warm sunshine in the early spring shone into her eyes, a sprinkling of bright colors made her skin radiant and beautiful.

Ji Che took out the secret letter from his pocket again, handed it to her, and motioned her to read it for herself.

Murong Qi was not too polite, and unfolded the letter paper. The handwriting on the paper was not very pretty, but there was a heroic air about it.

"The city of Tianhe was broken, the Yonghe army was defeated, Mei Wangting was killed, and the whereabouts of Juze's son are unknown. Also: Mother is well, and now she is living in Yingzhou. I will report my love to you in the future."

Her eyes stayed on the words "Ju Ze Shizi" for a moment, and then quickly moved to the next sentence, the light in her eyes became more and more dangerous.

"It's fine to report the Tianhe City battle, and I will tell you about my mother's recent situation, what kind of favor did you accept, and what kind of favor did you repay?"

Ji Che didn't answer immediately, but just looked down at her.

"Oh, that's right." She suddenly thought of something, picked up the thin piece of letter paper and shook it, "I remember that when she was in Shishan, she clearly wanted to kill me, but when you came, she left. Later, in the ruins of the ancient city, she actually rescued me, could it be because of you?"

Ji Che didn't deny it, but added one more: "Actually, in the fire at Tianhe City's city guard, if it wasn't for her guidance, I wouldn't have found you so quickly."

"Hey!" She slapped the secret letter on the window sill, leaned out of the window almost her whole body, and stared at him viciously.

He finally couldn't help smiling, and said: "It is rumored that before His Royal Highness King Xin of Dayu married the concubine, there was a concubine named Liang Ting'er. Later, King Xin lost power and the palace was sealed. Liang Ting'er's whereabouts were unknown, but she left Before, she was pregnant."

Murong Qi was stunned for a moment.

The Prince of Xin that Ji Che was talking about was her father, the first prince of Liao Yangjing, Murong Su, Prince of Xin.

"Liang..." She looked at him with complicated eyes, "Could it be that Commander Liang's mother is Liang Ting'er?"

Ji Che nodded: "So, whether she wants to kill you or save you, it's all because of you, not me."

Suddenly there was a reasonable explanation for all the unbelievable behaviors, and she couldn't help but nana: "She is mine...my..."

She couldn't say those two words no matter what. She thought of the woman in red with a stern look who could be called the female version of Ji Che. She had mixed feelings in her heart, and she was stunned for a while before she remembered the main point: "How do you know about such a secret?" of?"

"In Liaoyangjing, she wanted to harm you, so I sent someone to investigate her background. I didn't tell you because she didn't want to recognize your father. One more thing is worse than one less thing. As for Mrs. Liang, she got a kind of A rare headache requires a large amount of precious medicinal materials produced in the Western Regions, which cannot be bought in ordinary pharmacies. Liang Shan searched to no avail, and she was unwilling to ask your father for help. I gave some to her, and that's what the letter said."

After explaining each sentence one by one, he asked, "What else do you want to know?"

She bit her lip and said firmly: "Anyway, my intuition is not wrong, she must still like you..."

But seeing him leaning over to her with one hand on the window frame, his breath suddenly approached, she immediately forgot what she was going to say in the second half of the sentence, thinking he was going to kiss her, blushing and was about to close her eyes, but who knew he would Just hooking the tip of her tongue, she licked off a small piece of lotus seed paste stuck to the corner of her lips, and said in a low voice, "It's a little sweet, next time I need to put less sugar."

"..." Don't think she didn't see the disgusting look in his eyes when he raised his head!

You bastard, you actually learned how to tease her!She sneered, narrowed her phoenix eyes, grabbed his collar and pulled him back, biting his lip viciously.

Whoever is afraid of others will not lose to him!
All the way south, the feeling of spring was getting stronger, and when Murong Qi and Ji Che came to Linzhou, the largest city along the Dian River, it was already the season when the flowers were blooming and the grass was growing.

News from afar keeps coming——

Emperor Yong'an built a large-scale construction project to build a moon-watching platform for the upcoming Xiying Emperor Ji. The platform was ten feet high, allowing the emperor to look north to Baishuo to comfort his homesickness.

During the Dayou Dynasty, several major corruption cases were successively carried out, and most of the officials involved were closely related to Fengyou Palace. It is said that after these people were imprisoned, because they did not have the spices from Fengyou Palace to be close to them, they were all in prison one by one. Suffering from hysteria, it looks like a madman, very terrifying.

And in Baishuo, the army encircled and suppressed all the way, forcing the stubborn Yonghe army into the uninhabited desert north of Riyue Mountain, and captured the Yonghe army's military order, which will be presented to Dayou as the dowry of Xiying Emperor Ji.

Ban Weiji, the twelfth prince of Baishuo, had made great contributions in defending Tianhe City. King Khan authorized him to establish a mansion.King Khan took pity on his concubine's new funeral, and intended to ask Emperor Yong'an to marry the princess of his clan, so as to improve the good relations between the two countries.

Feiyi, the lord of the Kaye Palace, signed an alliance with Ban Weilian, the Khan King. The Baishuo cavalry will not pass the Shengyin Snow Mountain within 50 years.

……

The turbulent world and the crowds have nothing to do with Ji Che and Murong Qi. The only thing they worry about is the Hongshui Gang, which was taken over by Ji Ci, and this worry is shared by Ji Che and Murong Qi. After Guo Zichen got in touch, it weakened day by day.

In fact, there is no need for Guo Zichen's information. The two of them traveled together along the way, keeping their names incognito, and had already made unannounced visits to various branches and docks of the Hongshui Gang along the way.

Apart from using the Hongshui gang's fleet to help the Yonghe army deliver food, grass and weapons several times, Ji Ci did nothing else.He didn't establish himself as the gang leader, didn't eradicate Ji Che's confidants, and didn't fight against the Dayou government, and didn't even mention the Yonghe Army to the gang members, so the silence was too much.

Ji Che unfolded the scroll he took from Qingyao's leg, and said softly, "Xiaoci is still in Haishengpu."

He still called her "Xiaoci". He has always been a long-term lover, even if he knew her background, he never said a single word of ill.

Murong Qi hesitated for a moment, then said: "Are you going back tomorrow?"

"Ah."

"How do you plan to deal with Xiaoci?"

"I don't know." He answered quickly, with a confused expression on his face, "According to gang rules, those who make trouble will be punished..."

He has always been clear about rewards and punishments, but this time, he couldn't make a decision easily.He still remembered the first time he saw Ji Ci, a girl less than five years old, thin and small, with two sparse braids on her yellow hair, her little hands tightly clutching the leader's skirt, With wide eyes open, she looked at him cautiously.

The leader said, Ah Che, Xiaoci will be your sister from now on, you must protect her well and never let her be bullied by others.

Time flies, the little girl who was shy at the beginning has grown into a Tingting girl, he has always kept his promise and never let her suffer any grievances.He gave her everything he could do, but the gang leader never told him, what should he do if Xiao Ci made a mistake?
Murong Qi couldn't help holding his hand, thought for a while, but still didn't say anything.

For her, Xiaoci is also an indispensable part of the youth's memory, and it is not easy to abandon it once, let alone him.So, no matter what decision he made in the end, she would support it, and that would be fine.

No one knew about Ji Che's return to Haishengpu except Guo Zichen who had been secretly in touch with him.

When he and Murong Qi got on the ferry at the wharf in Linzhou, crossed the Dianjiang River, and arrived at Jiangxinzhou, it was noon, and there were many masts around Haishengpu. Any day before leaving was no different.

The young guards in front of the main water village are still dedicated to their duties, standing upright, watching the boats passing slowly on the river in the distance.

Ji Che slowly stepped up the steps. The guard was about to stop him, but when he saw his face, he was stunned for a moment, and couldn't even speak: "You...Young Master? You...you still alive...alive?"

Ji Che stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder: "Xiao Zhao, long time no see, did your wife give birth?"

The young man finally came to his senses and said excitedly: "Young master, he gave birth to a son!"

Ji Che smiled faintly: "Congratulations."

"No...you're welcome, another day full of wine, the young gang leader must come..." The young man stammered, finally convinced the facts before him, couldn't hold back the ecstasy in his heart, turned his head and shouted at the top of his voice : "Young Master is back! He's back!"

As soon as Ji Che passed ten steps, Ji Che was surrounded by people who heard the news and couldn't move an inch. All kinds of people were crying with joy, ecstatic, asking questions, and even offering food and clothing. Murong Qi was amazed at the drug for bruises.

As for her, she had been pushed to the outside, and could only watch Ji Che submerged in the crowd.

"Do you want to be so popular?" She squatted down on a roof and muttered while fanning the air with her hands.In order to facilitate her journey, she changed into men's clothes all the way, and at this time, she was probably taken as a follower by those fanatical gangsters who were watching the young master's return.

While enjoying the cool weather, she saw the crowd slowly moving towards her. Ji Che stretched out his long arms, parted the crowd, took her hand involuntarily, and walked towards the main hall without looking back.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, her hands were tightly clasped. Before she recovered, she heard countless inhalation sounds behind her.After thinking about it, I think it is necessary to explain, so as to live up to Ji Che's half-life fame.

"Actually, I'm a woman..."

It's a pity that Ji Che walked too fast, before she could finish speaking, the crowd had already been left far away by him.

She waited until there was no one around before she looked at him thoughtfully: "It's not like your style to be so ostentatious when you go home."

He replied calmly: "Since we are going home, why hide?"

He never likes to chat with people, but now he intends to chat with the guards, attracting so many people, he can't get away for a while, there is such a movement, and this time is enough for Ji Ci to leave.

After all, he still couldn't be cruel to her.

Murong Qi knew it in his heart, but he didn't say anything. He just stretched out his arms to let him see his attire: "Since you want to show off, at least wait until I change into women's clothes."

His expression didn't change, and he said along the way: "Yes. You remember to change into women's clothes tonight, come to meet the elders in the gang, and set a wedding date by the way."

"You... take advantage of the fire to rob, hey!"

While talking, Ji Che's courtyard was already in sight, and the two approached together, only to see that the door was ajar and there was no sound.

Ji Che hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his hand to push open the door. Inside the door was a bluestone path passing through the green bamboo forest, leading directly to the inner courtyard.

There was no one in the inner courtyard, and the main house was not locked. The furnishings in the house were the same as before he left, simple and tidy.The only bright color in the room is a pear flower stuck in a celadon vase in front of the window, and a few petals fell on the table, obviously the flower branch is not freshly picked.

When Xiao Ci cleaned up his room before, she felt that his place was too old-fashioned, so she insisted on putting this bottle, and she always planted flowers to suit the occasion, but she was the one who worried about it.

Going further inside, I saw a new small spiritual case near the bed, the table was like incense candles, the ashes were already cold, and the place where the memorial tablet should have been enshrined is now empty.

There is also a letter on the table, and there are only three beautiful handwriting on the envelope: Brother Cheqi.

Murong Qi secretly glanced at Ji Che, but saw that his expression was normal, he gently picked up the letter, and pulled out a thin piece of letter paper from it.

She waited for a while, but couldn't hold back her curiosity and leaned over.

The letter is very short, only two sentences:
"I thought about it at the beginning, but now I am making a wrong step. I dare not ask for forgiveness lightly, but I hope that you will live a thousand years and be safe. My sister bids farewell."

Although she calls herself "sister", she calls Ji Che "jun", not "brother" as written on the envelope. I don't know if Ji Che has noticed this subtle difference. Murong Qi raised his eyes to see that he was still nothing. With a changing expression, he was thinking about how to speak, when a familiar excited voice suddenly came from outside the door:

"Little Lord!"

When she turned her head, she saw Guo Zichen standing at the door, her tiger eyes were shining brightly at the moment, as if she was about to shed tears in the next moment, it looked a little funny.

She reached out to say hello: "Guozi, long time no see."

"Miss Murong? Why are you here?" Guo Zichen noticed Murong Qi in men's clothing.

But before Murong Qi could speak again, Ji Che had already handed the letter in front of Guo Zichen, and said in a deep voice, "Xiao Guo, can you give me an explanation about this letter?"

Guo Zichen was stunned for a while, the tears in his eyes had not faded, but his head slowly drooped, and his voice was a little lower: "Even though the young lady...although she lied about the young master's death and took over the assistant duties without authorization, she didn't do anything wrong. She can't help herself when things are not good for the water gang, young master...can you forgive her..."

"So you informed her of the day I'm coming back, but didn't tell me that she was gone?"

Guo Zichen heard the words, immediately knelt down, and said loudly without hesitation: "Young master please punish me!"

Looking at him like this, it is obvious that he does not regret letting Ji Ci go on purpose.

Ji Che didn't get angry, but asked, "When did she leave?"

"Three days ago."

"Where have you been?"

"..."

"If you want to avoid punishment, answer me honestly."

"...The eldest lady said that the Hongshui Gang has been kind to her in nurturing her. She is unwilling to betray you in this life, but because of this, she broke her promise to her mother, so she has to repay the kindness for her mother, so...so she went to Baiyou alone. Shuo went to look for the Yonghe army and the son of Juze..."

Before Guo Zichen finished speaking, Murong Qi grabbed him by the collar and said anxiously: "Idiot, why didn't you stop her!" Not to mention how she, a weak girl who had never traveled far, would travel thousands of miles, nor It is said that now that Yong Hejun is surrounded by heavy siege, even if she really sees Feng Yuan safely, what can she do for him?How can she repay her kindness?All she can give him is one life!

Guo Zichen's face turned pale for a while, and he wanted to cry without tears: "She...she won't listen to me, I...I can't stop her..."

Murong Qi turned her head, frowned and looked at Ji Che: "Ah Che, this can't work, I need to get Xiaoci back."

She didn't want to influence him to make a decision, but she still couldn't help it - she used to be a friend, a family member, those memories and emotions are all real, but now just for one "one thought", she has to live and die far away, She punished herself too severely.

Under Guo Zichen's astonished gaze, Ji Che loosened her fingers one by one without changing his face, and then wrapped them into his palm. With the other hand, he straightened Guo Zichen's wrinkled collar, and said lightly:
"Xiao Guo, how long have you been on vacation?"

Guo Zichen managed to move his eyes away from the hands they were clasping. When he heard Ji Che's question, he didn't understand why, but he answered honestly: "I haven't had any since I returned to my hometown to worship my ancestors three years ago, but thanks to the care of the young master. , my parents have already brought me to Benyunpu..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ji Che: "Since I've come back, you can go out and relax."

Years of tacit understanding made Guo Zichen suddenly blessed, and a hesitant look of joy flashed across his face: "Young master, what do you mean..."

Ji Che was noncommittal: "I heard that outside the pass, there are now green grass and herds of cattle and sheep. It's worth seeing. Be careful on the road."

As he said that, he took out a jade pendant from his bosom and handed it to Guo Zichen, saying: "If you meet an old person, give this to her. There are still dead people in Juze's old place waiting for her to go home to pay homage. Don't belittle yourself." life."

Murong Qi took a quick glance, it was a white jade pendant with fish playing lotus leaves surrounded by half of an old necklace, she remembered that Xiaoci also had the same one, but the necklace on it was re-knitted by her, this one was obviously not hers.

Guo Zichen understood, swept away the previous worries, answered "yes" happily, and immediately ran back to the room to pack his luggage without losing his mind.

Hearing a slight laughter from around him, Ji Che turned his head and said, "Relax?"

She nodded, turned her eyes to the desk on the other side, stared at the empty space for a while, and asked suddenly: "Ah Che, you said that the spiritual tablet that was taken away by Xiaoci said what?"

As soon as he finished asking, he flicked his forehead lightly: "If you have time to think wildly, why not accompany me to a place."

Immediately, she put aside the sigh that had arisen from the bottom of her heart just now, and asked expectantly, "Where is it? Is it fun?"

He took her to the highest point of Jiangxinzhou. The thin and steep rocky mountain plunged into the river like a sharp sword, and there was only a narrow stone beam connected to the winding slope of the mountain road.

Murong Qi cautiously walked past the stone beam that could only hold one person, stood on the top of the stone mountain, saw the river waves beating the shore under his feet, the boats were like ants, the clouds rolled up in the distance, the green hills were faint, and the long wind washed away, The clear sky stretches as far as the eye can see, I just feel that the stale air in my chest is swept away, and the boredom is gone.

Ji Che stretched out his hand and pointed out one by one:

"On the opposite bank is Linzhou, and the mountain in the distance is Qionglu Mountain. The last master of the former number one magic soldier in the world, Hongye Gongzi, lived in seclusion here. The big lake to the southwest is Qingluo Lake. Every June, Qingluo Lake White radish prawns are the most plump, and a little salted water can make them delicious, and Qingluo Lake is a hundred miles to the south, which used to be Zizhu, the largest southern tea producing area in Juze..."

Her gaze followed the direction he pointed, from near to far, to the scenery thousands of miles away. Even though she couldn't see it, she was still very interested in hearing it, and couldn't help pointing to the distance: "That direction is what Lan Ruo is looking for. No? I heard from Grandpa Guoshi that on the other side of the Shengyin Snow Mountain is a country where gods live. There are rivers flowing with fine wine and goddesses who can sing. By the way, will the Dian River lead to the Lingluo Sea? Ah Che, you go Have you ever crossed Lingluohai? Is the sea really that big? Is it bigger than the holy lake under the snow-capped mountains? Did Shiya's empress really grow wings?"

She has so many questions, Ji Che looked into her bright eyes, with a faint smile on his lips:
"Instead of asking me, why don't you go and see for yourself."

"Ok?"

"The kingdom of the gods, Lingluohai, Shiya."

"Okay!" She nodded, laughing happily, "And the Qionglu Mountain you mentioned, Qingluo Lake... so many good places, I want to go..."

Before he finished speaking, Ji Che who was standing behind suddenly stretched out his hand to wrap her around her chest, and slowly tightened it. The warm breath brushed against her ear, and his voice was so deep that it made her heart tremble.

"You can go wherever you want, we have the whole world, and we have a lifetime."

Her face was reddish, she hugged his arm across her waist tightly, and replied with a smile: "That's right."

She is so satisfied - he not only gave her boundless mountains and picturesque scenery, but also allowed her to ride a horse on the moon and be free and unrestrained. He is indeed the person who understands her best in this world.

The rivers and lakes are still so big, and the years are still so long, walk slowly, watch slowly, get drunk together, laugh together, and grow old together.

This place of peace of mind is my hometown.

Wherever you are, is the end of the world.

With you here, I feel at ease.

(End of this chapter)