Clear and Muddy Loss of Love

Lick the calf and plan secretly

Qi Yan walked back for dozens of steps, suddenly supported the wall and frowned: that young master's legs are really strong.

Going back to the small courtyard, I opened my trousers and saw that there was a bruise on my calf.

She shook her head helplessly, perhaps because she saw the shadow of Xiaodie caring for her back then from the little boy, so she couldn't get angry at all.

Qi Yan looked at the pale yellow mountains in the distance through the small windows in front of him. In late autumn, when everything was bleak, the pain in his heart permeated again.

In the past, she always hoped that Xiaodie would still live in a certain corner of the grassland, but since she walked around the Wuming Valley, such thoughts have faded away.

Except for the Tuba tribe who colluded with the imperial court of the Wei state, all the grassland people were reduced to low status.These prairie people first built the city wall in the north, and the city wall has been repaired one after another in the past few years. The court of the Wei Kingdom detained these prairie people and continued to work as coolies in various state capitals.

When she came to Jizhou, she had seen Wei soldiers driving away grassland people with whips.I couldn't help but inquired about it: the prairie men who had been brought into low status worked as coolies, and most of the women with poor labor force were sold to the livestock market, where they were traded with cattle and horses.

The women in the slave market were all skinny and naked, and they were allowed to be manipulated by those Wei people with special hobbies like picking animals.

This is how the 50 taels of money given by the masked man was spent.

Even though, Qi Yan is very clear that she should turn a blind eye for the sake of revenge...

But seeing the people of Wei country pouring the leftovers into the food bowl yelling about feeding the pigs, and seeing the former compatriots scrambling for the rancid rations like livestock, she really couldn't calm down.

Xiaodie was only five years old when the supporting plow department was in disaster.If she is still alive, Qi Yan can't imagine what kind of life she has lived these years.

After that, Qi Yan began to pray cruelly: Xiaodie and Bayin are dead.

Died in the war, died in childhood; like a flowing fire, he never surrendered to the Wei people for a day.Buried under an unknown land, return to the embrace of the gods.

The pair of siblings I met just now flashed in my mind again, and I was looking forward to it with some luck: Bayin and Xiaodie are still alive.

This is an extremely complicated and indescribable state of mind, the tenderness of family affection and cold reason constantly tearing at Qi Yan's heart, it is a pain that is more profound and far-reaching than heart-piercing.

Qi Yan withdrew her gaze and sat quietly for a while before she felt her right forearm go numb.

Let go of the fingers that were trembling due to prolonged exertion, and four crescent-shaped blood marks appeared on the palm.

She calmly looked at the bleeding palm but did not intend to deal with it. This method of resolution was learned secretly from the masked man.

When those untouchable wounds in my heart are torn, I use other methods to transfer the wounds to places that I can see.

My heart seems to be less painful.

"Xiaodie, wait for brother." Qi Yan muttered to himself.

When the Wei country is in chaos, gunpowder is everywhere, and the royal family of the Wei country pays their debts in blood, my sister will come to accompany you.

Qi Yan never thought of getting out of this road of revenge.

She closed her eyes again, recalling the dossier that her master had shown her, tapping on the table with her clean and bony fingers.

Zhongshuling Xing Jingfu was the No. [-] scholar in the first year of Jingjia, and he was selected as a minor official of the sixth rank.However, within seven years, Nangong Rang was promoted step by step to the position of Zhongshu Ling, which can be described as a generation of favorites.

Xing Jingfu was born in the commoner and had no faction in the court. He has been the mainstay against the Taiwei Party for many years.

The two deputy examiners are Deng Hongyuan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Shu Liren, Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

The former of these two is Lu Quan's colleague and friend, and the latter is Lu Quan's favorite student. According to intelligence, Shu Li is a man of both civil and martial arts.

Qi Yan twitched the corners of his mouth, the Wei Kingdom court was really getting more and more interesting.

Suddenly a voice came from outside Chai Fei: "Dare to ask Qi Yan of Jinzhou, is Mr. Qi staying here?"

Qi Yan raised his eyebrows, went to the hall first to wash off the blood stains on his hands, came to the courtyard and asked: "It's my servant, who do you dare to ask?"

"Young servant of the Xie family, here to send invitations to the young master."

Qi Yan immediately became vigilant: except for Gong Yanghuai, who had no acquaintance in the capital, and only left his address when he went to the Ministry of Rites to collect the Chunwei test card, how did the other party find him?

Qi Yan opened the chaimen, and the other party was a young man dressed as a servant.He said respectfully: "Master Qi, the younger one is the servant of the Xie family. My master ordered the villain to send an invitation card, and Wangri invited the son to a banquet this month. As for the name of the master, please forgive me for not being able to say anything. It has been written in the book, you will know it when you look at it, young master."

Qi Yan didn't take it, and asked: "I'm new here, I don't seem to know the master of your mansion."

The servant replied with a smile: "My lord, you don't know something. Although my master has no official status, he is willing to do good. He likes to make friends with literature. He is well-known in this capital. Hearing that you are so talented, you want to see his demeanor. Then there will be Many students from other places are attending the banquet, so please be sure to accept them.”

After finishing speaking, the servant bent down and held the invitation with both hands above his head.Qi Yan weighed it secretly and accepted the invitation.

"Thanks to the kindness of the master of your mansion, I have the courage to accept it."

Thank you very much, the servant, and the two said a few more polite words before returning to each other.

Qi Yan opened the invitation card, only to see a line of big words on it: We sincerely invite Mr. Qi Yan of Jinzhou to come to the Water Pavilion of Bi Mansion on the first day of this month.

Signed is - Xie An.

Qi Yan recalled it for a long time, and she was sure that there was no such person as Xie An in her memory, and it was not in the file that her master gave her.

Who is this Xie An?Where did he find out about his residence?

On the other hand, the sisters of the Nangong family had just returned home, and the guards who were secretly protecting them reported the news to Nangongrang that they had left the palace in disguise.

Nangongrang was silent for a moment after listening, and asked, "Can my son be happy?"

The guard kneeling under the Highness reacted for a while before he realized who the emperor was referring to by "my son".Lang Sheng replied: "His Royal Highness Zhen Zhen is very curious about folk things, and the villain dared to infer that His Highness should be happy."

"Now that I've explained it like this, don't stop Jing Nu if she wants to go out. Send more strangers to covertly protect her, so that she won't be discovered by Jing Nu."

"Yes." The guard exited the hall, thinking: Your Majesty's love for Princess Zhenzhen is unmatched.

"Fourty nine."

"The slave is here."

"It is said that Lu Zhongxing entered the palace."

"Yes."

Lu Zhongxing was feeding the fish with Nangong Jingnv in the back garden of the Princess Mansion, and hurriedly left the mansion after receiving a message.Nangong Jingnv was innocent and didn't think deeply, but Lu Zhongxing's heart sank: How does His Majesty know her whereabouts so well?

When he came to the royal study, Lu Zhongxing pulled up his robe and bowed: "Lu Zhongxing sees Your Majesty, I have entered the palace in a hurry and did not change my official uniform, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

Nan Gongrang put down the imperial brush in his hand, and said with a smile: "Is my nephew here? Take a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Where is my nephew from?"

"Chen... come from Princess Zhenzhen's mansion."

Nan Gongrang didn't speak, but just watched Lu Zhongxing calmly for a moment, and the latter knelt down unexpectedly: "I'm guilty."

"Oh? What's wrong with my nephew?"

"Weichen... Weichen was not doing well, and he didn't protect the two princesses well."

Afterwards, it was useless for Nangong to ask Lu Zhongxing to tell the whole story about the two sisters in Nangong pretending to go out of the mansion, even about the injury of Nangong Shunv's hand.

Just an hour ago, he vowed to promise Nangong Jingnv to keep the secret.

Nan Gongrang said with a smile after listening, "I already know about this, nephew get up quickly."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Jingnv has just left the palace, and she is quite curious about folk affairs. She is too young to avoid being playful, so let's keep this matter secret."

Lu Zhongxing drooped his head and broke out in a cold sweat, and replied bravely, "I understand."

Nangong let the point stop, and changed the topic: "In the future, my nephew Muxiu will often go to the princess mansion. If Jing Nu wants to go out, you will have full protection."

Lu Zhongxing was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked him.

Nangong Rang waved his hand and dismissed them, but when Lu Zhongxing left the hall, his gaze became gloomy: With such a virtue, do you still want to be promoted?

Although Nangong Rang didn't know what Lu Quan had secretly discussed with his second son Lu Zhongxing that day, but he could guess roughly based on his knowledge of Lu Quan.

These years, in order to attack the Taiwei's Mansion, he ordered Guan Tiansi and Yanguan to use others as examples to exaggerate the "unlucky twins" incident, and the Lu family brothers had deep quarrels.

Especially the eldest son, Lu Boyan, was very jealous of the twin brothers. Lu Quan was over half a hundred years old and only had this pair of legitimate sons, and the eldest son was about to take the big exam. In order to appease the eldest son, he would definitely do something.

According to the laws of the Wei State, concubines are not allowed to participate in politics, and only Lu Zhongxing's complete withdrawal from the court can calm Lu Boyan's uneasiness.

If he was not mistaken, Lu Quan would propose to him after the exam...

The Lu family tree has deep roots, and Nan Gongrang has long wanted to eradicate it.If Lu Zhongxing married his only prostitute daughter, he might be safe for the rest of his life.

Nangong Rang sneered: Lu Quan, the old fox's wishful thinking, was flawless.

but……

Another ten days passed, during which Qi Yan went to the study to sell two sets of characters, the shopkeeper was overjoyed to see Qi Yan: "You are here, please come inside quickly."

The two came to the secluded compartment, and the shopkeeper took out a bulging cloth bag and held it in front of Qi Yan with both hands: "Please accept it, old man."

"This is?"

The shopkeeper's smile became more and more obsequious: "Master Juren, your last masterpiece was bought just after two days. You didn't leave the address. It's so hard for the little old man to wait."

Qi Yan took the cloth pocket and started with a lot of weight: "There are so many?"

The shopkeeper saw that Qi Yan was still in a state of flattery and humiliation, and felt that the young Juren in front of him was unfathomable: "The old man does not know that most of the calligraphy and paintings in my shop do not have prices. Asking the price, a nobleman came a few days ago and took a fancy to your masterpiece at a glance. The young master also said: "Thousands of gold are easy to get, but excellent works are hard to find." He raised his hand and ordered someone to seal a hundred taels of silver. Splitting the bill, and subtracting the deposit paid to you last time, the total is 67 taels, how many do you count?"

"No need, the students trust you."

"By the way, Master Juren's seal is also engraved, how about signing these two new works? The little old man also wants to win the prize."

Qi Yan nodded, and left the seal of "Lay Shepherd" on the two words respectively.

The shopkeeper's eyes gleamed, and he couldn't hold back his joy.

Qi Yan put the silver into the cage, and before leaving, repeatedly asked the shopkeeper: Don't reveal the identity of Shepherd Shepherd.

The other party hastily agreed.