in the ancient last days

Chu Zhao bumped into Zhou Jing in the garden after leaving the eldest princess's yard.

The other party was standing under the peach tree. Chu Zhao transplanted the peach trees from the Chu family village, and took good care of them so there was no sign of withering.

At this time, the flowering period is just right, looking around, the peach-pink petals are like clouds and mist, and the black-haired man standing under the peach tree is handsome and slender, as beautiful as a dream.

Chu Zhao, who was disturbed in his heart, was a little afraid to approach Zhou Jing like this, and felt a little guilty for some reason.After all, the last time we met and said that, just now, I went to meet the new marriage partner arranged by the eldest princess for him, even though he didn't mean it.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Zhou Jing turned his head and looked towards this end. He was dressed in a moon-white robe, like a snow field facing the scorching sun.

Chu Zhao heard the voice of the other party.

Again and again, it knocked heavily on his heart.

His throat suddenly became a little thirsty, and his breath was burning. Chu Zhao felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't control himself.A smell pervasive into the nostrils, the smell of peach blossoms and sunshine, leaves, wine buried more than one meter deep under the tree... the most attractive is the unique fragrance of men, like honey with a strong attraction Chu Zhao could almost hear the sound of blood flowing under the opponent's skin.

[System, system, what's wrong with me? 】

Chu Zhao shouted in his heart, grabbed his throat, something was wrong...he had a strong desire to bite something!

"what happened?"

Zhou Jing didn't care about the discomfort in his throat. Seeing Chu Zhao frowning in pain, he forgot to keep his distance, and stepped forward to worry about calling his name.

Chu Zhao was excited by the approach of the other party—the eyes under the eyebrows turned a fiery crimson, and the tip of the teeth that touched the lips and tongue elongated unconsciously——

[The body of the host is detected to be normal, except for a normal diet**. 】

[Are you kidding me?This body is not a real vampire, it just inherited a bit of vampire skills from the game, how could I want to suck blood, I obviously ate normal food before! 】

Chu Zhao's throat was thirsty and hot, and Zhou Jing's approach made him clearly feel his stomach trembling.

The system is still calm: [This kind of thing also needs stimulation, it can only show that the host has encountered the "food" that suits his wishes, so he can't control himself.It may also be that the host has been too tired recently and needs to add a little "nutrition". 】

Chu Zhao wanted to scold his mother in his heart.

Greeting the [-]th generation of the ancestors of the Game and Space-Time Administration, there was a warm and cool touch on the face. Zhou Jing's finger bones were white and slightly callused, which was a hand born to hold a sword.

At this moment, it was lightly covering the corners of his eyes, and his voice was hoarse and puzzled.

"Your eyes...how did your eyes turn red?"

The other party's neck was right under his eyes, and the collarbone in the recess was so beautiful that Chu Zhao could hardly control himself.

Oops....

The guy in front of him was still chattering. He was dumb since we met. It was the first time Chu Zhao saw him talking so much.

"Is it the aftermath of the previous mutant zombie attack?"

"I'll go find a doctor for you."

"You endure the pain."

"Don't go." Chu Zhao grabbed his wrist, "I'm fine."

Zhou Jing pursed her lips: "You look very bad."

"Are you sick?"

Chu Zhao took a deep breath to adjust.

"Can you, stay away from me?"

"...Yes, we keep our distance."

"?"

Zhou Jing's eyes were a little hurt, standing like a statue, watching Chu Zhao turn and walk away slowly.

"Your Highness?"

When Chen Yue saw Zhou Jing in the Chu Mansion, he was really surprised.

Zhou Jing, who was standing silently, raised his head to see Chen Yu, and was also taken aback: "Uncle Chen?"

Chen Yue glanced at half of the exquisite silver mask on his face, and was amazed: "Your Highness, it's really you!?"

Their relationship is very different.

Zhou Jing's mother and concubine, the concubine who died after giving birth to him, was actually born in the direct line of the Cui family, so Zhou Jing and the Cui family still have such a rare kinship relationship and have always been closer.Chen Yu could recognize Zhou Jing, thanks to this familiar silver face.

The prince should not be too close to his mother's family, especially in a family like the Cui family, at least the closeness cannot be shown on the surface.

So Zhou Jing would always wear a mask to disguise his identity when he came to the Cui family. This half-mask of silver thread to conceal his identity was specially given by Bu Lao of the Cui clan.

"Is Master Divination alright?"

Chen Yu: "He is a very good old man. Thanks to him, we have predicted many zombie attacks."

Looking at Zhou Jing with worried eyes, Miss Xinyue was clamoring for her majesty to enter the palace, which made Cui's relationship with the royal family cold for a while.After Cui's mother died of dystocia after giving birth to His Royal Highness, Cui's relationship with the royal family dropped to freezing point.

Zhou Jing grows up so big, the care he receives comes from his mother clan at most.Emperor Zhou just regarded him as a pawn that could gain bargaining chips, his love was all on the surface, but there was no real love.

That's why the elders of the Cui family were so frightened when they heard the news that the capital city was broken.

Later, Mr. Bu decided that Zhou Jing's life was not in danger and he was still safe and sound.

Chen Yu: "Your Highness, everyone in the Cui family is very worried about you, but didn't the emperor go to Youzhou? Why do you..."

At the Chu family?

Before the unfinished words were spoken, Zhou Jing understood, and said: "After the country's capital was broken that day, the father left with the prince brother and some old officials. I didn't have time to catch up."

The words were indifferent, but Chen Yu immediately understood, the little Highness Ganqing was desperately resisting the corpse disaster at the city gate, but the good father and elder brother who claimed to love the people were one step ahead, abandoning the city with the courtiers and running away?

Where did they put Zhou Jing!

"Both the emperor and the crown prince are relatives of His Highness, why did you do this?" Chen Yue's tone suppressed his anger.

"Maybe it's because I'm a twin, so I'm worried that I'll be slowing down." Zhou Jing said lightly.

It is also possible that his face has been ruined and has lost the value of being used.

Zhou Jing took off the disguise, and Chen Yue saw the real appearance of His Royal Highness.There is a little vermilion between the eyebrows, but the face is still lonely and proud, like the snow and ice on the distant mountains, but a long and narrow burn mark under the corner of the eye destroys the beauty, which has a hint of cruelty.

The expression on Chen Yue's face disappeared, and he frowned tightly: "Your Highness, follow me back to the Cui family, Mr. Bu will be very happy to know."

Zhou Jing shook her head: "The Cui family does not belong to me."

"Your Highness!"

Zhou Jing raised her eyes, her eyes fell on the branches through layers of peach petals, her eyes were full of waves.

His pride didn't allow him to go to Cui's family to seek asylum like a lost dog.Originally, he just wanted to take a look at how Chu Zhao was doing well, and then left. He went back to Youzhou, continued to protect the people there, and fulfilled the duties that a royal family member should have.

But... Seeing Chu Zhao's "gaffe" in the morning, he was not sure again. Ah Zhao seemed to be suffering from a kind of disease, an unspeakable and rare disease, and the other party needed him now.

Seeing the look in His Highness's eyes, Chen Yue was a little lost, and felt that the other's eyes were like jumping flames, and something wonderful was slowly burning inside.

Let him have a feeling that the other party has something to do.

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Chu Zhao was still very uncomfortable.

Throat discomfort, want to bite something.

The strong control didn't make him pick up the tip of the brush on one side and grind his teeth, raised his eyebrows and eyes to deal with the city affairs.

Physical discomfort is not the reason for him not to work willfully now, everything in the new city is currently running in an orderly manner thanks to his personal efforts.Legal provisions, agriculture, livelihood and civil affairs... The new city was just established, but there were not many people available, and all the burdens were on his shoulders, and sometimes Chu Zhao felt exhausted.

But when he heard that Zhou Jing wanted to help share these matters, he still couldn't help laughing: "What are you talking about? You want to be my master, help me manage my household registration, and make legal provisions?"

Just kidding.

Zhou Jing nodded seriously, a pair of beautiful eyes stared at him unblinkingly.

Chu Zhao covered his chin, and wanted to say "Good boy, let's play", but he heard the other party's next sentence.

"I can do many things for you, and I can be your sharpest spear."

The young man was taken aback.

Glancing at him seriously, Shuang'er suddenly turned her face and said in a low voice: "...When you were young, I did a lot of homework for you."

So don't look down on people.

Chu Zhao blushed suddenly, thinking of the papers that won the first place many times, his cheeks were stained with a thin layer of red, he didn't know whether it was shame or anger: "You"

Zhou Jing continued his efforts: "If it's because I'm worried about my Shuang'er's identity being exposed, I can wear a mask, and I will never let you get even the slightest bit of gossip." After finishing speaking, he took out the half silver mask from nowhere, and turned around. It changed into "Ji Zhen" again.

The handsome and slender white-clothed swordsman, with half of his face covered in silver, still no one would associate the other party with those weak and precious pairs.

"How about this?" The man lowered his eyes and moved his fingers uncomfortably.

Chu Zhao: "..."

I really can't say enough about him, looking away from the other person's face, shaking his eyelashes, Chu Zhao straightened his back: "Okay."

"But you don't need a mask, I can protect you even if you don't wear a mask."

"Since the girls in Xincheng can come out to work in an upright manner, there's no reason why Shuang'er can't."

"..."

Zhou Jing was a little surprised, and then slowly raised his red lips, even though he was wearing a mask, he could see his joy.

The eyes of the two intersected, and now no one dodged the other. Chu Zhao was attracted by the scar covered by Zhou Jing's silver face, and was about to ask the other party if he had applied the medicine, when he heard the voice of the servant boy outside the door.

"Young Master, Mr. Chen outside the door has something to look for."

Quickly opened the distance, Chu Zhao sat upright: "Mr. Chen, please come in."

When he came in and saw Zhou Jing, Chen Yue was obviously a little surprised, but he recovered his composure in two or three seconds, and turned to Chu Zhao, "Meet the young master."

Chu Zhao nodded, and found that he was looking at Zhou Jing, so he said, "You don't need to avoid it, you are my own."

Looking back and forth at the two of them for several times, but couldn't see the expression under Zhou Jing's mask, Chen Yue wondered strangely in his heart, His Highness, could it be that he stayed in Xincheng because of Shaojun...?

Chen Yu: "I don't know about the cooperation we talked about earlier, how did you think about it? Use grain as a trade item, and exchange it with your city for a hundred catties of salt."

The location of the new city is superior, and it is more convenient to produce salt near the sea. The many salt farms are the best proof. The purpose of Chen Yu's visit to the new city on behalf of the Cui family is to inquire about the marriage, and the second is for this purpose, but... ... Zhou Jing is here, it is not easy for him to say this, so he can only ask the second thing.

Chu Zhao pondered for a while, then spoke a few seconds later,

"Sorry, sir, you also saw it in Xincheng, we are not short of food."

The terrain of the new city is superior. Under the natural protection of the moat and the defense of the patrol team, it is no longer a problem to grow grain and harvest.

Chen Yue sighed inwardly. This time, the Cui family's wishful thinking was wrong. He thought that relying on some food and rice would make the Chu family surrender and become attached to the Cui family, but he never thought that Chu Zhao had great talents in governing the people. After a few days, it was taken back to the new city, and the management of this place was submissive.Military defense, food...these Chu family are all in short supply, what do they use to check and balance others?And the Eighth Prince is here, the marriage between the Cui family and the Chu family——

Silently raising his eyes to look at Zhou Jing, whose shadow seemed to be standing behind Chu Zhao, with a silent and protective figure, Chen Yu felt that this marriage might be ruined.

When he felt that he might have to return empty-handed this time, Chu Zhao suddenly said: "Cooperation is not impossible, but I want to exchange some horses with salt and grain."

"horses?"

"That's right." The new city doesn't lack food, what it lacks is a strong defense.The city was just established, and there were still many unknown dangers outside, and the soldiers on the front line were not equipped with enough iron, how could Chu Zhao allow this to happen?

It’s just that the corpse disaster has just passed, and the new city is full of waste. Manpower and material resources are all used on the tip of the knife. Conditions do not allow them to mine iron ore. There is only the opportunity in front of him—the Cui family has several horse farms in the northwest, and this is what Chu Zhao is looking for.

Chen Yue thought about it for a second, and immediately admired him: "Young Master has a good plan."

He calculated carefully in his heart, and felt that this cooperation is not impossible. Nowadays, food is scarce, and no matter how precious the horses are, they are not as real as a ration. It's not a one-in-a-million horse, and it won't help the Chu family too much.

After all, the news network did not say that the Chu family has a way to train cavalry.

So Chen Yue had a smile on his face: "Let's wait until I go back and report to the Patriarch, and then I will finalize the specific cooperation content with Shaojun."

Chu Zhao also showed a smile on his face.

The two chatted carefully about the general matters for a while, and finally Chen Yue asked Chu Zhao how he was thinking about the Qujiang Banquet, and whether he wanted to accompany the Cui family members.

Chu Zhao lazily took a sip of tea and was about to reply when Zhou Jing behind him asked doubtfully, "Qujiang Banquet?"

What Qujiang Banquet.

Chu Zhao: Oh hoo, that's bad==.

His voice has recovered a bit and is moving, because it is hoarse and smoky, with an inexplicable style, and now he is standing behind Chu Zhao, asking questions suspiciously, making the atmosphere in the room suddenly a bit weird and blurred

Seeing that Chen Yue glanced at the two of them with a strange look on his face, Chu Zhao secretly thought something was wrong.

He didn't know that Chen Yue had recognized Zhou Jing's identity, but he was a little guilty under the gaze of the person opposite him. The other party would not think that he was the kind of unscrupulous boss who pretended to be a public servant for personal gain, and took advantage of his privileges to beautify his office with beauties and red sleeves. ?

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The author has something to say: Chen Yu: I seriously suspect that the two of you are having an affair