The wind of wonder in Tianyue rises from the frontier fortress

Chapter 56

Days passed like this day by day, and in a blink of an eye Chu Qingxi had already lived in Prince Liao's mansion for half a year.In half a year, she has traveled almost every inch of land in Shangjing, but she still has no news of Zhao Ning.

Chu Qingxi was almost on the verge of despair!

However, even so, she still did not give up searching. She wandered around the capital with Yelv Shuzhe all day long, and provided Yelv Shuzhe with many practical combat opportunities intentionally or unintentionally among all kinds of people.

Yelv Shuzhe's Crouching Tiger Fist is already quite popular, and four or five ordinary hooligans are not allowed to get close to him easily. In addition, Chu Qingxi recently taught him a set of "Walking Dragon Steps" casually, which made him even more excited. Like a tiger with wings added, even though he is only five or six years old, he has made a small name in the neighborhood of Shangjing.

Therefore, he became more respectful and filial to Chu Qingxi, and whenever there were some rewards from the palace, he would always be the first to pick the best ones and send them to Chu Qingxi's room. With a glance at Chu Qingxi, Master Xi, whom the crowd called, seemed to be half the master of the mansion.

On this day, Chu Qingxi felt a little tired, so he wandered alone in the garden of the Prince's Mansion.The days of looking for people are really exhausting, and Chu Qingxi doesn't know how long this kind of days will last, but if she can't find anyone this day, the uneasiness in her heart increases, and she doesn't even dare to think about it. , In such an unfamiliar environment, how will Zhao Ning, who was sent back to the Liao State by Emperor Song on the charge of "escaping marriage", survive.

But why did I search all over Shangjing, but there was no news of Zhao Ning?Even if she was questioned by Empress Dowager Xiao, there should be a rumor among the people.The strange thing is that this person seems to have disappeared out of thin air, and there is no trace of clues to explore.Thinking of this, Chu Qingxi couldn't help frowning tightly, and lost interest in the scenery in the garden.

So she walked freely, walked through the garden at will, and wandered around the prince's mansion.As she walked, she suddenly came to a small low courtyard. This was a place she had never been to before. The courtyard door was broken, the eaves were low, and the layout of the entire courtyard seemed so cramped.

Looking in through the window lattice on the wall of the courtyard, I saw all kinds of clothing of men and women hanging in a row in the narrow courtyard, beside the well in the center of the courtyard, there were still several women wearing patched coarse clothes , was washing the piles of dirty laundry.

This is obviously the courtyard where the servants live in the prince's mansion, and there is a big garden far away from the place where Chu Qingxi lives. If she hadn't walked here indiscriminately this day, I'm afraid she would never have imagined that there is such a place here. a place.

She stared blankly at the group of servants chattering in Khitan dialect inside the window lattice, with a thoughtful expression on her face.Just as she was about to walk into the courtyard to find out, she heard a "snap", and a crisp slap suddenly entered her ears.

Chu Qingxi followed the prestige, and saw a tall and thick girl in a raccoon fur robe at the corner of the wall, with her waist thrust up, pointing at a rough-dressed, slender girl with a big poop. Belly, as if the woman who was already pregnant with Liujia yelled.

"Qiyun! You are so courageous! I told you yesterday that Mrs. Pei Man will wear these clothes today, so you must wash them and prepare them for use today. Let's see what time it is now." , It hasn’t been fixed yet, don’t you want to live anymore?”, She had a mocking smile on her face: “Could it be that you really think of yourself as the prince Yan’s family? Hmph, you’re just a counterfeit, if you don’t With this evil seed in your stomach, I am afraid that the crown prince will have beheaded you long ago, how can you live until this time!"

Just when she called out the name "Qiyun", there was lightning and thunder in Chu Qingxi's ears, and she was so shocked that she almost cried out.Qiyun!Could this be the loyal Qi Yun who was by Zhao Ning's side back then, who did not hesitate to marry her with her body?

Chu Qingxi trembled with excitement, and in the vast crowd, she traveled all over thousands of rivers and mountains, and finally, when she was almost desperate, she found Qiyun's whereabouts inadvertently!

Hope suddenly rose in her heart, since she found Qiyun, maybe she and Zhao Ning are already close at hand.The maid in raccoon fur kept chattering, her short and thick fingers almost poked Qiyun's nose, her sour tone was full of sarcasm, of course, she would not admit that she Treating Qiyun so harshly is all because of the jealousy deep in his heart.

This scene fell in Chu Qingxi's eyes, and she naturally felt protective.What Qiyun means to her now is equivalent to a comfort in the process of looking for Zhao Ning.Although Qiyun is not Zhao Ning himself, in the eyes of Chu Qingxi who is struggling to find Zhao Ning, it is no less than seeing a glimmer of light.

Just when the servant girl was about to step forward aggressively and poke her finger on Qiyun's forehead, she suddenly received a strong impact on the knee joint of her right leg, and she couldn't help but knelt down, just kneeling in front of Qiyun !

The servant girl was startled, and was about to put her weight on her left leg and struggle to stand up, when suddenly the knee joint of her left leg felt numb again, with a "plop", both knees fell to the ground at the same time, which happened to Qi Yunxing. Kneel down and salute.

Qi Yun was taken aback by her sudden action, and hurriedly stepped aside. The maid felt ashamed, and because she was Yelu Huala's most beloved maidservant close to Mrs. Pei Man, she couldn't help but suddenly Want to explode.

But before she jumped up, her knee joints were numb again, and she couldn't help but "plop" and fell to her knees again.The force of her knees landing on the ground this time was really strong, only hearing a "touch", the maid felt pain and numbness in her knees, and she couldn't stand up for a long time.

Qi Yun was about to reach out to support her, but was pulled half a step away by the hands protruding from the horizontal thorn.Qi Yun looked up, and saw a beautiful woman with willow eyebrows frowning, like a weak boudoir, staring at her intently.Although the woman was wearing the costumes of Khitan nobles, her body and appearance looked like those of Song people.

As soon as Qiyun saw Chu Qingxi, a hint of surprise flashed across his eyes, but he still returned to a calm expression.It's just that although she concealed it skillfully, she couldn't escape Chu Qingxi's eyes.Seeing Qiyun's expression, Chu Qingxi's heart couldn't help beating wildly: She knows me!

Since Qiyun can recognize her, it can be seen that this Qiyun must have met Zhao Ning again, because only by describing herself from Zhao Ning's mouth, can Qiyun suddenly recognize herself in such a moment of meeting for the first time.

Chu Qingxi suppressed the excitement in his heart, and pulled Qiyun away a few steps. At this time, the maid just happened to punch Qiyun viciously in the stomach, cursing dirtyly.

Chu Qingxi pulled Qi Yun away, just avoiding such a vicious blow from her.The servant girl missed a single blow, and seeing a stranger suddenly appearing to protect Qiyun, she couldn't help but feel more and more evil fire in her heart: "Who are you, dare to meddle in the affairs of this place?" !"

Chu Qingxi looked at her coldly, and the corners of his mouth sank slightly: "I don't care which lady's servant you are, you are sensible, get out! If I see you bullying the weak again, I will take ten of your fingers Chop off one by one." She pulled her face down, and the surrounding air suddenly became a little bit colder. The maid saw that her momentum was wrong, but she was very good at observing her words, and then Gulu got up from the ground without looking back. And go, not even a trace of courage to speak back.

Seeing the maid leave, Chu Qingxi calmed down, looked at Qi Yun with a smile and said, "Did she hurt you just now?"

Qi Yun shook her head, hurriedly bowed her head and saluted, "Thank you for your help, Miss. If it wasn't for Miss, Qi Yun might have to suffer another humiliation."

Chu Qingxi stretched out his hand to help her up, and said with a smile: "You are inconvenient, so you don't need so much courtesy. I'll help you walk over there, okay?"

Although she was asking for Qiyun's opinion, the meaning behind her words was already self-evident.Now that she has found Qiyun, she naturally wants to inquire about Zhao Ning's whereabouts with her, but before Qiyun agrees, she hears a thick woman who seems to be the leader shouting: "Qiyun, there are still a bunch of clothes here that need to be washed. , don't forget!"

Following Qi Yun's gaze, Chu Qingxi looked at the pile of clothes by the well, and couldn't help but gasp, only to see that there were at least twenty or thirty pieces of clothes, piled up in a mess like a hill.Don't say that Qiyun is pregnant with Liujia now, even if she is a healthy and mature servant girl, I am afraid that she will not be able to finish her kung fu in one day.

Qiyun promised and was about to walk over to do some work, but Chu Qingxi grabbed her sleeves and said seriously: "How can you withstand such a toss in your current body."

Qi Yun looked at the pile of dirty clothes beside the well in embarrassment, and said worryingly: "But the daily work has been assigned to one person, if I don't do it, I will have to be punished at that time."

Chu Qingxi glanced at the crowd, and saw that the clothes in front of the servants were more or less, only two or three pieces were missing, and there were more than a dozen or dozens of clothes.Seeing it, Chu Qingxi couldn't help but sneered slightly.Even if they are also suffering and suffering, it is inevitable that they still have the trick of picking fat and picking the weak, bullying the weak and fearing the strong.

It's just that Chu Qingxi doesn't want to cause more trouble at the moment, so she took out a silver ingot weighing about twelve taels from her bosom with a smile, pretended to be casual and broke it into two pieces, and stuffed it into the head servant's head with a smile. Holding it in his hand, he said in a low voice: "Qiyun is inconvenient now, so I have to ask the aunt to take care of her more. Be careful, it's not a respect, you keep this half, and buy the other half for everyone to eat."

Her hand immediately frightened everyone in the courtyard.One is ten taels of silver, and the rewards are these rough envoys, even the concubines in the prince's mansion have never had such a handwriting; This ingot of full-grained silver is split into two like a knife-cut tofu. Even illiterate servants can see that if this kind of hand is squeezed on their own necks, it is probably worse than killing a chicken. It's easy to come by.

Therefore, Chu Qingxilu's move not only brought benefits, but also established a prestige in front of everyone.The leading servant woman took the silver ingot, hurriedly kowtowed to the ground, and said with a smile: "Miss, don't worry, from now on, we will take care of Qiyun's work."