Wind and Rain Empire

Ling Yao Terrace

Cao Jieyu, who had already been demoted, walked into the gate of Lingyao Terrace with her maid Xia Yu, and saw a few sycamore trees planted sparsely at the gate of the palace.

Cao Jieyu looked at the leaves of the sycamore tree that fell with the wind from time to time, feeling emotional, and said to Xia Yu

"What's the difference between such a far and broken place and the Donghua Palace? It's better to live in the Donghua Palace."

Xia Yu didn't think too much about it

"Jieyu, after all, this place is not as far as the Winter Flower Palace, and it's pretty close to the Hongling Pavilion of Yan Meiren, so just bear with it, maybe the officials will be promoted back to you when they feel better in a few days."

Cao Jieyu looked up at Xia Yu

"Now, only you can think about it. Poor my Chuan'er, I have to walk more than half of the palace if I want to see me in the future (pause) Maybe Chuan'er may become the crown prince if I leave my mother and concubine who is holding me back. "

"Your Majesty, don't think about it so much. If you are here, you will be at ease. Let's take a look at the future. Now that you are safe and sound, it is better than anything else. Think about it, if something goes wrong with you, Chen Feng The prince is still so young, what should he do?"

Cao Jieyu shook her head and did not speak, she walked aside

Defang Palace

As soon as the imperial concubine entered the hall, Zheng Xian greeted her

"Imperial concubine, just now a palace official came to report something important."

The imperial concubine approached a small table and sat down

"Oh? Tell me, what happened?"

Zheng Xian folded her hands and said

"A maid in the Zizhaorong Palace was favored by the officials and then canonized as a beauty. Concubine De and Concubine Shu were favored by the officials once before, and it has been more than a month. It is said that they already have a happy pulse Yes. Concubine Cao Xian and Zi Zhaorong had a dispute and the officials saw it, and he has demoted Concubine Cao Xian to Cao Jieyu."

The concubine smiled lightly

"Oh, I just went to retreat to study, how big is it, this good show is really one after another. (Slow breath) Let them go, let them go, I am not in a hurry, I have more things to do than them Many, not as free as they are”

Zheng Xian added

"Oh, by the way, the imperial concubine, the empress concubine Shu sent someone to invite you to enjoy the flowers together, and asked if you would like to enjoy the flowers?"

"Of course I went, I haven't seen these sisters for a long time, how can I not go, then go when a good date is fixed."

Zheng Xian promised

"Yes"

Xingyuanfu Military Camp

Inside the tent, Lan Xueyi was carefully studying the treasure map in his hand.

An auspicious sound came from outside the tent

"General, Zhang Tiancheng's 20 army sticks are finished."

Lan Xueyi should wear

"Okay, let's let him go and heal his wounds. Anyway, he's used to being beaten. He'll be fine in about two or three days. You go find General Zhang and General Xie."

"Yes, General"

After a while, Zhang Tianyu and Xie Guanxiong walked into Lan Xueyi's tent

Xie Guanxiong asked Lan Xueyi

"What is General Lan looking for from us?"

Lan Xueyi put the treasure map on the table

"This is a treasure map sent by the official. I got it from the Jinren. I only know the location but I don't know what is hidden in it. The official means to let me look it up, but if If I don’t want to check it, I don’t have to check it, I want to ask you what you mean.”

Xie Guanxiong picked up the map and looked at it carefully

"Oh my god, this thing is in Chongqing Mansion? It's a journey of [-] miles to go, and another [-] miles to come back. You just came back from Xia Kingdom two days ago. Are you tired of running like this?"

After speaking, Xie Guanxiong handed the map to Zhang Tianyu

Zhang Tianyu took the map and looked at it roughly

"It's very convenient to go down here by water, the Jialing River goes directly to it, but going back by water is slower than going by land."

Lan Xueyi turned her hands behind her back, thoughtfully

"I also took this into consideration, so I have not made a decision for a long time."

Xie Guanxiong stepped forward to face Lan Xueyi

"It's fine if the official orders you to go, and he didn't say you have to go, so who wants to go so far?"

Zhang Tianyu pointed to the marker on the map

"I think the official wants you to see it very much, but I'm sorry to tell you clearly."

Lan Xueyi's inner monologue

"No matter how much I refuse to accept it, in fact, he is still my father, and this cannot be changed."

She took the map and said to Zhang Tianyu

"Understood, brother Zhang, I hope you can go with me this time, because Xiaosi and Jixiang went to Xiaguo with me before, I hope they can rest here for a few more days, and don't run around with me "

Xie Guanxiong pointed at himself and asked Lan Xueyi

"what about me?"

Lan Xueyi shook his head

"General Xie, you are responsible for defending the city, so you don't have to go, I'll find someone else to go."

At this time, Ji Xiang shouted again from outside the tent

"General, your pigeon has come back"

"Bring it in"

Auspicious enters the tent and sends pigeons to Lan Xueyi

"General"

After Jixiang delivered the pigeons, he exited the tent. Lan Xueyi took out the letter from the letter box of the pigeons, opened the letter and found that it said "ready to leave"

Lan Xueyi smiled and shook her head, her inner monologue

"Linglong is actually a person with an adventurous spirit."

She put the note aside and said to Zhang Tianyu

"Your brother is going to Chongqing with us. Since he is injured, we will leave in ten days."

Zhang Tianyu said yes

Lan Xueyi loves Xie Guanxiong again

"Thank you, General, for your rest tomorrow..."

she pretended to think for a while

"You seem to have said that you want to invite me to dinner?"

Xie Guanxiong laughed

"Hey, you still remember, then treat you to dinner tomorrow!"

"Well, eat tomorrow!"

After the discussion, Zhang Tianyu and Xie Guanxiong walked out of Lan Xueyi's tent

Lan Xueyi found a note and wrote "It's useless to persuade the pigeon to think twice", stuffed the note into the letter box of the pigeon, went to the door and let it fly out

Ziyun Pavilion

Hearing the sound of pigeons flapping their wings on the balcony, Zi Linglong hurried to take it into the room and read the letter in the mailbox.

As soon as the letter was opened, it read "If you want to persuade me to think twice, I know it's useless"

Zi Linglong smiled gratifiedly, her inner monologue

"Sister Xueyi really understands me"

On Zi Linglong's bed, there were already two packages that were about to be packed, the desk in the dormitory was full of books spread out, and a small pot of black soup was boiling on the small porcelain stove on the table in the inner hall.

Zi Linglong carefully took the decoction from the fire, blew out the fire and then poured the decoction into her blowing tube, talking to herself

"A total of one hundred anesthesia needles, no matter what, it should be enough."

Hong Wan entered through the door with her bundle in her arms, and looked at the busy Zi Linglong

When Zi Linglong turned her back and saw Hong Wan, she was startled and hit Hong Wan

"Damn girl, you scared me to death!"

Hong Wan looked at Zi Linglong's anesthesia syringe

"Ma'am, what are you going to do with all these anesthetics?"

Zi Linglong answered while packing her things

"escape"

Hong Wan was taken aback for a moment, thinking that she had misheard, and confirmed it again.

"What? Say it again?"

Zi Linglong stood up straight, with her hands on Hong Wan's shoulders

"Hong Wan, haven't you always wanted to know what I'm going to do?"

"yes"

"Have you finished the ten earth fires I asked you to make?"

Hong Wan put down the burden she was carrying

"It's all here"

Zi Linglong opened the package to check

"Very good, you go to Defang Palace with me in the evening after three days, and I'll tell you what I'm going to do, okay?"

Hong Wan feels more and more strange

"Defang Palace? What are you doing there?"

"I'll know when I get there. You help me pack all these things first. I'll hide the ground fire. We'll meet here in three days and go to Defang Palace together. Got it?"

Although Hong Wan had some doubts, she still nodded firmly.

"Slaves obey my mother's orders"

A certain restaurant in the Mian County Bazaar

Xie Guanxiong and Lan Xueyi sat face to face at the table, Xie Guanxiong poured wine into Lan Xueyi's glass

Lan Xueyi reached out to stop

"General Xie, you poured too much for me. I drink to my face. I get drunk after two drinks. I can't drink too much."

Xie Guanxiong opened Lan Xueyi's hand

"Hey, why are you still acting so strange after leaving the big camp? Don't you usually call me Lao Xie? You can just call me Lao Xie or Big Brother Xie. Besides, this wine is made by him here. , not easy to get drunk"

Lan Xueyi looked around

"Old Xie, do you come here often? I've never been here before."

"Not too often, training and fighting, it's hard to come here once or twice after taking a break for half a year and a year"

Xiaoer with a towel on his shoulders came up to him

"Do you two military masters want to order anything? We have excellent stewed beef, duck neck, and chicken feet here. Would you like some?"

Lan Xueyi looked at Xie Guanxiong

"Hey, thank you, try to order whatever you want to eat. Anyway, it's your treat, so you should eat more yourself."

Xie Guanxiong laughed and pointed at Lan Xueyi

"You! (to Xiaoer) Two catties of stewed beef and two plates of duck neck"

Xiao Er yelled

"Okay! (Shouting loudly to the shopkeeper) Table number two, two catties of beef, two plates of duck neck!"

Xie Guanxiong looked at Lan Xueyi

"We two brothers each have a catty of beef and a plate of duck neck, see if you can't eat it"

Lan Xueyi laughed

"We are all hungry wolves released from the big camp. How could we not be able to eat it? I thought the two catties of beef you ordered were for me!"

Xie Guanxiong looked at Lan Xueyi in disbelief

"Oh, you are not bad, you, can you eat two catties?"

Lan Xueyi laughed

"Just kidding, don't take it seriously (pause) if it doesn't weigh more than a catty, it can indeed be eaten"

Xie Guanxiong raised his thumb

"Good job, we're going to fight, so we need to eat more and exercise more, so we can stay strong, right?"

"you do not say"

Lan Xueyi changed the subject

"Old Xie, why have I never heard you mention who else is at home?"

Xie Guanxiong pursed his lips and shook his head

"It's not that I don't mention it, I couldn't mention it before, and I feel sad when I mention it, hey"

Xie Guanxiong sighed, raised his glass and took a sip of wine

"Why can't you mention it? Is it possible that you can be worse than me?"

"I've heard some things about your family. Those are all conspiracies. The issue of power politics is completely different from my family's situation."

Xie Guanxiong waved his hand

Lan Xueyi is also refreshing

"If you don't want to talk, we'll just drink and eat, and don't mention those who are unhappy"

Xie Guanxiong let out a long breath

"Actually, there's nothing I can't mention now. I've already passed the sad hurdle. In the beginning, I brought my whole family to Xingyuan Mansion to fight a war...but the information at that time was wrong. , we were ambushed by the Jin people, the entire army fell, and my family also disappeared.”

Lan Xueyi was surprised

"The whole army has fallen? You are lucky to be able to escape."

"Oh, don't mention it. I don't know where there are so many gold people. They cut people off when they see them. I just watched my wife and son run away. There was no one left. I can only kill a bloody road." , received more than 20 knives all over his body, and he didn’t know when he was cut, so he fell in the mud on the road and drenched in the rain. He didn’t know anything. When he woke up, he saw my son lying aside, covered in blood, There was so much blood that even the rain didn’t wash it away, and my wife (choked up, drinking alcohol) my wife’s face was bloodless, she hadn’t been stabbed, and her whole body was covered with deep and shallow mud shoe prints, it was people who were run away alive trampled to death (drinking again)”

Xie Guanxiong wiped his tears with his sleeve, staring blankly at the wine in front of his hand.

Lan Xueyi had tears in her eyes when she was told

"Old Xie, stop talking, it's all over."

Xie Guanxiong has been staring blankly at the wine glass

"Tell me about me. I'm in my 30s now. I don't have anything to ask for. My wife and children are gone. I don't know what else I can do other than stay in the camp all day long."

Xiao Er shouted while carrying the food

"Two catties of stewed beef! Two plates of duck neck!"

He smiled and looked at Xie Guanxiong and Lan Xueyi

"Two military masters, use it slowly~!"

Lan Xueyi and Xie Guanxiong were in a bad mood, so they gave Xiao Er a blank look, and Xiao Er realized that the atmosphere was not right, so he quickly stepped back

Lan Xueyi poured wine for Xie Guanxiong after pouring herself

"Come on, let's drink (the two toast)!"

the two drank

Lan Xueyi looks at the wine glass

"Huh? This wine is really refreshing to drink."

"I just said it"

Lan Xueyi continues to chat

"Old Xie, it's wrong to say that you have nothing, you still have a group of good brothers."

Xie Guanxiong nodded

"That's right, it's only fun to be with this group of brothers through life and death. They are all a group of cheerful people."

"Besides, you're only in your 30s, can't you still continue the string?"

Xie Guanxiong looked at Lan Xueyi with a disgusted face

"Hmph, who would want me like me? You're asking...you want me?"

Lan Xueyi gave Xie Guanxiong a white look

"No! Thank you...Hey, I'm not asking if anyone wants you, but if you like it, can you continue it?"

Xie Guanxiong thought for a while

"Hey, don't tell me, there really is! It's the woman you sent me to the magistrate's house last time, why (want) Miao?"

"Mura's?"

Xie Guanxiong slapped the table

"Hey, yes, she is the only one! She looks very similar to my wife, Qi'er, she is almost carved out of the same mold!"

Lan Xueyi looked suspiciously at Xie Guanxiong

"Is there such a thing? Don't say that she looks like your wife just because she is beautiful!"

"Hey, that's not it! When I saw her, I felt the same way I saw my wife, because my wife was so young when I first got married."

Lan Xueyi thought for a while, tapped her finger on the table

"Brother Xie, they are completely different people. If you like her, I can help you as a matchmaker, but if you just miss your wife, I won't help you with this kind of thing."

Xie Guanxiong stared wide-eyed

"Really? Can you be a matchmaker for me? Can they see me?"

"Actually, it's her blessing that you can see her. She is in a similar situation to you."

Lan Xueyi pours wine

Xie Guanxiong is puzzled

"Isn't it true that she died a man at such a young age?"

Blue Snow Clothes Pin Vegetables

"Well... more than one"

Xie Guanxiong was surprised

"What, is it possible that she has had many men?"

Lan Xueyi put down her chopsticks and looked at Xie Guanxiong seriously

"How can it be so exaggerated, there are only two, and they are both royals"

"What? Both men are royals? Be good, who is she then? What do those two men do?"

Lan Xueyi answered casually

"She is the former queen of the Xia Kingdom. The first man was the Prince Xia, and the second man was the Prince Xia and his father, and then the Prince Xia and his uncle almost became her third man."

Xie Guanxiong was incredulous

"My God, she has such a big background...then why did you send her to be a cook?"

"The current Lord Xia doesn't like her, he taboos her, it's a pity to kill her, and it's an eyesore if she doesn't kill her. Besides, she has nothing special except good cooking skills, so she can only be a cook."

Xie Guanxiong looked down at the wine glass and said in a low voice

"Oh, don't talk about anything else... As long as she can take a fancy to me, I will be satisfied (push Lan Xueyi) You can help me talk about matchmaking."

"Well... I can say it is possible, but I dare not pat my chest and promise you that it will be successful. I can only say that I will try my best."

Xie Guanxiong hands over to the blue snow suit

"Thank you! Then give me more thought about this matter (raise your glass)!"