I wish for a long time

Hou Mansion, Bamboo Garden.

"Ajiu?"

Qi Shao'an walked into the shed, and saw Ye Jiu curled up on the stone bench, holding a wooden branch in his hand, writing and drawing on the ground.

She looked up at the side of the sun and said lightly: "The sun hasn't set yet, why don't you go inside?"

Hearing the sound, Ye Jiu raised his head, looked at Qi Shao'an's cheeks that were slightly shining in the setting sun, and opened his mouth.

Qi Shaoan tilted his head and raised his eyebrows, only then did Ye Jiu come back to his senses.

"Oh, it's too stuffy in the room, I'll come out to get some air."

Hearing this, Qi Shao'an glanced at the study room and frowned slightly.

"But what's bothering you?"

Ye Jiu was stunned for a moment, then chuckled lightly, "Shao'er, I am transparent in front of you."

Qi Shaoan shrugged his shoulders, his eyes sparkled with water, the sparkles were so beautiful.She smiled casually and sat next to her.

"That's not because you're defenseless against me."

Ye Jiu turned his head and met Qi Shaoan's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and a soft warmth filled his heart.

"What are you writing?"

Qi Shaoan staggered his eyes, looked at the strange and strange things on the ground that we might call "symbols", tilted his head and asked.

Ye Jiu came back to his senses, pursed his lips, and explained: "I wrote down everything since we entered Beijing, and see what I can find."

She pointed to the word "Fang" on the top, and said: "Since His Majesty asked me to investigate the ambush on the road, and then Mr. Fang died suddenly, and the people behind the scenes lost their clues."

She continued to point down, "Then, the Minister of the Ministry of Households copied and executed for greedy ink, and the Governor of Jingzhao suppressed refugees, including Fugu restaurant, blacksmith shop, etc."

"And then the eighth princess was framed, the virtuous king committed suicide by taking poison, the courtiers deliberately obstructed it, and the Tal tribe invaded the country, and they could not retreat for a long time."

"Even recently, Heng Ming murdered people, and the minister of the Ministry of Rites was dismissed from office. All of these seem to be written in black and white on the file and displayed in front of the world, but in fact there is no conclusion at all."

Ye Jiu's wooden stick lightly tapped the ground, not only that, even the eunuch in Concubine Zheng's palace, King Mu's calmness, she couldn't find a reasonable explanation to convince herself.

In the past, she was in Yuncheng, far away from the capital, and she would never encounter these intrigues. Like ordinary people, she only cares about whether the tax revenue is high this year and whether the grain production is good.

But now that she is in the capital, she is thrown into the vortex of power almost at once. Every step she takes, or even a casual word, may affect her own or other people's fate.

Otherwise, what will happen, that board is a ruthless warning.

So she tried desperately to find out the truth of the matter, but it seemed that in the end, she didn't understand anything.

She didn't even know that every step she took was making a wedding dress for whom.

"Ajiu."

There was a sudden sinking on the right shoulder, followed by a light embrace around the waist.

Ye Jiu came out of his own thoughts, turned his head, looked at the delicate face so close, his eyes flickered, and let her be in his arms.

Qi Shaoan let go of one hand, followed Ye Jiu's sleeve, grabbed the small fist with well-defined bones, and gently opened it.

"If you make a mistake in a hurry, don't hurt yourself."

Ye Jiu watched the cool fingertips sweep across her palm again and again, and rubbed those red marks, she bit her lip.

Shao'er was right, she was indeed impatient.

Whether it was the bottomless water in the capital, or Song Chuxun's disappearance while playing without saying a word, all the patience she had worked so hard to cultivate was exhausted.

She was afraid.

She was afraid that one day things would come to light and she would be unable to hold back, that she would not be able to protect Shao'er Zhouquan with her own strength, that the Hou Mansion would be destroyed in her hands, and even more afraid that Song Chuxun would really come to the capital.

Ye Jiu choked up, and stretched out his arms to hug Qi Shaoan.

She buried her head in Qi Shao'an's neck, and tightly held her shoulders with both hands.

No matter what, she had to calm down and solve these things.

She has no choice.

Qi Shao'an felt Ye Jiu's depressed mood, she turned her head slightly, and rubbed against her hair.

I don't know why, Ajiu's mood is always unstable these days, and she will feel down for a while inexplicably from time to time, but she never says what it is.

But she could roughly guess what it was supposed to be about.

It might have been her before, but since Ajiu asked her for the portrait of Miss Chuxun two days ago, she always felt that Ajiu's mind was messed up.

"Miss Chuxun will be fine."

Ye Jiu paused for a moment, then muffledly replied, "En."

"A good person doesn't last long, but a harm will last for a thousand years. A monster like her will definitely continue to harm the world."

Qi Shaoan was amused, she patted Ye Jiu's back lightly, and suddenly changed the topic, "Ajiu, do you want to know what I found?"

Hearing that Ye Jiu let go of her, there was some doubt in his eyes.

"I found out from my mother that He Yang also left the mansion after Lianqing was kicked out of the mansion because of passing on the manuscript, but my mother thought that she was also being used by others, so she found a job in a book shop to work with her. She, that book was written silently by her to make a living."

Ye Jiu let out a long sigh when he heard the words, "She doesn't have copyright awareness at all..."

Qi Shaoan blinked, "What are you moving?"

Ye Jiu shook his head, "But it's okay, this book has already been rolled up by His Majesty, I'm afraid He Yang will have to find a new job."

"However, it's a pity that her photographic memory is given to others."

She thought for a while, "Why don't you go to the restaurant and check the bills?"

Qi Shao'an shook his head, "It's not appropriate to hand over such important matters as accounts to others, it's better to arrange to go to Yizhuang to be the master's helper, it's more appropriate."

A little smile finally appeared on Ye Jiu's face when she heard the words, she nodded, "Just do as Shao'er said."

Seeing that Ye Jiu was in a better mood, Qi Shao'an quietly breathed a sigh of relief, finally coaxing him well.

Seeing that Ajiu looked at those messy "symbols" again, she interrupted quickly: "Ajiu, what are you writing, I don't think I've seen it before."

Ye Jiu blinked, but didn't notice Qi Shaoan's small thoughts, she froze for a moment, thinking about this question seriously.

How would she explain to Shao'er that Chinese characters have a long history?

She held back for a long time, and finally said, "This is our writing, which is different from yours, so I just wrote it down."

After all, Chinese characters have been used for more than 20 years. Even if what she reads and writes are all written in Kang Shengguo's fonts, it can't replace the silky smoothness of Chinese characters.

When Qi Shaoan heard this, the smile on his face suddenly froze.

The life here is so real that she almost forgot that Ajiu once said that she is not from this world.

I remember when we first got together, Ajiu said that we should live in the present moment.

But now that their bond is getting deeper and deeper, it can be said that they are integrated into each other's flesh and blood, which is no exaggeration, but she can't understand this sentence even more.

She didn't want that one day, there would be no trace of Ajiu in this world.

Qi Shaoan grabbed Ye Jiu's hand suddenly.

Ye Jiu was taken aback, looking at Qi Shaoan at a loss.

"Shao'er, what's wrong?"

Qi Shaoan gasped twice, feeling the warmth from her palm, her flustered heart gradually calmed down.

Perhaps only such a real touch can give her a trace of comfort.

Ye Jiu lowered his body and tilted his head to look at Qi Shao'an's slightly drooping cheeks, the worry on his face couldn't be hidden.

"Physical discomfort?"

Qi Shaoan took a deep breath, turned her head, and smiled at her, "It's nothing, it's good that you're here."

Ye Jiu froze for a moment, then put his arms around her shoulders, "Don't worry, I'll always be here."

"Meow-"

Mo Wan raised his foot and stepped on the overlapping shadows of the two, turned his head to look at them, and walked proudly in front of them.

Ye Jiu looked at the thing in Mo Wan's mouth, and the corner of his mouth twitched, "Shao'er, haven't we given it meat recently?"

Qi Shaoan looked at Ye Jiu, "Didn't it eat cabbage?"

Ye Jiu stretched out his hand and pointed, "Then why does it add food by itself?"

Qi Shao'an looked at a gray mouse with a long tail dangling from Mo Wan's mouth, and felt bad all over.

"But...maybe you want to change your taste?"

Ye Jiu looked at it and pondered for a long time, then said slowly: "From now on, it doesn't need to enter the house again."

Qi Shaoan held Ye Jiu's hand tightly, and said in a trembling voice, "I don't want to hug him anymore."

In the distance, Mo Wan's ears moved, and he gave the two of them a sad look. With his little paws, he dug a hole at the base of the wall, and threw the gray mouse into it.

"It also poached my corner."

Ye Jiu turned his head dumbly, and said very seriously: "I want to raise a dog."

Mo Wan suddenly meowed, and quickly rushed to the grass beside him.

Seeing this, Ye Jiu's mood suddenly became brighter, and if one thing falls one thing, the sky will spare no one.

Before she and Qi Shao'an could share their happiness, Mo Wan came out again and threw a gray mouse with a longer tail and a bigger body into the hole.

Then... two... three... five...

Until the pit was filled with gray, Mo Wan finally licked his pink lips with satisfaction.

"Master's."

Ye Jiu looked at Mo Wan's proud face as if asking for credit, and felt that he might have stabbed a rat's nest.

She silently retracted her legs, crossed her legs on the stone bench, and pulled Qi Shaoan's legs up as well.

She looked carefully at the surrounding ground, then at the small pit with many tails exposed, and swallowed her saliva.

The temperature of Qi Shaoan's hands dropped sharply, and her face turned pale. She asked hesitantly:

"Mo Wan, what is it digging pits for? Is it storing... food?"

Ye Jiu couldn't bear to look directly at it, "It told us with its actions that it is still a carnivore no matter how much it eats..."

Before she finished speaking, she suddenly stopped, "Carnivore... digging holes... Tun... Tun..."

Ye Jiu slapped his thigh violently, "That's what happened!"

Qi Shao'an was so tired of Mo Wan at first, but was taken aback by Ye Jiu again, her mind froze immediately, her eyes were full of bewilderment.

Ye Jiu shook her palm, and said in a hasty tone, "Shao'er, do you still remember the village we visited during our outing?"

Qi Shaoan stammered a little, "Remember...remember, they...are they doing renovations?"

Ye Jiu shook his head hastily, "They're not doing renovations at all, they're stationing troops."

Qi Shaoan was taken aback, "Targeting troops??"

"Yes, it's the soldiers." Ye Jiuzheng nodded, "I felt that there was something wrong with those villagers at the time. They were tall and tall, not like ordinary men doing farm work, but more like trained soldiers."

Qi Shao'an carefully recalled the scene at that time, and nodded slowly, "So, those people have a clear hierarchy, it's really not like an ordinary village."

Ye Jiu narrowed his eyes, "The key is that His Majesty will go to the Prayer Platform to pray for blessings in person in half a month."

Qi Shaoan broke out in a cold sweat when he heard the words, "Someone wants to rebel."

Ye Jiu thought for a while, "It's no wonder King Mu didn't move for a long time, it turns out that he has already made preparations in secret."

Qi Shaoan frowned and said, "Why must Ajiu be King Mu?"

Ye Jiu lowered his voice, "Because only King Mu is not in the capital."

She glanced at the relationship map on the ground, "I'm afraid that the matter of the Minister of Rites is caused by King Mu. The downfall of the Minister of Rites will not only enable the implementation of His Majesty's National School, but also relax the matter of praying for the new year, which will give him a lot of hope." Take the opportunity."

Qi Shaoan slowly digested Ye Jiu's words, and the surprise in his eyes became more and more intense, "Then what should we do now?"

Ye Jiu sneered, "Fortunately, we found out early, as long as His Majesty sends the forbidden army..."

Her face suddenly turned pale.

Qi Shao'an watched her suddenly silent, her complexion was extremely bad, and she was even more anxious, she swallowed her saliva, and asked as calmly as possible: "Ajiu, what's wrong..."

Ye Jiu turned his head stiffly, with a hoarse voice:

"The Forbidden Army has long been dispatched to Mobei."

……

Ye Jiu almost scrambled into the car, and went straight to the palace.

She finally knew why the Tal tribe hadn't retreated. It was because they were arrogant and wanted to make another fortune. They were simply delaying time.

There are 6000 forbidden troops in central Beijing, except for the [-] guards guarding the imperial city, there are less than [-] left in the army, and before that, almost all the troops from the whole country have been transferred to Mobei, and the state soldiers from Linzhou can be used.

This is not yet a good teacher.

But now they don't even know how many troops King Mu has, or even how the troops are.

At that time, if King Mu rises up, I am afraid that the capital will not be able to defend at all.

The more Ye Jiu thought about it, the colder her heart became, she didn't need to wait for Xi Ning's report before she roughly guessed that it should be her Uncle Chu's masterpiece.

As an important figure who is fully in charge of Mobei's military and diplomacy, if he hadn't secretly procrastinated, I am afraid that such a good-looking situation would not have been possible.

Ye Jiu clenched his fist tightly and sneered.

I can't find a way to sleep and forget food, and I just don't look for it.

Poor Xue Yuning was worried all day long, but she didn't think that her immediate boss had already defected.

The carriage gradually came to a stop, Ye Jiu didn't dare to delay for a moment, opened the curtain and jumped down.

"This is……"

When she saw the word "Chu Mansion" in gold letters on the black plaque in front of her, a chill came up from her tailbone.

"Lu Lin, why—"

However, what responded to her was a sudden sharp feeling in her waist, as well as a cold and joking voice:

"Mr. Lin, please don't move around."

The writer has something to say: a nice and heartwarming hug scene, well, that's it.