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It's hard to judge the location, but Wang Hu walked this road countless times when he joined the army, so he thought for a moment and said, "According to our current speed, we will be able to enter the city early tomorrow morning."
Ning Yuan nodded, put down the curtain, and just after measuring his face, he looked at his boss Si Kongxu with searching eyes.
"Mr. Ning is really rigorous in dealing with things. He insists on bringing Commander Wang by his side. Could it be that he is guarding against me?"
After Ning Ruhai stepped down from the Jiangzhou defense, before the new defense took over.The post of garrison will be temporarily replaced by the original deputy commander, and among the deputy commanders, Wang Hu has the highest qualifications, so he will take over as the deputy garrison.Although Ning Yuan promised Sikong Xu to help him this time, he also put forward a condition that Wang Hu should lead two teams of sergeants to accompany him. Be at ease.
Ning Yuan said: "My lord is joking, although this Gobi is desolate, I also heard that there are many bandits. Although the guards around you are capable, but when you encounter any danger, the few guards may be difficult to take care of except for you. Considering the safety of others, I was just planning for a rainy day.”
"Young Master Ning and I are not considered strangers, why bother to call me Sikong in such a strange way, it's okay to call me Sikong in private." Sikong Xu laughed.
"My lord is joking, you and I have different identities, but I can't do such a presumptuous thing." Ning Yuan put down such a sentence neither softly nor hard, causing Sikong Xu to hit a soft nail, and then turned his face again. Moving out of the window, Sikong Xu stared at Ning Yuan's side face for a while, then suppressed the emotions in his heart, and gently closed his eyes.
Along the way, there have been several rounds of courteous words like this to test each other. After all, Sikong Xu himself was curious that Ning Yuan would agree to him so simply. As the saying goes, there must be demons when things go wrong. Yuan pushed three times and four times, and he was still sure that he could eat the other party to death, but Ning Yuan's unexpected reaction made Sikong Xu hesitate, and always felt that Ning Yuan was thinking of something in his head.
After all, although this person is young, he has a lot of ghost ideas. If you relax a little, you may fall into his way.
Forget it, when we arrive in Yanzhou, if we find an opportunity to leave Wang Hu aside, there will always be a time when Ning Yuan will kneel down to him and beg for mercy.
In the early morning of the second day, the convoy finally arrived at Yanzhou City. Compared with the tall city walls and wide gates of Jiangzhou City, Yanzhou City was not enough in every aspect. Except for the endless desert outside the city, it was difficult to see a single piece of greenery. , the city wall was also simply built with map stones. The total height is only more than three feet, and the exterior is still very mottled. After entering the city, there is hardly a single attic with more than two floors in the city. It is often attacked by dust storms. If the house is too high, it will be destroyed by the wind if it is beautiful in the forest.
As soon as the group stayed in the posthouse, the governor of Yanzhou got the news and came to greet him. By the way, he also brought two cooks to prepare a reception banquet in the posthouse. Everyone said that Yanzhou was barren. It didn't look like that, the governor not only had a greasy face and big ears, but also brought two pigs and two sheep to prepare the meal. They were busy preparing meals, but Ning Yuan had an excuse to lose his appetite, so he asked Sikong Xu I asked for my resignation and said that I would go outside for a walk.
Such a normal and reasonable request, blocking the face of the governor of Yanzhou, Sikong Xu naturally had no reason to refuse, but as soon as he stepped out of the gate of the post house, two guards around Sikong Xu emerged from the shadows like shadows, Apparently he was sent out to monitor him.
Ning Yuan gathered the cloak behind him, lowered his head, and walked towards the crowded place. The two guards hung behind him unhurriedly. After all, Ning Yuan's fur-trimmed cloak is very recognizable. It's hard to get lost.
Ning Yuan turned left and right among the crowd, and finally entered a rather simple tavern, sat there as if ordering something, and ate slowly.The two guards were standing in the alley half a street away, watching Ning Yuan lie down on the table and take a nap after eating.
Half an hour had passed since this sleep, and finally a guard noticed something was wrong, and hurried up, pulled the sleeping man up to see, he turned out to be a drunk old man, but he was wearing Ning Yuan's shirt on his back. Just a cloak.
At this moment, Ning Yuan had already appeared in a teahouse three streets away.
The teahouse is not open near the street, and the owner is also an old woman. The small shop is quiet and quiet. Ning Yuan is listening attentively while drinking tea. Soon, with a long cry, a snow-white falcon bird flies over from outside. , standing firmly on the table in front of Ning Yuan.
Following the hawk was a tall young man, who was naturally the owner of the hawk. When Huyan Yuanchen saw Ning Yuan's thin clothes, he immediately frowned and said, "Yanzhou is bitterly cold, and it's not spring yet. , why do you seldom hang around outside in such clothes."
After finishing speaking, he untied the wolf fur cloak behind him and put it on Ning Yuan's back without saying a word, and then sat down opposite him.
The inside of the cloak was warm, with Huyan Yuanchen's body temperature, Ning Yuan smiled, "I originally had a cloak, but in order to get rid of two tails, I had to give it to someone else." Maybe he really It was a bit cold, so I couldn't help wrapping the warm cloak around my body a little more, and continued: "It's you, I didn't expect you to come so fast, and you were several days earlier than us."
"The official road from Huajing to Yanzhou is easier. When I received your letter, I set off immediately. I rode a fast horse and did not delay my time on the road." Speaking of this, Huyan Yuanchen frowned. Frowning, the expression on the handsome face was very dignified, "It's you, knowing that the fourth prince has bad intentions, why would you agree to such a thing? You don't even bring any attendants with you, and you follow him alone. You are not afraid He wanted to do something wrong halfway, but it really scared me."
"Do you think I don't want to refuse? I can't refuse. He said this kind of thing is outrageous. If I insist on not obeying, he will definitely take it down. I can bear it. What should I do." Ning Yuan said: "I kept Zhou Shi and the others at home because I could feel at ease with them by my mother and sister's side, and it was because I was worried about my situation that I asked you for help. Compared with others, you at least know a thing or two about the entanglement between me and him."
Hearing that Ning Yuan expressed his new appointment so bluntly, Huyan Yuanchen couldn't help but eased his anxious heart a little bit, and overflowed with a little complacency. He pursed the corners of his mouth, but didn't speak harshly again.
After agreeing to Sikong Xu's request, Ning Yuan took the time to go to Lingxu Temple, and sent a message to Huyan Yuanchen who was far away in Huajing with snow red, asking him for help.This is the contact information that Huyan Yuanchen told him. If you need to find him, you can definitely find him through Xuelihong, and what Huyan Yuanchen said is indeed true. After receiving the letter, he rushed to Yanzhou without stopping .
"Let's not talk about the other side." Ning Yuan waved his hand, "You have a clue about what I asked you to find out for me."
"I've inquired about it. There is indeed a group of horse thieves making trouble on the border of Yanzhou recently, but it's not the group before." Huyan Yuanchen straightened his face, "It turns out that the horse thieves have accepted the imperial court's recruitment and have been very peaceful. I know why, some time ago, their leader died suddenly overnight, and the original team of horse thieves was also disbanded, as for the current group, it also appeared strangely, it is said that it appeared suddenly."
"Really?" Ning Yuan's eyes flickered, "What else?"
"Then, as you imagined, there are indeed people in Yanzhou City who are secretly contacting those horse thieves, but the specific content cannot be ascertained." Huyan Yuanchen said it very easily, in fact, only he knows how precious the source of this news is, The group of horse thieves was erratic in the desert outside the city. It was very difficult to find them, let alone follow them in hiding until they found out the fact that they had contacts with certain people. For these news, Huyan Yuanchen was alone. Lying in the desert for two full days and two nights without closing his eyes, he was so disheveled that even Yan Fei couldn't bear to see it.
"Thank you." Ning Yuan was silent for a while before uttering these three words. Looking at his calm expression, Huyan Yuanchen was very puzzled, "Are you doubting that those horse thieves and the fourth prince have something to do with each other?" relation?"
"It's not obvious. In order to gain credit for himself and gain face in front of the emperor, that guy will do anything." Ning Yuan said, "I've been out for too long, so I have to go back first, so as not to startle the snake." .”
Seeing Ning Yuan getting up to leave, Huyan Yuanchen also got up, held his arm and said: "If you have any countermeasures, at least let me know, so that I can help you a little bit."
Unexpectedly, Ning Yuan stared at his face, and suddenly said, "You haven't had much rest in the past few days, have you?"
Huyan Yuanchen was taken aback.
He may not have noticed how obvious the two bruises and the bloodshot eye sockets were. Ning Yuan took off the cloak on his back and handed it back to him, saying: "Even if a person is in good health, If you don't have enough rest, you will pass sooner or later, I have confirmed my conjecture, and the next thing can be handled by myself, but if you break your body because of my affairs, it will only make me feel uneasy."
After being told by Ning Yuan, Huyan Yuanchen didn't know how to respond. Ning Yuan's caring tone warmed his heart, but the phrase "handle it yourself" made him angry again.
"You only have one person, if..."
"I already owe you a lot of favors, and if I owe you more, I really don't know how to repay them." Ning Yuan sighed, "I'm really not good at owing others' favors. If you want to help me, go back to sleep." Ning Yuan thought for a while, then took out another porcelain bottle from his pocket.
"I have studied medicine with several doctors. Although I don't say I am proficient in medicine, I have a lot of experience in healing trauma. The scars on your back that were left by wolves when you were young seem to be healed, but when you encounter them When the seasons change, or when the heat is hot and the winter is cold, there will be inflammation, if the pain is severe, try this, it should be better than the gold sore medicine in ordinary pharmacies." After finishing speaking, Ning Yuan stuffed the porcelain bottle into Huyan Yuanchen's hand , out of the teahouse without looking back.
Huyan Yuanchen stared blankly at the porcelain bottle in his hand, and was stunned for a moment. After a long while, he raised his head and imagined Ning Yuan to thank him, but there was no sign of that person around.
The next day, Sikong Xu called Wang Hu to the front and assigned him to lead two teams of soldiers to search for the whereabouts of the horse bandits outside the city together with the Yanzhou garrison.
Wang Hu expressed doubts about such an assignment, indicating that he came here purely to protect Ning Yuan. If they left the city and something happened to Young Master Ning, they would not act like the old commander who had just left office.
In the end, it was Ning Yuan who took the initiative to ask Wang Hu to follow Sikong Xu's orders, and said that he had been staying in the post house, and there were so many Sikong Xu's guards around him, nothing would happen, so Wang Hu nodded suspiciously. The two teams of soldiers left.
When they left and the post house became quiet, Sikong Xu suddenly called Ning Yuan who was about to go back to the house, and said curiously: "Mr. Ning, you just dismissed Commander Wang so casually, don't you really worry about yourself at all?" situation?"
In fact, in the past few days, Sikong Xu's covetousness towards Ning Yuan not only has not subsided, but has been unprecedentedly high, but it is due to various reasons that he did not attack violently.He has always felt that he is a person who pays attention to elegance and decency. Even if he uses force, he must let that person willingly let him use force. In fact, Sikong Xu is also very strange. For many years, he has never done that to anyone. The big desire, but Ning Yuan is different. From the first time I saw Ning Yuan at the pier of the Jiangzhou Palace, the strong feeling of deja vu seems to have something to do with the strong possessive desire for him now. Certain relationship.
If he didn't think such an idea was too absurd, Sikong Xu might have thought that it was probably because he had a bad relationship with Ning Yuan in his previous life that he wanted to take him for himself in this life for no reason.
"My situation?" Ning Yuan turned his head and smiled strangely at Sikong Xu, "Master, do you think my current situation can be changed by worrying about it?"
This sentence may sound like a broken crutch to others, but Sikong Xu gradually frowned, and the doubts in his heart became more and more serious. With such confidence, could it be that Ning Yuan has something to rely on.
No, this is Yanzhou, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and Ning Yuan didn't bring any entourage with him, so what kind of disturbance can he cause by himself?
But even though he thought about it, his suspicious personality and uncontrollable curiosity still made him say: "Perhaps Mr. Ning doesn't know yet, this horse bandit in Jiangzhou was originally taken under my command. It's all been taken care of by me."
Ning Yuan raised his eyebrows, waiting for Sikong Xu to continue.
"There is also the Iron Armored Army I secretly trained, and the transactions with the group of salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. Not only that, but almost all the things in my hands that can be called handles have been secretly put aside and hidden by me. I will definitely let others find them. There is not even a single clue, in other words, those excuses that Mr. Ning used to threaten me in the past have completely disappeared now."
Ning Yuan shook his head, "I don't understand what you mean, my lord."
"Pretending to be confused is not your style, Young Master Ning. You no longer have any leverage to hold me back. Even if you tell Father about the things you know, Father will not believe you without evidence." The corner of Sikong Xu's mouth He raised a smile, "Now that things have happened, there are some things I want to tell you clearly with Mr. Ning. Tonight, there are only you and me in this posthouse. I don't know if I have the honor to have a drink with you, Mr. Ning." Say hello to one or two."
"Of course there is nothing wrong with it." Ning Yuan cupped his hands and saluted, "Then I will wait for you sir."
When Ning Yuan returned to the room, he laid down on the bed except for his outer robe, closed his eyes and began to take a nap. Seeing what Sikong Xu said just now, he wanted to come here tonight to open the skylight to talk to him, so at least before night, He has to raise his spirits to deal with him.
It was getting dark very quickly in Yanzhou, and I don't know how long it took. Ning Yuan was awakened by a small sound. He was shocked twice, and he fell asleep without knowing when. In his room, he immediately sat up, but when his waist reached halfway, his forehead bumped into something hard, accompanied by a man's muffled groan. Ning Yuan held back the pain and didn't even think about it. When he thought about it, he slapped it out.
For more than a year, he has not abandoned the martial arts that he relies on for self-defense. This palm can be described as vigorous, but it is a pity that his wrist is pinched like an iron hoop after only half of the palm. The feeling is very familiar, Ning Yuan thought. Without thinking, he blurted out: "Huyan Yuanchen?"
It was still the man's deep sobs that answered him. Although the room was not lit, the window was opened at some point, and the moonlight came in, allowing Ning Yuan to see the situation in the room clearly. Huyan Yuanchen stood beside his bed, Grabbing his wrist with one hand, and covering his chin with the other, his brows were frowned tightly, as if the pain was severe, as if just now his forehead hit his chin perfectly.
Ning Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry for a while, and didn't have time to worry about why this man came into his room, moved his chin to the top of his head, waved his hand away, got out of bed and lit the lamp.
There was light in the room, and finally he could see things. Huyan Yuanchen sat on the edge of the bed, still rubbing his chin constantly, both eyes were a little red, Ning Yuan asked strangely: "Does it really hurt that much?"
"The chin is the door for me to practice martial arts, and brother Ning, your forehead is really hard." Hu Yanyuanchen took his hand away, his lines were resolute, and there were some small stubbles on his chin, and there was a small bruise , looks quite funny, and also destroys the beauty of the whole face.
Ning Yuan shook his head, his eyes fell on the window that was pushed open, and he asked, "Did you come in through the window? So many guards outside didn't notice you?"
Huyan Yuanchen said: "If those guards have the ability to discover me, they should not be sent to be guards."
"Forget it, I don't want to discuss this." Ning Yuan rubbed the center of his brows, "Why did you come here so suddenly, didn't I tell you to go and have a good rest." It looked like he didn't take a break at all.
"I wanted to rest too, but something happened, so I had no choice but to come to you." After Huyan Yuanchen finished speaking, he suddenly reached out and tore off his belt, and then quickly took off his shirt .
In such a cold night, he was actually only wearing one piece of clothing. Under Ning Yuan's somewhat stiff eyes, he turned around frankly, revealing his broad and strong back, "Brother Ning, you can see for yourself."
Ning Yuan took a closer look and found that the old scar on Huyan Yuanchen's back was red and swollen. His eyes were fixed, and he couldn't help reaching out to touch it. The red and swollen area was hot to the touch, and Huyan Yuanchen's body trembled visibly. Twice.
Huyan Yuanchen's tone was low, as if he was a little angry: "Could it be that the medicine you gave me is hurting me? I wiped it on when I went back, but it turned out like this. You really need to give me an explanation." .”
"This..." Ning Yuan didn't know how to respond for a while, the ointment was prepared by himself, and it used all the medicinal materials for dispelling dampness and fire. Logically, it is impossible for this situation to happen. Looking at Huyan Yuanchen's situation, it is obviously Because of the aggravated anger, a large-scale inflammation broke out. After thinking about it, he asked, "Did you eat something you shouldn't eat?"
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"Shouldn't eat it?" Huyan Yuanchen seemed to think for a moment before saying, "Yan Fei got some dried salted fish from somewhere last night and cooked a pot of soup."
Ning Yuan shook his head: "No wonder, dried salted fish is seafood, which is the most heat-raising, and it is easy to get inflammation now that spring and winter alternate, these seafood are untouchable, don't you know that. "
"...I don't know." Huyan Yuanchen cursed in a muffled voice, "That bastard Yan Fei, I must teach him a lesson when I go back."
In an inn several streets away, Yan Fei, who had just finished dinner and was about to go to bed, sneezed suddenly.
He rubbed his nose, tightened his clothes suspiciously, looked out the window at the dark street, thinking to himself, the young master doesn't know what's going on now.
After meeting with Mr. Ning and returning, the young master stared at the small porcelain vase for a while, and then asked him to find some kind of seafood temporarily as if he had been struck by evil.The young master clearly knew that he must not touch hot and humid things right now, otherwise the inflammation on his back would be aggravated, but after he finally found some dried fish and came back, the young master boiled a pot of soup and drank it. As if he was worried that his condition was not serious, he asked him to wipe the remaining soup all over his back.
"Even if the young master is looking for a reason to see Mr. Ning, he doesn't need to abuse himself like this..." Yan Fei trembled inexplicably, "I hope he will not be exposed by Mr. Ning."
In fact, even if Ning Yuan has a lot of minds, he can't guess which one is up. He really thinks that Huyan Yuanchen accidentally ate something wrong, and that's why he made it like this. Looking at his red and swollen back, it must be itchy. Unbearable, Ning Yuan took out the medicine box he carried with him while feeling guilty, mixed some medicine powder, added some water into it, finally made a transparent paste, and gently wiped it on Huyanyuan Chen's back.
The original scorching and itchy feeling gradually disappeared with the cool ointment, and Huyan Yuanchen heard Ning Yuan say: "Now I can only apply some things to relieve itching and pain, and it is only a temporary solution, not the root cause. In the future, I will definitely not If you eat indiscriminately, remember to use the bottle of ointment I gave you."
Huyan Yuanchen responded without changing his face, but there was an inexplicable joy in his heart. After Ning Yuan finished giving him the medicine, he put on his clothes, and suddenly said: "The fourth prince didn't do anything to you, did he?"
In fact, this is the purpose of Huyan Yuanchen's willingness to toss a lot of bitter tricks to come here.
Ning Yuan asked him to take a good rest, but he couldn't really take a good rest. What happened right now made it clear that Sikong Xu wanted to use this opportunity to do something wrong to Ning Yuan. He definitely had no reason to watch from the sidelines, but Ning Yuan He also told him very simply not to intervene. As a last resort, he came up with this strategy, which can not only take the opportunity to come over to inquire about the situation, but also won't make Ning Yuan feel that he is too deliberate.
But before Ning Yuan could answer, there was a knock on the door outside, and Sikong Xu's slightly raised voice came in through the door, "Master Ning is ready to talk to me."
Ning Yuan glanced at Huyan Yuanchen, but Huyan Yuanchen's movements were much faster. It is unrealistic to go out from the window now, and the room is not big. Huyan Yuanchen lowered his body and got under the bed very quickly, shaking his whole body. They all fled into the darkness.
Ning Yuan was still in a daze, but at this time Sikong Xu had already entered.He changed into pure white clothes, and he looked more elegant and refined. He also carried a food box in his right hand. After opening the door, he went straight to the table and took out a jug of wine and three liang of food from the food box. Die Xiaocai greeted Ning Yuan with a smile on his face.
"I think Mr. Ning hasn't eaten yet, why don't you just bring some food up and want to chat with you while eating." Sikong Xu poured two glasses of wine, drank one himself first, and then made a "please" to Ning Yuan gesture.
Although Ning Yuan sat down, he didn't do anything else, just looked down at the food and wine on the table.
Sikong Xu smiled, "Could it be that Mr. Ning is worried that I won't be able to administer the medicine, don't worry, I don't even bother to do such dirty things."
"Your Excellency just speaks straight, and I also like people who speak straight." Ning Yuan said lightly.
"Master Ning must be so alienated from me? In the past few days, I have asked myself if I have never put on airs in front of Mr. Ning. It is really negligent to address you like an adult. If Mr. Ning doesn't mind, you can call me Brother Sikong." ?" Sikong Xu asked himself, and said these words with a pleasant face, but Ning Yuan just wanted to sneer, and threw three words coldly, "I don't mind."
Although Huyan Yuanchen under the bed didn't make a sound, he was secretly laughing in his heart, remembering how much effort he had spent in order to make Ning Yuan not be so unfamiliar with himself, so that he changed his address from "His Royal Highness" to "His Royal Highness" After saying "Huyan", the four princes obviously don't understand Ning Yuan's personality, and they deserve to be hit with a big nail.
Fortunately, in Sikong Xu's city, he would not change his face in vain because of Ning Yuan's nail. He drank another glass of wine and said: "Since Mr. Ning likes people who speak the truth, I won't make circles with you anymore. Don't you really want to be by my side?"
Seeing that Ning Yuan didn't speak, he said again: "Although I asked you this before, I also hope that you can think about it carefully, Mr. Ning. I am very optimistic about Mr. Ning's talent. If you can become my right-hand man, Mr. Ning, On the day when I become famous, Mr. Ning, you will also have endless glory and wealth."
Ning Yuan narrowed his eyes, "My lord's words confuse me. What you want is my assistant or me."
Seeing that Ning Yuan didn't immediately reject him like before, Sikong Xu couldn't help raising his emotions, and the suppressed desire in his heart also emerged, "I never treat anyone around me harshly, if Mr. Ning you If you want...you will be by my side, the most special and unique one..."
"Does your lord like me that much?" Ning Yuan suddenly laughed, "I'm really curious. If you look at the appearance, the appearance of Mr. Su next to your lord is several times better than mine. If a scholar without salt, when will he be highly regarded by adults."
"I only think of you, Mr. Ning, as being humble. Su Che's kind of low-class men who rely on selling their appearance are only in terms of character, and they are not as good as you, Mr. Ning." Sikong Xu stood up with the help of alcohol, He even leaned close to Ning Yuan, and stroked his cheek with his fingers, "Su Che can only let me indulge, but Mr. Ning is very tempting... I know Mr. Ning, you don't know why, you are so cruel to me. I have always been biased, but I believe that after you and I get to know each other well, you will find that I will actually be someone worth entrusting..."
Sikong Xu's words were already very blatant. Huyan Yuanchen looked at his hands and couldn't help clenching his fists. Being eaten tofu like this, why didn't Ning Yuan even hide? Could it be that he also moved confusedly? Can't make up your mind?
"My lord, you have misunderstood. I have never held any prejudice against you. I just simply hate you." Ning Yuan's abrupt words made Si Kongxu's movements freeze immediately, "What you said is absolutely impossible. .”
Sikong Xu narrowed his eyes, "Young Master Ning, you really don't think about it carefully?"
"It's nothing to consider."
"Don't you just ignore life and death like this? This is Yanzhou. You don't have anyone to rely on. If I want you to disappear from this world, I just need to move my fingers. I have already told you today , The reason you could threaten me is completely gone now, and I finally found out that there is no person or force behind you at all, and all the things in the past are just you playing with me." Sikong Xu's eyes The cold light was a little bit, and he was already threatening, "But as long as you surrender to me, I can let go of the past and even treat you sincerely. Otherwise, even if it is destroyed, I will not let anyone people get."
"Sincerely?" Ning Yuan looked at Sikong Xu's face, only thought it was ridiculous, this person actually talked to him sincerely, lived two lives, this is probably the funniest joke Ning Yuan has ever heard.
"In the final analysis, you are just unwilling and unable to get what you want." Ning Yuan looked at Sikong Xu, without even saving his honorific title, "If I reject you again, it will not only be me, but even my family It's always dangerous, right?"
"Mr. Ning is indeed extremely intelligent." Sikong Xu sat down again, his eyes burning, "Now, Mr. Ning, can you tell me the answer?"
Ning Yuan remained silent, and after a while, he raised his eyes, "Since that's the case, how about we make a deal."
Sikong Xu wondered, "What deal."
"I don't believe your sincere words, and I'm not interested in enjoying some vain glory and wealth by your side, but the so-called people don't kill the world for themselves. For the sake of my own and my family's wealth and life, I can commit myself Once for you." As soon as Ning Yuan finished speaking, Sikong Xu hadn't responded yet, but Huyan Yuanchen under the bed was stunned first.
There seemed to be a thunderbolt in his mind, and he even suspected that he had heard it wrong, but soon he heard Ning Yuan continue: "In exchange, I will be entangled with your grievances, and from now on, I will not hinder your grand plans. , and you must not harm me and my relatives."
"Young Master Ning, you are too arrogant." Sikong Xu laughed twice, "It's rare that you are finally willing to compromise, but do you think I'm such an easy-to-satisfy person?"
"I understand the personality of a person like you. If you can't get something, you will try your best to get it, but if you really get it, you will quickly throw it away like a shoe. I ask myself that there is nothing eye-catching about this body. Maybe you will find it boring after one time, so why bother to offer such a price that has to bind two people together, after one time, both parties will get what they need, this is also a compromise I can make." Ning Yuan said lightly: " Of course, if you feel dissatisfied, you can refuse, maybe you will get me in the end, but I guarantee that by that time, what you will get will only be a corpse, and I believe that you will not be right with a corpse. Interested in going to bed with a cold corpse."
Ning Yuan's words were quite explicit, Sikong Xu frowned slightly, really thinking about the pros and cons.
This is also the countermeasure that Ning Yuan has already thought of since the moment he stepped out of Jiangzhou.He can fool Sikong Xu for a while, but he can't fool him forever. Naturally, he can't wait to see Sikong Xu's ruin, but the time has not come yet, and if he wants to set aside enough time to recharge his batteries, he can only use this method , in order to temporarily avoid his sharp edge.
Sikong Xu looked at Ning Yuan's face, even if he didn't want to admit it in his heart, he had to think, maybe what Ning Yuan said was right.Ning Yuan talked about his handsome appearance, but it was definitely not the kind he would take a fancy to. He was inexplicably thinking about Ning Yuan, which was already very confusing. After thinking about it, he could only blame it on the Ning Yuan kept provoking him before, so he was angry and wanted to punish that person under him.
He also admitted that he is indeed a person who tends to like the new and hate the old. If Ning Yuan really agrees to him under the threat and stays with him, until he is tired of him, he will not be able to easily shake him off, and he will not be able to kill him casually. , it will turn into a troublesome thing, Su Che's kind of brainless people can pester him physically and mentally exhausted, if it is replaced by Ning Yuan's smart people, if they pester themselves, maybe it will become a bigger problem trouble.
Thinking about it this way, Ning Yuan's proposal is not bad.
He raised his eyes, followed Ning Yuan's cheeks, moved to his thin neck, moved to his looming collarbone, and suddenly smiled, "Then follow what you said, just hope that Mr. Ning will not let me down." After all, he stretched out his hand decisively, and was about to pull Ning Yuan's skirt.
"Your Excellency can't hold back like that." Ning Yuan sideways avoided, "I haven't bathed and cleansed myself today, and I think you haven't brewed a good mood and interest, my lord. Do something to repent."
"Forget it, since Mr. Ning did it voluntarily, so why not another day." Sikong Xu stood up, "I'm taking my leave now."
"Wait a minute." Ning Yuan suddenly called him, "Are you going to leave like this? Since we have an agreement, we should naturally exchange a token with each other." After finishing speaking, Ning Yuan took off a silver coin from the little finger of his left hand. The ring was placed on the table.
Sikong Xu was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly, took off a jade pendant from his waist and threw it on the table, took Ning Yuan's ring away, and then stepped out of the room.
Ning Yuan put away the jade pendant, and sat at the table without moving for a long time. There was a rustling sound behind him, and then he heard Huyan Yuanchen's hoarse voice: "You really... want to promise him?"
"It's getting late, you should go back first." Ning Yuan sounded a little tired.
"Why did you agree to this kind of thing." Huyan Yuanchen's voice was as deep as a stone, "You don't have to care about such coercion at all. If he wants to do something to your family, I will protect your family."
"How long can you protect, forever?" Ning Yuan raised his head and looked into Huyan Yuanchen's eyes, "You and I just met by chance, why bother to do this step, in life, if you want to live smoothly, you have to make some sacrifices , and being able to control the sacrifice to the minimum is already the best result, especially for men, what is a trip to the bed."
"As long as I live for a day, I can protect for a day." Huyan Yuanchen insisted, and his expression under the candlelight was so gloomy that water dripped out, "Don't agree to such a humiliating thing."
"Huyan, I'm advising you not to make promises to people casually." Ning Yuan said: "Promises like this, but you can't keep them if you promise, it's better not to, so as not to hurt people."
"I can do it." Huyan Yuanchen almost blurted out.
"So, do you want to stay in Dazhou for the rest of your life?" Ning Yuan smiled, "Don't be stupid, you still have your identity, and one day you will return to your own country, have your own family, and have your own family. Your wife and children, that’s what you need to protect, instead of making unrealistic promises to some irrelevant people.”
Huyan Yuanchen's tone was blocked by Ning Yuan. He wanted to defend himself, but he was speechless.
Ning Yuan nodded, put down the curtain, and just after measuring his face, he looked at his boss Si Kongxu with searching eyes.
"Mr. Ning is really rigorous in dealing with things. He insists on bringing Commander Wang by his side. Could it be that he is guarding against me?"
After Ning Ruhai stepped down from the Jiangzhou defense, before the new defense took over.The post of garrison will be temporarily replaced by the original deputy commander, and among the deputy commanders, Wang Hu has the highest qualifications, so he will take over as the deputy garrison.Although Ning Yuan promised Sikong Xu to help him this time, he also put forward a condition that Wang Hu should lead two teams of sergeants to accompany him. Be at ease.
Ning Yuan said: "My lord is joking, although this Gobi is desolate, I also heard that there are many bandits. Although the guards around you are capable, but when you encounter any danger, the few guards may be difficult to take care of except for you. Considering the safety of others, I was just planning for a rainy day.”
"Young Master Ning and I are not considered strangers, why bother to call me Sikong in such a strange way, it's okay to call me Sikong in private." Sikong Xu laughed.
"My lord is joking, you and I have different identities, but I can't do such a presumptuous thing." Ning Yuan put down such a sentence neither softly nor hard, causing Sikong Xu to hit a soft nail, and then turned his face again. Moving out of the window, Sikong Xu stared at Ning Yuan's side face for a while, then suppressed the emotions in his heart, and gently closed his eyes.
Along the way, there have been several rounds of courteous words like this to test each other. After all, Sikong Xu himself was curious that Ning Yuan would agree to him so simply. As the saying goes, there must be demons when things go wrong. Yuan pushed three times and four times, and he was still sure that he could eat the other party to death, but Ning Yuan's unexpected reaction made Sikong Xu hesitate, and always felt that Ning Yuan was thinking of something in his head.
After all, although this person is young, he has a lot of ghost ideas. If you relax a little, you may fall into his way.
Forget it, when we arrive in Yanzhou, if we find an opportunity to leave Wang Hu aside, there will always be a time when Ning Yuan will kneel down to him and beg for mercy.
In the early morning of the second day, the convoy finally arrived at Yanzhou City. Compared with the tall city walls and wide gates of Jiangzhou City, Yanzhou City was not enough in every aspect. Except for the endless desert outside the city, it was difficult to see a single piece of greenery. , the city wall was also simply built with map stones. The total height is only more than three feet, and the exterior is still very mottled. After entering the city, there is hardly a single attic with more than two floors in the city. It is often attacked by dust storms. If the house is too high, it will be destroyed by the wind if it is beautiful in the forest.
As soon as the group stayed in the posthouse, the governor of Yanzhou got the news and came to greet him. By the way, he also brought two cooks to prepare a reception banquet in the posthouse. Everyone said that Yanzhou was barren. It didn't look like that, the governor not only had a greasy face and big ears, but also brought two pigs and two sheep to prepare the meal. They were busy preparing meals, but Ning Yuan had an excuse to lose his appetite, so he asked Sikong Xu I asked for my resignation and said that I would go outside for a walk.
Such a normal and reasonable request, blocking the face of the governor of Yanzhou, Sikong Xu naturally had no reason to refuse, but as soon as he stepped out of the gate of the post house, two guards around Sikong Xu emerged from the shadows like shadows, Apparently he was sent out to monitor him.
Ning Yuan gathered the cloak behind him, lowered his head, and walked towards the crowded place. The two guards hung behind him unhurriedly. After all, Ning Yuan's fur-trimmed cloak is very recognizable. It's hard to get lost.
Ning Yuan turned left and right among the crowd, and finally entered a rather simple tavern, sat there as if ordering something, and ate slowly.The two guards were standing in the alley half a street away, watching Ning Yuan lie down on the table and take a nap after eating.
Half an hour had passed since this sleep, and finally a guard noticed something was wrong, and hurried up, pulled the sleeping man up to see, he turned out to be a drunk old man, but he was wearing Ning Yuan's shirt on his back. Just a cloak.
At this moment, Ning Yuan had already appeared in a teahouse three streets away.
The teahouse is not open near the street, and the owner is also an old woman. The small shop is quiet and quiet. Ning Yuan is listening attentively while drinking tea. Soon, with a long cry, a snow-white falcon bird flies over from outside. , standing firmly on the table in front of Ning Yuan.
Following the hawk was a tall young man, who was naturally the owner of the hawk. When Huyan Yuanchen saw Ning Yuan's thin clothes, he immediately frowned and said, "Yanzhou is bitterly cold, and it's not spring yet. , why do you seldom hang around outside in such clothes."
After finishing speaking, he untied the wolf fur cloak behind him and put it on Ning Yuan's back without saying a word, and then sat down opposite him.
The inside of the cloak was warm, with Huyan Yuanchen's body temperature, Ning Yuan smiled, "I originally had a cloak, but in order to get rid of two tails, I had to give it to someone else." Maybe he really It was a bit cold, so I couldn't help wrapping the warm cloak around my body a little more, and continued: "It's you, I didn't expect you to come so fast, and you were several days earlier than us."
"The official road from Huajing to Yanzhou is easier. When I received your letter, I set off immediately. I rode a fast horse and did not delay my time on the road." Speaking of this, Huyan Yuanchen frowned. Frowning, the expression on the handsome face was very dignified, "It's you, knowing that the fourth prince has bad intentions, why would you agree to such a thing? You don't even bring any attendants with you, and you follow him alone. You are not afraid He wanted to do something wrong halfway, but it really scared me."
"Do you think I don't want to refuse? I can't refuse. He said this kind of thing is outrageous. If I insist on not obeying, he will definitely take it down. I can bear it. What should I do." Ning Yuan said: "I kept Zhou Shi and the others at home because I could feel at ease with them by my mother and sister's side, and it was because I was worried about my situation that I asked you for help. Compared with others, you at least know a thing or two about the entanglement between me and him."
Hearing that Ning Yuan expressed his new appointment so bluntly, Huyan Yuanchen couldn't help but eased his anxious heart a little bit, and overflowed with a little complacency. He pursed the corners of his mouth, but didn't speak harshly again.
After agreeing to Sikong Xu's request, Ning Yuan took the time to go to Lingxu Temple, and sent a message to Huyan Yuanchen who was far away in Huajing with snow red, asking him for help.This is the contact information that Huyan Yuanchen told him. If you need to find him, you can definitely find him through Xuelihong, and what Huyan Yuanchen said is indeed true. After receiving the letter, he rushed to Yanzhou without stopping .
"Let's not talk about the other side." Ning Yuan waved his hand, "You have a clue about what I asked you to find out for me."
"I've inquired about it. There is indeed a group of horse thieves making trouble on the border of Yanzhou recently, but it's not the group before." Huyan Yuanchen straightened his face, "It turns out that the horse thieves have accepted the imperial court's recruitment and have been very peaceful. I know why, some time ago, their leader died suddenly overnight, and the original team of horse thieves was also disbanded, as for the current group, it also appeared strangely, it is said that it appeared suddenly."
"Really?" Ning Yuan's eyes flickered, "What else?"
"Then, as you imagined, there are indeed people in Yanzhou City who are secretly contacting those horse thieves, but the specific content cannot be ascertained." Huyan Yuanchen said it very easily, in fact, only he knows how precious the source of this news is, The group of horse thieves was erratic in the desert outside the city. It was very difficult to find them, let alone follow them in hiding until they found out the fact that they had contacts with certain people. For these news, Huyan Yuanchen was alone. Lying in the desert for two full days and two nights without closing his eyes, he was so disheveled that even Yan Fei couldn't bear to see it.
"Thank you." Ning Yuan was silent for a while before uttering these three words. Looking at his calm expression, Huyan Yuanchen was very puzzled, "Are you doubting that those horse thieves and the fourth prince have something to do with each other?" relation?"
"It's not obvious. In order to gain credit for himself and gain face in front of the emperor, that guy will do anything." Ning Yuan said, "I've been out for too long, so I have to go back first, so as not to startle the snake." .”
Seeing Ning Yuan getting up to leave, Huyan Yuanchen also got up, held his arm and said: "If you have any countermeasures, at least let me know, so that I can help you a little bit."
Unexpectedly, Ning Yuan stared at his face, and suddenly said, "You haven't had much rest in the past few days, have you?"
Huyan Yuanchen was taken aback.
He may not have noticed how obvious the two bruises and the bloodshot eye sockets were. Ning Yuan took off the cloak on his back and handed it back to him, saying: "Even if a person is in good health, If you don't have enough rest, you will pass sooner or later, I have confirmed my conjecture, and the next thing can be handled by myself, but if you break your body because of my affairs, it will only make me feel uneasy."
After being told by Ning Yuan, Huyan Yuanchen didn't know how to respond. Ning Yuan's caring tone warmed his heart, but the phrase "handle it yourself" made him angry again.
"You only have one person, if..."
"I already owe you a lot of favors, and if I owe you more, I really don't know how to repay them." Ning Yuan sighed, "I'm really not good at owing others' favors. If you want to help me, go back to sleep." Ning Yuan thought for a while, then took out another porcelain bottle from his pocket.
"I have studied medicine with several doctors. Although I don't say I am proficient in medicine, I have a lot of experience in healing trauma. The scars on your back that were left by wolves when you were young seem to be healed, but when you encounter them When the seasons change, or when the heat is hot and the winter is cold, there will be inflammation, if the pain is severe, try this, it should be better than the gold sore medicine in ordinary pharmacies." After finishing speaking, Ning Yuan stuffed the porcelain bottle into Huyan Yuanchen's hand , out of the teahouse without looking back.
Huyan Yuanchen stared blankly at the porcelain bottle in his hand, and was stunned for a moment. After a long while, he raised his head and imagined Ning Yuan to thank him, but there was no sign of that person around.
The next day, Sikong Xu called Wang Hu to the front and assigned him to lead two teams of soldiers to search for the whereabouts of the horse bandits outside the city together with the Yanzhou garrison.
Wang Hu expressed doubts about such an assignment, indicating that he came here purely to protect Ning Yuan. If they left the city and something happened to Young Master Ning, they would not act like the old commander who had just left office.
In the end, it was Ning Yuan who took the initiative to ask Wang Hu to follow Sikong Xu's orders, and said that he had been staying in the post house, and there were so many Sikong Xu's guards around him, nothing would happen, so Wang Hu nodded suspiciously. The two teams of soldiers left.
When they left and the post house became quiet, Sikong Xu suddenly called Ning Yuan who was about to go back to the house, and said curiously: "Mr. Ning, you just dismissed Commander Wang so casually, don't you really worry about yourself at all?" situation?"
In fact, in the past few days, Sikong Xu's covetousness towards Ning Yuan not only has not subsided, but has been unprecedentedly high, but it is due to various reasons that he did not attack violently.He has always felt that he is a person who pays attention to elegance and decency. Even if he uses force, he must let that person willingly let him use force. In fact, Sikong Xu is also very strange. For many years, he has never done that to anyone. The big desire, but Ning Yuan is different. From the first time I saw Ning Yuan at the pier of the Jiangzhou Palace, the strong feeling of deja vu seems to have something to do with the strong possessive desire for him now. Certain relationship.
If he didn't think such an idea was too absurd, Sikong Xu might have thought that it was probably because he had a bad relationship with Ning Yuan in his previous life that he wanted to take him for himself in this life for no reason.
"My situation?" Ning Yuan turned his head and smiled strangely at Sikong Xu, "Master, do you think my current situation can be changed by worrying about it?"
This sentence may sound like a broken crutch to others, but Sikong Xu gradually frowned, and the doubts in his heart became more and more serious. With such confidence, could it be that Ning Yuan has something to rely on.
No, this is Yanzhou, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and Ning Yuan didn't bring any entourage with him, so what kind of disturbance can he cause by himself?
But even though he thought about it, his suspicious personality and uncontrollable curiosity still made him say: "Perhaps Mr. Ning doesn't know yet, this horse bandit in Jiangzhou was originally taken under my command. It's all been taken care of by me."
Ning Yuan raised his eyebrows, waiting for Sikong Xu to continue.
"There is also the Iron Armored Army I secretly trained, and the transactions with the group of salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. Not only that, but almost all the things in my hands that can be called handles have been secretly put aside and hidden by me. I will definitely let others find them. There is not even a single clue, in other words, those excuses that Mr. Ning used to threaten me in the past have completely disappeared now."
Ning Yuan shook his head, "I don't understand what you mean, my lord."
"Pretending to be confused is not your style, Young Master Ning. You no longer have any leverage to hold me back. Even if you tell Father about the things you know, Father will not believe you without evidence." The corner of Sikong Xu's mouth He raised a smile, "Now that things have happened, there are some things I want to tell you clearly with Mr. Ning. Tonight, there are only you and me in this posthouse. I don't know if I have the honor to have a drink with you, Mr. Ning." Say hello to one or two."
"Of course there is nothing wrong with it." Ning Yuan cupped his hands and saluted, "Then I will wait for you sir."
When Ning Yuan returned to the room, he laid down on the bed except for his outer robe, closed his eyes and began to take a nap. Seeing what Sikong Xu said just now, he wanted to come here tonight to open the skylight to talk to him, so at least before night, He has to raise his spirits to deal with him.
It was getting dark very quickly in Yanzhou, and I don't know how long it took. Ning Yuan was awakened by a small sound. He was shocked twice, and he fell asleep without knowing when. In his room, he immediately sat up, but when his waist reached halfway, his forehead bumped into something hard, accompanied by a man's muffled groan. Ning Yuan held back the pain and didn't even think about it. When he thought about it, he slapped it out.
For more than a year, he has not abandoned the martial arts that he relies on for self-defense. This palm can be described as vigorous, but it is a pity that his wrist is pinched like an iron hoop after only half of the palm. The feeling is very familiar, Ning Yuan thought. Without thinking, he blurted out: "Huyan Yuanchen?"
It was still the man's deep sobs that answered him. Although the room was not lit, the window was opened at some point, and the moonlight came in, allowing Ning Yuan to see the situation in the room clearly. Huyan Yuanchen stood beside his bed, Grabbing his wrist with one hand, and covering his chin with the other, his brows were frowned tightly, as if the pain was severe, as if just now his forehead hit his chin perfectly.
Ning Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry for a while, and didn't have time to worry about why this man came into his room, moved his chin to the top of his head, waved his hand away, got out of bed and lit the lamp.
There was light in the room, and finally he could see things. Huyan Yuanchen sat on the edge of the bed, still rubbing his chin constantly, both eyes were a little red, Ning Yuan asked strangely: "Does it really hurt that much?"
"The chin is the door for me to practice martial arts, and brother Ning, your forehead is really hard." Hu Yanyuanchen took his hand away, his lines were resolute, and there were some small stubbles on his chin, and there was a small bruise , looks quite funny, and also destroys the beauty of the whole face.
Ning Yuan shook his head, his eyes fell on the window that was pushed open, and he asked, "Did you come in through the window? So many guards outside didn't notice you?"
Huyan Yuanchen said: "If those guards have the ability to discover me, they should not be sent to be guards."
"Forget it, I don't want to discuss this." Ning Yuan rubbed the center of his brows, "Why did you come here so suddenly, didn't I tell you to go and have a good rest." It looked like he didn't take a break at all.
"I wanted to rest too, but something happened, so I had no choice but to come to you." After Huyan Yuanchen finished speaking, he suddenly reached out and tore off his belt, and then quickly took off his shirt .
In such a cold night, he was actually only wearing one piece of clothing. Under Ning Yuan's somewhat stiff eyes, he turned around frankly, revealing his broad and strong back, "Brother Ning, you can see for yourself."
Ning Yuan took a closer look and found that the old scar on Huyan Yuanchen's back was red and swollen. His eyes were fixed, and he couldn't help reaching out to touch it. The red and swollen area was hot to the touch, and Huyan Yuanchen's body trembled visibly. Twice.
Huyan Yuanchen's tone was low, as if he was a little angry: "Could it be that the medicine you gave me is hurting me? I wiped it on when I went back, but it turned out like this. You really need to give me an explanation." .”
"This..." Ning Yuan didn't know how to respond for a while, the ointment was prepared by himself, and it used all the medicinal materials for dispelling dampness and fire. Logically, it is impossible for this situation to happen. Looking at Huyan Yuanchen's situation, it is obviously Because of the aggravated anger, a large-scale inflammation broke out. After thinking about it, he asked, "Did you eat something you shouldn't eat?"
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"Shouldn't eat it?" Huyan Yuanchen seemed to think for a moment before saying, "Yan Fei got some dried salted fish from somewhere last night and cooked a pot of soup."
Ning Yuan shook his head: "No wonder, dried salted fish is seafood, which is the most heat-raising, and it is easy to get inflammation now that spring and winter alternate, these seafood are untouchable, don't you know that. "
"...I don't know." Huyan Yuanchen cursed in a muffled voice, "That bastard Yan Fei, I must teach him a lesson when I go back."
In an inn several streets away, Yan Fei, who had just finished dinner and was about to go to bed, sneezed suddenly.
He rubbed his nose, tightened his clothes suspiciously, looked out the window at the dark street, thinking to himself, the young master doesn't know what's going on now.
After meeting with Mr. Ning and returning, the young master stared at the small porcelain vase for a while, and then asked him to find some kind of seafood temporarily as if he had been struck by evil.The young master clearly knew that he must not touch hot and humid things right now, otherwise the inflammation on his back would be aggravated, but after he finally found some dried fish and came back, the young master boiled a pot of soup and drank it. As if he was worried that his condition was not serious, he asked him to wipe the remaining soup all over his back.
"Even if the young master is looking for a reason to see Mr. Ning, he doesn't need to abuse himself like this..." Yan Fei trembled inexplicably, "I hope he will not be exposed by Mr. Ning."
In fact, even if Ning Yuan has a lot of minds, he can't guess which one is up. He really thinks that Huyan Yuanchen accidentally ate something wrong, and that's why he made it like this. Looking at his red and swollen back, it must be itchy. Unbearable, Ning Yuan took out the medicine box he carried with him while feeling guilty, mixed some medicine powder, added some water into it, finally made a transparent paste, and gently wiped it on Huyanyuan Chen's back.
The original scorching and itchy feeling gradually disappeared with the cool ointment, and Huyan Yuanchen heard Ning Yuan say: "Now I can only apply some things to relieve itching and pain, and it is only a temporary solution, not the root cause. In the future, I will definitely not If you eat indiscriminately, remember to use the bottle of ointment I gave you."
Huyan Yuanchen responded without changing his face, but there was an inexplicable joy in his heart. After Ning Yuan finished giving him the medicine, he put on his clothes, and suddenly said: "The fourth prince didn't do anything to you, did he?"
In fact, this is the purpose of Huyan Yuanchen's willingness to toss a lot of bitter tricks to come here.
Ning Yuan asked him to take a good rest, but he couldn't really take a good rest. What happened right now made it clear that Sikong Xu wanted to use this opportunity to do something wrong to Ning Yuan. He definitely had no reason to watch from the sidelines, but Ning Yuan He also told him very simply not to intervene. As a last resort, he came up with this strategy, which can not only take the opportunity to come over to inquire about the situation, but also won't make Ning Yuan feel that he is too deliberate.
But before Ning Yuan could answer, there was a knock on the door outside, and Sikong Xu's slightly raised voice came in through the door, "Master Ning is ready to talk to me."
Ning Yuan glanced at Huyan Yuanchen, but Huyan Yuanchen's movements were much faster. It is unrealistic to go out from the window now, and the room is not big. Huyan Yuanchen lowered his body and got under the bed very quickly, shaking his whole body. They all fled into the darkness.
Ning Yuan was still in a daze, but at this time Sikong Xu had already entered.He changed into pure white clothes, and he looked more elegant and refined. He also carried a food box in his right hand. After opening the door, he went straight to the table and took out a jug of wine and three liang of food from the food box. Die Xiaocai greeted Ning Yuan with a smile on his face.
"I think Mr. Ning hasn't eaten yet, why don't you just bring some food up and want to chat with you while eating." Sikong Xu poured two glasses of wine, drank one himself first, and then made a "please" to Ning Yuan gesture.
Although Ning Yuan sat down, he didn't do anything else, just looked down at the food and wine on the table.
Sikong Xu smiled, "Could it be that Mr. Ning is worried that I won't be able to administer the medicine, don't worry, I don't even bother to do such dirty things."
"Your Excellency just speaks straight, and I also like people who speak straight." Ning Yuan said lightly.
"Master Ning must be so alienated from me? In the past few days, I have asked myself if I have never put on airs in front of Mr. Ning. It is really negligent to address you like an adult. If Mr. Ning doesn't mind, you can call me Brother Sikong." ?" Sikong Xu asked himself, and said these words with a pleasant face, but Ning Yuan just wanted to sneer, and threw three words coldly, "I don't mind."
Although Huyan Yuanchen under the bed didn't make a sound, he was secretly laughing in his heart, remembering how much effort he had spent in order to make Ning Yuan not be so unfamiliar with himself, so that he changed his address from "His Royal Highness" to "His Royal Highness" After saying "Huyan", the four princes obviously don't understand Ning Yuan's personality, and they deserve to be hit with a big nail.
Fortunately, in Sikong Xu's city, he would not change his face in vain because of Ning Yuan's nail. He drank another glass of wine and said: "Since Mr. Ning likes people who speak the truth, I won't make circles with you anymore. Don't you really want to be by my side?"
Seeing that Ning Yuan didn't speak, he said again: "Although I asked you this before, I also hope that you can think about it carefully, Mr. Ning. I am very optimistic about Mr. Ning's talent. If you can become my right-hand man, Mr. Ning, On the day when I become famous, Mr. Ning, you will also have endless glory and wealth."
Ning Yuan narrowed his eyes, "My lord's words confuse me. What you want is my assistant or me."
Seeing that Ning Yuan didn't immediately reject him like before, Sikong Xu couldn't help raising his emotions, and the suppressed desire in his heart also emerged, "I never treat anyone around me harshly, if Mr. Ning you If you want...you will be by my side, the most special and unique one..."
"Does your lord like me that much?" Ning Yuan suddenly laughed, "I'm really curious. If you look at the appearance, the appearance of Mr. Su next to your lord is several times better than mine. If a scholar without salt, when will he be highly regarded by adults."
"I only think of you, Mr. Ning, as being humble. Su Che's kind of low-class men who rely on selling their appearance are only in terms of character, and they are not as good as you, Mr. Ning." Sikong Xu stood up with the help of alcohol, He even leaned close to Ning Yuan, and stroked his cheek with his fingers, "Su Che can only let me indulge, but Mr. Ning is very tempting... I know Mr. Ning, you don't know why, you are so cruel to me. I have always been biased, but I believe that after you and I get to know each other well, you will find that I will actually be someone worth entrusting..."
Sikong Xu's words were already very blatant. Huyan Yuanchen looked at his hands and couldn't help clenching his fists. Being eaten tofu like this, why didn't Ning Yuan even hide? Could it be that he also moved confusedly? Can't make up your mind?
"My lord, you have misunderstood. I have never held any prejudice against you. I just simply hate you." Ning Yuan's abrupt words made Si Kongxu's movements freeze immediately, "What you said is absolutely impossible. .”
Sikong Xu narrowed his eyes, "Young Master Ning, you really don't think about it carefully?"
"It's nothing to consider."
"Don't you just ignore life and death like this? This is Yanzhou. You don't have anyone to rely on. If I want you to disappear from this world, I just need to move my fingers. I have already told you today , The reason you could threaten me is completely gone now, and I finally found out that there is no person or force behind you at all, and all the things in the past are just you playing with me." Sikong Xu's eyes The cold light was a little bit, and he was already threatening, "But as long as you surrender to me, I can let go of the past and even treat you sincerely. Otherwise, even if it is destroyed, I will not let anyone people get."
"Sincerely?" Ning Yuan looked at Sikong Xu's face, only thought it was ridiculous, this person actually talked to him sincerely, lived two lives, this is probably the funniest joke Ning Yuan has ever heard.
"In the final analysis, you are just unwilling and unable to get what you want." Ning Yuan looked at Sikong Xu, without even saving his honorific title, "If I reject you again, it will not only be me, but even my family It's always dangerous, right?"
"Mr. Ning is indeed extremely intelligent." Sikong Xu sat down again, his eyes burning, "Now, Mr. Ning, can you tell me the answer?"
Ning Yuan remained silent, and after a while, he raised his eyes, "Since that's the case, how about we make a deal."
Sikong Xu wondered, "What deal."
"I don't believe your sincere words, and I'm not interested in enjoying some vain glory and wealth by your side, but the so-called people don't kill the world for themselves. For the sake of my own and my family's wealth and life, I can commit myself Once for you." As soon as Ning Yuan finished speaking, Sikong Xu hadn't responded yet, but Huyan Yuanchen under the bed was stunned first.
There seemed to be a thunderbolt in his mind, and he even suspected that he had heard it wrong, but soon he heard Ning Yuan continue: "In exchange, I will be entangled with your grievances, and from now on, I will not hinder your grand plans. , and you must not harm me and my relatives."
"Young Master Ning, you are too arrogant." Sikong Xu laughed twice, "It's rare that you are finally willing to compromise, but do you think I'm such an easy-to-satisfy person?"
"I understand the personality of a person like you. If you can't get something, you will try your best to get it, but if you really get it, you will quickly throw it away like a shoe. I ask myself that there is nothing eye-catching about this body. Maybe you will find it boring after one time, so why bother to offer such a price that has to bind two people together, after one time, both parties will get what they need, this is also a compromise I can make." Ning Yuan said lightly: " Of course, if you feel dissatisfied, you can refuse, maybe you will get me in the end, but I guarantee that by that time, what you will get will only be a corpse, and I believe that you will not be right with a corpse. Interested in going to bed with a cold corpse."
Ning Yuan's words were quite explicit, Sikong Xu frowned slightly, really thinking about the pros and cons.
This is also the countermeasure that Ning Yuan has already thought of since the moment he stepped out of Jiangzhou.He can fool Sikong Xu for a while, but he can't fool him forever. Naturally, he can't wait to see Sikong Xu's ruin, but the time has not come yet, and if he wants to set aside enough time to recharge his batteries, he can only use this method , in order to temporarily avoid his sharp edge.
Sikong Xu looked at Ning Yuan's face, even if he didn't want to admit it in his heart, he had to think, maybe what Ning Yuan said was right.Ning Yuan talked about his handsome appearance, but it was definitely not the kind he would take a fancy to. He was inexplicably thinking about Ning Yuan, which was already very confusing. After thinking about it, he could only blame it on the Ning Yuan kept provoking him before, so he was angry and wanted to punish that person under him.
He also admitted that he is indeed a person who tends to like the new and hate the old. If Ning Yuan really agrees to him under the threat and stays with him, until he is tired of him, he will not be able to easily shake him off, and he will not be able to kill him casually. , it will turn into a troublesome thing, Su Che's kind of brainless people can pester him physically and mentally exhausted, if it is replaced by Ning Yuan's smart people, if they pester themselves, maybe it will become a bigger problem trouble.
Thinking about it this way, Ning Yuan's proposal is not bad.
He raised his eyes, followed Ning Yuan's cheeks, moved to his thin neck, moved to his looming collarbone, and suddenly smiled, "Then follow what you said, just hope that Mr. Ning will not let me down." After all, he stretched out his hand decisively, and was about to pull Ning Yuan's skirt.
"Your Excellency can't hold back like that." Ning Yuan sideways avoided, "I haven't bathed and cleansed myself today, and I think you haven't brewed a good mood and interest, my lord. Do something to repent."
"Forget it, since Mr. Ning did it voluntarily, so why not another day." Sikong Xu stood up, "I'm taking my leave now."
"Wait a minute." Ning Yuan suddenly called him, "Are you going to leave like this? Since we have an agreement, we should naturally exchange a token with each other." After finishing speaking, Ning Yuan took off a silver coin from the little finger of his left hand. The ring was placed on the table.
Sikong Xu was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly, took off a jade pendant from his waist and threw it on the table, took Ning Yuan's ring away, and then stepped out of the room.
Ning Yuan put away the jade pendant, and sat at the table without moving for a long time. There was a rustling sound behind him, and then he heard Huyan Yuanchen's hoarse voice: "You really... want to promise him?"
"It's getting late, you should go back first." Ning Yuan sounded a little tired.
"Why did you agree to this kind of thing." Huyan Yuanchen's voice was as deep as a stone, "You don't have to care about such coercion at all. If he wants to do something to your family, I will protect your family."
"How long can you protect, forever?" Ning Yuan raised his head and looked into Huyan Yuanchen's eyes, "You and I just met by chance, why bother to do this step, in life, if you want to live smoothly, you have to make some sacrifices , and being able to control the sacrifice to the minimum is already the best result, especially for men, what is a trip to the bed."
"As long as I live for a day, I can protect for a day." Huyan Yuanchen insisted, and his expression under the candlelight was so gloomy that water dripped out, "Don't agree to such a humiliating thing."
"Huyan, I'm advising you not to make promises to people casually." Ning Yuan said: "Promises like this, but you can't keep them if you promise, it's better not to, so as not to hurt people."
"I can do it." Huyan Yuanchen almost blurted out.
"So, do you want to stay in Dazhou for the rest of your life?" Ning Yuan smiled, "Don't be stupid, you still have your identity, and one day you will return to your own country, have your own family, and have your own family. Your wife and children, that’s what you need to protect, instead of making unrealistic promises to some irrelevant people.”
Huyan Yuanchen's tone was blocked by Ning Yuan. He wanted to defend himself, but he was speechless.
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