across mountains and seas

Jing Lan's ears were red, how could she escape Liu Xi's eyes?

Liu Xi called softly, "Alan."

"What?" Jing Lan didn't dare to look at her, so she pretended to be serious and replied.

Liu Xi asked with a smile, "Want to see it?"

Jing Lan thought she was still teasing her, so she couldn't help but reply seriously: "Liuxi, this is in Haicheng!"

Liu Xi blinked, "What I'm asking is—do you want to see Yueyue?" After a short pause, "Where did Ah Lan think?" Yueyue is the name Liu Xi gave to the little white rabbit, Three months ago, it was a small one that could be held in one hand, but now it needs to be clasped with both hands to hold it in the lap.

It was her fault!

Jing Lan thought to herself that she couldn't speak against her, so she simply didn't argue too much with her, "Let's go."

Liu Xi followed Jing Lan to her small courtyard, and said as she walked, "It's almost winter."

Jing Lan nodded, "En."

"It's okay here in Haicheng. You can always find green grass that can be eaten every month on the island." Liu Xi continued to talk about this topic, seeming to mean something else.

"There is enough grain in Haicheng." Jing Lan remembered clearly that she only checked the grain depot yesterday, but Liu Xi would not mention these things for nothing, "What... what do you want to say?"

Liu Xi smiled faintly, "Young Master, would you like to do me a favor and drink a cup of hot tea at my place?" As if knowing what Jing Lan was afraid of, Liu Xi said again, "The door is wide open, right under the eaves, dignified and dignified."

"Okay." She had reached the end of her words, and Jing Lan seemed guilty even if she continued to hold back.

The two returned to the small courtyard together under the umbrella, Liu Xi immediately ordered someone to open the door, carried the coffee table to the door, served two cups of hot tea, and sat down with Jing Lan.

Although Jing Lan passed by here occasionally, she would not come in rashly, lest she ruin Liuxi's reputation.In the past three months, Liu Xi has been stared at by everyone to recuperate, and she has no interest in leisure, so she can only control the flowers and plants in the courtyard.

Jing Lan took a sip of hot tea and looked up at the flowers and plants in the courtyard. She vaguely remembered that there was a row of green bamboos on the left and a row of begonias on the right, but now they were replaced by snow plums by Liuxi.

The plum trees in this season are not pretty, they have no flowers, and the twisted branches are covered by green leaves. From a distance, they look like ordinary green trees.If it wasn't for Jing Lan's biological mother, Su Rou, who loved plum blossoms and made Jing Lan recognize plum trees since she was a child, she might have thought these plum trees were ordinary green trees.

"Although Xuemei is good, it can only bloom for one winter." Jing Lan put down the teacup in her hand, "It's not as good as green bamboo that lasts for a hundred years."

Liu Xi put Yueyue on her knees and stroked the head of the rabbit, "Does it look like the Ye clan outside the Xishenzhou Pass? For more than 200 years, they are of different races, and they made a sudden move. The imperial court knows that the emperor's blood in their bones is still the same."

Jing Lan reminded Liu Xi, "They have already left the customs."

Liu Xi nodded, "I'm just wondering why the court is still hesitating?"

"Are you still waiting for the imperial edict from the imperial court?" Jing Lan asked seriously, logically speaking, the concubine Cao Yang should visit Haicheng again, but the entire three months passed, and there was still no movement from the imperial court.

"The imperial decree is in hand, but there are multiple names." Liu Xi scraped the tea noodles with the lid of the cup, took a small sip of warm tea, and swallowed slowly, "We don't have the imperial decree, we can't wait any longer."

Jing Lan pondered, "What does sister-in-law mean?"

"..." The smile on Liu Xi's face froze.

Jing Lan coughed twice, and said another sentence, "What do you mean?"

Liuxi smiled warmly, "The nine counties on the east coast of Dongfu Prefecture are rich in rice. This year's rain is very good, and the harvest must be good."

"The rice from the nine counties on the east bank has always been directly supplied to Lidu, so rushing to grab it is the next best thing to do."

"No need to grab it, we'll buy it."

"Where did you get the money?"

"Anyway, these three months have been idle and boring, so I asked my fourth uncle to go to sea several times. No, I found a silver mine while finding a new vein..."

Jing Lan frowned at her, "Can't you rest quietly?"

"No." Liu Xi answered simply, and she put down the teacup, "I asked Uncle Jing Jiu about the battle situation on the front line, judging by the strength of Ye's operation outside the pass for 200 years, the attack on East Fuzhou will not only occupy a dozen small cities .At the beginning, the inner ghost pointed at evil spirits for the icing on the cake and to increase the strength of the army. Since you can't get evil spirits, you should fight steadily, and the first thing to do is to get a good land to settle down. "

"The imperial court will not give them Dongfu Prefecture." Jing Lan can conclude this matter, "Wei's three states are not so easy to fight, unless..." Jing Lan suddenly asked, "Do they want Xishen Prefecture?!"

The land in Xishen Prefecture is barren and bandits are fleeing. It is the most barren state among the nine states in Daliang.Except for those who commit crimes and migrate, the people in the state are also homeless refugees from other states. The harder the life is, the more fierce the temper will be.Because of this, when Wei Jianbai took over the three northwestern states, he didn't even look at Xishen Prefecture. After winning Xishen Prefecture, it would take at least ten years of development to recover its vitality. Use your energy and financial resources to develop the three states under your jurisdiction.

"The imperial court has been fighting for years, and its troops are scarce. It has already transferred 200% of the troops in Nanmoguan. The imperial court is too confident and too helpless. It has guarded against the Ye clan for [-] years, thinking that the alien race in Nanmo and the Ye clan should not be aware of it. So you see, the Ye family stormed Nanmo Pass and directly led the army into Kyushu, the court suffered a big loss this time." Liu Xi lowered her head while talking, and lightly stroked Yueyue's chin with her index finger, "There is little rain in the southern desert, but it can still produce scarlet Fuguo blood plums. You, don't underestimate their ability. A desolate place like the southern desert can be managed. Mo is considered a paradise.”

Jing Lan only glanced at the white rabbit, it was obvious that Liu Xi was teasing the rabbit, but Jing Lan felt her jaw itch for no reason.She sat upright unnaturally, "Rush... occupying Xishen Prefecture rashly is tantamount to rebellion. Ye Shi is the first bird at this time, and I am afraid that he will be controlled by Liu Su before he can gain a firm foothold in Xishen Prefecture." The Wei family exterminated them with excuses."

"That's why they raided the dozen or so small cities in East Fuzhou." Liu Xi nodded at Jing Lan.

Jing Lan realized, "Threatening the court?!"

"They need this name more than we do." Liu Xi nodded, "Since they can threaten, so can we. The difference is that they use knives, and we use silver taels." Gently holding Yueyue's head, she softly smiled and said: "Do you understand?"

"Understood." Jing Lan answered along with the words, her eyes involuntarily glanced at Yueyue again, thinking to herself that she answered too quickly, as if answering on behalf of Yueyue.

Her cheeks were slightly hot, Jing Lan didn't dare to look at Yueyue again, "Leave the rest to me." Saying that, she stood up and wanted to leave here.

"That's fine." Liu Xi held Yueyue in front of her face, didn't raise her eyes to look at Jing Lan, and sighed helplessly: "Anyway, one or two of you are staring at me closely, I can't even go for a walk." She smiled lightly at Yueyue, and quickly kissed Yueyue on the head, "It's still you, at least you won't kill me."

I don't know if she did it on purpose or not, but the kiss was very loud.

"You!" Jing Lan hesitated to speak, obviously she was still some distance away from Liu Xi, and there were maids serving her around, but if passers-by heard it, might they think of some nasty pictures?

Liu Xi raised her eyes in bewilderment, with a smug gleam in her eyes, "What's the matter?"

"It... is always a beast..." Jing Lan made up a reason casually, even she felt it was far-fetched, "It's too close, be careful it bites you."

Liu Xi raised Yueyue high, facing Jing Lan, and asked seriously: "Are you willing to bite me?"

Jing Lan kept silent, knowing that Liu Xi was definitely not the rabbit who asked this question.

"Just be careful!"

"Oh."

Liu Xi was thoughtful, "I often hear people say that rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry. It seems that I really need to be more careful." As he spoke, Liu Xi moved Yueyue closer to his ear, pretending to listen to the moon The way Yue talked, listening carefully.

Yueyue was too close to Liu Xi's earlobe, her three-petal lips moved slightly, and her beard trembled slightly. She was always close to Liu Xi, but suddenly she moved closer and rubbed her head against Liu Xi's earlobe.

The appearance is intimate, and this is also normal.

It fell into Jing Lan's eyes, but it was like a spark flying into dry wood, which inexplicably made her face burn.

Ears and temples grind together.

The scenes of double cultivation with Liu Xi came to mind, and Jing Lan had also been to the place where the moon and the moon rubbed lightly, and it was even more than that.

Jing Lan realized that she had a wrong thought, and quickly forced herself to stop, not to think about it, and not to stay here any longer.

"It's good to know!"

Just when Jing Lan left these words and turned to step out of the big room door, she heard Liu Xi kiss Yueyue's head loudly.

Jing Lan clenched her fists, turned around suddenly, walked quickly to Liu Xi, stretched out her arms and hugged Yueyue into her arms, "This rabbit is really cute, can sister-in-law raise it for me for two days?" Yes, in fact, his tone was cold, more like "annoyed".

Liu Xi said displeased: "I'm already bored and you took Yueyue away, so what should I do?"

"As long as you don't leave Haicheng rashly, you can go wherever you want." Jing Lan replied simply.

Liu Xi nodded in satisfaction, "You said that, the majestic Young Master of the Dongjing Clan, you can't be like a child and don't count what you say."

"Never regret it." Jing Lan replied seriously.

"Just two days." Liu Xi purposely glanced at the rabbit in Jing Lan's arms.

"Let's talk." Without waiting for Liu Xi to refute, Jing Lan strode out of the small courtyard with Yueyue in her arms, only halfway through the walk did she remember that she forgot to take her umbrella.

She looked down at the raindrops on Yueyue's snow-white hair, and quickly wiped them with her sleeves. Suddenly, someone covered her with an umbrella to cover the drizzle, and she hurriedly turned her head.

Liu Xi smiled brightly, stood behind her with an umbrella, and handed the bamboo basket Yueyue used to rest to Jing Lan, "What are you doing looking at me? Why don't you hold it? If you get wet and catch a cold, who will pay me?"

"..." Jing Lan burned her ears, hurriedly took the bamboo basket, and put Yueyue into the basket.

Surprised that Liu Xi was holding her hand, Jing Lan anxiously said, "Don't mess around!"

"Who messed with you?" Liu Xi quickly stuffed the umbrella handle into Jing Lan's palm and let go of her hand, "Take good care of Yueyue, if you get sick, I will never forgive you." After finishing speaking, He wrinkled his nose at Jing Lan, although his tone was fierce, but the tenderness and concern behind each word made Jing Lan couldn't help secretly happy.

This time, Liu Xi didn't wait for Jing Lan to reply, so she covered the rain with one hand, and quickly ran towards the small courtyard with the corner of her skirt in the other.

It was only a little bit better, and sure enough, he started messing around again!

Jing Lan was afraid that she would fall halfway, so she kept watching her run into the small courtyard, and then heaved a long sigh of relief.

"Pfft."

Suddenly someone chuckled at the side of the fence, Jing Lan glanced sideways - and saw Shen Jiangli lying on the side of the fence in a white dress, with a sly gleam in her clear eyes, she looked at this side with deep meaning. She smiled sweetly, as if she understood something.

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Liu Xi: Boo!

Yueyue: happy~~

Xiao Wu: Dead rabbit!Come with me!

Yueyue: Huh~~