Chapter 178: Compromise and Perfection

The cold wind suddenly rose, and in the other small courtyard of the guest house, everything withered. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe withered grass was shivering in the cold wind, and only an old plum tree in the corner of the courtyard had a few buds.

Ji Xuan shook the golden silk whip in his hand and strode over. He had black hair and a jade crown, and his shoulders were draped in snow-white fox folds, and the emerald blue dark vine brocade robe loomed inside. There are a few pieces of crystal clear jade hanging from his waist, and on his feet are black cowhide boots inlaid with gold wire, although his appearance is ordinary but extravagant.

Through the crumbling old window lattice that broke a few corners, he looked silently at Liu Hui, who was slightly haggard. After half a ring, he suddenly curled the corners of his mouth and teased: "I didn't expect that the dignified and virtuous king would also be so neglected." ”

Liu Hui said expressionlessly: "What are you doing here?" If you want to see a joke, you can leave immediately when you have laughed enough. ”

Ji Xuan sighed exaggeratedly, and said meanly: "There has been no news for so many days, I came to see if I need to collect your corpse for you." ”

Liu Hui glanced at the soldiers standing upright like javelins at the gate of the courtyard, frowned, and said, "I don't need to trouble you to collect the corpse, but I do have a few words to explain to you, come in and talk!" He turned and disappeared from the window.

Ji Xuan smiled slightly, lifted the hanging door curtain and strode in.

When I entered the room, a strange cold like a snow cave hit my face. Ji Xuan thought that he had gone to the wrong room, and after sneezing a few times in a row, he hurriedly wrapped the big gas on his body.

The room is very spacious, but the layout is extremely simple, and the whole room is just a couch, a table, and a chair. There is a bench under the window where you can lie down and rest, but it is a reddish-brown bamboo and rattan chair used to escape the heat in the summer. It's smooth and slippery, and there's not even a thin pad.

The pillows and bedding on the bed are complete, but looking at the light and fluttering appearance of the bedding, I am afraid that there is not much difference between covering the body and not covering. The most infuriating thing is that there is not even a brazier in the huge room, no wonder the temperature in the room is a little colder than outside.

"Your Royal Highness, the war is about to start on the Bei Ying side, but you can hold your breath. Ji Xuan was originally unhappy that Liu Hui had stayed in the general's mansion for several days and had not shown up, but seeing him suffer such a cold reception, he couldn't help but feel unhappy.

"They are willing to eat dogs, what do I have to hold my breath!" Liu Hui took a few steps to the bed, then paused, he turned his head and looked Ji Xuan up and down a few times with shining eyes.

Ji Xuan's heart tightened, he hurriedly took a few steps back, and said vigilantly: "What do you see!"

"This king looks at you, this big piece is very good!" Liu Hui showed a mouthful of white teeth with bad intentions. After a while, this warm piece of warmth arrived on Liu Hui.

Ji Xuan smiled dumbly and said: "You look like this, where do you still look like a dignified prince, what is the difference between you and those robbers who block the road and rob." After a pause, he said again: "That Liu Gu is only a third-grade military attachΓ©, so he dares to force you into this appearance, but he doesn't take you, a virtuous king, in his eyes." ”

Liu Hui didn't think it was wrong, he folded his clothes and lay down on the bed, and sighed helplessly: "Who let me take a fancy to his sister, suffer a little hardship, if I can let their brothers and sisters dissipate their anger, it doesn't hurt!"

"It's just a woman, and it's worth your self-deprecation and self-depravity!" Ji Xuan's eyes showed a coldness, he turned around and walked out of the room suddenly, and ordered the clay soldiers at the gate of the courtyard: "Go, get a brazier and silver frost charcoal for His Royal Highness King Xian!"

The soldiers still stood straight, no one said a word, and no one looked back.

Ji Xuan raised his voice and shouted: "Are you all deaf or dumb, is this the hospitality of your General's Mansion?"

Finally, a soldier's body moved and reacted. He turned around and clasped his fists and saluted Ji Xuan, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Our general has already explained, the door of the mansion is open at any time, if the prince wants to leave, we will definitely not stop it." "The implication is, don't really treat yourself as a guest, we can't ask for it if you want to leave.

Ji Xuan, who has always been sharp-toothed, rolled his eyes when he was choked.

"No need to call!" Liu Hui's lazy voice came from the room: "It's just a waste of effort!"

Ji Xuan stomped his feet hatefully and returned to the house helplessly. I saw that Liu Hui's lying posture had not changed at all, his eyes were wide, looking at the curtain above his head, as if he was thinking about something.

Ji Xuan had to sit down at the other end of the bed, and said angrily: "You can hold your breath!"

Liu Hui snorted lightly and said with some playfulness: "In the past, she guarded me and occasionally gave me a little warmth when I was free." Now it's me guarding her, and I want to ask to see her, but it's so difficult. You say, is this a feng shui rotation?"

Ji Xuan frowned, and said angrily: "You are not interested in and don't want to get involved." Now I'm going to talk to you about the Northern Underworld. ”

Liu Hui tilted his head on the soft pillow, closed his eyes, and said, "Well, let's hear it, what are they doing these days?"

"A secret agent came to report that Yu Guang, the second prince of the Northern Underworld, has proposed marriage to the eldest princess of Great Xia, Wu Luolan. When Ji Xuan said this, he paused and glanced at Liu Hui, who was still closing his eyes and recuperating.

Seeing that he didn't mean to open his mouth at all, he had to cough lightly and continued: "However, Yu Guang is twelve years older than Princess Wuluolan, and although Concubine Zheng has passed away, she has left two sons. I heard that the king of Great Xia preferred Yu Yuan, the third prince of the Northern Underworld, to become his eldest son-in-law. After all, Yu Yuan's uncle is the general of the Zhenguo of the Northern Underworld, and together they control forty percent of the military strength of the Northern Underworld. Except for the crown prince, he is the prince with the highest call to inherit the throne. Now for the sake of this princess of Wuluolan, Yu Guang and Yu Yuan are about to turn against each other and meet each other. ”

Liu Hui's body moved, and he finally spoke: "That's it?"

"What?" Ji Xuan asked rhetorically for some reason.

Liu Hui opened his eyes, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and he said lightly: "The King of Great Xia is really ambitious, he is making an alliance with the Northern Underworld on the surface and confronting our Eastern Qin. In fact, he wanted to take this opportunity to weaken the national strength of the Northern Underworld, so that he could swallow it in one bite. What a trick for the snipe and the clam to compete for the fisherman's profit!"

Ji Xuan nodded and said, "You and I want to go together, the Great Xia King has been eyeing each other, so this battle can't be let them fight!"

"I don't think so!" Liu Hui said lazily: "It's not just the King of Great Xia who can be a fisherman, we can also ...... in Eastern Qin."

Ji Xuan's eyes lit up suddenly, Liu Hui lowered his voice and whispered a few words to him. A dark shadow suddenly flashed outside the window, "Who?" Ji Xuan quickly noticed it and immediately shouted vigilantly.

"I've seen the prince, Ji Shizi!" Feng Si neatly broke through the window and knelt down on one knee to salute Liu Hui and Ji Xuan.

The corners of Ji Xuan's mouth twitched, and he said bitterly: "Feng Si, if you don't leave the good gate, you have to break the window to enter, no wonder the window is so broken that you can't even block the wind." You're the head of King Xian's guards, why are you acting so sneaky? ”

Feng Si said expressionlessly: "The humble position has always only followed the orders of the prince!"

Ji Xuan squinted his eyes and glanced at Liu Hui, but Liu Hui said with the same expression: "But what did you find?"

Feng Si continued to say expressionlessly: "The dart head and the young dart head of the Ding family dart bureau came to bid farewell to General Liu and Miss Hua, and General Liu received them in the side hall, but the young dart head of the Ding family secretly asked Miss Hua to go out and talk alone......"

"How can this be reasonable!" Liu Hui stood up abruptly and walked out. He had only taken a few steps before he stopped again. Untied the big squirrel that Hao had just forcibly seized from his body, threw it back to Ji Xuan, and said in a deep voice: "You go back first, as for the civil strife in the Northern Underworld, we don't need to pay attention to it at present."

What they are most afraid of is that they will not move, as long as they can't help but fight first, it will be those ordinary people who are unlucky. Only after the baptism of war will the people cherish the compassion and kindness of the former emperor and the crown prince, and then it is the best time for us to intervene. ”

Ji Xuan nodded thoughtfully, seeing that Liu Hui was in a hurry and wanted to leave again, he hurriedly chased a few steps and said, "The prince of the Northern Darkness is still waiting for news, why don't you repair a book......

Before he finished speaking, Liu Hui had already left the door, and dropped a sentence from afar: "No time, you let him wait is ......" Liu Hui's figure disappeared quickly, leaving only Ji Xuan and Feng Si messy in the wind.

After half a ring, Ji Xuan put on the big coat with a gloomy face, and slowly walked out of the courtyard and out of the general's mansion.

Hua Lianyue held a warm hand stove, wore a white and thick sheepskin jacket, and walked side by side with Ding Yongan on the path covered with green bricks. The masked female prisoner, who temporarily acted as a maid, followed them quietly like a ghost. The two of them were silent all the way, and the atmosphere seemed a little awkward.

In Ding Yongan's mind, Hua Lianyue is just his little brother. Now that the little brother has turned into a strange and beautiful woman, he always feels that he can't adapt to it.

However, thinking that this trip was to ask for something, he still coughed lightly and took the lead in breaking the silence: "I haven't thanked you yet, if you hadn't discovered the conspiracy of those bandits in advance, I'm afraid that I would have committed such a heinous crime as killing my father in a daze." ”

Hua Lianyue smiled lightly and said, "Speaking of which, I was also a dart master of the dart team at that time, and I should contribute to the dart team, so I don't need to come to thank you for my dart." ”

Ding Yongan laughed dryly twice, without words, and the two of them fell silent awkwardly.

After walking far away, after all, Hua Lianyue couldn't help but ask out loud: "If you have anything to say, you might as well say it clearly." is so hesitant, it doesn't look too much like the high-spirited Ding Shao's dart head. ”

Speaking of which, I do have something to ask for...... Ding Yongan hesitated for a moment, and finally mustered up the courage to say: "I know it shouldn't be, but I still want to see Miss Zhong for the last time." ”

Hua Lianyue's originally warm smile suddenly became a little indifferent.

Ding Yongan has been peeking at her expression, and when he saw this, he hurriedly said: "I know that she is one of the masterminds who planned the whole plan, and she also used those poisonous mushrooms and the sound of the flute to secretly control my mind......"

Hua Lianyue interrupted him coldly: "Since you know everything, don't fantasize about what you can change! After all, for Zhong Lingxiu, you are just a pawn in her hands that can be used, and even if she loses now, she probably won't want to see you." ”

Ding Yongan's face turned a little red, and he stiffened his neck and said, "Even if it's a chess piece, I want to understand it......."

"Find out what?" Hua Lianyue's voice became more and more cold and hard, she looked at Ding Yongan, and said lightly: "Find out if she likes you?" She snorted and said mercilessly: "Have you ever seen a chess player who likes the chess pieces of the ** control?" Perhaps, in her heart, you are no different from a horse and a cart of goods. ”

"How do you know that she hasn't moved her heart for me......" Ding Yongan muttered unconvinced,

Hua Lianyue raised her eyes, looked at Liu Hui who was dancing opposite, and said in a cold voice: "Because the man in Zhong Lingxiu's heart has always been him." Ding Yongan quickly raised his head and followed her line of sight.

Hua Pian Yue was blessed, and said with a slight sarcasm: "I have seen His Royal Highness King Xian!" The masked female prisoner who followed her also hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

Ding Yongan originally heard that the handsome man who came to him was Zhong Lingxiu's sweetheart, and he immediately felt a strong sense of jealousy. But she never expected that Hua Lianyue would salute this man, and keep calling him His Royal Highness King Xian.

Ding Yongan was stunned, and then honestly clasped his fists and saluted: "Grass people Ding Yongan has seen His Royal Highness King Xian!" After all, his heart was not happy, and his face was not very good-looking.

"No courtesy!" Liu Hui heard that Hua Lianyue was invited to meet Ding Yongan alone, and he felt a little uncomfortable, his voice was naturally cold, and his attitude naturally rose.

Hua Lianyue stood up straight, snorted lightly in her nose, and said, "His Royal Highness Xianwang is in a hurry, could it be that he wants to intercede for Miss Zhong Lingxiu like Ding Shao's darthead? If you want to save her, just use your status as a prince to make the next pardon, and he will have to obey the eldest brother. ”

Ding Yongan was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly raised his eyes to look at Liu Hui.

Unexpectedly, Liu Hui, who originally had a gloomy face, was stunned for a moment, and then showed a little joy. I heard him say to Hua Lianyue with a little flattery: "This is the ancient town of Erna, Zhong Lingxiu has committed an accident, and it will naturally be dealt with by General Liu at his discretion." Although I am the prince, it is not good to meddle in local affairs, you are too careful!" Hua Lianyue pursed her lips and did not make a sound.

Ding Yongan secretly gritted his teeth, and a few green tendons erupted on his forehead.

"You don't need to explain it to me," Hua Lianyue smiled coldly, but her words were like poisonous knives: "Actually, the entanglement between you has nothing to do with me at all, and the thing I regret the most in this life is to stay in Meiling County and meet you!"

Ding Yongan looked at the two with solemn faces suspiciously. Feeling the strange atmosphere between them, after hesitating for a moment, Ding Yongan finally quietly retreated.

Liu Hui stared at her as if he had been hit by something, and the blood on his face gradually faded. After a long time, he turned pale and said with a wry smile: "Yue'er, I always thought that it was just your angry words!"

Hua Lianyue stared at him seriously, and said word by word: "If there is an afterlife, I will never see each other!" These eight words have always been remembered by me. ”

Liu Hui's pupils shrank suddenly, and he suddenly stepped forward, hugging the defenseless Hua Lianyue and turning his body violently. A short sword stabbed into his back with a fierce cold light, and the masked female prisoner quickly released her hand gripping the hilt of the sword as if she had been burned.

Hua Lianyue's eyes widened suddenly, and he hugged her, stretching out his trembling index finger and gently brushing her eyebrows. He gasped for breath and said in a low voice, "I'm very happy to have met you in Meiling County!"

A mouthful of black blood spurted out of his mouth, staining the ground red with green bricks.