It was Dr. Liu from Changchun Hall who took Ji Cheng's pulse, "The girl's pulse is strong, and the old man really can't feel anything wrong, not to mention the palace cold, it's much better than ordinary women." ”

Ji Cheng let go of his heart, as long as he didn't really can't give birth to a child. But then I thought that Shen Che was really vicious, not to mention ruining her family affairs, and even ruining her future family affairs.

Ji Cheng hated Shen Che in his heart, but on the surface, he had to make a false deal with him.

Shopkeeper Li was a little worried about Ji Cheng, this third lady just sent someone to pick up a pair of shunzi soup not long ago, and secretly boiled it in the kitchen of Changchun Hall, boiled it and then put it in a warm bucket and took it away, and today he came to let people check the pulse to see if he hurt his body so that he could not get pregnant in the future.

However, these are the most important things in the woman's family, and the shopkeeper Li didn't dare to talk much, so he only told Dr. Liu to keep his mouth shut. And the apprentice who grabbed medicine for Ji Cheng that day was also sent by Shopkeeper Li to the branch of Changchun Hall in the south.

Although none of these were done by Ji Cheng to ask the shopkeeper Li, the shopkeeper Li was pulled up by Ji Cheng, and he naturally wanted to eliminate all the crises for his master.

Now that it is the beginning of February, the atmosphere of the New Year Festival has disappeared, and the merchants have begun to get busy again, leaving home and going to another country, and Ji Cheng's plans in the Western Regions are about to be implemented.

Just after the beginning of February, Erlong raised his head, and there was good news from the north of Jin, Ji Cheng's father wrote that the Ling family had agreed to cooperate with them, Ji Qing took advantage of the New Year's Festival to probe the tone of Lord Yuan, it seemed that he was a little dissatisfied with the Tan and Chen families, and the people's hearts were not enough to swallow the elephant.

Speaking of which, I have to thank Shen Che for this. Last time, he sent someone to rob the cargo teams of the Tan and Chen families, and the Tan and Chen families suffered heavy losses, not to mention the profits, and even the capital was lost.

However, the Wang family in the capital was pressing, and a large amount of silver money was supplied to the Wang family, and the Tan family and the Chen family were also a little overwhelmed, so they discussed and withheld the silver that should have been paid to Lord Yuan.

Although Lord Yuan expressed his understanding on the surface, after all, people were also bloodless, but he was extremely uncomfortable in his heart, and it was the New Year at that time, which was the critical juncture to go to the capital to deal with it, he had already planned how to spend the silver, but he was caught off guard by the Tan family and the Chen family, fortunately, the batch of goods carried by the Ji family was not robbed, and he reluctantly helped Lord Yuan cope with the winter.

The Ji family and the Ling family are naturally no longer pawns in the eyes of Lord Yuan. However, Ji Qing also said that Lord Yuan's heart is very guarded, although his attitude has softened, but after all, he has cooperated with the Tan family and the Chen family for many years, and he has an in-law relationship, so he may not be able to break their alliance for a while.

The merchants are not as particular as the big families, and many merchants in Jindi still beg people to send their daughters to the powerful families as concubines, just to win over some relationships. Ji Qing also mentioned in the letter that he planned to give Ji Cheng's sister-in-law Bao Niang to Lord Yuan's eldest son as a concubine.

Bao Niang is two years younger than Ji Cheng, and now she is only fourteen years old, her aunt is a widow, she somehow hooked up with Ji Qing and was included in the house, so angry that Ji Cheng's mother Yun Niang was sick for half a year before she could get up. So Ji Cheng and Bao Niang are not close, but they are also sisters.

If it was put in the past, Ji Cheng didn't care if Ji Qing wanted to send Bao Niang to be a concubine, but now Ji Cheng has suffered a big loss in Shen Cui's affairs, Shen Cui is Ji Cheng's cousin, and Bao Niang can be regarded as his own sister.

Ji Cheng wrote back to Ji Qing, saying that he was unwilling to let Bao Niang marry as a concubine for this matter, and it was better to find a scholar to marry, if the family could support the first or second uncle in the future, if he was successful, he could also thank the Ji family for his kindness.

As for Lord Yuan's side, what he likes is that in the information provided by Shen Che to Ji Cheng, he explained in detail Lord Yuan's habits.

Since Ji Cheng knew the progress of the matter from her father, the affairs in the Western Regions had to be accelerated, even if she wanted to avoid Shen Che, she couldn't. The last time she asked Shen Che to help her find someone who was familiar with public opinion in the Western Regions, Shen Che had already asked Nan Gui to pass the word, and she would be able to arrive in Beijing in two days.

After the Phoenix Terrace, Ji Cheng had never seen Shen Che, even in the Shen Mansion, she had never seen it, she took a deep breath, and then walked up the stone stairs from the secret passage.

Shen Che was waiting for her in the upper room.

There is a kind of shame like this, you want to try to keep an expression that nothing has happened, but when you see that the other person is more indifferent than you, it is like having amnesia, then you will be half angry to death.

Compared to Ji Cheng, Shen Che is the one who has lost his memory.

"Pick a mask." Shen Che pointed to the row of masks hanging on the wall in front of him, "You will wear it to meet people for a long time in the future, of course, if Ah Cheng wants to use his original appearance, it can also be used." ”

Ji Cheng took a step forward and chose the ink-colored mask at a glance, it was much lighter than Ji Cheng had imagined, and her fingers rubbed on the white camellia painted on the end of the eye on the right side of the mask.

Shen Che smiled lightly when he saw the mask that Ji Cheng had chosen for the first time, and Ji Cheng looked at him a little inexplicably with a smile.

"Put it on and try it." Shen Che said.

Ji Cheng pressed the mask on her face as she said, and the mask covered most of her face, revealing only her lips and chin. She took the mirror from Shen Che's hand and took a look, which was a little weird.

"It's better to have a little red grease." Shen Che looked at Ji Cheng and said, "The people you have to deal with are all old rivers and lakes, they may not be convinced of you, they can't suppress them, and they won't be able to do things wholeheartedly." ”

"I don't have a bright red lipstick." Ji Cheng said. She has always been dressed lightly, and her lipstick is often light, and there is no gaudy crimson.

Shen Che pointed to the lipstick boxes on the table next to him, "It's Rong Yantang's lipstick, you can give it a try." ”

Ji Cheng sat down at the table and opened the porcelain boxes, Rong Routang's rouge incense powder is ranked first in the entire Daqin, the best rouge in his family costs more than a dozen taels of silver a box, and it is often out of stock, Ling Ziyun once brought a few boxes to Ji Cheng, because she didn't like that kind of aroma, she rarely used it.

Ji Cheng took off the hosta from his head, picked a little bit of the peach lipstick porcelain box on the left and put it on his lips, and wiped the lipstick with the tip of his little finger, and looked in the mirror, which seemed to be too gorgeous and frivolous.

Ji Cheng changed another box of vermilion lipstick, which was quite pleasing to the eye, and she didn't bother to get it again, so she looked up and asked Shen Che, "Is this feasible?" ”

Shen Che reached out and took out a box of dark jujube red lipstick and put it in front of Ji Cheng, "Try this." ”

Ji Cheng looked at Shen Che, did not refute, wiped his lips perfunctorily with a handkerchief, and was about to take the grease, but saw that the handkerchief in his hand was taken away by Shen Che.

"You ......" Ji Cheng's words only spit out a word, and Shen Che lifted his chin and watched him wipe off the previous lipstick color for himself.

The corners of his lips blurred. Shen Che said.

For some reason, Ji Cheng suddenly remembered the day of the Chongyang Night Banquet, when she wiped the rouge on Shen Che's face with a handkerchief, although there was no connection, but I don't know why that scene suddenly jumped into her mind.

"Alright." It wasn't until Shen Che spoke up that Ji Cheng's distraction was interrupted, she opened her eyes in embarrassment, and used the action of picking lipstick with the hairpin again to cover up her gaffe.

The deep jujube red showed a sickly red on Ji Cheng's snow-white skin, so red that it made people feel strange and terrifying, Ji Chengfu immediately recognized Shen Che's vision at a glance, this color of lipstick with the mask of black camellia covered up all the softness in Ji Cheng's facial features, showing a fierce evil, like a rakshasa that came out of the dark night to eat people's brains.

"Yes, let's go." Shen Che said, "Take off the mask first, it's uncomfortable to wear it for a long time." ”

It was still a secret passage, or a one that Ji Cheng had never walked before, she couldn't tell the direction, so she could only follow Shen Che forward, and down the stone stairs, Ji Cheng saw the strange and simple iron plate car at a glance.

The iron plate car is like a bench, and there is a horizontal frame behind it for the backrest so that people will not fall. Shen Che got into the car first, and then stretched out his hand to Ji Cheng to make an invitation.

Ji Cheng didn't stretch out his hand, he lifted the hem of his skirt and stepped on, and sat down next to Shen Che. The secret passage is narrow, the iron car is naturally not big, and the two people sit side by side, and it is rare that the shoulders touch the shoulders. Ji Cheng only felt that it was difficult, and tried to sit up straight, looking awe-inspiring and inviolable.

Shen Che just tugged at the corners of his lips, and then untied the rope tied to the iron plate car, and the wheel of the iron plate car slid forward along the inclined secret passage.

Because Ji Cheng was unprepared, when the car slid forward, if she hadn't grabbed the iron handrail next to her quickly, she would probably have to fall.

The car slid faster and faster, and the lights at the entrance of the secret passage gradually disappeared, and it was pitch black all around, accompanied only by the sound of the wind. It was the first time for Ji Cheng to ride this iron car, and he was not familiar with the route at all, so when the car turned, he was also defenseless, and his body couldn't control his strength to lean back towards Shen Che, and he crashed into his arms.

The car turned too quickly, Ji Cheng hurriedly tried to straighten up, but he still inevitably had physical contact with Shen Che, his lips seemed to brush her cheeks, and at this moment the car wheel seemed to be struck by a small pebble, Ji Cheng was about to fall out, but Shen Che pulled her back, and before Ji Cheng could get up straight, Shen Che's lips were pressed down.

In the dark, she couldn't see her five fingers, but Ji Cheng seemed to be able to see the light in Shen Che's eyes, her whole body was nestled in Shen Che's arms, and she was restrained by him.

The lips were itchy, first pecked and drank lightly, and gradually became hot, the lips and teeth were mercilessly pried open, Ji Cheng went to bite Shen Che's tongue, and he bit her lips back.

The whole world seemed to be left with nothing but darkness and the sound of the wind, and the four lips that were tightly connected, where all consciousness was.

The car had gradually stopped, but the hand holding Ji Cheng's waist still refused to let go, Ji Cheng was embarrassed and angry to scratch Shen Che, scratching him muffled, Ji Cheng said angrily: "Are you enough?!" ”

Shen Che's ruffian voice came from the darkness, "Obviously not." ”

Ji Cheng shook his hand and slapped it over, and the possibility of hitting the fan in the middle must be zero. His hands were cut back again, his lips were bitten by Shen Che again, and there was another fierce battle of words.

Ji Cheng was out of the car when he couldn't breathe, and his back was pressed against the stone wall, which made it more convenient for someone to act.

Ji Cheng whimpered, and couldn't help but reprimand loudly when he had a little gap, "Shen Che, what are you going to do?" ”

But Shen Che replied unexpectedly: "Rong Yantang's lip fat is really not delicious." Or last time your own lipstick was sweeter. ”

Of course, Ji Cheng's lipstick is self-serving, with flower juice and juice, honey to mix the ointment, and you can eat it as sugar.

"Shame on you!" Ji Cheng scolded.

Shen Che chuckled, although he couldn't see his expression, Ji Cheng could imagine that there must be a sarcastic smile on the corner of his lips.

"Ji Cheng, it's a skill to deceive others, but it's not a wise move to deceive yourself." Shen Che said.

The person who was on Phoenix Terrace that night was indeed him. Obviously, Shen Che was unwilling to cooperate with her to pretend to be stupid, and directly pierced the layer of fig paper.

What's wrong with her wanting to make a fool of herself? Shen Che is simply too deceitful! All the helplessness and anger erupted at this moment, in the end, Ji Cheng was just a little girl who had not yet reached the age of sixteen, after experiencing such a great change, all the panic after that was forcibly suppressed by her, but in fact, how could Ji Cheng not be afraid.

Except for the first few days of drowsiness for some reason, Ji Cheng will wake up from a nightmare every night for the next ten days, dreaming that her secret has been exposed, and she is pointed at like a street rat.

"Bastards, scoundrels, scoundrels!" Ji Cheng collapsed suddenly, punching and kicking Shen Che, and every kick was attacking people's yin, hating to kill Shen Che's descendants from now on, "What else are you going to do besides bullying me?!" Ji Cheng cried. Do you think she can only let him play with her after losing her virginity?

Shen Che didn't dodge Ji Cheng's fist except for gently blocking it with his hand when Ji Cheng kicked his legs, so he let her cry like that.

In fact, Ji Cheng's temperament was on the cold side, and the collapse just now was just instantaneous, and then he came back to his senses, but it was difficult to ride a tiger, so he simply punched a few more punches. It's a pity that the pink fist shows his leg on the iron plate, and he hurts a lot.

Ji Cheng's strength gradually decreased, Shen Che reached out to support Ji Cheng's back, pulled her to his chest, and then gently rubbed her hair.

Neither of them spoke, in fact, Ji Cheng also knew that she was unreasonable, there was nothing wrong with Shen Che in this matter, but she asked Shen Che herself. But today's Shen Che's behavior made Ji Cheng very angry.

It's just that although Shen Che is not a suitable object at this moment, Ji Cheng really needs a shoulder at this time, which he can lean on and cry silently.

"Who is the one who harmed me?" Ji Cheng choked up. Tears are definitely one of a woman's weapons, and since Ji Cheng finally cried once, of course, he had to take the opportunity to achieve certain goals. If it were normal, she might not be able to get an answer if she asked Shen Che like this. Ji Cheng couldn't hold whether Shen Che would favor his relative, Su Yun.

"It was Wang Siniang who took advantage of Su Yun." Shen Che said.

Ji Cheng took his head away from Shen Che's shoulder, powerless but unwilling to rely on others anymore, just leaning on the stone wall like that, his voice was a little hoarse because of the crying of the ancestors, "Didn't Wang Siniang already go to the Taoist temple to practice?" ”

"I also wonder why you offended Wang Siniang so badly, and you have to yin against you before leaving." Shen Che said.

Ji Cheng thought for a while, "It should be Wang Yueniang who is making trouble inside." "Wang Yueniang wants to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, but she can't wait for her to fight to the death with Wang Siniang.

"I don't understand, Su Yun and I don't have a deep hatred, why did she do this?" Ji Cheng said.

Although there are many confidants in the fan, Shen Che can't explain the psychology of women who want to kill people because of a trivial matter.

According to Su Yun's meaning, she didn't want to harm Ji Cheng's life, so she didn't give Ji Cheng □□, but using coquettish poison can make Ji Cheng unable to raise his head for the rest of his life, so that Shen Che can completely see what kind of water-based poplar woman she is, this kind of result is what Su Yun is willing to see.

In fact, Su Yun was blinded by paranoia, she didn't want to admit that she couldn't attract Shen Che, and blamed all the mistakes on Ji Cheng's head, if it wasn't for Ji Cheng's foxy and kind words, how could Shen Che not see her? Su Yun was also raised like a proud girl in Jiangnan, and the gap she encountered after arriving in the capital was enough to distort her heart.

Ji Cheng wiped his tears with the back of his hand, looked up and asked Shen Che, "If I want to kill Su Yun, will you stop it?" ”

"Need me help you?" Shen Che asked rhetorically.

"No, you don't." Ji Cheng said briefly and coldly.

"Let's go." Shen Che took Ji Cheng's hand, he didn't know what he touched on the stone wall, he only heard the rumbling sound of the stone gate opening, and behind the stone gate was a shoal, and a small boat was parked on the beach.

Unexpectedly, the secret passage actually led to the dark river of the capital.

Shen Che helped Ji Cheng onto the boat, and found a box at the bow of the boat, and when the box opened, a night pearl the size of a walnut was revealed.

A light suddenly appeared in the darkness, which made Ji Cheng's eyes very uncomfortable, and at the moment when she closed her eyes, she heard Shen Che laughing.

"I'm sorry, but you're looking funny." Shen Che said bluntly.

Ji Cheng hurriedly lifted the ivory begonia mirror tied on his skirt, and his face was almost completely ruined, all the color of saliva fat, as mushy as a baby who had just learned to drink porridge.

Ji Cheng glared at Shen Che, there were traces of lipstick on the corners of his lips, but they were very neat compared to her.

Ji Cheng didn't care about anything else, so he hurriedly took the handkerchief and began to wipe his face, but the fat was solid and astringent, and it was difficult to wipe it off, so Ji Cheng had to wet the handkerchief with river water.

If you look closely, you can see that the fish is transparent, and even the bones can be seen.

Ji Cheng looked at the fish for a while, and when all the embarrassment in his heart dissipated, he raised his head again, and Shen Che sat opposite her, gently shaking the oars with both hands, as comfortable as rowing on a river in spring.

"Don't you wipe your face?" Ji Cheng couldn't help but speak.

"Hands are not empty." Shen Che chuckled.

Ji Cheng glanced at him, virtuous, love to wipe it or not, if you want her to do it, don't dream.

"How's your eyes?" Shen Che asked again.

Ji Cheng didn't want to deal with Shen Che anymore, but this person was too good at talking, and picked topics that she couldn't refuse, "I haven't seen anything wrong these days." At the beginning, Shen Che said that even after detoxification, she would still have sequelae and her eyesight would decline, but Ji Cheng didn't feel anything unusual.

"Hmm." Shen Che responded, but did not continue the topic.

In the silence, the river glows with fluorescence, and the small boat shrouded in the light of the night pearl seems to have become the only existence in this dark world. But Ji Cheng knew that there was something hidden in those places that were hidden by the darkness.

Shen Che probably sensed the doubts that Ji Cheng didn't ask, "The secret passages under the capital are dense, and not only the Shen family has them. Although the founding of the Great Qin has only been more than 100 years, this capital is the ancient capital of the three dynasties, the outside is bright, but the underground is hiding dirt and dirt, in the place you can't see, there may be hidden Jiangyang thieves. ”

Ji Cheng was not frightened by Shen Che's words, and then saw Shen Che raise his hand and point to the dark place on the left behind her, "This should be in Xianghe, has Jiang Zhi heard it first?" ”

Of course, I have heard that when Ji Cheng was a child, Jiang Zhixian's name could definitely stop children from crying at night. Overnight, he destroyed the full gate of Xu Manjiang, who was too guarded by Jincheng at the beginning, and carried out a total of 128 corpses from that gate, and the blood and water stained Zheng Tiaojiang red.

As soon as the incident happened, the Manchu Dynasty was furious, and the Son of Heaven ordered the arrest of the six doors to arrest the murderer with all their might, although they found out that the person who did it was Jiang Zhixian, but until now Jiang Zhixian has not been arrested. Six Doors has changed a total of three big catchers for this case.

When the world-famous iron-blooded fast Lin Dongshan died, his family and disciples were not allowed to pay tribute, and he did not know whether he died or not, and left his last words saying that when Jiang Zhi returned to the case first, he would allow his descendants to go to his grave.

This unsolved case is already a story fifty years ago.

"Jiang Zhixian lives in Xianghe now." Shen Che said.

Ji Cheng's eyes immediately widened, "How come?" ”

"If you want to hide people in the underground world, you must be able to hide." Shen Che said lightly.

"Why don't you denounce him if you know that?" Ji Cheng asked naïvely.

"The underworld has the rules of the underworld, and those who break the rules will not end well. Besides, don't you think I'm in charge of this matter, and there will be a suspicion that the dog will take the mouse? Shen Che said.

Ji Cheng was silent.

"There will be pity for those who hate them. Jiang Zhixian's father was Xu Manjiang's brother. Xu Manjiang was a thief in Jiangyang before he entered the office, and later he had money to buy an official, and he killed Jiang Zhixian's whole family for fear of identity leakage, Jiang Zhixian was just a one-year-old baby at that time, so he tied an iron chain around Jiang Zhixian's neck as a dog, Jiang Zhixian was kept in a dog cage, and he never straightened his waist in his life. Shen Che said.

Ji Cheng looked at Shen Che without blinking, trying to restrain his trembling.

The boat traveled another section of waterway, Ji Cheng didn't know how Shen Che could distinguish the direction and how many roads he had traveled in half of the underground world, but then he pointed to his right hand again, "Have you heard of the bear lady who sews dolls with human skin?" ”

Ji Cheng hated to cover his ears, and Shen Che picked the most terrifying thing to say.

"How long will it take?" Ji Cheng tried to divert the topic.