Holding a crystal glowing white in his hand and playing with it, Ji Jiu's eyes looked at me and were deep and black for a moment. 【Book by】

After a long time, he put down the chess pieces in his hand, rested on the empty chessboard, looked at me with a smile and said, "How can you see it?" ”

But in an instant, the familiar feeling of the cup bow and snake shadow came up from the bottom of my heart, and I was a little impetuous, and it took a lot of effort to suppress the indescribable discomfort.

I looked back at him fixedly, shook my head and said, "If I can't guess again, I'm afraid that even if you give me back my freedom at this moment, I won't be qualified to go to the capital of Sealand." ”

Ji Jiu stood up, the light cyan robe he was wearing was a little empty, and the wide sleeves hung down at his side, he walked to the window, looked at the green bamboo in the yard that was wet by the rain, and suddenly whispered, "You're not worried?" ”

"Worried about what?" I put down the account book in my hand and walked over to the window, standing side by side with him.

"Regarding the matter of the stand-in, it requires a high degree of cooperation, if I don't cooperate, not to mention that it will be a mistake for you, the dignitary you want to see will be angry with the people of the Eastern Courtyard if he is not careful."

I pointed it out to him bluntly: "You have a good heart, and you are embarrassed to see them suffer for your sake?" ”

Ji Jiu turned to face me with an unbelievable look on his face, and he said in astonishment, "Can you actually guess? "It's not a guess, it's a blind one," I clenched my fist at my side and grinned, "Now that you take me, I'll be sure." "The clever ones don't talk like that." He looked at me deeply. "Thanks for the compliment." I'm glad he gave me this special rating.

He looked at me and saw a smile in each other's eyes. "Don't blame me for giving you a back seat," I walked back to the table and sat down, generously poured myself a cup of tea, held it to my mouth, and drank half a cup in one go. "It's good that I don't know, but when I do, I don't think you have much hope."

I sighed into the tea in the cup: "Even the tea leaves are so expensive, your gold master, you really don't hesitate to work." “

Ji Jiu walked back slowly. He sat across from me, poured a glass like me, but coughed after only a small sip.

He easily stopped coughing and smiled at me, "Who's to say it's not." But on weekdays, there is a lot of waste. "That's because I don't know how much firewood and rice are expensive, and because I am in a high position, it is easy to get anything, so I spare no effort to please someone."

However, I have a question, hovering in my heart, this moment is a good opportunity, and I can't help but ask: "Ninth Master." Does your noble master feel guilty about you? “

"Probably yes."

"The way you are now, has something to do with her?"

His eyes darkened, and I regretted bringing it up.

It is obvious that he is not very old, but his appearance is inconsistent. The white hair looked very glaring.

For a while, I couldn't think of a natural conversion, so I said hehe: "Look at which pot I don't open and which pot I don't mention, but since I have a task on my body, it's not a bad thing to know more." "Don't be surprised."

I quietly looked away at him, and said to him in a relaxed tone: "Ninth Master, if this time, your plan has succeeded. So where are you going to go yourself? "Do you want to leave Sealand, or do you want to find a quiet place to live in seclusion in Sealand?"

"I haven't decided to give you this task yet, so why do you care about where I am?"

I turned my gaze back to him and looked at him intently and said, "Naturally, because I planned it and decided to help you and buy time for you." ”

I put the books on the table neatly organized. He snapped his fingers and said, "All I can do is get to that point, and you know, I lack the necessary conditions to make her trusted for a long time." ”

At this point, I couldn't help but laugh myself. He couldn't help but laugh.

"If you delay for a while, you might be able to do it."

He whispered to me: "You can rest assured, just look like me a little bit, and life safety is not a problem." ”

I feigned anger and said, "You slander me, I am afraid that the death penalty can be spared, but the living sin will not be forgiven." "Aren't you afraid that she will be angry and imprison me for the rest of my life?" I sighed exaggeratedly and said, "Ninth Master, then I will lose a lot." ”

The rain outside the window stopped inadvertently, and the sound of raindrops hitting the bamboo leaves could not be heard, and the clouds dispersed on the horizon.

"Xiaolin, you accompany me to take a walk in the bamboo forest."

Ji Jiu got up from the chair, glanced out the window and said, "I haven't been out of this room for a long time. ”

"Is this okay?" I looked at him hesitantly, and quickly thought about his eating and medication from this morning to the present, and confirmed that Ji Jiu had not missed today's medicine.

"There's nothing you can't do." He smiled slightly, "I was very happy to think that I would be able to leave here and go where I wanted to go in the near future." ”

I was infected by his rare and cheerful affection: "Then you have to add another piece of clothing, and say okay, only go around the bamboo forest, and don't leave the hospital." ”

I rushed ahead of him, pushed open the door to the bamboo forest, and walked out briskly, the ground was still a little wet after the rain. "I'm not interested in going to the lake to watch the singing and dancing, don't worry."

I changed the topic, but this time I had something to talk about: "Speaking of singing and dancing, the flute you gave me is really exquisite, is it really made by you?" "Then there can be a vacation, it took me half a month to finish, and when it is finished, I will be happy."

"As for a flute to be happy like that, is it going to be given away?"

"Yes, you guessed it right again."

"Then why are you still here? Why didn't you send it out? ”

Ji Jiu's eyebrows were locked, and his tone sounded very sad: "At that time, I did it to celebrate his birthday, but unfortunately I didn't wait for that time, I left, so I didn't have a chance to send him." ”

"When I left, I didn't have many things with me, and one of them was this pipe."

"Since it makes so much sense to you, why did you give it to me so lightly now?"

I can't figure out his thoughts, if it were me, even if I collect it until I am old, or buried deeply, I will never think of giving it to others.

"Because I'm not going to have the chance to give it away again."

I sighed softly, bowed my head and said, "But in the past few years, you have always carried it, you are really a long-term person, if that girl knows, I am afraid she will be very moved." ”

Ji Jiu paused, and the look in his eyes was a little dark: "Who told you that the other party is a woman?" ”

"Ah, are you sure, you're not" I looked at him in surprise, was it because I made up too much in my brain, and automatically brought in the impression of a pair of childhood sweethearts?

"That's the end of the conversation," he said, looking reluctant to talk about it, and reached out and patted me on the head lightly, "Don't worry, I won't embarrass you, Kobayashi." ”

After the rain, the air in the bamboo forest was fresh, and he added a white robe and walked slowly through the path, staying in the clearing between the bamboo forests.

I couldn't take my eyes off his back, and he suddenly turned around and said, "Xiaolin, why are your steps slowing down, slower than me." ”

He beckoned to me lightly under the bamboo, and for a while the feeling of trance came up again, my face turned pale, and I quickly cheered up and said, "Just come, come." ”

In the small pavilion in the forest, he and I sat on one side of the stone bench.

Ji Jiu glanced at me and said, "The year I met her, it was when I was the most wolf, I fled from home, I didn't know how many roads along the way, and I also encountered a war at the border gate on the way. ”

This "she" is obviously no longer the "he" mentioned before.

"The homeless people I met on the road were almost crazy, and they robbed people when they saw them, but in fact, they couldn't criticize others at that time."

"It is understandable that when the war is in chaos, food and clothing have become a problem."

"Did you get moved by compassion and then take in the refugees, only to be robbed?" I glanced at him and smiled.

Ji Jiu was stunned and looked at me in disbelief: "You said it as if you saw it with your own eyes." ”

"Hey, I can guess it, you must be used to eating in brocade clothes."

"It's no wonder that compassion isn't overflowing at times like this, but you have to remember that the more chaos there is, the more you can't show your wealth, otherwise it will be miserable."

He looked at me with complicated eyes and said, "You have the same experience?" “

I pursed my lips and shook my head again: "I'm similar to you, and I'm also penniless and living outside, but fortunately, I met a kind person."

The night flashed in front of me, more brilliant than fireworks, and when I poked my head out of the water, the clouds made me amazed!

My heart was sour, and I whispered: "It can be seen that sometimes, good intentions may not be rewarded." ”

"Did she take you away?" I turned back to the topic and kept my eyes on his face. "Well, I went with her, and then I stayed for several years, until something happened."

"Is that what she meant by placing you here?"

I asked tentatively, hesitantly.

"Xiao Lin," Ji Jiu was silent for a moment and said in a different voice, "Not exactly. "I told you, don't underestimate the two courtyards here, you know the news from all over Sealand."

After the rain, the bamboo forest was cool and cool, and I stared at him with inquiring eyes for a long time: "This is also what she acquiesced to?" "What is the matter of Sealand, which one can be easily hidden from her."

Ji Jiu stood with his hands under the bamboo, and his hoarse voice sounded indifferent.

I was slightly stunned.

Although Ji Jiu didn't answer me directly, I understood what he meant.

The heartbeat was like a drum for a moment, and if he wanted to say that he still had a little doubt before, they all fell apart in front of his words at this moment, which was either a hint or an explicit statement.

Sure enough, it's true!

The Empress of Sealand