The sailboat arrived at Lingyun Harbor, which belongs to Yanjing, in the early morning of the fourth day. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The dowry box was lost, and Xun Jiu didn't have anything to carry with him, so he cleaned himself up casually and walked out of the cabin and followed Fusheng down the deck.

Xu knew that the King of Qin was going to get off the ship here, and the garrison army cleared the road in advance, and when Xun Jiu walked down, he could see many tall ships parked around, but he couldn't see many people.

As soon as he stepped down the escalator, he saw Shang Yi standing with a middle-aged man in heavy armor, who had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his face was well-defined.

In this dynasty, there were garrison troops in the harbor area, called the Boat Division.

The establishment of the boat division is divided according to the warship, and each ship has a shipowner (i.e., captain), and the chief of finance is in charge of the grain depot and the armory.

Aban was in charge of the sails and the mast of the ship. The helmsman masters the compass in shifts and is called the "fire chief".

There was a slight difference between the imperial court and the feudal kingdoms, and the warships directly under the imperial court had reached the advanced level of each ship that could carry 100 people.

The warships of the vassal kingdoms could carry a maximum of 50 to 60 men per ship.

This is also an important reason why the coastal states of Chu and Qi obviously did not accept the throne of the female emperor, but did not dare to attack Yanjing directly from the sea.

Xie Shaohui was the supreme commander of the entire Lingyun Harbor Boat Division, and played a pivotal role in the defense of the territory directly under Yanjing.

As soon as he saw Fusheng coming down, Xie Shaohui hurriedly came over and hugged his fists and saluted, "Xiaguan has seen the prince." ”

Fu Sheng raised his hand lightly, and his voice was very light, "Xie Dashuai doesn't need to be polite. ”

Xie Shaohui raised his head, his eyes paused on Xun Jiu for a moment and then quickly retracted, and said apologetically: "This time, the pirates openly attacked the merchant ships of the Chu State and put the prince in danger, which was the dereliction of duty of the lower officials, resulting in the mistake of the sea patrol, please ask the prince to surrender." ”

Xun Jiu rolled his eyes silently.

Those pirates had been personally invited by Fu Sheng, and the Maritime Patrol Force would have been unable to find them easily.

When Fu Sheng heard this, his face turned indifferent, as if he had never known Liu Quan, the head of the pirates, and his tone gradually sank, "It seems that the pirate encirclement and suppression operation has not been started this year?" ”

Xie Shaohui was silent for a moment, and replied: "Back to the prince, since the beginning of this year, I have not heard of pirates openly going to sea to commit crimes, so ......"

Fu Sheng hooked his lips and smiled, "After ten days, the organization can begin." ”

Xie Shaohui was a little confused about this order, but King Qin had always had no last resort, and he must have his own reasons for being able to give such an order.

No longer hesitating, Xie Shaohui nodded solemnly, "The lower officials obey orders!" ”

Seeing Xun Jiu, Shang Yi's eyes lit up, and he immediately trotted over, and asked with a smile: "Miss Jiu, did you bring anything good back?" ”

Is it good?

Xun Jiu touched his chin and thought about it, and he knew that he would bring all those sour fruits back to him.

Rolling her eyes, she said, "Why don't you ask the girl if I have eaten, drunk and slept well?" ”

Shang Yi flattened his mouth, glanced at Fu Sheng, who had already walked over to talk to Xie Shaohui alone, and dared to whisper: "With His Royal Highness, how can the girl not eat and sleep well?" ”

"Then you came to pick me up this time?" Xun Jiu squinted at him.

"Of course." Shang Yi smiled heartily.

"Pick me up empty-handed?" Xun Jiu asked again.

Shang Yi choked, and then smiled: "How can it, people's two hands have to be used to support Miss Jiu, and they can't get gifts." ”

As he spoke, he stepped forward and stretched out his hand to help Xun Jiu, but he was frightened by the cold voice of Fusheng behind him.

"Where did Zhengyi and Jiaoyi go?" Fu Sheng swept around, and it seemed that only Shang Yi and a large number of palace attendants came today.

Shang Yi muttered: "Jiaoyi heard that His Highness had returned, so he went to look for ingredients in person. Little Squeaky ...... Little Squeak is at Miss Tang's. ”

As soon as his eyes moved, Fu Sheng seemed to remember that a few days ago, Zhengyi captured a fourteen-year-old pirate daughter, and after repeated investigation, he found that the little girl named Tang Banxue had a very special relationship with Liu Quan, and it was precisely because of this that he was able to use Tang Banxue to threaten Liu Quan to help him do things.

Immediately returning to his thoughts, Fu Sheng asked lightly: "That little girl...... What's going on? ”

Shang Yi glanced at his master, and found no signs of anger, so he dared to answer: "At the beginning, it will be troublesome, and then when the subordinates are out of line, they will let Xiao Squeak go to guard it personally, according to him, Miss Tang will not be as noisy as before." ”

Fu Sheng was silent for a moment, "When I go back, tell Zhengyi, don't treat her badly, Liu Quan will come to pick her up in about three or four days, if there is any problem with that pirate daughter and Liu Quan tears his face, it will miss my big deal." ”

"My subordinates know." Shang Yi nodded, thinking that he had never treated the girl badly, although he was carrying the identity of a prisoner, he lived in His Royal Highness's Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, and enjoyed a more advanced treatment than the daughter of a wealthy family.

Xun Jiu stepped forward and raised his eyebrows at Fusheng, "It turns out that the one you used to threaten Liu Quan was a pirate daughter?" ”

"Hmm." Fu Sheng's head.

Xun Jiu's eyes moved, and he said in his heart Liu Quan, a dead child, refused to say anything when he was in their house, and there was such an identity behind her that surprised her, and besides, what happened to this pirate daughter?

"What are you thinking?" When Fu Sheng saw her distracted, the wind swept over her eyes, and her voice was like the sea breeze in the morning, revealing a little coolness.

Xun Jiu hurriedly came back to his senses and responded wittily, "I'm thinking, how long does it take from Lingyun Harbor to Yanjing City?" ”

Fu Sheng looked up at the sky and replied, "It's the hour of the hour, and if you hurry up, you can probably arrive at the unitary time." ”

When Xie Shaohui heard this, he clasped his fists again and saluted again, and said respectfully: "Your Highness is tired from the journey, why don't you rest overnight in the post house and have wine and dinner, and then set off tomorrow?" ”

"Nope." Fu Sheng looked away lightly, "For such a long time, Chaozhongding has accumulated a lot of government affairs, and my sister can't handle it alone, so I have to go back to help her." ”

Sister......

Xun Jiu's eyes moved, this was the second time she had heard Fu Sheng call the empress her sister.

The first time was on the island, where he told her that when he and his sister had just returned to Yanjing, he had taken in Su Jian, a proton sent by Shu.

The second time is now.

Fu Sheng actually called the empress like this in front of the commander of the boat?

Xun Jiu narrowed his eyes, feeling that his words should have two meanings.

First, it shows that their siblings are working together, and they are not as stiff and tense as rumored by the outside world.

Second, it shows that he has no intention of rebelling, let alone the intention of replacing the empress, and the reason why he is busy going back to deal with government affairs is all from the perspective of a courtier.

After thinking it through, Xun Jiucai secretly praised the high level of this man's speech in his heart, just changing a title can change the meaning of a sentence, and invisibly reminded others that it is best not to move their minds that should not be moved.

Xie Shaohui was slightly stunned when he heard this, but it didn't take a moment, he smiled again: "Xiaguan has prepared a reception banquet, can the prince appreciate the light?" ”

has already refused to stay in the post house, and it is naturally impossible to refuse this reception banquet later, after all, Xie Shaohui's identity is not comparable to that of ordinary officials.

Fu Sheng's eyes moved slightly, and then he nodded indifferently, "There is Lao Xie Dashuai." ”

It is rare that the rumored low-tempered King Qin can nod his head, Xie Shaohui was naturally happy, and immediately asked people to go back to the yamen to carry the soft chariot, and took Fusheng and his party to the most famous local restaurant "Huaqi Lou".

In this area of Lingyun Harbor, the food is mostly seafood.

Chai cod rolls, papaya roasted hairtail fish, red dates and black beans stewed carp, braised prawns, stewed stuffed eel rolls, crab meat and cold melon, steamed crab......

Yiying seafood dishes are dazzling for a long time.

Xie Shaohui had obviously taken over Huaqi Tower, and except for a few of his colleagues, there was no one else in the entire restaurant.

Fu Sheng sat down in the first seat, Xie Shaohui and his colleagues sat down in turn, and Gong Yi stood aside.

Xun Jiu naturally couldn't participate in this kind of occasion, and when Fu Sheng went upstairs, he instructed Shang Yi to take her to another private room and serve all the dishes here.

There weren't so many people present, Xun Jiu felt more relaxed, and he and Shang Yi sat in the private room next to Fusheng and stared at a large table of dishes.

Xun Jiu blinked his eyes and asked, "Little fat face, so many dishes, just the two of us to eat?" ”

Shang Yi smiled, "If Miss Jiu doesn't think it's enough, she can add more." ”

The corners of Xun Jiu's mouth twitched, no wonder Fu Sheng didn't let her eat on the boat this morning, thinking that she liked seafood early in the morning, so he specially let her come here with an empty stomach to have a full meal.

No longer talking, Xun Jiu picked up the chopsticks and started eating.

Fu Sheng was not there, Shang Yi didn't have so many taboos, and under Xun Jiu's greeting, he also picked up chopsticks, took a piece of stewed eel roll and stuffed it into his mouth, and spit it out immediately before he swallowed it.

Xun Jiu saw that he looked in pain, his appetite was reduced by half, and he asked, "What's wrong, it's so unpalatable?" ”

"It's hard to eat!" Shang Yi nodded solemnly.

Xun Jiuhu glanced at him suspiciously, and also stretched out his chopsticks to the stewed eel roll, pinched one back and plucked up the courage to take a bite.

"It's delicious!" Xun Jiu raised his eyebrows and looked at Shang Yi, "Don't you know how to eat seafood?" ”

Shang Yi asked, "What is seafood?" ”

Xun Jiu glanced at him and pointed to the table, "These are all seafood dishes, if you don't know how to eat them, it is estimated that you will not be able to eat all the dishes on this table, so it seems that you can only go back hungry." ”

Shang Yi suddenly cried with a sad face, and said aggrievedly: "But I really think it's hard to eat!" ”

Xun Jiu sneered, "At first glance, you are a person who doesn't know how to enjoy." ”

Shang Yi scratched his head, a little distressed, but the way to Yanjing was far away, he definitely couldn't be hungry, and after hesitation, he raised a small bowl and filled a bowl of shrimp porridge and barely drank it.

Although the dishes in this restaurant are good, Xun Jiu actually didn't eat much, after all, after sailing on the ship for so long and suddenly coming down, her stomach was naturally a little uncomfortable, and she didn't continue after just tasting a bite of each dish.

In the private room next door, Fusheng and their movements were also very fast, and they ended a reception banquet in only half an hour.

In fact, it was Fusheng who was anxious to return to Yanjing, so Xie Shaohui and the others did not dare to stay too much, ate normally at the banquet, and reported some military affairs by the way, and did not dare to say anything superfluous.

When I left Lingyun Port, I took a carriage on the way back to Beijing.

Xun Jiu originally sat in the same car as Shang Yi, but he was unexpectedly summoned to his car by Fu Sheng.

Xun didn't get into the car for a long time, and raised his eyebrows at Fusheng who opened the bamboo curtain, "There are all eyeliners along the way, you blatantly let me get in the car like this, aren't you afraid of thinking too much and letting people grab the handle?" ”

Fu Sheng looked at her, the corners of his lips hooked slightly, "When I want to spoil a woman, I can take other people's fingers as an alternative blessing." ”

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Back in Yanjing, it was already late at night, and the city patrol saw that it was King Qin's car, so they didn't ask much and let it go directly.

Fu Sheng asked the attendants of the Qin Wangfu who were driving the car to go to Xun Jiu's house first, and when he arrived, he woke up Xun Jiu, who had already fallen asleep, and raised his hand to point outside, "It's here." ”

The sleepy Xun Jiu rubbed his eyes, "It's here so soon?" ”

"Rest early when you get back." Fu Sheng helped her comb her somewhat messy hair, and took off the cloak on her body to put it on her.

When Xun Jiu came down, he took a big breath of cool breeze to really wake up.

After seeing Fu Sheng's car leave, she reached out to cover her mouth and yawned, and turned her head to see the little girl Zhaotong and Liu's mother standing at the door, with a happy expression on their faces.

"You two haven't slept all this night?" Xun Jiu walked over.

"Girl, you're finally back." Mother Liu is full of worries, if you don't come back, it is estimated that Ershao will break his legs.

Xun Jiu was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean?" ”

Mother Liu's face was a little embarrassed, and she hesitated for a while before saying: "After the second young man came back from Shangyong County, he ran here several times a day, and every time he came, he asked about the girl's whereabouts. ”

Speaking of Ji Liming, Xun Jiu suddenly felt angry, and said angrily: "The next time he comes again, the two of you will say that I am dead, and I was beaten to death by him with a stick on the Amber River, and you don't have to come to see me again in the future, just provide a tablet at home to incense every day!" ”

Zhao Tong and Liu's mother glanced at each other, and they were full of anger from Xun Jiu's words, how dare they speak for Er Shao.

Zhao Tong hurriedly said: "The girl must be tired all the way, the slave will prepare hot water for you to bathe, and then you can sleep well, maybe tomorrow the mood will be much better." ”

Xun Jiu nodded, she was indeed too tired.

It didn't take long for Zhaotong to prepare hot water, Xun Jiu went to bathe, and the little girl hurriedly brought a clean velvet towel.

"Girl, you seem to be a little different from the other day." The little girl wiped her hair.

"Huh? Is it? Xun Jiuzheng was stunned, and when she heard Zhao Tong's praise, she hurriedly returned to her mind and looked in the mirror.

It is still the good-looking face that she has adapted to and is familiar with, but there seems to be a strong spring mood between her eyebrows and eyes, which makes her whole person more mature than before.

I didn't expect such a big change in an island trip?

Xun Jiu stared blankly at himself in the mirror.

Zhao Tong glanced at the cloak hanging next to him, and said with a smile: "Girl, it was His Royal Highness the King of Qin who sent you back just now." ”

Xun Jiu chuckled and said angrily: "You little girl, what can he mean if he sent me back?" ”

Zhao Tong continued: "People outside say that His Royal Highness King Qin is indifferent and unkind, but the slave maid thinks that he is different from the girl. ”

"What's the difference?" Xun Jiu rested her elbows on the armrest of the seat to support her cheeks, and she was originally extremely sleepy, and she was aroused by this topic.

She also wants to know what the Fusheng who is good to her in the eyes of others is like.

Zhao Tong thought for a while and replied: "The girl didn't see it, just now when you got off the carriage, His Royal Highness King Qin lifted the bamboo curtain and looked at you as if he was ...... It's like many years ago on the streets in the bitter cold wind, when the slave maid was cold, hungry and homeless, the pancake that Er Shao handed to the slave was so warm. ”

Xun Jiu's eyes moved slightly, and then he laughed, "Your metaphor is novel. ”

The little girl actually arrived at Ji's Mansion like this? Presumably, the gratitude of the year has long become a feeling of admiration, right?

Xun Jiu glanced at Zhao Tong in the mirror with his spare eyes while thinking, but unexpectedly found that her face was not as shy or even flushed as expected, but a little gloomy, her eyebrows were covered with gloomy clouds, and the whole person looked like two people just now.

Xun Jiu was taken aback by her, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhao Tong realized his gaffe, and hurriedly lowered his head and whispered: "It's late at night, the girl should go to bed early." ”

Xun Jiu frowned in annoyance, and said directly: "I'm most annoyed by you people who talk halfway, it's fun to hook people's curiosity and splash a basin of cold water?" ”

Seeing Zhao Tong's snort, Xun Jiu stood up and waved his hand, "Forget it, it's none of my business anyway, I don't have so much leisure to worry about!" ”

After saying that, she went straight into the inner room, ready to sleep.

Zhao Tong nervously followed, his fingers nervously wringing his sleeves, and his voice became weaker and weaker, "Girl, the slave didn't mean to ......."

Xun Jiu had already lifted the brocade mattress and sat on the bed, seeing her react like this, he sneered, "Are you really a girl in your family, I am a jackal, tiger and leopard?" ”

"Huh?" Zhao Tong looked up unexpectedly.

"It's late at night, go to sleep!" Xun Jiu waved his hand to catch her up, "Wake up, I'll take you to buy materials and come back tomorrow to make things." ”

Zhao Tong saw that Xun Jiu didn't blame himself for half a minute, his apricot eyes suddenly brightened, he nodded busily, and quickly went back to the room to sleep after saying "um" sweetly.

Xun Jiu lay down, and Fu Sheng's face involuntarily appeared in his mind.

At this time, is he bathing or is he already asleep?

Xun Jiu was a little helpless, she sadly found that compared to this soft bed, she actually missed the days when she slept on the island every night when someone took care of her and added firewood to the fire from time to time, so that she could not feel the slightest cold.

Sure enough, Xun Jiu had insomnia all night, and she couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, and the sleepiness on the carriage seemed to disappear when she lay on the bed.

Looking at the top of the tent with wide eyes, Xun Jiu sorted out all the memories from that night to the present, and was surprised to find that so many things had happened in just half a month.

She was angry that Ji Liming had stunned her in the Amber River and was a little lucky, if it weren't for that opportunity for her and Fu Sheng to have a skin-to-skin kiss in the secret room of the Chu State merchant ship, and completely shorten the distance, with Fu Sheng's cold temperament, I am afraid that she is still lukewarm to her, and between them, it is likely that they will not be able to break the middle layer of paper, and in the end, it will not be over.

Xun Jiu turned over, and then thought a lot.

For example, if she hadn't crossed over, who would be the future princess of Fusheng; For example, how would he react if he knew that she wanted to be a couple for the rest of her life.

By the time sleepiness hit, the dawn had already tore apart the night sky.

Xun Jiu finally fell asleep.

It was already noon when I woke up again.

The little girl heard the sound of her getting dressed, knocked on the door and walked in and said with a smile: "The girl also let the slave maid go to bed earlier last night, I'm afraid you haven't slept since the slave and maid left." ”

"Are dark circles that serious?" Xun Jiu knelt on the bed with a sad face.

It's not that she doesn't want to sleep, she really can't sleep!

"The slave and maid will give you some powder, it should be able to cover it." Zhao Tong waited for her to get out of bed, and after washing, he helped her to sit down in front of the bronze mirror, and began to seriously powder her to cover her dark circles.

Xun Jiu didn't say a word during the whole process.

Although she hates having so much fat powder on her face, she can't go out with a dark circle under her eyes when she wants to go out today.

After putting on makeup, Mother Liu brought the fragrant and delicious Cassia Stem Rice Porridge, Xun Jiu had no appetite, drank a small bowl and was full, and rested for tea in the courtyard, she stood up and was about to call the little girl to go to the market with Mother Liu, when she heard Ji Liming's voice outside.

"Cousin is back?"

Xun Jiu quickly flashed into the door and said to Zhao Tong, who was cleaning up the table: "Your second young man is here, do you know what to say after you go out?" ”

Zhao Tong looked embarrassed.

Xun Jiubian flattened his mouth and snorted lightly, "Sure enough, other people's slaves and maids just can't support their families." ”

Zhao Tong's face turned white, and he said again and again: "The girl is angry, the slave will go out and tell the second young man what you said." ”

"That's pretty much it!" Xun Jiu's face softened a little, and he lay on the bamboo couch near the window, ready to wait for Ji Liming to go out after he returned.

Today's Ji Ershao, wearing a wide Tianshui blue brocade robe, a light crimson belt, and a small piece of transparent blue jade in the center, the sachet that has not changed for thousands of years is still the most eye-catching decoration.

Zhao Tong pushed the door out, and saw Ji Liming sitting on the stone bench under the grape trellis in the courtyard with his legs crossed, and the whole person looked extremely lazy.

"Second young ......" Zhao Tong hesitated again and again, and finally made up his mind: "The girl said that you don't have to come to her again in the future." ”

"Huh?" Ji Liming glared in astonishment, "Cousin really said that?" ”

Zhao Tong nodded in embarrassment.

"This one has no conscience!" Ji Liming complained in the direction of Xun Jiu's house, "If it weren't for Ershao me, would you have such a good opportunity to go to the island?" Lonely Men and Widows ......"

Xun Jiusheng was afraid that he would speak more explicit later, so he quickly got out of bed and pushed the door open, shouting, "Ji Liming!" You've got itchy skin, don't you? ”

Ji Liming directly ignored Xun Jiu's anger, and raised his eyebrows slightly, "If you don't come out, I'll continue to say until you come out." ”

"You!" Xun Jiu is extremely angry.

Ji Liming stood up and walked towards her with a low chuckle, and then softened, "Okay, I'm kidding you, I'll explain to you later." Would you like to eat, do you want to go? ”

Xun Jiu glanced at him, "Good and dignified, what kind of meal do you invite me to eat?" ”

"Can't I invite you to dinner if it's okay?" Ji Liming's face was a little disappointed, "Aren't you going to tell me about your experience on the island?" ”

"What's there to talk about!" Xun Jiu turned around and was about to enter the door.

"Hey......" Ji Liming quickly grabbed Xun Jiu's sleeve, "I wasn't the one who stunned you that night, and I was also calculated." ”

Xun Jiu's face was obviously written with disbelief.

Ji Liming hurriedly explained, "It's really not me, in fact, you and Liu Quan have fallen into a misunderstanding." ”

Xun Jiu pulled away his hand and said lightly: "Say it inside!" ”

Ji Liming quickly entered the house, sat down outside, poured a cup of tea and handed it to Xun Jiu before he said slowly: "What happened that night was actually like this, at the beginning of the beginning, the three of us had already been drugged. ”

"Huh? What do you mean? Xun Jiu's face was full of doubts.

"Didn't you fall asleep when you got on board?"

Xun Jiu nodded, she was indeed asleep before smelling the strange fragrance.

Ji Liming said again: "Then during that time period, someone took advantage of the fog to sprinkle drugs in the air, and the three of us were all tricked. ”

Xun Jiu was taken aback, "There is such a thing?" ”

"Can I still lie to you?" Ji Liming looked innocent, "That drug is extremely powerful, you fainted directly in a dream, Liu Quan is the second to fall asleep, I have some martial arts foundation, barely support the person who can see the drug clearly to step on the river, the light skill is much higher than mine, and then I was thrown into the river by him with a dumb point, and then he took out the antidote to wake up Liu Quan first, and then put the antidote to the tip of your nose, and you woke up immediately when you smelled it." ”

Xun Jiu looked surprised, "So the person in the cabin I saw when I woke up wasn't actually you, but the one who did it?" ”

"That's right!" Ji Liming slapped his thigh, "I was already fluttering in the river, and I wanted to inform you that I had been tricked, but I was hit with a dumb hole, and I was in the river, although it didn't drown me, but it was still cold enough, and by the time I recovered my breath, you would have been knocked unconscious and taken away." ”

"Strange!" Xun Jiu frowned, "Who wants to harm me?" ”

Then she asked, "What does that man look like?" ”

Ji Liming thought for a while and shook his head, "I didn't see his face too clearly, after all, the sky was too dark, I only knew that his light skills were very high, almost on par with Zi Chu, and he should be about the same age as Zi Chu." ”

Xun Jiu thought about it carefully, and thought that he had never known such a person, let alone offended.

Xun Jiu held her chin and combed through the memories of that night, and suddenly her eyes lit up, and she said, "I know who that person is!" ”

"Who?" Ji Liming was taken aback by her.

Xun Jiu's eyebrows were firm, "It's the 'Lord', a mysterious figure behind the Marquis of Chu Jin, it must be him!" ”

"How do you know?" Ji Liming stared at Xun Jiu suspiciously, "Do you know him?" ”

"I don't know." Xun Jiu shook his head, "I don't know him, but he knows me, not only knows me, but also knows that he can use me to lure Fu Sheng to appear, so he held me hostage." ”

Xun Jiu then reacted that the "happened to pass by" and "chance encounter" with her in the secret room of the merchant ship of Chu State that Fu Sheng said were simply false, and he must have rushed there non-stop after getting the news that she was being held hostage, but he didn't expect to be trapped by the first organ as soon as he went.

According to Fu Sheng's vinegar nature, it was naturally impossible for him to tell Xun Jiu what a wonderful person he was holding her hostage.

That's why he hid part of the truth.

Later, when he talked about the so-called "Lord" of Chu State, he did not describe that person too much.

Ji Liming asked, "Then what did you see that person look like later?" ”

"Nope." Xun Jiu shook his head regretfully, "He should have just tested Fu Sheng's strength, and he didn't think about killing Fu Sheng, so when we jumped off the merchant ship, although that person was still on the ship, he didn't make a move on us, or rather, he was busy opening the mechanism at that time, and he didn't have time to attack us." ”

"There is such a powerful figure behind Chu Jinhou?" Ji Liming sighed, "But I think he's only in his twenties!" ”

Xun Jiubai glanced at him, "King Qin is only twenty-one years old, isn't it quite powerful!" ”

"That's right." Ji Liming nodded very approvingly, "Zichu is already very powerful, there are not many people I admire in my life, he is one of them, and he is also the first." ”

Xun Jiu's eyes flickered, and he suddenly remembered that when Fu Sheng was on the island, he said that he and the empress were hostages who grew up in the Chu State.

With a thought in his mind, Xun Jiu smiled and asked, "Cousin, are you and King Qin really small?" ”

"Of course!" Ji Liming looked affirmative, "I also grew up in Wei before I was eight years old. ”

Xun Jiu was stunned for a moment and muttered, "In what capacity did you grow up in the Wei Kingdom?" ”

"My mother is from Wei." Ji Liming's tone softened, "My grandfather and my grandmother have been in love all their lives, my grandfather resolutely refused to accept concubines for her, their only son died at the age of three, leaving only two daughters, one is my mother and the other is my aunt, my grandfather originally did not agree with my father and mother to be together, and then my father made a heavy oath, saying that in this life, except for my mother, there will be no three wives and four concubines, so that my grandfather can rest assured that my mother will marry my mother to the Ji family." ”

At this point, Ji Liming raised his head and looked at Xun Jiu, "My father only marries my mother alone, the old man thinks it's okay to save the back house from being restless all day, so he set a family rule, the descendants of the Ji family, and the male can only marry one." You should have discovered that the second and third rooms of the Ji Mansion today all have only the lady of the main house, and there are no concubines in the backyard. ”

Xun Jiu nodded, and suddenly realized in his heart, it turned out that this was the reason why the people of Ji Mansion were thin, and Ji Boran was really an old man with advanced thinking.

Ji Liming continued: "After I was born, my grandfather missed me very much, and he sent someone to take me to Wei before the full moon. ”

Xun Jiu's breathing tightened, and he asked in a low voice, "So, haven't you seen your father?" ”

"I almost saw it." Ji Liming smiled bitterly, "When I was more than seven years old, my father and mother were ordered by the first emperor to go on an expedition, and my grandfather told me that when my father and mother came back, they would pass through Wei to see me, so I went to their necessary places all day long and waited, but ......"

Ji Liming lowered his head, and his voice became hoarse, "I waited for a long time, and finally waited for the news of my father, but there were only four words: died on the battlefield." ”

Xun Jiu followed her heart, she had heard that Ji Liming's parents both died on the battlefield when he was young, but she didn't expect that the process in the middle would be so tortuous.

On weekdays, I look at him as a bohemian and uninhibited appearance, and I thought that he had a carefree heart and a cheerful temperament, but because there were too many things hidden in his heart, he had to force a smile.

"Cousin." Xun Jiu reluctantly pulled out a smile, "You see I'm not much better than you, the whole family was copied, and I became an orphan girl overnight, and I sent people under the fence ......"

"Don't worry, I won't let you be an orphan." Ji Liming suddenly raised his head, and his red eyes were full of determination, "You still have a cousin, although I recognized you halfway, I have long regarded you as my own sister." ”

Xun didn't speak for a long time, she could see that Ji Liming was so good to her.

Breaking the embarrassing atmosphere with a chuckle, Ji Liming stood up and pulled Xun Jiu's arm, forgot the haze just now in an instant, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Er Shao is in a good mood today, take you shopping, take whatever you like, and I'll pay the bill." ”

Xun Jiu remembered that she had originally intended to take Zhaotong and Liu's mother to buy, and she didn't want to ignore Ji Liming's intentions, so she said "You wait for me first" and then went outside, explained a few words to the two and asked them to follow.

After the crossing, Xun Jiu came to the market in Yanjing for the first time.

The distribution of Yanjing City is staggered by eight main streets about 45 meters wide, each of which is separated by two ditches into three parallel roads, with the emperor's imperial road in the middle and the roads for officials and commoners on both sides.

Outside the imperial city, it is divided into two cities, east and west, the east city is the residence of the emperor and officials, and the west city is the market, and there are two cities in the north and south.

The southwest corner of the entire Yanjing City is mostly inhabited by ordinary people.

Qinwangfu covers an area of 100 acres, is the largest prince's mansion in Yanjing, and is also the most special location of the mansion, it is ** in the middle of the east and west cities.

Xun Jiu and his entourage came to the Nanshi in Xicheng today, which mainly sells silk, jade, porcelain, paper and other things.

In Ji Liming's hand, I don't know when there was an extra folding fan, fanning it while walking, and he didn't forget to turn around and ask Xun Jiu, "Cousin, do you want to buy jewelry?" ”

"I want that thing useless." Xun Jiu pointed to the front and said, "I want to buy paper, do you know where to get it, the softer the better." ”

"Paper?" Ji Liming looked at her suspiciously, "You want to practice calligraphy and painting?" ”

Xun Jiu rolled her eyes, she didn't have that much spare time, so she naturally wanted to take the fluffy paper back to transform the menstrual belt.

"If you don't practice calligraphy and painting, what do you buy paper for?" Ji Liming became more and more suspicious.

The paper industry is not too developed, and bamboo slips are still used in many places, so relatively speaking, the price of paper is more expensive, especially the softer and whiter the paper, the more expensive.

Xun Jiu knew that paper was expensive before she came, but ordinary cotton was not breathable and did not work, so she wanted to see for herself how soft the softest paper could be.

Seeing that Xun Jiu didn't want to answer, Ji Liming shook the folding fan, and suddenly smiled: "When you say that, I really know that there is a paper shop, and there are many types." ”

Xun Jiu's eyes lit up and urged him, "Take me quickly!" ”

"Yes!" Ji Liming gave her a "no problem at all" look, and turned around, "But you have to turn around, over there." ”

Xun Jiu turned around with Ji Liming, and his eyes inadvertently swept to a jade shop called "Cui Hongxuan" next to him.

A plain white robe is clean and tidy, embroidered with auspicious moire belt of the same color, and there is no extra decoration on the whole body, but the whole person stops there, giving people a feeling of clear and condensation.

Xun Jiu stopped, couldn't help but look sideways at Ji Liming, and muttered, "Isn't that Gong Yi?" ”

Ji Liming pinched his chin with interest and chuckled, "Gong Yi will come to this kind of place, it is rare to see it in decades. ”

Xun Jiu's eyes were sharp, and when he saw the situation inside, his expression instantly turned to surprise, "He is actually picking a jade bracelet!" ”

Ji Liming squinted his eyes and looked over, and also saw that Gong Yi was indeed picking a jade bracelet.

"Tut-tut......" Ji Liming's face was even more interesting, he softly called Xun Jiu and Zhaotong and Liu's mother behind him to hide under the eaves next to him, his head poked out of the pillar, and whispered: "Today's Gongyi is a little abnormal, how about we follow and see later?" ”

"What's wrong?" Xun Jiu asked.

Ji Liming smiled, "Look at his expression, frowning for a while and hesitating for a while, he is not satisfied with several changes, it must be for a woman." ”

Xun Jiu sneered, "Don't be funny, Gong Yi seems to be someone who will buy jade bracelets for women?" ”

"How could it not!" Ji Liming pursed his lips, "The five guards are famous, and they all have admirers among the people, so if he happens to look at a certain admirer, maybe he can't be right!" Besides, the hero is sad to pass the beauty pass, and it is possible for this kind of thing to happen to Gong Yi. ”

"I don't think it's likely." Xun Jiu saw Gong Yi shaking his head at the jade bracelet taken out by the boss again, and she said: "Gong Yi's selection method is not buying at all, but looking for it, maybe he wants to find something exactly like a certain bracelet." ”

As soon as Xun Jiu said, Ji Liming immediately silenced and looked carefully.

Gong Yi seemed dissatisfied with all the bracelets, and finally shook his head and walked out.

Ji Liming immediately folded his fan and shook it, and walked over first, with a smile on his face, "Today is sunny, suitable for shopping, such a coincidence, you are also there?" ”

Gong Yi heard Ji Liming's voice, his body stiffened for a moment, his brows frowned inadvertently, and finally turned around, and when he saw Xun Jiu behind Ji Liming, Zhao Tong and Liu's mother, he was greatly surprised, "You guys...... You're all here, huh? ”

Xun Jiu smiled: "Let's buy, so coincidentally you also come?" ”

As she spoke, her eyes swept over Cui Hongxuan.

"I'm ......" Gong Yi was speechless for a moment, and then nodded after a moment's silence, "Well, I'm here to buy something too." ”

Ji Liming put away the folding fan, knocked on Gong Yi's shoulder by the way, and raised his eyebrows, "If Zichu wants jewelry, the empress can give him a bunch of unique ones." ”

The implication is that Gong Yi is definitely not here to do things for Fusheng.

Xun Jiu frowned and tugged at Ji Liming's sleeve.

This girl speaks openly, forcing people into an embarrassing situation like this, who wants to say it!

Sure enough, before Ji Liming's words fell, Gong Yi's face was a little stiff.

But it was only in an instant, as if he had suddenly made up his mind, he raised his eyes to look at Xun Jiu, and his tone was sincere, "Miss Jiu, I want to ask you for a favor." ”

"You say!" Xun Jiu nodded.

"Can you take a step to speak?" Gong Yi was a little embarrassed.

Xun Jiu bowed his head to express his understanding, and stepped forward with Gong Yi, leaving Ji Liming and the others far behind.

Standing under a willow tree, Xun Jiu swept around, making sure that the three of them couldn't hear before he spoke, "What do you say?" ”

Gong Yi took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "You are a girl, you should know which style of jade bracelet other girls will like, can you help me pick one?" ”

Xun Jiu froze in place.

Ji Liming is worthy of being a master of the love field, you can guess this. Gong Yi really bought a bracelet for the girl.

"Is there anything difficult about Miss Jiu?" Seeing her surprised expression, Gong Yi's heart tightened.

"Yes...... No. Xun Jiu shook his head, and then smiled: "How old is that girl, and does she usually have any special hobbies?" ”

Gong Yi pursed his lips, "These...... Does it have anything to do with the selection of jade bracelets? ”

"Of course it does!" Xun Jiu said: "Knowing how old she is, I can pick out what color suits her, and knowing her hobbies, I can pick out the style she will like." ”

Gong Yi was embarrassed for a long time, and replied quietly: "I don't know." ”

"No, it won't!" Xun Jiu wanted to laugh, but he still held back and asked him, "You don't know that girl's preferences?" ”

Miyayi nodded.

"Don't know her age yet?"

Gong Yi nodded again.

"You don't even know what they're called, do you?" Xun Jiu felt that she really served this man, she didn't know anything and came to buy bracelets for something, did she want to play romance and surprise others?

"I ......" Gong Yi was speechless again.

Xun Jiu sighed for his emotional intelligence for three seconds, and then sighed, "If you don't know the slenderness of her wrists, it's easy to buy inappropriate." ”

Gong Yi was anxious, "What should I do then?" ”

"Easy to do!" Xun Jiu stretched out his hand and pointed at Cui Hongxuan, "I've heard of their jewelry, it seems to be in good condition, and it's not just a jade bracelet in it, so you won't change it?" ”

"For what?" Gong Yi asked.

Xun Jiu snapped his fingers, "There are a lot of things that can be exchanged, such as jade pendants, such as head faces, such as earrings, or if you are more sincere, you can personally design a drawing and let people help you make it unique in this world, wouldn't it be better?" ”

When he heard the last sentence, Gong Yi's deep eyes lit up for a moment, and then dimmed, "In case I designed it myself, she didn't like ......"

Xun Jiu spread his hands, "If she doesn't like your own design, it means that the girl doesn't really like you." ”

Gong Yi opened his mouth wide, and was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses, frowning slightly, "Miss Jiu, what are you talking about?" ”

"Am I wrong?" Xun Jiu blinked, pointed at Gong Yi, and then pointed at Cui Hongxuan, "Aren't you buying jewelry just to give it to ......?"

Gong Yi immediately interrupted her, "I broke someone else's things, and I just want to buy an exact one and pay it back." ”

"What are you talking about? I'm going to hear it too! On the stone arch bridge next to it, a crisp female voice came.

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o(n_n)o~ Guess who is the last person to appear?

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