After walking a long way out of the city and towards a path on the side of the city wall, Lin Jue vaguely saw a huge mansion in the shade of lush green trees. The neat tiled houses and the old thatched huts on both sides are intertwined, just like a game of black-and-white Go in full swing.

From the outside, the mansion is not attractive, hidden in the dense forest, but it adds a bit of an eerie atmosphere, but as soon as you enter the door, the scene in front of you is unexpected.

Entering the Hanging Flower Gate, it is a zigzag verandah, and the stones under the steps are spread into a road. The courtyard is connected with each other and dotted with mountains and stones. The whole courtyard is magnificent, graceful and luxurious, the garden is splendid, clear and exquisite, the backyard is full of roses, treasures, and a pool. I don't know where the water came from, but there was a stream running through the garden, and a white-slab stone bridge spanned the stream.

In the courtyard, I only feel the strange fragrance, the strange grass fairy vine is verdant and lovely, there is a kind of green vine that cannot be named through the stone around the eaves, radiating vitality.

Weicheng is close to the northwest desert, and the yellow sand is full of sky outside, but inside this house, it is a vibrant scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, even Lin Jue, who prides himself on being well-informed, is so frightened that he can't speak when he sees such a picture.

Seeing this, Nangong Yi beside him showed a rare look of smugness on his face, "How is it?" It's a nice place, isn't it? ”

"How did you find this place?"

Lin Jue's eyes widened for a long time before he reacted.

If it is someone else's private residence, do they have to leave immediately, lest they be discovered and arrested as thieves when the time comes?

"I built it."

Nangong Yi's cold words made Lin Jue stumble and almost fall directly to the ground.

He, he...... Built?

How is this possible, you have to make a draft in advance to lie and brag, right?

Nangong Yi stretched out his hand to scoop her up, probably seeing what she was thinking, and looked at her helplessly, "Really, this is really built by me." How else would I have brought you? ”

Hearing him say this, Lin Jue's heart suddenly stirred, "Why did you suddenly build such a mansion, is there something to hide from me?" Or are you going to hide someone here?! ”

"Just built ......"

Nangong Yi looked aggrieved.

He thought that he would be praised for giving Lin Jue a surprise like this, but he didn't expect that after this person reacted, he actually questioned him directly, and the variables of this life were really a little caught off guard.

"It doesn't matter when it's built, the key is General Nangong, the purpose of your construction is ......"

Lin Jue suddenly "thought welled", and opinions and opinions kept popping up from his mind.

"The purpose is to let you live."

Nangong Yi laughed.

The so-called three caves of the cunning rabbit, the purpose of his original purpose in building this house was to think that he could have a place to go with Lin Jue after he retired, but what he didn't expect was that he didn't mention it, and this house came in handy first.

"Okay, you Nangong Yi, I live here, what about Yuejing City? Are you not going to let me live? ”

Lin Jue suddenly had a lot of fun, and he especially wanted to tease him.

Nangong Yi: "......"

He doesn't seem to be right?

Seeing Nangong Yi's helpless face and being forced into a corner by her, Lin Jue smiled secretly in his heart, but he made a more angry look on his face, tilted his head and looked at him and said, "Let me live here, so General Nangong is planning to hide Jiaojiao in the golden house?" ”

"What kind of golden house hides Jiao, Ah Jue, the more you talk about it, the more outrageous it becomes."

Nangong Yi's face was speechless.

He wanted to explain, but sadly found that Lin Jue's thinking was very rigorous, so rigorous that he didn't know how to explain it.

"Since it's not the Golden House, why did you let me live here?"

Lin Jue continued to be unrelenting.

Nangong Yizheng was depressed, but he felt that something was not quite right, he turned his head sideways and looked at Lin Jue, and suddenly realized that this guy was teasing him, so he looked at her with a smile, and dragged out his tone meaningfully, "Even if I want to hide Jiao in the golden house, then I have to have Jiao, Ah Jue, you are like this-"

Speaking of this, he also looked Lin Jue up and down with his eyes.

Sure enough, as soon as he said this, Lin Jue was angry on the spot, she was so angry, "Say it again!" ——" After saying that, he raised his head and glared at him fiercely, and he raised his fist and wanted to smash it towards Nangong Yi.

The fist was clenched, and a playful chuckle came, "Hey, are you angry when you tease casually?" ”

Lin Jue glared at him and didn't want to pay attention to him.

"You are not Jiao, here, it can't be a golden house ......", Nangong Yi stared down at her, her eyes were as bright as stars, "I built it with the intention of returning to seclusion one day, and I also have an eaves with you to shelter from the wind and rain, so as not to sleep outside in the wind." ”

"Who will go into seclusion with you? ……”

Lin Jue's face turned red and muttered a retort.

But there was some joy in my heart.

In this world, how lucky must she be to meet someone who can think about her in everything and everything. If you are like this, what more can you ask for?

"You don't want to?"

Nangong Yi made a look of grievance.

"Then I can only ask others if they would like to join me-"

"You dare!"

Before he finished speaking, Lin Jue glared at him fiercely. Seeing this, Nangong Yi couldn't help but purse her lips and laugh.

"If there is a tiger at home, naturally I don't dare."

"Okay, you Nangong Yi, you refer to Sang and scolding Huai and saying that I am a tigress?!"

Lin Jue was aggressive, rolled up his sleeves, and made a dry appearance.

When Nangong Yi saw her like this, she instantly pulled out her legs and ran away, and said with a smile as she ran, "You look like this, and you say that you are not a tiger......"

"If you have the ability, don't run, I don't believe I can't kill you!"

The two fought for a while, and finally stopped when Nangong Yi surrendered.

"Ah Jue, I was wrong, see if I admit my mistake so sincerely, can I avoid kneeling on the washboard?"

Nangong Yi cautiously said while looking at Lin Jue.

"Yes." , Lin Jue replied lightly.

"Really?"

Hearing her say this, someone's eyes suddenly lit up.

He knew that Lin Jue was a knife-mouthed tofu-hearted person, and his vision of people had always been very accurate.

"Of course it's true, what am I lying to you for?"

Lin Jue raised his eyebrows, serious.

"But—"

She deliberately lengthened her tone, glanced at Nangong Yi meaningfully, and smiled, "You don't need to kneel on the washboard, but you have to kneel on the arrow plate." ”

What the?

Arrow Disk? ——

Nangong Yi stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

What kind of strange thing is this?

He regretted it for a moment, he had known that he would have better choose a washboard obediently?

Looking at his loveless appearance, Lin Jue couldn't help laughing. The smile is bright, just like the spring light of this April day, gentle but not dazzling.

"Ah Jue......" Nangong Yi looked at her, "When this matter is over, let's leave Kyoto, right?" ”

At the beginning, he chose to join the army in order to change the status quo of being bullied and constrained everywhere, he was alone at the time, he didn't have to think about anything, and he didn't have any worries, whether it was fighting on the battlefield or being alone in the court, he didn't care.

But now it's different, being in the court, especially the center of power, even if he doesn't say anything or do anything, he will be inexplicably involved in the turmoil of the struggle between various factions, he doesn't care about himself, but he can't let Lin Jue follow him all the time.

So leaving is the best option.

Lin Jue deliberately teased him, "General Nangong has spoken, do I still have a choice?" Then she showed a serious look and looked up at Nangong Yi, "Actually, I don't care, as long as I can be with you, it's the same everywhere." ”

Whether it's a tall building or a dilapidated thatched house, it's not the key, it's who you're with.

The breeze and the moon are bright, and the strange grass and vines are immortal.

A gust of wind blew, and a faint fragrance emanated from the courtyard.

Nangong Yi stared at Lin Jue, and her dark eyes seemed to hide the entire starry sky. After a long time, he reached out and rubbed her head, as if he had come to his senses, and said with a smile, "Okay, clean up, sleep well, and go to the city tomorrow to meet guests." ”

"You mean that person is in the city?"

As soon as he thought of this, Lin Jue's good mood disappeared most of them in an instant, couldn't they have a slightly pleasant rest?

"Hmm. I guess it's not just one person. ”

Nangong Yi said lightly as he walked forward.

The house is very large, and the two of them can each choose a favorite room to live in, and they don't have to worry about whether it will be full like a guest house.

Of course, if Nangong Yi chooses by himself, he naturally prefers the mode of sharing a room with Lin Jue, but when he thought of someone carrying a big knife, he suddenly gave up.

It seems that the marriage of the two of them really has to be advanced.

As night fell, a courtyard in the city was still brightly lit.

"Princess, the two of them have entered the city, and have settled in an inn in the city."

Agata walked in, whip in hand, and blessed Vikafor. When he raised his eyes and saw that the contractor was also there, he was stunned for a moment, and then he also made a gesture at him.

"It's finally here! I'm going to take somebody—"

Vika said, about to stand up.

but was pulled by the contractor.

"In the middle of the night, why are you in such a hurry?"

"It's not a hurry, the night is long and there are many dreams, if you don't go now, Nangong Yi is especially cunning, maybe she won't be able to find it tomorrow."

Vika was in a hurry.

This time, she had to catch Nangong Yi with her own hands.

On the one hand, it was for Empress Yang's will, and on the other hand, she herself didn't know what the reason was.

Although she is the princess of the Rakshasa Kingdom, because her biological mother is a Han from the Central Plains, she has lived outside the palace since she was born, and she has not even met her father. Vika thought that her whole life had passed like this, living in a courtyard outside the palace, without worrying about food and clothing, but the only treatment she could get was like this, she looked ordinary, even if she had a plan, she couldn't get other people's blue eyes, and she would never be able to live a commanding and pampered life like those princes and princesses in the palace.

Until one day, the maharaja of the Rakshasa country, that is, her father, suddenly appeared in the other courtyard.

After a while, he suddenly asked her, would you like to live in the palace?

Naturally, she was willing.

The Maharaja nodded and left satisfied.

But then someone brought her a few pills and a portrait of a woman from the Central Plains.

"After taking it, can I become like her?"

Vika asked, pointing to the woman in the portrait.

The woman's face was beautiful, but she was also beautiful and refined, and if she could really become that look, she would be much more beautiful than her original appearance, and she would have reached the point of being reborn.

"That's right, as long as the young lady does what I say, in a year, you will be exactly like the person in the painting."

There is no woman who does not want to be beautiful, especially a woman with a mediocre appearance, and her pursuit of beauty has reached the extreme. Vika is no exception, but she is not stupid, and the Maharaja, who has never appeared for more than ten years, not only came to her in person, but also greeted her with cold and warm greetings, which in itself is an extremely unreasonable thing.

Therefore, all the requirements after that have become logical.

Even if she didn't know anything at the time, she didn't have to think about it to understand that the Maharaja needed her help now, no matter what the purpose.

After figuring it out, she didn't refuse, and she couldn't refuse.

Obediently took the pill for a year.

Needless to say, the pain was painful, but a year later, her appearance was miraculously different, exactly the same as the face of the woman in the painting.

The Maharaja sent a grand procession to welcome her into the palace, and all the servants and other insiders who had served her before all disappeared on the day she entered the palace. No one knew what the Maharaja had done to them, and since then, they have not been seen in the world.

It was the first time she appeared in the splendid palace of the Rakshasa Kingdom, and the grandeur of the palace was beyond her imagination, but what attracted her the most was not these golden dead things, but the face of a young man.

Handsome and resolute, with clear lines and clear outlines, just like the sculptures in the temple outside the main hall, delicate and not like mortals. Especially those eyes of different colors, just standing there, Vika could feel that there was a sea of stars inside.

The boy also saw her, and a hint of strange color flashed in his eyes, but then he walked over to her with a smile, "You are Sister Vika?" When we first met, my name was Contractor, and I should be your third brother. ”

Ten thousand years at a glance.

Sometimes, things in this world are just that. You have never met that person, and even before that, you have never had any information about that person, then at a glance, you know that this person is the person you have been looking for, the person with whom you want to spend countless days in the future.

When Vika saw the contractor, this was the thought that came to her heart.

Even if this person is her half-brother.

But for Nangong Yi......

At first, she only had endless hatred for this person. It was precisely because of him that the Rakshasa Kingdom was defeated, and the contractor lost the title of the first warrior of the Rakshasa Country, and he was disgraced.

So when she asked the Maharaja to let her go to the great cause, she agreed without even thinking about it. Avenging the contract husband and getting rid of Nangong Yi is the best thing.

But it wasn't until Daye Guo that she found out that in this world, the woman in the portrait of Zài really existed, she not only really existed Zài, but also Nangong Yi's fiancée.

However, these are not difficult things for her, she knows how to use dizziness, she can spy on the deepest secrets of people's hearts, and in the days when Lin Jue was poisoned, she easily transplanted all the memories in her brain into her own brain.

It is logical to act in such a play, although Nangong Yi still doesn't believe it, but as long as Lin Jue believes it, it's enough. But the later evolution of things did not go in the direction she expected, Lin Jue went out of Beijing to the northwest to find Nangong Yi privately, and Nangong Yi was not killed by the people sent by the four princes.

Such a chance of misfortune actually brought these two people together again. She also made a god out of the illusion she had worked so hard to make, but even so, she must have a way to make it impossible for these two to return to Kyoto.

"Then I'll go with you......"

The contractor smiled helplessly when he saw that Vika looked like he had to go.

When things got to this point, it was already difficult to ride a tiger, so they could only go down.

"Really?"

Vika's somewhat godless eyes lit up instantly, and a bright smile bloomed on her fair face. She is like this, and Lin Jue's appearance is somewhat overlapping, and the contract husband unconsciously walked away.

"Or else? In the middle of the night, it's not safe for you to go alone. After all, the other party is Nangong Yi. ”

The contractor retracted his gaze and said lightly.

Nangong Yi is not a person who pities the jade, the reason why Vika was able to escape safely in front of Nangong Yi in the first few times is not that people really have any mercy, but that the past life and present life that he said to Vika at that time are not sure, and now that he has determined that Vika is just a liar, then he will naturally not be merciful.

Empress Yang is a woman who is really ruthless.

Let Vika go directly to confront Nangong Yi, isn't that obviously to send her to death?

"I'm not afraid of him."

Vika didn't care.

As long as he can be removed, the contractor will be able to wash away his previous shame and regain the respect he deserves in the Rakshasa Kingdom, instead of being sent to the great cause to be the leader of some alliance.

The contractor seemed to see through her thoughts, and wanted to reach out and rub her hair, but he stopped in mid-air, he looked at her, and said, "Vika, you are still young, in fact, these are not important, saving your life is the most important thing." ”

Life is gone, what's the use of asking for more other things?

Seeing that the contractor didn't make any extra moves, Vika couldn't help but feel a little lost, she lowered her head and muttered, "Actually, for me, life is not the most important thing, the most important thing is you." ”

"What did you say?"

The contractor frowned.

"It's nothing, don't worry, I have my own measure, and I'll be fine."

Vika smiled brightly at him, hiding a hint of melancholy from his brow.

But when the contract husband and his party arrived at the inn where Nangong Yi lived, not to mention capturing Nangong Yi alive, they didn't even see a figure.

"Damn, I was deceived!"

Vika gritted her teeth.

How could she not have thought that a cunning person like Nangong Yi could expose his whereabouts to them so easily.

The contractor seemed much calmer, he glanced at the completely fried Vika, and persuaded with a smile, "It's okay, let's wait in this inn, he will appear." ”

"Why did he show up?!"

Vika was incredible.

Since he used such a trick as the golden silkworm shelling, of course he ran away quickly and turned back, isn't this person sick in the brain?

The contractor smiled faintly and was noncommittal, "Because, he has something to offer, which is with me." ”

The prosperity of Weicheng is really not blowing, walking on the road during the day, in addition to the pedestrians and cars and horses around her, there are dense vendors on both sides, and the sound of selling is endless, walking in it, Lin Jue is a little trance, thinking that she has returned to the South Street of Kyoto.

"Look, there's still a sugar gourd seller here?"

After Nangong Yi finished speaking, without waiting for Lin Jue to react, he flashed and went directly to the stall selling sugar gourds next to him.

"Huh-"

Lin Jue wanted to stop it, but before he could say anything, he saw someone walking over with a sugar gourd.

“……”

Didn't you say that you would come to the city for a while? What's going on with such a bright shopping?

"You taste ......"

Someone said, handed a large string of rock sugar gourds in front of her, and shook them deliberately.

The bright red hawthorn is wrapped in a transparent sugar coating, which is especially attractive after a long and inhumane trek through the desert.

Although Lin Jue was disgusted in his heart, he couldn't help but stretch his neck and poke his head out, intending to take a bite, but at the moment when his mouth was about to touch the sugar gourd, Nangong Yi quickly pulled it away, making her bite empty.

Lin Jue was speechless, raised his head and glared at him angrily, "Are you all bored?" ”

"Alright, teasing you, come-"

Nangong Yiwan smiled and continued to put the sugar gourd to her mouth.

Lin Jue stretched his neck again, and was just about to go down, damn it, the sugar gourd was taken away by someone again, and with the action, there was also his heartbroken laughter.

She was so angry that she yelled at him directly, "Nangong Yi, don't run if you have the ability, see if I don't kill you!" ”

Nangong Yi is naturally not stupid, and he ran away as soon as he slipped away.

Lin Jue didn't care about him, just stood in place, motionless. After a while, Nangong Yi came out from her, in addition to a string of sugar gourds in her hand, there was also an oily paper bag, seeing Lin Jue's face, smiling with a flattering face, "Come on, come on, don't tease you, what do you see I brought back for you?" You definitely can't think of ......."

As he spoke, he took the oily paper bag to Lin Jue and shook it, "Look, what is this?" ”

Crab roe buns?

Lin Jue was stunned, in this border area near the Northwest Desert, there are actually crab roe buns that are sold?

"Hehe, didn't expect that, right?"

Seeing Lin Jue's expression, Nangong Yi smiled with a stupid expression.

"I'm a little surprised to be able to buy your favorites here."

"My favorite?"

Lin Jue raised his eyebrows.

Ever since she went to see Nangong Yi under the pretext of buying crab roe buns, this person stubbornly thinks that crab roe buns are her favorite. In fact, this is a misunderstanding of Yan zhòng, she not only likes crab roe buns, she also likes many things, such as jade shrimp, fried stuffed three treasures, flower laurel fish, crispy fried chicken thighs...... (To be continued.) )