Zhang Ci's hand, Chen Qiuniang was carefully knocked. Thin, broad, with slender fingers, distinct bones, delicate skin texture, fair and delicate. Under the sun, at first glance, I think that the hand is carved from jade.

And at this moment, his hand held Chen Qiuniang's hand in the palm of his hand. His hands are warm, and his palms have hard calluses left by years of martial arts practice, and when he gently turns his hands, the hard calluses bring bursts of numbness.

At this moment, the light of day has been collected, and the depths of the bamboo forest have long been pitch black. There was only one candle lit in the tent, and because no one took care of it, the wick made the candle glow faint, as if it was going to be extinguished at any moment. Chen Qiuniang stood in front of Zhang Ci with a face that she had been eighteen years old in her previous life, looking down at his hands. His hand was tightly wrapped in her palm.

Neither of them spoke, but stood quietly, motionless. The tent was quiet, so quiet that Chen Qiuniang felt that she could hear her own heartbeat. Of course, it was not so calm outside the tent. Outside the tent, in addition to the sound of the guards walking around, there was the fluttering of a large flock of birds being frightened, and the occasional wailing and screaming in the empty mountains.

Chen Qiuniang knew very well that in the mountains outside the tent, a massacre was going on.

The three new generations of heirs of the Lu family in Yuzhou, the Ye family in Linqiong and the Zhang family in Meizhou jointly set up a bureau for the thieves who tried to plot against them, and chose such a feng shui treasure to send those thieves on the road. And the private soldiers of the Lu family in Yuzhou, the Ye family in Linqiong and the Zhang family in Meizhou carried out the order.

Although the early Song Dynasty was no longer like the Wei and Jin dynasties, the gate lords and families could have private soldiers that far exceeded the number and quality of the state. But the system of private soldiers has not been abolished. At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the family had not yet died out, and they still had a very terrible private army in this troubled era.

And the nine families led by Zhang Ci are undoubtedly the representatives of these terrible families.

These nine families were established by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and were originally established by a person who traveled through with advanced technology, and the infiltration of those science and technology is undoubtedly equivalent to opening a plug-in in the game, and it is self-evident that it is powerful.

From the beginning of their establishment to the beginning of the Song Dynasty to the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the nine major families have been at the forefront of almost all the families, and for more than a thousand years, they have not been prosperous, and their glory and wealth have not diminished.

Such a family, one family is terrible enough, and Zhang Ci and they lead the Nine Alliance. The armed forces within such a big family alliance are even more powerful than those of the great families in history that are known to be documented. It is no exaggeration to say that their armaments and armed forces are beyond human imagination.

Chen Qiuniang remembered that time when she and Zhang Ci watched the moon on the top of the mountain, and Zhang Ci once talked about the nine families. He said: "The nine families, the top alliance of the thousand-year-old gate valve family, the glory of the millennium, the millennium will not fall. Its towering trees can be found in all major elite groups, and its children are all over the north and south. ”

At that time, Chen Qiuniang listened quietly, imagining how such a huge family could operate accurately without decaying. Zhang Ci suddenly said, "Yun'er, do you know? The children of these big families, whether they are concubines or grandchildren, even if they are marginal children who are related to their families, will be protected by the family as soon as they are born, and they will study intensively in the family school. After that, he will monopolize one side and become the leader of the local area. Therefore, regardless of the south and the north, the nine major families are within reach. Even if it's overseas—"

Zhang Ci paused when she said this, Chen Qiuniang was very surprised at the time, because in the history she knew, the concept of overseas in the early Song Dynasty was very vague.

"Overseas?" Chen Qiuniang was surprised.

Zhang Ci nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Subsequently, he did not continue. But it was that conversation that Chen Qiuniang still realized that over the past thousand years, the nine families established by the traveler in order to protect his love with Chen Ajiao have truly been able to turn the clouds and rain. It's just that those who have never climbed to the top of the Nine Great Families, who have never entered the core leadership position of the Nine Great Families, or those outsiders who only know one or two, they will never be able to see how terrifying and powerful the Nine Great Families are, so they will be greedy for firearms or other technologies, and they will not be able to compete with the Nine Great Families.

At that time, Chen Qiuniang looked at the round moon on the mountain and thought: If it weren't for Zhang Ye's ancestral training, the nine families would have been on the stage of history for more than a thousand years. However, it may also be said that the moon will be in full swing, and things will be reversed, and after stepping onto the stage of history, the nine major families may also decline and collapse rapidly at the peak of power.

Of course, no one can guess where these things are going.

Later, in the days since she returned from the top of the mountain, she still had lingering feelings even at the thought of the Nine Great Families. She even wondered if such a Nine Great Families would have reached her time and space if it had been continuous and glorious, and the Nine Great Families had always controlled the direction of history. In her time and space, in fact, the nine major families also existed?

In the modern age, a thousand years later, do the nine families also exist? Chen Qiuniang naturally didn't know that she was just the daughter of the illegitimate daughter of a maid of a family, and a woman raised in the mountains of Meizhou.

Now, Zhang Ci mobilized some of the private soldiers of the three families to choose this uninhabited official road and slaughter the enemies who dared to challenge the authority of the nine great families.

Outside the tent was a bloody slaughter, and inside the tent was the relative silence of lovers reuniting after nearly three years apart.

After a long time, the wailing sounds of the empty mountains that came from far away finally became very rare, and Chen Qiuniang also felt that her hands were a little numb by his grip, so she shouted: "Youqi." ”

Zhang Ci was a lot taller than her, and she could only barely skip his shoulders. At this time, Zhang Cizheng looked down at her, but she looked down at his hand. At this moment, she felt that if she stood like this, the two of them would turn into sculptures, so she looked up and called out to him, but saw him looking down at herself.

"What's wrong?" He asked in a low voice.

"My hands are numb." She said it very bluntly.

Zhang Ci let out an "oh" and let go of her hand while saying, "I didn't control the strength." Chen Qiuniang's feet were also a little stiff, and she was about to take two steps back to move her muscles and bones, but she was pulled by Zhang Ciyi, pointed to the padded futon next to the main table, and said, "Just sit here." ”

"This is not appropriate, in a while, Jiang Hang will come to report the matter, and your subordinates will also bring you dinner." She said as she broke free.

"They won't dare come in without my orders, so sit here and talk to me." As he spoke, he pressed Chen Qiuniang into the seat without saying anything.

Chen Qiuniang didn't want to get up when she sat down, it was really because her buttocks hurt from riding a horse, and she stood for a while just now.

Zhang Ci saw that she sat down very quietly, without the slightest struggle, so he sat down with peace of mind, picked up a piece of pastry, and ate it in small bites. was originally a good-looking man, and he was born in the aristocracy, and he has long grown into a beautiful landscape, and now he is so elegant when he eats food. Chen Qiuniang only felt like she was dreaming, resting her elbows on the desk, supporting her chin to enjoy this vivid picture.

"What are you looking at?" He was a little embarrassed for a long time, but he still ate the pastry completely with great grace and culture, and then asked such a question.

"Look at you." Chen Qiuniang replied lazily, in a completely playful tone.

Zhang Ci looked even more uncomfortable, only looked at the food on the table, and asked, "What's so beautiful." ”

"My Youqi is so good-looking, I can't get enough of it." Chen Qiuniang smiled, looking at Zhang Ci's embarrassed appearance, she felt very intentional, and the idea of teasing this gentleman sprouted in her heart.

When Zhang Ci heard Chen Qiuniang say this, he smiled uncomfortably, and asked in a low voice: "Do you know that your master is also a rare beautiful man." ”

"Yes, my master is really as beautiful as a fairy." She said with a sigh.

"Does it look good with me?" Zhang Ci suddenly became anxious, raised his eyes to look at her, and asked very seriously.

Chen Qiuniang saw that his expression was a little nervous, so she tried her best to hold back her laughter, sighed, and said, "Let me think about it." ”

"Do you still want to think about this?" Zhang Ci asked anxiously.

"yes, you have to compare carefully." Chen Qiuniang replied very seriously. After that, she buried her head in the shadow of the candle flame and smiled secretly.

"Hmph, Su Qingyuan looks like a woman, and she doesn't have any masculine temperament at all." Zhang Ci seemed to be afraid that he would say that he was not as good-looking as Su Qingyuan from Chen Qiuniang's mouth, and before Chen Qiuniang could make a judgment, he said Su Qingyuan's shortcomings.

Chen Qiuniang looked at Zhang Ci like this, where is he still the ruthless noble son who has no last resort. She lowered her head and tried her best to hold back a smile, feeling that she was about to suffocate her internal injuries.

"Did you say? Think about it. Zhang Ci said again.

"Uh-huh." Chen Qiuniang kept nodding, but she didn't dare to raise her head to talk to him. Because she was afraid that as soon as she raised her head, Zhang Ci would find out that she was playing a prank.

"Hey, you can't do that. Are you perfunctory to me. Zhang Ci raised his voice, then reached for her arm and tried to drag her up. As he grabbed it, he said, "Look at me and answer." ”

"Don't, don't." She tried her best to bury her face in her chest.

Zhang Ci insisted on dragging her up, so he kept pulling her. Chen Qiuniang resisted, and the two went back and forth in a tug-of-war. Zhang Ci felt that it was not good to sit and pull Chen Qiuniang to raise his head, so he got up slightly, but his strength was a little stronger, and he directly pulled Chen Qiuniang into his arms.

Chen Qiuniang was still resisting, but unexpectedly, Zhang Ci suddenly became stronger, she almost couldn't resist, so she crashed into her arms.

For a moment, neither of them moved. Zhang Ci's hand was placed above her head, and it didn't fall for a long time.

Chen Qiuniang leaned on Zhang Ci's arms and heard his heartbeat so powerful, his breath was clean and clear, and even the lavender was a faint fragrance. She was so nervous that she held her breath, for fear that if she breathed a little louder, they would fall apart.

Zhang Ci's hand was hanging above her head and did not fall for a long time, while the other hand was gently supporting her waist. At first, he held his breath, then he breathed deeply, and even deliberately restrained.

The candle flame was faint and pulsating. After maintaining this position for a long time, Zhang Ci finally put down the hanging hand and landed on the back of her head, and the cold hand supported her head.

Chen Qiuniang panicked all of a sudden. She's not a little girl anymore, and she knows what will happen next. So, she began to struggle. It's good that she doesn't struggle, but this struggle, Zhang Ci hugged her tightly, and fixed her head with the other hand. Then, he quickly lowered his head, his eyes were like stars, and a kiss fell on Chen Qiuniang's lips.

The soft and warm lips fell on hers, and he suddenly stopped moving. Chen Qiuniang didn't dare to move anymore. So the lips of the two of them were gently pressed against each other, and the lips were incredibly warm and soft, like the most tender pudding jelly. Each other's breathing was gentle, and they were gently and shallowly around them. Eventually, he gently removed her lips and solemnly imprinted the kiss on her forehead, then slowly straightened up, took her in his arms, and looked down at her as if he were looking at a treasure.

"You say, I'm good-looking, or your master is good-looking." He didn't even bother to ask this sentence.

Chen Qiuniang was originally very nervous, seeing that he asked this question very seriously, she couldn't help but smile and said: "I don't know what others think, but in my eyes, no one can compare to my Youqi, he is so glorious, it is not enough for me to see life and life." ”

Chen Qiuniang lay in his arms and crossed him, and said slowly. Zhang Ci's body trembled and said, "Then you have to look at me all your life, and you are not allowed to look at other people." ”

"Yes." She replied with a smile.

Zhang Ci's eyes narrowed slightly, then he coughed and put her on the cushion to sit, while he stood up and paced back and forth in the tent. Chen Qiuniang breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly tidied up her clothes, stood up, and sat on the guest seat.

"I-" Zhang Ci looked at her actions and asked very uneasily, "Did I scare you?" ”

Chen Qiuniang shook her head and said, "I heard the sound outside the house, they are almost back." ”

Zhang Ci suddenly said a little unhappily: "You actually have the heart to listen to the sound outside the house." ”

Chen Qiuniang was silent, and Zhang Ci sat down on the cushion next to her desk and said, "There is still a while before they come back, you can come and talk to me." ”

"Hmm." Chen Qiuniang bowed her head and replied.

"Tell me about your hometown. Do you also go to work to support your family? He asked.

Chen Qiuniang nodded and said, "My parents passed away early, I lived with my grandmother, graduated from college, and my grandmother was not in good health. I started working to earn money to support my family, and then by chance I went overseas and opened a restaurant overseas to sell my hometown food. Hehe, I'm a famous chef. ”

"If it's famous, can you make a lot of money, more money than Yunlai Hotel?" Zhang Ci asked with great interest.

"Hmm. It's not bad, it's okay to eat and dress, live in a good house, and buy a good car. She laughs. Now I think back to my life abroad at that time, and I feel that I actually had a good time at that time, but I am in great sadness all day long. If God wants her to go back now, back to that kind of life, she will definitely live happily. Well, if the man in front of him could be with him in that time and space, then the days would be even more enjoyable.

"Then you've been traveling like this for so many years, grandma will miss you, right?" Zhang Ciwu digested her words for a while, and then asked again.

Chen Qiuniang was stunned when she heard her grandmother, and then whispered: "Grandma passed away a long, long time ago, and I live alone in a foreign land. ”

"Yun'er, in the future, you have me." Zhang Ci said suddenly.

She looked up at him, and he said solemnly, "If I can, I will accompany you back; If not, you can stay with me, okay? ”

Chen Qiuniang looked at his nervous expression, nodded vigorously, and her eyes were wet with tears.

"It's a deal." He reached out his broad hand to give her a high-five. Chen Qiuniang smiled and raised her hand to touch his big palm, and said, "Words are done." ”

"Yun'er, I've been preparing with both hands. On the one hand, he is sending people to secretly investigate the method of traveling through time and space; While taking this world in the deployment. He sat down and said very solemnly, "I always think that since I have met you, I have to plan for our future." However, I was a little scared. ”

"Afraid of what?" Chen Qiuniang asked suspiciously.

"The poem you read." He said.

"It turns out that you are lingering in that poem, I said it all, I said it casually, I just think that kind of love is very distressing and beautiful. I didn't mean anything else. She quickly explained.

Zhang Ci shook his head and said, "If the Zhang clan wants to take this world, there will be a war. ”

"But I know the ability of the Nine Great Families to change the Great King Banner at the head of the city, if the time is ripe, it won't cause much harm at all, right?" Chen Qiuniang asked.

Zhang Ci nodded and said, "The power of the Nine Great Families is very great, but when the wind is downwind, I can control it, and when it is against the wind, I may not be able to control it." So, wait until the time is right. In the past few years, I have been deploying, both inside the nine major families, as well as outside. Yun'er, I just want to give you a future without danger, I just want to be able to protect you, I just want to live a little longer, and I want to be able to accompany you a little more. But if you are disgusted with what I am doing, and if you are disgusted with me for starting a war, I will stop here. ”

"You just follow your heart, I'm not pedantic." Chen Qiuniang also sat upright and said very strictly.

"No, I listen to you. I want you to know that I am not doing this thing in your name. I want you to know that I just love you. Zhang Ci slowly spat out that sentence.

Chen Qiuniang's tears rolled out in an instant, pursed her lips, and said, "I know, I know." ”

"Don't cry. What I want most is to go back to your time and space with you, to live an ordinary life with you in that time and space, and to travel all over the places where you have lived, and to accompany you to old age during the day. Zhang Ci held her hand with one hand, and raised his sleeve with the other hand to gently wipe away her tears.

Chen Qiuniang sobbed and said, "Well, I also want you to live there with me, I want to take you to see every inch of the scenery I have seen, taste every dish I make, and I want to grow old with you." ”

"But, Yun'er, the heavens may not fulfill people's best wishes." Zhang Ci interrupted her longing. R1152