(xxxii) Portraits

Jiang Chiyu laughed, "Not bad, not bad! Brother Lili, your daughter is extraordinary!"

Yu Li smiled bitterly and said: "Alas, it is also in my lawlessness in the West Sea!

Ah Mo didn't think so, picked up a fresh fruit in the fruit bowl and took a bite, "Ah Mo don't want to get married, who said that women can't be big things? Ah Mo will travel all over the world in the future, punish evil and promote good, and be a heroine who stands up to the sky!"

Jiang Chiyu said approvingly: "Hehe, Brother Yanli, you see that you were still worried about only two girls at the beginning, I think you have great ambitions just this one, and you can be worthy of ten sons, and you will definitely have great achievements in the future!"

"Who said I don't have a son?" Qinglan said proudly, he looked at his baby daughter lovingly, a blue and white pear was gnawed by her miserably, sweet juice flowed down the corners of his mouth, he took out a handkerchief, helped her wipe her hands, and smiled helplessly: "A girl is a girl after all, how can she really let her show her head and suffer from the hard work of running around?"

The blue and white pear was very sweet, Ah Mo wiped it with a handkerchief, it was still sticky and uncomfortable, and she was trying to find a place to wash her hands.

As soon as Ah Mo retreated, the two kind elders in the Bichao Hall became the kings of the two clans again, with solemn expressions.

"I heard that Brother Akabane has been in trouble lately?"

"You're well informed. Jiang Chiyu bowed his head and said: "That's right, Ah Yi found an excuse and asked that kid from the Yinlong clan to seal Father Kua back to Kunlun Valley." ”

"Father Kua has always been a thorn in the flesh for you, and it is really gratifying to be able to avoid future troubles forever without spending a single soldier!"

Jiang Chiyu snorted coldly and did not answer.

Yu Li was puzzled: "Why don't you see Brother Chibane half happy?"

"What are you happy about?" Jiang Chiyu sighed and said, "Ah Yi is just giving him a difficult problem and letting him retreat." I didn't expect that kid to really go for the sake of Ah Yi's righteous daughter, regardless of his life. Not only did he go, but he was really able to kill himself with eighty-one swords and seal his father!"

Yan Li said movingly: "Eighty-one swords, and Xuanyuan Xuan's second boy?"

Jiang Chiyu walked back and forth a few times quickly, and he also looked quite annoyed: "This kid is not simple! He is ruthless to himself, and he must be even more desperate when he is hostile! Not to mention your Qinglan, at least, none of my Yanlong descendants have such courage and courage! Brother Yanli, once the army is raised, you and I will have to face such a tricky role, how can it not make me worried?"

Yuli muttered: "Lan'er is in Heaven, and he is the one who follows. It is said that this Second Highness is young, but his cultivation has reached the realm of perfection, and he is also very popular with the deployment. ”

"So, alas, ......" Jiang Chiyu smiled bitterly: "Who said that if there is a father, there must be a son?" Xuanyuan is insidious and selfish, but this son was born well. ”

He has a thriving harem, six sons and three daughters, and although they are all born brave, they are either intriguing for the throne or causing trouble everywhere. Although Jiang Chiyu is shrewd and capable, and he practices iron-fisted politics, several princes are still safe and sound on the surface. But as he gets older, there is always a comparison in his heart, don't say that Xuanyuan Jinghua is like this, even the Qinglan of the Yuli family is enough to make him envious.

Knowing the troubles in his heart, Yu Li smiled and said: "Brother Chi Yu is not upset, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren." No matter what that Xuanyuan Jinghua is, he won't have three heads and six arms," he paused, "What's more, if you really have to fight each other on that day, you may not have to fight hard." ”

"In your opinion?"

"If you can't beat the enemy, you can outwit it. Yan Li smiled, "I don't believe it, these two highnesses are really steel and iron, and they don't have the slightest weakness." ”

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In the afternoon of this day, Qinglan came to Chen'an Palace to report on military affairs as usual. Jing'an said that Jinghua was still taking a nap, so he waited in the study for a while.

There is a picture scroll open on the table, which seems to be unfinished, but it is probably already in shape. The person in the painting is a woman, with high temples and a brocade skirt, leaning on a beautiful couch, looking at a child who is playing not far away.

Qinglan had never seen Jinghua paint, only seen him writing. His words are vigorous and elegant, majestic, but I didn't expect Yu Danqing's penmanship to be delicate and soft. He apparently took great pains to depict the woman, sometimes sketching the outline lines of the dragon with a fine brush, sometimes drawing the cheeks with light ink, and sometimes splashing ink like a cloud to paint a luxurious and colorful dress. For that child, although there are only a few strokes, the child's naΓ―ve attitude and coquettish expression in the face of his mother are also vivid.

The painting is not yet final, but the characters are already on the page. Especially the deep love in the woman's eyes in the face of the naughty child, it is simply lifelike and beautiful.

But after a few light coughs, Jinghua had already walked in. He had just taken a nap, his expression was slightly misty, and his eyes seemed to be covered with a faint mist, which added a little softness to his cold handsome face.

Qinglan stood up, "Jinghua, I heard that you are still resting. ”

"They forced me to sleep, but I couldn't. Jinghua greeted him with a smile, "What are you looking at?"

"Is this your new work?" Qinglan said, pointing to the painting.

Jinghua glanced at it, sat down too, and said with a smile: "Well, it's just idle to have nothing to do, so you can see and laugh." ”

"Where, it's amazing, it's really breathtaking!" Qinglan said sincerely, "I'm just a reckless man, I only know how to dance knives and guns, if I talk about this kind of crepe thing, I really don't know anything." Jinghua, the woman in this painting is noble and elegant, I don't know which fairy monarch it is?"

Jinghua looked at the painting again and said lightly: "It's my mother." ”

He had never seen his mother, the painting was just an imagination, and the child in the painting was himself. He thought that on a hot afternoon, when the young self was sweating profusely, his mother would lovingly hold him by his side, wipe off the sweat for him, gently fan him with a small palace flower fan to cool the breeze, and feed him sweet and delicious sour plum soup.

Qinglan said: "I see. He was straightforward, and he didn't think about it after hearing it, he just nodded and said: "I, like Your Highness, have no mother since I was a child, and it was my father who brought me up, which was very hard." ”

He knew that he shouldn't comment on other people's family affairs, but Jinghua was not only his boss, but also his friend who was born and died, although Jinghua never complained, but after Yao Chi heard about the indifferent and bastard father and mother, he still felt angry. The Danqing painted by Jinghua is not only a longing for his deceased mother, but also a tribute to the sadness in his heart that he admires but cannot obtain.

Jinghua smiled at him and said, "The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop, and the child wants to raise but does not wait." Qinglan, you have a good father, remember to be filial to him in the future. ”

Qinglan said: "Actually, Your Highness, you don't necessarily have to be loved by your father," he paused, and said: "The four generals of the Tiansheng Water Division are only obeyed by His Highness!

Jinghua lowered his eyes, and his voice showed a bit cold, "General Qinglan, the military department is now under the full control of the Third Highness, and you must obey the orders of the Third Highness." If I hear what I said just now, I will be punished with the army!"

"Third Highness, is that pampered gentleman?" Qinglan heard him say this, but became even more angry, and sneered: "He is just afraid that he can't even figure out what basic formations there are in the battle, and he still sends troops and generals, so let his brothers follow him to die?"

Jinghua's face changed, and a hot stinging pain in his heart jumped up, and he said angrily: "Presumptuous......! Talking about the boss!"

Qing Lan has also been holding back his anger in the past few days, and he just took this opportunity to send it out, and he also said firmly, "I know that I can't talk about it! But this is a fact! Which brother in the military camp is not complaining? If it weren't for the queen of heaven covering the sky with one hand, and relying on his ability to become the commander of the military department? The daily drill alone was bitter, and the brothers were sweating like rain, but he called a maidservant to make an umbrella and shade him on the side! How could such a commander not make the brothers feel cold!"

"No matter how useless Chenhua is, he is also the boss! The soldiers I brought out are like this...... Ahem, ahem, is it so faithful to the Lord?" Jinghua was so angry that his face turned pale, and his chest was full of blood and blood, he couldn't even speak, and he couldn't stop coughing violently while pressing his chest.

Seeing this, Qinglan didn't dare to say more, silently poured a glass of water and put it in front of him.

Jinghua coughed on the table for a while, and Fang slowly got up, and his handsome face showed a sickly blush from coughing. After another moment, the red faded, leaving only pale as snow.

He coughed a little hoarsely, but he was no longer angry, took Qinglan's cup and drank lightly, laughing at himself, "I know you are unwilling, hehe, even I am unwilling." But...... What can it be?" Yu eyelashes trembled, revealing his gloomy eyes, and said softly: "The third brother still needs to be trained, and you will help him a lot if you look at my face." ”

Qinglan was silent, and after a while, he let out a muffled "um". But at last he couldn't help but ask, "Then what are you going to do in the future?

"I'm going to leave Heaven for a while. Jinghua put her eyes back on the unfinished painting, looking at the loving mother and child in the painting, her thoughts seemed to cross the wall of memory for thousands of years, and her voice was ethereal.

"I have a senior brother who is proficient in the art of disambiguation, but his whereabouts have always been uncertain. He smiled wryly, "I want to try to find him and see if I can be saved." ”

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Qinglan returned to the military headquarters and saw that there were five big cars parked at the door, and Kuai Fangzheng commanded the soldiers of the "Sheng" Department to move the things on the cars down, and there were a lot of things, and they were very busy.

Qinglan shouted from afar: "General Kuai, what is this?"

Kuai Fang greeted him, hugged his fists and said: "Back to the deputy marshal, it is the military quartermaster given to us by the queen of heaven." ”

"Queen?" Qinglan frowned and approached to take a closer look.

The gift from the Queen of Heaven was very generous, a cart of military uniforms for three seasons a year, a cart of wheat beans, grain and grass, salt and vegetable supplies, a cart of bows and arrows*, rope buckshots, a cart of external wound herbs, internal elixir, and a cart of gold and silver, which were said to be used to compensate the dead and wounded officers and soldiers.

Qinglan sneered: "The Queen of Heaven is so dedicated to this biological son, and within a few days of His Royal Highness's arrival, the favor has been done here." It's a pity that no one in my military department will accept her love!"

Kuai Fang never smiled, and when he heard this, he added: "There are still five hundred heavenly horses on the way, so I will directly let people lead them to the heavenly horse prison!"

"Okay! Take the things as they are!, is this Third Highness?" a contemptuous smile hung on the corner of his mouth, "How to practice tomorrow, or how to practice!, understand?"

"The last general understands!" the deputy marshal ......," Kuai Fang wanted to say but stopped.

"Huh?"

"The queen of heaven is waiting for the deputy marshal in the camp, and she wants to see you by name!"

"See me?" Qinglan's eyes lit up, "What did she see me doing!"

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The queen of heaven sent away the palace maids around her and sat alone in Qinglan's tent.

He hadn't returned, so she waited patiently.

I've been waiting for more than 2,000 years, and I don't care about this moment.

When Jinghua led the troops, he advocated that everything should be simple in daily life, so in the barracks, all the generals below him lived in only one room. The same is true for Qinglan, the room is only a few zhang, a table, a couch, a few, very close to simplicity.

Jiang Yi rubbed his bookcase, the Yunfeng wolf on the pen holder still had the fragrance of ink, and then looked carefully at a few drops of ink stains on the bookcase, I don't know which time it dripped when writing, but I forgot to wipe it, and after a long time, it seeped into the wood texture and couldn't wipe it off.

Jiang Yi smiled subconsciously, he was also a careless child.

She took out her silk handkerchief embroidered with a phoenix, and applied some magic power to gently erase the ink spots.

His bed was also very messy, and although the bedding was folded, it was nested in a heap.

There are no palace maids accompanying them in the barracks, and all the internal affairs of the soldiers are taken care of by themselves. Although Qinglan is not squeamish and has no shelf, after all, he is a prince and is not good at this.

Jiang Yi guessed correctly, he is indeed not a careful person, and he is not willing to spend time on such details, so he always deals with them indiscriminately.

Jiang Yi shook the quilt flat, touched the extremely thin mattress by the way, and said in his heart: Is this child sleeping in this cold and hard place all the time?

But when he thought about it, he laughed again: he was concerned about it, he was angry, and he was not afraid of the cold.

She was bending over, with her gilded armor crossed, trying her best to make the mattress for him, when she suddenly heard someone behind her shouting, "What are you doing!"

She turned her head calmly, but Qinglan was so shocked that she couldn't believe her eyes!

The lonely and cold queen - actually in the barracks, making his bed.