Jing Yi sat silently on the couch, with a small table in front of him, and the chess apron was left with the endgame. I don't know when and who played a game of chess with whom, the situation is not clear...... She unconsciously grabbed the chess pieces, picked them up and put them down, slowly. Hearing the sound and raising his head, Brother Dong bowed down, put the tea in front of her, and quietly retreated.

The warm fragrance of tea wafted in, and she looked at the gold-painted patterns on the tea bowl, and the fiery goldfish tail stretched out like a ball of rouge on the snow-white paper...... He sat down across from her.

"Could it be that this is a game of chess with Dunhuang? It's kind of like his. Jingyi picked up the tea bowl. She didn't say that the layout of the white seeds is like Dunhuang, and the layout of the sunspots is completely in the style of Tao Xiang. Meticulous, open, pressing every step, and of course frightening every step...... She lifted the lid of the bowl, frowned, and whispered: "Did you forget again, I told, especially at night, don't give you white maple dew......"

Before she finished speaking, Tao Xiang stretched out her hand, and the tea bowl flew out of her hand.

The hot tea soup spread in the air with heat, white flowers fell like rain, and the silk carpet was wet.

Jingyi took the handkerchief, held her fingertips, and looked at Tao Xiang. Her hands were shaking.

Tao Xiang's face was unusually calm, as if he didn't swing it just now.

And she looked at him with big black and white eyes, and she didn't seem to be afraid of He.

Tao Xiang nodded and said, "Okay, I really deserve to be my Tao Xiang's wife." There is a bold color. ”

"Why the hell are you throwing such a tantrum?" Jingyi clutched her handkerchief, and the tips of her fingers on her skirt were numb. She clutched harder.

Tao Xiang said in a low voice: "Why don't you come and tell me first, what is you hiding from me?" ”

Jing Yi was silent.

Tao Xiang waited for a while, and then asked, "Huh?" ”

Jing Yi turned her eyes away from him, her eyes fell on this endgame, and she whispered, "No." ”

The chessboard was overturned with a bang, and the chess pieces flew and fell to the ground with a crackle. Some of them fell on her, cold.

She closed her eyes, as if she had been hit in the face by a hailstone.

"You dare to say no!" As Tao Xiang stopped drinking, something was thrown at her with the sound of the wind.

Jingyi opened her eyes and saw that there was an ivory-white card on the messy chess pieces in front of her.

Tao Xiao looked at her and said, "You explain to me what this is." ”

Jingyi said: "Pass." ”

"Pass ......" Tao Xiang almost laughed. He reached out and picked up the card, unfolded it and put it a few inches away from Jingyi's face, "I'm going to tell you that this pass was intercepted at the checkpoint in the north yesterday. Someone took this pass, pretending to be an ordinary businessman, and wanted to go from Suiyuan to Ulaanbaatar. According to the torture, their destination was Moscow. ”

Jing Yi stared at the cinnabar mark on the pass.

It's fiery red, and it's really like a burning flame.

That's because Tao Xiang, who was holding this pass, was trembling with anger in his heart...... She wanted to turn her face away, but Tao Xiang pinched her chin and forced her to continue looking.

"Originally, with such a pass, it was unimpeded in the five northwestern provinces. Unfortunately, this one is a forgery. "Tao Xiang will still have the pass on the side.

Jing Yi only felt a terrible pain in his jaw, and just wanted to brush his hand away, he had already let go. She was almost unable to control herself, and almost rushed out to ask him how he found out, and the interception of this pass meant ...... She couldn't even think about it.

Tao Xiang said: "Don't you want to say it yet? Do you think that if you don't say it, there will be nothing? ”

"Mu Zhi......" Jing Yi said in a sloppy voice, but she couldn't continue.

Tao Xiang said: "My words, you can already imitate the nine-point image." Three years of time have not been in vain, you pondered me, and you pondered it thoroughly. You're so bold that you dare to forge a special pass. Words can be imitated, and prints can only be stolen. But you didn't expect that this seal was problematic. ”

Jing Yi looked at him, and suddenly her mind went blank.

"You don't want to think about it, on such a large territory, only the word Tao Xiang is so easy to use, how can it be printed to the end?" Tao Xiang actually smiled, "Let me tell you, this seal looks the same." However, each time I change it, the notch in the corner is different. One thing and one seal is my old rule. ”

The blood on Jingyi's body seemed to be cold, and she couldn't move at all.

Tao Xiang looked at her and said, "Fang Shaokang, no, Dai Mengyuan, is it worth your doing?" ”

Jing Yi gritted her teeth.

Tao Xiang connected the two names together and said that he already knew it...... Suddenly, she felt a deep fear.

"He deserves you to trap me in injustice for his sake?" Tao Xiang asked.

"No, it's not......" Jingyi denied.

"Isn't it? You know who he is. If I hadn't dealt with it first and let him and his comrades go, I would have had to carry it. You are my wife, Xiao Dunhuang is my subordinate, I can't tell all over my mouth, Jingyi. Tao Xiang said.

"No, he won't...... He promised me. If he hadn't agreed to my terms, I wouldn't have done it. Jingyi said hurriedly.

"You trust him a lot." Tao Xiang sneered.

Jingyi opened her mouth.

"You can do anything for him. In the past you could abandon your parents and brothers, today you can ignore your marital relationship. Cheng Jingyi," Tao Xiang stared at Jingyi's pale face, "What else can't you do for him?" ”

"Mu Zhi......" Jingyi's whole person was trembling, and she couldn't control it at all. She should have something to say to Tao Xiang, and she should have a reason to defend herself. But she couldn't say it, her mind was blank, all of which were Tao Xiang's gloomy face and fierce eyes.

Tao Xiang's face made her afraid, and her heart hurt out. The slightest pain wound her to death, and she couldn't move.

"Three years, Jingyi, I got your people, but I didn't get your heart." Tao Xiang said, turning around, "Of course I know that if you marry me, you just have to be in love...... But I also warned you, you have to go, you can go; But as long as you're by my side, you can't have two hearts. ”

Jingyi nodded.

Of course he can't see it.

His erect back was iron-cast, insurmountably high......

"You have always had a Dai Mengyuan in your heart." Tao Xiang said.

"Makiyuki, I just can't watch him die again...... I can't stand it...... I'll help him, only this once. You're ......"

"With or without you, he's going to die. Who do you think you are, and who is Cheng Zhichen, who will use public power to kill people for his own selfish interests? Don't say he doesn't. It's the Cheng family, who do you want to disappear in this world quietly, it's not easy? You don't know your father too well, you don't know your brother too well. What they really want to do, they don't bother to hide. Tao Xiang said ruthlessly.

Jingyi choked.

After a while, she asked, "Muzhi, can you tell me frankly, at that time...... Did you know he was going to be assassinated? ”

Tao Xiang turned around and looked at her.

"Please answer me." Jingyi asked.

"I know. But for me, as long as I want you, you must be my Tao Xiang's wife. His life and death are not in my way. Tao Xiang said.

"Tao Xiang!" Jing Yi's tears almost burst out of her eyes.

Tao Xiang was unmoved, "You are a moth to the fire for him." I admire your courage, but you're in the wrong place. Such a person who is always in danger for himself is a treasure that you regard, and I have nothing to say. But you are endangering my interests because of this...... You know what I'm going to do. ”

"So, for you, I'm always just a guarantee that the Cheng family put here for you." Jingyi was cold from head to toe, and before the tears flowed out, it was as if she was already frozen. "So...... Makiyuki, what am I to you in the past three years? Am I just like the black horse, just a living creature that won't be tamed? But a worthy challenge? Isn't that so, Makiyuki? ”

Tao Xiao looked at her intently, for a long time, he said: "You are indeed a guarantee that the Cheng family put here for me, and now I need to fulfill this guarantee." If you want to go back and visit your mother, that's fine. During this time, you want to figure out whether Dai Mengyuan is as important as you think. Now that the evidence is conclusive, I kept him out because it was better for me. I think you know what the consequences will be if you leak the news. You just have to remember that now I want him to die in the third watch, and he will definitely not live to live in the fifth watch. Whether you come back or not depends on the outcome of your consideration. ”

Jing Yi's eyes darkened for a while.

She was still sitting on the couch, but she seemed to be on a small sampan on the sea.

Dizzy, everything around him was shaking, and Tao Xiang's figure was still moving...... She struggled to her feet and walked up to him, and she looked up at him.

Her white face seemed to be a week smaller in just half an hour.

It's as if he can grasp it with one hand.

He didn't move, looked at her, and waited for her...... Her breath was cold, her whole body was cold, she nodded her head and said, "So...... Can you guarantee ...... before I come back."

"I can't promise anything. Fei Yuming went too far, or they did something I couldn't tolerate, I can't guarantee that I won't go wrong. Tao Xiang said in a low voice.

Jing Yi felt that the sound of a cold and slippery earthworm was squirming against her neck.

"I think you get what I mean." Tao Xiang said. He watched Jingyi's face turn gray. also knew that her words would be like a sharp knife in her dignity. But he couldn't tell why, and he didn't hesitate at all at this time.

Jingyi looked at the faintly shining button on Tao Xiang's chest and said, "I don't want to lie to you...... If I can hide it this time, I just want to...... I made a complete break with the past. ”

"You can confess to Dunhuang, but you can't tell me." Tao Xiang said coldly.

"If I tell you, will you change your mind?" Jingyi asked.

Tao Xiang did not answer immediately.

Jingyi said, "You won't. I wouldn't be so you...... It is my fault that you have been caught up in injustice. I have nothing to defend myself. You punish me for this, and I have nothing to say...... However, Makiyuki, I also have something to ask you - is there anything you are hiding from me? ”

Tao Xiang frowned.

Jingyi didn't wait for him to answer.

The door to the study was open, just ahead, and she stepped out, her feet fluttering.

Tao Xiang took her back and grabbed her, she almost immediately weakened, his hand was warm and strong...... She was just about to speak, when she heard him say, "Jingyi, there are many reasons why you and I can't do it. I don't have much time to wait for you either. Go early and come back early. ”

Jingyi closed her eyes.

It was indeed night, a quiet tomb-like night.

She closed her eyes, but white clouds drifted in front of her......

She pushed his hand away, said no more words, and left.

61

61

Like the last time she arrived in Nanjing, Cheng Jingyi was greeted by a torrential rain this time. Jingyi hadn't slept well for two days, and she was dizzy when the plane took off, and she vomited until the sky was dark. Lying groggy in the seat after a few ups and downs, when the plane landed, everyone who traveled with her had the same ugly faces as her.

She didn't inform anyone that she was coming to Nanjing, but when the plane landed, several black cars were already parked on the runway next to the tarmac.

The plane came to a stop, and through the porthole, she saw several people getting out of the car. The umbrella was opened, and the person who came out later made her stunned for a moment - she didn't expect that the third brother Zhichen would come to pick up the plane in person.

But she didn't have the slightest excitement.

Qiu Wei happily packed her things, got off the plane behind her, and saw Cheng Zhichen who was standing by the gangway waiting, and first happily called "Third Young Master" - the third young master Cheng Zhichen was wearing a military uniform, and a plum blossom on his shoulder still exuded dazzling light in the gloomy weather, and the whole person looked even more imposing - Cheng Zhichen nodded to Qiu Wei, looked at the tenth sister Jingyi who walked down and stood in front of him, and said, "Come, get in the car." ”

Jingyi's complexion is not good.

Cheng Zhichen frowned slightly.

Jingyi obediently followed him into the car, and only she and Zhichen sat in the car.

"Is Mother alright?" As soon as Jing Yi spoke, her hoarse voice could not hide her tiredness.

Cheng Zhichen said: "You'll know when you get home." Don't worry too much. I don't think your face is good. ”

Jingyi looked at the third brother and asked, "What about the father?" Is the father at home? ”

"In. Today my father has something to do, and when we get home, he's probably already out of the house. Zhichen looked at Jingyi, thinking that she had something to say, but she didn't want Jingyi to be silent.

It was raining heavily, and the car drove into the courtyard gate, driving slowly for about a quarter of an hour, but still a little slippery.

Jingyi was so dizzy that she wanted to vomit again. I just endured it, and when I looked up, the car had already arrived in front of the building. She didn't have the heart to look here, but when she saw that the car stopped, the door had not opened, and a beautiful oil-paper umbrella had been covered above her head, she looked up, Suo Yanlin was looking at her with a smile, and said, "Jingyi, you are here, go in quickly." ”

As she spoke, she had reached out to hold Jingyi's arm, almost carrying her out of the car, looking at Zhichen, and smiling at him, but she didn't care about him, but pulled Jingyi into the house first.

"Jingyi!" It was Jiang Hui'an who came in and handed a towel to the door. Jingyi took the towel and looked at the nine brothers standing beside her. called the ninth brother and nine sisters-in-law softly, and turned around to call the third sister-in-law and third brother.

She wasn't wet, she was standing around like this, and she suddenly felt like a monkey from a zoo. Seeing that she was uncomfortable, Hui An hurriedly asked someone to serve hot tea.

"My mother had just had an injection and was sleeping. Let's go up and see her when she wakes up. Suo Yanlin said softly.

Jingyi was very tired, and it seemed that she couldn't go up the stairs, so when she heard this, she obeyed their arrangement and sat down.

Zhang Ma Qiuwei and Ma Xingjian, who followed Jingyi, met Zhichen and others one by one.

Yan Lin took a snack for Jingyi, and saw that she was wearing a water-red shirt, a white long skirt and a pair of water-red leather shoes, and the whole person looked like the only bright color in this rainy day, which was extremely eye-catching, and couldn't help but praise: "It's rare to see Xiao Shi dressed up like this, and she looks very good." ”

Hui An smiled softly and nodded, brought the hot tea to Jing Yi's hand, and said, "Take a sip of hot tea." It's a bit cold on a rainy day. ”

Jing Yi didn't feel cold, but her body was hot. But she didn't want to talk at all. Just looking at the two sisters-in-law, she couldn't bear to brush off their kindness, she took a sip of tea, and the dim sum didn't move.

Hui An looked at her thoughtfully.

Jing Yi avoided her gaze and asked, "When did Sister-in-law Ninth come over?" I'm very worried about receiving your letter. ”

"It's been ten days. My mother has not been well since the last cold, and this time she has a cold again, which is so severe that she has pneumonia. In fact, it's not that she's seriously ill, it's just that since she moved here, my mother has always been in a bad mood. I was talking about you the other day, and I guess she misses you. said that this time she is well and you can't come back, so she will go to Lanzhou to see you......" Hui An said softly to Jing Yi.

Jingyi listened and lowered her head.

She put down her teacup and pulled a handkerchief over her face.

was overwhelmed by her behavior for a while, but Hui An came over and hugged her shoulder and comforted her in a low voice.

Suo Yanlin looked at Brother Zhichen and said softly: "Hui'an, Jingyi, go to the room to rest, I see that Jingyi is also tired." ”

Jingyi shook her head and said, "I'm not tired. ”

Her eyes were red.

Yan Lin and Hui An asked her about the situation on the road, but Yan Lin remembered it and said, "Ah, I almost forgot!" Zhichen, first let someone send a telegram to Mu Zhi...... Go and give them a call, Jingyi. It's time to say hello. ”

Jingyi nodded.

Yamei was surprised and delighted in the call, and wanted to pick her up.

She hesitated, and said that she would stay with her mother for two days first. There was no talk of Du's illness.

Yamei said that she was thinking about visiting her again tomorrow, and hung up the phone after some advice.

Jing Yi stood next to the telephone and didn't turn around, when she heard someone go to open the door, it turned out that the third wife and the seventh lady had arrived. She went over to greet the third wife, Na Yinghong, and called "Seventh Sister". Zhiluan was polite when she saw her this time, but she still seemed a little embarrassed, and only nodded behind her mother, looking at her silently. The third lady looked at Jing Yi and suddenly made a fuss, and said, "Miss Ten, why are you so bad!" Ouch, don't say it, the difference in your complexion is almost the same as that of the second wife...... Miss Ten, don't worry, I was shocked. ”

Jingyi was not happy, and she felt uncomfortable when she heard this, but she hadn't seen the third wife for a long time, and when she saw her, she still felt that it was someone from her own family, so she said, "Where will I be annoyed." I'm my mother's biological daughter, how can I not be like her? Third wife, have you always been good? ”

She said, please let the third lady in.

The third lady sighed, patted her chest and said, "It's just like that, I'm getting older, and I'm getting worse and worse......"

"No matter how bad the third sister is, where is she still in good health?" This crisp and high-pitched voice is, of course, the fourth wife Li Cuiqiao.

Jingyi turned around, looked at the fourth wife, who was still young and beautiful, and greeted her.

The fourth lady made a joke about the third wife, looked at Jingyi carefully as if she came over, and said softly: "It's really not easy for Miss Ten to come here. The journey is so far away, it seems that it is not a light toss. If you've seen your wife, take a break early. ”

She comforted her softly, and Jingyi smiled and nodded.

The fourth lady smiled: "Miss Ten is still so good-natured. ”

Jingyi couldn't stand them looking at herself, so she used the excuse of going to wash her hands, and stayed in the bathroom for a while, until Qiu Wei was worried that she was knocking on the door, she opened the door and went out. Seeing that they were all still gathered in the living room to talk, she went upstairs.

Du's bedroom is on the second floor, and after going up, the entire east wing of the second floor is her residence. The girl who led her upstairs said that the west wing was lived by the old man, and the third and fourth wives occupied a separate building, in the back yard. Usually they live in their respective residences, and only come over when they have dinner.

Jingyi didn't have the heart to listen to this, and when she went upstairs and saw Mrs. Cheng's old woman Liu's mother coming out, she called "Liu's mother". With just a soft voice, not only Mother Liu, but even the Qingdai and Cardamom beside Mrs. Cheng ran out of the room, lowered their voices and shouted, "Miss Ten! ”

I was pleasantly surprised.

Jingyi asked softly, "What about Mother?" When I heard that she was asleep, I went in to see her and promised not to wake her up. ”

"Let's go in and have a look. My wife has been chattering for the past two days. The third young grandmother said that she would hide it from her first, afraid that if Miss Ten changes your schedule, it will not be good for her to be happy. "Mother Liu hurriedly pushed open the door and let Jingyi go inside.

Jingyi walked in by herself, listening to Mother Liu and Qiu Wei talking in a low voice outside, and the voice was higher for a while, and then lowered...... She quietly closed the door and walked to Du's bedside.