The last quarter moon faded in its brilliance, and the white pixel shadow of the pre-dawn sky was burned.

The horse's hooves stepped on the loess road in the forest, as anxious as the stars, raising dust and refusing to settle down, out of the grove, the black outline of the Yukuntai could be seen in the distance, and the classic double-wing corridor of French classical architecture was like the wings of an eagle spreading in front of the canopy of phthalocyanol. The soldier on horseback raised his hand and added it twice after the horse, and the flowerless horse neighed, and the sound of hooves became more and more urgent, and went straight to the outer sentry of the imperial kuntai.

The crystal lamps in the hall were lit, and the morning manservant stood under the porch, sleepily tending his shirt and bow tie.

In the blink of an eye, the five-flowered horse arrived in front of the porch, and the messenger turned over and dismounted, took out the letter in his satchel and was about to go to the house:

"The young marshal is here?"

"Yes, but not yet." The valet replied.

"The military aircraft department is in an emergency, no matter what, please take a look at it immediately."

On the vellum envelope, the word "emergency electricity" is scribbled but clearly legible, and the seal is branded with the fire stamp of the military aircraft, and the residual temperature is still there. The manservant's face was embarrassed, although he was also a foreman, but he was just a trainee in terms of seniority, and he definitely didn't have the courage to wake up the young marshal so early. Hearing that the horse's hooves were so anxious, the old butler expected that something was wrong, so he hurriedly put on his coat and came out, and when he saw the two of them in a stalemate in front of the door, he asked:

"What's wrong?"

Hearing the butler's voice, the little manservant hurriedly turned around, respectfully shouted "Master", and presented the raft with both hands. The old butler glanced at the raft, raised his hand and knocked on the forehead of the little manservant, and said: "Next time such a thing should be reported quickly, if it is delayed, the young marshal will blame you for it." Take the little brother to the back to rest, and I'll call the young marshal. ”

Obviously woken up by a knock on the door, but after waking up, listening carefully to the door but there was no sound, Liu Jin only felt that the trance was in a dream, in a blink of an eye, but saw Lin Wanjing sleeping soundly on his arm, the silk quilt was extremely soft but very warm, Xu was hot at night, at this time most of her body was exposed outside the quilt, and her neck and shoulders were full of traces left by his presumptuous the night before. Liu Jin was dumbfounded, originally just wanted to indulge a little to relieve the lovesickness for more than half a year, who expected that the introduction would be out of control when it ignited, so it seems that she can't wear the new dress today, and she will definitely blame him again when she wakes up. But after thinking about it, since you are going to be blamed, why bother yourself? Thinking like this, Liu Jin leaned over and planned to kiss Fang Ze. The knock on the door started again, and this time Lin Wanjing also heard it, and her brows moved slightly, as if she was about to wake up.

The old housekeeper knocked for a long time and saw no movement, and after hesitating for a long time, he finally decided to call twice to try:

"Young marshal, are you awake?"

This time, Lin Wanjing vaguely heard it, raised her hand and rubbed her eyes in a daze, and asked in a whisper, "What's wrong?" ”

"It's okay, it's not dawn yet, you go back to sleep." The sneak attack failed, and hearing that the housekeeper outside the door seemed to be in a hurry, Liu Jin had no choice but to give up, raised her hand to pull away a few strands of hair that fell on her cheeks, and gave a shallow kiss on the slightly red cheeks, and then got up and closed the nightgown and opened the door.

As soon as the door opened, before Liu Jin could speak, the old housekeeper had already submitted an emergency call:

"Young Marshal, there is an urgent telegram from the Military Aircraft Department, saying that you must look at it immediately."

Liu Jin took the letter raft and tore it open without saying a word, his eyes swept over the letter, his brows gradually raised, and finally he hastily stuffed the letterhead back into the letter: "Prepare the car." ”

When Lin Wanjing woke up, the mattress beside her was cold, and she remembered in a trance that someone had knocked on the door, but this memory seemed like a long time ago, and it was ethereal as if she was in a dream. She lay down for a moment before she sat up, and there was a pain in her back, and she didn't want to move for a long time. The pajamas were still spread out in front of the dresser a few steps away, and the memory flashed back, and she remembered the night before with his three points of longing and seven points of intoxicated eyes - he originally just said that he wanted to see the wound, but when he untied the robe, it was indeed his burning kiss that fell on the shoulder, and she tried to stop it, but the kiss had climbed all the way down her neck to her ears, leaving an unbearable ** everywhere it passed. He untied her long, freshly combed hair, and the silky black hair was scattered.

"I let Ah Ling go to sleep, and no one will help me comb my hair for a while." Ms. Lin protested, but the gasps she tried to suppress made the protest sound seductive.

"Then don't comb it, I prefer to see you like this." Liu Jin indulged in her neck, and as soon as the words fell, he hugged her into his arms, and his warm and white skin like mutton fat jade was fully revealed, blooming in his arms like a gardenia in a midsummer night.

There was a knock on the door, Lin Wanjing pulled the quilt higher, Ah Ling came in with the housekeeper, the housekeeper caught a glimpse of Lin Wanjing nestled in the quilt, bowed knowingly and exited the door, leaving only Ah Ling alone in the room.

"Why did Uncle Fu follow up today?"

On weekdays, it is the maids' business to wait and get up, and the male maids rarely come consciously, especially the big housekeepers like Uncle Fu.

"Uncle Fu was worried that he came to call the young marshal to get up and quarrel with you, so he came to make amends to you." Ah Ling replied while handing her water, and then went to the closet to help her prepare the clothes she was going to wear today.

Lin Wanjing let out a soft "oh", and just drank half a sip of water while listening to Ah Ling and asked again: "Miss, was you comfortable last night?" ”

The unswallowed half of the saliva choked into her nose, and seeing Lin Wanjing's violent cough, Ah Ling hurriedly put down the clothes in her hand and came to her side to help her relax.

"Your girl's mouth is getting more and more broken, so you can ask for it!"

Hearing Lin Wanjing reproach her, Ah Ling was stunned, looked at her with a wink, and pleaded for a long time: "Miss, where did Ah Ling ask wrong?" The quilt you covered last night was specially sent by Mrs., and it was said that the silk quilt was particularly comfortable to sleep on...... Ah, is it because you are not used to it? ”

"No...... No...... I slept very comfortably...... Just assume that I didn't say anything. ”

Knowing that Lin Wanjing misinterpreted her meaning, Ah Ling didn't ask much, and changed her words: "Miss, it's not very cold outside today, do you want to see if you are wearing this aqua blue lotus cloud makeup satin, or this little peony embroidered with a white background?" Oh! Or maybe it's a new set of lotus lotus yarn woven golden phoenix tails, I changed it yesterday and sent it back, I'll get it for you. ”

"Wait," Lin Wanjing called her, "why did you choose all the cheongsams for me?" Didn't I just get that new dress back the other day? ”

Ah Ling was dumbfounded, and after a while, she held the chaise mirror on the dresser and handed it to Lin Wanjing: "Miss, what is your current situation...... Is it appropriate to wear a dress? ”

In the mirror, the black hair of the person like a waterfall is scattered on the shoulders, and occasionally a few strands are brushed between the chest and neck, and under the hair are mottled kiss marks of different shades, especially the one placed under the ear, which is the size of a copper coin, and the red is like a ripe cherry.

Lin Wanjing was angry, looked at herself in the mirror and bit her lip and asked, "What about Liu Jinren?" ”

"The young marshal was recalled by the urgent mail of the military aircraft department early in the morning, and the sky was not bright when he left. The young marshal left in a hurry, and he didn't even bring the documents that were interrogated overnight a few days ago, so he called back and asked Ah Biao to send them. Listening to Ah Biao, the atmosphere of the Navy Command was tense, and the generals looked like black-faced gods one by one. Ah Ling said, and gave the two cheongsams she had just selected in front of Wanglin Wanjing, "Miss, which one to wear?" ”

No wonder Ah Ling picked all the pieces for her with standing collars, Lin Wanjing understood it all at this time, looked up to the sky and wailed, took the aqua blue one casually, lifted the quilt and got out of bed angrily, Ah Ling hurriedly pulled out the thin blanket on the side and wrapped her in it, so intimate and meticulous that she didn't have any reason to lose her temper.

"Miss, since you have chosen this style, why don't you deserve the Nanhai Pearl that the young marshal gave you a few days ago?" Ah Ling said and took out a brocade box from the drawer of the dresser, the ivory buckle was opened, and there was a jade-colored pearl necklace in the box, evenly polished, symmetrical, and the middle one was the size of a walnut, perfect and impeccable.

Lin Wanjing glanced at it and then looked away: "Who wants to wear what he sent!" ”

This sentence made Ah Ling difficult, and it took a while before she spoke: "Miss, then we don't deserve things, right?" I'm afraid there is no one in your jewelry box that was not given by the young marshal. After finishing speaking, she rolled her eyes again, raised her hand and took off the jade buckle around her neck, "Why don't you wear me this young lady, it's not from the young marshal, it's the ancestral heirloom of the Ah Ling family." ”

The white jade buckle that falls in the palm of the hand is delicate and moist, and the red silk thread is strung with an extreme elegance.

"I don't dare to take this precious thing! You'd better wear it yourself! Lin Wanjing stuffed the jade buckle back into Ah Ling's hand, "Come on, you can wear whichever you say, anyway, it's just a tea party, it's great to be less praised by others." ”

"That'...... Why don't we wear a dress? It's not bad to find a boast and make them envious! Ah Ling realized.

"You girl, I'm so angry if you make fun of me again!" Lin Wanjing grabbed her, and then buttoned the buckle behind the collar, "I'd better hurry up and find someone to marry you away, and then I have to make fun of it!" ”

"That's not possible, someone wants to marry, and Ah Ling has to be willing to marry!" Ah Ling rummaged on the dresser, but there was no trace of the hair comb, "Xu left the comb in the bathroom last night, I'll get it, Miss, you wait for me." ”

Lin Wanjing agreed, and she stood up and went to the terrace, not far from the bay, the sun shone on the sea and sparkled, the yard was very quiet, except for the gentle cry of birds, there was only the sound of the neat footsteps of the guards. Behind her, Ah Ling had already returned with a comb and was about to invite her back to the house to comb her hair.

"Ah Ling, why do I think that there are more guards today than before, is it because I have never paid attention to it before?"

"I really think so! I'll ask Uncle Fu in a while. Let's brush your hair first. ”

Before entering the house, the sound of cannon thundered through the four fields, and the sound came from the sea, accompanied by the sound of thin slicing water, as if a stone weighing a thousand gold was smashed into the sea. Ah Ling screamed and squatted down, although Lin Wanjing was frightened, she tried her best to restrain herself from screaming and losing her temper, and before the two of them could react, there were several cannon shots, and when the waves stirred up by the shells settled, the whole world seemed to be silent for a moment, and a quiet birdsong could not be heard.

After a long time after the sound of the cannon had passed, Ah Ling stood up but saw Lin Wanjing's face worried, thinking that she was frightened, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Miss?" Are you alright, Miss? ”

"I'm fine." Lin Wanjing shook her head, "Go and ask what's going on, what's going on." ”

Ah Ling responded, turned her head and bumped into Liu Jin's adjutant Li Chengtai at the door as soon as she left the bedroom door. Seeing Lin Wanjing, Li Chengtai immediately rested and stood upright, and respectfully shouted to the young lady. Lin Wanjing had seen Li Chengtai before, before Liu Ang arranged the loud adjutant, Li Chengtai had never left Liu Jin's side, speaking of cronies, the entire Admiralty was afraid that he belonged to him except Lu Canghan Li Chengtai, but she hadn't seen this Adjutant Li since she got married, and when she asked about Liu Jin by chance, he only said that he had arranged to be on other errands, and did not explain on the side.

"Adjutant Li doesn't have to be formal." Lin Wanjing approached him, "I haven't seen you for a long time, but Adjutant Li is looking for another job?" ”

"Don't make fun of Chengtai, young lady, Chengtai is dedicated to following the young marshal to do things, and the sun and the moon can be seen."

"You know I'm kidding you, so seriously." Lin Wanjing laughed, "What's going on with that cannon sound just now?" ”

"It's just a young marshal exercising at sea."

"Drills? Listening to the sound of this cannon, how could the young marshal arrange for this offshore exercise? ”

"Chengtai is not clear about the situation in this, but it is really a drill, and I ask the young lady to relax."

Although Li Chengtai didn't work beside Liu Jin for a while, but now he is back, and he specially arranged to come to the Imperial Kuntai to guard, which shows that Liu Jin still believes in him and dares to reuse him, he said that he didn't know, Lin Wanjing didn't believe it. Seeing that Li Chengtai refused to say more, Lin Wanjing stopped asking and let him do the next thing.

After Li Chengtai left, Lin Wanjing sat down in front of the dresser and asked Ah Ling to comb her hair. The horns combed down to her scalp and smoothed her long black hair, but the doubts in her heart became heavier and heavier. Seeing that the melancholy on her face continued unabated, Ah Ling opened her mouth and asked:

"Miss, are you worried about those cannon shots? Since Adjutant Li said it was a drill, don't worry too much. ”

Exercise? The sound of the cannon was so loud that even the windows were shaken and trembled, and even the Imperial Kuntai could be heard so clearly, the entire Luzhou City was probably shaken. Based on her understanding of Liu Jin, he would never arrange a drill in such a close sea area, if it was really a drill, how could the sound of artillery be hastily handled?

"Do you believe what Adjutant Li said just now?" Lin Wanjing asked, without waiting for Ah Ling to answer and then asked herself, "I don't believe a word." You can help me pay more attention to my phone this morning, if not, go home after lunch. ”

Ah Ling answered yes and stopped talking, Lin Wanjing took the box and picked up the bead flowers, the silver needle was upside down, and poked a star of blood on her fingertips, but she didn't cry out in pain, frowning and seeing that the blood beads on her fingertips had condensed into the size of sesame seeds, lined with her fair complexion like a clear coral bead.

Until lunch, Lin Wanjing never received a call from home, and the only call was from Li Lingrui, saying that the army had checked the No. 1 warehouse for breakfast today, and everything was normal. But it was this phone call that Lee Seung-tae answered and relayed to her, and this feeling of overprotection far outweighed the nervousness and bordered on imprisonment. Lin Wanjing looked at the table full of food and lack of interest, and after dialing a few mouthfuls, she called Ah Ling to prepare to go out, but as soon as she walked to the porch, the master and servant were stopped by Li Chengtai again.

"The young lady is going out?"

"Hmm."

"Aren't you going to the warehouse?"

"Madame made an appointment with Miss Ye to play cards in the afternoon earlier, but the young marshal explained that she was not allowed to go?" Ah Ling asked aggressively.

"This ...... The young marshal didn't explain, just go to the warehouse. Li Chengtai thought for a while, "Then please don't be impatient, young lady, and wait for me to transfer the car to send you there." ”

Lin Wanjing nodded in agreement, and only then did Li Chengtai say that Liu Jin did not restrict her from going out, which means that other things were indeed explained by Liu Jin. She whispered a few words in Ah Ling's ear, and finally asked more uneasily: "Remember?" ”

Ah Ling nodded her head like a chicken pecking rice: "Remember." ”

As soon as the words fell, Ah Biao had already parked the white car under the corridor, and Li Chengtai got down from the passenger seat, opened the back seat door and waited for Lin Wanjing to get into the car.

"Didn't you say arrangers? What about people? ”

"Young lady, don't worry, it's all arranged." Li Chengtai was confident, "But go to Yefu Zhiyan Tower?" ”

Lin Wanjing nodded, but saw Li Chengtai gesturing to the attendant outside the car window, and the two military vehicles by the garden gate slowly started, one after the other went out of the door, Ah Ling couldn't help but look at it:

"Just accompany the young lady out to play cards, as for such a battle?"

"The young marshal has explained, in extraordinary times, be prepared."