Chapter 19 Moonlit Night
When he was thinking about it, a monk entered the lobby and told Jing Ran that they were going to lock the door, but they had no choice but to come out.
The moonlight tonight is very good, and after listening to the monk's words, Jing Ran has slowly unraveled some of the puzzles in his heart, so he is in a particularly good mood, and looking at today's moonlight seems to be much more beautiful.
Just when Jing Ran was pacing alone in the courtyard to admire the moon, he saw not far away, Xiao Yue, dressed in men's clothes, worshipping under a tree facing the moonlight, clasping her hands together, and chanting silently:
"The disciple is Zhongzhou Qin Guo Yingyue, and he has already learned that the Holy Sect has been transmitted, but the disciple has never had the opportunity to worship, and today he was able to visit in person under the opportunity, and the disciple was terrified."
Jing Ran looked at Xiao Yue begging for Buddha under the moon from a distance, and the love in his heart was even stronger, and he wanted to walk into the beautiful woman at the moment, but he couldn't bear to destroy this beautiful scene at this time.
"The disciple sincerely prays, only that my father is in good health, then... That person fulfilled his great wish, his life was safe, and the two countries of Qin and Chu would never go to war. After saying that, Xiao Yue bowed her head and bowed.
Jing Ran was distressed when he heard this, in this troubled world, how many people are praying for the safety of their families and no more wars, but just like what the old monk said, people's desires are endless, and under such desires, even if they are in the "great suffering" that Buddhism says, there are a few people who can stop.
King Qin won't, King Zhao won't, and neither will he.
Jing Ran slowly approached Xiao Yue, and when Xiao Yue heard the footsteps, she turned her head sharply and looked at him with a blushing face.
"Did he hear what I just said?"
Xiao Yue looked at Jing Ran and thought to herself.
"Thank you."
Jing Ran looked at Xiao Yue and didn't know what to say.
"Thank me?"
Xiao Yue looked at Jing Ran suspiciously, "Why thank me." ”
Jing Ran helped Xiaoyue up, looked at her and said, "In this world, when my father was alive, I have never heard such words except for praying for me. ”
Jing Ran paused and continued: "Many people pray that I can achieve great things and kill the rebels, and some people pray that I can support him after I succeed, but I don't know how many people are praying that I can be safe. ”
When Xiao Yue heard her say this, there was more light in her eyes, and there was more pity, what the person in front of her wanted in his heart was nothing more than that?
"Tonight, I know, someone is sincerely praying for my safety."
As Jing Ran spoke, he slowly took Xiao Yue's hand, Xiao Yue looked at this person in surprise, he was "light."
has been himself, and he has also "robbed" himself in the Royal Forest Army, but it is the first time to hold his hand with affection like tonight.
"You... will be seen..."
Jing Ran looked at him, his hand holding tighter, as if he was still afraid that the person in front of him would suddenly fly away.
The two of them looked at each other in the moonlight.
"Ahem."
Just when the two of them were in love, a voice came: "Two donors, the treasure is a solemn place...."
Jing Ran and the others hurriedly let go of their hands, and when they looked back, they saw that it was the little monk who opened the door for their group today.
"Hehe..."
Jing Ran smirked, and hurriedly grabbed Xiao Yue's hand and left here.
It's just that the little monk is even more depressed: "The two big men are pulling and pulling, what's the situation." ”
It turned out that Xiao Yue was wearing men's clothes tonight, and the little monk didn't know that the "Moon Boy" in front of him was actually a woman.
It's just that I don't know what kind of expressions Jing Ran and the others will have after knowing the little monk's misunderstanding.
The two of them walked around the temple in this way, and Jing Ran's hand never let go.
I don't know how long the two of them walked in such moonlight, and the two didn't dare to look up at each other, and they didn't say a word, under such a view, the moonlit night was a lot quieter.
It wasn't until the arrival of the Cavalry Sergeant that the silence was broken.
"Childe..."
A sergeant of the Riding Guard panted and ran in front of the two, Xiao Yue hurriedly retracted his hand, and the Sergeant of the Riding Guard only smiled.
"What's the matter?"
"Hmm... Sorry to interrupt Childe, princess. But there is something important to report below. ”
Xiao Yue and Jing Ran turned red, and Xiao Yue ran away directly back to her house.
Jing Ran shook his head and smiled, and continued to ask the Xiao Cavalry Sergeant, "What's wrong?" ”
The sergeant of the Xiao Cavalry Guard turned pale: "Childe, we have found one thing, but we have never been able to find Childe..."
"Uh..."
"We've found out that our whereabouts have been revealed!"
"What's going on, come to my room and talk slowly."
As he spoke, Jing Ran led the sergeant to his room.
It turned out that all this was a good thing that Li You did, after Jing Ran robbed Xiaoyue, Li You ordered all the Royal Forest Army to publicize all the way that it was the King of Chu who robbed Princess Yue, and this news spread throughout most of the Qin Kingdom within a few days, and the King of Qin had also ordered strict guards everywhere, as long as he saw Princess Yue and Jing Ran immediately brought back to Yongdu.
Jing Ran shook his head and smiled bitterly after knowing this, this news spread too quickly.
Not only that, but what made the Xiao Cavalry Guard soldiers even more uneasy was that the palace eunuch of Chang'an of the Qin State was also in the city! And he had already arrived in this temple yesterday, but he actually lived temporarily in the side hall, and Zhao Yi temporarily lived in the backyard, and the distance between the two was only a few hundred steps.
But fortunately, this Zhao Yi has not yet discovered Jing Ran and his party, but such a distance, coupled with the fact that there are a lot of people, and the city gate guards already know Xiaoyue's identity, maybe they have already reported this matter to Zhao Yi.
You don't need to think about this kind of thing to know, Zhao Yi already knows where he is, he is the prime minister of the Great Qin Temple, and now he has 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the scouts below don't know how many, since his own people can find him, how can his people not know him, but since he has mastered his whereabouts, why don't he do it directly, what is he waiting for?
Jing Ran knew that the current situation was already very serious, and for the sake of today, he had to go to him by himself, otherwise when he came to the door, things would only be bad, not good.
"Where is his premises?"
Jing Ran asked solemnly, this matter is related to the life and death of his group, even if Daniel Zhang and the others successfully arrived in Jinyang County, moved to rescue soldiers, and were sent to Chudu, what is the meaning.
"I'll go find him."
Jing Ran got up and walked out, and the sergeant of the Xiao Cavalry Guard immediately stopped him: "Son, no!" ”
Jing Ran didn't explain too much: "You go to rest, don't tell the brothers about this for the time being, if I don't come back at sunrise tomorrow, I will trouble you to send the princess to the Ganzhou Mansion, and you will go to Jinyang." ”
"Childe!"
didn't even explain, and walked directly towards Zhao Yi's residence, he didn't know what he would encounter next.
Zhao Yi's residence was not far from Jingran's, and after walking for a while, he arrived at the backyard where Zhao Yi was.
I saw that the gate of the backyard was heavily guarded, and guards were patrolling from afar. As soon as the guards saw Jing Ran, they took the lead and asked, "Who is coming?" ”
Jing Ran arched his hand, "Lord Zhao's old friend is visiting, please report, by the way, I said that I am from Chu State." ”
When the guards heard that the person in front of them was from the Chu State, they didn't dare to slack off at the moment: "Son, wait." ”
After that, I will go in and report.
After a while, the guard came out again and said: "My lord said, he has a lot of old friends in Chu State, I don't know who the prince is, now the military situation is urgent, the lord said that if the son is nothing important, he will go back first, and then talk about it later." ”
Jing Ran was stunned when he heard it, it seems that this Zhao Yi is going to force himself to show his identity. Immediately, he straightened his clothes and straightened his body.
"The widow is the king of Chu! Hurry up and report it! ”
There was obviously a look of surprise in the guard's eyes, he didn't know why Zhao Yi refused to meet this person, but now that the person in front of him claimed to be the King of Chu, it was certain that what they were going to talk about would not be something that a small guard could stop.
"King Chu waits."
After saying that, I went in again to report, and this time the time was obviously much faster than the last time.
"King Chu, my lord is invited" After speaking, he stepped aside, and all the guards knew the identity of the person in front of them, and they all looked in awe.
When he walked into the courtyard, he saw a room with bright lights, Zhao Yi must be inside, and Jing Ran strode close to the house.
"His Majesty the King of Chu has arrived, and he has not been well entertained, please forgive me."
As he spoke, a man opened the room, stepped out, and bowed.
Jing Ran recognized it at a glance, this person was the envoy who negotiated with Jingyu in Chudu that day, and the Zuo Shu order of the day was already today's prime minister, the commander of the new army.
Jing Ran didn't dare to hold it up, and hurriedly replied: "Lord Zhao, do you still remember my little puppet?" ”
Zhao Yi listened to what he said ridiculously, and returned: "The king is now in the sky, and he is no longer a puppet. ”
After speaking, Jing Ran was welcomed into the house.
The two sat in the room, Zhao Yi beckoned his subordinates to bring tea, and took a sip of it himself.
Jing Ran looked at the tea in front of him, he really didn't want to taste the tea, he looked down-to-earth and generous, but in fact he was very nervous, because she didn't know what this person was going to do.
"On that day in your king's capital, when the lower officials saw the king for the first time, they knew that the king would be out of the sea of suffering sooner or later."
Zhao Yi laughed: "How is my princess?" ”
Jing Ran smiled slightly: "Everything is fine." ”
Zhao Yi put down the teacup and said leisurely: "A monarch, a princess, the two of them ran away like this, king, you don't know that now in my Daqin, your reputation is very good." ”
After speaking, he glanced at Jing Ran playfully, Jing Ran smiled slightly, and stopped making a sound.
"To tell the truth, the king and his party will know as soon as they enter the city, but when they see the love between the king and my princess, they envy the appearance of others, and they can't bear to break up the two. So I've been waiting for the arrival of the king's holy car. ”
"Sure enough, this man is waiting for me to find him." Jing Ran thought to herself.
"Then I don't know why the princess and I were detained and sent back to Yongdu to present His Majesty the King of Qin?"
Zhao Yi laughed and shook his head, didn't he know that he would grab this opportunity to make meritorious contributions? It's just that the king has a secret order.
Zhao Yi looked at Jing Ran, took out a letter from his arms, and handed it to Jing Ran, only to see the words "The Great Chu Monarch Personally Enlightened" written on the letter.
"Dare to ask Lord Zhao, what is?"
Zhao Yi said with a pale face, "There are two such letters, one is with me, and the other is on the way to the party. ”
It turned out that his whereabouts had already been exposed, and he was also a shame that he had been hiding along the way, and he was fully prepared.
"Then can the widow read this letter now?"
"The king of Chu is free, but this letter cannot be left in the world after reading it, and the king of my family said that the new content can only be known to His Majesty!"
As he spoke, Zhao Yi gestured to open the letter.
After Jing Ran slowly opened the letter, he was stunned by the contents.