Although it has not yet reached the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, many lantern towers have been erected in Jinling City, even if it is not as colorful as in later generations, but only one color, but under the background of various colors of colored paper, it still presents a variety of intoxicating colors in the night. In this annual carnival, most people are elated, but not Yue.

Originally, Yue Qianqiu's interest was not bad, which could be seen from the fact that he still had Yaxing to agree to Jin Cancan's request today, and took people to Xiao Jingxian to see Pei Bao'er. However, Xiao Jingxian's words completely ruined his good mood, even if the lantern tower he promised was about to be put on the street tomorrow, it couldn't dispel the depression in his heart.

In the past, the big girls and little daughters-in-law, who were rarely seen on the street and at night, were all hanging out in groups at this moment, the timid were accompanied by their fathers and brothers, but the bold ones were on the group of girls, and they glanced at the men who came and went boldly one by one. After leaving the Jin Palace, Yue Qianqiu was absent-mindedly and rode away for not long after, but several silk flowers had been smashed in his arms.

When he came back to his senses, he looked around, and saw that the girls were eating and laughing, playing with each other and running away, but they were also a little bold to look at him, and even more daring young women laughed and coaxed there: "Handsome little Langjun, Shangyuan Festival, hurry up and take advantage of this great opportunity to pick a good daughter-in-law to go back, and someone will watch the lights together next year!" ”

He was actually molested!

After Yue Qianqiu gave birth to this realization, she was so angry and funny. Although he was said to be a tyrant in Jinling in the past, in the end, everyone in the city knew him, and this is the case at this moment. At that moment, he smiled and said, "I already have three wives and four concubines in my family, if there is any girl who is willing to enter my house, then of course I welcome it." ”

As soon as these words came out, the girls who were shy and astringent just now flattered him suddenly changed color. Some people scolded the big carrots, some people stomped their feet and walked fast, and some people shouted with their hands on their waists, do you think the old lady is a concubine? All in all, but in an instant, whether it is a girl who expresses her admiration or a lively little daughter-in-law, she is clean and clean, and the speed of changing her face is breathtaking.

Yue Qianqiu pretended to shake his head and sighed, but immediately after, he heard a sneer behind him: "You have three wives and four concubines in your family?" Can you introduce me, which three wives and which four concubines? ”

Yue Qianqiu, whose back was stiff, relaxed for a moment, he turned the horse's head, and saw Zhou Jiyue standing there in a green shirt, at first glance, her thin and angry expression dressed in men's clothes made the whole face more vivid, so that he blurted out: "Isn't that a vacant position, waiting for my grandfather's granddaughter-in-law to become the master?" ”

Zhou Jiyue couldn't hang that slightly annoyed face anymore. She snorted angrily, and then stepped forward. Although she was walking, she was extremely tall and stood next to Yue Qianqiu on horseback, but her figure became more and more slender.

Finding that Yue Qianqiu was not coming down on the horse, she was too lazy to investigate what he had just done to those women, and seeing that there were no more idle people around, she said something lightly.

"I'm here to tell you, the kidnapping of Luo Zhongshu next door to the Pei family can't be suppressed, plus the other people are missing, Pei Xu has already found some signs, I estimate that in the next two days, we will be found."

"Let him come, I've been waiting."

Yue Qianqiu shrugged his shoulders and replied without thinking. Seeing Zhou Jiyue bowing slightly, as if he was about to leave after the word was over, he suddenly felt that irritability reoccupied his heart, and he subconsciously jumped off the horse, and then grabbed her wrist. It's just that he doesn't want to learn her hand and sibling who can be his master's little grappler, and he will let go immediately the next moment.

"That...... Can you stay with me for a while tonight? As soon as the words came out, he sensed the language problem, and without waiting for anyone to turn around, he immediately explained, "I mean, can you find a quiet place to drink with me?" ”

Zhou Jiyue has been in charge of a sect all these years, and her majesty is exposed in front of people, except for Song Pujia's girls, ordinary peers or peers will not invite her casually unless they are in groups, except that she has always only been the Yue Qianqiu of the little girl back then. Therefore, she only frowned slightly at the first half of the sentence, her face was not red at all, and she did not have any reverie in her heart until she heard the second half of the sentence.

Keenly aware that Yue Qianqiu's hippie smile just now was not serious, as if she was hiding an inexplicable irritability, she nodded without hesitation: "Where are you going?" ”

"There must be a lot of people in a place like a small wine shop tonight, let's go to the Xuandao Hall on the Stone Mountain. I've given everyone a holiday, and wherever they go, there will definitely not be many people at this time. Alas, I really didn't expect that after the first month, I would be in charge. I thought it would take at least twenty or thirty years to take over this burden, but I didn't expect to be on an equal footing with you soon. ”

Zhou Jiyue knew that only the first sentence needed to be heard, and as for the feelings of Yue Qianqiu later, she just had to be on the sidelines. Because of this, she glanced at Snow White, and suddenly asked with a smile: "I walked out today, and now there is only your horse, do you plan to ride a horse with me to the Xuandao Hall?" ”

That night, I once rode with Zhou Jiyue, and of course I won't forget that feeling. If he followed his virtue, of course he happily agreed at this time, but seeing Zhou Jiyue's seemingly smiling appearance, he thought about it again and again, and finally shook his head into a rattle, and then said seriously: "The moonlight is just right, let Snow White go home by herself, let's walk!" ”

The moonlight is just right? Zhou Jiyue glanced at the moon completely obscured by dark clouds, and couldn't laugh at Yue Qianqiu's words. She didn't bother to reason with others, seeing Yue Qianqiu gently slap Snow White's horse on the stock, the tsundere little mare snorted, and then glanced back at her, it was a trot and went, she only felt that the eyes of the mount seemed to be human, revealing a strong heart to see the excitement, and couldn't help but secretly curse that there must be a horse.

Along the way, the two walked side by side, idling on topics that were harmless in public, like friends who had nothing to say. The moon in the sky was obscured, and they walked through dark alleys that few people passed, so that the elongated shadows were barely visible on the ground, except for the occasional whimper and muffled grunt in some of the alleys.

In Yue Qianqiu's words, this is called contributing to the security of Jinling City during the Lantern Festival, and cleaning up those chickens and dogs.

And Zhou Jiyue saw that Yue Qianqiu knocked out those guys who were obsessed with money and robbed money and even wanted to rob sex, and then untied their trouser belts or other coats to tie people into zongzi and hang them, and then pierced people's fingers, dipped in people's blood and wrote thieves or stealing words on the brain, she couldn't cry or laugh.

"Are you going too far? Thieves are not necessarily born, they may be forced to make a living......"

"If it was usual, I would have taught it a lesson, but now it's different. Just now you saw that so many girls and daughters-in-law in the city came out in groups, in case they met some bad guys and were dragged to the dark alleys after being knocked unconscious, then it was not ruining a person, it was likely to ruin a home! And didn't you notice, these few we met had very bad eyes and mouths. If I didn't have time, I would have thrown people into the yamen. ”

Yue Qianqiu, who was already in a bad mood, quickly hung a big man with a blue nose and swollen face and was unconscious from a tree, but he reached out and slapped him twice on the face, and then laughed sarcastically.

"If you are seven or eight years old, forced to live, and you can't find a job, steal a steamed bun, or steal some money from people, then you can forgive. But these people are waiting in the dark alleys to beat people and stuffy sticks, no matter how likely they may be injured, disabled or killed, they only think about their own guys, and when they meet a strong dragon like us, not to mention being hung in this cold wind for a night, and being written on their foreheads by me with words like thieves, they are beaten to death, and they deserve it! ”

Zhou Jiyue finally sighed and didn't say anything more. I think that when she went to Beijing all the way, she also did a lot of things to make a living, including stealing someone's valuable horse.

The only fortunate thing is that she met Yue Qianqiu, and followed Yan Xu to learn to read and write, and later after the White Lotus Sect returned to Wupinlu, she tried her best to find the original owner to make amends. Otherwise, if she continues to drift, it will be difficult to say what kind of person she will become in the future because of hatred and extremism.

But even if most people are poor, they still have a little bottom line, but the guys they met along the way are different, they are extremely ruthless, leaving no room for anything, and even one of them even saw them with clear eyebrows, and shouted that they wanted to sell people to prostitutes in brothels and so on, but Yue Qianqiu almost castrated people ruthlessly......

It is precisely because of this that she is more and more sure of one thing at this time, and the more Qianqiu is in a bad mood...... Very bad!

Although it is not the day of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the black lights of the Xuandao Hall on the stone mountain are blind, and it does seem deserted. The disciples who practice martial arts and literacy all year round have gone out to play in this rare carnival night, which is also notified by Yue Qianqiu in advance. After all, just a few years ago, the current Xuandao Hall took in some orphans from the north, and it was even more lively than before.

I found a small wine shop on the road, bought two gourds of hot wine, Yue Qianqiu easily found a room and went in to get an oil lamp, and then smiled and beckoned to Zhou Jiyue, the two of them gently and skillfully climbed to the roof of the highest point of the building, in this cold day with the wind howling, the two of them sat side by side on the roof to blow the wind.

Picking up the wine gourd and touching Zhou Jiyue, Yue Qianqiu raised his neck and drank bitterly, even if the wine spilled out and wet most of his clothes, he didn't care, until after putting down the wine gourd, Zhou Jiyue handed over a handkerchief.

"Don't think you're in good health, wipe it off! Otherwise, it's time to freeze when you go back! ”

Yue Qianqiu smiled, didn't twist it, took the handkerchief and covered it on the water stains on the placket of his clothes, and then said lightly: "I just want to blow the wind to calm down, there have been too many messy things recently." There are some things that I don't dare to say even to my grandfather and master, and if I don't find someone to pour it down, I'll be suffocated to death. ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Zhou Jiyue and grinned: "I have to trouble you to be my trash can tonight, let me spit out those trash words!" ”

Zhou Jiyue originally only felt ridiculous, but when she found that Yue Qianqiu's smile was extremely reluctant, she knew that he was probably really ruthless, so she nodded lightly. Listening to Yue Qianqiu, he took a deep breath, and then began to talk about all the worries after returning to Beijing.

Some of these things she knew, some she was vaguely aware of, and some she really didn't know...... So listening to it, she roughly understood why Yue Qianqiu was so irritable.

However, when Yue Qianqiu said in a very low voice that the eldest princess of Dongyang and the emperor went to see Xiao Qingqing, and Xiao Qingqing disappeared on a rainy night a few days later, Zhou Jiyue couldn't help but change color. She didn't have to think about it to realize that if Xiao Qingqing's words about the little fat man's life experience were spread, how much shock it would have for Da Wu and even Beiyan, or the whole world.

Seeing that Yue Qianqiu paused for a moment, she couldn't help but speak: "Qianqiu, although you are uncomfortable, but since you even hide it from Old Lady Yue and Master Yan, then it is not so appropriate to tell me about this matter." ”

"Hiding it from grandpa and master, not because they can't know, but because I myself am not very easy to explain, why should the eldest princess of Dongyang ask Xiao Qingqing alone, but still keep me to listen to Ying Xiaopang's so-called life experience." Speaking of this, Yue Qianqiu hugged his head irritably, and then took out the silk book he was carrying with him from his arms and handed it over.

"Look at it. After reading it, you will know why I am so annoyed! ”

Zhou Jiyue hesitated for a moment and reached out to take it. At this time, the oil lamp flickered in the cold wind, and the light was dim, but the dark clouds in the sky had just dispersed temporarily, and a full moon hung high in the sky, so she read the letter from beginning to end with the help of this moonlight, with excellent eyesight.

is different from the mentality when Yue Qianqiu adjusted her breathing several times when she read the letter before, she is a bystander in the end, even if it involves her best friend and confidant, she still persevered very calmly to the end.

When she returned the silk book to Yue Qianqiu, and heard him say Xiao Jingxian's pun today, she thought about it for a while, and finally said calmly: "Cheng Qianqian is not credible, and the letter writer who claims to be Ding An, you have never seen it either, so it is difficult to confirm whether this silk book was left by her." I think you brought something to the King of Jin, probably to try to identify handwriting? ”

Seeing that Yue Qianqiu nodded slightly, she acquiesced to this guess, so she smiled relievedly.

"But since King Jin has already said the words in front of you, then I think that instead of hiding it, it is better to make it clear to Master Yan first. I also used to be half a student of Yan Zhang, so I always thought that even if everyone in the world is hostile to you and disgusted with you, he will definitely stand on your side! ”

"As long as he is on your side, whether you find out to the old lady or the eldest princess later, or even inform the emperor, it will be much easier. As King Jin said, it is precisely because the line of the Cheng family is not safe, the more you hide it, the greater the possibility that others will use the topic to play! ”