Chapter 185: Alternatives
After a day and a night of driving, Chu Tianya was a little tired. In addition, Zhu'er made such a fuss, and felt even more tired, so she didn't rush to check on the tiger rider immediately, but returned to the residence of the Seven Star Hall to prepare to rest, and talk to Bai Xu at night to understand the situation.
As soon as he entered the courtyard, Chu Tianya was suddenly taken aback!
Originally, this courtyard was very simple, only a sturdy mud floor for martial arts training, and there were no superfluous ornaments, flowers and trees. But now, the circle along the corner of the wall is full of flowers and plants, and a laurel tree has been transplanted in the southeast corner near the eaves, and a set of stone tables and chairs has been placed under the tree.
This furnishing is very similar to Chu Tianya's former residence in Taiyuan.
But what surprised Chu Tianya was not these, but that there was a graceful woman standing with her back under the tree, looking at the end of the tree with a slight jade face, and elegantly stretched out a hand to catch the osmanthus falling from the tree.
Xiao Linglong!
Almost reflexively, Chu Tianya's mind popped up with this name and a set of dusty pictures.
Once, she often stood under the osmanthus tree in the Chu family's old mansion like this, missing the Liao country sadly.
The heart couldn't help beating violently a few times, and Chu Tianya almost blurted out and called her "Flying Fox". The woman under the tree also sensed that someone was approaching, turned around, and walked quickly towards Chu Tianya with a look of surprise on her face.
"The eyes are wrong! β¦β¦ It's not her, it's Wanyan Daike! Chu Tianya quickly came back to his senses, and his heart was suddenly infinitely lost.
Wanyan Daike couldn't speak, so she used her eyes to express her surprise and trepidation about Chu Tianya's return home. After she walked in front of Chu Tianya, she knelt down on her knees and kowtowed to the ground with her head.
Chu Tianya's heart felt more and more disappointed. Although they look alike, they are really two very different people. No matter how sad and happy she was, Xiao Linglong would only look at Chu Tianya and smile most of the time. With just a staring look and an indifferent smile, they can know what the other wants to say.
Silence is better than sound, all in silence. This kind of heart-to-heart spirit and tacit understanding will never be learned.
"Get up!" Chu Tianya said as calmly as possible, "These days, are you okay?" β
Wanyan Daike stood up and nodded hurriedly. His face was red, his eyes were full of joy and confusion, and there was a hint of inexplicable shyness.
Chu Tianya looked at her twice, looking at this strange woman who gave her more and more "flying fox" feelings, and didn't know what to say for a while, so he just walked towards the room.
Wanyan Daike took two steps behind and cautiously followed.
Chu Tianya entered the room and walked directly towards the bedroom. When he entered the room, he found that the whole room was a little different from before. Although it is the residence of the lord, the furnishings here have always been relatively simple, and it can even be said to be simple. But now, the house and the outside seem to be completely new, all the walls and floors are scrubbed spotlessly, the furniture, tables and chairs are shiny, the window paper is freshly pasted, and the paper is pasted with strange beasts. The tea cup and bottle decorations are neatly placed, the bed in the bedroom is neatly clean, and the copper tripod with burning incense and a newly picked osmanthus flower are also placed on the table, filling the room with fragrance.
In short, the singles room, which used to be like a military dormitory, now has a touch of feminine beauty. The combination of rigidity and softness and yin and yang is pleasing to the eye, and there is a sense of warmth at home.
"You cleaned it up?" Chu Tianya couldn't help but turn around and ask.
Wanyan Daike nodded hurriedly.
"What ministry has Mrs. Kwan assigned to you?" Chu Tianya asked.
Mrs. Guan is Guan Shan's widow. Guan Shan's Yuan distribution wife has passed away a long time ago, and the current Mrs. Guan is only a concubine and has no heirs, and she was responsible for taking care of the internal affairs of Qixingzhai and supervising the female dependents. After Chu Tianya ascended to the throne, she was still enabled.
Wanyan Daike hurriedly made a laundry action, and then pointed at himself with a red face, and then pointed at Chu Tianya.
"She made you work in the laundry, and she made you my maid?" Chu Tianya frowned.
Wanyan Daike nodded lightly with a hint of timidity.
Chu Tianya nodded and said, "From tomorrow onwards, you won't have to serve me." I'll ask Mrs. Guan to arrange another easier thing for you to do. β
Wanyan Daike was shocked, knelt on his knees and kowtowed on the ground, and hurriedly waved his hand.
"What do you want to say?" Chu Tianya was ruthless, and said with a sullen face, "I don't want to guess, you can write it!" β
After Yan Daike hurriedly got up, took out the pen and ink and wrote a few words-
"The concubine was saved by the king, and I am willing to repay the grace of the cow as a horse. The concubine has nothing to rely on, and she is willing to serve the king for life with a cheap body. If you abandon it, the concubine should die! β
"Still threatening me? How do you all love to make this hand! Chu Tianya remembered what happened to Zhu'er jumping off the cliff just now, and couldn't help but be a little annoyed.
Wanyan Daike was suddenly scared and anxious, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and his head was broken and bleeding.
Seeing this scene, Chu Tianya was still a little unbearable in his heart. He knew that he was just a little worried about her because he loved her and Wu. Seeing that she was so humble and cowardly, I couldn't help but think of her as Xiao Linglong. Of course, he couldn't accept Xiao Linglong like a slave, and he didn't want to keep Dai Ke by his side as a substitute for Xiao Linglong, so he wanted her to go.
"Get up!" Chu Tianya said, "Let me ask you a few questions. If you answer well, I promise to keep you here. β
Wanyan Daike hurriedly got up and nodded with a blank eye.
"Who are you Wanyan Zonghan?" Chu Tianya asked.
Wanyan Daike's face suddenly changed greatly, and her expression stiffened.
"Why, won't you say? Still don't dare to say? Chu Tianya said coldly.
Wanyan Daike bit her lip, nodded with difficulty, and wrote a few words with a pen - "The enemy who does not share the sky".
"But I've heard that he's your lover?" Chu Tianya said.
Wanyan Daike didn't dare to look up at Chu Tianya, and the pen in his hand began to tremble, and finally wrote a few words - "To avenge the blood, endure the humiliation of the thief."
"Then what is the relationship between Wanyan Zongbi and you?" Chu Tianya asked again.
Wanyan Daike's tears had already fallen, and she buried her head and wrote: "Zong Bi is dissatisfied with Zong Han for a long time, and the concubine secretly marries Zong Bi with fornication, just to avenge the blood revenge." β
"So you have two lovers in Jinguo? That's right, a little woman, playing with the marshal and the prince of the Jin Kingdom. Chu Tianya said indifferently, "Do you think I'm mean?" Originally, I should have sympathized with you for your miserable background, but I couldn't. You know why? β
Wanyan Daike raised her head and looked at Chu Tianya, her eyes were full of tears, and she shook her head gently.
"Because you're lying." Chu Tianya looked at her indifferently, but his eyes were like blades.
Wanyan Daike's eyes widened, and he raised his hand to the sky with an angry face, and then pointed to his heart, and then fell to his knees in a five-body manner, prostrate and unable to prostrate.
"You're swearing? Very good, there are gods in the head, you can fool me, but you can't fool the gods. Chu Tianya's tone was still indifferent, and he took two steps forward to help Yan Daike up, and said, "Time will prove whether your words are true or false, you don't have to defend yourself, and I won't ask again." β
Wanyan Daike bit her lip and lowered her head, nodding gently.
Chu Tianya reached out and touched her cheek, she trembled slightly, but she didn't dodge.
Chu Tianya wiped the dazzle from her eyelids and said, "I know that you have been deliberately pretending to be Xiao Linglong all along to win my favor. Now your purpose has been achieved. Whether you are a distressed Jurchen nobleman with a miserable background, or a spy with unknown intentions in the afterlife, you can stay with me. In other words, I'm willing to keep you because you look a little like her, that's all. That said, I will never be fair to you and will not have feelings. Even if I am good to you occasionally, it is because of Xiao Linglong. Do you understand? β
Wanyan Daike nodded lightly, her expression very gloomy.
"Would you like to stay with me?"
Wanyan Daike raised her head, her expression and eyes became very firm, and she nodded decisively.
"Why?" Chu Tianya smiled, "Is there really such a fool in the world, who is willing to be a cow and a horse for others and become a substitute for others?" β
Wanyan Daike wiped the tears on his face, raised his pen and wrote: "Only the monarch is powerful and shocking, which can make Zong Han lose his armor!" The concubine is willing to serve the king as a slave and a maidservant, and see the king kill Zonghan with her own eyes. At that time, the blood feud of the concubine can also be avenged! β
"Oh, I see." Chu Tianya smiled, "So, I've become the second Zongbi?" β
Wanyan Daike put down the pen and stood with his head bowed with a gloomy expression, without saying a word.
"Alright, come here." Chu Tianya walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, patting the bed board beside him, "Now you are her." Here, let me give me a hug. β
Wanyan Daike's expression trembled, and his face turned red. After being cramped for a moment, she walked to the side of the bed and sat down nervously, gently leaning on Chu Tianya's shoulder.
"No, it's not." Chu Tianya said, "My hug with her has always been warm and unreserved. She would press her whole body against me, clinging to me, intimate, gentle and fiery. β
Wanyan Daike closed her eyes, bit her lip, hugged Chu Tianya tightly on one side, and the whole person also lay in his arms.
"Good, that's it...... I'm tired and I'm going to sleep. You just let you sleep in your arms! With that, Chu Tianya fell on the bed.
Wan Yan Daike's expression suddenly froze. After a moment of froze, she stood up and turned around and began to undress.
"You are not allowed to take off your clothes. Even if she took it off, she didn't take it off like this. Whatever I say, you do. You are not allowed to make your own decisions about superfluous things. Chu Tianya closed his eyes and said slowly, "Listen, I won't want you, because you are not her after all." Now I just want to find the feeling of hugging her. β
Wanyan Daike's whole body trembled, she closed her eyes and tugged at the placket tightly, and tears flowed out like this.
"Do you feel humiliated and aggrieved? Then you can go, I won't force you in any way. Chu Tianya lay quietly on the bed and said calmly.
"Woo-" Wanyan Daike finally let out a sorrowful voice that was suffocated to the extreme, and fled the door.
Chu Tianya sat up with his eyes open, frowned and thought, "My behavior just now is enough to challenge the bottom line of any woman's morality and dignity. If she really willingly let me sleep in my arms all night, then she is 100% a spy, and she is a very well-trained and extremely tenacious spy. But she couldn't stand the humiliation and ran away...... Just now, she even expressed that she was more truthful and sincere than Zhu'er. This really confuses me a little and makes it hard to tell! β
Thinking of this, Chu Tianya got up and walked to the window, and saw through the window that Wanyan Daike knelt under the osmanthus tree in the courtyard, crying a lot.
A woman's tears have always been a weapon to conquer men.
"Heyβ" Chu Tianya sighed quietly, walked under the tree and patted her on the shoulder.
Wanyan Daike slowly stood up, patted the mud on his clothes, wiped away his tears, lowered his head, walked back to the room, and sat on the edge of the bed again. He looked like a lamb to the slaughter.
"Forget it, I'm not in the mood anymore. Excuse yourself, I'm going to rest. Chu Tianya said.
Wanyan Daike stood up, walked out silently, and gently closed the door.
Chu Tianya turned over and lay on the bed, letting out a long sigh of sullen breath.
"Flying Fox, where are you?"