CHAPTER XXI

Finally, after three days in a coma, Xu Ji regained consciousness, but the weakness of excessive blood loss and the continuous couch did not allow Xu Ji to show that he was awake. In the blur of his eyes, Xu Ji saw a figure swaying in front of him, not Chen Zhi or Xun Kuang, with a petite silhouette, it seemed to be a little girl. Xu Ji struggled to say something, but he didn't have the strength to do so.

And this vague figure saw Xu Ji's slightly open mouth and eyes, and said in surprise: "You woke up, you, how do you feel?" ”

Xu Ji grinned reluctantly, and then struggled to indicate that she needed to drink water with her hand, the little girl hurriedly took a glass of water from the table, Xu Ji only eased down a little after drinking, so she asked, "Dare to ask Miss?" ”

The little girl in front of her blushed: "The son is raised, the kite is just a maid, and the kite will tell the young lady that the young lady is awake, and the young lady must be very happy to come." Then he bowed and withdrew.

Xu Ji immediately smiled bitterly when he saw this situation, the young lady in this maid's mouth was probably the little girl who was entangled with herself, and she couldn't avoid it, but she didn't hide after all.

In the blink of an eye, I saw Xu Ji's familiar little girl running into the door in a hurry, with a look of joy on her face, and her mouth was the iconic words: "Dengzi, are you okay?" ”

Xu Jisha said hoarsely: "I can't die." ”

The little girl walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, and asked with a little deliberateness, "Do you really want to see me so much?" ”

Xu Ji lowered his head and said in a low voice: "No, it's for you and me, Xu Ji doesn't dare to think too much, besides, Miss puts too much pressure on Xu Ji." As Miss saw, Xu Ji was powerless, and it was even difficult to protect himself. How dare such a useless person think too much and too far? ”

Yin Ning looked at Xu Ji's side face, her ordinary face was thin and pale, and she suddenly felt a little distressed by the person in front of her who put herself in such a humble position: "Can't you not think about it so much?" ”

The corners of Xu Ji's mouth rose: "The man is ambitious in all directions, not to mention the marquis and the prime minister, he will not be ordinary in his life and be regarded as a waste of eating soft rice, right?" ”

Yi Ning was a little dissatisfied, but after all, he couldn't hold back and didn't have a seizure, after all, there was a seriously injured guy in front of him: "What does that have to do with you and me?" ”

Xu Ji's hoarse voice carried a thick mockery: "Does Miss know Xu Ji?" ”

These words made Yining stay on the spot, yes, understand? Yin Ning knew that she didn't know this person named Xu Ji, or rather, she didn't know enough that Xu Ji was not resisting her, but something else, and she realized this.

Immediately, Yi Ning also smiled coquettishly: "So how much do you know about Ning'er?" ”

Xu Ji replied flatly: "I don't understand, Xu Ji doesn't dare to say that he doesn't have that little thought, but as Xu Ji said, we don't know each other, so we should stop thinking." Xu Ji didn't dare to climb high, and Miss shouldn't let go. ”

Yin Ning opened his mouth with a smile, but his tone was already full of ice: "Xu Wenlie, you are doing this to me?" ”

Xu Ji's face remained unchanged: "I haven't thanked Miss for her care, and Xu Ji will return it in the future." Xu Ji's life is cheap and not worth the miss. It's better to return early, if Miss thinks it's not worth it, Xu Ji's life was saved by Miss, just take it away, Xu Ji has no complaints. ”

Miss Yining looked at Xu Ji coldly after hearing this, she hadn't seen her for several months, and her little face was full of frost, she slapped Xu Ji in the face with a fierce hand, and said in a trembling voice: "Xu Wenlie, you remember, your life belongs to Miss Ben, and the right is deposited, and today's events are also recorded." Miss Ben won't let you go! ”

Xu Ji wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile: "Xu Ji remember to wait, eldest lady, please." With that, he motioned to the door and gave an eviction order.

Yin Ning's eyes were already filled with mist: "Xu Ji, I hate you!! With that, he turned around and ran out the door.

Behind him, Xu Ji murmured but said silently: "I'm sorry, Ning'er, I love you." Forgive me, it's me who doesn't deserve it. ”

Then Chen Zhi came in, and said that the little girl had left, and the guards were replaced by Xun's people to be in charge, Xu Ji said that he understood, but he needed to rest, and Chen Zhi was also ordered to go down to arrange the guards.

And Xun Kuang, who saw everything in his eyes, sat alone in the bow of the boat, drinking alone, shaking his head and laughing, muttering something to himself, and when he got closer, he could hear words like "I don't know how to cherish".

Due to Xu Ji's serious injury, the fleet was delayed for five days in Xiangyang, but fortunately, Xun Kuang did have the means, these days the caravan did not want to leave Yingchuan as unstable at the beginning, but there is nothing wrong with it, the troublemakers, the hidden dead killers are almost the same, and most of the rest are businessmen, even if you are not you, you don't dare to act too publicly.

On the second day when Xu Ji regained consciousness, the caravan set off again, and the caravan in Xiangyang was divided into two teams, a pair of land, and set off three days ago to leave first, Xu Ji was seriously injured, and naturally he could only recover slowly on the waterway.

This time is also a long journey, and it will take eight days to get to Gangneung in Nanjun at the earliest, although the road is smooth, but considering the injuries of the water thieves and Xu Ji, I am afraid that it will be delayed for more than ten days.

Since he left Yining, Xu Ji has been asleep for more than six hours in a row, Chen Zhi of course only thinks it is caused by injury, of course Xun Kuang will not think so, but Xun Kuang also knows that this kind of thing, others can't help, only on his own, Xun Kuang believes that Xu Ji's intelligence does not need to be admonished by others.

Perhaps, what this kid wants is a long pain rather than a short pain. Thinking so, Xun Kuang looked up at the somewhat low sun, and then whispered: "It's the end of autumn." ”

Yes, it's almost autumn.

When Guo Jia knew that Xu Ji was assassinated and almost died, he also looked at the sky with such a calm face and whispered, and Wen Bo on the side was worried.

At the end of autumn, it means that everything is about to come to an end, looking at Wen Bo's worried face, Guo Jia smiled: "Wen Bo, good people don't live long, disasters stay for a thousand years, Wen Lie said so about me, now Jia thinks that he is actually not a good thing, since it is not a good thing, life is hard, Wen Lie suffered this catastrophe but once it passes, there will be a blessing, Wen Bo does not have to worry." However, in this Yingchuan County, I am afraid it is even more unstable. ”

Of course, Xun Yu also knows the news of Xu Ji's assassination, and of course she knows better what it means, since she went, then Xu Ji will be much safer in the future, and the existence of the power behind the little girl in Zhilu Dao, no matter who it is, will have scruples.

"Gongda, write to Uncle Kuang, and say that this time the matter has been recorded, although it is not his fault, but he is somewhat negligent."

"Yes, what about Feng Xiao?"

"Don't worry, Bonghyo naturally understands. What's more, he has a lot of troubles himself, and he doesn't have the leisure to blame us, not to mention that it has no effect, Wen Lie is also a close friend of you and me, so you don't have to think about it. ”

"I know, then I'll go and draft." After that, Xun You went down first. Leaving Xun Yu alone in the courtyard.

Xun Yu also looked up at the gloomy sky: "It's going to change, Wen Lie, take care." ”

Of course, Xu Ji didn't know this, he didn't like his ties too much, so he almost never took the initiative to pass the news back, and it was for this reason that Guo Jiaxunyu rarely sent letters to him.

At this time, Xu Ji has gradually recovered to be able to get up and walk on his own, but it is still inconvenient to move, although the knife behind his back did not hurt his spine, but it was almost half an inch, Xu Ji is now a little like a toddler, Xu Ji himself is also very helpless, but this cannot be changed.

Xun Kuangjia sent the guards around Xu Ji, of course Xu Ji said that he didn't need it, but Xun Kuang still refused on the grounds that Xu Ji's safety was the top priority.

On this day, the weather was unexpectedly very good, the solar terms at the end of autumn, even the south of the Yangtze River was a little cold, Xu Ji stood at the bow of the boat with the support of Chen Zhi, looking at the river surface filled with a little moisture, Xu Ji said with a smile: "Uncle Zhi, I, Xu Ji, am only six years old now, and life and death have come and gone, and the lives of people in this world are really as thin as paper." Who in the world don't say that's the case? A three-foot short blade can kill people, so why bother to feel superior to others? ”

Chen Zhi looked down at Xu Ji and said: "Young master, I have thought a lot about it these days, the so-called all people are created equal, and the next day is the only one who is superior and inferior, why do some people act recklessly based on their family background?" Then Chen Zhi also smiled: "Although he is also a child of a family, it is a pity that the family is in the middle of the road, and he has been blinded by people since he was a child, and he has seen a lot, and the family that has lost power is nothing more than being merged, and the people who stammered when they gained power have changed their faces, the young master, although Shu Zhi is not a wise man, but he finally figured it out, the family exists, and he is only afraid that it will do more harm than good." ”

Xu Ji shook his head and said in a low voice: "There is no good or bad system, the family system attaches too much importance to personal self-discipline, once they can't be self-disciplined, they who have too high status and too many resources will become the most corrupt part." Uncle Zhi, you see that there are not no wise people in the family, and it is not that there are no people without self-discipline. But these are very few, and how can the maintenance of the state rely on human self-discipline? If the law can't be done, what's the use of it? The family broke the law, and they could prevaricate at will, and Xu Ji didn't know what the law was necessary. ”

Chen Zhi stopped talking and began to think about these carefully. Then there was a sudden sound of clapping hands behind him: "Although Wen Lie's knowledge is biased, he is also reasonable, the family is consciously superior to others, how can he be willing to discuss the same thing with the common people?" ”

Xu Ji turned his head back to take a look, and arched his hand and said, "Uncle Xun, what insight can you have." ”

Xun Kuang pretended to be stunned: "Doesn't Wen Lie regard me as his own family?" ”

Xu Ji smiled: "How dare you, how can Uncle Xun have time to come and see Xu Ji?" ”

When Xun Kuang heard this, he knew that Xu Ji didn't really regard himself as his own, but Xun Kuang didn't really care about it, and said: "The people below said that you woke up, and I happened to be fine, so I thought about seeing if there was anything I could do to help." ”

Xu Ji smiled bitterly: "Wen Lie is really inconvenient now, and he needs someone to help him all the time. ”

Xun Kuang was also amused, and Ha Lu Ha Da laughed: "Wen Lie can see it, but when I saw Jiangling, Wen Lie's injury was almost good, and he didn't have to be supported like now." ”

Xu Ji replied with a smile: "I hope so." ”

Xun Kuang finished gossiping with Xu Ji here, then turned his head to Chen Zhi and said, "Uncle Zhi, haven't figured it out yet?" ”

Chen Zhi first confessed, and he couldn't salute Xu Ji by himself, and then explained: "When I understand what the young master means, I just think about the lives of the people, and I can't help but feel a little related." ”

Xun Kuang took out a small wine gourd, took a sip, and said with a long breath: "Heaven and earth are not benevolent, and all things are used as dogs." The king could not bear it, and took the people as dogs. And what can be done? Wen Lie, Shu Zhi, my generation is afraid that we are powerless to change, you should see it and change your mind. After that, he took another sip of wine, turned around and left alone, and walked off the boat with a smile while singing loudly, "How can you say that you have no clothes, and you are with your son?" Xu Ji looked at this always heroic man, but his back was full of depression.

Xu Ji silently looked at the back of Xun Kuang, who looked like a twilight year under the rising sun, and was gloomy. Looking at this scene, Xu Ji was unspeakably uncomfortable, saying that the suffering of the people's livelihood was not as uncomfortable as what he had seen with his own eyes, and no kind of big words could compare to a helpless sentence that was powerless to change.

Xu Ji turned to look at the river, and said: "Thinking about the people's livelihood, mourning the suffering, caring about the world but sighing helplessly, who can hang on the railing?" The rivers and mountains are picturesque, how many rises and falls are laughing and talking! Chen Zhi also smiled heroically when he heard this: "Young master, take care of your body first, the rise and fall of the world is still a long-term event, how can you grasp the situation without strong muscles and bones?" ”

Xu Ji swept away the gloom, and said with a rare smile: "That's the reason, go back, I haven't had breakfast yet, I'm hungry." ”

"If the young master doesn't say that I forgot it, don't you see that you're also hungry?" After Xu Ji finished speaking, Chen Zhi's stomach had already made a "gurgling" sound, and Chen Zhi said without embarrassment.

Xu Ji looked back at the river, and suddenly became arrogant: "Uncle Zhi, look at this Jingxiang Qianli, remember carefully, when we come again in the future, Xu Ji will definitely carry the armor soldier and personally take this thousand miles of territory in exchange for Xu Ji's name." ”

Chen Zhi Dalu smiled and said: "Okay, when the time comes, Chen Zhi will be the pawn of the lord and help the lord take this place to comfort today's words!" ”

Xu Ji patted Chen Zhi, who was kneeling on the ground, on the shoulder and said, "Get up, go back." Lest those Zixun guys take you and me for madness. ”

Chen Zhi got up in response and walked towards Xu Ji's cabin.

At this moment, Xu Ji still has a word in his heart that has not been said, that is, Xu Ji wants the land of Jingxiang, but not just to comfort his life!