Volume 1 Return Trip Chapter 017 Flying Star City
Majestic, magnificent, the city gate under the early morning seems to be in the clouds, ethereal and illusory; It is like a bronze and iron army on the battlefield, unbreakable; The glazed tiles in the morning glow, sparkling and overflowing, the soldiers above and below the city are as solemn and majestic as the terracotta warriors, and the word flying star hanging in the air is surging, looking at it is fearful, and thinking of it is respectful.
Cui Yichu sat silently beside Duanmu Jing, passing through the heavy city gate, feeling the attention of all the people, until he arrived outside the palace, Fang jumped down, and said without looking back: "You have taken care of me, I have saved your life, the two do not owe each other, and there will be no time in the future." β
"Xiaochu-" Duanmu Jing hurriedly ran out of the car, chased a few steps in a panic, and then was finally injured, and the moment his nerves relaxed, the pain hit, and he fainted directly.
"Your Highnessβ"
The silver figure stepped forward to catch it, and called out in fear, Zhou Tian saw this from afar, covered his mouth and coughed heavily, Fang shook his head helplessly, and looked at Cui Yichu who was far away, it was a mess because of her departure at this moment, and she never turned her head to look at it, which shows how hard and ruthless her heart is, such a person is not destined to be a good match for His Highness, and it is okay to leave.
Feixing Street, Cui Yichu walked straight on this main road along the path when he came, surrounded by carved buildings and jade bricks, glazed blue tiles, vermilion lacquer gates, and stone lions guarding the house, without asking more, she can understand that this must be the residence of the dignitaries and nobles in the Flying Star Kingdom, and sure enough, the two big characters of Zhou Mansion are in sight not far away.
All the way to the west, not long in front of the scene has changed, a horizontal moonlit road appeared, she turned to the right, then saw the street on both sides of the street restaurants, restaurants, cloth villages and other shops standing, people come and go by car, men are romantic, women are dignified, and then see the poetry house, the book house, the tea house, it can be seen that this road is the pastime of those nobles.
"I'm really going to enjoy it, it's worth just a few decades." She sneered and mocked, but her feet did not stop.
The more west it is, the quieter it is, when the west city gate looms, there are courtyard doors on both sides of the road, the houses are not dilapidated, but they can also see that they have been weathered for a long time, they chose a direction at random, and went straight forward, only to see a dilapidated stone pier, which said Xiwu Hutong, she only glanced at it, and continued to walk, but did not find that the stone pier shook momentarily when she passed.
Knock Knock β
It wasn't long before she stood in front of a dark wooden door that was a little crumbling and knocked softly.
"It's comingβ"
The old and kind voice resounded in it, and when she heard her cold face, the frost on her face melted, and the corners of her mouth pulled a faint arc, and a quiet and beautiful smile appeared on this beautiful face for the first time.
"You are?" The door was opened by an old woman in a long gray cloth dress, with gray hair and cloudy eyes covered with the vicissitudes of wind and rain.
"Auntie, hello, my name is Cui Yichu, I wonder if I can rent you a room?" Her eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and the tenderness between her words did not seem to come from her mouth.
"Choi? The girl is a person from the Broken Cliff? Why don't you go back? Coming to my wife's door? The old man breathed a sigh of relief and said curiously.
"Nope! I'm not from Broken Cliff, I'm from a foreign country, and it's a coincidence that my surname is also a coincidence. β
"Oh! It turns out that this is the case, my wife and son keep the house all the year round, and I don't know everything in this world, I just think that as long as the surname is Cui, they are all people there, and the girl is not strange! β
The old woman got out of the way and walked in with Cui Yichu, her kind voice echoed in the courtyard, but she didn't seem to hear it, she just looked at everything in the courtyard, and there was an indescribable memory in her apricot eyes.
"This room is still empty, a little shabby, if the girl doesn't dislike it, she can live there, and give fifty yuan a month."
"This is the West Chamber? I see that room is also empty, I wonder if I can live in that room? I'll give you a tael, okay? β
"The main house? No, there are people living there, although I haven't come back for a long time, but the old woman always thinks that she will come back, otherwise, if you think the West Chamber, you live in the East Chamber, which is my residence, but it is also clean and tidy! The old woman looked a little dark, shook her head firmly, and then apologized slightly.
"No, you don't! Then the West Chamber! It's hard work! Cui Yichu said and took out a tael of silver and put it in the palm of her hand, walked into the house, and when she closed the door, she looked at the old woman's staggering back inside the door, and her cold eyes were distressed.
The East Hall of the Flying Star Palace
Duanmu Jing opened his eyes, and before he could see the surrounding environment clearly, he turned over and sat up: "Don't go-"
"The emperor is awake?"
When he heard this, he hurriedly turned his head to look, only to see Duanmu Kang, the monarch of the Flying Star Kingdom, sitting next to the table in the room, his dragon robe, wearing a purple and gold crown, his face was not angry and arrogant, and his fierce eyes made his heart sink, he lifted the quilt and knelt on his knees: "The child has seen his father!" β
"How's your body?" Duanmu Kang didn't scream, and there was no wave in his words.
"It's all right!"
"What is the reward of this trip?"
"......" He slammed his body and lowered his head.
"What's the catch?" Duanmu Kang's voice was slightly higher, but he still couldn't hear the joy and anger.
"Nope!"
"I came back from a serious injury, but I didn't get anything, do you still want to be a prince?"
"The son is guilty!"
"Where is the sin?"
"Erchen shouldn't be the master of his own affairs, and he deceived General Zhou to accompany him, and almost caused a catastrophe."
"Humph! My son, how can you deceive? If Zhou Qing has no purpose, how can he go with you? You! At this time, he still didn't repent, do you know that Zhou Ying is still in a coma in Zhou's mansion? Do you know how much Zhou Qing was injured? How difficult is it for him to be able to practice? Now it's only a little better, but you almost fell into the realm. β
"Yes! Erchen confessed, and Erchen went to visit the Zhou family's father and daughter later. β
"By the time you reflect on it, my ministers will already be cold. It's not that you, you have to go out to practice, it's not that you can't, but bring the crystal soft armor I gave you, it's a high-level magic weapon, even a blow from a monk in the condensation period can be blocked, if so, why do you have this injury? β
"What my father taught me is that my sons should not think very highly of themselves!"
"Where do you think so highly of yourself? Obviously fascinated by beauty, you know that the assassin who attacked you in the end did not know that you were traveling, because you revealed your true identity in front of the unknown woman and was eavesdropped, which is why this catastrophe happened. β
"Xiaochu isn't of unknown origin, she-"
"Shut up! She said that her surname is Nangong, I sent someone to investigate, Yun Chuguo did not have Nangong Xiaochu at all, even the Dark Moon Kingdom I also sent someone, and also found nothing, obviously, she didn't tell you the truth at all, she was honest with you, and she didn't know it when she was deceived, but fortunately, she didn't have murderous intentions towards you, otherwise how could you get out with her scheming? Duanmu Kang hated the iron and scolded him.
"How is that possible?"
Duanmu Jing was stunned, her heart throbbed, how could she not believe that she would not even tell her real name, who is she? Where did it come from? What is her purpose? And why lie to yourself?