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Jing Yuanyi raised his hand and rubbed the top of Chu Ning's head like a naughty child who couldn't control his behavior: "The Jiuding of the Great Zhou royal family has many mysterious functions, one of which is to shelter all the tribes that have formed a contract of allegiance, and use the continuous power drawn from the four corners of the world in the Jiuding to nourish the bloodline of these tribes. But after that incident, the connection between Jiuding and Xuanniao was severed. β
He looked at Chu Ning's inquisitive eyes, and the corners of his mouth were full of an imperceptible smile, hidden under the cynicism he was accustomed to pretending: "This matter was originally a secret of the royal family, and outsiders should not know about it, but the news still came out after all." The royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty is declining, and it has long lost the strength and majesty of the beginning of the founding of the country, and those ambitious princes began to hunt the Xuanniao continuously, extracting the throat bone of the Xuanniao, and using it to domesticate the captured Tianma. β
Jing Yuanyi took out a small whistle from his arms, because of his age, it had been rubbed to a dull light, it was the one he used to help Chu Ning subdue the startled horse before.
He clasped the whistle in the palm of his hand, and his smile was full of desolation and helplessness: "An adult Xuanniao, if it transforms, is also a living person, and it is just skinned and bone-pulled, just to take this small piece of throat bone." Later, the adult Xuanniao was about to be hunted, and they didn't even let go of their children. Later, a female and a male Xuanniao on the black market were sold for a sky-high price, and after the buyer brought them back, he forcibly formed a contract to turn the Xuanniao into his personal slaves, and made their breeding offspring into such a whistle. But this kind of fate is not bad, and some of them have become the playthings of their masters because of their beauty after transformation. β
Chu Ning was shocked when she heard it, she didn't know if she felt something, or if this tree was indeed attached to the mark of the old days, she always felt that as soon as she looked up, she could hear the cheerful chirping of young birds from the tree in a trance.
She suddenly realized that Jing Yuan had done everything possible to get Gu Xun Green Sleeves from Queen Qi in order to rescue those clansmen who had been forcibly bonded and used as slaves. But she still didn't understand, and as soon as she raised her hand, she brushed off Jing Yuanyi's dishonest hand, and asked, "What does this have to do with Xi Tao?" β
After a short silence, Jing Yuanyi finally slowly spit out a sentence: "She is my sibling." β
Chu Ning's eyes widened, revealing a look of disbelief, and all kinds of emotions were intertwined on her palm-sized face, and finally froze on a "I see" expression. It's no wonder that Xi Tao's expression looks a little familiar every time she provokes, and if you think about it carefully, it should be her facial features, which are somewhat similar to Jing Yuanyi.
Xuanniao is known for his beauty after transformation, whether it is Jing Yuanyi or Xi Tao, there is a natural charm in his appearance.
She remembered the question that Xi Tao asked when she was in public trouble, and couldn't help but look at Jing Yuanyi's ribs with curiosity: "You are a Xuanniao, do you really have the legendary golden wings under your ribs?" "The Chronicles of Strange Beasts" is full of beautiful words about the wings of the Xuanniao, saying that such a pair of wings are golden and bright, like clouds weaving.
"I'll take off my clothes and show you, and you'll know." Jing Yuan smiled narrowly, and with a skillful force on his body, the entire branch swayed violently.
Chu Ning couldn't keep her balance and fell forward on top of him, Jing Yuan grabbed her hand and really reached into his clothes.
"Yuan Yi, I'm going to be angry if I make trouble again!" The twinkling starlight on the sky tree made Chu Ning dizzy, and she was not like Jing Yuanyi, she could stand firmly on a soft branch, saying warning words on her mouth, but she couldn't pull out the hand that was held.
As his body staggered, Chu Ning's hand had been uncontrollably pressed under Jing Yuan's ribs. Jing Yuan has always been like this, his words are frivolous, but he has never really offended Chu Ning's bottom line, as soon as his hand settled, Chu Ning realized that Jing Yuan was amusing her, and there was a small coat in his shirt, and it was not to the point of "seeing each other honestly".
Chu Ning raised his eyebrows, and was about to say a few stern warnings to save a little bit of his dignity from being teased, when the place where his palm touched it, he suddenly felt something strange. Between Jing Yuanyi's ribs, there was a protruding bone, but for some reason, it was broken by Qi Gen, leaving only half a broken bone like a stump.
She instinctively felt that she shouldn't ask any more, this scar must be related to a very painful past.
But Jing Yuanyi said to himself: "Xuanniao is always born at the same time, born at the same time, conceived and grown in the same egg, and then faces the outside world at the same time. I don't know if Xi Tao should be my sister or my sister, I was very weak when I was a child, I was often sick, and after our parents were hunted and killed, she took care of me and took me to Tibet. β
Speaking of the past, Jing Yuanyi's tone also had a little softness: "Probably girls will always mature earlier than boys, and there are more things in their hearts, although I felt that the days of hiding around were very hard, but at least there was a sister in the ......"
He smiled self-deprecatingly, and an unintentional sentence had revealed his true thoughts in his heart, and he had always regarded Xi Tao as a sister he could rely on: "Until one day, she said to me that she would take me to other countries to try my luck." She took me for a long walk in the snow, for a long time, and there was white snow on all sides, and there were no cities and villages in sight, and there were no people in sight. She broke my twelfth rib with her own hands, so that my wings could no longer spread. Then, she left me alone and walked away. Later, I heard that she was going to be a dancing girl and a concubine, and as long as she heard that someone had hunted Xuanniao, she would approach in every possible way and try to kill this person to avenge her clansmen. β
"I just think she shouldn't have been on the road of revenge, correcting one mistake, and shouldn't use another wrong method, but she thinks I've lost the pride and backbone of Xuanniao."
Chu Ning felt that his body was trembling slightly, as if he was suffering from a sharp pain under his ribs at this moment, and fell into the ice and snow. They are a very magical species, they are extremely weak in some aspects, and extremely strong in some aspects, and the things they have passed in their lives will never be forgotten, and every tiny detail is clearly engraved in their minds.
It's a rare talent, but when the homeland is scattered, talent becomes a daily torture. Jing Yuanyi clearly remembers every happy day when he was young, and he also remembers the situation of being broken by his loved ones with their wings broken and abandoned in the middle of the vast snow.
I want to forget, but I can't forget it anyway.
Chu Ning lowered her head, she was not a girl who felt sorry for herself, but she sometimes couldn't help but wonder why she was the child who was born with shame.
But she never thought that an accident in the palace of the royal capital would also affect the fate of other people, such as Jing Yuanyi and Xi Tao. If it weren't for that, they might still be living on the Mt. Heaven, not knowing what time sorrow is.
She raised her face and stared at Jing Yuanyi with bright eyes: "What can I do to reverse these deranged parts?" β
Jing Yuan lost his mind for a moment, Chu Ning thought that he didn't understand what he meant, and added: "Haven't you stayed in Dongqi for many years just to find a way to reverse the fate of your clan?" Whatever the method, always give it a try. β
"There is indeed a way," Jing Yuanyi unfolded a heartfelt smile, even the starry sky was eclipsed, "You're right, you have to try it." β
With the force under his feet, he shook the branch violently, and Chu Ning shook it from afar, giving him an angry look, only when he wanted to take the opportunity to tease himself again. But this time, when Chu Ning was unsteady on her feet, Jing Yuanyi dodged away, and only when she was about to land, she jumped down lightly, helped her, and laughed at her wonderful expression like the rest of her life.
He opened his arms, gently took Chu Ning into his arms, pressed her body that was constantly struggling and twisting, put his chin on the top of her head, and whispered: "Little beauty, for the last time, after today, I promise to behave and not make an example." β
He can't tell where she is beautiful, in terms of beauty, no one can compare to the innate enchantment of Xuanniao, but he just can't ignore the special light on her body, a girl who grew up in conspiracy and humiliation, can grow into such a free and unrestrained appearance.
Most of the solutions that Jing Yuan thought of were actually based on speculation, and outsiders had no way of knowing the details of what was going on in the palace of the royal capital back then. He hid in the palace of the Queen Mother of Eastern Qi, and speculated from the clues he saw that the key to solving the matter should be Ji Chongguang and Chu Ning.
Chu Ning was still a little curious about Jing Yuanyi's past, and asked him how he could replace the identity of Jing's nephew, but Jing Yuanyi suddenly seemed to have no interest in talking about it, only said that he met Jing Yuanyi who traveled in Eastern Qi by chance, and the real Jing Yuanyi was seriously ill and died, so he borrowed this identity for convenience.
By dawn, Jing Yuanyi told Chu Ning his "carefully planned" next step, asking Chu Ning to change his identity and secretly hide by Ji Chongguang's side.
Chu Ning covered his face in pain: "You have been hiding in Dongqi for more than ten years, did you come up with such a bad idea?" β
Jing Yuan seemed to have expected her to have this kind of reaction, and said unhurriedly: "You can also not listen to me, as long as you show up outside, the people of the Xun clan and the people of the Jing clan will immediately target you, either kill or arrest, you watch it." Comparatively, it's still Ji Chongguang's side that is the safest, I just taught you the night before, this is called dark under the light. β
When Chu Ning heard his crooked reasoning, he was not very angry, and asked weakly: "I'm embarrassed to say, who was I harmed?" And then, I'm hiding next to Ji Chongguang, and then what should I do? β
"Then," Jing Yuanyi smiled mysteriously, "wait for the moment." β