Chapter 109: No Home at Night
There was still half a jar of wine left on the table, and the guests who had been staring at it for a long time came back to get it, and after swallowing their saliva nervously, the shopkeeper rubbed to the table where Bai Qige and Ning Xi were sitting drunk just now, and took the opportunity to clean up the table and greedily held the wine jar in his arms.
"This guest officer ......" the shopkeeper put down the wine jar in embarrassment, his face flushed, "The small, the small one just wants to save this wine first and wait for the master to come back to get it, people come and go, such a good wine is easy to be taken away." ”
The young man in front of him and the person who bought the wine just now had a pair of rare blue eyes, and the shopkeeper immediately thought that the two should be together, and if they were found to want to swallow a rare wine worth a hundred taels, they would definitely be scolded by the shopkeeper, so they tried every means to quibble. However, the man who suddenly appeared didn't seem to care where the wine fell, he raised his hand and took the wine bowl used by Bai Qige, raised it high and suddenly let go, and the rough pottery shards fell all over the ground.
The shopkeeper didn't understand what this guest officer was going to do, and stood dumbfounded for a long time, but saw the man take out a piece of broken silver and throw it on the table, with an elegant and clean voice.
"Bowl money."
There are only a few copper plates in a bowl. Don't drink and spend so much money to listen to the sound, there have been more and more weirdos in Lingyun City recently.
After the silent figure disappeared with the two customers in front of him, the shopkeeper shook his head inexplicably, and when he bent down to pick up the pieces, he was stunned when he touched the rough bowl wall, and then said to himself in confusion: "Why is it so slippery." Who wiped something in the bowl. ”
If he knew that the slippery touch came from sweat medicine, and the woman who fell asleep under the influence of the medicine was the princess of the dynasty, he was afraid that he would not be able to sleep well in this life.
After arguing fiercely with Bai Qige, Yi Chenjing sat alone in the room until the evening, leaving trivial military affairs to Xiao Baishan and Liang Gong to take care of, and he kept reading the art of war book with his forehead, but when Xiao Er came to add lamp oil, he found that from noon to now, he didn't read a word at all.
Is she really angry?
Where will people go if they are not in the inn. Did you leave the city? There is no danger.
The surname Ning doesn't seem to be in the inn either, are they together?
Countless chaotic thoughts filled his mind, Yi Chenjing became more and more irritable, put down the book and stood up and paced back and forth in the room, and as soon as he walked, he walked until night fell, and the stars hung in the sky.
However, Bai Qige still did not come back.
Suddenly, there was a regular knock on the door outside the room, Yi Chenjing took a deep breath and changed to a nonchalant look, and opened the door with anticipation, but what appeared in front of him was not Bai Qige, but the person he didn't want to see and hated the most now, and he would rather be drunk.
"Do you want to talk more about military resources with the general, so it's convenient to go in and sit down?" Bai Jing had a faint smile on his face that had not changed for thousands of years, and without waiting for Yi Chenjing to answer, he would rather step into the room with one foot drunk, sit at the table and pour himself a cup of tea informally, his tone was quite curious, "Huh." The White Girl is not there. ”
Yi Chenjing frowned: "She wasn't with you." ”
"I spent the next whole day counting the goods with my father-in-law, but I didn't see the white girl, and that's why I came directly to the general to talk about military resources."
There are only a few people in Lingyun City, who are not familiar with life, if Bai Qige didn't go to Ning Xidrunk, then, where did she go. Seeing that it was already dark outside the window, and worry overshadowed irritability, Yi Chenjing couldn't help but begin to regret not sending someone to follow her.
The melancholy on his face fell into Ning Xi's drunken eyes, and the meaningful smile was fleeting, and he returned to normal the moment Yi Chenjing came back to his senses.
"The general doesn't have to worry, now Lingyun City is full of Da Yao soldiers, even if there are bad people, they don't dare to make a move at this time, presumably the white girl is just in a bad mood to go out for a walk, and it won't be long before she comes back."
"How do you know she's in a bad mood." Keenly catching the information in the words, Yi Chenjing asked in a deep voice, "She looked for you today." ”
Ning Xi was drunk and sipping tea slowly, and the familiarity in his words was as if Bai Qige had been an old friend for many years: "Even if the white girl doesn't come to find it, she will know." In the past two days, she has been busy with solving the problem of military resources, thinking about everything without leaving the general, and suddenly put down the matter in her hand and disappeared without a trace, unless she has suffered some grievances and finds a place to solve them, she really can't think of any other possibilities. ”
"Looks like you know her better than I do."
"It's just a bystander."
Yi Chenjing stared at Ning Xi drunk for a long time, but the slightly lazy alien face in that grace could not see any loopholes, and the smile was extremely natural, without any nervousness. Suddenly, he straightened up and sighed, and the seventh prince of Da Yao, who had been entangled for a long time, raised the corners of his mouth: "Did Qi Ge tell you about the relationship between us." ”
Ning Xidrunk shook his head, and his expression didn't seem to have a desire to know.
Whether he wants to know or not, he has to say what he needs to say. Yi Chenjing poured a cup of tea and put it to her lips, her long and bright eyes were slightly small, and a few dots of luster danced with the light: "She is my wife, the princess of Yaoguo." ”
"So what." I'd rather be drunk or smile like jade, and I'm not surprised.
"So, I don't want to see any men approaching her." Neatly opened the door, the intention of chasing away customers was impressive, Yi Chenjing's eyes were sharp, not angry and arrogant, "You can't be a businessman without a smart mind, let alone a young businessman who was praised by Qige, you should understand what I mean." Starting tomorrow, I will ask General Xiao to contact you about military resources, Qige has been in poor health, don't bother her again. ”
Yi Chenjing's heart was straightforward and faster than Ning Xi was drunk, and he drank a cup of medium warm tea in silence, as if the smile on his face had finally changed slightly, but Luo Tuo's demeanor was not damaged at all, even Yi Chenjing had to admit that he was indeed not as drunk as Ning Xi in terms of demeanor and demeanor, and that kind of free and uninhibited was the easiest to fascinate women, and what made him even more unhappy was that he suddenly found out that he was not as drunk as Ning Xi in terms of appearance.
If there are perfect people in the world, it probably means that it is better to get drunk.
"I don't think the general is in a good mood, so it's better to play two games of chess. Maybe you'll forget about the distractions when you concentrate on the game. Walking to the door, Ning Xidrunk turned around and asked.
People who don't want to see it, how can they be in the mood to play chess with him. Quickly glancing at it coldly, Yi Chenjing replied very simply.
"Not interested."
"That's a pity, I thought the general was also a man who liked layout. Let's go back and play the piano and listen to the little song to relieve my boredom. Sighing regretfully, Ning Xi shook his head drunk and walked to his room, the rich sour and rotten air made Yi Chenjing feel cold.
A manly husband actually takes sheng song and dance as a pleasure, and he is justified when he says it, this kind of person ...... Qige will definitely not like it.
For no reason, Yi Chenjing stood in place and chuckled, the originally suppressed emotions dissipated without a trace, stretched and returned to the room to quickly tidy up the mess, and asked Xiao Er to serve a pot of hot tea, sit at the table and wait with his cheeks back. He wanted to wait for Bai Qige to come back, the night was cold and heavy, and when she returned to the inn after she was dissipated, handed over a cup of hot tea and said a few good words, today's unpleasantness will be forgotten tomorrow morning, and they will definitely be the same as before.
And that wait is overnight.
The bright moon rises in the east and sets in the west, the sky turns and the stars move, the warm tea becomes cold again and again, and the night quietly recedes under the tearing of the morning light.
It was dawn, and Bai Qige still didn't come back.
At breakfast time, the always energetic Haruka Army Lord appeared in front of the inn, his bloodshot eyes made the guards silent, and they didn't even dare to say hello, and those slightly cool eyes kept patrolling the streets in front of the door, as if they had lost something important, and their breath was as cold as ice.
"Did the princess come back last night?"
"General Hui, no one came in or out last night, but the one surnamed Ning played the piano and hummed a little song all night, and it was very noisy." The soldier guarding the gate said carefully.
Rather be drunk and want to sing or dance, or die or live, Yi Chenjing is in no mood, he just wants to know where Bai Qige is now, whether he is in any danger and can't come back, or she doesn't want to come back, or if the person is no longer in Lingyun City and has left him. Her resolute personality is completely reckless, and she has taken risks several times to make Yi Chenjing really convinced, and she is powerless against Bai Qige's self-acting and stubborn paranoia.
"Hey, isn't that the princess." The soldiers guarding the gate paused when their eyes swept over the bluestone pavement, and pointed to the trailhead to raise their voices, "General, the princess is back." ”
Looking up, a thin figure in plain clothes staggered towards the inn, familiar movements, familiar body shapes, it was Bai Qige who had been missing for half a day and a whole night.
Without any hesitation, Yi Chenjing hurriedly ran away, his long body like a gust of cold wind blowing down on Bai Qige's side in an instant. Bai Qige was walking with his head down, and after seeing an extra pair of feet on the ground, he found that there was a person standing next to him, he looked up in surprise, and when he saw Yi Chenjing's frowns tightly locked, he was about to twist together, Xue Liang's eyes were full of anger, and his face was gloomy and terrifying.
"You still know how to come back." I wanted to ask her what happened, but who expected that a mouth would turn into a sharp question, Yi Chenjing clenched his fists, and his heart was like numbness.
Bai Qige's face was not very good, she looked a little pale, and she didn't have much spirit when she responded to Yi Chenjing's questioning: "Do you know that you have to come back?" Could it be that when you turn Lingyun City upside down and dig three feet into the ground, you will provoke public resentment and reappear. You have the leisure to use, but I don't have the face to lose. ”
Facing the guard's confused gaze, he walked back to the inn, and as soon as he entered the room, Yi Chenjing, who was following closely behind him, slammed the door, and his anger suddenly exploded.
"Where to go without even leaving a word, what kind of body does a woman become if she doesn't return at night. You are the princess, Da Yao, and my face, what is it to wander around so casually. Do you know that I waited for you all night. ”
"I didn't pinch your eyelids and didn't let you sleep, you were willing to wait, what do you have to do with me." The splitting headache made Bai Qige feel extremely bad, and Yi Chenjing had to refute it when he said it, as if this could relieve the inexplicable hangover a little.
Worried about being ruthlessly ridiculed all night, Yi Chenjing became even more angry, and roughly pulled Bai Qige to stand in front of him, a little closer, and the strong smell came to his nose.
He took a deep breath and held it in his chest, and his tone was suddenly cold.
"You're drinking."
Hiding to the side irritably, Bai Qige rubbed his forehead and closed his eyes, not wanting to say a word. What's the use of talking too much, anyway, he won't listen or believe it, he will just keep doubting and accusing, and a look and a word can cancel out all her efforts.
However, dodging couldn't solve any problems, Yi Chenjing approached silently, his stiff fingers grabbed his thin jaw, his eyes intertwined, and each was cold.
"Bai Qige, who were you with last night?"
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