Chapter 18: Stones
The team slowly moved forward, Yonghyuk who was walking beside him suddenly smiled lowly, Miri looked at him puzzled, Yonghyuk leaned forward with his chin, Miri followed his eyes, and a dejected horse on the side of the road not far away was grazing with his head down, and there was an even more listless master standing on the side. Qiuquan's small man also wore a set of small soft armor with a yellow flag, like a shrunken Eight Banners warrior doll, cute and funny, looking at the passing cars and horses in a daze with a sad face.
"Sister Meili......" He also saw Meili and was about to run over, but he caught a glimpse of Jing Xuan and Su Ying who were accompanying him, his face collapsed, and he stood in place with his mouth curled, very aggrieved and afraid of Jing Xuan.
Jing Xuan snorted coldly, he had already caught a glimpse of his unlucky look, "What's wrong?" He glared at Akiizumi teasingly, unceremoniously lengthening his voice.
"Follow...... Can't keep up with the brothers. Qiu Quan muttered in frustration, not daring to look up at Jing Xuan.
"I told you to stay at home and play with yours, and then I came to make trouble!" Jing Xuan reprimanded, not taking into account that Qiu Quan was just a nine-year-old doll.
Qiu Quan flattened his mouth and wanted to cry, Jing Xuan glared, "Take it!" I don't look down on your virtue! Do you want to contribute to the emperor? Shame on you! What about you? ”“
Qiuquan was so choked up by his scolding that he didn't dare to cry, and his little shoulders twitched, "Find ...... Can't find it! ”
Jing Xuan couldn't stand him and sneered, "It's not enough to succeed, it's more than enough to lose!" You follow Su Ying in the car! Don't let me see you again all the way! ”
Qiu Quan pouted and peeked at Su Ying, who was standing behind Jing Xuan and laughing, and said quietly but resolutely: "I want to be with Sister Meili!" After saying that, he didn't care about his horse, and he bowed and got into Meili's carriage like a monkey.
Meili smiled, but was glared at by Jing Xuan.
"Yonghyuk, you take his horse to the subordinates in front of you and arrange a separate car for him." He commanded coldly, and Yonghyuk nodded with a smile, got on his horse, and took Qiuquan's horse away.
"Let me find out that you are naughty and troublesome, and escort you back directly!" Jing Xuan scolded through the carriage. Su Ying walked up and pulled his sleeve and smiled, what did he do with a child? It's also a child.
Meili helped Qiuquan take off her soft armor, and the child shook off the burden, so comfortable that he burst into tears. Meili touched his head with pity, a little reproachful, "Why did you come with you to suffer?" I want to go to Chengde and ask you to send you alone. ”
Qiu Quan wiped away his tears with the back of his hand, and pursed his lips unconvinced, "Brother Jingxuan followed the first emperor to hunt and fight at the age of seven, and I am nine years old!" I also want to be as majestic as Brother Jing Xuan! ”
Meili stroked his neatly braided hair, like him...... Okay?
The child was not used to riding a horse, and he was already tired, so Meili asked him to lie down, and after a while he fell into a deep sleep. Meili picked up the fan and gently fanned him, remembering the surprise and intimacy when he and Qiu Yuan saw her in the paddock, it seemed that only this brother and sister were so pure happy to meet.
"Where's the Qiuquan people?!" Before the indifferent voice fell, the curtain had been brutally torn open.
Meili subconsciously made a "shhh
In an instant, she saw herself in Jing Xuan's eyes.
Quickly looking away, she was secretly annoyed, wasn't she completely relieved, couldn't she also look at him calmly, how could her heart beat because of this sudden look! She raised an eyebrow self-deprecatingly, maybe he was too good-looking.
Jing Xuan glanced at the fan in her hand and snorted, "He still has merit?!" ”
"Let him sleep, he's tired." She said lightly.
Jing Xuan frowned, slapped the frame of the carriage, and the carriage, which was already walking very slowly, stopped completely, "He's tired?!" Am I not tired! He snorted.
Meili's eyes widened in surprise, and she couldn't help but look at him, she had never heard him say in such a tone.
"What kind of waste, let me take it with me, I've become a nurse!" He grumbled coldly. Meili looked at his hateful face and wanted to laugh a little, the young people in the clan were all stuffed under him by the emperor, saying that it was for him to be promoted and disciplined, and these young masters Baylor were indeed a headache. Seem...... It was the first time he had complained about her.
Accustomed to her silence, he had already begun to push Qiuquan, who was sleeping soundly, "Get up! Get up! ”
Qiuquan was woken up with a look of resentment, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Jing Xuan, who was staring at him, like a rabbit seeing a tiger, curled his legs and shrank behind Meili.
"Go to your own car! The one in the back is! ”
"No...... I'm going to take a ride with Sister Miri. Akiizumi writhed around behind Miri and played the scoundrel.
Jing Xuan's patience was exhausted, he pushed away Meili, grabbed him easily and dragged him out, his movements were fierce, and he didn't treat Qiuquan as a child at all. "Not too crowded?!" He asked in a loud voice, his brows furrowed.
"Miri!" Qiu Quan was angry and afraid, and his hand that was not caught by him suddenly grabbed Miri. Jing Xuan's power immediately affected her, and at the same time that Qiu Quan was thrown off the carriage by him like a sandbag, she was also dragged to the point where she almost fell off the carriage.
Jing Xuan quickly fished it out, Meili turned pale with fright, and was steadily pushed back to its original place by him. His grip on her arm didn't let go, but tightened it. His hands were slender and strong, and her thin arms were completely encircled by him, and it hurt a little, and she struggled for a moment.
He frowned and let go of his hand, she was too thin and too light...... Is it true that the Temple of Tranquility can only eat one meal of meat in three days? Those dog minions must deduct points in private!
Qiu Quan, who was thrown to the ground, began to cry, and Jing Xuan, who was already upset, kicked him in the ass, "You know how to cry!" You're going to cry for me again?! He threatened viciously, Qiu Quan was really frightened, and he originally wanted to roll around and scatter to attract the old ancestor to send someone to inquire, but he was so frightened that he only choked in his throat.
Qiuquan's frightened and patient tears pierced Meili's heart all of a sudden. How many times did she want to cry but didn't dare to cry, so she could only let the tears bitter into her heart...... No one paid attention. She quickly got out of the car, held him in her arms, and patted him on the back, she knew that when she was wronged, she just wanted someone to give him a safe and warm hug when she was afraid.
"Just let him stay with me." She turned her back to him and whispered with some anger.
Jing Xuan stared at her slender back and snorted, "I don't know what to do!" ”
She just hugged Qiuquan tightly and didn't look back, and he left with a cold face and annoyance.
When they arrived at the place where they could set up camp, the camp had already been set up by the sergeants who had arrived first, because the ladies were very tired from the day's journey, the convoy was moving slowly, and the first men had plenty of time to prepare dinner.
The ancestors had to wash and rest before they could eat, and the Fujin Gegege also went back to their accounts to rest and prepare.
Meili didn't feel too tired, so she took Qiuquan to play around the old ancestor's tent. While Cho Quan was digging something in the grass alone, she looked around, but she didn't see Yonghyuk all afternoon, presumably entangled in miscellaneous matters. As he looked, he saw him come out of a tent, and he saw her, but he did not come at once, but smiled at her.
Jing Xuan also followed him out of the tent, followed his eyes and glanced at Meili, and commanded Yonghyuk in a low voice, Yonghyuk nodded again and again to receive the order. Finally, after he finished explaining, Yonghyuk walked briskly towards Miri as if he had been amnestied, but he didn't leave, looking coldly at the smile lingering on Miri's lips.
"Sister Meili! What do you see I've dug up? Qiuquan pinched something with two fingers and ran over happily.
Yonghyuk was also quite interested to see what treasure he was going to offer, and saw that he was pinching a fat and twisted dark brown earthworm in his fingers and was about to put it on Meili's slender little hand, his chest churned, and he took a step forward to stop him and slapped Qiuquan's hand, "Take it away!" Disgusting to death! ”
The earthworm was thrown to the ground, and Miri and Akiizumi looked at him in surprise, his brow furrowed with disgust and resentment, but his face turned slightly pale.
"Hah!" Meili couldn't help but laugh out loud, "So you're afraid of earthworms. ”
"Chaos...... Talk nonsense! Yonghyuk raised his chin stiffly, "How can I, a big man, be afraid of that!" ”
Meili looked at him with a smile, his dying and struggling look was so cute.
Qiu Quan shook his head and grabbed the earthworm and stuck it on him, laughing so hard that he was about to lose his breath, "Aren't you afraid?" Aren't you afraid? ”
"Take it away! Take it away! Yonghyuk frowned and dodged left and right, still holding the sword in both hands, as if he wanted to draw his sword to defend himself.
Meili laughed out loud, her little face exuded a pretty and naughty brilliance because she was not contaminated with sorrow and forbearance, Jing Xuan's heart trembled, she had some shadows of the wayward girl who cried and laughed two years ago, this is the beautiful glass he was tired of but familiar with. The naughty and simple smile that used to always hang on her face, but now it rarely appears, makes his heart heavier and heavier. The smile that I used to only wish he could look at is now blooming for another man, although he is not rare, but there is a trace of indescribable vinegar, which is really funny! She, her smile, was something he didn't want!
He glanced open, and just as he wanted to go to the old ancestor's tent, he saw Su Ying, who had been refreshed and dressed, walking towards the maid with grace. He couldn't help but smile proudly and approvingly at her, this is the woman he likes, beautiful, delicate, and dazzling at all times. Because of his smile, her eyes shone with joy, and she put aside the maid and flew towards him like a gentle swallow.
He pampered the back of his fingers against her pretty and delicate cheeks...... Frowning slightly, her fingers covered in a thin layer of powder, her eyes looking at him with a smile in her eyes, he missed the creamy touch of pinching the petite chin of another woman.
His gaze slipped away from the enviable face in front of him as she laughed...... Meili took the earthworm in Qiuquan's hand, threw it away, turned to Yonghe and smiled, "Okay, young master Yonghe, the terrible insects are gone." She said to Yonghyuk in a childish tone, and tilted her head slightly mischievously.
Yonghyuk wanted to argue a few words, but when he saw her bright smile suddenly indulged, he looked straight at her and couldn't say a word, his eyes were full of tenderness.
She was embarrassed by him, and her face was a little red, so she had to go to see Qiuquan.
Su Ying, who was standing beside Jing Xuan, coughed lightly and drew his attention back, "Sister Meili is so bold, I don't dare to catch earthworms with my hands." ”
Jing Xuan did not answer with a calm face.
"I'll play a game with you." Miri crouched down and picked up a sleek stone at her feet, and Akiizumi responded enthusiastically, and although she didn't know how to play the game, she ran around and found several similar stones.
"Pen." She looked up and smiled at Yonghyuk, who quickly took out the charcoal she had with him and gave it to her. "We'll camp here when we get back, right?" She asked earnestly.
Yonghyuk nodded, not knowing what she was going to do.
Meili wrote her name on the stone, and Qiuquan also wrote her name with a pen, "I always have some fun playing with myself in the Hall of Tranquility, and I still like this game very much." She took the pen again, and her smile was mixed with a little loneliness. She wrote on the third stone, "Will be back." ”
"We buried the Wishing Stone under that tree, and when we came back and got our wish, we dug them up." Miri smiled at Yonghyuk a little embarrassed, "It's boring, isn't it?" But it's also a comfort to have hope. ”
Yonghyuk's eyes narrowed in distress, he didn't want to be seen by her, so he immediately searched around, picked a stone and came back, and wrote his name seriously. Holding Miri in one hand and Qiuquan in the other, he dug a small and deep pit under the tree, and buried the four stones of "Yonghyuk", "Miri", "Qiuquan", and "Will Come Back".
Su Ying looked at it with interest, "It seems very interesting, Jing Xuan, let's bury the wishing stone too." ”
Jing Xuan looked at Meili and Yonghyuk coldly and smiled, and sneered, "It's funny! If it really works, does she still need to go to the cold palace? ”