10. Mother and son reunited

When Red Feather invited Ji Chengyu to eat at the Welcome Restaurant, Rong Zhongyuan and the wizard Leng Yue and his party had already come to the north of Ji City after a long journey of more than four days, and lurked in a forest.

Rong Da had been to Jicheng and knew the location of the palace, and the dense forest where they were now was only about a hundred zhang away from the palace, and the power of the divine stone could send them directly into the palace from here.

The wizard Leng Yue sat on the ground, leaned his body against a huge ancient tree in the forest, and said, "There are sentinels hiding in the shadows in the city, and they have been monitoring the surrounding forests, once they find out, they will definitely send troops to pursue them, and we will have no escape." ”

Rong Zhongyuan and others all borrowed ancient trees to hide to prevent being discovered by the sentinels on the city wall.

Rong Da took out a bag of wine from his waist and said, "Wizard, this bag of wine was specially sent by King Rong when he was leaving, you can take a sip first." ”

The wizard smiled and said, "You know, wizards can't drink. ”

"Young master. Rong Da handed the wine to Rong Zhongyuan again, Rong Zhongyuan shook his head, and said with a depressed expression: "This bag of wine was given by my father to the warriors who went out to drink, I can't go in with you, I'm not qualified to drink it." ”

The wizard smiled and did not speak. He knew that Rong Zhongyuan was depressed, but Rong Kun had already confessed, so even if a hundred were unwilling, Rong Zhongyuan would not dare to disobey the order.

The wizard tightened his body, leaned against the trunk of the tree, and said, "The palace of Jicheng is heavily guarded, and the guards in the palace have very high martial arts, and there will be a fierce battle after you enter." Drink quickly, sleep after drinking, recuperate, and I'll send you in as soon as it's dark. ”

Rong Zhongyuan stared at the direction of the city wall and said, "Rong Da, listen to the wizard, hurry up and rest, I will keep a sentry for you." ”

Rong Da and the three of them didn't shirk anymore, and took turns drinking the wine in the bag, putting the scimitar aside, leaning against the trunk of the tree and closing their eyes to recuperate. The five-day trek was indeed extremely exhausting, and if they did not rest well, they were afraid that they would not be able to complete the task.

Even if Ji Chengyu ate with his stomach open, there were still a lot of dishes left on the table.

Red Feather pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "You thought you could eat as much as you wanted! ”

A maid reminded her, "Mademoiselle, it's past the hour appointed by Madame, and it's time to go home." ”

Red Feather looked a hundred unwilling, and said, "Let's play a little longer!

The maid shook her head resolutely and said, "Miss promised Madame, please don't disobey Madame's request." ”

"Alas!" Red Feather sighed and said, "It's really boring to be controlled by you all day long. He said to Ji Chengyu: "Ji Chengyu, how long have you been in Ji City?"

Ji Chengyu shook his head and said, "I don't know, it may be very long or it may be very short." ”

Red Feather said a little sadly, "Then how can I find you in the future?"

Ji Chengyu said dryly: "I don't know." ”

Red Feather muttered as he walked out, saying, "You are really heartless, you will say that you don't know." Walking to the door, he stopped again, looked back at Ji Chengyu, and said with some reluctance: "I live in the Mansion of Qingyin Lane, will you go to me?"

Ji Chengyu saw Hongyu's expectant look, so he said, "I will definitely go when I have time." ”

Red Feather suddenly smiled like a flower, and said, "Then I'll wait for you in the Mansion! Don't let me forget me." ”

In order to amuse her, Ji Chengyu said, "I can't forget it." "I thought to myself, I don't even know where Qingyin Lane is, how to find you? But what he never expected was that it was his perfunctory behavior that harmed Hongyu.

Red Feather went away rejoicing.

Out of the restaurant, Ji Chengyu inquired all the way towards the palace.

Ji Chengyu decided to sneak into the palace at night to see his mother, it was still early now, and he was not in a hurry, he walked all the way to see, look here, look there, until it was dark.

The night in the city is completely different from that in the mountains, where the night is dark without moonlight and starlight, while the night in the city is brightly lit with or without moonlight and starlight, and looks more beautiful and mysterious than during the day.

Ji Chengyu staggered to the door of the palace, which was an independent stone castle, which could be regarded as a city within a city, with high walls and dense battlements, with teams of soldiers patrolling back and forth on the city walls, and dozens of soldiers guarding in front of the city gate.

It was impossible to enter through the gate of the royal city, Ji Chengyu turned to a dark place, and looked up at the high city wall, for a person who can walk on the cliff like a flat ground, climbing such a city wall is really a piece of cake. Ji Chengyu took a few steps back, rushed forward, his body was like an ape, and he climbed to the top of the city wall in a few consecutive leaps. Taking advantage of the fact that the patrol soldiers did not come, they quickly descended the city wall from the opposite side and burrowed into the darkness of a corner.

The royal city is densely packed with houses, and dozens of them are lit up. Since it was just dark, there were still many people walking around the royal city.

Ji Chengyu was a little embarrassed, so many houses were lit up, but he didn't know which house the queen mother lived in, if he looked for it one by one, he was afraid that it would be easy to be discovered by patrolling or secretly ambushing soldiers.

While thinking about it, two palace maids suddenly came out of a house with lights on in front of them, each holding a plate in their hands, and their steps were very hurried, and one of them said: "Chun'er, we have to go quickly, we will be punished for delaying the queen's incense." ”

The palace maid known as Chun'er said: "Who made you greedy and delayed a piece of dim sum for a lot of time, if the queen punishes you, Qiu'er, you can bear more." ”

Qiu'er said: "Oh, I still say that I am a good sister! ”

Chun'er said angrily: "You treat me as a sister now?"

Qiu'er snorted and laughed, and said, "You have wronged me, when will I stop treating you as a sister?" Chun'er, my good sister, my sweet sister, is this going down?"

Chun'er smiled again and said, "Okay, don't be poor anymore, it's important to walk quickly." ”

Ji Chengyu listened to the discussion between the two, and actually wanted to go to the queen, so he was overjoyed and quietly followed behind.

Chun'er and Qiu'er entered a very luxuriously decorated dormitory, which was brightly lit, and more than a dozen red lanterns at the door reflected the three big characters of "Huayang Palace" above the eaves very clearly. Ji Chengyu didn't dare to follow in, but flashed under an open window, and when he saw that there was no one in the room, he jumped into the house from the window, walked a few steps forward along the corner, hid behind a wooden carving and looked ahead, and saw a graceful and luxurious woman, and Chun'er and Qiu'er and several other women accompanied him.

Chun'er said, "Queen, it's time for incense." ”

The woman who was called the queen sighed and said, "Every time I put incense, my heart hurts, thinking that my feather is sixteen years old this year, and I don't know where it is, and I don't know how I'm doing." ”

Ji Chengyu's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and the woman mentioned Yu'er, and mentioned that she was sixteen years old, which was in line with herself, so this woman must be her mother. He almost rushed out and shouted loudly to the queen mother to soothe the pain of lovesickness for so many years, but he remembered Ji Dongfang's instructions and held back stiffly.

Wait a little later, and those palace maids will leave and see each other again!

The queen walked straight in the direction where Ji Chengyu was, and Ji Chengyu quickly retracted her head and didn't dare to move.

The queen stopped in front of the wood carving, lit the three pillars of incense on an oil lamp, inserted it into the censer, knelt on the futon, folded her hands, looked reverent, and whispered in her mouth: "O Buddha, please bless my feather child to live in peace, I dare not beg you to let him live a prosperous life, as long as he can live well." I am willing to eat fasting and chant Buddha for the rest of my life, in exchange for seeing Yu'er for the rest of my life, and I will die without regrets. ”

Ji Chengyu vaguely saw the queen's face from the gap in the wood carving, and said that the son looked like his mother, Ji Chengyu really saw his own shadow from her face, and for a while he burst into tears, and actually murmured: "The queen mother." ”

"Who?" Ji Chengyu didn't know that two of the women in the palace were the queen's personal guards, with extremely high martial arts and strong hearing. Although Ji Chengyu's voice calling for the queen mother was small, they heard it clearly, and the two quickly drew their long swords, shouted, one left and one right, and rushed towards Ji Chengyu's hiding place, and saw Ji Chengyu hiding behind the wood carving at a glance, and the two long swords stabbed with cold light.

Although Ji Chengyu has not learned martial arts properly, he has been competing with apes in the forest for more than ten years, and he has come up with some moves, although these moves have no names, they are extremely useful in battle, and they are not inferior to the martial arts mastery studied by those martial arts masters.

Ji Chengyu's entire body quickly drifted backwards, dodged the double swords, and said loudly: "I'm not a bad person. Before he finished speaking, the tips of the two guards' swords stabbed straight towards him again, and the conversion of attack and defense was completed in an instant, and he was indeed a first-class master.

Ji Chengyu was unarmed and didn't dare to fight hard, so he could only take tricks. He waited for the two guards to use their swords, and was about to change their moves, and in the midst of lightning and fire, he rushed towards one of the guards on the right, grabbed her wrist with one hand, and snatched the sword from her hand with the other. Reaching out and nudging her behind her back, he pushed her towards the other guard, and with this strength, he moved his body sideways to the queen.

The two guards never expected Ji Chengyu to have such a fast speed, it was like a ghost, and the other guard had quickly put away his sword, afraid of accidentally injuring the guard who was pushed over by Ji Chengyu, but after all, the two of them were responsible for guarding and protecting the queen, so they didn't dare to be careless, and rushed towards Ji Chengyu again.

And Ji Chengyu had already thrown the sword and shouted: "Queen Mother, I am Ji Chengyu." Then he knelt before the queen, and no longer paid any attention to the sword that stabbed behind him.

The queen was stunned.

The tip of the sword guard with the sword had already touched Ji Chengyu's neck, and he forcibly retracted it.

The queen who came back to her senses stared at Ji Chengyu's face, mother and son were connected, her own son knelt in front of her, she had a strong feeling in her heart, not to mention, she clearly saw her own appearance from his face.

The queen suddenly burst into tears, bent down, held Ji Chengyu's face with both hands, and cried and shouted: "Yu'er, you are really my mother's Yu'er." ”

"Yes, mother, I am your feather. Ji Chengyu also burst into tears, raised his hands, and held his mother's hands tightly.

"Hurry up and let my mother take a good look. The queen pulled Ji Chengyu up hard, and the mother and son had tears in their eyes. After a long time, the queen suddenly took Ji Chengyu into her arms and cried: "Yu'er, my mother thought that she would never see you until she died. ”

Ji Chengyu also couldn't cry, snuggled in his mother's warm arms, and said, "Mother, I miss you too." ”

The queen let go of Ji Chengyu, knelt in front of the Buddha, folded her hands, and said: "Thank you Buddha for your blessing and let me see Yu'er. ”

Then he stood up again, took Ji Chengyu's hand again, and said, "Yu'er, let my mother take a look again." He looked happy like a child, touched Ji Chengyu's face for a while, shook Ji Chengyu's hand for a while, and said, "My Yu'er is so handsome, and she has become a young man." ”

The two guards, as well as Chun'er, Qiu'er and others, all wiped their tears on the side, laughing and crying for a while.