Chapter 18, Chen Yuanyuan
"It's been a night, haven't you explained it yet? I was also confused, she fainted in my arms straight up, what can I do? ”
"Meow meow meow!"
"I can't die without help, she's also a girl, I can't leave her alone on the edge of the Qinhuai River!"
"Meow !!Meow
Chen Yuanyuan felt that the noise next to him was very loud, and it was talking and cats, just like in a pet store. Speaking of pets, she remembered the kitten she used to have, which she had with him. He has been by her side since she first came to this world, from the baby who fell to the ground to the path of cultivating immortals to entering the rune gate together. She had thought she was lonely, and even he didn't really know herself, until he was killed to save herself. She watched her lover die in front of her eyes, but she was powerless to return to the sky, and at that moment she finally realized the real loneliness: she finally really, and she no longer had any relationship with the world.
When Chen Yuanyuan woke up, the first thing he said was to ask, "What time is it?", Xu Ming realized that this matter was not simple.
When Chen Yuanyuan saw Xu Ming's first sentence was to ask: "What are the core values of Chinese socialism?", Xu Ming had already decided that this girl was also a fucking traveler!
When Chen Yuanyuan confirmed that Xu Ming was also a traverser, she hugged Xu Ming and cried like a lonely whale in the deep sea that had found a companion.
Xu Ming cautiously looked at Tang Jinling on the side, and Tang Jinling turned his head expressionlessly. Xu Ming gently hugged Chen Yuanyuan, patted her back lightly and didn't know what to say, the two of them were embarrassed like this. Of course, only Xu Ming is embarrassed at present. But it's still nice to be held by a beautiful woman. At this time, Xu Ming thought in his heart: "Fortunately, Tang Jinling can't read minds, otherwise it won't be the end." ”
Chen Yuanyuan hugged Xu Ming and cried for a while, and when her mood gradually calmed down, she suddenly realized that this was a bit rude, and hurriedly blushed and pushed Xu Ming away: "I'm sorry, I was too excited just now." ”
"It's okay, it's okay. Xu Ming waved his hand calmly, "haha" and laughed dryly. In fact, he still misses that embrace, of course, it can't be shown.
"So how do you know that I'm also crossing over?" Xu Ming decided to take the initiative to ask questions to break the embarrassment.
Chen Yuanyuan looked at Tang Jinling next to him: "At that time, when you were holding the cat and saying, 'Pippi Cat, let's go', I suspected that you were also a traverser." ”
"Oh oh oh, haha. "Still nothing to say, still embarrassed. Xu Ming stretched out his hand to reach the cat, and Tang Jinling deftly jumped away and fell to the ground - he would rather sleep on the floor than give Xu Ming a hug.
"That Lin Haifeng yesterday, why did he kill you. Xu Ming hurriedly found another topic.
Chen Yuanyuan sighed: "He is the killer of the Liang Kingdom Tianwaitian, and the Tianwaitian claims to be an independent killer organization, but in fact, behind it is the royal family of the Liang Kingdom, and the royal family of the Liang Kingdom wants to use the power of the Outer Heaven to unify the domestic monk sects, so that the strength of the Liang Kingdom will rise sharply, and it can compete with Jing Guo." My original rune gate was greatly damaged by this. ”
"The sect is almost gone, why are they still chasing and killing you?" Xu Ming obviously didn't talk to the girl, "Are you very powerful?"
Chen Yuanyuan was not angry in the face of such a problem of under-beating, which shows that as one of Qin Huai's Bayan, she is still very good. Chen Yuanyuan shook his head: "No." It was because the national teacher of the Liang Kingdom took advantage of the solar eclipse to calculate that there was an alien who would destroy this plan. Later, I told my master at the Rune Gate that I was not from this world, and I don't know why this matter was known by the people of the Outer Heavens, so they issued the Bright Moon Order. ”
Xu Ming listened and gasped: "Outside the sky, there is a bright moon building, it is said that as soon as the moon order comes out, someone will fall to the ground!"
"Then yesterday, Commander Zhang helped you, didn't he have a grudge against the outer heavens. Xu Ming was a little puzzled, "Is there anyone in this Dongsheng Prefecture who dares to make a feud with the Outer Heavens?"
Chen Yuanyuan looked at Xu Ming: "There are not many people who dare to make enemies with the outer heavens, and that person is one." He is the Taishou of Jinling, and he is also the commander of the Prince's Guard, Zhang Chengli, who was born as a disciple of the Inner Sect of the Ziyang Sect. Chen Yuanyuan looked at Xu Ming, paused for a while, and kept seeing Xu Ming's hair, and finally said when Xu Ming couldn't stand it: "As for why he wants to help me, it's just because the prince likes me." ”
Xu Ming choked on these words, he didn't know what to say, and after holding it for a long time, he finally held back a sentence: "Are you sure he is not hungry for your body?"
In Xu Ming's original plan, there was absolutely no such thing as meeting the prince. It can be said that it is unlucky, or it can be said that it is thanks to Chen Yuanyuan's blessing, Xu Ming was summoned to enter the palace with Chen Yuanyuan to meet the prince, just because Chen Yuanyuan said that Xu Ming was her long-lost half-brother.
"You just say it's a half-brother and it's over, I feel that the credibility is about the same as half-brother. On the way to the palace, Xu Ming complained to Chen Yuanyuan.
Chen Yuanyuan covered his mouth and chuckled, since she knew that Xu Ming and her were from the same world, her mood was much better, and she loved to laugh more, strictly speaking, Chen Yuanyuan was more than twenty years older than Xu Ming, but in the eyes of the monks in this world, there is not much difference between twenty years old and two years old and two months, after all, there are many people in the world of monks who have been in retreat for more than ten or twenty years. Monks generally live much longer than ordinary people, and the change in their appearance is more slow, in fact, Chen Yuanyuan, who is already in his forties, still looks no different from a girl who is twenty-eight years old. So in the eyes of others, the twenty-year-old sister and brother are nothing.
But Xu Ming was very unaccustomed to it, when he knew Chen Yuanyuan's real age, he had a feeling of looking at his aunt when he looked at Chen Yuanyuan, that is, the feeling of a middle-aged woman who was better maintained. When Chen Yuanyuan recognized him as his younger brother, he was still a little reluctant, but then he thought that if he could climb the line of the prince, maybe it would be faster to find a way to make Ling'er become a human, so he didn't object.
Therefore, Xu Ming now has a sense of guilt for treating Chen Yuanyuan as a tool man, and he is quite obedient to Chen Yuanyuan, which is the image of a good brother in the eyes of outsiders.
"It's here, Miss Chen, Brother Xu, please get off the carriage!" Commander Zhang lifted the carriage curtain for Chen Yuanyuan and helped her get out of the carriage. Xu Ming then jumped down as well. Zhang Chengli glanced at him, then turned his head again and beckoned them into the palace. As the commander of the prince's guards, he really doesn't need to take himself in his eyes, if it weren't for the prince's liking for Chen Yuanyuan, just Chen Yuanyuan's name of Qin Huai Bayan, he would never be able to deserve this Miss Chen of Commander Zhang!"True!" Xu Ming smacked his lips and followed into the palace.
The Jing Dynasty had two capitals, one was Zhuo County in the north, also known as Shangjing; The second is Jinling, also known as "Nanjing", which is located in the south. However, there are many people in the world who call "Shangjing" and few people who call "Nanjing", all because Jinling's fame is too prosperous, and also because on the Purple Mountain next to Jinling, there is the Ziyang Sect that is famous in Dongshengzhou.
Since the founding of the Jing Dynasty, successive emperors have wanted to fully control Jinling, but they have all met with all kinds of opposition. Even Emperor Xian, who had just died and was known as the first in the history of the Jing Dynasty, failed to accomplish this feat. Then the matter was over. Now Jinling is more like an independent city, and at the same time, under the control of the Jing Dynasty court and the Ziyang Sect, it is separated from the two major forces, the court is in charge of secular affairs, and the sect is in charge of cultivating immortals, and the two have found a delicate balance between them.
According to the practice of the Jing Dynasty, the crown prince guarded Nanjing. The first is to separate from the emperor to avoid discord between the emperor and the prince and affect the stability of the country. The second is to manage the affairs of the imperial court in Jinling and establish a good relationship with the Ziyang Sect. Not to mention these cumbersomeness in Jinling, let's see that Xu Ming and Chen Yuanyuan have already entered the gate of the Jinling Palace.
The Jinling Imperial Palace is also known as the Little Forbidden City, not because this palace is smaller than the Forbidden City in Shangjing. Jinling as a companion capital, the specifications of its imperial palace are the same as Shangjing, and because it is located in Jinling, the materials and decorations are even excessive, just because the real imperial capital is Shangjing.
In a few days, Emperor Hongzhi, the emperor of the Jing Dynasty, was going to come to Jinling, and the palace in Jinling, which was originally a little deserted, was also lively at this time, Xu Ming followed Chen Yuanyuan all the way, and saw many eunuchs and palace maids who were busy cleaning and placing ornaments. But because their group was surrounded by soldiers who were under guard, it could also be said that they were watching, he didn't dare to look more, and walked forward with his head down.
The Prince's dormitory is the liveliest place in the entire Little Forbidden City on weekdays. After walking for a long time, they finally came to the side hall where the prince usually greeted. "Miss Chen, please wait a moment, let me know. Commander Zhang arched his hand at Chen Yuanyuan, turned around and entered the main hall.
After a while, he came out again, and said to Chen Yuanyuan expressionlessly: "I'm sorry Miss Chen, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is meeting guests, please wait for a while." Chen Yuanyuan smiled and said softly: "It's okay." Before he finished speaking, a figure came out of the hall. Crooked wearing an official hat, with an embarrassed face, it looks like he has just been reprimanded by the prince. Before Xu Ming could take a closer look, the eunuch's shrill voice came from the palace: "Please invite Miss Chen and her family members into the palace!" "I don't deserve to have a name!" Xu Ming muttered very unpleasantly, and followed Chen Yuanyuan into the hall.
"The folk girl brought her brother to meet the prince. Xu Ming followed Chen Yuanyuan and saluted the prince. "Excuse me. There was majesty in the voice, but it was not intimidating, but there was a jerky feeling. Xu Ming raised his head and looked at the prince sitting on the couch:
The prince had his hair scattered, tied casually with a silver hairpin, wearing a thin short shirt, and a four-clawed python robe that should have just been taken off hung on the hanger next to the couch.
Xu Ming looked at the face of the crown prince, and couldn't help but "pout" in his heart: "How else to say that the royal blood is noble, this prince is indeed very beautiful!"
"If this is my little bell, I can't stick it upside down when I see such a beautiful boy?" Xu Ming made up his mind in an instant that he would never take Tang Jinling into the palace.
The prince on the couch spoke: "I heard that last night, a killer from outside the sky went to Qinhuai River to assassinate you, is there a big problem?"
Chen Yuanyuan lowered his head and said softly: "Thanks to Commander Zhang's timely arrival, the people's daughter was able to be safe, and the prince was worried." ”
"It's okay. The prince waved his hand and asked the palace maid to help Chen Yuanyuan and Xu Ming to sit down on the chair next to him. He also said: "We have known each other for many years, so we don't have to be so restrained, I still like you to call me 'Yunsheng Gongzi'." ”
"I'll go, amazing, my sister, you have known the prince for a long time, and even shouted your nickname, you are talented and beautiful, you are gone!" Xu Ming sat on the chair and looked at his nose and nose, his brain was running rapidly, thinking about some things that he didn't have, and secretly said something out of tune.
Chen Yuanyuan hurriedly saluted and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can torment the people's daughter, it was the people's daughter who was clumsy and ignorant and offended the prince." "Jinling City's reputation for the prince is still good, and he is a good hand at handling government affairs. But now in Xu Ming's opinion, I can't see if he is a good hand in dealing with government affairs, anyway, this flirtatious girl has not yet reached the beginning!
The prince skipped the topic with some embarrassment, not giving Xu Ming the right to get the story again. After being stunned for a while, the prince suddenly pointed at Xu Ming and said, "This is Yuanyuan's younger brother!"
"Co-author, I'm a tool to break the embarrassment!" Xu Ming bowed to the prince: "It's Xiao Ke." "I wanted to treat Chen Yuanyuan as a tool man, but who thought that he would become a tool man. Xu Ming sat on the chair and sighed slightly. "Well, Qi Yu is lofty, heroic, and has the demeanor of Qinglian Sword Immortal Li Taibai back then!"
Xu Ming suspected that the prince's brain was not normal: "You just saw me sitting on this chair for a few minutes and you can see that I am heroic? You can't talk nonsense in order to flirt with your sister!" Of course, you can't say this in front of the prince, Xu Ming coughed twice, and bowed his hand: "The prince is serious, how dare the kid praise him like this?"
"Not to mention anything else, it is this humility that is on par with the Taibai brothers. The prince smiled at Chen Yuanyuan, "This reminds me of the first time I met you, and I still entrusted the blessing of Brother Taibai." ”
"This topic is too stiff!" Xu Ming looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who was already immersed in memories and couldn't extricate himself, and smiled from time to time, "And who doesn't know that Qinglian Sword Immortal Li Taibai is arrogant and unparalleled, and he only makes friends with people he can see in his life, you are scolding me when you say that I am humble and on par with him!" Xu Ming suddenly sympathized with Chen Yuanyuan.
The prince kept talking until noon, and didn't stop until Xu Ming's stomach "growled" a few times. Only then did the prince realize that it was already noon, and hurriedly asked someone to prepare lunch. The food in the palace was still good, Xu Ming secretly packed some food and went back, ready to feed the little gluttonous cat. After lunch, Chen Yuanyuan and Xu Ming retired. Chen Yuanyuan said that he wanted to go back to Qinhuai River, but Xu Ming didn't stop her and said goodbye to her in Qinhuai River.
Xu Ming rolled his eyes, went to buy a sugar-fried chestnut like yesterday, and whistled back to the inn.