Let's say that Qin Qiong got up early the next morning and had breakfast, and first told Wang Bodang, Xie Yingdeng, Qi Guoyuan, and Li Ruqi to wait patiently in the natural residence, and not to cause trouble. Then he and Chai Shao went out with their respective soldiers and vehicles full of birthday gifts, and went to Mingde Gate together.

After entering the capital, I followed the path that I had inquired about in advance in the natural residence to the gate of the Yue Guo Mansion, and I saw that a long line had been discharged from the door to the street, and it seemed that they were all messengers sent by officials from all over the country to congratulate their birthdays.

The same is to give birthday gifts, because the identity and status of the people behind each other are different, and the treatment they receive is also different. After Chai Shao confessed to Qin Qiong, he went directly to the door, Li Yuan's messenger had already arrived at the Yueguo Mansion first, and Yang Su also sent his son Yang Jishan to greet him outside the mansion in advance. Although Lai Hu'er is also a famous general and a member of the world, he can't compare with Li Yuan in terms of background or official, and he is about to take people to line up at the street entrance, as his messenger, Qin Qiong has to line up at the street intersection according to the rules.

Qin Qiong instructed his soldiers to take care of the vehicles, and when they were about to go over to line up, they suddenly saw a little maid who was only thirteen or fourteen years old walking out of an alley next to the Yue Guo Mansion.

The little maid stood at the entrance of the alley and looked around for a while, and when her eyes fell on Qin Qiong, who was majestic and unconventional, a happy smile appeared on her face, and she trotted over with a light lotus step, saluted Qin Qiong, and asked playfully: "This official is surnamed Qin, from Shandong?"

Qin Qiong's heart moved, thinking of Shizun's words last night, and hurriedly replied with a smile: "It is Qin Qiong of Shandong." ”

"Sure enough, it's Qin Ye," the little maid smiled happily. "The servant has been ordered to wait here for a long time, please come with the maid with your birthday gift. ”

Li Jing greeted his subordinates. Drove the car into the alley with the little maid. The alley is flanked by high walls, with only a small door in the innermost part. Of course. The so-called "small gate" is a relatively large and wide main gate, but in fact this small gate is large enough to accommodate cars and horses to enter and exit.

The little maid led Li Jing and his party into the door, and passed through several portals along the spacious corridor made of blue bricks, and arrived at an independent elegant courtyard.

"Red Whisk girl, Shandong's Qin Ye has arrived. The little maid bowed down the porch.

Under the eaves of the corridor stood a beautiful woman wearing a plain palace dress, holding a red silk dust, and her temperament was like a hollow valley orchid, but it was Zhang Chuchen, who had grown up.

"You are Li Jing's disciple Qin Qiong?" Zhang Chuchen's voice was cold, but when he mentioned the word "Li Jing", he unconsciously had a slight fluctuation.

Qin Qiong intuitively felt that the women under this corridor were beautiful. But he was an extremely dangerous and terrible person, and he hung his head after just one look. Hearing the other party's question, he hurriedly replied: "It's exactly here, I don't know ...... girl"

Zhang Chuchen said: "The concubine's surname is Zhang, and she is called Hongfu. When I was a teenager, I met the Venerable Master, and I didn't know how he was doing recently?"

Qin Qiong was slightly surprised, this red-haired girl was not only the old acquaintance of the master, but also the teacher's arrangement to take care of herself. Why didn't you know that Shizun was in Beijing? He immediately replied truthfully: "Shizun is in Beijing at the moment, and Qin met him in the natural residence last night. ”

"He's coming to Jingshi?" Zhang Chuchen was happy at first. Yesterday, she received a flying sword message from her ancestor Zhong Liquan, saying that among the people who came to give her birthday gift today was Li Jing, who received a disciple Qin Qiong on the rivers and lakes a few years ago, and asked her to take care of it on her behalf. Unexpectedly, Li Jing himself also arrived in Beijing.

In the blink of an eye, she felt a little gloomy in her heart: "Since he came, he only asked his ancestor to pass on the message and did not come to see me." It can be seen that he has never taken me to heart at all. ”

She thought of the previous ancestor intentionally or unintentionally saying that Li Jing was a hero in the Heavenly Realm in his previous life, and he was extremely hard regardless of his background or his own strength. And he already has a wife, a concubine, a son and a daughter, but I am afraid that the wisp of love that I quietly planted on the other party when I was young will not bear fruit after all.

Come to mind. Zhang Chuchen felt more and more depressed, and casually ordered a steward in the mansion to accept the birthday gift sent by Qin Qiong and register it, and then asked people to send it out of the Yueguo Mansion.

At the beginning of the lanterns, the Yue Guo Mansion is still full of visitors, and the laughter is endless. Zhang Chuchen was in the middle of it, thinking of his own thoughts, and he felt more and more cold and cold.

"I can't feel at ease without seeing him. After wandering for a long time, Zhang Chuchen finally made a decision. She is a strange woman with good intentions, and since she has made a decision in her heart, she immediately puts it into action.

In the past ten years, he has been carefully taught by Zhong Liquan, and he is a rare talent and beauty, Zhang Chuchen's swordsmanship has broken through to the realm of refining swords into pills. At that moment, the cherry lips were slightly opened, and the sword pill transformed by the "Ju Firefly Sword", one of the two swords given by Zhong Liquan, was sprayed, and it turned into a trace of white light in the air. She attached her delicate body to this sword light, and in a flash, she disappeared into the vast sky.

In an instant, Zhang Chuchen had arrived at the natural residence outside the city. She knew that there was a courtyard in the middle of all the natural centers in various places, which was specially designed for Li Jing, the proprietor behind the scenes, and never entertained outsiders, so the sword light fell directly in that courtyard.

As soon as her feet landed, she saw a door being opened, Li Jing walked out leisurely, stood under the eaves of the porch and smiled: "Girl, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Hearing that the other party was still calling himself with the name that had made him angry back then, Zhang Chuchen felt a trace of indescribable emotion in his heart. She stared at Li Jing's body with a pair of pretty eyes, and said with resentment: "If I don't come, will you never go to see me?"

Li Jing smiled bitterly, stretched out his hand and invited Zhang Chuchen to sit on the stone bench in the courtyard together. Now it is unexpectedly cold, but with the cultivation of the two of them, they naturally don't have to worry about catching a cold.

"Girl, I, Li Jing, am not a wood carving clay sculpture, I naturally know your intentions. It's just that you should know my identity too, I've ......"

"What do you think I want?" Li Jing had just considered speaking, and Zhang Chuchen cut him off, "If you think that I want to marry into your family like your wife and concubine in your previous life, and from then on I will be your virtuous helper, then you are wrong Zhang Chuchen." Although I am a daughter, I have never had the idea of being a wife or concubine, husband or child, I just want to use the sword in my hand to investigate the secrets of heaven and man and straighten out the injustice in the world. What I ask for is neither the joy of fish and water, nor the gathering of morning and evening, but only to leave a thought in each other's hearts, can't you even satisfy my wish?"

"Girl, I'm ......" Zhang Chuchen's words made Li Jing speechless, and finally sorted out his thoughts and was about to speak, but he heard a long laugh as loud as a bronze bell in the air.

Li Jing was shocked, and it wasn't until the laughter reached his ears that he realized that there were two people in the air who didn't know what thaumaturgical secret method was used to hide their figures, and if someone came with evil intentions, it was enough to threaten his safety.

Just when Li Jing and Zhang Chuchen were surprised and frightened, the two people in the air had already fallen. One of them bowed to Li Jingji and said with a smile: "Heavenly King, do you still know the old people of Xikunlun?" (to be continued......)