Straightforward and naked; the naked questioning is cold and ruthless, just like a bit of ice entering the water, causing ripples and making the lake of the heart lose its temperature.
Bai Qige never imagined that Yi Chenjing would say such disgusting words to her.
"You have never been drunk before. What did you do last night to make you so tired?" The fingers on the chin increased their strength, causing the fair skin to turn slightly red. Bai Qige's fatigue and lethargy always make Yi Chenjing
I felt bad, but this time the situation was special. What could she be busy with in Lingyun City, a place she was unfamiliar with? She was so tired after staying out all night? Unspeakable impulses caused Yi Chenjing to forget how he had been all night long.
Anxious and regretful, the only thing in my mind was the overwhelming smell of alcohol and the suspicion of Bai Qige's betrayal.
She was not around all night, who made her so tired, and who made her suddenly alienate and become so impetuous? She didn't want to think about it, but she couldn't help but eager to know the truth, so,
Out of anger and impulsiveness, he would ask the most vicious and hurtful questions.
"Tell me, which man's bed did you crawl into?"
Snapped.
There was a clear and crisp sound, followed by instant silence.
Her chest rising and falling violently spoke of unbearable anger. Bai Qige tilted her head and stared coldly at Yi Chenjing, who was half a head taller. Her face turned from green to red, then from red to white, almost transparent and pale. Her thin body was already standing.
Unsteady and slapped, Yi Chenjing stood motionless on the spot, but Bai Qige took a few steps back and bumped hard against the edge of the table. The teapot, teacups, and neat stacks of drawings on the table all fell to the ground, leaving a mess.
Time passed quietly in dead silence, and the pale lips wriggled for a long time, and finally a low voice squeezed out from between the teeth.
"Yi Chenjing, it turns out that in your eyes, I am such a mean woman. As long as I am not with you, I am lingering with other men, right?"
The anger was frightened away by her ridiculous remarks, and Yi Chenjing was speechless. Watching the color in those clear eyes quickly fade away, her heart felt as if she had been cut deeply by a knife and kept bleeding. Hoarse bitter laughter sounded low one after another, echoing in the room.
The vicissitudes of life are endless.
That was just a baseless guess. It was a crazy act after being carried away by anger and losing his mind. However, there is no doubt that it was also the sharpest double-edged sword. One sentence could completely cut off everything he had worked so hard to maintain.
Relationships lead to trivial matters turning into the worst possible outcome.
There was a growl in his throat, but the name he wanted to call failed to come out. The hand hanging in the air dropped down, unable to grasp anything in his palm.
It is difficult to collect water.
In a daze, Yi Chenjing could only think of these four words.
As white as snow, as cold as ice, the figure smelling of alcohol passed by silently, standing at the door for a moment, Bai Qige turned her back to Yi Chenjing, stubbornly refusing to look back.
"I slept alone in the Chengdong Inn last night - before we go out to send troops, if anything happens, ask someone to come find me there."
No one answered, and no one expected an answer. One walked away sadly, and the other fell into a chair like a wooden figure. A few days ago, who was desperately trying to survive for whom, who was angry for whom, all turned into nothingness, phantoms
Disappeared like smoke.
It's easy to lose feelings that are easily gained. Just a small gap, countless suspicions, and jealousy will spread crazily and engulf the entire world.
Bai Qige didn't stop when she passed by Ning Xizui's room. The reason for this incident was her frequent contact with Ning Xizui. She was not worried that Yi Chenjing would misunderstand again. Anyway, the relationship between the two was broken, and misunderstandings would occur again and again.
What's the relationship? I'm just afraid that he will vent his anger on innocent people and use Ning Xizui as the target of his venting to hurt her. Then she will have uneasy conscience for the rest of her life.
After leaving the inn, we headed east. The Chengdong Inn where we slept all night last night was just a few streets away.
Bai Qige still remembers drinking with Ning Xi at a hotel, but she had no memory of how she arrived at the inn. The shopkeeper said that a young man with blue eyes and light hair sent her there. It must have been that Ning Xi was drunk. As for why he didn't send her there.
It is not difficult to understand why he returned to Yi Chenjing's place but let her sleep here alone - Ning Xizui knew the source of the conflict between her and Yi Chenjing. How could he have thought of the consequences if he sent Bai Qige back?
?It is nothing more than irritating the suspicious General Yaoguo and making the already murky water even more confusing.
He has a free and easy character but has such a delicate mind. Good men like Ning Xizui are rare. Because of this, Bai Qige would rather conceal the incident of drinking together until she was drunk yesterday than Ning Xizui being saddled with unwarranted charges. After all, he
It's out of good intentions.
Bai Qige stayed at the Chengdong Inn for the next few days. Yi Chenjing did not send anyone to look for her. He only occasionally sent people to deliver some money to the shopkeeper, and quietly ordered Bai Qige to choose the best for food and drink. Ning
Xizui didn't see Bai Qige show up for two days before learning from Xiao Baishan that Bai Qige had moved to another inn. Considering that him moving there at this time would make Yi Chenjing even more suspicious, he had no choice but to hand Bai Qige over to the same room.
The adoptive father in the inn takes care of him - if that can be considered taking care of him.
Ning Xizui's adoptive father, Feng Wujiang, was also a man with beautiful blue eyes. However, compared with Su Jinyan and Ning Xizui, Feng Wujiang, who was over fifty years old, was obviously not that stunning, and his wrinkled face always looked like he was suffering from great hatred.
The appearance made Bai Qige couldn't help but wonder if Feng Wujiang's smile was given to his adopted son, which resulted in the wooden face that was rare in a century.
The wooden face is not scary, but Feng Wujiang's words and deeds are scary. Ning Xizui's original intention was for him to take care of Bai Qige's safety. Who would have thought that this serious old man would deliberately move next door to Bai Qige. Every morning when he opens the door, the first person Bai Qige sees is
One thing is definitely the green eyes with droopy eyelids, as weird as an owl.
If she continues like this, it won't be long before she becomes insane and crazy? Bai Qige sat alone in a deserted room several times and smiled bitterly. Her anger gradually disappeared, but her loss and bitterness increased day by day.
Life suddenly becomes dull and boring. There are not a lot of things to think about, and there is no orderly atmosphere in the army. All day long is eating, sleeping, and staring out the window in a daze. Life in the army suddenly seems very far away. Sometimes.
When eating in the lobby of the inn, you can hear people talking about the war situation. Today, the distant army clashed with the Jolo River sentry in the north of the city. Tomorrow, several soldiers guarding the city will be attacked and injured. News that should be closely related to her is suddenly out of reach, until one day
One evening the messenger came panting and conveyed a very brief sentence.
"We will continue marching north tomorrow and meet at the north gate of Mao Shi City."
There were no greetings at all, just a real command tone.
That's okay, Bai Qige laughed to herself, didn't she tell him before, if you don't care, I'll let it go. Since he no longer cares about that fragile relationship, why should she insist on it? Just be a quiet person under his command.
As a chess piece, she planned for him to dominate Zhongzhou. After the oath was fulfilled, she packed up her bags and returned to Zhao Kingdom, where her family was waiting for her.
She doesn't fight or grab, and just goes with the flow. It seems that Ning Xizui's indifference has also infected her.
At Mao o'clock the next day, in the north of Lingyun City, an army of 200,000 men was dressed in armor and armed with guns, ready to go. Yi Chenjing was the commander-in-chief, so he naturally rode his horse in the center of the army. Bai Qige chose the end of the army that was far away from his sight, and she still disguised herself as a man and fought with him.
The food and salary trains, the old and the weak were all mixed together. Ning Xizui came to see him off, his gentle yet chic smile unchanged, clean and peaceful.
"There is no ruthlessness in the battlefield, so be careful in everything."
"With the sword given by Mr. Ning, this life will not be taken away so easily." Bai Qige patted the slightly bulging armor and smiled back at Ning, "When the army returns home in triumph, Qige will definitely accompany you in pain."
Drink three thousand cups and you will not return until you are drunk."
"Don't get drunk again. I really can't stand the disdainful look in the shopkeeper's eyes when I take you to the inn. It's better that you take me off while I'm drunk."
The relaxed teasing did not seem like a war was imminent. The hearty laughter also infected the old and weak soldiers around. Looking expectantly to the far north, it seemed that victory was a foregone conclusion and was beckoning.
But who could predict the cruelty of war?
Farewell to Yiyi in front of the city gate, two eyes on the city wall were deep, the wrinkled faces changed from rigid and numb, and the shrewd eyes looked thousands of miles away. Feng Wujiang stood at the top of the city with his hands behind his back, behind him was a foreign man with the same eyes but much younger.
The two of them unanimously turned their attention to Bai Qige.
"I haven't seen anything special about that woman after guarding for many days. Why do the fifth princes of Dayao hate her so much that they insist on killing her? If I remember correctly, I have eliminated them since the Yaoyuan army entered Lingyun City.
There are more than twenty killers."
"Twenty-three." The young man said calmly, "The deputy general named Qi is not included. He was killed by one of their own people."
The long beard hanging down to his chest was mixed with black and white. Feng Wujiang twirled his beard and pondered slightly, his eyes moved from Bai Qige to the center of the army farther away: "The status of the Dayao Prince is shaky. The fifth prince and the seventh prince have become the strongest forces to seize the throne. Press
What I want is to get close to the fifth prince Yi Chenxuan, after all, he is the most favored prince among the emperor."
The young man lowered his head and gently touched the half jade pendant hanging from the red thread around his waist with his fingertips. The two carved characters "Jin Yan" were clearly visible.
"The fifth prince is unkind and insidious. Even if we help him seize the throne, we won't get any benefits. We may even get bitten back and find an opportunity to deal with him."
Sighing quietly as he wandered around the city, Feng Wujiang turned sideways, his eyes a little sad: "You hate the fifth prince of Dayao. I understand that if it hadn't been for him back then, your Su family would not have been ruined. But now is not the time to be emotional, to be drunk and not to do your job properly.
, he refused to do what I said. Do you even want to see him live in chaos for the rest of his life? I didn’t tell Xizui but told you many things just to let you make choices for him. For example, that woman, if I treat Xizui
She said that the wine she drank was laced with a sweat-inducing drug, and that kid had to come to me to cause trouble."
A hint of sadness flashed across the young face, and there was no lack of sympathy when he saw Ning Xizui waving goodbye to Bai Qige from the city.
The expression of hesitation to speak could not escape Feng Wujiang's keen gaze. The old man snorted coldly and said in a low voice: "Bad boy, when did you learn to hide it? Tell me, is there any movement from the Fifth Prince?"
"Sure enough, you can't escape the eyes of your adoptive father?" A helpless smile appeared on the face with a rare change of expression, and the delicate face suddenly appeared, "Yi Chenxuan took Bai Haoyu away without saying a word, and he is nowhere to be found. I suspect him.
Did you bring Bai Haoyu here?"
"Even you don't know the details?"
"I don't know at all - the identity of the adoptive father, male favorite and confidant has begun to be doubted by Yi Chenxuan. Do you want to continue?"
Feng Wujiang curled up his beard with his fingers and said in a fierce voice: "If you want to take revenge, you must endure what ordinary people cannot tolerate. Even if we die in his hands, we must not reveal our identity!"