The plants and trees in the courtyard were full of shadows, and the noise of the wind passing through the deep corridor with upturned eaves made Ji Jiu feel like he was crazy. He is crazy, otherwise why would he save Shen Jue. It was the monster's son, even if he believed that Shen Jue was an orphan, and then thought that he might be the adopted son of a monster, he shouldn't have rescued him himself. After all, it is an irrefutable fact that Shen Jue is related to monsters.
However, the young man who asked him to call his baby name was innocent, and he couldn't hate it. So for so long, even though he knew that he was with that demon, he didn't expose him. Instead, he kept him by his side and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility. In private, he also felt that the way that man looked at him was like his own child. The same attachment and reverence. He is away all the year round, and he also misses his family, his youngest son and only daughter. As a father, he can't teach his children a thing or two, so he doesn't feel guilty. This guilt is also willing to empathize with this young man. Shen Jue is good. Ji Jiu thought. So I don't want to harm him and implicate him.
It's not the first day that the emperor likes men, Ji Jiu didn't know it well before, or deliberately avoided similar information, but now for some reason, he is finally willing to look at all this directly—his emperor, likes men, loves sex, and has a harem There is a side hall where three or five molesters are raised, all of them have beautiful features and looks of a world. After much deliberation, Ji Jiu couldn't figure out why such a burly, handsome and unfeminine Shen Jue fell into the eyes of the emperor? It's like he was bullied by that monster again and again even though he was obviously not feminine at all.
Ji Jiu, who was kicked out of the palace, was full of irritability. Although she felt that Shen Jue would not suffer, she was afraid that he would be really reckless and hurt the emperor. He was also afraid that Shen Jue would be pinched seven inches and let the emperor bully him. A heart is like boiling in a pan of oil, ups and downs, no longer clear.
In the end, he got angry, drew out his sword, and slashed at the innocent pine tree, until the branches were shattered, and the pine needles were scattered all over the ground.
The bluffing palace guards all tensed up, not knowing where they offended this very popular general.
After a while, a little eunuch came out of the shadows, walked up behind Ji Jiu and whispered, "General."
Ji Jiu asked, "What did you hear?"
"Back to the general, it's very quiet. There's no sound."
Ji Jiu stood for a while, then turned around and left, no one dared to follow behind. In this imperial city, as long as he doesn't break into the harem, no one dares to stop him.
Ji Jiu walked to a remote place, put his hand into his lapel, hesitated for a while, took out the red bead on his chest, and said bluntly, "Come out."
The red bead flickered for a moment, and a figure appeared.
Yi Mo didn't see him in January, nor did he look for him. Anyway, he gave him the things, and then he posted them on his own to find them, but Yi Mo couldn't make them. Knowing that Ji Jiu was looking for him at this moment, he appeared and stood face to face without saying a word, waiting for Ji Jiu to speak.
Ji Jiu glanced at him, then quickly turned away and said, "Shen Jue is in the emperor's study."
Yi Mo said, "Yes."
Ji Jiu said, "I don't know what's going on now."
Yi Mo said, "Want to see it?"
Ji Jiu hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
Yi Mo took his hand, ignoring the man to shake it off, and clamped it tightly, walked around the base of the wall, came to a withered river pond, and said, "Look for yourself."
Ji Jiu didn't care about other things, and leaned over to look in the river pond, but saw a circle of ripples on the water surface, and then a human figure appeared like a mirror, it was Shen Jue and the emperor in the study. The emperor had a smile on his face, and Shen Jue looked very calm. Sitting facing each other, it seemed that they were having a good conversation, but there was no sound coming from the water mirror, and Ji Jiu didn't know what they were talking about, but a hanging My heart was relieved, it was luck that the sword-ridden situation I thought hadn't happened.
Ji Jiu settled down, and just breathed a sigh of relief, but the scene on the mirror suddenly changed. The emperor got up, walked in front of Shen Jue, and reached out to touch his face. Ji Jiu held her breath immediately, as if she was being touched, goosebumps crawled from her heels to her scalp. Shen Jue made a move at the other end, bent his knees, and swept across. The emperor also had learned martial arts, so the two started fighting. It's all tricks, it's not like a joke, it seems to be irritated. Ji Jiu stayed there, not knowing what to do.
Later he saw Shen Jue turned into a wolf.
Glossy fur, huge body, mighty and extraordinary, just one bump, the emperor fell to the ground, the black wolf pounced on it, its sharp claws clasped the emperor's neck, and the red marks on the neck stood out.
With a wave of his sleeve, Yi Mo disappeared without a trace, restored the tranquility of the river pond, and said calmly, "It's nothing."
Ji Jiu came back to his senses, "Nothing?" He raised his voice and said, "This is nothing, what is something?!"
"The body of the emperor is not invaded by evil spirits, Shen Jue can't do anything to him." Yi Mo said calmly: "The emperor can't do anything to Shen Jue, so it's fine."
"Evil and evil do not invade?" Ji Jiu frowned: "Then how can Shen Jue hurt him?"
"Although Shen Jue is a demon, he is also half human." Yi Mo said, "He is the child of a wolf mother and a human scholar, so there is no hindrance to entering and leaving the palace. It is not easy to hurt the emperor."
"What about you? Are you half human and half demon?" Ji Jiu asked.
Yi Mo shook his head: "I am a demon. So I brought you here, but I can't get close to Longting."
Ji Jiu was silent for a moment, and reluctantly responded, which was regarded as a response.
Yi Mo looked up at the sky, and said: "It's getting late, go and rest."
Ji Jiu glanced at him, turned and left.
After he left, Yi Mo cast the spell again and opened the Mirror, Water, and Moon to watch the two fight. The emperor was the Ninth Five-Year Lord, noble in his bones, and he just froze for a moment when he saw the wolf. Although he was shocked, he didn't lose his composure. , After calming down, he actually smiled and said yes again and again.
Shen Jue regained his human form, and looked down at him from a height. It was because no one would accept anyone, but no one dared to underestimate anyone.
Yi Mo gave a "tsk", waved his sleeve again to make the water mirror disappear, no one knew what was going on in his mind.
The emperor was still lying on the ground, looking up at the sky, and for some reason, suddenly burst out laughing, laughing out of his mind, quite crazy.
Shen Jue squatted aside, looked at him and smiled, without saying a word.
I don't know how long it took before the emperor laughed enough, sat up with one hand propped up, looked at the young man in front of him, and said, "I want you, so what?"
Shen Jue was disdainful, and didn't even bother to answer.
The emperor got up and straightened his dragon robe, and said calmly: "Tomorrow I will find Ji Jiu and ask you to be the head of the guard in my palace. Do you think he will give it?"
Shen Jue finally looked serious, stared at him and said, "He won't agree."
"Really?" said the Emperor.
"Seriously." Shen Jue said very firmly, insisting on his father's protective nature.
The emperor smiled: "Then just wait and see." As he spoke, he walked over again, getting very close, his lips touched Shen Jue's face, Shen Jue stood upright, not avoiding it, staring at him sharply . The emperor kissed his face and said with a smile: "I am the emperor, to you it is nothing more than 'just', but the life of Ji Jiu's family is under my jurisdiction. Tell me, who wins?"
"If you force him, I'll kill you." Shen Jue said unwaveringly, very indifferently: "After you die, my father and son will help your youngest son become emperor, and father will still be the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses."
The emperor changed his face, gritted his teeth and said, "How dare you!"
Shen Jue also smiled slightly, leaned over, pressed against the emperor's ear, and said softly: "If you dare to force him, why don't I dare to force him?"
He said again: "I don't hate masculinity, I only hate dirty people." After a short pause, he pulled a little distance away, and asked the emperor with a very serious look: "Are you a dirty person?"
The emperor said: "Presumptuous!"
Shen Jue let out a light snort, bent over to help the crooked chair case, and after finishing tidying up, he saluted: "The last general will leave." Then Shi Shiran turned around, walked to the door, and suddenly remembered the business, turned around again Come on, and said seriously: "Don't covet my father, he has someone." After finishing speaking, he left, leaving the emperor alone, so angry that he was hurt internally.
After leaving the palace gate, Shen Jue found Ji Jiu, the two looked at each other for a moment, Ji Jiu asked, "What's the matter?"
Shen Jue smiled, and the smile was as innocent as ever, "It's okay."
"real?"
"Father said that when you meet a ruthless person, you just need to be more ruthless than him, and you'll be able to push over." Shen Jue blinked, "The emperor is a good man."
Ji Jiu was speechless for a long time, and then cursed: All you can say is bastard! It's over. I just couldn't help but slander, who taught this child!
It never occurred to him that it was himself who made Shen Jue like this.
Ji Jiu went to the palace to meet the emperor the next day, and found that, as Shen Jue said, nothing happened, and he was at ease. He suddenly understood in his heart that even though Shen Jue smiled so innocently, he might not be someone he wanted to be with. His emperor was devastated, and he didn't say a word about what happened last night. However, Ji Jiu happily pushed the boat along without mentioning a word.
The two monarchs and ministers talked about the military for a while, and set a date to go to the Xiongnu royal court to explore the way. One month later, it will be the golden autumn of October. Ji Jiu set off.
The emperor got up, stood beside the vast topographic map, and said quietly: "The day you come back is when I will give you a hundred thousand troops and horses. If you want to be a general who will shine in the annals of history, I promised you that I can do it." I've done it all, and the rest is up to you, Ji Jiu."
Ji Jiu knelt down, kowtowed and said, "Yes."
"Ji Jiu." The emperor looked at the people at his feet, waited, and said, "If you die, I won't let you down."
"Your Majesty." Ji Jiu smiled, with a radiant look, "When you die, you die. If you don't die, I dare not die."
"Okay!" said the emperor, "Go, go back and reunite with your wife and children."
Ji Jiu responded, and when he exited, the sun was shining brightly. Like the smile on his face.
With nothing to do in a month of free time, Ji Jiu thought about his past life again. He came in a hurry and never asked those two veterans from Yongcheng. .
I don't know when and which generation started, the county government in various places started to compile the annals, and the government paid for it, and hired a gentleman who was proficient in writing and ink to compile the county annals for the local county. From mountains and rivers and landforms, people and customs, to legends and biographies, as well as famous local gentry and aristocrats, anecdotes of literati, as long as they happened in the land under their jurisdiction, no matter how big or small, they should be recorded in the county annals. above, for future reference. This trend of compiling chronicles has been passed down from generation to generation. Every county magistrate must read the local county chronicles at the beginning of his tenure. After he has been in office for a little longer, he invited a gentleman to make up for each of the events that happened during his tenure. In detail, when the successor comes, add according to this.
A letter from Ji Jiu, please ask the county magistrate of Yongcheng, ask for a list of the county annals, and send it back in half a month.
Soon, the county annals were delivered to the mansion, and Ji Jiu chose a good day to sit by the osmanthus tree in the courtyard, drink the scented tea made at home, and start to read.
I don't know how long it took, but on the twelfth day, Ji Jiu turned to the article written more than 150 years ago.
According to the county annals, there is a big family surnamed Shen in the local area, a wealthy squire. His ancestors went from officials to third ranks, and later into merchants, with shops everywhere. Passed down to the thirteenth generation, there are two sons, the eldest son Shen Ziqingxuan, and the second son Shen Zhen. The eldest son fell into an ice cave at the age of eight, suffered from hemiplegia, lived alone in the mountains, and encountered demons.
The demon's name is Yi Mo, and the rest is unknown. She is close to her, like a married couple. Adopted a son, born to a wolf mother, named Jue. Shen Qingxuan recovered from his illness and lived for another thirteen years before he died. The demon emphasizes friendship and righteousness, and the deed is engraved on the stele, and the survivor claims to be himself.
Fifty years after Shen Qingxuan's death, his younger brother Shen Zhen's son slandered the government, was imprisoned, and his family was reunited, and he was sentenced to beheaded. There was a strong wind overnight, and the Shen's house caught fire. No one escaped, and nothing happened. Later, there were rumors from the neighbors that he met a descendant of the Shen family at the extreme south, and was rescued by the demon Yimo. The whole family of more than a hundred members escaped, hiding their names, and the Shen family died.
Ji Jiu turned that article over and over, read and read, until the sky became dark and the words on the scroll could no longer be read clearly.
Ji Jiu rubbed her eyes, as if a wind and sand had entered her, and the pain was unbearable. The lanterns under the courtyard porch at home were already lit, Ji Jiu lowered her head, closed the book in her hand, and turned her face away when Shen Jue came in and called "Daddy".
The moment he turned his face, a drop of water hit his wrist with a "click", which was exactly where the light-colored snake's kiss was.
Silent and breathless.