Ji Jiu admits that such things are not suitable to be transported together with the goods in the camel caravan—in fact, it may not be impossible, but he doesn't want to drive a group of frightened camels on the road.
Even though it was locked in the box, the snake caused a riot in the team. The spirituality of animals is sometimes unimaginable. These simple-looking camels became agitated when Shen Jue approached with the box in his arms. They backed away, and then squirmed their thick lips frantically, spitting a lot at Shen Jue.
Fortunately, Shen Jue dodged quickly, otherwise he would have been spit all over his face.
Any animal has spirituality and will resist in the face of danger. Ji Jiu had no choice but to grant Shen Jue's wish and let him walk at the end of the caravan with a wooden box on his back.
During the walk, it was inevitable to stop and look back. Seeing the scene of the young man walking with the big wooden box on his back, he didn't even take a breath. He walked steadily on the rough road, and the wooden box behind him never shook. Occasionally, when the wind and sand hit, I stretched out my hand to block the box—it couldn't block anything at all, and there was no need to block it, but it was an instinctive gesture of protection. Ji Jiu looked at it, and inexplicably felt a little bit of envy in his heart, thinking that although the snake had lost its lover, in the end, there was still a person who was willing to stay by his side, and was willing to carefully protect him when he fell asleep.
He has never tasted the feeling of being cared for like this. His mother died young, his father fought in the battlefield all year round, and he has no siblings. He is the only son of a general in the court, so how can he show a fragile appearance in front of others
Therefore, I never felt that someone should protect me. When I was enlightened when I was young, I was sent to school to study, and I met friends like Chang Yin, but two years of happy time passed, and after two years, this time was cut off. Entering the imperial palace, being the prince's companion to read, is actually the meaning of being a hostage, being held in the court to deter the generals on the frontier. But no one knows that since entering the palace, Ji Jiu's childhood has been completely severed.
Those innocence and kindness were torn apart and thrown into the dark place dripping with blood.
The imperial palace will not treat them kindly just because they are children, but instead bullies them more and more aggressively because they are powerless to resist. Especially when his young prince was born to a woman who had already fallen out of favor.
Ji Jiu occasionally dreamed back at midnight, and he would return to that place, the dark and dilapidated small courtyard, which was not even comparable to his firewood house. He knelt on the ground covered with rubble and kowtowed to the young man in front of him. The prince at that time, who is now the emperor, clenched his fists and stood silently, not even daring to shed tears. At that time, they already knew that tears were the most useless thing in this place.
Only when soldiers approach the city and hold the power of life and death in their hands, can those once arrogant people kneel at their feet and bow their heads to admit defeat.
In fact, it's not that there is no other choice. When the princes grow up, they realize that the child they bullied when they were young is the only son of the current general, and they can be recruited for their own use.
But there are some things that they understand too late, and their mother reminds them too late, the humiliation that they have never suffered, has already forced Ji Jiu to the opposite side of them—unstoppable!
This is life. The recklessness and sense of superiority in their childhood made them unknowingly plant a dark thread into their own destiny. One day, on their way of walking, this dark thread will surface and trip them up. They, afterward, ruin their lives.
From then on, the life of Ji Jiu and that isolated prince was rewritten. Even the entire dynasty was rewritten for this.
Ji Jiu doesn't care how the military remonstrance that year will be described in the history books a hundred years later, and he doesn't care how to describe him, he doesn't care about all of this. He has done the things and has no regrets.
So, what to do, how to do it.
Even if he bears the infamy, the emperor who killed his mother and brother will accompany him. No one protects the other, but bears the unshirkable murders together.
Being protected by others is something Ji Jiu never thought of. Maybe the journey is too far away, and there is enough time for him to think about these boring things.
Thinking in my heart, the time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, I came to another town, Ji Jiu entered the inn, and met some other caravans along the way, some carrying goods, and some traveling merchants carrying their own burdens. Ji Jiu reduced the number of people again. The original 500 people left a team in the last town, and he plans to keep another team in this town.
Too many people are always an eyesore. Not to mention the vigilance of the Xiongnu spies, even the merchant travelers felt that this caravan was unusual. Along the way, apart from the Huns who had to deal with it, there were also horse thieves wandering on the yellow land who needed to be on guard. The target of public criticism.
Ji Jiu has always disliked taking the knife for others.
Sitting at the table after washing in the evening, Ji Jiu silently thought about the journey to the next stop. There was still a long way to go into the desert. It would take a lot of effort to reduce the team to about 50 people along the way. The people are sent by the emperor, and the number of people he agrees to cannot be returned at will. It is best to let them scatter and find the place where they can play the most important role.
Just sitting there, the door was knocked, followed by a vaguely familiar voice, "Master Ji?"
Ji Jiu regained consciousness and opened the door.
Standing outside the door was Shen Hai, just like the first time he saw him, dressed in a green shirt, very elegant. As usual, there was a hint of evil in his eyes, not aimed at anyone, more like he was born that way. But Ji Jiu didn't believe it, who would burden his eyes with so many things for no reason. Therefore, there must be a story behind this person, there is no doubt about it.
Ji Jiu was a little surprised, and said, "Why are you here?"
Shen Hai smiled, "Master Ji won't invite me in?"
Ji Jiu let him in, closed the door, poured tea again, and asked, "Is there something urgent to come after such a long journey?"
Shen Hai was obviously thirsty, so he drank two cups of tea before replying: "It's nothing serious, I just heard that the general has gradually dismissed the troops, I want to ask, this desperate idea is worthwhile, the general wants to destroy the Xiongnu, It’s not like dying in a foreign country.”
Ji Jiu said, "Did the emperor ask you to ask?"
Shen Haidao: "No, I want to ask."
Ji Jiu said: "Master Shen is too worried, Ji Jiu's arrangement is naturally reasonable."
But Shen Hai said: "General Ji, please think again."
Ji Jiu froze for a moment. He is not a fool, the other party repeated it again and again, obviously there was something hidden behind it, his mind naturally connected to the situation in the court, his doubts disappeared, he let out a "ha", and said with a sneer, "very good." He rushed to Shen Haixing again Li, said: "Thank you for reminding me, sir."
Shen Hai hurriedly got up to return the salute, and then he was relieved, his face relaxed, and after drinking another cup of tea, he said as if chatting: "I heard that the general read the county annals of Yongcheng a few days ago, but Is there something wrong?"
Ji Jiu thought that the name of the elite spies in the imperial city really deserved the name. He only read a copy of the county annals, and he was targeted. He could not tell how many people had guessed because of his actions. Ji Jiu said: "In the army, I often heard people tell stories. They said that the only famous story in recent years was in Yongcheng. I thought that what those people said was vivid. Maybe it was true. It just happened to be fine. Let's call to see."
Shen Hai also laughed, and said: "General Ji is very leisurely and carefree," but asked: "I wonder what story the general is curious about?"
Ji Jiu pondered for a while, and said with a smile: "Master Shen is interested, so it can be seen that he often reads some anecdotes, why don't you tell two stories to listen to. It's also a good way to pass the time."
Shen Hai let out a haha: "Since General Ji doesn't want to say it, I don't force it. However, I do know something about the legend of Yongcheng. The county chronicles are more detailed than that."
"Oh?" Ji Jiuxu responded, "How about the details?"
Shen Hai stood up, stood with his sleeves behind his back, looked at him for a while, then walked to the window, stared out of the window for a while, then slowly said: "That year was the beginning of spring..."
It’s the beginning of spring, and the ground that has been frozen for the whole winter begins to loosen. There are flowers and plants sprouting, and insects digging into the soil. There is a young master who has been sick all year round. He envies the sunshine outside the window, so he asks his servants to push him, wraps him in a fox fur cloak, and covers his knees with wool. Soft felt, with a warm tube on the sleeve, basking in the sun in the courtyard.
It was in the gentle sunshine, the breeze blew through, picked up the broken leaves and dust on the ground, and fell into the young master's teacup.
Although the young master has been sick and disabled for many years, he has never been sloppy, and he has a clean nature. Without thinking about it, he poured the hot tea out on a big snake that was also basking in the early spring sun. The snake didn't think much, turned its head around, and bit him hard, the fangs embedded in the young master's wrist, and the venom began to swim away... This is acquaintance. is also the cause.
Shen Hai turned around, went back to the table and sat down again, looked at Youshen Ji Jiu, and said with a smile: "The county chronicles, although they have heard about the way, are actually not a bit different. It's just the ins and outs, the county chronicles It may not be clear. If Master Ji is interested, you may wish to ask me, and I will tell you everything I know."
Ji Jiu said, "How did you know?"
Shen Haidao: "I traveled around in my early years, so I naturally heard about it."
Ji Jiu listened, although he didn't believe it, but he couldn't ask him, so he couldn't force him.
After waiting for a while, Ji Jiu said calmly: "It's just a story, so why do you need to know such details. No matter how bizarre the twists and turns are, it's still a story... It has nothing to do with Ji. Could it be that these old things have something to do with Mr. Shen?"
Ji Jiu asked, and at the same time, Shen Hai's face changed slightly, as if someone was talking about the central matter, and soon he regained his composure, and said with a smile: "The general is suspicious, I think the general likes this story, so I just told it, since If the general doesn't like it, let it be."
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Ji Jiu smiled and changed the subject. The two talked for a while, but the atmosphere was still cold. Shen Hai couldn't sit still, so he left. After going down the steps of the inn, because it was night, Shen Hai didn't see the young man who came out of the stable, he was staring at his back without blinking, thoughtfully. It wasn't until the figure disappeared behind the door that the young man turned around again and walked through the cramped and narrow staircase to find Ji Jiu.
Ji Jiu was making the bed. After unfolding the quilt and making the bed, he pushed the wooden box inside again, and only then did he hear the knock on the door.
Standing outside the door, Shen Jue opened the door and went in after hearing his call to come in. The first thing she saw were two cups of tea that had not been put away on the table. The remaining temperature is still there, and the mist curls up.
Shen Jue asked: "What is that man looking for with Dad?"
Ji Jiu said: "Come and remind me that this journey may not be peaceful." After a short pause, he added: "Do you know him?"
"It's an old friend." Shen Jue said, hesitated for a while, and then continued: "If he asks for something and Daddy can help him, then help him, he is not a bad person."
After being by my side for so long, this is the first time Ji Jiu heard that he asked for something from him. He froze for the moment, but quickly recovered, and didn't ask any more questions, just said: "Okay."
He responded straightforwardly, and Shen Jue was not surprised. He just smiled, his round eyes narrowed, and his smile was undisguised, revealing two canine teeth, like a child.
Ji Jiu thought in his heart that he might not be able to go back alive, so what could he help that person? Although Shen Hai has no official position, he is the emperor's aide, and he is deeply trusted. Such a person has an immeasurable future, so why should he help.
I wanted to return to thinking, but the words didn't come out. He didn't ask what relationship that person had with Shen Jue, no matter how big the relationship was, it had nothing to do with him.
Shen Jue went over to help him make the bed, adjusted the position of the soft pillow, put down the curtains, and said, "Daddy go to bed early, we have to go early tomorrow morning."
Ji Jiu said "hmm", and saw the figure go out through the rough soft screen, and the sound of closing the door sounded, so he put the latch on and walked back. Sitting sideways next to the edge of the bed, Ji Jiu stared at the big wooden box inside for a while.
Shen Jue carried it on his back during the day, and when he stayed in the inn at night, he couldn't guard it. After all, Shen Jue shared the same bunk with other soldiers, and there were many people in the room. . Therefore, at night, the box is placed in Ji Jiu's room and he guards it.
Knowing that the snake shouldn't be here, he let it stay and sleep beside him. Ji Jiu opened the wooden box, looked at the big sleeping snake in the box, looked at it for a while, and then murmured: "This looks more pleasing to the eye." While talking, he stretched out his hand to hug the big snake out of the box, Put it on the newly laid quilt, move the empty box aside, then covered the big snake with the quilt, and lay down in another quilt.
The big snake was locked in the box all day long, even though a few small holes were drilled on both sides of the wooden box, it was still oppressive. Ji Jiu doesn't have the habit of abusing others. Although the two have many entanglements, they won't take advantage of others' danger—not to mention taking advantage of the "snake"'s danger now. For this snake-shaped person, Ji Jiu can't say that he is very good to it, but he is not bad either.
Take it out of the box at night, let it air out, Ji Jiu is still willing to do such a thing.
Tucking himself in the quilt, Ji Jiu closed his eyes and soon fell asleep. After all, running all the way is not the pleasure of traveling in the mountains and rivers, and I have long been tired. And the scent of fermented wine exuded by the snake enveloped the curtain, as if drinking two glasses of thin wine, making people slightly tipsy and more comfortable for sleeping. Ji Jiu fell asleep quickly, just closed her eyes, and soon fell into a deep sleep.
It seemed that he was half asleep and half awake, as if Yi Mo had regained his human form, sober from alcohol, and was standing by the bed and looking at him.
Ji Jiu opened his eyes, looked at him for a moment and said, "How are you?"
Yi Mo didn't speak, but just watched quietly, with thick eyelashes casting a faint shadow under the eyelids. The expression is vaguely sad.
As if touched, Ji Jiu lowered his eyes and said softly, "Why do you?"
Yi Mo didn't answer, just sat down beside him, still looking at him seriously.
Ji Jiu continued: "If you practice your way, you will become a fairy in the future, and you will be free from worries. Wouldn't it be great? Why bother with me... I can't give you anything, you understand."
Yi Mo was still silent, but nodded.
Ji Jiu said, "Since you understand, why don't you leave?"
he asks. Yi Mo lowered his head, folded his lips together, and sealed his mouth.
Ji Jiu struggled a bit, but softened in the momentary entanglement of lips and teeth, Yi Mo's tongue came in, licked wantonly, then rolled up his tongue, twisted and sucked vigorously. Ji Jiu's body trembled, and all the struggles and resistances were thrown away, and the roots of his ears were stained bright red.
Thick kisses began to spread from the mouth, and the thin and cool lips touched the side of his neck again, sucking and following the curve all the way down, pausing for a moment at the collarbone, biting to create pain, and then sticking out his tongue to lick Kiss, as if comforting, Ji Jiu was still trembling slightly, lying there breathing disorderly, her lips and tongue left the position of the collarbone, still down, the skirt was loosened, revealing a large chest, dripping with water and red marks Yin, Yi Mo's lips landed on his nipples, sucking them in, the little decorative point stood up instantly as if in response, his mouth hardened into a small pebble. It softened in the ensuing licks, swollen softly, against his tongue.
Ji Jiu's breathing was completely out of order, panicked by the numbness spreading in his body, he stretched out his hand to hold him back, not letting him continue.
Breathing so heavily, heart beating so fast.
But the man was lying on his chest, holding that point in his mouth, brushing it with his tongue non-stop, and holding it with his teeth, biting it lightly or hard.
Ji Jiu let out a "hmm", with a nasal voice coming out, with a sweet and greasy complexion.
With this sound, those ambiguous atmosphere suddenly faded away, Ji Jiu suddenly opened his eyes, his whole body was drenched, and he gasped for breath. But it is a dream.
It was still the simple wooden bed, with unrecognizable curtains hanging around it, he was lying on the bed, the aroma of wine in the air was quietly swaying, and there was no sense of flow.
Just as Ji Jiu breathed a sigh of relief, he vaguely felt his chest being licked again, and suddenly lifted the thin quilt over his body.
But he saw a big black snake with a golden abdomen wrapped around his waist and legs, and his head was tilted in front of his chest, as if in a dream, it kept stretching out the snake letters and licking the spot on his chest.
As for his clothes, they had already been loosened, and his nipples, which had hardened under the candlelight, were swollen glisteningly, giving off an obscene air.
Ji Jiu's face turned red in an instant, like a burning cloud, burning all the way to his neck, perhaps because the scene in front of him was too weird and frightening, he didn't respond for a while.
He just stared blankly at the snake licking him, and the forked snake letter kept sweeping over there, and the nipples were extremely painful.
"Ah!" With a short cry, Ji Jiu finally came to his senses, grabbed the head of the big snake on his body, and didn't care about whether he would be bitten, so he grabbed it tightly and pulled the snake wrapped around his body After fumbling around for a while, he peeled the snake off his body and jumped out of the bed.
Before he had time to pull up his clothes, he heard Shen Jue urgently calling for his father. He didn't know how to get in, and ran to the bed with his sword in his hand.
The snake on the bed was still asleep with its eyes closed, dreaming its sweet dreams, and the snake letter it spat out licked the air.
The man standing on the ground had disheveled hair, his face was flushed, and his unpacked clothes were left open, exposing the unusually bright red spot to the air.
Shen Jue stopped immediately, turned around immediately, and disappeared without saying anything.
Ji Jiu's whole body was burning hot, even her eyes were red.
He drew out his saber and was about to slash at the bed while holding it up, but when the blade was about to fall, it suddenly stopped, hanging within a centimeter of the snake's body...
His face turned blue and white and then suddenly turned red. After standing for a long time, Ji Jiu threw the sword away, so angry that he had nothing to say, and wanted to scold the beast! Shameless! scold…
In the end, my mind was in a mess, and I could only choke out two words from between my teeth, and cursed loudly: "Bad snake!"