"But I don't want to be alone, sister, I'm not afraid of death, I don't want to go." Lian Xiaozhu said, his eyes were already red.
After experiencing the warmth of the world, she has begun to be afraid of living alone.
When Qin Yining saw Lian Xiaozhu like this, her nose was sore, and she almost burst into tears. She hugged Lian Xiaozhu to coax the child and patted her on the back to comfort her: "Don't worry, you were my responsibility when I brought you out of the mountains. , is my sister. I always keep my word and will not leave you alone. It's just that you know the situation between me and the prince. I'm afraid to take you back. If your identity is exposed, we will not protect you. stay with you."
Lian Xiaozhu blinked his big eyes sadly, bit his lip and said, "I know, but I still don't want to be separated from you."
She knew the danger of Pang Xiao and Qin Yining's trip. They were sisters, and at the critical moment, she went to live in peace by herself, leaving Qin Yining alone to fight the risk, how could she feel at ease? What she was most afraid of was not that Qin Yining would leave her and not come to her, but that Qin Yining would never come to her again in the future.
Why didn't Qin Yining understand what Lian Xiaozhu was worried about? Pulled her to persuade her for a long time.
Seeing that she seemed to have made up her mind, even Xiao Porridge had no choice but to nod her head.
Qin Yining asked Pang Xiao, "Do you have a suitable place?"
Pang Xiao thought for a while, and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go ask the wood." After that, he raised his legs and left.
Not long after, Pang Xiao and Mu Jinghu came back together.
Qin Yining said in surprise, "Is Tianji Valley nearby?"
"Yes." Mu Jinghu said: "Not far from here."
Qin Yining frowned and said, "But I heard Boss Qiu say that your Tianjimen are very poor. You live in thatched cottages, sleep in haystacks, and even the bowls you eat are dug out of wood."
Mu Jinghu blushed and coughed, "That's something I can't bear to use, and it's not as exaggerated as what Shanshan said."
Seeing Mu Jinghu like this, Pang Xiao couldn't help laughing: "He is the most stingy of their divisions, Tianjizi is a master of making money, and the generations of Tianjimen's sect masters are strange people, and there are treasures at the bottom of the box. It's not impossible to live a good life in Tianji Valley."
Looking at Lian Xiao Porridge, Pang Xiao said again: "It's just that Tianji Valley is someone else's territory. At first, it was difficult for me to arrange the whole family, so as not to disturb the peace of Tianji Valley. But Xiao Porridge is just a little girl, I Arrange two more guards to protect her, there are only three people in total, and Mumu can still arrange it."
Mu Jinghu nodded and said: "Yes, the three of them will definitely live in the open, the house and land are all found, and they can be self-sufficient at that time, and it is convenient to come out and buy things, but there must be some special formations to get in and out. Admit it, it's easy too, I tell them it is."
Qin Yining asked curiously, "Is there really a Qimen Dunjia technique in this world? You Tianji Valley, ordinary people can't get in when they go outside?"
Mu Jinghu nodded, "Yes, but I won't."
Qin Yining nodded and asked again, "Will there be a chance that day?"
"My uncle has studied the art of Kanyu for a long time, but the most powerful thing is the calculation and divination. I actually wanted to learn the art of Qimen Dunjia, but the old master said that I was an elm brain and could not be used very much. He taught me martial arts and medical skills. He also said that if he accepts another apprentice in the future, he will teach him the art of Qimen Dunjia."
Qin Yining said with a smile: "I know, your master originally put you under Tianjizi's gate, and his old man taught you martial arts on his behalf. In order to let you protect Tianjizi, but Tianjizi was too lazy to take his apprentice, he pushed you to There is a junior brother who has not yet appeared, so I will only let you call her uncle."
Mu Jinghu smiled embarrassedly, nodded and said, "That's what happened."
"Since Tianjizi is good at calculating, compared to the calculation, she will definitely have a younger brother in the future." Qin Yining smiled, "Maybe your real master is already learning the Qimen Dunjia technique."
Mu Jinghu was stunned when he heard the words, and after thinking about it, he grinned: "Perhaps that's the case."
Pang Xiao smiled and said, "Okay, let's talk too far, let's put the porridge in Tianji Valley for the time being, what do you think?"
Qin Yining thought about it and said, "I think it's good." The inquiring looked at Lian Xiaozhu, "What do you think?"
Lian Xiaozhu was naturally full of reluctance, but thinking about it carefully, she also knew that Qin Yining was doing it for her own good. Although she was apprehensive about her future life, she could only accept it.
Qin Yining said: "You arrange for two guards with reliable personalities to protect her, and I also want to buy two girls to serve the porridge. It's inconvenient for a girl to be with only two big men. I'd better buy two girls. , at least there is someone to talk to."
"That's fine. Wood, what do you think?"
Mu Jinghu smiled and said, "It's okay, a few more will make it possible that there are empty houses in the valley. But how to get in and out of Tianji Valley, I won't tell outsiders."
"It's natural, you only need to tell them three. The rest don't have to learn it. If there is something that needs to be contacted, there will be a way to send a letter with you."
Mu Jinghu naturally nodded and agreed.
Now that the decision was made, the group naturally stayed in Liangcheng temporarily. Qin Yining's recuperation was one aspect, and the most important thing was to prepare for the life after entering the valley.
Bingtang and Jiyun knew right away that Lian Xiaozhu was leaving. Although they were reluctant, they also knew that the princess was willing to let Lian Xiaozhu go because it was better to leave than to stay with her.
Bingtang treats Lian Xiaocong as a younger sister. She is sad, but she can't stop her, so she can only prepare a lot of pills and powder for her, and she also gives her the handbook of her daily medicine and medicine dispensing.
"You can look through it when you are bored after you go. Don't forget what I taught you."
Lian Xiao Porridge's crying swollen eyes were like walnuts, he nodded his head twitchingly, and put the handwritten note close to his body.
Qin Yining, the two little girls who sent Yun to buy them, saw them in person, and determined that they were both innocent and poor from poor families.
The older one, ten years old this year, is called Brother Pan, and he is very cheerful. The younger one, who is eight years old this year, has a cowardly temperament and is extremely honest. He doesn't even have a name, and everyone in his family calls him "hey", "hello" and "dead girl".
Qin Yining smiled and said, "Little porridge, come and name them, they will be your maids from now on."
Lian Xiaozhu thought about it for a while, and said, "I hope my brother can be called Ophiopogon." Then he looked at the cowardly little girl who was only eight years old, and said with a smile, "You can be called Banxia."
"It's all medicinal herbs?"
"Yes." Lian Xiaozhu smiled, "It's all the names of the medicinal materials that Big Sister Bingtang told me. It's nice and easy to remember."
Qin Yining smiled, "Our ability to name our porridge is much better than it was at the beginning."
Lian Xiaozhu remembered the porridge that she had to call lotus seed porridge, and couldn't help but laugh at it and feel sad.
Qin Yining patted the back of Lian Xiaozhu's hand and said comfortingly: "With Ophiopogon and Pinellia with you, I can rest assured that I will find you as soon as possible, you just have a good life, we will have a day of reunion. "
Even Xiao Porridge nodded.
Qin Yining looked at Ophiopogon and Banxia again, "You serve the girl Lian for a long time, and treat her as your master. You will benefit a lot in the future. However, the girl in your family is good-natured, but I am not a good girl. Soft persimmon, if you let me know that you are disrespectful to her, or betray her..."
"We don't dare, we don't dare!" Ophiopogon and Banxia were both kneeling and kowtowing in fright.
They didn't know who Qin Yining was, they just thought that this lady was like a fairy, and she was so majestic, she must be the wife of a big family. They have heard of how big families deal with disobedient servants. How can they dare to have two hearts when they are so frightened
Qin Yining sang the white face, and naturally left the opportunity to sing the red face to Lian Xiaozhu.
Even Xiao Porridge understood in his heart, so he called out two girls.
When Qin Yining's wind chill improved, Mu Jinghu brought Lian Xiaozhu and his party and quietly left the inn in the dark of night.
Qin Yining didn't go to see him off, even before Xiao Porridge set off, he just came to Qin Yining and took her hand and sat quietly for a while.
They didn't say goodbye.
However, the person who had been by his side sent another one away, and Qin Yining's heart was empty after all.
Even Bingtang and Jiyun couldn't help themselves.
After Mu Jinghu came back two days later, and carefully said that everything in the valley was fine, Qin Yining had to put the matter down completely.
A group of people once again braved the wind and snow to embark on the journey back to Beijing.
I don't know what happened this year, but they didn't have a few sunny days along the way. And the closer you get to the north, the more wind blows the snow gluttonous food, and the journey is delayed a lot. On New Year's Eve, as Qin Yining said, he didn't catch up to Maocheng at all, but in a family with only seven or eight families. The small village of the village head of the land temple.
Everyone lived in the temple. There was heavy snow with goose feathers outside, listening to the whistling wind. Several fires were lit in the temple. Qin Yining and Pang Xiao were wrapped in a fur, drinking the most powerful burning knife to keep warm, listening to the companions. The men talked about the interesting things when they were in the Hu Ben Army in the past. Although it was a little crude, this year was also very interesting.
The team went through the cold winter and arrived at Daxing, which was two or three days away from the capital. It was already the 20th day of the first month of the eighth year of Shengchang.
Pang Xiao had his own farm in Daxing, so he naturally took people to live in the farm for a few days to rest and study what to do next.
In the main room of the main courtyard of the Grange, a large kang by the window is hot, and there is a square table on the kang, with tea bowls, melon seeds and peanuts, and candies and dried fruits.
A group of people sat around the square table in a circle, and they didn't care that the elders and the younger gathered together to talk.
Qin Yining sat next to Pang Xiao, peeled the melon seeds in his hands, and said with a smile, "Are we okay to talk here?"
"It's okay, don't worry, I have arranged someone outside."
"That's good." Qin Yining put the melon seeds aside, picked one up and continued peeling, "Actually, I've come up with an idea these days, and I'm going to say it today and ask Mr. Xie and Mr. Xu to help with the staff."
Xie Yue and Xu Weizhi said with a smile: "I don't dare to be a staff officer, the princess is resourceful, and the old man has long admired it, just say it."