When Xiao Yi and Nangong Yue came down from the city wall, the sun had already slanted to the west, and the sunlight became less dazzling.
Looking at the sky, the two looked at each other and decided to go home together.
Walking slowly on the empty street, after turning a street, the two of them saw two familiar figures coming out of the wounded barracks from a distance, a man and a woman.
Nangong Yue and Xiao Yiman exchanged glances with a smile, and were about to call out to them, the other's gaze also looked over, and the gazes of the four intersected.
"Sister Xia, Ah He!"
Even at a distance of several tens of feet, Nangong Yue could still see the blush on Han Qixia's face, as well as the expression unconsciously released from her whole body. How can her joy be hidden from Nangong Yue's eyes, it seems that just like what she said to her grandfather, her grandfather is going to marry her granddaughter again!
Fu Yunhe smiled generously at Xiao Yi and Nangong Yue, and walked side by side with Han Qixia.
Meeting Xiao Yi and Nangong Yue's clear eyes, Han Qixia's cheeks turned redder.
From the moment she rushed to the wounded barracks and saw that Fu Yunhe was safe and sound, she guessed that she had made a joke, and she rushed out without listening to what she had to say—this time, it might not only be Nangong Yue, but also her grandfather and An Yihou. I also guessed what was going on.
But at that moment, when she mistakenly thought that Fu Yunhe was ambushed and injured, she really panicked...
Obviously last time when he said he wanted to write a letter to Aunt Yongyang, she didn't agree, because she was concerned about her current status, and because she was timid about the closeness to the capital, she flinched...
But just now, until the moment of life and death, she didn't understand that what she cared about was nothing at all.
As long as he has the heart, as long as he and she are willing to work together, they will definitely find a solution.
Wouldn't it be silly to give up before trying? Wouldn't that be a waste of "heavy work" for her, and a waste of more than half a year with her grandfather!
Thinking about it, Han Qixia's eyes became clearer, her expression became firmer, and she said to herself, as long as she has no regrets in her heart!
"Sister Xia, are you going back to the Garrison Mansion?"
Nangong Yue hugged Han Qixia affectionately, and at the same time cast a look at Fu Yunhe, as if saying, Ah He, if you dare to treat Sister Xia badly, then be careful!
Fu Yunhe directly raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, winked, and his smiling eyes fell on Han Qixia.
Han Qixia could only blushed as if she didn't see their eye contact, nodded and said: "Yue'er, I'm planning to go back and have dinner with my grandfather." Although she made her mind and choice clear, Han Qixia was still a little shy and intentionally Fu Yunhe was not mentioned.
Nangong Yue covered her mouth with a smile, and said, "Why don't Ai and I go to my grandfather's for dinner..."
Before she finished speaking, a somewhat familiar male voice shouted excitedly from behind:
"Cousin Yi! Cousin Yi!"
Hearing this voice, Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows, with a faint smile on his face.
Everyone followed the sound and saw Qiao Shenyu in a blue robe walking towards them eagerly, with uncontrollable joy in his eyes.
Compared with the embarrassment at the Wengcheng construction site before, Qiao Shenyu seems to be a different person at this moment, full of energy and radiant.
After Qiao Shenyu greeted everyone, he said straight to the point: "Cousin Yi, I want to go to Yongjia City."
Hearing this, Xiao Yi let out a faint smile.
Xiao Yi ordered yesterday to select young generals with potential from the army to go to Yongjia City with Guan Yubai. This order has already caused a commotion in the army. All the young generals are gearing up for this rare and great opportunity.
Qiao Shenyu also felt that this was an opportunity to make meritorious deeds, thinking that he had made meritorious deeds when the Nine Kings of Nanliang held Han Qixia hostage last time, and also showed his ability in front of Xiao Yi, this time, Xiao Yi should see it anyway In terms of relatives, give this opportunity to your cousin first!
So, Qiao Shenyu hurriedly went to the Garrison Mansion, but he couldn't find Xiao Yi, thinking that Xiao Yi might be patrolling the city wall, so he rushed here again, fearing that he would miss this golden opportunity.
My luck is not bad, Xiao Yi is indeed near the city gate, and even Han Qixia is also there.
Qiao Shenyu glanced at Han Qixia quickly, secretly happy in his heart: no matter what, he is also Han Qixia's savior, as the saying goes, don't look at the monk's face to see the Buddha's face...
"Cousin Yu," Xiao Yi casually stroked his sleeves, and said calmly, "If Cousin really wants to go to Yongjia City, he should go back and prepare for tomorrow's assessment."
Qiao Shenyu's face changed slightly, why is he still being assessed? Whether or not to pass the exam is not a matter of what Xiao Yi, the son of the world, said. After all, Xiao Yi still refused to let himself go!
"Cousin Yi." Qiao Shenyu was still a little unwilling to give up, and he didn't care that Fu Yunhe was still here, "Then tomorrow's exam questions..." If Xiao Yi is willing to reveal some of the exam questions, it will be of great benefit to himself.
Xiao Yi didn't want to listen to him anymore, so he interrupted him bluntly: "Brother Yu, if you want to go to Yongjia City, you can come to the city gate tomorrow morning to take part in the assessment."
After finishing speaking, he ignored Qiao Shenyu and said to Nangong Yue expectantly, "Ah Yue, you can go with me tomorrow." If Qiao Shenyu hadn't reminded him, he wouldn't even think about the assessment. He was about to go out again soon, and he was eager to be with Nangong Yue all the time, but after a second thought, it was as if he was taking his concubine to patrol the city wall today, wouldn't it be enough to bring her with him tomorrow? !
Seeing Nangong Yue nodding obediently, Xiao Yi felt even more joyful in his heart, and he knew that the stinky girl was also reluctant to part with him.
Xiao Yi held Nangong Yue's hand tightly in a good mood, and greeted Fu Yunhe and the others to leave together.
Only Qiao Shenyu was left gritting his molars and staring at the back of Xiao Yi and the others leaving with a gloomy expression, a cruel light burst out from his eyes.
The four of Xiao Yi walked back to the Garrison Mansion, talking and laughing at Yan Yan along the way, forgetting about Qiao Shenyu. They went to Lin Jingchen's yard together for some casual dinner, and then went back separately.
After returning to her yard, Nangong Yue went to Haosheng to wash up first, and then Xiao Yi also entered the clean room.
Nangong Yue sat in front of the dressing table with wet hair and wrung her hair dry, listening to the sound of splashing water coming from the direction of the clean room from time to time, and the inner room was filled with a faint scent of incense. Fresh and relaxed.
At this time, there was a sound of raising the curtain, Nangong Yue followed the sound, and saw Baihui walking in without haste, with a complicated and weird expression.
Her delicate expression could not help but attract the attention of Nangong Yue and Huamei. Baihui's temper was the most calm among the maidservants, even Nangong Yue sometimes sighed.
What is it that makes Baihui, who is always in front of the Taishan collapse and does not change her face, show such an expression
"Concubine Shizi," Baihui walked closer, kneeling and said, "Miss Sun, she..."
Sun Xinyi? ! The movements in Huamei's hands paused for a moment, and she tilted her face, becoming even more curious.
Baihui hesitated for a moment, and then continued: "Miss Sun, she was sent to the red tent of the military camp..."
Nangong Yue was taken aback for a moment, and immediately understood what the red tent in the military camp meant.
Baihui really didn't want to say that this would pollute the ears of the imperial concubine, but since the imperial concubine asked her to investigate, she had no choice but to report the truth: "I heard that she is going to give back a bloodline to the Sun family..."
Baihui quickly glanced in the direction of the clean room, is this idea the world's...
"no."
Baihui's question was silent, but Nangong Yue had already given two words firmly.
How could such a "detour" approach be Xiao Yi's idea!
With Xiao Yi's temperament, since the evidence of Sun Xinyi's crime is conclusive and his crime is unforgivable, then he should be killed.
I'm afraid that Li Shoubei and Jing Qian couldn't bear the loss of the incense of the Sun family, and wanted to punish Sun Xinyi, so they came up with this idea.
And Sun Xinyi...
I'm afraid she still can't bear to die, right? !
Sun Xinyi is most afraid of death. In order to "live", she can abandon the last bottom line of being a human being and change from a human to a beast, so today is still the same...
If she had no fear of life and death, she would not have killed her nephew.
If she had no fear of life and death, how could she be used by the people of Nanliang
If she had no fear of life and death, she would not have fallen into such an ending today!
As long as there is a glimmer of hope of surviving, Sun Xinyi will try, because she is afraid of death, and she is reluctant to die!
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At this time, the sound of water in the clean room stopped, Nangong Yue silently made a gesture, Baihui and Huamei retreated quietly, only a little crisp sound came out when the beads collided at the moment when the curtain was lifted sound.
Almost the next moment, Xiao Yi came out slowly in a white shirt.
Nangong Yue couldn't help frowning slightly when she saw that his undershirt was slightly wet against his smooth skin. He must have put on the undershirt before drying himself.
Xiao Yi was in a good mood, and his peach blossom eyes were sparkling.
Although he was taking a bath just now, he also heard what Baihui said intermittently.
Thinking about it, the smile on his face grew stronger, and he stared at Nangong Yue with burning eyes.
He knew that his stinky girl knew him best.
In his opinion, what's the point of burning incense when a person dies? !
For example, if his child doesn't have half of Ah Yue's blood, then he might as well not!
However, people in the world value the so-called blood and incense, so Li Shoubei and Mr. Jing Qian came up with such an idea, intending to let Sun Xinyi live ten more months...
The young couple looked at each other and smiled, neither of them planned to mention Sun Xinyi again.
To them, the matter of Sun Xinyi is over, and he can hardly be called a passer-by in their lives.
"soy Mujer… "
Xiao Yi leaned over with a smile, and was about to help Nangong Yue wring her hair, when she heard a strange movement outside the window.
"Srustling..."
"Srustling..."
The sound of branches and leaves vibrating suddenly became louder and messier, accompanied by the sound of flapping wings.
"It's Xiaohui who's back." Xiao Yi stepped forward to open the window while speaking.
really-
From the courtyard outside the window, Xiao Hui flew over with huge wings, circled in mid-air for more than half a circle, and then landed on the window sill.
It shook its wings, and squatted there quietly, looking at Xiao Yi with a pair of golden eyes without blinking, as if asking, what are you doing
Xiao Yi looked Xiao Hui up and down, blinked strangely, and suddenly said to Nangong Yue: "Smelly girl, do you think Xiao Hui seems to have gotten fatter?"
Yeah? Nangong Yue was with Xiao Hui almost every day, and she didn't feel it before, but after Xiao Yi said this, she looked at Xiao Hui again and found that it seemed to be the case.
Since Xiao Hui became an adult, he was either busy bullying the birds in the mansion, or flying out of the city to hunt and feed himself. He exercised a lot every day, so he grew strong and lean, but not bloated. How could he suddenly...
Nangong Yue seemed to think of something, and the corners of her mouth curled up involuntarily.
The little gray squatting on the window sill also seemed to feel the strange gaze of the two of them, and shook its feathers to express its dissatisfaction.
There are snacks for Xiao Hui all the year round in the house, Xiao Yi casually picks up a piece of jerky and throws it to Xiao Hui to appease him.
Xiao Yi didn't miss the mischievous smile on the corner of Nangong Yue's mouth, and raised his eyebrows suspiciously.
Xiao Hui accurately grabbed the piece of dried meat in one bite, then flapped his wings and flew out, hiding in the dark night in the blink of an eye...
Xiao Yi caught something out of the corner of his eye, and looked in the direction where Xiao Hui was going. If he read it correctly, Xiao Hui didn't seem to swallow the piece of jerky, but walked away with the jerky in his mouth.
Why? !
As if seeing the doubt in Xiao Yi's eyes, Nangong Yue covered her mouth and smiled, then said slowly: "Xiao Hui probably went to look for Han Yu again..." Xiao Hui went to see Han Yu several times a day, Now Nangong Yue only needs to look at the direction of Xiao Huifei to know where it is going.
In Xiaohui's heart, the things the master gives to it are of course good things, and good things must be given to Han Yu of course.
Thinking about it, the smile in Nangong Yue's eyes became stronger, and she felt a little complacent in her heart. Her own eagle is just unusual.
After a pause, Nangong Yue said again: "I guess Xiaohui will..." She almost said the word "fat", but she changed her words temporarily, "I grew stronger because I was with Han Yu I ate a lot."
Han Yu was still a young eagle, and the small animals had to eat several meals a day when they were young. Xiao Hui often went to visit Han Yu, and often "enthusiastically" helped feed Han Yu, so it was inevitable that a lot of food would also enter It's in its own belly, so it's no wonder that Xiao Hui's body is a little bigger.
Xiao Yi felt complacent when he heard it, and said, "I'll just say, Xiao Hui is just like me!"
While speaking, Xiao Yi looked at Nangong Yue with piercing eyes, his gaze was so hot that the air seemed to be burning, as if he was saying that if he had any good things, they would all be sent to his imperial concubine!
Knowing that he, such as Nangong Yue, naturally heard the meaning behind his words, this guy actually used this way to talk to herself about love.
Her small face was dyed with a faint blush, as if she had applied a layer of rouge, she looked radiant and charming.
And his dark eyes almost stared straight—
His stinky girl is so beautiful!
Fortunately, I was clever, so I spotted the person early on and locked him in prison.
Xiao Yi thought triumphantly, the smile on his face was so strong that it was about to overflow.
Seeing him staring blankly, her cheeks became hot, Nangong Yue hurriedly picked up another piece of jerky and threw it to him. Xiao Yi, who has always been kind, took a bite of the jerky. It's rare for the imperial concubine to "feed" him jerky in person. Of course he can't disappoint the imperial concubine's wishes, can he
After happily eating the jerky, Xiao Yi embraced her shoulders, caressing her cheeks with warm breath...
In the early morning, Nangong Yue woke up under a pair of scorching gazes, and when she opened her eyes, she saw a pair of black peach blossom eyes staring at her scorchingly.
Nangong Yue was dazed for a while, and immediately remembered that she was going out today, she immediately lifted her spirits, the confusion and affection in her eyes were swept away, she happily dismissed Xiao Yi, and hurriedly washed and changed her clothes.
Seeing her impatient look, Xiao Yi almost regretted it, but he obediently sat by the window, watching the maids pretending to be his concubine with great interest.
Without Xiao Yi's disturbance, everything went smoothly. Washing, dressing, dressing, and breakfast...
When the two of them, Guan Yubai, Fu Yunhe and Hua Chuyu, who were called here specially, left the garrison mansion together, it was only half past hour, and the hooves of the horses were flying, and a group of people rode their horses to the vicinity of the city gate in a short while.
From a distance, several young generals gathered at the gate of the city. To Nangong Yue, there were a few unfamiliar faces, but there were also a few familiar ones, such as Yu Xiufan, Chang Huaixi and Qiao Shenyu.
Some of them are generals, some are white bodies, and they were promoted step by step from the soldiers.
They were all whispering to each other, they didn't know what they were talking about, everyone's face was full of uncontrollable expectation, and there was a trace of inconspicuous tension.
They all understand how important this opportunity is. Only by showing their faces in front of the prince, they will be able to be used by the prince like Yao Lianghang, Tian Detao, and Mo Xiuyu in the future, and they will stand out in the army step by step.
If they don't perform well in the assessment, then they don't know when the next chance will be. What's more, will Shizi give them a second chance
And this tension rose to the highest point when they came to an open space five or six miles away from Yanding City.
This open space was originally the place where the selected camps were stationed. Now the camps that were originally stationed here have been withdrawn, and many high and low wooden stakes have been built on the spot. Near the wooden stakes, there are nearly a hundred soldiers standing by with guns. From a distance, they were all crowded heads. These soldiers seemed to be standing in a mess, but they seemed to contain some kind of pattern...
What's happening here? !
The seven or eight young generals who came to participate in the assessment looked at each other with puzzled faces, and they all had the same question in their hearts. How is this assessment going to be done
Xiao Yi stretched out his hand to make a petition, and directly handed over the right to speak to Guan Yubai.
Guan Yubai smiled lightly, and said: "As long as you can pass this formation, you will be considered as passing the assessment. The quota for this time is..."
The hearts of the young generals rose in an instant, and they looked at Guan Yubai without blinking.
Guan Yubai raised his right hand and stretched out a finger.
A quota? ! There is only one place! The young generals gasped and looked at each other. In this way, it is impossible for them to cooperate with each other. Even if they are best friends on weekdays, at this moment, they are all competitors in front of Qian Cheng!
But this formation... The young generals looked at the nearly a hundred people in front of them. Even if this formation could not be seen for a while, it was obvious that the enemy's numbers far exceeded their own, and even a wheel battle could drag them to death.
"Tianmen Formation..." At this moment, a clear male voice suddenly said thoughtfully.
For a moment, everyone looked at the owner of the voice in unison, and Yu Xiufan blurted out, "Xiao Xizi, do you recognize this formation?"
All the young generals looked at Chang Huaixi with a trace of expectation in their eyes, but they were afraid that the other party would prevent them from saying more.
Of course Xiao Yi knew the inside story, he raised his eyebrows with interest, and exchanged a wink with Guan Yubai.
Nangong Yue didn't know anything about these formations and tactics, and she also tried to flip through the book of tactics that Xiao Yi threw there... she fell asleep after just a few glances. But even though she doesn't know the art of war, she can still read people's faces. Seeing the expressions of Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai, she knew that Chang Huaixi should have hit the key point.
Chang Huaixi squinted his eyes and murmured: "According to the records in the military book, the Tianmen Formation is one of the eight great formations and has been lost for hundreds of years. The Tianmen Formation is arranged according to the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, among which the large formation sets the small formation. Sub-arrays set mother arrays, criss-crossing, dotted with stars, a total of 108 arrays..." It can be said to be extremely dangerous.
Qiao Shenyu curled his lips in disdain and said, "How can there be one hundred and eight formations here!" His eyes and tone seemed to say, just brag!
Chang Huaixi didn't even look at Qiao Shenyu. If he used his old temper, he would never give up if he didn't compete with Qiao Shenyu and teach him a lesson. Starting from picking up corpses... Unknowingly, his temper has become a lot calmer, not to mention, the "Tianmen Formation" they are facing at this moment is their biggest enemy.