It was not the first time Mu Yang saw Yantong wearing a girl's dress, but this time it was like seeing him for the first time.
Or maybe Wen Yantong appeared too suddenly.
In the first instant, Mu Yang didn't recognize that it was Wen Yantong, but after a closer look, he could find a bit of Wen Yantong's shadow on the face of the girl with black eyebrows and red lips.
He stopped all of a sudden and stared at her blankly.
Wen Yantong was also shocked, he didn't expect that if he just came to join in the fun, he could run into Mu Yang's home court.
It's been a long time since I saw Mu Yang making trouble, and I almost forgot that this person is also a big thorn in Chaoge Street.
Fu Zixian stood up from the ground and said, "Young Master Mu, don't be an adult anymore, this flower building is newly opened, we will disturb the order like this."
"Xiao Liu," Fu Tanghuan took two steps forward and asked, "What happened?"
There were not only the person Mu Yang was riding in the room, but also two women and a man standing aside. Wen Yantong noticed that the clothes of these three people were completely different from those of Chaoge. The woman was wearing culottes with white ankles exposed, and there were colorful jade rings on both ankles.
These are not people from Chaoge at first glance.
Mu Yang got down from the man, his face seemed angry, but his tone became much softer, he pinched his fingers and asked Wen Yantong, "What are you doing here?"
Wen Yantong raised his eyebrows, "Of course I drink tea, what else? Watch you fight?"
The man on the ground hurriedly got up from the ground, covered his beaten face and retreated behind the woman, with a look of resentment on his face, and said something with a strong accent.
The woman's face was slightly cold, and she replied, but the man didn't dare to say any more.
Wen Yantong didn't expect that Mu Yang would provoke outsiders, so he walked up to him and said, "You are making trouble in this newly opened teahouse, because you are afraid that your father won't know about it?"
Mu Yang snorted softly, "They were the ones who spoke rudely first, my father said, but if anyone dares to speak offensively to me, they should be beaten first."
"Then I'll tell your father about you riding on other people's faces and beating others, and see if he thinks what you did is right." Wen Yantong said.
Mu Yang stared at her, "...you shouldn't be able to do such a despicable thing."
Wen Yantong grinned grimly, "See if I can do it."
Mu Yang sighed, "I forgot that you are a despicable person."
Wen Yantong snorted softly, stopped arguing with him, but took two steps forward, stood beside Mu Yang, and said to the two men and two women, "Where did you come from?"
The woman had a high nose bridge and deep eye sockets, which was very different from ordinary girls' faces, and seemed to be of Hu people's blood. She looked at Wen Yantong warily, and said something with a smile on her face.
Wen Yantong said calmly, "Can you speak Chaoge? I don't understand."
"Not many will." The woman said in unfamiliar Chao Ge dialect.
"Where are you from?" Wen Yantong asked.
The woman raised her eyebrows, hugged her chest and said, "Why should I answer you? You look very smart, can you guess?"
Wen Yantong heard about her, looked her over carefully, and noticed that there was a palm-sized doll hanging from her waist, which was woven with colorful ropes and had cumbersome patterns drawn on it with red ink. She immediately thought that these people came from Where did it come from.
There are not many places mentioned in the original book, so Wen Yantong doesn't know about other places, but there is one place that is written in more detail in the book.
That was Yibei where the war broke out later.
Yibei is located at the farthest edge of Chaoge, where the customs, language and clothing are far from those of Chaoge. The local people have a unique way of praying, which is to wear a prayer puppet woven by their mothers around their waists, and they will not take it off until they find a spouse.
When Wen Yantong saw that doll, he thought that it was probably from Yibei.
Wen Yantong said deliberately, "Chaoge is very different from other places in Shaojing. If you drop a stone and hit it in the crowd, you can hit a few powerful children, so I advise you to be cautious in your words and deeds. Last time There are a group of people from Yibei who came to Chaoge, acted in public, acted arrogantly, offended the children of high-ranking officials, and are still in prison, I think you don’t want to do this when you come from afar, right?”
Sure enough, the woman's face changed, and her tone was very bad, "Are you scaring me?"
Wen Yantong smiled, "How can this be called intimidation? This is a kind reminder, don't provoke people you shouldn't."
Another woman said, "We traveled thousands of miles to Chaoge because we heard that this place is the Eye of Shaojing, which is endlessly prosperous, but we don't want the people here to act so nasty."
Wen Yantong wondered, "How do you say that?"
The woman pointed to Mu Yang, "Just now, he was downstairs, and he kept staring at my sister with obscene eyes."
"You fart!" Mu Yang was so angry that he jumped three feet high, and he had never been wronged before, and shouted, "I will tell you clearly now, you two sisters are standing in front of me naked, I will see more At one glance, I wrote the word Mu upside down! And I still use my left foot!"
These words made the girl's face turn green and turn pale, as if she had been greatly insulted, she cursed something in Yibei dialect.
Mu Yang was naturally not happy, "Don't scold me with your out-of-the-ordinary words, I wouldn't bother to beat you if you didn't pick things up first!"
Wen Yantong said to the two sisters gently, "You must be thinking wrong, we have a lot of beautiful girls in Chaoge, and he didn't pay attention to them, maybe there was some misunderstanding downstairs just now."
The woman looked at her coldly, "You Chaoge people are as eloquent as you, with needles hidden in the cotton?"
Wen Yantong smiled, "I'm not from Chaoge."
There was a man who couldn't bear Wen Yantong talking like this, and raised his fist as if he wanted to rush forward to hit him.
But Mu Yang is not a paper tiger, a soft persimmon. Seeing that man's arrogance, he immediately exploded like a firecracker. He squinted his eyes, rolled up his sleeves and said, "Why do you still want to do something? I'm going to teach you a lesson today!"
Before anyone could react, he rushed forward and wrestled with the man with all his teeth and claws.
Fu Zixian was standing next to him, and when he saw Mu Yang making a move, he immediately went up to stop him, but he didn't think that the man was a kung fu man, so he dodged Mu Yang's punch, and pushed his elbow back to Mu Yang's side, knocking him back a few steps.
Seeing this, Fu Zixian, who originally wanted to block the fight, immediately changed the block to fight, and attacked the man's side neck, shoulders, elbows, and leg sockets in an instant, and the man immediately knelt down.
Mu Yang saw Fu Zixian's hand was so fast, he didn't care about rubbing his side, and rushed forward to press the man to the ground, so there was another scene of riding on the face.
After pressing the man to the ground, even though the man knew kung fu, he was crushed to death by Mu Yang, and his two fists hit his face, making a muffled sound.
Seeing this, the other three wanted to join the battle. Fu Tanghuan immediately ordered the guards behind him to step forward and restrain him. When they pulled Mu Yang off the man, Mu Yang did not give up. .
Wen Yantong said, "It's fine, it's fine, just teach me a little lesson, if this matter gets to your father's ears, I'm afraid he will be punished again."
The only thing Mu Yang was afraid of was General Mu. When he heard her words, he stopped immediately, but he still said harshly, "Get out of Chaoge quickly, or I will see you once and beat you once!"
Fu Tanghuan didn't talk nonsense, just said, "Kick out all those people who affect the business of the teahouse!"
The guards obeyed the order and acted immediately, escorted the two men and two women and went out. Among them, the girl named younger sister said as she walked, "Do you know who I am! You will definitely regret it if you treat me like this. You Chaoge people are unreasonable and bully others. I will definitely get this debt back!" "
Wen Yantong looked at her coldly, and suddenly felt that something was wrong with her words.
The teahouse gradually became quiet, Mu Yang rubbed the place where he got an elbow just now, and then said to Wen Yantong, "I'm leaving."
Wen Yantong said, "Is that a serious blow? Do you want to see a doctor?"
"Since I was a child, I have suffered such a small injury. It's nothing." Mu Yang grinned, "But this matter will reach my father's ears immediately. I need to go to Brother Xi and ask him to help me." I'll block it, or I'll be punished again when I go back tonight."
Wen Yantong laughed, "Since you know you will be punished, why do you want to beat someone yourself?"
Mu Yang said, "You don't understand, the face of that kind of person, you need to punch yourself to relieve your anger."
After Mu Yang said that, he went out, and Fu Zixian followed behind. The servants of the teahouse quickly cleaned up the scene, and Fu Tanghuan and Wen Yantong returned to the original private room.
As soon as he was seated, Wen Yantong smiled helplessly, "It's true that you can meet Mu Yang and make trouble everywhere you go."
Fu Tanghuan's expression was a little heavy, and he said, "The identities of those four people may be unusual."
Wen Yantong took a sip of scented tea and asked, "Miss San, have you met?"
"Didn't you say they are from Yibei?" Fu Tanghuan asked back.
Wen Yantong nodded, "I guess, 80% yes."
Fu Tang said happily, "From what the woman said just now when she was escorted out, I think those people may not be ordinary civilians, but most likely the children of Yibei officials who have blood ties with foreign races. The purpose of coming to Chaoge this time is not ordinary. .”
Wen Yantong was a little surprised, "How did Miss San know this?"
Fu Tang said happily, "I heard that there was a riot in Yibei."
Wen Yantong took a sip of scented tea and almost choked in his throat, and said in shock, "What?!"
Fu Tang said happily, "It's just what I heard. Yibei was on the edge of Shaojing. It was occupied by foreigners for a long time during the war. It was General Mu who fought for four years before completely driving the enemy out of Yibei. But most of the people living there are They are foreigners, but there are very few real Shaojing people."
Wen Yantong knew this, but still listened quietly.
Fu Tanghuan said again, "In the past few months, Yibei has been in turmoil. It is feared that people from other races will invade again. The imperial court has sent people to suppress the chaos."
"When did this happen?"
"The first batch was two months ago, and the second batch should be around this time." Fu Tanghuan took a sip of tea and said slowly, "My father hopes that Xiao Liu can participate and ask the emperor for orders earlier. position, so I can hear some wind.”
The turmoil in Yibei clearly happened several years later! Why is it so much earlier all of a sudden
Wen Yantong lied a bit, and asked, "Will Fu Zixian go?"
"Xiao Liu's position has been determined. The reason why the second batch of reinforcements have not set out is because there are still personnel who have not been determined, but it should not be delayed for a few days." Fu Tanghuan said, paused and said, "I heard that, The ones who haven't been identified yet are..."
"Young Lord." Wen Yantong said in a daze, "Is that him?"
Fu Tanghuan sighed softly, "Young Master is different from ordinary people, he has great ambitions."
Wen Yantong was so panicked that his fingertips trembled, and he became more and more sure that this turmoil was the war in Yibei a few years later, the turmoil that caused Fu Zixian and Mu Yang to die in battle.
Fu Tanghuan seemed to see that her complexion was not good, and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Wen Yantong's heart was beating violently, and an emotion called fear emerged from the bottom of his heart, and it permeated the apex of his heart in the blink of an eye.
It was so fast that she didn't even have time to react.
In the past, Wen Yantong might have chosen to ignore this matter, thinking that these were all plots and endings arranged in the original book, and she had no ability and no reason to intervene.
But it's different now.
It is impossible for her to look at Mu Yang, who is lively and lively on weekdays, sometimes gentle and violent most of the time, and Fu Zixian, who is polite, shy, silent, and considerate, will live and die.
It is even more impossible to watch Chi Jingxi lose his best brother with his own eyes.
This will not work.
Wen Yantong drank the scented tea in one gulp, took a deep breath, then let it out slowly, and said, "Miss San, let's talk about this first today, I have something else to do, so I'm sorry."
Fu Tanghuan saw that she was flustered, and didn't try to hold her back, but said, "I'll leave with you."
Wen Yantong hurriedly responded, got up and left the Flower Tea House with Fu Tanghuan. She sent someone to send a letter to the Hou's mansion, asking Chi Jingxi to come to Wen's house to look for her after she finished her work and came out of the palace.
Chi Jingxi was in the palace all day. He wanted to go to Yibei with the second batch of reinforcements to pacify the chaos, but the emperor refused to agree and ignored his request. Because of this, Chi Jingxi always ran to the palace.
Chi Jingxi's ambition is not in the text, and everyone knows that when foreigners invade Shaojing, the one who can defend their home and country is not the person with a pen.
Seeing that he was determined to go, the emperor's objection had already wavered. The turmoil was not so difficult, mainly because the place was too remote, and there was a risk of not being able to get off the battlefield, and the emperor didn't want him to take risks.
But Hou Ye, who was far away in Chang'an, was somehow moved by Chi Jingxi's persuasion, and personally delivered the memorial, hoping that the emperor would approve Chi Jingxi's accompanying reinforcements to go to Yibei to quell the chaos, and contribute a little to the stability of Shaojing.
The emperor finally let go and agreed.
After he came out of the palace after doing this, he bumped into Mu Yang.
Mu Yang told Chi Jingxi what had happened during the day, and Chi Jingxi had no choice but to go to the General's Mansion with him so that his good brother would not be punished.
In the past, every time there was a trouble, Mu Yang would bring Chi Jingxi home, and asked Chi Jingxi to tell Mu Yuan clearly that he did not provoke the incident.
Only in this way, Mu Yuan will not punish Mu Yang, at most make him face the wall and think about his mistakes, or recite some articles.
By the time we arrived at Huihou's mansion, it was already dark.
Chi Jingxi didn't even step in the door of the inner courtyard, but when he heard the letter from Wen Yantong, he turned his head and went to Wen's house.
Wen Yantong's head was about to go bald waiting at home, and he kept recalling the plot of the original book in his mind, but he still couldn't match the timeline, he just felt that everything was messed up.
The current situation is roughly that Fu Zixian and Chi Jingxi will go to Yibei to calm the chaos, but Mu Yang should not know about it, which means that this time is most likely not the one in the book.
Maybe it's just a story that's not mentioned in the book, that's missing in the timeline.
But Wen Yantong didn't dare to confirm it lightly, because things had developed to this day, and there were too many changes, even she didn't dare to jump to conclusions.
Wen Yantong looked left and right, and when he was drowsy, he looked forward to Chi Jingxi.
Chi Jingxi knocked on the door and came in, and she immediately got up to greet her. Although she tried her best to hide her emotions, he could tell the anxiety on her brows at a glance.
Chi Jingxi didn't immediately ask her what happened, but walked in slowly, poured herself a cup of tea in a slow manner, took a sip and said softly, "Are you still asleep?"
Wen Yantong closed the door, as if infected by his emotions, and slowed down, "Isn't this waiting for you?"
Chi Jingxi looked at her with a smile, "We didn't just meet in the daytime, why are you so clingy to me?"
Wen Yantong said, "I have something to tell you."
Chi Jingxi said, "Well, let's talk about something."
He finished the tea in the cup, seeing that Yantong was still standing beside him, he said, "Sit down, what do you do standing up?"
Wen Yantong sat down stiffly, as if thinking about how to speak. Chi Jingxi was very patient and didn't rush her, just waiting for her to figure it out.
He saw that Yantong's long hair was a bit messy, so he stretched out his hand to pull it, and said, "The tip of your hair is a little yellowish, is it because you are too picky eaters on weekdays, eat more vegetables."
Wen Yantong was distracted by him, "Ah, I have some food."
"I ate too little, eat more next time." Chi Jingxi held her hair in her palm and combed it slowly with five fingers.
Wen Yantong responded perfunctorily, and then said, "I..."
Chi Jingxi saw that she stopped talking, and then said, "What are you?"
She changed her words again, "Did you enter the palace again today?"
This is of course nonsense. The academy she and Chi Jingxi left this morning naturally knew that she had entered the palace again. She wanted to ask about Yibei, but she didn't know how to speak. After all, it was a matter of the imperial court. Don't say that she was just a woman, but an ordinary civilian. How could she have the right to ask such questions.
Chi Jingxi nodded very cooperatively, "Yes, I entered the palace again. Why do I remember that I told a certain girl before I entered the palace?"
Wen Yantong said, "You entered the palace... what are you busy with?"
"Just busy with the affairs of the court." Chi Jingxi seemed to realize that she wanted to ask these questions, so she took the initiative to say more, "I have a letter of request, which has been withheld by the emperor. I hope the emperor will approve the request these days." Playing books, so I always run to the palace."
Wen Yantong was silent for a moment, and finally he gritted his teeth and asked, "Yes... Please play the matter of going to Yibei to calm the chaos?"
Chi Jingxi looked at her all of a sudden, his eyes were as dark as ink and bottomless.
Wen Yantong was a little apprehensive, swallowed and added, "You should have met Mu Yang, he made trouble in the newly opened teahouse today, and the opponents were four Yibei people."
Chi Jingxi listened to her for a while, and then asked, "How do you know they are from Yibei?"
Wen Yantong looked at him and knew that the suspicious Chi Jingxi had appeared again.