Wen Yantong looked at him for a moment, and said in a slow tone, "I saw a kind of doll on them for praying, which is the custom of Yibei, and their clothes are very different from ours. , so I guess they came from Yibei."
Chi Jingxi said, "I didn't expect you to be so knowledgeable."
Wen Yantong sneered, "I heard about it from my father. You also know that my father is a traveling businessman. He often goes to various places to do business, so he has a lot of knowledge."
Chi Jingxi noticed that she was a little nervous, and touched her eyebrows with soft fingertips, "Do you want to ask me about the war in Yibei?"
Wen Yantong didn't expect him to bring it up, so he continued, "I heard that there is a war in Yibei this time, you should take the initiative and be willing to go to quell the chaos."
Chi Jingxi responded, "Yes."
Wen Yantong said, "Fu Zixian is going too?"
"Prime Minister Fu has already confirmed his name," he said.
Wen Yantong hesitated to speak. She wanted Chi Jingxi to give up going to Yibei and stop Fu Zixian by the way, but this was obviously impossible, and she had no reason to make such a request.
Seeing that she was preoccupied, Chi Jingxi could guess most of her thoughts, so he said, "I have read books for many years, but I always hope that one day I can raise the sword to defend the country. For me, this Yibei Rebellion It's a rare opportunity."
"But it's very dangerous." Wen Yantong said.
"Life is alive, no matter which direction you go, the road is dangerous, but you can't stop because of it." Chi Jingxi said softly, "You have to trust me, I will return safely."
Wen Yantong looked at him and knew that he finally came back. Although he was injured, he managed to save his life. But Fu Zixian was different, he might never come back again.
Wen Yantong panicked and grabbed Chi Jingxi's hand, "I..."
She didn't seem to be able to find any persuasive words, and her brows were stained with anxiety.
Chi Jingxi leaned forward, hugged her in his arms, put his head on her shoulder, and patted her on the back lightly, "Don't worry, speak slowly."
"I don't want you to go, and I don't want Fu Zixian to go either." Wen Yantong lowered his voice.
"Both Fu Zixian and I are going to join the military. There will always be a day when we go to the battlefield. Even if we don't go this time, there will be a next time." Chi Jingxi's voice is close to my ears, with a soothing magic.
"You can go next time, but you can't go this time." Wen Yantong was in a hurry, and blurted out the words in his heart, and he was stunned after speaking.
Chi Jingxi fell silent for a while, as if he was thinking about something.
Wen Yantong broke the silence with a dry cough, and added, "I mean..."
"Actually," Chi Jingxi interrupted her and said, "I know there are many mysteries about you, you seem to know everything, whether it's the 'single gift' you wrote on the paper, or you secretly stuffed it in my arms. You know the way Jiang Jiabing took when they retreated, and you also know what will happen in the war in Yibei this time, right?"
Wen Yantong didn't know how to answer.
She knew that Chi Jingxi had always been suspicious of her. There were too many flaws in her body, and Chi Jingxi was so smart that he could firmly grasp any suspicion that appeared, but he never got to the bottom of it.
Maybe he tried to understand, but when Wen Yantong showed a gesture of resistance, Chi Jingxi retreated again. He didn't force her to tell the truth, but waited.
One day, Wen Yantong said it himself.
But it was impossible for Wen Yantong to tell Chi Jingxi that she came here through a book, and these people and these things are all stories in the book, so she changed the way of saying it, and said slowly, "I dreamed about it."
Chi Jingxi said, "What did you dream about?"
"I dreamed that you went to battle, encountered danger, and was injured. I dreamed that Fu Zixian and Mu Yang also went, but they were ambushed and stabbed to death by random knives, and never came back alive." Wen Yantong turned his face Buried in his shoulders, he begged in a somewhat begging tone, "Don't go, please."
Chi Jingxi patted Wen Yantong's back lightly with his palm, and comforted him, "It's just a dream."
"More than a dream."
"Tongtong, listen to me." Chi Jingxi said, "Fu Zixian's joining the army as the deputy general was decided a month ago, and it was also the emperor's decree for me to lead the reinforcements to Yibei. If you take it back, you will take it back, so even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire in Yibei, Fu Zixian and I must be in place."
Wen Yantong didn't know what he meant by what he said, but he was just annoyed that he was too late to know. If he had known earlier, he would have been able to persuade Chi Jingxi to give up the idea of going to Yibei earlier.
Although I don't know if this trip to Yibei is actually the one written in the book, Wen Yantong doesn't want to watch Chi Jingxi to try any risk, let alone Fu Zixian.
Wen Yantong knew that this could not be changed, so he let out a long sigh, "You must come back safely."
Chi Jingxi said, "It's natural."
"When are you leaving?" she asked.
"June 6th." Chi Jingxi said, "I'm already resting, and I will leave Beijing in the early morning of the 6th."
too fast. Wen Yantong silently calculated that in seven or eight days, Chi Jingxi and Fu Zixian would go to Yibei. She was full of reluctance and hugged Chi Jingxi tightly with her arms.
Wen Yantong couldn't help with anything, so he had to tell Chi Jingxi as much as he knew, "Do you know that there are continuous high mountains on the border of Yibei City?"
Chi Jingxi shook his head.
"Two of the mountains, called Sister Mountains, are far apart, but it is said that the shape of the two mountains is almost exactly the same, but the left and right are opposite, so one is called Sister and the other is called Sister. Sister Mountain is full of ginkgo, So in autumn, ginkgo leaves fall all over the mountains and plains, and my sister's mountain is planted with maple trees, which are full of red from a distance." Wen Yantong said, "promise me, if one day you fight If you are forced to go to the mountains by the enemy, you choose the sister mountain."
Chi Jingxi raised his eyebrows, "You can even dream of this?"
"Hurry up and promise me." Wen Yantong said.
"Okay, okay." Chi Jingxi said, "I promise you, if I really have that day, I will definitely choose sister mountain, and then I will pick a ginkgo leaf from the mountain and bring it back to you."
Wen Yantong nodded.
There are not many descriptions in the book about the Battle of Yibei, because the main pen and ink is on Fu Tanghuan and Cheng Xiao. So Wen Yantong didn't know many details. I only remember that when Chi Jingxi led a group of people on patrol, he was raided by the enemy and had no choice but to hide in the sister mountain. However, when the reinforcements searched, they thought that the sister mountain was close to the river and there was a waterway to escape, so they went to search for the sister mountain.
But he didn't want to bump into the same enemy who was looking for the same. After the two sides collided, the battle was fierce, and both sides were injured. In the end, only a few people survived, and it happened that Mu Yang and Fu Zixian were among the victims.
By chance, Chi Jingxi survived, but Fu Zixian and Mu Yang who went to the rescue were gone.
Although Chi Jingxi pacified the war and returned to Chaoge later, he left behind a lifetime of pain.
Wen Yantong didn't want to see such an ending, so just in case, she first let Chi Jingxi notice this sister mountain.
But it's a pity that Wen Yantong doesn't know much, even if she thinks about it for a while, she can't draw out the timeline of the Yibei battle from memory, so that's all she can say.
Chi Jingxi responded to her in every possible way, saying what to say, and repeatedly promised that he would return safely with Fu Zixian.
Wen Yantong was really worried about this matter, and slept very restlessly that night.
I just didn't expect that there would be a problem in the plaintext test the next day.
Mu Yang didn't come.
Wen Yantong handed in the answer sheet and hurriedly pulled Fu Zixian, "Mu Xingyi didn't come to the test, do you know the reason?"
Fu Zixian shook his head in confusion, "Could it be that he was punished by General Mu today because he caused trouble in the tea house yesterday?"
It's possible.
Wen Yantong said, "Why don't we go to the General's Mansion together, if he is really punished, let's talk to General Mu together."
Mu Yang was absent from the exam, and the bet that had started so vigorously fell through like this, but Wen Yantong didn't care so much at the moment, she felt a little uneasy, and only thought that Mu Yang might not be as simple as being punished.
After going to the General's Mansion, Mu Yuan came out in person not long after the servants passed on the message, dragged Fu Zixian inside, and hurriedly said, "Quick, come and help me persuade Yang Er, this child is very stubborn, No matter how you say it, you won't listen!"
As soon as Wen Yantong heard it, he knew that Mu Yang's failure to take the test today must not be a punishment from Mu Yuan, but a demon made by himself, so he quickly followed Mu Yuan and ran in.
All the way to Mu Yang's courtyard, as soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw many servants standing in the courtyard, all raising their heads and shouting at the tree, "Master, come down quickly! It's too dangerous up there!"
After a while, Mu Yang's voice came from above, "Get out of here! I won't go down!"
Mu Yuan shouted, "Yang'er, do you want me to go up and beat you up!?"
Mu Yang replied, "Father, don't come up, if you come up, don't blame me for being ruthless to you!"
"You brat! I think you're going to go against the sky!" Mu Yuan's temper exploded, and he wanted to roll up his sleeves to climb the tree himself, cursing as he climbed, "Don't let me catch you, See if I don't pump your ass!"
Mu Yang yelled, "Don't come up! Don't come up!"
A bunch of servants below also shouted to Mu Yuan to be careful, but Mu Yuan was quick and agile, climbing a tree was still very easy, and he climbed up in a short while, half of his body was hidden in the dense leaves.
But then, Mu Yuan's cry sounded from above, accompanied by cursing, "Stinky boy, what are you spraying on my face!"
Mu Yang's voice came, "I told you not to come up!"
Mu Yuan had no choice but to climb down again, and after jumping down, Wen Yantong took a closer look, only to find that Mu Yuan was sprayed with ink all over his face, and was wiping his face with his sleeve, his entire face was instantly covered in black. Like a living Bao Qingtian.
Wen Yantong suddenly remembered that he had told Mu Yang about the needle device before. He was very interested in the needle device at that time, and asked Wen Yantong to draw a sketch for him, saying that he was going to order it.
Wen Yantong felt that this kind of gadget was basically useless except for playing with water in it, so he drew it for him casually, but he didn't expect that he would actually order it for him.
Moreover, it was still filled with ink, hid in the tree, and sprayed ink all over his father's face when his father went up.
Mu Yang's stupidity is really good! Always do the unexpected.
The author has something to say: [Chi Jingxi's Little Diary]
Ruixing twenty-four years, May 29th:
I doubt she is a fairy.