It was the first time for Wen Yantong to ride a pig since he was so old.
As for the feelings... indescribable.
Fortunately, the pig didn't take her for a walk around the Songhai Academy, but ran around the dining room before crashing into a tree in a daze.
Wen Yantong was thrown off the pig's back, rolled to the ground, turned over several times before stopping, and the fat pig was knocked unconscious.
Fortunately, Wen Yantong was not hurt by the fall, but after getting up, her body was covered in mud and the smell of pigs, which she couldn't stand herself.
Chi Jingxi, who came over after hearing the sound, immediately took a few steps back when he smelled it.
Wen Yantong got up from the ground holding back his nausea, pinched his nose and approached Chi Jingxi, "Young Master..."
Chi Jingxi stepped back immediately, "What's the matter?"
Wen Yantong snorted, "I want to go back and take a shower."
Chi Jingxi nodded, "Are you injured?"
Wen Yantong raised his sleeves and approached him, "Come and see if you are injured."
Chi Jingxi stepped back again, "I'll call you a doctor."
Wen Yantong pouted, "That's unnecessary, I'm not injured."
Mu Yang came from behind, and as soon as he ran close to Wen Yantong, he immediately retreated with a grin, covered his eyes and screamed, "Ah! My eyes, my eyes!"
Wen Yantong was so angry that he wanted to kick him.
Mu Yang stepped back and said, "Wen Yantong, this smell on your body can be used as a weapon. My eyes are so smoked that I can't open it. You should go and wash it."
Wen Yantong: If I give you a hammer, your eyes will be opened.
She left angrily, and went into the bathroom with the smell on her body. The guard brought water in barrels, Wen Yantong washed it five times back and forth, the scent of pancreas filled the crevices of his toes, and his skin turned white from soaking, before he left the bathroom.
She briefly summarized what happened to riding a pig today.
Curiosity really needs to be controlled.
After Wen Yantong finished washing, Chi Jingxi sat on the soft couch and read a book. She took the time to look at her, and saw her feet from the top of her head, up and down a lot, "Washed clean?"
"Two layers of skin have been washed off." Wen Yantong wiped her long hair, went to sit on the ground beside the soft couch. There is a soft plush cushion underneath, which is also comfortable to sit on.
There was a low table in front of him, Wen Yantong threw the cloth towel on the table after wiping his hair, raised his head and asked Chi Jingxi, "Have you had your meal?"
Chi Jingxi lifted the book slightly, "Not yet, it will be here soon."
He said right away, and it really was right away. After a while, the servant came in with the food and placed it on the low table.
The meal in the evening is generally light, but today's meal is lean meat porridge with a few dishes of stir-fry. Wen Yantong looked down, every plate had meat.
"Do you want to eat something so meaty tonight?" Wen Yantong asked while holding chopsticks.
"Well..." Chi Jingxi said quietly, "It's all from the pig that carried you for a walk."
Wen Yantong yelled, picked up the chopsticks to taste, and praised with a thumbs up, "It's so delicious."
Chi Jingxi raised the corner of his mouth.
"But that pig is so stupid that it ran into a tree by itself." Wen Yantong said with a smile, "In ancient times, there was a tree waiting for a rabbit, but now there is a tree waiting for a pig, hahaha."
Chi Jingxi also laughed, "This pig is your brother in the previous life."
Wen Yantong closed his expression, "What's this called?"
"In this life, you are a human, and it is a pig, but it still recognizes you when it sees you, so it ran around behind your back." Chi Jingxi said, "Yang Er said that."
"It's unreasonable! Nonsense!" Wen Yantong was so angry that he put the meat of the chopsticks in his mouth, and chewed vigorously. It would be amazing if Mu Yang's mouth could say something nice!
Chi Jingxi didn't like to talk when eating, and Yantong was not allowed to speak, so the two finished their bowl of rice quietly.
When Wen Yantong wiped his mouth, he heard him say, "The academy will take a long vacation in two days, when will you return to Chang'an?"
Wen Yantong was stunned for a moment, thought for a while and said, "Not sure yet."
Chi Jingxi said, "If you come back after February 20th, follow me."
She was puzzled at first, and then immediately figured it out.
The Marquis Mansion of Marquis Anhuai is indeed in Chang'an. Although Chi Jingxi is in Chaoge on weekdays, he still has to go back to Chang'an when he is on a long vacation. As for why it is February 20th, it is because February 20th is Chi Zhongjian's birthday.
On that day, the crown prince reserved the Hundred Gardens in the south corner of Chaoge City, and invited many young masters and daughters in the city to celebrate Chi Zhongjian's birthday under the pretext of a banquet. In fact, it was also a preparation for Chi Jingxi's selection of a wife.
After all, Chi Jingxi has already crowned her name, so she can start thinking about getting married.
But at the Hundred Flowers Banquet, Cheng Yanchuan was murdered, which became the beginning of all turmoil.
Wen Yantong scratched his head, hesitated for a moment before saying, "Let's see when the time comes, if I don't leave, I will definitely tell Young Master."
Chi Jingxi nodded with a normal expression, ordered his servants to clear away everything on the table, got up and went into the study.
Wen Yantong got into bed early, ready to sleep.
But she lay down until late at night before falling asleep restlessly.
Wen Yantong had a dream that night. Should be a nightmare.
She dreamed that she was standing on the wilderness, surrounded by glaring blood and dead bodies. The strong smell of blood spread in the air, as if it blocked her nose, making her feel suffocated.
"Chi Jingxi." Someone spoke.
Wen Yantong turned around abruptly, and saw Cheng Xiao standing not far away, wearing iron armor, holding a long sword, his eyes were cold, looking down at the person in front of him, and said, "You have already lost."
Wen Yantong moved his gaze, and saw a few steps away from Cheng Xiao, someone was kneeling on the ground on one knee, with his back bowed and his head bowed, and the long sword in his right handle was sunk into the ground for support. The silver armor on his body was almost covered with blood, and the silver armor was also cut in several places, and there were several feathered arrows stuck in his body, and the arrows sank into his body.
His long hair hung down, his body trembled slightly, and he was panting heavily.
"... I lost a long time ago." A hoarse and familiar voice came.
Wen Yantong frowned.
"No matter what the final outcome of this battle is..." Chi Jingxi is already a strong bow, and his voice is slow, "From the moment I have nothing, I have already lost."
After Cheng Yanchuan's death, Mu Yang, Fu Zixian, Cheng Xin, and Marquis Anhuai followed. In the end of Chi Jingxi's battle, he really had nothing.
Chi Jingxi is one of the ten thousand bones who will be successful.
Wen Yantong felt a sharp pain in her heart, and when she realized it, she had already woken up from the dream.
She turned over and sat up from the soft couch, only to realize that she was crying, so she quickly wiped it with her hands, and even sucked her nose.
The scene seen in the dream is the original book, the scene after Chi Jingxi lost the last battle, after he admitted that he lost, this life will come to an end.
When she was studying, she also shed tears when she read this passage, but what she thought at the time was that Chi Jingxi should be very unwilling. After that, he was a general who was brave and resourceful, and acted resolutely.
He has a stable temper and a smart mind, but he still lost to the protagonist's halo in the end.
But the dream just now gave Wen Yantong a new understanding of Chi Jingxi.
Perhaps when Chi Jingxi died, it should be more about relief. For him, almost all the people he loved were dead, even if he won that battle and really ascended to the throne. Then for the remaining decades, he will still live in pain.
He said he had already lost. The losers end the curtain as soon as possible, and the pain they suffer is not so heart-wrenching. Chi Jingxi fought with a sharp sword to the last moment, to give an explanation to all the dead, but before death, it was the joy of liberation.
The more Wen Yantong thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt, and wiped his face with tears, it was full of tears.
When I was in the right mood, there was a tapping sound on the screen. Wen Yantong hurriedly turned his head to look, and saw Chi Jingxi standing by the screen, half of his body was illuminated by a floor lamp, he saw tears on Wen Yantong's face, so he couldn't help but lower his voice, "What's wrong? "
Wen Yantong wiped away tears in a hurry, pretending to be innocent and said, "It's okay, it's just a nightmare."
Chi Jingxi's eyes seemed to be full of tenderness under the soft light, and he walked up to her side gently, "What nightmare did you have? Why are you so scared?"
Wen Yantong sniffed, "I dreamed that I was crushed to death by a pig."
Chi Jingxi couldn't help laughing, and lifted the quilt up to cover her head, "So timid."
Wen Yantong only felt that her eyes were dark, and then a gentle force fell on her head, as if Chi Jingxi was meat her head.
"Don't cry, what does a man look like crying." Chi Jingxi said with a smile and gentle tenderness, "Isn't that pig already slaughtered? You still ate it at night, if that pig Knowing that you cry for it, it may feel that death is worth it."
Wen Yantong was amused, and the haze in his heart slowly dissipated. After pulling down the quilt, he looked up at him, "Why is Young Master still not asleep at this time?"
Chi Jingxi also lowered her head, "I fell asleep, but I just heard the cry of a kitten, so I got up again to have a look."
Wen Yantong rubbed his face and said, "I didn't expect to wake up the young master. I'm really sorry, go to sleep."
Chi Jingxi didn't mean to blame, but just said, "Are you still feeling uncomfortable? How about drinking some hot water?"
Wen Yantong shook his head, "It's all right, I feel much better with the young master talking with me."
Chi Jingxi couldn't tell whether she was glib or sincere, so he just smiled and patted her on the head, "Then go to sleep."
Wen Yantong lay down as she said, and Chi Jingxi bent down again to help her tuck in the corner of the quilt. She thought Chi Jingxi would leave after tucking in the quilt, but she didn't expect him to sit cross-legged on the edge of the soft couch.
Wen Yantong was overwhelmed by flattery, "Why doesn't Young Master go to bed?"
Chi Jingxi said, "Go to sleep and leave me alone."
She wanted to say something else, but Chi Jingxi pressed her forehead, "Go to sleep!"
Wen Yantong nodded, covered his whole body with the quilt, and showed his head. After looking at Chi Jingxi, he slowly closed his eyes.
Chi Jingxi sat on the side, lit a four-sided carved lantern, picked up the book on the low table and read it quietly.
Hearing the sound of the pages turning slowly, Wen Yantong gradually relaxed.
Before that, she always thought that she was an outsider in this world. She came through a book and didn't belong here. But now she realized that from the moment she entered through the book, she was already the person of the story, but she was unwilling to enter the story.
After the dream tonight, Wen Yantong is willing to plunge into the story and change the direction of the story set in the original book.
For all the friends around me.
Also for Chi Jingxi.
The author has something to say: [Chi Jingxi's Little Diary]
The twenty-fourth year of Ruixing, the twenty-ninth day of the first lunar month:
Today she rode a pig through a circle,
Came back to have nightmares at night,
Called my name while crying,
Strangely cute.