outside the imperial city

The next day, when Jing Lingshuo woke up, Yao Fanglan was no longer in the room.There was no trace of being slept on beside the pillow.

Jing Lingshuo raised his hand and placed it on his forehead.The soft touch still seems to be left on it, it can't be an illusion that happened last night, right?

After Jing Lishuo finished dressing, he went downstairs, Yao Fanglan and Jing Junxi were already sitting downstairs waiting for him.

"If you have to use it if you have to, don't fight if you have to use it." Yao Zanglan was teaching Jing Junxi the art of war, serious and serious, "This means that you must be careful when using troops. Once you fight, you will hurt yourself and others. So you have to think about it before going to war."

Seeing him coming down, Jing Junxi hurriedly stood up and said good morning: "Master, good day."

Jing Lishuo scratched his nose and looked at Yao Zanglan.

It was rare for Yao Fanglan not to tease her, and the corner of her mouth curled up in a gentle arc: "Good day."

There was a warm gleam in the black and white eyes that were hard to paint, and Jing Lingshuo's heart skipped a beat just like that.

He moved his lips, and just as he was about to say thank you, he saw Yao Zanglan take the quilt on his seat with lightning speed, took out two medicine bottles from his sleeve, and poured a lot of them without any explanation. He went in and poured some tea into the cup.

"Come, come, weak lord, drink this." He moved the strange bluish green herbal tea in front of Jing Lishuo, "I promise you will feel refreshed and full of vitality after drinking it."

"..." The decisive exaggeration of his actions is really speechless.

"Yao Fanglan, you can only use some idioms, right?" Jing Lingshuo felt that the palpitation just now was his own illusion, took the teacup angrily, and took a sip.

"Pfft—" Then he spat out the whole thing.

Jing Junxi hurriedly handed over the handkerchief.

"Ah la la, it's said that good medicine tastes bad. Your lord, you are the same. It's too disrespectful to spray it randomly." Yao Zanglan shook his head, "And they all say that harming people will last forever, and a sentence will be passed down forever. It will be more effective if you use some idioms Isn't it the value that is passed on?"

"That's really true, thank you." Jing Yanshuo gritted his teeth, drank the herbal tea in one gulp, and went to find Juechen first.

"Young Master Yao, did you deliberately adjust the bitterness?" Jing Jun asked, "The two medicines you added just now, one is Lu Nan, which is used to soothe the nerves and calm the Qi, which is the top grade of warming medicines; It is a three-spicy grass that stimulates the sense of taste. Three-spicy grass is often used for seasoning, and when it meets warm medicines, it stimulates a sour, bitter and spicy taste, and when it meets strong medicines, it removes bitterness and reveals sweetness."

"Yeah, not bad." Yao Zanglan patted Jing Junxi's head with satisfaction, legs crossed together unruly, and sat in the lobby indecently, "It seems that you remember what I told you Yes. Ruzi can be taught.”

Jing Junxi broke out in a cold sweat: "Then, did you intentionally punish Master by putting three pungent herbs in the warming medicine?"

Yao Fanglan stretched out a finger to her lips, and made a "shh" gesture: "What's the fun of talking all the time?"

Juechen's familiar cry came from outside the door, Yao Fanglan immediately put down his legs, and walked out the door as if nothing happened.

There is a waiter at the door who keeps saying to the people passing by, "Guest officer, please come inside" and "Guest officer, please go slowly".He stood in front of the door wall, barely visible from inside the store.

Jing Lishuo sat on the horse, observing the waiter of the famous shop, with a puzzled look on his face.

"Master, it seems that you didn't see the shop waiter yesterday?" Yao Fanglan carried Jing Junxi onto the horse.

Taking advantage of the moment when Jing Shuo looked back at Jing Junxi, the waiter in the shop quickly approached Yao Fanglan, and said in a voice only he could hear: "She said, 'I have been waiting for you for a long time, Sheng Dan'."

After Jing Junxi sat down, Jing Shuo turned his gaze away from him: "Yao Fanglan, come up too."

Yao Zanglan raised her head, which startled Jing Lishuo.His face was pale, as if he had been frightened.But his eyes were bleeding red, anger, excitement, and hatred were swimming on his face, like a snake, like a beast.That was a vicious expression that Jing Lingshuo had never seen before.Even the defeated generals on the battlefield have never shown such eyes that want to tear people apart.He was like a devil who was born in blood and was almost swallowed by the fire of hatred.

She was no longer the Yao Fanglan that Jing Lingshuo knew.It is impossible to imagine that it is this person who comforts himself to sleep again when he has a nightmare.How could such a person make those innocuous jokes, how could he kiss others so tenderly?

"Yao Yao?" Jing Lingshuo called out.

Yao Fanglan didn't answer, and got on the horse: "Let's go. I can't wait any longer."

That weird smile is like the evil ghost in the story.Jing Lishuo was afraid that he would get angry, so he shouted, "Yao Fanglan!"

Yao Zanglan was startled, blinked, and the blood in his eyes faded: "What?"

"You just now..." Jing Yanshuo choked up a bit, "Forget it, let's go."

Sometimes bohemian, sometimes quiet and elegant, sometimes warm and soft, sometimes ruthless, which one is the real you?

Jing Lingsuo couldn't help touching his forehead again, and said to himself, "Forget it, what kind of person you are, it has nothing to do with me. Everything about last night, let's regard it as a dream."

Yao Fanglan stared at his back, her eyes suddenly sank.

Jing Junxi felt that the atmosphere between them was not quite right, scratched his chin, and finally chose to keep silent wisely.

The three of them were silent all the way, passed the Chengguan, and entered Jiuge City.

The whole city was full of singing and dancing, all waiting to welcome the honored guest who came from afar - the current empress Bai.

Jing Lishuo didn't know that the queen was coming, and after hearing the discussion from passers-by, the expression on his face became even more unsightly.Could it be that Yao Fanglan's anomaly just now had something to do with the Queen?How did he hear the news?Is the queen related to "that lord"?

Yao Fanglan had put on a veiled hat since seeing the city gate.The white gauze covered his face and concealed his expression, but Jing Lingshuo could feel that he was calmer than ever before.Even though I returned to my hometown, I was neither excited nor sad, only calm.Calm as a dead man.

Hearing him say Jiuge's name in such a sad voice last night, Jing Lingshuo was still worried that he would lose his mind today, it seemed that he was worrying too much.

"Listen up, Junxi," Jing Junshuo put his veil on Jing Junxi's head, "No matter what, the Empress Do not allow you to see you later. Do you hear me?"

Jing Junxi was precocious, so he naturally knew what would happen if the queen saw him, so he replied, "Remember, master."

As the sound of gongs and drums approached, Jing Lingshuo let go of the rein and let Juechen run away.

"Do you need to hide it?" Jing Shuo asked.

Yao Zanglan clenched the brim of the veiled hat, and her voice became colder and colder: "I'm going to meet my mother for a while. Don't come out. If the two of us appear at the same time, the secret order will be exposed."

"Why should I..."

Yao Zanglan took off his veil and hat, and stared at Jing Shuo fixedly.There was no sharpness in those eyes before, but a kind of pleading: "Please."

Jing Lingshuo said in a daze, "Okay."

"Thank you, Li Shuo. Also, remember what you promised me." Yao Zanglan compared his chest, not joking at all.After saying that, he threw down his veiled cap and disappeared into the welcoming crowd on both sides of the road.

What's the situation?Jing Lingshuo had a bad premonition in his heart.Isn't it just to meet a queen? Why do you make it look like you are going to die heroically?

Jing Lishuo picked up his veiled hat and held it for Jing Junxi, holding the Wuhen sword hilt in one hand.

"Master?" Jing Junxi asked in surprise.

Jing Yushuo smiled helplessly: "Junxi, you said if your Mr. Yao's life is in danger, should I save him or not?"

"save."

"why?"

Jing Junxi thought for a while, and said, "Because Mr. Yao saved me, he is a very good person."

Jing Shuo asked again: "Then why do you think I saved him? He never saved me, did he?"

After finishing speaking, Jing Lingshuo remembered, no, that's not right.That bottle of crane top red.Jing Lingshuo's hand holding the sword suddenly tightened.

"But, you are companions, aren't you?"

"Companion?" Jing Lingshuo said these two words silently, "Good job, Yao Zanglan, you have caused me a lot of trouble."

If you hurt the queen, you won't be able to keep your own head.

The mother respects the world, that is, all the people in the world are their children.Wherever the queen passes by, there must be people who do not worship.

The gorgeous sedan chair gradually approached, and the graceful and luxurious appearance was finally fully displayed in front of the world.

"The empress is so beautiful..." A little girl raised her head and looked at the empress enviously.Her mother, who was kneeling aside, quickly pushed her head back: "You can't look directly at the empress."

A white figure passed by.With fluttering white clothes, everyone raised their heads involuntarily.

Yao Fanglan didn't even kneel, she went straight to the queen's sedan chair.The guard of honor had to stop, and the leader roared: "Who is here! Why don't you kneel down!"

Yao Fanglan clasped his hands and said, "I'm King Li's screener, Yao Fanglan. I came here to pay my respects when I learned that the Empress is passing through here."

As soon as this remark came out, the discussion exploded.The name Yao Fanglan is not only well-known in Jingyang, but also well-known in other capitals.Yao Fanglan, a young military adviser who has never shown his face before, unexpectedly appeared in Jiuge, which is more honorable than the queen's arrival.

The guards were hesitating how to deal with it, the queen said, "Since it's a greeting, why don't you bow down?"

She got off the sedan chair step by step.The long clothes dragged to the ground, the waist-length black hair, the bright red lips, and the light makeup, no matter which one they were, they were all beautiful and moving.It reminds people of that poem: "Light makeup is always appropriate."

"Empress, please forgive me," Yao Fanglan withdrew his hand without receiving the order, and said, "I only kneel down to worship my king."

The empress raised her long and narrow Danfeng eyes: "You serve Emperor Shaoxuan, and this palace is his main palace. So why isn't it your king?"

"Oops," Jing Yanshuo said with a wry smile, "Yao Fanglan, Yao Fanglan, why didn't I realize that you are so bloody?"

He pulled Wuhen out of the scabbard: "Jun Xi, remember it, don't go out."

Yao Fanglan twitched the corner of her mouth, and said word by word: "How can you look like the emperor's main palace?"

The queen's expression changed, without any hint, the guards pressed towards Yao Zanglan as if they had received some orders.

At this moment, another figure flew out.

Jing Lishuo happened to fall into the room between the two of them, with his back to the queen, and the tip of his snow-white sword pointed directly at Yao Fanglan.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Yao, if you didn't admit it yourself, I wouldn't have recognized you." Jing Shuo said, "That's great, I've wanted to see you for a long time."

It was the indifference and alienation that he hadn't seen for a long time, and Yao Fanglan asked, somewhat confused, "What?"

"You are getting more and more courageous, relying on King Li's love to speak wild words to the empress, today I will teach you a lesson on behalf of Prince Li." Jing Lishuo stabbed Wuhen into Yao Zanglan without even looking left shoulder.Blood spattered everywhere, and the corners of Jing Yao's eyes twitched.

Seeing the blood, the onlookers were frightened and ran home one after another.

"Your Majesty," Jing Lishuo let go of his sword, turned around and knelt down in front of the Queen, "I have already punished you for insulting you. I have always had a bad relationship with Yao Zanglan, and now I have finally caught him. Hand him over to me?"

Bai's eyes lingered between the two for a long time, then looked at the crowd who were still there, and said, "Sure."

A long whistle sounded in the distance, and Jing Lingshuo knelt down again to thank him, carried the half-dead Yao Zanglan on his shoulders, jumped up to the eaves, and fled.

"Okay, Yao Fanglan," Kou Danjia pressed her red lips, "you dare to instigate King Jinyuan to resist me together. I'll let you see—"

"See what hell on earth is."