MTL - Disaster For the Country · Return Journey-Chapter 23 really first

He said sadly, "I'm leaving soon, our family...you are the only one left."

"What does it matter?" Qiu Jiang said, "I will find a child. Girls, continue to take over Ruyimen. Boys, continue to be emperors."

Her expression was calm, even a little careless, as if she was just saying that the weather would be fine tomorrow.

But these two words were heard by Yi Fei, but it was like a bolt from the blue.

He had countless questions to ask, and he wished he could break through the wall and rush over to ask questions now, but he also knew very well that if this moment passed, he would no longer be able to hear the truth.

Therefore, he could only stand motionless in front of the wall, staring at the fuzzy strips of Qiu Jiang in the mirror, listening to the coughing sound coming from the sound transmission hole, and waiting.

Qiu Jiang... Who the **** is...?

She is from the emperor's family? Which emperor? Father? King Yan? King Bi? Or King Yi?

Then he noticed that Qiu Jiang was still holding the poisonous arrow in his hand, and the answer was like a sea whale jumping out of the sea to breathe, and suddenly made an earth-shattering noise.

***

"You need to find Pin Cong Mu first!" Mrs. Ruyi's gaze also fell on the poisonous arrow in Qiu Jiang's hand, "Avenge your brother! Avenge me! For Ruyi Gate, clear out the traitors!"

"Understood." Qiu Jiang said lightly.

Mrs. Ruyi is very dissatisfied with her calmness at the moment, but feels that such peace is what Ruyimen needs most. She was full of contradictions in her heart, she could only pant and pant, and sat down slumpedly, beside Hongyu's corpse: "Call Si'er to come in and deal with it."

In the next room, when Zhu Xiaozhao heard this, he patted Yi Fei on the shoulder, indicating that he should go.

Yi Fei took one last look in the mirror, didn't say anything, and obediently followed Zhu Xiaozhao to leave.

Zhu Xiaozhao sent him out of the gate, and a carriage stopped outside the building at some point.

Yi Fei got into the carriage and found that there was already a person sitting in it.

Then he caught a familiar scent—the scent of **** blossoms.

Jiang Hua was placed on a man's lap. It was very hot in August, but he wore a lot of clothes. His gray-blue robe looked very thick and worn out, with cotton exposed in several places.

But he's very, very good looking.

He is almost the most beautiful old man Yi Fei has ever seen in his life.

"Mr. Congmu is a tall and good-looking man, almost as good-looking as you, but he is old, and you are still young." Feng Xiaoya naturally told Yi Fei about the characteristics that Dao Dao had described to Feng Xiaoya.

At this moment, Yi Fei stared at the man sitting opposite him, because he had experienced too many surprises in his heart, so even though Pin Congmu appeared in front of him vividly at this moment, he didn't feel much.

Pin Congmu snapped his fingers, and the carriage started to move.

Yi Fei didn't ask him why he appeared, nor where he was taking him. He just felt very tired, and inexplicably wanted to drink, sing wildly, or take off his clothes and jump into the lake for a good dip.

Pin Congmu suddenly smiled lightly, like green mountains, clear water, bamboo leaves and clear springs, with a contented and calm look.

"Do you know who she is?"

"I know." Yi Fei took a deep breath, then slowly closed his eyes, "She is Ji Hu."

Suddenly, don't forget one by one.

Heartless people.

No wonder Qiu Jiang always said that she was an unintentional person.

Yifei's life can be regarded as full of ups and downs, and he has experienced many storms.

He has met many girls. Some are smart, some are beautiful, some are powerful, some are noble, and some are very special.

The first girl he met was very special. She called herself Yu and was the junior sister of Dongbi Hou Jiang Wanyi. She had an ugly red spot on her face and played the piano well. There are arcs of the moon.

Later, someone told him that Miss Yu was not a medicine girl, but her name was Jiang Chenyu, and she was the concubine of King Zhaoyin of the Kingdom of Bi.

The second very special girl he met was Qiu Jiang, Xue Cai's maidservant, the elegant eleventh lady, and Qibao Agate from Ruyimen. I think I look at people and hearts, and I think she is actually a good girl.

Unexpectedly, Qiu Jiang was not Jiang Jiang, she was called Ji Hu, and she was also the concubine of King Zhao Yin of the Kingdom of Bi.

Who is Ji Hu?

Everyone knows that Ji Hu is the eldest daughter of the Ji family of the Bi Kingdom family, and the elder sister of Bai Zehou Jiying. She has been gifted and talented since she was a child, and she is known as the number one talented woman in the Four Kingdoms.

An article "National Beauty and Natural Fragrance" named Fei Siguo, was favored by King Bi, asked to marry him into the palace, and was the owner of Duanze Palace.

She deviates from the classics, hides in the deep palace, sees no outsiders, and lives a very chic and reckless life.

She is talented, likes to drink, and it is said that she can sing very well.

Her deeds are widely circulated and talked about by the world...

Such a person transformed into the Seven Treasures of Ruyi Gate.

Thinking of what happened later, Yi Fei just wanted to laugh for some reason.

The most absurd things in the world always seem to happen to him.

Miss Yu is. So is autumn ginger.

So he smiled, and when he looked up at Pin Congmu, his eyes were indescribably indifferent: "Why did you let me know?"

The more unbelievable something means the more secret it is, and the secret cannot be known by too many people.

He remembered that he asked Qiu Jiang who she was on the boat, and Qiu Jiang replied that Feng Letian sacrificed his head afterwards to know the secret. What about him? At this moment, what price will he have to pay?

"The Ji clan of Bi Kingdom is ambitious. One hundred and twenty years ago, Ji Chang and Ji Wu conquered the Tubi River and Mountains, but Ji Wu had no heirs, and the Ji clan replaced him with his own blood. Not only that, but also secretly established the Ruyi Gate , using brothel casinos to make money, and relying on dead men to make money."

Yi Fei slowly clenched the hand on his knee.

There are many legends about the Ji family in the world. Legend has it that their family has Lianchengbi and the genealogy of the Four Kingdoms. One is a huge wealth, and the other is a secret in the world. With these two things, the Ji family can prosper forever.

But last year, Ji Ying was killed on the way back to the country, King Bi Zhaoyin fell ill, and the imperial power fell into the hands of Jiang Chenyu.

Before Ji Ying's death, he did something very strange to outsiders: He successively dismissed the disciples in the clan from their official positions, let them move, did not allow them to return to Beijing, and gave all his residence and subordinates to Xue Cai.

The century-old Ji family withdrew from the court and everyone's sight.

Yi Fei said in a low voice: "Ruyi Gate... is it the Four Kingdoms?"

"Ruyimen records all the secrets it has mastered over the past hundred years in the Four Kingdoms Genealogy. Only Mrs. Ruyi knows where the Siguopu is. In order to ensure absolute control over Ruyimen, every Ruyi wife is from the Ji family Selected by the girls."

No wonder Qiu Jiang, oh no, Ji Hu, said Mrs. Ruyi was her aunt.

In other words, Mrs. Ruyi is also the daughter of the Ji family.

No wonder Qiu Jiang, oh no, Ji Hu, said that she was destined to be Mrs. Ruyi from the moment she was born. Because she is the only prostitute of this generation of the Ji family.

In fact, if you think about it again, if you separate the word "Ji", it is a word for "Ru" plus a word for "Men".

Ruyi Gate is a derivative of Ji Family.

"But I still don't understand. As far as I know, Qi'er entered the Ruyi Gate when he was nine years old, so who is Ji Hu from the Ji family?"

"It's her handmaid."

"What about "National Beauty and Natural Fragrance"?"

"Written by someone else."

"Who can write the name of the best talent in the world for her?"

"Yan Rui."

Yifei fell silent for a moment.

Yan Rui is Ji Ying's teacher, and also the number one Confucianist in Weifang. It's just that such a person can also catch a knife for others?

"Since the Ji family wants to send their daughter to take over the Ruyi Gate, wouldn't it be better to let Ji Hu die completely? Why do they have to find someone to play her and let her enter the palace?"

"In order to help Zhao Yin ascend the throne, the Ji family needs a daughter, and express their attitude through marriage."

Indeed, Zhaoyin finally won the crown prince, King Jin and King Hong after marrying the daughter of the Xue family and Ji Hu, and took the throne.

Yi Fei frowned and pondered for a moment, then asked again: "You killed Ji Ying?"

Pin Congmu's gaze flickered a few times, "If I say it was an accident, would you believe me?"

Yi Fei stared at the graceful old man in front of him. Although he didn't know martial arts, he gave people an inexplicable sense of shock, and said in a deep voice: "Then, the last question is also the first question—why did you let me know?"

Pin looked back at him, his eyes were calm, without the slightest emotion: "When disasters happen, people will take their most important things to escape. I blew up the Katydite Mountain, deliberately released Hongyu and Mrs. Ruyi, and a little trick Let’s go, just want to know where the Four Kingdoms are.”

Yi Fei confirmed the guess in his heart—Zhu Xiaozhao is actually the person of Pin Cong Mu, who was placed beside Mrs. Ru Yi.

"Mrs. Ruyi didn't bring the Four Kingdoms?"

"No. She fled empty-handed. In the following year, they kept changing their residences. I checked every place carefully, nothing."

"Why don't you just ask her?"

"I've known Mrs. Ruyi for half my life. No one has ever asked what she didn't want to say."

"So you changed your mind and decided to start with Qiu Jiang, oh no, Ji Hu..." Yi Fei said these two words, feeling a bit bitter in his mouth, "Where do we start?"

"People usually reveal their biggest secrets in two situations. One, extreme trust; two, when they are about to die. I thought that Xiao Zhao could inherit the Ruyi Gate, but I didn't expect him to be a cow and a horse for more than a year, and Mrs. Ruyi still No words were mentioned. Therefore, if you want to know the whereabouts of the Four Kingdoms Genealogy, at present, only Ji Hu can do it."

"You let Deng Xiong kill us."

"Mrs. Ruyi is suspicious by nature. Ji Hu can't come back too smoothly. We must convince Mrs. Ruyi and Hongyu that you came back after a narrow escape." Pin Congmu said with a gentle smile, "If I really want to kill You, you are dead now."

Yi Fei clenched his hands even tighter, but the expression on his face became more relaxed, and he also smiled: "So, thank you for not killing me."

Pin Congmu looked at him with admiring eyes: "You are a smart person, and you are also very lucky. I know that Xue Cai and Feng Xiaoya are helping you. Even Ji Hu is very optimistic about you."

"They're not helping me. They're making a deal with me."

"You're still sober. That's good. Sober people tend to make the most sensible choices." Pin Congmu took out a box from the side of the couch, opened it and placed it in front of Yi Fei, " This is my condition. I think I am more sincere than them."

When Yi Fei saw what was in the box, he couldn't help but suffocate his breath.

"Xue Cai wants Jiang Chenyu to stabilize the country; Feng Xiaoya wants to find Jiang Jiang and get rid of Ruyimen; Ji Hu wants to take over Ruyimen and revive the Ji family. Maybe they can help you regain the throne, But what you have to pay is territory, interests, dignity, and many, many things. But I only want the Four Kingdoms Genealogy. In order to obtain the Four Kingdoms Genealogy, everything in the Ruyi Gate is up to you."

The box is thick and full, full of land deeds, house deeds, shop deeds and slaves' deeds of sale.

The essence of Ruyimen's 120 years of accumulation is here.

Yi Fei only felt that his voice was very dry and hoarse: "The wealth of the whole country is just for the four kingdoms?"

"Yes." Pin Congmu looked far away through him, "The Four Kingdoms is my obsession. I must get it before I die. And I don't have much time."

The man in front of him, with clear eyebrows and elegant demeanor, looks extremely clean. He must have been a rare handsome man when he was young. Even though he is old now, he is old enough to be what women like best.

Yi Fei couldn't help thinking that if he was old, he would definitely not be as good-looking as him.

Then he laughed, his expression became more relaxed, he closed the lid of the box, and pushed it back to Pin Congmu: "It is indeed very sincere. But, I refuse."

Pin Cong's expression suddenly changed.

He restrained his gentleness, and said slowly: "Why?"

"Everything in Cheng is mine, my things, why do you trade them with me?"

Pin Congmu narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Besides, as you said, you are getting old and dying, maybe you will never wake up after sleeping tonight. Why don't I choose the rising sun, but the setting sun?" Yi Fei's smile was mean and evil, Full of deliberate malice, it is a kind of smile that makes people quickly angry when they see it.

Pin Congmu was not angry, but said leisurely: "It's interesting, little guy."

"Thanks, I'm always interesting."

Pin Congmu lightly tapped on the rug, and four arrows appeared on the wall of the car, pointing at Yifei from four directions: southeast, northwest, respectively.

Yi Fei sighed: "Buying and selling can't be done with righteousness, why bother?"

"Since you refuse, I can only give you to the queen, and I will continue to choose her as the next best thing." Accompanied by the final sound of the last word, the arrow made a clicking sound.

After the click, everything seemed to stand still.

The arrow remained stuck in the hole and did not shoot out.

Pin Cong raised his eyebrows.

Yi Fei chuckled: "I heard that although you don't know martial arts, you are proficient in tricks and poison techniques. Qiu Jiang, oh no, you made the string of Buddhist beads. You are so relieved to ride with me in the car, I guess it's a good idea." There must be a lot hidden in the car."

"So you moved your hands and feet?"

"I didn't do anything." Yi Fei innocently spread his empty hands.

Pin Congmu snapped his fingers, and the carriage stopped immediately.

But, it just stopped, and then there was an eerie silence. Those dead men who secretly followed the car and were on standby at any time did not appear.

Yi Fei smiled more happily: "It seems that when the sun is rising, I am not the only one who does not choose the setting sun."

The wall of the carriage suddenly cracked outwards and fell to the ground, making a huge shock.

Outside the car is the front yard of a small building. The courtyard was empty, except for them, only the coachman. The coachman was sitting on the shaft of the car, and his figure was exceptionally short. He pulled up the brim of his hat, revealing the same immature face.

When Pin saw him, his expression finally changed: "Xue Cai?!"

The driver is Xue Cai.

Pin Congmu glanced at Yifei: "It's interesting..." He suddenly kicked the box, the lid popped open, and the contract inside flew out like a butterfly.

Yi Fei was distracted for a moment - there is no way, facing so much money, few people can really not be tempted.

Yifei's self-controllable desire made him in a trance for a moment.

And just like that, a flying rope was thrown from a distance, wrapped around Pin Congmu's waist, and pulled him away.

Yi Fei immediately flew forward, grabbed Pin Congmu's foot, and was about to drag it, when a dagger popped out from the shoe of that foot, and slashed towards his face.

Yi Fei had no choice but to let go and back away.

The rope pulled the product out of sight. When he chased after him, there was a door with a vaulted roof in front of him, and the strong wind was raging outside, and he was soaked in water all at once.

And in the wind and rain, the world was so dark that nothing could be seen.

Yi Fei spat, and could only turn around and go back to the courtyard, glaring at Xue Cai who was still sitting on the shaft of the car, he said dissatisfiedly, "Why didn't you make a move?"

"I thought your martial arts were enough to deal with it, but I didn't expect that the power of money is too great."

Yi Fei's old face turned red involuntarily, looking at the deeds scattered all over the floor, he chose to bend down to pick them up at the first moment.

Xue Cai continued to sit on the shaft of the car and watched him pick it up, seeming to find this scene very interesting.

Yi Fei picked it up and picked it up, feeling that something was wrong, picked up the deed book and carefully looked at the sun, his face became quite ugly.

Xue Cai suddenly smiled.

Yi Fei let go of his hand, and the deed fluttered away like a butterfly again: "I know that I can't believe a word said by the people of Ruyimen! No matter if it's Qiu, Ji Hu, or Pin Cong Mu!"

The deed is a fake, and the seal on it is painted with cinnabar.

Xue Cai's eyes crooked with a smile, and finally he has the lively feeling of a child of his age.

Yi Fei stared at him: "Since you are here, why didn't you act earlier? Why did you come by yourself? And do you know? Qiu Jiang is Ji Hu..."

Xue Caishou smiled, and his eyes became deep and complicated again: "I know."

Yi Fei was shocked: "You know?!"

"Master..." Xue Cai lowered his eyes, lost his mind for a while, and then said, "Before he died, he told me the truth about the Four Kingdoms Genealogy. From then on, I knew that Mrs. Ruyi was his aunt, and Qiu Jiang... was his aunt." sister."

Yi Fei was so angry that his nose was crooked: "Then why didn't you say it earlier?"

"The master said, since my sister has forgotten her past, don't bother her anymore. Between the two of them, at least one of them can get rid of fate, it is the mercy of heaven."

Yi Fei is dumb.

What kind of person is Bai Zehou Jiying?

In Yi Fei's view, he is the biggest fool and unlucky guy in the world.

He is very filial to his parents, very loyal to the emperor, very loyal to his friends, very dedicated to his lover, and kind to everyone... It seems perfect. However, filial piety is foolish filial piety, and loyalty is foolish loyalty. Friends are all implicated by it, and lovers are even more generously "let out" by him.

In the end, he died before leaving the school, leaving a mess.

Yi Fei disapproved of Ji Ying very much, and because Jiang Chenyu admired Ji Ying, he was still a little bit jealous of Ji Ying. But with Ji Ying's death and Chen Yu's death, everything is over. Thinking of Ji Ying again at this moment, all other emotions have faded away, only emotions remain.

Anyway, Ji Ying is a good person.

Therefore, after learning about her sister's amnesia, this good man made an affectionate choice for her: Even if it is to be a poor abandoned woman on Yunmeng Mountain, it is better than returning to Ruyimen.

I can't get rid of it, but you can.

I am desperate, you want to be happy.

I am dead, you want to live.

Ji Ying originally wanted to spend five years slowly dealing with the Ji family and the Ruyi Gate. In his plan, there might be an arrangement for Ji Hu to take her down the mountain and choose another destination after she recovers, but all of this was terminated with his sudden death.

He left many, many regrets.

He didn't have time to say goodbye to many, many people.

His whole life was like a jade jade buried in the sand and mud under the night spring, trying to wash away the silt on it by the power of the water. However, before it was washed, it was fragile and shattered ahead of time.

Xue Cai felt sad when he thought of his former master.

Yi Fei stood silent for a while, kicked the box on the ground irritably, and asked, "What's the next arrangement?"

Xue Cai asked him back: "What do you want?"

Yi Fei didn't know why, but all he could think about was Qiu Jiang's bleeding ears when he was carrying him on the beach. The ears were bleeding, and he was flustered.

His original plan was to follow Qiu Jiang back to Ruyimen. After dealing with the matter of Ruyimen, he would go to Luwan with the power of Ruyimen. At that time, Feng Xiaoya and Yundi should have dealt with all the candidates Now, just wait until the husband-selection banquet will cast a net, and turn Yishu into an army.

However, Qiu Jiang turned into Ji Hu, the niece of Mrs. Ruyi, and the real next Mrs. Ruyi. Then, all her previous behaviors have another definition.

Another diametrically opposed definition.

"I want to see Ji Hu." After a long period of silence, Yi Fei finally made a decision, "I want to ask her what she is thinking."

Xue Cai said in a low voice: "Before the master left, he asked me: If Jihu has been losing her memory all the time, keep her safe all her life. If she recovers her memory, then..."

"Kill her?" Yifei's heart skipped a beat.

Seeing his nervousness, Xue Cai smiled and said, "For Master's sake, let her go three times."

Yi Fei breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably, but because of this, he became even more irritable.

***

Yi Fei followed Xue Cai into the small building.

There were already ten people gathered in the building, all of them were wearing clothes embroidered with the pattern of Bai Ze. When they saw Xue Cai, they kowtowed in unison: "Master!"

Xue Cai nodded, and said to Yi Fei: "In order to get to Bianyan City before the hurricane, I only brought these ten people."

Pin Congmu ran away. After all, he is a local snake, and he will gather his hands to fight back soon, so he must act quickly!

Yifei took the ten people to the small building where Mrs. Ruyi was.

Along the way, Yi Fei tried countless things, how should he speak the first sentence after seeing Qiu Jiang. But before he could figure out what to do, he realized that he didn't have to think about it anymore.

Because—the small building is burning.

The raging fire crackled and burned the beams and pillars, but the street was quiet, and no one showed up to fight the fire.

The fire quickly spread and burned the adjacent building.

Yi Fei felt that his heart was also like the scene at this moment—the storm outside and the fire inside.

Countless expectations, apprehensions, and doubts were burned to ashes by this fire.

The fire in the small building only proved one thing - Qiu Jiang was about to "disappear".

It is exactly the same as when the "Xie Liu" of Xie's house along the south edge disappeared.

Be it Xie Liu or Qiu Jiang, in the end, it was just an illusion.

The mirror bodhi is both true and illusory, and there is no intention to write a pen without poetry.

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