incomprehensible

Chapter 34

"you shut up."

Ye Xuehuan glared at Wei Yan irritably, "Tell me about yourself first."

Wei Yan said: "You have seen the facts, what else do you need from me?"

Ye Xuehuan raised her eyebrows and said, "That's not enough of a reason for you to join hands with him to deceive me."

"I only found out yesterday." Wei Yan shook his head and smiled wryly, "If Qi Yanqing hadn't recognized him, who would believe that he is still alive?"

He sighed, "Sometimes people are so strange. After more than ten years, even close relatives and friends may not recognize each other, but people who hate each other will never mistake each other. How many people in the past Seeing Xiaolan die with his own eyes, Qi Yanqing can insist that it is him."

Ye Xuehuan was a little bit regretful at first, but when he heard Wei Yan's affectionate address, he immediately got into an unknown fire, and said with a sneer, "You called him intimate enough, no wonder you helped him to meet Qi Yanqing."

Wei Yan felt quite guilty about Qi's family, and she was already praying towards Lan in her heart, just now when she saw him go out, she climbed up to the eaves, disappeared after a few flashes, and didn't even have the intention to say hello to herself, her face was full of embarrassment. It was tears, so I knew that Ye Xuehuan definitely didn't say anything good; hearing that he was going to forcibly turn the truth upside down, he immediately became angry, and his tone hardened: "If it wasn't for you to inquire about Liu's family in Yunshuiguan In such a situation, why should he go to see Qi Yanqing and make trouble for himself?"

Ye Xuehuan became even more angry: "Shouldn't I ask you? Didn't you take him there?"

"I admit that I did not do this properly, but Qi Yanqing recognized him, and his identity cannot be concealed after all." Wei Yan looked at him with a mocking tone, "He said that if you knew With his identity, he will definitely hate him, which really makes him right."

Ye Xuehuan paused, a look of pain flashed in his eyes, he pursed his lips and remained silent.

Wei Yan and Ye Xuehuan have known each other since childhood, and they are one of the few princes who share the same interests as Ye Xuehuan. If it weren't for Chu Changyue who was close to the water, they would have almost become his companions, so they naturally understand his temperament.If it was just that Lan Qi had lied about his life experience, he would never be so angry; it can only show that the matter of Lan Qi did involve the Empress Chu and touched his sore spot.

"You can accept that he is a secret agent of Skylark, but you can't accept that he was once the queen of Chu." Wei Yan sighed, "Don't you think that you are too obsessed?"

"He's not the one who 'used to be' the Queen." Ye Xuehuan gritted his teeth, the nails of his right index finger were rattling on the antlers, "He still puts the Queen's order first, and nothing else. Ken said."

Wei Yan finally understood the crux of the matter, and gently persuaded him: "Don't even think about it. What kind of person is the Empress Chu? He was only six years old. How could he not be afraid? When you were six years old, you dared to say no to your mother's empress." Is it?"

Ye Xuehuan glanced at him, seeming to have calmed down a bit.Wei Yan continued his efforts, and continued: "What kind of place is the skylark? Even if the Empress Chu has the means to send him in, whether he can survive or not depends on him. He doesn't know how much he has suffered and suffered for so many years. Maybe you don't even want to look back, if you coax him slowly, he will always say it, why force him?"

Ye Xuehuan raised his brows again, "You really love others. If you can't catch up with your sweetheart, you'll become a lover."

Hearing him making fun of himself, Wei Yan secretly rolled his eyes, and said helplessly, "You don't know Xiaolan's temperament when she was young. Her eyes wished to grow on the top of her head. She was even more annoying than you were back then, but now she behaves obediently in front of you." Like a cat, without any temper, I can't recognize it at all. Can't you see how much he has done for you and whether he is sincere to you? Even if he was sent to you by Empress Chu, now It's already yours, so don't you really feel bad?"

Ye Xuehuan also sighed, rubbed his forehead, and said in a low voice, "I was impulsive."

Seeing that the ancestor finally softened his attitude, Wei Yan was really relieved, patted him on the shoulder and said: "You also calm down, go back and talk to him calmly. If you like it, you should hold on to it. You said it yourself. If something goes wrong, you will be sad in the end."

Ye Xuehuan slapped his hand away unceremoniously, "I haven't settled your debt with you yet."

Wei Yan raised his hands in surrender: "I admit my mistake, you can punish me however you want, okay? You first remove the nails from my Habayashi Army."

Ye Xuehuan snorted, "You can pull it out yourself if you have the ability."

Wei Yan followed kindness and said, "I dare not touch the nails that your Highness the Third Highness planted."

Ye Xuehuan cast a sidelong glance at him, and finally hooked the corner of her mouth.Although Wei Yan is a handsome and open-minded gentleman, he is the son of Marquis Jia Yu. He is smooth from his mother's womb, and he can get along with everyone a little bit, and no one can hate him.

Ye Xuehuan was in a moody mood and didn't bother to argue with him, so he said instead: "As for Qi Yanqing, you brought him here, and you are responsible for making him shut up. You must not leak a single word about today's matter. I will not But if he really does something wrong in the future, I will never be soft."

He narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in a meaningful tone, "You won't let me down again, will you?"

Wei Yan smiled wryly, "Don't dare, dare not."

Ye Xuehuan was barely satisfied with this, and after a few more orders, he went to the martial arts arena.

He ordered someone to send a message early in the morning that he would be late, so Bai Houhou was not in a hurry. When he passed, he had just finished his training, and slowly asked his guards to order troops.Seeing that Ye Xuehuan finally came, he asked with a smile: "What's the reason for the delay today, third brother?"

Ye Xuehuan smiled and said, "Housework."

Bai Wanwan's smile deepened, and her eyes became more ambiguous.Ye Xuehuan knew that she must be thinking wrong, but she didn't explain it.

After calming down and thinking about it, Empress Chu’s behavior is simply unimaginable; even if Skylark’s spies were trained from an early age, this is the only way to insert a nail into it, but letting a six-year-old child go to such an unknown spy organization Among them, the undercover agent was too bold.What is even more unbelievable is that Lan Qi actually did it. She has been lurking in the skylark for 14 years. She has not been eliminated by the cruel survival rules, has not succumbed to the despair of seeing the sun, and has not been bewitched and brainwashed like other children. I don't know if it's because his own heart is too clear, or because the pressure and fear that Empress Chu gave him overwhelmed everything in Skylark.

As for the purpose of Empress Chu, it is actually not difficult to guess.Ye Xuehuan always felt that it was a coincidence that Lan Qi had seen the diagram of the imperial mausoleum in Yunque, and it was not accidental; now that he thinks about it, the Empress of Chu may have plots against the imperial mausoleum.

At that time, they didn't know about the Guanghan Jade at all, and Empress Chu certainly didn't have the kindness to save Ye Xuexun's life, so what she wanted were other things in the imperial mausoleum.

From this point of view, when Lan Qi fled, he did not complete the mission given to him by the Empress Chu. But the key to the organ has never been found, and he only vaguely guessed that it was on Yu Wushuang, which shows that Queen Chu did not have much information back then, so he could only rely on Lan Qi to find it by himself.

Ye Xuehuan couldn't guess what Empress Chu wanted Lan Qi to look for in the Imperial Tomb, but since he wanted him to come to her at the end, he would know after all, so there was no need to be in a hurry.

Obviously he himself can speculate about the cause and effect of all kinds of reasons, but he insists on asking Lan Qi.Even if Ye Xuehuan didn't want to admit it, the Empress Chu was also an indelible shadow to him.This has nothing to do with his admiration and respect for Empress Chu's personal ability, but the impression he left in his youth was so deep that it finally became his obsession, even a rebellion, no matter in what form When empress Chu was involved, he would feel a sting.

That's why Ye Xuehuan was so irritable and impulsive when he learned that Lan Qi was from the Queen of Chu; knowing that it was not Lan Qi's fault, knowing that his willingness and liking were sincere, but he still uncontrollably vented his anger on him. body.

He was supposed to be a good son of a high-ranking official, well-clothed and pampered, but he was first implicated by his father and became a sinner, and then captured by Queen Chu and thrown into the wolf's den.Walking cautiously on the edge of the abyss, relying on his own strength to achieve this, seeing that he was approaching the goal step by step, but in the end he was involved in the dispute between the Yi royal family and the remnants of the Feng family, 14 years of painstaking efforts He was destroyed once, and there was a Gu worm in his heart that would make him extremely painful, even if he just wanted to survive and seek shelter, and concealed the unspeakable truth, how could he be blamed?

Ye Xuehuan stood on the commanding platform, looking at the densely packed Dingnan army in the martial arts field below, and listening to Bai Houhou's impassioned speech beside him, his thoughts had already drifted far away, thinking that he would let the kitchen give the Lan Qi cooks sweet soup, hug him well, say sorry to him, say you like him, comfort and love him all night.

He even started to get impatient, and only hoped that the countdown would be over soon, so he could rush back to coax his kitten.

After the Dingnan army finished counting, it was the Southwest Frontier Army's turn. Qi Yanqing had also returned to the martial arts arena. He still had a face full of bitterness and hatred. No one could see that he had lost his composure like that in the morning.Occasionally meeting Ye Xuehuan's eyes, she also dismissed them lightly, as if nothing had happened.

Ye Xuehuan sneered in his heart, knowing that he still had some sense of propriety, even if it was just a tacit understanding, it was not time to tear his face apart.Liu Ran also seemed to be quite calm, probably because the layout of Liu's house had been basically completed, and he had nothing to worry about.

Ye Xuehuan was not worried at all. He went to Yunshuiguan this time to force Liu's family internally and Yi country externally, just to see what kind of response they could give, so as to speculate on the relationship between the Liu family and Yi country. To what extent has the cooperation reached.He won't care about what Nanfu wants to do, and Bai Houhou obviously has no intention of explaining to him.But at present, it seems that the Liu family is very cautious and rational, and has no intention of confronting him head-on for the time being, so he will not take the initiative.

After all, the biggest point of conflict between him and the Liu family is Yu Wushuang. As long as this woman does not show up for a day, this fragile and false peace will always be maintained; and as long as Lan Qi is still by his side, He will always have the upper hand of the Liu family.

It was almost evening when the counting of soldiers on both sides was completed.Tonight, the two sides will set up their camps and prepare for training outside the pass the next day.Although Ye Xuehuan was just accompanying him, it was not easy; after all, Bai Yuwan had never really led troops into battle alone, and even if it was just a drill, he had to rely on his guidance for many things.Perhaps King Dingnan also took a fancy to this point, and he really took advantage of it.

After returning to the residence, Tong Xuan greeted him.Ye Xuehuan took off her hair crown and silver armor, and said casually, "Let the kitchen cook a bowl of sweet soup for Lan'er."

Tong Xuan was taken aback when he heard the words: "Now? Or wait for Master Lan to come back?"

Ye Xuehuan's heart skipped a beat, "He didn't come back?"

Unknown, Tong Xuan went in, and respectfully replied: "Yes. Do you want to send someone to the Yulin barracks to remind you?"

Ye Xuehuan raised his hand to stop him, feeling chills all over his body, he raised his legs and walked into the bedroom, thinking that maybe Lan Qi didn't want to be discovered by the guards of the mysterious bee. , and sneaked back by himself, Tong Xuan didn't notice; but when he rushed into the bedroom, this little hope was also dashed, there was no one in the bedroom, and Lan Qi really didn't come back.

Tong Xuan was obviously also aware of the abnormality, and followed behind him cautiously, but he didn't dare to ask, and just waited for orders.

Ye Xuehuan stopped in the room for a moment, then suddenly sneered and said, "Okay, I really dote on him too much, and in this situation, he's actually playing tricks on me!"

His face was full of anger from embarrassment, but there was deep loss and panic hidden in his eyes.

Tong Xuan probably understood a little bit, and asked after deliberation: "Do you want...to look for it?"

"Look for it?" Ye Xuehuan gave him a hard look, "If he wants to hide, who can find him?"

"..."

Although it was an indisputable fact, Tong Xuan still felt ashamed to be told so mercilessly.

"Let him go! Don't come back if you have the ability!"

Naturally, Tong Xuan didn't dare to answer the words, but secretly shook his head in his heart, feeling that his master really cared about Mr. Lan so much that he could say such duplicity, he really didn't have the slightest sense of propriety.

It was night, and it was raining like a torrential rain.

Ye Xuehuan has been in Jileiguan for many years, and he is very familiar with this kind of weather, knowing that the rain will probably last until dawn again.He said harsh words himself, but it was impossible not to be really worried. He ate his dinner so badly, he scolded the cook, and at the same time ordered the kitchen to prepare sweet soup at any time.

I was sulking in the middle of the night, thinking that if Lan Qi dared to come back, he must be punished until he cried and begged for mercy, confessed his mistakes and gave in, and then coaxed him, fed him a bowl of sweet soup, and hugged him to sleep Once he woke up, let him obediently wait for him to come back from training.

In the middle of the night, Ye Xuehuan really couldn't sit still.He had to force himself to rest when he was about to leave the customs on the second day; but his arms were empty and his heart was empty, and he couldn't fall asleep at all.The continuous sound of rain disturbed him, and he couldn't help thinking about where his kitten was hiding and refusing to come back, and worried about whether he had found a place to hide from the rain, whether he had eaten and slept well, and the more he The more I thought about it, the more irritable I felt, and finally I just turned over, stood by the window with the candlestick in hand, and opened the window completely.

The steaming water vapor hit his face, wet his forehead hair and the skirt of his clothes, and even his heart seemed to be wet.He looked at the dark sky outside the window, tried his best to distinguish the mottled shadows of the trees, and waited quietly.

——If Lan Qi was just playing with a small temper, if he didn't go far, he would definitely see the candlelight in the room and know that someone was waiting for him to go back.

Ye Xuehuan stood by the window all night, waiting for the bright sunshine after the rain and the document issued by the Ministry of War on advancing the frontier defense line, but the only thing that did not come was his little girl who had run away and never returned. cat.

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Liu Ran was very annoyed at the document from the Ministry of War, and Ye Xuehuan could easily control the matter of advancing the southwestern frontier defense line, which only shows that his master also acquiesced in this matter, and took an evasive attitude on this matter, letting Ye Xuehuan Ye Xuehuan won another round.Although I believe that the master must have his own plan, since Zhao Ying's case, Ye Xuehuan has been pressing every step of the way, and his own side has always been passive defense, and now they have all moved to the Southwest Frontier Army, he really swallowed I can't hold my breath.But since his master's attitude was so clear, he didn't dare to disobey it, so he had to follow orders.

It is easy to say that advancing the army line, thirty miles is not too far away, but it involves many complicated issues, including barracks, including supplies, and the resettlement of border residents. You have to stay outside the customs for ten and a half months.Ye Xuehuan himself said it lightly, but in Liu Ran's view, he was looking for trouble for nothing, and he was so angry that he was about to vomit blood, but he had no choice but to suffocate to internal injury.

Bai Houhou also received the news early in the morning, and she admired Ye Xuehuan's plan for the rainy day even more in her heart, and happily went to have breakfast with him, but saw that his eyes were red, and he looked like he hadn't slept all night; She was smiling, but that smile looked so hypocritical and creepy, she was so scared that she didn't dare to speak, and it took her a long time to find a topic by force: "Is Brother Lan still awake?"

With a click, the chopsticks in Ye Xuehuan's hand broke into four pieces.

Bai Wanwan's whole body froze, and she couldn't help swallowing her saliva, she caught a glimpse of Tong Xuan's horrific expression out of the corner of her eye, and she finally had a bottom line.

——Thinking about it carefully, this scene is so familiar, it is exactly the same as the Shura field after my parents had a conflict.

Regarding Lan Qi's departure, Ye Xuehuan didn't say a word, and only asked Tong Xuan to stay in the pass and report the situation at any time.Although speaking in general terms, Tong Xuan knew that he only wanted news about Lan Qi, so he asked Xuan Feng to inquire secretly in the pass every day.

The people in Yunshui Pass are chaotic, in addition to caravans from all over the country, there are also many permanent local residents. If Lan Qi really doesn’t want to come out, let alone Xuan Feng dare not say anything. get.

Ye Xuehuan waited outside the pass for a few days. After finishing training, he began to arrange the advancement of the troop line. He didn't get any news, and he became more and more anxious. Later, even the few soldiers he brought Xuanfeng's guards didn't dare to provoke him.

Every time Bai Houwan went to look for him, she was always on tenterhooks, feeling that he was getting more and more depressed day by day, and it seemed that he might explode at any time.Ye Xuehuan didn't take her anger out on her, and would patiently explain to her how to adapt to local conditions and how to deploy troops every time, but he didn't return to his usual calm and teasing tone, and he couldn't concentrate enough, and the worry in his eyes became more and more serious. thicker and thicker.

Bai Houhou knew that Lan Qi's matter was much more serious than she imagined, but she didn't know the situation, so she still couldn't muster up the courage to persuade her.

The movement of advancing the border defense line was very big, which inevitably disturbed the people outside the pass, so they had to be dealt with properly; Ye Xuehuan's own proposal was not easy to let go, so he stayed outside the pass for almost half a month patiently, and finally waited for the initial stability. Hurriedly rushing back, facing the still empty room, he was completely silent.

He couldn't figure out why Lan Qi had such a big temper and refused to come out for half a month.Knowing that the good and bad luck in Yunshuiguan is unpredictable, and knowing that the Liu family is watching him closely, he still dares to run around in a fit of anger at this time.

Wei Yan has also been paying attention to the progress of this matter, and when Ye Xuehuan came back from outside the customs, he only asked him: "How much did you say?"

Ye Xuehuan pursed her lips and did not answer.

Seeing his expression, Wei Yan knew that the situation was really bad, sighed, and told him an old incident many years ago.

One year, Marquis Jia Yu took his two sons to Donghai County to visit Qi Chengguang, during which time it was inevitable to consider the knowledge of the juniors.The eldest son of Marquis Jia Yu, Wei Xiu, was the same age as Qi Yanqing, so he was the best object of comparison. After a debate, Wei Xiu was eloquent and eloquent, and Qi Yanqing was completely invincible.Complacent, Jia Yuhou was about to say a few words on the occasion, but Qi Yanlan, the second son of Qi Chengguang, suddenly spoke up, arguing with Wei Xiu on the previous topic.

Back then, Qi Yanlan was only four years old, with a serious face, she spoke in a childish voice, and even a little slurred, but she spoke logically and was able to quote from others, leaving Wei Xiu speechless for a while. .

Even if a child of this age can memorize so many classics, they can at best memorize them by rote, but Qi Yanlan really understands these obscure and profound words and uses them very flexibly.If he really wanted to argue, Wei Xiu might not be able to argue with him, but the other party is ten years younger than him, even if he wins, he won't be able to win by force.

As the son of a prince, it is naturally impossible for him not to have such a magnanimity, and he stopped arguing with Qi Yanlan, and even hugged this tender and soft little boy, and asked with a smile: "Brother Xiaolan, what should we do?" How are you friends?"

Unexpectedly, Qi Yanlan immediately rejected him, and gave him a very subtle reason: "Brother will be unhappy."

Qi Yanqing's face turned blue on the spot, but Qi Yanlan's expression was too serious, making it impossible to tell whether this was a childish remark, or pure sarcasm and provocation.Qi Chengguang and his wife were extremely embarrassed, but Qi Yanlan seemed to be unable to see the atmosphere in the venue, and said slowly: "It's not fair for you to argue with elder brother, elder brother will join the army in the future."

When Wei Yan heard this, she immediately became excited.He is different from his elder brother, he knows that he is not a man of literary and ink, he has practiced martial arts since he was a child, especially at that time he had already studied in the Taixue Academy for several years, he hung out with Ye Xuehuan and Mo Ran all the time, he was the most disobedient, The most capable gang.

Wei Yan was nine years old at that time, and he was the most hated age, and he was very arrogant. Seeing that Qi Yanqing couldn't argue with his elder brother, and wanted a four-year-old brother to rescue him, he had long looked down on him; He was determined to join the army, so he invited him to discuss and practice, and the result was naturally needless to say.

Qi Yanqing's face became even uglier, but Wei Yan wanted to add fuel to the flames, and turned around and joked with Qi Yanlan: "Don't tell me that you are still practicing martial arts, and you want to fight with me."

Qi Yanlan shook her head, and said the same thing: "I don't practice martial arts, otherwise my brother will be unhappy."

Then Qi Yanqing exploded completely, and regardless of the guests in the venue, pointed at Qi Yanlan and started cursing, scolding very harshly, and finally said: "If you are not born in a mother's womb, you are not a real brother."

Qi Chengguang's face was pale, and Mrs. Qi covered her mouth and cried on the spot. Only Qi Yanlan still had a serious, clear face, and ran up to Wei Yan without saying a word. Sword, cut a piece of fabric from the hem of his clothes, and threw it at Qi Yanqing's feet.

Jia Yuhou, father and son were all dumbfounded.

Qi Chengguang looked like he was about to faint, and angrily slapped each of the two sons, ordering them to apologize and make peace.

Although Qi Yanqing's face was gloomy, but due to his father's coercion, he reluctantly apologized, but Qi Yanlan insisted: "The words are like water, and the apology can't be taken back. The words are yours, and the clothes are mine." Cut it off, from now on you and I are no longer brothers."

Qi Chengguang slapped him backhanded again, making that pink and tender face extremely red and swollen, but Qi Yanlan didn't let go, and didn't even shed a tear, but Qi Chengguang's own eyes were red.

Marquis Jia Yu watched the drama for a long time, but at this moment he couldn't stand it anymore, so he opened his mouth to smooth things over, and reluctantly brought the matter over.Qi Yanqing turned her head and ran away by herself. Mrs. Qi couldn't make a sound, and brought Qi Yanlan back to the house to apply her face to heal her wounds; however, Marquis Jiayu liked Qi Yanlan very much, so he took the opportunity to propose a marriage with Qi Chengguang, and booked this little child prodigy to be his future son-in-law .

Wei Yan didn't know how the Qi family's own housework was handled in the end, and he didn't care at all; but after hearing about it, Qi Yanlan really never called Qi Yanqing his brother again.

——At that time, he was only four years old.

Ye Xuehuan was silent for a long time, and finally realized where the problem was.

He had possessed Lan Qi for too long with peace of mind, blindly immersed in the obedient and docile he only showed to himself, and almost forgot how serious and decisive he was, and how stubborn and aloof he was in his bones.

——I said that I like it so earnestly, and in exchange for the word "roll".

The words were overwhelming, and to Lan Qi, it was not an angry word that could be retracted casually.

Thinking about it now, all of Lan Qi's fears and unease stemmed from this; just as Ye Xuehuan was extremely sensitive to the word "Empress Chu", Lan Qi was also extremely sensitive to this matter, and he believed that Ye Xuehuan would not forgive He lied about serving the queen of Chu, so he couldn't tell whether he was angry or not.Ye Xuehuan originally just wanted him to go back to the room and reflect on himself, but he accidentally stabbed the most vulnerable part of his heart.

Lan Qi wasn't losing his temper at all, he was really chilled.

He once asked Ye Xuehuan what would happen if he was found to be despicable and cruel in the future; at the time he thought it was because he had lynched Hongling, but now he found out that he was actually secretly paving the way for this matter.

He asked for a self-deceiving promise from Ye Xuehuan without authorization, and now he thinks that he has been abandoned without authorization, and leaves talking to himself.

Ye Xuehuan has always disdained drinking to drown his sorrows, but tonight he couldn't stop drinking one cup after another.He checked the entry and exit records. In the past half month, five caravans had left Yunshui Pass. If Lan Qi mixed with these caravans, no one would notice.

When he was in Youling, he grabbed Lan Qi's hand and asked him if he could escape, and Lan Qi replied that he would not go.

——If you grab him, you won't go away, if you let go, he will disappear.

Southwest's Baihuaniang is not intoxicating at all, but when Ye Xuehuan fell on the bed, he just felt dizzy.Right next to this bed, Lan Qi used to sit on his lap, saying that he would not go anywhere and would wait for him to come back; now that he has returned from outside the customs, Lan Qi did not obediently wait for him.

Ye Xuehuan thought drowsily, it's best not to let him catch this disobedient kitten, otherwise he must be pressed on the bed and spanked severely.

Intermittent nightmares followed one after another, with no specific content, only some fragmentary pictures; Lan Qi blushed and said he liked him, Lan Qi half-closed his eyes and kissed him shallowly, Lan Qi hugged him and shed tears, Blue prayer blue prayer, all are blue prayer.The last picture is the first snowy night, Lan Qi is wearing a maple red cloak, jumping from the high eaves.He yelled Lan Qi's name in vain, asking him to come back to him, but he could only watch him disappear.

When she woke up, there seemed to be some illusion of tenderness on her lips, but her face was wet.

Ye Xuehuan was stunned.

— those were not his tears.

With a splitting headache, he sat up from the bed, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw something beside the pillow.

A black jade key with a simple shape and half a delicately carved dark silver incense ball.

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Wife abuse for a while...

[PS: The title of the chapter comes from the poem "Yue Ke" by Zhao Shixiu in the Southern Song Dynasty, "Knocking chess pieces and falling lanterns", the image is a long wait.Huanhuan waited pitifully (deserves it)]