Chapter 58

Jiangnan, the scorching sun is hazy in the afternoon, and the whole Jiangnan is in a kind of comfortable nap.

The waiter in the inn was dozing off at the counter, Jin Xiu put away the oil-paper umbrella, went upstairs and knocked on the latch of a door, and from time to time, Yun Xuan came to open the door, as if he had expected it, and looked at Qin Jun who was wearing a veiled hat behind Jin Xiusmile.

"Mr. Yun Xuan."

"Please come in." Yun Xuan smiled.

Ye Di Palace.

"Dead?" Nalan frowned, "Where's the body?"

The room was dark, and the assassins knelt on the ground and patted them in two rows, "Bring them back."

Nalan said wrongly: "The plan has been exposed?"

"Little man... I don't know..."

A black shadow slowly appeared from behind Nalan Cuo, the assassin Fei folded his arms and smiled ironically.

The leading assassin said: "Two months ago, the villa sent a person to the north. This person stayed in many places. The villain thought he was looking for someone... who knows..."

Nalan Cuo said casually: "Who knew it was tricked, did you?"

"Yes!" The assassin kowtowed violently, "I will rush back to Jiang Prefecture...only to see Ju's body."

Nalan turned his back to him by mistake, his voice could not hear any emotion, "How about the other assassins?"

The assassin said: "Still in Jiang Prefecture, no one dares to act rashly without the order of the master."

Fei said: "The matter has been revealed."

Nalan waved his hand wrongly, and said calmly, "Everyone who knows about this will be killed."

Fei pursed his lips and drew out his dagger. The sword light flashed, and the black mask on the assassin Fei's face was reflected on the dagger. There were muffled noises in the hall, and people came in from time to time, and dragged out the corpses all over the floor.

Nalan raised his hand by mistake: "Those people from Jiang Prefecture—"

The assassin paused as he wiped his dagger.

Nalan turned around by mistake, raised his hand and patted Fei on the shoulder, and said, "Send the geese to do it."

Assassin Fei secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Yes."

Nalan thought about it wrongly, and said, "Are you sure that painting fell into Qin Bian's hands?"

Fei: "Xiaguan didn't expect there to be others."

Nalan frowned wrongly: "Where is the person surnamed Wang looking for?"

Fei respectfully said: "I will arrive in Ye Di in a few days."

"Princess, what are you talking about today?" Yun Xuan made tea, warmed the cup, imitating how the Han people make tea, and almost knocked over the cup several times.

"Let me come," Qin Jun smiled, and then Yun Xuan filled the tea set in his hand, "I'm here today, I have something to ask sir."

Qin Jun: "The tea is cold."

Yun Xuan: "Yesterday's cold tea, the money is too small, the princess calms down."

Jin Xiu wanted to test Qin Jun's poison, but was stopped by Qin Jun's eyes. Qin Jun drank cold tea without changing his face: "Have you ever been to Xi Jiang, sir?"

Yun Xuan: "I lived in Yuedi for five years, in Hudi for two years, in the Western Regions for half a year, and in Xi Jiang for a few decades."

Qin Jun rubbed the cup wall: "How is the lord of Xi Jiang?"

"Pass in for sensuality." Yun Xuan laughed.

"King Wen once asked the Taigong about the method of Wenchu. The Taigong offered twelve strategies, four of which said: 'Auxiliary to his lewd pleasures, to brighten his aspirations. Rich in jewels and jade, entertaining with beauties. The humble resignation committee listens, and obeys orders. He willDon't fight, but betrayal.'" Qin Jun said, "Look, it turns out that anyone can read the books of sages and sages, but it is even more difficult to do it."

Yun Xuan slightly raised his eyebrows: "What does the princess mean by saying this?"

"Xi Jiang is adjacent to Yuan, and the two countries check and balance each other. If Xi Jiang falls, Yuan will have the heart of a tiger and invade the Zhou family." Qin Jun helped Jin Xiu to get up, and Chao Yun Xuan slightly blessed, "I want to ask sir to advise JiYour Majesty, the country is the most important thing, don't let the Yuan people take advantage of it."

Qin Jun: "Three kingdoms are governed by each other, it's better than two countries fighting and becoming a disaster."

Yun Xuan: "The princess is not afraid that Qin and Yuan will fight, and Jiang Guo will take advantage of it?"

"When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits," Qin Jun nodded, "but with Ji Cun, he doesn't have the strength, unless Ji Wuming is alive."

"In this way, Qin Zhou or Yuan Ying can take advantage of the morale boost to take down Xi Jiang," Qin Jun said.

Yun Xuan smiled slowly: "How can ordinary people enter Ye Di's palace?"

Qin Jun: "Mr. is not a very ordinary person. Wherever you go, the officials and people love you, and the nobles greet you. If you send a letter of invitation to see King Ji, he will definitely agree."

Qin Jun waved her hand to signal Yun Xuan to drink tea, "Talk slowly?"

Jin Xiu stood up and exited, closing the door.

Qin Jun and Yun Xuan had a long talk all night, but the next day no one convinced anyone, Qin Jun went back to the villa with dark circles under her eyes.

After staying for two days, came to see Yun Xuan again at another time.

There are countless scenic spots in Jiangnan, and the climate is pleasant. Yun Xuan wanted to stay for a longer period of time, and there were people sent by Qin Jun to monitor him. Qin Jun would always find the inn after changing the inn., The two are fighting wits and courage like a cat and a mouse.

"People are coming." Fei summoned his servants, and not long after, a beautiful woman with a somewhat exotic appearance slowly walked into the room. This woman's blue eyes were as clear as the barbarian's Virgin Mary River.

Assassin Fei looked the woman up and down with a blunt expression, "Raise your hand."

The woman raised her hand and turned around slowly.

Fei: "Take off your clothes."

The woman couldn't help shaking, she was so frightened by the blood on the ground that she burst into tears, she took off her clothes, and let the assassin Fei and Nalan scrutinize her naked body.

"I don't know martial arts, I don't have tattoos, and I can't tell I'm a slave." Fei Chao Nalan said wrongly.

Nalan wrongly raised the woman's chin, nodded and said: "Yes, from today onwards, you will be my adopted daughter, go down and learn the rules, and send it to Helen Mu after half a year."

The woman fell to her knees with a plop, kowtowed, "Thank you, Da Sima, please spare me!"

Nalan made a mistake: "From now on, your name will be Nalan Rong."

"Thank you foster father." Nalanrong kowtowed, picked up the clothes on the ground, and walked out of the room.

On the tenth day when Ji Si went north, a letter was sent back to the villa from Jindi by the eagle.

Jin Xiu took down the secret letter, translated it against the cipher text and handed it to Qin Jun, "As my sister reminded me, the King of Jin secretly colluded with the people of Yuan, and we have already got the news from him. The people of Yuan want to rebel, and they are now reorganizing the army."

This time, Li Wuduan's family letter was uncharacteristically, usually he wanted to tie up the eagle's legs, but this time it was only a few words, which shows that the situation in the south is unstable, and Li Wuduan's mood is restless.

Qin Jun pursed her lips: "Is there any news from the palace?"

Jin Xiu shook her head: "My lord probably doesn't want the princess to know this."

"It should be my father's instruction. Did Jiangbei send troops to the Eternal Border to stop the refugees?" Qin Jun asked.

Jin Xiu: "Eight thousand reinforcements."

Qin Jun said distressedly: "Jiangbei is barren, and it is my best to be able to help eight thousand soldiers. Have you ever set off?"

Jin Xiu: "Let's go yesterday."

Qin Jun pursed her lips: "Understood, let's go down."

"Wait!" Qin Jun called to stop Jin Xiu, "Does the Palace know about Jindi..."

Qin Jun laughed and shook her head helplessly, "What am I thinking, it must be the official military newspaper that is faster."

Qin Jun looked depressed. Yanyun Villa lived alone on the side of the mountain range. Although it leads to Jiangbei on the top and Jiangnan on the bottom, it stands like an isolated island. If you can't send people to inquire about the news every day, you can only be closed in the villa.

Qin Jun bored herself in the study every day, either studying Jin Xiu's map of mountains and rivers, or holding his head in his hands to read the book of wars of hundreds of schools. In this way, he became thinner and irritable day by day, and he couldn't even eat.

Jin Xiu patted Qin Jun's head, "There are wars between the two countries, the princess doesn't need to worry, no matter what, she has to eat and sleep."

Xiaotao: "That's right, otherwise, how would His Majesty the Kings survive? Wouldn't he be dying of worry a long time ago?"

Qin Jun burst out laughing, and got up tiredly, "Okay, I'll go to bed. I'll have beggar chicken for dinner."

"Here!" Xiaotao said happily.

At the Jiangan wharf, the wind was howling, and a group of people took advantage of the rain to load the goods onto the ship.

"Miss Lin, you and I will part ways here!"

Holding an umbrella, Ji Si stood in the wind and rain, her skirt dancing with the wind, showing her lonely figure, "Thank you for your hard work all the way."

The talking steward scratched his head and shouted loudly: "It takes seven days and seven nights to go all the way along this waterway. The water along the way is complicated and extremely dangerous, and there are not many officers and soldiers guarding it... How about I send a few servants to escort the girl!"

Ji Si smiled, holding the umbrella full of blessings, "I have something to entrust to the steward."

"Girl, please tell me!" The wind and rain were too strong, and the waves on the river were rough. The steward was almost blinded by the wind, and took a letter from Ji Si.

Ji Si said softly, "Thank you for giving it to my lady."

"It must be done for the girl!" The steward said loudly.

Ji Si boarded the boat and left. The steward looked at her back and couldn't help shaking his head. After returning to the carriage, he was still feeling emotional: "Such a beautiful girl, I'm afraid it will be difficult to escape the evil hands of the water bandits."

The steward was accompanied by a family member, and with some effort, he had already looked at Ji Si for a long time, so he couldn't help but say a few more words after seeing this.

"In charge, Miss Lin has time, so don't worry!"

Steward: "What?"

Servant: "Miss Lin! Martial arts are superb! Look, you and I were struggling to stand in the wind and rain just now, but Miss Lin didn't even frown, and we all yelled and yelled when we talked. Think about LinGirl, what did she say just now?"

The wind and rain continued outside the carriage, and the groom drove the horses to the city quickly, fearing that the wind and rain would be heavy and it would be difficult to travel.

The housekeeper nodded again and again, "Just now...Miss Lin was standing there, and her voice came into my ears word for word!"

Jia Ding: "It's strange, this requires such profound martial arts!"

After Ji Si left, Qin Jun went to Jiangnan to look for Yun Xuan from time to time.

Qin Jun discovered that Yun Xuan has read a wide range of subjects, and he can often deduce a part or two of the future from the ever-changing past in the history books, just as Yun Xuan predicted that his dynasty would be overthrown, and in those histories that he could not change,It made him feel that the world is predestined for a long time, and there is no need to try to change it in vain.

Qin Jun didn't agree with his words, and repeatedly told Yun Xuan the words "Man will conquer heaven".

One day, Qin Jun and Yun Xuan quarreled: "If destiny cannot be violated, then what about me, I am the variable."

At that moment, Qin Jun caught Yun Xuan's shaking emotion.

Qin Jun was stunned, and then laughed after a long time.

Yun Xuan restrained his expression: "What is the princess laughing at?"

Qin Jun wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes: "I was thinking, why did you come to Jiangbei, sir? Why did you travel to various countries in secret and suddenly revealed your identity and appeared in the palace? Why did you suddenly say those things that day?"

Yun Xuan looked at Qin Jun with a smile, "Why?"

"Sir, it is rumored that when you were young, you spied on the destiny, and when you learned that your country did not exist, you were regarded as a madness. It was not until the day when the old country was destroyed that you sighed to the sky and sighed that the destiny was inevitable, and you became famous all over the world. Now decades have passed,The people of all countries regard you as a saint, but since you can see through it, why—"

Qin Jun propped up her upper body: "Why did you come to Jiang Prefecture, and what you said to me was a warning or an admonition? Or did you ever think that maybe I can really succeed, even if there is only a ten-thousandth hope."

Qin Jun got up and walked around the room. She walked to the window, pushed the window open, and let the moonlight and evening wind pour in. "Sir, have you been looking for someone to break the situation all these years?"

Yun Xuan's smile disappeared, and for the first time, he wrote a few words soberly on his always unpredictable expression.

Qin Jun knew that she was right.

Yun Xuan: "I tried my best and failed."

Qin Jun: "I know."

Yun Xuan said: "Even so, you still refuse to let go?"

Qin Jun: "No."

Qin Jun said excitedly: "I can't do what my husband said, to regard the subversion of a country as a mustard seed. In just a few decades of life, if everyone in the world is like Mr. and can suddenly rise to the world, then why bother to come to this world? How aboutTake it easy."

In the rainy night, the window was wet with the wind, a giant eagle flapped its wings vigorously, stopped on the window with the sound of howling wind, and tilted its head to look at Qin Jun.

Yin Xuan: "Xi Jiang Guishi's eagle training."

Qin Jun smiled, took out a letter from her bosom, tied it to the eagle's leg, and let it fly: "Yes."

As the wind and rain intensified, Qin Jun closed the window and said, "Besides the matter of Ji Cun, there is one more thing I need to ask my husband to agree to."

Yun Xuan: "The princess might as well speak first."

Qin Jun lowered her eyes and said, "If... there is such a day, I immediately hope that Mr. can take her back to Xi Jiang."

"Who?" Yun Xuan asked sharply.

Qin Jun picked up a drapery hat and put it on her head, "Jin Xiu."

Jin Xiu entered, took out a purse from her sleeve and put it on the table.

Qin Jun bowed to Yun Xuan: "It's not an insult to your talent, but I just offer some broken silver for you to spend on your journey south."

Yun Xuan cupped his hands, picked up the cup of cold tea on the table, and drank it down in one gulp.

"The water is rising! The water is rising!"

There was a sudden heavy rain in Jiangbei, and the tenants in the villa went up to the mountain overnight to knock on the door.

The night guard at the porter stood like a green pine, blocked the tenants out with a palm, and scolded in a cold voice: "Just pass it on, wait here!"

Xing'er came to the door: "What's the matter?"

The tenant: "Steward Xing, where is my boss! There is going to be a strong wind and heavy rain! If the field canals are not dredged, the corn will be flooded!"

Xing'er glanced at the sky, "It's too early, it's not yet dawn, and the master needs to rest, I'll send a few people to follow you to clear the canal."

The tenant shouted: "How many people are enough, hundreds of acres of land—"

Xing'er called the maid, "Go call Jin Xiu."

The maid hurriedly went to call for someone. After half a cup of tea, the tenants were in a state of anxiety. The maid came and said, "Auntie said that the young lady fell asleep soon, and there are not enough people to send someone. Don't disturb the young lady's dream."

tenant:"……"

Xing'er: "Send twenty people, is that enough?"

The tenant had no choice but to say nothing, and went down the mountain to open the canal with twenty guards.

The next day, Qin Jun got up feeling refreshed, feeling that he could sleep peacefully after doing the wild breeze. After eating the porridge, he felt that the side dishes were much more refreshing. Just after eating, he heard Jin Xiu talk about last nightHe almost vomited out all the breakfast he had eaten.

"Is it flooded?" Qin Jun asked hurriedly.

Jin Xiu wiped her lips with a handkerchief, and said: "Afterwards, ten people were sent there."

Qin Jun helped her forehead, and hurriedly cleaned up and stopped down the mountain to look, only to see that the river is still magnificent, and the rice seedlings are a little crooked at the low place tens of meters away from the river, and everything on the high place is fine.Eighty acres, all of which are next to the river.

Qin Jun comforted the tenant, "Thanks for your hard work."

The tenant shook his head: "Last night, I was busy for two hours, and the riverside was very windy and rough. Fortunately, all the strong men, it's just that my master... this year's wind and rain are unpredictable. In the next few days, we will have to send people to patrol the riverside."

"Okay," Qin Jun said, "you just need to rest, I will send someone to watch the canal in rotation."

The tenant thanked her and left. Qin Jun looked at the river. The night passed, and the continuous rain in Jiangbei still did not stop, and the sky was covered with dark clouds that kept moving, as if a storm was about to brew at any moment.

"The rain is coming." Yun Xuan looked at the sky, and finally closed the doors and windows.

Two days later, Jiang Prefecture and other places experienced continuous heavy rain. Yanyun Villa in Jiangbei is located upstream, and Jiangnan has Kuojiang River.

Autumn has already entered Jiangnan and Jiangbei. In Jiangnan and other places, the rice harvest in the second season has already been bumper, and the rice grains under the Yanyun Villa are still green.

"Only two crops of rice." The tenant said.

Qin Jun nodded, bent down and rubbed the green and astringent grains in the dustpan with her hands, "Two seasons will be two seasons, I promise you that the rent will be 10%, so you can plant it with peace of mind."

Qin Jun returned to the village, and the merchant in charge of the Jiangnan Liu family came back and delivered a letter in person.

"It should have been delivered earlier, but on the way back, the local water swelled, and it was difficult for vehicles and horses to pass for a few days. This is a letter from Miss Lin to Miss."

Qin Jun was slightly stunned, busy all day, she didn't notice that Ji Si had been gone for half a month.

"Leave it here," Qin Jun looked away from the letter, and moved back from time to time, "Thank you."

Xing'er sent the reward and sent the man away.

Jin Xiu: "The princess won't tear it down?"

Qin Jun: "...For the past two days, I have slept well."

Jin Xiu: "?"

Qin Jun murmured, "If everything goes well, we should be almost at the Eternal Border by now."

Jin Xiu nodded, "Yes."

Qin Jun waved her hand and asked Jin Xiu to put away the letter, and continued to read the account by herself.

When Xing'er came back from delivering the letter, seeing that Qin Jun hadn't opened the letter, she couldn't help but asked with a smile, "Why didn't the princess open it, didn't she not think about eating and drinking all day long?"

Qin Jun: "...No, she's not here, I still eat and sleep well."

Xing'er smiled without saying a word, picked up a box, "Princess, is there a problem with this account?"

Qin Jun was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that she didn't read a word, and handed back the account book in a shy manner, "No problem, it's pretty good. Just according to this amount, donate fifty shimi and two hundred taels of silver to Bingzhou, go.”

Xing'er put the ledger down in the box, turned and left.

Facing Jin Xiu's meaningful expression, Qin Jun stumbled and said, "...I, Ben Gong, just think that if Lady Pin doesn't come back, I will have to go to the villa to exchange money, so what should I do!"

Jin Xiu took a deep look at Qin Jun, nodded and said, "Here."

Qin Jun: "..."

Qin Jun grabbed the letter on the table and stuffed it into her sleeve, "I'll go to the back mountain to see Mr. Jiang!"

Jin Xiu: "..."

at night.

Jin Xiu heard the sound of turning over in the tent, and entered the room holding a candlestick, "Princess?"

With disheveled hair, Qin Jun stuffed a piece of letter paper into the bedding, and said unnaturally: "...I can't sleep well."

Jin Xiu went to close the window, "Is the wind too strong?"

"Don't turn it off," Qin Jun tugged at his collar, with a depressed expression, "turn off the heat."

Jin Xiu thought for a while and asked, "I'll sleep with you."

For some reason, Ji Si's forbearance without expressing anger suddenly appeared in Qin Jun's mind.

"...No, there's no need." Qin Jun said awkwardly.

Jin Xiu lit the copper lamp, and the light shone on Qin Jun's face. Qin Jun grew a little taller. Although she was still not as tall as Ji Si, she was still slim, but her side face was still childish.There is a sense of maturity that does not match his age.

Qin Jun turned over and lay down, staring at the top tent in a daze, feeling empty in her heart.

Jin Xiu took a look and tucked the quilt up for her, wondering if she missed a woman?

"My maidservant, go and get someone to wait on you." Jin Xiu said.

Qin Jun turned to face her and said inexplicably, "Ah? What are you going to do?"

Jin Xiu said quickly: "In the West Wing, I have raised a few who are all in good shape. They do some light work on weekdays, and have been waiting for the princess to summon me."

Qin Jun: "........."

"What, when did it happen!" Qin Jun sat up abruptly, stuttering and asking.

Jin Xiu said: "I was ready when I was at Capital, but Lin Yuniang favored too much, and the appearance and talent of the court ladies are not as good as that, so I haven't found the opportunity."

Qin Jun: "..."

"Lin Yan is not here," Jin Xiu said, "Can you call those people to entertain the princess?"

Qin Jun: "...No need, go to sleep, see Aunt Xiu tomorrow, good night."

Jin Xiu imitated Qin Jun and said good night, before leaving, she said, "If not..."

Qin Jun could guess what Jin Xiu wanted to say, knowing that if she let go, Jin Xiu would definitely sacrifice her life, so she interrupted her immediately, "No need, that's all, I sleep alone and don't need to wait."

Of course, there is still a night watch. If Ji Si is not around, a narrow couch will be erected behind the screen outside Qin Jun's bed for the night watchman to sleep on.

Jin Xiu fell asleep, but Qin Jun still couldn't fall asleep, quietly took out Ji Si's letter, looked at the copper lamp, and repeated the words on it on his lips and teeth.

Qin Jun: "When the fish are deep and the geese are far away from the end of the world, I believe that parting in the world is bitter."

This poem comes from Dai Shulun's lovesickness song, to the effect that it is too long to believe what others say is the pain of parting.

"Yu Shenyan is far away from the end of the world, and I believe in the suffering of parting in the world." Qin Jun gathered the letter to his chest, and repeated these two lines of poems in a daze, thinking that reading is still useful, at least Ji Si will no longer only be able to sing those obscene poems./ Poetry / Yan / song.

Moreover, the poems quoted in these two sentences just corresponded to Qin Jun's heart, so that she could understand the warmth of the heart-to-heart connection of the gifted man and the beautiful woman's red sleeves adding fragrance to the Jie Yuhua at once.

Qin Jun's face was slightly hot, and he touched his face, throbbing until the early morning light before falling asleep.

Although he slept until noon the next day, he was scolded by Jiang Chaosheng by pulling his nose.But his mood improved a lot because of Ji Si's letter, and the cloud that had been hanging over his brows and eyes all day disappeared without a trace.

Jiang Chaosheng started to prepare to dig a second salt well, and Qin Jun showed him Hu Helei's list, not only to prepare salt, but also to prepare a lot of grain and rice to send to the Eternal Border.

The Hu people were shaking, and there were countless food and clothing. Hu Helei wanted a lot of goods, and only half of them were sent last time. The rest had to be collected by farmers in various places in Jiangnan after the autumn harvest.

Vegetable oil and silkworms are all crops after autumn, and the villa can no longer afford to advance the money for these goods, so Qin Jun had to write a note and go to Liu's house to borrow money.

When Ji Si went to the Eternal Border, Qin Jun also specifically said that it must be converted into gold and silver. If the two countries go to war, this business will not be easy to do.

But in terms of business, even if there is a war, the lives of the people will continue. As long as the mutual market on the Eternal Border is not closed, there will be no problem in business exchanges.

The outside of the Guan asked for grain, rice and silk tea from Qin and Zhou, and the inside of the Guan wanted the fur mines of people outside the Guan.

Qin Jun put down her pen, feeling drowsy from the heat, and crawled to the couch to take a nap. When she turned over, she touched the notebook under the pillow, and her heart beat faster again.

Qin Jun's face was slightly red, and she looked outside the house holding the red book.

Outside the window, cicadas were chirping and birds were chirping, the wind was rustling, and the branches were shaking. Jin Xiu was guarding the door, and she could come in as soon as she called.

Qin Jun held her breath, and then quietly turned a page.

The autumn wind is dry and hot, which is different from the hot spring. Qin Jun covered his eyes, opened his fingers, and looked at the lifelike people in the booklet, his face was as hot as the setting sun.

"Bastard, bastard!"

Jin Xiu walked into the room quickly, "Princess?"

Qin Jun said angrily, "Get out!"

Jin Xiu: "..."

At night, Qin Jun was wearing unlined clothes, hesitantly wanted to burn the red book, and tried repeatedly on the flame.

Seeing this, Xiaotao said softly, "It's burning, I'm afraid Lady Pin will go crazy."

Qin Jun: "..."

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