"Are we really going to sea on this ship?"
Looking at the small and simple boat in front of her, which was only a little stronger than a raft, and then looking at the vast ocean, Xi Yue expressed doubts, could they really reach the shore alive?
"Don't look at it as crude," Lu Fei knocked on the ship's plank, "This is empty green iron pine. The green wood sword used by monks in the Reiki Age was forged from it. It is extremely hard."
"Is it really that strong?" Xiyue still doubted that the materials used to make entry-level weapons must be very low-grade.
Moreover, no matter how strong it is, it cannot support its small size and light weight, and it will capsize.
Seemingly sensing her worries, Lu Fei took out some thick hemp ropes and said, "Don't worry, we will get ashore smoothly."
Xiyue lowered her head and looked at the food box in her hand, and decided to get rid of the delicious food as soon as possible after boarding the ship.
At this time, a half-year-old boy ran towards us, shouting at the top of his voice: "Brother, brother!"
"Brother, why are you leaving again? You've only been back for two days." As soon as he got closer, before he could catch his breath, Lu Min began to complain, "Father, why do you have to let you go when something is so urgent?"
"You kid, your father dares to complain!" Lu Fei glared.
Lu Min made a face, saw Xi Yue next to him, and exclaimed: "Wow, who is this sister? She is so beautiful!"
Xiyue glanced at Lu Fei. The title of 'eldest brother' and the similar face already indicated the other person's identity. For Lu Fei's sake, she smiled: "Ayue, nice to meet you."
Lu Min's eyes lit up: "You are as pretty as a peach in three springs, and as pure as a chrysanthemum in nine autumns. Sister, you look so beautiful when you smile! If you give birth to a little niece, she will be as beautiful as you."
"Cough cough cough..."
Lu Fei coughed so hard that he took a step forward, stood in front of Xiyue, blocked his unlucky brother's sight, and glared at him with no power: "You brat, what nonsense are you talking about!"
Lu Min waited for a while, but no further words came from him. He couldn't help but wonder. Shouldn't he introduce her origin and identity after the training? Why was there no further words after the training?
Also, if you block your view, you are not a pervert.
He turned his head and looked past Lu Fei at the girl behind him. She blinked her eyes and seemed to have just reacted. She turned to stare at his eldest brother blankly, with a thoughtful look on her face, and murmured: "What the hell?" It makes sense.”
"Cough cough cough..." Lu Fei coughed again, making people worried that he would choke to death on his own saliva.
Lu Min was also stunned. He didn't expect that she would act out of common sense. He looked at Lu Fei, whose ears were already red, and then at Xi Yue, who had a serious look on his face. He suddenly felt that his eldest brother's future life would be certain. It'll be fun.
Lu Fei cleared his throat tactically and changed the subject seriously: "Ahem, after I leave, I must listen to my father and mother, take good care of my little sister, and guard Yunhuang Island..."
"I know, it's so long-winded. I keep hearing these words every time, and my ears are getting calloused." Lu Min rolled his eyes and handed him a brocade bag.
"This is the money your mother gave you, a total of three hundred taels. You can use some snacks next time you come back to pick out gifts. It doesn't matter that I'm a boy. Don't be careless with your little sister's gifts. Look at what you picked this time. A dagger. It's a shame. You can figure it out.”
Lu Fei was disappointed. He was busy on the road at that time, so how could he think about bringing gifts to his family? If he didn't want to use them, this gift must have been given by his third uncle in his name.
In the future, there will be no chance.
His sadness did not dissipate long after he set off, and his eyes were full of reluctance.
Slow as Xiyue, she also noticed something was wrong with him and couldn't help but wonder: "Lu Fei, you are unhappy."
"No."
Xiyue looked firmly into his eyes and said with certainty: "You do."
She turned her head and followed his gaze in the direction of Yunhuang Island, and suddenly realized: "Are you reluctant to leave home?"
Thinking about it, Lu Fei is different from me. He has family, relatives and friends, and they all care about him. He has been away for nearly two years and has to leave again just two days after coming back. He definitely doesn't want to leave.
If it weren't for himself, an outsider, he would never have left so quickly...
She wanted to say, "You go back, I can leave by myself," but when her words came to her lips, she said, "You don't have to leave when you come back next time."
Lu Fei smiled and said: "I used to go out a lot, and I'm not reluctant. I'm just thinking about where we're going next. The rest of our lives are still long, so don't be anxious. Let's find a place to live, and wait until you get well before we go see you." All over the great rivers and mountains.”
"good."
Xiyue's eyes flashed slightly. Although the strange lotus flower was magical, it could not completely change her fate. The rest of her life would not be long.
However, she was very satisfied with being able to get along with him for a few more years.
Lu Fei thought for a while and added: "It's better to go to Nanming to find a place to live first. You grew up in Nanming and the climate there is more suitable for you."
Xiyue had no objection and discussed with him enthusiastically what kind of house she wanted to buy.
After seven or eight days of tossing on the sea, the boat was overturned by waves five times and knocked off course by turbulent currents on the seabed twice. At noon on July 19, they finally resisted the Long Yuan Kingdom's Haishenyuan.
I bought another carriage and headed south slowly. On this day, Xiyue woke up from her nap, opened the curtain and went out as usual, and saw a flaming red forest.
"Wow! What kind of tree is this? So beautiful!"
"Maple Tree, we are almost at Maple Leaf Town." Lu Fei sat leisurely at the shaft of the carriage, letting the horse run slowly.
The red leaves were like fire, burning, jumping, and dancing. Xiyue instantly thought of Kong Nian's flying red wedding dress, so beautiful and thrilling.
"Let's go down and play!" She said, and before the carriage stopped, she jumped off. The red leaves covering the ground were like frightened red butterflies, flying up in all directions, and then slowly landed on the ground.
Lu Fei broke into a cold sweat and said strangely: "Can't you wait until the carriage stops?"
"It's okay, you're slow and short, you'll be fine."
Xiyue didn't care, she jumped in front of a tree, hugged the trunk and shook it vigorously.
The maple leaves were shaken by her, and finally, some of the maple leaves were overwhelmed and began to swirl and fall from the trees, like red butterflies flying and hovering in the air...
She stood under the tree, intoxicated by the beautiful posture of the maple leaves falling, with a flower-like smile on her lips.
The corner of Lu Fei's mouth twitched. Sure enough, she, who knew how to throw stones at others, would not wait for the wind to blow up the maple leaves like other girls.
However, she is so nice with her beautiful smile.
Lu Fei gathered strength in his palm and slapped it on the tree trunk beside him. In an instant, more red leaves fluttered.
Xiyue was even more happy. Her crisp laughter echoed in the forest accompanied by the flying red leaves. Lu Fei's heart also flew up, and the depression of many days was swept away.
Xiyue played in Maple Forest for a long time, and it was already dusk when she entered Maple Leaf Town. There were not many people on the street, and the shops and vendors were closed one after another.
However, the business of the inn is booming, many of them are fully occupied, and there are carriages parked at the entrance of the inns that still have guest rooms.
Lu Fei picked a house at random and drove the carriage slowly over. The clever waiter trotted forward, took the reins from Lu Fei's hand, and said with a smile: "Please come in, two guests."
As he spoke, he neatly pulled the carriage behind the carriage in front, leaving a path for people to pass.
Bang!
Something fell, and then a man was heard shouting in pain: "Ouch!"
"Master, are you okay?"
"Whoever hits me, get out of here, Master!"
The crowd followed the sound and saw a sturdy young man in rich clothes on the street covering his head, raising his head and roaring angrily upstairs. Not far from his feet, a forked pole lay quietly on the ground.
It was obvious that someone upstairs failed to hold the window firmly and dropped the fork pole.
The young man is tall and thick, with a face as black as coal, a pair of thick eyebrows, and a sharp single eyelid, which makes him not to be trifled with at first glance.
At that moment, passers-by nearby looked at him, looking like they were watching a good show. Some people joked, "Don't be angry, young master. Maybe it's Yue Lao who has a special way of pulling the string for you."
The crowd roared with laughter, and the Heitan youth became even more angry. After waiting for a long time when the person upstairs did not show up, he waved his hand and called two servants to arrest him.
At this time, in a guest room upstairs, there was a man in green clothes with a jade belt and a gold crown. His handsome face was full of disbelief: "What did you say?"
In front of the window, a young man wearing azure clothes stood with his hands down, and with a trembling voice, he replied again: "I saw Princess Xiyue."
"Impossible, she died on the seventh day of July!" Zhao Xu didn't believe it, walked to the window and pushed it open.
The crowd who were waiting to watch the show saw a handsome young man in rich clothes, and their interest was suddenly greatly reduced. Look at the man's all-over majesty, which was incomparable to the black-charcoal young man.
Sure enough, when he saw the other party, the Hei Tan youth's aura suddenly slumped a lot, but he couldn't leave directly in public, so he didn't have the confidence to say: "Don't you know how to apologize if you hit someone?"
Zhao Xu ignored him and searched the crowd with blazing eyes. He soon saw a girl in light yellow clothes on the steps of the inn diagonally opposite. She tilted her head slightly and looked at him curiously, then at the charcoal young man on the street, and then She turned sideways and said something to the young man in blue and white attire beside her. The corners of her mouth curved up into a bright smile.
The young man glared at her, shook his head helplessly, and pulled her around to enter the inn.
Zhao Xu's heart stirred up a storm, it was really Princess Xiyue!
Could it be that you guessed wrong that her birthday is not the seventh day of July?
Eighteen years ago, there were only three people in the palace who were pregnant. At the beginning of the year, the aunt Zhao Guifei gave birth to Princess Jing'an. On the seventh day of July, the queen gave birth to a stillborn baby. At the end of the year, the palace maid of Huanyi Bureau gave birth to the fifth prince, who was named Fang Guiren.
Needless to say, my aunt was not the queen who gave birth to a dead baby. Could it be that Fanggui gave birth to a daughter back then and was replaced by the emperor?
Zhao Xu fell into deep thought and turned back to the inner room to sit down. His servant gradually suppressed the panic in his heart and walked to the window and said, "I accidentally hit this young master just now. I'm sorry."
After saying that, he quickly closed the window and went to discuss with Zhao Xu.
The charcoal young man on the street was depressed for a long time, and walked away in despair. There was no excitement to see, and the crowd slowly dispersed.
"Sir, could it be that we got the age wrong? She may be only seventeen or sixteen years old. Wang Xi, the eunuch, is the most cunning. He may have lied to us."
Zhao Xu shook his head: "In the past few years, my eldest brother has checked the pregnancy status of the concubines in the harem. The most suitable one is the queen's dead baby. The guess about pearl hunting is also correct. More importantly, Wang Xi died in the early morning of the Chinese Valentine's Day. .”
After pondering for a moment, Zhao Xu ordered: "Go and pass the news to the Imperial Preceptor's Office. In addition, find a few smart people to follow her."
"yes."
There was a thrilling beauty in the fiery red Maple Leaf Town. Xiyue immediately decided to live here and make plans when she got tired of it.
Early the next morning, the two went to Yahang to rent a house. While looking at the house with Yaren, Xiyue gradually felt that something was wrong. She pulled Lu Fei's sleeve and whispered: "I don't think something is right. There are malicious looks in my eyes." Staring at us."
She pointed at the man who opened the door diligently and lowered her voice: "We won't encounter a gangster, right?"
"It's not her." Lu Fei said calmly, "When we left the inn, there were these tails."
Xiyue blinked: "Do you want to catch me and ask?"
"Of course, you will..."
Yaren opened the door and warmly welcomed them in: "This yard is a bit small, but even though the sparrow is small and has all the internal organs, it is better than being quiet..."
Xiyue took a few steps into the east room and led the Yaren to explain. Lu Fei quietly withdrew and climbed out from the side of the yard.
The salesman in a gray-brown short shirt sat under a tree to rest, raised his arms to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and waved his sleeves to fan himself, but his eyes occasionally glanced at the door of the yard.
Suddenly, a bright light flashed from the side. The salesman was about to take a closer look when his neck felt cold and warm liquid seeped out. Soon he felt a stinging pain.
"Who sent you here?" The person's voice was sharp, just like the cold sword blade against his neck.
The salesman froze there and stammered: "Young hero, what did you say? I'm just resting here, young hero, please spare my life!"
Lu Fei exerted a little force on his fingertips, and the sharp sword blade sank a little instantly, "My patience is limited, if you don't tell me, I'll find someone else."
The salesman's scalp was numb, and he shouted repeatedly: "Young hero, have mercy on me, young hero, have mercy on me, I really don't know what you are talking about?"
Lu Fei frowned and glanced at several vendors across the street. This was not the place to ask questions. After thinking about it, he simply knocked the vendor unconscious with one palm and took him into the back room of the courtyard.
At this time, Yaren finished telling Xiyue about the main courtyard and walked towards the back room. Lu Fei strode out and said: "This environment is quite quiet, but it's just too small. The previous one was quite big, and the courtyard wall It’s a little bit broken again.”
He showed a dilemma, hesitated for a while, and then suggested: "How about you go and do your work first, while we take a closer look here, and I will definitely give you an answer today."
Yaren was also cheerful and gave them the keys directly and left.
The two men immediately went to the back room, tied up the salesman, woke him up, and began to interrogate him.
Unfortunately, the salesman was very tight-lipped. No matter how Lu Fei tried to coerce or induce him, he insisted that he was a salesman and did not follow them.
Lu Fei pulled out his sword and wanted to kill him, but Xi Yue stopped him. She stared at the salesman and sneered: "Lu Fei, go and grab another one."
This morning, in addition to the salesman, there were many people following them. These people appeared alternately and were very experienced.
Lu Fei was a little puzzled, but he went out as he was told. When a stalker pretending to be a pedestrian walked into the blind spot of other people's vision, he quickly covered his mouth and dragged him into a corner, taking him back to the back room.
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