The world's ambitions are unparalleled

Chapter 44
In August, the osmanthus is all over the courtyard, and the courtyard is covered with moonlight.

Jinse woke up in the room full of sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance, opened her eyes and couldn't see the figure of Luhe, felt a little depressed for a moment, opened the door and walked out, only to find that the moon was already in the sky.

This is a border town located in the southeast of Qingyue, bordering Zhongli and Jinli.Xu is that the more you go to the border area, the more desolate it will be, so she and Lu He traveled for three days before finally finding such a small inn.What's rare is that although the place is small, it is also elegant, just like the osmanthus trees in the courtyard and the decoration of the house intertwined with the style of the Three Kingdoms, which makes Jinse feel comfortable.

All the way from Beijing, because she was still not sure where she was going, she and Lv He went east for a while, and then went south for a while, and it took nearly two months of tossing and bumping before they finally came to this small town.Jinse is still not sure where she is going in the future, so she decides to settle here temporarily.

She went downstairs all the way to the lobby.

In the lobby, apart from the two tables of guests, there is also the owner of the inn, who are sitting around having dinner lively.

Inadvertently seeing the mooncakes on the table, Jinse was slightly startled, and then remembered that it was the Mid-Autumn Festival tonight, no wonder the moonlight was so beautiful.

"Miss is up?" Seeing her going downstairs, the storekeeper greeted her with a smile, led her to sit down, poured her a cup of hot water, and then said, "Miss, what do you want to eat? I'll let the kitchen do it."

"Two small dishes are fine." Jinse smiled, and suddenly said, "The store can see where my sister has gone?"

As soon as the words fell, Lu He's voice changed from the door: "I'm back." After saying that, the man had already stepped into the door, put the bamboo basket in his hand on the table, and said: "Since we have decided to settle here for the time being, Then naturally we need to prepare some things, can you see if there is anything wrong?"

Jinse smiled obsequiously at her: "My sister arranged it, so it's very good."

After finishing speaking, he reached out and rummaged through the bamboo basket.

Lu He turned her head to look at her, raised her eyebrows unconsciously: "What are you looking for?"

Jinse hurriedly withdrew her hand and shook her head.

Lu He sneered, took a sip of the tea in front of her.

Unexpectedly, after a while, when the restaurant served the dishes, they even brought out a plate of mooncakes. Jinse was really pleasantly surprised, picked one up and stuffed it into her mouth.

The storekeeper smiled when he saw her, and said: "Although the two girls are away from home, the Mid-Autumn Festival is still going to be celebrated. This mooncake is made by the store itself, and it is not as good as the mooncakes outside. It is also a kindness from the store. Take it easy, two girls."

"Where is it?" Jinse said hurriedly, "It's delicious, even more delicious than those in the big shops in the capital."

The shopkeeper was overjoyed when he heard it: "The two girls are from the capital? No wonder, people from small places like us can't compare to the kindness you have on your body. If you have time, please tell us about the capital city." What is it like?"

Jinse choked, and Luhe refilled her glass of water, then looked at the shopkeeper and said, "We will greet ourselves and not disturb the shopkeeper to have a reunion dinner with our family."

The shopkeeper happily returned to his table.

Lu He has never liked sweets. After Jinse swallowed three of the four mooncakes served by the store, Lu He saw that she was also reaching for the fourth moon cake, so she finally hit her with her chopsticks and said lukewarmly. : "Leave one for me."

In fact, even if Jinse didn't eat the last one, she wouldn't be able to eat anything else, but she still looked at the plate unwillingly after hearing the words, and then said: "How about, let's go to Jinli Country after a while, I heard there There are a lot of delicious food.”

"When it comes to food, where can it compare to Qingyue?" Lu He glanced up at her, but still lowered his head to eat.

Jin Se was speechless, she just propped her chin and watched her eat.

This box of green lotus had just finished eating, and the two were about to go upstairs, when suddenly there was the sound of military armor clattering outside the inn door, followed by a loud and clear shout: "Compare the portrait, go in and search for me!"

Jinse's feet had just stepped on the first step of the stairs, when she heard such a sound, her footsteps slipped suddenly, and she almost fell, but fortunately, Lu He supported her from behind, and said in a low voice, "Don't be afraid."

The paleness on Jinse's face was only fleeting, then she smiled again and nodded.

The people who came were indeed a group of soldiers and guards, all of them were dressed in Qingyue soldier uniforms. The person who came in first held two portraits in his hands, and as soon as he stepped in, he shouted sharply: "Shopkeeper, take the people who live in your shop Everyone call me out."

The shopkeeper hurriedly got up: "Master Jun, the shop is small, and the only few customers are here now."

The leader looked around, his gaze passed over Jinse's face, but he ignored it, and turned to look at the customers at the other two tables in the store.

In this way, Jinse's heart shuddered slightly, and she looked at Lu He, still calm.

However, the man suddenly took big strides towards the two guests sitting at the table on the west side of the shop: "You guys, raise your heads!"

All eyes were focused on that side. When Jinse looked up, he saw that the two seemed to be masters and servants. The one who was the master was about 20 years old. He was handsome and handsome. He was obviously a man. He laughed When she was young, the corners of her eyes were rippling, more captivating than a woman's.

"This military lord is looking for, isn't it?" The man stood up, cupped his hands slightly, and said with a smile, "I just passed through Qingyue on the way down, and I don't seem to have committed anything."

The officer looked carefully at the portrait in his hand, then turned around and said to the soldiers behind him: "It's these two people, take them down with me!"

Jinse's heart suddenly relaxed, it turned out that the matter had nothing to do with her.

She was about to turn around and go upstairs, but suddenly there was a louder noise outside the inn. In a moment, dozens of people rushed into the inn, surrounding the group of people who came in earlier.

"Who is so bold, dare to pretend to be my Qingyue soldier guard and provoke trouble?"

The people in the store seemed to be taken aback for a moment, and then Jinse suddenly found out that the team that came in earlier, although all of them were wearing Qingyue soldier uniforms, were wearing boots with indigo uppers on their feet, and hers In memory, the shoes and boots that Aoyuebei wears are all black and gray uppers.

As for the boots with indigo uppers, she always felt that she had seen them somewhere.

Zhongli!Jinse's mind suddenly flashed when he saw this kind of uniform upper in Zhongli before, and his heart suddenly relaxed again.However, why did the people from Zhongli country pretend to be Qingyue soldiers and come to Qingyue to make trouble?
Jinse raised her eyes to look at the handsome young man, and saw that he looked calm and relaxed, staring at the two teams in front of him as if watching a show.

It is the top priority for the two countries not to invade each other, and today's matter is no small matter. If there is another war and it spreads to the two countries, the conflict between the two countries will inevitably be inevitable.

The commander of Zhongli Bingwei seemed to know this too, he didn't dare to resist and stir up troubles at all, so he let the Qingyue Bingwei who came after him detain his men.

In this way, the matter seemed to be settled, and Jinse hurriedly pulled Lvhe upstairs.

"Sixth Young Master, Fourth Young Master is afraid that Sixth Young Master will encounter danger on the way, so he specially sent a villain to come to meet him."

Walking up the corner of the stairs, Jinse suddenly heard the leader of the Qingyue soldiers speak, and when he turned his head to look, he saw that he was talking to the handsome young man.

Since that young master was the one Zhongli's soldiers wanted to arrest, how could he be called "Sixth Young Master" by Qingyue's soldiers?
For a moment, Jinse felt puzzled in her heart, but she heard the "sixth young master" say: "Fourth brother, worry about it. Where is he now?"

"It's in another small town fifty miles ahead. The villain will escort the sixth son to join the fourth son."

Fifty miles ahead?When Jinse heard this, she suddenly looked at Lvhe.

Fifty miles ahead, Zhongli is already in the territory, and this person keeps calling that person to be a son, and he wants to send him to Zhongli to meet someone, plus those who wanted to arrest this "six sons", things don't seem to be so Simple.

For some reason, Jinse suddenly remembered what she had heard two days ago, about Zhongli's imperial turmoil and the distribution of princes to fight for power, and couldn't help but think about the "six sons" in front of her.

If this "sixth son" is Prince Zhongli, and the first team is here to catch him and the second team is here to rescue him, then these people are all Zhongli people!
Thinking of this, Jinse couldn't help but change her face, looking at Luhe, she saw a flash of understanding in her eyes.

At this moment, the handsome young man downstairs suddenly looked up at where they were standing, and nodded with a half-smile.

Jinse's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly dragged Lu He upstairs.

There was no movement downstairs soon, it seemed that the group of Zhongli soldiers escorted the young master away, Jinse lay on the door of the room and listened for a long while, finally confirmed that there was no movement, and then he was completely relieved.

"What are you afraid of?" Lu He's slightly mocking voice came from behind, "I only know that you are not afraid of anything now."

"Of course I'm afraid." Jinse replied softly, "I'm afraid that I'll be dragged into some kind of whirlpool again."

This night was really very quiet, Luhe didn't rest during the day, so she rested early.

Jinse just woke up, so she couldn't fall asleep. Thinking that it was August [-]th, she simply went downstairs, took a stool and came to the courtyard to watch the moon.

It was already midnight, and the store had already rested, and the courtyard was quiet, except for the scent of cinnamon, it was only filled with moonlight.

So beautiful, yet so cold.

Jinse sat quietly, feeling a little cold, stroked her arms, only to realize that she forgot to take the thin cloak, but was too lazy to move, so she sat there with the coolness, looked at the full moon in the sky, and suddenly began to recall How did I spend the Mid-Autumn Festival in the past?

Naturally, I have no memory of those few years when I was young. When I grow up, I only remember spending the Mid-Autumn Festival with my sister every year.Because her father was always busy and never had the leisure time to enjoy the moon, Jinse almost never enjoyed the moon with her father.Later, when my sister got married, I never spent the Mid-Autumn Festival with her again.Later, when my sister passed away, and spent the Mid-Autumn Festival with her, Song Heng was replaced.

Jinse was suddenly a little confused, as if such a person should belong to her after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The surroundings were too quiet, and she didn't dare to think too much, for fear that she would be overwhelmed, so all her thoughts were stopped here, and she didn't dare to extend down.

The moon is hazy, and people are chaotic.

After all, she fell asleep in a daze, and she didn't know how long she had been asleep. Suddenly, she felt a warm feeling on her body, opened her eyes slightly, and seemed to see an extremely familiar figure putting on a cloak for herself.

She only thought it was a dream, so she still closed her eyes and fell asleep peacefully.

However, after only sleeping for a while, for some reason, Jinse's heart suddenly trembled, she sat up straight suddenly, and grabbed the sleeve of the person in front of her, her eyes were full of panic.

The person who was sitting quietly in front of her seemed taken aback and turned to look at her.

Song Heng!

Jinse looked at the person in front of her, as if she was frightened, but also as if she couldn't believe it. She repeatedly looked at the hand holding his sleeve, as if she had finally determined something, stretched out her hand, Heng twisted his face.

Song Heng frowned slightly, then pulled her hand down with a helpless smile—I mean it.

"Where did you go?" Jinse seemed to have finally woken up, put away the panic in her eyes, and frowned at him sullenly.

Song Heng squeezed her hand, and said again - I was troubled by something before, and I have been looking for you recently.

Jinse looked at his slightly travel-stained body, and said again: "Then how do you know I'm here?"

Song Heng replied - naturally it was very hard to find you.

After a pause, he suddenly gestured again—I heard that the capital...

Jinse pressed his hand suddenly, and panic flashed in her eyes again, before she said slowly: "Don't ask, I beg you not to ask."

Song Heng seemed to hesitate for a moment, then finally slowly withdrew his hand, looked at her for a while, and suddenly remembered something, reached into his arms and took something out.

He opened it slowly, Jinse almost laughed out loud, it turned out to be a piece of moon cake!
However, she happily took it, took a bite first, then looked at Song Heng again, then carefully broke off a small half and handed it to him.

Song Heng took it and put it in his mouth, smiled and rubbed her head.

"It's a good time for you." Jinse pointed to the sky while eating mooncakes and said to him, "Look, how beautiful the moon is now."

Song Heng looked up, but after a while, a cloud suddenly floated from nowhere, covering the moon, and the courtyard that was originally covered with silver light suddenly became dark.

"The moon doesn't even want to see me." Jin Se suddenly said in a low voice.

In the darkness, Song Heng couldn't see the expression on her face clearly. Although her tone of voice was the same as before, it seemed a bit more sour. After all, he pulled her up and sent her back to the room.

Luhe woke up the next morning to find out that Song Heng had actually come. She was surprised for a while, and when the three of them had breakfast together, they couldn't help but said, "Master, you really have great powers. As for our young lady's current problems that have been changed day and night, you It’s really admirable to be able to find it.”

"Green lotus!" Jinse frowned slightly, and suddenly said with a narrow smile, "You don't have to talk to me, he's here, you might be so happy!"

Lu He froze, and glared at her angrily.

Song Heng pretended not to hear, smiled and put the last steamed bun on the table into the Jinse bowl, and Jinse stuffed it into his mouth unceremoniously.

After breakfast, Song Heng asked Lvhe to pack up, Jinse couldn't help being surprised, and said, "How do you know we're going to Jinli?"

Song Heng turned his eyes to look at her, and then said - follow me to Zhongli.

"Zhongli?" Jinse was startled, almost biting his own tongue, and hurriedly pulled his cuff, "Why do you want to go there? I have been to Zhongli before, and someone there recognizes me."

Song Heng paused for a moment, then said again - I have something to do at home, I need to go back to take care of it, so naturally I will take you along.

"Your house belongs to Zhongli." Jinse was not surprised at all, but asked, "Then why did you come to my house to be a teacher?"

Song Heng had no choice but to smile bitterly for a moment, and said——The brothers in the family are not on good terms, you fight over each other, I can't bear it, so I go out to make a living.

"Oh." Jinse responded in a low voice, and suddenly looked at him with piercing eyes, "Then the situation in your family is quite similar to that of Zhongli's royal family."

Song Heng looked at her without moving.

"Aren't you willing to open your mouth to say a word to me?" Jin Se looked at him and called out word by word: "Fourth Young Master?"

Song Heng grabbed her wrist suddenly, and finally called out in a low voice: "Jinse!"

The voice came out, but it was the man's unusually moving and charming voice.

Jinse stared at him for a long time, then exhaled suddenly and smiled: "Your voice is not bad, why do you pretend to be dumb?"

"Sometimes, not being able to speak will save a lot of trouble." Song Heng still did not let her go.

"Then what do you intend to do when you go to Qingyue and the Hou's Mansion?" Jinse smiled, "Is there anything worth plotting for you there?"

Song Heng looked at her and said, "I just said the reason."

"Is it really that simple?" Jinse was dubious, but after careful consideration, he seemed to have done nothing wrong during his nearly four years in Andinghou's mansion.

However, an extremely distant picture suddenly flashed in her mind, and she caught Song Heng and asked: "Then I have seen your Linglong Court before, is it true or not?"

Song Heng was slightly stunned for a moment, then nodded.

"What's the dark secret?"

Song Heng smiled faintly: "Actually, it's not a big deal. It's just that my third brother came to look for me, asked me out for a talk, and found a place to hide from people's eyes. It's just one time, I didn't think about it, but I happened to be seen by you." .”

"Then you... have returned to Zhongli now? I heard that the recent chaos in Zhongli's royal family was caused by your return? Didn't you say that you didn't like those fights before you left? Why did you go back again and make such a fuss?"

"There are some things in this world. The more you want to hide, the more you can't hide. If you don't want to be cornered to death, you have to fight back."

He seemed to have explained clearly, Jinse suddenly pushed his hand away, and smiled brightly: "In that case, Fourth Young Master, let's say goodbye here, and we will see each other indefinitely."

"Jinse!"

Seeing that she was about to run up the stairs to hide in the room, Song Heng stepped in front of her: "In the current situation, if you don't follow me, how can I feel at ease?"

"I'm not interested at all in the things you fight over!" Jinse covered her ears and said, "I don't need you to take care of me, and I can live a good life."

"I promised Lord Hou that I will take good care of you!"

Jinse's body froze suddenly, and for just a moment, her face, which was slightly flushed because of sullenness, suddenly turned pale: "What did daddy tell you?"

Song Heng paused, Fang stretched out his hand to support her shoulder, and said in a low voice: "You go back to Zhongli with me, I will place you outside the palace, and I promise not to let you participate in any fights. No matter what, I will take good care of you, this is my promise to Lord Hou, and it is also Lord Hou's last wish."

"What else did Daddy tell you?" Jinse still stared at him, stubbornly waiting for the answer she wanted.

"What else can there be?" Song Heng's eyes flickered for a moment, and he said in a low voice, "Master Hou will protect you even if he dies, so that naturally tells you that you will always be his daughter in his palm."

Jinse seemed to be stunned for a moment before finally understanding the meaning of his words.

"So, Daddy is willing to admit me back, isn't he?"

She looked at him earnestly, and when Song Heng finally nodded, Jinse covered her lips and cried out uncontrollably.

Murong Qilian, the fourth prince of Zhongli, is the Song Heng that Jinse knows.

Hearing this name was on the third day after going to Zhongli.

After entering the city, Song Heng placed her in a courtyard in the middle of the capital, where she had everything she wanted, and it was more comfortable than her previous life.On the third day, Jinse went to the street market with Lu He, and occasionally heard people talking about the fact that Zhong was closest to the royal family, and then remembered that she forgot to ask Song Heng's real name, so she asked someone casually, Then he heard the words Murong Qilian.

From the news they heard from the market, they learned that Song Heng was born to the noble concubine Zhongli, and he and the sixth prince Murong Jinfeng were siblings of the same mother.Only a few years ago, the fourth prince suddenly lost all news. There were rumors that he disappeared strangely, and there were also rumors that he was seriously ill and exiled.Unexpectedly, this time, he suddenly reappeared and returned to the court to support the third prince Murong Qiyue and fight against the prince in the court.

(End of this chapter)