Moonshine & Valentine: His Excellency’s First Love (Love Knot) - Chapter 55

Pippi admitted that he did not learn history well. She has never heard of the tomb of King Yan Zhao, nor has she heard of King Yan Zhao. So after hearing these words, I could only look at Xiuyan dumbly, waiting for an explanation.

Seeing that she didn’t respond, Xiu Yi sighed and said, “Then you have at least heard of this poem: ‘No ancients before, no one afterwards. Thinking of the faintness of the heavens and the earth, I sighed alone.’”

Of course I have heard it! Pippi almost jumped for joy: “Isn’t this Chen Ziang’s “Dengyouzhou Taiwan Song”? Elementary school students can recite it.”

“Youzhou Terrace is also called Golden Terrace. In order to recruit the wise men to put gold on stage, King Yan Zhao recruited capable people and generals like Su Qin and Le Yi to make the country of Yan turn from weak to strong.” Xiu said, “As the saying goes. Said,’To be warm and lustful, to be rich and to live forever’. Like King Qi Wei and King Qi Xuan, King Yan Zhao is the best immortal monarch in ancient China. King Yan Zhao’s tomb is a forbidden place for our fox family.”

“Forbidden area? Why?”

“In the second year of King Yanzhao, a seaman came to visit him on a boat and paid tribute to him a lot of treasures. King Yanzhao liked it very much, and left the treasure in his tomb when he died. There is a beautiful watch outside his tomb. It is made of Hengchun wood. This Hengchun tree is also a strange wood from overseas. The leaves are like lotus flowers, and the fragrance is like osmanthus. The flowers will not fade away and change color at four times. This wood is immortal for thousands of years and burns when exposed to fire. Demon shape.”

“I understand,” Pippi said, “As long as I can find this sacred tree and bring it back, I can destroy Zhao Song, right?”

“Don’t forget that Helan and I are also foxes, and I’m afraid of this sacred tree.”

“Oh! But, with so much wood on the ground, how do I know which one is a Chinese watch?”

“This is a good problem, and the solution is very simple.” He said, “I know. I will go with you.”

Pippi nodded vigorously: “What should Helan do? He is here alone, dying, no one takes care of—”

“If he was not seriously injured, it would be easy to hide, because he can hide his smell. Now he keeps bleeding, and Zhao Song can smell the blood within ten miles.” Xiu’s expression is very strange,” If something happens to Helan, not only will his own life be unprotected, but the entire fox family will be extinct. Because Zhao Song has always been angry that the fox fairies just practice cultivation regardless of reproduction, set a bad example for the group of foxes, and also lead to the number of natural fox groups. He refused to believe the fact that the proportion of cultivating foxes in the population has been stable over the years, but in the past 100 years, because of the harsh environment and hopeless survival in the wild, the proportion has risen rapidly. Now, almost every A newly-born fox regards cultivating immortals as his dream. Zhao Song then ordered the prohibition of cultivating immortals, but those who wanted to cultivate immortals could get permission from Helan. So he began to rob those who had cultivated immortals for less than one year on a large scale. Hundred foxes force them to return to nature. The conflict between him and Helan is getting bigger and bigger, and the duel is a matter of time.”

Pippi thought for a while and said, “Then you fox fairy can’t unite to deal with him?”

Xiuyu shook his head: “The fox race is a very loose population. We are scattered in deep forest cities, we practice separately, and we rarely communicate with each other. War has nothing to do with us, it has always been a matter between the chiefs.”

When Pippi was about to speak, purple light flashed suddenly, and the suspended bead flew back like a bullet and disappeared into Helan Jingting’s mouth. Just as he couldn’t figure out what happened, Helan Jingting suddenly woke up.

He tilted his head and said to Xiuyu: “Someone is knocking on the door.”

“Is it Zhao Song?”

“You stay here.” He didn’t answer directly, “I’ll go and see.”

After speaking, he strode down the mountain and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The “Moonlight Bath” at about this time gave him temporary vitality, and he was actually very agile. Pippi picked up the blind stick on the ground and said to the black mountain road: “Ah, Helan, your walking stick!”

She pulled out her leg to chase, but Xiuyu stopped him: “Don’t go. If he goes to see Zhao Song, he doesn’t need a blind stick. You only need to track the smell.”

Pippi’s heart thumped wildly, and he was anxious: “Will he be okay? Would you like to help him?”

Xiu Yan glanced at her lightly: “He asked me to stay here to take care of you.”

“I don’t need to take care of it. If you really don’t worry, just shut me down to the bottom of the well. It’s absolutely safe there.”

“So far, Zhao Song doesn’t know that there is a person like you. Otherwise, your trouble will be big.”

“Will they start now?”

“No.” He said, “I believe he is here to negotiate. Priests have rules for dealing with priests.”

She waited on the top of the mountain in confusion. Prick your ears to listen to the movement under the mountain.

If it really fights, it won’t be silent.

After waiting in silence for a long time, she checked her watch, and it took less than ten minutes. But her heart was disturbed by an ominous premonition. She stood up and circled the pit. The moonlight was calmly falling down, and the wind was a bit cold. The first time they were at the bottom of the pit is vivid. At that time there was only a round sky above my head, and a few stars were shining with solitary light. But the moonlight is as soft as tonight. The vague mountain shadows in the distance were shining slightly by the night lights of the city, and there was a layer of purple light in the sky, which made it impossible to distinguish the sky from the earth, as if Pangu opened the sky.

After a while, Xiu Yao finally said, “Let’s go down and have a look, Zhao Song has already left.”

Xiu Fei had big steps, and Pippi was anxious, almost running.

They found Helan Jingting in the living room.

He was still wearing the smooth and silky black nightgown, but he was smoking a cigarette.

There was no light in the room, but a few old giant candles were lit, and the whole room exudes a strange fragrance.

From the first day he met him, Pippi had never seen Helan Jingting smoke. However, that silk robe fits his figure very well. He looked as graceful and decadent as the last nobleman.

The smoke burned in his fingers, and he bowed his head in thought.

Pippi walked over gently and asked, “Zhao Song has been here?”

He nodded.

“He…you…is it okay?”

He shook his head.

Then he looked at Xiuyan and pointed to a small canvas bag on the opposite sofa: “I bought you a plane ticket. During this time, I hope you will take Pippi to stroll around. When I and Zhao Song settle down After that, you will come back again.”

Xiuyan said motionlessly: “When do you plan to end?”

“Three days later.”

“He wants to start as soon as your injury hasn’t recovered. You shouldn’t promise him!” Xiuyan said, “It’s better for me to meet him on your behalf, and you leave here with Pippi.”

“You are not his opponent. Besides, who said I can’t kill him if I am injured?” Helan Jingting lit a little soot and smiled, “I have my own way. The key is that you two must leave, OK Let me have no worries.”

Xiuyan’s face sank and said, “I–”

“Perhaps I should say, I order you to leave here with Pippi.” Helan Jingting interrupted him, “I bought you a ticket to Xinjiang tomorrow morning. You have to stay there for a month. Don’t contact me, I will call you if I have something to do.”

After saying these words, he stood up and reached out his hand to lead her: “Pippi.”

He took her into his bedroom and held her tightly in his arms.

Her tears fell down and wet his chest. He touched her face and joked softly: “Little girl, you are finally worried about me and don’t murder your husband anymore.”

She did not speak, sobbing in his arms.

“Don’t cry, it’s not life and death.” He said, “However, there is an important matter for you.”

She raised her head and looked at him blankly.

“Remember the password for that bank card?”

She nodded.

“Turn it upside down. It’s another code.” He took out a small key from the drawer in front of the bed. “I have a safe in the basement of that bank. There are some important things in it. There is a part of it. It is for you. The other part belongs to the fox family.”

He handed the key to her hand: “If something happens to me, the fox clan will choose a new right priest. Then this person will come to you, and you have to give him the key by yourself. You can Promise me?”

Pippi’s body shivered. Received the key and nodded cautiously: “If this new priest is Zhao Song, will I give it to him too?”

He whispered: “I just learned that Zhao Song killed my father. No wonder my father has not heard from him for hundreds of years. He has my father’s true essence on his body. This matter has been revealed to the Presbyterian Church, so The new priest can never be Zhao Song.”

After saying this, he sat on the bed and said softly: “It’s late at night, are you still sleepy?”

She climbed onto the bed, her whole body shrank into his arms: “Not sleepy. I can’t sleep. Will you hold me?”

He held her tightly.

“Will it all end?” she muttered in his arms.

“What ends?”

“you and me.”

“No.” He kissed her on the forehead. “You and I are far from exhausted.”

She gasped deeply in the darkness, as if to exhale the weight of her heart.

The wound is still bleeding. She hugged his waist, and her palms quickly got wet. She wiped the blood on her chest, sticky between her fingers, she put it to her mouth, sucking it clean little by little.

This is his blood, she must be familiar with it and remember it.

“Are you still asleep?” After an hour, he heard her breathing suddenly and slowly, and sobbing, he asked in the dark.

“One, two, three, let’s close our eyes together.” Pippi said.

Maybe this was their last sleep together, Pippi didn’t say anything else, she actually fell asleep.