Yue Ji

Chapter 272
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As the two walked, they saw a group of young girls gathered in front of a house from afar.They were tightly packed, whispering to each other.

Wei Luo was a little curious, she took Jing Ling's hand and moved forward.

A woman's voice came from inside, "All the sisters lined up and approached one by one."

"Of course."

"can."

Amidst the chaotic yelling, Wei Luo finally saw clearly that the woman was standing in front of the stone platform, dipping a little cinnabar in the pottery cup with chicken feathers, and drawing patterns on the foreheads of each girl.

The pattern, painted in the shape of undulating mountains and rivers, is for blessing.

Wei Luo looked at these girls in ordinary linen clothes with clean faces, and asked curiously, "Why?"

Jingling did not answer her question.

But at this time, the woman was painting red cinnabar with chicken feathers, and painted on the forehead of the most beautiful girl, while laughing: "Your beauty is still gorgeous, maybe you can get the attention of the king."

As soon as the woman's voice fell, the girl was already smiling, overjoyed.

Wei Luo was surprised.

She turned her head, looked at Jingling in astonishment, hesitated, and asked in a low voice: "You want to take in the maid again?"

Jingling shook his head, he said flatly: "It's a custom for a new ruler and marquis to serve as a court lady."

He meant that the people in front of him were girls who knew that he had just succeeded to the throne and were expecting him to be a court lady.Because of anticipation, they will pray for blessings.

And the reason why they pray is because they are not sure.What they are not sure about is whether the newly promoted Marquis who is said to be very fond of his wife will become a court lady, and they don't know whether they will be favored once they expand.

The young girls surrounded by the woman were all of ordinary background. Perhaps this time was the only chance in their life to gain glory and wealth.So, they have to pray.

Wei Luo pursed her lips tightly, lowered her head, and did not speak for a long time.

Jingling didn't speak either.

He held Wei Luo's hand, turned and left without hesitation.Leave those expecting and restless teenage girls behind.

After a long, long time, Wei Luo sighed softly, and she murmured: "I just want to have you. When I wake up, I'm next to my pillow, when I'm drinking, I'm in your arms. When I'm drunk, I'm in your arms. That's all. , that’s all. Jingling, why are things in this world so difficult?”

Her voice was very small, weak, faint, and disappeared without a trace when it floated into the air.

Jing Ling didn't look back, but just led her forward.

When Wei Luo thought that he would not answer at all, he said in a flat voice: "I have ordered that the maids in the palace are full, and there is no need to recharge."

He is explaining.

Wei Luo raised his head quickly.

She glanced at him, turned her face away, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

She clasped her fingers lightly.

Sensing her little movements, Jing Ling wrapped her little hands tighter.

The two of them walked like this, and they had reached outside the second city wall.The people living here are some declining nobles, or ordinary scholars and sages (free people converted from slaves), and some common people who are in good condition.

In the center of the city outline, in the middle of the intersection where three dirt roads intersect, stands a large stone tablet, on which hundreds of characters are engraved with a knife.These words are the code.The former Marquis of Jin engraved the law code on it so that all the common people could see it.

On the streets full of mud pits, children can often be seen laughing and playing.When the carriages came rushing, they shouted anxiously to avoid them.

The houses here are all ordinary stone houses, and there are many thatched houses behind the stone houses.In the low houses, bursts of laughter came from time to time.Accompanied by the laughter, there are wisps of smoke.

Jingling stopped, he listened to the laughter and said: "The people are safe."

Willow nodded.

At this time, a gentle middle-aged woman's voice came from behind them, "Give it up and eat."

As soon as her voice fell, a boy about ten years old rushed over and shouted happily: "It's time to eat! It's time to eat!"

He quickly rushed in front of the woman, took her by the skirt, and walked towards a thatched cottage.

Seeing this, Jing Ling suddenly asked, "Are you thirsty?"

Without waiting for Wei Luo to answer, he took Wei Luo's hand and followed the woman and child to their hut.

This thatched hut is only about two meters high, and there are about four rooms. It is the same as what Wei Luo saw when he first came to Guidi. Every two meters between the thatched huts, a tree trunk is inserted into the soil like a pile.Between the trunks that have not been scraped off the green bark, there are several bamboo poles, and thatch is tightly packed between the bamboo poles, and the outside of the thatch is still coated with mud.

As soon as Jingling and the two approached, the woman became nervous.She turned her head to look at the two of them. At this moment, a man in his thirties with a dark and thin face walked out of the thatched hut.Wearing a crown, this man is obviously a scholar.

When Jingling saw it, he was stunned.

He crossed his hands at the scholar, saluted, and said loudly, "It's so abrupt. Seeing the gentleman's room, the smoke from the cooking, talking and laughing, approaching unexpectedly."

He said, I saw smoke and laughter in your room, and I approached without knowing it.

The scholar laughed when he heard this.

With the demeanor of Jingling and Wei Luo, anyone can immediately understand that they are of good status.Therefore, the scholar's attitude is extremely cautious.He crossed his hands towards Jingling, and said: "Everyone can come to the traffic in the fields. The gentleman is polite. Why don't you come in and talk?"

"Transportation in the rice paddies, everyone can come" means that the field trails, official roads and major roads are all connected. Wherever the roads are connected, people can communicate and be intimate with each other.

Received his invitation, Jing Ling couldn't help smiling, crossed his hands and said, "It's very fortunate."

He took Wei Luo's hand and followed the scholar to the thatched cottage.

In the thatched hut, there are three tables. On each table, there is a bowl of boiled soybeans. This is rice. In front of the rice, there is a plate of wild vegetables.The wild vegetables are pickled and there is no oil on them.

It seems that the family's situation is not very good.

At this time, the child and the woman were kneeling and sitting behind a table.They saw the two people from Jingling come in, they stood up at the same time, stood with crossed hands, bowed their heads in silence.

This is politeness. When distinguished guests come, they abandon food, stand silently, and show respect.

Jingling waved his hand and said, "It's edible."

"promise."

The mother and son sat down at the same time and began to eat.From the beginning to the end, including the scholar, they did not realize that when Jingling ordered them to eat, their tone was so natural, and their promise was also so natural.

After all, knowledge is limited.Wei Luo thought to himself: If someone with knowledge sees it, Jingling's "edible" sentence alone will arouse suspicion.

The scholar brought Wei Luo and Jing Ling to another thatched hut. In this hut, there were several stone platforms with some thick bamboo slips on them.

Bamboo slips are placed in the house, indicating that the owner of the house is literate.Literacy, this is already a great skill.It is precisely because of literacy that he can become a scholar.

In the middle of the room, there were several wooden tables, and the scholar hurriedly stretched out his hands to drag these old wooden tables with patches everywhere, and the corners were frayed.He bowed again towards Jingling and said, "Please take your seat, gentleman."

"Of course."

Jing Ling was not polite, he simply sat down on the main seat in the middle.Wei Luo dragged a chair to come behind him and sat down too.

After the scholar sat down, he raised his hands and said to Jingling: "There is no wine or food in the hut, don't blame the gentleman."

"You are very polite."

Jing Ling smiled and said, "Wen Jun's voice has a Qi accent, but he is from Qi?"

"Of course."

"The soil in Jun's cottage is not dry, so it's obviously newly built. Could it be that Jun just came to Xintian?"

"Of course."

The scholar crossed his hands at Jingling and sighed, "Who is a gentleman? You can know my origin by looking and listening. A gentleman is extraordinary."

He is a compliment.

But this kind of observation ability should be possessed by Jingling, or any high-ranking person.Therefore, upon hearing the scholar's praise, Jing Ling just smiled lightly.

He frowned slightly, and after a short pause, he said slowly: "Your wife and children eat green beans and wild vegetables. Could it be that you haven't joined the rich and powerful when you came to Xintian?"

Hearing this, the scholar sighed heavily.

He smiled bitterly, and said: "Although I am a grandson, I have been lonely and poor for a long time. This time, Wen Xin established the King of Jin, and employed talents regardless of their origin, regardless of their family and country. So I bought all the land and sealed it off, and my family came here. Hey—— —”

There was a long sigh at the end.

Jingling asked, "Why does a gentleman rest so much?"

The scholar shook his head repeatedly and smiled wryly.

He rubbed his forehead with his sleeve and sighed: "It's only been a month since I came to Xintian, but I heard that this new Jinjun is brave, but he is afraid of women. It's really unbearable, really unbearable."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of Wei Luo and Jing Ling changed at the same time.

The scholar caressed his forehead with his sleeve, so he didn't notice the expressions of the two of them. He said to himself: "Give up the two cities for his wife! Enter Chu alone, stand under the dangerous wall, just to save his wife! I heard that the majestic lord actually allowed that woman to drive away all the concubines in the Houyuan! Duh! I never knew that as a prince, there are those who are so lustful that they will not defeat the country! Hey, Jin is in danger, Jin is in danger!"

This time, Jing Ling's face turned blue, while Wei Luo's face turned pale, and she bit her lip tightly.If it weren't for knowing Jingling's personality well, knowing that he is proud of others, he doesn't like to beat around the bush and play tricks on small things.She almost wondered if this family was found by Jingling.

The scholar sighed again and again, and the voice continued, "I want to return to my home country, but I don't have much money."

This sentence is an answer to Jingling's question, why didn't he become a rich and powerful diner.Because he wanted to return to his home country, he couldn't defect to any powerful person and become their diner.Because once you become a powerful diner, you have to serve your master for at least a few years.This person has no confidence in Jin, so naturally he doesn't want to be dragged down.

The room fell silent.

The scholar sighed again and again, with a gloomy expression on his face.

Wei Luo's face was pale, her eyes were downcast, her mind was in a trance, and after a while, she heard Jing Ling say in a low voice, "Let's go."

Wei Luo stood up, she lowered her head and bit her lip.

After Jingling and Nashifu exchanged a few more words, they strode towards Wei Luo.The two still held hands and walked towards the city.It's just that at this moment, although their hands are holding each other, their palms are cold.

The two of them had just returned to the first layer of the city, and a discussion came from the side of the road, "The king is lustful, and the king is virtuous, it is really two different things!"

"Wrong! The disaster of women's sex is very serious. Since ancient times, all those who are lustful have been kings of subjugation!"

"Hey! I once heard that Mrs. Jin is very wise. This time she retreated to Qin and Chu, and she made great contributions. Such a beautiful woman, how could the lord not love her? Your words are too exaggerated."

Disputes are endless.

Wei Luo listened and sighed.She slowly raised her eyes and looked at Jingling.

Looking at him, Wei Luo opened his mouth, but closed it again.

Jing Ling looked forward intently, seemingly unaware of her hesitation to speak.

He held her hand, and did not return to the palace because of this, but turned to the other side of the city wall.

As soon as he left, Wei Luo suddenly discovered that if any scholars spoke and there were voices of debate, the content must be related to her.

Unknowingly, the entire Xintian has been filled with a layer of uneasy smoke because of her behavior.

Listening to these endless debates, looking at Jing Ling's bluish face.Wei Luo stopped suddenly.

She turned to look at him.

Jing Ling looked up in a daze.

Looking at each other, Wei Luo actually saw a trance in Jing Ling's eyes.

She looked at him, looked at him quietly, and suddenly, Wei Luo smiled.

This smile is beautiful.

Jing Ling never imagined that she could still laugh at this moment.He frowned and looked at her suspiciously.

Wei Luo stared into his eyes, she stretched out her hand, and slowly caressed the knot between his brows.

Her movements are gentle, calm and powerful.

In Jingling's suspicious eyes, Wei Luo pursed his lips lightly, and said slowly, "Jingling, do you know? Nothing in this world is ever perfect."

She blinked at him, Mo Yu's eyes were extremely bright, but there was a ray of unreasonable sadness, "The most beautiful scenery in the world is when the flowers are not fully bloomed and the moon is full. When the flowers are fully bloomed, they will be defeated." , when the moon is full, you will lose money. Jingling, do you know that the world cannot have both.”

Wei Luo's words carried a kind of philosophical sense, as if a sage could utter the truth.

Jing Ling frowned and pondered.

Wei Luo smiled lowly, his voice was soft and gentle, but there was a kind of icy concentration and loneliness, "Jingling, you want to be the overlord, you want to win the hearts of all the wise men in the world, you want to be famous in history, and you want to be admired by thousands of people. I also want to be your wife. Of course, I will not be one of your wives and concubines in the harem! Even if it is the one you love the most and the one you value the most! Jingling, I am pleased with you, but just because I am pleased with you, I cannot tolerate Own you with other women! Jingling, if you only want to be the king of Jin who is praised by everyone and never criticized by anyone, you can abandon me! If you want to keep me, please bear with these criticisms."

When she said this, she sighed faintly and turned her head away.

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Last night, I promised everyone that I would add more chapters as appropriate. After thinking about it, I decided to add a chapter for every [-] votes of the pink votes.The number of updated words in each chapter is more than [-].

Now it is 490 votes, and when it reaches 530 votes, one more update will be added.

In the process of preparing the outline of the new book, if I have to, I will not use this method of raising pink tickets to add updates.

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