"Although you and I are walking together, you are still you. We are on the same path, so you are still free on this journey." Chang Suining looked at Cui Jing with a smile, and his tone showed that he was happy for him: "Today you have to change your wings. In the future, the sky is high and the sea is vast, and the rivers are thousands of miles long. You should spread your wings and fly high, and there is no need to look back."
Cui Jing looked at her, and what he saw was like the end of spring and the beginning of hot summer, with a free and vigorous vitality wandering between heaven and earth. This power was tempered by her in the mountains of swords and seas of blood, but it seemed to be naturally generated. She walked between the rivers of heaven and earth, but she was integrated into them, just following her own way, following her heart, and not being disturbed by external things.
At this moment, Cui Jing suddenly truly understood why she was unwilling to recognize the emperor. There was no need to elaborate on the reasons and entanglements, he already understood it all.
In fact, there was something wrong in what she said just now. She said they would walk together "for this part of the way", but in fact, that was not the case. He wanted to walk with her for more than just this part of the way.
He would use the sword in his hand to clear away the thorns in her path. He hoped that she could go further and further, and more steadily, on the path she wanted to take. As long as he was still there, he would escort her all the way to the end.
She still didn't really understand his determination, but that didn't matter. He didn't have to elaborate with empty words, because she would see it in the future.
He would not burden her. She just had to move forward and he would follow. As for how far he could accompany her, that depended on his own abilities. Life and death depended on him, and she did not need to be responsible for it.
In this world, we don’t ask for perfection all the time, but we only hope that everything will be satisfactory.
Walking with her was the thing he was most willing to do.
Cui Jing looked at the bamboo-like girl in front of him and said slowly, "Your Highness has also gained new scales. Now that you have escaped from the sea of shackles, you only need to follow your heart from now on."
In his eyes, she was like a swimming dragon. Now that her injured scales had been replaced with new ones, it was time for her to soar into the sky with the wind.
Chang Suining smiled at him and nodded: "I think so too."
And she has already done so, and she is always grateful and grateful in her heart that freedom is so good.
"Xiao Jing!"
Ah Dian's loud voice suddenly came from outside, and he asked politely, "Can I come in?"
Cui Jing raised his voice and responded, "Senior, please come in."
The door was pushed open with a creaky sound, and Ah Dian walked in quickly. Seeing that there were only two people in the room, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "What are you whispering about?"
"I didn't say anything. I was just looking at the bamboos." Chang Suining raised his chin slightly, pointing to the dense green bamboos outside the window behind Cui Jing.
"What's so good about bamboo?" Ah Dian muttered in confusion, but did not ask any more questions. He bent forward and came closer to see Cui Jing's injury: "Xiao Jing, are you feeling better?"
"Thank you for your concern, I'm fine."
"Does it hurt when you apply the medicine? Let me blow on it for you!" Ah Dian stretched his head over and blew on his back twice, saying, "I always blew on it like this when Your Highness was injured before."
He kept Chang Suining's words in mind and did not reveal her identity, but his tone had not yet learned to lie, and the silent loss and sadness were no longer in it.
He said proudly, "Once, His Highness's hand was injured and bleeding a lot. I lay beside the couch and blew for half the night! As soon as I stopped, His Highness cried out in pain, so I kept blowing until he fell asleep!"
Cui Jing looked up at Chang Suining with some surprise. It turned out that this was how she used to order children around.
Chang Suining turned around and looked at the furnishings in the room expressionlessly: "..."
Ah Dian blew vigorously on Cui Jing a few more times: "Your Highness said that this trick of mine is a very powerful panacea!"
"Yes." There was a hint of smile in Cui Jing's eyes: "Senior is very powerful."
The only one who can stay with her for such a long time, allowing her to relax and play like a child occasionally, and at the same time heal her, is probably Senior Adian. Such a Senior Adian is naturally the most powerful panacea in the world.
Ah Dian was affirmed and became even more proud: "There is another time. Your Highness asked me to..."
Chang Suining, who felt that his lifelong reputation had been damaged, suddenly said, "Wait, someone seems to be coming."
Ah Dian turned his head to look, and indeed saw Yuan Xiang walking in quickly: "Grand Commander, the Imperial Envoy for Disaster Relief, Minister Zhan of the Ministry of Revenue, is here to deliver the order and visit the Grand Commander, and he is also with General Li Xian."
The imperial envoy for disaster relief just arrived in Xingyang this morning. Chang Suining already knew about it when he entered the city.
The reason why Minister Zhan came directly to Xingyang instead of going to Luoyang was probably because he had to deal with the affairs of the Zheng family in Xingyang first. Only after dealing with the affairs of the Zheng family and handing over to Li Xian would there be enough money and food available for disaster relief later.
He came here to "visit" Cui Jing at this time, obviously having heard about Cui Jing being expelled from the clan.
"Then I will leave first." Chang Suining said.
She and Cui Jing agreed to travel together, and it was only necessary for the two of them to know about it. It was not appropriate to announce it to the world, otherwise many people would have trouble sleeping, including herself.
Cui Jing nodded: "Okay."
Although she could find out that she had rescued him from the Cui family today with a little inquiry, it would be better to avoid meeting the imperial envoy and Li Xian and others at the place where he was staying.
"They are here." Yuan Xiang said hurriedly, "They learned that the Grand Commander was punished and should not move, so they came directly here. They should be here by now!"
In other words, going through the front door is no longer an option.
Chang Suining looked around and immediately asked Cui Jing, "Would you mind letting me step on the bamboo couch?"
Cui Jing shook his head with a smile in his eyes: "I don't mind."
The next moment, she came forward, stepped lightly onto his bamboo couch, her gauze robe brushed over his shoulders, and she flew out of the window swiftly like a long-feathered blue bird.
Cui Jing tilted her head slightly and lowered her eyes to look at the shoulders that were brushed by her gauze robe.
"Xiao Jing, can I step on it too?" Ah Dian asked hurriedly in a low voice. Although His Highness had asked once, His Highness was still His Highness, and he was still him, so he had to be polite.
Cui Jing smiled and said, "Of course."
Ah Dian grinned and quickly got on the bamboo couch. This window was a large window designed for viewing the view, but he had to take on three Chang Suinings by himself. When he tried to get through, he got stuck. Chang Suining pulled his arm from the outside and pulled him hard before pulling him out.
"thump!"
After being dragged out, Adian fell to the ground and cried out in pain.
Cui Jing turned around to look.
Ah Dian quickly got up and squatted under the window, holding onto the windowsill with both hands. There were a few pieces of bamboo leaves and grass on his hair. He whispered to him, "Xiao Jing, you have to take good care of yourself. We will come to see you again!"
"Okay, thank you, senior."
Cui Jing looked past Adian and saw the brisk light green figure entering the bamboo forest. Adian said, "Wait for me" and hurriedly followed.
The bamboo forest was lush and green. Cui Jing watched the two figures going away with a smile in his eyes.
"Grand Commander--" Hearing the footsteps coming from outside, Yuan Xiang reminded.
Cui Jing turned around and looked at Yuan Xiang.
Yuanxiang grinned foolishly and pointed at his face.
Cui Jing looked at his subordinate who was behaving strangely, puzzled: "?"
Yuan Xiang could only say: "Grand Commander, everyone is outside...please stop smiling."
Cui Jing's smile froze: "..."
Seeing that his Grand Commander silently adjusted his expression, returning to his usual cold expression, and raising his hand to straighten his clothes and loose collar, Yuan Xiang exclaimed in his heart, "Wow", so the Grand Commander did not straighten his collar in front of Madam Chang just now, which shows that he tacitly agreed to his proposal!
Well, one-sided admiration for a person really makes people scheming, and the Grand Commander now faces Madam Chang, and he also has some scheming in his mind.
He wanted to write a letter to Dai Changshi to explain the matter. If Dai Changshi knew how much progress the Grand Commander had made, he would probably be able to smile in his grave and take this satisfaction into his coffin.
Soon, there was a voice asking questions from outside the door.
With Cui Jing's approval, a group of people in official and eunuch uniforms walked in, led by none other than Minister Zhan of the Ministry of Revenue and his companion Li Xian.
Cui Jing looked at those people who were bowing one after another and said, "I'm sorry that I can't greet you."
An eunuch said in panic: "General Cui, you are injured. How can we trouble you?"
As he spoke, smelling the lingering smell of blood and medicine in the room, the eunuch couldn't help but sigh: "This time, Commander Cui has suffered."
Li Xian's eyes were filled with concern and sympathy: "...Is the injury on General Cui serious?"
After leading troops to suppress Zheng, Cui Jing was actually expelled from his clan. Every step was truly beyond his initial expectations.
Cui Jing actually severed his relationship with the Qinghe Cui family just like that...
What was even more ridiculous was that this time his aunt sent an imperial decree to reprimand him for his brutal behavior... and asked him to work with the imperial envoy to properly handle the follow-up matters, and then apologize after returning to Beijing.
Therefore, now Cui Jing will receive the reward for his meritorious service, while he will accept the punishment and apologize.
Li Xian sneered sarcastically in his heart, but stared calmly at the pale young man lying on the bamboo couch.
Cui Jing: "It's just a flesh wound, not worth mentioning."
Li Xian did not comment, but smiled and said, "You still need to take good care of your injuries. You must know that the future stability of the country still depends on General Cui."
"General Cui, this is all for the court, for the saint..." The eunuch was full of admiration and sympathy, and bowed in the direction of the capital: "You are so loyal and righteous, the saint will definitely be able to understand."
Previously, this Grand Commander Cui personally led the army to suppress the Zheng family, and now he was expelled from the Cui family. These two things were destined to make him a person despised by the gentry all over the world, but in front of the saint, it was just the opposite.
This is equivalent to the fact that General Cui finally chose the former between a saint and a noble family.
As such, as imperial envoys of the emperor, they represent the attitude of the saint, and when facing this adult, they have to lower their posture a little.
After some extremely respectful greetings, Minister Zhan read out the imperial edict, which was to commend Cui Jing for his dedication to disaster relief and suppression of the Zheng family.
For the same thing, on the one hand they were expelled from the clan, and on the other hand they were praised.
Most of the newly-minted officials behind Minister Zhan felt sad about this.
A young man at the back looked back at his classmates and colleagues at the back and signaled with his eyes - what are you remembering?
During this trip, Tan Li always carried a small booklet and a few charcoal pencils in his arms, and wrote in his diary non-stop.
Tan Li couldn't keep his voice down any longer and said, "Of course it's the rhetoric of an official..."
What a great on-site teaching at this moment and in this complex situation.
As soon as they entered the officialdom, they were picked out and used. They had to learn many things on the spot, and there were too many things they didn't understand. Every day, Minister Zhan was surrounded by them and asked questions. He was overwhelmed and was only one step away from collapse...
Therefore, a diligent person like Tan Li chose to learn as much as possible on his own.
The colleague looked shocked. It was fine for him to remember some local customs and landforms along the way, but now he even had to remember the words of speech?
Besides being shocked, he also felt a sense of crisis that he was about to fall behind. In a panic, he said, "Brother Tan, can you lend it to me to have a look later?"
Tan Li looked embarrassed for a moment: "This charcoal pencil and booklet were both lent to me by Brother Song..."
After all, how could he afford such a huge expense?
The colleague immediately understood and patted the back of his hand gently: "Okay, okay..."
As he spoke, he lowered his head to look, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Why do you have to remember even what Eunuch Cai said?"
They want to be civil servants, not eunuchs!
Tan Li smiled calmly: "Learn more and feel at ease."
Learning everything will only give him a balanced nutrition and make his future broader and wider.
The young colleagues had complicated expressions, and some were worried that they would not be able to digest too much of it.
Minister Zhan and others informed Cui Jing of the outcome of the Zheng family's handling in advance. The group did not leave for a long time, and the charcoal pencil in Tan Li's hand gradually became smaller and more delicate.
On the other side, Chang Suining had left Cui Jing's residence and rode towards his temporary residence in Xingyang City.
The wind carried the scent of the flood stopping and all things reviving. Chang Suining was in a very good mood all the way. When he returned to his residence, he dismounted, told A Che the date of his return, climbed the stone steps with a smile on his face, and stepped over the threshold.
Her steps were exceptionally brisk. Ah Dian trotted after her and asked in confusion, "Ah Li, why are you so happy to see Xiao Jing injured?"
Chang Suining blinked: "Really?"
Is it so obvious that she is evil? Ah Dian nodded heavily: "Yes!"
"You're wrong." Chang Suining walked forward with his hands behind his back, a smile still in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.
Although it was immoral, the more she thought about Cui Jing being expelled from the clan, the happier she was. If she could drink, she would have celebrated, celebrating his freedom and also celebrating that this incident had opened up a new situation that was not so bad.
Chang Suining came to the front hall and sat down, saying to She Cai and the others, "Rest in Xingyang for two days before returning to Bianzhou."
After two days of traveling back and forth, everyone was tired. With Xiao Min in the Bianzhou camp, everything was stable, so she didn't need to rush back. And the imperial envoy came to Xingyang at this time, and she must have an imperial decree to receive it, so she just happened to stay and see what happened to the Zheng family afterwards.
Shepherd's Purse agreed and just as she turned around and walked out of the hall to arrange for the matter to be passed on, she suddenly saw a bandit spirit coming towards her. The bandit spirit could speak and asked her, "Sister Shepherd's Purse, where is our general?"
Hearing this voice, Chang Suining perked up - it was He Wuhu.
At the beginning of the flood, she ordered He Wuhu and others to go and rescue Chang Sui'an. However, there has been no news for nearly twenty days. She sent people to look for them several times, and only got some fragmentary news the day before yesterday, saying that someone had seen He Wuhu and others near Songzhou.
Chang Suining stood up immediately and looked outside the hall.
He Wuhu is back, but what about my brothers? Have they been picked up? Are they safe?
The next moment, a familiar voice gave her the answer.
“Ningning!”
Chang Sui'an, who had lost a lot of weight, walked quickly over. When he saw Chang Suining, his eyes immediately turned red and his voice changed. He almost cried with joy: "... Ningning!"
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