Chapter 158 Going to the Northern Frontier
After entering the room, Jin Sui's temperament changed drastically. She was no longer like the casual friend in front of Yan Jiu, nor like the gentle lady when coaxing Yan Shiyi. Instead, she was like a sharp sword drawn from its sheath.
Sitting there, not as dignified as a girl, with his arms resting on the back of the chair, his eyes sharp and his temperament cold, as if there were thousands of troops standing behind him.
Yan Shiyi felt that if he had seen Miss Ji like this when he came in just now, he would definitely not dare to speak to her jokingly.
The girl's temperament now is very similar to her brother before he got angry, and she is also like a person, like the young Taoist priest Ji before he killed Zheng Yun with a knife! Yan Shiyi was shocked. How could I mistake such a beautiful girl for that boy! However, when this girl got angry, why did she look more and more like that boy? Yan Jiu still kept his composure, and even slowly poured a cup of tea for Jin Sui: "I didn't mean to hide it from you..."
Jin Sui interrupted him: "But you hid it! And when I trusted you so much!"
Yan Jiu did not make any further excuses. He was a man who would not deny what he had done, nor would he make excuses for himself: "I just want to find out the whole truth of the matter and then tell you. A few words of truth will only mislead you to make a decision."
Jin Sui sneered: "Well now, you can speak."
Yan Shiyi looked at this and that, and gave this girl a thumbs up in his heart. She was really brave, and she even dared to look at my brother! He was now sure that this girl was not a hidden guest of his elder brother. How could there be such a bold guest!
"The court sent two decrees to the King of Li this time. One is to announce the rewards to the world. The border town fought hard against the Tartar army and won a great victory. From the King of Li to the border soldiers, everyone will be rewarded."
"The second is a secret decree. If the border city kills the Tartar army, the Northern Frontier will send a letter to the country to ask for punishment. If an explanation is not given to the Northern Frontier, the army will come to the city and declare war between the two countries."
"The Emperor is seriously ill, Prince Yu is the regent, and he has ordered Prince Li to go to the Northern Frontier court to negotiate peace, which is also an apology.
If anyone disobeys, not only will all the people in the border town be punished, but the Northwest Army, which the King of Li once led, will also be implicated."
Jin Sui cursed inwardly, "How shameless!" Prince Yu was truly shameless!
And Gu Changxiao is too stupid. They obviously asked you to go and die, but you actually went and took my Black Feather Army brothers with you!
At this point, Yan Jiu glanced at Jin Sui and said softly, "As for why the Li King is so anxious to let you leave, it's because Prince Yu already knows about the real and fake Li King.
He specifically asked you to go to the Northern Frontier to plead guilty. Once you go, you will surely die."
Jin Sui asked coldly, "But why did Prince Yu send people to capture me alive?"
Yan Jiu looked at her and said, "You are so smart, you must have thought of this. The firearms you used to kill the Tartars made Prince Yu very afraid."
"He captured you, firstly to get the firearms, and secondly to slander King Li. Even if King Li died in the northern border, he could still prove that King Li was a traitor.
No matter whether it was the people of the world or the officials and history books, they could not find any fault with him."
Jin Sui laughed heartily, so wantonly and arrogantly, without any trace of her girlish appearance left.
"You want to be a whore and a virgin at the same time! Are the people in the royal family so ridiculous?"
Yan Shiyi’s eyes widened as big as cow’s and her head kept shrinking back. Is this still the girl who just chatted with me?
How could you say such vulgar and outrageous words with your cherry lips? Jin Sui stood up suddenly: "Anyway, thank you for your care during this period. Goodbye!"
Yan Jiu raised his eyes: "What are you going to do?"
"I was the one who burned and killed the Tartars, I'm not so cowardly as to ask that bastard Gu Changxiao to take the blame for me!
The brothers in the Black Feather Camp grew up with me, and no one can let them die in vain!
I'm going to bring them all back! The northern border is a den of dragons and tigers, I want to go there too!"
Yan Jiu spread his hands and said, "See, that's why I didn't dare to tell you in advance."
Jin Sui looked him straight in the face. "If Shiyilang hadn't come today, how long would you have kept it a secret from me? Would you have built a golden bird cage and locked me up forever? You're as self-righteous as Gu Changxiao! In the final analysis, you're used to being high and mighty, and you think you're doing it for the other person's good, but in fact you're just looking down on others! What makes you think I don't have the ability to take responsibility?"
Yan Shiyi is looking for a crack in the ground. I should hide in it. This girl is not just brave, she is really bold! How dare she talk to my brother like this!
But Yan Shiyi soon realized something was wrong. It was Taoist Xiao Ji who burned the Tartar, so how could this girl say that she burned him? Even if he was face-blind, he could still see that something was wrong. This girl didn't look like Taoist Xiao Ji. If she wiped off her rouge, tied her hair up, changed her clothes, and smoothed her chest, she would look like Taoist Xiao Ji!
Yan Shiyi rubbed his eyes, and they were not blurry. He pinched himself again, and it hurt. He was not dreaming!
With a 'thump', he was so frightened that he fell off the chair.
He pointed at Jinsui and called him "you" for a long time, but couldn't utter a complete sentence.
Until Jin Sui looked at him sideways, and the word "idiot" floated out of his eyes! This look was too familiar to Yan Shiyi, and he screamed out: "You are the King of Li! Ah, you are Taoist Xiao Ji! You are a woman?!"
Is this world crazy? The fake Li King who was so arrogant that the young people in Yandi admired him so much was a woman? He pretended to be a woman to escape the assassins, right? Yan Shiyi stared and looked carefully, from the hair to the feet, and had to admit that with this look and figure, if this was a fake woman, then there would be no real women in the world! Crazy, really crazy! The matter of the real and fake Li Kings has caused heated discussions among people in Yandi.
You have to know that the fake King Li is a woman, and a stunning beauty at that. I guess countless people thought they were blind.
Jin Sui snorted coldly, ignored him, and asked Yan Jiu directly: "I know you hate Gu Changxiao and don't want to have anything to do with King Li, but Twelve Lady, you don't care anymore?"
Yan Jiu nodded: "Of course I will take care of it."
He was too calm, so calm that people felt he was heartless and ruthless.
Jin Sui took a deep breath and reminded himself that now it was you who needed help, so stay calm.
Sit down again: "Then we can cooperate. I will borrow some manpower from you and go to the Northern Frontier together. I promise to bring Twelve Lady back safely."
Yan Jiu remained silent, Jin Sui took out the picture he had recently drawn and spread it in front of him: "I know that the Yan family has ships and secretly goes out to sea for business.
I also know that you don't have a complete sea chart and can't find a safe route. This map is the complete South Sea route.
I am giving you this map to repay you for saving my life, and at the same time I am exchanging some manpower with you. I even promise that if I come back alive, I will personally lead a team out to sea to verify the authenticity of this chart.
If I can’t come back alive, you arrange for someone to verify it…”
Before she finished her words, Yan Jiu slowly rolled up the sea chart. Jin Sui thought he was going to agree.
As a result, under the surprised gaze of Jin Sui and Yan Shiyi, he actually threw the picture into the tea stove and burned it!
The flames rolled up and instantly burned the nautical chart into ashes.
Jin Sui was shocked: "What are you doing?"
She thought this was a deal that no one could refuse, with a chart of a safe route! Yan Jiu couldn't possibly be unaware of its importance.
Even Yan Shiyi, a simpleton, knew: "Brother, what are you doing? Didn't our family just have three ships swallowed by a storm? With this sea chart, our fleet will be much safer."
Yan Shiyi didn't doubt the truthfulness of Jin Sui's words at all. All the businesses he cooperated with Taoist Xiao Ji were profitable.
Yan Jiu raised his eyes to look at Jin Sui, and said in a calm but serious tone: "Come back alive and verify the authenticity of this sea chart."
Jin Sui was startled and looked at him in confusion.
Then he said, "You will definitely come back alive, because I will go with you."
"Where are you going?"
Yan Jiu smiled: "Northern Frontier."
Jin Sui's heart skipped a beat. All the anger and hostility she had just felt disappeared with his words. An indescribable emotion lingered in her heart.
After a while, he said, "You don't have to do this. This matter has nothing to do with you."
Yan Jiu chuckled: "Twelve Lady is my sister, so it's better for me to catch her myself. Besides..."
He looked at Jinsui: "Brother Ji recognizes Jiulang as a friend, so if we are friends, we should advance and retreat together."
Jin Sui shook his head fiercely: "No, you can't go!"
I already owe you a lot. If you die in Northern Xinjiang, how can I repay you?
Yan Jiu smiled: "I prefer the way you scold me."
Yan Shiyilang: ...Brother, are you sick?
"Like you said, the Northern Frontier is not a dangerous place. What is there to be afraid of?"
Jin Sui opened his mouth, but didn't know how to persuade him, so he could only shake his head and said, "Just give me some manpower, and I promise to bring Twelve Mother back safely."
Yan Shiyi suddenly reacted: "Brother, if you go to Northern Xinjiang, what will happen to our family?"
Yan Jiu smiled and looked at him: "Don't we still have you! Otherwise, what would I let you do here?"
I let you watch the play for such a long time and listen to Miss Ji scolding me. Is the play really so good?
Yan Shiyi immediately advised more sincerely than Jin Sui: "Brother, you can't go! I will go, let me go and bring Shier Niang back!"
Yan Jiu said seriously: "You will die in the Northern Frontier."
No, with your brain, you will probably die on the way.
He still looked calm, poured out the cold tea in Jin Sui's tea bowl, refilled it with hot tea, and pushed it in front of her: "I have made up my mind and I will not change it. Now Miss Ji should discuss with Yan Jiu how to break the impasse."
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At the same time, Grandpa Ling of Plum Blossom Villa was fortune-telling: "Daxu hexagram, nine-three line above."
Jinan didn't understand: "What do you mean?"
Grandpa Ling's face was solemn: "Your sister is going on a long journey."
Jinan was anxious: "Let's go too!"
Grandpa Ling sighed softly: "If we go, we will only hinder her."
He stroked Jin'an's head gently: "Your sister has had a hard time. Xiao'an needs to grow up quickly and help her share her worries!"
Liu Yun, who was lying on the bed, sat up instantly: "Where is she going? The prince said that she must leave Yandi safely."
Grandpa Ling pushed him back to lie down, and felt that the scene in front of him was very familiar. Yes, he had pushed Gu Changxiao back to lie down in the same way before.
At the same time, Gu Changxiao, who was on his way north, finally received an urgent letter from Cheng Yu. His uneasy heart finally settled down, knowing that Taoist Xiao Ji was not dead.
The corpse that Cheng Yu examined personally was the substitute of Taoist Xiao Ji, who was saved by Yan Jiu.
Gu Changxiao was both relieved and regretful. He was too impatient at the time, and was afraid that sending too many people to secretly protect him would attract attention.
Unexpectedly, he almost killed Taoist Xiao Ji.
Did he finally join Yan Jiu's army? Thinking of this, Gu Changxiao felt jealous.
The scene of Taoist Master Xiao Ji writing on Yan Jiu's palm that day emerged in his mind.
But what right did he have to be jealous? Because of him, Taoist Xiao Ji had faced life and death situations many times.
Getting involved with him would only harm Taoist Little Ji.
That’s good too, at least Yan Jiu can protect you.
As long as you are safe in this life, I will die with my eyes closed.
But it still hurts so much. I feel so heartbroken that I can't breathe. It feels like a knife is cutting me.
Year after year, I have never called you like this.
"Sui Sui, can I call you like this from now on?"
Jin Sui's lips twitched slightly, feeling a little embarrassed when these two words were spoken by Yan Jiu with such a cold voice.
But she really didn't want to change her name. She was afraid that she would get confused if she had too many aliases.
"Which of these three identities do you want to choose?"
Jin Sui looked at the plan on the paper, his wife - she stared at Yan Jiu with wide eyes: "You are crazy! The Yan family master is getting married, it must be known to the world, who can you fool?"
Yan Jiu chuckled: "It's not a problem to fool the people of Northern Frontier. If you think it's too fake, we can hold the wedding in three days."
Yan Shiyi almost knelt down. My brother, are you playing such a big game? This crazy woman... Well, this beautiful crazy woman, you can't marry her home! Are n't you afraid that if you two quarrel, she will chop you with a knife in the middle of the night? I don't want to call her sister-in-law!
Crazy, it turns out that madness is contagious, my brother was infected by this crazy woman! Jin Sui directly picked up the pen and crossed it out: "The wife of the head of the Yan family is too difficult to play, I can't play it well."
Yan Jiu chuckled and pointed to the second identity, the daughter of the Yan family, Yan Jiu’s sister.
Then I have to call you brother all the way? It's so embarrassing. Besides, the eldest lady is as difficult to play as Mrs. Yan.
Her eyes fell on the third one, the personal maid.
The corners of her mouth twitched slightly, and she asked directly: "Can't I continue to pretend to be a man?"
Yan Jiu shook his head: "Many people know the fake Li King, and he will be exposed."
Jin Sui accepted his fate: "Then I will choose a maid."
Yan Jiu did not comment.
Then Jin Sui asked, "Why are we going to Northern Xinjiang?"
Yan Jiu did not hide anything: “Congratulations on the wedding of Northern Frontier Zuo Xian Wang. The Yan family has always had business dealings with Zuo Xian Wang.
The Yan family intends to expand their business in Northern Xinjiang, so it is not surprising for the head of the Yan family to personally go and congratulate them on this opportunity."
Jin Sui frowned and asked, "You told me so clearly?"
Although I know that the nobles in Yan have more or less business dealings with the Northern Frontier, but you are with Zuo Xian Wang, this business involves food and grass, what is the difference between this and treason? Yan Jiu glanced at her and reminded her with a smile: "Sui Sui, don't forget, you are not the King of Li now."
Jin Sui was startled and blushed a little. It has been so long since the filming was finished, but she has not come out of the play yet! The Yandi nobles are colluding with Beijiang to rebel. What does it have to do with you? You are in trouble now and you still need help from others. What can you do? But she still sincerely advised: "Doing business with Beijiang is like seeking the skin of a tiger. It is better to expand the maritime business."
Yan Jiu nodded in agreement: "So Sui Sui must come back alive to verify the safety of that route."
"When do we leave?"
"I have made all the arrangements and can leave tomorrow."
Yan Shiyi was finally able to interrupt: "But brother, the New Year is coming soon, do you want me to offer sacrifices?"
Yan Jiu glanced at him and said, "You are already eighteen, it's time to concentrate and take responsibility."
He didn't know whether he was trying to scare Yan Shiyi or was sincere, he patted Yan Shiyi on the shoulder and said, "If I don't come back, the Yan family will be handed over to you."
Then Jinsui saw Yan Shiyi sliding down from the chair again, hugging Yan Jiu's legs and crying loudly.
Jinsui covered his forehead and said, "If Jinan continues to behave like this, I will beat him to death!"
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