Chapter 112 Found a monkey for me?
Jiang Xue pulled Lu Qiongshuang and stood on the side of the road, avoiding the carriage, and watched Jing Ye return to the city.
Lu Qiongshuang could no longer suppress her doubts and turned to ask Jiang Xue, "What happened to him? He didn't have anyone to send off and he abandoned the person halfway. It's inexplicable."
Jiang Xue whispered, "I don't know either. Maybe he is just moody."
She looked around and asked in confusion, "Where is this?"
Lu Qiongshuang said: "In the suburbs of Beijing."
Jiang Xue was stunned: "Leaving the capital? Where are we going?"
"Ten miles further ahead is the private farm of King Dongyang, which has a horse farm, hot springs, orchards, hunting grounds, and everything else." Lu Qiongshuang pointed to the west.
"So?" Jiang Xue asked, "Why did you bring me to Uncle Wang Dongyang's place?"
"To meet someone," Lu Qiongshuang said as a matter of course, "He's been making a fuss in there these days."
"Why did your friend from Jianghu come to Uncle Wang Dongyang's place?" Jiang Xue frowned slightly and asked, "How many miles did you say just now?"
"Ten miles, very close." Lu Qiongshuang nodded sincerely at Jiang Xue.
Jiang Xue looked at the woods around her, and didn't see a single vendor.
"How do I get there?"
Lu Qiongshuang smiled bitterly and said, "I originally wanted to rent two fast horses in the city, but I didn't expect to meet King Ruichong. I thought he really wanted to see me off to the end, but who would have thought..."
"You are good at Qinggong, can you take me flying with you?" Jiang Xue asked. After all, Jing Ye had carried her for a long distance like this.
Lu Qiongshuang wanted to cry but had no tears. She said, "If cousin is tired, I can give her a ride for a while, but my Qinggong is not good enough. It might be difficult for me to fly all the way here."
Jiang Xue looked at her helplessly, sighed, and immediately walked westward.
"Let's go quickly and see if we are lucky enough to find an inn. Otherwise, we won't be able to return until sunset."
Lu Qiongshuang hurriedly followed behind and whispered in Jiang Xue's ear:
"When I return to the East Sea, I will pester my master to learn her Qinggong. It's all my fault that I was too lazy in the past. Otherwise, I would have learned it like King Ruichong—"
Speaking of Jing Ye...she glanced over cautiously, and seeing that Jiang Xue looked unhappy, she immediately stopped talking.
The two of them walked forward quickly without saying a word.
Seeing her silent for a long time, Jiang Xue suddenly asked, "Is this really the first time you and Jing Ye have met?"
Lu Qiongshuang was stunned for a moment and said, "Yes."
"Think about it carefully before answering my question."
Jiang Xue didn't think it was a big deal at first, but she felt strange every time she thought about it later.
The first time they went to Wanbao Tower, it was Lu Qiongshuang who insisted on going, and she also insisted that Jiang Xue accompany her to the top floor.
It was when she was going upstairs that she accidentally fell on Jing Ye.
The hair oil that Lu Qiongshuang often applied during the days she lived in Gu's mansion smelled exactly the same as the bottle of stuff that Jing Ye gave her to summon Banban.
Is it all just a coincidence?
Jiang Xue glanced at Lu Qiongshuang and said calmly, "Even if you lie to me, I am your sister and I will not be angry with you. But if you join hands with Jing Ye to deceive me in the future, our sisterhood will end here."
Lu Qiong's face flushed red, and she looked very panicked. She waved her hands repeatedly and said, "Cousin, I, I, I really didn't!"
"Then tell me, why did you insist on asking me to accompany you upstairs to choose weapons at Wanbao Tower?" Jiang Xue asked, "The fragrance on his body was so recognizable that even an outsider like me could recognize it at once. But why didn't you recognize him when he was something from your own sect?"
Lu Qiongshuang stopped and stamped her feet anxiously. She thought for a while, and as if she had made up her mind, she told Jiang Xue everything.
"All right, cousin, I'll be frank with you."
"When I left Donghai, it was Master who asked me to take the hair oil with me. It was also Master who told me that Wanbao Tower was ours, and if he didn't know what gift to choose for you, he would just take you there to choose. Master also said that the top floor of Wanbao Tower overlooks Jijing and offers a very beautiful view, so I thought I must take you up there to have a look."
"I had just returned to Jijing at that time, and I was not familiar with anything, so I pestered you for many days, hoping to borrow your help so that I could go out and play more."
"But I really didn't expect Jing Ye to be there that day!"
Lu Qiongshuang swore, "It was indeed the first time I met him, but I did recognize his scent at that time, but I was not sure - but I didn't expect that my cousin was so careful and actually noticed him."
"So was it also your agreement that he was waiting outside your courtyard wall today?" Jiang Xue asked.
"How could that be possible!" Lu Qiongshuang was anxious. "I really don't know why he would be here. If I had known, I wouldn't have been reduced to dragging my cousin all the way there."
She raised her hand and swore to the heavens, "I swear, I will never lie to you for Jingye. You are my best cousin, and even if Jingye is my senior brother, he cannot use me to bully you."
Seeing her like this, Jiang Xue laughed and said softly, "I see. You should think about how to get to your destination as soon as possible."
Lu Qiongshuang was unyielding and asked, "So does my cousin believe me or not?"
Jiang Xue nodded.
She was willing to believe Lu Qiongshuang, not only because they were cousins who grew up together, but also because Lu Qiongshuang had always had a pure mind and she didn't need to say any emotions; they were written directly on her face.
But why did Lu Qiongshuang's master guide Lu Qiongshuang and take her to meet Jingye?
I heard from Lu Qiongshuang before that her master had a very good relationship with Jing Ye. Could it be that she did all this because Jing Ye asked her to do so?
Why did Jing Ye set up a plan to meet her in private before coming to Beijing?
Jiang Xue's eyes were dim, and more and more things made her feel that Jing Ye's real intention was not about the rebel party or Bei Xi, but about her.
"Cousin, cousin?" Lu Qiongshuang waved her hands in front of her eyes, and she came back to her senses.
"What?" Jiang Xue was stunned. She looked up and saw Lu Qiongshuang's aggrieved expression. She said, "I believe you. Let's go quickly."
The two hurried along the way, and Jiang Xue's legs and feet gradually began to ache. She sighed inwardly, fortunately she changed into Lu Qiongshuang's clothes, otherwise, with her own complicated dress and exquisite embroidered shoes, she didn't know how tired she would be.
After walking for about half an hour, the two finally arrived near the Dongyang King's farm.
Lu Qiongshuang held Jiang Xue, who was about to move forward, and smiled mysteriously, saying, "It's right here."
She pulled Jiang Xueyin into the woods, then reached into her chest and took out a bamboo whistle that was hanging around her neck, and blew it three times, three long and one short.
The whistle was quite peculiar. The sound it produced was like the call of a cuckoo, vivid and pleasant to the ear.
The whistle stopped, Jiang Xue waited for a moment, and suddenly heard a rustling sound in the forest. A figure jumped over the trees in the forest and came quickly towards where they were standing.
A tall and thin young man was hanging on the trunk of a big tree in front of them and whistled at them ostentatiously.
"You are..." Jiang Xue turned to look at Lu Qiongshuang, "You found a monkey for me?"
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