Although the weather is not so hot after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the mooncakes rushed from Beijing still don’t taste as good as freshly made ones.
But Yinzhi and the other two did not complain and started eating while chatting.
"Old Ten said he envied us. Write a letter and ask him to come over. See if he comes."
"Tenth brother is just talking. Last time when we went to the frontier, the emperor punished him to ride a horse all the way and he complained bitterly. How could he be willing to come here..."
Capital city.
Yin'e, who was being criticized by Yinzhi and the others, was boating on the lake with the little guy together with Yin'er when he suddenly sneezed.
"Brother Shi, are you okay?" Cheng An went over to show concern immediately.
Yin'e shook his head and was about to hug him and sit down beside him, but Yin'e reached out and pulled him away. He immediately asked in confusion, "Ninth Brother?"
"Are you catching a cold?" Yinzhen pulled the little guy to his other side to separate him.
Obviously, he heard Yin'e sneezing and was worried that he was sick.
"No! I just sneezed, is it a big deal?" Yin E rolled his eyes at him, then pulled his hand and put it on his head.
Yinzhen himself didn't care, but he was mainly worried that the little guy was young and he was afraid that he would get sick.
After making sure that Yin'e did not have a fever and seeing that he was in good spirits and had not sneezed, Yin'e was relieved.
There is a big lake in Changchun Garden, and they are now in the front lake.
Cheng'an was young and no one had taken him to cruise on the lake before. At most, he could walk around the lake or sit in the pavilion in the middle of the lake when someone accompanied him.
The reason why they were able to come here to cruise the lake today was because Yin'e mentioned the delicacies of Jiangnan when they were chatting, and then extended the topic to the time when he accompanied the emperor on his southern tour.
The Southern Tour usually starts by taking a boat along the canal. When talking about the Southern Tour, one cannot avoid mentioning the life on the boat. The little guy became very interested after hearing what he said and immediately said that he also wanted to go to Jiangnan and take a boat ride.
There was no need to think about Jiangnan. After being hugged by him for a while, Yin'e decided to take him on a boat trip on the lake.
As for whether Kangxi would punish him after finding out?
Yin'e felt that it wouldn't be a big deal if he was just taking the little guy for a swim in the lake, and he would be scolded at most.
For Yin'e, who sincerely admitted his mistake but dared not make the same mistake again next time, being scolded was nothing, so he bravely took the little guy to swim in the lake.
"Be careful not to fall."
They were in a small boat. When Yinzhen took his hand off Yin'e's head, he saw the little guy trying to lie down on the edge of the boat to play in the water, so he quickly picked him up and held him on his lap.
Yin'e also said, "Next time you play in the water, Brother Ten won't dare to take you to the lake again."
"I don't want to play anymore!" the little guy promised immediately, grabbing his right hand with his left hand.
The weather is very good today. The afternoon sun shines on my body, and the occasional breeze blowing off the lake makes me feel very comfortable.
Another gust of wind blew by, and the little guy couldn't help but gently shake his head with the wind.
When Yinzhen saw his little appearance, the corners of his lips unconsciously raised.
"Brother Jiu, when will Brother Da and the others come back?" After the little guy leaned in his arms to enjoy the breeze for a while, he suddenly looked up and asked.
Seeing that he suddenly thought of his elder brother and others, Yinzhen shook his head to indicate that he didn't know.
"An An misses Brother Da and Brother Fourteen..."
Yin'e heard his words, leaned over to him and said, "Isn't it enough that the tenth brother is with you? What do you want them to do?"
"I just think about it~" the little guy said softly.
Yin'e: "There's nothing you can do. They won't be back for a while."
Cheng An's eyebrows knitted up when he heard this. After a while, he said, "An An wants to see Da Ge and the others. Brother Shi, can you take me to see Da Ge and the others?"
The little guy had learned from Kangxi that Yinzhen was going to Tibet to fight, but he obviously had no idea about the distance between the capital and Tibet. When he saw Yin'e said they couldn't come back, he thought he could go there himself.
"Don't make trouble. It will take at least ten days or half a month to get from the capital to their place unless you fly there directly. I am willing to take you there, but I am afraid that the emperor will beat me to death by then!" Yin'e said.
He still underestimated the time, saying ten days or half a month. After all, if he really took the little guy out, he would definitely travel in a carriage, and the speed would definitely be slower.
The speaker may not have any intention, but the listener may take it seriously.
When Cheng'an heard him say "fly over", his eyes suddenly lit up.
Although the frequency of the little guy's display of dragon horns and tail has greatly decreased after the initial novelty wore off and due to the influence of the people around him, it does not mean that he has forgotten that he is a dragon.
Hearing Yin'e's words at this time, he took it for granted that as long as he could fly over, he would be able to see Da Ge and the others, and a feeling of urgency suddenly arose in his heart.
It’s no wonder the little guy is like this. After all, he hasn’t seen Yinzhi for about three months, and Yinzhen for more than a year.
As the little guy's sense of urgency grew stronger, a golden light suddenly emanated from his body.
Yinzhen thought it was an illusion at first, but the next second he saw the little guy in his arms turn into golden light and soar into the sky, then turn into a dragon in the sky.
When the little guy found that he had turned into a dragon again, he thought that he could fly to find Da Ge and the others, and he happily let out a dragon roar.
When Yin'er saw the little guy suddenly turned into a dragon, he quickly thought of what Yin'e had just said, and said in his heart, "Not good." At this time, he did not care about scolding Yin'e, but quickly raised his head and shouted, "Cheng'an, come down quickly!"
"Cheng'an, don't fly around!" Yin'e hadn't thought that the little guy turned into a dragon because of what he had just said, but when he saw it looking like it was about to fly away, he began to worry.
The little golden dragon in the sky lowered its head, its clear eyes reflecting the anxious expressions of its two brothers. It simply swooped down, grabbed them with its claws and flew back into the sky.
Perhaps knowing that Kangxi would not agree to let him go find Yinzhen and the others, the little guy who turned into a little golden dragon took his two brothers with him, identified the direction clearly, and flew towards the west.
Dragon cub is also a dragon. When he flies at full speed, his speed is indescribable.
By the time the people on the boat and waiting on the lakeshore reacted, there was no sign of a dragon in the sky.
Seeing this, these people suddenly panicked and ran towards Qingxi Bookstore.
"Oh no! The little brother turned into a dragon and flew away!"
Perhaps because he was too panicked, the young eunuch who ran back from the lakeshore couldn't help shouting as soon as he stepped into the door of Qingxi Book House.
Kangxi was reading a memorial in his study. When he heard the noisy sound outside, he subconsciously frowned. However, when he heard clearly what was being shouted outside, his expression suddenly changed and the memorial in his hand fell directly onto the table.
After calling the person in and asking questions clearly, Kangxi immediately sent people out to look for the person. At the same time, he ordered people to suppress the news and not let it reach the Empress Dowager.
That is to say, he took Yinzhen and Yin'e with him when he learned that the little guy had disappeared. Otherwise, Kangxi would not have been able to remain calm and give all these orders.
While waiting, Kangxi became restless, so he ordered someone to call Yinreng and the others over.
When Yinreng and others came and heard about this, they were also worried and anxious, and their expressions unconsciously became serious.
"Do you know why Cheng'an suddenly turned into a dragon?" Yinreng couldn't help asking, thinking of the reasons why the little guy showed the form of a dragon twice before.
"I want to know too." After saying this, Kangxi looked at Liu Cai, who had just arrived and was sweating profusely.
Liu Cai was serving on a small boat before. Because it took a lot of time to row the boat to the shore, he came back later than the eunuch who delivered the message earlier.
Seeing Kangxi looking at him, he kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know what's going on."
"Then tell me exactly what you heard and saw." Kangxi turned the jade ring on his hand, obviously trying to suppress his anger.
Before the little guy went out, he greeted him with a smile, but less than an hour later, news came that he was missing. It would be strange if Kangxi was not angry.
“Yeah.”
Liu Cai immediately recounted the whole story of Cheng'an coming out of Qingxi Book House to find Yin'e and the others, including the causes and consequences of the lake cruise.
Compared to the disappearance of the little guy, Yin'e taking him boating on the lake was nothing. Kangxi's expression didn't change when he heard it.
It was not until Liu Cai mentioned what Yin'e said before the little guy turned into a dragon that the expressions of Yinreng and others suddenly changed, and they immediately guessed the reason why the little guy turned into a dragon.
"This Yin'e!"
They could guess it, and Kangxi could naturally guess it as well, so he immediately smashed the jade ring on his hand to pieces.
"Father Emperor, calm down!"
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
The emperor was furious and everyone present knelt down immediately.
Kangxi knew that this was not the time to be angry. After all, he could see from the last time on the grassland that the time it took for the little guy to turn into a dragon seemed to be unstable.
He took a deep breath, thinking that the little guy should be influenced by Yin'e's words and was ready to fly to Tibet to find Yinzhen and the others, so he ordered someone to send an urgent message to Yinzhen.
This is also to take precautionary measures. In case the little guy really flies over, there will be someone to pick him up.
Then, Kangxi looked at his sons below and swept his eyes over them one by one.
As he was unsure of when the little guy would be found, Yinqi had to stay to appease the empress dowager, so he ordered Yinreng, Yinsi, Yinxiang and Yinyou to lead people to look for him personally.
"Your son obeys your order!"
Yinreng and the others were no less worried than Kangxi, so after they finished speaking, they hurried out.
Those who did not receive any orders, such as Yinzhi and Yinzhen, were not idle either. After leaving Qingxi Book House, they ordered their subordinates to go look for it as well.
After they all left, the air pressure around Kangxi became very low. He was in no mood to even think about continuing to read the memorials.
Liang Jiugong wanted to say something to comfort her, but he was also very worried and couldn't find the right words to say for a while. He could only wait quietly by her side.
On the other side, the little guy who caused a lot of people to worry is now in the sky.
“Ahhh…”
Yin'e's heart was beating fast as he was carried flying by him. He closed his eyes and shouted, while holding the dragon's claws tightly with both hands, for fear of falling down.
Yinzhen was a little better than him, he even dared to open his eyes and look down, but the little guy was flying too fast, he couldn't see the situation below even if he tried to open his eyes, and he had no way of judging where they were flying to.
"Shut up!"
Yinzhen thought that it was Yin'e's own fault for speaking without thinking that caused the trouble. Seeing that he still had the nerve to yell at him, he lowered his head to avoid the wind and scolded him.
After Yin'e finally shut up, Yin'er said, "Cheng'an, get off quickly. You'll be flying to the wrong place if you keep flying like this!"
Tibet is in the west, An An didn’t fly to the wrong place~
The little fellow thought to himself and let out a dragon roar with a bit of childishness.
"Cheng'an, stop quickly, Brother Shi is going to fall!"
Yin'e saw that the little guy was still flying and shouted at the top of his voice.
It wasn't like he really wanted to fall, after all, the little guy's dragon form was quite large, and his claws held them tightly, so it would be difficult for them to fall even if they wanted to.
The main reason was that the speed was too fast. The wind made Yin'e very cold, especially his forehead which was not covered by hair.
When the little fellow heard this, he responded with a dragon roar and clenched his claws even tighter.
Yinzhen felt the speed and was now particularly worried about where they would go.
Seeing that the little guy didn't stop, he thought about it and could only say: "Brother Cheng'an Jiu is uncomfortable, can you stop first?"
When the little guy heard this, he immediately became anxious and started shouting while lowering his head.
Yinzhen could tell from the dragon's roar that he was concerned, and soothed him, "It's okay, take Brother Nine down first. If you want to go find Brother and the others, Brother Nine will take you there."
The wind was strong and it took him a long time to finish saying these words. After that he tried to look at the situation on the ground but could only vaguely see a little blue.
Although the little guy missed Yinzhi and the others very much, the two around him were also his brothers. When he saw Yinzhen said he was feeling uncomfortable, he immediately prepared to fly down.
Just as the little golden dragon was about to dive down, a gust of wind that was very strong for a dragon of its size suddenly blew from behind, making the little golden dragon, who was flying by relying on its dragon instinct, suddenly a little at a loss. It swayed its body with the wind and was unknowingly swept away to a farther place.
“Ahhh…”
Yin'e cried out again when he felt the wind, and the next second the little golden dragon tightened its claws against his body and wrapped his two brothers and himself together with its tail.
After an unknown amount of time, Yin'e, who was a little dizzy, felt himself falling. He had his eyes closed the whole time and thought that the little guy had finally brought them to the ground. He finally felt relieved and stopped shouting.
Yinzhen felt something was wrong, but there was nothing he could do at the moment, so he simply kept silent.
Fortunately, the little guy probably knew that falling from a high altitude could be fatal, so he held on to his two brothers tightly with his claws. When he vaguely felt that he was about to turn back, he persisted for a while longer and finally turned into a stream of light and brought his two brothers to the ground safely.
“Ouch—”
Although the height of the landing was only one or two feet, the feeling of suddenly falling to the ground still made Yin'e gasp.
Compared to him, Yinzhen was obviously more reliable. He was prepared as soon as he saw the ground, and he was even able to turn around and catch the little guy who turned back into a human as soon as he landed.
"Brother Jiu, where do you feel uncomfortable?" Cheng An fell into his arms and asked the first thing he did was touch his forehead.
Yinzhen said before that he was just a little cold when he felt uncomfortable, but now he felt a little dizzy. He immediately hugged him tightly and gently leaned his head against him: "Ninth brother, it's okay, you will be fine after a while."
While he was hugging the soft little guy, Yin'e was still lying on the hard ground. He got up after recovering and said, "Cheng'an, you scared me to death this time! You said you were going to turn into a dragon and fly me without even saying hello first..."
Seeing that he still had the nerve to say this, Yinzhen looked up and glared at him.
Meeting his gaze, Yin'e immediately shut up.
But he was quiet for only a second. The next moment, he patted his butt and stood up, looking around and asked, "Where are we?"
They were in a long alley, but after looking carefully at the walls and houses on both sides, Yin'e always felt that something was strange.
At this time, Yinlang, who felt less dizzy, also stood up holding the little guy.
"Ninth brother, can you tell where this is?" Yin'e turned around and asked.
They suddenly disappeared from Changchun Garden. Yinzhen guessed that the news must have reached the emperor's father by now. He didn't dare to waste any more time. He hugged the little guy and walked out of the alley while saying, "Go out and ask anyone and you will find out."
Thinking of the speed of their flight just now, Yinzhen guessed that they must have left the capital long ago, and felt that the most urgent thing was to quickly send a message back to his father.
However, when they walked out of the quiet alley, the scene on the street made Yin'er and Yin'e stand there in a daze.
In fact, you can tell something is wrong when you are in the alley. After all, if you look up you can see the Western-style roofs, and the sky is also quite different.
But at the beginning, Yinzhen and his men really didn't think much about it. After all, not only were there such Western-style buildings in the capital, but there were also many foreign companies in Guangzhou that had this style.
But at this moment, when he saw the street that seemed like another world, even Yinzhen couldn't remain calm.
This is a street with a completely different style from that of the capital. There are Western buildings everywhere, and all the men, women, young and old coming and going are foreigners.
Of course, this was in the eyes of Yinzhen and the others. In fact, to the locals, the three of them were "foreigners". Their strange dress made passers-by turn their heads to look at them frequently.
Cheng'an had seen foreigners before, after all, there were many foreign ministers in the palace, but this was the first time he had seen so many foreigners. He immediately stood up and looked around curiously.
When he saw that many people on the street had golden hair, he couldn't help but exclaim "Wow" softly, and when the other person looked at him, he even smiled and waved.
An innocent, pure and smiling child will probably be loved by people wherever he goes. Pedestrians on the street were a little wary at first when they saw these strange outsiders, but when they saw the little guy's smiling face, they smiled back unconsciously.
Yin'e felt the various gazes coming from all around him, and hesitantly said, "Ninth Brother, I now seem to understand the feelings of those foreigners who came to the Qing Dynasty..."
He was not stupid. Seeing this scene, he naturally guessed that they were most likely no longer in the Qing Dynasty.
Seeing that he was still in the mood to talk such nonsense, Yinzhen gave him a sidelong glance and felt a headache.
He only knew that they must have flown very far, but he never expected them to fly so far, directly to the West.
Yinzhen had a business of overseas trade under his control. It was profitable, but it was also time-consuming. A trip could take as short as several months or as long as a year. There were also great risks at sea, and there was a possibility that once you went, you might not be able to come back.
It was precisely because of this that the more he thought about it, the more headache he had. After all, if they were in the Qing Dynasty, it would be easy no matter where they were, but in the West, it would be a problem for them to get back.
"Brother Jiu, what should we do now?"
Yin'e was not a timid man, but standing in a completely unfamiliar land, being stared at with all kinds of strange looks by a group of foreigners, he felt uncomfortable all over and could not help but move closer to Yin'e and stand next to him.
Yinzhen didn't know what to do, he looked down at the little guy in his arms and asked, "Can Cheng'an still turn into a dragon and take us back?"
“Isn’t this Tibet?”
When the little guy heard his words, he withdrew his gaze from the passerby's hair, looked up and asked in confusion.
"My dear little ancestor, this is not Tibet at all. You have taken us directly to the West!" Yin'e said, rubbing his head.
Having said that, there was no complaint in his words. Instead, he was somewhat thankful. After all, it was a good thing that they were brought along at the time, otherwise the little guy would have been left alone in the West...
Yin'e couldn't help but feel scared just thinking about this possibility.
Hearing that this was not Tibet, the little guy was a little disappointed. He then tried hard, but even when his face turned red, he still couldn't turn into a dragon.
"I... An An can't change..."
The little guy probably realized that he seemed to have done something wrong, so he clutched his own hands and didn't dare to speak loudly.
"It's okay, don't blame Cheng'an, blame your tenth brother!" Seeing that his hands were almost red, Yinzhen quickly rubbed his little hands and comforted him.
Although he was also a younger brother, Yinzhen couldn't bear to blame the three-year-old kid in his arms. If he had to blame someone, he would blame someone who spoke nonsense in front of him.
"Blame me, blame me, it's all my fault." Yin'e took the blame directly, and then said, "Then what should we do now?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he was responded with a series of stomach growling.
The cry came from Cheng'an's stomach. Maybe he had consumed too much just now, so he was hungry now.
When the little fellow heard the sound coming from his stomach, he did not actively cry out that he was hungry for the first time. Instead, he covered his stomach with his little hands and whispered to it, "My stomach is bad, don't cry..."
Although Yinzhen and the others did not blame him, the little guy probably sensed something from their emotions, so he didn't want to cause any more trouble for his brother.
"Ninth brother, do you have money?" Yin'e felt a little distressed when he saw the little guy's actions. He thought that he couldn't go back for a while anyway, so he decided to take him to eat something first.
Yinzhen did have some silver bills on him, but he was not naive enough to think that the Qing Dynasty's silver bills could be used in the West.
"An An is rich!" the little fellow said as he untied the purse from his waist and held it up as if presenting a treasure.
Yin'e took it and looked at it. He found that there were a lot of golden melon seeds and golden peanuts inside. He was immediately happy: "Our Cheng'an is really capable."
Cheng An finally laughed when he heard his brother's praise, and then pointed in a direction and said, "It smells so good over there~"
The little guy smelled the fragrance just now, but he felt that he had done something wrong and didn't dare to say it.
Yinzhen looked in the direction of his little hand and saw that the shop felt a bit like the Qing Teahouse. He thought he could bring the little guy in to eat something and get some information at the same time.
He was very talented in languages, had taught himself foreign languages, was proficient in Russian and Latin, and knew some other languages as well. When things had already become a foregone conclusion, he was not that panicked, after all, there was no point in panicking, as his two younger brothers still had to rely on him.
Yinzhen had come into contact with foreigners from Great Britain before, and he vaguely guessed where they were from the conversations of passers-by, but he still needed to confirm the exact location.
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