Chapter 27027 The Ghost
Chapter 27
After the words were out of her mouth, Meng Yuning was stunned. Oops, she had stuttered again.
On second thought, it's okay to just say it. It's a good opportunity to test what Qi Jingyan's plans for her are.
So she didn't explain and just looked at him.
Qi Jingyan knew that this girl liked to speak her mind, but he still didn't expect her to say such a thing.
He looked at her, silent for a long time, and then said, "Don't let your imagination run wild."
Meng Yuning was dissatisfied. What did she mean by "stop imagining things"? So would he kill her, or not?
She wanted to ask more clarification, but before she could open her mouth, Qi Jingyan turned back and closed his eyes: "It's getting late, and we have to travel tomorrow. Go to bed early."
Meng Yuning had no choice but to swallow the words that were on the tip of her tongue and replied muffledly, "Oh, I see."
Although Qi Jingyan is usually approachable and has never been seen to lose his temper, when he is silent, he always gives people a feeling that he cannot be easily offended, just like now.
For so many days, she had often been unruly in front of him, and occasionally acted recklessly in front of him like Yier, but he had never shown any displeasure and never said a word to her.
So Meng Yuning felt that she was not afraid of him, but every time she faced him in such silence, she could not help but think of the description of him in the later part of the book.
Like what, "with a smile on his lips and a gentle tone, he said 'Goodbye, Third Brother', and slowly inserted the dagger into the heart of the Third Prince."
There is also "He respectfully called the emperor "father", picked up the life-saving medicine used by Emperor Kangwen, and slowly sprinkled it on the ground."
And so on and so forth. There are many such descriptions.
Meng Yuning previously thought that Su Yang, who could both chase away wolves and control snakes, was very scary.
But now that I think about it carefully, I feel that people like Qi Jingyan are actually more terrifying.
No matter how powerful Su Yang is, whether he is happy or unhappy is all written on his face. Others can clearly know his emotional state and it is easy to find ways to coax him.
But Qi Jingyan's heart is like a needle in the sea, hard to understand. Just from the surface, you can't know his true thoughts at all.
It is very likely that the two of them getting along happily during this period was just her wishful thinking.
Maybe he had already planned to kill her with a knife when she was no longer needed to cook.
The more Meng Yuning thought about it, the more pessimistic she became, and a little angry. Suddenly, she didn't want to see him anymore, so she turned over and faced away from him.
But with her back to Yi'er, she couldn't hold him. She had been used to sleeping with a baby in her arms for so many days, and she felt empty without him.
In addition, she was in a very bad mood, and holding a soft little doll would help her adjust her mood.
Thinking of this, Meng Yuning turned around again, gently hugged Yi'er into her arms, and hugged her towards herself, moving a little further away from Qi Jingyan.
But when she opened her eyes, she saw the man's sharp profile, and the more she looked at it, the angrier she became.
After being angry for a while, he knelt up, picked up Yi'er, put him on the inside of the bed, then lay down with Yi'er in his arms, facing away from Qi Jingyan, keeping as much distance as possible from him.
The moment she sat up, Qi Jingyan opened his eyes and took in everything she did.
Especially when she kicked the quilt so hard, he intuitively felt that the quilt must have suffered for him.
He stared at her thin but obviously angry back for a long time and whispered, "No."
His voice was too soft, and the two words sounded vague and indistinct. Meng Yuning thought she was hallucinating, so she pricked up her ears and listened carefully, but he didn't say anything else.
She scratched her head in her heart, and tried to hold it back, but she couldn't help it. She turned her head and asked, "Your Highness, did you speak just now?"
Qi Jingyan: “Yeah.”
Meng Yuning: "What did you say?"
Qi Jingyan: “No.”
As expected, he said "no". Meng Yuning turned around and crawled towards him, asking, "What don't you know?"
Meng Yuning likes to sleep with her hair down. At this moment, she is lying down with her hair covering most of her face. She stares at Qi Jingyan through the gaps in her hair.
If a stranger saw this scene, he would probably ask if this girl was not very smart.
Qi Jingyan was amused by her silly look and laughed softly, but after laughing, he felt quite helpless.
He lived in the palace since he was a child, and later entered the court. Everyone spoke in a tactful and implicit manner, listening to the meaning and stopping at the right point.
But this girl was so unique. She had clearly understood what he said, but she insisted on getting to the bottom of it and would not give up until he told her the answer he wanted to hear in person.
Although he was helpless, facing those sparkling eyes, he still compromised: "I won't kill you."
"Really?" Meng Yuning sat up suddenly, grabbed Qi Jingyan's sleeve, and excitedly confirmed: "Your Highness, you really won't kill me? Are you sure? You promise?"
Qi Jingyan glanced at the hands holding his arms and nodded: "Yeah."
The best thing about Qi Jingyan is that he keeps his word. Since he said he would not kill her, then he would definitely not kill her. Meng Yuning was ecstatic and overjoyed that her life was saved.
She threw away Qi Jingyan's arm, clasped her hands together, and sat on the bed, nodding and bowing, bowing to him devoutly again and again: "Thank you, Your Highness. You are such a good person. People with such a kind heart like you will surely live a long life."
After saying that, he turned around and gave Yi'er a kiss on her chubby little face: "Our Yi'er will also live a long life."
Qi Jingyan: “…”
The heavy stone that had been hanging in her heart finally settled down, and Meng Yuning felt that she had been too petty just now.
Without saying a word, she immediately carried Yi'er back to the middle, then faced Qi Jingyan, lying on the other side of Yi'er, smiling: "Good night, Your Highness."
After saying this, without waiting for Qi Jingyan to reply, she patted Yi'er and hummed a cheerful little tune. As she hummed, fatigue came over her, and her eyelids finally gave way and slowly closed. Qi Jingyan looked at her silently for a long time, then said, "But there is one thing."
Meng Yuning was half asleep, and she barely lifted one eyelid: "Hmm?"
Qi Jingyan reached out and picked up a strand of hair from her face, gently tucked it behind her ear, and said in a gentle voice: "A Ning, I don't like betrayal."
This is probably because he's afraid that she'll betray him for the Meng family in the future. Meng Yuning raised her hand to scratch her face, which was itchy from his touch, and said without hesitation: "Your Highness, don't worry. I will betray anyone, but I will never betray you."
What a joke! He is the hero of this book. Whoever goes against him is the villain, and villains will never have a good ending.
Besides, if he didn't kill her, he would actually be a good person. How could she betray him?
Even for the sake of the lovely Yi'er, she would not betray him.
The girl's answer was too casual, as if she was just making it up to save her life. Qi Jingyan looked at her quietly without responding.
Hey, why doesn't this person seem to believe it? Meng Yuning was a little speechless. She knelt up, raised her hands to the sky, and continued to express her loyalty: "Since the Meng family has abandoned me, from now on, I, Meng Yuning, will only be me, Meng Yuning, and have nothing to do with the Meng family. I will not do anything to harm His Highness and Yi'er for them."
She originally wanted to follow the example of the ancients and swear an oath to prove that what she said was true, but when she thought it was unlucky, she didn't say it.
She has said everything she needs to say. He can believe it or not. Time will prove her innocence anyway.
Qi Jingyan finally spoke this time: "Go to sleep." Then he closed his eyes.
Knowing that he believed it, Meng Yuning praised herself in her heart for her cleverness and wit, hugged Yi'er and closed her eyes.
So she didn't see that Qi Jingyan opened his eyes again, stretched out his hand towards her face, paused in the air for a moment, and then retracted it.
After a long moment, he murmured softly, "Don't worry."
But Meng Yuning was already fast asleep and didn't hear it.
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The next day, it was still dark.
Qi Jingyan first woke Yi'er up, dressed him, laid him on the ground, and patted his head: "Let's go eat first."
Yi'er pointed to the bed and said, "Brother, An Ning hasn't woken up yet."
Qi Jingyan nodded: "Brother, come and call An Ning, you go eat first."
Yier said okay and ran away on tiptoe.
Qi Jingyan then turned around and gently pushed Meng Yuning: "A Ning, wake up."
Meng Yuning was also thinking about leaving today, so she immediately opened her eyes and asked, "Are you leaving?"
Qi Jingyan: "Yes, get up and eat something and then leave."
"Oh, okay." Meng Yuning sat up, looked around, and asked, "Where's Yi'er?"
Qi Jingyan said he was going to eat first, so Meng Yuning quickly got up to put on her shoes, combed her hair into a neat bun, and then put all her things into her bag and tied it up.
He then packed up Qi Jingyan and Yier's clothes and other belongings and tied them into two bundles.
She originally wanted to go to the bed to tidy up the bedding, but Mu Yun and Mu Shan had not come today for some reason, and Qi Jingyan was still wearing pajamas, sitting on the bed waiting.
She pointed outside and said, "Your Highness, shall I go call Mu Yun and the others in?"
Qi Jing said, "Bring the clothes here."
Meng Yuning agreed, took a set of black clothes from the wheelchair and handed it over.
Unexpectedly, he didn't take it, but stretched out his hand.
This is really a case of "just stretch out your hand and get clothes". Meng Yuning wanted to say that it was your leg that was broken, not your arm, so how come you can't even wear clothes? But when she thought about how Mu Yun and the others usually dressed him like this, she had no choice but to shake out the clothes and put the sleeves on him one by one.
Just when she was thinking that he wouldn't ask her to wear pants too, Mu Yun and the others came in. Meng Yuning breathed a sigh of relief and quickly made way.
After Mu Yun and Mu Shan had finished cleaning up Qi Jingyan and carried him out on a wheelchair, Meng Yuning quickly put away the bedding and blankets on the bed. Then she went out, washed up at the spring, and went to eat.
Because they had to travel quickly today, the guards cooked some dry rice and fried shepherd's purse with all the remaining pheasant eggs. They also ate some pickled bamboo shoots that Meng Yuning had pickled two days ago, and they all ate until they were full.
After the meal, everyone worked together to pack up quickly. There were several bamboo baskets of mountain products, plus the bedding and other things that the guards had bought after arriving here. After putting them together, Meng Yuning found that there were much more things than when they came.
Mu Feng and his friends, as well as Mu Jiu and the other two, have not returned yet. There are fewer people than when they came, so no matter how much they calculate, they cannot bring so many things.
Meng Yuning was a little worried: "Your Highness, what should we do?"
Su Yang patted his tightly covered bamboo basket and said, "I have things to carry myself. I can't help you."
Meng Yuning carried her own bag, picked up her bow, and held a stick in her hand: "This is all I can take. If I take more, I will have to roll down the mountain."
Yier held his little rabbit in his arms: "Yier also rolled down the hill."
Qi Jingyan smiled: "Don't worry, someone will take it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Feng and his companions came back, followed by five people. Meng Yuning took a look and realized that they were the guards who had eaten together before and then left separately.
Now she felt relieved.
The five men stepped forward to greet Qi Jingyan and Qi Jingyi, and then everyone carried some things without delay. The guards were really capable. Everyone was covered with a lot of things, but they still walked easily.
Doctor Tang's medicine box and the basket of herbs he had collected were also snatched away, so he walked away slowly with his hands behind his back.
Mu Shan and another tall and strong guard lifted Qi Jingyan's wheelchair directly onto a rack made of two thick bamboo poles, and Mu Feng picked up Yi'er who was holding the little rabbit.
Qi Jingyan reached out and took Meng Yuning's bag, then ordered, "Let's go."
The group set off in the dim morning light, carrying large and small bags.
Meng Yuning carried her bow on her back and held a stick. She looked back at the wooden house and the yard several times until Yi'er called her, then she quickly caught up.
Su Yang lingered at the end: "You go first, I'll follow behind."
In such a dense forest, he is the master. As long as he does not harm others, everyone will ignore him.
After everyone had climbed the hillside and entered the woods, Su Yang turned and entered the wooden house. He walked to the dilapidated cabinet in the kitchen and moved it open.
Then he squatted down, took out a dagger from his boots, dug up the compacted soil on the surface, and dug out a small black wooden box.
He opened the wooden box and saw a white jade pendant and a folded piece of paper inside. When he unfolded it, he found it was a land deed.
He took a look, took out a handkerchief, wrapped the two things carefully, and put them carefully in his arms.
Then put the wooden box back, covered it with soil, and moved the cabinet back to its original place.
He walked around the room again, his eyes reddening again, but he forced a smile: "Mom, I'm leaving now. I'll come back later."
After saying that, he turned around and went out, closed the door from the outside, put on his bamboo basket, and quickly chased after Qi Jingyan and others.
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Mu Feng approached Qi Jingyan and whispered, "Your Highness, Su Yang went back to the cabin and took something out from the kitchen floor. Since he did it without our knowledge, it must be something unusual. I want you to find a chance to find out what he took."
Qi Jingyan: "No need. As long as it's not directed at us, I'll just pretend I don't know anything else."
Mu Feng: "Yes."
Soon, Su Yang caught up with him, but he changed his habit of chatting with everyone he met in the past few days, calling them brothers. He just walked with his head down and didn't say a word.
Meng Yuning was curious, so she turned around and looked at him.
I noticed that his eyes were red, obviously he had just cried.
She stood there, waiting for him to catch up, and asked softly, "Ayang, what's wrong with you?"
Su Yang did not hide it: "This wooden house is one of the few memories my mother left me. I am reluctant to leave it, but I still have things to do. I can't stay here to guard it."
Meng Yuning comforted him: "Ayang, if you have something to do, just go and do it. Come back whenever you want. The memory your mother left for you is definitely not meant to trap you."
A trace of hatred flashed in Su Yang's eyes: "I know, I just hate myself for being so useless. I couldn't protect my mother and let her suffer."
Meng Yuning patted his shoulder and said, "Don't think like that. Two years ago, you were still a child. Your mother would definitely not blame you."
Su Yang blinked, and a few tears fell: "Sister Meng, my mother said the same thing before she died, but I still hate her."
Su Yang clenched his fists and said, "One day or another, I will kill those bastards with my own hands and avenge my mother."
Meng Yuning: "Then I wish you revenge soon."
Su Yang nodded seriously: "I will."
Meng Yuning: "Come on."
Qi Jingyan turned back and said, "An Ning, the road ahead is steep, come to the front."
"Hey, here I come." Meng Yuning responded and looked at Su Yang again, intending to say a few more words of comfort before leaving.
Su Yang glanced at Qi Jingyan who kept turning his head, and suddenly burst into laughter: "Sister Meng, don't worry about me, I will be fine in a while. Brother Qi is calling you, you should go over quickly, otherwise his neck will be crooked like this all day long."
The child was crying and laughing at the same time. Meng Yuning couldn't help laughing. She patted his shoulder, walked up quickly, and followed Qi Jingyan.
Mu Shan was walking behind and seeing that Su Yang was in a bad mood, he reached out his hand and said, "Brother Ayang, why don't you give me your backpack?"
Su Yang shook his head: "Thank you, Brother Mu Shan. This thing is hard to handle, so I have to carry it myself."
Upon hearing this, Mu Shan's first thought was the colorful snake. He quickly withdrew his hand and put it behind his back: "Okay, then you carry it yourself. We're almost at the bottom of the mountain anyway."
They walked for another quarter of an hour, and when the sun jumped out from the top of the mountain, they arrived at the foot of the mountain, the place where they had disembarked a few days ago.
Mu Jiu and another guard were already waiting with two black-sailed boats.
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Meng Yuning followed Qi Jingyan and Yi'er onto the first boat. Doctor Tang, Mu Yun, Mu Feng, Mu Shan, Mu Jiu, and two guards were all on this boat.
Su Yang carried his bamboo basket and insisted on getting on the second boat with the other guards, and everyone agreed to his request.
After everyone was seated, the two boats sailed down the river.
Meng Yuning held Yi'er and sat next to Qi Jingyan, looking ahead quietly with him.
After the heartfelt conversation last night, Meng Yuning was completely relieved about Qi Jingyan.
Feeling relaxed, he began to look forward to the life after arriving in Lingnan: "Your Highness, when we get to Lingnan, I will cook for you and Yi'er."
A man like Qi Jingyan, who cares about the world and has great ambitions, would definitely not care about supporting her alone.
But she realized early on that people have to be useful in order to gain a foothold, otherwise even their biological parents may not like them.
Especially now that she has the awkward identity of "Meng's daughter", she has been living and eating for free in Prince Shen's Mansion for a long time, and she herself is not comfortable with it.
Yi'er sat in Meng Yuning's arms, looking up at her: "Yi'er wants to eat the meal made by An Ning."
Qi Jingyan also nodded: "Okay."
Meng Yuning smiled and said, "Okay, then when we get there, I'll make you white-cut chicken, salt-baked chicken, scallion chicken, soy sauce chicken, chestnut roast chicken, hand-shredded chicken, and pig stomach chicken..."
As she spoke, Meng Yuning swallowed her saliva. "No, I'm too greedy."
Qi Jinyan listened to the small sound of slurping saliva, smiled and shook his head.
Yi'er tilted her head, her round eyes filled with confusion. "A Ning, are there only chickens in Lingnan? Why do you always eat chicken?"
Meng Yuning laughed at Yi'er's innocent question and patted his little head: "Because Aning likes to eat chicken."
Yier clapped his hands and said, "Then Yier also likes to eat chicken."
Meng Yuning grabbed his little hands and clapped them together: "Eat, eat, eat. When the time comes, we'll eat together and finish all the Lingnan chicken."
Infected by her cheerful and exaggerated tone, Yi'er giggled: "Eat it all, eat it all."
Qi Jinyan and others laughed.
Mu Feng, holding a long sword, stood on guard in the cabin and laughed for a long time. After laughing, he turned around and looked at Meng Yuning, his voice sounding a little aggrieved: "Miss Meng, will you still take care of our meals?"
Meng Yuning glanced at Qi Jingyan and saw that he had no intention of stopping her, so she smiled and said, "If you still want to eat my cooking, then I'll cook it."
Mu Feng immediately replied with a grin, "Of course I want to eat it."
Meng Yuning readily agreed: "Okay, then I'll do it for you."
Mu Feng, Mu Shan and the others all laughed and said repeatedly, "Thank you, Miss Meng." Then they chatted one after another and enthusiastically recalled the dishes cooked by Meng Yuning.
Listening to everyone's laughter and joy, Meng Yuning silently thought about her future plans.
A few years later, Qi Jingyan was destined to return to the capital, fight for power, and then become the owner of the palace.
She and Qi Jingyan were not related in any way, and she didn't want to follow him back and wade into that muddy water.
Although she could draw a clear line between herself and that old man Meng Huaifu, her identity as "Meng's daughter" could not be changed in any way.
If she returned to the capital, she was sure that she would be in endless trouble.
She didn't think she was stupid, but in the capital, a place full of intrigue and deception, she felt that with her sometimes smart and sometimes not smart little brain, she could only live for two months at most.
So when the Qi Jingyan brothers returned to the capital to kill people everywhere, she would stay in Lingnan and silently bless them.
When the time comes, she will find a small town with beautiful mountains and rivers, open a small restaurant, and live her own life.
Before that, she settled down in Prince Shen's mansion and tried to do some small business to earn some money and save enough to buy a house and a shop so that she could start her own business.
During this period, I'll help everyone cook.
She just didn't know what the current price of a house in Lingnan was. When she got there, she would go out and ask around so that she could set a goal for herself to save money.
Speaking of the house, she felt sorry for the money she hadn't spent.
Fortunately, because her healthy grandmother passed away suddenly, she has a more real understanding of the fragility of life and feels that there is a chance that she too will pass away suddenly one day.
So after she made some money, she found a more reliable law firm to make a will and have it notarized.
The will stated that if she died unexpectedly, all her property would be handed over to the state.
So when she thought of that money, although she felt heartbroken, she was also very glad that she had made a will in advance.
Otherwise, the money would probably go to those two men and women who are not fit to be parents.
But then again, if she hadn't made that will, would she not have died unexpectedly?
Never mind. He’s dead anyway. There’s no point thinking about it anymore. I won’t think about it anymore.
However, she still had to avoid prophecies in the future, say less unlucky words, and say more "bring wealth, bring wealth, bring wealth, bring wealth..."
Meng Yuning was just chanting "Laicai" over and over in her mind when she heard "whoosh~", "whoosh~", and "whoosh~", and several sharp whistling sounds broke through the air.
Mu Yun and others were standing on the deck, excitedly chatting about the dishes they had eaten recently. When they heard the voice, their faces all became serious and they turned their heads to look.
Then they saw several arrows shot from the woods on the left bank of the river, heading straight for their boat.
Mu Yun shouted in a deep voice: "Be on guard!"
Mu Feng was standing on the left and immediately swung the spear in his hand and performed a gun show.
Ding ding dang dang, all the arrows were shot down into the river by Mu Feng.
Meng Yuning's face turned pale. She felt that if Mu Fengwan took action in just a moment, she and Yi'er would probably die.
What’s hateful is that she just watched the arrow coming towards her without even reacting to dodge.
She was afraid that more arrows would be shot at her, so she got down from the stool holding Yi'er, then rolled on the ground and rolled directly to Qi Jingyan's wheelchair. She took Yi'er with her and lay on the floor of the cabin.
Qi Jingyan: “…”
After Meng Yuning and Yi'er lay down, she muttered dissatisfiedly: "Oh my God, I said it was money, money, not arrows!"
After saying this, he suddenly remembered Qi Jingyan, whose legs had not yet healed, and hurriedly reached out to grab his sleeve and tugged, whispering, "Your Highness, do you want to lie down too?"
Looking at the girl lying on the ground with a nervous look on her face protecting Yi'er, Qi Jingyan's mouth twitched again and again, and he couldn't help laughing out loud.
He was wrong. This girl was not the best in the world of escape. She should be called the leader.
It was already this late, and this man still had the heart to laugh. Meng Yuning couldn't help but roll her eyes and shook off his sleeves: "Lie down if you want."
In just a short while, Mu Feng swung his spear and Mu Shan held his long sword, and they shot down more than ten arrows.
Mu Shan said naively: "Mu Feng, didn't the brothers say that they had dealt with all the people? How come they are still here?"
Mu Feng didn't know either, and cursed in a low voice: "You bastard, you really are haunting me."
Two days ago, he brought two people to contact the brothers who had separated earlier, and then asked them to deal with the bastards who were searching for His Highness nearby. Those who could not be dealt with would be lured away first, so that His Highness could leave here smoothly.
My brothers have always been reliable in their work. Logically, there shouldn't be an ambush here.
Listening to the conversation between the two, Mu Yun did not say anything. He just stood in the back between Mu Feng and Mu Shan, put an arrow on the bow, and shot it out with a whoosh.
The arrow was so powerful and so fast that it sank into the woods on the shore in the blink of an eye. Suddenly, a shrill scream was heard from the other side, and then there was no movement. It was obvious that the arrow had hit a vital point and the person was dead.
But there was only a brief pause, and the arrows shot over again. Mu Feng and Mu Yun picked up their weapons again to block them.
The ship behind was also attacked, but the guards handled it with ease and no one was injured.
Su Yang picked up an arrow that had fallen on the boat and took a look. His face darkened instantly and he gritted his teeth and said, "It's aimed at me."
The guards all looked at him: "At you?" Isn't it directed at their Highness?
Su Yang took a deep breath and shouted towards the riverbank, "Su Shang, you bastard, I know it's you."
"If you want to deal with me, then come out openly. Don't be like your unpresentable mother who resorts to shady tactics behind my back."
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