Chapter 284 Tracking Kuang Cheng
Kuang Cheng and Ji You returned home together quite often, from Fengzhou and the northern border. Every time they came back, he would get off the car first, and then Ji You would continue to ride on the car to Tianshuyuan.
But this time, Ji You waited in front of the door without moving.
"Brother Ji?"
"Get in the car."
It was freezing cold outside, and the wind was blowing. Kuang Cheng got on the carriage without saying anything else: "Brother Ji, why are you waiting for me here?"
Ji You reached out and threw the blanket to him: "It's too cold. You are a weak scholar. If you walk back alone, you will probably get a cold. I have nothing important to do in Beijing, so I will wait for you. Where are you going later?"
"I've been away for so long, I want to go back to the yard and clean up."
"You also know that you have been away from Beijing for so long, why don't you go find Miss Wei first?"
Kuang Cheng raised his eyes when he heard the voice and said, "It's time to meet, but she is a woman and cannot leave the house at will, so most of the time she chooses the right time to come to me."
Ji You didn't say much, and then followed Kuang Cheng back to his own yard.
When they left Beijing, it was snowing the heaviest. The snow in the courtyard was so deep that it was deep enough to reach the knees.
So Kuang Cheng borrowed a shovel from the next yard and started shoveling snow, looking at Ji You from time to time.
Ji You was lighting a fire in his main room, then put a kettle on to boil water, and then started looking for tea leaves in his small brown cabinet. It seemed that he had no intention of leaving.
After thinking for a long time, Kuang Cheng took out his purse from his pocket and said, "Brother Ji, my monthly salary has not been paid yet, but I still have some savings..."
Ji You's eyes lit up when he saw Yin Zi, and he reached out to catch it: "You are indeed a good brother."
"Last time, Mr. Qiu from next door gave me a piece of bacon. Do you want to take it back?"
"Who said I want to go back?"
Kuang Cheng was stunned for a moment: "Brother Ji, why don't you go back after taking the money?"
Ji You put the silver in his arms and put the tea leaves into the teacup: "Master Cao is in seclusion, and Senior Sister Wen and the others are also in seclusion. Staying here will give us someone to talk to."
"I see."
"Does Miss Rui'er know that you are back? How about I write a letter for you to let her know?"
Ji You picked up the paper and pen that Kuang Cheng often used from the table and shook it at him twice.
Seeing this, Kuang Cheng stopped the shovel in his hand and said, "There are people from the Wei Mansion guarding the city gate. You don't need to send a letter when you come back before."
"You are so straight-forward that you don't know that a girl wants to know that you are back, but she also wants to receive a letter from you."
"Really?"
Ji You could not help but shook his head, thinking that this child was incorrigible. Then he ground some ink, filled his brush with it, and began to write.
After a burst of literary talent, he held up the letter paper, waited for the ink to dry, and handed it to Kuang Cheng.
Kuang Cheng took the letter and read it for a while. His face flushed red as he saw the words "I can't sleep all night, my longing is as hot as a fire".
The following sentences like "I miss your beauty, I miss your smile, I miss your white socks" made Kuang Shusheng say "Don't look at it if it's inappropriate."
"How about it?"
"If I send this letter, I'm afraid the people from the Wei Mansion will catch me and drown me in a pond."
The corner of Ji You's mouth twitched, and he thought to himself, if you can't even read words, how are you going to fight with real weapons in the future?
At this moment, there was a knock on the door. A man dressed as a servant pushed the door open and handed over a letter with a faint scent of powder.
After reading it carefully, Kuang Cheng's eyes suddenly became serious: "Brother Ji, the Immortal Supervisor wants to see me, I have to go there right away."
Ji You had just finished making tea and looked at him with raised eyes: "You just went there and now you are calling you again. What's the hurry?"
"Well, it's just a small matter, not worth worrying about, brother Ji. Just wait for me in the yard. I can buy some wine and food on the way back and get drunk with you."
"Leaving now?"
"It's urgent. I'm afraid it can't wait any longer."
Ji You looked at him for a while, then stood up from the main room: "Then I'll go back first and tidy up the yard, and I'll come to find you at 5 pm."
Kuang Cheng sent him to the door and said, "Then I will try to come back before 3 p.m."
"It's cold and windy, go back."
Ji You waved goodbye to him, walked a few steps to the east, then suddenly stopped, then gently stood on tiptoe and landed on the roof of the house opposite.
Kuang Cheng had already half-closed the gate at this time, and then continued to sweep the snow in the yard. After he had almost cleared a path, he went into the house.
When he came out again, Kuang Cheng had changed into a scholar's robe embroidered with silver thread, and then walked out of the yard.
"This scholar is quite sultry..."
Ji You muttered to himself, then quietly stood up and followed, and saw Kuang Cheng turning left and right and coming to a villa.
This courtyard is adjacent to the Wei Mansion and is considered a separate courtyard of the Wei family. It is also covered with snow. The copper bells under the eaves are condensed with ice crystals and are silent in the wind.
Ji You stopped on the street and saw Kuang Cheng push open the vermilion lacquered door carved with twined branch patterns and walk in.
So he concealed his breath, and relying solely on his physical strength, he leaped lightly and landed on the hip roof of the neighboring courtyard.
Looking down, there was a pond in the courtyard that looked like black jade because of the ice. Next to it was a tea pavilion with a crimson gauze palace lantern hanging on it. In the pavilion was a stove whose iron wall had been burned red.
There were four women beside the stove. One of them had a serene face, a slender waist and exquisite curves. She was Wei Rui, the daughter of the Wei family. She couldn't help but stand up when she saw Kuang Cheng entering the courtyard.
The two women who were already standing there were holding swords in their arms. When they saw Kuang Cheng coming, they bowed slightly to greet him.
The most eye-catching one was the last woman. She was wearing a fiery red robe, which made her skin look whiter than snow. There seemed to be no emotion on her beautiful face. When she saw Kuang Cheng saluted her, she nodded slightly.
Then Kuang Cheng came to the right side of the pavilion and sat down next to Wei Rui.
"Is the disaster situation in the five states of Qingyun okay?"
"It has stabilized, thanks to Brother Ji's prompt decision to stop the transportation of demon stones and order the transportation of disaster relief grain."
Wei Rui blinked after hearing this: "What about the victims?"
Kuang Cheng nodded: "Brother Ji searched the mountain with his divine consciousness and basically saved everyone who could be saved."
Hearing these words, the originally expressionless fairy suddenly narrowed her eyes, a hint of pride flashed in her beautiful eyes, and the corner of her cold robe that was dragging on the ground suddenly began to sway slightly.
Seeing this scene, Ji You couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.
He suspected from the beginning that it was impossible for Wei Rui to be the one who could borrow the courtyard of the southern family and contact Danzong to deliver medicine. This time he saw that it was indeed the case.
The arrogant ghost came to Shengjing, and she did all those things under the name of Wei Rui.
He originally thought that Kuang Cheng didn't know the truth, but when he saw Kuang Cheng receive a letter from Wei Rui but lied that he was summoned by the Sixianjian, he knew that Kuang Buqi was a traitor and had wasted his good name.
That's why he took advantage of the situation and lied that he was going back to clean up the yard and followed them all the way here.
At this moment, three carriages drove past the gate of the villa, and the sound of the wheels spread into the courtyard.
Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu glanced outside the door, then bowed and said, "Master Jian, we will go outside to guard, you continue to listen."
Yan Shuyi looked over with a stern face and said, "I was just listening to the story of Rui'er's lover's good friend."
Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu walked silently towards the courtyard gate, thinking that their sister's lover's good friend... was really far away.
The two men opened a door from the inside, then went outside and turned around to close the door.
But just after they closed the two doors, they turned around and saw a man standing in the wind and snow across the long street, looking at them coldly, so they held their breath instantly.
Oh no, I was caught by my brother-in-law.
Ji You didn't say anything, just glanced in the direction of the yard, and then walked towards the alley.
Seeing this scene, Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu looked at each other, then lowered their heads and followed obediently.
"How long have you been here?"
"In reply to your question, sir, I arrived before the Immortal Appreciation Banquet of Prince Chong's Mansion even started..."
Ji You was stunned when he heard the voice: "I hadn't left at that time, why didn't I see you?"
Ding Yao glanced at Zhuo Wanqiu and said, "The owner of the inspection said that she came to spend the winter with Miss Rui'er and would not meet irrelevant people. However, what the owner of the inspection said must be a lie. She has been wandering towards the Nishan Divine Road for a few days since she came here, and she has seen the young master a few times."
"Why didn't I see her?"
"The Master has the Spirit Mirror to protect him. If he doesn't want you to see him, then you won't be able to see him."
Yan Shuyi did come when Ji You had not yet left Shengjing, and announced to Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu that he wanted to spend the winter with Wei Rui.
But in fact, both of them knew very well who the master of the inspection was looking for to spend the winter.
Later, when news of the snowstorm came, Ji You left Beijing to help with disaster relief, and the news became a hot topic.
Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu originally thought that their own master would also go with them, but she wrote several letters overnight, and then recruited several disciples of Lingjian Mountain who were traveling in Shengjing in the name of Ding Yao, and sent the letters to some noble families belonging to Xuanjian Peak in the south.
Before long, countless keys were sent to Shengjing and then forwarded to Kuang Cheng.
Then she wrote another letter to Danzong. After finishing everything, she stayed in the villa, quietly listening to the news that Wei Rui heard from the Sixian monitor.
After hearing this, Ji You couldn't help but imagine a cold and arrogant fairy sitting in the snow, who showed no emotion on her face.
He and Yan Shuyi have known each other for a long time, and he often saw her pretending to be indifferent, but she didn't really pretend to be so. But in fact, she only acted that way towards him.
It was not until he heard Ding Yao's description of what happened after the snowstorm that he could feel the calmness and meticulousness of Yan Shuyi as the head of the Immortal Sect.
After listening to this, Ji You looked at Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu: "So what happened today?"
Seeing this, Zhuo Wanqiu said, "Miss Ruier heard the news of the young master's return from the city guard, and Master Jian was embarrassed all morning. When Miss Ruier wrote the letter, she deliberately added instructions not to let you know."
"Then why did you secretly ask Kuang Cheng to come here?"
"The Lord wants to hear about your disaster relief work. I won't let you come, so I'll let Kuang Cheng speak."
After the words were spoken, the three of them looked at each other in silence.
He clearly came to find him, but he was hiding here and there. It seems that he is really a coward.
(End of this chapter)
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