Amidst the sound of the rain fading away, the footsteps of the umbrella holder became clearer, and Zi Yi could hear the man stop when he reached the door, and did not go any further.

For a moment—

"Squeak."

The wooden door was pushed open, and the cold wind poured in with rain. Ziyi caught a glimpse of Jiang Yan who was beside him and closed his eyes when the door opened.

Zi Yi didn't close his eyes.

He stared at the man standing outside the door who hadn't come in.

The night was too dark, thunder and lightning were gone, and outside the door was pitch black with no trace of light, but seeing the person who couldn't see what he looked like looked into the room a few times, and he didn't know what he was looking at, so he quickly closed the door. On, turned and left.

"Clap, clap, clap."

The sound of rain falling on the umbrella was louder than before, and the sound of footsteps went away, but the man did not turn back.

After a while, Jiang Yan opened his eyes and lifted the quilt out of bed calmly.

After lighting the candles, he lit the fire to boil the water first, then went to wash the dishes on the table, wrung out the wet clothes and quilts on the stool and spread them out to dry, and then found a clean cloth towel from the cabinet and clothes, while tearing the cloth towels into strips, he said: "I don't have any medicine here, just bear with it."

Zi Yi didn't expect that the person who was too lazy just now was extremely diligent. He was stunned and didn't realize it, so he subconsciously said: "Oh, it's okay, I'm not afraid of pain."

Jiang Yan said: "I'll buy medicine for you when I leave the Rong Mansion tomorrow."

Zi Yi said, "Oh..."

At this time, the water in the pot boiled, Jiang Yan poured it into a clean wooden basin, passed the cloth towel in the boiling water, as if it was not too hot, wrung out the cloth towel with red fingers, said to Zi Yi : "Come here, I'll wipe your back."

Ziyi got out of bed as he said, and squatted with his back facing him, allowing him to wipe his back.

Although the wound on his back was not bleeding anymore, but he had been drenched in the rain for a while before, and his skin was torn to pieces, which was really frightening to watch.

Different from the loose and rough movements before, this time Jiang Yan's movements can be described as gentle and careful. Zi Yi only felt the damp and heat brought by the cloth towel, and didn't feel any pain at all.

After wiping his back, Jiang Yan pulled the cloth strip around his waist, and the precarious cloth fell to the ground, and Zi Yi's body became open again.

For some reason, Zi Yi's face became hot, and he wanted to cover it but felt embarrassed, so he could only stammer, "Mr. Rong, the rest, I, I can do it myself."

Jiang Yan said, "All right."

Then I passed the cloth towel in the water, wrung it dry, handed it to him, and then went to steam the buns for him again.

Different from the two yellowed steamed buns I ate before, this time the steamed buns are white, plump, fluffy and soft. They have just been steamed in the pot for a while, mixed with the spiciness of fresh pickles and the meaty aroma of roast beef with potatoes. The aroma that makes people move their index fingers.

After Zi Yi wiped his body and wrapped up the wound on his own, he looked at Jiang Yan while putting on his clothes.

What kind of person is this?

He couldn't help but think, he was lazy and sloppy in front of people, but he looked completely different behind people?

He has lived for so long, and this is the first time he has seen someone with such obvious contrast.

Soon, the steamed buns and roast beef with potatoes were ready, Jiang Yan took them out and put them on the table, saying, "Eat."

Zi Yi sat down and said, "Thank you. Don't you want to eat?"

Jiang Yan said, "I ate it just now."

After speaking, take out all the things in the cabinet, put the useful ones here, and put the useless ones there. After sorting them, take a thick square cloth and start packing.

Zi Yi could see clearly that there was a lot of money and banknotes in it, enough for an ordinary family to live richly for several years.

——With so much money, how can you live in such an indescribable way?

Zi Yi couldn't help asking: "Rong benefactor, what are you doing?"

Jiang Yan said: "It's time, I should leave tomorrow."

Zi Yi said, "Go? Where are you going?"

Jiang Yan said: "Extreme Territory."

Zi Yi thought for a moment and said, "Can I go with you?"

This Rong's residence does not seem to be the real home of the benefactor.

He thought to himself, instead of hiding here to recuperate, it's better to go to Juyu with Rong benefactor.

All kinds of forces in the Absolute Territory are mixed together. It is expected that no matter how courageous those people are, they dare not really chase into the Absolute Territory.

Jiang Yan said, "It's up to you."

By the time Zi Yi finished eating, Jiang Yan had already packed the bags. They were not too big or too small, and they were not heavy to carry, so he wouldn't feel tired after walking for a long time.

The dishes and chopsticks were washed again, and the pot was cleaned. Jiang Yan boiled another pot of hot water and scrubbed himself carefully from head to toe. He also untied and washed his messy hair.

Zi Yi was still looking no evil at first, but in the blink of an eye, he caught a glimpse of something and was immediately startled.

That's, that's...

Zi Yi straightened up abruptly, staring closely at Jiang Yan's neck.

Before, Jiang Yan's hair was tied up randomly, so he couldn't see it, but now his hair was all pulled aside, revealing a little black line on his neck.

Like a tattoo.

It's like a birthmark.

Zi Yi looked at the black lines carefully, feeling uncertain in his heart.

Could this be the totem in the legend?

But how could a person with a totem stay here, and how could he be in such a situation where he would be checked regularly even before going to bed?

Immediately after Jiang Yan washed his hair, he turned around and wiped it with a dry cloth.

Turning around, Ziyi clearly saw that his naked upper body was actually covered with black lines on his entire back. The black lines were so detailed that they blended together to outline an indescribable pattern. Huge tattoos.

Seeing the complete tattoo, Zi Yi finally confirmed his guess just now.

His eyes have changed a little.

No wonder so many people have searched for more than ten years, but they have not been able to find out the whereabouts of the young emperor of the generation of the imperial clan.

But it turned out that the young emperor had never stayed in the imperial clan, but stayed in such a place that didn't even have a place name.

Jueyu is too far away from the imperial clan, and the sky is high and the emperor is far away. The imperial clan has always had a laissez-faire attitude towards this place of no concern.In addition, the young emperor is the most important person in the imperial clan besides the emperor, and everyone in the world thinks that the young emperor must be hidden in the deepest part of the imperial clan, and no one has ever thought about Jueyu.

Ziyi didn't expect that he would run into him by mistake, not to mention coming here from the Ming Palace and the Dark Palace, the person who saved him happened to be the young emperor who hadn't heard from him for more than ten years.

It's just luck.

Ziyi stared at Emperor Totem with too much enthusiasm, but Jiang Yan didn't seem to notice. After drying his hair, he calmly changed into a clean snow-white undershirt and went to bed.

There is only such a bed in the room, Ziyi sleeps in it, and he sleeps outside.

The quilt was not the bed that smelled a bit bad before, but a bed that was just taken out of the closet. It still smelled a little like the sun, obviously it had only been exposed to the sun during the day.

Jiang Yan covered the quilt up to his chin, tucked in the corners tightly, and said, "Leave after dinner tomorrow morning. Go to sleep."

Zi Yi said: "Okay."

Silent all night.

In the morning, as soon as the two of them got up, someone knocked on the door and left something at the door.

When I opened the door, it was a food box.

I don't know if it's because Jiang Yan has lived in Rong's mansion for more than ten years, and he is finally leaving today. The breakfast this time is actually very rich, and the whole three floors are freshly made. It is steaming and steaming, and the porridge is soft and sticky Jiang Yan said that it was the first time he saw them prepare such a good meal for him.

Ziyi suddenly felt mixed feelings.

If this word spreads, a generation of young emperors who have never eaten big fish and meat, and spend all day eating yellowed dried steamed buns and wormy vegetable leaves, do not know how many people will laugh their teeth out.

There were a lot of pastries in the food box, Jiang Yan picked the unbreakable ones and wrapped them in oiled paper, preparing them for snacks on the road.

The rest was divided between him and Ziyi.

After breakfast, Jiang Yan packed up the food boxes and cleaned the house. Fang picked up two bundles on his back, pushed the door with Ziyi and left.

Zi Yi had seen before that Jiang Yan lived in a separate small courtyard, which he said belonged to the Rong Mansion, but in fact it was completely separated from the entire Rong Mansion, not to mention an alley in between. The gate has to go around half a street.

And Jiang Yan didn't specifically go into the Rong's mansion to say goodbye, he went to another street, bought some medicine and two camels, re-bandaged the wound on Zi Yi's body, and then rode the camels on the road.

This place is not big, within half a quarter of an hour of riding, they have already left the city gate and headed straight for the Immortal Territory.

This nameless place is said to be the closest place to the Absolute Territory, but it takes two or three days to get there even by riding a camel.

And the closer you get to the desert, the stronger the wind on the Gobi Desert will be. At that time, you can't even ride a camel, you can only walk.Therefore, in addition to medicine, Jiang Yan also bought some dry food and other items to live on the Gobi Desert after letting the camels go.

Ziyi asked: "I heard people say that if you want to enter the Absolute Territory, you need to hire a guide. Shouldn't we invite one?"

Jiang Yan said: "That's what people who enter the Absolute Domain for the first time need."

Zi Yi said: "Have you traveled to the Absolute Territory before?"

Jiang Yan nodded indifferently: "Otherwise, do you think my money is blown by the wind?"

Zi Yi was speechless.

It just rained yesterday, and the Gobi Desert is still a little wet, and there is no wind, so the scenery is not bad.

The two of them were not in a hurry, they rode camels to enjoy the scenery, stopped and walked along the way, and when the sun was about to set, they found a leeward place, used local materials to make a fire, ate and slept.

The sky here in the Gobi Desert got dark quickly, and Jiang Yan just lit the branches, and the sky that was still full of sunset glow just now was already completely dark.

Today is a clear day, the night sky is full of stars, and the Milky Way can be seen very clearly.Ziyi was looking up at the scenery that he couldn't see elsewhere, and Jiang Yan beside him had already set up the pot and called him over.

He immediately went to help.

The two made a simple dinner together, sat on the ground and ate.

While eating, there was a sound of "tapping, treading", and when I looked up, it was a caravan, coming towards their leeward place.

Jiang Yan glanced, but before he looked back, a person in the caravan shouted: "We have taken a fancy to this place, and we are going to station here. You leave quickly, otherwise don't blame us for being rude!"

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