Xiao Qinghuan

"Ah Qing—!"

Jiang Xiaohan opened his eyes suddenly, and in front of him was the carved and gold-carved carriage roof. The carriage under him stopped bumping at some point, and the sky outside had already darkened.

He was still immersed in the feeling of fear in the nightmare, and his hands and feet were weak for a while.

He subconsciously reached out to touch his bosom, holding the medicine bottle containing "Chaoxi" and was about to take it out, but suddenly hesitated—there was not much left of this medicine, if he took it like this, wouldn't it mean that there would be a lot of people in the future? I don't even think about it.

Jiang Xiaohan thought so, but he was reluctant to take it out. He let go of his hand and pressed the Hegu acupoint vigorously to relieve the headache caused by the nightmare.

"Father!"

Jiang Ling, who was sleeping on the couch, was startled by his voice, ran to his side, and touched his forehead.

The little girl was startled, and shook his shoulder worriedly: "Father, you sweat a lot."

"...It's okay." Jiang Xiaohan managed to regain his senses, squeezed Jiang Ling's face, and smiled at her: "I had a nightmare."

"No wonder." Jiang Ling sat down next to him, imitating the posture of an adult, pretending to comfort him: "Father is not afraid, I used to have nightmares before, but they were all fake, so I won't be afraid if I eat a piece of candy when I wake up."

As Jiang Ling spoke, he began to grope around on his body. Jiang Xiaohan originally bought her a small purse to hold those candy snacks, but she fell asleep just now, and she didn't know where she went.

The child's attention was only enough for one thing, and Jiang Ling was talking to himself as he rummaged through her sugar purse in the carriage.Jiang Xiaohan sat up and reached out to touch the back, only to find that the fabric on his back was soaked in cold sweat.

At the end of the nightmare, he dug out the suspected charred corpse of Yan Qing from the sea of ​​flames, and the palpitations and panic were still engraved in his mind.Even though he knew that the nightmare was just an illusion of day and night dreams, he still felt chills down his back.

It seems that because of this, he is very familiar with the scene in the dream.

"...Caught in an abyss without realizing it." Jiang Xiaohan muttered to himself.

Jiang Xiaohan suddenly remembered that in the summer when Xie Liuyi died, under the scorching sun under the palace wall, the four words "be wise and protect oneself" that the other party said to him may have another meaning now that he thinks about it.

"Picture it slowly—" Jiang Xiaohan was thoughtful.

The consciousness of his limbs gradually returned, and his mind became somewhat clearer.He doesn't know whether there is such a thing as a soul entering a dream in this world, and he can't confirm whether this nightmare is Xie Liuyi who traveled all the way to give him advice, or whether it is the bottom line he drew for himself in case he made a mistake. .

But no matter what, everything in the dream woke him up somewhat.

Jiang Xiaohan didn't regret his orders and decisions, but that didn't prevent him from suddenly wanting to raise the bottom line he had drawn in his heart.

Jiang Ling finally found his sugar purse under the bed, the little girl happily found it, and threw herself into Jiang Xiaohan's arms.

"Father eats candy." Jiang Ling held up a piece of zongzi candy and stuffed it into his mouth: "You won't be afraid after eating candy."

Jiang Xiaohan didn't want to take away the child's kindness, so he put the piece of candy into his mouth.Zongzi candy is mixed with pine nuts, and the sweetness has a little bitterness, which can be regarded as refreshing.

"A Ling is so good." Jiang Xiaohan stroked her hair: "Father is much better——Jiang Mo."

Jiang Mo pushed the car door open after hearing the sound: "My lord is awake?"

Jiang Xiaohan asked, "What time is it, and where are you now?"

"It's about time." Jiang Mo replied: "It's still far away from the next town, so today I spent a night in the field. When I stopped to settle down, my subordinates saw that you were sleeping soundly, so they didn't call you."

"Well..." Jiang Xiaohan nodded, and handed Jiang Ling in his hand to the other party: "You watch Jiang Ling in the car, I'll go down to get some air."

Camping in the wild is not as good as in the city. Wolves and wild animals often intrude. In addition, it is cold and cold in late autumn, so the bonfire must not be cut off at night.

When Jiang Xiaohan got out of the car, he realized that Xie Jue was sitting next to the campfire not far away, watching the night.

The three hundred soldiers of the Divine Guard Battalion would not be able to turn to him and Wei Shen if they wanted to watch the night. Jiang Xiaohan didn't need to think about it to know that tonight he must have troubled thoughts and restless sleep.

On a cold autumn night, Jiang Xiaohan put on a slightly thick outer shirt, bypassed the soldiers sleeping together in twos and threes, and went to the campfire.

Xie Jue used a thick wooden stick to empty out the ashes accumulated under the fire, and threw two pieces of firewood into it to ensure that the campfire would not go out.A shadow was cast by his side, Xie Jue turned his head and found Jiang Xiaohan sitting beside him.

"Why are you here?" Xie Jue asked.

"I just dreamed about your grandfather." Jiang Xiaohan said.

Xie Jue finally reacted when he heard this, and turned his head to look at him.

Jiang Xiaohan kicked the sparkling dry firewood on the side of the fire, and picked up a roasted slightly charred pheasant from above. The pheasant seemed to be leftover from what they had eaten earlier, and it was already cold.

Jiang Xiaohan put the pheasant on the fire and said, "Your grandfather is afraid that you will starve to death, so he asked me to remind you to remember to eat."

Xie Jue noticed that the other party didn't say a proper word, so he snorted angrily, and turned his head back.

"I won't tease you." Jiang Xiaohan took out a bone-eviscerating knife from Xie Jue, and neatly picked off a chicken wing and handed it to Xie Jue: "There must be a limit to being obedient and sensible. I'm starving myself."

When a child falls down, if no adults around see him, he can stand up by himself by patting his trouser legs.But if there is someone around him to comfort him, the grievance cannot be explained clearly in a sentence or two.

Xie Jue took the chicken wings hesitantly, and stuffed them into his mouth dumbly. Before he could swallow the tasteless chicken, Xie Jue's tears had already flowed down.

Jiang Xiaohan went to unload a chicken leg again, and smiled when he saw it: "Why, it's too disgusting to eat, do you want to add some ingredients?"

The pheasant was gutted, plucked and roasted hard, and the taste was really not much better.But Xie Jue naturally wouldn't shed tears over such a trivial matter, Jiang Xiaohan was just covering up his youthful face for him.

"That's right." Xie Jue wiped away his tears, and said firmly, "This chicken is really unpalatable, it's not as good as half of Yanjiang Inn."

As soon as the Yanjiang Inn was mentioned, the sadness of being deliberately forgotten by the teenager came out again, Xie Jue sniffled, and couldn't stop crying for a while.

Xie Jue bit the chicken wing, tears streaming down his cheeks, covering his face and hands, looking quite embarrassed.

"Mingyuan." Xie Jue took a bite of the dry and sticky meat, and said vaguely, "...Can the matter of my father and brother still be settled?"

"It's hard to say." Jiang Xiaohan didn't intend to coax him: "I'm not sure until I return to the capital."

Xie Jue knew that he had always been steadfast and would never make a definition, but he always felt uneasy when he couldn't hear his affirmation.

He hastily swallowed the piece of meat full of tears in his mouth: "I think something is wrong with this matter. The imperial edict is different from the letter. If there is an imperial edict, why not announce it. My sister said that the imperial edict was sandwiched in the middle of the wooden box. Yes, then is this a trick that was already done in the palace, or a trick that was done on the road... Who wants the Xie family's life?"

Jiang Xiaohan understood what Xie Jue said, but if these things were really investigated, it would not be as easy as Xie Jue thought.

Leaving aside the fact that Ning Zongyuan wrote the edict by himself, it was Ning Zheng who accused Xie Yongming, and Ning Yu and Ning Zheng co-supervised the country. Is it true that such a big matter has not been heard at all.

Could it be possible to tell Xie Jue that the capital is now being coveted, and the few supreme figures are all plotting against the Xie family.

Jiang Xiaohan's silence made Xie Jue's heart sink inch by inch, and he asked the next best thing: "...you just tell me what I should do."

"Wait." Jiang Xiaohan said: "The situation in Beijing and China is unclear, and rash actions will only reveal flaws. You can only wait."

"Then my father and brother—"

"After returning to Beijing, I will meet with Your Majesty first to test His Majesty's attitude." Jiang Xiaohan took the charred pheasant off the fire, and used a boning knife to pick off the scorched flesh bit by bit: "If Your Majesty If I don't know about this, I will write a letter to clear Xie's family—"

Xie Jue asked: "Then what if His Majesty knows about it?"

Jiang Xiaohan pursed his lips: "Then I will also write a letter, saying that you were left by me in Anqing Mansion to guard the Shrine, and did not return to Beijing... You are not included in the interrogation this time, no matter what, I will protect you first , and think of another way.”

Xie Jue wanted to refute subconsciously, but he also understood that he could only follow Jiang Xiaohan's arrangements on these matters.

"...Okay." Xie Jue lowered his eyes: "My elder sister said she believed you, then I believe you too."

"I will do my best." Jiang Xiaohan said.

Mr. Jiang has always kept promises.

The firelight covered most of Jiang Xiaohan's brows and eyes into thick shadows, the corners of his lips were tightly pursed, and his long eyelashes drooped down, looking thoughtful.He has lost some weight recently, and the ensuing changes made him no longer have the time to pretend to be that prodigal son of a family, but unknowingly revealed his inner core of determination.

From Xie Jue's perspective, Jiang Xiaohan's eyes were shining brightly, and Xie Jue slowly calmed down as he looked at him.

Jiang Xiaohan cut open the scorched black skin of the pheasant, and the white meat inside was mixed with a little bit of blood. That appearance suddenly reminded him of the hand that was holding his ankle in his dream, and he lost his appetite immediately.

Seeing him throwing the pheasant and the knife into the firewood, Xie Jue couldn't help asking, "You don't want to eat?"

"I won't eat." Jiang Xiaohan shook his head: "I have no appetite."

After being coaxed like this, Xie Jue felt much better, and was able to devote some energy to other things.He looked around and saw that the nearby soldiers had already fallen asleep, so he quietly asked Jiang Xiaohan: "What about Mr. Yan, why haven't I seen him all this time? He won't come back to the capital with us?"

Jiang Xiaohan paused, and the expression on his face faded a bit.

"He probably returned to Kunlun." Jiang Xiaohan said.

"What is [-]%?" Xie Jue looked at him dissatisfiedly: "Are you two a family? Why do you ask three times without knowing?"

Jiang Xiaohan was speechless for a moment, he didn't know how to explain his current relationship with Yan Qing.He has been deliberately ignoring this matter until now, but now Xie Jue picked it up sharply, it was like puncturing a pus-filled blister, it was hot and painful.

"...that day in the Pingjiang government office, he was also there." Jiang Xiaohan looked embarrassed, licked his dry lips after a long while, and said: "He listened to what happened that night. "

If there was anyone who played the most important role in the matter of "removing Jiang Xiaohan's old bottom" that night, it would be Xie Jue himself who bore the brunt.

Xie Jue was so frightened that his teeth chattered: "Is... is it because of this that he left...?"

Jiang Xiaohan didn't speak.

Poor little General Xie only felt that he might have caused the biggest disaster in his life, and he was almost at a loss for words: "I... that... you two, don't... just because of this little thing! I will write to him for you, I'll help you explain!"

"No need." Jiang Xiaohan said: "When the matter in the capital is over, I will explain it to him personally."

The author says:

I went to practice again today, and I have to make up for the second exam. I hope I can pass this time~ And thanks to Zhen Xinghai, Bai Jian, Yijian Yuzi, Listening to the Thunder in the Deep Clear Water, and Tiantian Tiantian for feeding the fish food ~thank you very much~