Between the vast sea of ​​clouds

Qing Ping felt that the shaking was severe, so he wanted to open his eyes to see.As soon as she moved, she felt severe pain in the joints all over her body. She barely supported herself, and the quilt covering her body slipped off.It turned out that she was in a carriage, perhaps because the road was rough and difficult to walk, the curtains of the carriage shook, and a glare of light penetrated.

She leaned against the wall of the carriage for a while, and was just about to reach out to lift the curtain, when suddenly a hand quickly opened it for her, and she looked at the person outside with a clear face, who was startled, obviously did not expect her to wake up Come, but the light was too bright, and she closed her eyes sleepily again.

Li Yan thought that she was going to ask a question, but just as she was about to speak out the words she had prepared, Qing Ping realized that she had nothing to say, so he pulled the curtain tighter.

Li Yan's smile froze, looking at the tightly pressed curtain, he didn't even dare to have the temper of being humiliated, and even felt a little uneasy.

Riding on the horse, she racked her brains thinking, what did she do wrong to offend Mr. Li?

In the car, Qingping found a water bag by his feet, picked it up and took a sip, leaned against the wall of the car and closed his eyes to rest.

She didn't ask where it was, but after thinking about it, she knew that it must be on the way back to Chang'an.

When the light outside gradually dimmed, the carriage stopped. She felt that the curtain was lifted again, but she didn't bother to open her eyes.There is a little wind blowing, with a slight chill.

"Master Li." The visitor said, "If you wake up, drink the medicine."

Qingping opened his eyes, the woman in front of him was tall and tall, bending over to look at her.The driver beside her was wearing a bamboo hat, turned his head and smiled at her, gestured with his hand, it was a familiar face.

"Master Tianxuan," Qingping said to the woman who spoke just now, "How many days have I slept?"

"Three days."

Tianxuan held the medicine and handed it to her, Qingping didn't even look at it, he drank it all in one gulp, frowned deeply, and said: "So long? Isn't Chenzhou a mutiny, can we let go so soon?"

Tianxuan took the empty bowl, took some water and dry food for her, and said: "Chenzhou has not yet lifted the ban, but there is a holy decree, so you can let it go."

"Oh." Qingping took the food and ate, but he didn't have much appetite, he couldn't eat half of it, so he drank some water, and rolled up the quilt neatly, "Thank you, I see."

She felt very tired after drinking the medicine. She guessed that her body hadn't recovered, and she didn't have time to bother thinking about these things.What is the situation in Chenzhou, and why Li Yan appeared here, she doesn't really want to know.

She didn't know when she woke up again. She hugged the quilt and sat up, feeling much refreshed, not as uncomfortable as before, but her throat was terribly dry, so she reached out and knocked on the carriage, "Is there any water?"

The water bag was handed in, Qing Ping drank the water, sat for a while, and the driver outside asked: "Master Li, did you sleep well?"

When Qingping heard Tianxuan's voice, he laughed a little: "It's really enough sleep."

Tianxuan said: "I need to eat something, this time you slept for too long, I almost thought you were dead."

Qingping touched his stomach, feeling really hungry, and said, "How long?"

"Four days." Tianxuan replied steadily, "We are about to enter the territory of Hengzhou, and in two days, we will reach Chang'an."

Qingping was a little surprised: "So fast?"

Tianxuan seemed to be laughing: "They are the fastest horses, and they are supported all the way. They are on the road even at night, so they are naturally fast."

Qingping hummed, and sat in the car with disheveled hair.It's winter in the north now, and she wrapped the quilt tightly, feeling the cold wind blowing in through the gaps, making her feel dry and cold.

She felt that she had the strength to think about things, so she sat and thought for a while, and asked, "What are you doing in Chenzhou?"

Tianxuan was very clear about her identity, but she didn't hide it, and replied: "Kill people, find things."

Qingping asked: "Kill who?"

Tianxuan thought for a moment, and said: "Kill those who commit crimes."

Qingping asked bluntly: "Looking for something? Are you taking the opportunity to collect evidence of collusion between the feudal lord and the family?"

Tianxuan's voice paused, she didn't expect her to be so clear: "That's right, that's right."

While the two were talking, Li Yan rode a horse and listened outside, feeling a little weird.These two people seem to have known each other for a long time and have some friendship, but how can a secret guard or an official have the opportunity to know each other, not to mention Tianxuan always answers every question, without hiding anything, his attitude is very puzzling.

After Qingping finished asking what he should have asked, he lost the desire to speak, and leaned quietly, but didn't think about anything.

She had some calculations in her heart, she would arrive in Chang'an in three days, there would only be a lot of things to do by then, and some things would be left to the adults to worry about, no matter how much she thought about it, it would be useless.

Snowflakes fell from her eyes, the earth was covered with snow, and everywhere she looked was a vast expanse of whiteness.The carriage passed by and left two deep ruts, everything was covered by the heavy snow, the world seemed to have lost the sound, everything was so quiet, as if trapped in a long winter dream.

The snow in Hengzhou this year seems to be a little early, and it is not easy to travel in snowy weather. Even so, they still arrived in Chang'an three days later.

According to the rules, Qingping rested at home first, and then went to the Ministry of Rites to report. If the emperor didn't summon him, he could only report on his duties when he was in court.

Tianxuan sent her to the mansion, and said: "Lord Li is resting at home for the past few days. No one knows the news of your return to the capital. It is only as if you are still in Chenzhou. When the time comes, your majesty will see you." summoned."

Qing Ping nodded at her: "Thank you very much."

Tianxuan flicked his whip and led the people away.Only Li Yan stood under the steps in front of the door, looking at her with some trepidation.

Wrapped in a quilt, Qingping gave her a strange look, and said, "What is Li Ancha going to do?"

Li Yanqi Ai Ai said: "That... my lord, it's not convenient for me to go back, can I borrow a few days at your house?"

The door of the mansion opened, but it was someone Qingping had never seen before, who was dressed in the official's robe and saluted her: "My lord."

Qing Ping smiled brightly at Li Yan: "Ask me? I don't even know. Is this still my home?"

The woman in front of her was about to kneel, Qing Ping waved her hands and said: "Don't kneel, my former housekeeper is still alive, just ask her to come out to serve." Blinking slowly, he said, "Otherwise I won't go in, you can figure it out."

The woman didn't say anything, turned around and left, and after a while, a woman in green robe came out, she was startled when she saw Qingping: "My lord?"

Qingping raised his eyelids and glanced at her, said: "It's me. According to my rules in the Shifu, there is no need to mobilize teachers and crowds, understand?"

The steward just nodded with tears in his eyes, obviously he was quite frightened when Qingping was not around.But being frightened was frightened, she still followed Qingping's instructions to arrange things.

Qing Ping was about to go in, when he saw Li Yan still standing at the bottom of the steps from the corner of his eye, he said calmly: "Now I am in charge of this house, if you don't mind, please come in."

After she bathed, she went to the main hall to eat. Although the steward didn't know Li Yan's identity, she was still invited to the dinner table as a distinguished guest. According to Qingping's original intention, everyone can go back to their rooms and eat, so as not to worry about it.

Although it is annoying, but there is still food to eat. These days, she has been busy on the road and has not eaten well. Therefore, neither she nor Li Yan has time to think about other things, and only cares about eating.

After using it up, Qingping left the table first, and went back to his room to rest.She hasn't returned home for several months, but the room is clean, presumably someone cleans it from time to time, and sat alone in the study for a while, she wanted to clear up her thoughts, but after sitting for a while, she started to feel sleepy, yawning, thinking about it or not. Go to sleep.

There was fine and dense snow floating outside the house, Qingping gathered the quilt and turned over on the bed, although she felt sleepy, but something was on her mind, in the end she was not sleeping well.The past was drifting into a dream, and many pictures flashed before her eyes, and finally stopped at the moment when the city of Anping County was broken.

She obviously didn't see that scene with her own eyes, but on the way back to Anping, she pieced together the scene from the mouths of countless refugees.

She opened her eyes suddenly, the ground dragon in the room was too warm, she felt tight in her chest, sweated all over her body, and the wound on her back hurt a little, her eyes seemed to be shaking violently, as if even the bed curtain was moving...

No, the bed curtain is really moving!

Before the curtain was lifted, she closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.

Who will come, she thought, to kill her?Then why did you delay doing it? Could it be poisoning?

After waiting for a while, she gently opened her eyes, and the curtain was back to normal, she couldn't help but think of the booklet, did that person come here for this thing?She had guessed before, all kinds of things about returning to Chang'an, but she didn't expect to come so soon.

I don't know what time it is now, should I call someone or go out to have a look?

Qingping quickly made a decision, got out of bed and went outside to call for someone.

Someone suddenly said in the darkness: "Where are you going?"

One of them was sitting at the table by the window, staring at her steadily.Qingping was so frightened that he almost cried out.

Qingping saw her clearly through the snow light outside the window, and was a little stunned.

How could it be Chu Jun?Now that the situation is chaotic, it is safest to stay in the palace. Why did she come here? Could it be because of that roster?

Chu Jun was half leaning on the table, Qingping couldn't see her expression clearly, the snow was falling outside the house, she wondered in a daze, could it be that she was dreaming?

Chu Jun caressed the jade pendant between his fingers, and suddenly squeezed it tightly, but asked softly, "Were you dreaming just now?"

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