Is the prince jealous today?

I haven't been here for five years, and this place is still the same. Liu Yi touched the rough tree trunk, feeling a little emotional.Walking around every pine tree, Liu Yi finally found what she was looking for in one of the trees.

He stared at the traces on the tree trunk, smiled, and brushed them lightly with his fingers. After a long time, the outline of the traces became slightly deformed, but after careful identification, he could still see the appearance of a capital q and a capital l.

This was engraved by myself five years ago, and I used the tool I used to drill holes for the jade plaque.

Five years ago, the day before Qi Jian's birthday, the imperial decree of the Liu family's westward march to the border was finally issued.That is, on that day, the old housekeeper who was always smiling, suddenly had an emergency and died at the gate of Liu Mansion.

Liu Yi leaned against the tree, took a deep breath, pressed her fingertips on the marks on the trunk, and slowly closed her eyes. In the original book, the old housekeeper also died suddenly the night before Liu's house was executed.

That day, Taixue finished school not too late, when Liu Yi and Qi Jian said goodbye, they made an appointment to see each other at Songhe Pavilion the next day.

Watching the carriage of Qi's mansion go away, the young Liu Yi jumped up and down happily on the spot, then turned his head and entered Liu's mansion. He planned to finish the finishing work before dinner.

Some time ago, when he and Qi Jian were angry, he boasted that he also had a jade token, which he could give to Qi Jian.

But he doesn't have any jade tokens, but he can only hold on to his big words. He secretly went to the market for a few days in a row, trying to find a jade token that suits his heart. The cards are really hard to find.

In the end, it was Mrs. Liu who saw the clue, and took out a jade tablet from the cabinet: "Xiao Yi, take a look, is this okay?"

It was a plain jade plaque, with no stripes on the front or back, not even a hole for a button.

However, Liu Yi still fell in love with this jade plaque at a glance, its texture is warm and moist, making one immediately think of a boy in white clothes as bright as moonlight.

"Xiao Yi, what do you want to do with this jade tablet?" Mrs. Liu looked at Liu Yi's expression, and hesitated to speak.

"Take it for others to see." Liu Yi scratched her head as she sent her classmate off, who was still a male classmate, not ashamed to tell the truth.

"Take a look, don't lose it, this jade token will be of great use to you in the future." Mrs. Liu obviously wanted to say something, but was distracted by other things.

Liu Yisheng was afraid that his mother would regret it, so he grabbed the jade token and ran all the way back to the room, looking at it several times, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the jade token was a perfect match for Qi Jian.

But this jade plaque is good, but unfortunately there is no hole, how can people wear it?There was no other way, Liu Yi could only find a special drilling tool when she was free, and tried hard to drill holes for the jade plaque.

Seeing that there is still a little bit left, the hole is completely opened, Liu Yi is very happy, tomorrow is Qi Jian's birthday, and it is also the day she plans to give a jade medal.

Holding the jade tablet in hand, Liu Yi walked happily into the door, and immediately saw a person lying on the ground bleeding from all seven orifices.

It was the first time he saw a dead person, his nose and eyes were full of blood, his face was as white as a layer of white ash, Liu Yi reacted for a few seconds, and rushed towards the main room.

What happened later, I can't remember very clearly, anyway, mother and Xiaoyue are fine, and father is still in the palace and has not returned home.

First put her mother and younger sister back in the backyard, Liu Yi squatted at the gate of the Liu Mansion, watched the servants come and go, carried away the old housekeeper's body, cleaned the courtyard, sprinkled spices to cover up the smell of blood.

When everything was finally dealt with, Liu Yi didn't eat dinner, and dragged her heavy legs back to the room, only then realized that she had been clutching the jade token all night, and the cold jade token had already caught his body temperature , also wrapped in a layer of sticky sweat.

Dirty, how to give it away?Liu Yi sighed, put the jade token into the copper basin and rinsed it, under the darkness, the swaying ripples were like blood, his throat moved, he took out the jade token and sat on the ground.

The old butler is dead. How could someone who hadn't died two years ago suddenly die?

Is this the beginning of everything? Why hasn't the father come back after being in the palace for a whole day?Liu Yi hugged her legs, not daring to think about it.

Sitting like this until it was completely dark, there was finally movement outside.

General Liu returned to the mansion, and he brought a yellow scroll with him.Liu Yi stuffed the jade tablet into his bosom, called up his mother and younger sister who had already gone to bed, made a decisive decision, and asked to leave Beijing overnight.

"Xiao Yi, why bother?" Mrs. Liu sighed while tidying up the delicate space in a panic.

"We have to go, we can't delay overnight." Liu Yi held the imperial decree in one hand, and read it again carefully, "It said that the army has been stationed outside the city, and let us leave within three days, and it didn't say that we couldn't leave overnight."

"Xiao Yi." General Liu also disapproved, but because of the dagger in Liu Yi's other hand, he didn't dare to say anything.

In the past two years, his son, who had become more stable and sensible, demanded to leave Beijing immediately after reading the imperial decree. As soon as General Liu and his wife objected, Liu Yi drew out a dagger and laid it across his fair neck.

"Father, mother, you must go, go now, if you don't go, I will die before your eyes."

Even when his beloved sister cried and begged him to stop, Liu Yi didn't bat an eye, but emphasized that she had to leave immediately.

"Why are you in such a hurry, at least tell your mother a reason?"

Mrs. Liu kept tidying up, but her eyes were red. She had lived here for a long time, and she really didn't want to part with it. Besides, there were so many things in the house, so how could she clean it up in one night?

"Because if you don't leave, you will die." Liu Yi only left this sentence, her wrist trembled, and the sharp point of the dagger dangled around her neck.

"Let's go, let's go now, don't move around." Madam Liu was so frightened that she didn't dare to say anything, she buried her head in packing a package.

If you don't leave, you will die, this is what Liu Yi just sat on the ground and finally figured it out.

He originally thought that the death of the old housekeeper in the book was probably caused by a heart attack or something, but now it seems that he was obviously poisoned to death.

Death by poison is usually for the purpose of silence. After the death of the old housekeeper in the book, the Liu family was executed for no apparent reason.

What kind of scapegoat can it be, who can copy and chop all over the house?In Liu Yi's perception, there are only disobedience and treason.

Don’t think about the other things first, let’s talk about it being related to this first, don’t even think about leading troops, so be sure, you must leave the capital early, even if the army goes out for a few days before something happens, at least you have soldiers in hand, and you leave the right and wrong Hell, it's always easy to survive.

Moreover, there is another advantage to going out of the city overnight. The imperial decree did not mention whether the prince should lead the troops.

Now that the crown prince is in the northern border, if he sends the prince to lead the army, only the third prince can use it. Even if nothing happens tomorrow, the emperor will think about it and send the third prince to hold the line, that would be troublesome.

After packing up the things and going out overnight, General Liu finally mobilized his troops overnight and left the capital as usual.

Liu Yi didn't put down his dagger until after he had driven dozens of miles away, it was already daylight.Touching the wound on his neck that was cut by the sharp knife, he suddenly realized that today is Qi Jian's birthday, and the jade plaque that was to be given as a birthday gift is still in his arms.

There was the sound of horseshoes ticking in the distance, and Liu Yi slowly opened her eyes. Before her eyes were still the two uppercase English letters, Qi Jian's q and Liu Yi's l.

Fortunately, I chose an old tree. If I chose a small sapling, it is hard to say that the traces have grown too high, or they have healed too early to be invisible, right?

Shaking her head, Liu Yi smiled helplessly again, it's a sin, even in ancient times, it doesn't seem right to destroy ancient and famous trees.

Patting the tree trunk with guilt, he whispered: "I'm sorry, my mind was too messed up at the time, I didn't expect so much."

Qi Jian raised his whip and rushed out of the city. Looking at the lush trees on both sides, he slowed down his movements and put away the whip.

The horse changed from a gallop to a slow pace, heading towards the pavilion surrounded by ancient trees outside the city.

Qi Jian sat on the horseback, slowly calmed down, thought of Songhe Pavilion, shook her head, Liu Yi really knew how to choose, there are so many pavilions in the suburbs, she couldn't choose any place, but she chose Songhe Pavilion.

The reason why Songhe Pavilion is called Songhe Pavilion is not because there are many pine trees planted around it.

The person who built the pavilion earlier named the pavilion the Pavilion for Seeing Off Guests, because it is located in a very high position, overlooking the surrounding capital, and is most suitable for seeing off guests.

Later, word of mouth spread, and everyone felt that the word "seeing off guests" was too desolate, so it was changed to Songhe.

If you choose a drop-off booth, isn’t that just a drop-off?Five years ago, I stood in a pavilion and looked far into the distance. Inside the city gate, there was a bustling crowd, and outside the west gate, there was a black cloud, like a colony of dark black ants, holding something bright, slowly moving. Climb forward.

But Qi Jian knew that those were not ants, they were troops from the brigade, and most of the shiny things were weapons and military uniforms.

The young Qi Jian also wondered, why are there so many people outside the west gate?And those people looked neat and uniform, as if they were moving forward at extreme speed, and the weapons and armors, from time to time, reflected small bright spots due to their rapid movement.

Did you go to the west?He vaguely heard that the west side was unstable, his father was stationed in the northern border and was fighting, and the west side would also send people to garrison.

Who is the one?The generals who can fight in the court can be counted with one hand, and the young Qi Jian's heart gradually sank, and the hand holding the wooden box began to sweat.

Could it be the Liu family?Then Liu Yi, will he go to the west with him?

Taking a step back, if General Liu went west, would Liu Yi go see him off?If it is in the west, it will probably be sent to Shili Pavilion, right?After leaving Shili Pavilion, it is no longer the boundary of the capital, and it is considered not to send each other off, but to go to Shu together.

So Liu Yi, will he leave the Ten Mile Pavilion? Will he come to the Songhe Pavilion today?

The fingers holding the wooden box became tighter and tighter, and the edge of the wooden box hurt his fingers.

Xiaosi worriedly called out to the prince, and looked up at the sky. At this time, the time agreed by Mr. Liu and Mr. Liu had already passed, but Mr. Liu, why hasn't he appeared yet?

Outside the West City Gate, the ants-like crowd gradually drifted away, and the one at the front was no longer visible.

The young Qi Jian held the wooden box tightly, lowered her eyes, the thin box wall could no longer bear it, it broke with a click, and the sharp sawdust pierced the young man's palm.

Qi Jian squeezed the rein tightly, and came back to his senses. It was five years ago. He collected his mind, raised his eyes, and looked in the direction of Songhe Pavilion.

On the top of the high mountain, the Songhe Pavilion is the same as it was five years ago, except that there is a person standing in the pavilion.