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"Are you satisfied with these dishes?" Under the candlelight, Yanfan Luomi's brown eyes were filled with the golden candlelight, and her frown and smile were all charming and affectionate.

There are large plates of barbecue meat on the table, and the honey sauce is poured on it. The charcoal fire in the center of the table is burning vigorously, and the rolling whole lamb is sizzling out of oil.Unable to resist the warm invitation from Yan Fanluo and Yesuo Shangnuo, the fresh milk tea in the bowl has been replaced with the fine wine Yinsha Wine, which is a specialty of the West Mexico country, which is fragrant and strong.

This time the barbecue was not like their previous dinner in the wild. There were not many vegetables. Qi'ao's stomach couldn't stand such a greasy food. Even so, he couldn't escape Yesuo Shangnuo's toast.

Yinsha wine smells fragrant, but it has a high alcohol concentration and great stamina. Qi'ao is used to tasting wine slowly, so after drinking the two big bowls four times, he will feel dizzy after a while. Yesuo Shangnuo sees this opportunity , and people brought up the wine soaked in red fruit. The wine soaked in red fruit is sour and sweet, and tastes better than red fruit, which makes people feel thirsty.Qi Ao thought it was delicious and drank two more glasses. After mixing the two kinds of wine, he was so drunk that he lay down on the table after a while.

When I drank it, I really didn't expect the power of Yinsha wine to be so powerful. One or two bowls can make people dizzy and unconscious. Those who get drunk are all people with exquisite hearts, but they never expected I took every precaution against the fact that one day I would be fainted by the simplest and most common alcohol, and I had no time to force the alcohol out, and I fell asleep.

The three men were all drunk, let alone the two little girls. There was no need to give them any silver sand wine, but let them taste the red fruit wine. They liked it and drank one cup after another as a drink.

Seeing the crooked faces of the people at the table with Feixia closing their eyes, Yan Fanluo gently put down the gold wine glass in her hand.She left her seat, with her long veil hanging down, and a few small bells hanging from her anklets jingled melodiously as she walked forward.She walked around the long table, and finally stopped beside Qiao.

"What a pretty face, the eyebrows, the eyes, and the bridge of the nose." Leaning down, Yan Fanluo said while gently stroking Qi'ao's cheek with her finger, "Yesuo, do you still remember that Zhongyuan?" There was an ink painting in the apology sent by someone, and I accidentally stained it later, seeing him today, I remembered that painting."

"Of course I remember, that is your favorite gift, concubine mother." Yesuo Shangnuo also stood up from his seat and walked to Yan Fanluo's side, and on the other side of him was the sleeping Ao Qi, " I didn’t expect people from Cang Kingdom to get drunk so easily, if I knew it, I wouldn’t have persuaded them to drink so much.”

Yan Fanluo, who had admired Qi Ao enough, finally let Qi Ao go, stroked the ring on her finger, and told the following: "Send them all back to the arranged room."

"Wait!" Just like Yan Fanluo was sizing up Qi'ao just now, Yesuo Shangnuo was smiling and seeing Ao Qi's appearance one by one, whether it was the slightly frowning brow or the tightly pursed corners of the mouth, waiting for him When she was satisfied, she turned to Yan Fan Luo, "Your Majesty, we only heard the stranger tell us about the Shuanglong Chiyu sword. We don't know what it is like. How about now..." There was still a tinge of three in this tone. She acted like a baby, but before Yan Fanluo agreed, her hand had already slipped to Aoqi's waist.

"Isn't it a little bad to do this?" Yan Fanluo looked at Aoqi and then at Yesuo Shangnuo.

Seeing that Yan Fanluo was still hesitating, Yesuo let go of Aoqi, and the frivolous smile on his face disappeared.He lowered his voice, looked at Yan Fan Luo intently, and said her name to her in a very strange tone: "Yan Fan Luo."

Facing Yesuo Shangnuo, Yan Fanluo couldn't help taking a step back, and finally compromised without resistance as usual: "Just take out the sword and have a look."

"Of course." With Yan Fanluo's support, Yesuo Shangnuo stretched his hand to Ao Qi's waist again with great interest.

However, before his fingertips touched the hilt of the Ssangyong Red Feather Sword, his neck was suddenly held against by a cold and sharp blade.

Yan Fanluo, who was standing with Yesuo Shangnuo, stared wide-eyed and froze there.She hadn't noticed someone approaching at all just now, and what was even more surprising to them was that this person was the most inconspicuous Cang Yuyan, who was lying on the table just now when she was so drunk that she passed out.

Seeing Yesuo Shangnuo being pressed against Cang Yuyan's throat with the knife in Cang Yuyan's hand, Yan Fanluo's expression turned serious, and he stared at Cang Yuyan unflinchingly: "Aren't you all drunk?"

"Yeah, they're all drunk, I'm not." Looking at Ao Qi and Qi Ao lying motionless, the knife in Cang Yuyan's hand sank into Yesuo Shangnuo's neck again. "I'm sorry, I have nothing to do with them, but I have been entrusted by others, and I have to take care of their affairs."

Yan Fanluo glanced at her, and then showed a noble and decent smile: "Miss Cang, you misunderstood." While talking, she tried to slowly draw the distance from Cang Yuyan, looking straight into her eyes .

At the moment when she was about to move, she only saw Cang Yuyan's fingers flick slightly, and before she even realized what happened, a flying knife flew past her cheek and stuck in the hole behind her. On the wall, all the hair on the sideburns slowly fell with the coolness from the blade.

The desert is unbearably hot during the day, and the temperature drops rapidly at night.Qiao felt his body hot and cold, curled up under the blanket and still felt the chill behind his back, only then did he vaguely realize that there was a missing heat source beside the bed.

With his eyes closed, he stretched out his hand and groped towards the other side, and the place he touched was icy cold. Qi Ao muttered "Ao Qi" twice but didn't hear anyone responding, so he struggled to half-stand up and opened his eyes. What catches the eye is the lights and the starlight outside the window, which dazzles the eyes.

"I got drunk at the dinner table just now, and then... what happened?" After getting drunk for the first time, Qi Ao had a splitting headache.

He didn't remember at all what happened after he drank a few glasses of wine and poured them on the table. It seemed that they were sent back to their respective bedrooms by Yan Fanluo and Yesuo Shangnuo.It is human nature to arrange him and Ao Qi to be separated into two bedrooms, but Qi Ao will not get used to it for a while, and the temperature in the desert is low at night, he drank again, it seems that he is alone tonight I can't sleep anymore.

After rubbing her temples for a while, the pain dissipated slightly, and Qiao sighed and lay down again.

He turned over and looked at the roof with his eyes open, wrapped himself in a blanket, waiting for when he would fall asleep naturally when he was sleepy.

But it was obvious that the temperature at night in the desert was much lower than he had imagined.

Qi Ao kept opening and closing his eyes, but because his hands and feet were cold, he didn't feel sleepy at all. He was about to give up this idea and think about what to do in the next few days. In the ear, he wanted to sit up and take a look excitedly, but he obviously forgot the shape of himself wrapped in a quilt because of the alcohol, and in the end he could only roll twice on the bed, changing from lying down to lying on the bed .

"What are you doing?" A familiar voice quickly came from the bed, the man seemed to be unable to stand it any longer, and helped Qiao out of the blanket with his arms, "It's just that you won't sleep well if I'm not around for one night. "

Without further ado, Qi Ao put his hand in the opponent's hand, and seeing the opponent frowned because of the cold temperature of his hands, he instead joked: "It's not yet autumn, why is it so cold in the desert at night, hands and feet are so cold Can't take it."

"I guessed that you would feel cold just after waking up." Ao Qi covered Qi'ao's hands with his hands, then let him go, then took off a coat that he had casually put on outside, and spread out the blanket Well, I got in too, and Qiao naturally leaned against him, "It's better now."

Qi Ao yawned: "I'm sleepy."

"Well, go to sleep." Ao Qi tucked the blanket on Qi Ao's side, seeing that Qi Ao looked a little uncomfortable, then stretched out his hand to help Qi Ao rub his temples, and the two of them fell asleep within a short time when they leaned together up.

This sleep lasted until early in the morning, and Qi'ao, whose eyes had not been opened, first moved to touch the side again, feeling that there was still heat on the bed but there was no one there, and then Qi'ao woke up.

Just sitting up from the bed, a maid asked outside the door: "Master, is he awake? If he is up, it's time for you to wash up."

Qi Ao gathered his collar, and wanted to put on the clothes first, but then he realized that the clothes they had changed the night before had been put somewhere, so he had no choice but to let them in like this.

The first maidservant who came in was holding the trousers and boots in her hands, and the next one was the washbasin. She walked up to Qiao and knelt down, covering her face with tulle, her lower body long skirt dragged to her ankles, her upper body only Wearing a half shirt like a small vest, long and black hair braided into a whip and tied behind him, revealing his healthy brown skin that has been exposed to the sun for a long time, his round shoulders and slender arms can be seen at a glance because of the style of the clothes , The silver bracelets and anklets jingle as they walk.

They didn't know what was smeared on their bodies, and their brown skin had the same luster as the barbecue drenched in sugar sauce at the dinner party the day before, which reminded Qiao in the early morning of the disgusting feeling of last night.

"My lord, let's dress you first." As soon as the leading maid finished speaking, four or five hands had already covered Qi'ao's body.

Qiao lowered his eyes and did not speak, quietly letting the maids play with him.

When Qi Ao was invited to the garden for breakfast, the others had already arrived, and they all put down their bowls and chopsticks when they saw him approaching.

Because he came late, the one on the left beside Aoqi, Yesuo Shangnuo, and the one on the right, Ruan Meier, were already full, and they all sat down before Aoqi could react, leaving only Yan Fanluo and There is an empty seat in the middle of Cangyuyan, just opposite to Aoqi.

Qi Ao took two steps in their direction, then stopped, paused, and then resolutely walked towards the only empty space left.

Maybe it was because everyone drank alcohol the night before, got hungover all night, and had after-effects after waking up early in the morning. This breakfast was very quiet, except for the occasional sound of bowls and spoons being bumped, no one talked or chatted.

From Ao Qi's point of view, it is easier to see Qi Ao.

Qi Ao ate half a piece of pancake and drank half a bowl of milk tea and didn't move his chopsticks again. His complexion was also not very good, and he could see that he didn't sleep well in the first half of the night last night. Although his clothes were neat and tidy, there was always something wrong Pleasant feeling.

Ao Qi frowned, and with a shake of his hand, the milk tea in his hand splashed onto his clothes.Before the people around had time to express their concern, Ao Qi had already stood up from his seat: "I'm going to change clothes."

He refused the service of the maids waiting around the room, and only asked them to bring a new one, and Aoqi changed the soiled coat by himself.

"Midday City."

"What is the master's order?" Wu Cheng, who appeared behind him out of nowhere, knelt down and saluted, like a ghost lurking in the palace.Even if this is within the Star Palace, Ao Qi is not worried that the hidden guards will be discovered by the guards of the Star Palace, as long as there are their dark guards, it will be the tightest and strongest fortress that he and Qi Ao jointly forged.

"Bring some food from Cangguo, not too greasy or too salty, and no wine." Ao Qi didn't need to think at all, and ordered, "Cakes are not easy to store, don't need too much, just like Xia Si .”

"There is also a sachet for sleeping and tranquilizing the mind. Let Yuli and Nuanye make some light incense. They say it is made for Qi'ao. They know Qi'ao's preferences."

"What's the news from Huayou?"

Wu Cheng memorized all Ao Qi's requests one by one, and when Ao Qi suddenly changed the topic to business matters, Wu Cheng sorted out the information he got and replied: "Everything is going on with Huayou as ordered. The information checked will be delivered tomorrow at the latest.”

"Very good, let's continue as arranged." Ao Qi nodded, tugged his sleeves and was about to leave, but he stopped suddenly when he reached the door, Wu Cheng thought he had something important to order, so he listened attentively with a serious expression , but heard Aoqi's last words before leaving the room were, "Be careful to keep the food fresh on the way."

Not only Wucheng, but even the hidden guards who were attached to the roof and hid on the beams almost fell from the top because they covered their eyes.

☆, secret

Cang Yuyan fell ill.

She was vomiting, diarrhea, and fever all day long. Wrapped in a thick quilt, she was still shivering in the extreme heat of the desert in summer. Her face turned white and red, and she lost weight in a few days. The big circle, the eyes are dull and haggard, it seems that the light has faded, and the complexion is very diminished.

Yan Fanluo arranged for several court doctors to see Cang Yuyan, and those who came back said that Cang Yuyan was too hot and unacceptable, but after drinking a few doses of medicine, it did not improve at all, but aggravated the condition, and the heat was in the air. However, the body became more and more bruised, and within a few days the serious illness changed Cang Yuyan's appearance.

"Miss Cang, I can't help you see a doctor when you're like this." Qi'ao, who finally decided to play in person, was standing patiently at the door, trying to persuade Cang Yuyan to allow him to go in and see a doctor for him.

"But I'm so ugly now, I don't look good at all." A crying voice came from the bed, accompanied by constant sobbing, one could hear how sad Cang Yuyan was now.

Qi Ao patted Ao Qi's hand away from the box containing some simple medical equipment, glared at Ao Qi, and continued to persuade Cang Yuyan in the room with a very concerned tone: "Miss Cang, I can help you become Back to the beautiful appearance, are you willing to believe me?" He paused for a moment, then changed to a deeper and gentler tone, "Will you believe me?"

"I am willing." Ao Qi originally leaned against Qi Ao and lowered his head, when he heard Qi Ao's words, he suddenly raised his head, smiled back at Qi Ao, then lowered his head to play with Qi Ao tool box.

Qi Ao was made to laugh out loud by Ao Qi's words, and when he finished laughing, he realized that the occasion was wrong, and kicked Ao Qi again, at this moment he heard Cang Yuyan finally say: "Come in." The voice Still trembling a little.

Qi Ao made a silent gesture towards Ao Qibi, and then brought Ao Qi into the room.

The room was dark, the doors and windows were tightly closed, and the heavy curtains were drawn down to block the sunlight coming in from the outside. The room was stagnant and hot, and the two maidservants stood by the bed and waited.

Qi Ao asked the maidservants to open all the windows, and then let them leave first, leaving only him and Qi Ao in the room except Cang Yuyan.The sunlight that came in dispelled the dullness in the room a bit, although it was still hot outside, compared to the stuffy and hot room before, it gave people another refreshing feeling.

After taking care of everything, Qi Ao breathed a sigh of relief and walked to the bed.

Just when she was about to lift the layer upon layer of curtains, Cang Yuyan's weak but unquestionable stop came from inside: "Please don't lift it, don't look at me."

Qi'ao's hand stayed where it was, and the curtain only opened a small gap.

Qi Ao said understandingly: "I won't look at you, just stretch out one hand, okay?" On the other hand, he took the gold thread that Ao Qi helped him take out from the box.

One end of the gold thread was tied to Cang Yuyan's wrist, and the other end was attached to Qi'ao's fingertips. Compared with Qi'ao's sallow fingertips, the dry and peeling skin on Cang Yuyan's wrist looked even more sallow and dull.

It is conceivable that Cang Yuyan has such a bad image now, no wonder she is unwilling to face Qi Ao.

"Those doctors did not make a mistake in the diagnosis. To put it simply, it can be regarded as acclimatization. Due to your own body, you will feel hotter in this desert. As a result, the yin fluid in your body is exhausted too much, and you already have yin and yang. The sign of divorce, coupled with the external heat and evil constantly invading the inside, mixed with reality and reality, became the phenomenon of this great heat. Under the internal and external torment, this is the scene." Qi Ao looked at Ao Qi with some doubts, "Before The few doses of medicine prescribed are not only for cold and cool, but also for nourishing yin, promoting body fluid, consolidating and protecting yin fluid, and clearing away heat, so it should be effective, but why do so many medicines still have no effect?"

"Doctor Dugu, didn't you say that your medical skills will definitely solve it?" Ao Qi teased Qi Ao deliberately, and lowered his voice so as not to affect it, but Cang Yuyan also noticed this small sound.

"Who! Who's still outside!"

"I."

Cang Yuyan's terrified protesting voice was instantly suppressed by Ao Qi's word, she curled up in the quilt and shivered, even if she was sweating profusely, she refused to stick her head out.

With the benevolence of a doctor, Qi Ao warned Ao Qi with his eyes, and continued to communicate with Cang Yuyan. After all, the patient's own feelings are very important. Maybe the doctor cannot make a very accurate judgment in many situations. At this time, if the patient If a clear situation can be provided, it will be beneficial to the doctor's subsequent diagnosis.

Especially with Cang Yuyan's current body, even Qi'ao can only detect her fever but not the root cause of her disease, and can only see if Cang Yuyan can provide some usable clues.

"Miss Cang, I hope you can tell me in detail how you feel now, so that I can know what's wrong with your body. If you are willing to believe me, if you are willing to tell me some secret problems, I promise not to tell you. Someone else." Qi Ao thought for a while and added, "I'm very worried about you."

After a long time, the figure behind the bed curtain finally moved a little bit, and said intermittently with obvious sobbing: "I want to ask you to do me a favor. In exchange, I will tell you a secret, but I can only let you People know." The implication is naturally that he wants Ao Qi to go out.

Hearing these words, before Qi Ao opened his mouth, Ao Qi took him out of the door with one hand, half hugged and half hugged, and he also used his feet to close the door by the way.

As soon as his feet landed on the ground before he could stand still, Qi Ao, who was crushed against the wall, stretched out his hand and patted Ao Qi, making him take half a step back so that he could breathe smoothly.

Seeing Qi Ao calm down, Ao Qi opened his mouth and asked solemnly: "You said that Cang Yuyan has a secret, and that secret is still very important, is it true?"

"It's true," Qi Ao's hand resting on Aoqi's chest, his fingertips danced and climbed up Aoqi's shoulders, and then wrapped his hands around the back of Aoqi's neck, pulling him tight, and his words were almost all gentle. The hot breath lingered in Aoqi's ears, "I'll start talking to you again after I confirm the news."

After finishing speaking, he let go of Ao Qi, and patted the other party's waist: "It seems that the time is almost up, it's time for Ruan Meier to come to you." Since they settled down in the palace, Ruan Meier has been coming to Ao Qi every afternoon. Qi, Ao Qi naturally doesn't take her seriously, she should practice and do her own things, but Ruan Meier doesn't care at all, even if she is just sitting on the side, she still has to make some noises to try to arouse Ao Qi. attention.

Thinking of having to deal with Ruan Meier again, Ao Qi felt a little dissatisfied, and his dissatisfaction would only be expressed in front of Qi Ao: "Women are really troublesome enough."

"You are not as good as me in this aspect, and you still need to ask me more in the future." When Qiao said this, he had already slipped to the door of the room, and before opening the door to enter, he left a sentence, "Just follow me to teach you." If you do it, you can't go wrong."

Turning his back to close the door, Qi'ao took a deep breath to put away his exposed emotions, walked to the Cangyu smoke bed, bent down, and asked through the heavy curtain, "Is there anything I can do for you?"

The shadow in the curtain moved, as if still hesitating, a voice finally came from inside after a long while: "Young Master Gu, please help me take out the package at the bottom of the cabinet."

Qi Ao rummaged in front of the cabinet for a while before taking out the package buried at the bottom.As soon as Qi Ao got the package, he immediately recognized that it was the package in Cang Yuyan's arms when he saw Cang Yuyan for the first time. He paid attention to this package at that time because Cang Yuyan kept holding it in his arms and refused to let go.

The piece of cloth held outside the package was so dirty that the original color could not be seen, but Cang Yuyan kept wearing it close to her body, without even thinking about it, she knew that it was something very important to Cang Yuyan.Later, Qi Ao couldn't stand it anymore, and reminded Cang Yuyan not only that it could not protect it well, but instead attracted other people's attention all the time. After that, Qi Ao never saw the package again, and he didn't know about Cang Yuyan. Where did the smoke hide it.

Although Qi Ao was curious, he never thought of asking Cang Yuyan, and even only reminded her that time, and never talked about the package related to him again. Sure enough, the day came when she took the initiative to tell him.

Now that the package was in his hands, Qi Ao still delivered it intact to the Cangyu Smoke Bed: "I found it."

"You open it." Cang Yuyan had already made a decision, and there was no hesitation in what she said afterwards.

Qi Ao didn't seem to be surprised at Cang Yuyan's trust in him.She didn't evade in a panic, nor looked elated, but just obeyed Cang Yuyan's words, she said a word and took a step, her expression was soft and simple from the beginning to the end, without any waves.

Untie the knot on the outside of the package, and put the black and sour cloth aside, revealing a cloth bag inside.This cloth bag looks ordinary. It is ivory white under the sun, and it is not stained with dust and traces on the outer package. The moment it touched its surface, Qi Ao was startled. The weaving thread is flexible and fine. , even no traces of sewing can be seen, the cloth bag is so smooth and cold, like a fish swimming away from his hand, Lian Qiao doesn't know what kind of fabric it is.

"This cloth bag is woven with the tendons of a deep-sea fish. We called this fish 'Xiu Niangzi' because their tendons are long and tough, just like your silk, which is very suitable for weaving. Clothes. Clothes made of the fish tendon of "Xiu Niangzi" will have a cool and moist feeling of being in the water. We once spread a piece of cloth like this on a small stone, and then took out the small stone When I was walking, I found that the pebbles were covered with water droplets.

But this kind of fish only lives in the dark and dark deep sea bottom, and only occasionally one or two will swim up. It is very difficult to catch, so this kind of fabric is also a very precious item, except for using it to keep the salvaged fish The freshness of the class means that only one thing can use it. "

As soon as Ao Qi returned to the room and sat down to take a sip of water, Ruan Meier knocked on the door, and a voice that could make one's bones crisp came from the door: "Master Dugu, are you busy?"

"Busy."

Ao Qi casually took a book on the table, flipped through it, and heard the door being pushed open by Ruan Meier without any surprise: "Then he is here to help you."

Ruan Meier, who walked in with lotus steps, was very satisfied to see that Ao Qi didn't stop him, but just sat there reading a book, but soon she found something different from usual, and stood there in amazement: "Is Mr. Gu not here? "

"En." Ao Qi responded, but still did not look up at Ruan Meier, otherwise he should be able to see the strange expression flashing across Ruan Meier's face.

This expression was quickly covered up by Ruan Meier, she continued to put on a seductive smile, and twisted to Aoqi's side like a snake: "That's really great, today it's just me and you." While talking, Ruan Meier bowed Behind Aoqi, he covered Aoqi's arm inch by inch with his fingers, but he also couldn't see the black gradually rising from Aoqi's eyes.

At this critical moment, the closed door was suddenly opened again, and the reckless Mu Xiuqi appeared in their sight: "Brother Gu, where are you?"

Mu Xiuqi's sudden behavior frightened Ruan Meier so much that she quickly let go of Aoqi, and even took a step back as if to show her attitude.

☆, weird