Heaven

Ji Kongqing and Jing Mingrui sat opposite each other, exchanging their experiences in the past few days. Jing Mingrui grabbed his hand, so that the blush on his face still hasn't completely dissipated.

Jing Mingrui seemed to have suddenly discovered an interesting entertainment.

He has always had the habit of breaking his own fingers to play with, but when he sat down just now, he picked up Ji Kongqing's right hand out of curiosity and started playing with it.

Ji Kongqing's fingers were long and strong, his nails were neatly manicured, and there was a thin layer of calluses on his tiger's mouth from holding a knife.

While talking, Jing Mingrui snapped Ji Kongqing's fingers, posing in various poses.Hehe, flexible, powerful, and elastic, why does it feel more interesting than playing with your own hands?

"So you came here under the pretext of offering sacrifices to heaven?" Ji Kongqing felt itchy in his heart, and he couldn't pull back his hand after twitching it a few times, so he had to grind his teeth secretly.

"The emperor of Dachu has always had the habit of offering sacrifices to heaven, and this cannot be said to be an excuse." Jing Mingrui explained with a smile, but firmly clasped the other party's wrist, preventing him from pulling it back.

The tradition of offering sacrifices to heaven in Chu State originated from a sudden dream that Jing Xuan had more than ten years ago.

Jing Xuan claimed that he was entrusted with a dream by heaven and man, and asked him to find a holy mountain, where he would be blessed by heaven and man every year by offering sacrifices to heaven, and the fortune of Chu State would last forever.

Jing Yan led one hundred thousand cavalry to the border of Chu and Yue along the route pointed out by the heaven and man in the dream.

He suddenly discovered that the holy mountain in his dream was a peak located in the territory of Yue State, so he led the army to declare war on Yue State and captured the holy mountain by force.

Yue State has not lost an inch of land for more than a hundred years, but now it has been invaded by Chu State in one fell swoop. The queen at that time was furious when she heard the news, and decided to launch a decisive battle with Chu State with all the power of the whole country.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the god stone suddenly appeared, preventing the queen's actions.The queen secretly sighed whether it was God's will to protect Chu, and she dared not go against the sky, so she had to stand still.

After Jing Hao occupied the holy mountain, he did not continue to attack the Yue Kingdom, but left heavy troops to guard it.

He sent people to search on the mountainside of the holy mountain, and he found the stone tablet engraved with the seals of heaven and man that appeared in his dream.He immediately ordered the establishment of a platform for offering sacrifices to the sky, and established the rule that the emperor of Chu State must often come to worship the sky and pray for blessings.

Since then, he himself will leave Danyang, Kyoto, to go to the holy mountain to offer sacrifices at regular intervals, and the most frequent time is four or five times a year.

When Ji Kongqing heard about this past, he felt a little puzzled.Jing Hao didn't seem like someone who would launch a war just because of a dream, but he probably wanted to test the strength of the Yue Kingdom and use the ghosts and gods to frighten the world.It's just that there are still many doubts in the past.

Ji Kongqing told Jing Mingrui his guess. Jing Mingrui had a half-smile expression on his face, and whispered "He..." but didn't continue to explain.

When Ji Kongqing heard that Jing Mingquan came with him, he couldn't help asking, "Why didn't Ah Quan go up the mountain with you?"

Jing Mingrui frowned: "Suddenly there are some soldiers and horses moving on the border of Jingyue. I'm afraid that bastard Ji Xi has plans, so A Quan will go to investigate first."

When he talked about Ji Xi, a different hatred suddenly surged in his heart, and he couldn't help but tighten Ji Kongqing's hand.

Although he had always despised Ji Xi's character in the past, he had never felt so angry that he wanted to kill to vent his anger just thinking of his name like today.He thought of Ji Kongqing's past, and couldn't help looking at him with a little softness in his eyes.

Ji Kongqing gave him a warm smile, gently shook his hand, and changed the subject: "The road to Xuefeng was blocked by the order of Wu Sheng a few days ago. Then how did you go up the mountain?"

Jing Mingrui recalled the way he came from, and smiled mysteriously: "That road is rarely known, and I should really show you to see it if you have the opportunity."

Jing Mingrui yawned suddenly: "I'm a little tired, let's talk about it tomorrow, go to bed first."

Today's journey up the mountain consumed a lot of his physical strength, plus he was worried about Ji Kongqing, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, so he walked faster, and now he was exhausted.

sleep!

Ji Kongqing opened her eyes slightly, and couldn't help but think of what she saw when she was confused by his voice that day in Wusheng's wooden house, and her ears felt a little hot.

Jing Mingrui saw that he was sitting still, but the roots of his ears began to turn red, and he was a little puzzled.He went forward and pulled Ji Kongqing to the front of the bed, and praised that the bed prepared by the Yue Kingdom for the emperor was much more beautiful and spacious than the marching couch that the two of them crowded together that day.

When Ji Kongqing heard him solemnly say that he could turn over freely on this bed, her legs and feet felt weak and she almost couldn't stand up.

Jing Mingrui glanced at him suspiciously: "Is it okay if you sleep inside and I sleep outside?" He pushed Ji Kongqing to lie on the bed.

Just as Ji Kongqing struggled to take off his outer shirt, he saw that Jing Mingrui was lying on the outside with his clothes fast asleep, and couldn't help crying and laughing.

He touched the faint bruises under Jing Mingrui's eyes, thinking that he might have rushed here without stopping, he couldn't help but feel warm.

Ji Kongqing lay flat beside Jing Mingrui, gently holding his warm palm, turning his face sideways to observe carefully the face that made him think about it day and night.Although I haven't seen him for many days, his eyebrows, his eyes, and every subtle expression on his face seem to be more clearly engraved in my heart.

Ji Kongqing kept drawing Jing Mingrui's facial features with his eyes, seeing that he was frowning but didn't wake up, he couldn't help but chuckled.

Finally, he couldn't resist the deep drowsiness and fell asleep.

In their sleep, their hands never separated.

the next day……

Ji Kongqing opened his eyes in confusion, only to see a magnified face.There was a pain on the lower lip, and it was obvious that someone had gnawed on it again.

Although he was a little puzzled as to why Jing Mingrui liked to bite so much, he still couldn't help laughing.

"Have you been awake for a long time?" Ji Kongqing got up and put on clothes.

Jing Mingrui stretched and sat up too: "Not long after, I woke up when you moved."

He slept very well last night and had no dreams until dawn.He wondered to himself what kind of material the Yue bed was made of, how could it seem to be much more comfortable than his own dragon couch in the Chu Palace?

"I still have to try on a formal dress today. Getting married is really troublesome." Ji Kongqing dressed neatly and began to wash.Fortunately, he had already dispatched the people who came to serve him, so he was not afraid of being heard that there were people in the house.

Jing Mingrui turned pale with shock: "You don't really want to marry the Queen of Yue, do you?"

"No." Ji Kongqing raised his eyebrows.

Jing Mingrui breathed a sigh of relief.

Ji Kongqing said slowly: "In the Yue Kingdom, you can't say marrying the queen. It should be said that I will become the emperor's husband from her."

"Don't go!"

Jing Mingrui's eyes widened: "I haven't had time to ask. It's my fault that I gave the wrong answer in a moment of confusion. You don't have to come here in a fit of anger to marry an inexplicable woman for me, right?" I struggle day and night alone in the palace.

Ji Kongqing was stunned, pointed at Jing Mingrui and said, "You, you... You don't think I came here to sacrifice myself because I was sad?"

Jing Mingrui nodded with a straight face.

Ji Kongqing caressed her forehead, some didn't know where to start to explain.

At this moment, a few soft and regular knocks on the door suddenly came to mind.

Ji Kongqing's eyes lit up, she turned around to open the door, and teased, "Let your 'old lover' explain to you why I came to Xuefeng."

old lover?Jing Mingquan was at a loss, when did I have an old lover?

"Mingrui!"

Shirai Shadow, who came in, couldn't help screaming in surprise when he saw the extra people in the room.

Jing Mingrui frowned for a moment: "Hey, aren't you that Xiaobai...uh... Su Qianxue?"

Seeing that Jing Mingrui still remembered her name, Su Qianxue couldn't help but blushed with joy, and said in a low voice with a blushing face, "I didn't expect to see you for a long time, Mingrui...you still...remember me...no In vain..."

Jing Mingrui obviously remembered something, his face was full of embarrassment.

He looked at Ji Kongqing who had a strange expression on his face, obviously wanting to watch from the sidelines, so he coughed lightly to interrupt Su Qianxue's low indiscernible voice: "Why are you here?"

Su Qianxue told the ins and outs of the matter intermittently.

He was originally the prince of the Yue Kingdom, because the Yue Kingdom has a rule that when the prince grows up, he will automatically become the husband of the next empress. As usual, he should be kept alone in a closed and secluded place, and he is not allowed to leave at will.

However, since Su Qianxue was born without the engraving of heaven and man, the rules in this regard have been relaxed a lot.

He loved swordsmanship since he was a child, and later because of his outstanding talent, he was chosen by the martial arts saint as a registered disciple.

Because of this, he had the opportunity to come to the Thunder God Palace, and accidentally met his own sister, the current queen of Yue.

When the siblings met for the first time, Su Qianxue had a weak personality, and she couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed when she thought that they might get married in the future.

Fortunately, the queen is a person with great ambitions, wisdom and understanding. She accidentally saw her only second living blood relative and couldn't help being overjoyed, but she was full of sibling love for him.

After the two met several times, Su Qianxue saw that her sister's attitude was naturally gentle, so she was no longer as restrained as she was at the beginning, and began to open her heart to her sister who was completely opposite to her personality.

Later, Su Qianxue wanted to go to the rivers and lakes, and finally made it with the support of the Queen and the Martial Saint.He has extraordinary swordsmanship and is handsome, so he soon gained the nickname of "Jade Faced Swordsman".

He met Jing Mingquan at the martial arts conference, and met Jing Mingrui through him. From then on, he fell in love with him at first sight and fell in love with him.

Although he repeatedly found opportunities to get close to Jing Mingrui, and even confessed his feelings in person several times, it was a pity that he never got a response from Jing Mingrui.Dejected, he returned to the country of Yue, just as his sister was about to turn [-] and was about to advertise for a husband in the world.

Su Qianxue secretly thought that neither she nor her sister could be with the one she loved, and felt a little sympathetic, so she deliberately took the risk to sneak into the Thunder God Palace to meet her sister.

Unexpectedly, because of this, I heard my sister's shocking plan...