After marriage and marriage, I became the favorite of the group

The wheels of the carriage rolled over the sand, Ruan Jiu pressed Ulan's hand with one hand and his neck with the other, and turned his head abruptly.

"Who is there?"

There was no sound in the dark carriage, Ruan Jiu stopped for a while.

"I saw you."

As soon as he finished speaking, the person opposite him blew on the fire and lit a candle.

The dim candlelight completely illuminated the carriage.

Ruan Jiu's eyes were wary, but his heart was as expected.

He was talking to Ulan just now—mainly because when he was interrogating Ulan, there were still two people sitting in the dark carriage.

Liu Xuan and Zhou Gonggong.

When he was talking to Ulan, the two of them just sat in the carriage silently, without saying a word.

Don't know what to do.

Ruan Jiu glanced back, and Ulan's hand that was still on his wrist just now was taken away when the candle was lit just now.

It was Ulan who drew an arrow on his wrist just now, and he realized that there were people in the carriage.

These two people are people close to the Queen Mother.

Ulan also said just now that the day he was selected by the queen mother, his family was guarded by the queen mother.

If he was in Cao Ying and his heart was in Han, then Ruan Jiu could barely think about it and forgive him for a while.

Ulan still looked indifferent, looking at Eunuch Zhou and Liu Xuan: "Look, I said that the queen will really get angry, and he really doesn't like others making decisions for him."

Ruan Jiu received the hint again, withdrew his hand, picked up the teacup on the small table, and threw it at Liu Xuan.

Liu Xuan couldn't dodge in time, and was splashed all over his body with tea, and the tea soup trickled down. He was already very embarrassed, but now he is even more pitiful.

"I've told you several times, I won't go back, I want to go back, I will go back by myself." Ruan Jiu raised his hand and pushed all the things on the table to the ground.

The few things that were originally there were broken to the ground, and Ruan Jiu was scalded by the hot water in the teapot.

He raised his head and looked at Liu Xuan through the dim candlelight: "Did I tell you?"

Liu Xuan didn't answer, and lowered his head to avoid Ruan Jiu's gaze.

Ruan Jiu naturally said it, but Liu Xuan persisted in asking him again and again, and refused to give up until he got a satisfactory answer.

Ruan Jiu rubbed the back of his hand that was burned red, and wiped his eyes.

Eunuch Zhou wanted to smooth things over, and even stepped forward to look at his hands: "Young master, don't be angry, this is indeed not arranged by Mr. Liu alone, it's your empress..."

At this time, Ruan Jiu tried to push the door of the carriage, but unfortunately, he couldn't push it.

He looked back: "Eunuch Zhou, did I also tell you that before you do anything about me, please tell me?"

He did.

When he and He Lianzhu came back from Xiyuan, he told Eunuch Zhou about it.

But Eunuch Zhou didn't listen either.

He murmured: "Young master, don't be angry..."

Ruan Jiu looked at him and asked, "Does it seem that I am easy to talk and easy to bully?"

"No, little boy, don't think too much..."

"Then send me back now."

Duke Zhou coaxed him in a gentle voice: "This is impossible, everyone has already been arranged, and someone will come to meet you as soon as you reach the border of Liangzhou. Don't worry, young master, when you return to Liang State, everything will be the same as before. Young master Did it burn just now? Let me see."

As he spoke, he was about to grab Ruan Jiu's hand, but Ruan Jiu retreated abruptly, hiding in the corner by himself, without even looking at him.

Eunuch Zhou sighed and didn't know how to persuade him. In the end, Ulan said, "The queen is very angry. When I arrive at Hushi Town, I will also hide a carriage in the town. When the time comes, you two will be separated from the queen." sit down."

He said, and patted Ruan Jiu on the back.

Ruan Jiu was so angry that he ignored him at all.

Seeing him like this, Eunuch Zhou and Liu Xuan had no choice but to agree.

Liu Xuan glanced at him and asked, "Why did you prepare an extra carriage?"

Ulan said: "If the Queen Mother doesn't change her mind about killing the Queen, I will take the Queen to take that carriage."

Liu Xuan frowned: "Who are you?"

Ulan said jokingly: "The concubine belongs to the queen."

"You..." Liu Xuandao, "If you had poisoned He Lianzhu earlier, why would you need to prepare a carriage?"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Eunuch Zhou hurriedly persuaded them to make peace.

"Okay, it's already like this, and it's still noisy and disunity." He sat next to Ruan Jiu, "Young master? Show the old slave his hand, it won't be good if it's burnt."

Ruan Jiu hugged his legs, buried his face in his arms, and was crying.

Eunuch Zhou still coaxed him in a gentle voice: "Young master, don't cry, this old slave's heart is broken by crying, I will be there soon, when you arrive in Liangzhou, contact Master Ruan and ask him to pick you up."

"I don't want to, I want to go back."

"No." Only in this matter, Eunuch Zhou never let go, "The old slave is an old man in the palace, and this kind of thing is seen a lot."

Ruan Jiu pushed him away: "Then I won't tell you."

Liu Xuan blew out the candles, and the carriage fell into darkness and silence again.

After an unknown amount of time, Ruan Jiu's stomach growled, and the carriage stopped.

Duke Zhou said: "Then Ulan will stay and take care of the young master. Mr. Liu and I will go to another carriage first. If there is something, the young master will ask Ulan to call."

Ruan Jiu ignored him.

When they opened the carriage door and went down, Ruan Jiu quickly turned his head and took a look.

It's a pity that he stayed in the dark for too long, when the sun suddenly came in, he couldn't see very clearly, he could only be sure that it was daytime.

Liu Xuan glanced back, just in time to see his small movements.

Ruan Jiu looked away, Liu Xuan left without saying anything.

Ulan went down to get something for Ruan Jiu to eat, and Ruan Jiu was the only one left in the carriage. He was lying on the wall of the carriage, eavesdropping on the outsiders.

They seem to have a disagreement.

Liu Xuan said that the two carriages were too conspicuous, and they still had to split up into two routes.

Eunuch Zhou refused, saying that the people left behind by the queen mother were for him and the young master, and if Liu Xuan wanted to leave, let Liu Xuan go alone.

Of course Liu Xuan couldn't go alone, this place is still far away from Daliang, he is alone, he doesn't even know the way, how can he get on the road?

After arguing for a while, the two couldn't come to a conclusion, so they got into the carriage together.

Ruan Jiu heard the general idea and knew that he couldn't run now. The Queen Mother even left someone to watch them. If he ran out, he would have to be caught if he didn't take two steps.

In fact, it is up to the plan, follow them back to Daliang, and then wait for his father to pick him up, and then he will go back to Jiwu to find He Lianzhu, that seems to be okay.

It's just a big circle.

I don't know what's going on in Shangjing City.

What is certain is that He Lianzhu should have won, otherwise the Queen Mother's people would not have taken him to flee in a hurry, and Liu Xuan would not have returned to Liang.

The cooking should be clear.

I just don't know if He Lianzhu found out that he was missing, and if he sent someone to look for him.

Ruan Jiu couldn't help thinking wildly, if He Lianzhu caught up with him on the road, what would Liu Xuan and the others do if they took him as a hostage?He only knows a little bit of three-legged cat kung fu, and if Ulan didn't let him just now, he wouldn't be able to control Ulan.

When the time comes to fight, the sword has no eyes. If he is injured, he will be in trouble, it will hurt too much.

Ruan Jiu thought for a while, and finally made up his mind. If He Lianzhu caught up, he would roll on the ground next to him and hide himself. After they finished fighting, he would go out by himself.

Not bad, very witty.

When Ruan Jiu was complacent, the carriage door opened again.

Ruan Jiu was originally lying on the door, but when the carriage door opened, he almost fell down.

Ulan held the food in one hand, grabbed him with the other, and stuffed him back into the carriage.

"Queen beware."

Ruan Jiu sat back and looked at him tentatively.

After Ulan lit the candle, he realized that he was looking at himself: "What is the queen looking at?"

Ruan Jiu still looked at him: "Who are you?"

"Didn't Mr. Liu ask me this question just now? Didn't the queen hear it?"

"I'm not joking." Ruan Jiu patted his hand, emphasizing, "Who are you aiming at?"

"Of course I'm facing the queen." Ulan kept moving her hands and arranged the food. "The queen can eat."

"Then I want to go back to Shangjing."

"why?"

"what why?"

"Isn't the Queen very homesick? Now that I can go back, why not go back?"

Ruan Jiu touched the tip of his nose, and finally said: "...I don't know."

"The queen said earlier that she wanted to take me back to Daliang. Was it also a lie and lied to me?"

"Of course not." Ruan Jiu tried to explain, "I said take you back, I took you back, not you take me back."

"It turns out that what the queen meant was to ask the king for family leave and then take me back?"

"...No." Ruan Jiu tried to explain again, "I thought, after He Lianzhu's work is done and I leave, he won't cry anymore, so I will... take you back."

"Isn't that the same? Now that the king's work is done, and the king has grown up, he won't cry anymore." Ulan stuffed the bowl and chopsticks into his hands, "I am the secret thread buried by the queen mother next to the king. I have never done anything, and the king will never let me go. The queen will take me back to Daliang for me, can't she?"

"Huh?" Ruan Jiu didn't respond.

Ulan smiled and tapped on the table: "Queen, eat quickly, don't worry, the king will catch up in three days at most."

In the latter sentence, he lowered his voice extremely low, and a gust of wind blew it away.

"Huh?" Ruan Jiu still didn't respond.

"I'm not stupid." Ulan nodded her head, "The queen mother is gone. I didn't listen to her before, and I don't listen to her now. When I came, I left a letter for the king. There are all the routes, the king. Will catch up soon."

Ruan Jiu couldn't help worrying: "What about your family?"

"Although I am in charge of general affairs, I still have the right to deploy a little soldier."

"En." Ruan Jiu felt relieved, put down the bowl and chopsticks, picked up the leg of lamb and took two bites.

Then he suddenly remembered something, put down the leg of lamb with a bang, wiped his face, and asked, "If you didn't get me here in the first place, wouldn't there be no such things? Why didn't you make it so troublesome?" clever?"

"I thought the queen really wanted to go back." Ulan smiled, handed him the handkerchief, then pointed to his cheek, and told him that his face was dirty, "I thought the queen really didn't want to be a queen , so I want to take the opportunity to bring the queen out."

Ruan Jiu took the handkerchief and wiped his face vigorously.

"the other side."

"Oh." Ruan Jiu continued to wipe his face, and muttered in a low voice, "I didn't want to, if I wasn't afraid that He Lianzhu would cry, I would have already run away."

Ulan folded her arms and said a sentence in Chinese: "Blindness."

Very standard, the words are crisp.

Ruan Jiu's eyes widened in shock, "How dare you talk to me like that!"

Ulan pinched his face: "Hurry up and eat, I have to clean up after eating. I obviously don't want to leave, but I keep lying to me that I want to leave, so I really believe it, you duplicity little bastard."

"Ah!" Ruan Jiu was anxious, shook his head vigorously, and shook his hand away, "If you do this again, I will report you!"

Ulan squeezed him hard, twisting him around like a little clay figurine.

Ruan Jiu also stretched out his hand to pinch him, but his hand was not long enough, so Ulan held it down with his backhand.

The outsiders listened, only as if they were arguing, and became more worried.

Ruan Jiu hadn't gotten out of the carriage much these days. He slept in the carriage all day after eating, and ate when he woke up.

He felt like his belly was coming out.

After breakfast that day, Ulan packed up the dishes and the carriage continued on its way.

The two sat in the carriage, dimly lit by candlelight.

Ruan Jiu folded his hands and lazily leaned on the cushion.Ulan asked him: "Is the queen not sleeping?"

"I'm not a pig, I sleep after eating."

Speaking of little pig, Ruan Jiu thought of Helian Zhu again.

"It's already the third day, and the little pig hasn't come yet." Ruan Jiu asked, "Ulan, did you forget to leave a letter?"

"It shouldn't be, I obviously put the letter on the big table in the bedroom, the king won't miss it."

"It's over, I really want to go back. Then wait until we return to Daliang, and then turn back."

"Thanks to the queen who can figure it out."

"Three days ago, I could still run. But now..." Ruan Jiu lowered his head and pinched his belly, "I may not be able to run anymore."

"..." Ulan felt a little helpless when he saw his movements, "Blame me."

They were talking when they suddenly heard noises outside and the carriage stopped.

"Is the little pig coming?"

Ruan Jiu leaned against the door, and was pulled away by Ulan: "I'll go out and have a look."

Not long after, Ulan came back.

He only said a very simple sentence: "Young Master Liu is gone."

Ruan Jiu nodded: "I heard, is it not far from Daliang?"

"Yes, we've arrived at Xiyuan."

"So fast?"

"Traveling day and night, and changing horses several times on the way, it must be going fast."

Liu Xuan has always been like this, he is very good at weighing the pros and cons, and judging the situation.

When he first left Shangjing, he was still far away from Daliang, he didn't know the way, and he didn't know if He Lianzhu sent someone to catch up, so he wanted to borrow the protection of the people left by the Queen Mother.

Now that it was almost there, he didn't have to go with them, which was more noticeable.

As for the feudal marquis and prime minister that he has always dreamed of, it may take a while to realize it.

Ruan Jiu didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Liu Xuan had such a personality, so he parted ways with him very early.

But after this incident, Ruan Jiu didn't have much interest in talking anymore. He hugged the pillow and stared at the roof of the carriage in a daze.

16 years old and the experience is too different.

Before the age of 16, he was laughing and laughing with a group of friends in Yongan City, and the biggest thing he ever encountered was being spanked by his father.

In the two years after he turned 16, he seemed to have broken into a legendary storybook written by others, which was magnificent and thrilling.

Many life and death, many parted ways, all in these two years.

It's not good growing up.

The carriage was wobbly, and it was unknown when it would stop.

Ruan Jiu pondered in his heart what he had gained in the past two years.

I learned the Jiwu dialect, met some Jiwu friends, learned Jiwu's fortune-telling, and experienced a few small wars.

And... and Helian Zhu.

It just so happened that he had nothing to do these few days, so he sorted out his experiences in the past few years.After sorting it out like this, it seems... there is one person who is always around him, crying and laughing, all of them are him.

And from the age of 13 to 15, he became more and more like an emperor.

Instead of a dim sum cook like Emperor Liang, he is an emperor.

He always thought that when He Lianzhu grew up, he would go back to Daliang, but he didn't expect that when He Lianzhu grew up, he would also grow up, and he was still older than Helianzhu, so he should know more.

Ruan Jiu watched the candle burn short, and felt drowsy. When he was about to fall asleep, Ulan asked him in a low voice, "Why does the queen want to stay?"

Ruan Jiu fell asleep in the next second.

He had a dangling dream.

He sat face to face with He Lianzhu, and then he told He Lianzhu very cruelly that he was leaving and going back to Liang Guo.

He Lianzhu, who was in the dream, upon hearing this, his eyes turned red immediately, tears fell down like money, crying miserably, pear blossoms raining.

Ruan Jiu could only change his mind and think about leaving in a few years.

A few years passed in a flash in the dream, and He Lianzhu looked seventeen or eighteen, so Ruan Jiu found another opportunity and told him that he was leaving.

He Lianzhu——was still in a dream, his eyes turned red again, and he started dropping golden beans.

Ruan Jiu had no choice but to change his mind again and turned to coax him.

A few years later, He Lianzhu will be in his twenties.

The same scene, repeated over and over again.

It's just an endless cycle.

Ruan Jiu was anxious to death in the dream, this He Lianzhu is too clingy, go away, don't come here!

He thought so, but every time He Lianzhu cried, he couldn't help coaxing him, saying that he would leave after a few years.

As a result, until Ruan Jiu was old, he still failed to make it.

Don't live up to it, this is too disappointing!

Ruan Jiu pinched himself angrily, then hissed in pain, and woke up.

He rubbed his eyes and leaned tiredly on the pillow.

It turned out that what they said was true, he didn't seem to be able to walk very well.

But it seems that this is not Helian Zhu's problem, but his own problem.

It has to be said that the way Helian Zhu cried was very similar to the little girls in the scriptures he read, and he was always crying, so it was even more like that.

When those little girls cry, even the martial arts heroes in the book can't bear it, let alone him?

He is very soft hearted.

Ruan Jiu raised his hand and touched his heart, um, it was indeed very soft.

And it seemed that at this moment, Ulan's voice reached his ears: "Why does the queen want to stay?"

Ruan Jiu put his hand on his heart, and then touched up, and came across a small pointed thing.

He ripped something out of his collar. It was the wolf-tooth necklace, which he was used to.

Ruan Jiu's voice was muffled.

"It's because I'm afraid that Helian Zhu will cry."

But he had to admit it.

"Because I feel sorry for him and like him, I can't recruit him when he cries, he is my darling."

Ulan's eyes widened in shock in the candlelight, while Ruan Jiu tilted his feet and shook them nonchalantly.

What's the matter, I'm just a pervert, what can you do with me?

Just at this moment, the horses outside stopped with a whimper, and the carriage shook vigorously before stopping.

Ruan Jiu was so shocked that he jumped up from his position, knocked his head, and stared at him.

Ulan knew that something was wrong, so she looked at his head for him, and seeing that he was fine, she said, "The queen is waiting here, I'll go out and have a look, and I'll be right back."

After saying this, he opened the carriage door and went down.

While rubbing his head, Ruan Jiu thought, he is still too light.Ulan sat firmly, and he was able to be bounced up.

He felt better, and was just about to lean against the carriage door to find out what happened, whether Helian Zhu had come, but before he could pass, the carriage door was opened again.

This time it was Eunuch Zhou who was standing outside: "Young master, the carriage is broken, but Liangzhou City is just ahead, let's go, let's go over there. As long as we reach Daliang territory, Jiwu will not dare to rob people."

Ruan Jiu shook his head vigorously: "I won't go."

Unknown where the strength came from, Eunuch Zhou grabbed his hand, pulled him out of the carriage, shook off his cloak, and put it on him: "Let's go."

Eunuch Zhou served the Empress Dowager for so many years in the Jiwu Palace, and saw many things about the Empress Dowager. When the Empress Dowager ended up like this, he always thought that Ruan Jiu would become another Empress Dowager.He is also a loyal servant, he has always obeyed the Queen Mother, and obeyed everything. This is the last order left by the Queen Mother before she died, and of course he must try his best to fulfill it.

So now, he clearly regards Jiwu as a scourge, and he wants to take Ruan Jiu away with all his heart.I also took this matter as an obsession, and got a little crazy.

Ruan Jiu glanced back, and in the distance, he could already see the smoke and dust raised by the horseshoes.

But before he could see clearly, Eunuch Zhou grabbed his hand and pulled him away.

Eunuch Zhou took him away like crazy, but Ruan Jiu was dragged so painfully by him, he followed his footsteps, and didn't even have time to say "I won't go", even if he said, Eunuch Zhou couldn't hear him at all.

Ruan Jiu sneaked another look back.

He could already see the helmet fringe of the leader of the pursuers, it was Helian Zhu.

Just as Ruan Jiu was about to wave to him to show that he was here, he was pulled back by Eunuch Zhou before he had time to shout out.

"Let's go, little boy, let's go."

Ruan Jiu just shook his head: "I'm not going, I'm not going, I have to go upright if I want to go. Father-in-law, if I leave like this, if I don't do anything now, I will find someone important in the future. I can't Walk."

"Da Liang will choose a new person to marry. He Lianzhu is so old. In the past, he chose the young master because of that order. When he chooses next time, he will not choose the young master. He will Choose another girl."

"I..." Ruan Jiu didn't know how to refute him, he was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said loudly, "I said I'm not leaving, I like him, I love him, I can't let him go, I've fallen in love with him, Is this all right?"

This time it was Eunuch Zhou's turn to be stunned: "What did the young master say?"

"I just wanted to understand why I was afraid of him crying and why I wanted to stay."

At this time, He Lianzhu also brought people to the front, and hundreds of soldiers surrounded them, and they couldn't let them go.

Liangzhou was close at hand, and when they noticed a change outside the city, the soldiers in the city immediately took precautions.

"Who is here? Why did you violate the border of Daliang?"

He Lianzhu didn't speak, but just stared at Ruan Jiu closely.

Ruan Jiu was wearing a khaki-yellow cloak, and he was almost integrated with the desert. The wind on the desert was too strong. If he didn't stare carefully, he would disappear in the next second.

Ruan Jiu was also looking at him.

It seemed to be the same as when I saw it three days ago. He Lianzhu was still wearing that armor, his eyes were red from the heat, his lips were cracked, and his hair was uncombed and messed up.

Ruan Jiu thought, it must be very troublesome to comb it later.

He thought again, hoping that He Lianzhu didn't hear the nonsense he said, he didn't mean it, and he wasn't a little pervert.

Thinking that Eunuch Zhou took the queen as a hostage, the soldiers wanted to raise their bows and arrows to shoot the enemy, but He Lianzhu, who had been standing still, suddenly came back to his senses and almost fell off his horse: "Don't shoot the arrow! Don't shoot the arrow!"

He thought of two years ago in the Liang Palace, he threw an arrow at Ruan Jiu, and Ruan Jiu fell into the lake.

Never again, never.

He Lianzhu fell off his horse and focused on his left leg. He dragged his injured right leg and walked towards Ruan Jiu alone.

"Ruanjiu, I'm in so much pain."