Capture the Jade:

Teng Yuyi frowned slightly, and opened her eyes in a daze.

In front of her eyes was the dark roof of the car, and there was the sound of rattling wheels. She was a little dazed at first, but after a moment of daze, she realized that she was lying on a small cart. Sit up, turn your head to look around, and found that this is the calf cart of Qingyun Temple.

Looking at myself again, I actually covered myself with a big cloak, the Taoist robe on my body was a little wet, as if soaked in water, I looked down at my feet, there was a brazier not far from the bed, and the brazier was burning. The charcoal was steaming outside, and I didn't feel cold after waking up, probably because there was a fire.

Hey, Teng Yuyi looked at the pot of charcoal in a daze, wasn't he soaking in the demon cave? ‌ returned to the car.

The window curtains were blown by the wind, and the voices of Jiantian and others were sent along with the wind.

"My son, the old Taoist thought that you were worrying unnecessarily. After today's experience, the old Taoist feels that there is something wrong."

When Teng Yuyi heard the word "Shizi", her chest tightened inexplicably. She subconsciously grabbed the armrest of the low couch, tilted her head to think hard, and vaguely remembered some fragments. When she was underwater, she thought she was about to die. After holding my breath, the moment I lost consciousness, someone...

A white light flashed in Teng Yuyi's mind.

Afterwards, a gust of hot air rushed to his face.

She held her head, hallucinating, it must be hallucinating.

Lin Chengyou didn't hug her, and didn't kiss her.

But as long as you close your eyes, the underwater scene will clearly appear in front of you.

He not only blocked her mouth, but also accidentally knocked her teeth.

Even in the water, she heard a very slight sound.

Also, when he embraced her in his arms, it seemed that ten thousand wild horses were hiding in his chest. Even through the clothes, she could clearly hear his rumbling heartbeat.

When his lips touched hers, the black pupils were clearly blurred for a moment, but immediately after, there was a light wave of true energy flowing along her lips into her body, as well as the smack between his lips and teeth. The breath is as clear as mint.

If all that was just an illusion, why can she remember it so clearly?

Not only did she hear, see, smell, she even felt the temperature on his lips and...

The more she thought about it, the more her mind was rumbling,

Could it be true?

Impossible, definitely a wrong memory.

At that time, her consciousness was confused because of holding back for too long, and it was not surprising that she had any illusions.

Maybe it was an illusion set up by the goblin, didn't she use this method to deal with her earlier.

Subconsciously, she closed her eyes even tighter and muttered non-stop.

‌I don't know how many times I have said "hallucinating hallucinations", and I finally feel that my heart is not so chaotic.

But when I opened my eyes, I still felt hot on my face.

She continued to hold her head in her hands, but her eyes were on the pot of charcoal at her feet, she must be because of the charcoal.

The weather is so hot, how can it not be hot when burning charcoal in the car?

She stayed on the bed and walked to the side of the basin, without hesitation, she picked up the lid of the basin and covered it with hot air.

But I heard the outsider say again: "My son? My son?"

Jianle said: "Since just now, the prince has been in a daze, and I don't know what he is thinking. Prince, don't just be in a daze, the old Taoists are talking to you."

Teng Yu hesitated, and wanted to go back to the couch to sleep with her head covered, but she walked too hastily, and accidentally bumped into the charcoal basin.

Duan Fu outside the car immediately heard a movement: "My lord, are you awake?"

Lin Chengyou's face turned red to the base of his neck.

Teng Yuyi's toe accidentally touched the charcoal basin, and she grinned in pain, but for some reason, she didn't want anyone to know about it, so she cleared her throat and pretended nothing happened, "Oh, I'm awake."

As he spoke, he limped back to the couch.

Listening to the movement in the car, Lin Chengyou felt as if a fire was burning in her heart. She had just woken up from a lethargic sleep, and she didn't know if she could remember what happened before.

If she still remembers, how should he greet her later: "Are you awake?"

"I didn't mean to belittle you, I kissed you to save you."

With Teng Yuyi's temperament, upon hearing this, it would be good if he didn't jump out of the car immediately and give him a sword.

He reined in the reins and turned his head to survey his surroundings. Just like this, he searched for a long time with his eyes in a daze, not knowing what he was looking for, Wu Dao found that something was wrong with Lin Chengyou, and wondered: "My son, what are you looking for?"

Seeing the pile of food beside Duanfu, Lin Chengyou regained his composure, rolled back a wine bag with a silver chain, and took a sip from the bag lid.

"I'm thirsty, let's have a sip of wine first."

Jianmei is suspicious: "My son, your face is too red. Could it be that you were poisoned by a demon in the water?"

Lin Chengyou took a sip of his wine suddenly, and then said calmly: "The weather is too stuffy, can you stay warm after seeing so many monsters?"

Jiantian remembered the scene where Lin Chengyou got out of the water holding Teng Yuyi, and winked at the juniors ambiguously: "You guys are really, keep asking nonsense. Speaking of drinking, the old man is thirsty Don't panic, brother Duanfu, throw a bag of wine for each of us."

Duanfu threw the pile of Boluo wine at his feet to Wudao one by one.

Jian Le remembered what happened just now, but still felt fearful, drank a few sips of wine to subdue shock, smacked his lips and asked: "Senior brother, what happened to the Seven Desires this time? The boa constrictor spirit has so much magic power, and the bodies of the previous flower demons are all still twigs. Even if they are in human form, their magic power is low, but I didn't expect them to be able to fight us. "

Jiantiandao: "Historically, Qiyutian did not refer to a certain kind of monster, but to a class of monsters, usually transformed by snake demons, flower demons, and fox demons. Tianxiang, use this as a bait to lure a man into an illusion, and then take advantage of his confusion and fascination to find a way to steal his essence. Take this time's python essence as an example. Its mana is mediocre at first, even if it needs to be cultivated for hundreds of years It is difficult to become a climate, but it is lucky, it catches up with the vision in the sky, and the evil energy in the world is secretly surging, which can best help this kind of goblin to become a demon. It only needs to release the demon pill in its body by facing the moonlight every night , and then use evil energy to help oneself practice, the demon core will shine in just a few months, and thus cultivate the Qiyutian with extremely high demon power. Those flower demons were originally controlled by the boa constrictor essence, and they were also contaminated by this during cultivation. The evil spirit, the mana is naturally much higher than that of ordinary little demons."

He said again: "My lord, when Chikuo appeared earlier, it could be said to be a coincidence. Today's Qiyutian can almost prove that there is evil in the world. Such a large evil is absolutely unusual, or there is a big grievance in a certain place. , or there is going to be war, we can no longer take it lightly, do you want people to look for the origin of this evil spirit immediately?"

Lin Chengyou said: "I was investigating a few days ago, but I haven't figured out what's going on for a while. My master discusses and discusses, and we will arrange the next step later."

"Okay."

Teng Yuyi's head was covered with a big cloak, but her ears were still pricked up. Suddenly, she felt the car body stopped, and then she heard Duan Fu say outside: "Young Master, you're home."

So fast? Teng Yuyi was taken aback for a moment, it seemed that she had been in a coma for a long time.

She lifted the cloak, and justified that the Taoist robe was about to get out of the car. Just as her hand touched the car curtain, she shrank back as if it was burned.

For the first time in her life, she had the idea of ​​running away.

When you get off the bus, you will see Lin Chengyou.

But she doesn't want to face him at all now.

Well, if only she could fly back to the mansion with a whoosh like a monster.

Or... just pretend nothing happened.

That monster is ever-changing, maybe this thing really didn't happen.

She frowned, pulled the curtain and got out of the car.

It was still early in the morning when we set off, and it was already night now. As soon as the night wind blew, the hot feeling on his face eased a lot.

Teng Yuyi stalked out of the car, glanced around from the corner of his eye, and saw Lin Chengyou's white horse. Instead of looking at him, he scribbled and said, "The five masters don't come into the mansion to sit and sit." Is it?"

Wudao is very witty: "No, no, let's bother you some other day."

Teng Yuyi walked up to Lin Chengyou's horse again, and when she spoke, she tried to make her expression look the same as usual: "Today I have a son."

Lin Chengyou's chest jumped suddenly. Under the eyes of the servants of Teng's mansion and Wu Dao, he did not look at her, and said calmly: "Don't catch a cold, go back to the mansion to rest earlier."

Teng Yuyi didn't raise her eyes to look at Lin Chengyou, she just arched her hands slightly, and walked towards the mansion without stopping at the door.

Lin Chengyou stared at the stone lion beside him, and when Teng Yuyi entered the mansion, he shook the reins and rode away.

***

Back to Chengwang Mansion, Lin Chengyou stepped into the mansion: "Prepare water, I want to take a bath."

Chang Commander and Kuan Nu looked at each other suspiciously, the prince usually waited until before going to bed to take a bath, so it was the middle of the day, could it be too early?

Looking at Shizi's clothes again, I suddenly understood, it seems that Shizi encountered a monster that recruited water on his trip out of the city, the clothes looked not as smooth as usual, and were wrinkled like they had been soaked in water.

"Go and prepare some hot soup to help the prince drive away the cold."

But Lin Chengyou said in front: "No, cold water will do."

After taking a cold bath in one breath, Lin Chengyou felt a little more refreshed. After coming out of the clean room, he was too lazy to have a midnight snack and fell directly on the bed.

Kuan Nu asked puzzledly outside: "The prince went to bed so early?"

"I'm tired, don't bother me." Lin Chengyou closed his eyes and frowned.

Kuan Nu waved the subordinates back and tiptoed away.

Lin Chengyou feigned sleep with his eyes closed, his ears were clean, but his heart was noisy. As long as he closes his eyes, everything that happened before will appear in his mind, and Teng Yuyi's lips are as fresh and tender as flowers, which makes people unable to resist...

Unable to lie down anymore, he turned over and sat up on the bed, walked barefoot to the table, and poured himself a large glass of water to drink.

But maybe it was because I was bewitched in the illusion for a while, no matter how cold the water is, it can't quench the heat in my heart. After calming down for a while, I can hear Teng Yuyi softly calling him "You Lang" in his ear. ", she was lying under him in her wedding dress, as charming as a blooming peony, he bowed his head to kiss her red lips in a daze, and she stretched out her two tender white arms to wrap around his neck.

Thinking of this, Lin Chengyou slumped back on the bed, this **** Qiyutian.

In order to distract himself, he shook his head to calm himself down, turned over, and began to think about the previous scene.

Teng Yuyi must have thought of this, that's why her attitude is so unnatural.

What's next?

Pretend nothing happened? But he kissed her...

Why don't you come to ask for marriage directly tomorrow.

But—Teng Yuyi doesn't like him now.

What to do if you get annoyed.

Wait a minute, when Teng Yuyi said goodbye at the gate of Teng Mansion just now, although Teng Yuyi's expression was weird, she didn't seem to show any hatred or anger.

Is it possible——

If Teng Yuyi disliked him and found out that he had kissed him, he would want to kill him right now.

Could it be that she has a little affection for him?

Just as I was thinking wildly, I suddenly heard the slave say: "My son."

"Go away, I'm asleep."

Kuan Nu hurriedly said: "My son, there is an urgent matter in the palace to find your son. Tonight, the sage is entertaining all the ministers in the Hanyuan Hall. During the banquet, he talked about the marriage between the sons of officials and the students of Xiangxiang Academy. Huaixi Road Jiedu envoy Peng Sishun, relying on his drink, asked the emperor for an order, saying that the son has no wife, and his granddaughter, Mrs. Peng, is both talented and beautiful. Taking advantage of the excitement tonight, she begged the sage to marry her granddaughter, Mrs. Peng, to her son. It turned out that quite a few courtiers agreed. Peng Sishun also said that he was running out of time, and what he was most concerned about right now was the marriage of the children under his knees. If the sage could fulfill this matter, he would die without regret. He said The tears flowed, and several ministers proposed to marry General Teng's daughter for their sons, but they were all declined by General Teng for the time being. If you don't want to make any trouble, you should enter the palace as soon as possible."

Lin Chengyou turned over and got out of bed to put on clothes.

When we arrived at Hanyuan Hall, it was surprisingly lively.

In addition to Deng Zhiyao, Wu Ruyun and other veteran officials in the court, there are also Peng Zhen and other foreign envoys who returned to Beijing to report on their duties.

In addition, the queen entertained all the wives and female relatives in the Cuihua Hall.

Lin Chengyou first went to Hanyuan Hall to greet his uncle.

As soon as I entered the hall, I felt countless eyes falling on me.

Peng Zhenlang said: "Saint, the son is here."

The emperor waved: "Youer, come."

Lin Chengyou stepped forward to salute.

After getting up, he sat next to the prince and the emperor's uncle.

The crown prince had an expression of "Why did you come here?", and the emperor's uncle had a small Wuxian lamp by his hand.

Lin Chengyou glanced at it unintentionally, and his whole body froze. This wine cup was too familiar. That time when Teng Yuyi was trapped in Dayin Temple, he drank with this wine cup. The style was very special. Except for Teng Yuyi, no one else used.

This wine cup... how did it end up in the uncle's hands.

The sage ‌‌ said to Peng Sishun: "I am very sympathetic to the public's intentions. It is just a matter of marriage. It is not a child's play. Apart from being well-matched, husband and wife also have temperament. Gentle, if tempers clash, it will inevitably become a bitter couple. I know that the children of the Peng family must be of good quality, but everything is about eye contact, and being a husband and wife is no exception. This child Yuer has been very determined since childhood. I It's his uncle, how dare he give the marriage without his own consent."

Peng Sishun listened to the emperor's words, returned to the table tremblingly with the support of his son, took a breath, smiled wryly and said: "The sage is right, the old minister knows he is reckless, let the old minister dare to ask, Since the son has no intention of meeting someone, how do you know that he won’t get along with my granddaughter? The aunt has a beautiful face and has been in Chang’an for more than a few months. I don’t know if the son has seen her. Now that the son is here, the old minister also wants to ask the son in person.”

Lin Chengyou's eyes moved, and he put down the wine cup to speak. The king of Chun'an County nodded slightly, and said to the saint: "The saint just asked about my younger brother, and my younger brother has not answered yet."

Forcibly cut off Peng Sishun's words.

The sage didn't want to blatantly shame his subjects, so he hurriedly changed the subject: "Look at me, Min Lang's story is only half-said. You also know that although Min Lang is only a little older than the children like Ah Qi If you really want to talk about marriage, why do you want to start with Min Lang, Min Lang, do you want to get married?"

The king of Chun'an County still had a calm face: "I remember the saint said to my younger brother that the younger brother's marriage is all up to the younger brother himself. If one day the younger brother has a lover, the saint will point it out on the spot for the younger brother." Dear."

Lin Chengyou's wine cup rested on his lips, his heart sank.

The sage was both surprised and delighted: "I really have someone in mind? But it's okay to say, Brother Huang is in charge of you. Did the child you mentioned just come from another place?"

The king of Chun'an County was about to speak, when Lin Chengyou suddenly got up from the table, kowtowed his head in front of the imperial court and said, "It's really lively tonight, even the emperor's uncle asked for marriage, since old general Peng mentioned nephew My nephew also had the cheek to join in the fun of my son's marriage. Last time when the queen summoned the officials' children at Le Dao Villa, my nephew once took a look at General Teng's daughter from a distance. In my heart, apart from Mrs. Teng, my nephew doesn't want to marry anyone else, so I beg my uncle to make this happen, otherwise my nephew won't wake up tonight."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the audience was shocked.

The king of Chun'an County was surprised for a moment, then shook his head.

Emperor Yan Zhukai: "Good boy, uncle is willing to help you, but if you want to marry someone, you have to get their consent. General Teng has not yet returned to the city in Xiying tonight, and uncle can't face him. Ask him. How about this, first let Eunuch Liu go to Teng Mansion to find out for you, if Mrs. Teng does not object, Uncle will give you what you want?"

Lin Chengyou's chest jumped a few times. Tonight, he was forced to talk to this point. Although he asked for a kiss on impulse, thinking of all the previous things, he felt that Teng Yuyi might not want to marry her, so he smiled nonchalantly Said: "Just do it according to uncle. By the way, please tell Mrs. Teng what happened in the palace tonight."

His glory is like a breeze. Eunuch Liu smiled and bowed his back.

***

Teng Yuyi takes a bath in the clean room.

There was a steaming hot bath in front of her, but her thoughts had already gone somewhere, as long as she heard the sound of water, she would think of the seemingly real and unreal scenes that happened today.

In the illusion, her husband is Lin Chengyou, which is really strange. Why did she dream that she and Lin Chengyou were married? Good thing it's fake. If...if the husband moves on after getting married, then her experience is very similar to that of her mother.

Even if it's only in the illusion, the bitterness on the sickbed is like experiencing it personally.

She was glad again that this was just a fantasy.

I was thinking about it secretly, when I heard Biluo say in surprise: "Lady, what are you talking about?"

Teng Yuyi was guilty at first, and covered her mouth when she heard the words: "What's wrong?"

"The servant girl looks like a broken skin. Could it be that he is on fire? The servant girl will take a look for you."

"Nonsense." Teng Yuyi panicked, and refused to take off her hand, "Go out first, I don't need you to serve me here."

Chunrong and Biluo were at a loss, they just said that the skin on the mouth was torn, and the lady seemed to be burned.

The two went out, and Teng Yuyi said sullenly: "By the way, bring me a mirror."

When the second servant girl left in confusion, Teng Yuyi slowly raised the mirror.

When you look at it, your scalp explodes.

The lip is indeed broken, it is located on the lower lip, a very small opening, if there is not a little blood, Biluo and the others would not be able to find it.

So the previous was not a hallucination.

This hole was accidentally broken by Lin Chengyou.

Teng Yuyi closed her eyes and put the mirror aside.

Don't panic, Lin Chengyou didn't mean to belittle her sincerely. In such an emergency, she might have drowned otherwise.

Since he didn't mean it, she just needs to pretend that it didn't happen.

If Lin Chengyou didn't say anything, she would never take the initiative to bring up this matter.

Even if he took the initiative to tell her about it, she must pretend not to know.

She propped herself up on the edge of the bathing den, wrapped herself in a towel and got up.

Go to sleep, maybe you will forget about it when you wake up tomorrow morning.

When she came out, she wiped her long hair, put on her pajamas, went to bed and fell down. Just as she closed her eyes, she heard Cheng Bo say in the yard: "Lady, there is an order from the palace."

Teng Yuyi was taken aback, calmly asked Chunrong and Biluo to prepare clothes, and asked, "Is the oral order for grandpa?"

"For the lady."

Teng Yuyi is baffled: "Can you tell me something?"

Cheng Bo was no less surprised than Teng Yuyi: "It is said that tonight, Prince Cheng is begging the sage to marry you and him, and the sage asked Eunuch Liu to come over and ask his wife, 'Would you like to marry Prince Cheng? '"

Teng Yuyi jumped off the bed.

***

Lin Chengyou continued to drink and have fun in Hanyuan Hall, but his ears kept paying attention to the movement outside the hall.

Every time a palace official came in, a breeze would blow in his heart. The crown prince and the emperor's uncle asked him to talk from time to time, but he didn't listen.

I don't know how long I waited, the queen and Qing Xuzi asked the **** ‌ to send a message, saying that Azhi missed his brother, and asked the prince and Lin Chengyou to go to Cuihua Palace.

Lin Chengyou and the crown prince arrived at Daming Palace, by the fish pond, Qingxuzi was leisurely taking Azhi and Changyi to fish, when he saw Lin Chengyou coming, before Qingxuzi could speak, Azhi was the first to jump up: "Brother."

Lin Chengyou greeted Ah Zhi lazily with open arms, and someone from the palace outside said: "Eunuch Liu has returned from the Teng Mansion, the saint asked Eunuch Liu to tell the prince again."

The air was silent.

Lin Chengyou didn't answer, but a heart was in his throat instantly.

Qing Xuzi saw that something was wrong with his apprentice and grandson, so he asked the prince, "What's wrong?"

The prince then told what happened earlier. Azhi and Changyi became interested, and hurriedly said, "Please invite Eunuch Liu in."

Eunuch Liu came in with a smile.

The crown prince asked: "What did Lady Teng say?"

Eunuch Liu replied: "Ms. Teng said——"

Lin Chengyou held his breath.

"Ms. Teng said: She won't marry." Eunuch Liu reported it directly.