100. Blood Kiss(1/3)
Tianli Kingdom falls into the snow city.
In the dark night, it is snowing outside the window, and the indoor room is as warm as spring.
Xiao Xinghan and Mu Yan sat opposite each other by the window. Xiao Xinghan took out a pot and two cups like a magic trick and placed it between them.
Mu Yan raised her eyebrows slightly: "Are you following me?" The wine pot and cup brought by Xiao Xinghan were obviously from the tavern that Mu Yan had been to not long ago. Since Xiao Xinghan knew that Mu Yan and a man had drunk wine in that tavern, he thought he was there at that time, but he just didn't show up.
"A coincidence." Xiao Xinghan said two words, picked up the wine pot, poured two glasses of wine, and handed one of them to Mu Yan.
Mu Yan took the wine glass, and the faint fragrance of cold plums proved that Xiao Xinghan brought the most famous plum Yingxue in Luoxue City, which Mu Yan had just drank.
The two sat there drinking silently, without saying anything. Xiao Xinghan has always been taciturn, while Mu Yan was enjoying the snow scene outside the window, thinking it would be nice not to speak.
When a pot of wine came to the bottom, Mu Yan was not drunk. She looked at Xiao Xinghan and suddenly said, "Jin Liancheng's body is gone."
"Yes." Xiao Xinghan said that he already knew.
"Who would steal his body? Is there anyone who is obsessed with him, and can't get it before he dies, and sleeps with the body after he dies? It's a bit cunning, but it's not impossible." Mu Yan was analyzing the possibility of this matter very seriously. In the world where information explosion in Mu Yan's previous life, Lin Zi was so obscene, and Mu Yan said that she had a strong ability to accept it.
Xiao Xinghan didn't say anything, and Mu Yan continued to analyze: "Can Jin Liancheng not die at all?"
"How can I see it?" Xiao Xinghan asked back.
"Maybe his soul might be attached to another person." This sounds ridiculous, but as a soul-piercing person, Mu Yan is no longer an atheist now, and she believes that nothing is possible.
"Do you really think so?" Xiao Xinghan seemed to think that such a bizarre idea didn't seem to be what Mu Yan would have.
"Otherwise, what do you think? Where do you think Jin Liancheng's body went?" Mu Yan looked at Xiao Xinghan and asked. This incident did not cause Mu Yan's trouble, but just puzzled her.
Xiao Xinghan answered three words in a cold voice: "I don't know."
"The perfect answer, you won." Mu Yan's lips curled slightly, and quickly changed the topic, "How is my brother's health? Are my master and the others in the Xiao Wang Mansion in Leiyang City?" She entrusted all Mu Lin and the people from the Divine Soldier Sect to Xiao Xinghan. Now she doesn't know where Xiao Xinghan has placed them.
"You will know soon." Xiao Xinghan was not keeping a secret, but didn't want to say too much.
"Okay, silence is gold. When I arrive in Leiyang City, I will find the answer by myself." Mu Yan believes that Mu Lin and the people from the Divine Sword must be in a very safe place at this time.
"Sleep." Xiao Xinghan pulled Mu Yan up and walked towards the bed with Mu Yan in his arms.
He lifted the curtain of the bed and saw a scroll on the head of the bed. Mu Yan subconsciously wanted to get it, but Xiao Xinghan grabbed it first.
Xiao Xinghan opened the scroll, which was the "benefactory gift" he gave to Mu Yan. He lowered his head slightly, looked at Mu Yan with deep eyes and asked, "Take it with you day and night? Think of me so much?"
"Yes, I miss you, I don't want to have a meal or a meal or sleep at night, are you satisfied?" Mu Yan gave Xiao Xinghan a white look. This painting was originally in Mu Yan's bag. When Mu Yan changed into men's clothes, she put it on the bed with the clothes she had changed.
"Yeah, it's very good." Xiao Xinghan put the scroll aside, pressed Mu Yan to let her sit on the bed, and then leaned over and took off Mu Yan's shoes and socks.
Mu Yan's legs shrank slightly, and she was a little uncomfortable with Xiao Xinghan doing such a thing suddenly. Xiao Xinghan looked as usual and had no expression.
When Mu Yan's fair and delicate little feet were held in her hands and looked at her, a red cloud floated on her cheeks. Although they were about to get married and had been sleeping with the same bed more than once, Xiao Xinghan even peeked at her taking a bath, but they had never done anything too intimate.
"So small." Xiao Xinghan held Mu Yan's slightly cold feet, looked for a while, and came to such a conclusion.
Mu Yan thrust her feet and kicked Xiao Xinghan in the chest: "You are young! You are young everywhere!"
This is not the first time Xiao Xinghan has evaluated Mu Yan as "small". Mu Yan is a little sensitive to this word.
Xiao Xinghan stood up straight, looked down at Mu Yan and asked, "Where am I young?"
Mu Yan looked at Xiao Xinghan's face, her eyes slowly moved down, and she set her eyes at a certain position, then her face suddenly turned red, turned her back to Xiao Xinghan, lying down, pulled the quilt to cover herself, and the whole set of movement was done in one go!
Xiao Xinghan looked at Mu Yan who wrapped herself into a silkworm, and the smile flashed in his eyes. He took off his shoes and went to bed, hugged Mu Yan directly with the quilt, and said in a low voice: "You will know in the future."
Mu Yanmo... From now on, she doesn't want to know anything now, just want to kick Xiao Xinghan out!
There was nothing to say all night, and the next day, Mu Yan opened her eyes and met a pair of puzzled eyes.
"Little cousin, something is wrong with you." Su Qi stared at Mu Yan's white and red face for a long time, and suddenly said this.
Mu Yan quickly woke up, sat up as usual, looked down at her thin underwear. Her outerwear was neatly placed on the bedside, and she had not lost her memory. She definitely didn't take off her clothes herself. As for the bastard who took off her clothes, she had disappeared now.
"Little cousin, are you Sichun? Otherwise, why are you so blushing when you sleep? And you got up late for the first time today, so this is not like you." Su Qi looked at Mu Yan and smiled a little ambiguously.
Mu Yan looked up and said, "Cousin, it seems that you have thought about spring? You are so experienced. I have to ask my cousin to see if he knows who you are missing."
Su Qi stretched out her hand and twisted Mu Yan's petite and delicate ears: "Little bastard, what are you saying? Smell it yourself, you have a different fragrance from the usual ones."
"Oh, this." Mu Yan took out a wooden rabbit from under the pillow and threw it to Su Qi, "It's called a little bastard."
Su Qi took the delicate and cute little rabbit and sniffed it. It was indeed very similar to the smell on Mu Yan, but she still felt that Mu Yan was different today than usual...
Mu Yan was wearing clothes, and Su Qi held the little rabbit in her hand and said, "Little cousin, I've given this little thing to me."
"No." Mu Yan refused without hesitation.
"Why can't it?" Su Qi's lips curled slightly, "Is this thing given to you by your lover? You can't bear to leave it?"
Mu Yan quickly put on her clothes, took her "little bastard" back from Su Qi, looked at Su Qi and said, "That's right, this was given to me by Xiao Xinghan. If you want it, go and ask him for it."
Su Qi looked a little weird: "Little cousin, you have indeed had a lot of contact with Xiao Xinghan. A little rabbit puppet is worth put under your pillow, which made me discover one thing."
"What's the matter?" Mu Yan asked.
"You seem to really like Xiao Xinghan." Su Qi said to Mu Yan.
"It's okay." Mu Yan nodded calmly. She placed the little rabbit puppet under the pillow, not to see things and think of people, but just liked that smell. And the little rabbit can be used to detoxify at some point and is a self-defense weapon.
It was snowing heavily in Luoxue City, and the bride-sending team still chose to set off early this morning and continue on the road.
Many people watching on the street were whispering about the marriage, and what kind of result would the marriage between Mu Yan, the daughter of the rebel general, and Xiao Xinghan, the living king of hell.
Young Master Qinglian and Jin Liancheng were in a carriage at the gate of the city. After all the teams who were sending off their brides left Luoxuecheng, they set out again because the way in and out of the city was martial law by the officers and soldiers.
"A Jin, how long will it take for us to get to Leiyang City?" Jin Liancheng asked Master Qinglian. He only injured one eye. The silver needle hidden weapon in his eyes had been taken out by Master Qinglian. Master Qinglian used a piece of white cloth to wrap around Jin Liancheng's eyes, making people who saw Jin Liancheng think that he was blind.
"It will take more than half a month." Young Master Qinglian said with a faint expression. The curtain of the car was blown away by the cold wind and snowflakes floated in. Young Master Qinglian didn't care. He looked at the crowd around him, and then he was stunned for a moment before realizing that he was subconsciously looking for the boy he met last night in the tavern, but he didn't find it.
The most gorgeous carriage in the bride-sending team arrived not far away. Young Master Qinglian took a look, and the cold wind blew the curtains. With a glance, he saw only a touch of red in the carriage and a stunning side face.
Young Master Qinglian knew that it was Mu Yan and Xiao Xinghan's fiancée, which was also the reason why Jin Liancheng was on the road of no return. In fact, Young Master Qinglian had never seen Mu Yan's true appearance so far. He had met A Yue in Wushuang City, and later went to Dayang City. Before he saw Mu Yan, he took Jin Liancheng away.
Young Master Qinglian was thinking that the girl who made Jin Liancheng obsessed with her must be not an ordinary person, because she also caught Xiao Xinghan's eyes. Young Master Qinglian had the idea of going to Xiao Xinghan for medical treatment yesterday, but it was also short-lived. Today he gave up that idea because he knew that he was simply a whimsical idea.
So Young Master Qinglian is thinking now that on the way to Leiyang City next, he must find a way to get rid of the dark eyeliner and hide again. Otherwise, the road ahead will be blocked and the retreat will be a dead end.
After the bride-sending team left Luoxuecheng, Mu Yan put down the medical book in her hand and suddenly asked Su Qi: "Cousin, who are there in the Xiao family?"
Su Qi was slightly stunned for a moment, then reached out and rubbed Mu Yan's head, and laughed: "What? Before I got married, I started to inquire about my future in-laws?"
"I'm just a little curious." Mu Yan said with a faint expression. Xiao Xinghan had never mentioned other people in the Xiao family to Mu Yan. He didn't like to talk, but there should be other reasons. They will arrive in Leiyang City late this month. Mu Yan felt that she would meet many related or unrelated people, so she was fine now. It would be better to listen to Su Qi tell her. Su Qi had previously told Mu Yan about a lot of people and things in Leiyang City, but there was not a single person named Xiao among the people mentioned by Su Qi.
"Why don't you ask Xiao Xinghan and let him tell you in person?" Su Qi looked at Mu Yan and said.
"If you like to say or not." Mu Yan gave Su Qi a blank look and picked up the medical book again.
Su Qi threw the medical book in Mu Yan's hand aside, hugged Mu Yan's shoulder and said, "You want to know, of course my sister will tell you!"
Qingxue and Ling Shuang both acted as if they were very curious about the Xiao family. Perhaps it was because Xiao Xinghan's notoriety was too high that the rest of the Xiao family had almost no sense of existence in the rumors.
"The old genius doctor Xiao is named Xiao Xuan. He has three sons and one daughter in total. Xiao Xinghan is the eldest son and grandson, and his father Xiao Yuanqi is the Minister of Justice of Tianli Kingdom. His third aunt is named Xiao Ru, and he married the eldest son of the Grand Tutor Qi. The Grand Tutor Qi is the grandfather of the prince. You should have known it. Xiao Xinghan's second uncle Xiao Yuanling and the fourth uncle Xiao Yuanqi have not been an official. Xiao Yuanqi has not married yet, and the Xiao family has not yet divided the family."
"Xiao Xinghan has no younger brother, only one younger sister, about the same age as you, named Xiao Xinyue. But he has two cousins, Xiao Yuanling's son, and a cousin and a cousin, who are the Qi family." Su Qi looked at Mu Yan and said.
"How is Xiao Xinghan and the rest of the Xiao family?" Mu Yan asked inexplicably.
Su Qi shook her head slightly: "It doesn't matter. Ten years ago, Xiao Xinghan's father submitted a memorial and asked to cut off the father-son relationship with Xiao Xinghan. After the emperor's persuasion failed, it was correct. Since then, the Xiao family is the Xiao family, and the Xiao prince's mansion is the Xiao prince's mansion, and there has been no contacts again."
Seeing Mu Yan silent and not knowing what she was thinking, Su Qi smiled slightly and said, "It is difficult for outsiders to talk about the relationship between Xiao family, because outsiders don't know what happened ten years ago. But this is not a bad thing for you. As long as Xiao Xinghan is kind to you, you don't have to care about the rest of the Xiao family, because you won't be a family."
"Well, my cousin is right." Mu Yan nodded slightly. She was not thinking that she would be more relaxed without her parents-in-law in the future. She just suddenly realized that she still knew too little about Xiao Xinghan. Xiao Xinghan seemed to have hidden many secrets in her heart. She didn't want to force him to say it, but she hoped that Xiao Xinghan could tell her one day in the future.
"Does that son-in-law live in Prince Xiao's Mansion alone?" Qingxue asked.
Su Qi nodded slightly: "Yes."
Su Qi thought Qingxue was sympathizing with Xiao Xinghan for being abandoned by her family, but who knew Qingxue happily said: "That's great. The Xiao Prince's Mansion will belong to my lady in the future!"
Ling Shuang nodded slightly, expressing her agreement with Qingxue's opinion. Su Qi held her forehead and these two girls from her little cousin were not normal people...
Falling snow city.
The team that sent off the bride had already left that morning. In the evening, the heavy snow still did not stop. There was a vast white area inside and outside the city, and no one was seen entering and exiting the city gate for a long time.
Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves was heard. The soldiers guarding the city looked closely and saw a carriage coming from the wind and snow. The horse's head was covered with snowflakes and ice, and the roof was also snow-white.
"Stop! Routine inspection!" The soldiers guarding the city shouted coldly, the coachman pulled the reins, and the carriage stopped at the city gate.
"The two officials, the surname Hu, are from Shangshang. The wife of the family suddenly left ill a few days ago, leaving behind her youngest son. When Xia came out to discuss business, she brought the child with her as well."
The coachman was a man in his early thirties with a frost on his face. As he said that, he opened a crack in the curtain for the soldiers guarding the city to see.
The carriage was covered with thick bedding, and a little man was lying inside, sleeping soundly, and only half of his little face was exposed. Apart from that, there was nothing unusual in the carriage.
The coachman stuffed a purse to the guards without any trace. The guards looked at the carriage again in pretending to behave, then waved his hand and said, "Let's go!"
The carriage quickly entered the city and parked in the backyard of an inn. The coachman carried the child out of the car, wrapped the child's quilt tightly, and quickly walked into a quiet living yard behind the inn.
When the coachman entered the door, he saw a man in black sitting by the window holding a book in his hand.
The coachman shouted: "Master." The voice was suddenly Xiao Xinghan's follower Aoki.
Xiao Xinghan put down the book in his hand, turned to read it: "How?"
"On the way back to China, Prince Tuoba and the Crown Prince encountered a sandstorm. The group was missing and their whereabouts were unknown. But this was just the surface." Aoki said respectfully.
To be continued...