Chapter 178 Take the initiative
Lingchi's scene was bloody and cruel. Even those people who were enthusiastic at the beginning were unhappy when they saw the scene of the living people being cut into a pile of dead flesh and bones with a knife. Some people were wide open, while others couldn't hold on and fled.
The people watching in front of the Meridian Gate immediately lost half of them.
The autumn wind brought a faint smell of blood. Chu Junlan saw Ma Yan screaming and wailing in pain, and his heart was not disturbed. Xiao Xu, beside him, seemed to take a step forward unintentionally, just blocking her view.
The bloody picture turned into Xiao Xu's upright back. Chu Junlan couldn't help but smile. The dimples beside her cheeks seemed to be filled with honey. Even the heaviness and doubts that suddenly knew that Lu's death might be related to Chu Cailiang.
On the other side of the crowd, Ye Yijian crossed the execution ground and stared at Chu Junlan's figure intently. Although the distance was still far and he could not see his face clearly, this did not hinder his appreciation of her. Unexpectedly, Xiao Xu moved his steps to block the person and glanced at him coldly.
Ye Yijian felt depressed and couldn't take the initiative to come up to chat from afar. Moreover, Xiao Xu followed him step by step, so he turned around and walked out of the crowd.
Kunshan breathed a sigh of relief: "My mother, it's true that not everyone can watch the execution. I'm afraid that the young man would have to eat two less rice when he goes back."
Ye Yijian did not answer.
Kunshan carefully observed Ye Yijian's expression. Seeing that his face was heavy, as if someone owed him money, he knew that the young master must have been unhappy because of Miss Chu again, so he shut up and said no more.
When Ling was halfway down, Ma Yan could no longer shout.
Chu Cailiang was happy and said gritting his teeth: "I deserve it! I am ungrateful and assassinating the Holy Lord. It's a cheaper thing for such a person to cut him alive! I should feed his meat to the dog!"
The old lady was already scared and her face turned pale. At this time, she thought about the scene of "feeding dogs" and vomited "wow" on the spot.
The filth was sour and smelly and bloody. When she vomited, many people also felt malicious in their throats, and several families of the Chu family also vomited.
"Let's go, go back quickly, don't look anymore." The old lady patted her chest and shook her head repeatedly, "Closing her luggage when she goes back, leaving the capital quickly, this is simply too dangerous!"
Zhou and Chu Caijun nodded repeatedly when they heard this. They didn't even say hello to Chu Cailiang and helped the old lady leave, for fear that Chu Cailiang would still be thinking about taking his family back to his hometown.
Chu Cailiang turned around and watched the figures of the old lady and his group disappear from sight. Then he snorted mockingly and turned around and said, "Let's go, we will go too."
Aunt Sun and Aunt Su were like being pardoned, nodding with a pale face.
When the second prince Xiao Che saw that Chu Junlan's family was leaving, he frowned and said directly to Chu Cailiang: "I have something to talk to Miss Chu."
Xiao Xu stood beside Chu Junlan, looking at Xiao Che with cold eyes. Chu Cailiang had once ignored Chu Junlan's intentions and ordered her to accompany Xiao Che to watch the show without caring.
Chu Cailiang said unexpectedly: "Second Your Highness, if you have anything to tell Sister Lan, please ask her what she means." After saying that, he bowed and turned around and left.
This approach really surprised Chu Junlan. Chu Cailiang actually changed his nature? Could it be that he lost his official position and did not expect to be promoted and made a fortune, but instead he had a little more humanistic taste?
"The Second Prince, please say something." Chu Junlan smiled.
Xiao Che looked at Xiao Xu again: "I have something to say to Miss Chu alone."
Although Xiao Che was dressed simply at this time, he was full of royal aura. The life of a leader made him accustomed to giving orders, and he never thought that anyone would dare to disobey.
Especially, the person in front of him is still a clan relative who is not optimistic.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Xu refused to give in at all, "Please please, I won't interrupt you."
Xiao Che immediately lowered his face.
What an ignorant thing! Seeing his cold face pretending to be noble, Xiao Che even felt that Xiao Xu in front of him was not as pleasing to him when he was stupid before!
After a moment, Xiao Che laughed sarcastically: "It seems that the prince is very confident in himself now. That's right, your stupid illness has been cured, and the king of congratulations should be more biased than you. I think you will inherit the title in the future, right?"
But in fact, King Gongding never cared about Xiao Xu and let him die.
This is a threat!
"I borrow your good words." Xiao Xu did not make any moves, and he did not give in.
Xiao Che was suppressed, "Interesting, these days, nobody can be used as the elder brother."
Chu Junlan's face turned cold.
"If the Second Prince is fine, we will go back first. My brother is still in a coma, and I am not at ease." He turned around and called Xiao Xu, "I'll bother the prince to send me back."
Xiao Xu nodded expressionlessly and saluted Xiao Che. When he turned around, he looked at Chu Junlan's slim back walking in front of him, and couldn't help but smile gently with his eyes.
A prince was left alone. Xiao Che couldn't believe that he was so thrown away by Chu Junlan! He was treated so coldly on a little woman, which was unprecedented for Xiao Che!
His love was burned out by his anger and turned back to the palace angrily.
As a person, wouldn't he come if he wanted a private girl?
He wants to see how long she can be tough!
Chu Cailiang and Aunt Sun and others had already taken the car back first. Chu Junlan's mule cart was still parked on the side of the road. The husband sat on the shaft and nodded his head while sleeping with his shoulders in his arms. Chu Junlan stood in front of the mule cart and he didn't wake up.
Chu Junlan snapped his fingers with a crisp snap, and Yufu opened his eyes with a sensation.
"Oh, Miss Third, you are back. I'm lazy. Don't be surprised."
"It's okay. I had a lot of things at home yesterday, so it's not your fault."
Yufu was busy bringing the black stool used to cushions for foot pads to put it on the ground, but Chu Junlan didn't even look at it, and jumped into the car, shocking Yufu.
Xiao Xu was stunned and then laughed again. Now, when he saw Chu Junlan's small actions, he was completely out of tune, but he was straightforward and cute everywhere.
With fair and plain hands lifted up the car curtain, behind the dark blue car curtain was Chu Junlan's delicate little face, Ruyu.
"Get in the car."
Xiao Xu immediately withdrew his steps to lead the horse and got on the car as if he was good.
The curtain was lowered, and the light became dim. In the narrow space, the two faced each other and pressed their knees against their knees. Chu Junlan didn't realize anything, but Xiao Xu felt his heartbeat and moved his legs uneasyly.
Chu Junlan looked at his awkward sitting posture and his long legs that had nowhere to be placed in the narrow mule cart, and couldn't help laughing: "My mule cart is too narrow. It's better to let you ride a horse."
"No." Xiao Xu's eyes were soft.
"Why did you meet the Second Highness today? He is very strong and domineering. He rarely cares about other people's feelings when speaking and doing things. You don't have to take whatever he says to you."
Chu Junlan felt a little unhappy when he remembered Xiao Che's words to mock Xiao Xu just now.
Seeing her frowning again, Xiao Xu said warmly: "It's okay, I'm used to it."
He said this with a smile, but it really made Chu Junlan frown even deeper.
Thinking of Xiao Xu's reliance on pretending to be stupid when he was young, he could only survive in order to resist the first poison, and to resist the second poison, he had to take the second poison and turn his body into a battlefield for the fight against poisons. He paid a huge price, but he just allowed himself to survive.
Compared with those who have been smooth sailing, it is really not easy for Xiao Xu to grow up to this day.
Xiao Xu is not a cowardly person. He has developed to this point, and he does not rely on anyone's sympathy, nor does he like to be sympathized with by anyone, because only the weak will be sympathized with, which is an insult to him.
But he cherished Chu Junlan's pity.
Because this proves that Chu Junlan has him in his heart, not only does he care about her feelings, but she also cares about him.
Unwilling to see her unhappy for an irrelevant person, Xiao Xu said: "I will enter the palace to pay my respects today and meet the Second Highness."
"Please?"
"Yes, Concubine Shu learned from Princess Gongding that I was healed and wanted to see me."
Chu Junlan nodded and couldn't help but sigh: "She has regarded herself as the mother of a country in this way?"
"There is no master in the six palaces, she holds the phoenix seal on behalf of the person."
No wonder the Sixth Prince was such a domineering person. I think he was spoiled by a capable and backstage mother.
"Jun Lan."
"Huh?" Xiao Xu's low voice interrupted her contemplation.
Xiao Xu said: "There is something in the court recently, and the Chu family may be implicated by my family."
"Oh?" Chu Junlan raised his eyebrows, raised his white wrist and put his broken hair behind his ears. "The Chu family is so unlucky. What else can you be implicated? Tell me and have fun."
Xiao Xu was so funny that she couldn't help laughing and smiled and opened her eyes.
He rarely smiled like this, and his cold and handsome face always had no expression on his face, but now when he was in a state of disgrace, he changed his usual coldness and showed a little bit of a child.
Chu Junlan looked at it and wanted to touch his head, but she really reached out to do so.
Xiao Xu reacted sharply and noticed it when Chu Junlan reached out, but he suppressed his instinct to dodge and cooperated to let her touch his head.
Chu Junlan smiled and said, "Is it so funny?"
Xiao Xu nodded.
"I've never seen you laugh like this before," Chu Junlan pinched his cheek again, and smiled under Xiao Xu's surprised gaze, "Smile more, it's better to smile."
Xiao Xu's face suddenly seemed to have been lit with a fire, and he coughed and changed the subject: "Do you know the war in the Northern Yuan Dynasty?"
Seeing that he couldn't get rid of it, Chu Junlan stopped teasing him and nodded with a smile and said, "I heard that I have heard of it. Didn't it mean that the Great Han Borno in the eastern part of the Northern Yuan Dynasty unified the Northern Yuan Dynasty?"
"Yes." Xiao Xu said seriously, "Borno now has 150,000 troops outside the northern border. He has written a letter and asked the emperor to designate him as the "Group of the Grassland"."
Chu Junlan has a body in her deep boudoir and doesn't know much about the outside world, so she doesn't understand it for a while.
Xiao Xu said patiently: "Da Yong was strong and prosperous, and the peaceful and prosperous era brought all countries to the court. The Emperor of the Da Yong was regarded as the 'co-rule of the world' by the world. Even if he was not as proud as Goguryeo, he would not dare to offend him easily."
Chu Junlan suddenly realized: "So this move by Borno Khan is equivalent to provoking the emperor."
Chen Jian 150,000 troops and proposed to ask Emperor Da Yong to recognize him as the "common ruler of the grassland". Isn't this threatening Emperor Da Yong to deny that he is the "common ruler of the world"?
Chapter completed!