Chapter 257 [The World of Nothingness (Incomplete) Ulquiorra (Fusing the Collapsing Jade)]

Chapter 257 [The World of Nothingness (Incomplete)·Ulquiorra (Bengyu Fusion)]

There was no longer a tense situation in front of the city gate. The frontier soldiers changed their faces and said cheerfully, "How offensive. Hurry up to the city to avoid the wind and cold."

Chen Ji cupped his fists and saluted the general, then got on his horse. He pulled up his scarf to cover his mouth and nose, then rode his horse back to the end of the camel team to join Zhang Zheng and Zhang Xia.

Wang Gui knelt beside the camel and let Chen Liqin step on his back to climb back onto the camel.

When Chen Liqin stepped on Wang Gui's back, he couldn't help but turn his head and look at the back of his concubine.

In the wind and sand, I saw that the scarf around the old neck was messed up by the wind, and a long red scarf fluttered in the wind.

Chen Liqin felt as if he got to know this bastard all over again today.

Wang Gui knelt on the ground and did not dare to urge him. It was not until a long time later that Chen Liqin came to his senses and climbed onto the camel.

At the end of the camel caravan, Xiao Man looked at Chen Ji with worried eyes: "Sir, you are a scholar who has no power to restrain a chicken. You must not try too hard in the future. What if these soldiers hurt you?"

Chen Ji responded with a smile.

Zhang Zheng and Zhang Xia looked at each other with smiles in their eyes.

Xiaoman changed the topic and praised: "But the young master was really brave just now. He dared to drive his horse forward in the face of such a pair of halberds. You will do the same in the Chen family in the future. They will definitely not dare to bully you!"

Zhang Xia teased: "How do you think your young master compares to the general in silver armor? Is he as brave as him?"

Xiao Man whispered: "It's still worse than others..."

Chen Ji laughed: "Let's go to the city!"

The long camel team walked slowly, and the sound of camel bells swayed through the city gate, just like passing through a thousand-year-old Buddhist shrine.

After entering the door, the sound of camel bells gradually became lower and the voices of people gradually became louder.

The scenery inside is completely different from the outside.

I saw houses built with loess bricks on both sides of the road, cloth sheds erected one after another, and street stalls set up, squeezing the uneven dirt road so that only three or four people could pass.

There was an endless stream of traffickers, footmen and passers-by, walking shoulder to shoulder.

Chen Ji subconsciously looked back at the desolate yellow land outside the door, and then looked back at the bustling Guyuan City. He felt as if he had accidentally touched some mechanism and entered a paradise.

There is no wind and sand in the city, and even the temperature seems to have risen a lot.

There were dancing girls on the roadside with their bellies exposed in the winter, and the shining silver chains on their bellies shaking. They waved to the Chen family who had just arrived: "Master, come in and drink."

The costumes in Guyuan City are different from those in the Central Plains. People here like to wear colorful stones on their foreheads, ears, and necks, and they are as enthusiastic as a ball of fire.

Chen Wenxiao was so seduced that he was dazzled. Chen Wenzong snorted before he came back to his senses.

Chen Ji also turned to look at the dancing girl. Xiaoman rode up on a pony and tried to block his view, but he couldn't block it because he was too short.

She reminded: "Master, don't be seduced by those Hu Xuan dancers. Before marrying the legitimate daughter in the capital, you have to take care of your reputation, otherwise the legitimate daughters in the capital will avoid you. "

Chen Ji couldn't help but laugh. This Xiao Man was more worried about his marriage than himself, as if he had an obsession.

Zhang Xia said with a smile: "Your young master has a sweetheart, so don't worry about it."

Xiaoman exclaimed: "Do you have a sweetheart? Who is the young master's sweetheart? Whose noble daughter is she? Is the lintel high?"

Zhang Xia did not answer this series of questions.

Xiaoman rolled his eyes: "Miss Zhang Er seems to know my young master very well?"

Zhang Xia said casually: "It's not bad."

Xiaoman pouted: "It's all mysterious."

Her eyes went back and forth between Chen Ji, Zhang Zheng, and Zhang Xia, and she always felt that there were many secrets among these three people that she didn't know.

While thinking, a sudden change occurred.

But I saw a rough man in front of the camel team, holding the collar of a thin young man and saying angrily: "How dare you steal my things? I'm tired of living..."

Before he could finish speaking, the thin thief pulled out a short knife from his waist and stabbed it into the man's belly.

The man staggered back a few steps, gave up the knife, and turned around to get into the crowd. The man fell slowly, and the red blood turned purple after being stained with the soil.

The vendor setting up a stall nearby just said bad luck and continued to sell beside the corpse: "The best tea bricks, tea bricks from Yunzhou!"

All this is like a pebble thrown into the sea, only a few ripples are made, but it quickly returns to normal.

The maids and boys in the camel team looked pale, and Guyuan seemed to have suddenly torn off his colorful veil and exposed his fangs.

Chen Ji whispered to Xiao Man: "Watch your belongings. There are many thieves here."

Xiaoman tightly covered her purse and looked at everyone with vigilant eyes. Her purse contained all her belongings. If anyone was watching, she would have to fight with all her strength.

At this time, a group of eight or nine-year-old children gathered next to the camel team. They held bamboo baskets and said to Chen Wenxiao: "Master, buy some raisins."

Chen Wenxiao said impatiently: "Go away, go away, don't buy it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a child reached out and pulled off the jade pendant from his waist, turned around and disappeared into the crowd.

Chen Wenxiao shouted angrily: "Thief, stop!"

He jumped off the camel and chased after him, but the group of children selling raisins squeezed him and he couldn't get out.

More and more children crowded forward, like vultures smelling the smell of blood on the grassland, and tore away Chen Wenxiao's white jade collar pendant and blond hairpin, leaving him standing there with disheveled hair.

If a servant hadn't protected him in time, all his clothes might have been taken away.

A vendor setting up a stall on the roadside joked loudly: "Look at this fool who dares to jump off the camel and chase him. If he didn't jump off, the thief wouldn't be able to reach the hairpin on his head!"

"The fat sheep in the Central Plains must learn this lesson."

People on both sides of the street folded their arms and leaned against the wall to watch the excitement, which seemed to have become commonplace.

At this time, next to a stall selling spices on the roadside, a young man covering his face with a scarf saw the jade pendant on Zhang Xia's waist and whistled immediately.

The children turned back to look at where the whistle came from. The young man winked. The children immediately understood and came towards Zhang Xiawei.

Just when they were about to grab the jade pendant, they saw Chen Wei pull out the whale knife wrapped in a strip of cloth in front of the saddle and slap the child's wrist hard.

"Ah!" The child stopped in pain and raised his head to look at Chen Ji, but Chen Ji didn't look at him, but calmly stared at the young man not far away.

The child was slightly startled and reached out to pull the jade pendant again. Chen Ji didn't look at him, and the scabbard followed him like a shadow, swiping at his wrist again.

The child felt as if his wrist was about to break and looked back at the young man.

The young man looked at Chen Ji for a long time, and finally turned around and shook his head slightly at the children. The children dispersed in a swarm, and went to tear at the baggage carried by the boy and the maid.

They held on to their baggage, but the thief cut it open with a razor blade. Jewelry, silver, and copper coins were scattered on the ground and robbed.

There was a boy who was holding a whistle stick and wanted to fight with the thief, but a long gash was cut on his arm and he could only retreat in fear.

Please...you...collect 6...books...!

Chen Wenxiao murmured: "The rites and music have collapsed! The place where the rites and music have collapsed! Dad, you have to report it to the prince and kill all these rioters!"

Chen Liqin frowned and shouted: "Shut up!"

In just one mile's journey, the luggage of the servants and maids were robbed, and several years of savings were wiped out.

The maids cried as they walked, making the passers-by burst into laughter.

Xiaoman secretly looked at Chen Ji from behind. Although she had no knowledge, she was just practicing her own way. But the two times Chen Ji hit the child just now were definitely not what she thought the third son of the Chen family could do.

Something weird!

While thinking, Wu Yun meowed, and the traces in front suddenly turned around, and Xiao Man quickly retracted his appraising eyes.

But Chen Ji didn't look at her, but at the flow of people behind him.

Beside the narrow dirt road, the young man who instigated the children to steal was still standing in the shadow under the shed, staring straight at him. When Chen Ji looked at him, he turned and left.

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Mr. Li led the Chen family's camel team to Guyuan Station. He ignored what happened behind him along the way, as if he didn't hear or see it.

After settling the Chen family into the inn, he led Chen Liqin, who had changed into a red official robe, to leave in a hurry and go to Guyuan Dusi Mansion.

In the room on the second floor, Chen Ji stood by the window, opened a gap and looked out quietly.

People were coming and going outside the inn, and there were vendors selling spices who stared at the inn gate from time to time without hawking. Even if a customer comes up to inquire about the price, he is still absent-minded.

Zhang Xia and Zhang Zheng put down their things and patted the dust off their bodies before joining Chen Ji.

Chen Ji whispered: "It's not peaceful here in Guyuan. There are several people staring at us. I don't know if they are troops from the border army or spies from Jingchao... It should be from the border army."

Zhang Xia was confused: "Why do you say it's from the border army?"

Chen Ji explained: "You see they are staring unscrupulously, and they are obviously confident. If they were spies from Jing Dynasty, they would not be so arrogant."

Xiaoman's eyes flashed, and he murmured in a low voice: "It seems that the young master has met Jing Chao's spy..."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door. Chen Ji immediately closed the window vigilantly: "Xiao Man, go and open the door."

The door opened, and several border soldiers came in carrying a huge silver plate with a silver lid on it.

Chen Ji asked doubtfully: "This is it?"

The border sergeant smiled and said: "This is General Zhou's order. I have cooked the best white sheep and sent it to you. You are Mr. Wang's personal disciple, so naturally you are my most distinguished guest in Guyuan Border! Please try it. Mutton is common, but white sheep is not. Ordinary people can’t eat it.”

Chen Ji asked: "Are there any other houses?"

Bian Jun smiled: "The others are not my distinguished guests in Guyuan, you can enjoy it alone. In addition, General Zhou asked me to remind you...don't get involved in the affairs between the prince and the Bian Jun. This is very complicated. From the perspective of outsiders, Don’t understand.”

Chen Ji thanked him: "Go back and tell General Zhou for me. I'll note it down. Thank you."

The sergeant on the edge said goodbye, and Xiao Man exclaimed, "This is a silver plate. Now that we've finished eating the mutton, can we take the plate away?"

Chen Ji couldn't laugh or cry: "What are you thinking about?"

He opened the lid. There was freshly cooked mutton on the plate. He grabbed a piece and stuffed it into his mouth. There were no spices at all, and there was no fishy smell at all.

Chen Ji greeted Zhang Zheng and Zhang Xia: "Come and fill your stomachs."

While stuffing meat into his mouth, Xiao Man murmured tentatively: "Sir, I have a headache right now. Please check my pulse later. You went to the medical clinic to learn medical skills for two years, and you haven't seen me since you came back." Have you ever used it?”

Chen Ji glanced at her and said casually: "Learning medicine is a long-term thing, and you can't learn anything in two years. I have been an apprentice for two years, and I haven't learned to feel the pulse before I go to the clinic."

Xiaoman asked suspiciously: "Then what did you learn in the medical clinic?"

Chen Ji thought for a moment: "I learned some pharmacology, remembering the cold and hot properties of various medicinal materials and ingredients, as well as the principles of mutual promotion and mutual restraint."

Xiao Man was stunned, her cheeks were stuffed up like a hamster: "What does it mean?"

Chen Ji recalled: "For example, pork and water chestnuts cannot be eaten together, which will cause stomachache; potatoes and bananas cannot be eaten together, which will cause facial spots; onions and honey cannot be eaten together, which will hurt the eyes; turtles and amaranth cannot be eaten together, which will cause poisoning..."

Xiao Man said, she stuffed her mouth full, and asked in a vague voice: "So these are what I learned... Sir, what can't be eaten with this mutton?"

Chen Ji looked down at the plate, only to see that half of the large plate of mutton had gone into Xiao Man's mouth. He said faintly: "This mutton, you can't eat it together..."