Chu Fengqing: “……”
He pursed his lips. Ji Yujin’s eyes were too scary. He was staring at him intently, as if if he said a word wrong, he would pounce on him and swallow him whole.
Xiao Mei also raised her eyes and looked up at this time, her face slightly red, her eyes flickering. She accidentally met Chu Fengqing’s gaze and lowered her head hurriedly.
Aunt Liu also looked at him attentively. Everyone’s eyes were focused on him. Chu Fengqing put his hand on his lower lip and sighed softly, “Thank you, Lady Mei, for your kindness, but I’m already married. Sorry.”
Looking at the backs of Aunt Liu and Lady Mei, Ji Yujin’s lips were almost grinning to his ears. He was smiling shamelessly. He touched his face and said, “Although Lady Mei is very beautiful, but I am not bad either. Don’t you think I am prettier? Look at my fox eyes and my teardrop mole. They are all very beautiful.”
“So, if you want me to be fair, I won’t lose, if I were a girl, I would be stunningly beautiful.”
Chu Fengqing looked at him speechlessly, then turned and walked into the house. Ji Yujin called out from behind him, “Wife, my good wife, you don’t like when I call you wife? Then how about I call you husband?”
“Husband, my good husband.”
“Uh…” Chu Fengqing was frightened by his call of “good husband” and staggered and almost fell. He frowned, turned his head, and glared at Ji Yujin, but Ji Yujin’s smile became even wider.
Chu Fengqing shook his head helplessly, then turned around with a hint of a smile on his face.
Ji Yujin spent two days dealing with the affairs of the town and also wrote a memorial to report the situation here to the emperor. It is said that the emperor was furious and immediately dismissed County Magistrate Ju and put him in jail for dereliction of duty. Ji Yujin also used some tricks to play a role in this.
As for attacking the bandit stronghold, that was no longer their business and was taken over by others.
Those who were wounded in the town were mostly cured. Chu Fengqing left a few prescriptions, and the few of them set out on their journey to the south of the Yangtze River.
On the day of departure, many villagers came to see them off, and the carriage was packed full. Qing Niao wanted to help block the crowd but was stopped by Chu Fengqing.
He looked at the people outside the carriage and said softly, “These are all the kindness of the villagers. They are all local delicacies. There is no problem.”
Qing Niao glanced at Ji Yujin, who raised his eyebrows and nodded. “Take it. If we don’t take it, they will feel like they owe us a favor. If we take it, we’ll be even, and no one owes anyone anything.”
Chu Fengqing glanced at Ji Yujin, who was leaning against the door frame.
Ji Yujin smiled at him and said, “Do you feel that we are in tune with each other?”
“Husband.” This voice was so gentle and crisp.
Chu Fengqing turned his head silently, a thin layer of blush appeared on his face again. No matter how many times he heard it, he always had this reaction. From that day on, Ji Yujin didn’t know if he had taken some wrong medicine or something, he became particularly keen on this title.
Qing Niao: “……” Well, he is deaf and can’t hear anything.
Only Qing Niao followed the two people, and the rest of the servants went back to report first.
At sunset, the carriage was wrapped in a layer of warm orange light. The person in the carriage kept calling out “husband” on the left and right. Finally, a cold voice couldn’t help but say, “Ji Yujin, shut up.”
“Don’t like it? Then… how about you call me?”
“Uh…” The wheels of the carriage left behind a series of ruts, extending infinitely along the road, and it was unclear where the end was.
At night, the few people couldn’t find a place to stay and found a place with flat terrain.
After Qing Niao settled the carriage, he went out to look for food.
Ji Yujin took out the kettle, lit the charcoal fire to heat the water, and poured a cup for Chu Fengqing, saying distressedly, “Drink a sip of hot water, your lips are white.”
Chu Fengqing took the hot water and sipped it. Although he was just sitting in the carriage, he felt extremely tired and didn’t even want to talk.
The two of them sat for a while, and Ji Yujin picked up some firewood. He didn’t dare to go too far, as he was worried about Chu Fengqing being alone here, but he didn’t have the heart to let him walk those extra steps with him either. He had to compromise and picked up some thin firewood nearby, but thin firewood was not durable, and he was afraid it wouldn’t last a whole night. He would have to find some coarse firewood after Qing Niao came back.
After Chu Fengqing drank a cup of hot water, his lips finally looked better. He asked, “Is it really alright for you not to go back to the capital?”
Ji Yujin used a wooden stick to stir the fire and said with a smile, “It’s alright. I submitted a memorial saying that I was seriously injured while chasing the fugitives. The Emperor asked me to take good care of my injuries. Other things will be taken over by others.”
Chu Fengqing nodded as if he understood, while Li Yu, who was far away in the capital, looked at the piles of memorials on the table, and his legs became weak. From morning to night, the number of memorials did not change at all. Li Yu went crazy and threw the memorials to the ground fiercely: “Ji Yujin, you bastard, if I will kill you when you come back. My surname is not Li!!”
When Qing Niao came back, he was holding a small pheasant, which had been processed in his hand.
It is winter now, and the animals are all hiding, making it difficult to find prey. He had to climb over several hills to catch this one.
There are not enough utensils here, so they can only roast it. There is also dry food in the carriage, but dry food is not always very delicious. Ji Yujin wants Chu Fengqing to eat better.
After the chicken was roasted, Ji Yujin didn’t dare let Chu Fengqing eat too much because it was roasted over charcoal fire. Chu Fengqing was in poor health, and he was afraid that eating too much would get him irritated. So Ji Yujin only tore off a small half and gave the rest to Qing Niao.
Qing Niao has to drive the carriage and pay attention to the movements around at all times, which consumes a lot of energy.
He handed the chicken leg to Chu Fengqing, who shook his head and said, “I don’t want to eat it, you guys eat it.”
Ji Yujin held it up to Chu Fengqing like he was offering a treasure: “Eat some, it’s been hard to roast it.”
“En?”
Chu Fengqing looked at Ji Yujin’s expression and finally compromised. He reached out to take it, but Ji Yujin dodged it and said, “My hands are already dirty, don’t dirty your hands, just eat it like this.”
Chu Fengqing thought about it and agreed, he took a bite from his hand.
Ji Yujin stared at him, “How does it taste?”
Chu Fengqing’s eyes lit up slightly, and he nodded. The skin was crispy to the right degree, and the meat was sprinkled with some spices and fine salt. It was tender and juicy, and the taste was surprisingly good.
“You actually have this skill.”
Ji Yujin smiled, “When I was guarding the city on the border, there was limited food and ingredients, and meat was hard to come by once every six months. A half-grown child could eat tiger meat, and every time I couldn’t stand the hunger in the middle of the night, I would go out hunting to satisfy my hunger. Over time, I mastered this skill.”
Chu Fengqing pushed his hand away and said, “You eat too.”
Ji Yujin didn’t mind and tore off a small piece of the chicken leg.
The two of them divided the chicken leg like this. Chu Fengqing ate a few bites and stopped. Ji Yujin didn’t force him and finished the rest in two bites.
If he ate too little, he was afraid that Chu Fengqing would be hungry. If he ate too much, he was afraid that Chu Fengqing could not bear it. Ji Yujin felt that he had never been so conflicted even when he went into battle to kill the enemy.
At night, Chu Fengqing originally wanted to sleep in the carriage. At least the carriage could shelter him from the wind and rain, so he could sleep more comfortably. But as the carriage was not big enough, it would be crowded for several people to sleep in it, so Ji Yujin and Qing Niao slept by the fire.
But Chu Fengqing couldn’t fall asleep. His hands and feet were so cold that he felt uncomfortable. After a while, he got up and sat in the carriage for a while, as if he were preparing himself mentally.
After a while, he carefully jumped off the carriage and walked to Ji Yujin.
Because they were outside, Ji Yujin slept very soundly. He woke up almost as soon as Chu Fengqing got off the carriage. He raised his body slightly and looked at Chu Fengqing and asked softly, “What’s wrong?”
Chu Fengqing pursed his lips. The moonlight seemed to tear off his cold mask. He hesitated for a while before asking softly, “Can I sleep with you?”
