After the wind stopped, Chu Lan slowly stepped forward.
The rising sun in autumn is like a salted egg yolk that has just broken out of its shell. The ground is covered with a layer of white frost that has not yet dissipated, giving it a somewhat cold smell.
Half of Zhang Qingjiu's body was shrouded in the sun, and half of his body was hiding in the shadows. He looked at the direction where Feng Zhi was fleeing, smiling so hard that his eyes narrowed.
Standing next to her, Chu Lan glanced at the curve of the corner of her mouth and sighed softly, "Do you really want to raise her?"
His tone was a bit helpless, like the frost encountering the most brilliant chrysanthemum in autumn, reluctant to part with it, and unable to let it go.
Zhang Qingjiu turned around and glanced at him, "A gentleman's words are hard to catch up with."
As a gentleman says, a horse is hard to catch. Chu Lan chewed this sentence over and over in her mind, and thought about what happened last night. Finally, she nodded, "If you want to raise her, then just raise her."
Most of the snakes in the world are cold-tempered and inhumane, but that little snake seems to listen to her words. She tells it to coil up, but it will never crawl. It has a very obedient temperament, as if it has relied on her.
appearance.
It's just that the little thing is a bit poisonous after all, so it needs to be watched carefully.
"Okay." Although he knew that Chu Lan would never regret it again, Zhang Qingjiu still felt a little indescribable joy in his heart when he once again received this man's approval.
Seeing the joy on her face, Chu Lan's expression softened a bit, "On weekdays, let Feng Zhi get a cage for it..."
"Why bother?" Zhang Qingjiu raised his eyebrows, turned around and called out, then raised his sleeves: "Apan!"
There was only a "whoosh" sound, and a black afterimage flew past Chu Lan and fell steadily into the wide white sleeves.
"Look, is this unstable?" Zhang Qingjiu raised his sleeves and glanced at the looming gadget, looking at Chu Lan with a rather proud tone.
The gadget performed well, and she did not waste so much time practicing with it last night before Chu Lan came back.
"That's all, take it with you if you like." Chu Lan's eyes flashed, but she still smiled.
This little snake is quite venomous, so since he listens to her words and stays by her side, it can be considered a help.
After Chu Lan said this, Zhang Qingjiu hadn't spoken yet, but the little snake came out with apricots spitting out. It stared at Chu Lan for a moment with its green vertical pupils, and then used the horn on its head to hit Zhang Qingjiu's wrist.
Rubbed here and there.
Feeling the tail hidden in his sleeves swinging, Zhang Qingjiu couldn't help but laugh, "Chu Lan."
"Um?"
Zhang Qingjiu blinked: "It said that it can follow you if you want."
Chu Lan glanced at her, then at it, then slowly averted his eyes, and his tall figure blended into the sunlight, leaving Zhang Qingjiu standing there laughing.
After laughing enough, he patted the corner of the little gadget and said comfortingly: "Okay, don't be sad. You don't even think about how long I pulled the corner of his clothes before I took his hand. There is a long way to go, and we will work hard."
It will come true.”
After saying that, Zhang Qingjiu flicked his sleeves and robe, put it behind his back, and quickly caught up with Chu Lan, "Chu Lan, wait for me..."
Fragments of golden sunlight scattered gold all over the ground behind her.
When the two had breakfast, Zhang Qingjiu really didn't forget that she had just asked Feng Zhi to prepare some food for the little black snake.
In Feng Zhi's opinion, these wild things eat nothing more than bloody raw things except rats, birds, eggs, and frogs. And how could he get these things into a place where Chu Lan was?
As a result, what shocked him was that the little snake actually came out of Zhang Qingjiu's sleeve and stared straight at the breakfast on the table.
Zhang Qingjiu looked at it and asked someone to get another pair of bowls and chopsticks. Whatever she ate, he put some in front of the little snake.
Chu Lan didn't say a word, letting everything happen under her eyes as if nothing happened.
In the end, Zhang Qingjiu really just followed the example. Whatever Zhang Qingjiu eats, it eats accordingly.
Feng Zhi was almost speechless and choked.
He thought it was a good thing that he was the only one waiting next to him at this time. If others were watching, he didn't know whether he wanted to kill this snake that seemed to have become a spirit, or beat this ridiculous woman to death.
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A breakfast meal for two people and one person is like eating three meals in a leisurely way in all seasons.
After the breakfast was gone, the little black snake opened its mouth, "slithered" and got into Zhang Qingjiu's sleeve again.
"What are you going to do today?" Zhang Qingjiu put down his sleeves and turned to look at Chu Lan.
"What's the matter with you?" Chu Lan didn't answer, but asked Xiang Zhang Qingjiu.
Zhang Qingjiu was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "It's true that I have something to do. I also want to go to Panshan Mountain."
"Okay." Chu Lan agreed without any hesitation.
Zhang Qingjiu felt happy. After experiencing what happened before, she originally thought that Chu Lan would restrict her from going there. She also planned that if he refused, she would have to sneak over by herself while he was busy.
This was one of the reasons why she asked her how to arrange it.
However, Chu Lan actually agreed.
Zhang Qingjiu smiled and said, "Then I'll wait..."
Chu Lan glanced briefly, his eyes falling on the smile on the corner of her mouth, "When will you leave?"
Zhang Qingjiu's smile suddenly froze, "I..."
Did he mean to go with her? But she had no intention of letting him follow!
"I'm with you." How could Chu Lan not see what Zhang Qingjiu was thinking.
"I, I can..." Zhang Qingjiu's mouth twitched.
"Either I go with you, or I go in two days." Chu Lan glanced at her, her eyes falling on the face that was still pale.
"But you are injured." Zhang Qingjiu still wanted to make a death struggle.
Chu Lan said calmly: "As long as you are here, it won't be a problem."
Zhang Qingjiu: "..."
Does this mean she shot herself in the foot?
In the end, Zhang Qingjiu took Chu Lan out together.
When the two of them rode the carriage at the gate of the prefect's mansion and drove towards the north gate of Yongzhou, a gust of breeze blew up and lifted a corner of the carriage curtain. A busy citizen of Yongzhou City inadvertently raised his head and took a look, and was suddenly stunned.
The man raised his fingers tremblingly, "That is, that is the carriage of His Royal Highness the Prince and Lord Xiao Zhang..."
Hearing these words, the busy people immediately stopped what they were doing, and all of them raised their eyes in unison, stared directly at the departing carriage, and bowed down from afar.
It wasn't until the carriage was completely out of sight that everyone slowly straightened up, everyone was ecstatic, their eyes full of anticipation.
Chu Lanzhang Qingjiu had been in the prefect's mansion since he came down from Panshan Mountain. Although they were worried, they did not dare to go there at will.
Now that they saw the two people safe and sound, how could they not be overjoyed?
Someone called out, and then everyone shouted in unison:
"The common people are waiting for the return of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Lord Xiao Zhang!"