Distant Mountain Battle Song

Chapter 115 Peerless Demon Queen
Two children peeked out from behind a tree not far away. Heng Ji held the two children, her lips slightly upturned. Now that she was near Chang'an, there was no reason for her not to go to Chang'an.

Those who thought the mother and her two children had died in Chuyun City must have had very interesting expressions when they saw them in Chang'an.

In Yunjiazhuangzi, the mornings always begin with the hoarse, unpleasant crowing of roosters. One after another, plump chickens flap their wings and fly up to the tall trees, not caring where the sun is or whether the moon has set, before they begin their daily work.

Yun Ce deeply resented this and always wanted to snap their necks.

Eji didn't see it that way. She thought it was a good thing to have so many chickens at home. Nowadays, there were many things to do at home and few people to take care of. If she wanted to do more work, she had to get up early.

Therefore, when the rooster crows, everyone in the family, except for Yun Ce, should get up and work.

Yun Ce lay in bed for a while, then got up. He remembered that Lin Weizhou would come today to take away the paper produced by the paper mill in the past few days.

At present, there is no paper on the market, and Lin Weizhou has exchanged a lot of benefits for the paper he got from Yun Ce.

In his view, making money was something that people like Yun Ce, from humble backgrounds, should be concerned with. As the magistrate of Lantian County in Jingzhao, he was qualified to be the governor of a prefecture if he were to be transferred to another region.

Yun Ce's place is a treasure trove, not only containing unparalleled treasures like paper, but also seemingly spotting a figure he can't forget.

When he came last time, he couldn't remember for a moment. After thinking about it again and again after returning home, he still felt it was impossible. He came today just to confirm it.

The paper mill had been operating non-stop since it started. After looking at the cut paper, Lin Weizhou began to look towards the grove of yak trees.

Last time he came, he vaguely saw that familiar figure in the shrub grove.

There were many women peeling bark in the grove of trees. He looked around but couldn't see the figure. An indescribable sense of loss made Lin Weizhou irritable. He pounded on the trees and said to Yun Ce in an extremely impatient tone, "Are all the women in your family here?"

Yun Ce looked at the flustered Lin Weizhou with curiosity and said, "You're not after my wife, are you?"

Lin Weizhou closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said to Yun Ce, "When I came here last time, I seemed to see the back of an old friend."

Yun Ce laughed and said, "The county magistrate has exceptionally high standards. I wonder which woman in my family has taken a liking to. Of course, my wife doesn't count."

Lin Weizhou's gaze swept over the woman in the woods again, then he angrily punched the tree again before stomping back to the papermaking workshop.

Before leaving, Lin Weizhou looked back at the grove of women. This time, he didn't stop at the edge of the grove, but looked at each woman one by one.

The more he recalled, the more convinced he was that he hadn't misjudged the situation. However, even after seeing all the women today, he still hadn't seen the one who haunted his dreams.

Seeing Lin Weizhou's anxiety, Yun Ce already knew that Heng Ji probably held an extremely important place in this guy's heart.

“Yesterday, a maid left with a boy and a girl.” Yun Ce deliberately gave Lin Weizhou a new hope when he was at his most dejected.

Lin Weizhou, like a drowning man grasping at a straw, grabbed Yun Ce's sleeve, his eyes already pleading.

"Tell me, where did she go?"

Yun Ce smiled and said, "Chang'an, I heard she's going to Chang'an."

Upon hearing this, Lin Weizhou immediately rode off on a Thunder Smoke Beast, ignoring the mountain of papers worth tens of thousands of taels of silver in front of him.

"So, who is this Heng Ji?"

Yun Ce asked the dog in his mind.

"She's just a woman whose looks and figure perfectly match the golden ratio. However, I still want to emphasize that this woman, whether she's a woman from Earth or a woman from the Han Dynasty, is the one whose body and appearance proportions are closest to the golden ratio."

In your words, she is a perfect woman, a gift from heaven to humankind.

"Why didn't I notice her beauty?"

"That woman is very clever. She has a very subtle control over her body. She knows what kind of expression can make her look completely unattractive, and she also knows what to do to make herself incredibly attractive."

If I weren't entirely sure she was human, I'd think she was a human who had become a spirit.

Yun Ce stared in disbelief and said, "Why didn't you tell me about all your discoveries?"

The dog sneered, "You told me yourself that you are a morally upright person, a person who has transcended vulgar interests, and a person who regards money as dirt and beauty as a skeleton."

Yun Ce gritted his teeth and said, word by word, "Can't you tell I'm bragging?" Gouzi said seriously, "I can tell."

After listening to what Gouzi said, Yun Ce inexplicably recalled the plump golden beetle he had seen on that towering tree in the wasteland of Tianzhu Mountain. At that time, the golden beetle was spreading its colorful wings and flying towards the sun.

The same sense of loss, the same sense of regret.

When Eji brought her face closer, Yun Ce was surprised to find that he actually saw Hengji's face as hers. He rubbed his eyes and looked again, and sure enough, Hengji's appearance disappeared and was replaced by Eji's pure and innocent face.

"You acted impulsively just now. As a virgin, you rarely have such wonderful moments." The dog finally delivered a heavy blow to Yun Ce.

"Tell me, do you think this woman could be a demon? I didn't have any feelings for her before, but just now, I actually mistook her for Eji."

"I can tell you with certainty that that woman is just an ordinary woman."

Yun Ce then asked E Ji.

"When you saw Heng Ji yesterday, did you think she was pretty?"

"Even if she is beautiful, when I see her, she must disguise herself as an ugly woman or a madwoman. Anyone who dares to act like a vixen will be dragged out and beaten to death."

Yun Ce was immediately relieved. It seemed that the woman's charm only worked on men.

Lin Weizhou ran away, so the papers had to remain at the Yun family estate until he had time to retrieve them.

Yun Ce did not expect that Lin Weizhou would not return to the Yun family estate for five days.

"Have you seen a ghost?" Yun Ce looked at Lin Weizhou, who was no longer recognizable as a human, with concern.

Lin Weizhou waved his hand weakly, signaling the yamen runners to load the papers onto the cart and leave. The convoy had already set off, so Lin Weizhou went to Yun Ce and E Ji, who were counting money.

"What's her name this time?"

"Heng Ji".

“She shouldn’t be called Heng Ji, she should be called Tao Ji. Peach leaves are lush and bright, her beauty is dazzling. She should be called Tao Ji.” Lin Weizhou had long lost his former capable demeanor.

"You didn't find her in Chang'an?"

"If she doesn't want to see me, I can't find her."

"Who is she? Tell me in detail, I really want to hear it." Yun Ce poured Lin Weizhou a glass of water and leaned close to him, whispering.

"Her, originally... Why are you asking about her? Do you also admire her?"

Yun Ce, who had originally just wanted to watch the drama unfold, never expected that Lin Weizhou, who had looked like he was about to die, would suddenly become incredibly strong, grabbing Yun Ce by the neck and lifting him up with one hand.

“This man has gone mad,” Yun Ce said to E Ji, rubbing his throat.

“I’ll go and find Zhang Min. There’s no reason why a spy from the Panxing Tower wouldn’t know such a famous woman.”

"Huh, where has Zhang Min been these past few days? I haven't seen her for several days."

Eji pointed to the farmland in the distance and said, "These days, she has been staying in the farmland, saying that she wants to personally watch the seeds sprout. Moreover, she looks at them so carefully that she wishes she could plant herself in them and sprout together with the beans."

Seeing Zhang Min's passion for agriculture, Yun Ce decided to go and ask her, so as not to interrupt her correct thinking about agriculture.

"You mean Heng Ji is Lady Yu?" After understanding Yun Ce's purpose, Zhang Min immediately snapped out of her obsession with agriculture.

"What is Madam Yu? What does she do?"

"What does she do? She is an imperial concubine of the Han Dynasty, the most favored concubine of the current emperor, and the most beautiful woman in our Han Dynasty. Not just the most beautiful woman at this time, but the most beautiful woman since the beginning of time."

Yun Ce nodded and said, "A vile concubine who brings ruin to the country should not have a good ending."

(End of this chapter)