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Lu Jue looked at the letter in his hand and was speechless for a while, but he couldn't help showing a helpless and doting smile on his face.

Ling Daoyuan saw this kind of Lu Jue when he entered the account to report the news. He was taken aback, and a sense of crisis mixed with loss suddenly surged in his heart: This is the Lu Jue he had never seen before...he had seen the high-spirited Lu Jue, he has seen the proud and dazzling Lu Jue, but he has never seen Lu Jue with such a gentle and doting smile...

Ever since he saw Lu Jue shooting a wolf, he had made up his mind.He convinced his father, who has been training in the military camp all these years.Whether it was back then or now, Lu Jue was so dazzling, he didn't want to lose to him, and he didn't want to be thrown too far away by Lu Jue.What's more, a man should have ideals when he walks in the world, he doesn't want to be a mediocre waste.

He has a family to rely on, but there is no family that can stand forever. The family has given him shelter, so he can't be ungrateful and should be the pillar of the family.Therefore, entering this barracks is not only for Lu Jue, but also for himself.

Seeing someone entering, Lu Jue put away the smile on his face and said, "What's the matter?"

Ling Daoyuan saluted and said: "General, our military tents have all been set up, and the soldiers and horses sent by the prefect of Jizhou have also entered the camp."

Lu Jue nodded: "This is very good." The banditry in Jizhou this time is a bit special, and the sooner it is dealt with, the better.

He took out the seal and walked up to Ling Daoyuan and handed it to him, saying: "This is a report to His Majesty, you send someone to send it quickly." When he first entered the camp, he had already known the general situation from the Jizhou prefect, so naturally he had to report the situation emperor.

Ling Daoyuan took the zhezi and saluted and was about to leave, but saw Lu Jue waving his hand to stop him: "Wait."

Ling Daoyuan was taken aback for a moment, and said, "What else is there for the general?"

Lu Jue chuckled when he thought of something, walked a few steps to the desk, took out a piece of paper, stood there and wrote a few lines on the desk, and sealed it with an envelope after writing.

He handed the letter to Ling Daoyuan, and took some money to the other party, saying: "This is my private matter, and this money is for the soldier. Send this letter to the little prince's house."

Ling Daoyuan's pupils shrank: "Xie Qiao?"

Lu Jue nodded.

Ling Daoyuan paused, he looked up at Lu Jue, his eyes were obscure, and he asked tentatively, "Have you guys been on such a good relationship all these years?"

Lu Jue looked at him with a surprised smile: "Why do you ask these questions?"

Lu Jue's words were pure questions, nothing else, Ling Daoyuan was taken aback, with a bitter smile on his face, he saluted Lu Jue, and said: "The general will do it."

Lu Jue nodded, and he left the account.

Lu Jue turned back to the desk, took the letter in his hand, read it, folded it up and put it away.He held his forehead and smiled softly: It is a terrible thing to have worries in one's heart. He has only been separated from Xie Qiao for a long time, but at this moment he has already begun to miss him.

……

King Ming's Mansion in Jinling.

"Your Highness!" Xu Lai trotted into Xie Qiao's study, panting, "Your Highness, a letter from Jizhou has arrived!"

Xie Qiao suddenly raised her head and said, "Bring it here."

Xu Lai quickly handed over the letter, and stood by the side waiting for Xie Qiao's order.Seeing that Xie Qiao opened the letter and stopped, he raised his eyebrows and raised his eyes to look at Xu Lai.

Xu Lai read a sentence from Xie Qiao's eyes looking at him: Why don't you leave...

Xu Lai: "..."

Xu Lai felt aggrieved, but obediently followed His Highness's wishes and withdrew.

There was no one else in the study except Xie Qiao.Only then did Xie Qiao take out the thin piece of paper in the envelope.There were only a few lines on the paper, but Xie Qiao seemed to read it for a long time.

It took a few moments before Xie Qiao put the letter away, leaned on his forehead and let out a low laugh.

Lu Jue's heart is always so soft...

The letter was written in Xie Qiao's familiar handwriting. Xie Qiao sent a few poems to Lu Jue, and Lu Jue replied with two poems:

The dream of sea water is long, the king is worried and I am also worried.

Xie Qiao only felt that her heart was so soft that it was about to turn into a puddle of water.

He summoned Xu Lai and asked, "Has the soldier left?"

Xu Lai said: "He hasn't left yet, he delivered a letter to our residence as soon as he left the palace, and I am letting him rest in the living room."

Xie Qiao nodded and said, "Give him some more money, I have something for him to send later."

The corner of Xu Lai's mouth twitched, but he answered "yes" honestly.

Xie Qiao went back to the bedroom, went to the courtyard to search for something, finally got a small burden, and finally handed it to the soldier.

……

After the soldier left, Xie Qiao thought that there was one thing that should be cleared up, so he went to Li Mingbei's house on a rare occasion.Li Mingbei is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, in charge of the administration of a country's officials, he is naturally very busy on weekdays, and rarely has time to relax, this time it is rare to rest at home.

As soon as Xie Qiao entered Li's mansion, an old housekeeper came out to greet him. Li Ming was sad and happy, and the courtyard where he usually lived was far away from the front yard.Xie Qiao followed the old housekeeper for a while, before entering Li Mingbei's yard.After sending Xie Qiao into the yard, the old butler withdrew.

The yard was called Pixia Garden, and the inside was very simple. There was only one huge tree standing in the center of the yard, and some weeds grew scattered under the tree, and a cluster of sick viburnums stood outside a room. Other than that, there is no vegetation.

There were stone tables, stone benches and a reclining chair under the big tree. At this time, Li Mingbei was wearing white clothes and lying on the reclining chair, swaying, looking leisurely.

Xie Qiao twitched the corners of his mouth, looked at the somewhat gloomy tree, and said, "Won't you have nightmares at night with such a big locust tree planted in the middle of the yard?"

Seeing Xie Qiao, Li Mingbei didn't get up, just smiled and said: "What's the matter today? The little prince has come to my house? Want to use my library again?" After a pause, he took a look and pulled it out There are many green leaves, locust trees covering most of the yard, and said with a smile: "I deal with people's hearts and ghosts every day, isn't this tree just right for the occasion?" Even if people are not afraid of people, how can they be afraid of ghosts.

Xie Qiao was just joking casually, so she stopped talking at this time, and said what she wanted to ask on this trip: "Is there any whereabouts of Concubine Jing's tomb?"

Li Ming laughed sadly, got up and said: "The little prince really knows how to choose the time, I just handed over the booklet to His Majesty yesterday, and you are here today."

Xie Qiao's heart trembled: "Where is it?"

Li Mingbei narrowed his eyes sadly, a cold light flashed across his eyes, and he spit out two words: "Yanzhou."

Xie Qiao's face turned cold: It's Yanzhou again.

Li Ming said sadly: "What?"

Xie Qiao clenched his fist behind his back, and he had an idea in his mind. He looked at Li Mingpei, and said seriously, "I'm going to Yanzhou. You look after my brother, no matter what happens in Yanzhou, Don't let him go out of Jinling to Yanzhou."

Looking at Xie Qiao's appearance, Li Mingbei smiled rarely, showing some real emotion, and said, "You must make it clear. If something happens to you in Yanzhou, His Majesty will not be happy. Neither will Lu Huaiyu." .”

The matter in Tai County had just happened, and both His Majesty and Lu Huaiyu were all so worried about Xie Qiao.If this time it was just to track down the tomb, Xie Qiao didn't have to go to Yanzhou in person.Now that it has been found out that it is in Yanzhou, the left and right are inseparable from King An. With this line, an imperial envoy will be sent to investigate, so why should a prince go to Yanzhou thousands of miles away in person.

Xie Qiao looked at Li Mingbei, with no expression on his face, but his eyes were full of coldness: "I don't know. But I have to go. You have to promise me that you must take good care of my brother. No matter what you think, you can't let him go. He is going to Yanzhou."

Li Mingbei squinted his eyes and looked at Xie Qiao: Xie Qiao is like saying that the emperor will definitely go to Yanzhou in the future...

But it doesn't make sense, no matter what happens, the emperor doesn't need to leave Jinling, let alone go to Yanzhou...

Li Mingbei looked at him like this for a while, and finally nodded seriously: "I will not let your Majesty go to Yanzhou."

Xie Qiao just smiled: "That's good. Then I'll go."

"Xie Qiao," Li Ming's sad voice sounded behind him, Xie Qiao stopped in his tracks: "You have many people's thoughts on you, I hope you spare your life."

Xie Qiao turned around and smiled sadly at Li Ming, saying, "Of course I know."

It is because I know that there are some things that I have to do.

What about Yanzhou, Xie Qiao walked towards the palace after leaving Li's mansion - Yanzhou and Jizhou are very close, so it's not surprising that he passed through Jizhou when he walked there.

……

Jizhou thousands of miles away.

The soldier who delivered the letter rushed back, and Lu Jue took Xie Qiao's burden from him.

As soon as it was opened, a withered wintersweet branch was exposed. Under the flower branch, there was a brand new white clothes with some petals on it.Lu Jue froze for a moment, and the tips of his ears turned red, but Xie Qiao couldn't see it.

Fold the plums and send them to the north of the Yangtze River to express love.

The south wind knows what I want, blowing dreams to Xizhou.

Lu Jue sighed leisurely, but there was a gentle smile on his face.

The author has something to say: The lines in this chapter are all from "Xizhou Opera", but I have adapted the line about zhemei to Jiangbei.

Xiao Xie and Mr. Lu will meet soon~