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Candles were brightly lit in the study, and the letter from outside the border was written in three lines. The characters were like the person who wrote the letter, powerful and boundless, and the turning and turning were as sharp as a scabbard knife, making people feel his determination across thousands of mountains and rivers.

Xu Boyuan read it twice, lowered his eyelids, and burned the letter.

Xu Jingluan sat on the grand teacher's chair with her knees hugged, her face resting on her knees, and she asked softly, "Brother?"

"Well," Xu Boyuan replied calmly, "It's nothing, don't worry."

Xu Jingluan pursed her lips, not being comforted by these words at all.How could she have imagined that she just took Ying Zhou to go hunting in autumn, and it would turn out to be like this.Yu Jia was frightened, the autumn hunting ended early, Ying Zhou's whereabouts were unknown, Xu Boyuan was suspended for investigation as soon as he arrived in the capital, and he was put under house arrest together with him in the mansion.Outside, Zhao Heng's people had three floors inside and three floors outside, and surrounded Yu Wang's mansion like an iron bucket, which was as tight as water.

"It's all my fault..." She murmured with her eyes wide open.

Xu Boyuan got up, walked over and rubbed the top of her head, his tone was rare and gentle, "Everything is up to me."

Xu Jingluan pressed his hand, raised her head and said cautiously, "Brother, don't blame me, okay? I will obey your words from now on and never dare again."

"I didn't blame you," Xu Boyuan said, "It's because I didn't think thoroughly enough."

When he said this, guilt flashed in his eyes, and soon, in a flash, Xu Jingluan was too familiar with him to notice it, and she thought it corresponded to Zhou.

Ying Zhou disappeared into the sea of ​​flames. There was a guess that none of them said, and no one dared to say.She wished she was wrong, but that was the most likely possibility, it was so horrible, she felt chills just thinking about it.

"He's fine," Xu Boyuan said, "Xiaobai is still here, he will come back."

I don't know who this sentence is for, at least to Xu Jingluan's ears, his tone is more like convincing himself.

Xu Jingluan pulled out an ugly smile, trying to make the atmosphere more relaxed, "Is Xiaobai still in your room and refusing to come out?"

"Ah."

"That's fine," Xu Jingluan said, "there are Zhao Heng's people outside, and it will be troublesome if they see Xiaobai."

Xiaobai's sense of hearing and smell is very sensitive, he managed to escape when the emperor sent someone to search the palace, and then he has been lying in Xu Boyuan's room, refusing to move a single step.

Xu Boyuan returned to the desk, took plain paper and flattened it with jade, and dipped his hair in ink, "Go to sleep, I'll write back to my grandfather."

"Brother..." Xu Jingluan hesitated to speak.

Xu Boyuan glanced outside the door, lowered his voice and said, "Ah Luan, don't think too much."

He knew what Xu Jingluan wanted to ask.

The Qi family of Concubine Yu's mother's family has been in the army for generations. The current head of the family, Qi Guan, is the grandfather of him and Xu Jingluan, the first-class protector of the country who was conferred by the late emperor. Prestige is deep.The two uncles have also followed General Qi to practice outside since they were young, and both of them have brilliant military exploits.

It's nothing more than military power falling apart, and he is related to his nephew. The emperor is actually very afraid of the Qi family and Prince Yu's mansion, but the Qi family is too deeply rooted in the army, and has grown into a towering tree, which cannot be easily shaken.Since the emperor ascended the throne, he has tried countless tricks of tapping left and right, but he only subtracted scattered leaves from this big tree, which is not hurtful.

With such a relative, if King Yu hadn't passed away early, it is still unknown who would be sitting on that chair in Taiming Hall.

——Or in other words, the next person to sit on that chair is not sure who it will be.

He has no interest in that position, and will never take that step unless it is absolutely necessary.Because once he walked out, it would be a bloodbath, a road of life and death, and no matter what the result was, it would not be the situation he wanted to see.He didn't want to leave, he had endured it for so many years, this time the matter wasn't that serious, and contacting the border customs was just a one-ten-thousandth insurance.

Xu Jingluan pursed her lips, "Grandfather's letter came so quickly, won't the emperor be happy if he finds out?"

She is freewheeling in many things, but she is actually very transparent in these things.

It had only been six days since Yujia returned to Beijing, and the Qi family had already received news from a letter sent from the border.

But the letter came so fast, it took three days non-stop from the capital to the border, and another three days to send the letter back from the border. Could this be clearly telling the emperor:

Although my Qi family is not in the capital, my eyes and ears are everywhere, and I can't hide anything from me.

Xu Boyuan raised his pen and wrote slowly, "Grandfather understands."

Rather, it is precisely because I understand too well that I choose to do this.

He and Xu Jingluan were trapped in Beijing, Qi's army was thousands of miles away, if the emperor wanted to do something, it would be too late to rescue him.The family letter sent across thousands of mountains and rivers was not so much beating Xu Boyuan, it was more like beating the emperor, just to make the emperor fearful and not dare to attack Prince Yu's mansion easily.

Xu Jingluan didn't feel sleepy, so she sat for a while.

The bean curtain outside knocked on the door, "Your Majesty, Princess, the kitchen has boiled pear soup, how about a drink?"

Xu Boyuan paused, "Come in."

The goji berry pears, which have been simmered for an hour, are placed in the ice cellar until they are three minutes cold. The pears are soft and the sugar water is sweet. They are placed in a green bowl with shattered patterns, and the color is pleasing.

Xu Jingluan drank a cup and still couldn't get enough of it, she secretly glanced at the untouched bowl on the table, Xu Boyuan didn't have the habit of eating late at night, she was just about to ask Dou Lian to bring the bowl to her.

"Cold things, eat less." Xu Boyuan obviously didn't look up, but he accurately detected her intentions as if he had eyes on the top of his head.

"Oh..." Xu Jingluan pursed her lips, "Then I'm going back."

"Go."

The reply letter was not smooth. What happened on Qiushui Mountain was too bizarre to explain clearly in a few words, and he didn't know how to say it after deliberating for a long time.

At this time, it was the second watch of midnight, and suddenly there was a soft meow from outside, which was very clear in this silent night.

Xu Boyuan paused until the end of the brush was blurred. He immediately put down the pen, opened the door and walked out.

The moon is in the middle of the sky outside, the light is clear and bright, and it is gradually entering late autumn, and the wind is getting colder and colder, hitting the face to dispel the drowsiness. The temperature has already been like this at the end of September. I am afraid this winter will not be too easy.The white cat paced back and forth in the courtyard, looking up at the sky from time to time, as if waiting for something.

Xu Boyuan looked up at the sky full of stars above his head, and one of them was particularly bright. He squinted his eyes for a while, and finally found that the star seemed to be moving, getting closer and bigger, and slowly turning into the shape of a white cloud , It fell straight into the yard!

Ying Zhou jumped down from the cloud, followed by a ten-year-old boy with a delicate and calm face, an exquisite snowflake was traced under the corner of his right eye, and his dark blue robe was neatly trimmed without any creases.

He came so abruptly, but it was logical, as if he was born to appear in this way, and Xu Boyuan was not surprised that he would wait for him like this——

"Xu Boyuan!"

Ying Zhou saw Xu Boyuan standing on the steps at a glance, and waved to him with a smile.

"Meow meow meow!"

Xiaobai jumped up from the ground and bumped into his chest, Ying Zhou immediately caught him.

The boy bowed to Xu Boyuan, then asked: "Tiger, do you have any other orders?"

Ying Zhou rubbed his head, "It's okay, I don't worry about being alone in the northwest to watch the house, you go back to the mountains."

The boy lowered his eyebrows and said yes, then lifted off and left.

The courtyard was obviously not a place to talk, so Xu Boyuan led Ying Zhou into the study.

Ying Zhou looked around and saw the rock sugar pears on the table. His mouth was dry after flying all the way. Although he no longer needs to drink or eat in his real body, he couldn't hold back his hunger, and the habit of bigu had long since passed. Was thrown to the sky.

Xu Boyuan closed the door and window and walked over, seeing the word "want to eat" clearly written on his face and his eyes shining, he couldn't help but curl his lips.

Ying Zhou thought of Xu Boyuan's habit of not eating supper, and suddenly felt blessed, "Is this reserved for me?"

"Well," Xu Boyuan said, "Eat it."

In the past few days, he would keep some food by his side at any time, pastries, sugar water, etc., as if if he had more of these things, Ying Zhou would be able to come back earlier.

The dim candlelight in the room shone on his face. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but after seeing him for a few days, he felt that Ying Zhou's whole person seemed different.But to be specific, the face is still that face, the person is still this person, and there is no one, two, three, or four.

Ying Zhou finished a bowl quickly.

Xu Boyuan pinched his knuckles calmly and asked, "Do you still want to?"

"Let's eat tomorrow." Ying Zhouwo sat on the grand teacher's chair with a satisfied expression on his face. In the past, his body was always very hungry, but now he has changed to his real body.

Xu Boyuan sat down beside him, "Where have you been these few days?"

Ying Zhou put down the bowl, "Well, I went back to the mountains."

"You...how did you go back?"

With Xiaobai not around, how should Ying Zhou get out of the fire——

Ying Zhou smiled sarcastically, "The soul went back out of the body."

"... Where's your body?"

"It's burnt." Ying Zhou rubbed his nose and laughed awkwardly.

He still remembers the pain and suffering of the burning body.But at that time, he had no magic power. If he didn't use this method of destroying his body, there was no way for his soul to escape, so he had to do it as a last resort.

He wasn't too surprised, although neither he nor Xu Jingluan said anything, but they both knew that this was the greatest possibility.

Xu Boyuan was silent for a while, "The snow was also because of you?"

Ying Zhou nodded.

Xu Boyuan took a deep look at him, turned his head away, and said, "Sorry."

Ying Zhou let out a "huh" and said softly, "I won't die, don't worry about me."

After staying in the mortal world for such a long time, he has finally gradually learned to observe his words and feelings. For example, Xu Boyuan's endless apology is mostly because of self-blame.

"By the way," Ying Zhou stroked the cat in his arms, "Xiaobai said he saw a fox demon in the camp."

Xu Boyuan was startled, and blurted out, "Who is it?"

Xiao Bai didn't answer clearly, Ying Zhou replied hesitantly: "Well...it's a woman, in the big golden tent, next to Xu Li. He only went crazy after being enchanted by the fox demon, and he didn't hurt anyone. People?"

"No." Xu Boyuan replied, he pinched the center of his brows, recalling the things before and after Xiaobai went crazy, at that time in the Dragon Tent, apart from the serving maids, there were only...

"Is it Concubine Lou?"

Ying Zhou poked the word Wang on Xiaobai's forehead, "Really?"

"Meow!"

"Well," Ying Zhou raised his head, "it's her."

The author has something to say: I didn't write 4000... I am also very disappointed in myself QAQ