I'm with the second man

The door of Duke Dingguo's mansion was open, and there were several generals lying around at the door. The blood on the floor tiles was still wet, and there was a creepy silence in the whole mansion.

Lu Siheng took a deep breath, he didn't dare to think about what happened here before, his muscles tensed up, he walked along the corpse lying on the ground, trying to keep himself calm as much as possible.

He kept going to many rooms, but he didn't find Feng Qing's figure, and his mood gradually became depressed. At this time, he happened to walk to a remote room.

The door of the room was wide open. Lu Siheng stepped past a guard at the door and entered inside. He glanced down at the room and found that most of the things inside were in good condition. He was about to leave when he suddenly saw Steward Li beside him, and his heart ached. Surprised, he ran over quickly.

Butler Li leaned against the bookshelf. He had been out of breath for a long time, but his eyes were still open.

He reached out to touch Steward Li's eyes, but found that the eyes could not be closed because of too long time, so he took out a clean towel from his body and covered the old man's face.

Lu Siheng closed his eyes to calm himself down, got up and looked at the room again. If Steward Li was here, it meant that Feng Qing was not far away at that time, but there was no sign of a fight in this room, something was wrong.

His eyes were on Butler Li and the bookshelf he was leaning on again. Butler Li leaned on the bookshelf, showing an inconspicuous protective posture.

Thinking of this, Lu Siheng's heart beat faster, he quickly went over to put Butler Li aside, and checked the surroundings for traps.Finally, he felt a bulge behind a book. He reached out and pressed it down, and the bookshelf slowly moved away.

Seeing this, Lu Siheng rushed in quickly.

Inside was a secret room. As soon as he entered, someone stabbed him with a sword. Feeling murderous, Lu Siheng quickly dodged and took out his own sword. Just as he was about to make a move, the man suddenly froze for a moment, then knelt down on one knee and said: " master!"

Seeing that it was the person he sent to follow Feng Qing, Lu Siheng immediately asked, "Where is Feng Qing?"

"The son is inside, master follow me." The dark guard got up and led Lu Siheng through the secret passage, walked in, came to the entrance of a secret room, twisted open the stone door with his hands, and said, "This is it."

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Siheng walked in directly.

In the eyes, Feng Qing was covered in blood, and his eyes were closed.For a moment, Lu Siheng felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured on his head. He froze in place, not daring to go over to check on Feng Qing's situation.

Seeing this, the guard on the side took the initiative to say: "Master, Mr. Feng is fine, but he has a fever."

Hearing these words, Lu Siheng's tense body suddenly softened, and he almost knelt down, but he held on so that he didn't make a fool of himself in front of his subordinates.He slowed down, then stepped forward and touched Feng Qing's forehead, it was a little hot, then looked at other places, and finally confirmed that it was because his spirit was too tense recently, and his physical strength was exhausted to the limit, so he could relax for a while He felt hot when he came down, and the blood on his clothes was not his own.

At least he was fine, so Lu Siheng was relieved. He sat on the side wearily, leaning against him, and asked the hidden guard, "Tell me, what's going on? Where did everyone else go?"

"Before dawn today, someone broke into Duke Dingguo's mansion. The subordinates were ordered to stay by the prince's side. The prince was worried about Duke Ding and the princess, so he asked half of the people to guard them. During the fight , suddenly another group of people appeared, they helped the subordinates to deal with each other, the prince asked someone to take Ding Guogong and the princess to leave first, he stayed to attract the target, and brought the subordinates and Aner to this house, and the prince As soon as the secret room was opened, several people chased after him. An Er immediately pushed the prince in and closed the door, and then let Butler Li stay in the room. His subordinates and An Er led each other away, and when they came back, they found that Butler Li was missing. , The subordinates thought that Steward Li was in the secret room, so they followed in, but found that only Shi Zi was lying on the ground alone, so the subordinates led Shi Zi to find this place, and An Er guarded the door." An San said.

Lu Siheng sorted out the whole matter, and guessed that Steward Li didn't come in when he was alone outside because he was afraid that someone would find out that he would implicate Feng Qing. As for where he went, and why he was killed in such a state, then Unknown.

Lu Siheng waved his hand and said, "Go to contact Anshi and see how Duke Ding and the Princess are doing. I'll take him back to the General's Mansion first."

"Yes." An San answered and went out.

Lu Siheng stood up and picked Feng Qing up, and went straight back to the general's mansion.

On June 16 of the lunar calendar in the 26th year of Guangzhi, Emperor Chongyang died, and the emperor passed away to the fifth prince Xiao Jingchen.

In the same year, the new emperor succeeded to the throne, named the country as Sui, and established Yuan Shengyong.

The first thing the new emperor did was to eradicate King Ping’s power. The inside and outside of the court were shocked by the new emperor’s methods, and they were at peace for a while; The position of general, one month later, he will set off to conquer the Beirong Kingdom.

General House

"General! Ma'am! I found the master!" A person shouted and rushed to the mansion from outside.

Lu Siheng supported Shen Shi to go out, and Shen Shi asked as she walked, "Where did you go this time?"

The snow just fell a few days ago, and the man almost slipped on the dark ice when he ran over. He rubbed his hands, breathed a sigh of relief into them, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the master thinks the house is boring, go out Turn around, I have already sent people to follow, and I am rushing back."

"Can I not be worried?" Shen said with a frown, "Last time when he said he would go out to buy food, he robbed other children's candied haws in the street; What kind of trouble did you go out and cause trouble this time?"

The man just scratched his head and smiled, but didn't dare to speak.

Lu Siheng kicked him, and scolded: "Li Qiu, you've grown up, aren't you, and you're still not telling the truth?"

Li Qiu chuckled, and said, "Actually, the master didn't do anything, but accidentally tore the fabric from the fabric shop."

"How much was it?" Shen asked.

"Just... a few bolts of cloth." Li Qiu smiled.

"How many horses?" Shen's tone became more serious.

"Cough," Li Qiu touched his nose and said, "It seems that there are fifty or sixty horses?"

After Shen heard this, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's okay, but luckily it's not too much."

Lu Siheng didn't listen to his fooling around, and asked directly: "What kind of material is it?"

Li Qiu knew that he couldn't hide it, so he could only tell the truth: "It's... Yunjin."

Shen took a deep breath, and asked with restraint, "But Sujiabuzhuang?"

"Yes."

The brocade in Sujiabuzhuang is the best material in the whole capital, and it only sells a hundred or so pieces a year, but Lu Fang tore up half of it at once. But don't come to me if something happens, I told him not to let him go out, you all try to cover him up, that's great, demolish Renbuzhuang today, and open the porcelain shop tomorrow Hit it, all the money in the mansion is used to pay off his debts, when the money is spent in the future, you can wait to drink the northwest wind!"

Hearing what Shen said, Li Qiu didn't dare to say a word.Although the poison Xiao Jingyu made Lu Fang take failed to seal his inner strength, it left the toxin in his body. Qi Shiqian tried his best to barely save Lu Fang's life, but Lu Fang's mind suddenly retreated back to his childhood , I only know how to play for fun every day.

As they talked, the three of them arrived at Buzhuang. When Lu Fang saw Shen Shi, he immediately ran over and grabbed Shen Shi's arm and complained: "Daughter-in-law, you are here, he bullied me!"

When the shopkeeper next to him heard this, he immediately explained: "Oh, you can't talk nonsense, General Lu, madam, as soon as Mr. Lu came over, let us take out the fabric to have a look. Mr. Lu doesn't like the ordinary fabric outside. Let's take out the brocade brocade, but we insisted on taking fifty pieces, and then we started chatting without saying a word. Didn't we never think about stopping it? Don't you two know the master's strength? We can't stop it either. Ah. No, you just finished pulling the last horse when you came here."

The people in Beijing know that Lu Fang has lost his mind due to poisoning. The former hero has become like this, and no one will really care about him. What's more, every time Lu Fang gets into trouble, the General's Mansion never repudiates his debts. , Sometimes Lu Fang can make them half a year's profit in one day, and everyone is happy to be a good person.

Shen sighed helplessly, glanced at Lu Fang, and asked, "Is that so?"

Lu Fang curled his lips and said, "A few pieces of cloth, it's not that I won't give him money."

Knowing the cause and effect, Shen signaled Lu Siheng to give the bank note to the other party, and took Lu Fang away first.

Coming out of Buzhuang, I was going to find Feng Qing, but after thinking about it, I went to Qi Shiqian's courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing first.

When he arrived, Qi Shiqian was copying Buddhist scriptures, after hesitating for a while, Lu Siheng still asked, "It's decided?"

Qi Shiqian kept writing, and said, "It's decided."

"When are you leaving?" Lu Siheng asked.

After writing the last sentence, Qi Shiqian slowly put down his pen, and said calmly, "Three days later."

After hearing this, Lu Siheng was silent for a while, and then said: "Then, after we go there, we won't be able to meet you casually?"

"Since you choose to escape into Buddhism, you should cut off the world of mortals and have nothing to worry about in your heart," Qi Shiqian said, adding: "I will never forget the love you and your parents have for me, and I will spend the rest of my life praying for you."

Lu Siheng's throat tightened, he opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything, he stood up and said, "I'm going to order some soldiers that day, I'm afraid I won't be able to send you off, so I'll say goodbye today... I don't know when we'll see you again, take care .”

A wave flashed in Qi Shiqian's eyes, and he lowered his eyes and said, "Take care too."

Dingguo Gongfu

Feng Qing was reading a book crookedly in the study, and when he heard the news that a visitor had arrived, he ordered someone to come in.

After Xiao Jingchen entered the door, he took off the sable fur and handed it to the attendant at the side, waving his hand: "Everyone go down first."

After finishing speaking, he went to sit down opposite Feng Qing.

Feng Qing raised her eyelids and glanced at Xiao Jingchen, but said nothing.

Xiao Jingchen's eyes flickered, but he said with a smile: "I'm afraid you are the only one in the whole world who is still not polite after seeing me."

Feng Qing stared at the book indifferently, and said: "If the emperor still wants the same thing today, please go back. You know, there is only one answer."

These words were merciless and did not take into account the emperor's face at all. Xiao Jingchen turned cold and said: "Do you really think that I dare not punish you?! What I want to do is to directly order it, and it depends on discussing with you On the face of Duke Ding!"

Feng Qing was not affected by him, closed the book and put it aside, looked at Xiao Jingchen and said: "The emperor really doesn't understand why I don't agree?"

Xiao Jingchen narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "How would I know?"

"Precautions were made early in the morning. Why was Old General Lu suddenly held hostage by King Ping and given poison? Is the emperor really not clear?" When Feng Qing said this, he paused for a few seconds, and then said: "I have no intention of disrespect, and I don't intend to offend. I ask the emperor not to take it to heart. Only, the minister and Lu The emperor has already understood Si Heng's relationship, I just want to wait for him to return safely and stay with him, and I have nothing else to think about."

"Feng Qing, do you know what you're talking about?" Xiao Jingchen looked at Feng Qing with a dangerous expression.

Feng Qing sighed, and he looked at Xiao Jingchen without evasiveness and said, "You didn't really want me to enter the court when you came here, but I'm afraid you also wanted to hear an answer from me. miss."

"You!" Xiao Jingchen stood up abruptly, he didn't expect Feng Qing to change his previous personality and speak out all the words directly.

"I won't send it off, the emperor will go slowly." Feng Qing said, then picked up the book from the side and continued to read.

After Xiao Jingchen left, Feng Qing suddenly said, "Aren't you coming down yet?"

Lu Siheng just turned down from the roof and entered the room, sat next to Feng Qing, hugged him together with the blanket, buried his face in his neck and did not move.

"You already knew?" Feng Qing tilted his head and asked.

"En." Lu Siheng said in a muffled voice.

It was rare for Feng Qing not to know how to react, he paused for a long time before letting go, placing one hand on top of Lu Siheng's head to comfort him.

Lu Siheng closed his eyes and leaned against Feng Qing, he remembered that the day he knew the truth, he wished he could go into the palace with his sword and kill Xiao Jingchen, but he couldn't, he couldn't ignore the general's family on impulse.

As expected of the man who can be the emperor for three generations, Xiao Jingchen re-deployed the day he failed to rescue anyone. He replaced his men at the other three gates to guard, and when the opponent attacked, he pretended to surrender and sent someone to The report made Lu Fang think that the city gate had been lost, and followed Xiao Jingyu into the palace. After they entered the palace, the hidden guards and captured soldiers who were ambushing around should cooperate with each other. Moreover, it can also grasp the handle of the Beirong Kingdom, and has an excuse to send troops.

After entering the palace, Xiao Jingchen knew that Emperor Chongyang would definitely not grant Xiao Jingyu to death. In order not to leave Xiao Jingyu alive, and to prevent himself from being charged with murdering his brother, he arranged for those dark guards to drag Lu Siheng and Lu Siheng away without a trace. He wanted to take advantage of the death of the princess and Qi Shiqian's feelings for the princess to get Qi Shiqian to kill Xiao Jingyu, but he didn't expect that Lu Fang would kill Xiao Jingyu the moment Lu Siheng left the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Fang was poisoned, Emperor Chongyang did not punish him, but Lu Fang lost his mind and could no longer lead the army, so he gave the title to Lu Siheng.

Duke Ding held the imperial edict in his hand, Xiao Jingchen knew that Xiao Jingyu would bring people there, not only did he not notify in advance, but even sent people to mix in it, and when they were desperate, he sent someone to help in his own name, trying to take Duke Ding The government collects it for its own use.

Lu Siheng took a deep breath. Now that Feng Qing has handed in his resignation form, he has to go to the war with the Beirong Kingdom, both public and private. Xiao Jingchen has just succeeded to the throne, and his seat is still unstable. He will definitely not agree with him. resign.When he could really leave, without military power, he would have no ability to contend with Xiao Jingchen. Xiao Jingchen might not let them go, so they had to make plans early.