[Rebirth] General waiting for my return

It was late at night, and the lights in Ninghe Temple were dim.

Tan Muqiu didn't like the feeling of bright lights, but Rong An was careful, and only lit a few symbolic candles after nightfall.

The candle on the desk flickered for a moment, then suddenly went out.Tan Muqiu put down the memorial in his hand, stretched his waist, and saw that Rong An was napping on the cushion far away, so he didn't wake him up.

The wooden box was placed on one side of the desk, and Tan Muqiu stared at it for a while, then finally picked up the wooden box and walked to the bookshelf at the back.He gestured to the empty space on the bookshelf, trying to find an inconspicuous place to hide the wooden box.

"Your Majesty." Rong An woke up suddenly, unable to see Tan Muqiu, he couldn't help feeling a little flustered.

Qin Muqiu was startled by Rong An's cry, and knocked the book in his hand to the ground by mistake.When Rong An heard the commotion, he rushed forward and picked up the books on the ground one by one while pleading guilty.

Tan Muqiu leaned over and looked at it for a while, then simply squatted down and groped around the bottom of the bookshelf.He knocked on the bottom of the bookshelf with the back of his hand, half clenched his fist, and found that it was empty, and said, "Rong An, go get the candle."

Rong An went to get the candle in a daze, and Tan Muqiu took it on the ground and looked at it, and found that the bottom of the bookshelf was a long drawer, but the pull ring of the drawer was broken, and it might not be possible to pull it out without tools.

"Find something and open this drawer," Tan Muqiu said.

Rong An went, and came back with a thin hook after a while. Tan Muqiu took the thin hook and lay down on the ground himself, inserted the thin hook through the gap at the corner of the drawer, and slowly pulled the drawer open.

It was empty, Tan Muqiu was a little disappointed.

When he was in the Qin Mansion's room before, he secretly made a secret compartment and hid all the treasures he collected in it.For a moment just now, he thought he had discovered the place where Li Yu hid the treasure. He felt that he was close to Li Yu, but the drawer was empty.

"Why is there nothing?" Tan Muqiu said.

"Is Your Majesty looking for something? This servant may know where it is, so I can help His Majesty find it." Rong An said.

"Forget it." Tan Muqiu said: "Things that let you know should be meaningless."

Rong An pouted, not knowing what Tan Muqiu was referring to.

That night Tan Muqiu tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, but Rong An slept soundly lying on the cushion, and even snored slightly.

How can an empty drawer have a pull ring broken?In the emperor's study, if the drawer is broken, will no one repair it?

Unless it's intentional.

A flash of light flashed in Tan Muqiu's mind, and he suddenly remembered something.He rolled over and got out of bed, almost stepped on Rong An who was sleeping soundly, before he even had time to put on his outer robe, he found the thin hook that Rong An had taken during the day, ran over and opened the drawer again.

It was still empty inside, except for the wooden box he had put in earlier.He pulled out the entire drawer this time, and then measured the depth of the drawer with his hands, his face couldn't help but smile.

Tan Muqiu lay on the ground, reached in and groped for a while, and sure enough, he found the hidden compartment inside.The depth of this drawer is less than half of the bookshelf, but if ordinary people open it and see that it is empty, it is hard to imagine that there is a hidden compartment inside.

Tan Muqiu also thought of this layer because he had done a hidden space when he was young.

He groped and pulled out a mahogany box from the dark compartment, but luckily the box was not locked.He put the box aside, ran to the corner to bring the only oil lamp over, and opened the box with full expectation.

There were no jewels or gems in it, only a book, a slingshot, and an arrow broken in half.Presumably the box was not big enough, so the arrow was broken.

Tan Muqiu was a little disappointed, his own treasure chest was much richer than the one in front of him.

He picked up the slingshot and played with it for a while, and found that the workmanship was rough, and then picked up the arrow, and found that there was nothing unusual about the arrow with a black head and red feather.Finally he picked up the book, and saw "Strange People" written on it.

"Strange Chronicles".

Tan Muqiu's hand holding the book began to tremble. He stared at the three words in a daze for a long time before finally turning the page.When the black and white words came into view, he felt a buzzing sound in his head, and couldn't help but start to tremble all over.

what was that like?Shocked, confused, unreal.

Many emotions gathered in one place, but his mind was blank.So he hugged the book and leaned against the bookshelf until dawn, and when Rong An found him, his soul was frightened away.

Even though there was a charcoal stove in the house in the winter, sitting on the ground in thin pajamas for a night, even Rong An's body and bones couldn't bear it, let alone this ancestor.

Tan Muqiu put the book back to its original place, rubbed his aching head as if nothing had happened, and rejected Rong An's proposal to send the imperial physician to take a look.Seeing him acting as if nothing had happened, Rong An didn't dare to ask any more questions, and after carefully serving the breakfast, Zhao Qingming came.

After the snow, Zhongdu is completely white and beautiful.

After going to court, Tan Muqiu, who originally planned to go to Wanli Temple, changed his mind temporarily.He said that after the beginning of winter this year, he hadn't had a good look at Zhongdu yet, so he took Zhao Qingming to accompany him to wander around the city.Zhao Qingming naturally agreed.

Tan Muqiu led Hongfeng, and Zhao Qingming had no choice but to lead the horse and follow behind.The two walked aimlessly in Zhongdu City for nearly an hour, Tan Muqiu didn't speak, and Zhao Qingming didn't ask, as if as long as the person in front didn't stop talking, it didn't matter if the person behind followed him to death.

"I'm a little tired." Tan Muqiu said suddenly.

"Do you want to go back?" Zhao Qingming asked.

"I don't want to go back." Tan Muqiu said.

"Then...to Wanli Temple?" Zhao Qingming asked again.

Tan Muqiu frowned impatiently, and said, "Could it be that in Zhongdu, apart from those two places, I have nowhere to go?"

Zhao Qingming looked at Tan Muqiu, the eyes of the other party were darkened, obviously he hadn't rested well, his face was cold or unhappy, but it was not very good-looking.

"I know a place to go, where the plum blossoms are just in bloom, so I can go and have a look." Zhao Qingming said.

Tan Muqiu glanced at Zhao Qingming, and saw that the other party was not emotional, but he had a faint premonition in his heart, and he couldn't explain why, so he felt that the other party would take him to that place.

"Lead the way." Tan Muqiu said.

The two rode slowly, and after only two cups of tea, they arrived at the back door of a house.Qin Muqiu was not too surprised because he had a premonition.It's just that I haven't been back for a long time, I can't restrain my excitement, and I'm afraid that Zhao Qingming will see the clues, so I have to hold back.

Zhao Qingming replaced the lock on the back door with a new one, presumably he broke it forcibly at the beginning.

Seven years ago, the Qin Mansion was well-known in China, but after Qin Heng died in battle, and the young Qin Muqiu joined Ning'an Palace, it became a place where no one cared about.Even when Tan Muqiu rebelled with King Ning'an, Li Yu didn't even order to search here.Of course, there is nothing to search here, it is just an empty house.

Zhao Qingming took the horse and sent it to the stables, only then did Qin Muqiu know that Hongfeng had been raised in the Qin Mansion instead of the Zhao Mansion.

He thought, Hongfeng must be happy to be able to go home.

The plum blossoms in Qin Mansion are blooming very well, and it doesn't look like it has been neglected for many years.

Snow fell on top of the bright red plum blossoms, and the contrast became more and more charming.

Tan Muqiu suddenly thought of Li Jin, and thought of the plum trees in the courtyard where he lived in Ning'an Prince's Mansion in Libei County, they must have bloomed too.It was the second year he went to Beijun, and Li Jin wrote about it.Before that, Qin Muqiu gave Li Jin his first painting, and at that time almost all the people who knew Qin Muqiu in the palace had already received his painting.

The plum blossoms in Wanli Temple are also blooming very well.

Li Jin doesn't like plum blossoms, and thinks that plum blossoms welcome the frost and proud of the snow, which is too hypocritical.

But Tan Muqiu likes it, and the painting is so good that he doesn't even hate plum blossoms so much.

"My lord actually has the pleasure of admiring flowers." Wu Yun said as he came from behind the other party.

Li Jin hooked the corners of his mouth and said, "It's all about loving Wu and Wu." As he said that, he felt a little sad. At this time, "Wu" was in front of his eyes, but "Wu"'s life and death were uncertain.

"My lord has spent half his life in the army, yet he has a confidante by his side?" Wu Yun laughed.

Li Jin glanced at Wuyun, obviously he didn't expect this monk to talk about Fengyue with him, but he didn't dislike this topic, and said: "It's neither a fan nor a confidant, it's just... just a special person. people."

"It is said that the person who dies for the confidant can make the prince love the house and black, but is not the prince's confidant?" Wu Yun asked.

There was an imperceptible smile on the corner of Li Jin's mouth, and he said: "I can't say it, but there is such a person, you don't want him to know you, but you know him. And even if this person doesn't know what kind of person you are , but I can completely trust you and give you my wealth and life.”

Wuyun frowned when he heard the words, as if he had also thought of such a person, who knew nothing about people but could deliver everything based on intuition, trust completely, and have no grudges.

"My lord's visit to Zhongdu this time, is it related to that person?" Wuyun asked.

Li Jin was silent for a while, then sighed, and said, "Maybe."

Wu Yun pondered for a moment, then said: "The poor monk would take the liberty to ask, if this person chooses one of the princes of Jiangshan Ren, what should the prince do?"

Li Jin said with a smile: "There will be no such choice."

"If so?" Wuyun asked again.

Li Jin pondered for a moment, his eyes froze, and he said: "Gods block and kill gods, and Buddhas block and kill Buddhas. No one can hold the country of my Li family, and no one can hurt the people I want to protect."

"The prince's words mean that the man is safe and sound now?" Wu Yun asked.

Li Jin's eyes sank, and he glanced at Wuyun, the coldness in his eyes made people shudder.