Opposite the entrance hall

As night falls, the streets of Fanping are very lively, with all kinds of yelling and hawking one after another, hawkers carrying goods shuttle in the alleys, and the lanterns hanging in front of every house light up the city.

In the crowd, a man in gray with his hands crossed in his sleeves and his head bowed hurried forward, raising his head from time to time to look around, showing that he was very cautious.

He was walking very fast, with big strides and his head bowed. When he passed the corner, he suddenly collided with a peddler. On the ground, he yelled at this person who appeared from nowhere, "You don't look at the road, believe it or not..."

He didn't say the following words, but was glared at fiercely by the nagging man, the words stuck in his throat like this, knowing in his heart that he had encountered a difficult problem, so he could only spit, cursed and carried the burden go far.

The man looked around and saw that the movement of the two had already attracted many people's attention. He panicked and lowered his head again, walking away in a panic.

He walked quite a distance, stopped outside a gambling house, hesitated for a while, and went in. As soon as he entered the gambling house, he felt that it was very different from the outside. The inside was just as lively, but noisier. Crowded, all kinds of noise and the sound of throwing dice is loud, and you have to raise your voice to hear clearly.

The man walked up to the card table and stretched his neck to look around. His face that had been drooping was revealed. If Zhu Yingzhou was here, he would be able to tell that this man was Zhao Wu, the tortoise from Huanhualou.

Zhao Wu's eyes were black and blue, and the inverted triangle eyes looked a bit sinister. He watched the others for a while, and couldn't help rubbing his hands, feeling a little itchy, but he still held back.

"Brother, I saw you looking at it for a long time, but I want to give you a handful. Today, I am doing the old Zhuang's rules to compare the size. If you throw it to the full garden, I will give you 100 taels of silver. 80 taels, Hunjianglong 60 taels, and so on, do you want to try it, brother?"

The voice was very nice, it sounded like he was young, the man raised his head, only then did he see that the person talking to him was a man, to be precise, he was a man with a very good appearance, it was Ji Si, he was wearing a white round sleeve with narrow sleeves today. Collared gown, with a red jade pendant on the waist, leaning against Zhuo Yan, holding the lever in his hand, lightly tapping on the tabletop of the gaming table, with a slight smile on the corner of his lips, which made the noisy and chaotic gambling hall more lively. Some color.

This man is really very good, and he looks rich or expensive, Zhao Wuduo looked at it for a few times, hesitating, as if he was a little moved by what he said, the man smiled, "It's just a matter of trying your luck If you feel bored, brother, don't force it, what you want to come out to play is just a refreshment."

He talked about Zhao Wu's thoughts, and his hands were itchy. He licked his dry lips, took out a penny from his bosom, hesitated and pressed it on the big side, and stared straight at the person in front of him. With a smile on his face, Ji Si said in a hoarse voice, "I'm overwhelmed."

Ji Si lowered his eyes and glanced at the hanging money, then pushed the other dice cup back with a pick, and made a gesture of please.

After the words fell, the dice shook in the dice cup and made a swish sound. After a while, several people stopped their hands and put the dice cup on the table. Ji Si glanced at the others on the table, hooked his lips and opened the cup first. A few dice lay quietly among them, five six five four.

"Oh, it turned out to be a big loss. This is a big loss." Ji Si sighed, his tone full of remorse.

Zhao Wu on the side showed a smile that victory was in sight, which meant that he had already won. If he could produce a Man Yuanchun or a Man Pan Xing, no matter how bad he could produce a Hunjianglong, he would be sure to make a profit.

This wishful thinking was very good. Zhao Wu held his breath and opened the dice cup. There were exactly four fours in it. He rubbed his eyes, and after confirming that it was correct, he immediately raised his head and laughed, "I won, I won, haha Ha ha."

Immediately, the surrounding onlookers started talking about it, and many of them were envious, wishing to win just like themselves.

"It's really lucky." Ji Si fiddled with the dice with the lever, raised his hand, and immediately someone put the banknote in Ji Si's hand. He didn't take a second look, and directly handed it to Zhao Wu, " 100 taels, we will do what we say.”

Zhao Wu took it and took a closer look, and immediately stuffed it into his arms cautiously, for fear of being snatched away by others.

"Is Xiongtai still coming?" Ji Si pushed the dice cup back again.

"Unfortunately, there is something at home, so it's only next time." Zhao Wu has been in casinos for many years, and he is most familiar with the rules of casinos. He won a large sum of money today. If he continues, he will definitely return his principal with interest. Just accept it, and besides, it's not suitable for him to show up now, so it's better to keep a low profile to avoid attracting attention.

He thought a lot of words in his mind, but he didn't have a chance to say them at all. The young man in front of him was very talkative, so he nodded when he heard the words, "It's a pity, brother, walk slowly and let's have a few more when we have a chance."

"sure."

Zhao Wu pretended to deal with others, found an excuse, pushed through the crowd and hurried out of the casino, but didn't see Ji Si behind him showing a smile that was not a smile.

Out of the casino, Zhao Wu clasped his hands tightly to protect his chest, walked very fast, and looked around secretly from time to time, for fear that someone suspicious would approach him, and after walking for a long distance to make sure that nothing happened, he turned sideways into a road In a sparsely populated alleyway.

There is a row of dilapidated houses on both sides of the alley. There is no one in it. It looks miserable. Halfway through the walk, there were only other footsteps coming from my own alley. Zhao Wu's expression changed and he stopped, turning around and running towards the way he came from without saying a word, but he stopped after taking a few steps, staring at the people who suddenly appeared behind him with wide eyes .

He sensed that something was wrong, gritted his teeth, turned his head and ran behind, but at this moment, even the escape route was blocked by someone, and the situation changed suddenly. After the crowd came out, he raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Brother, what a coincidence, we meet again."

Seeing this man, Zhao Wu's face was even paler, no matter how stupid he was, he could see that he had been tricked and tricked, and this kind of thing often happened in gambling houses. He was no stranger to it, so he was busy Said: "I will return the money to you, please let me go, don't worry, I will definitely not tell others about it."

"Money?" Ji Si was a little puzzled, and then laughed, "I have plenty, and there is nothing rare, just give it to you."

"Then you..." Hearing people say that, Zhao Wuxuan's heart didn't sink, but he became more and more nervous. He felt that this person came here either for money or for other reasons, and his back sweated a lot. Wet clothes.

Ji Si raised a bright smile at people, and said the purpose word by word, "What I want is you."

As soon as the voice fell, Zhao Wu felt a pain in the back of his head, and he rushed forward, his forehead hit the ground heavily, and a large amount of dust was raised on the ground. Before his consciousness dissipated, he saw this man squatting beside him, and said in a calm tone, "Good luck!" Go to sleep, I'm afraid you won't have a chance to sleep when you wake up."

The eyelids became heavy, consciousness gradually blurred, and after that, he lost his memory and passed out.

The alleyway was still quiet, and it was impossible to see what happened just now. A gust of wind blew up the dry weeds and paper on the ground, which looked a little creepy from a distance.

There are many forces fighting in Wanping City, and there is also a person outside the city. Guo Jingyi sat in the tent and opened the military book. There was a rush of footsteps outside the tent, and then the curtain was lifted, and a man in military uniform left. When he came in, he saluted first, and then sent a message, "General, there is news from the city that Zhao Wu has been taken away by Ji Si."

Guo Jingyi flipped through the book for a moment, raised his eyes and asked, "Wang Yangchun and the others have any news?"

"Not yet, and Zhao Wu didn't see him outside the gambling house, so I can't relate to Ji Si," the man replied, and then he thought of a point that he hadn't figured out, and asked in puzzlement , "General, there are so many gambling houses here, how did Ji Si guess that Zhao Wu would go to the one in the west of the city, and set up a trap early on to wait for others to fall into the trap?"

"Where Huanhualou appeared in the east of the city, he would attract attention, and the south of the city is the residence of dignitaries. His status is even more out of place. The north of the city is mostly crowded with people, so thinking about it, the west of the city is more suitable. Zhao Wu is very addicted to gambling. Seeing no one looking for him in the past few days, he must be relaxed and unable to sit still. He even kept his mind on looking for new and remote gambling houses. jaws of death."

"Since Zhao Wu has fallen into Ji Si's hands, then the matter is clear. Shall we go back?" The lieutenant carefully watched Guo Jingyi's reaction.

The latter closed the book of war, frowned, and thought for a while, "Don't worry, we don't want to interfere in this matter, let Ji Si make a fuss first, the bigger the fuss, the better it is for us. After that, I will be in charge.”

There was a certain confidence in his voice, as if Wan Ping was already in his pocket.

The flocks of birds in the forest were frightened, flapping their wings and flying away from the forest in all directions. The leaves and feathers were scattered, disturbing the tranquility.

The bird flew out of formation, so it had no choice but to find a branch to settle on, and nodded. The beak combed the feathers, and the mouth made a cooing sound, which seemed a bit noisy under the scorching sun.

Qi Ran raised his eyes to look at the bird, and Du Heng who was at the side inspected the surroundings, leaned over and lowered his voice, "You said the young master of the Kong family left the two of us here, what did you do?"

"We let him lose face in front of everyone earlier, maybe we have to let us hang out."

Kong Fenghan, the young master of the Kong family, made friends with poetry in Pinfeng Tower, and made friends with scholars all over the world. The two of them naturally went to join in the fun. Doing the question, the lines are full of indignant spittle and denunciation, as if I feel abhorred by this person's various crimes and wish to get rid of them soon.

They scolded vigorously, demoting Ji Si to nothing without a word of filth.

After listening to it for a while, Du Heng suddenly felt bad. When he turned his head, he saw Qi Ran appearing in front of the crowd. He was stunned for a moment, even Du Heng was stunned. If he didn't know what kind of temperament Ji Si was, he would think that he was loyal to the country and promoted the reform of Dajin by himself, regardless of life and death. Who is the loyal and good man who is cast aside for future generations just to usher in the new students of the Jin Dynasty?

After he reacted, the two had already been invited to the backyard by Kong Fenghan, but the man himself didn't show up.

Du Heng was still confused, and was about to speak, when a voice came from behind, "I'm really sorry for keeping you guys waiting for so long."

Looking back, I saw the young master of the Kong family rushing over with a smile on his face, nodding his head and bowing to express his apology, the well-behaved others couldn't find fault, Qi and Du quickly got up and returned the salute.

"Please sit down, both of you," Kong Fenghan raised his hands at the two of them, and then lifted the hem of his clothes and got into his seat. He picked up the teapot and poured tea while casually asking, "It was very interesting to see my brother talking in the hall earlier. Feeling, we claim to inherit the way of Confucius and Mencius, but we have not made any achievements. Instead, we gather together to imitate that gossip woman, discussing right and wrong behind the scenes is indeed unbecoming of a gentleman."

"But it's nonsense, Master Kong still doesn't care a lot, it's really generous." Qi Ran and his colleagues practiced Tai Chi.

Kong Fenghan smiled, put the tea in front of the two of them, and said something else, "I see that the two brothers are a little strange, and they don't look like Qu Ding, I don't know what to call you? Where are you from?"

"The two of us are indeed not from Qu Ding. My surname is Qu Dan and my last name is Heng. This is my righteous brother Yang Si," Du Heng didn't hide it. Confidentially, at the moment, he is also telling what he can say, "We are from Xiangzhou. We heard that Quding's scenery is beautiful and interesting, so we want to come to see the world."

"So that's it. You can't hear the Xiangzhou accent in your words. If you don't say it, you won't be able to see it." Kong Fenghan nodded. He said such a sentence for no reason, and he couldn't see how much he believed it. , just picked up the tea and took a small sip, "For some reason, although Brother Yang and Brother Qu are strangers to each other, but when we met today, we felt like old friends at first sight. It's really strange, strange."

"It's our blessing to be able to make friends with Young Master Kong. The Kong family is the head of the aristocratic family and a model of literati in the world. In this way, we are two brothers who are on the top." Qi Ran said in a flat tone.

"It's all a fake name given by outsiders. You can't count it, you can't count it," Kong Fenghan waved his hands in embarrassment, "The Kong family doesn't dare to claim to be the head of the family now. In terms of reputation and prestige, the Qi family has long been stronger than the Kong family." Yes, I heard that a few days ago Xiangzhou was plagued by floods and epidemics, and the second young master of the Qi family, Qi Shaoqing from Dali Temple, also made meritorious service. Since Brother Yang and Brother Qu are from Xiangzhou, perhaps they have met with others, and they know the character of that person. I don't know what it looks like?"

"Well," Qi Ran nodded without changing his face, "Except for better appearance, outstanding talent, and kindness, everything else is mediocre."

"..."

"..."

"Cough cough cough," Du Heng reacted quickly and quickly skipped the topic, "Although the Qi family is well-known, the Kong family has a century-old foundation and has produced many capable people. We came all the way from Xiangzhou and heard a lot of news that the promotion of Kashgar How about Kong Lingqiu, Minister of Rites of the New Deal, I heard that this Minister of Rites is also a Quding person, I wonder if Young Master Kong knows him?"

When Kong Lingqiu's name was mentioned, Kong Fenghan's smile froze, but in the blink of an eye, he returned to normal, as if it was just a hallucination.

"To tell you the truth, my brothers, this Kong Lingqiu is a member of my Kong family, but he is not from the same family but a collateral lineage. However, he was kicked out of the family tree many years ago, so it has nothing to do with the Kong family."

"This collateral lineage is already very capable. The official salutes to the minister of the Ministry of Rites. As the direct line of the family, Master Kong must have a hidden literary talent. It is really a blessing that the two of us can have tea with Master Kong here today."

"Brother Yang is too famous." Kong Fenghan touched his nose uncomfortably, "But after reading a few books and learning for a few days, I really can't be called a brilliant writer. In terms of words, I am not as good as Kong Lingqiu. It's not that he made such a big mistake, the Kong family won't tolerate him."

"This Minister of Rites has ever done something wrong?" In fact, both of them knew about it, but at this moment Du Heng pretended to be puzzled and asked.

Kong Fenghan did not doubt that he was there, so he briefly explained the incident that day, "He cut off the legs of a cousin of the same family, and the life of the cousin of the same family is considered to be over, and now he is even more eccentric, thinking about it every day Kong Lingqiu was required to pay the price, although the man insulted him first, but this was too much, my family would not let him go, and I wanted to retaliate, if the governor did not come forward, this would be terrible It's endless."

"Inspector?" Du Heng still looked shocked and bewildered, as if he just knew this, there was nothing wrong with his reaction and expression, and his acting skills were natural. If Ji Si were here, he might want to praise him, "I never thought about it. And with such things, this Minister of Rites can be regarded as destined to meet a nobleman."

"Who would dare to be relentless when the governor protects you? It's strange. The two of them died without seeing any communication, but they each have their own destiny. Let's not talk about it." Kong Fenghan waved his hand and said As if he didn't want to say more.

The most important point of this topic has not been mentioned yet, Du Heng felt a little regretful, but worried that asking too many questions would make people suspicious, so he found a few topics and skipped this matter, and talked about other things.

The two of them, one the number one scholar in the gold list, the other the second place in the top two, anecdotes, anecdotes, humanistic customs, court laws, what they saw and heard were all at their fingertips, among literati, they were convinced by their literary talent, so after drinking a pot of tea, Kong Fenghan treated the two of them. He was full of admiration, and he kindly invited him to the house for a talk, but was rejected by Qi Ran on the grounds that he had just arrived at Quding and hadn't finished it properly, knowing the implication of his words, he gave up embarrassingly.

It wasn't until the lights came on and night fell that the two of them came out from the backyard of the restaurant. They stayed a little further away. Du Heng turned his head and glanced at the Pinfeng Tower, where he could only see the roof, and looked back at Qi Ran beside him, "What do you think?" ?”

Qi Ran's eyes didn't move, he still stared straight ahead, his tone was very serious, "From my point of view, this Kong Fenghan probably recognized us."

"I think so too," Du Heng nodded in agreement, "Although Qu Ding is not the master of the Confucian family, the Confucian family has a deep foundation and influence, and they may have their eyeliner in the government. After a while, it is not surprising to know the news that we came to Quding. Today we both came out suddenly. Although you are from Xiangzhou, you can hear something wrong with your authentic Lin'an official dialect. Kong Fenghan not only doesn't think It's strange, and it seems tricky without asking too much, did he just say those words to us on purpose? But what is the intention?"

"The members of the Kong family are not easy-going lamps. When he told us about this matter, he must have his own plans. I am afraid that he has ulterior motives to seek some benefits from us. Let's wait and see what happens first, and don't startle the snake. If he wants to act, he will act." Accompany the show and see what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd."

A group of officials came in front of the speaking room, and the two looked at each other and quickly stood sideways to avoid it. In the center of the crowd was Ren Shikai sitting in a sedan chair and a man from Yushitai pretending to be the two of them. Walking on the street, you can hear the sound of footsteps when you go far.

Qi Ran glanced back and had a plan in mind, "This way of stealing the dragon and turning the phoenix will not last long, we have to hurry up and go to Shuzhou first, otherwise it will attract attention if we think about it later."

"It's still a day's journey from Quding to Shuzhou, so it should be faster." Du Heng frowned, and understood the trouble of this matter.

"No hurry, I have to go to one place first."

"Ok?"

"Go and see the man whose legs were cut off by Kong Lingqiu." Qi Ran narrowed his eyes, staring in the direction of the Kong family, lost in thought.

The sky was dark, maybe it was because of the sudden change of the sky at night, the air was filled with sultry steam, the hot people were short of breath, and the sound of cicadas from the grass hit the ears, making the quiet night a little more noisy Miscellaneous, the brains of those who listened to that voice would explode, and the faint light from the room made the night even more silent.

Suddenly, a bowl flew out from the window propped up by the branch pole, disturbing the group of Xia cicadas, the cicadas stopped singing, and a burst of cursing came from the room. The voice should be a young man, " It's so noisy, come and light a fire for this young master to burn this lawn to ashes!"

The window was half open, and through the light that came through, two figures standing and one sitting could be vaguely seen in the room. The standing figure was bowing and comforting the young man in the four-wheel chair. His voice was a bit old, about forty or so, " Zhen'er, calm down, dad will help you pull out the grass in the backyard tomorrow, good boy, let's take the medicine first."

"What to eat, will my legs grow back after taking this medicine!"

The cries and the sound of throwing things in the room stopped for a while, and Kong Fengzhen's crazy voice sounded again, "Father, didn't you say that you would help me avenge me! Didn't you say that you would let that bastard Kong Lingqiu cut off his arms?" Legs! How can you have the heart to let the child suffer such grievances!"

"Zhen'er, wait a minute, that bitch is now the servant of the Ministry of Rites, we are not their opponents, when the opportunity arises, Dad will avenge you, so that that bitch can't live without wanting to die!" The man's voice was thick The hatred, the tone of gnashing of teeth, wished to crush the person mentioned in the words to ashes.

"Now that the king of Qin has the final say on this song, our Kong family is far worse than before. If it weren't for seeing the love poems hidden in the room by that bitch, we wouldn't know that he admires King Qin. This bitch has such disgusting thoughts. , even more so willing to lie under a man, it really embarrasses our Kong family!"

"Hush," the man was anxious, and quickly silenced Kong Fengzhen, "Don't talk about it, if you teach others to hear it and spread it to King Qin, we will be in big trouble!"

"I'm still afraid that he won't succeed!"

"Zhen'er, stop talking, stop talking, if Kong Fenghan hears about it, he will punish you again, father will find a chance to avenge you."

"What kind of thing is Kong Fenghan?" Kong Fengzhen was engulfed in anger, holding strong hostility and hatred for everyone, wishing to destroy all the people and things around him between the lines, "He can't fight Kong Lingqiu, let alone fight People of the Qi family, if the position of Patriarch is really handed over to him, the Kong family may be completely finished, if I hadn't broken my legs, if I hadn't broken my legs..."

He didn't say the words behind, but kept repeating this sentence, and the hatred was deeper without saying a word, accompanied by the sound of smashing things and the man's distressed persuasion.

After that, there were some hysterical curses and roars. None of the two people in the room noticed the figure on the tree in the courtyard. Then cautiously half-bent the body, using the power of the tiptoes, he jumped out of the Confucian mansion lightly.

Qu’s curfew is not as early as Lin’an’s. The streets are still very lively even in the middle of the night, with all kinds of talking, laughing and shouting.

Compared with the outside, Du Heng and Chen Pingan sitting in the room were extremely anxious. Their fingers knocked on the table unconsciously. The rattling sound made him feel more depressed. He looked down at his hand and gave him a slap in the face. , put his hand under the table, and raised the teapot with the other hand, only to find that the pot of tea had already bottomed out.

He frowned and put down the teapot, and muttered to himself: "It's time for a cup of tea, why haven't you come back yet?"

"Lord Du, don't worry, the young master will be back soon." Chen Ping propped his chin to comfort him sleepily.

As soon as the words fell, there were three long and one short knocking sounds outside the window. Du Heng jumped up quickly, almost overturning the chair, and, ignoring other things, hurried to the window to lift the branch. Even Chen Pingan was caught by this Startled by the sudden sound, the man in night clothes jumped in.

After closing the window again, Du Heng sat back and asked, "What's the matter? What can I gain from this trip?"

Qi Ran took off the veil covering his face and put it on the table, and briefly explained the news he heard in the Confucian Mansion.

"Kong Lingqiu admires the King of Qin?" The news was somewhat unexpected to Du Heng. His brain was a little confused, and he raised his hand to reorganize his thoughts, "So that Kong Lingqiu really has a habit of short sleeves. Does the King of Qin know about this?"

After Du Heng finished speaking, he shook his head and denied, "No, the King of Qin doesn't look like a good person with a broken sleeve. He loves the side concubine of the King of Qin very much, and he is afraid that he will bump into him. That kind of appearance doesn't look like someone who can fake it." , so this has been nothing but Kong Lingqiu’s wishful thinking?”

"What do you think?"

This question is very complicated, Du Heng lowered his eyes and thought for a while, "Even if Kong Lingqiu loves Longyang, what does it mean?"

"At first glance, everything is unrelated, but when I think about it carefully, I feel that everything is connected. We must have overlooked something." Qi Ran stared at the candle on the table and said in a low voice, "Tomorrow morning we will go to Shuzhou , I have a hunch that this trip to Shuzhou will definitely answer some doubts."

The candlelight on the table flickered, hitting the figures of the three on the wall. The shadows flickered and jumped as the candlelight flickered. The shadow of a hand was reflected on the wall, holding a letter in his hand, gently It spread out with a flick, and then the shadow moved accordingly. The letter paper was close to the wick, and when the paper touched the candle flame, the tongue of flame spread immediately, and the thin paper was swallowed up in the blink of an eye, leaving only a little ember.

Fingers let go of the paper and it fell into the teacup. The black and gray ashes made the originally clear tea muddy.

"My lord, what is written in this letter?" Song Chengjiu stared at the ashes in the teacup and asked.

"Uncle wants to use Ji Si's hand to get rid of Wang Yangchun and his party." Li Hongxuan lowered his head, his face hidden in the dark, making it difficult for people to see his expression clearly, let alone what he was thinking, "If he goes wrong this time, One step, and the whole game will be lost, the soldiers are making a risky move, and they are holding such a chess piece in their hands, this is something this king never expected."

What he said was ambiguous, but Song Chengjiu had followed him for many years, and after a little thought he understood what he said, "That man...couldn't he belong to the general?"

"Don't say anything about this matter. If people know about it, they will make a big fuss, and then I will be involved."

"This subordinate understands." Song Chengjiu nodded, then frowned, his face was a little worried, he hesitated and said all the uneasy things in his heart, "The situation between the DPRK and China has become more and more tense and complicated recently, and my subordinates found something wrong , although there is no confirmation, but I think it is not a trivial matter, I still need to inform the prince."

"What makes you so worried?" The two have been together for many years and know each other's temperament. It is definitely not a trivial matter that can make Song Chengjiu so worried.

"My lord asked my subordinates to pay more attention to the East Palace, but my subordinates found that during this period of time, the East Palace collected some rare treasures from time to time. They were all favorite things for daughters and children. Feeling puzzled, I asked people to check these What is the use of the strange treasures? The results of the final investigation made the subordinates even more puzzled. They were all sent to General Dingwei's mansion. Although they were all returned, the subordinates still felt that there was something wrong with them. Is there a problem?"

"General Dingwei's Mansion?" Li Hongxuan repeated these five words playfully in his mouth, "If I remember correctly, Pei Qixiu followed Ji Si to Wenping, and now the Pei family is in charge of the second lady of the mansion, and I will also be the second lady. I've heard a little bit about it, not to mention her good looks, her talent and abilities are beyond the reach of ordinary women, even though she is from a family of military generals, she is extremely talented, so her body is a little weaker, Pei Qixiu loves his sister very much, and all the matchmakers who proposed to marry her were all bombarded Go on, the boss is really Sima Zhao's heart, everyone knows it!"

"How can the prince still laugh?" Song Chengjiu understood the problem and became even more worried, "The crown prince married the second lady of General Dingwei's mansion, so Pei Zhan and Pei's army are his reliance, and he has been a supporter in the court. Duo, already holding great power, if there is support from the garrison, then others will be helpless, this move must be aimed at the prince."

"He wants to get married with General Dingwei's mansion, but the king will prevent him from getting married!" Li Hongxuan opened the fan with a snap, with a cold smile on his face, he raised the teacup and shook it lightly, disturbing the muddy tea. There is a vortex in the center of the teacup. Looking from top to bottom, it seems that the water in all directions has been swallowed by the vortex. He stared at the center of the vortex, his eyes were a little dark, "My fair lady, a gentleman is so good, as long as Pei Yao doesn't enter it for a day Donggong, everyone in the Pei family has a chance, and whoever wins or loses can only depend on their own ability."

This sentence was very clear in the dark night, it melted into the wind, as if it was wafting in the ears, Pei Yao paused for a moment, put down her pen and raised her eyes to look around, but except for the rustling of the leaves blown by the wind in the courtyard, there was no sound. It was the sizzling sound of the burning candle wick, she frowned, her face a little ugly.

The servant girl pushed the door in with sweet soup, and she saw her like this, and hurriedly greeted her, "Miss, what's wrong?"

"I don't know why, I always feel a little uneasy in my heart, and I often wake up at night, Chunxi, what do you think is going to happen?"

"Bah, bah, bah," Chun Xi put the tray on the table, and said comfortingly, "Miss is probably too tired these days, so I'll call the doctor tomorrow to have a look and prescribe some soothing decoction, and I will guarantee that the medicine will be cured by then!"

While consoling, she smiled and put the sweet soup in the tray by Pei Yao's hand.

Pei Yao lowered her gaze to look at the unfinished painting in front of her. Although the person in the painting hadn't painted her lips yet, her appearance had already landed on the paper. It was not difficult to see who this person was from the outline and lines.

Chunxi leaned against the table, and looked at the paintings on the table with her head. She followed Pei Yao all the time, and naturally understood what her young lady was thinking, and sighed, "Since the young lady is happy with Ji Shilang, why don't you say it to the general? The general loves Miss, and you have never refused your request."

"The things in this world can be done as you like." Pei Yao dipped the tip of the pen in ink, gently traced the hair, and spread out the person in her heart little by little.

"Could it be that the miss is worried that the general will not allow it because of the remarks made by outsiders to Ji Shilang?"

"It would be great if it was that simple. Putting other things aside, Mr. Ji may not have any feelings for me. I wishful thinking to force things to no avail. It is hard to make a good couple, but I have become a pair of haters. The two are tormenting each other." .”

"Miss is right. Take Mr. Yang and Ms. Qi's family as an example. What a good couple. It's embarrassing to have come to this point somehow, little..." Yu Seeing Pei Yan's downcast face, Chunxi felt that her words were inappropriate, so she quickly kept quiet.

Pei Yao put down the pen in her hand, and said in a distant tone, "The things between the two of them cannot be explained clearly in a few words. Mrs. Yang is kind and sincere, while Sister Xi is stubborn and tough. Although I have a close relationship with Sister Xi, but Most of the time, I can't understand it. If she loves Shen Zixiang so much, she was able to marry into the Yang family without thinking about it at all; love and love don't seem to be that important to her. I only hope that after this incident, it will be different Bar."

What she was talking about was what Yang Qin already understood. All of these were almost ten years of companionship day and night, whether she loved her or not, she couldn't tell for a long time. Shen Zixiang was just a lead between the two of them. Not having him is far from important. The current situation is nothing more than because Qi Xi doesn't have Yang Qin in his heart. He didn't have him in the past, he doesn't exist now, and there won't be any in the future.

Yang Qin sighed a little bored, and let the girl beside him follow behind him step by step. He didn't understand the sorrows and joys of the world, he just thought this girl was very troublesome.

"Cousin, but because Miss Qi is hurting?"

"What does it have to do with you?" Yang Qin frowned, not in a good mood.

"It's Qing'er that's bad. If Qing'er is as good as Miss Qi's family, cousin can also look at Qing'er more. Cousin is so good, why doesn't Miss Qi know how to cherish it?" She has a rather pitiful temperament, "But it's no wonder that Ms. Qi has a good appearance and is the most talented woman in Lin'an City. She has a higher vision. She has never seen any man. If it wasn't for the kindness of the Yang family back then, she would be afraid I won't marry into the Yang family, unlike me, who followed my cousin since I was a child, and can't do anything well, this..."

"Qing'er, you're thirsty after talking so much," Yang Qin snatched the conversation away with a smile, "Just in time, there's a teahouse in front, let's go and have some refreshments."

After finishing speaking, regardless of the people around her, she hurried towards the teahouse, and the girl named Qing'er called her a few times, seeing that the man ignored her, she rubbed her handkerchief with her fingers and stomped her feet, hurriedly rushed up.

As soon as he entered the teahouse, he was greeted upstairs by Xiao Er. When he looked up, he saw Qi Xi sitting by the window. The two of them looked at each other from a distance, but the noisy voices around them quieted down at this moment. After Li Shu was sent there, the two never saw each other again. Qi Xi moved back to the Qi Mansion at a time when he was not in the mansion. His intention was already obvious, and he didn't know what was good or bad.

When they met again suddenly, Yang Qin thought he would feel distressed, but in fact, he didn't even change his expression, he just looked away and walked to the table farthest from Qi Xi, as if he was just an insignificant stranger.

Qi Xi didn't expect to see Yang Qin here, so he panicked, but when he caught sight of the woman behind him, he immediately turned cold.

Qing'er naturally saw the undercurrent between the two, she knew Qi Xi, so she deliberately got closer to Yang Qin, and proudly walked past with her chin raised and her toes raised.

Ban Xia at the side saw her teeth itching with anger, glared at the man angrily, and looked at her young lady full of anger, "My lord, what do you mean, I know that this cousin has ulterior motives, and I deliberately brought this person here Wandering around in front of me, I made it clear that it's not fun for Miss to find!"

"Your anger is too high, drink some herbal tea to reduce your anger."

"Ban Xia is just for the little ones.