comeback [rebirth]

The distance between the two was instantly shortened.

In an instant, the distance between the tip of the nose was only a few millimeters away, Cen Yuan only felt that the moonlight in his line of sight was weak, and he could only see the light in Yan Xuan's eyes.

His heart skipped a beat, and a panic surged out. He withdrew the strength in his hand suddenly, and pressed his backhand against the skirt of the opponent's clothes, only then did he stop the approach.

All this happened in an instant, but then Cen Yuan asked himself a question in his heart.

——What am I going to do to Yan Xuan?

He was so full of doubts that he didn't realize that Yan Xuan raised his hand to hold his wrist in the confusion.Until Yan Xuan moved his thumb slightly, the callused fingertips lightly brushed the inside of his wrist.

"You're drunk." Yan Xuan said.

Cen Yuan subconsciously twitched his fingertips.

He clenched his fingers tightly and looked straight into Yan Xuan's eyes.

The surroundings suddenly fell silent, not far away, the two children seemed to be talking to their relatives by the river, their soft words were wrapped in the late summer night wind, stirring up the silence.

After a long while, Cen Yuan pushed the opponent away completely, and said, "Little General, I'm not so weak that I can get drunk with a jar of millet and wine."

Yan Xuan took his time to look away from him: "Alcohol is not necessarily what makes people intoxicated."

What he said seemed to have deep meaning, but at this moment Cen Yuan only felt that his thoughts had become a mess, and he couldn't figure out what Yan Xuan's words were referring to.

"Okay, okay, what are you doing with these wasteful words, I didn't realize that you can be so wordy before."

After a while, Cen Yuan came back to his senses, quickly stopped talking, and followed the conversation: "I still remember, when you came back, you said you went to see An Zhengchu, what happened?"

Originally, he didn't want to bring up these bad things today, but since he was in a good mood and was eager to change the subject, he took the initiative to bring it up.

Yan Xuan glanced at him deeply, Fang said: "Before, I sent people in the palace to draw a portrait of Biling and asked An Zhengchu to take it with me. Some people in the local area vaguely recognized the person on the portrait. It was a family surnamed Cui The youngest daughter in the family."

"Cui?" Yan Xuan's words gave Cen Yuan a heavy blow, he sat up straight and asked again: "What about the original 'Bi Ling'?"

"I don't know for the time being." Yan Xuan said, "Many of the people staying in Shuyang County are no longer from the past. Even if no one knows them, it is not a strange thing."

Cen Yuan followed his words: "It's just...it's not known whether those people who knew 'Bi Ling' really went to live elsewhere, or lost their traces for other reasons."

Yan Xuan didn't say right or wrong.

Cen Yuan asked again: "But, can they really wipe out everyone who knows 'Bi Ling'?"

After saying this, he calmed down and looked at the calm river.

Suddenly, he sneered.

But immediately he shook his head, as if a complex emotion circled several times in his heart, and finally turned into helplessness, and these helplessness became silent expressions at this moment.

"Then this fake Biling..." he said, "Let's call her Cui Shi, where did she go back then?"

Why doves occupy the magpie's nest now and use her name?

Yan Xuan said: "She is not from Anze Town. When the plague broke out, there was a town called Qiuding who fled. But according to the people who have returned to their hometown now, they fled to Huachu County."

"Hua Chu County?" Cen Yuan was taken aback, "That's within Chu State."

Yan Xuan was noncommittal.

Cen Yuan fell silent, his thoughts were still a little confused, and he was slower than usual when receiving information.

"That is to say..." After a while, he concluded, "You mean, this Cui family might have fled to Chu State during the plague that year, and then somehow replaced Bi Ling's identity."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered the last time he met Yan Xuan in his previous life.

At that time, he was busy planning to assassinate the prime minister, he just wanted to settle the matter in the most straightforward way, and he did not agree to Yan Xuan's request to go to the south of the Yangtze River together, but what the other party said at that time still lingered in his ears.

——The spearheads are all directed at Chu State.

He smacked these words in his heart, and subconsciously asked, "Then what should we do next?"

Yan Xuan said: "After you and I get married, I have to go to Chu State once."

"..." Cen Yuan stopped for half a beat, and glanced at the other party: "Just to investigate the real and fake Bi Ling?"

Logically speaking, Bi Ling in this life is just a pawn in the hands of Prime Minister Duan, and it just happened to appear once by him and his concubine each. After a lot of trouble, you have to go to the south of the Yangtze River to investigate?

What's more, Yan Xuan still has important affairs to attend to, so what reason can she have?

unless……

As Cen Yuan expected, Yan Xuan shook his head when he heard this question: "The Southern Army conscripts once every three years, and the first batch of lists was handed in from each region last month. The number of soldiers conscripted by Chu State varies."

Cen Yuan thought that sure enough——Yan Xuan had already discovered the difference in conscription.

Since this was the first time he had heard this in his life, he pretended to be surprised, widened his eyes and said, "Could it be that the King of Chu has a different intention?"

Yan Xuan cast a sideways glance at him, took in all the expressions on his face, and said, "I don't know yet."

"But..." Cen Yuan said cooperatively, "If the King of Chu really hid his troops in private, how can he ensure that his father doesn't know about it?"

Yan Xuan didn't answer directly, it seems that she also didn't know the answer to this question.

He also mentioned: "Since May this year, Prime Minister Duan has taken the initiative to take over the adjustment of the water transportation route in Chu, and the King of Chu has not raised any objections."

Cen Yuan still remembered his views on these two matters in his last life, but this time, his voice was relaxed, even with a little sarcasm: "Using ships to transfer recruited soldiers, he can't transfer them to the bottom of the river. "

Yan Xuan: "..."

"Forget it, if you were clear, you wouldn't have a headache about this now." Cen Yuan said, looking up at the end of the front, and said softly: "You can only know everything after checking."

But that's the end of the story, although Cen Yuan didn't know why Yan Xuan had already mentioned the matter of going to Chu to investigate before the next year, but he already understood the purpose of the other party's trip to Chu.

His being murdered and targeted was nothing more than a trivial matter, it was nothing more than a dispute in the court, even if Prime Minister Duan's power in the court could not be defeated with one blow, the worst case would be to continue to live a life of walking on eggshells.

But if Prime Minister Duan really colluded with the King of Chu and raised troops in private with the intention of rebelling, the chaos would be Daning's society.Besides, just a few days ago, he asked Yan Xuan the reason for his late return, and the other party told him that the Xiongnu seemed to be ready to move in the Mobei area recently, and it would be fine to take precautions early.

It would be best if nothing happens, but if at that time, internal and external troubles occur at the same time, it will not only hurt him, but tens of millions of people in Daning.

It is impossible for Yan Xuan to sit idly by, and it is impossible to delay taking action. Coincidentally, this is an excellent opportunity for him to get rid of Prime Minister Duan.

He secretly let out a deep breath, looked down and saw a small stone among the weeds, picked it up, then got up and stamped his somewhat numb legs, weighed the stone twice, and threw it sideways onto the river.

The stone bounced several times on the surface of the river immediately, and sank to the bottom of the river near the other side of the river.

Cen Yuan raised his eyebrows, whistled in satisfaction, and then heard the man behind him say: "This time going south..."

"Huh?" Turning around, Cen Yuan saw Yan Xuan still sitting, looking up at him.

His heart fluttered inexplicably, he bent over and pulled a weed casually, squatted down in front of Yan Xuan, pinched the grass and brushed the other's face.

Yan Xuan leaned back slightly, and stopped following what he had just said, and quickly grabbed his hand: "Don't make trouble."

Being pulled by him like this, Cen Yuan almost lost his center of gravity and fell forward towards the opponent. Fortunately, he used his right knee to support the ground in an instant, and his unshackled hands hurriedly supported the opponent's bent leg, and then he stabilized out of shape.

"Tsk." He clicked his tongue softly, and withdrew his hand resentfully, but he didn't move the one that Yan Xuan grabbed, and just let the other party wrap his wrist.

"What were you trying to say just now?" he asked.

Yan Xuan looked at him, and said slowly: "This time going south, you must be careful in Chang'an alone."

He paused for a moment, and finally continued, "Wait for me to come back."

Cen Yuan didn't speak for a moment, he half-closed his eyes, because of his posture, he could only stare at Yan Xuan from top to bottom, but he still had the illusion of being suppressed by the other's unwavering eyes.

Suddenly, he moved his wrist, intending to withdraw his hand.

Originally, he thought that the other party would stop him, but he easily took back the inexplicably taken away right of control.

"Little General," he said.

Yan Xuan signaled him with his eyes.

"You told me to go to Chu State," Cen Yuan said slowly, meeting the other party's eyes, "Is this a report to me?"

Yan Xuan: "..."

Seeing that the other party was silent, Cen Yuan said again: "Is it still an invitation?"

His tone was calm, making it impossible to understand the meaning behind the question, but Yan Xuan looked at him, and after a while lowered his voice: "Do you want to go with me?"

Hearing this, Cen Yuan asked back: "Is there any reason why you can't let me go?"

He paused, seeing that Yan Xuan didn't speak immediately, he asked again, "Huh?"

This tone of voice is not serious, on the contrary, the ending is raised, with some inexplicable provocative meaning.

Yan Xuan pursed his lips tightly, as if he was thinking about how to answer, but Cen Yuan continued his indecent tone and said jokingly: "Ah, I see. There are outstanding people in Jiangnan, especially women. It is known as the beauty of Daning. Could it be that Master Yan wants to have some fun by himself while I am away?"

Yan Xuan: "..."

Cen Yuan suddenly laughed, and lay down on the side of the weeds.

Seeing that the other party has been silent, he followed up and teased: "Silence is the default? If you really want to go, then I have to follow."

Before he finished speaking, Yan Xuan finally said, "Don't talk nonsense."

Cen Yuan laughed out loud, even attracting the attention of two children not far away.

"Little General," he called, "you're so much fun to tease."

"..." Yan Xuan acted like he didn't want to talk to him again.

The moon tonight is not yet at its fullest, but hanging in the dark sky can still illuminate the sky and the earth.

All the burdens on his body were removed, until he was tired from laughing, the corners of Cen Yuan's curved lips slowly calmed down.However, his hands were restless at all, and he kept pulling the grass beside him, and a small piece of land was almost bald by him.

After what seemed like a long time, he said, "You don't have to leave me out, Yan Xuan."

This time Yan Xuan didn't stay silent all the time, and said softly, "I just thought you wouldn't want to take care of these things."

"Indeed." Cen Yuan snorted when he heard the words, "Maybe what I want to be is just a small boat drifting with the wind, traveling all over the world along the river, and I will be very satisfied."

In the distance, the river lanterns went further and further away, leaving only a little light in the shadows.

Yan Xuan listened quietly, and Cen Yuan said without hesitation: "However, there are always people who like to stir up waves and try to manipulate huge docks in an attempt to become the tyrant on the water."

"My light boat can't resist, and I can't avoid it, but it doesn't mean that I can't step on the dock myself, and pull the person at the helm into the center of the vortex."

Hearing this, Yan Xuan frowned suddenly, and called out in a deep voice, "Cen Yuan—"

"But I know." Cen Yuan interrupted him, "It's not that time yet."

He lay on his back in the smell of green grass, looked straight at the sky, and suddenly had an illusion——

It was as if outside Chang'an City, even the sky seemed vaster.

He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and opened his mouth.

Like a response, but also like a murmur:

"So Yan Xuan, I will walk with you this time."