All kinds of possibilities flashed through her mind, and Qin Chu didn't ask any more questions after all. He respectfully accepted the order and retreated.

Ma Chao was still holding the dead eagle, waiting for her behind the building of the government office.Seeing that Qin Chu had received the order and came back, he immediately dropped the eagle and grabbed the black iron wristband on her forearm: "You..."

Qin Chu's wristband was made of unknown material, it was darkly carved with flowers, and it shone with a delicate cold light under the torchlight beside the gate of the government office. When he touched it for the first time, he was shocked by the chill.

Ma Chao paused, saw that pretty face, and then found out what he wanted to say:

"...Are you leaving?"

Teenagers at this age are quite awkward. Ma Chao felt that there was not much difference between himself and Qin Chu, so he didn't want to use an honorific title, but he didn't get permission to call her by a nickname, so he had to use "you" instead.

It was already very dark.The night in Liangzhou has always been full of moon and stars. Looking up tonight, I can only see black cumulus clouds, which seems to indicate something.

Qin Chu had a lot of things on his mind, and he really couldn't express any good looks, let alone whether he noticed Ma Chao's embarrassment.She casually said:

"Leave tomorrow morning, go to Luoyang—it's you, Meng Qi. Are you still going back to Wuwei?"

When Ma Chao heard "Luo Yang", he breathed a sigh of relief, probably because he had already guessed her whereabouts before, and now he was confirmed, so he calmed down a lot.

He lowered his head slightly, and looked at Qin Chu: "Can I go with you?"

"Don't be kidding, I have urgent matters. What's more, your father is in the east," Qin Chu said, tsk-tsk, gently pushed him, and walked around Ma Chao to the meeting hall. "Let your father take it easy, too. I want to make trouble and rebel all day long, and when the time comes, I won’t be able to cry when I get beaten.”

Ma Chao: "..."

He only spent a very small amount of time in Wuwei during his youth, and most of the rest of the time was either in Jincheng or on the way to Jincheng. Really, he can be considered half of Jincheng.There were traces of those generals fighting for power everywhere in Wuwei City, and the common people also made do with bitter faces. He didn't want to care about Ma Teng's messy things at all.

The stubborn Liangzhou boy wanted to follow the goal in his heart and go far away. Seeing Qin Chu not taking it seriously, he chased after her and followed her step by step, as if he was trying to persuade his stubborn sister:

"You said you went to the battlefield when you were 14, but I'm already fifteen. Isn't that okay? You said two years ago that my father's matter had nothing to do with me, so it doesn't matter now? Also, although my martial arts are better than But you and Gao Yue, but General Pang also said that I have talent, I have defeated before..."

"Why didn't I realize that you talk so much before?" Qin Chu turned his head a little funny.She stopped, raised her eyelids and looked at Ma Chao, "Do you know why I went to Luoyang?"

"why?"

"The emperor is dead." She said sullenly as if frightening a child, "We may not be able to go to the battlefield when we go to Luoyang, but eight out of ten we will be tricked by those politicians. They like you the most. .”

Politicians like to be stupefied.

Ma Chao was taken aback for a moment, but before he realized what "his kind" meant, he subconsciously wanted to refute, and heard Qin Chu add a sweet date in a leisurely manner:

"If you really don't want your father and want to work under me, you can go to Gao Yue and Cai Yan, and stay in Xiliang to look after my house. It's the same."

She said, opened the door and walked into the meeting hall.Cai Yan was still looking at the details of the materials at the side of the case, but when she heard the movement, she immediately raised her head, greeted her, and handed over the compiled list.

"The quantity of food and grass is just right." She took the detailed booklet, glanced quickly, recorded the approximate quantity in her mind, and nodded to Cai Yan, "Thank you Zhaoji."

Cai Yan smiled slightly.

Ma Chao followed her and pushed the door in. In line with the principle of "don't let everyone see it even if you are shameless", when he saw Cai Yan in the room, he had lingering fears about her goat milk stewed rabbit head, and leaned against the door to look stupidly. , It is neither advancing nor retreating for a while.

But he was really worried that Qin Chu would drive him away directly, and he was afraid that there would be no chance to argue again, so he had to take a deep breath, calm his dantian, and squeezed out a sentence:

"...But I just want to go with you!"

This is about to start spitting and rolling.

Cai Yan was startled when he heard this, but seeing Ma Chao's expression, he quickly realized what he was talking about, and turned his questioning gaze to Qin Chu: Does he want to follow Luoyang?

Qin Chu nodded imperceptibly: Yes, Xinye, Liangzhou doesn't want to stay anymore.

Time is running out, and according to the situation, we have to leave tomorrow morning.She was still waiting for Pound to come back to report the details of the number of troops dispatched. At this time, she did not want to argue with Ma Chao any more. She simply ignored his rascal words, bent down, picked up the reamer on the table and began to cut the wicks without listening.

"Our army is receiving His Majesty's secret orders on this trip." She said suddenly.

The pale face was slightly reddened by the flames, and the emerald green pupils flickered with the flickering candle, like endless magma surging under the calm appearance, but the voice was so indifferent that it was almost irrelevant.

"—As for what to do when you go back, no one can say for sure."

The political situation in Luoyang was complicated, and this "uncertainty" continued until ten days later, in mid-April.

Luoyang is much warmer than Liangzhou, and weeds grow wildly in the fields. The spring rain just came after homework, and there is a mixed smell of green grass and earth in the air, which is blown to the face by the south wind, which makes people wake up a lot.

At this time, Qin Chu's two thousand soldiers and horses had gone straight down to the east of the river, found an open space in the western suburbs of Luoyang, and were preparing to set up camp.

Qin Chu was inspecting the camp with his hands behind his back when he suddenly saw Pang De running towards her.

"My lord, the horse..."

"Huh? What's wrong with the horse?" Her heart tightened.

It is not uncommon for war horses to be unaccustomed to the soil and water. If there is a problem at this juncture, even elite soldiers will have a greatly reduced combat power.

"Ma Chao..."

"..." Qin Chu was speechless.

She patted Pang De on the shoulder, and said heavily, "This sentence is broken too well, don't break it again next time."

Of course Ma Chao wasn't brought here by herself.In the early morning of the second day after Qin Chu received the secret edict, he gathered his troops and prepared to go south. After crossing the Huaihe River, he prepared to repair, only to find that he was followed by that bastard Ma Chao.

It is not unreasonable for some people to be famous in history.Even if she were herself, she might not be willing to stay at the tail of the army for a few days, with food and lodging a mystery, so she just wanted to suffer in another place.

I really don't know what he was thinking.

Qin Chu really had nothing to do, and was also afraid that the future general of the Northwest would fall in the middle because of her "ruthlessness", so he had no choice but to accept his orders abruptly and incorporate him into the team, temporarily arranging him to be his personal bodyguard.

But in fact, everyone knows that the "personal bodyguards" in her army are the most useless people.

The system has recently provided her with food and grass supplies, and she has a serious job, so she speaks hard:

"Qin Chu, Qin Chu, Cai Yan, who stole Cai Yong's family back then, and now wants to snatch away the son of Ma Teng's family, what a crime—what a crime!"

Qin Chu wanted to refute but stopped: She was horrified to find that what the system said seemed to be the truth, and she had indeed done a lot of this kind of work.

She had no choice but to turn to Pound and ask:

"Why, what happened to Meng Qi?"

"He caught a suspicious person who claimed to be the messenger of 'General He'."

... He Jin?

There was a flash of lightning in her mind, and a certain idea flashed across her mind, and all the speculations from the previous few days resurfaced again.Qin Chu paused: "Let Guo Jijiu wait for me in the tent, I'll go and have a look first."

She rushed all the way there, only to find that Pound was really sincere, the messenger was really "caught", and his whole body was tied up.

"My lord." Knowing that she was coming, Ma Chao immediately took out the so-called "General He's personal letter" from his pocket, flattened the letter before handing it over, bowed his head and took a step back, "This is the letter he wanted to deliver. "

Qin Chu shook open the envelope, and the contents were exactly as she expected...it was the copy of the letter that He Jin wrote to Dong Zhuo.

The letter was quite complicated, and it was probably edited and copied by one of He Jin's staff members. The feelings are sincere and touching, and the meaning is as follows:

"Qin Chu, I know it's not easy for you to defend Xiliang. I've been thinking about you since you made great contributions to the Yellow Turban, but I'm also very busy, so I haven't come to look for you.

The emperor died recently, and the eunuchs want to rebel and set up a little prince. I need someone to help the young emperor establish his prestige. I heard that you are also a small warlord. It happens that I have a good relationship with your father, and he misses you very much. Why don't you go back to Luoyang bring it on? "

She read the letter and was speechless for a while.

The messenger was still bound, his mouth was stuffed with a cloth, he was shaking and writhing, and he turned into an unsightly green caterpillar in the lush western suburbs of Luoyang.

All that was left was a pair of tearful eyes staring at her, hoping that after Qin Chu finished reading, he would feel guilty and his conscience would realize that he should be released quickly.

Of course Qin Chu was heartless.

I don't know what He Jin was thinking, but this letter actually had the face to send it out.

I guess I struggled with this letter for a while before it was sent out, but now I finally made up my mind to send it out, and the people of Qin and Chu were standing at the gate of Luoyang—the messenger arrived at the destination after a circle outside the city, what is that?

She raised her eyelids to look at the green caterpillar, and felt that in such a warm spring, he was still dressed too plainly, so she bent down and pulled two small magenta chrysanthemums from the grass, and stuck them on his forehead. , waved his hand, and ordered Ma Chao:

"I don't know if his identity is true or not, so let's just take it down and watch."

The green caterpillar was dragged away by Ma Chao with tears in his eyes.

She received the letter, walked quickly into the coach's tent, raised the curtain, and said without raising her eyes, "Feng Xiao, come and see this letter."

This letter contains narration and discussion, and it is lyrical. It has written three large letters, but Guo Jia reads it faster than her. The more he reads, the more relaxed his expression becomes. , he finally smiled.

Qin Chu also bent his eyes, showing a sincere smile for the first time in a few days: "Feng Xiao and I think of a place together?"

Guo Jia raised the corners of her lips, raised her head and looked at Qin Chu with a smile:

"—The secret edict of the Son of Heaven is His Majesty's request for help. It seems that the He family and our little Majesty are not of one mind."

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