The cold husband can't warm me up, I don't love him anymore

Qiliping is the only way back to Shangjing.

Several decades ago, there was a defense battle for Beijing here, so there are military defenses everywhere.

Broken earth walls, bamboo forests to block hidden arrows, trees of different sizes...

Each is an excellent cover.

This is where the most prisoners have been lost throughout history, but many have also died.

Over time, many mounds of earth rose up in the east, turning it into a mass grave...

At this moment, small black dots seemed to be moving in the shadows everywhere.

Qi Sha rode his horse forward at full speed, his nerves tense.

After a quick gallop, he realized that there were no arrows or guns flying towards him, but instead it was eerily quiet.

But when he heard Shen Du's horse coming up behind him, he didn't think any more and raised his sword, ready to charge at any time.

Unexpectedly, the ambush did not come as expected until they left Qiliping.

Just as he was wondering, he saw a team slowly approaching with Shen Du.

The man in the lead was Jiulie, who was demoted not long ago for saying the wrong thing.

He was driving side by side with Shen Du, whispering something.

Qi Sha was full of doubts, but he had to hold it in.

In this way, the group finally entered the city gate before dark.

When they reached Dongzhimen Street, Shen Du turned around and looked at everyone.

"You go back first and interrogate the people captured in Qiliping. I have some personal matters to deal with. I will come back to see the results."

As soon as he finished speaking, he rode his horse towards North Street.

"Yes!"

Everyone responded in unison to the departing figure.

Qi Sha hurriedly caught up with Jiu Lie and asked the questions in his mind.

"Did anyone get arrested at Qiliping? I didn't see any!"

Jiulie snorted, "No wonder you haven't been able to get the position of deputy envoy for so long, you really don't understand our master at all!"

"What's wrong with not being able to become a deputy envoy?" Qi Sha was puzzled. "Does this have anything to do with the Qiliping incident?"

"Ah," Jiulie shook his head, "Five days ago, the Marquis sent a letter via flying eagle, asking me to wait at Qiliping to catch people. Unexpectedly, they actually caught two groups. They are all in jail now!"

"Ah, is there such a thing?"

"Of course, this is why you are still alive after going through hundreds of battles!"

Qi Sha paused.

Along the way, he clearly saw that his master seemed to be in a very low mood because of Miss Cui's rejection?

Why did you do so many things in secret?

Jiulie seemed to see what he was thinking and reached out to pat him on the shoulder twice.

"You, watch carefully. When has our master ever neglected one thing while focusing on another?"

He glanced in the direction of North Street, "...Isn't this the Cui family? Miss Cui, you can't run away."

......

Here, Shen Du has already arrived at Cui Mansion.

When the gatekeeper saw that it was him, his legs went limp and he had no strength to go to the backyard to report.

Shen Du rushed all the way to the front hall.

At that time, Cui Zizhen had just finished his meal and was leaning on a small couch in the side hall, drinking tea, shaking his head.

When he opened his eyes and saw Shen Du, he choked and coughed for a while before he came to his senses.

"cough cough..."

Ever since Liu's tongue was cut last time, he has been worried that Shen Du would come to cause trouble again.

Seeing him at this moment is just like a little devil seeing the King of Hell.

"Master Cui is so comfortable!"

Shen Du glanced at him nonchalantly and sat down calmly.

"Cough, cough..." Cui Zizhen hurriedly spat out the tea in his mouth and stepped forward to bow.

"Your subordinate, I am of low rank, so naturally I don't need your Majesty to trouble me... uh..."

Under Shen Du's sharp eyes, he quickly ended his polite remarks.

"I heard that the Marquis went out on business before the New Year. You must be tired after such a long journey. Please have a drink first, and then we can chat..."

It’s not that he talks too much, it’s just that Shen Du is difficult to serve.

Because of his engagement with Cui Lingyi, Shen Du would occasionally come to Cui's house, but this marquis had a strange temper and never drank a cup of tea.

Once he insisted on having tea served to him, but Shen Du actually said that the tea was poisonous.

At that time, he was not yet a marquis, yet he was so rampant.

Nowadays, people have great respect for officials and their power is extraordinary. If someone says that there is something wrong with his tea, he will be charged with the crime of murdering an official appointed by the imperial court and will be locked up and thrown into prison.

But judging from the situation today, something is obviously wrong.

If tea is not served, it would be impolite, so I asked this unnecessary question.

In his mind, Shen Du would never stay for tea, but would explain his purpose in a few words...

"Well, then there is Lord Lao Cui."

Hearing this, Cui Zizhen was stunned for a moment, then became flustered.

"Ah.....no, you're welcome."

Soon the tea was served on the table. Cui Zizhen looked at Shen Du's hand in horror, worried that he would be like last time.

He just lifted the lid and took a look, then said the tea was poisonous.

Fortunately, Shen Du didn't move the cup, as if he had no intention of touching it at all.

"My Lord, you have just returned to the capital, right? Is there anything important that I need your help with..."

"What do you think, Lord Cui?" Shen Du asked instead of answering, but his expression seemed to say that he knew everything!

Cui Zizhen trembled at first, but soon made a decision.

He didn't think Shen Du came for Cui Lingyi and Yue Shuyan's engagement.

When he accepted the engagement, he kept it a secret, considering that the woman would be Choi Bang-yi instead.

For some unknown reason, the Yue family also said that they would come over in a grand ceremony later, so the matter was kept secret for the time being.

Two days before the end of the year, the Yue family fell, and he pushed the marriage contract to Cui Lingyi, without anyone knowing.

After the New Year, he went to Jingzhao Prefecture and took back the copy of the document of severing the relationship, leaving no trace.

As a result, he formed a marriage relationship with the Jingzhao family.

This way, the matter will not be exposed.

What's more, Jingzhao Prefecture Governor Gu Lianyun is about to be promoted to the cabinet.

At that time, even if Shen Du wanted to do something, he would have to go to the impoverished Yue family.

He is now waiting for Cui Lingyi to return to Beijing and then force the girl to agree to the marriage so that everything can be settled.

In this way, even if something happens, it won't happen to him.

As for Shen Du, he hasn't paid any attention to Cui Lingyi since he was busy with the Yue family's case. He even went out of Beijing for business during the New Year. There was no way he could know these things.

Thinking of this, Cui Zizhen felt much more relaxed.

"My Lord, I am a humble official and cannot understand your thoughts. Please explain clearly."

"Explicitly?" Shen Du snorted, with a rare look of contempt on his cold face.

"Then ask everyone in your family to come out!"

"Ah...family?" Cui Zizhen was surprised and relieved at the same time.

It seems that he really didn't come here because of the engagement.

It seems that the words of filial piety to a son are true. Shen Du really has become disgusted with Cui Lingyi because she refused to marry him!

"Yes, everyone!"

Cui Zizhen was even more puzzled, "My Lord, what are you going to do..."

When Cui Zizhen saw Shen Du's eyes as cold as ice slowly looking at him, he quickly changed his words.

"I will ask everyone to come here right away. But..."

After hesitating for a while, he still forced himself to ask, "My Lord, my son usually stays in the academy. Today is not the time for him to go home, so he is not at home... Is that right..."

"Has he always been in the academy?"

"Yes."

"Then you don't have to come."

"Yes."

Now Cui Zizhen was completely relieved.

It’s really not because of the engagement!