Ning Gu

The wind blows into the apricot forest, but instead of making a rustling sound, the newborn cicadas sing among the trees after the sting, as if conveying the hustle and bustle of Fufeng City to this quiet garden, but also as if they are covering up the hustle and bustle. There was eerie silence in the garden.

Juheng's garden was originally Xie Wuling's favorite place, but later it gradually became the place he least wanted to stay overnight.After all, it is this seemingly innocent place that hides half of Fufeng's filth, so it is unavoidable to make people feel uneasy.

A woman was brought by the servants of the garden from a small pavilion built around the clear and flowing stream.Go through the corridor, pass the floating window, and go deep into the apricot forest.

The apricot blossoms that had fallen a few days ago were called to the early riser to clean up, and the rest of the apricot petals fell on the ground in twos and threes.There is a hut in the bright red dots.The thatched hut was not big, not much different from the shabby room called "Guangsha" where Old General Ye lived on Dongshan Mountain.It's just that General Ye has planted thousands of unknown mountain flowers outside his house, which are so colorful and colorful in spring and autumn.

And outside this thatched hut, there is only an apricot grove, which is as bright as red in spring, like the mouth of the garden owner's sandalwood filled with fat.

The eunuch waited outside the door, Ye Jianyu followed the eunuch's instructions, stepped forward to push the door, looked around, and saw the man in the golden crown and black clothes inside.The man was sitting on the side of the piano table on the left hand side of the room, and he was stretching out his hand to touch the strings, with a soft and pensive look in his eyes.

Ye Qiaoyu's eyes moved slightly, seeing that the seat where the person playing the piano should sit was vacant, but he knew it in his heart.What he misses should be her elder brother Ping.The view that Xie Wuling might still be alive has been refuted at this moment.

Seeing Zhao Zuo's appearance, she had a thought in her heart, so she didn't hold back to do the woman's body blessing ceremony, but stepped forward to bow her hands, her eyebrows and eyes were still the same as before except for a little bit of worry added by a slight frown , but missing the hunting red dress and the tasseled spear that should have been held in his hand.

"Ye Jianyu has seen the Holy Majesty."

Zhao Zuo glanced at the sound, retracted his finger on the strings, and then raised his eyebrows and called out: "General Ye. Is Old General Lu all right?"

Zhao Zuo slowly recalled the old days.Ye Qiaoyu looked at Zhao Zuo, and was a little puzzled by his attitude for a while.

It wasn't until a eunuch brought two jars of wine that the superficial calm began to change slowly.

The wind in the forest entered the thatched hut, bringing the surface calm and calm waves, and also rang the silver bell hanging in the forest. The lingling sound gradually diffused, reaching people's hearts, directly hitting the panic in people's hearts.

"This is what your elder brother Pingzhi brought back from the wine cellar in the northwest. Have a taste?" Zhao Zuo raised his eyebrows, started directly, and unsealed the altar, and gave the wine altar to Ye Peepyu without paying attention. He frowned again and said, "I remember, it seems to be the last two altars?" He paused and said, "Then I have to taste it today." After that, there was another meaning in his eyes, which made Ye Qiaoyu's movements stagnate lag.

Zhao Zuo, on the other hand, seemed to be sitting on the barracks outside the city of Guzang, holding the altar to drink in the posture that Ye Yuyu was most familiar with, but Ye Jianyu was an elegant person in Fufeng, taking a cup to add wine , Listening to Zhao Zuo said: "Today's first cup, I also respect the boat and watch the fish."

Fu Zhou peeping at the fish, here is peace, there is no war.

After all, these words still have to stay in the former Guzang, at least this peeping fish is no longer that peeping fish.Zhao Zuo sighed silently.

When Ye Jianyu heard Zhao Zuo mention Ye Fuzhou, Tian Tian's worried brows frowned even tighter.She bit her lower lip and said, "Fu, Brother Fu Zhou, he..."

When Zhao Zuo heard the words, he stared at Ye Peepyu. After a long while, he didn't see any flaws, but he still didn't want to believe it.He nodded, frowned in the same way, and comforted softly: "There is no need to worry."

Ye Jianyu's eyes lit up immediately, as if he had grasped a straw, he took advantage of the situation and said: "No need? But the gentleman behind the painting screen has a way? Brother Pingzhi was also Zhaoxing, and he always There is a way."

Zhao Zuo nodded irresistibly, and he retracted his searching gaze from Ye Qiaoyu's face, but his brows were deeply furrowed.

All of Ye Jianyu's reactions were too real, as if something happened to Ye Fuzhou, as if she really came all the way to Fufeng because of Ye Fuzhou.However, this perfect and seamless reaction is more likely to give people a bad intuition than those panicked expressions.

It took Zhao Zuo a while to say: "He said, if it's a foreign thief, Yehou will be safe. If..."

"If what?" Ye Qiaoyu asked, then paused, as if he had realized that he was impolite, and also seemed to have other thoughts suddenly, "He said? The 'he' of the Holy One, but Mr. Zhaoxing ?”

Seeing that she was still persistent, Zhao Zuo nodded and continued: "If it's a traitor, then even Zhao Xing won't be able to save her. General Ye should know about it."

While Zhao Zuo was talking, she was attracted by Ye Jianyu's small movements of rubbing the wine jar. Her fingertips were touching the edge of the wine jar, rubbing it non-stop, as if to show the uneasiness in people's hearts, but this should be The subconscious movement stopped at the moment Zhao Zuo talked about the inner thief.

"Know, know." Ye Qianyu timidly said

Zhao Zuo affirmed that even if Ye Qiaoyu was not in the same boat, he should know about it.

He replied coldly, mockingly: "There are too many people that Zhaoxing can't save. Back then, Zhaoxing could only watch from the sidelines when he thanked Xiang Xiang for drinking poison." I want to see Ye Peeping Fish's reaction.

"What's more, General Ye is now in Fufeng, and it's impossible for him to return to help Yehou. General Ye said that's the reason?"

"Yes." Ye Qiaoyu replied tremblingly, but Zhao Zuo always felt that she seemed to be relieved just now.

"However, that child of Xianzhi is still thinking about Yehou. He said that although he can't help much, he has one thing, which is Yehou for him to return." Zhao Zuo said as he put down the wine jar, Get up and look for the eight treasure racks in this house.

Ye Jianyu still didn't dare to breathe, holding the wine jar carefully, the fragrance of Guzang wine permeated from the wine jar, circling around Ye Jianyu, but Ye Jianyu didn't want to take a sip, or her His mind was on dealing with Zhao Zuo.

Lu Weiming said earlier that the biggest fox in Fufeng is Xie Wuling, but the biggest jackal is Zhao Zuo.Xie Wuling was just plotting against you, slowly nibbling away all the bones you had, but Zhao Zuo suddenly appeared, taking his life in one gulp.

as now.Zhao Zuo murmured: "Xie Pingzhi, he likes to collect things for others. The widow has long said that this is not all things that should be kept, and he is still a treasure. Let Xianzhi guard him for him, but it's just a mess. Eight..."

Zhao Zuo paused for a while, and took the jade fan pendant that looked like antlers from the Eight Treasures Stand.This jade was specially carved into the shape of antlers.When you hold it in your hand, you will feel that the jade surface on the antlers is uneven. If you look closely, you can see that the jade antlers are micro-carved with grass and horse manure, and engraved with small characters "spring breeze enters the fortress".

He gave the jade antler fan pendant and the bamboo fan to Ye Qianyu.So that he could look at the woman in front of him calmly.

"This..." Ye Qiaoyu obviously knew the folding fan and the fan pendant.His face was full of shock, and the hand that raised his hand to catch the bamboo fan also trembled.

"Isn't this something that should be hidden in the wine cellar in the northwest?" Zhao Zuo looked at Ye Qianyu with a half-smile, "General Ye, are you right?"

"Puyu doesn't know the meaning of the Holy One." Ye Qianyu's complexion quickly recovered, and even the surprised expression was hidden.

"I don't know? That's just right, the widow also let the general know clearly?"

"Lu Weiming recently received a letter with a picture of a mountain deer." As soon as Zhao Zuo finished speaking, Ye Kuiyu looked over.Zhao Zuo turned a blind eye and continued: "General Ye opened the letter for him first, so you asked the people beside you to report the letter to Ye Fuzhou first, and then recruit Ye Hou's cronies?"

On the way back from Zhaoxing last time, Xuancheng's secret guards mentioned signs of changes in the northwest outside the carriage, and Zhao Zuo became suspicious.Let Xuancheng continue to pay attention to it later, but he did not expect that the news came back was that Ye Jianyu's trusted soldiers had assembled.

"Biansheng is one step late, and the general gave Lu Weiming the letter with the mountain deer pattern the next day?" Ye Peepyu's eyes were shaken for a moment, and his heart seemed to be held back. Zhao Zuo said reluctantly, "Lu Weiming After seeing the mountain deer pattern, he said he would come to Fufeng the next day, did General Ye come with him, traveling day and night, arriving in Beijing in three days?"

When Ye Qiaoyu heard that she arrived in Beijing in those three days, her face changed slightly. She never thought that her whereabouts would have been watched to death by Zhao Zuo.

"Don't be surprised, I didn't know it, but Mr. Qi came to the capital for a leisurely visit and met him. This widow guessed it, but I don't know how I guess it is right?" Zhao Zuo asked knowingly.Ye Peepyu nodded, his shoulders slumped

"After that, I don't know if General Ye is willing to make up one or two for the widow?"

Zhao Zuo immediately cast his eyes and chased Ye Peuyu away, Ye Peepyu met his eyes and looked at Zhao Zuo, as if he wanted to find a breach in this chaos, but Zhao Zuo's gaze was like an abyss pressing on him step by step , wanting to devour her.

She didn't have time to look away, so she had to close her eyes, pretending to be calm and said: "I don't know..."

She had just started speaking when she was interrupted by Zhao Zuo.Maybe he had expected her to react like this.

"Miss Peeping Fish doesn't know much. But I think that what I see today is General Ye, the gun-wielding General Peeping Fish from Guzang."

Ye Qiaoyu pursed his lips and kept silent, closed his eyes and opened them slightly, his crow-green eyelashes trembling constantly, revealing the grief and shaking in Ye Qiaoyu's heart.

Ye Peepyu, who can hold a spear and wear armor, may have been gone when she married Lu Weiming.

In fact, she only wanted to be the woman who came to watch the fish in the pavilion, not the woman with the gun.

A tear fell from the corner of Ye Jianyu's eye which was full at some point.Seeing this, Zhao Zuo decided to retreat and said, "It's okay, but the old general Lu who finally escaped from Fufeng knows that his only remaining son and daughter-in-law are trapped in Fufeng. Miss Peeping Fish, you have to think about it? But the widow also advises the lady to think about it, which house cat in Fufeng is Lu Weiming seeking tiger skin?" The interest in Zhao Zuo's eyes was exhausted at this moment.

He looked at Ye Qiaoyu and even became a little disappointed.The current scene is in response to the absurd words of the old man's fickleness.

Under the power, the dog flies.People's hearts are always like this-greed is not enough, and even a snake can swallow an image recklessly.

Zhao Zuo lifted his robe and got up to leave, but he heard that Ye Piyuyu suddenly opened his mouth after being silent for a long time: "That year..." Zhao Zuo stopped and looked back to hear her continue, "My lord, Peepyu dared to ask, how about that?" What was left in the cellar in the year?"

"I heard that Mr. Ye left something for the two of you."

that year……

That year, Xianzhi followed Ye Qiaoyu to Dongshan Mountain and met Old General Ye, while Xie Wuling and Zhao Zuo were even more happy and at ease, rare to be at ease.Zhao Zuo would take Xie Wuling to the desert during the day and teach Xie Wuling how to ride horses, and at midnight he would invite him to visit Wushan and discuss equestrian skills.As time goes by, this Xie Wuling's backache is no longer a simple backache.

But such fairy days will always come to an end.After this night is over, it's time to return to Fufeng.Zhao Zuo, who was still not satisfied, pulled Xie Wuling for a hearty and hearty game, and then wanted to let Xie Wuling go, so he asked Xie Wuling to take the initiative to greet him, wrapped his arms around Zhao Zuo's neck, and kissed him.

So naturally it was another cloud and rain event.

Later, when the two of them disappeared in the rain, the leaking sound was disabled.Zhao Zuogai wrapped his arms around Xie Wuling's waist under the quilt, letting Xie Wuling bury his head in his shoulder.After a long time, Xie Wuling regained his composure, sighed twice, and listened to Zhao Zuo: "What did General Ye say to you yesterday?"

"It's nothing, but thank him for taking care of Gu Xianzhi for you and me."

"Thank you." Zhao Zuo straightened Xie Wuling's hair, and joked, "When Xianzhi goes back with us tomorrow, I'm afraid we won't have the comfortable days we have today."

Zhao Zuo fell silent for a long time, and waited for Xie Wuling to give him a reproachful look, but Xie Wuling didn't take a look at Zhao Zuo when he heard Zhao Zuo say such words like before, instead he rubbed against Zhao Zuo's arms abnormally.

Zhao Zuo frowned at this action.Originally, Xie Wuling took the initiative to pursue the kiss, but Zhao Zuo could be said to be unable to help himself, so he showed it in this way.But Xie Wuling's depressed mood now is something Zhao Zuo can't ignore no matter what.

He moved closer, kissed the top of Xie Wuling's head, and rubbed his chin affectionately on the top of Xie Wuling's head.

He heard Xie Wuling's voice in his ears: "From the mountain."

"Ah."

"The second will, do you want to hear it now?"

"Huh? Here?" Zhao Zuo asked while looking at Xie Wuling's face through the moonlight that penetrated into the room. Although he couldn't see it clearly, he could still see his tired face. Zhao Zuo said haha, " Here, if you don’t give me such a will, then I won’t listen to it.”

Xie Wuling's ears still couldn't help turning red, but his eye sockets were also red.

This battle frightened Zhao Zuo, Zhao Zuo hurriedly covered him, kissed the tears that were about to fall from the corners of Xie Wuling's eyes, and said softly, "Let's talk."

Xie Wuling laughed and said softly: "It's a good thing."

This kind of will to destroy his and Xie Wuling's bed, even if it is a great good thing, he doesn't want to hear it.But he and Xie Wuling are indeed used to discussing political affairs in this tent, like two politicians who are acting on the occasion to get what they want, but it has to be said that they are two politicians who are doing a fake show.

"Emperor Hui said that when you return to the capital, he will give you the throne of the country and grant you the land of Qin. But..."

Xie Wuling glanced at Zhao Zuo, and squeezed Zhao Zuo's hand tightly: "The Eighteenth Department of the Grassland has a new owner, and he wants to proclaim himself a minister to us and accept the annual tribute. The date for signing the agreement is set... Now it should be seven days later, and the place is about to be in Juyan in our dynasty, but there is a request that the princess of Qi Kingdom should come to Juyan in person." Speaking of Qi Kingdom, Xie Wuling paused and explained, "As for Qi Kingdom, It is Fengxiang. Before I left, Emperor Hui bestowed her the title of Princess of her country."

"I know." Although Zhao Zuo lived in Guzang, because Shen Changxie was Shen Changyu's brother, he would always write something else when the letter came.Zhao Zuo knew about this from Shen Changyu.

"Emperor Hui said that the state of Qi is a generation of females after all. After the abolition of Duke Yong, when it comes to the heirs, you can be counted as one of the heirs, so the Qi State Council will wait for you in Yanran, and you must ensure that she returns to Fufeng safely."

"how about you?"

Hearing this, Xie Wuling hit Zhao Zuo's upper arm with his hand, and there was some sudden anger in his eyes: "Zhao Zuo, do you know the meaning of this decree? Where do you have such a big heart?"

In fact, what Xie Wuling wanted to ask was, is Zhao Zuo not afraid of death?Even if Zhao Zuo is not afraid, Xie Wuling is also afraid, afraid of Zhao Zuo's death.

And the meaning of Emperor Hui couldn't be more clear. The premise of promising him the future kingship is that he should protect the safety of Qi country, and he will die forever.

"I know." Zhao Zuo took Xie Wuling's anger into his eyes, and then kissed Xie Wuling's eyes, trying to melt the anger in his eyes into his own lips and teeth.

This trick is still very effective, Xie Wuling's hand that was about to push Zhao Zuo's shoulder paused, his voice became much softer, and he said with a bit of complaint:

"What do you know? You should know nothing!"

"I don't know anything? It's better to know something," Zhao Zuo said according to the other choice given to him by Emperor Hui, "Then rely on the three families of Ye Chen and Lu in the hands of you and me to be independent?"

Xie Wuling's eyes were full of disbelief, but when Zhao Zuo suddenly changed his style, he asked: "Then put your bait in Fufeng for them to cut into pieces?"

"You..." Xie Wuling looked into Zhao Zuo's eyes, and the clear expression in Zhao Zuo's eyes also made Xie Wuling's heart move slightly.

"Why did you say that the father would allow you to bring Xianzhi to the northwest. Heh." Zhao Zuo snorted lightly, let go of Xie Wuling, lay back in his original position, looked up at the silk tent, and said after a long time, " He is the emperor after all."

His father, after all, is the one who sees their brothers and sisters thoroughly.He always knew that such a matter was in front of Zhao Zuo, how Zhao Zuo would choose, either to protect the country of Qi, and begging that there would be no trouble in that, so that he and the country of Qi could return to Fufeng smoothly, and Xie Wuling could breathe in Fufeng; Or he was the one who made the mistake, let Xie Wuling take responsibility for him in Fufeng, and achieve his own imperial dominance.

Emperor Hui gave Zhao Zuo the most benevolent choice, but also gave him the most difficult choice.It is also a trade of life, but one is his own life, and the other is Xie Wuling's life.

"No matter what I choose, you will always go back." Zhao Zuo looked sideways at Xie Wuling.

Without any hesitation, Xie Wuling said, "Yes."

He has been a Zhaoxing counselor for a day, and his heart should be directed to the entire royal family one day.If he was still Xie Wuling, Zhao Congshan couldn't be the only one in his eyes.

He always goes back.This was something he recognized clearly before he came out of Fufeng.

"Okay, then let's die."

It's better than getting cut into pieces.Zhao Zuo thought so.He raised his hand again and pulled Xie Wuling into his arms, softly said: "Go to sleep for a while."

If the light of the morning hits the window lattice, the people inside the curtains close their eyes, and after a while, the sweet dream is in full swing.

Later, when the sun was three poles high, the two of them got up as if nothing had happened.

Walking around the city of Guzang again, Xie Wuling added an amulet to Zhao Zuo in front of a temple, and Zhao Zuo also returned Xie Wuling's amulet.The two looked at each other and smiled, and dawdled for a while, until the agreed time, they left Guzang City together, and met the officials who had agreed outside the city wall.

Seeing that Xie Wuling got on the horse, Zhao Zuo nodded in relief. The two of them didn't say anything else. Only after Zhao Zuo saw that Xie Wuling was getting far away from the officials returning to Beijing, he raised his whip and galloped to Yan Ran. .

Outside the city of Guzang, they parted ways, a group of people went north, and a group of people returned south.

But the two of them never expected that the Hongmen Banquet was held in Juyan, but the trap was set in Guzang.

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