General, please be a loyal minister!

After Zhao Ji left, Liangzhou seemed to be calm again, and Han Zhao also bid farewell to Yu Wenxun after staying for half a month.

Although the people's livelihood in Liangzhou is now in decline, he is not a talent for governing the country and he can't help much if he stays, so he decided to go to the Eastern Capital before the war between Liangzhou and the puppet dynasty in the spring to continue investigating Xu Zhongyan.

Xu Zhongyan was the mastermind who killed Jingxiu, and even the mastermind who planned a series of conspiracies to bring Liangzhou into such a difficult situation. This hatred will not die with Liu Xuan's illness. Han Zhao's willingness to go to Yuwenxun is naturally supported. .

Of course, he felt that Han Zhao didn't mention the reason why Han Zhao stayed in Liangzhou to meet the physical injury.

So Han Zhao came to Dongdu again before the snow started to melt. The willows on the embankment of the Ru River were covered with ice flowers, and the Yuebai Tower by the river stood tall, covered in white.

Han Zhao was sitting in the teahouse opposite Xu Zhongyan's mansion. He had been under surveillance for seven days. There were not many people entering and leaving Xu's mansion, and there were no secret guards. Han Zhao guessed that there might be secret passages in the mansion.

Han Zhao received a message from Yu Wenxun: Zhao Ji had returned to Jingzhou to officially recognize his father.

In fact, Han Zhao knew without Yu Wenxun's telling.

Three days ago, the second phase of the task on his system panel suddenly became completed, and then the third phase of the task was also displayed, with only four words: The world is unified.

Even 1.0, who was obsessed with chasing historical novels, was startled by the system reminder. It didn't realize what it had missed, and asked Han Zhao what happened with a bewildered expression.

Han Zhao never answered these "idiot" questions, but he had to admit that, listening to the voice of 1.0, his depression caused by Zhao Ji's departure seemed less uncomfortable.

1.0 finally asked a slightly worthwhile question at the end: 【Da, what do you do next? 】

Han Zhao poured himself a cup of tea, and replied coldly, "Find out the master and kill him."

Han Zhao didn't know how many masters were responsible for this series of incidents in Liangzhou, but without masters, the situation would not have developed to what it is today. He knew that if the grievances were not resolved, the organization would haunt him like a ghost .

Realizing that keeping guard at the gate was fruitless, Han Zhao began to expand the scope of monitoring to the surrounding residences of Xu Mansion. One day, he was led by a beggar who provided information to a remote courtyard, and happened to see a familiar figure coming from a Walking out of the yard, he immediately chased after her.

The man quickly spotted Han Zhao and ran away.

The two shuttled through the streets and alleys of Dongdu, with quick movements and sharp figures. The other party seemed to want to use the complicated alleys to get rid of Han Zhao, but unexpectedly Han Zhao was very familiar with Dongdu even though he had lived in Liangzhou for a long time.

The man who ran all the way to the Ruhe North Embankment stopped, turned and faced Han Zhao and sighed, "Han Zhao, why bother?"

The person in front of him was Ji Liang, who had been missing for a long time. His attire was a bit cleaner than when he was a knight-errant, but he still had the unrestrained and unrestrained temperament carved into his bones by the wind and frost of the Western Regions. His pair of deep eyes saw through the vicissitudes of the world.

Han Zhao asked, "Did you kill Jing Xiu?"

Ji Liang didn't hide anything, he simply admitted: "Yes!"

The guards around Jing Xiu were very powerful. When the fourth child was in Liangzhou, Ji Liang had his left hand disabled, and among the remaining hidden guards in the organization, only Ji Liang could kill Jing Xiu.

Han Zhao didn't believe that Ji Liang was willing to help Xu Zhongyan kill Jing Xiu, there must be something hidden here: "What happened after you disappeared?"

Ji Liang didn't want to answer this question, he just said: "I can't help you anymore, and you can't help me either. Let's do something for each other in the end: don't interfere with each other. Okay?"

Ji Liang's reaction made Han Zhao's heart sink: "Have you accepted your fate?"

Ji Liang gave a bitter smile, and should simply say: "I admit it."

Seeing that Ji Liang is still a pawn and a sword for a man after all, Han Zhao feels sad...

"Please tell me how to find my master." This was Han Zhao's last request. Of course, Ji Liang didn't force him if he didn't want to.

Ji Liang was silent for a long time.

When Han Zhao thought he would not answer, he said: "Don't check Xu Yan, and don't look for the master, there will be no results. There are traitors and sellers in Liangzhou. The seventh and eighteenth went to Liangzhou. Dou Xiao The troops have been dispatched, and you may be able to save one or two people when you go back now."

After finishing speaking, Ji Liang didn't say a word to Han Zhao, turned around and fled quickly.

Han Zhao watched Ji Liang leave suddenly, subconsciously chased him for two steps, and then stopped.

Ji Liang who can say it should have already said it, and if he doesn't give up, he is embarrassing Ji Liang.

Ji Liang revealed three very crucial pieces of information to Han Zhao: there are internal thieves in Liangzhou colluding with the puppet court, and they want to plot wrongdoing; Xiao has sent troops!

Han Zhao didn't know what kind of risk Ji Liang would take to reveal the news. Ji Liang had tried his best to help him, but he couldn't help Ji Liang.

After getting the news from Ji Liangna, Han Zhao immediately edited a letter to remind Yu Wenxun that he still felt uneasy the day after sending the letter, so he simply set off for Liangzhou.

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As soon as Ji Liang returned to the mansion where the dark guard stayed, he was informed by Xu Zhongyan to ask him to go to the study.

When he arrived, Xu Zhongyan was writing, and when he heard Ji Liang coming in, his first words were: "Ah Liang, has the snow on the embankment of the Ru River melted?"

Ji Liang's footsteps stopped, his whole body stiffened.

He ran such a long distance originally to get rid of the person Xu Zhongyan sent to follow Han Zhao, but Xu Zhongyan found out about it.

Seeing that Ji Liang was flustered, Xu Zhongyan sighed: "I don't blame you, I know your temperament and still use you, and it is my responsibility to make mistakes. But you can't replace the fourth child because you abolished the fourth child." I'm very annoyed, A Liang, you can't make me fulfill my promise like this."

Thinking that Xu Zhongyan was going to break the agreement, Ji Liang panicked and looked at him coldly.

Xu Zhongyan put down his pen and walked around to the table: "Don't you want to know what happened? Just ask me directly, why bother to ask around."

As he spoke, he picked up a silk book and handed it to Ji Liang, the words on the silk book were faintly revealed while shaking, the most conspicuous ones were the four characters at the end: Song Ye worships you.

When Ji Liang refused to answer, Xu Zhongyan shoved the silk book into his hand and sneered: "Do you think you can change anything by telling Han Zhao? You never thought that I asked you to tell him on purpose?"

At this time, his name was Han Zhao, not "Nineteen".

Xu Zhongyan stared at Ji Liang's reaction, he liked to see the futile struggle of the ants before the destruction came.

Appreciating Ji Liang's regret after being calmed down, Xu Zhongyan leisurely withdrew his gaze: "In the future, you are not allowed to leave the house without my permission."

"You don't have to accompany me to the Prime Minister's Mansion today, just stay in your own room and think about it." After speaking, Xu Zhongyan left Ji Liang and walked out of the study.

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Xu Zhongyan didn't take a few steps away from the study when he was stopped by a call: "Second master!"

Naturally, Xu Zhongyan could tell who it was. He didn't turn around in a hurry, but after turning his eyes in deep thought for a few times, he looked at the fourth child with a gentle attitude: "If you don't cultivate well, what are you doing out here?"

The fourth child looked a little embarrassed, with an unshaven beard and disheveled sideburns. It seemed that he hadn't taken care of him for several days.

The fourth child replied in a low voice: "I've recovered from my injury, and I want to continue serving the second master."

His voice was already bad, but now he spoke in a low tone, which made him even more pitiful.

Serve him?

Xu Zhongyan walked up to the fourth child, stretched out his hand to hold his left hand, and a scar on his wrist spread like a centipede.

When Ji Liang was arrested in Liangzhou, the fourth son was injured by Ji Liang's meridian in his left hand, and the treatment was ineffective. This hand was useless, and the fourth son was useless.

This scar reminded the fourth brother that his strength was not as good as before, and he couldn't even beat the seventh child.

Frightened and helpless, the fourth child gradually began to tremble.

What a pity!

Such a fragile appearance greatly stimulated Xu Zhongyan's desire to abuse. He pinched the scar on the fourth child's wrist fiercely, and the fourth child was forced on the affected area, and his face turned pale from the pain.

Xu Zhongyan sighed distressedly: "Your face is pale, and you said your injury is healed."

The fourth child didn't know why the second master tortured him so much, but it was his fault that he made thousands of mistakes, so he knelt down: "Second master, I was wrong!"

Xu Zhongyan asked: "What's wrong?"

The fourth child was silent, not knowing how to answer, and finally he could only look up at Xu Zhongyan helplessly and beggingly, begging the other party to forgive him.

How pitiful!Xu Zhongyan could hardly control the desire to crush him.

Xu Zhongyan is angry, he is angry at the cracks on his private items, as soon as he sees this flaw that destroys perfection, he would like to smash this tool completely, so that the flaws will no longer exist...

Xu Zhongyan put his hand on the cheek of the fourth child: "Don't you shave the beard so long? Oh! Can't you use your hands?"

Every sentence he put on the tip of the fourth child's heart, always reminding the fact that the fourth child is already useless.

"Subordinate... I'll shave it when I get back." The fourth child no longer looked at the second master, with his neck drooping, as if accepting his fate that he would never be used again.

However, the neck exposed when he bowed his head touched a secret place in Xu Zhongyan's heart. How many times have these seniors bowed their heads in front of him like this?

The fourth child is an obedient child, much better than the plan... After all, it has been used for so many years, and it is smooth.

Xu Zhongyan restrained the tyranny in his heart, and changed into a tone with real warmth: "It is to shave cleanly."

As he spoke, he smoothed the loose temple hair of the fourth brother behind his ears: "Trim the temples too, and tidy them up a bit. Tomorrow, I will be on duty in the Nuan Pavilion."

Suddenly hearing this sentence, the fourth child raised his head in disbelief, met Xu Zhongyan's Wubo eyes, Xu Zhongyan would not repeat it to him, and immediately responded to what he needed to do: "Yes!"

Ji Liang, who came out behind Xu Zhongyan, saw the scene of their conversation.

Ji Liang was very surprised that Xu Zhongyan, who was hypocritical on the outside and cruel on the inside, would let his tyranny show up, and even restrained his sadistic desire to let the fourth child go.

It's ridiculous to say, but this is indeed the greatest degree of "truth" and "tenderness" that Xu Zhongyan has shown in front of others, including Ji Liang.

According to Ji Liang's understanding of Xu Zhongyan, he doesn't even give a glance to a useless person, but he still keeps the fourth child by his side...

Could it be a long time love?

This idea was rejected by Ji Liang with a sneer as soon as it came into being: How could Xu Zhongyan have feelings for the tool man?He would rather believe that there is no better substitute for Xu Zhongyan.