Ma Ye

After the riots in the capital subsided, Zhao Heng couldn't wait to ask the emperor for instructions to go back.

"Are you going to find Mr. Qin?"

"Of course." Zhao Heng said impatiently, "He's still waiting for me to go back."

The emperor smiled, "That's unnecessary."

"Huh?" Zhao Heng looked at him puzzled.

"Master Tan sent someone to send a secret letter, and he wants to return to Beijing early."

A black horse galloped towards Li Yichong and the others. The horse's aura was extraordinary, and a bronze mask was very eye-catching. Snowflakes fell on him little by little, and the horse let out a low whine as it sprayed white mist.

"Boss!" Li Yichong exclaimed in surprise.

Surprised voices came from all the teams.

"Great, the general is fine." Xie Xunhuan breathed a sigh of relief seeing that he was in good health.

"Even if the boss has a conscience and knows to come to pick us up, it's not in vain for us to resist the order and come back." Li Yichong raised his chin proudly.

When Tan Haozhi heard the movement, he opened the curtains to have a look. Seeing the tall and thin figure, he seemed to have a good understanding, the eyes of the two collided across the crowd, Tan Haozhi's heart burned, and he put down the curtains.

"I'm looking for Mr. Qin." Zhao Heng waved his hand, motioning for others to bring the horse, and got into the carriage by himself.

As soon as he entered the carriage, Zhao Heng took off his mask, revealing the beautiful face under the mask, and stared at Tan Haozhi with burning eyes.

"You resisted the decree and returned to Beijing because you were worried about me."

"No, I heard that the rebels attacked the city, and I returned to Beijing because I was worried about His Majesty's safety. Besides, Jiangning is in rebellion, and the people have no intention of building river channels. If there is any difficulty in the capital, they should come back early. Why waste time and troops in Jiangning."

"Liar." Zhao Heng smiled, stretched out his slender jade hand, and pressed it on Tan Haozhi's lips, "You must have come back because you were worried about me."

On the way back to Beijing, Tan Haozhi knew that Zhao Heng had succeeded in encircling and suppressing the Regent, so he knew something was wrong. The man might have ridiculed him proudly, so he felt ashamed and uneasy, and didn't dare to meet Zhao Heng's eyes.

Tan Haozhi has always followed the rules and came back against the order for him. Zhao Heng didn't know how to describe the ecstasy in his heart. Seeing Tan Haozhi turning away his head and pretending to be bored with him, but his ears were blushing, his heart was so itchy that he immediately took him in. In the arms, hold tightly.

"My heart is happy."

Hearing Zhao Heng's heartbeat and the words falling on his ears, Tan Haozhi grabbed Zhao Heng's clothes. He couldn't deny that because of this person, his heart was filled with warmth and joy.

Zhao Heng held Tan Haozhi in his arms and took a deep breath. He really missed him these days. He had never missed someone so much. Why did he like someone so much? "Did you miss me?"

Tan Haozhi felt that he should have denied it, but he heard himself hum.

Zhao Heng looked up at him, his eyes were full of joy, seeing Zhao Heng who was so happy because of his affirmation, he couldn't help but look hot, what is this...

A few days later, Liu An quelled the rebellion near Liaoning and returned with the injured Jiang Xingtian.

Li Yichong looked at Jiang Xingtian, who was seriously injured and weak, "You have to hold on, kid, don't be heroic."

Jiang Xingtian twitched the corner of his mouth, "When will your dog's mouth spit out ivory?"

"You are looking for a fight." Li Yichong yelled, and after the yelling, he lowered his voice and praised with uneasy conscience, "But you are also a ruthless kid, even if you are acting, you really dare to stab him."

"How could the lieutenant general believe otherwise?" Jiang Xingtian said.

"Hmph, is he dead?" Li Yichong said.

Jiang Xingtian knew that he was referring to the lieutenant general, and said with a smile, "Dead."

The matter of the regent implicated several court officials, and there was a sudden change of blood in the court. Officials with convincing evidence were all arrested and imprisoned. The Xie faction was depleted. Empress Dowager Xie fell ill in the palace, showing signs of exhaustion Since then, the court has been completely controlled by the emperor.

Tan Haozhi has been very busy these few days. After the case was finalized, he breathed a sigh of relief and went to the palace to report to His Majesty.

In the Hall of Qinzheng, the emperor looked at him and smiled, "Tan Aiqing has been looking away recently, is she blaming me for letting you stay in Jiangning?"

Tan Haozhi shook his head, "Your Majesty does not blame the minister for coming back against the decree, it is already a great grace of the emperor."

"I just think that there will be chaos in Beijing. If something happens to you when you come back, Lingyang will definitely make trouble with me." The emperor chuckled.

Being teased by His Majesty, Tan Haozhi pursed his lips in embarrassment. Looking at His Majesty's gentle and harmless appearance, he really didn't know how to question His Majesty, since he knew the princess was a man, why did he insist on marrying them both? Don't you think it's absurd?

It was this person who gave him the opportunity to show his ambitions. For him, he is both a Bole and a king. He shouldn't have any complaints, and he can't, but he can't help himself.

Tan Haozhi looked directly at His Majesty with clear eyes, and he heard his voice say, "Your Majesty, I have something to ask."

"Huh?" His Majesty tilted his head slightly, "You ask?"

"The murder case in Guihe village was done by the regent, why did your majesty keep it from me?"

The emperor was startled for a moment, and then smiled wryly, "I was sorry for Aiqing. I was just a puppet emperor when I was enthroned. Going on, Aiqing was transferred to Beijing at that time, and the regent transferred me, I thought you knew the secret, and you were a ruthless person."

"Facts have proved that I was wrong. Tan Aiqing's hatred is as clear as black and white. Guihecun has such a big blood feud. I, who suppressed this matter, can be regarded as an accomplice. And I had no one to help me at that time. I was afraid that Aiqing would find out about this matter." Disappointed with the court, I kept it a secret, but as time passed, I couldn't speak anymore."

"It's despicable, isn't it? It's supposed to be a place where blood is washed away, but it's also the easiest place to hide the truth."

"But even so, it also has the most attractive thing in the world, power. It can change a lot of things, and it mostly depends on whose hands it is used in. I hope that in the future, Aiqing can work with me to bring peace to the people of the world. .”

"If it's you, you should be able to do it."

Tan Haozhi didn't know how he got out of Qinzheng Palace, so he listened expressionlessly and then left?

After leaving the warm palace, it was very cold outside. It has been snowing one after another for the past few days. The snow piled up on the road, if you accidentally stepped on the ground, it would go deep into the bend of your feet. He looked at the crimson palace wall and tasted the cold white, with a look of confusion in his eyes.

In a daze, he actually came to the dungeon where the regent was held. The man was wearing a prison uniform, his hands and feet were handcuffed, but he didn't look down. When he saw him, he was still condescending and snorted, "Master Qin will come to see this old man."

Tan Haozhi's pretended indifference was defeated at this moment. When he saw the regent, resentment filled his heart, and he asked straightforwardly, "Why did you kill the people in Guihe Village?"

The regent was startled when he heard the words, and then laughed loudly, "If you want to kill them, you can kill them. I can only blame their bad luck."

"280 three lives! Why do you..." Seeing the mocking face of the regent, Tan Haozhi fell silent for a moment. These human lives are nothing in the eyes of this insensitive person, but I hate them. The people who were killed were just because If you want to kill, you will lose your life. They are so innocent, and they lost their lives for nothing.

In the past two years, he has been praying all the time for this case to be cleared. Now that the vengeance is about to be avenged, and the culprit is right in front of him, the reason he gave is so childish that he has no remorse at all.

"If you kill it, kill it. Haven't I killed too few people in my life? If Mr. Qin wants to feel better, I don't mind adding another crime. Anyway, I will die sooner or later." The regent smiled triumphantly.

Tan Haozhi's chest was full of breath. Facing such an unrepentant person, he could do nothing, not even kill him himself.

Seeing Tan Haozhi's ugly expression, the regent laughed maliciously again, and said deliberately to make Tan Haozhi feel uncomfortable, "If you want to blame it, blame your mother. Without her, people in your village probably wouldn't die. It's all her. Harmful."

"What did you say?"

"I have an enmity with your Tan family." The regent snorted coldly, no matter how much Tan Haozhi asked, he stopped talking, turned around and faced him with his back, "Anyway, I'm going to question the crime, this secret Take it to hell."

Tan Haozhi had nothing to say, and walked out of the dungeon with an empty heart. After walking a few steps, he heard someone calling him.

"Little mouse."

Tan Hao was startled, and saw a strange palace man walking towards him, seeing his suspicious expression, he said, "It's me, Wang Chuhe."

"Two dogs."

Wang Chuhe looked at Tan Haozhi in a daze, and told the people around him that His Majesty had something to tell Mrs. Qin, so the two of them had to walk for a while alone.

"I'm about to leave the capital. I told Your Majesty a few days ago that after these things are over, I will leave the Jinghongmen. Your Majesty has already agreed. I promise to accompany Yu'er to go all the way. I probably won’t be able to go back to Beijing to see you often.”

Jinghongmen?He remembered that it was Anbu, which was directly controlled by His Majesty.

Wang Chuhe sighed faintly, "After more than two years, the matter of Guihe Village has always been a hurdle in my heart."

Tan Haozhi looked up at him, "You already knew?"

A strange smile appeared on the corner of Wang Chuhe's mouth, "Not only did I know, I was still there at the time."

The snow was flying, and the two of them did not avoid the snow. They let the cold snow fall on their bodies. Wang Chuhe looked away slightly, and his voice became softer. He couldn't see the little mouse looking at him with a surprised face. He will punch you only when he gets annoyed, but he is still an arrogant and indifferent little old man.

"Actually, I hated you back then. Even though you were the only good friend, I wished I could kill you with my own hands."

Qin Haozhi's fingers trembled slightly.

Wang Chuhe said to himself, "At that time I was an undercover agent at the Regent's place, and I had to follow this mission. Even if I didn't do anything, I would have to watch them being killed without doing anything. Do you remember Master Wang at the entrance of the village? He recognized me."

Of course he remembered Master Wang at the entrance of the village, that man was the boxing master of the three of them.

"You may not know that he came to our village to protect your mother. Do you know the founding father of the Pingyuan Wang family? The Wang family was wronged and conspired more than 20 years ago to implicate the nine clans. Your mother is a member of the Wang family. "

Tan Haozhi looked at him with a pale complexion. His complexion was already fair, and there was no trace of blood on his face at this moment. He didn't know how many things there were.

"He is so good at martial arts, but he was killed by others because I made a gap and showed mercy."

"I don't know why the Prince Regent insisted on destroying Guihe Village, but I more or less guessed it was because of your mother. Before the accident happened in Guihe Village, he had been to your Tan's house. At that time, I hated you very much and thought it was because of you guys." The Qin family killed the entire Guihe village."

Qin Haozhi lowered his head silently...

Is it really the mother who caused the murder of Guihe Village?He remembered that when he was a child, his father prohibited him from taking the imperial examination to be an official in the court. Was it because of these reasons...

"Rat." Putting his arms around his shoulders, Wang Chuhe smiled like a big brother like when he was a child, "I'm sorry, you haven't been feeling well all these years."

"I shouldn't hate you, even if I just hated, I feel stupid."

"Actually, I figured it out after a while. Only the weak will blame others for all their misfortunes. This can't be blamed on you, nor the Qin family or the Wang family. It's only because I was too useless and weak at the time, and I didn't have enough money to blame. If I have the ability to compete with the regent, and watch him act mischievously, if I was strong enough at that time, the result would not be like this."

After Wang Chuhe said so much, seeing that Tan Haozhi was still silent, he couldn't help but pat him on the head, "Don't be so dull, kid, I know you will definitely blame yourself for your compassionate nature, just treat it as Believe me, I can’t blame you for this matter, and I can only blame that lunatic Prince Regent! Now that the big revenge has been avenged, please be happy, and Yu’er and I will feel at ease when we leave.”

Tan Haozhi said with red eyes, "I seem to be slower than others in everything I do, and I know it too late."

Wang Chuhe shook his head, "You ran too fast."

"You came here specially to comfort me." Tan Haozhi smiled softly.

Wang Chuhe shrugged, "I'm your brother-in-law, you should listen to me obediently, you know?"

After Wang Chuhe finished speaking, he didn't expect Tan Haozhi to respond to him. He walked a few steps, stepped on the snow and looked back at Tan Haozhi, and when he was about to send Tan Hao to the carriage, he said, "Little mouse, you are a good official." , there is no doubt about it.”

Tan Haozhi paused slightly and got into the carriage.

Er Gouzi should have seen today that he has the idea of ​​not wanting to be an official. Over the years, he is really tired...

When Tan Haozhi returned to the Qin Mansion, it was already late, and Zhao Heng was sitting in a wooden wheelchair, wandering around the hall grumblingly, and smiled when he saw him come back, "Why did you come back so late, Yueyao has been waiting for you for a long time Come on, let's have dinner together."

Tan Haozhi still couldn't get used to Zhao Heng's appearance in a wheelchair. Zhao Heng said that he was too lazy to shrink his bones, and people in a wheelchair would not notice his body shape change, so when Princess Lingyang went missing and came back, her leg was 'broken' ...

After Tan Haozhi finished his meal, he went to the ancestral hall.

Zhao Heng probably sensed that Tan Haozhi was in a bad mood and wanted to be alone, but he was somewhat worried, so he went to the ancestral hall later and waited outside.

Unexpectedly, Tan Haozhi hadn't come out until midnight.

Is Xiao Tanhua going to kneel here until dawn?

Zhao Heng yawned lightly, but the door opened soon after, and Tan Haozhi looked at him indifferently, "Why are you here?"

Zhao Heng turned the wheel, faced him and said, "I don't worry about you."

Tan Haozhi's eyelashes trembled slightly, "I'm fine."

Zhao Heng smiled, reached out to hold his hand, it was really cold, Zhao Heng frowned unhappily, "If someone bullies you, just tell me, you are my son-in-law, who dares to bully you, I want him to walk around without eating."

Tan Haozhi fell silent after hearing his words, and said after a while, "What if this person is the emperor?"

Zhao Heng raised his eyebrows and said with a light smile, "Don't worry, I'll go into the palace tomorrow and beat him up, and the two of us will be a fugitive couple from now on."

"It's unreliable." Qin Hao said.

Zhao Heng pulled him into his arms, "No matter what happens, I hope I can stay by your side and protect you forever."

It seemed that he was trying to coax the little girl to say, the sweet words were unbelievable, but Tan Haozhi couldn't help but bend the corners of his mouth, buried his head on Zhao Heng's shoulder, tears fell from his eyes as soon as he heard himself trembling, "I am okay."

He just looked at the spiritual seats in the hall and knew that if he gave up, all these years of persistence would be nothing, as long as there was one person who thought he was right, as long as there was one person who thought he was right.

Zhao Heng felt the wetness in his shoulders, clasped his hands tightly, and gently stroked his head, "Don't cry, I can't bear to cry any more."

Hearing what he said, Tan Haozhi couldn't hold back his tears anymore, and flowed wantonly.

With tears in his eyes, Zhao Heng raised his head, and directly blocked his lips, as if he wanted to swallow his grievances directly. This time, Tan Haozhi didn't push him away, but stretched out his arms to hug him.

After a pause, Zhao Heng pressed Tan Haozhi on the wheelchair, kissed the tears on his face, and whispered in his ear, "You asked for this."

As Zhao Heng said, he picked up the person horizontally, and flew up, using lightness kung fu to fly back to the bedroom.

Tan Haozhi clutched at the hem of his shirt with a red face and said nothing, and slowly closed his eyes.

When Zhao Henghou flew back to the bedroom in a hurry, he found that the person in his arms was breathing evenly and had fallen asleep.

Zhao Heng gently put him on the bed, dumbfounded, and it was true that Tan Haozhi was tired enough for a while.

But falling asleep when he wanted to get close would be very embarrassing to him.