Seduction

The winter in Yuezhu has always been long. As soon as Zhan Xingruo returned to Yuezhu, a grain cart covered with downy snowflakes followed.

"A Li," Wu Zheng, as always, calculated the time early to meet him, and Ashura shook the snow on his body.

"Did Gu Chengyuan make things difficult for you?" He asked eagerly.

Zhan Xingruo glanced sideways at the food that was delivered, and then remembered that Gu Qing was bedridden because of the food, so he shook his head.

"I've said it all, it's just playing the piano." He said lightly.

At this time, the guards of the Prince's Mansion suddenly rushed over, knelt down and said, "Report to the military division, there is a child named Dongzhi outside the door, who said he brought you a letter from the family, can you let him in?"

Zhan Xingruo and Wuzheng Qiqi turned to look at him.

"Family letter?" Wu Zheng asked, "Didn't your father see you often?"

Zhan Xingruo frowned slightly, but did not answer Wuzheng, "Let him in."

"Yes." The guard replied.

Dong Zhi followed the guards into the Prince's Mansion timidly. When he came, Gu Qing specifically asked him to wear as many clothes as possible, so as not to arouse suspicion. Since Dong Zhi entered the Gu Mansion, even though he was a servant, he followed Gu Qing every day. Yushi didn't have any too shabby clothes. Gu Qingnian was young, afraid that he would get sick in the wet and cold weather in winter, so she specially asked the tailor to sew two thick clothes for the winter solstice.

Winter Solstice suddenly had a whim, and thought of the suit he brought from Yuezhu when he first came here, among other things, just the fact that he was poor, wearing that suit seemed to be written on his face.

As soon as Dongzhi saw Zhan Xingruo, he felt nervous for some reason, and the prince happened to be beside him. Dongzhi didn't dare to raise his head, his legs trembled, and he didn't dare to say a word, so he just handed over the letter.

Zhan Xingruo glanced at him when he came in, and he still had a little impression of his face. He had come to deliver a car of glass before, but at that time, Dongzhi was wearing clothes that could be seen as a servant of a rich family. , This dress is not only torn, but also feels a little small.

Zhan Xingruo's first reaction was, did something happen to the Gu family?

This thought dissipated in an instant, and it was none of his business whether something happened or not.

Thinking that it was someone from Gu's residence, and wondering what tricks Gu Qing was playing with him, he didn't answer the letter, but Wu Zheng smiled at Dong Zhi, patted his head, "Go inside to warm yourself." He said to the winter solstice.

"A Li, what's the matter with you?" Wu Zheng raised his head only to find that Zhan Xingruo looked at Dong Zhi blankly, even a little cold.

"It's okay." Zhan Xingruo said, "It's not a family letter, it was written by Gu Chengyuan, and this child belongs to the Gu family."

When Wu Zheng heard Gu Chengyuan's name, he felt somewhat awkward for some reason.

"What did you write in the letter?" Zhan Xingruo asked. He didn't want to ask, but he couldn't help asking when he saw Dongzhi's embarrassed appearance.

Wu Zheng opened the letter and asked as he opened it, "Can't Ah Li read it by himself?"

"It doesn't matter, you read it." Zhan Xingruo said calmly.

Wu Zheng unfolded the letter, paused, and did not make a sound.

"What's wrong?" Zhan Xingruo asked again.

Wuzheng smiled, "Ah Li, let's see for himself."

Zhan Xingruo frowned impatiently, "Read." He said.Wu Zheng sighed, feeling in his heart, he was the crown prince, how could he be reduced to reading letters to others, and the first sentence, no matter how you look at it, is a bit...

"I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss you very much." Wu Zheng read.

As soon as Zhan Xingruo heard it, his ears felt hot. Before he could get angry, Wu Zheng's tone suddenly became serious.

"Wait." Wu Zheng took out the second piece of paper.The voice lowered, "A Li, this is not a letter from home."

Of course Zhan Xingruo knew it wasn't a letter from home, "What's wrong?" he asked.

"Gu Chengyuan wrote in the letter that King Lu already knew about our grain transportation and is preparing to attack us."

"Lu Xian? It shouldn't be, we are following the business path." A King Lu immediately caught Zhan Xingruo's attention.

"Gu Chengyuan wrote in a letter that King Lu sent officers and soldiers to stop our food convoy in the Central Plains, but the Gu family has already sent people to deal with it, and the caravan that came later was not from ours, but from the Gu family." Wu Wu Tried to repeat the contents of the letter.

"What about our people?"

"The rest are still in the south of the Yangtze River. Gu Chengyuan said that he will send someone to lure them to the Gu Mansion, where they will take shelter temporarily."

Zhan Xingruo frowned, "How did Lu Xian know that we were transporting food in a commercial way?"

"No." Wu Zheng looked away.

In the next few hours, the convoys that came one after another were indeed different from Yuezhu's convoy. The cars were more spacious, and the drivers were much more respectable than Yuezhu's.

Wu Zheng looked at Gu's convoy, and said, "Gu Chengyuan's actions don't know the truth."

The coachman who rushed over was invited to rest in the other garden. Zhan Xingruo looked at them, and said softly after a while, "Try to find out." I saluted him.

"Brother, don't be too polite." Zhan Xingruo's voice was very gentle, as if he asked casually, "I wonder how Master Gu is doing now?"

The coachman shook his head, "Mr. Zhan doesn't know something. The master has always been in poor health and can't stand the cold."

Zhan Xingruo nodded, "Still bedridden?"

"Then I don't know, we sent out early in the morning two days ago." The coachman said.

"Is this rice from the Gu family?"

The coachman nodded with a smile, "Yes, they are all from Gu's house. Oh, military commander, these are all good rice. The rice from Gu's house is all high-quality, don't worry."

Zhan Xingruo also smiled back, "Brother is overthinking, that's not what I meant."

The coachman laughed again, "When we were going out, the master specially told us that the rice was picked and packed."

Zhan Xingruo nodded and saluted the coachman, "Thank you, Mr. Gu, for me."

When Zhan Xingruo walked back to Wuzheng, Wuzheng had already read the letter several times.

"Gu Chengyuan asked a child to deliver a letter in such shabby clothes, and also decorated the three layers of the letter like this. He would rather believe it than believe it. Lu Xian is insidious and cunning, and it is his job to take advantage of others' dangers. Personality, it is necessary for us to be on guard. What do you think, Ah Li?" Wu disputed.

Zhan Xingruo nodded, "It happened so suddenly, I can't make a conclusion. I don't know what happened to Gu Chengyuan. I just asked the coachman from Gu's mansion. Gu Chengyuan seems to be still bedridden."

Wu Zheng didn't know the details, so he asked, "Is Gu Chengyuan sick?"

Zhan Xingruo suddenly remembered that he hadn't told Wuzheng in detail, so he nodded, "I went to Gu's that day, and when the caravan entered the Tianguan Commercial Road, it was all arranged by Gu Chengyuan. I was caught by the wind and cold, and I heard that it was a relapse of an old disease."

Wuzheng nodded thoughtfully, "It seems that only Gu Chengyuan knows the specific situation. But he didn't write anything in the letter."

"It should be just in case." Zhan Xingruo said, "If this is the case, the whole city must be on alert immediately. Wuzheng, you distribute the food to the people's homes immediately, and I will go to Gu's house again."

"Still going?"

"This matter is not a child's play. If we blindly guard against it without knowing the reason, our treasury can't afford it."

Wu Zheng looked at him, nodded and said, "I understand, let's split up."

As the snow fell heavily, Ashura galloped away with Zhan Xingruo on his back. The long series of horseshoe prints were gently wiped away by the heavy snow within an hour.

"Brother Love! Brother Love!" Lu Wangyao pushed the door open and entered. After two days of recuperation, Gu Qing's health improved and she was able to sit up and write and read.

A chill rushed towards Lu Wangyao's face together with him.Gu Qing shivered slightly.

"Oh, sin, sin." Lu Wangyao realized that he was too reckless, immediately turned around and closed the door, pulled up a chair and sat opposite Gu Qing.

"Have you seen Lu Xian?" Gu Qing asked.

Lu Wangyao suddenly put on an unclear smile, "Brother Qing is really good at predicting things, I went to see Lu Xian, and once he said he was from the Gu family, he let me in, what kind of official is that? , dressed like a dog, and politely asked me, why are you here?" Lu Wangyao laughed while talking, and couldn't stop laughing, "I just told him that my master Gu wanted to meet Lu Xian. "

"Guess what?" Lu Wangyao asked, "Lu Xian knew you wanted to see him, so he set up a table to entertain me. The old man was talking about something, merchants, officials, Lu Xian would give it to him Push away."

Lu Wangyao touched the back of his hand and slapped it hard several times, "Look, what a face."

After hearing this, Gu Qing just smiled helplessly, "Disrespect and disrespect are forced by the situation, otherwise I don't want to associate with such a person."

Lu Wangyao nodded, "Then I understand, ah, Lu Xian said, I can see you anytime, whenever you want. I will make it for you, and it will be noon the day after tomorrow. You are ready to prepare." Lu Wangyao Wang Yao said, "At that time, the sun will be full, I'm afraid you'll be finished if you go out to enjoy the air."

Gu Qingxiao was neither angry nor had to nod her head.

"Then what will you wear tomorrow?" Lu Wangyao asked, "I'm quite looking forward to it. You see, you are so rich, and your clothes are too simple for a day."

Lu Wangyao said with a bit of disgust, "You can't tell that you are still a master when you walk on the street."

Gu Qing looked down at herself and smiled.

"Just wear this one." Since the last time Gu Qing was among the victims of Yuezhu, she wore a suit of silk and satin, and pierced her eyes tightly, and since then she has never dressed herself so eye-catchingly. I am like a son-in-law who doesn't know the sufferings of the people. Looking back on the days of living with the Taifu, I also lived a good life with simple tea and light food every day, wrapped in cotton and linen.

"By the way, Brother Qing," Lu Wangyao took away Gu Qing's writing brush and asked seriously, "Can you tell me what your plans are for the next step? Why are you unwilling to do anything?" Tell me, I have to ask you. I can also help you, don't always carry it alone."

Gu Qing's pen was suddenly pulled out, and she was taken aback for a moment, seeing that Lu Wangyao was so serious, Gu Qing had no choice but to answer, "I'm here to protect you."

"Tsk, stop talking, you like Army Master Zhan, and you didn't tell me, just to protect me?"