Seduction

"Come on, show Dad if you've grown taller." Gu Huaifeng bent down to pick up Gu Qing, and pinched Gu Qing's face.

"Have you taken care of your mother for me?" Gu Huaifeng asked.

"I've taken care of it." Gu Qing replied confidently, "How long will Daddy come back this time?" Little Gu Qing asked.

Gu Huaifeng raised his eyebrows, he just wanted to come back and take a look, he didn't think about this issue, the barbarians were restless, Zhang Jiyao was about to move, he really shouldn't leave hastily.

"Father won't come back to live." Gu Huaifeng thought for a while, and finally said.

Fu Ziyi frowned slightly.

Xiao Gu Qing sniffed, "Then what are you doing back here?"

"I miss you and your mother. Dad can't live without your mother's wine, so come back to drink." Gu Huaifeng said, putting Xiao Guqing down.

Fu Ziyi stepped forward and gently held Gu Huaifeng's hand, the two of them met their eyes, and Gu Huaifeng's warm palm clasped Fu Ziyi's hand.

"Do you really want to stay overnight?"

"Yeah." Gu Huaifeng nodded, "One look at you, I'll leave." He kissed Fu Ziyi's forehead, Fu Ziyi's eyes could not hide the disappointment, "At least eat a meal and take a nap." She muttered.

"You can't stay in the gentle village." Gu Huaifeng smiled, touched Fu Ziyi's nose with his hand, and said softly, "It's hard work for you to take care of Gu Qing."

"It's not hard." Fu Ziyi sighed softly.

Gu Huaifeng took her hand, Fu Ziyi's eyes rolled, and he asked after a long while, "When will you come back?"

"The next time the wine is ready, I'll come back and make Madam's apricot blossom wine." Gu Huaifeng said, hugging Fu Ziyi into his arms.The morning breeze brought down a few peach petals, and the petals floated down slowly and landed on Gu Qing's head.

"Father," Xiao Guqing suddenly called out, "When will you finish fighting?"

"Until the balance of the world is reached." Gu Huaifeng replied straightforwardly.

"You are at war, how can the world be peaceful?" Gu Qing asked again, her tense face was serious and serious, in Xiao Gu Qing's heart, the peaceful world does not need generals.

Gu Huaifeng smiled and squatted down, "You're right, if I don't fight now, let the barbarians run in, and Yuezhu will be gone in a few days."

"You want to protect Yuezhu?" Gu Qing asked.

"Of course." Gu Huaifeng said.

"Then who will protect me?" Gu Qing sniffed her nose fiercely, with a weak cry.

Gu Huaifeng was taken aback, "I've always been protecting you."

"You've never been with me." Gu Qing said, "Am I that unimportant?"

Gu Huaifeng's smile gradually disappeared on his face, he blinked, not knowing what to say to Gu Qing, so he turned to look at Fu Ziyi, Fu Ziyi just frowned.Gu Qing looked like she was about to cry, and said intermittently, "I heard from Mr. that the war between us and the barbarians has spanned four generations and lasted for a hundred years. It has not ended until today. All the generals want to put down the barbarians, and so do you. ?"

"Me too." Gu Huaifeng said.

"The master also said that once you go to Saibei, the best ending is to leave with black hair and return with white hair. More people died in battle and it is impossible to distinguish."

Gu Huaifeng forced a smile, stroked Gu Qing's hair, "Good people are rewarded, father protects you and your mother, protects Yuezhu, God will not let father die so early."

"Father, you are not a general, there are others who can be generals, why can't you stay here with me and mother, the world of Yuezhu does not depend on you."

"Gu Qing!" Fu Ziyi snapped.

Gu Huaifeng's heart felt like being hit hard, and after a long time, he said softly, "I am not only your father, but also Chengfenghou of Yuezhu. Gu Qing, if you want to get peace, someone has to sacrifice."

Gu Qing finally couldn't hold back any more, and tears fell down one by one.

"Mother will blame you." Gu Qing gritted her teeth.

Gu Huaifeng looked at Fu Ziyi guiltily, Fu Ziyi shook his head with tears in his eyes.

"The world is the most important, followed by children. Go Huaifeng." Fu Ziyi said.

Gu Huaifeng stood up straight, nodded, filled the wine made by Fu Ziyi, and mounted the horse.

The sounds of hawking and laughing in the market were noisy and continuous, just like those shouting and shouting far away in the northern part of the city slipped all the way to the capital, and were blown away by the spring wind, turning into a cheerful silver bell.Suddenly, the scene of many brothers drinking together in the northwest camp came to his mind. At that time, they all said that returning home was nowhere in sight. After he had a meal, some people had long lost the chance to go home.If the dead still come out and walk, maybe they are laughing in the street too.

A group of maids in the palace were playing, and the chattering laughter suddenly stopped. The little eunuch who wanted to join in the fun stretched his neck and looked around. When he saw the prince coming out angrily, he quickly knelt down too.

The little eunuch had just entered the palace and hadn't seen the prince a few times. He looked up quietly, and felt that the prince had a murderous look on him.

"Wu Zheng." Not far away, a young man in white greeted him and whispered the prince's name.In April, the flowers in the imperial garden bloomed a batch of less colorful ones, which were just suitable for this young man.

"A Li." Wu Zheng walked over and sat down.

Zhan Xingruo looked at him and sat down without haste.

"How? What does the emperor say?" Zhan Xingruo is still a teenager, with a thin but tall figure, suddenly like a fairy.

"Father doesn't want to listen to me at all." Wu Zheng frowned, "Father said that I know too little, so I shouldn't jump to conclusions."

Zhan Xingruo nodded, "It also makes sense, the evidence we have is not enough."

"However, my father doesn't want to send someone to investigate. How can we adjust the account of the Northwest camp with you and me alone? I said that I found out that the outflow of silver there has fluctuated, but my father didn't care much. What I said is understandable. How can this be done?" Wu Zheng clenched his fists.

"Have you explained your thoughts to him in detail?" Zhan Xingruo asked.

"I told my father, I suspect it's Marquis Chengfeng." Wu Zheng said.

"and then?"

"Then Father reprimanded me." Wuzheng shook his head, "Father trusted Cheng Fenghou very much, and told me not to slander Zhongliang."

Zhan Xingruo smiled lightly, "The emperor is right. The crown prince has indeed misunderstood."

"What misunderstanding, didn't you and I guess it was him before?" Wu Zheng asked.

Ever since Wuzheng asked the emperor to invite Zhan Xingruo, he has been thinking about doing some business with his military adviser all day long. The Taifu taught him to read, and his favorite saying is "meat eaters are contemptible", so Wuzheng secretly made a decision in his heart. You have to be a meat eater with a vision.

Not long after Zhan Xingruo came, the two of them ran into the case of the loss of silver in Saibei.

If the silver hadn't been embezzled, there would have been no sign of it flowing. When the case was closed, no silver was found in the ghost's mansion, so a few boxes were piled up, which was far from enough for the amount that had been siphoned away in the past few years.Silver was either hidden elsewhere, or it flowed outside, and it was impossible to evaporate out of thin air.

Zhan Xingruo suspected that the silver had flowed directly to the barbarians. Over the years, the barbarian army had become stronger and stronger, and no matter how hard they fought, they would not weaken. Zhan Xingruo shared his thoughts with Wuzheng.Wuzheng felt that what Zhan Xingruo said was reasonable, so he went to the old emperor several times to ask for his order to investigate, but the old emperor was worried by the war in Saibei, since the case had already been closed, he naturally didn't want to waste more manpower and thought, besides, Wuzheng doubted it. It turned out to be Marquis Chengfeng who had been guarding the frontier for him.

After the case is closed, it is unreasonable to go back to investigate Chengfenghou.The old emperor rejected Wu Zheng several times.

Wu Zheng was blowing the cool air of April in the imperial garden, and his anger was slightly extinguished.

Zhan Xingruo just smiled, Wuzheng couldn't help asking, "Ah Li is talking, why do you say I misunderstood him?"

"How much does the prince know about Marquis Chengfeng?" Zhan Xingruo asked.

"Unique marksmanship, sixteen feudal lords, wild and unrestrained, invincible?"

Zhan Xingruo nodded, "Everyone in the world evaluates it like this. Hasn't the prince learned about his extra things?"

Wu Zheng thought for a while, then shook his head.

"A few days ago, he secretly left the barracks," Zhan Xingruo said.

"He ran away? Where?"

"Go home."

Ever since Wu Zheng was rejected by the emperor for the first time, Zhan Xingruo had already started to investigate Gu Huaifeng, because he really had no real power in his hands, so he sent the guards of the Prince's Mansion to follow Gu Huaifeng and write to him in time if there was any movement.

After following for a few days, in the guard's report, Gu Huaifeng only slept and drank, which were all trivial matters, and finally lived up to everyone's expectations and sneaked away once two days ago.The guard followed him, only to find that Gu Huaifeng was just going home to make a pot of wine.

If Zhan Xing told Wuzheng about the situation, Wuzheng would be even more puzzled.

"It's too rare to go home just to drink."

"People's feelings are always uncertain. Since you know that he has always been unrestrained, you should guess that he has the ability to act like this." Zhan Xingruo said. cleared my suspicions about him."

"What do you mean?" Wu Zheng frowned.

"Silver is fluctuating again, and the amount is twenty times greater than usual."

"Twenty times?" Wu Zheng was startled, and immediately lowered his voice, "Such a big fluctuation?"

"Yes." Zhan Xingruo nodded, "Actually, it was also a flow in the early days, but the number was very small. The few days after Cheng Fenghou left, it suddenly increased. What do you think is going on?"

"Could it be that he is hiding from Cheng Feng Hou?" Wu Zheng asked.

"Yes, it is very possible, and the military camp that fluctuated this time is in the main camp of Marquis Chengfeng. This camp has the most soldiers and the best salary. If it is really Marquis Chengfeng, think about it, he relies on these When a soldier fights a war, how can he steal from his own troops."

"Then what do you think is going on?"

"I sent someone to investigate, but I got some results." Zhan Xingruo said.

"Tell me about it."

"Not long ago, a general was transferred from the capital. You should recognize him. His name is Zhang Jiyao. He is 20 years older than Chengfenghou. He may have been on the battlefield before Chengfenghou was born, but this person asked to be transferred. When I come to Chengfeng Hou, I am willing to be a lieutenant general."

"What, what does this mean?" There was no dispute.

"Not only these, but more importantly, the time when Zhang Jiyao arrived under Chengfeng Hou's command coincided with the time when the silver in the base camp began to fluctuate." Zhan Xingruo said seriously.