After being mistaken for a fellow by Long Aotian

That's right, Zhou Xun has met Duke Huguo.Back then, Lord Protector knew that he was Zhou Cai's younger brother, a concubine, and heard some rumors from Zhou Cai, so he picked his nose and eyes at him.This old man is an extremely stubborn person, and he is very proud of his "stubborn loyalty".With his personality, it is impossible for him to forgive his former brother just because he is old.

What's more, what his younger brother committed was a crime that the Li family would never forgive.But now Duke Hu mentioned his younger brother again and again, and talked about moving him into the ancestral grave again and again.Obviously, he felt almost "guilt" towards his younger brother in a strange way.It's almost unbelievable.

However, if...

Zhou Xun moved his fingers.A guess formed in his mind.

What if, this emotion is really guilt?

What if the so-called defection of his younger brother Li Zhiwei...was originally a misunderstanding?

Countless clues were connected in Zhou Xun's heart.The conversation between the old man Shen and Fukang, the only empty courtyard in the Duke's Mansion, the war with the Northern Wei Dynasty that established the victory and defeat decades ago, because he was dissatisfied with his life that has always been suppressed, and brought an outdated war Li Zhiwei who defected to the Northern Wei Dynasty with a love map, the Northern Wei Dynasty who was defeated because of mistakenly believing in the map of the war situation, Gaozong never condemned him to punish Lian Huguo Gongfu, the truth that old man Shen has been searching for for many years...

A terrible conjecture gradually formed in his heart.

The Lord Protector knew what.

What does he know.

He knew... the truth about Li Zhiwei's defection back then, so he felt guilty and made up his mind.But old man Shen and Fukang never knew about it.

So does Gaozong know?Did Gaozong, who never committed crimes and punished Lian Huguogong's mansion afterwards, know?Old man Shen spent many years of his life to prove General Shen's innocence to Gaozong, and finally he saw the blood that Gaozong vomited up for General Shen, it was bright red, just like General Shen was in Hongmeifang that day, Looking at the palace, looking at the direction of the former playmate and the emperor who now doubts him.At that moment, what he saw was not only General Shen's proven innocence, but also Gaozong's regret, and what Gaozong finally saw in Gaozong's eyes, the "person" who was sacrificed because of his mistake...

But what about Li Zhiwei?Did Gaozong resolutely cover the seal that belonged to him again many years after he vomited that mouthful of blood?And many years after his death, as Li Zhiwei's older brother, Duke Protector finally found the ultimate truth from the few words left by his younger brother?

If old man Shen knew that he had successfully rehabilitated General Shen, and there was Li Zhiwei besides General Shen in this world, what would he think?

"Zhou Xun? Zhou Xun? What are you thinking?"

"It's nothing."

Zhou Xun swallowed a sip of tea, and finally, before Xie Zhengqing and Li Miaohui noticed his abnormality, he came back to his senses, changed the subject and said to Li Miao: "Look at you, you just came back from the capital? You reported your leave to the Ministry of War a few days ago, where did you go?"

"I'm going to find Princess Changle."

Zhou Xun: ...

The teacup in his hand almost fell to the ground: "Princess Changle?!"

"Yeah." Li Miao said, he lowered his eyes in a rare way, feeling a little sad, "That day I heard...the news about her, and some people were talking about her being out of line, so I found a horse and rode out from the capital. Chasing her. Actually, I originally wanted to catch up with her and call her back. How could she snatch someone else's bride and elope with her? This is against the rules, and she is a woman, how can she do such a thing? She Does she know what others will say about her? Does she know how angry the emperor will be? She..."

"But when I left the capital, I realized that I had brought a lot of banknotes with me when I went out. The total amount of banknotes was nearly ten thousand taels. I didn't understand what I was thinking at the time. I just kept chasing after me. There was the Emperor's Sect behind me." The person who came, but I ran faster, and I finally caught up with her. I had a lot to say at the time, but seeing her and... Miss Yan smiling so happily, I couldn't say a word .”

"You are in love with the eldest princess." Xie Zhengqing said.

"Yes." Li Miao said with a wry smile, "I thought about it many times, and when I was in high school, I would propose marriage to her. But at that moment I walked over and saw that they stopped smiling after seeing me. Think, why on earth do I like the eldest princess? If I really like her, shouldn't I want to see her smile more?"

"Then, I was relieved. I gave them all the banknotes, as if I thought so when I took the banknotes at the beginning. I heard the emperor's men approaching behind me. I said, you go, I will replace you Stop them. Because when they smile, they are really beautiful." Li Miao said.

Zhou Xun choked for a long time, finally shook his head, smiled and said: "Mr. Li is also a man of love."

"In the end, what I didn't expect was that I immediately swung my knife and wanted to stop the emperor's pursuers and let them go, but instead, the leader regarded them as a disciple who harassed them and knocked me down to the ground!!

Li Miao thumped the table and said, "It turns out that they didn't come here to arrest them, but the emperor sent them to give them golden Ranchi, issue imperial edicts, and escort them all the way!" ! "

Zhou Xun: ...

Xie Zhengqing: ...

"I should have known it earlier! The emperor himself has a bunch of male favourites, so how could he catch his sister who eloped with a girl!! Even if he really elopes, the emperor will make it a matchmaker!" Li Miao said angrily, "He and I……"

As he spoke, he saw Zhou Xun's more benign smile.

Li Miao: "I, he..."

Zhou Xun:?

Damn, what did he just say?The emperor himself... a bunch of male favorites? ?

Li Miao seemed to hear the sound of bombs exploding between the seats.

In the end, it was Xie Zhengqing who acted as a peacemaker and eased the relationship between the two.Li Miao also started looking for something to say, "Why is Revlon not as crowded as it used to be?"

"My lord doesn't know something." Xiaoer smiled wryly, "After the former Zhaoying Pavilion was renamed Hollywood, it attracted many customers. It is strange to say that the girls in Hollywood just sing and dance. , they didn't even touch their hands, and they didn't give any private...'private connection'? But they could attract those guests to pursue them one by one, and they were divided into many factions, watching the performance there all day long. Many shops around Zhaoying Pavilion have been affected by this, and Revlon has been maintained fairly well. They even said that if the business cannot be done, they should sell the shop to them as soon as possible, and they can sell it for a good price. "

"This..." Li Miao was dumbfounded when he heard that, "Is this 'Hollywood' a bit overbearing?"

"Yes!" Xiaoer whispered, "So we call them 'Hengdian' in private!"

Li Miao: ...

Revlon, Backyard.

Mrs. Lu dragged the cloth bag, carefully stuck it to the corner of the wall, and listened inside.

This is a small courtyard in the backyard of Revlon.After spending a lot of time, she finally found this place.And at this moment, she was finally able to lie outside the corner and listen to the voices inside.

"……these days."

"...Northern Wei... Xiliang..."

"...The Red Lotus Sect."

"Send someone to follow Mr. Zhou...unfortunately...'General''s request..."

After hearing the countless words, her back felt chills, and she finally understood that the so-called "Saint of the Red Lotus Sect" was indeed in this "Revlon"!

Well now, she finally found the location of the Red Lotus Sect, and was finally able to help Mr. Xun.If it was in the past, Aunt Lu might only be thinking that the money she was cheated of had finally found its place, but at this moment, she didn't even think about the money at all.

She only thought of Lu Bin's disappointed appearance, Mr. Xun, and the deceived and useless self in the Yamen that day.At that moment, she just wanted to shrink into the sunset, but at this moment, she finally had a feeling of "alive".

She had never been a wise woman, and even less so when she was old.So she was deceived and bought those talismans to heal her son, but it was because she wanted to prove to everyone that she could save her son and restore this family that was on the verge of being broken by herself. All "needed", even though it is useless.It was the only thing she thought she could ever do.A useless old man wants to gain the respect of his family, but he can only use such a sad way.

And now, she finally has some use... She found the Red Lotus Sect!

She's going to tell Zhou Xun, yes, tell Zhou Xun!She couldn't go to the palace, the Zhou Mansion was a little far away, but not far!It's late now, maybe she can't get a taxi, but she can walk, run, and use all the ways.She is old, her eyesight is bad, but her legs can still walk, she will tell him that she found it, she will tell him...

Mr. Zhou's help was not in vain.Young Master Zhou didn't blame her that day, but he didn't talk to her either.But she was so sad that she almost cried.

Would her stupidity...make a good person who was willing to help others he had never met, disappear?

So she must tell him, must tell him.Whether it's walking, running, or crawling...she has to tell him, Mr. Zhou...

Your help is not for nothing.

She started to walk, walking faster and faster, and saw the small door of Revlon, right in front of her eyes.

But she didn't go there.

She heard a voice behind her, it was a strange woman's voice: "So it's this little mouse."

"Let's deal with it." Another person said.

……

After chatting for a while, Li Miao got drunk and fell asleep on his stomach on the table.But Xie Zhengqing got up at this moment, and walked into Revlon's garden with Zhou Xun.

Revlon's garden is quite large, with all kinds of rockery and fake water.While walking, Xie Zhengqing said: "Just now on the road, I seemed to see the Northern Wei King Kang's people following you. Apart from Kang Wang, there seemed to be a wave of people also secretly following you. What's going on?"

Zhou Xun didn't hide it when he heard the words.He talked about the affairs between King Kang and Zhou Cai, and the Northern Wei Dynasty's request for money.

"As for the other group of people, I have no clue at the moment." Zhou Xun said.

Xie Zhengqing frowned upon hearing this, and said, "You have to be careful. I heard that the capital is not peaceful these days."

Zhou Xun nodded.

The two were walking, but saw a white shadow flash past in a hurry.Xie Zhengqing was startled when he saw her: "Ms. Ruo?"

Zhou Xun followed his voice.

Bai Ying froze for a moment, then stopped.She turned to the two of them and said, "Mr. Xie?...Mr. Zhou?"

That is a very delicate girl.She has a fair face, no makeup is applied on her face, it is so pale that it is a little bland.It wasn't until she introduced her identity that Zhou Xun connected her with the celestial girl from his vague memory.

It turned out that she looked like this without makeup.Unexpectedly, Xie Zhengqing recognized her from a distance.

This was also because Zhou Xun didn't know that Xie Zhengqing would sit on the teahouse and watch the celestial girl in the flower building across the river in many rainy days.If a man had gazed so long at another's figure, he would not fail to recognize her even if her face changed.

What surprised Zhou Xun was that Qing Ruo, who had removed her make-up, was not very similar to the glamorous Tiannv in his memory.But he felt that Qing Ruo looked familiar.

The faint but real familiarity exists between the contours of the eyebrows and eyes.

Qing Ruo, who took off her makeup, seemed a little flustered, but she soon smiled: "So you two are here, it seems that you two have something to say, so Qing Ruo excuse me first."

"En." Xie Zhengqing nodded to her from a distance.

This is the intersection between the two, nothing more.But Qing Ruo bit her lip, and when she was about to leave, she heard Zhou Xun's voice behind her.

"Strange, how did Miss Qingruo recognize at a glance that I am 'Master Zhou'? I don't remember ever meeting Miss Qingruo."

It was as light as the cold sweat on the back, and it fell in an instant.

After Qingruo left, Zhou Xun stood where she was originally standing.

aroma……

Lantern.

Talisman paper.

note.

That is... a familiar aroma!

……

After Bai Ying left.Zhou Xun said to Xie Zhengqing: "General Xie and this girl...are you familiar?"

Xie Zhengqing was silent for a long time, and after a while, he said: "If you are a girl, she is also a poor person. Born here, even if it looks like a flower on a tall branch, it is just swaying by the wind."

Zhou Xun stared at him without saying a word.

"I'll take you back home." Xie Zhengqing said, "With me around, they shouldn't dare to do anything."

Li Miao was picked up by members of the Li family, while Xie Zhengqing sent Zhou Xun back home.For some reason on the way, Zhou Xun suddenly became flustered.

He stopped, and after a while, he suddenly ran back!

Xie Zhengqing chased him, out of breath, and asked him: "What happened?"

"It's not moss, the piece by the backyard door, it's not moss...it's...a person's...blood!!"

……

Aunt Lu was crawling on the ground, mentally fuzzy.

She felt that she was in pain, she must have bled a lot, right?Maybe, she thought, she was dying.

In fact, she has lived for so many years, except for one or two years of hard work, she has lived enough.But she couldn't die, at least not now.

She also wanted to tell Mr. Zhou the news that if she died here now, she would really be unable to say anything, and in her life, she would really be nothing.

No one will know why she died here, and everyone will just think of her as a dirty and smelly old woman.And Zhou Xun wouldn't know...she wanted to repay him.

"The Zhou mansion is so far away. ’ she thought, ‘How far is it? '

How far is it?

She is in so much pain.She had no choice but to recall everything she had just heard over and over again, recalling every single word over and over again.She is old, her memory is not good, and her brain is not working well, so she can only engrave them in her mind like this.It would be ridiculous if I saw Mr. Zhou in a while but remembered the words wrongly.

Thinking of this, she actually felt a little happy.Happiness is like a placebo, giving her a luxurious sobriety.

Her consciousness began to blur.Until she heard chaotic footsteps and a person's voice.That person's voice sounded familiar, but she couldn't remember who it was.

The man squatted down, and let her lean into his arms as if he didn't think it was dirty.

She seemed to hear the voice of the man calling for a doctor.That person's voice was so eager, not as cold as usual.

All the silt rubbed against that person's body, but that person didn't dislike it.

Maybe that day in the Ministry of Criminal Justice... That person never disliked her.

Aunt Lu suddenly wanted to cry, she thought that her snot and tears mixed with blood and cement at this moment might be ugly.

But she finally did it.

She finally... came to the "Zhou Mansion".

It seemed that an imperial doctor had arrived, and at this moment, she finally passed out.