Placid Chang'an

Chang'an City, Xuanping Square.

Before the sun had fully risen, a beautiful figure flashed in the morning mist, with a skirt brushing the ground, her face covered by a light veil, and her figure was graceful.Holding a large food box that didn't match her figure, she walked lightly and quickly, and the skirt quickly disappeared at the end of the deep alley.

Turning left and right in the intricate neighborhood for a long time, after confirming again and again that no one was following him, the figure leaped nimbly, propped itself up on the top of the towering wall, and landed firmly in an abandoned house.

The house is overgrown with weeds, broken walls are everywhere, and the yard is quiet, it looks like it has been abandoned for many years.

The figure fell to the ground without causing any movement, and the things in the food box remained motionless. After a while, he coughed twice, "Okay, come out, no one is following you."

The two broken doors facing each other opened creakingly, and one head poked out slowly, followed by two, then three. After seeing that there was no danger, the people in the house rushed out. Actually squeezed out two NO.30 people.

Looking at these people from a distance, they are all tall, with big arms and round waists. Looking closer, these people's eyes and hair colors are also different from those of Han people. With a machete across their waists, they are Turkic people.

"Ling'er, it looks good!" Wu Chiha, who was in the lead, looked around at the person in front of her. She was wrapped around her waist and wore a skirt, and looked from a distance, she really looked like a girl who had just opened the cardamom.Who would have thought that such a seemingly weak "girl" secretly raised dozens of serious criminals wanted by the court.

Qu Ling'er's face sank as far as the eye could see, but Wu Chiha had no time to take care of it, and took the big food box from Qu Ling'er's hand, and couldn't wait to lift the lid.

A large bowl of noodles was steaming, and Wu Chiha's face instantly collapsed.

"Again, noodles..."

One is to prevent people from buying a large amount of ingredients from causing suspicion, and the other is to save trouble. Qu Linger gave them vegetarian noodles three times a day. At first, they could still eat it. Strips make me want to vomit.

"Would you like to eat it or not?" Qu Ling'er rolled her eyes, no matter how unpalatable it was, could prison food be unpalatable?

Everyone could only distribute the noodles from Qu Ling'er disgruntledly, and when the big bowl of noodles had run out, Wu Chiha discovered that the lower layer of the food box hadn't been opened from beginning to end.

Just opened a corner, but was pushed back by Qu Ling'er.

"Meat..." Wu Chiha pointed to the food box and immediately cast a glance.

Following Wu Chiha's voice, all the Turkic people cast their gazes over - like a group of wolves who have been hungry for half a month.

Qu Ling'er immediately hid the food box behind her back, "These are not for you."

So the eyes of the group of people turned back together, and fell on the tall figure standing by the door.

Qi Lin Yimen smiled and shook his head, "It wasn't for me either."

Qu Ling'er looked up at the person, then hurriedly looked away, picked up the food box and ran to the backyard.

The previous owner of this house was also a rich family. Although it is deserted now, the scenery of the past can still be seen.Whether it is a wealthy businessman or a prince or a general, once the prosperity fades away, only the pavilions and pavilions with peeling red paint are left, exposing the rotten wood inside.

Qu Ling'er shuttled through the weeds with ease, while slowly recalling Qi Lin's smile just now, he always felt that there was something else in that smile, but without his brother Su's good eyesight, he couldn't see through it. I can't figure it out, so I can only think about what I have and what I don't have here.

Two months have passed since he robbed people from the prison, first to avoid the officers and soldiers' search, and then to settle such a large group of people in hiding.During this period, the two of them didn't stay together for more than half an hour, and because Qi Lin was injured, the two of them were in heat all the time, and they didn't even hold each other's little hands.In the past few days, Qi Lin's injuries are almost healed. Last night, he ran over to have a good time with others in the dead of night. As a result, his elder brother Qi came to see Liu Xiahui, and asked him to wear that skirt and fit together. Yi hugged him all night.

It wasn't until dawn that he realized why Qi Lin didn't move him, why didn't he take off his clothes?Because Qi Lin likes the clothes, and even more like the person who should be wearing the clothes.

He simply likes women!

He has always been passive, and he followed behind when others beckoned. He didn't think about asking Qi Lin what he liked about him. In case it was just a whim, he still wanted to find a woman to marry in the end. childbearing.After he figured this out, he finally got angry for a while, and if he didn't like it, he didn't like it, so he didn't want to cry and beg, the big deal is to pass this level, and everyone can be happy in the future.

Having said that, I still feel bad in my heart, the more I think about it, the more I feel aggrieved, I really want to find an empty room to vent first.

It wasn't until he saw the side courtyard in front of him that he stopped thinking, changed his frizzy appearance in the front yard, stood upright in front of the door, listened carefully to the movement inside, and then knocked lightly on the door , "Master, it's time to eat."

After a while, the door was opened from the inside. It was Han Shu who opened the door. He glanced at Qu Linger and raised his hand to take the food box in Qu Linger's hand.

"Where's Master?" Qu Ling'er looked inside, but saw nothing but a dark, rotten table.

Qu Ling'er lowered her head in disappointment, "Master, he still doesn't want to see me."

Han Shu patted the man on the shoulder, "Okay, it's none of your business."

Qu Ling'er forced a smile, and said with a strong voice: "I made your favorite braised pork, and the boiled cabbage heart that Master loves. Tell me what you need, and tell me what you want to eat." Me, if I don’t know how to do it, I’ll go to Dongshi to buy it.”

"There is nothing missing, don't worry about it, don't run out all the time, what if someone sees you?" Han Shu weighed the food box, "Have you eaten yet?"

"I..." Qu Ling'er recollected the plain noodles that she ate in the morning, and it was indeed a bit unpalatable, she raised her head and smiled at the people, "Of course I have eaten it, and I ate two big bowls of rice with braised pork."

"That's good," Han Shu nodded and stood for a while before saying, "Then... I'm going in."

Qu Ling'er watched Han Shu turn around, then looked into the room without giving up, and turned back reluctantly after seeing nothing.

When he raised his head, he was facing the figure outside the upper corner door, standing alone, straight and capable.

Qu Ling'er was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly lowered her head, Qi Lin looked away, and bowed to Han Shu who had not had time to close the door, "I want to see General Han."

Han Shu frowned, "My father said, he is no longer a general, so don't call him that anymore."

Qi Lin didn't change his expression, "Then I'll ask to see Senior Han."

Han Shu turned to ask the people in the room for instructions, then turned around, "My father doesn't want to see you, so just tell me if you have anything to do."

"I'm here to thank Senior Han for saving his life that day."

"My father said, saving you is for Ling'er's sake, if you want to thank Ling'er, thank Ling'er."

Qi Lin looked at Qu Ling'er, and saw that she would rather stand there awkwardly picking her fingers than look up at him, sighed inwardly, raised her head and said: "The Empress Dowager Chu is dead, you must use the secret method I know better than I that the already difficult situation in the court is now becoming more and more chaotic, and Li Sheng single-handedly controlled the court, killing all the loyal people in the court, I want to discuss the next step with Senior Han."

Han Shu asked a few more questions about the room, then turned around and opened the door, "My father let you in."

Qu Ling'er looked up enviously, only to see Qi Lin passing him, and suddenly stopped when he came to the door, and looked back at him, "Aren't you coming?"

It took Qu Ling'er a blink of an eye to throw away the heavy vow of no relationship between life and death just made last night, and immediately followed her.

The spring in Chang'an City came late, and it was already a little warm, but the house had been abandoned for many years, and the sun seemed to be unable to shine in. As soon as you entered the door, a cold and decaying smell came over your face.

After Qu Ling'er got used to the darkness, she could see the situation in the room clearly. The furnishings in the room were still the same as before, except that there was an extra chair in front of the bed. Looking haggard, he raised his eyes a little when they got close, and ordered Han Shu to show them the seats.

Han Shu moved two stools nearby, but Qu Ling'er stepped forward and knelt down in front of the teacher's chair, her eyes felt hot when she saw the person, "Master..."

Han Qi patted Qu Ling'er's head familiarly, and smiled lightly, "How old is she?"

Qu Ling'er sniffed, and leaned her head lightly on Han Qi's lap, "Master, is it because I don't cook well? Look at you, you've lost weight."

"I don't blame you, it's because the master is old and can't eat anymore." Han Qi watched Qu Linger and her party shed tears, and immediately brushed two lines of fine powder on her face, smiled and raised her hand to Qu Linger Patted on the shoulder, "Okay, it's still in front of outsiders, what does it look like?"

Qi Lin smiled softly, "Senior Han finally reunited with his master and apprentice, so it's appropriate to be tender for a while, besides..."

Her gaze fell on Qu Ling'er intentionally or unintentionally, before she could speak, Qu Ling'er's face flushed, the implication was clearly that she was not an outsider.

Qu Ling'er bit her lower lip lightly. In front of her master, he didn't like to argue with others, so she lowered her head angrily, and focused on kneading the old cold legs for her master.

Han Qi leaned on the grand teacher's chair and sighed, "Ling'er grew up in a secret door, and has never seen much of the world. She was taken care of by you all those years ago, so she lost her life."

"Senior, you are serious. It was Mr. Su who rescued Ling'er that day. It is my good fortune to meet Ling'er." Qi Lin's eyes lightly fell on Qu Ling'er's thin back. Ling'er took care of me more, and this time he sacrificed his life to save me, I remember all these friendships."

Qu Ling'er sneered in her heart, a good man will not let you marry him with his body.

Han Qi narrowed her eyes: "I heard from Han Shu that you almost killed Ling'er back then."

"My life belongs to Linger. If Linger wants to take it, I have no doubts." Qi Lin lifted his robe and knelt down. I have no hesitation, my brothers are all vulgar people, if there is something inconsiderate, I hope you will forgive me, if you feel that we are hindering the cleanliness of the senior, then we will find another place to move out tomorrow, and I hope the senior will not blame Ling'er. "

After a long time, Han Qi sighed softly, "I'm not blaming Ling'er, and I don't regret saving you at the beginning. I'm just angry with myself. It's disloyal to betray the former lord. It's unrighteous to put all people in danger. Over the years, Li Sheng has been unable to let go of that palace change, and with such a vicious and extreme temperament, I have been entrusted by Prince Chongde, and I have been busy all my life and have nothing, so I am really ashamed to see others."

"Father..." Han Shu reprimanded.

Qu Ling'er lowered her head and bit her lips, "I made things difficult for Master."

"Okay, okay," Han Qi waved her hand, "This is the end of the matter, let's talk about the business, Ling'er, how is it going outside?"

Qu Ling'er raised her head and pursed her lips, "When the Empress Dowager Chu died, the city of Chang'an was completely in chaos. Many people packed their bags and prepared to move south. It is said that Li Sheng colluded with the Turks and Tubo outside the country, just waiting to take it from the little emperor. Once they have power, they will lure the Yi people into the customs to plunder them wantonly."

"The dead door in the secret door has been ambushing in the army, intending to stir up disputes between the two countries, so that the secret door can take advantage of it. But these people are extremely secretive, and only Li Sheng knows it, so who did he conspire with?" I don't know what to do," Han Qi said, "but from what I know about Li Sheng, he is very suspicious and has strong control. He doesn't really trust anyone, and he doesn't share the bed equally with others. It should be just spreading rumors about something.”

Qi Lin nodded, "Li Sheng managed to hold all the power in his own hands, and won't easily lure wolves into the house."

"Where's your master? Are you really letting go?"

Qi Lin shook his head, "I don't know."

Han Qi only thought that Qi Lin was still hiding something, but Qi Lin looked at him sincerely and said again, "I really don't know, bombing the Xingqing Palace is not in our plan, let's do it in advance." No news has been received, so no one knows where they went after they left."

"He hasn't contacted you for so many days?"

"Perhaps the master deliberately didn't want people to find him." Qi Lin lowered his eyes slightly, "He has been the regent for so many years, and outsiders seem to be superior, but I know that he has been worrying about state affairs all these years, and he has internal worries. There are foreign aggressions, he relied on his own strength to support this precarious court situation, maybe he was tired. Now he can finally take a rest, so he doesn't want anyone to disturb him."

"He has a big heart," Han Qi chuckled, "but once the Empress Dowager Chu dies, his leisurely life may come to an end. There is still an opportunity missing."

Qi Lin looked up: "What opportunity?"

"Of course it's an opportunity to come back in a legitimate way. Otherwise, if you come back, you will be a criminal. If you can't enter Chang'an City, you will be executed by Li Sheng on the spot."

Qi Lin asked: "How did you find this opportunity?"

"It must have been arranged for him to stay outside so peacefully, so we don't have to worry about it," Han Qi said a little tiredly and closed her eyes, "What you should worry about is your mother who just lost his mother. Can the little emperor wait until that opportunity arises?"

Speaking of this, Qi Lin nodded firmly, "I trust Your Majesty."