Placid Chang'an

Su Cen lowered her head secretly, "I didn't mean what I said."

"I know," Qi Lin nodded slightly, "I told you this today just to tell you that you know your situation and your thoughts, and he naturally has his considerations for not letting you touch it. It's rare for you to have a heart Don't blame him."

"Careful?" Su Cen looked up, "Is he caring about me?"

Qi Lin didn't answer, but instead asked, "Have you heard any other gossip from my grandfather?"

Su Cen was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head after thinking about it.

"Let me tell you this, no one has ever been left in the Xingqing Palace, and that finger wrench has never left."

Su Cen only felt a corner of his heart sink slightly, submerging the previous sharp corners and covering up the dull pain all over his body.

"The guard Lao Qi told me this today." Su Cen paused slightly, raised the curtain of the car and prepared to get out of the car, "I will reconsider whether it is right or wrong, but he has his reasons, and I also have my insistence. If it is really impossible to compromise, You can only go the other way.”

Someone outside the car had already turned on the light and put up the umbrella, Qi Lin followed closely, took the umbrella from the servant's hand, and escorted Su Cen back to the Su residence.

The threshold of Su's residence was not high, but when he lifted his leg, he still touched the wound on his body. Su Cen bared his teeth, and was gently supported by Qi Lin to stabilize his body.

This movement was nothing at all, but Su Cen's figure was a bit weak, and Qi Lin's tall figure blocked it, no matter how it looked under the night, it looked like Su Cen was secretly murdered.

"Stop!" Hearing an angry yell, Qu Ling'er threw down the melon seeds in her hand and did a somersault from the corridor to the two of them. Seeing Su Cen's pale face, she immediately became furious, "What did you do to my brother Su?" ?”

At the beginning, Qi Lin came to pick him up in the rain, he thought it was wrong, but when he thought about Su Cen's solemn expression when he left, he felt more and more uneasy, this battle looked like a questioning of a teacher.Crows are as black as the world, and there is no one who is good at being an official except his brother Su, let alone Li Shi's level.Looking at Su Cen with tears in his eyes, "Did they torture you, whipping? A cane?" Turning his head to face Qi Lin solemnly, "I broke into the dungeon, I asked the people, what's coming at me, What kind of skill is it to bully my elder brother Su, a weak scholar!"

"Ling'er..." Su Cen didn't even know where Qu Ling'er's strange brain circuit had turned, "The road was slippery in rainy days, I fell, and guard Qi sent me back."

"..." Qu Ling'er hid behind Su Cen resentfully against Qi Lin's cold gaze, and forcefully argued: "That fell on the way to your Xingqing Palace, and you can't get away with it."

Taking back his beloved Brother Su from Qi Lin, Qu Ling'er looked concerned, "Where did you fall?"

"……butt."

"It's okay, it's okay, the buttocks are thick, I see that there are Chuanqiong planted in the backyard, take off your pants for a while, and I'll put them on for you tomorrow."

Su Cen: "...internal injury, I'll take care of it myself."

Qu Ling'er scratched her head, "How can this fall cause internal injuries?"

After saying goodbye to Qi Lin, Qu Ling'er helped Su Cen back into the room, staring at Su Cen's outer robe all the way.

It was still the robe that he wore that day, which he thought looked pretty at the time, but for some reason, it was getting more and more eye-catching now.

"What's the matter?" Su Cen was furiously stared at by Qu Ling'er, she was really worried that this person would still want to take off his pants and apply medicine to him, so she couldn't help but tighten her clothes and hide.

"Your clothes..." Qu Ling'er frowned and shook her head, "It's too ugly."

It was only then that Su Cen noticed that he was still wearing Qi Lin's clothes, and hurriedly took them off and handed them to Qu Ling'er, "This belongs to Guard Qi, send it back for me before you go far."

Qu Ling'er pretended to be reluctant to take it, she clicked her tongue twice, then turned her head and plunged into the rain.

"Hey," Su Cen looked at the figure who disappeared outside the door in a blink of an eye, "You should bring an umbrella..."

As soon as Qi Lin walked out of Changle Square, he noticed a strong wind approaching behind him. He waved his hand to let the accompanying carriage take a step ahead, and stopped himself.

As soon as he turned around, a smart figure was already standing in front of him.

"Don't think too much, I'm just here to deliver the clothes. Brother Su asked me to come." Qu Ling'er handed the clothes forward, and noticed that the clothes had already been wet a lot along the way through the lanterns hanging outside the houses of the people on the street. .

Qi Lin didn't answer, and raised his eyebrows, "I think you are more anxious than your brother Su."

He took a step forward and placed the two of them under the same umbrella.

Qu Ling'er was slightly taken aback, and when she saw that she had no further plans, she secretly let out a breath, pretending to be calm as she twirled her wet hair in front of her temples, "I can't tell the rain is quite heavy... ..."

Qi Lin handed the umbrella to Qu Ling'er, and took over the outer robe. Just as he shook it off, Qu Ling'er hurriedly stopped him: "It's all wet, don't wear it."

Qi Lin glanced at him, but didn't stop. He wrapped the outer robe around Qu Linger's body, "It's so wet, wash it and return it to me."

Taking the umbrella from Qu Linger's hand, she turned around and slowly disappeared into the night.

Qu Ling'er was stunned for a while before she came back to her senses, seeing that the clothes she was wearing were not in a good mood for some reason, and she didn't need to do light work anymore, she walked back slowly humming a little tune.

As soon as he entered Su's house, he saw Su Cen standing under the porch, lost in thought towards the dark courtyard, his face was still pale and serious.

Qu Ling'er immediately stopped her jumping steps, was stunned, and timidly moved forward, "Brother Su still not resting?"

"Come with me," Su Cen turned and walked back.

Qu Ling'er was taken aback for another moment, watching the person and didn't follow until they entered the room.

Su Cen had already brewed tea in Su Cen's room, and when Qu Linger came in, he said "close the door" and poured a cup of tea for Qu Linger.

It was actually the Biluochun of that day.

"Brother Su..." Qu Ling'er was obviously flattered when she took the tea from Su Cen's hand, holding the cup for a long time without daring to move.

It wasn't until Su Cen took a sip that he timidly took a sip.

Su Cen put down his teacup and said, "I promised you back then that I would not ask about your background, but now this has involved several lives. If you can answer, I still hope you can tell the truth."

"Qi Lin told you?" Qu Ling'er put down the teacup resentfully, knowing that the tea was not so delicious, she lowered her eyebrows, her long eyelashes drooping down, like a docile little beast, "Brother Su, I really didn't Thought it would involve you."

"I know," Su Cen nodded. "You saved me that day, so I naturally believe that you have no malicious intentions. I just want to know who the man in black—or you guys?"

Qu Ling'er pursed her lips, and finally made up her mind to raise her head, "Brother Su, have you heard of the 'secret door'?"

"Secret door?" Su Cen frowned.

"The secret door is further divided into eight gates, which correspond to the eight trigrams and strange gates of Taoism. The Xiu gate is in charge of the internal affairs of the secret gate, and they have the final say on the site selection and personnel recruitment of the sub-altars in various places. , They provide financial resources for the secret door, and at the same time, the secret door will also settle some unnecessary troubles for them. The wounded door is responsible for the casting of weapons, and the shocking door is used for assassination and ambushes. Central. Jingmen is mostly a counselor who advises the secret door, and is in charge of the clerical position. Dead door is in the military, and is in charge of instigating wars. Opening the door is the core figure of the secret door, who holds the core secrets of the secret door." Qu Ling After a pause, he continued: "I was originally the left envoy of the wounded door, in charge of the construction of hidden weapons. The man in black who assassinated you should be the one who shocked the door, but my master Han Qi was in charge of the wounded door and the shocked door at the same time." If you are the owner of the sect, the boundary line between hurting the door and shocking the door is not so obvious. Some people who hurt the door will come out to assassinate, and those who hurt the door will also ask for some convenient weapons."

"Businessmen, officialdom, military..." Su Cen frowned, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses, "Does the imperial court not care about such rampant behavior?"

"It's okay, just Li Shi, who led troops to encircle and suppress him several times, but the enemy was in the dark and the soldiers were in the open, and every time there was little effect."

"Li Shi knows?" Su Cen bit his lip, no wonder Li Shi didn't allow him to touch the case when the man in black was involved.He already knew that if he was not allowed to touch, was it to protect him, or was it because he was afraid that he would implicate more people?

"The division of labor in the secret door is clear and mysterious. I have met the man in black but I can't recognize him. If he hadn't recognized me in the dungeon last time, I really didn't know he was from the secret door."

"Brother Su, I would also like to advise you. The secret door is very important. This case involves a secret door. It is definitely not that simple. You should leave it alone."

"Let me ask you one last question." Su Cen looked at Qu Ling'er, serious and determined, "Is there anyone in the secret door who is proficient in disguise?"