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"You have a very close personal relationship with General Su, right?"

"Why do you know?" Qi Xiao didn't deny it.

"Although I haven't gotten along with General Su for long, I can tell that General Su is cautious by nature. If he doesn't know you well, how can he follow your wishes in everything?"

"I'm the prince, Su Qin is just a general, do you want me to listen to him?"

"According to the laws of Chen State, the generals obey the orders of the military talisman, and the king's orders are not accepted.

I spent some time in the army before, generals and soldiers are quite different from courtiers and scribes, most of them are straightforward and will not obey and respect you everywhere just because you are a prince. "

"I didn't expect you to dabble in Chen Guo's laws."

Qi Xiao smiled, "I helped Su Qin in Hukou Gorge, so it's not surprising that he sold me thin noodles?"

"It does make sense, so I was just wondering at first, what method did you use to persuade General Su to let me stay in the palace to recuperate, I thought that favors are favors, military orders are military orders, and General Su cannot be easily persuaded or compromised.

Until Ye Huaiye broke into the palace, there were more doubts.

After the Hukou Gorge was attacked, it is absolutely impossible for General Su to make any omissions in the guards. Even if you reveal the flaws on the west side of the palace, how can the Huwei army allow Ye Huai to easily enter the palace?But after the incident, General Su led people into the palace to search, but returned with great force, as if it was just a formality.

Until we left Yongcheng, General Su never mentioned a word about the assassin.

There is only one explanation for all these things, and you and General Su have long agreed. "

Qi Xiao smiled softly: "What you said is good, but you still haven't explained why Su Qin and I have a personal relationship? I want to persuade him, so naturally I have my way."

"I believe this."

Tang Ling nodded, "I guessed about your relationship with him, but I trust my intuition."

"Oh? Did your intuition come out of thin air?"

It was the first time for Qi Xiao and Tang Ling to sit opposite each other and have a long chat. Although the content of the conversation was not light, the atmosphere was somehow very casual.

Qi Xiao seemed to be suddenly full of curiosity about Tang Ling, and Tang Ling's ability to say so much to Qi Xiao also meant that he really made friends and treated each other frankly.

"General Su is usually serious and taciturn. We left Yongcheng all the way and didn't say a few words to you and me. When I first arrived at the inn today, I happened to see the two of you talking, although I couldn't hear what you said. What, but looking at General Su's relaxed demeanor, without any defensiveness or respect in his eyes, that is the ease and unrestraint with friends."

"Can you see that too?"

"I trust my eyes.

And just now, you captured that assassin and handed it over to General Su, asking him to interrogate himself overnight. You two don’t need any extra words, and you can understand it with a single look. That tacit understanding cannot be hidden under extreme tension. . "

Qi Xiao moved a little, changed to a more comfortable sitting position, and moved a little towards Tang Ling, whether on purpose or not.

"These are just your guesses.

You haven't said yet, why guess it's an assassin sent by the Qi State? "

When Tang Ling heard that Qi Xiao didn't admit it or deny it, she knew that she had guessed right, but not only did her guess not dispel the suspicion in his heart, but it intensified it.

Qi Xiao's fiefdom is Fuzhou Mansion, but the Huwei Army's garrison is in Linjiang Mansion. Although the two places are adjacent, Qi Xiao and Su Qin should not have crossed paths. How did they know each other?How can they intersect?

From Hukou Gorge to Yongcheng Long Street, from Wangfu to Lanquan Town, these days, Qi Xiao and Su Qin have hardly spoken to each other, as if they are strangers, is it the prudence of Qi Xiao and Su Qin?Or is there another conspiracy?

Qi Xiao waited for a while, seeing that Tang Ling should not answer, he said, "Are you tired? Go to sleep."

"Why...why are you going to Yuanjing?" Tang Ling had already answered a lot, and it was his turn to ask a question, a question that had lingered in his mind for many days.

Qi Xiao was about to climb back onto the bed just now, when he suddenly heard Tang Ling's question, he couldn't help being startled: "Why do you ask like that?"

"With your intelligence, you should understand that this is the most dangerous place in the world. You have no power, no power, no support, no support, even if you want to, you are powerless."

Qi Xiao tilted his head as if looking at Tang Ling. Tang Ling could feel Qi Xiao's gaze, but unfortunately the room was too dark to see his expression clearly.

"Are you concerned about me? Are you afraid that I will die?"

"..." Do you care?It seemed a little unclear, Tang Ling thought it would be a pity if he died so easily, but I'm afraid he couldn't be concerned, "I just want to know why you have gone to such lengths to save me?"

Qi Xiao chuckled and said lazily: "I'll tell you when you care about me.

I'm going to bed. "

Tang Ling and Qi Xiao were lying on their respective positions. Qi Xiao closed his eyes and listened to Tang Ling's soft breathing. He didn't feel noisy, but seemed a little relieved.

The anesthetic on Tang Ling's arm gradually receded, and the wound was burning with pain. Tang Ling stretched out her hand to gently press it, and patiently endured it calmly. He didn't sleep well in the middle of the night, and he was still in a daze at dawn the next day.

Qi Xiao got up at dawn, but he didn't get up early enough. If he had been earlier, he would have noticed that Tang Ling had a fever earlier in the night. In the second half of the night, he didn't go to sleep, but fell into a coma for some reason.

Qing Lan was called in, and when she saw Tang Ling's pale face, she almost jumped three feet high, she turned her head and asked Qi Xiao: "Why don't you watch my son carefully at night?! It's all burnt, you didn't even notice ?!"

Qi Xiao frowned, ignored Qing Lan, told Zong Sheng to watch him closely, turned around and left.

He can't help in the house, and Tang Ling will be fine with Qing Lan taking care of her.

Qi Xiao quickly found another person who didn't sleep well at night, Su Qin.

"How is it? Have you recruited?" Qi Xiao didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point.

Su Qin nodded, but didn't tell Qi Xiao what the assassin had done.

Qi Xiao looked at Su Qin and nodded: "You can figure it out."

Last night, Tang Ling guessed that the assassin this time did not come from the same origin as Hukou Gorge. Qi Xiao was skeptical. He didn't personally fight in Hukou Gorge, and he didn't even fight against those dead soldiers from Qi. The two are compared.

Qi Xiao doesn't make light judgments, since the person is handed over to Su Qin, let him deal with it.

As for Tang Ling, he had already saved him, if he got involved, he might cause trouble for himself.

Qi State assassinated Tang Ling in order to destroy the truce between Chen and Zhou.

If these two assassins were not sent by Qi, then someone in Da Chen wanted Tang Ling to die.

Su Qin refused to say, it was not that someone wanted Tang Ling to die, but someone wanted Lu Fang to die.

If you can protect Tang Ling and Qi Xiao, if you can protect Lu Fangjin, then you have to wait for Qi Xiao to enter Yuanjing.

Qi Xiao asked Su Qin: "When shall we set off?"

"Can he go?"

"Can't have to go.

Long nights and many dreams. "

Su Qin nodded: "Half an hour."

"People bring it too."

Qi Xiao was talking about the assassin, "If it's useful, feel free to use Qing Lan, he's good at medicine."

Su Qin looked at Qi Xiao and almost wanted to laugh. When did he get to know Tang Ling?The generosity of others is so familiar?But after thinking about it, he is Qi Xiao, and it's not surprising that he's always like this.

***

The Huwei army marched out, and before Qing Lan could yell, Tang Ling was carried into the carriage, and Qing Lan had to quickly follow, cursing but no one responded, and finally Ye Huai gave a wink to stop the yelling.

The wheels were rolling, and they were moving faster than the previous few days. Qing Lan was churning in her padded stomach, and it was even more uncomfortable to hurt Tang Ling who was sick. endure.

I don't know how long it took, when Tang Ling thought that there was no end to the road, the carriage stopped at the pier, but only stopped for a while, Qing Lan wanted to get out of the car to take a look, but just as she poked her head out, she was grabbed by Ye Huai After he got off the carriage, before he could ask a question in the future, several soldiers from the Tiger's Might Army surrounded him and hurriedly lifted Tang Ling out of the carriage and onto the boat.

Abandoning the car and changing the ship without stopping, Tang Ling didn't even have a chance to catch her breath, and another round of turbulence began.

Tang Ling was in a coma for a long time, and it was only at dusk that the fever subsided and she woke up.

"... Qing Lan."

"Young master? Young master is awake! Young master, I will help you up."

Qing Lan finally breathed a sigh of relief, helped Tang Ling up, and brought a bowl of medicinal soup to Tang Ling's mouth, "Young master, drink up the medicine first."

The medicinal soup smelled strong and bitter, Tang Ling wanted to pass out again when she smelled it, and turned her head to hide.

Qing Lan refused, and brought the medicine bowl to Tang Ling's mouth: "My lord, you must drink the medicine, otherwise your injury will not heal if you get burned again."

Tang Ling frowned tightly, forced herself to gulp down two mouthfuls of the medicine, and almost choked up: "Ahem, ahem..."

"Son, slow down."

Qing Lan slowed down, and then gave Tang Ling two more mouthfuls of medicine, "Master, the good medicine tastes bitter..."

"okay."

Tang Ling tilted her head and pushed away the medicine bowl, "This medicine is poisonous, why is it so bitter?"

Qing Lan didn't dare to force her anymore, she put down the medicine bowl and got a cup of tea: "Master, honey tea, sweet."

Tang Ling couldn't wait any longer, and drank a cup of tea in one gulp. The sweetness immediately dispelled the bitterness of the medicine in her mouth.

"Don't worry, son, there are more."

Qing Lan prepared a whole pot of honey tea by the bed. Tang Ling hadn't eaten all day, and she couldn't eat anything because of the burning pain, but the honey tea was excellent.

Qing Lan fed Tang Ling two more cups of honey tea, and Tang Ling suddenly felt a sigh of relief and asked, "Are we on the boat?"

"Well, I rushed to the pier early in the morning, that Su Qin wanted to pull the carriage directly onto the boat, and set off in less than half a stick of incense, otherwise the young master can take a rest."

Walking in such a hurry should be because you are afraid that things will change if you are late, Su Qin did nothing wrong.

Tang Ling asked, "Where's Ye Huai?"

"I followed him on board and lived with the boatman. It's a little far away from us. I didn't dare to look for him."

"Well, don't worry, Ye Huai can take care of himself, if something happens, he will come back to us."

"Well, son, you can sleep a little longer."

Tang Ling sat leaning back and shook her head lightly: "I'm dizzy from sleeping, so I'll just sit down for a while.

By the way, what happened to the assassin? "

"He's still alive, he was severely tortured, his tendons and hamstrings were broken, and he couldn't run away."

Tang Ling frowned and asked, "How do you know so clearly?"

"It's strange to say that it was Su Qin who asked me to see the man's wound, saying that he wanted to save his life."

Tang Ling immediately realized what Qi Xiao meant, and couldn't help but ask Qing Lan about Qi Xiao.

Qing Lan shook her head: "I haven't seen him since I got on the boat."