old grace

The lotion Xie Qinghe used to wash his face was placed in Fu Chuan's small bundle, and rubbing his face with water had no effect.Mrs. Chang didn't know what was wrong, she just asked the servants to bring hot water to wipe his face, without even wiping off the black powder on his face.

Xie Qinghe was not in a hurry, and while wiping slowly with a handkerchief, he looked sideways at Chen Qi and Mrs. Jiang talking.

Chen Qi and Mrs. Jiang didn't talk much about the relationship between husband and wife. At first, Chen Qi only valued Mrs. Jiang's family background. Now that the world has changed, the Chen family is only a step away from the first surname in the world. In Chen Qi's mind, his status is no longer what it used to be.With the coercion of spies, Mrs. Jiang completely lost Chen Qi's favor, and the husband and wife were almost strangers.

Mrs. Jiang's trip to the capital saved her weight in front of Chen Qi, and Chen Qi treated her tenderly again.

——When Mrs. Jiang faced Chen Qi earlier, the husband and wife were like monarchs and ministers. There was not much love, only internal and external, respecting each other as guests.Now the two are "returning to the old friendship", and they are also courtiers and concubines serving the monarch, and one side plays against the other to win over.

Xia Shang quickly brought his attendants to spread the carpet and sit down on the carpet, barely sitting on the small horse.

Mrs. Jiang served Chen Qi to wipe his sweat and drink water, and it was impossible for the two of them to care about each other's health and daily life, and they were talking about business.

The spy did not deliver the information so quickly. Chen Qi didn't know the situation in the capital for the past few days. Mrs. Jiang wiped his sweat while briefly explaining the situation in the past few days. It was inevitable that she should show credit for Xie Qinghe: " Cong'er handles all the affairs in the palace without the concubine's knowledge."

When Chen Qi heard that the king of Yancheng and the emperor were dead, he was overjoyed, but suddenly he heard that his son had taken risks in the palace, and he was afraid for a while.

Looking back, I found that Xie Qinghe was still "obediently" hiding behind Mrs. Chang, and he didn't wipe his small face for a long time. He thought that his son was afraid of his strict father's prestige. This made Chen Qi angry, but also a little proud: "Hey , jumping up and down in the capital, you are not afraid at all, seeing your own father is like a mouse seeing a cat - stop dawdling, come here quickly!"

Mrs. Chang couldn't help panicking, and muttered in a low voice, "Why can't you take off your makeup?"

Xie Qinghe walked back with Yi Rong, bowed to Chen Qi again, and explained: "The makeup on the face needs to be washed with lotion."

Chen Qi didn't believe at all that there was any makeup that couldn't be washed off with hot water. With such a strong makeup, what kind of punishment would the court use to stab the face?Wouldn't it be enough to just put on some makeup?He was sure that his son was playing tricks.Obviously because he was afraid of his reprimand and punishment, he deliberately avoided "washing his face" and refused to come. When he was exposed, he lied and said that there was no medicine to wash his face, which is ridiculous for children!

Everyone looked at the lord who was still very angry just now grinning grimly, as if he couldn't help laughing twice.

Xie Qinghe: "..."

Xia Shang, who was serving by the side with a heart, heaved a sigh of relief, and the master smiled, and the matter was completely over.

Mrs. Jiang, who had witnessed the whole process, was at a loss. She was also familiar with Chen Qi's temper, and knew that her husband laughed so innocently, that meant he really didn't hold any grudges or anger.However, she really didn't understand why her son, who had always been aggressive, unreasonable and refusing to forgive, was suddenly happy because his son hadn't said a word of confession and apology from the beginning to the end.

Xia Shang, who knows how to read words and expressions, hastily pulled out the third ponytail and placed it beside Chen Qi.

Chen Qi really greeted Xie Qinghe very affectionately: "If you can't wash it off, hang it up first. Come and sit in front of Father."

Xie Qinghe thanked him politely, and walked over very familiarly.

He and Chen Qi lived together in Qingzhou for a long time, during which time they were regarded as a kind father and a filial son.Chen Qi is a typical person who loves his life and hates him and wants his death. When he likes him, he just reaches out to receive the benefits he gives, but if he is coy, he will be disgusted by him.

Seeing that his son was by his side in good condition, Chen Qi's main concern was the situation in the capital.

Madam Jiang said half, Xie Qinghe completed the other half.

Chen Qi sighed and said, "It's a pity."

The emperor is the backbone of the Qin court, and the king of Yancheng is the pillar of the Qin court. Both of them fell overnight.

If the Chen family hadn't been defeated at Tianjing River and lost too many troops, now is the best time to attack the capital.

What made Chen Qi's heart itchy the most was that at this very moment, when there was bound to be chaos in the capital, he was so far away from the capital, so close that he could even smell the seductive aroma emanating from the capital for thousands of years.

It's a pity that before this, no one thought that Yancheng King and the emperor would have such an ending.

Chen Qi came here to take care of his son, and all he brought was cavalry, and he didn't have a single siege weapon, so it was wishful thinking to attack the city.If the horse speeds up and dispatches elite soldiers to the city again, with the addition of heavy transportation capacity, the chaos in the Qin court may be completely stabilized.

Even if there is no Yancheng King, as long as the Qin Ting's imperial army does not leave the city, it will be very difficult for the Chen family to fight the siege.

The Chen family suffered heavy losses in the Tianjing River, and many cities were newly surrendered. Chen Qi considered the overall strategy and would never use his only family wealth to smash the royal capital in a short time.

Therefore, Chen Qi sighed with pity.

This is the only chance for the Chen family to win the capital within three to five years.

The next frontal battle to besiege the royal capital will have to wait until the rear is stable and the supply of troops is sufficient before making a mighty march.

Facing the missed opportunity, Chen Qi felt regretful, and turned his head to accuse Mrs. Jiang: "You shouldn't be in such a hurry to come back. With you causing trouble in the capital, I will bring someone to attack you." ..." Thinking of it makes me happy!

However, as beautiful as the idea is, the reality is so disappointing.

Mrs. Jiang has already escaped, she broke the covenant with Han Qu, and it will not be easy to go to the capital to bluff and find someone to cooperate.Chen Qi stroked the beard on his chin, still wondering if there is another way to send Mrs. Jiang back?

Just looking at his thoughtful look, Mrs. Jiang, who is familiar with his temperament, is in a bad mood.

She knew that her husband had no feelings for her. Not talking about husband and wife, but talking about monarchs and ministers, she returned with a big victory in the capital, so she should be rewarded for her meritorious deeds, right?What would happen if she lost her temper and was arrested for doing things in the capital?Chen Qi didn't think about her safety at all, and only wanted to let her continue to stir up trouble in the capital!

Xie Qinghe seldom commented on Chen Qi's great cause of the world, so he had to interject at this time: "I have heard that only those who win the hearts of the people can win the world. Complaints abound. My father only needs to wait another two or three years. On the one hand, the Qin court is bewildered and innocent, and the people are struggling to survive. On the other hand, the people under my family’s rule will be happy and the world will be peaceful. At that time, if we conquer the capital, people will be more popular, and we will save energy. Go and clean up the stubborn remnants of the previous dynasty."

Although Chen Qi didn't quite agree with his son's idea, he felt that his son was young and had extraordinary vision.

Laozi is still thinking about how to conquer the world, but my son is already thinking about governing the world!

"Okay, insightful." Chen Qi patted Xie Qinghe's shoulder, his appreciation was beyond words.

It really deserves to be the seed of Lao Tzu!Although God only gave me a single seedling, this single seedling is enough!There can only be one emperor in this world, and of course there can only be one crown prince!More chaos!Such a strong single seedling, good!

Mrs. Jiang became more and more confused.When did the husband and son become so loving, filial, intimate and loving?

In front of her son, her husband's unfathomable moodiness was all cleaned up, leaving only his whole-hearted appreciation and approval. Mrs. Jiang thought in a daze that even if his son farted, his husband would praise him fragrant.

Everyone took a break, drank water and talked, and Chen Qi stopped worrying about the chaotic capital, and gave the order: "Go back."

Xie Qinghe really wanted to stay and wait for Fu Chuan.

However, he is also very clear that it is best not to remind Chen Qi at this time, there is a little brother who ran away with him and was not punished.

With Fu Chuan's skills, it is unlikely to suffer. The only Fangwai monk in Qin Ting who can make Xie Qinghe afraid has also been cleaned up by Fu Chuan. He also achieved the true energy barrier, and more than a dozen sword qi females pulled in by Xie Qinghe in the present world are lying in the Zifu and ready to be released. In the whole world, no one is his single-handed enemy.

"Leave someone here to wait for Brother Juan." Xie Qinghe instructed Mrs. Chang in a low voice.

As it was related to Fu Chuan, Mrs. Chang was naturally the most concerned.Xie Qinghe didn't name Chang Chao, and Mrs. Chang understood in seconds that she didn't want to alarm the Lord.

She quietly summoned a sensible and traitorous maidservant, and gave her detailed instructions.

Although this spy is from Chen Qi, there are not many spies under Chen Qi's command, how could he recognize her as a dead soldier?At this time, if a backer is found, it is impossible for a spy to be a spy for a lifetime.As for the question of whether to report or not—how could the Lord be in the mood to listen to the informant from an unknown spy?It's not a report of task arrangement, so you can't make a blind report if you have nothing to do.

Over there, Chen Qi got on his horse and took Xie Qinghe away, even Mrs. Jiang didn't take a second look, so she wouldn't pay attention to cleaning up the maids in the camp.

Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Chang's spies and maidservants also got on the carriages and horses one after another, leaving only the maidservant who tidied up the campfire stove and tents to move slowly, and when there were people, they would slowly collect them. Slowly spread everything out.

Aunt Chang said, wait here for Mr. Juan Xiaolang.

— Who knows how many days it will take?Not to mention sleeping in tents!

■

When Xie Qinghe left Qingzhou, he brought out all the guards around him, fearing that they would be angered by the angry Chen Qi.

After following Chen Qi and running along Liliang Mountain for two days, he gradually learned that as early as three months ago, Chen Qi had already found Chen Li and others who were wandering near Liliang Mountain, and asked where Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan left. Only then did he search along the Liliang Mountain Radiation King's Capital, and accurately received Xie Qinghe who had just run out of the King's Capital.

"I gave birth to you." Chen Qi unceremoniously took the credit for Hua's pregnancy, "I don't know what is going on in your heart? If you really run into trouble in the capital and escape, you have to go Run up the Liliang ridge, and I will lead people to patrol here to meet them, and they will always be spotted."

The only pity is that the scout sent out to patrol, running back and forth around Liliang Mountain every day, his horse's legs are thin from running.

Xie Qinghe thanked him sincerely: "Thank you Father for your forgiveness, I never sinned against others."

Chen Qi snorted unhappily: "We wanted to kill you together. But I didn't want to reveal the news of your disappearance, so that the spies of the Qin court in the capital got wind of it and searched for your whereabouts openly and secretly."

Xie Qinghe thanks again.

Chen Qicai whimpered and said what was in his heart: "You are not too young now, you must always have useful confidantes and helpers around you. The people below are all done slowly, and you will be completely cheated in one breath. Even good talents are willing to spare their lives and refuse to work by your side."

"I don't think they dare to instigate you to go to the capital to take risks. This must be your idea."

"If you dare to obey the orders with your head up, this group of people should be kept for you. If you kill them all, it is my father who is unkind and treats you badly."

These words are enough to show the old father's love for the calf.I was thinking about my son in every aspect, and I didn't get into a rage just because my son was out of control. I insisted on suppressing and controlling him, so that my son would respect his own orders with trepidation, and never dared to go one step further.

Xie Qinghe couldn't help but look up at Chen Qi.Doesn't match Chen Qi's painting style?

Chen Qi said with a smile: "Don't you think that you are the only one in this world who is young and willful and acts recklessly?"

Xie Qinghe understood.By accident, Chen Qi's past events were reproduced.No wonder Chen Qi's attitude was so gentle, even Chen Li and other guards did not vent their anger and punish him.

At this time, what is important is that the son does not speak of his father's faults, but Chen Qi is not a particular person. He and Xie Qinghe were alone, and his words were more presumptuous: "When I was young, I just took charge of an army by myself. The battle plan is slightly different from your grandfather's. He wants to break it." Dao Dongze, I led people to hit Chu County directly. Guess what?"

Xie Qinghe didn't know anything else, Chen Qi always had to read the most proud things in his life: "I know that my father conquered Chu."

"Yes, Kechu won a great victory. Your grandfather, my grandfather, praised me as a tiger in front of others. After rewarding me for my meritorious deeds, I chopped off five of my six pioneers, smeared their heads with lime, and put them in a box. They were delivered to me row by row." Chen Qi laughed dumbfounded, "He thought it would make me obedient, haha."

Xie Qinghe heard that this attitude was wrong.

Chen Qi really said presumptuously: "From then on, I have been completely disobedient! I want to piss him off every day!"

Xie Qinghe: "..."

Chen Qi hugged Xie Qinghe, and said with a smile: "So, my son, Father has no one to touch you, so don't imitate Father, thinking of fighting against Father every day! If you can be more obedient, you will know how to be rich." The reason why my son can't sit down makes my father even happier."

Xie Qinghe feels that his running away from home cannot be compared with Chen Qi's direct disobedience of military orders.

There is no reason in this world to kill children when they run away from home, but disobedience to military orders is a death penalty for any dynasty or generation.Now Chen Qifei wants to bring the two things together and deal with them empathetically, so that Chen Li and others can escape, Xie Qinghe has no objection to this.

In the past, there were always unofficial legends saying that the relationship between Chen Qi and Chen Fu was very delicate, but no one has ever produced any evidence.

Now Xie Qinghe has solved the case.

The relationship between the father and son is either delicate, or the son unilaterally wants to piss off the father.

The contradiction between the Chen family father and son arose when Chen Qi was in charge of the army alone, and it was essentially a question of who listened to whom.Chen Fu wants his son to be absolutely submissive, even if his son has a better plan, he must give up his interests and submit to his father's authority.Chen Qi, a madman, was no longer under control since he took over the military power. Even if he was hit by Chen Fu's power, he would just admit his dissatisfaction.

Because he suffered from being controlled and suppressed by his father, and Chen Qi only had a single seedling like Xie Qinghe, he couldn't afford to gamble.

Therefore, Chen Qi gave some autonomy to Xie Qinghe, hoping that his son would be sensible and not follow his old path.

After all, he didn't start fighting against his own father until he was 15 years old, and Chen Fu has been miserable for half his life.His strong and only son is only eight years old, if he really wants to fight against him, won't he have seven more miserable days than Chen Fu?If his life is good and his health is good, he will live a few years longer than Chen Fu, and he will be even worse compared to Chen Fu!

This is the first time Xie Qinghe felt the cuteness of Chen Qi.

He also thought for the first time that if the master came, Chen Qi, who was only thinking about getting along with his son, would not have to think so much.

■

All the way back to Qingzhou, Fu Chuan never caught up.

Mrs. Chang and Chang Chao didn't know what Fu Chuan was capable of now, thinking that since he came a step late, it would be normal if he couldn't catch up.Although Mrs. Chang was very worried about whether Fu Chuan was safe, she didn't ask anxiously.Chang Chao knew that Fu Chuan's Qinggong was excellent, so he didn't even worry about it.

Only Xie Qinghe was deeply surprised.With the skills of the younger brother, even if he brought Aunt Lin and the spies and maidservants who stayed behind to accompany him, he should have caught up long ago.Lala Zhaza walked for nearly 20 days along the way, Xie Qinghe deliberately waited for Fuchuan, and deliberately made an excuse that he was tired of eating dry food, so he was delayed for a day, hunting and entertaining relatives in the wilderness, but he never waited for Fuchuan.

After arriving in Qingzhou, Chen Qi, who had often been away on errands for the past few months, did not stay for long, and went on a tour of the city the next day.

Without Chen Qi's control, Qingzhou is the largest under Xie Qinghe.However, just after making peace with Chen Qi, Xie Qinghe couldn't help being picked up on the front foot, and hurried out of the city again on the back foot——Chen Qi obviously didn't have a good temper, so he stepped on his face directly, and it was not good to stomp him into a rage.

Xie Qinghe took up a hexagram, but the hexagram was not very good.However, this hexagram should be in the future, not in front of us.

All right.

After thinking about it, Xie Qinghe transferred a team of Qingzhou guards to An Ying, and ordered Chang Chao to lead the team himself, looking for Fu Chuan along the way.

What made Xie Qinghe dumbfounded was that Chang Chao was probably eager to pick up people, and the team went out and never came back, completely disconnected.

Xie Qinghe believes in his divination skills very much, and is not very worried about Fu Chuan.He even had some doubts, was the little junior brother angry with him?Deliberately hiding and refusing to come back?Thinking about it, I felt like I was thinking too much.The little junior brother is so obedient, why would he make himself anxious on purpose?

Mrs. Chang, who loves her son eagerly, is different.If Fu Chuan didn't come back for a day, she would send people to Xie Qinghe's place to ask questions six times a day, twice in the morning, twice in the afternoon, and twice in the evening.Mrs. Jiang also had a lot of opinions about her clinging to Xie Qinghe, and it is said that the two had quarreled.

Mrs. Jiang has always been domineering. She believes that even the concubine she raises is more valuable than Mrs. Chang's own son.

The two mothers quarreled, and Madam Jiang's status and status were suppressed in all directions. The reason Madam Chang barely won was because she was too worried about Fu Chuan's safety. She was a little bit reluctant to scold.

In the end, Mrs. Jiang called Xie Qinghe over and gave an order to tell Xie Qinghe to send her messages six times a day.

"Since I know that my mother is worried, why didn't you take the initiative to report it?" Mrs. Jiang blamed Xie Qinghe hypocritically, "It's nothing more than whether you have a letter or not, ask a child to stand in front of the door, twice in the morning, twice in the afternoon, and twice in the evening. time, report according to this hour."

Xie Qinghe comforted Mrs. Chang countless times. Mrs. Chang didn't believe in his divination skills and thought he was evading and perfunctory, so Xie Qinghe was also helpless.

Now that Mrs. Jiang was also defeated by Mrs. Chang, Xie Qinghe had no choice but to go back and find a small slave who was guarding the gate to deliver letters to Mrs. Chang.

This incident has been going on for nearly a month, and the second team that Xie Qinghe asked An Ying for also left the city, and Fu Chuan finally dragged his family into Qingzhou.The fact that he came back made Qingzhou very cautious. There were nearly 600 people who came back with him, and no one was sure if there were spies among them. An Ying kept screening and relocating them.

Fu Chuan didn't go directly to the other palace to meet him, he just stayed at the temporary settlement and cooperated with An Ying to make various inquiries.

The various books and slips he brought back were transported to the other palace library in batches.Xie Qinghe did not see Fu Chuan, but saw the bamboo slips that Fu Chuan brought back first.What's going on and what's going on, the people at the bottom don't know what to do. Xie Qinghe sent someone to inform Mrs. Chang, and led the horse and ran to the resettlement site.

"Brother!" Fu Chuan ran out when he heard the sound of galloping horses' hooves, just in time to meet Xie Qinghe.

Seeing that he was dressed in rags, his hair was cut short, and his face was dark and thin, Xie Qinghe was shocked.With the junior brother's cultivation base, what kind of ascetic practice can make the younger brother's face thinner and tanned?

"You... this is?" Xie Qinghe stumbled on a rare occasion, and slid off the horse hesitantly.

Fu Chuan bowed his knees and saluted, got up and explained: "After I picked up Aunt Lin, I originally wanted to go out of the city directly to join my eldest brother, and I happened to pass by the library of the concubine's house. At that time, the sunset was like fire, and it was infiltrating from the eaves of the library. , I remembered..."

He leaned closer to Xie Qinghe and whispered, "The library pavilion in history was burned down by Emperor Qin."

After saying this, he stood back again.After all, under the eyes of everyone, Qingzhou guards and refugees from the capital brought back by Fu Chuan were everywhere.Both of them are careful about their manners in front of people, and they don't want to be talked about rudely.

Fu Chuan continued: "I don't know where this matter should be. I think our family has the old collection of Sangshan, and we can learn tame books. I don't know how many good things there are in the library at Emperor Qin's house? He moved back!"

Xie Qinghe nodded, agreeing with his thoughts and actions.

Many inheritances and classics in the world died in the flames of war in troubled times, and the so-called flames of war were not always the ones that won the battle after they entered the city and burned, killed, and looted.In history, before the Chen family invaded the capital, the Emperor Qin Ting specially ordered someone to set fire to the Library Pavilion. He believed that the civilization of the secret collection should not be left to the reckless sluts who committed chaos. All the rare copies were burned.

Even if Xie Qinghe can persuade Chen Qi not to burn the Library Pavilion in the capital—Chen Qi actually doesn’t have the habit of burning books. Hidden - it is impossible for him to prevent Qin Ting from setting fire to Zangshuge before he invaded the capital.

The junior brother robbed dozens of cars and came back, just how to steal them out is enough trouble, not to mention having to transport them all the way back to Qingzhou.

"Thank you for your hard work." Xie Qinghe touched his face distressedly, "With your cultivation base, you can never forget it with your photographic memory. Look through it one by one, and just engrave it silently when you come back. Why bother?"

Fu Chuan smiled triumphantly and said: "I remember everything I know. Those brought back are all unknown! I am afraid that I have missed the details, and it is not easy for the elder brother to study, so I just figured them all out. It really took a lot of effort. , finally got it back."

Xie Qinghe praised him: "It's hard work, it's a great contribution."

At this moment, a girl in commoner clothes with white lips and red lips pulled the soldiers beside her and asked, "Who is Jun Xiaolang talking to?" It's pretty.

Just now Jun Xiaolang personally brought this girl to see General An Ying, and said that this girl was a good friend he met in the capital, and also a girl with a surname from a famous family, and he spoke very intimately and trustingly.Therefore, the soldiers present did not treat her as a spy, and replied politely: "So that the girl can know that it is my young master who is talking to Jun Xiaolang."

The brilliance in the girl's eyes dimmed suddenly, but the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, and she said with a smile: "Young master... ah."