After the rebirth, I was picked up by the prince

Qi Zizhen felt a twinge of pain in his heart because of Song Yaoxu's words, but he couldn't answer Song Yaoxu's words, and stood there silently.

The subconscious mind also tells him that once he answers the words, something will change.

He stood there silently, waiting for Song Yaoxu to regain his emotions.

And at this time, Ning Qingwei, who had left temporarily, finally turned back and interrupted with a light cough: "Well, aren't you hungry? The food may be getting cold."

Song Yaoxu seemed to remember that he came here with a food box.

He took a light breath, suppressed his original emotions, and when he got up again, his face was so gentle and smiling: "It should be quite hungry, so let's not talk about the past, let's have dinner, yeah I told the palace servants to do it well before."

As he spoke, he turned around, went back and picked up the food box that had been temporarily put aside, and was about to go into the hall with a calm expression.

Qi Zizhen looked at his back, pursed his lips, and raised his heels without saying anything else.

Fortunately, the quality of the food boxes in the palace was not bad. When Song Yaoxu brought out the food, it was still warm, which was just the right temperature for eating.

These meals were delivered by the palace people not long after Qi Zizhen had left. Song Yaoxu remembered that he had forgotten to tell the palace people not to cook, and also thought about Ning Qingwei's usual frugality, so he simply picked them up shortly after Qi Zizhen left. Followed with a food box.

In the middle of the dinner, the three of them tacitly stopped talking about the first life, and did not mention things related to Guan Wang until almost the end of the meal.

Now that they have learned about Guan Wang's attempt to steal his life, and they have mastered Guan Wang's handle in the first life, it will be easier to deal with him.

It's just that they don't know where King Guan has progressed.

In the first life, Qi Yuan disappeared when King Guan was about to strike, but in this life, Qi Zizhen has never been caught eavesdropping, and naturally there will be no such poison in his body, and I don't know what his plan will be.

Qi Zizhen held his chopsticks and thought for a while, then tentatively asked: "Then why don't I go squat in the guest house again—hiss, it hurts!"

Song Yaoxu knocked him on the head before he could speak. He looked at Song Yaoxu aggrievedly, but got his slight smile: "Don't even think about it."

"Oh." Qi Zizhen withdrew his hand, obediently daring not to mention such things again.

Ning Qingwei, who had finished his meal early, took a few sips of tea leisurely, and said unhurriedly: "According to my understanding of Song Ping, he probably wouldn't do anything without being sure. Here, we can first find out Song Ping's tricks according to the clues of the first life, and we should be more on guard against Song Ping's tricks during the period."

At present, this is indeed the best solution.

There is a certain difference between their past and the first life, and the timeline is five years earlier. The information of the first life may not be useful.

Qi Zizhen nodded, and responded: "It just so happens that Xiaohui just flew back today, so I'll write tonight to ask the Second Highness to look out for evidence of Song Ping's contact with Changsun Wushun."

Ning Qingwei waved his teacup with a leisurely posture: "Then I'll go to Qin Gong and his tribe to find out what you asked earlier."

Both of them found something to do, Song Yaoxu thought for a while, and said: "I'll go and investigate Enke secretly. There was no such thing as Enke in the first life, and the father left a special note, which said Maybe there will be some clues."

The three of them decided on the arrangements to be made in the near future. Considering the time issue, Qi Zizhen and Song Yaoxu didn't stay any longer. They simply cleaned up the table and left.

The road between the National Teacher Tower and the imperial palace happened to be in two opposite directions, but considering Qi Zizhen's situation, Song Yaoxu insisted on sending him to the National Teacher Tower before turning back.

But before leaving, Song Yaoxu warned again with some uneasiness: "No matter what happens in this life, you must tell us, do you understand?"

"I know——" Qi Zizhen dragged the end of the sentence for a long time, and his eyes were a little helpless, "This is already the fifth time His Highness said it along the way. Don't worry, Your Highness, I will not act rashly this time."

However, Song Yaoxu still looked suspiciously at him.

Qi Zizhen had no choice but to stretch out four fingers, blinked and said sincerely, "I'll send four."

Song Yaoxu was amused by his appearance, finally withdrew some doubts, and held his hand with one hand: "It's useless for you to get five, your criminal record is too scary. But, I will forcefully trust you again."

He put Qi Zizhen's hand back with a smile, and rubbed his head again: "Tomorrow I have to go to court, remember to go to bed early, don't wake up late again and skip breakfast."

Qi Zizhen really didn't dare to go through what happened in the morning, he nodded obediently, and then asked tentatively: "Then I... can I continue to have frequent contacts with officials?"

Song Yaoxu patted him on the head, and said generously: "If it is necessary, you can. If it is not necessary, don't waste this time. Take a good rest in the National Teacher Tower."

After confirming that Song Yaoxu's psychological shadow was not that big, Qi Zizhen was finally relieved and urged him to go back to the palace to rest.

Song Yaoxu didn't stay any longer, and then told him to rest well and pay attention to his health, and then left.

For nearly a month after that, the three of them went to investigate related matters separately according to the previous plan.

In order to learn more about it, Ning Qingwei simply took Ling Ning to the village on the southwestern border of Ling Chao, to find out about the Forbidden Art of Stealing Life.

After Qi Zizhen wrote the letter to Song Xingqiu, he still traveled around the capital as before, getting along with officials from different factions and assessing their availability.It's just that compared to the previous wandering around without a home, he has obviously restrained a lot, and he will only see two people at most every day.

Song Yaoxu entrusted the investigation of Enke to Cui Liang, who had been staying in the capital, and a few officials who were confirmed to be available after discussing with Qi Zizhen, and asked them to secretly investigate the matter in private.

And on the way, Qi Zizhen also received a letter from Tang Leyuan and the others, saying that they had successfully defeated General Southwest and included Southwest Town in the territory of the Ling Dynasty, but it was a pity that General Southwest ran too fast and they didn't catch anyone.

Afterwards, envoys were also sent from Wumeng Kingdom, but perhaps because the current king's situation was not good, the main purpose of the envoys' coming was to seek peace, so Song Yaoxu complied with their request for peace.

This point is consistent with the border situation in the first world.

After confirming the security of the border, Tang Leyuan and Qin Gong will return triumphantly in the next few days, and they are expected to arrive in the capital in March.Song Xingqiu stayed in Southwest Town because of what Qi Zizhen said, and planned to go to the mansion of General Southwest to see if there were any clues.

As for Song Ping, there has been no movement since Qi Yuan was robbed, and Qi Zizhen never saw them go to the Ling Guest House again, so he couldn't figure out what kind of calculations they were planning, so he decided to take one step at a time.

On the fourth day of March, the vegetation in the capital is flourishing, and a hundred flowers are in full bloom, creating a thriving scene of spring.

Tang Leyuan's tribe, who was returning to the imperial court, officially arrived in the capital on this day, and the common people lined up to greet each other, and it was very lively for a while.

In the early morning of the next day, Song Yaoxu rewarded Tang Leyuan, Qin Gong and other soldiers with meritorious service. The young Tang Leyuan was even named General Ningyuan, a fifth-rank official, and could enter the court to listen to the government. The youngest general ever.

On that day, Qi Zizhen specially turned down the invitations with other officials, and invited Tang Leyuan and Qin Gong to come to the National Teacher Tower if they had time.

Reunited after a long absence, Tang Leyuan agreed without saying a word, and just got into Qi Zizhen's sedan chair without even returning home.

Qin Gong wanted to go home first, and agreed to go there later.

Qi Zizhen nodded in response, and then went back with Tang Leyuan first.

It was the first time for Tang Leyuan to come to the National Teacher Pagoda, and he couldn't help but marvel when he got near the altar: "Is this where the National Teacher lives? It looks so grand."

Qi Zizhen brought a little smile on his eyebrows: "Your general's mansion is much more grand than mine."

"That's not as high as Aqi's here." Tang Leyuan replied with a smile, "Such a loft can overlook half of the capital, right? It seems very cool."

Qi Zizhen didn't answer directly, but only said that he would let him go and see for himself.

Just at this moment, the guard jumped down from upstairs and greeted happily: "Mr. Qi is back? Is this Mr. Qi's friend?"

Qi Zizhen nodded, and introduced: "Tang Leyuan, the little general in the army who returned to the court yesterday. The guard, temporarily staying at the National Teacher Tower to help guard the safety of the Jianghu people."

After a brief introduction, Tang Leyuan was obviously interested, and immediately pulled the guard to ask him about the jump he had just made, guessing that his martial arts must be very good.

Let's guard this person, he is usually careless, and what he likes most is to hear someone praise him, especially for his good martial arts, so he immediately chatted happily with Tang Leyuan.

Two martial artists got together, and after a while, they proposed to each other to fight a competition.

Qi Zizhen showed helplessness in his eyes, but he still didn't disturb their interest, leaving the two of them to do two moves with bare hands, and then went up to prepare tea by himself, and called them both up when it was almost time.

As soon as Tang Leyuan entered the National Teacher Tower, he was surprised by the soft cushions on the floor. It was soft and comfortable when he stepped on it, so comfortable that he didn't want to leave.

Seeing his appearance, Qi Zizhen calmed down and said, "You can come here often when you are free."

Tang Leyuan's eyes lit up: "Then I will definitely come here often!"

It looks like he wants to come here every day to eat and drink.

Qi Zizhen didn't say anything, and took them to the top floor. Considering Tang Leyuan's good wine, he specially prepared wine for Tang Leyuan and the guards, and drank tea by himself.

Seeing his actions, Tang Leyuan thought of his body, and asked again: "How is Ah Qi's health recently? Your condition before you came back was really bad. Both Qin Gong and I were worried for a long time."

Seeing the concern in Tang Leyuan's eyes, Qi Zizhen smiled lightly: "It's much better. After the winter, she won't be so delicate. A few more years of recuperation should make her recover."

Hearing his answer, Tang Leyuan felt relieved, and happily drank with the guard again, and said that he would fight with him when he recovered enough to drink.

Qi Zizhen didn't answer this, and the smile in his eyes faded a little, but Tang Leyuan, who was drinking with someone, was happy and didn't notice the small change in his mood.

Qi Zizhen soon returned to his original appearance, listening to the guard and Tang Leyuan chatting about the affairs of the world, and occasionally interjected to ask a few questions.

The atmosphere among the three was harmonious, but not long after, the guard who was talking excitedly stopped suddenly and looked out the window: "It seems that someone is coming."

After showing off the guard's real or fake Jianghu experience just now, they were not too surprised by the guard's sensitivity, and they all guessed that Qin Gong had come.

The guard went out to take a look first, and reported that it was a man dressed as a guard when he came back.

"The guards are dressed?"

Qi Zizhen frowned, with a vague premonition, went to the window and took a look, and found that the person who was rushing over was Cui Liang, and his expression seemed to be a little anxious.

He immediately got up and went down, Tang Leyuan and the guards followed him just in case.

It took a while to go down from the top floor of the National Teacher Tower to the first floor. When Qi Zizhen opened the gate of the National Teacher Tower, it happened that Cui Liang had just arrived at the door.

Cui Liang was still anxious about how to find someone, but when he saw Qi Zizhen, he didn't even have time to salute, so he said in a panic, "Mr. Qi is not well! Shangshu Zhu Fengyu died of a sudden illness at home this morning!"

Qi Zizhen's eyes widened suddenly.

"What did you say?!"

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