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It took some time for Qing'er to come in from the door. Her eyes were red and swollen, and her complexion was pale and ugly. When she walked in, she saw that Wei Ling had lost the joy she had when they first met. I don't know how she felt. , just pressing her pale lips tightly, feeling a little haggard.

"Make some porridge and make a bowl of hot soup." Wei Ling ordered the servant to prepare, and then put the plate of fat meat in front of him beside him. He looked at Qing'er, not knowing what to call it for a while.

"There's no need for the food... Mr. Wei, I want to talk to you alone, I won't waste much time, I'll leave after I finish speaking..." Qing'er kept her posture very low, and didn't even step on the steps.

Xia Zhou looked at her and didn't say anything, but Qing'er felt a thorn in her back, so she backed away unavoidably.

Wei Ling sighed softly and said, "Come with me."

The courtyard in Huajiang Pavilion is very beautiful. The path winds and turns around the pond and rockery and penetrates into the dense forest.

Wei Ling and Qing'er didn't go very far, and Xia Zhou also felt that he didn't keep up. The two walked the whole way without talking, until the koi turned over and there was a slight sound of water in the pond, Qing'er stopped and turned his face away. Looking at the reflection in the water, he slowly said, "Master Wei, Yingjie has suffered a lot these years, and there are some things that he cannot control."

She unconsciously turned the bracelet on her wrist, which was given to her by Wei Ling, and she has been wearing it since that day.

"You called him big brother for so many years, but he always told me that he didn't look like a big brother in front of you... You told him to take good care of His Royal Highness, and he has been working hard for it for so many years. I think he was just treated as a pawn and ordered around by others, but he said that if he didn't enter the tiger's lair, he would get a tiger's cub..." Qing'er twitched the corners of her mouth lightly, unable to see Whether laughing or sighing.

Wei Ling was beside her, and said in a gentle voice, "I wonder if my sister-in-law can tell a little bit about what happened in these years."

"He's pretty stupid." Qing'er turned around, her complexion was not very good, but there was a kind of tough determination in her eyes: "When the war broke out that year, he escorted His Highness the Crown Prince back to Yudu. He has meritorious service and was granted an official position in the Taili Court, but no one knows that he is from Liulishan, the hostage the emperor left in the palace to restrain you and Liulishan."

"Of course, he also knew who he was in the eyes of the emperor, but he had no other way. Under that condition, he could only cater to the royal family while trying to resolve the predicament. But in the following years, there were many rumors about Your... unbearable rumors, none of the people he sent to rescue you died tragically. He was afraid that the longer it dragged on, the worse it would be for you. In desperation, he left Yudu without authorization and returned to Liuli Mountain alone to seek Canglin Help... As you know, Cang Lin not only did not extend a helping hand, but even abolished his life-long cultivation on the grounds that he broke the mountain regulations."

"The cultivation base of his whole life was abolished, and his spirit core was damaged. He almost died... It was Fairy Yulan, one of the Four Great Immortals, who secretly rescued him and saved his life. Coincidentally, my father had learned medical skills from Fairy Yulan at that time. He also worked as a medical worker with the soldiers stationed in Jinchuan City, and Fairy Yulan handed Yingjie over to my father to take care of him for recovery, and I also met him at that time."

Speaking of this, Qing'er paused for a moment, she looked up at Wei Ling, and said with a faint smile: "Not long after, he was discovered by the Guo family, and the Guo family sent his news to Yudu secretly, intending to share his information with my father. They were sent to prison together for meritorious service, but Gu Xiao was not punished. He even considered his father to be responsible for saving the imperial court. Rudder, immediately bragged about sending my father under custody and welcoming him to Yudu as a great kindness to us."

Wei Ling suddenly thought of something, and asked abruptly: "Dare to ask your father... but Imperial Physician Xue... Senior Xue?"

In those years when he was in Wannian Hall, there was only one person who could enter with Gu Xiao's permission, and that person was Imperial Physician Xue.Wei Ling didn't even know his full name, but he only knew that he had excellent medical skills, and he could heal and relieve damage to the spiritual core.

"Exactly." Qing'er corrected her demeanor slightly: "My surname is Xue, and my name is Qingqing. Please forgive me if I haven't mentioned it."

Wei Ling said: "The past few years have caused your father a lot of trouble, thank you for taking care of him."

"I never mentioned anything about my father's stay in the palace. It wasn't until the day you left the palace that the Wannian Hall was full of monsters and there were heavy casualties... My father was not in the palace to see the queen and survived. I didn't know that he had been in the palace all the time." doing."

Wei Ling paused for a moment, then said, "It's good that Mr. Xue is fine."

Xue Qingqing heard the respect for Imperial Doctor Xue from Wei Ling's words, and a slight smile appeared on her pale face: "After you left, the emperor has not been in court for half a month, and no one knows how he is. When we meet again, he But nothing seems to have happened, not only was there no punishment, but at that time...the sudden marriage between Yingjie and me, I guessed many possibilities, but... Yingjie and I have already developed a good impression in our relationship, We also support each other, even though we know that we will have a lot of burdens after getting married, but we are still together." She said, lowering her voice: "Later, the Snow Wolf Army discovered the refugee stronghold in the East, and the prince because of The suspicion of Dongjing's identity was serious, and he was ordered to confine himself to the Royal Court. During this period, the Dongjing people hidden in Yudu once initiated an incident. The Taili Court was ordered to assist the Snow Wolf Army to kill them all. Yingjie had no choice but to participate. In that massacre, because all the officials knew that he was following the crown prince, if he took sides at that time, it would be to confirm His Highness the crown prince’s fornication in the East—"

Wei Ling said: "Gu Xiao is very suspicious. With his personality that he would rather kill by mistake than let it go, whether Xuan Cheng is related to this matter or not, he will become a thorn in his side."

"Yes. But his goal has not been achieved yet, and the prince has a bond with you..." Xue Qingqing looked at Wei Ling: "At least the prince is safe for the time being."

"No." Wei Ling knew that part of the reason did come from himself, but at this time, he was very reluctant to find that he knew Gu Xiao so well: "For Gu Xiao, there is only one to believe or not to believe, since he Restricting Gu Xuancheng proves that he doesn't believe him anymore. Now the forces in the Eastern Realm are still causing trouble in the territory of Zhao Kingdom, which shows that Gu Xiao has not yet figured out the inside story of the people in the Eastern Realm. human hostage."

In fact, Gu Xiao did delay the actions of the people from the East.Judging from the information we know now, the distribution of people in the Eastern Territory is extremely scattered, and they are even making preparations in Zhao Kingdom, and what they did...

Wei Ling asked: "Sister-in-law, apart from the incident in Yudu, are there any other major actions by the people of the East?"

Xue Qingqing was taken aback for a moment, followed him and said, "The other thing is the accident of Liuli Mountain..."

That is to say, apart from these two deeds, all the actions of the people in the East were hidden in the dark. If the incident in Yudu was caused by the tragic death of refugees in the East, then the catastrophe in Mount Liuli was the result of the entire layout of the people in the East. Ming Chu's first move.

As for this move, Cheng Yingjie participated in it as an assisting gesture.

The identity of the behind-the-scenes gradually became clearly engraved in Wei Ling's mind.

He closed his eyes and let out a breath.

From the beginning, there were not many people who could guess, but he has been struggling to find other possibilities, and now he can only go down this line of thinking.

In the first place, this is no coincidence.

Or... from the very beginning, he was also a pawn in this chess game.

The facts have long been in front of him, and he is not an afterthought.

Just deceive yourself and others.

"The person behind the scenes is a shrewd person. If you can think of it, I guess he can think of it too." As soon as Xue Qingqing walked away, Xia Zhou jumped out: "He let Cheng Yingjie come to Liuli Mountain, just to make two plans .”

Wei Ling stayed alone for a while, and when he heard Xia Zhou's voice, he felt sorry and said, "Although Canglin is dead, there are scales circulating in the world... Maybe they just wanted to peel off as many scales as possible at first. Take Cang Lin's mana..." He looked at Xia Zhou, his dark eyes were as cold as thin ice, and said, "Demon Xia, their real target is you."

Xia Zhou snorted and didn't take it to heart at all. He said, "I heard that the emperor is a mortal. Why would it take so much trouble to kill him? Could it be that there are some big monsters hidden in Yudu to protect the emperor?"

"It's not impossible."

Xia Zhou thought about it, and suddenly smiled without shame: "In that case, please comfort me quickly."

Wei Ling felt uncomfortable, and wanted to get his head straight, but Xia Zhou's unruly behavior made it difficult for him to concentrate.

"Last time I said, 'After all the dust settles, I will satisfy you no matter what you want', why do you cat only memorize the second half of the sentence, but not the first half?"

In the end, Xia Zhou led her by the nose. After saying this, Wei Ling didn't know what she wanted to express.

Xia Zhou thought for a while, and he indeed forgot the first half of the sentence.

"Okay, Ah Ling, now that I think about it, you are trying to deceive me, the dust has settled - isn't the implication just to satisfy you? Do you think I am upright and keep my promises, so you will act first? Um?"

"It's true to act first to be strong, but I didn't see it when I was upright and kept my promises."

Wei Ling responded casually, walked along the path, and decided to find a quiet place.

Xia Zhou stood still, and turned his back.

"Then you should look at me more, and you will be able to see it if you look more."

Wei Ling ignored him and just left.

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At this moment, not far from Huajiang Pavilion.

Murong Chenhao is experiencing a trouble that is rare in his life.

As for the reason that troubled him, it was the Mochi not far away that was surrounded by a lot of small animals turned into a mess of low-level monsters.

This group of small animals is headed by the silver fox that Shang rescued, and other animals include chickens, monkeys, crabs, mice, spiders, and bees.Fortunately, there were no people on this road, otherwise this battle would definitely have attracted a crowd of onlookers.

The little monsters were rescued by Mo Chi in the Guo Mansion not long ago. Now, in order to repay their kindness, they hold all kinds of fruits and dry food in their hands, waiting affectionately for Mo Chi to accept them.

"I really don't need it, I really don't need it...I ate too much today, and my stomach is still full." Mochi touched his stomach, his expression was a little dazed, and he would look at Murong Chenhao for help from time to time, but the latter ignored him as nothing Lose.

What he was thinking about was the bow and arrow that Murong Chenhao had brought, but these monsters blocked his way, as if they would not leave unless he took the things away.

"But how do you guys know me? The women's clothes I wore last time." Mo Chi was curious.

"We are very sensitive to human smell." Silver Fox sat in front of the ink pool, wagging her soft fur tail: "Also, you have a very good smell."

Mochi was curious: "What's the smell?"

Silver Fox tilted his head: "Chestnut flavor."

Mochi smelled himself, and then passed his hand in front of Murong Chenhao: "It said I smell of chestnut."

Murong Chenhao pushed his hand away with a straight face: "A monster with a low cultivation level can't recognize the appearance of a person. It can only be distinguished by smell. A monster with a high cultivation level can distinguish the difference in appearance."

Mochi was thoughtful, and suddenly realized: "So Xia Zhou said that my master is good-looking every day, is he showing off his high cultivation?"

Murong Chenhao: "You can understand it this way."

"We came here looking for the taste!" The other little monsters came up again: "Benefactor, eat more, eat more!"

"Then, let's put it in the bag." Mochi couldn't refuse the raging enthusiasm, and quickly took out the "jack bag" he carried with him, opened it and faced the monsters: "Be careful, don't put yourself in it. "

"Master!" Yinhu was the first to speak, her voice was thin and soft, and she was a little more energetic than Guo Fushi's dying state: "A kind-hearted person like you must eat more and live a long, long life. From now on, I will become a big monster in my own right, and I will definitely repay you well."

"It's okay, it's okay, you monsters have a very long life, and I can't match it for a long time." Mochi touched the silver fox: "Also, don't call me master, can we be friends?"

Silver Fox blinked, and looked at Mochi gently with slender pupils.

"You saved our lives, you are the master." The monkey put the steamed buns in his hand into the "jack bag", and said gratefully: "Don't worry, master, we will not make things difficult for the master, but if you have any difficulties, we will definitely All the best to help."

Mo Chi was a little moved when he heard this, but when he was moved, he saw Murong Chenhao sneering all over his face, pretending to be calm in his heart, and said to the monsters in a good voice: "You have finally gained freedom, you should Go and live a good life, why are you still staying in Jinchuan City, what if someone catches you back?"

The little crab threw two vegetable leaves into the bag, and said grievance: "Master, it's all because of the misfortune of the demon gate, which caused us to bump into the human world by accident. Now we can't go back if we want to go back. Wandering in the world, my partner... either steamed or braised in brown sauce, we dare not run anywhere other than follow the master."

Mo Chi sympathized: "Why don't you change your appearance?"

The crab looks really tasty.

The bee threw a small lump of honey into the bag, and murmured: "We just came to this world, we don't know anything, we can only change according to the things we see at first sight."

Mochi has an inexplicable awe of bees. There used to be bee hives on Liuli Mountain, and a disciple stabbed them once, and the result was terrible.

The bee took the awe of the ink pool as affirmation, and was so excited that it picked off the pollen on its hind feet and threw it to the ink pool.

Seeing that this group of monsters could not stop tossing around when they recognized their master, Murong Chenhao decided to abandon Mochi and go about his own business.

But just as he was about to leave, he suddenly saw Xue Qingqing's figure coming out of the Huajiang Pavilion. Perhaps because there were few people on this road, she naturally came here.

"Mochi, hide behind the big tree."

He suddenly said, it was a reminder, and Mochi reacted quickly, and hid behind all the monsters.

The monsters were also very sensible. Seeing that Mochi was hiding, they all hid in the nearby bushes.

"Master?" Mochi was a little startled, turned his head and asked Murong Chenhao: "Why do we hide?"

Murong Chenhao let out a "shh", his eyes locked on Xue Qingqing.

Xue Qingqing looked nervous, and looked back from time to time as she walked, as if to make sure if anyone was following.

Mochi peeped for a while, and was about to get up to speak, Murong Chenhao spoke first, and said, "Follow."