Thought

Back at Nanchang Courtyard, Xue Yi went to the study room, while Xu Xu guarded the door.

The candlelight illuminated the whole room, and Xue Yi was playing with a palm-sized token that looked like gold but not jade. Under the light, a vivid little swallow loomed.Xue Yi's eyes were drawn under the curved eyelashes, which was unpredictable.

His cheap father really has a lot of things in his hands.

The night before leaving, Xue Yi met with Ma Xun at Ma Xun's request, but the words were not speculative.Ma Xun just threw him a token, explained a few words briefly, and issued an order to evict the guest mercilessly.

Thinking of this, Xue Yi said softly, "Come out." Just as he finished speaking, a black shadow fell silently from the beam, knelt down on one knee, and lowered his voice, "Subordinate Yan Yi, I have seen my lord."

Outside the door, Xu Xu's shoulders moved slightly, but his expression remained unchanged.

Xue Yi got up and walked around the man named Yan Yi twice, "There is a traitor among you."

Yan Yi lowered his head, "Returning to the Lord, yes."

Xue Yi chuckled, and returned to the chair, "No wonder my parents died tragically under the skin of a serious illness." It's no wonder that he has two powerful forces in his hands and it's hard to protect himself.

One is hard to protect oneself, and the other is treasonous.I don't know whether to say he is capable or just unlucky.Maybe both!

Yanwei is a secret guard created by the ancestors of the Yan Kingdom, and it is under the command of the leader who is in charge of the Yanzi Order.In addition, the entire Yan Guard obeyed an order handed down from the ancestors of the Yan State. Those who endanger the Yan State in the Yan Guard will die.

But people's hearts will always change. When Xue Shuru's generation was passed on, the ambition and betrayal accumulated from generation to generation finally broke out, ruining the lives of Xue Shuru and his wife and half of Yanwei.

Moreover, due to the invisible nature of the dark guards, Xue Shuru's identity cannot be revealed, so Yan Wei swept away all possible clues, and at the same time buried Xue Shuru's cause of death.

I don't know if Xue Shuru thought that on this day, he didn't have a horse leather shroud on the battlefield, but died "quietly".

"Have you caught the traitor?" Xue Yi asked calmly.

Yan Yi answered sternly, "The incident happened suddenly, the traitors have already left Yanwei, a small number of traitors have fled outside, and all the spies in Turkic have lost contact."

At the beginning Xue Shuru was able to enter the land of no one on the Turkic Gobi, and the help of Yan Wei should be indispensable.And now the Turks can overwhelm the rivers and seas in Qingzhou, I am afraid that it is not possible without the credit of Yan Wei.

History seems to have gone back and forth, and it just happened to be lost.

Xue Yi didn't want to say anything more, Yan Wei and Pang Fengxu Xu were different, as long as Yan Ziling was in hand, these Yan Wei would take orders from whom.As long as it does not endanger Dayan, Yan Wei will absolutely prohibit it.

To a certain extent, Yanwei may be even more difficult to control. Maybe one day you will find yourself being emptied, and all kinds of rights are just a cloud in front of you, invisible and intangible.

But would Xue Yi be afraid?No, he even prefers such subordinates.

"What you have to do now is to return me a completely loyal Yan Wei." Xue Yi said softly, "If you can't do it, Yan Yi will have to be replaced by someone else."

"This subordinate understands." Yan Yi said firmly.Every Yanwei leader will be given the title of Yanyi.He is not the first Yanyi, nor will he be the last Yanyi.

"One more thing, pay attention to the people who came to the capital recently, and record anything wrong." Xue Yi's tone was quite serious, "Especially those who come from Qingzhou."

Knowing that Xue Yi was back, Xu Minyou immediately pulled his bamboo horse to the door.

Xue Yi was lying on the bed, his face was pale, a white cloth was tied on his head, and there was a trace of fear between his brows, he looked at Xu Minyou who was eating and drinking with disgust, "Didn't you come to visit Master Ben?"

Xu Minyou bit off a large mouthful of pink and tender peach flesh with a "click", and said vaguely, "Of course, you are still a patient, you can't eat these things, you can't see them, you can't worry about them. I dispose of them for you. good!"

The last sentence may be that the peach meat was swallowed, and the words were earnest, but he did not forget to stuff Wei Pingting with a juicy peach.

Xue Yi rolled his eyes, "Thank you so much."

"No thanks, no thanks." Xu Minyou accepted Xue Yi's white eyes without shame, and kept rolling his eyes on Xue Yi and Mu Nian who was quietly peeling apples on the other chair, " I told you to stop arguing!"

An apple core smashed towards Xu Minyou's head, accompanied by the sound of Xue Yi gnashing his teeth, "You can't stop your broken mouth even if you eat it."

Xu Minyou dodged the apple core attack neatly, and jumped in front of Mu Nian, "Come and tell me, is that Xue who bullied you? Seeing how skinny you are, don't be afraid, I will definitely help you uphold justice. "

At this time, Xu Minyou only felt that his whole body was full of light and that it was not a big deal to watch the excitement.

Unexpectedly, people shut the door to fight blood, and when they go out, they will be unanimous.

"I'm afraid Mr. Xu is thinking too much. The relationship between Mu and Lord Hou is very strong, so I don't need to worry about the relationship." Mu Nian said with a smile, and took a look at Wei Pingting, "Pingting seems to be in a bad mood today?"

Wei Pingting forced a smile and expressed apology, "Recently, things have been entangled, and I have been confiscated for a while. I'm really sorry that I chose such a time to visit."

"It was because you were in a bad mood that I took you out to have a look. Look at you, the sky is falling and there is a tall man standing on top of you. What's the use of worrying?" Xu Minyou said without hesitation, "Besides, you What else can you do?"

Wei Shuolin's face turned ugly at the moment, "Although I can't help you, shouldn't it be possible to happily celebrate my uncle's dismissal and punishment with a cane?" He looked at Xu Minyou's smiling face and wanted to say something else, from the bottom of his heart The anger couldn't be suppressed at the moment.

Jump up and hold Xu Minyou for a beating.

"Tsk!", Xue Yi didn't even look at these two people, one was willing to fight and the other was willing to suffer.Fortunately, the two of them knew that they were patients, so they automatically distanced themselves from him.Turning his head in disgust just now, he saw Mu Nian looking lonely at Xu Minyou and Wei Pingting who were fighting.

Xue Yi suppressed himself to look away, feeling in his heart that this little bastard was getting more and more cunning.

After a while, Xu Minyou, whose clothes were disheveled, came over with his arms around Wei Pingting, who had a calm expression. It seemed that he had adjusted his mood.

"Xue Yi, didn't you just come back from Qingzhou? How was the scene?" Xu Minyou finally got to the point, and looked at Xue Yi flatteringly, "Tell me about it!"

Xue Yi rolled his eyes, "You only remember that I just came back from Qingzhou, how come you don't remember that I still survived a near death, and I'm currently suffering from fear, sickness and weakness?"

"Come on!", Xu Minyou also rolled his eyes at Xue Yi, but don't forget where he got the gun|powder he offered to Emperor Yan, and who rescued him from the enemy at that time.

"Little Pingzi, the weather outside is nice. Going out for a walk is good for your health." Xu Minyou said to Wei Pingting seriously, "It's not easy for you to come out today."

Wei Pingting got up and looked at Mu Nian, "What do you think?"

"Very good." Then Mu Nian got up and said to Xue Yi, "I'll go for a walk, I'll be back in a while." Seeing Xue Yi nodding, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, he turned and went out with Wei Pingting.

Only Xue Yi and Xu Minyou were left in the room, as well as a few maids and servants who were waiting on them.

Then Xu Minyou pointed and sent everyone out.Seeing that Xue Yi didn't respond, the servant girl obediently went out.When there was no one in the room, Xu Minyou sat forward. You know, I joined the Imperial Guard a while ago. "

"Although I'm just a small captain, you also know that the fire|powder formula I dedicated to the emperor a while ago..." The unfinished words are self-evident.

Xue Yi immediately understood Xu Minyou's meaning, "The emperor asked you to be in charge of the research and development of fire|drug?"

"Yeah." Xu Minyou showed embarrassment, "You don't know, the emperor wanted to come quietly about the gun|powder, and he was not in a hurry. This didn't happen in Qingzhou all of a sudden, the emperor asked again and again I'm off about gun|powder."

"But I'm a layman, I really don't understand anything!" Xu Minyou spread his hands, showing helplessness.

"Aren't you going to give up today if you don't achieve your goal?" Xue Yi said coolly.

Xu Minyou smiled, "You don't know that the emperor summoned me twice in three days, my little heart can't bear it! And I'm really unwilling to let the defeated general of the year ride on his neck and run wild. "

Xue Yi smiled, "Don't threaten me, and don't irritate me. I'll recommend someone to you about gunpowder. As long as you can invite him, everything will be fine."

"What I'm waiting for is your words." Xu Minyou stopped short, and didn't expect Xue Yi to solve his problem completely, so he said with a shy face, "The last question, his uncle Pingting..."

"Why do you think the emperor is so anxious about the progress of the gunpowder?" Xue Yi looked at Xu Minyou with folded arms.

Xu Minyou had an answer in his heart, and replied hesitantly, "Turk has long had the heart of disobedience, coveting Dayan for a long time, this time with the sharp weapon of fire | medicine, he will definitely invade Dayan..."

The more you talk, the brighter Xu Minyou's eyes become, "You're right, if there must be a war, who else but Wei Shuo will face it!"

"You are in the imperial guards. If there is war in the frontier, you must rush to the frontier. Some things are better planned in advance." Xue Yi reminded casually.

"A man of integrity, protect the family and the country." Xu Minyou said coolly.

Xue Yi pointed out, "The big family behind you don't think so."

Xu Minyou made a bitter face. Both his father and Wei Taifu were civil servants. Although he didn't mean to look down on the general, he probably hoped that he could follow the path of a civil servant.

He can stay in the position of military attache now, nothing more than the emperor opened his mouth and he is in the safe capital.

In the small garden, Wei Pingting and Mu Nian walked on the gravel road, the autumn sun was shining warmly on their bodies, it really made people feel much more comfortable.Just passing by a water pavilion, the two sat down to enjoy the scenery.

"It's the first time I've come to Zhenyuanhou's Mansion." Wei Pingting said, looking at the autumn scenery in the garden.

Mu Nian stopped drinking tea and didn't speak.

"The Marquis of Zhenyuan are all affectionate people, and there is only one wife in the back house. It just so happens that these ladies are not very enthusiastic about holding banquets, so there are very few people in Kyoto who can be invited to the residence of Marquis Zhenyuan."

Mu Nian smiled, "I'm afraid I can't do it if I'm not hot!"

"You like Xue Yi."

Hearing these words suddenly, the smile on the corner of Mu Nian's mouth froze slightly, and he raised his head to meet Wei Pingting's gentle smile...

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I just came back from Hangzhou at around 11 o’clock yesterday, almost exhausted~