The emperor read the story book in the memorial

Zhao Zhanqi said that he would have a secret talk with Li Jianyu, but he didn't mention being alone in the letter. Naturally, Li Jianyu would not be so stupid as to step into the dragon's pool and tiger's lair alone.

Taking Lu Ai and Yingwei with him, Li Jianyu went to the outskirts of the city.

In addition to being surrounded by forests and mountains outside the city, there are also many high mountains or hills in Luoye City. After Li Jianyu came to the mountainside of Bliss Mountain, Zhao Zhanqi had already been waiting for a long time at the Bliss Temple on the mountainside.The Kek Lok Temple has a history of a hundred years, but the incense is not strong, and the location is quite hidden.

The little monk outside the door took Li Jianyu to the backyard.

"I am very happy that the city lord can come." Zhao Zhanqi sat at the stone table and sipped lightly, while Xue Ni stood quietly behind him.Unexpectedly, there was another middle-aged man sitting next to Zhao Zhanqi. The man was tall and thin, with fierce and clever eyes.

"What's the matter with the prince, I have to say it here."

After Li Jianyu sat down, Xue Ni poured him wine.

"Of course it's important." Zhao Zhanqi smiled, raised his glass and said with a smile: "We sincerely invite the city lord to join our great cause."

Is it to win allies?

"us?"

"This king and this gentleman are Mr. Yi, the master from Daxi."

Li Jianyu frowned slightly, Daxi's Yi Miaosuan, Feng Juheng's military advisor.

Li Jianyu pondered for a moment and said, "My lord, aren't you worried that not only will I not cooperate with your plan, but I will also confess tonight's conversation and Mr. Yi in front of the emperor?"

Lu Ai stood behind Li Jianyu, and lightly put his hand on the hilt of his sword.

"Don't be nervous, General Lu." Noticing Lu Ai's actions, Zhao Zhanqi smiled and said, "Whether the city lord agrees or not, I promise not to hurt the city lord."

"My lord is very confident." Li Jianyu frowned slightly.

"Yes, I know that the city lord will definitely agree. In this battle, I guess that the city lord does not want to stand. The city lord only wants to protect Fallen Leaf City and its own people. Because of this, the city lord has no choice."

Li Jianyu looked at Zhao Zhanqi with his arms crossed.

"This king will definitely win this battle." Zhao Zhanqi vowed: "So if you want to protect Luoye City, the city lord must help me. If you stand in Zhao Linxu's camp, Luoye will perish together with Zhao Linxu. And if the city lord Collaborating with me will bring many benefits. Fallen Leaf City is just a city, doesn't the Lord want more?"

Li Jianyu said expressionlessly: "Such arrogance, could it be that the prince was dazed by the victory in the frontier?"

"He didn't lie to you." Yi Miaosuan took out a pill from his bosom with a smile and said, "You take this Jiuding pill, and I will tell you a secret. A secret of why the prince must win."

"City Lord! Don't listen to him!" Lu Ai's tone was raised.

The secret technique of Daxi wizard is sealed in Jiuding pill. After people eat it, if they tell the secret, their seven orifices will bleed to death.

"If the city lord doesn't tell the secret, why should he be afraid of Jiudingwan?"

Li Jianyu waved to Lu Ai to signal him to calm down.

He, Li Jianyu, was one of the founders of the company in his previous life, so he has nothing to fear in the face of these messy things.

"I want to hear about the prince's plan..."

XXXXXX

The Meng family is not considered a powerful family in the city, but at least it has a century-old foundation and the family's economy is solid, so the old lady Meng's birthday banquet was very lively.

Meng Qingshu was a teacher beside Li Jianyu and took care of Fallen Leaf City for Li Jianyu. The elders of Meng's parents were very happy, thinking that their children had knowledge and talents.So when Meng Qingshu returned home, he was held back...to make love.

Uncle Chen and Meng Qingshu have been together recently, first because of business affairs, and later got along with each other naturally.Even if there is no need for official business, Meng Qingshu often goes to the military camp to find Uncle Chen, like today, Uncle Chen accompanied Meng Qingshu back to Meng's house to attend the birthday banquet, neither of them felt that there was anything wrong.

At this moment, at the banquet, Chen Zhishu was sitting next to Meng Qingshu, and Meng Qingshu was dragged by a group of relatives to ask what kind of girl he likes and if he knows any good people...

"Isn't this General Chen?"

The guests in the hall toasted each other, the crowd was surging, and the noise was chaotic, so Uncle Chen's appearance would not be too noticeable.It was Meng Qingshu's uncle who had a nephew working in the barracks, and that's how he recognized Uncle Chen.

"General Chen?"

"General Chen Zhishu! The emperor's most trusted hussars general!"

After Meng Qingshu's uncle yelled, all the nearby guests gathered.

"Ouch! Why is General Chen here!"

Uncle Chen said, "I came with Qingshu."

The patriarch of the Meng family, Meng Qingshu's father heard the news here, and immediately stepped forward to toast Chen Zhishu.

"General Chen is here, the Meng Mansion is really full of splendor." Then he lightly reprimanded Meng Qingshu: "Why don't you say anything when General Chen is here, you have neglected the distinguished guests, are you still polite?"

Only then did Meng Qingshu realize it, so he could only bow his head and apologize obediently.

"Don't blame the chime book." Chen Zhishu frowned and said, "It's my fault."

After that, Uncle Chen became a popular person in the hall, and he was dragged to ask questions. At first, he was serious. Why is fighting hard?Is the city lord expected to become the queen...

By the end...

"Hey, I heard that General Chen hasn't married yet, right?"

"I think that delicate girl doesn't like a brave man like General Chen. She must like a man who is tougher and tougher!"

"Nonsense, I think, for General Chen to gallop on the battlefield all the year round, he must be taken care of by a gentle and careful girl!"

Chen Zhishu felt that the people were really amazing.

Why can you talk about getting married no matter what you say?

Unable to bear everyone's flabbergasting, the general said with red ears, "I like... smart and capable."

"What about it?"

"Tender-tempered, not very good at arguing. A little timid, but very cute, people can't help but want to protect..." Uncle Chen blushed more and more as he spoke.

"Ouch! It looks like this, General Chen has someone he likes!"

People's eyes are discerning.

On the other end, Meng Qingshu vaguely heard the conversation between Uncle Chen and his uncle and aunt amidst the noise, feeling a little depressed.

It turns out that Uncle Chen has someone he likes...

Meng Qingshu felt that he had no reason to be depressed, but...

So Meng Qingshu didn't look at Chen Zhishu anymore. Chen Zhishu wanted to talk to Meng Qingshu several times, but before he could speak, he dodged and walked away.

Uncle Chen was very depressed.

What's going on here?

After the banquet, the guests gradually dispersed.Because Meng Qingshu ignored him, Chen Zhishu really couldn't just go back like this, he just felt scratchy and anxious, so he simply stayed overnight.

Naturally, the Meng Mansion was very welcoming, but the housekeeper was very distressed.It is inconvenient for the inner courtyard to be full of female relatives, and the rooms in other courtyards are all due to the large number of offshoots of the Meng family. Now that the elder with the highest status in the family celebrates his birthday, dozens of relatives have come to visit, and the rooms have already been occupied. come out.

The housekeeper was still thinking of a way, so Uncle Chen said that he could share a room with Meng Qingshu.Hearing this, the old butler happily went to add a quilt to Meng Qingshu's room.

So at night, when Meng Qingshu returned to his room, he saw Chen Zhishu sitting cross-legged beside his bed with an upright face.

...? ? ?

"General Chen? You...didn't go back?"

"It's too late, the road at night is dangerous." Chen Hussar General's uncle said so.

Meng Qingshu immediately said: "Then you sleep on the bed, I'll make the floor."

……wrong.

Meng Qingshu was stunned for a while and said: "General Chen is very skilled in martial arts, why would he worry about time?"

However, it was too late, Uncle Chen had already declined Meng Qingshu's kindness to sleep on the bed, and lay down on the quilt spread on the floor, and was very happy in his heart, Meng Qingshu was willing to talk to him, did he stop being angry? ?

In the end, Meng Qingshu couldn't hold back Uncle Chen, so he could only suppress the battle drum in his heart, and got on the bed with a red face.

"General Chen...the floor is cold, you should sleep on the bed."

Meng Qingshu always felt sorry for letting the great general Chen Zhishu lay the floor.

Uncle Chen looked up at Meng Qingshu's small body and said with a smile, "I will feel sorry for you sleeping on the floor."

Meng Qingshu was taken aback for a moment, then buried his face in the bed.

Say, say what!

Uncle Chen looked at the red face in Meng Qing's writing, and felt his heart flutter, so he hesitated and said, "Yes, you can squeeze a bed, if you want..."

Meng Qingshu stuck to the bed like a dead fish, motionless and didn't speak.

"...Yes, is it possible?"

"..."

After a long time, there was a "hmm" as subtle as the sound of mosquitoes under the blanket.If it wasn't for Chen Zhishu's profound inner strength, he might still not be able to hear it.

Uncle Chen seemed to have been pardoned, and carefully got on the bed and lay down next to Meng Qingshu.

Looking at Meng Qingshu who was almost touching his skin, Uncle Chen felt his heart beating so fast that he couldn't think well, his body moved faster than his brain, and he stretched out his hand to hug Meng Qingshu into his arms.

Meng Qingshu let Chen Zhishu hold his body stiffly.Uncle Chen practiced martial arts all the year round, and his body was very strong. Meng Qingshu could feel the muscles around his arms with beautiful lines, full of strength.

Meng Qingshu felt his face was about to burn.

"Qing Shu... are you not angry anymore?"

"what?"

"fine……"

Uncle Chen tightened his arms slightly.

Soft and warm like never before, Uncle Chen took a deep breath with satisfaction, and the tip of his nose was filled with the fresh scent of the person in his arms.

"Go to sleep."

XXXXXX

"City Master, what's wrong with you?"

On the way down the mountain, Lu Ai couldn't help looking back at Li Jianyu frequently.

Li Jianyu rode behind Lu Ai, shook his head and said, "Then Jiuding Wan is not □□."

Lu Ai's brows were so tight that it could pinch a mosquito to death.

At the moment there were only the two of them on the mountain road, Zhao Zhanqi and Yi Miaosuan went down the mountain by different paths to avoid suspicion.

"City Lord..."

Lu Ai was about to say something, but was interrupted by footsteps from a distance.The sound of heavy footsteps was uniform, as if soldiers in thick armor were slowly approaching.

dong dong -- dong dong --

Not far away suddenly flashes of flames, one by one like fireflies.

The next moment, Lu Ai drew his sword and rode his horse to Li Jianyu, looking warily at the place where the fire appeared in front of him.

Li Jianyu narrowed his eyes slightly.

What appeared in front of him was a small army, everyone holding torches, and surrounded Li Jianyu's way forward.

Zhao Linxu rode at the forefront of the army, with no emotion in his eyes.

"It was really an accident." Zhao Linxu smiled and said, "I didn't stop Zhao Zhanqi, but I stopped the beauty."

"You can't stop the prince."

Zhao Linxu raised his eyebrows slightly.

Yes, how could he forget that Li Jianyu is very familiar with the secret roads in the mountains.

"That's really a pity."