Kaoru Tantai looked at his smile and said expressionlessly, "No." ”

As she spoke, she quietly observed her surroundings, the biting cold wind adding to the silence.

Because of his martial arts practice since childhood, Kaoru Tai's perception is extremely sensitive, in addition to King Jin, there seems to be another person opposite her, hiding his body in the dark, probably King Jin's personal guard.

When she met King Jin in Qinzhou before, she had seen this person, dressed in black, holding a long sword, always hidden in a place that ordinary people could not see, like a fierce beast ready to attack.

"Lord Tantai is really sad for this king. King Jin pretended to be uncomfortable and said, "The house has already prepared a small wine, if the adults don't come, it will be too faceless?"

Kaoru was silent for a moment.

She couldn't figure out why King Jin had asked her out to meet her at this time, or what he wanted from her.

"Your Highness's poison has been cured?"

Xu didn't expect her to mention this, King Jin smiled: "Thank you Lord Tantai for your concern, Ye Xiang only gave this king some five stone scatter, which can't harm his life." ”

"It wasn't Ye Chi who did it. She said word by word.

King Jin shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands and said, "That's what the Criminal Department said to this king. ”

Wei Hu has already been sent to the prison, and it seems that there are still some remnants of the criminal department.

The lights went on, and under the dim moonlight, Kaoru Tantai couldn't see the other party's expression, but seeing that the black-clothed guard didn't seem to have the intention of making a move, he couldn't guess King Jin's motives more and more.

"This king hasn't asked yet, why did Lord Tantai appear here?" King Jin slowly spoke, his voice smiling, "It's dark and windy this month, and a girl's house runs out, isn't it?"

Kaoru Tandai clenched the note in his hand and did not speak.

"Or—" He paused, his smile getting colder, "You're here to see Ye Xiang?"

Kaoru Yutai chuckled in his heart, and there were many more suspicions in his mind.

If the person who called her out was not King Jin, but really Ye Chi, but this news was intercepted by King Jin, then where is Ye Chi now?

"Xia Guan just came out for a walk. She tried her best to stay calm, "As for Ye Xiang, isn't he still in the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

Seeing that she did not waver at all, King Jin turned his back with his hands, as if he was really admiring the moon. At this time, more than a dozen lanterns were lit not far away, reflecting the purple bamboo forest in orange and red.

Gazing around, a team of people dressed as officials appeared outside the forest at some point, walking towards them with lights. Seeing this, King Jin turned around and smiled at Kaoru Tai, looking confident.

Kaoru Tantai clenched his fists, and he didn't know what trap he had fallen into, and hurriedly took a few steps back to escape from here, but at this time, the team of officials had already walked in front of the two, and behind them was a tall and straight man, dressed in a dark robe, with an extraordinary temperament.

When he saw the face of the person who came, not only Kaoru Yutai, but even King Jin's face changed.

"Brother Wang. He replied with the corners of his mouth tugging.

King Lian glanced at him calmly, because the light was too dim to see his expression, and then turned to Kaoru Tai, "Invite Lord Tantai to admire the moon tonight, but this king is late, it's really rude." ”

Yutai Kaoru was stunned for a moment, pondered this sentence a few times, and thought about Ye Chi's evaluation of King Lian, so he followed his words and said: "His Royal Highness King Lian doesn't have to mind, the official has just arrived." ”

King Lian's expression still didn't change, and he looked at King Jin again, "Why is Zhenghuai here?" ”

Jin Wang Xiao Zhenghuai did not squeak from the beginning, his face was solemn, not at all like Fang Cai's pride, and he was silent for a long time before saying: "I couldn't sleep at night so I came out for a walk, and I happened to meet Lord Tangtai, so I chatted a few words, but I didn't expect Brother Wang to have an appointment with Lord Tangtai." ”

The surrounding lights reflected King Lian's face in extra seriousness. He didn't say anything more, and ordered someone to take Kaoru Tai back to the mansion, and before leaving, he just glanced at King Jin, but he didn't even say goodbye.

After they left, the deep purple bamboo forest returned to quiet, and the black-clothed guard slowly walked out of the darkness, bowed his head and said, "Your Highness, I didn't expect King Lian to be ......."

"Heh, do you really believe it?" King Jin took a sip, rarely showing such a fierce look, "Ye Qingyuan, we have another account." ”

***

The road was unusually quiet.

Kaoru followed King Lian's sedan chair, unable to hear any movement inside, but his thoughts became more and more complicated.

Prior to this, her intersection with King Lian was only the secret letter in Linzhou a few months ago, ordering her to investigate Duan Yan's case, and other than that, there was no private relationship.

That is to say, in any case, the note could not have been written to her by King Lian.

But if it weren't for King Lian, how could he be so happened to be there?

"Your Highness. She whispered.

There was still no movement in the sedan chair.

She paused for a moment, hesitating whether to shout a second time, when the person inside spoke.

"You want to ask who gave you the note?"

King Lian's voice was much lower than before, and he seemed to be a little tired.

Kaoru Yutai nodded: "Yes." ”

"I sent someone to give it to you. ”

She was a little puzzled, and her pace slowed down unconsciously.

"To be exact, it was Ye Chi who asked me to write such a note and give it to you. ”

"......!" Kaoru Tandai looked up sharply and asked, "Ye Chi he...... He ......"

There were so many things she wanted to ask, she didn't know where to start for a moment, and she stammered for a while.

King Lian slowly opened the curtain, glanced at the girl whose cheeks were red with excitement, and sighed secretly.

Ye Chi was indeed under house arrest in the Prime Minister's Mansion and never came out, but I don't know why, even Sun Yu, who had to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion once a day to "visit", didn't believe that he would stay in the Mansion honestly.

King Lian once visited him and explained that he should not worry, Wei Hu of the Criminal Department had fallen, and it was only a matter of time before the truth was found.

Ye Chi didn't seem interested in this, and only asked, "What does Your Highness think the truth is?"

In the team that returned to Beijing from Fengzhou, there were the personal guards of King Jin and King Huai, as well as the people brought by Ye Chi to greet them.

King Lian pondered for a moment, "I don't think General Sun can arrange it so cleverly, if it is someone from King Huai's side...... It makes sense. ”

Ye Chi smiled indifferently, "His Royal Highness King Huai has always had no quarrel with people in the domain, what is his motive?"

Although this statement was not stated, the spearhead was directed at King Jin. King Lian knew that this younger brother was stubborn by nature, but after all, he was a compatriot, and Ye Chi was brought up by him, so he would not do such a thing that harmed others and was not beneficial to himself.

Seeing that he was deep in thought, Ye Chi took a sip of tea slowly, not caring about being under house arrest at all, "Your Highness doesn't have to think about it, why don't we make a bet?"

King Lian raised his eyes to look at him, "What are you betting on?"

Ye Chi walked to the front of the case, picked up a pen and wrote a line of small characters on the paper, handed it to him, and said: "Your Highness only needs to write this line of words once, and secretly hand it over to Lord Yushitai, and you will understand my intentions." ”

King Lian couldn't guess his intentions, so he just did so, wrote a note himself, and sent his most trusted subordinate to secretly hand it over to Kaoru Tai, but he saw King Jin appear in the purple bamboo forest that night.

The contents of the note should have been known only to four people.

The moment he saw King Jin, the depression that had been suppressed in his heart for many years seemed to be a dead button.

What does Ye Chi want to prove?

No, he already knew what Ye Chi wanted to prove to him, and he should have known it a long time ago.

King Lian in the sedan chair retracted his thoughts, sighed, and said quietly: "Ye Chi let me tell you that he is very good, you don't have to worry." ”

When Kaoru Tantai heard this, a string that had been tense in his heart loosened a little, and he was about to continue to ask something, but he heard King Lian say: "It's not early, this king won't invite Lord Tantai to go to the mansion, go back and rest early." ”

At this time, the group had reached a fork in the road, and the direction of the imperial city was on the right. Seeing that King Lian had no intention of saying more to her, she respectfully watched the other party leave, and when she returned home, she was already more exposed, but she was completely sleepy, tossing and turning in bed, and finally put on her night clothes.

The night was deep, the wind was cold, and the officers and soldiers outside the prime minister's mansion had already yawned. After about half an hour, when the shift finally came, one of the officers and soldiers was about to go home in a hurry, but when he turned his head, he saw something flashing by. He rubbed his eyes, but saw nothing, shook his head and walked away.

Kaoru Yutai easily slipped into the Prime Minister's Mansion while changing shifts, looked at the high place, and was thinking about how to find Ye Chi, but found that only one room in the entire mansion was lit up, like a guiding light in the dark night.

She hesitated for a moment.

Ye Chi's health is not good, he usually sleeps early, he should have slept early at this point, right?

Thinking of what had just happened, she couldn't help but think of what kind of trap this was, but after thinking about it again, although Sun Yu controlled the Prime Minister's Mansion, Ye Chi was not a prisoner in the end, and no one dared to break into it.

Before she could clear her thoughts, her body stumbled over.

Her instinct told her that she would definitely see Ye Chi tonight. She trusts her instincts.

Kaoru Tandai approached the room lightly, and the closer she got, the faster her heart beated. When she got to the front of the house, her heart almost rose to her throat.

The room was quiet, and there was no one to be seen, and I didn't know if there was anyone inside. Kaoru Tantai listened quietly for a moment, and her heart became more and more anxious, and she even stretched out her hand to knock on the door.

“…… Kaoru?"

A familiar voice came from inside the room. Kaoru Tandai was startled, his mind went blank, and he was about to push the door, but the door suddenly opened from the inside.

There was a faint fragrance of medicine wafting in the room, Ye Chi was only wearing a moon-white middle coat, his hair was loosely tied, and there was a smile in his handsome eyebrows, as if he had been waiting for her for a long time.

After a few days, he didn't seem to change, but he was a little thinner.

"Come in, it's cold outside. ”

Ye Chi pulled her closer to the room and closed the door, then poured her a cup of hot tea to warm her hands, seeing that she looked at herself for a moment, he smiled lightly: "Don't you recognize me?"

Kaoru Tantai stared straight at him: "How do you know it's me?"

"I'm waiting for you. Ye Chi smiled like a spring breeze, "I think you must have a lot to ask after meeting His Royal Highness King Lian." ”

Kaoru Yutai still looked at him, and he didn't know where to start with a thousand words, struggled for a moment, put down the teacup and stood up suddenly, hugging him uncontrollably.

Her nose was full of her faint fragrance, Ye Chi was flattered, and was about to raise his hand to wrap around her, when he suddenly let out a low cry of pain.

Kaoru Tandai simply punched him neatly.