As for Xu San, Qiu Ming persuaded him to restore Gu Wen'an's identity, go back to Jiangnan Academy to teach, and sent a letter to Mr. Qiu, briefly explaining Gu Wen'an's life experience, and asking Mr. Qiu to help cover Gu Wen'an and prevent him from being discovered by the Queen Mother's people. By the way, I explained the situation to my father, because I had to rush back to the capital to report to the emperor, so I couldn't go back to Jiangnan Academy for the New Year's Festival this year.

Qiu Ming spent three days and dealt with everything, and finally set off with the Yulin Army to the capital on the 23rd day of the lunar month. All the soldiers returned to their hearts like arrows, day and night, striving to reach the capital before the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve.

Zhou Tianqi, Xiao Wu, and Xiao Liu set off on the 20th of the lunar month, and on the night of the 23rd of the lunar month, they had quietly come to the south gate of the capital.

Originally, I wanted to enter directly from the South City Gate and exit from the East City Gate, first go to the Medicine King Valley to meet Lin Wan, and then rush back to meet Qiu Ming before the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve to participate in the Chinese New Year's Eve Palace Banquet.

However, as soon as he arrived outside the South City Gate, he was already targeted by Boss Qian, the leader of the secret guards beside Lu Qishan, and directly invited him into the Shouxi Palace.

Zhou Tianqi stood in the main hall of Shouxi Palace, respectfully saluted Lu Qishan, his voice was full of exhaustion, and he asked lightly: "Qi'er has seen the imperial grandmother, I don't know why the imperial grandmother ordered Qi'er to come late at night?"

Lu Qishan smiled lovingly and said, "Qi'er has been out for so long, the imperial grandmother and your father are very worried about you, knowing that you are back, of course, you have to see you safe and sound with your own eyes, so you can be completely relieved." ”

Zhou Tianqi waved his hand at Lu Qishan and said gratefully: "Thank you for your concern, Qi'er is all right." ”

Lu Qishan smiled slightly, glanced at Lu Manting, who was coming in from outside the door, and said with a somewhat playful smile: "It seems that your fiancée misses you more than anyone else, knowing that you came back, it was so late, and it was freezing cold, and she got up from the bed and hurried over, just to come and see you." ”

Lu Manting was full of shyness, stomped her feet, smiled and complained in a low voice: "Grandma Huang, look at you, you like to make fun of us juniors! Where did I just crawl out of the bed? I haven't slept yet, I just heard that Grandma Huang's aunt hasn't slept yet, so I came over to take a look." ”

Lu Qishan laughed and said, "You girl, you are obviously told by the mourning family, and you have to be hard-mouthed!" After a pause, he said: "Don't be ashamed, you are not young anymore, the mourning family plans to marry you after the New Year, and this matter is also good." ”

Lu Manting's face turned even redder, and she was so ashamed that she wanted to turn around and run out, but she was reluctant to come back to Zhou Tianqi, so she had to stand beside Zhou Tianqi and peek at him shyly and timidly.

Zhou Tianqi didn't react, as if he didn't see Lu Manting, he stood quietly, waiting for Lu Qishan's next words, waiting for Lu Qishan to let him go.

However, Lu Qishan had not yet achieved his goal, of course he would not let Zhou Tianqi leave, as if he suddenly thought of something, and asked curiously: "I heard that the bandits of Baifeng Village arrested you and took you as a hostage to force back the soldiers of the Eastern Qi army, is there such a thing?"

Zhou Tianqi nodded, and replied in a deep voice: "Yes, the emperor's grandmother is well-informed, and Qi'er admires it!" However, the bandits in Baifengzhai are ordinary people who can't survive in the northern Xinjiang county, and they don't treat Qi'er as a VIP, and Qi'er doesn't suffer much. ”

Lu Qishan seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, nodded slightly, and said reassuringly: "That's good, the mourning family heard that the three masters of Baifeng Village are all big devils who kill people without blinking, and they were really worried for a few days, and they were relieved to see that Qi'er came back safely." Since Qi'er has returned safely, the mourning family must give the Buddha a few more sticks of incense tomorrow and thank the Buddha for his protection. ”

Zhou Tianqi nodded obediently, and stood in the center of the main hall of Shouxi Palace with his head down, as if he was very tired and didn't want to say a word.

Lu Manting said distressedly: "Brother Tianqi, seeing that you are so tired, you must have traveled day and night on the road, and you have never rested, right?" Why don't you sit down first, talk to the imperial aunt and grandmother for a while, and I will make a pot of tea for you and the imperial aunt and grandmother." Saying that, without waiting for Zhou Tianqi to agree, he turned around and ran out.

Zhou Tianqi frowned secretly, but he didn't say anything to stop him, he knew that Lu Qishan would not let him go if he didn't ask about the whereabouts of the imperial military talisman today. I simply walked to the chair on the left and sat down, took a deep breath, and prepared to spend it slowly with Lu Qishan.

Lu Qishan was not in a hurry, and continued to quip: "Look at this girl Manting, I haven't seen her so diligent on weekdays, and she took the initiative to ask to make tea for the mourning family, but the mourning family is still stained with Qi'er's light today!"

Zhou Tianqi hooked his lips slightly, didn't answer this question, and lowered his head, I don't know if it was because he was tired or shy.

After a while, Lu Manting personally carried a tray and walked in from outside the door, first walked in front of Lu Qishan and put a bowl in front of her. walked to Zhou Tianqi's side again, put another bowl in Zhou Tianqi's hand, and said coquettishly: "Brother Tianqi, I rarely make tea by myself, and I don't know if it is good or not. ”

Lu Qishan also helped on the side, and said, "Yes, Qi'er, you drink and see, don't live up to Manting's intentions." If it's not good, don't be embarrassed to say it, you have been here for a long time, don't settle down, say it so that Manting knows your preferences, and you two can be harmonious and beautiful in the future. ”

Zhou Tianqi didn't want to drink the tea made by Lu Manting, but he was stared at by Lu Qishan and Lu Manting, and it was not easy to refuse, so he had to take a sip of the tea bowl, nodded, and said, "Very good, thank you Sister Manting." ”

Seeing that Zhou Tianqi drank the tea he brewed and thanked himself, Lu Manting's heart was sweeter than drinking honey, and her face was smiling.

Lu Qishan suddenly seemed to be confident, and didn't ask anything anymore, picked up the tea bowl and drank it slowly.

Zhou Tianqi secretly felt strange in his heart, and after a while, he found that something strange appeared in his body, feeling soft all over his body, and his head was also groggy, as if he was so sleepy that he could fall asleep at any time. Zhou Tianqi immediately thought that Lu Manting must have drugged the tea.

Although Zhou Tianqi has been invasive, he still has no defense against the simplest drug. At the beginning, the golden python did not react to Yao Zhongzhao's poison, but was subdued by Lin Wan's drug. Zhou Tianqi was able to resist all poisons because he got the strength and essence blood of the golden python, so of course he was not immune to the drugs that even the golden python could not resist.

After a while, Zhou Tianqi lost consciousness, knocked over the tea bowl, and fell on several cases.