Qianzhou, a fast horse arrived in Qiancheng, and the messenger handed a roll of letter to Zhen Bing. Zhen Bing and Lin Zhiling glanced at each other and opened the envelope hesitantly.

"King Chen's return, the three armies welcome? …”

Lin Zhiling's nerves tightened, and he snatched the letter in Zhen Bing's hand to argue whether it was true or false, this word was definitely not written by a fish, but the picture of the eagle catching a fish affixed to the back was undoubtedly a true fish. Lin Zhiling handed the letter to Lin Chi: "Master Lin, take a look." ”

Because there is a gap between Lin Zhiling and Zhou Chang that can never be repaired, she does not dare to call Lin Chi her father in public, Lin Chi also knows her daughter's difficulties, and she is not close to Lin Zhiling on weekdays.

Lin Chi looked at it and was surging: "The fish is really back, and it is not in vain for me to think about it." ”

"It's good for King Chen to come back, it's good to come back." Zhen Bing's voice was very small, looking at Lin Zhiling's happy back, he felt uncomfortable in his heart, but he was happy for her.

Lin Zhiling's excited mood was difficult to calm down for a while, remembering that when there was a fish "died", Cangluan allowed the Lin family to take care of the aftermath for the fish, and found a jasper-colored heart scale armor when packing up the package with fish, although it was not known what material it was, but it was extremely hard and invulnerable, thinking that it was a fish close to the body, the Lin family brought it back to Huaicheng, and later came to Qianzhou with Lin Chi and handed it over to Lin Zhiling for safekeeping.

Lin Zhiling rushed back to the boudoir, took out this heart-protecting scale armor, and handed it to his subordinates: "King Chen came from Nanyue, and it is difficult to produce a suitable armor in the poor countryside. Gather the best craftsmen in the city to forge a new set of armor for King Chen, and set this scale armor in it. ”

After explaining the matter here, Lin Zhiling hurriedly instructed another group of people: "The three armies should also rush to make new armor, put it on on the day of welcoming King Chen, and roll out a red carpet from the city gate to the county government, and the city road should be filled with 'Yu' character flags, drums and drums greet each other, open the warehouse to release grain, welcome King Chen's return, must be solemn, not stingy with money." ”

Lin Chi paused and disagreed: "This is too much labor and money, and it can't be helped, and it will damage the reputation of Youyu." ”

Zhen Bing nodded and said: "What the master said is reasonable, just one welcoming ceremony will cost a lot of money, and a full inventory will definitely hurt the roots." ”

Lin Zhiling didn't let it go, and said resolutely: "No, even if all the materials are exhausted, let King Chen return in style." ”

Lin Chi was puzzled: "What is the solution?" ”

"Have you forgotten? He is no longer a perfect person with fish, and he will only be laughed at when he returns from South Vietnam with a strong and sour appearance. It is a taboo for soldiers not to respect generals and generals, if a small soldier dares to make fun of him, what else can he use to rule the three armies! No matter what the cost, we must restore his dignity over all people, remembering that the form must be grand and grand to show his kingship, glory, and authority. Choose an auspicious day for King Chen to enter the city, and if there is a wild speech or a great rebellion on that day, you will be killed! ”

Lin Zhiling's aura is incomprehensible, and those who dare not agree do not dare to stand up and mention it. From the moment she learned of Mrs. Lin's death, Lin Zhiling changed and became more decisive and powerful. Lin Chi didn't know whether to be happy or sad about this.

Lin Zhiling: "Also, to collect Luo Qi's treasures, it must be inlaid with his crown." What about Zhou Chang? ”

The attendant stumbled: "Still playing Xiao Si in prison." ”

Since Xiao Si was captured, Zhou Chang has not stayed in prison for a day.

"How can it be!" Lin Zhiling slapped the table, "Call him!" ”

Zhou Chang was dragged in as soon as he drank a jar of wine, and said drunkly: "Madame has something to order." ”

Lin Zhiling: "When King Chen returns, I will ask you to kneel at the city gate to greet you." ”

Zhou Chang frowned unhappily, although he knew Lin Zhiling's intentions, but out of his heart, he didn't want to kneel to Youyu at all, the man had gold under his knees, he didn't mean to laugh at Youyu, but he didn't even bother to kneel in Cangluan, let alone Yuyu. "But bluffing, why be so serious."

"You have to kneel. You are the head of the three armies, as long as you are happy and sincere to serve the soldiers, you will have nothing to say, and you will admit that King Chen is above you. ”

"King Chen is naturally above me, but can I not kneel?" Zhou Chang said aggrievedly, "Can you change the way?" ”

"Are you defying military might?" Lin Zhiling said sternly, quite queenly, "If you don't comply, I will dispose of your toys." ”

"My toys?" The perimeter is at a loss.

Lin Zhiling picked up the fruit knife on the plate, touched the knife peak with his fingertips, and said coldly: "I will cut Xiao Si." ”

Zhou Chang shuddered and immediately gave a military salute: "Ahem, the last general obeys the order!" ”

At the end of a discussion, Zhen Bing walked to the back of the court in distress, sighing in addition to sighing. Lin Zhiling chased after him, changed his domineering posture, and said calmly: "Are you worried? ”

Zhen Bing lowered his head and was willing: "Aunt Feng... It's good that we two should be close friends, God will live up to you, you finally wait for him to come back, you are his queen. ”

"You're wrong." Lin Zhiling gave Zhen Bing an encouraging look, "He and I are not husband and wife, but like-minded allies." I had a heart

Zhen Bing smiled with satisfaction and asked greedily: "I want to know what King Chen and I mean to you?" ”

"You guys?" Lin Zhiling searched for the truest feeling in his heart, and only thought of one word, "Shoulder, shoulder." ”

Zhen Bingmumu: "I and King Chen are arms? ”

"He is the wings that can make me show my ambitions, and you are the arm that can give me sleep when I am tired and tired. You can't replace him, and he can't replace you. I'm with him, I'm with you, yes..."Lin Zhiling paused, and his face turned crimson for a while.

Zhen Bing desperately wanted to know the difference: "What is it?" ”

Lin Zhiling turned around and walked away quickly, and threw down a sentence coldly: "It's home." ”

Zhen Bing was stunned, and after thinking about it for a while, it suddenly dawned on her, and when she wanted to say something to her, she had disappeared.

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After more than two months of driving, Youyu finally stepped into the boundary of Qianzhou. This journey was unexpectedly smooth, even if he encountered trouble, as long as Yu Minuo waved his sleeves, the clouds disappeared, and he did not encounter much obstruction. As they passed through the other slave camps, the prisoners came to take refuge in the cell heads, and the number of stragglers increased to five thousand, like a snowball.

On the carriage, Yu Minuo knocked on the door of the fish brain: "Why is the turtle grandson taking a piece of green cloth to wrap his head?" ”

It's winter, the cold wind breaks through the window, and it's so cold that the fish shiver. If there were other colors of cloth in the carriage, he would not have wrapped his head in green. "I'm cold."

Chen Pu approached the carriage and said, "King Chen, Qianshou has sent a letter, asking you to wash the dust in the Sanxing Pavilion outside the city first, and then send someone to pick you up." ”

"Lin Chi, this old man has thoughts," Yu Minuo stroked his beard and said with satisfaction, "Let you go to the gym to wash the dust, the intention is to let you get into the fairy spirit, be reborn, and change your appearance." You have such a father-in-law, which is a blessing that you cultivated in your previous life. ”

Youyu shook his head: "Dad is good at looking, and my daughter-in-law is still clever in terms of strategy, I guess it is my daughter-in-law's meaning." ”

"Oh, Lin girl, Lin Chi..."Yu Minuo thought hard and hammered his useless head.

Lin's? I seem to have seen it myself, but when did it happen? He forgot, only vaguely remembered that when he was on the streets, hungry and poor, he seemed to have gone to the Lin Mansion to extort a handful of money.

Oh, that's what happened!

The fragments of memory joined together, and he remembered it! Lin Zhiling was just born that year, and in order to rub a few steamed buns for money, he came to Lin Zhiling's fortune telling and lied that she would give birth to a son of heaven in the future. That girl was so ugly that he still remembered it vividly, and the lingering face in his mind was called Lin Zhiling, and he didn't know what she looked like now.

Youyu: "Grandfather, what do you want to say?" ”

In the dark, Yu Minuo felt that she had a handful of fish in the pit again, and she was hesitant: "Huh? Not... I want to say that I have never met the Lin family. ”

A fish came to the Star Pavilion, and the Taoist chief had been waiting at the gate for a long time. The Taoist leader led the fish to the hot springs, so that the fish could take a good bath, firstly to wash away the dust of the long road, and secondly, to wash away the sores all over the body.

After bathing, a fish came to the side room, and in the center of the side room was quietly pestle a new set of armor and a set of royal robes lined with red and black lining, and on either side were a hair crown and a sword. The armor and royal robes are made of gold and silver threads, not to mention, the crown of gold embryo is inlaid with pearls and gemstones, and it shines brightly, and its cost must be very expensive, and it is worth a lot of money.

He was accustomed to seeing fish in luxurious costumes, but the armor really shook his heart, and he thought he had lost it—an exchange that he had once dismissed.

- "I also give you a treasure, this is the heart scale that my sister made for me, invulnerable." ”

It had been a scale from his armor, and he plucked it from it and gave it to himself.

A fish's fingers touched the cold scales, and for a moment his tough heart was broken, and he instinctively hugged it, hugging the armor tightly as if throwing himself into his arms, and his left face was pressed against the scales to listen to the heartbeat behind the armor, but he couldn't hear anything. He thought that he was about to go crazy, and he just wanted to rely on him like this, hoping that no one would disturb this quiet.

He can only dare to take out his haggard heart from under his skin when there is no one.

"King Chen...?" Just then a maid walked in.

Youyu was immediately startled, hurriedly pushed away the armor, looked back, saw that it was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"I am a maid of the Qianfu, and I was ordered to change clothes and make up for King Chen."

Youyu agreed, and the maid dressed Youyu in a royal robe and put on a crown, and skillfully hid half of the white hair under the black hair.

The maid sighed with emotion: "King Chen is full of energy and full of energy when he puts on his costume. ”

Youyu faced the bronze mirror, and finally looked in the mirror, his appearance was the same as before, only the love in his eyes was very different, maybe as Yu Minuo said, Shen Yun was not what it used to be.

"Thanks to your skillful hands to hide the king's white hair well, the king is rewarded."

"King Xie Chen." The maid was overjoyed and comforted Youyu, "King Chen doesn't have to worry, you gave birth to gray hair because you suffered too much, and now that you are back, you will be pampered, and your white hair will definitely turn back into black hair." ”

Youyu's expression suddenly turned cold, and he was silent for a long time.

"How can you know that my gray hair is not due to physical exhaustion, but despair, despair of the injustice of the world."

Youyu thought that he was calm, but the person in the mirror was full of murderous eyes, gritting his teeth, as if there was a resentful spirit surrounding his body, emitting a faint green dark light.

The girl behind her suddenly lost her smile as if she had seen a ghost, screamed and ran out in fear.

Some fish subconsciously felt themselves, only to realize that they were really clenching their teeth, as if they wanted to swallow something alive. Youyu didn't bother to pay attention, he leaned closer to the mirror to take a closer look, his fingers ran across his chin, and what he touched was skin as smooth as silk that could no longer grow a beard, and he looked at his hands with trepidation, the skeletal and rough palms that he once had were gone, replaced by hands as delicate as ice and as slender as a jade girl. He went mad with hatred, and in a frenzy drew his sword and cut the bronze mirror in half.

But I can't escape the appearance of reality, I shouldn't...

"Come, bring a new bronze mirror to this king."