When the dawn broke in the east, the Huangfu siblings and Gongsun Yuanqing had already packed up, and Gongsun Yuanqing escorted the assassin who had been abolished by Huangfu Yongning to secretly return to the capital, while Huangfu Yongning and his brother continued to hurry.

Gongsun Yuanqing escorted the assassins all the way, but in five days, he had already arrived at the Dingbei Hou Mansion. Huangfu Jingde was talking to Qi Jinghuan, and suddenly heard that Gongsun Yuanqing was asking to see him outside the mansion, and he couldn't help but be secretly surprised, he knew that Gongsun Yuanqing went out of Beijing to relax. At this time, Gongsun Yuanqing shouldn't be in the capital.

"Come in, please." Huangfu Jingde gave an order, and someone immediately took Gongsun Yuanqing and the carriage behind him into the Dingbei Hou Mansion.

"Nephew, please Uncle Huangfu." As soon as he entered the Zhenwu Hall, Gongsun Yuanqing bowed and worshipped, and his tone was extremely affectionate. Huangfu Jingde smiled and leaned over to help Gongsun Yuanqing up, and said with a warm smile: "Yuanqing hurry up, aren't you out of Beijing, and you'll be back so soon?" Look at you, but you just returned to Beijing? Sit down and talk. ”

Gongsun Yuanqing stood up, glanced at Qi Jinghuan who was sitting on the side, bowed slightly and hugged his fists and said, "Gongsun Yuanqing has seen the prince." ”

Qi Jinghuan raised his hand with a smile and said, "Brother Gongsun doesn't have to be polite, I've worked hard all the way, please take a seat." "He is called Gongsun Yuanqing with Huangfu Yongning, if it is really about age, Qi Jinghuan is slightly older than Gongsun Yuanqing a few months, so there is really no need to call him a brother.

Gongsun Yuanqing did not want to sit down, but bowed down again and said: "Lord, Yuanqing has something important to report to the emperor's uncle alone, and ask the prince to make it convenient." ”

Qi Jinghuan frowned slightly at first, then smiled faintly, stood up and bowed to Huangfu Jingde and said, "Father-in-law, my son-in-law will go for a walk in Baicao Garden." Huangfu Jingde nodded, and Qi Jinghuan walked out quickly. As soon as he left, all the people who had been listening to the errand in the True Martial Arts Hall also retreated.

When Qi Jinghuan walked out of the Zhenwu Hall, Huangfu Jingde frowned and asked, "Yuan Qing, what happened to you when you returned to Beijing in a hurry?" ”

Gongsun Yuanqing will meet Huangfu's brothers and sisters in the mountains and forests, and he will talk about the attack in the middle of the night, Huangfu Jingde was extremely shocked when he heard it, and shouted angrily: "How can this be true, Yuanqing, where is the living mouth now?" ”

Gongsun Yuanqing hurriedly said: "Back to uncle, the assassin is in the carriage in the outer courtyard, Yongning just wants to ask his uncle to interrogate carefully, so as to dig out all the people behind the scenes." ”

"That's exactly what you said, Yuan Qing, you have worked hard, it's getting late at this time, just stay overnight at my uncle's place, and it's not too late to go home tomorrow."

Gongsun Yuanqing has nothing to do, and he also volunteered to say: "Uncle Huangfu, the little nephew thinks that this matter should be investigated secretly, and the little nephew is not talented, and he is willing to help the uncle." ”

Huangfu Jingde thought for a while before nodding and responding: "It's okay, but Yuanqing, you should still go home and report to your grandmother." ”

Gongsun Yuanqing responded with joy, and Huangfu Jingde saw that he was tired from the dust, so he ordered someone to send Gongsun Yuanqing to the guest room to rest, and ordered Fang Yi to take care of the living mouth brought back by Gongsun Yuanqing. After the arrangement was stopped, Huangfu Jingde went to Baicao Garden in person.

Baicao Garden is the courtyard of Huangfu Yong'an, Huangfu Yong'an has no public relationship because of his identity, so he rarely has the opportunity to live here, and it was a place for Qi Jinghuan to rest when he came to Dingbei Houfu. When Huangfu Jingde walked into the Baicao Garden, he saw Qi Jinghuan holding a small watering can to carefully water the seedlings that had just broken through the soil.

Seeing his father-in-law walk in, Qi Jinghuan hurriedly put down the small watering can in his hand, wiped the water stains on his hands with a handkerchief, and walked quickly to meet him.

"Father-in-law......" Qi Jinghuan shouted.

Huangfu Jingde responded with a smile and called very affectionately: "Huan'er, Yuan Qing is a straight man, just now he doesn't ...... you very much."

"Father-in-law, Brother Yuan Qing is very good, and the son-in-law is thinking about getting closer to him." Qi Jinghuan spoke first, interrupting his father-in-law's words.

Huangfu Jingde nodded, and became more and more satisfied with Qi Jinghuan in his heart, what an empathetic son-in-law he is.

"Huan'er, my father has something to ask you, let's go into the room and sit down and talk slowly." Huangfu Jingde said with a smile, and took the lead in walking to the upper room, Qi Jinghuan was full of doubts, and hurriedly followed.

"Father-in-law, what do you want to ask?" Qi Jinghuan had a bad premonition in his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

"Huan'er, Yong'an Yongning met an assassin on the road, they interrogated it first, and the assassin confessed that someone in the capital spent 50,000 taels of silver to buy them to assassinate Jiang Buren, you help your father analyze and analyze, who is going to do this to Ah Ren?" Huangfu Jingde did not hide it, and told the truth.

"Assassinating Ah Ren? Ah Ren has only been in the capital for more than two months, and he has basically stayed at home in the palace of his son-in-law for more than two months, how could anyone want to kill him? Could it be...... Is it because he healed me and sinned against my enemies? But I don't have any enemies, do I? Qi Jinghuan muttered to himself.

Huangfu Jingde looked directly at his son-in-law, and the faces of the powerful people in the capital flashed in his mind, but he couldn't catch anyone who might have an enmity with Qi Jinghuan. Qi Jinghuan has been frail and sickly since he was a child, except for the palace and Prince Le's mansion, he has hardly set foot in other places, and he has no chance to make enemies with others. However, Huangfu Yongan has been treating Qi Jinghuan since he entered Beijing, and it can be said that he is more simple than Qi Jinghuan, and his chance of contact with outsiders is almost zero, and it is even more impossible to form a personal enmity with others. If it is said that it is for the true identity of Huangfu Yongan, all those who know the truth are the most reliable people, whether it is Gongsun Sheng, Qi Jinghuan or Fang Yi, it is absolutely impossible and there is no reason to poison Huangfu Yongan.

The more I thought about Huangfu Jingde, the more I felt that my brain was extremely confused, as if someone had stuffed it into a mess. Just when Huangfu Jingde was worried, Qi Jinghuan suddenly smiled, he smiled and said: "Father-in-law, no matter who is behind the scenes, the son-in-law thinks that this is a great opportunity for Ah Ren Jin Cicada to come out of his shell and restore his identity. It's better to count the calculations ......"

Huangfu Jingde raised his eyebrows and asked in a deep voice: "How do you say this?" ”

"Father-in-law, just let Jiang Buren be assassinated, and let Yongan officially recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors." Qi Jinghuan said with a smile.

"This ...... That's a great idea! Huangfu Jingde quickly figured it out, smiled and nodded in approval. Got the praise of his father-in-law, Qi Jinghuan's white face was slightly flushed, the more handsome and refined he looked, Huangfu Jingde saw his son-in-law who was like a fairy, and suddenly frowned, the son-in-law looked too good, and when his body and bones were completely healed in the future, he didn't know how many peach blossoms he had to provoke, it was really better to be ordinary and ordinary, and he could marry his daughter with confidence.

"Why is my father-in-law upset?" Seeing that his father-in-law, who was still smiling just now, suddenly sank his face, Qi Jinghuan hurriedly bowed down and asked, Huangfu Jingde was not good to say it directly, so he only frowned and sighed: "Since I returned to Beijing, I haven't stopped, it's really better to be at ease in Northern Xinjiang, it was bitter at that time, but there were no such troublesome things, not aggrieved!" ”

Qi Jinghuan nodded slightly, he knew his father-in-law's difficulties. Everyone understands the truth of the cunning rabbit and the death of the lackey, and now that the swoop has been extinguished, the Dachen border is surrounded by each other, and the military generals who have been valued for 20 years will be left out in the cold. Just being snubbed is nothing, I am afraid of the emperor's jealousy, as the marshal of the Dingbei Army with the most outstanding military achievements, his father-in-law must be the most jealous courtier of his imperial uncle. Even if his father-in-law made up his mind to be a pure minister, he was afraid that his imperial uncle who had lived in the deep palace for a long time would not be at ease, and as time went by, his father-in-law's life became more and more difficult day by day.

"Father-in-law, the situation has been calmed down, I wonder if there are other hidden dangers in Northern Xinjiang?" Qi Jinghuan suddenly asked a question that he had never asked before. The emperor who asked was stunned.

"This ...... The northern territory is vast and sparsely populated, and there are dozens of tribes such as Dahan, Tuyi, Khotan, and Namen on the grassland for thousands of miles outside the Guan, in addition to Khura, these tribes are not very populous, and occasionally raid the border of Dachen in winter and spring every year, they call it the grass valley, grab some grain, grass, salt, tea and other things, in order to survive the dry grass season. These tribes are not very populous, and when they fight grass valleys, they only rob things without harming people's lives, and sometimes they cannot be said to be robbing, and they will forcibly exchange gold, silver, jewelry, furs and other things. It's just that the northern Xinjiang is bitterly cold, the production in the fields is very limited, and the people work hard for a year, but they can only get barely subsistence food, so they are not willing to trade with those tribes outside the border, so every winter and spring, there are still a few battles. In recent years, the military strength of our Dingbei Army has increased greatly, and if it is not forced into a desperate situation, those tribes will not dare to cross the border to fight the grass valley......" Huangfu Jingde said while recalling, the whole person's expression was not the same as usual, and he seemed to have returned to the northern frontier.

Qi Jinghuan listened to his father-in-law's words and pondered a lot, but in the end he didn't say anything, just sighed deeply, he had an idea in his heart, but he knew very well in his heart that this idea was impossible to realize, at least during the reign of his imperial uncle. If the future successor is a visionary, he may be able to give it a try.

"Huan'er, why are you sighing?" Huangfu Jingde asked.

Qi Jinghuan looked at his father-in-law and said solemnly: "Father-in-law, my son-in-law has been wondering, why do all the border tribes want to bite me Da Chen, can't they really find a way to coexist peacefully?" Years of war, in the end, it is the people on both sides who suffer, and when will it be the end? ”

Huangfu Jingde was silent for a long time, and then said in a deep voice: "Huan'er, in the past, my Dachen country was strong but the military was not strong, just like a three-year-old child standing alone in the downtown with jewelry in his hand, and anyone who passed by could easily snatch a few things from this child's hands, decades have passed, and the various tribes on the Dachen border have developed the habit of robbing the Dachen border, if they don't hurt them hard, they can't stop." Peace has always been built on the basis of a strong country, and without absolute strength, peace is just a joke. Maybe you can't figure it out now, but one day you can leave the capital and take a look around, and you will be able to understand the meaning of being a father. ”