In the dark twilight, a figure had been guarding the corner gate at the back of Gao Junya's mansion for a whole day, hiding in the shadow of the corner. Not long after Wang Wei left, the corner door was gently opened, and a ball of paper was thrown out from the inside, and the figure flashed, swept up the paper ball on the ground, and unfolded it by the moonlight, only writing the words "Jin Temple the day after tomorrow".

The figure took the paper ball into his arms, walked away, and when he passed by the hidden corner gate, he said in a low voice: "Tomorrow, find an opportunity to leave the house, hide away, be careful not to teach people to be suspicious." ”

There was a low "hey" from inside the door, and then there was silence.

The figure walked forward briskly for a while, and a carriage was waiting, and he jumped into the carriage.

The carriage hurried all the way in the early night, and came to an abrupt stop in front of a small mansion, and the figure jumped out of the carriage, and without waiting for a knock at the door, the door opened, and the figure flickered, and flashed into the door, and the carriage hurried slowly to the back door of the small house. In an instant, the door of the house was quiet again, and it seemed that no one and a car had ever come.

The man wrapped in the dark shadow shook off his cloak, threw it away, and strode towards the main house at the other end of the courtyard. Mu Qing stood on the stone steps in front of the main house, watching him walk step by step, his eyes were still the long and curved peach blossom eyes, but his expression was solemn and grim.

"He Suizhao is back." She turned around and returned to the main room, and whispered to Du Ruhui, who also looked solemn.

Du Ruhui's eyebrows trembled, and he hurriedly put down the teacup in his hand and stood up. He Suizhao had already strode into the room, and as he walked, he took out the crumpled paper from his bosom and placed it on the table.

"Brother Du is expected to be the slightest bit worse, Gao Junya and Wang Wei are indeed very weak-hearted, as soon as they say that Li Gong intends to attack them, they are really afraid, it can be seen that they secretly talk to the court on weekdays, but they are afraid that they will report a lot of unwarranted criticism." He Suizhao took a cup of white chrysanthemum tea handed by Mu Qing, his thoughts stopped in an instant, and the grim lines on his face were slightly relaxed, and he raised his hand to drink the tea.

Du Ruhui sat back on the table, picked up the crumpled paper, stared at the words "Jin Temple of the Day After Tomorrow" on it, and did not urge He Suizhao to speak in detail, just waited for him to drink tea and straightened out his thoughts again.

"'Jin Ancestral Hall the day after tomorrow', the day after tomorrow is going to pray for rain at the Jin Ancestral Hall, I wonder what it means, these two people are going to preemptively strike when praying for rain? If this is the case, tomorrow they will set up troops in the Jin Temple. He Suizhao asked, "It's unpredictable to know what happened in the future, how did Brother Du settle Neiying by his side when Gao Junya first arrived in Jinyang?" Can you really plan for the future? ”

"Although Yang Guang gave Li Gong heavy power, how could such a suspicious person trust him? Wang and Gao are named General Hu Ben Lang and General Hu Ya Lang, which are obviously the eyes and ears of Yang Guang placed next to Li Gong. In order to invite merit and reward, the two must always be meticulous and timely, and they must not add oil and vinegar to it. Yang Guang can not only bury his eyes and ears in Jinyang, how can we not use his own way to govern his body, but also set up an ear and eye by his side, and whether it is useful or not, it will not be wrong. ”

Du Ruyan had a solemn face, took the pen and paper, tore it into a narrow strip after writing, and handed it to Ah Liu on the side, "Give it to Ada, let him release the flying slave immediately, and pass it on to Erlang." ”

Ah Liu said "hey", took the note, and went straight to the backyard to find Ada.

Du Ruhui calmly continued: "Ah Yue lived up to expectations, so that Li Gong couldn't let go, he wanted to be private, if he didn't mean to talk around, who would care about a palace that has not been driven for a long time, there are more or fewer palace people, and the king and Gao will not know." Now that these two people knew, they wanted to add material to report the good invitation. Especially that Wang Wei, he has the delusion of replacing Li Gong on weekdays, and when he heard that Li Gong was going to kill him, he was even more panicked in his heart, and the idea of striking first probably came from his mouth. Fight together, after reporting to Jiangdu afterwards, the lord is suspicious, and privately kills the person who deceived the king, not only is there no mistake, but it is also a miracle, and the title of Jinyang Taishou will fall on his head nine times out of ten. ”

He narrated most of the layout in one breath, one ring after another, and the slightest thread was in the thread. Mu Qing was stunned for a while when he heard this, and cold sweat pulled up from the back of his neck, he was busy for months, it turned out that he had gathered gambling from Nanloufang, got acquainted with and bribed Pei Gongjian, and began to set up this bureau.

She suddenly recalled a scene from her childhood for no reason, in the hot summer, Daddy and his friend Yu Shibo had a secret conversation in the study, Yu Shibo had entrusted Daddy to teach him if he met Du Ruhui in the future, so kill the decisive person, don't teach him to go astray.

Did he learn all this from Daddy? Yes or no, she is in the same class with him every day, although Daddy can't understand the teaching very clearly, but he also knows that Daddy has never taught such a sharp trick.

If he had the heart to conquer the world on his own instead of assisting others, he might not be able to succeed. Mu Qing was suddenly frightened by this thought, and he was busy brushing away the distracting thoughts and didn't dare to think about it anymore. Raised his eyes and looked at the man in front of him, who had always been gentle and warm, but at the moment he was as calm as a piece of iron and stone, familiar to the bone and marrow, and strange to thousands of miles away.

Du Ruhui stood up from his seat, his eyes cold, "Since they have chosen the day after tomorrow, then the day after tomorrow." After that, he turned to He Suizhao, "Only tomorrow, time is pressing, carefully arrange the manpower, and there must be no mistakes." ”

He Suizhao hurriedly entered the house, and left in a hurry. The small mansion is as quiet as most of the houses in Jinyang City, and there is not a trace of wind, and no one can associate this quiet and peaceful small mansion with the clouds.

Ah Liu carried a large food box into the main room, opened the lid of the food box, and slowly took out two bowls of thin soup cakes from inside. "I have barely eaten all day, and since there is a big thing ahead, I should eat some and save up my strength."

Du Ruhui had already changed his expression, the cold and solemn was no longer on his face, and he smiled softly and plainly, thanked him for taking the bowl in Ah Liu's hand, and then took her bowl for Mu Qing.

Mu Qing looked at the thin soup cakes floating in the bowl, picked up the chopsticks, sighed and fiddled a few times, but he really didn't have much appetite, so he put half of it into his bowl, and slowly swallowed the rest of the bowl in small sips.

The two sat silently and ate for a while, Du Ruhui had already eaten all the soup cakes in the bowl, but Mu Qing still had a little left, he looked into her bowl, frowned, and asked in a soft voice. "But frightened?"

"Why, I've been used to it for a long time." She smiled, made a barely ridiculous expression, shook her head and said, "I'm tired, with your mind turning all day, it's too draining." ”

"If you're tired, go to bed early." He couldn't help but reach out and touch her full forehead.

"Aren't you sleeping yet?"

He lowered his eyes for a pause, then raised his smiling eyes again, "I'll accompany you." As he spoke, he raised his voice and called for someone to clean up the dishes and chopsticks.

Mu Qing was really tired, and when he lay on the bed, he felt sleepy and weak, and his waist, limbs, hands and feet were sore. She turned her back to his chest, cushioned his arm as a pillow, and the smell of the incense in the Jianning Palace that she had smoked a while ago remained on his clothes, which was already extremely faint, still smelling very good, and he slowly closed his sour eyes.

He gently rubbed the soreness of her arms and waist, and within half a moment, he felt the sound of her subtle and steady breathing, and she had fallen asleep steadily. He carefully pulled his arm from under her head, dragged it over a soft pillow, moved to the bed, lifted the curtain, and sat down again.

After seven years of planning, success or failure was the day after tomorrow, which made it difficult for him to sleep. There was no wind outside the house, and the moonlight was very good, so he walked outside the house with his hands in his hands, and sat alone on the stone bench in the courtyard, and sat in a daze for a long time, only looking at the moon.

……

The thirteenth year of Sui Daye and the year of Ding Chou.

At the end of June, the fifteen counties of Taiyuan County have been dry for a long time without rain, and the green seedlings in the fields are about to die of scorching and drought.

For the people who watched and prayed for rain, this day was just a lively day to see, or with a little hope, Ba hoped that the old man could be moved by the official sacrifice, and it really rained, but this thought was far behind the enthusiasm to join in the fun.

For Tang Guogong, it is nothing more than a day of living a scene, showing that the official family cares about the people.

For the two generals of Huben and Huya, as well as Du Ruhui and others, it was a thrilling day that had been waiting for a long time.

Before the sky was clear, Mu Qing couldn't sleep anymore, got off the bed lightly, took the dim night light, stared at his sleeping face for a while, and couldn't help but want to reach out to touch the brow that he was slightly twisting in his sleep, his hand was raised, but he was afraid of waking him up, so he finally put it down again.

She cautiously fumbled open the door and went to the backyard to prepare breakfast for him. Because the cook has been instructed overnight to take care of the fire, there is already a fire in the back kitchen at this time.

Mu Qing pushed the door in, Ah Liu was already busy in the kitchen, looking at her sunken eyes, she couldn't sleep last night. Since that day everything was decided, Ada insisted on following Du Ruhui to go with him, and Mu Qing also had this intention, so he didn't say much, but he felt a little sorry for Ah Liu in his heart.

When Ah Liu saw her come in, he hurriedly asked, "The dough has risen, but you want to make soup cakes by yourself?" ”

Mu Qing nodded, lifted his sleeve on his elbow, and walked to the square table. I don't know what soup is boiling on the stove behind the square table, and the meat smells strong. She pointed to the pot and asked the cook, "What is stewed in it?" A fishy smell. ”

"Sheep bones." Ah Liu took over, "It's not fishy, it flew through the water, and the soup was stewed like water, how could it smell." ”

As soon as the words fell, Mu Qing couldn't bear it anymore, turned around and turned his back to the square table, covered his mouth and nose and retched for a while. Ah Liu hurriedly put down the work in his hand and poured a bowl of water.

This feeling is familiar, Mu Qing's heart flashed a burst of doubt, the situation of the previous few days passed quickly through his mind one by one, the more he thought about it, the more suspicious he became, but he didn't dare to confirm it, he was afraid that the sudden joy would be empty in an instant.

Ah Liu tilted his head to look at her face, stared at her for a long time, suddenly opened his eyes, shocked, concerned, and surprised looks hit his face together, while helplessly put down the bowl of water in his hand, raised and put down his two hands, and raised them again, I don't know where to put them, and said with a knotted mouth: "Quick, quick, take a look at the pulse, don't you also know medical science, take a look." ”

Mu Qing hung his head and hesitated, unable to say a word incoherently.

"Hurry up, hesitate. Or did I go to a healer? Aliu urged again.

Mu Qing looked like he had finally made up his mind, turned around and sat down at the square table, clasped the fingers of his left hand on his right wrist, closed his eyes and listened carefully for a while, opened his eyes suddenly, his face was full of joy that could not be concealed, but he couldn't say a whole sentence in his mouth, the joy in his eyes was intertwined with tears, and finally a tear fell.

Ah Liu was so excited that he trotted a few steps on the spot, "Go and tell Ah Lang that you know, maybe you want to be happy." ”

"Aliu." Mu Qing suddenly stretched out his hand to hold her, and then glanced at the smiling cook by the stove, "No one can say it, so as not to distract him." When today's affairs are settled, I will join him. ”