Jinyang City Gu Mansion. Zhou Boyan sat on the main seat, "The brothers have worked hard all night, and these should be the wine money to warm up the brothers." He was the one who commanded them to receive the money, and it was to be given to them, and he would not ask for it.

Leng Jizheng and Gongzhou didn't say anything more, and withdrew the silver ticket, "My lord, although He Jun has been caught, the person behind him has not been found yet, and if there is a place where the last general is needed, my lord just orders." ”

Zhou Boyan fiddled with his sleeves, "Send a reliable and tight-mouthed one to keep an eye on Lord Zhang." He admitted that he had made such a big battle this time, one was to carry out the emperor's order, and the other was to take the opportunity to announce personal vendettas. His real target is not the descendants of He Jun mentioned by the emperor's order, but the descendants of He Jun's descendants. His spies had figured out the man's whereabouts, and he had to find some time to go over for a while.

When Leng and Gong said goodbye, Gu Shishi stepped forward with hot tea, "Childe, you are making such a big noise, then the people behind He Jun are frightened, I am afraid that they will run faster and farther, and this arrest will be even more difficult." ”

Zhou Boyan has his own plans, "I just want to alarm her and make her honest for a while." "For the New Year, he won't let those who don't have long eyes trouble with the Qingshu sisters and brothers. A well-timed warning can keep those restless honest for a while, and that's enough.

Gu Ruixing came in with a wine gourd and sat down on the table, "I said, Lord Yushi, what are you going to do with He Jun's kid?" He flicked his fingers, "And Mrs. Yun." ”

Gu Shishi answered, "That Zhang Yun is obviously just a concubine, and instead of calling her Aunt Yun, she calls Mrs. Yun, which is really strange." ”

Gu Ruixing took the peanut in his hand and threw it away, "Silly boy, she is nominally Lord Zhang's concubine, but in fact she is He Jun's person, and she is helping He Jun do something shady." With He Jun as her backer, she is not afraid of Lord Zhang, and she doesn't like others to call her aunt, so everyone calls her Mrs. Yun. ”

Gu Shishi muttered, "A concubine is a concubine, what kind of lady is pretending!" ”

Zhou Boyan spoke at this time, "Everything that should be asked has been asked, and it is useless to keep it in your hands." Aren't you going back to Beijing tomorrow? Either you escort them to Dali Temple, or let Lord Chen send someone to escort them into Beijing. You decide. ”

Gu Ruixing jumped off the table, "Which one said that this son will return to Beijing tomorrow?" Have the courage to stand up. ”

Zhou Boyan said slowly, "Which one said that?" You Lao Tzu said. General Gu sent a letter stating that he would see you in Beijing before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. If you dare not obey, your marriage will be advanced from the autumn of the next year to the spring of the next year. ”

Gu Ruixing opened his mouth, but he didn't dare to scold. Dare to scold Lao Tzu, who is a general, he has to shed his skin if he doesn't die. Depressed, he pulled the stopper from the gourd and poured a sip of wine.

Gu Shi smacked his tongue, "Next spring?" In a few days, the coming year will be gone. The day when the sixth prince of Gu will be the groom's official is not far off. ”

With a pop, Gu Ruixing immediately sprayed.

Gu Shishi screamed and jumped away, but he was still sprayed with some wine on his face and body. He wiped his face angrily, "Sixth Master Gu, you're too dirty. ”

Gu Ruixing's eyes widened, "Who do you kid say is dirty?" As he spoke, he slapped him in the face.

Gu Shishi rushed behind Zhou Boyan, "Childe, look at him, he is obviously very dirty, and he doesn't let people say that he is dirty, what is the reason?" ”

Zhou Boyan was troubled by them, "Okay, don't mess around." Then he arranged things for them by name, "Little Liu, go to the street to buy some good gifts, and rush with me to Kangxi Town in the afternoon." "Stone, you go in person, and buy some rare snacks that the girl's family likes to eat, the more the merrier."

Gu Shishi agreed with a happy face, "Yes." Childe rest assured, the little one must carefully buy Miss Gu's favorite snacks. Then he went out happily.

Gu Ruixing came over, "Hey, you bought the gift to please Sister Qingshu and win Sister Qingshu's favor." I don't need to do this, so why should I buy gifts? ”

Zhou Boyan kicked him and asked him to stay away, "Hmph, the gift you brought is not enough, Ashu won't give you fruit wine." ”

"Cut, I don't like to drink."

"You don't like to drink, but your mother loves to drink, and your sister Yuyan loves to drink."

Gu Ruixing had an epiphany and rushed out without any image to speak of, "Thank you, brother." By the time the word came out, his people had already gone outside. Before the marriage was decided, there was only one mother in the house who was difficult to handle. After getting married, in addition to the mother in the house, there is another fiancée who is difficult to handle. Every time he wants to go back to Beijing, he has a big head. Because the mother in the house and the fiancée outside the house are really difficult to please. One is not good, the other is unhappy, those two can toss him to death. The mother is full of chasing him. His fiancée was chasing him all over the capital. His life is miserable!

When Gu Shishi and Gu Ruixing left one after another, Zhou Boyan got up from his seat, left the front hall, and returned to his residence. He said that he was tired, and ordered the guards outside not to enter and disturb him for an hour. Then he went into the bedroom and closed the door. He walked to the closet, opened it, took a look, and took out a dark green robe. He walked to the bed with the robe, quickly took off his coat, and put it on.

There was a sword hanging on the wall, and he ignored it, but instead took the two sheathed daggers that were placed next to the sword. He rolled up his left sleeve and with one hand wrapped a strip of cloth around one of the daggers to his arm, and plunged it into the leather boot at his foot. Then, he checked the sleeve arrow fixed on his right wrist and made sure that there was no problem, so he lowered the left and right sleeves.

Instead of taking a black cloak, he took a dark green cloak of similar color to his outer robe, and finally took off the sword from the wall and hung it around his waist. He jumped on the bed, lowered the curtain, and pressed the mechanism, which creaked softly, and a square crack appeared in the wall on the inside of the bed. Then, the cracked square wall slowly sank until a hole appeared leading to the bottom.

He jumped down the hole. Once his feet were on the ground, he turned on the fire breaker and twisted the mechanism on the wall, and the wall above him was back to normal. He followed the secret passage until he finally crawled out of the dry well of an abandoned mansion and came to the surface. He left the abandoned mansion, turned left and right, and finally stopped outside the backyard wall of a small family with a nondescript courtyard. Seeing that there was no one left and right, he climbed the wall and jumped into the small courtyard.

As soon as his feet hit the ground, a long sword was pressed against the vital spot of his back. His hands naturally hung down at his sides, motionless, without any hint of panic.

The man holding the sword was a middle-aged man with a cold face. He stretched out his hand and took off the sword that Zhou Boyan was wearing on his waist, and then asked in a low voice, "Turn around slowly." ”

Zhou Boyan was very cooperative, and slowly turned around to face the cold-eyed middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man held a sword against Zhou Boyan's heart in one hand, and the sword taken from Zhou Boyan's body in the other hand, and picked the hat of the cloak that Zhou Boyan buckled on his head. When he saw the intruder's appearance, a trace of uneasiness flashed in his eyes, and there were some complicated and unspeakable feelings, "Who are you?" What is the intent of breaking into someone's home? ”

Zhou Boyan didn't look at him, his eyes fell on the things in the courtyard, "I want to meet your master, I wonder who your master is working for, that's all." ”

"Ice, get rid of the trash fish. The master was disturbed by the interest in playing chess and was very unhappy. The woman's delicate and crisp voice came from the open space in front of the house.

The middle-aged man known as Bing replied, "Please report to the master Miss Chen, it is Yan Gongzi who came uninvited." How to entertain, please show the master. ”

Suddenly, Zhou Boyan was brought into the house by the girl and another woman in the morning. Zhou Boyan sat on a chair that looked pleasing to the eye as if he was on his own turf, without the slightest sense of intruder.

There was no hot tea, no greetings, Miss Chen and another woman stood behind Zhou Boyan left and right. Naturally, they didn't want to protect Zhou Boyan, but to take care of Zhou Boyan.

Behind the screen opposite, the sound of chess pieces falling on the board is occasionally heard. Judging from the vague silhouette of the shadow reflected on the screen, there is only one person sitting behind the screen, and I don't know whether it is a man or a woman. This person is playing against himself.

Patience, Zhou Boyan has. But he didn't have time. "How is Aunt Ziyi doing?" He said that, and immediately frowned, "It's negligence." The title of Aunt in Purple can no longer be called since the day you leave the palace. ”

The sound of falling chess behind the screen stops immediately.

Zhou Boyan, "So, how do you call it so that it doesn't look rude?" Call Lady Purple? But you are still unmarried. Call you the girl in purple, but you're too old. ”

The man behind the screen seemed to be angry, and the pieces on the chessboard were swept to the ground, making a loud noise.

"Shut up." Miss Chen angrily scolded Zhou Boyan.

Zhou Boyan grabbed the vase placed on the table for decoration, and smashed it with a blank face, smashing it on the forehead of the girl in the morning. He didn't even blink an eye before he smashed the forehead of the beautiful big girl. Moreover, not only did he not feel a little guilty, but he also wiped the hand that had grabbed the vase on the cloak with some disgust, and then spoke to the person behind the screen again, "When your former master, Xiao Guifei, was beaten into the cold palace, it was the time when you showed your loyalty, but you didn't show up, and the flourishing Xiao family fell apart, I don't know what you think?" ”

"Let's go!" Behind the screen, the woman's voice was a little broken, as if her throat had broken down. Moreover, the woman's voice revealed a thick tiredness,

Zhou Boyan, "You once sowed discord between General Gu and Mrs. Gu, and called Gu Qingyang in Mrs. Gu's arms a son. Who instructed this? After the battle of Qixia Pass, you once ran to the blood-stained battlefield and wept bitterly. What are you crying about? Who are you crying for? ”

"Enough, Chen'er, Yun'er, you go out." The woman behind the screen is admitting that she is purple.

Yun'er hurriedly helped Chen'er, who was kneeling on the ground, and didn't even dare to deal with the wound on his forehead, and retreated.

Ziyi didn't come out from behind the screen, "The past has long been turned into a cloud of smoke, so there is no need to mention it." If you survive, live well, don't lose your life because of some senseless past. Whether it's the eldest princess, or Zhou Yuma, as well as General Gu, General Wu, Empress Wu, Chu Nanfeng, and Wu ......" Her voice gradually lowered, and when she reached the back, it became a self-talking murmur, which made people unreal. Then, she seemed to come back to her senses, returning to her previous volume, "Stop! Don't look any further. Otherwise, you'll be the next to die. ”

Zhou Boyan, "I've stopped, but you refuse to stop." I don't want to avenge my father's revenge. But if you put your hand on their brother and sister, I won't agree. ”

"Haha...... Jing Fei, haha...... Look at what happens to you, haha...... Your son is not ready to avenge you, he doesn't want to avenge you at all, Jing Fei, Jing Fei...... Haha......" Ziyi laughed maniacally for a moment and calmed down, "Let's go!" I will spare you today and not die, but I will not take you as an example. ”

"You and your master underestimate me Zhou Boyan too much. Do I really know nothing? Concubine Xiao and Master Hou, what are they? Your true master is someone else. Just as I can't kill your master, so your master can't kill me. ”

"Don't think too highly of yourself, kill or not, just try it."

"Your master can't kill me, and the reason is naturally not some flesh and blood affection. Rather, if I have any mistakes, hundreds of thousands of iron horsemen from Xichang Kingdom will sweep across the land of Da'an. This is the promise made by Xichang Guodang to my father and mother many years ago, and solemnly swore to God. After Zhou Boyan threw out such shocking news, he got up and walked out.

Outside the door, the middle-aged man named Bing stood with his sword in his hand, as if he had something to say to Zhou Boyan.

saw Zhou Boyan walking straight over, approaching, and said lightly, "Bing, she is waiting for you underground." Then he took a few steps back and stood still.

Bing looked down at the dagger stuck in his heart. He staggered a few steps, stepped back, leaned his back against the wall, and let the sword in his hand fall to the ground, slowly sliding to the ground. He stared at Zhou Boyan with a sense of relief in his gaze, and replied softly, "I know." She's been waiting for me underground. ”

The sound of teacups shattering came from inside the house, and a woman stumbled out. She wore the woman's hair in a bun, her face veiled black, and she was dressed in white. She stood at the door, staring at Zhou Boyan, "How can you?" ”

Zhou Boyan said expressionlessly, "Traitor, killing his wife, which one didn't do it." ”

"What?" Purple muttered softly.

"My mother used to have two hidden guards around her, and they were called the ice and snow two guards. Ice is a man, Snow is a woman, they are both inseparable guards and husband and wife. In the battle of Qixia Pass, he took advantage of the chaos to stab my mother with a sword, but he did not succeed, just because my father took this sword for my mother. His maiden Snow guard confronts him why, and he kills her on the spot and escapes in the chaos. Traitor and wife murder should be punished. ”

Ziyi staggered, grabbed the door frame, and his eyes were bloodshot.

Zhou Boyan, "It turns out that you don't know. It's okay, it's not too late for you to know. Ice must have been sent by your true master to protect you. But you must know that the preservation of ice is not for the sake of the protector, but for the betrayal of the critical moment. When your master thinks you can disappear, the ice will send you on your way. ”

Ziyi stared at the ice, tears overflowing from her eyes.

"For more than half a year, I have stopped and have not pursued the events of that year. But you still won't stop, and you put your hand on the person I care about. Tell your master that if you don't stop and dare to cause trouble again, I will get rid of the chess pieces she holds in the palm of her hand one by one. Ice, is the first, but it won't be the last. Zhou Boyan said, took his sword, and walked straight to the courtyard gate.

The guards who came out when they heard the sound, seeing that the master did not speak, did not dare to move, and let Zhou Boyan swagger open the courtyard door and leave.

Purple Yi moved to Bing, who was leaning against the wall, like a ghost, and squatted down, "Do you have anything to say?" ”

Blood spilled from the corners of Bing's mouth, but he wasn't dead yet, and his eyes weren't completely closed. He just stared at a certain point in the sky, and his breathing began to weaken.

Purple grabbed his bun frantically, ripped his head off the wall, and looked at him with bitter hatred in his eyes. She leaned close to his ear and said in a voice that only they could hear, "Sue me, you didn't stab Zhou Qiao." ”

The ice breath said weakly, "Yes, I stabbed it, donkey, dang, when a sword in the chest." ”

Ziyi cried out in pain, but his slender hand held the handle of the dagger that had sunk into the ice, and pulled it out hard, and the red blood splattered out with the dagger he pulled out.

Ice twitched a few times, closed his eyes, and was not breathing.

As Zhou Boyan walked, he untied the cloak that was splashed with blood beads on his body and threw it to the oncoming man dressed in black. After that, he returned to the abandoned mansion alone, entered through the dry well, and followed the secret passage back to the original point. When Gu Shishi returned home after shopping, he had already done his surface work, lay down in the quilt, and prepared to take a nap.

But it backfired, not only Gu Shi came back, but Gu Ruixing also returned. The two of them quarreled again, and it reached his bedside. He told the guards that the hour had passed, and that the guards would not stop them.

He sat up with a tired face, "What's the matter?" ”

Gu Shi pulled his neck and shouted, "Childe, the sixth prince of Gu is very excessive, and he follows the small one like a tail." Not only that, he snatched all the good snacks that the little ones saw, and he didn't leave the small ones at all if he wanted as many as he wanted in the shop. Childe, those snacks are Miss Gu's favorite food on weekdays, and it is not easy for Xiao Xiao to inquire about it, and it is not easy to find it. How could he do that? Excessively. ”

Gu Ruixing grabbed a handful of fried peanuts and threw a grain into his mouth from time to time, and sat down on Zhou Boyan's bed unceremoniously, "Your son-in-law asked you to buy those things, also to please Sister Qingshu." I bought those things to please Sister Qingshu. Same, same, nothing to talk about. Besides, my son-in-law rushed to buy it, which just saved a sum of money for your son-in-law, and your son-in-law earned it, do you know? ”

Gu Shi pointed at his nose, and you were angry for a long time, but you didn't dare to scold.

I didn't sleep all night last night, and I have been busy since dawn, and now I can finally sleep peacefully for a while, and these two are arguing endlessly. Zhou Boyan was not in a good mood, and kicked Gu Ruixing, who was sitting on the bed, down, "I want to quarrel." ”

Gu Ruixing, who almost fell to the ground, immediately jumped to his feet, "Brother, can you say hello before you start?" If you break Ben Shao's flower and moon appearance, can you afford to pay for it? ”

Zhou Boyan twitched the corner of his mouth, "Since you have a flower and a moon appearance, why don't you go and sit in that flower building for a few days and live the addiction of being an oiran?" ”

Gu Shishi laughed heartily, ignoring Gu Ruixing's angry gaze, "What Childe said is extremely true. We are clumsy, and we can't appreciate the flowers and moons cherished by the ancient six sons. However, the skin of the sixth prince of Gu Liu, combing the woman's hairstyle, wearing the woman's long skirt, and not using the rouge and gouache, just sit in the flower building, which will attract countless princes and grandsons. ”

Gu Ruixing ran to the chair and sat down, "You two masters and servants will hurt people the most. ”

Zhou Boyan saw that he couldn't sleep this time, so he said, "Okay, don't make any noise, get ready to prepare, and rush back." ”

Half an hour later, Zhou Boyan and his entourage, who were ready to pack, left Jinyang City. On the second day, they arrived at the town of Kangxi and came to the ancient mansion.

Qingyang got the letter and ran out. Halfway through the run, he remembered something, ran back again, and stretched out his hand, "Let's go pick up Brother Yan." ”

A person was left in place, and Haohuodi, who bowed his head a little lonely, looked up with surprise in his eyes. He threw away the brush in his hand and handed it to Qingyang.

Qingyang clenched his hand and pulled him to run out, "Hurry up, hurry up." When the two of them ran to the front, Zhou Boyan and Gu Ruixing were standing in the courtyard talking to Steward Gu.

Qing Shu was sewing a royal blue man's robe.

Xiaojuan happily entered the house and reported, "Miss, Miss, Yan Gongzi is back." ”

Qing Shu curled the corners of his mouth unconsciously, "Got it, you go down!" ”

Xiaojuan was puzzled, "Miss, aren't you going to take a look?" ”

Qing Shu sat still, "Don't go." Didn't you see that Miss was busy? Where are so many problems! "He's always coming and going, so she doesn't want to pick him up.

Although she is a modern person, she still has to abide by the rules in front of people. Qingyang may have to embark on a career in the future, she doesn't want to leave any words to talk to people and affect Qingyang's future. Of course, only when she is with them personally, she will not refuse the appropriate intimacy, and is happy to slowly cultivate this relationship naturally.