After two days and two nights without rest, Qin Mubai lay down and slept until most of the night before waking up. The pawns didn't dare to call him, in fact, they were all tired, and most of them hid in their rooms to rest.

In fact, Chen Yan is more tired than anyone else. In the past month or so, she has not closed her eyes with peace of mind, and she has lost a lot of weight. I just got rid of the big burden in my heart, and finally got a good night's sleep. Waking up with soreness, but a feeling of being reborn.

"It's finally over......" she murmured silently, scooping up the water from the tub and washing her face. Seeing himself in the reflection, he couldn't help but feel a little sad: "Women get old so fast......"

"Tuk tuk", there was a knock on the door.

"Who?"

"Qin Mubai."

Chen Yan was slightly stunned, wiped her face with a towel, and carefully examined herself in front of the bronze mirror, suddenly feeling a little flustered.

"Why am I so bad now, how can I meet people?" Her face flushed slightly, and she suddenly felt a little like her heart was beating faster.

Since she came to Jishan from her hometown two or three months ago, she has never dressed up carefully, and even forgot that she is a woman. Now, she found that she was really haggard enough, except that her eyes were dark, and even her eyes were a little dull from exhaustion.

"It's time for a good rest...... Otherwise, she will soon become a yellow-faced woman. Chen Yan frowned and walked over to open the door, and saw Qin Mubai carrying a wooden plate in his hand, on which were a whole steamed chicken and two pots of side dishes, as well as a wine bowl.

"Won't you invite me in and sit down?" Qin Mubai smiled slightly and raised his arm to signal.

"The dignified general came to the hall to deliver food, how dare you be?" Chen Yan smiled rarely, opened the door, and welcomed Qin Mubai into the room.

"Look you've been sleeping without interruption. It's midnight, and the inn is closing. You're going to go hungry if you don't get out of bed. Qin Mubai put the wooden plate on the table and said to her, "Come, let's eat some together." I didn't eat it either, thanks to my brothers' kindness, I bought these things first and put them in the hot water pot in the kitchen, and they were still hot. ”

"Your subordinates are so loyal to you." Chen Yan glanced at the food on the table, her stomach gurgling, and she couldn't help giggling, "I'm really hungry, thank you!" ”

"Actually, you look pretty good when you laugh, why bother to keep a face all day long, as if you owe you 10 million yuan each?" Qin Mubai smiled and poured wine into the two cups and said, "Come, let's have a drink!" Cheers to each of us having fulfilled our mission! ”

Chen Yan silently picked up the cup, drank the wine in the cup, and was silent.

"Why don't you speak?" Qin Mubai continued to pour wine from the wine jug, and asked casually and casually.

"I don't know what to say." Chen Yan sighed lightly and said, "I'm sorry for too many people. ”

"Who are you sorry for?" Qin Mubai asked.

"Zhu Chengwen, Lord Wang, and you." Chen Yan said.

"Where are you sorry for the three of us?"

"That's a lot." Chen Yan sighed lightly and said leisurely, "Zhu Chengwen, in fact, the two of us used to be together. At that time, I was young and playful, and I only thought about learning martial arts from my master and wandering around the rivers and lakes, so I didn't have the heart to become a biological son with someone and be a washerwoman for the rest of my life. Zhu Chengwen knows my thoughts and never mentions it. It wasn't until he got married that I regretted it. Later, his wife died of illness, and I wanted to turn back but it was irreparable, resulting in a forever strange yin and yang separation today. When I was young and ignorant, I ruined a beautiful marriage and lived up to his deep love for me. ”

"King Jiangxia...... Actually, I also have something to be sorry for him. At first, I was confused that he killed Zhu Chengwen. So I went to him. He's such a hero! After hearing about Zhu Chengwen, he was very sad and indignant, and asked me to stab him with a sword to relieve the hatred in my heart and the pain in his heart...... I was so impulsive at the time, I really stabbed! ”

Speaking of this, Chen Yan took a deep breath: "Didn't you notice today that he had some difficulty moving his left shoulder when he was dancing the sword?" That's the sore wound from my sword. After I stabbed him, he did not have the slightest resentment against me, but continued to relieve me and comfort me. I was ...... For the first time in my life, I cried bitterly in front of strangers. This man is really broad-minded, and he is really upright, and his bearing and demeanor are so convincing. I immediately worshipped him as a righteous husband and vowed to treat him like my own father from now on. He was also very happy to accept me and treat me like his own daughter. You say, the gift I gave to my father-in-law was a sword piercing his shoulder bone, am I worthy of him? ”

Qin Mubai nodded and smiled: "King Jiangxia is a great hero, and you are a heroine among women." You form a father and daughter, and you can be regarded as sympathetic to each other. ”

"As for you...... I won't talk about it. Chen Yan twisted her head slightly and said softly, "I have lied to you too many times, and even I feel a little shameless to face you." Actually, I don't think this way in my heart, I have said to myself more than a hundred times, I have to believe you, I have to tell you the truth of everything...... But I didn't do it in the end, am I despicable and insidious quibble? ”

"Nope. If you really told me everything in advance, it would seem that you are frivolous and ignorant. Officialdom is like a battlefield, killing machines step by step, traps everywhere, knowing people and faces, but not hearts. Even I sometimes don't quite believe in myself. Qin Mubai picked the corners of his mouth and smiled helplessly, "Your cautious caution is right." I was really angry when I learned that I had been deceived by you. But after calming down and thinking about it, if I were you, I might have deceived you more fiercely and more fiercely than you. So I'm not to blame you. In a phrase you can understand best, it's called 'people can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes'. ”

"Yes, people are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help ......themselves," Chen Yanxiu frowned lightly, her eyes became a little blurry, and she seemed to be caught in infinite memories of the past, and said leisurely, "I followed my master to learn martial arts at the age of six, and my parents died when I was ten years old. The more places I walked, the more people I saw, and the more darkness and ugliness I came into contact with. It's hard for me to completely trust one person, and it can be said that apart from my master, Zhu Chengwen is the only one. In front of him, I have always maintained the same face as I was in childhood. No matter how I change, even if I have ever killed someone, I will always be the little girl next door who doesn't grow up in front of him. It's a pity that Master passed away two years ago, and now he is also dead...... I really don't know what else I'm going to do or where I'm going. Where does it belong to me? ”

"King Jiangxia accepted you as a righteous daughter, don't you live with him?" Qin Mubai asked.

"Nope." Chen Yan shook her head, "After all, he is the prince of the noble spring, and he has a daughter." After all, I'm just a ranger who walks the rivers and lakes, and it's easy to see each other well, and if I really live together for a long time, I may be very uncomfortable with each other. I think I may be destined to wander the world for the rest of my life, with no place to return and no home. ”

Qin Mubai toasted her a glass of wine, and the two drank it together.

"Let's go to Chang'an." Qin Mubai said suddenly.

"What?" Chen Yan was a little surprised, "For no reason, why did I go to Chang'an?" ”

"In Chang'an, there is a place that is especially suitable for you." Qin Mubai smiled and said, "There, you will find your relatives and boundless happiness." ”

"Loved ones? Happy? Chen Yan wondered, "You don't mean your family, do you?" You're taking advantage of me?! ”

"Chivalrous girl, don't misunderstand, don't draw a knife, I'm afraid!" Qin Mubai laughed, "Believe me, if you stay there for two or three days, you will be reluctant to leave." Even if someone kicks you away, you may not be willing. ”

“…… You don't mean those places of dogs and horses, do you? ”

"You're not a man, so why should I introduce you to such a place?" Qin Mubai smiled mysteriously, "You don't have to ask now, you will naturally know when the time comes." Anyway, you have no fixed place and no destination now, why don't you follow me to Chang'an, is it possible that you are still afraid that I will sell you? ”

Chen Yan laughed: "It's hard to say who sells whom!" ”

"So that's it?"

"Go and go, why bother!"

In the early morning of the next day, Qin Mubai and his entourage left the inn and rushed to Jishan County on the road.

Qin Mubai's horse was fast, so he deliberately slowed down a little and waited for Chen Yan, and the two walked side by side, and the horse didn't run fast.

"The prince must have arrived in Chang'an at this moment!" Qin Mubai asked.

"Almost." Chen Yan said, "Yesterday afternoon, the prince was used to galloping across the field, and he rode there." His horse is fast. ”

"That'll be fine." Qin Mubai couldn't help but smile, "You are very good at deceiving people, and the prince is even better at acting." If I hadn't thought about it a few more times, I would have almost been frightened by him, and I would have been angry with him and scolded him for not knowing what to do. ”

"The prince said that you are a smart person, you must be able to understand what he means! You men who are officials, don't say anything clearly to your face, you have to hide it, and you are not tired? Chen Yan said in a loud voice while riding a horse.

"There's no way around it! Those who explain everything thoroughly, most of them become ghosts before they become big officials and become princes. Qin Mubai laughed, "The rivers and lakes have the rules of the rivers and lakes, and the officialdom has the rules of officialdom." It's all like that! ”

"In my opinion, it's all the same!" Chen Yan said, "Either step on someone else's body and move forward, or be trampled by others and never get up!" ”

"Correct solution!"

On the way back, everyone's mood was much more relaxed, and they were not in such a hurry. On the way, he rested for an hour in a town, and then returned to Juntun in Jishan County in the evening.

Qin Mubai and Chen Yan went to see Li Ke together.

"How's it going?" Li Ke asked, obviously having been waiting for a day, and was a little anxious.

"Your Highness, everything has been done!" Qin Mubai grinned, "Now, we can finally relax a little bit and collect the nets to fish!" ”

"Great!" Li Ke stroked his palm and breathed a long sigh of relief, "Now we only need to wait for His Majesty's imperial decree to be issued, and we can collect the nets and fish as we want, and exterminate this gang of corrupt officials in Jiangzhou!" ”