"All for the Chu State!" Qu Xiaocang repeated: "All for ..... Holy! ”

Hongmendao's expression returned to calm, and he groaned slightly, and finally said: "Back in the capital, every time I fall asleep, I will dream of the wind and sand in the north, and the sesame rice balls are delicious, but ...... The taste still doesn't seem to be as good as the lamb burrito, let alone the large wide noodles sprinkled with chopped green onions. He sighed lightly: "So I suddenly understood that I was used to life over there in my bones." Sometimes people are really strange, every day they want to escape from their original life, and when they really lose it, they find that it is what they like the most. ”

"You..... Heading back to the North? Qu Xiaocang frowned slightly.

Hong Mendao smiled: "I just want to live a life that I really want to live, I have packed up and are ready to leave tomorrow." ”

Qu Xiaocang was silent for a moment before he said, "Compared to the north, the Shenhou Mansion needs you more now." ”

"Just like I never came back." Hongmen said with a smile: "Second Senior Brother, Shenhou said back then, once you enter the Shenhou Mansion, you will always be a Shenhou person, I didn't think about leaving the Shenhou Mansion, I just hope you will give me two years to let me walk around and see by myself." ”

Qu Xiaocang thought for a moment before saying, "You go, wait until you think about the dumplings in Zao'er Lane again, and you can come back." ”

Hongmen said: "Thank you, Second Senior Brother. After a pause, he said, "There is one more thing I want to ask you." ”

"You say!"

"Although the senior brother did things that should not be done, in private, we were also brothers." Hong Mendao said slowly: "If the second senior brother can send someone to bury the senior brother well, I think the brothers will miss it in their hearts." ”

Qu Xiaocang hesitated for a moment before he said softly: "He has been buried, you don't have to worry about this matter." ”

Hongmen Dao got up, bowed deeply to Qu Xiaocang, didn't say much, turned around to the door, suddenly thought of something, turned around and said: "Little junior sister has not eaten rice for three days, she has respected senior brother and you since she was a child, we can't persuade her." "Go out and never look back.

Qu Xiaocang sat for a long time and finally got up.

Ximen Zhan Ying was placed under house arrest in a separate courtyard of the Shenhou Mansion, this is the office of Ximen Wuxian in the Shenhou Mansion, it is said to be an office, but in fact, it is better to say that it is a book house, and the real secret of the Shenhou Mansion has never been here.

Qu Xiaocang came to the door, and there were two female officials of the Shenhou Mansion guarding outside the door.

Although the Shenhou Mansion is dominated by men, it has also trained a group of female officials, and the number is not large, but they are all shrewd and capable.

The door of the house is locked from the outside, in fact, there is no need for this lock, in the whole world, it is really rare to be under house arrest by the Shenhou Mansion but can easily get out, walking to the door, Qu Xiaocang heard a strange movement from inside, it seemed to be the sound of sharpening knives, he asked people to open the door lock, entered the house, and sure enough, he saw Ximen Zhan Sakura holding a knife in his hand, sharpening his knife on a whetstone.

After Qu Xiaocang came in, Ximen Zhanying didn't even raise his head.

"The knife is already sharp, there is no need to keep sharpening it." Qu Xiaocang sat down on the chair and said lightly: "I sent someone to bring you books, they are all classics left by ancient sages, and it will not hurt you to read more of the teachings of the sages." ”

Ximen Zhan Ying raised his head and sneered: "I didn't like reading since I was a child, you should know better than anyone else." ”

"Why don't you eat?" Qu Xiaocang stared at Ximen Zhan Ying, and his beautiful face was obviously a lot thinner: "When you were young, Shenhou told you that no matter when, you can't let yourself lose your physical strength, and you should never say no to food. ”

Ximen Zhan Ying stood up, put the knife back into the sheath at his waist, stared at Qu Xiaocang and said coldly, "What do you want to do?" What fault have I committed, and why are you putting me under house arrest here? ”

"House arrest?" Qu Xiaocang frowned and said: "Have you forgotten that I told you that this is what Shenhou meant, Shenhou asked you to stay here for two months, read a good book, when he comes back, he will personally ask him, if he can satisfy his old man, you can leave." ”

"Question?" Ximen Zhan Ying said: "Second Senior Brother, will you believe such a reason?" He clenched his fists and said coldly: "Tell me the truth, what happened to the Qi family?" ”

Qu Xiaocang's face did not change, and said lightly: "Why do you ask like this?" ”

Ximen Zhanying sneered: "You know very well that you have put me under house arrest here just to separate me from the Qi family. Walking in front of Qu Xiaocang, her beautiful eyes were full of coldness: "What happened?" ”

Qu Xiaocang pondered for a moment, and finally said: "Don't worry, there will be nothing wrong with the Qi family, it's just some small troubles, and it will be solved soon." ”

"You lied to me." Ximen Zhan Sakura said angrily: "If it's just a small trouble, why would you put me under house arrest here? You..... You're just worried that I'm being caught up in the disaster of the Qi family, aren't you? ”

"If you know, why do you ask?" Qu Xiaocang frowned and said, "You are here, no one dares to touch a single hair of yours, I can assure you." sighed: "Little junior sister, don't be a child, I am your senior brother, and I will never do anything harmful to you." ”

Ximen Zhanying snorted coldly and said, "Then do you know that I have married into the Qi family, and I can't get rid of all the things of the Qi family, and I don't want to get rid of it." From the day I stepped into my home, I was ready to share the blessings and hardships with the family. After a pause, his voice softened slightly: "Second Senior Brother, tell me, what happened to the Qi family, and ..... What the hell is going on with him? ”

Although Ximen Zhan Ying is easy to be impulsive and even a little reckless, she is by no means a dull person, if there is really any change in the starting price, it must start from Qi Ning, she understands this, and is naturally extremely worried about Qi Ning's safety.

"He's fine." Qu Xiaocang said: "It's good for you to stay here with peace of mind." Staring into Ximen Zhan Sakura's eyes, he said: "Since you really care about him like that, you should naturally understand, if he knows that you are now protected by the Shenhou Mansion, he will naturally be very relieved, but he must not want to see you torture yourself." If you want to see him, you have to live, and if you want to live, you can only eat. ”

Ximen Zhan Ying stared at Qu Xiaocang's eyes, suddenly turned around and walked outside the door, and when he walked to the door, the two officials guarding the door immediately took out their knives and blocked Ximen Zhan Ying's way.

"Get out of the way!" Ximen Zhan Sakura had already drawn his knife in his hand, raised his knife to pick it, and those two knives quickly changed their moves, which did not hurt Ximen Zhan Sakura, but made Ximen Zhan Sakura unable to take a step forward at all.

"Stop!" Qu Xiaocang stood up suddenly and shouted, "Little junior sister, what are you going to do?" ”

"I'm going to find him!"

Qu Xiaocang's figure flashed, and he had already arrived at Ximen Zhan Ying's side, put his hand on Ximen Zhan Ying's shoulder, and pulled it hard, already tearing Ximen Zhan Ying away, with a cold expression: "I told you, stay here, you can't get out of the Shenhou Mansion, if you are rash, it will only make things worse, and even ...... It's going to kill the person you've been worried about! ”

Ximen Zhanying was stunned, Qu Xiaocang didn't explain much, and said in a deep voice: "Look at her." He never looked back, but walked away with his hands behind his back.

At dusk, the eunuch Guihe came to the Shenhou Mansion, and Qu Xiaocang was naturally no stranger to this person, when he was first summoned to the palace to know that Qi Ning was suspected of treason, it was this eunuch who personally told him that the emperor through the bead curtain did not say anything at that time.

The gray-robed man was suspected by Qi Ning to be a master of the big disciple of Baiyun Island, and it was also Guihe who personally introduced Qu Xiaocang to know him in the palace, and in fact, the plan to assassinate Qi Ning was also the eunuch who explained to Qu Xiaocang in front of the emperor.

Qu Xiaocang knew that Guihe was indeed the emperor's most trusted person now, and after the Fan Dehai Fan father-in-law next to the emperor disappeared, Guihe became the closest eunuch to the emperor.

The arrival of Guihe immediately let Qu Xiaocang know that the emperor had a new will.

After bringing Guihe to a room that will never have ears on the wall, Guihe took out half of the Xuantie card from his arms, Qu Xiaocang immediately took out half of the Xuantie card from his body, neither of them spoke, and put the Xuantie card together, which fit seamlessly, and became a complete iron card, with the word "Emperor" on the front of the iron card, and the word "Ling" carved out on the back.

The Shenhou Mansion is directly under the emperor's command, including the Shenhou, and all the people are of course obedient to the emperor's orders.

When the emperor ordered, in addition to occasionally summoning the Shenhou into the palace to personally send the task, more often than not, he sent his henchmen and eunuchs, using this imperial token as a token to convey the will, half of it was in the hands of the emperor, and the other half was in the hands of the Shenhou. At this moment, the emperor's token was merged into one, which proved that Guihe was ordered by the emperor to come to convey the secret decree.

Qu Xiaocang was sure that there was no problem with the Imperial Token, put away the token, knelt on the ground, and waited for Guihe to convey the secret decree.

Guihe stretched out his hand to help Qu Xiaocang, and said with a smile: "Shenhou please get up first, there is a holy edict here, which can only be seen by Shenhou himself, and it will be destroyed after reading." He took the secret decree and handed it to Qu Xiaocang, Qu Xiaocang took it with both hands, glanced at it, his face changed slightly, but he quickly held the secret decree into a ball, and when he opened his hand again, the secret decree had become powder.

"Shenhou is really good at kung fu." Guihe smiled and said in a low voice: "There is a decree in the saint, after completing the task, the god marquis will bring things into the palace to receive the reward in person." ”

Qu Xiaocang looked calm and asked, "There is no time limit in the secret decree, I don't know if my father-in-law can tell me!" ”

"Three days!" Guihe said: "Within three days, the Divine Marquis must handle this matter cleanly. Shenhou knows that if this matter is negligent, it is likely to cause a lot of trouble, and the emperor knows that the Shenhou Mansion will not let him down, so he entrusts this important task to you. ”

Qu Xiaocang said: "Father-in-law, don't worry, within three days, I will enter the palace to restore my life!" ”