It was night, in the old mansion of King Nanyang, Mo Li and Chen Zexuan sat face to face, and the atmosphere between the two was a little wonderful.

Chen Zexuan looked at Mo Li's gloomy appearance and asked tentatively, "Master, what's the matter with you?" ”

Mo Li returned to Qi Guo with Qi Hao and Gu Jinli's front foot, and followed back in the dark not long after the back foot.

These days, he hasn't shown his face, and he doesn't know what he's doing in secret.

Chen Zexuan, Gu Jinli and Qi Hao, these three people hid from each other and investigated Mo Li in private.

And Mo Li is such a cunning and treacherous person, so Chen Zexuan can't help but wonder, didn't Mo Li Mo find any clues?

With a strong calm face, Chen Zexuan's hand holding the teacup was slightly forced.

"Xuan'er, Sheng'er has changed a little bit recently." Mo Li put down the teacup, narrowed his cold eyes, and said quietly: "It can be said that since the last time she went to the cloud country with Qi Hao, she has been too close to Qi Hao." ”

"Didn't Master always want Sheng'er to get close to Qi Hao and get information from Qi Hao?" Chen Zexuan's eyes moved slightly, and his tone was light: "There is still that piece of jade pendant on Qi Hao's body, if Sheng'er doesn't get closer to Qi Hao, how can he get it?" ”

"It's okay to get closer, but she's clearly a little distracted now." Mo Li snorted coldly and said unhappily: "I think she is shaken." ”

Whether Gu Jinli wavered or not, in fact, this is what Chen Zexuan is most worried about.

Ning Wangfu's every move, he sent people to watch closely.

On Ah Qiao's side, he also asked Lei Zi to exchange information every day.

Every time, Ah Qiao would talk in detail about what Gu Jinli ate, what she did, what she watched, what she said, and who she met every day.

In short, except for Gu Jinli's toileting and dreaming, Ah Qiao couldn't say anything, no matter how big or small, Ah Qiao told Chen Zexuan everything.

Although, the last time she was in Yunguo, because of Mo Li, Gu Jinli solemnly warned Ah Qiao, asking her to remember who her master was, and Ah Qiao did remember it at that time.

But Ah Qiao still felt that even if he didn't tell Mo Li, at least Chen Zexuan still had to get a letter.

After all, Ah Qiao unswervingly believes that anyone in this world will bully Gu Jinli, deceive her, and betray her, but Chen Zexuan will not.

Moreover, letting Chen Zexuan know Gu Jinli's dynamics, on the other hand, is also to ensure Gu Jinli's safety.

Of course, about the matter between Gu Jinli and Qi Hao, Ah Qiao rarely mentions it.

After all, as a slave, you must not reveal the privacy of your master.

Although Ah Qiao secretly revealed a lot, she subconsciously felt that Qi Hao was Gu Jinli's bottom line.

If Chen Zexuan treated Qi Hao because of what he said, Ah Qiao intuitively thought that even if Gu Jinli would not kill herself, she would definitely not let herself follow her side again.

The master and the servant belong to the master and the servant, but there are some things that cannot be crossed.

Chen Zexuan's words sounded fine, but his heart ached faintly.

Whether Gu Jinli was really shaken, he wasn't sure, but Qi Hao recognized Gu Jinli, so he wouldn't let go.

The last time Peng Qian and her cousin eloped, Gu Jinli acted alone and intercepted Peng Qian in the woods, without informing Chen Zexuan in advance, which was different from the past.

Chen Zexuan was a little suspicious of Gu Jinli, but when he saw that her expression was the same, he didn't think much about it.

Now, when Mo Li mentioned it again, the thorn in Chen Zexuan's heart stood up again.

"Then what does Master want?" Raising his eyelids, he asked nonchalantly.

Mo Li sighed faintly, as if mocking: "There is Qi Hao protecting her in the open, and you protecting her in secret, in addition to praying that she has a little conscience, don't forget the deep hatred, what else can I do to her?" ”

He gritted his teeth, like a woman who was abandoned by her husband, or hated raising an ungrateful white-eyed wolf: "She is the princess of Feng Kingdom, even if Feng Guo is not there, if she still has a little humanity, she should not be blinded by men!" ”

Chen Zexuan didn't speak, firstly, because he really didn't know how to answer, and secondly, because he was panicked in his heart, so he had nothing to say.

He fell silent as his gaze fell on the pattern on the teacup.

Mo Li saw that Chen Zexuan didn't speak, and his face was a little uglier than just now.

He exhaled a heavy breath of turbidity, and his tone changed: "Recently, someone has been investigating me in the dark. ”

Chen Zexuan's eyebrows tightened, and there was a trace of nervousness in his voice: "Who is it?" Xiaoyaozi or Qi Hao? ”

I have to say that his brain is smart.

Regardless of whether Mo Li was testing himself or not, he first shifted the spearhead to others.

Even if Mo Li can feel Chen Zexuan's nervousness, it can also be understood that they are people in the same boat, once Mo Li is exposed, Chen Zexuan will not have a "collective sense of honor" to eat.

Mo Li's clenched fists made a "squeak, squeak" joint sound, he shook his head, and continued to say fiercely: "Xiaoyaozi's old and dead man has always bitten me like a vicious dog that can't be shaken off, but maybe it will be Qi Hao." ”

"He stared at Sheng'er, and he couldn't help but notice me."

"Master, if that's the case, then you should be careful in the future, and show up less often." Chen Zexuan's eyes were concerned, and his tone was sincere: "I am watching in the capital, and I will immediately inform you of any trouble." ”

"You are the backing of me and Sheng'er, and you must not be exposed."

What is said is good is the backing, and what is not said is that he does not want to cause trouble for Gu Jinli.

The last time Xiaoyaozi went to Nanyang, he had already found "Qingyao Pavilion" and "Ten Thousand Cave Building".

According to his unrelenting temperament, no matter how deep he looks, he can't find anything.

And Qi Hao, as long as he is the person he is targeting, he generally can't run away, but it's just a matter of time.

Mo Li looked at Chen Zexuan's sincere appearance, and his frowning brows eased a little, "I will leave for Yunguo tomorrow to do some things, and I will come back in a few days, and everything in Beijing will indeed be entrusted to you." ”

Last time, Mo Li followed Gu Jinli to Yunguo, but he was hiding in the dark, but this time it was rare to be able to inform Chen Zexuan in a bright way.

When he heard this, he was a little surprised: "Master is going to Yunguo?" Could it be that something happened to Yunguo? ”

The plan to unite with the Cloud Kingdom to destroy the Qi Kingdom was known to each other, but Mo Li naturally would not tell Chen Zexuan what he was going to the Cloud Country to do.

He coughed lightly, raised his hand and took a sip of tea from the teacup, and said in a flat tone: "It's nothing important, you don't have to worry about it." ”

"Master, you ...... with Yun Guo" Chen Zexuan has been checking Mo Li for a while, but he still hasn't found anything, so after hearing Mo Li mention Yun Guo, he opened his mouth hesitantly.

However, he didn't dare to ask, he just started to talk, wanting to see how Mo Li explained.

Sure enough, as Chen Zexuan expected, Mo Li waved his hand, looking like he didn't want to say much: "It's all old things, don't mention it." ”

Standing up, he took out a delicate small box from his sleeve, "This is a thousand-year-old snow ginseng, you have time to send someone to send it back to your father, it will be good for his body." ”

Last time Chen Zexuan asked Lei Zi to stay in Beijing, he secretly returned to Nanyang, and accompanied the King of Nanyang and Princess Nanyang for a short time as the real Prince of Xuan, and he felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

King Nanyang is indeed old, and his body is not very good, looking at his kind old face and extra silver hair, Chen Zexuan only feels that the years are too cruel and not forgiving at all.

But no matter what, King Nanyang's body is much stronger than the old emperor's.

The rumors outside that King Nanyang will not survive next autumn are all exaggerated.

If the king of Nanyang is carefully recuperated, it is not a problem to live in peace and stability for ten or eight years.

didn't excuse himself, Chen Zexuan took it and thanked him, "Thank you, Master." ”

Mo Li said "um", suddenly thought of something, and said: "By the way, the Gu family is full of beheadings today, and those protégés and officials who relied on the Gu family before, don't forget to pay attention to their dynamics." ”

"The post of prime minister is vacant, and someone must be on top of it."

"This master doesn't have to worry, I know what to do." Seeing that Mo Li was leaving, Chen Zexuan stood up and sent him off.

Before going out, Mo Li still didn't forget to advise: "You must take a good look at Sheng'er, it's okay to act on the spot, but don't fake it, take the previous foolish road!" ”

Chen Zexuan nodded and watched Mo Li leave.

After the door was closed, Chen Zexuan called out after a while: "Leizi." ”

Lei Zi pushed the door in response and appeared, and arched his hand: "Shizi." ”

Chen Zexuan pursed his lips and said softly: "Master will go to Yunguo tomorrow, you send someone to follow closely, don't be discovered." ”

Reiko nodded and walked out of the room.

Chen Zexuan lowered his head and looked at the brocade box in his hand, and a cold current overflowed from his eyes.

He punched in the box, reached out and stroked the white snow ginseng, and then closed the lid with a "bang".

On the second day, Gu Jinli had eaten, and after Hexiang and Aiyue packed up the dishes and chopsticks and left, Ah Qiao stepped forward and whispered to her: "Master, Xuan Shizi has sent a message, saying that you will go to Mingyue Lake in half an hour, and he will be waiting for you by the lake." ”

"Huh?" Gu Jinli wiped her hands for a moment, and said puzzledly: "There are many people in Mingyue Lake, and my brother is not afraid of being discovered?" ”

"You have a great friendship with Shizi now, this is a well-known thing, even if someone sees it, they won't say anything." Ah Qiao thought for a while and said in a low voice: "Besides, you are a 'man', what can two men do when they meet?" ”

After hearing this, Gu Jinli didn't know why she laughed out loud, "You are right, at worst, it will be mistaken for the prince of the dignified Xuan and I have broken his sleeves." ”

"However, I am already Qi Hao's little male pet, and now I shamelessly hook up with the unparalleled Xuan Shizi, I don't know what those women who love Xuan Shizi are going to scold me again."

Ah Qiao was stunned, he didn't expect Qi Hao to say this, and he also laughed: "This kind of thing is what you can say, and others should have scolded it a long time ago." ”

Gu Jinli stood up, straightened her clothes, and said with a light smile: "My mouth is on other people's faces, and I don't care what they say, so what do you care about them?" ”

"People, this life is actually very short, rather than wasting time on unworthy people, it is better to please yourself."

Ah Qiao felt that what Gu Jinli said was very reasonable, and nodded in agreement: "Master, what you said is right. ”

Gu Jinli lifted her chin and walked out of the room with her feet raised.

After explaining to Hexiang and Aiyue, she took Ah Qiao to walk outside the courtyard, and looked in the direction of the study casually: "Qi Hao...... Did he enter the palace? ”

Ah Qiao said: "The prince went to the barracks. ”

Gu Jinli said "oh" and was relieved.

got into the carriage and arrived at Mingyue Lake after a while.

There were not too many people by the lake, Gu Jinli walked over from the bluestone path, and saw Chen Zexuan in purple clothes standing with his back in his back from a distance.

As if telepathically, Chen Zexuan turned his face as Gu Jinli approached.

The corners of his lips rose unconsciously, and the fog in his heart dissipated little by little as she walked.

When Gu Jinli walked in front of him, Chen Zexuan's narrow eyes revealed a tenderness: "Sheng'er." ”

Gu Jinli blinked her eyes and asked, "Brother, is there something wrong with me coming out?" ”

Chen Zexuan rubbed her head and asked rhetorically, "If there is no matter, can't I find you out?" ”

"Uh......" Gu Jinli can no longer simply regard Chen Zexuan as her "brother", the moment Chen Zexuan's hand was on top of Gu Jinli's head, her body instinctively wanted to dodge, but she was afraid that her actions would arouse Chen Zexuan's suspicion, so she suppressed the discomfort in her heart and took it hard: "No, I'm just worried about being seen gossiping." ”

Chen Zexuan withdrew his hand and said in a low voice, "Master set off for Yunguo this morning. ”

"Master is gone?" When Gu Jinli heard this, she was a little surprised: "Did he tell you what to do in Yunguo?" And when will you come back? ”

Chen Zexuan shook his head, looked at the sparks in Gu Jinli's eyes, and said slowly: "Master is still the same as always, and he won't reveal anything." ”

"Huh!" Gu Jinli sneered in disappointment, and said in an unkind tone: "Master always says that he will dig out his heart and lungs for us, but he never gives us the truth. ”

"If he starts to be ruthless one day, I'm afraid he will take out our hearts and lungs!"

Chen Zexuan heard the complaints and dissatisfaction in Gu Jinli's words, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Sheng'er, do you have any opinions about Master?" ”

"Why, I feel that your attitude towards Master has been a little ...... lately"

"Brother." Gu Jinli directly interrupted Chen Zexuan's words, and looked at him with burning eyes, "I don't have any opinions about Master, my skills in the past two years have been taught by him." ”

"Inferior medical skills, lame martial arts, without him, there would be no me now."

"So, it's too late for me to be grateful to him, so how can I have an opinion on him."

"You and I are as honest in front of Master as if we didn't have any clothes, I just don't like Master's way of concealing it."

She said a bit too much, but it made sense.

It's just that, no matter what, Chen Zexuan feels that the "Lin Sheng" in front of him is different from the "Lin Sheng" before he went to Yunguo.

At least, the former "Lin Sheng" would not have said such a "big rebellion" straightforward words.

After suffering so much corporal punishment and suffering so much, in the face of the cruel and ruthless methods of the man in black, or his unkindness, Gu Jinli rarely complained.

She doesn't talk much, she buries everything in her heart, and occasionally only when Chen Zexuan is tortured by the man in black, her emotions are exposed.

The man in black has been hiding a lot of things from them, it's not been a day or two, it's been two years, why is Gu Jinli only starting to express her dissatisfaction now?

"Sheng'er, are you really okay lately?" With suspicion, Chen Zexuan asked again unsteadily.

Gu Jinli's expression was a little unnatural, she turned her face, faced the many boats floating on the lake, and said softly: "I'm fine, I just grew up all of a sudden." ”

Chen Zexuan saw Gu Jinli's eyes dark, and knew that if she didn't want to say, he wouldn't come up with an answer even if he asked a hundred times, so he simply gave up and changed the topic: "Sheng'er, I have sent someone to check all the corpses of the Gu family, and there is no problem." ”

"However, Gu Chengen and Qi Die are not dead."

"What?!" This news surprised Gu Jinli even more than King Xuan was not the son of the old emperor.

Her eyes widened in disbelief, "How so? Before the execution, the prison officer will send someone to confirm the identity of the prisoner one by one. ”

"What's more, Guo Mingshun has always been at odds with the Gu family, how could he let Gu Chengen go?"

Gu Chengen was a good big brother to Gu Jinli before he didn't notice his intentions.

Maintain her, love her.

After that, although she couldn't treat him as a big brother anymore, she wouldn't be willing to hear that he was still alive, so she couldn't wait to cut off his head with a long knife of more than ten meters, she just felt a little incredible.

Maybe, if it was Guo Mingshun, he would really do it.

"Before I came to see you, the news sent by Qi Die personally will never be wrong." Chen Zexuan sneered and said quietly: "A person like Gu Chengen, who is so ambitious and has a heart higher than the sky, is naturally unwilling to die like this." ”

"As early as after Gu Huai entered the palace today, he immediately left the courtyard in disguise with Qi Die."

"The person who was killed on the execution ground was Gu Chengen's stand-in."

"The height and appearance are very similar to Gu Chengen, and you can get away with it by moving your face a little."

"Gu Chengen is bent on squeezing into a high position, he has been forming a gang recently, and now that King Xuan's identity is exposed, all his efforts have been in vain, and he has been pulled into this quagmire, I think he will not give up." Gu Jinli thought about Gu Chengen's paranoid and extreme temperament, and said worriedly: "If he cheats to death now, will he do anything unfavorable to us in the future?" ”

Gu Chengen's existence is like a mine that doesn't know where it is buried, which makes people nervous and uneasy, for fear that he will accidentally step on it one day and blow it up coldly.

Sensing Gu Jinli's worry, Chen Zexuan patted her on the shoulder and comforted: "Don't worry, Gu Chengen took Qi Die to hide in Nanshan." ”

"With Prayer Butterfly by his side, his every move is still under our control."

"Nanshan?" When Gu Jinli heard that Gu Chengen had fled to Nanshan, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

has lived in Nanshan for eleven years, and Feng Se is buried in Nanshan again, so Nanshan is of great significance to Gu Jinli.

Thinking that Gu Chengen actually went there, Gu Jinli's mood was a little complicated, she raised her head and asked, "Brother, keeping Gu Chengen will do no harm to us, do you want to kill them all?" ”

Gu Chengen and Gu Jinli had some entanglements before, so Chen Zexuan thought that she was soft-hearted, and threw the question to her again, and said slowly: "You decide." ”

After being silent for a while, Gu Jinli said in a sullen voice: "He is now a dead man in the eyes of outsiders, and it is impossible for him to appear in front of everyone as Gu Huai's sister-in-law and the servant of the Criminal Department." ”

"It's like a rat crossing the street, you can't see the light."

"No power, no power, no support, and a butterfly staring at him, even if he has that restless heart, it must be difficult to turn over the wind and waves again."

Chen Zexuan has been with Gu Jinli for two years, and he can understand what she means without her finishing her words: "Then let him go for the time being." ”

After a pause, he added, "I won't tell Master about this." ”

After hearing this, Gu Jinli bent the corners of her lips.

She looked at those boats, and remembered that two years ago, on the flower boat of Mingyue Lake, Gu Nianshi and Yin Zike held a poetry meeting.

That day, the weather was good, and she was dressed as a man, just like this one.

There were a lot of people who participated in the poetry meeting, and Chen Zexuan also came with the lord of Yushu.

Of course, there is also Princess Huaqiong, who admired Yin Zike, but died on the flower boat after the poetry meeting.

Chen Zexuan is unparalleled in the world, Yin Zike is gentle and moist like jade, Gu Nian is in his prime, Princess Huaqiong is flying and domineering, and the lord of Yushu is gentle and kind......

Those familiar faces, like marquees, rolled back and forth in Gu Jinli's memory, fresh and vivid.

At first glance, two years have passed before I know it.

Chen Zexuan became her brother, and she became "Lin Sheng".

Yin Zike's leg was broken, and for the sake of the family's heavy responsibility, he abandoned his favorite poetry and songs, and became the vulgar businessman he once despised the most.

Hua Qiong died, and Gu Nianshi was no longer the stupid scholar who was simply obsessed with poetry, but became the deputy commander of the Janissaries with a cold face and a hard heart.

Things are not people, and no one continues to stay at the original point.

Or the appearance has changed, or the identity has changed, or the personality has changed.

In short, no one is the same person anymore.

If you think about it carefully, it seems that that time was the best.

Probably because the sadness in Gu Jinli's eyes was too obvious, which made Chen Zexuan can't help but hold her hand, and said cautiously: "Sheng'er, if you have something in your heart, you must tell your brother." ”

"Don't be bored by yourself, my brother will feel distressed."

Gu Jinli looked at her face reflected in these undisguised and concerned eyes, and suddenly remembered that he had looked at herself so fixedly on the flower boat back then, which made her shake her head for no reason, and her head went blank.

Just when the two looked at each other silently, suddenly a big hand slapped Chen Zexuan's hand in the air, and said in a cold voice: "This king's people, it's not the turn of the prince to feel distressed here!" ”

There is no need to look back, Gu Jinli can know who the person behind him who suddenly killed him just by listening to the voice.

She stiffened, pursed her lips and didn't look back.

Qi Hao's palm was slashed on Chen Zexuan's wrist, and the force was very strong.

Enduring the pain, Chen Zexuan narrowed his narrow eyes and glared at Qi Hao coldly.

Qi Hao was not to be outdone, and coldly threw over a displeased look.