The snow had not yet melted, and it was shining brightly in the night, and only the Big Dipper was bright in the sky, pointing the way for them.

Wan Song and others had already arrived twenty miles east of Jinling in the carriage and horse, and in the dark night, Li Yu and other family members were still asleep, and the carriage and horse kept bumping.

Wan Song suddenly felt that his mission was important this time, and he didn't dare to delay or hesitate at all, they could only hurry in the dark night, because they were still in the Tang Kingdom at the moment, and all their whereabouts could not be exposed at will.

Now Wan Song has to escort Li Yu and others out of the Tang Kingdom, and this only needs to cross Runzhou and cross the river to Yangzhou smoothly, this mission can be completed. After that, he had to come back and go to Runzhou to monitor Lin Renzhao and other generals.

At that moment he waved his whip and drove the horses, expecting to speed up, and the horses galloped quickly on the official road, leaving a long trail of wheels on the ground.

And in the Death Temple, in the West Wing, Zhao Dezhao and Zhou Jiamin sat on the soft couch and sat face to face, at this moment the two are playing leaf play, this leaf play is also the modern playing card, but now it is the general size of the leaf, hence the name leaf play, and this leaf play has forty cards, divided into 100,000 guan, 10,000 guan, Suozi, Wen Qian four colors.

Zhou Jiamin talked about it with relish, and her late sister Da Zhouhou compiled "Golden Leaf Zige" on the basis of Tang Dynasty leaf opera, creating a new way of playing.

According to the leaf play at that time, Zhao Dezhao played for a while, and then Zhao Dezhao saw that Zhou Jiamin was so boring and leisurely, so he also drummed out the playing cards of later generations and tried another way to play.

The playing cards have been made, Zhao Dezhao patiently introduced Zhou Jiamin how to play cards, and then Zhou Jiamin began to play.

At the beginning of the two, Zhao Dezhao had the upper hand, and then Zhou Jiamin was already handy, and the two killed a draw, which also made Zhao Dezhao secretly cry and be ashamed.

The moon is falling and the sky is full of frost, and it is active again at midnight, Zhou Jiamin is not sleepy at all, her two eyes are still very excited, under her skill, she has won a few handfuls properly, which makes Zhao Dezhao very embarrassed, if there are four people now, they can form a table of mahjong, but Zhao Dezhao still has something in his hands.

Zhou Jiamin raised her head suddenly, and saw that Zhao Dezhao's brows were a little tight, and her eyes seemed to be looking out of the door all the time, so she muttered and said: "Brother Zhao, I see that you are not keeping your soul, if you have something to do, go and get busy, I can play the piano and flip through books when I am bored alone." ”

"Sister Zhou understands the righteousness so well, but it seems that I am abrupt."

"This is also my boredom and playfulness, which makes you laugh." Zhou Jiamin lowered his head embarrassedly.

"Sister Zhou?"

"Huh? What's up? Zhou Jiamin's expression was stunned, and she looked at Zhao Dezhao tightly with another pair of eyes, she found that she was very worried about this man in her heart, and she was afraid that she would not see her again if she left, but he was the king of Wei Chitose of the Great Song Kingdom, with a noble status, and he had something big to do, she was a little woman, and she didn't want to become a disaster in the eyes of the world.

Zhou Jiamin was still looking at the man in front of her with deep affection, and then she understood: "You have something you have to do, I can handle it by myself, and I will never cause you trouble." What's more, I've been in the temple for a few more days, and I miss my mother very much, so why don't you take me back to Zhou's mansion when you enter the city tonight? ”

Zhao Dezhao listened to Zhou Jiamin's words, he was very excited, he put his hands on Zhou Jiamin's shoulders, patted her shoulder and said: "The city is too dangerous, if people find out their whereabouts, if they don't pay attention, if something happens to you, I can't rest assured." ”

Zhou Jiamin was very moved when she heard this, and a warm feeling flowed all over her body, she couldn't take her eyes off Zhao Dezhao, she couldn't help but be excited, and pretended to purse her lips and said: "It's good to have your words, I won't block you, I ...... It's homesick indeed. In the end, her voice was so low that only she could hear what she was saying.

At Zhou Jiamin's insistence, Zhao Dezhao couldn't refuse anymore, he thought about it again and again, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll leave after sending you back to Zhou's mansion." ”

"Hmm." Zhou Jiamin listened, a warm current crossed the tip of his heart, and his two hands unconsciously caught Zhao Dezhao's wrists.

After the two finished speaking, they stared at each other for a long time, and looked at each other tacitly.

It was late at night, and it was very cold outside. The two of them each carried a torch and entered through the secret passage of the temple. In the secret passage, there is a little cold, although Zhou Jiamin is wearing a thick clothes, but still feels a little cold, Zhao Dezhao arrow Zhou Jiamin shrunk and walked slowly, he took off the outermost layer of clothing from himself as he walked, covering Zhou Jiamin's body, Zhou Jiamin stopped, let the clothes be worn on herself, she sometimes turned her head, looked at each other, and sometimes touched the clothes with her fingers, breathing the breath of the man on the clothes, and couldn't help but smile.

"Is it still cold?" Because he was still in a hurry, Zhao Dezhao didn't notice Zhou Jiamin's expression, and Zhou Jiamin just looked at it from time to time, and sometimes turned his head embarrassedly without thinking or looking.

This trip took one more tea than usual.

In the huge Jinling City, now with the great funeral of the lord, all singing and dancing entertainment has been suspended, and even the Qinhuai River, which is singing and dancing, is much more monotonous and cold than usual.

At night, Zhao Dezhao finally sent Zhou Jiamin back to Zhou's mansion, and the servant at the gate of Zhou's mansion saw his little lady return to the mansion, and immediately ran into the mansion to tell Mrs. Zhou the good news.

Zhou Jiamin took off the outermost clothes, handed them to Zhao Dezhao, and then reluctantly took Zhao Dezhao's hand, those hands gave her warmth and hope, but she knew what this man was doing now, so she immediately stepped into the Zhou Mansion.

At the moment when the door of the mansion closed, Zhou Jiamin reluctantly looked back and smiled.

Zhao Dezhao also laughed, and after a brief eyebrow, he left a back and disappeared into the night.

The candle flame in the Seiyin Pavilion is still lit, and the bamboo charcoal is also burning. At this moment, there were three people sitting in the house, Chen Yuan and Ouyang Yuntian had been waiting in the house for almost half an hour, but their young master Zhao Dezhao still hadn't arrived here, would something happen on the way.

As soon as Ouyang Yuntian wanted to get out of the room, he saw that the door of the room was suddenly pushed open, and Zhao Dezhao, who had been waiting for a long time, finally came.

Ouyang Yuntian couldn't hold back his joy and greeted him.

Wang Wushan also immediately added some bamboo charcoal to the brazier, while Chen Yuan and Zhao Dezhao sat opposite each other, and the four of them sat on the soft couch and began to discuss around a small wooden table.

Just sent Zhou Jiamin back to his house, and after a delay of some time, Zhao Dezhao felt a little ashamed in his heart, "I'm sorry to let you wait." ”

"My subordinates are too worried."

The first thing he did when he came here, Zhao Dezhao had a task planned, and he immediately blurted out: "After dark, Li Yu has been sent out of the temple, and the next thing is to deal with Jinling City, and our remaining goal is that Li Congqing is worried about that ghost." "Zhao Dezhao is categorical," Li Congqing is not a matter of concern, but the strength of this ghost has not yet fought with us, it may be unfathomable, and it may be able to fight with our Changchun Hall, but I still firmly believe in the strength of our Changchun Hall. Therefore, in addition to closely monitoring Li Congqing at the moment, the most important thing is to be worried, and I don't want to be disrupted by such a group of forces at a critical moment. ”

Chen Yuan had already taken the lead in speaking, he patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, young master, please let your subordinates send some people over, plus these special forces trained by the young master, my subordinates believe that they will definitely destroy the ghosts." ”

Zhao Dezhao shook his head and said, "No, the Lord is coming in a while, you can exterminate some of the forces of the ghosts, but don't touch that brocade-robed man for the time being, he may be useful." ”

"The Lord is coming to Jinling?" Ouyang Yuntian had never seen the Lord in their mouths, and it was the first time he had heard Zhao Dezhao say this.

"Useful? How does this explain? Then why did the young master let us? The three of them all showed puzzled expressions on their faces, and they didn't know why this brocade-robed man was so important, and even their lord was alarmed and wanted to come to Jinling City in person.

Zhao Dezhao saw that the three of them had doubts in their hearts, so he smiled and said: "I think the lord seems to know this brocade-robed man, maybe the lord has a plan to deal with the brocade-robed man, but except for the brocade-robed man, you can deal with the rest of the minions as much as you want, as long as it doesn't change the overall situation." And in addition to monitoring Li Congqing, you must also ensure his safety. ”

Then Zhao Dezhao turned his face and said to Wang Wushan: "After a while on Wang Wushan's side, someone will cooperate with you to ensure that the assassination plan of the brocade robe man will not succeed." ”

"Yes, my subordinates know."

"By the way, Xiao Guizi should be the only one in the concierge house who knows my whereabouts, right?" Zhao Dezhao only told Xiao Guizi at the beginning, because he didn't want his whereabouts to be known by the envoys of his country, that is, he didn't want them to cause chaos.

Chen Yuan said: "Yes, what the young master said is right. In the past few days, the officials of the protocol house have made a lot of trouble, since the young master deliberately disappeared, the envoys also entered the palace every day, asking Li Congqing to give them an explanation, and Li Congqing was only ambiguous, and pushed the disappearance of the young master to Li Congshan, but my Great Song Dynasty envoys did not see the young master for a day, and they did not stop for a day, and it is said that a few days ago they drafted an excerpt and sent it to Kaifeng. ”

Things have developed according to Zhao Dezhao's thoughts, and he was relieved: "Well, well done, as long as I don't show up for a day, Li Congqing will not be able to live in peace for a day, so that my envoys of the Great Song Dynasty will definitely not give up, but the official family blames it, and there is an excuse to cut down the Tang Dynasty." ”

Ouyang Yuntian was still a little worried in his heart, and he wondered: "The young master's trick is good, but is it really a good time to cut down Tang this time?" ”

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and my Great Song Dynasty has been fighting for several years, at this moment, the Tang Kingdom is in trouble, it is their own end, the Tang Dynasty is constantly troubled, Li Yu is not dead, imagine what will happen in the future?"

"Brothers are on the wall, and they are insulted outside, but now that Li Yu is in our hands, we can appropriately increase the bargaining chips for Li Yu, let Li Yu take the Great Song army south, and Li Yu will also rely on my Great Song army to recover the country, the tiger is out of the Sheng, the turtle jade is destroyed in the coffin, and it is the army of the Great Song Dynasty that controls Jinling at that time, how can Li Yu help it, hehe, whose fault is this?"

When Ouyang Yuntian heard this, he couldn't help but feel that his choice was very wise, and he also gave hope to Zhao Dezhao, who was seated.

When the other two heard this, they fell into deep thought again, and the lamp of the candlestick also rose and fell, and the lamp flower also formed a huge black fruit, and the light in the room also dimmed a little bit.

Zhao Dezhao played with a sunspot in his hand, and kept knocking it on the table, making a loud noise, and the other three people woke up from the plan, and Wang Wushan picked up a pair of scissors when he climbed and cut off the lantern.

…… After the tea time, the four of them had already discussed about it, and suddenly felt that their mouths were dry, and they unconsciously drank another pot of tea.

The house was still warm, and the charcoal in the brazier had burned out and turned into white charcoal ash, with only the sporadic charcoal still attached to it.

Zhao Dezhao looked down and saw it, but found that as long as there was nothing left about the restless Mars, the situation in the entire Jinling City would be greatly opened, and then the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty would send a rebellion against the text, and the Privy Council would transfer troops and send generals, and Li Yu would become a chess piece in his hand, leaving the Tang Kingdom, and he could only be at the mercy of others.

Who is Kuroko and who is Hakuko? Zhao Dezhao continued to play with the black and white chess pieces, and the other three just looked at Zhao Dezhao's expression and movements, secretly speculating.

Today's situation is already complex and changeable, Zhao Dezhao does not want a painstakingly operated shocking plan to stir up the yellow, his expression is very complex and changeable, now all this is to pave the way for the destruction of the Tang Dynasty, and the next thing is the competition between the two countries.

…… It wasn't until it was dawn that the four of them went to the guest room in the Qingyin Pavilion to rest.