The cool wind blew, and the branches in the courtyard trembled slightly.

Li Chengqian glanced sideways at Jiang Xiaoyu and asked, "Is it cold?" ”

Jiang Xiaoyu shook his head gently: "It's not cold!" ”

"I ......," Li Chengqian said after a moment of silence, "If I want you to stay, will you?" ”

"You know my answer, so why ask?" Jiang Xiaoyu hugged his knees and said softly.

"I know!" Li Changqing even knees, his hands propped on the ground, looking at the light-colored sky, "I have always known your answer, but only by asking, I can completely give up!" ”

"Senior brother...... Forever my brother! ”

"When I was in the Jiang family, although you were just a yellow-haired girl at that time, and your ugly temper was not good, but you were very strong, sometimes very soft, I didn't have any other thoughts at that time, I just wanted to live well by myself, and protect you to live well, in the past ten years, the three of us master and apprentice can be regarded as dependent on each other, I have always known that you are just my brother, but I don't know when you started, no longer when you are just a junior sister, I have always known that you are only Zhao Ling in your heart, I didn't have much thought at that time, I just wanted to protect you, as long as I could watch you, I was already very satisfied! ”

Li Chengqian said leisurely: "However, by Zhao Ling's side, you are not as happy and safe as I imagined, I was thinking, if he can't protect you, I can take care of you!" ”

"I used to think that I could be so strong that I didn't need any care, but then it turned out that I was still very weak, without you to escort me, I still have a lot of problems, and I can't even keep my name!" Jiang Xiaoyu said, "I have to learn to grow up on my own!" I'm with Zhao Ling, not because he can take care of me, in fact, I can't tell why I have to be him, but I'm afraid that I will be planted in his hands in this life, whether he is an ordinary person, he is an ordinary person without martial arts! In this life, it is not long or short, if you can be with him, you will be satisfied! ”

"Am I not supposed to tell you this?" Li Chengqian didn't look at Jiang Xiaoyu, but continued to look at the sky leisurely, "Wouldn't it be better for you to treat me as a senior brother?" ”

"No matter what you tell me, you are my senior brother!" Jiang Xiaoyu lowered his eyes and a shallow smile appeared on his lips, "Actually, I probably already knew your mind earlier, but I was still enjoying your efforts, but I couldn't give you any response, I'm not a good girl, I don't deserve your cherishment!" ”

"Oh my silly girl!" Li Chengqian's eyes were still filled with gentle warmth, for a person with a cold temperament like him, this should only be the exclusive property of Xiaoyu, a funny and pitying smile spread on his lips, "Anything Senior Brother does for you is not for your response, I am willing to protect you!" ”

He sighed deeply: "Master is right, if I don't say it, I'm just afraid that I will be entangled in this relationship for the rest of my life, and I said these words to you today, and the result is as I expected, I don't regret it." Xiaoyu, you will be my junior sister in the future, we will still be the same as before, and my senior brother will always stand behind you! ”

He straightened up, his face became serious, and said, "Let's get down to business!" ”

"What's the matter?" Jiang Xiaoyu asked.

"Didn't you always want to go back to Da Zhou?" Li Chengqian said, "I'll introduce you to someone, and he may be able to help you!" ”

"Who?" Jiang Xiaoyu asked curiously.

Li Chengqian got his own intimate body and soul in exchange for him, and asked him to bring people in. After a while, I saw a young man walking over.

This person is dressed in a cyan robe, he looks elegant and handsome, and there is a kind smile on the corner of his mouth, this person Jiang Xiaoyu is not familiar with, isn't it Zhao Qu?

"How is he?" Jiang Xiaoyu frowned and asked.

Zhao Qu didn't mind the surprise and hostility in Jiang Xiaoyu's eyes, he walked over without hurry, hugged his fists and said, "Zhao Qu sees Your Majesty!" ”

"Let's get flat!" Li Chengqian said lightly.

Zhao Qu turned to greet Jiang Xiaoyu again, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, I haven't seen you for a long time, is everything okay?" ”

"How did you end up here?" Jiang Xiaoyu asked with a frown.

"For business!" Zhao Qu said, "There is some business to deal with in the territory of Chen Guo, so I came to this Chen State on the order of His Majesty, in addition to dealing with business problems, I also asked me to inquire about the news of my sister-in-law by the way!" ”

"You are very bold, and you dare to come to see me, are you not afraid that you will not be able to go back when you come here?" Jiang Xiaoyu said coldly.

"I dare to come here, naturally I have the certainty that my sister-in-law will not kill me!" Zhao Qu smiled faintly, "Because only I can help your sister-in-law return to Da Zhou and return to the capital unconsciously!" ”

"Why are you helping me? Why should I trust you? Jiang Xiaoyu sneered.

"Because it's not just sister-in-law that you want revenge, I also want revenge!" The hypocritical and kind smile on Zhao Qu's face gradually disappeared, and there was a cold and faint anger in his eyes, "Our enemy is the same person, it is our great emperor, Your Majesty!" ”

"If he is your enemy, why are you his man?" Jiang Xiaoyu sneered, "With his suspicious nature, he trusts you so much now, you say you have a grudge?" Can't you think I'm a fool? ”

"Sister-in-law is not busy and angry first, listen to me slowly!" Zhao Qu smiled, "If I don't do so many things for him, how can he trust me?" Your Majesty is suspicious, and now it has reached the point where no one around you will trust it, so it will naturally make many people feel cold, and people of insight will leave sooner or later because of the cold, so I think it's almost time for revenge! ”

He paused and said: "I have a grudge against him for killing my mother, do you think this revenge sister-in-law should be avenged?" ”

"Revenge for killing my mother? Where to start? Jiang Xiaoyu frowned and asked.

"When my mother and I were kicked out of the Chu Palace, my mother wanted to murder my eldest brother first, and I didn't hate anyone, and I could still live well with my mother in the south. It's just that I do have some talent for business, and this talent has attracted the attention of His Majesty, and in the fourth year my mother died, and he wanted me to hate the Chu Palace, and then use it for him, and I did become his man very early, and I wanted to come back and avenge my mother! ”

Zhao Qu's voice was full of coolness, and he paused and said: "It's just that later I found out that my mother's death was not simple, there was His Majesty's handwriting behind it, it can be said that in order to make me hate the Chu Palace, he became his person, he killed my mother, I pretended to be loyal to him, the purpose is to be able to avenge my mother in the future!" ”

"Why should I trust you?" Jiang Xiaoyu asked coldly.

"I have no proof that my mother was killed by tourmaline!" Zhao Qu said, "I don't have any evidence to prove what I said today, whether I believe it or not, it all depends on my sister-in-law's choice!" But my sister-in-law may choose to believe me, I can take my sister-in-law back, and no one will suspect me! ”

"What if I don't believe it?" Jiang Xiaoyu said, "If it weren't for you, my uncle would not have had an accident, if it weren't for Zhao Ling to protect you, I would have wanted to kill you a long time ago, and today you came to me by yourself, I will let you have no return and avenge my uncle!" As for going back, I'll figure it out myself! ”

Jiang Xiaoyu picked up his sword on the side and attacked Zhao Qu as he spoke.

Although Zhao Qu didn't dodge, Jiang Xiaoyu didn't stop it, and stabbed straight towards his heart, and at this time, Li Chengqian suddenly jumped forward and held Jiang Xiaoyu's arm when she was about to stab him.

"Senior brother, what are you doing?" Jiang Xiaoyu asked.

"Don't be in a hurry yet, it's not too late to kill him after you get things figured out!" Li Chengqian said.

Jiang Xiaoyu put away his sword: "What else is there to figure out!" ”

Li Chengqian looked at Zhao Qu and said: "You are on standby now, wait until we figure out the situation, if what you say is the truth, we will choose to cooperate with you, if you deceive us, then we will not keep you!" ”

"Understood!" Zhao Qu smiled faintly, "Whatever you want to check, I don't have anything to hide and nothing to fear, but you'd better make a decision quickly, if it drags on for a long time, I'm afraid that the news will be transmitted back to the capital again, making Your Majesty suspicious!" ”

Zhao Qu was about to turn around and leave, walked a few steps and turned back and said: "By the way, sister-in-law, the eldest brother is in a good state now, and he is living very well, but the imperial doctor said that the martial arts of the eldest brother may be invalid, but even so, His Majesty is very uneasy about him, and has let many people go in the Chu Palace, monitoring him!" ”

"I know his situation very well!" Jiang Xiaoyu said coldly.

"That's my mouthful!" Zhao Qu turned around and left with Li Chengqian's guards.

"You trust him?" Jiang Xiaoyu asked.

"Believe it or not, it's always what he says, you need to investigate it first!" Li Chengqian said.

"I once trusted him, and even entrusted the Chu Palace's mansion to him, but in the end, he betrayed me and Zhao Ling, let people kidnap his own sister, and killed my uncle!" Jiang Xiaoyu said, "Such a person, do you think I can still trust it?" ”

"You can not believe in his character, but you can believe that there may be something worth using in him!" Li Chengqian said, "He is a businessman, and he knows better than us about the relationship between mutual use. I just thought about it for a while, following his caravan back to Da Zhou, or even back to the capital, this is the safest way! ”

"What if it's a trap?" Jiang Xiaoyu asked.

"So this needs to be planned!" Li Chengqian said, "With Zhao Qu's true character as a businessman, he shouldn't be loyal to Emperor Zhou with his life, so as long as he can control Zhao Qu well, then he can use his power!" ”