"Third Uncle...... When it comes to this, you don't have to hide it," Qi Wang's face was serious, and even his usual respect faded a lot, "Tell me, what's going on?" ”

"What did you say?" Liu Songping still looked puzzled.

"Third uncle! You grew up watching, can't you still believe me?! Qi Wang stomped his foot a little anxiously. Can't you tell me something? ”

In the midst of watching, Liu Songping's doubts slowly disappeared.

"What do you want me to tell you?"

"How do I know what you're hiding from me? But you must have something to hide from me. Qi Wang said categorically, "Third uncle, although I am not very smart, I am not blind, you are too strange along the way, I ...... No matter how I am, I can be aware of it, right? The third uncle is so different from usual......"

"What's the difference?" Liu Songping asked rhetorically.

"This ...... I ......" Qi Wang suddenly became a little stunned. I wanted to say something, but I didn't know how to say it.

"You're watching the third uncle suddenly become powerful, so it's a little strange, right?" Liu Songping smiled, "The third uncle should be as decadent as usual, right?" ”

"No, that's not what it means!" Qi Wang was a little anxious, "Seeing that the third uncle is so vigorous, I ...... I'm really happy. But...... Third uncle, what kind of person is this Wei Zhongxian, you know, he is a traitor who has brought disaster to the country and the people, why do you still bother to be condescending to him? Do you want to sacrifice your life like that......? Even if you take his money, it doesn't have to be like this, right? ”

"Do you think the third uncle protects him like this, just for money?" Liu Songping frowned.

Qi Wang was speechless again.

"I ...... That's not what I meant," he whispered.

In fact, that's what he meant, but after all, he was an elder, and he didn't dare to say it explicitly.

"Feel whatever you want." After Liu Songping was silent for a long time, he patted Qi Wang's shoulder, "Okay, no matter what, our errand is to send Gonggong Wei to the Imperial Mausoleum, and we don't have to worry about anything else, so this matter must be done well!" ”

"But......" Qi Wang wanted to say something, but under the eyes of Liu Songping, he couldn't say anything in the end.

"Forget it, you're still young, I can't talk to you a lot of things, in short, you just listen to the third uncle's words and act." Liu Songping sighed, "Do you think the third uncle will harm you?" ”

"No, I won't ......," Qi Wang replied subconsciously.

"Then it's over." Liu Songping waved his hand and motioned for Qi Wang to go back to sleep first.

Then Liu Songping didn't pay attention to him anymore and stood straight at the door.

Good nephew, I am already old, life and death, rich and poor are already in the past, I just hope that you can protect yourself in this troubled world! Looking at his back, Liu Songping sighed in his heart.

That night, Qi Wang had a lot of things on his mind, and he couldn't fall asleep when he tossed and turned in bed, and he didn't fall asleep until the night was already very deep, and when he woke up at dawn, he was stunned to find that Liu Songping didn't come over to ask him to get up and change the guard.

"Third uncle!" He hurriedly changed his clothes, and then rushed to Liu Songping, and found that he had been standing at the door, his face was quite tired and haggard, and he looked a little depressed.

"Oh yes, it's up." Liu Songping nodded towards Qi Wang.

"Why didn't you call me?"

"I saw that I was okay last night, so I didn't call you." Liu Songping said calmly.

Then, he waved his hand and motioned for Qi Wang to stop talking. "Okay, now that you're awake, I'll eat something first, then wake me up at noon, and we'll go!"

Qi Wang was anxious, but when he heard Liu Songping tell him like this, he had no choice but to agree.

The group of people from Dongchang never came back, and the group said goodbye to this post station at noon and set out on the road again.

Because they deliberately wanted to bypass the canal and the boundary controlled by Zhao Jin's forces, they did not go south to Hejian Mansion via Tongzhou, but chose to enter Baoding Mansion through Zhuozhou.

The farther south you go, the farther away from the capital, the more and more the magnanimity of the capital is diminished. However, because Baoding Mansion has not been damaged much in the recent military disaster, it still retains some vitality, and the market is not completely depressed.

They forced themselves along the grassy roads in the cold winds of late autumn, and the world was not peaceful today, and it was common to see people with bad looks watching them on the road.

However, Qi Wang and Liu Songping looked powerful and wore the official clothes of Jinyiwei, so they finally didn't encounter any incidents.

However, this kind of worrying road made everyone feel bad, so they didn't say much on the road, and just walked forward.

Just as it was about to fall into the night, they found an inn in a rather large market outside Baoding Mansion and lived in.

Not long after they settled down, a middle-aged man dressed as a scribe led a few attendants and hurried to the inn.

Their expressions are very strange, they have been looking left and right since they entered the inn, and they don't look like they want to stay in the hotel, but they have been interrogating the shopkeeper's Xiao Er about something.

After a while, they went upstairs and walked over to the room where Qi Wang and the others were staying.

As soon as the group came upstairs, they were targeted by Liu Songping, although he was silent on the surface, eating all the time, but his eyes had been patrolling beside them.

As he had a hunch, this group was indeed coming for them.

The middle-aged scribe in the lead first glanced around, and then after seeing Liu Songping, he walked straight towards them.

"Dare to ask the two poor masters of the Jinyi Guard, are they the ones who escorted Grandpa Wei?"

Subconsciously, Liu Songping held the knife in his hand.

"Bad master Hugh is going to misunderstand! There is no malice in the next! ”

The middle-aged scribe spread his hands, first signaling that he had no malicious intent, and then bowed to Liu Song with his hands together.

"Who are you?" Seeing that he really didn't have any malicious intent, Liu Songping's hand on the knife slowly loosened.

"I'm just an old friend of Grandpa Wei, and I learned that Grandpa Wei passed through here, so I just wanted to visit Grandpa Wei......" The scribe avoided answering his question, but just looked at him vigorously. Since the two are indeed the ones who escorted the father-in-law, then ...... Father-in-law should be here, right? ”

"So what?" Liu Songping is still very vigilant.

"Excuse me...... Can you let me talk to my father-in-law below? The middle-aged scribe smiled. I have been in contact with my father-in-law for many years, and my current situation is not very good, and today is a good opportunity, I wonder if I can take this opportunity to meet my father-in-law again. ”

Speaking of this, a trace of loneliness flashed on his face again, "After all, my father-in-law and I are afraid that we will never have the opportunity to meet again in the future." ”

Liu Songping and Qi Wang glanced at each other, but in the end they decided not to let this person of unknown origin ask to see Wei Zhongxian.

"Father-in-law Wei is still resting, so it's inconvenient to see guests." Liu Songping rejected him.

The middle-aged scribe's face froze.

Suddenly, Liu Songping and the two of them felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere, although this middle-aged scribe was still gentle and elegant, and his demeanor was still personable, but the whole momentum became different, as if he was the kind of person who had been in a high position for a long time and was used to being commanding.

After a moment of stiffness, the middle-aged man suddenly sighed, then reached out and took out a greeting note from his arms, and respectfully handed it to Liu Songping.

"Since Gonggong Wei is resting, it is inconvenient to forcibly disturb him. Please pass this prayer to your father-in-law. My father-in-law will let him see when he is rested, and before that, I will wait here. ”

Although his tone was still very gentle, his attitude was very resolute, and it seemed that he had to see Wei Zhongxian.

Liu Songping took the post, looked at him with some hesitation, and then lowered his head and swept the post.

"Wei Guangwei?" When he saw the person on the prayer post, Liu Songping's face suddenly changed.

No wonder he was so surprised, Wei Guangwei was the son of Wei Yunzhen, a famous minister of the Wanli Dynasty, and a standard sergeant doctor of the court! Even if he himself is a thirty-two years jinshi, he has been a minister in the cabinet.

No wonder he had that kind of bearing when he was rejected just now!

Since he is Wei Guangwei, it is not surprising that he came to ask to see Wei Zhongxian.

Since he had a bad relationship with the Donglin Party in the early years of the Apocalypse, he took refuge in Wei Zhongxian and became one of the main backbones of the Wei Party. Soon after joining the Wei Party, he was installed in the cabinet by Wei Zhongxian and became his main assistant in the cabinet.

"Yes...... Can you pass down the prayer post? Seeing that Liu Songping was still in a daze, Wei Guangwei couldn't help urging.

"Okay, wait a minute." Liu Songping no longer hesitated, and immediately nodded and agreed. Then, he gave Qi Wang a look, motioning for him to look at the men here, and then he himself turned and walked down the hallway to a room.

"Wei Guangwei?" When he saw this post, Wei Zhongxian was also taken aback, "He actually knows that I am here, and he still wants to come to see me?" ”

He was able to tilt the power of the government and the opposition in the early years of the Apocalypse and form his own forces, Wei Guangwei contributed a lot, and he has always regarded Wei Guangwei as his right-hand man. Moreover, both of them are from Beizhili, and their hometowns are not too far apart, so he is particularly optimistic about Wei Guangwei.

It's just that...... Now that he has fallen to such a point, his power has disappeared, the party members have long since scattered and fled, and he can no longer bring benefits to anyone, why should Wei Guangwei take the risk to ask to see him?

He couldn't think of a reason, because he was getting more and more curious.

"Okay, let's bring him to meet our family."

Wei Guangwei was soon recruited by Liu Songping.

As soon as they entered the room, the middle-aged scribe and Wei Zhongxian looked at each other, and then each saw countless loneliness and loneliness in their respective bodies, as well as depression and desolation.

Infinite emotion rolled down to their mouths, but they couldn't say anything, and in the end, they could only smile bitterly.

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Let's talk about it tomorrow