On the mountain road outside Chang'an City, a man and a woman are walking slowly.

"Miss Yuan, I really don't understand." Li Zhao stopped, looked at the girl beside him, and said, "You like Zhang Tianshi, so since Zhang Tianshi provoked you, why don't you go to him, what are you looking for me to do?" ”

What does that man's amorous debt have to do with him?

"I don't like him." Yuan Jiaojiao also stopped, corrected his wording, and said, "But he doesn't want me for Miss Qiao, I can't swallow this breath." ”

"What's the matter with me?" Li Zhao said.

Yuan Jiaojiao said: "You had a marriage contract with Miss Qiao in Jinling back then, but you didn't recognize the marriage contract, so you don't want Miss Qiao, isn't it just right for me to find someone who abandons Miss Qiao?" ”

Li Zhao couldn't help sneering when he heard this: "Then you are really generous, and you retaliate against Zhang Xie in a way that makes Zhang Xie get what he wants." After a pause, he added, "I have a proposal, why don't you force Zhang to agree to the marriage contract with you, and I find a way to make Miss Qiao fall in love with me, wouldn't it be better to get revenge on the person you want to take revenge on?" ”

"If I had a way to force Zhang to agree to my marriage contract, I wouldn't have come to you." When Yuan Jiaojiao said this, her expression was blank, "Anyway, you and I are just His Majesty's pawns, each taking what he needs." When the matter of Shanxi Road is completed this time, you can cancel the marriage contract when you come back. ”

It's the best of both worlds. Although Zhou Shilin's suppression of bandits on the west road was successful, he encountered trouble, so that the army could not come back for a long time.

Li Su asked if he could live, but it depended on whether he and Miss Yuan's errand on Shanxi Road would be successful, and this was an opportunity that Pei Xiangye won for him.

If this happens, he even hopes that he will be added to the officialdom.

In all fairness, this is a good thing, but there is a downside to this good thing.

This opportunity was given by Miss Yuan, and His Majesty handed it over to Miss Yuan on an errand on Shanxi Road. This is also where he was surprised when he suddenly heard about this, but Lord Ran, who came to tell him, said that after the winter, His Royal Highness's condition would be more stable, so it would not hurt for Miss Yuan to leave for more than a month.

This time, the trouble encountered by the Shanxi Road army was related to the warlock using the spell to do evil. His Majesty did not send the Great Heavenly Master to go this time, but gave the opportunity to Miss Yuan.

After all, an irreplaceable courtier is not what the Son of Heaven wants to see.

Miss Yuan went to Shanxi Road and she wanted to take someone with her, because according to Zhou Shilin's report, the local people and gentry and officials on Shanxi Road seemed to have some problems, but he didn't dare to act rashly.

The whole thing is not just about the Fu doctor, but it is not so conspicuous to bring someone to the past, such as a fiancé who accompanies her.

And it just so happened that at this time, he needed a chance to get his eldest sister back.

And so it came naturally.

This matter is of course a good thing in Pei Xiangye's eyes, and even putting aside his selfishness, from his point of view, this is also a very good thing.

There is only one bad thing, he doesn't like the fact that he is married to Miss Yuan. Although it was fake, he was also sure that this young lady Yuan didn't have any thoughts about him and wouldn't stick to it, but he still didn't like it.

If Miss Qiao knew about this matter, she would definitely be misunderstood! But at this time, he had no way to explain.

It's really unpleasant, but I'm afraid that the guy surnamed Zhang is happy!

……

"I'm very happy," compared to Pei Qingqing, who jumped up and ran to tell him about it, Zhang Xie just smiled, but there was not much joy on his face, he just said, "But this matter is a little strange." ”

"What's strange." Pei Qingqing rolled her eyes disapprovingly, and then said, "The chief surnamed Li is okay, but he was coveted for beauty and took his eldest sister's life!" ”

This is also the idea of many "insiders".

"I don't think Li Zhao is a person who is willing to trade his future for Li Suwen's life." Zhang explained, "And he is Pei Xiang's person, but the original family has a good relationship with Fang Xiangye, if this marriage contract can really be completed, then which party does he belong to?" ”

Of course, he believes that the Li family loves his daughter, but compared to Li Zhao, a son who is concerned with the future fate of the Li family, the Li family will definitely not force him to "sell himself to save his daughter".

"You're saying it's fake?" Pei Qingqing seemed to understand such an explanation, and couldn't help but be disappointed, "I thought he really took a fancy to Miss Shangyuan!" ”

How so? Zhang Xie smiled, even if he changed his mind, he didn't have to change his mind so quickly. After a pause, he added: "Compared to this inexplicable marriage contract, I think what they want to do with this marriage contract is more important." ”

There are probably not many people in the world who can make them do such things! Such as...... Your Majesty? If Zhenjun's heart is unpredictable, he has not even heard the slightest rumor about this matter.

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Qiao Ran was also a little curious about this, but she didn't ask. Now the situation has become very interesting, and both she and the original family have begun to avoid contact with each other.

Such a strange situation is not surprising, after all, both sides need to rest. On the one hand, the foundation is damaged and needs to rest, and on the other hand, its own strength is not enough to help. After all, it wasn't always that she would have something in Old Madam Fang's hand that was enough to attract the prying eyes of all parties as a bargaining chip.

Qiao Ran held a piece of bread in her mouth and looked down at the book.

The cake was specially brought by Zhen Shiyuan, who "cared" for his subordinates, and was probably fed too many cakes, so that he also liked to repay her with the same cake when he "cared" for her subordinates.

However, although Qiao Ran doesn't like food like "cake" too much, she doesn't have much bad feeling, and she grabs and gnaws on it while reading a book with tea.

These days there seems to be constant movement outside, but she is still peaceful, except for those "uncles" of the original family who came to her again to express their love, she sat in Dali Temple and nothing happened these days.

But it's not true that nothing happened, Qiao Ran reached out and felt the bag in her sleeve pocket.

This was given to her by Li Zhao's trustee before he left Beijing.

There was only one note in the bag, and the handwriting on the note was sloppy, as if the person who wrote it was in a hurry.

However, no matter how scribbled it was, it didn't prevent Qiao Ran from recognizing that the handwriting belonged to Li Zhao.

"Suppose pro, Shanxi Road."

The marriage is fake, she has already guessed this, after all, the left and right sides do not agree on politics, no matter how much he likes that Miss Yuan, it is extremely dangerous to put himself in the middle of the game between the two ministers.

It was precisely because she knew that this matter could not be violated, so when she suddenly heard about it, she would be frightened.

As for Shanxi Road...... Shanxi Road is not far from Chang'an, the terrain is steep, but the products are abundant, so the local people are still worry-free. It's just that such a Shanxi road, because of the natural topography, there are many bandits who use natural hazards to occupy the mountain as the king.

It's just that there are bandits on Shanxi Road, this is a thing of the past, Zhou Shilin was sent to Shanxi Road to suppress bandits, and it is said that the record is very good, and he captured several bandit leaders.

It's almost winter now, and Zhou Shilin hasn't come back yet.

Not only did Zhou Shilin not come back, but even Li Zhao went to Shanxi Road. So something happened on Shanxi Road?