The night is unstable, and the cool breeze blows the branches.

Some people sleep soundly, and naturally some people toss and turn.

Somewhere in a room, the door was open, and the occupants lit only a candle, which was extinguished after a while, and the room was instantly plunged into darkness.

A gust of wind blew open the door, widening the crack a little, and a dark shadow entered.

"He's back, and now he can't do it anymore." The dark shadow stood in the room, leaning sideways, and in the room, another shadow sitting, and although he couldn't see clearly, he knew very well that the other party was very dissatisfied with his actions.

"Why did it fail?" It was a woman's voice, with a hint of anger.

Silence crept through the air.

The woman clenched her fists and restrained herself vigorously: "You still don't believe what I say. ”

"Yes." It's like a broken jar, and the answer is fast.

The woman chuckled, closed her eyes, and then eased her impetuous mood, and said coldly: "I will look for you for the sake of your loyalty, and I will tell you that the surname Wu is not a good thing, you have repeatedly refused to listen to my instructions, this time it is not easy to do it, why did you temporarily change the hexagram and want to take him out of the city, do you think I don't know?" ”

"Vice General He, Wu Mengquan is a burden and a tumor, if you don't pull it out as soon as possible, it will be a disaster sooner or later."

"You have no evidence, you have no evidence, you can't prove that Wu Mengquan will harm the general, and you can't prove that you won't harm the general."

"Yes, I don't really have any proof of myself, but you can't deny that what I made you do before was harmful to the general, can you?" The woman emphasized in a low voice: "I originally thought that the idiot lady of the Li family married into the general's mansion to add to the blockage, and I wanted to solve her on the sedan chair and replace her with my person, but I didn't expect that idiot to drink poison, and now he has helped the general accumulate a lot of prestige among the people, and an idiot is much more useful than you!" ”

"You!"

"What am I?!" The woman stood up suddenly, and almost rushed over and pointed at his nose and scolded: "The general brought back more than a dozen hunting dogs from Shuzhou, you can train them well, Wu Mengquan's matter, don't worry about Vice General Laohe." ”

"The general is back now, you can't make any more moves, the general will kill you." He Yuan hurriedly took a step forward, and then seemed to notice the cold gaze she cast, and stepped back again.

The woman didn't speak again, just sat down again.

Silence once again swept through the room.

The distance between the two people was no more than ten steps, but it seemed to be separated by a moat.

He Yuan has known her for a long time, and at that time he was not Bai Li Ye's deputy general, just an unknown soldier under his hands, and it was she who told him how to get close to Bai Li Ye and how to become his cronies, step by step, it all seemed to be planned.

He was slowly learning to believe in her, but he doubted her several times after that, until Baili Ye led his troops out on the expedition.

"The general won't die, and you won't die, but you can't come back alive," she said. ”

Her purpose became clear at that moment.

When we first met, she was still a little girl, eleven or twelve years old looked very immature, her big eyes were very beautiful, her eyes sparkled when she smiled, and she could cook good dishes.

What she asked him to do, he carried out it behind Baili Ye's back.

Those things are good for Baili Ye, such as secretly cooperating with Li Tong and building momentum among the people before, but whenever Bai Li Ye travels to the nearby villages, there will always be people who go to the relief with the title of Bai Li Ye, and for example, after the Shuzhou case, Bai Li Ye has not returned to Yicheng, and the deeds of killing corrupt officials for the people have spread throughout Qingqi.

Because of the intersection of life and death, Bai Li Ye trusts him very much, and among all the deputy generals, Bai Li Ye trusts him the most.

And this is the most crucial thing she taught him.

He never asked why, because he knew that he couldn't ask at all, except for the first meeting, every time they crossed paths after that, it was so dark that he couldn't see her face, he couldn't see her figure, he could only vaguely tell that she was beautiful and tall now.

That table was the first time she cooked for him, and the last time she cooked for him.

After that, if you try anything else, you won't have the taste at that table.

"He Yuan, no matter what, protect him." Her voice sounded tired, for so many years, she had been secretly guarding Bai Li Ye, but she had never let him know.

For what purpose, it is nothing more than to repay the favor.

If there was any other purpose, He Yuan would not dare to think about it, he would always have to hold on to a little hope.

As long as Baili Ye ascends to the throne of God, maybe, they may ...... It is also possible to ......

He Yuan closed his eyes, feeling the hot temperature transmitted from his eyelids, and finally didn't ask anything, those answers, he hoped she could tell him in person.

"The general has the grace of knowing me, the grace of support, and the grace of saving my life, and I will not fail the general." I won't bear you, but he didn't say this, he didn't dare, and she wouldn't believe it.

Because he did something wrong, he failed to kill Wu Mengquan, he was selfish, and he still didn't believe her enough.

He Yuan couldn't come out for long, and seeing that she didn't have anything to say to him, he turned around in silence, and the room fell into a deathly silence again.

The woman sat alone for a long time, and finally she rolled over and went to bed, and fell asleep.

The moon poked out of the dark clouds and slowly climbed in the direction of the western mountain, until the sky was getting brighter, and Li Tong opened his eyes in a daze.

"Where's the general?"

The position next to him was empty, Li Tong was a little uncomfortable, and the first thing he asked about Baili Ye's whereabouts when he saw the feather curtain.

"Madame Hui, the general is in the study."

"What time is it?" Li Tong scratched his head and yawned.

"Mrs. Hui, just after the end of the day."

Li Tong breathed a long sigh of relief, she was really tired, she woke up before nine o'clock before, she stretched her waist, and finally got up.

"Why did he go to the study early in the morning? Got a guest? Li Tong took the fine salt handed over by the feather curtain, took the wooden toothbrush and dipped it a little, and stood under the porch to brush it gently.

"It's Lord Wu."

Li Tong was stunned, and searched in her empty mind for a long time without thinking out who this Lord Wu was: "Prepare to prepare, I'll go and meet." ”

This is the first guest they will come to the door after returning to Yicheng, and it should be a more important one, Li Tong, as an ally, does not feel that he should not go at all.

Bai Li Ye's study is very close, and he will arrive through a hand-copying verandah.

The voices of the two people in the study were very low, and as soon as Li Tong walked to the door, the people inside stopped, and then the door opened.

Li Tong and Bai Li Ye looked at each other, and for some reason there was a trace of embarrassment floating in the air for some reason.

"Why is Madame here?"

For Li Tong's arrival, the surprise in Bai Liye's eyes stayed for a long time.

"I heard that there were guests coming, so I came to take a look." Li Tong didn't feel that he was redundant, and pushed Bai Li Ye away and walked in.

As soon as Wu Mengquan heard Bai Li Ye call his wife, he immediately stood up from his seat, his injuries were not yet healed, and his ears were still wrapped in bandages, which was very eye-catching, as soon as Li Tong saw him, he had a plan in his heart.

"Lord Wu?" Li Tong asked with a grin.

"I've seen Madame." Wu Mengquan saluted tremblingly.

Li Tong looked at Wu Mengquan's ear again, pointed and asked Bai Li Ye: "This is the one you said was assassinated?" ”

Bai Li Ye nodded.

"Huh? Is Lord Wu okay? ”

"Okay, okay, I didn't hear that the general came back, I will ...... immediately" Wu Mengquan was halfway through his words, immediately stopped, looked at Baili Ye with a little horror, and saw that he didn't react, so he thought about it and continued: "Before the general left, he explained some things to Weichen, and he happened to be free today, so he came over." ”

Li Tong saw that his words flickered, and he didn't pursue it; "I see, I just came over and asked my husband if he would go to the courtyard for dinner in a while, or should he accompany Master Wu out to eat?"

"Naturally, I will accompany you to eat, Lord Wu will go back after speaking, he will be responsible for the emperor's birthday banquet, and he is busy." Baili Ye said softly.

"Okay, then I'll let the feather curtain prepare."

After Li Tong finished speaking, he left, but he didn't go back to his yard, but turned a corner and went to find Zhou Lan.

When I arrived, I saw Zhou Lan spread a slightly thick stall in the yard, and she was sitting cross-legged on it, her eyes closed, not knowing what she was doing.

"What kind of new demon sect is this?" Li Tong walked under the porch and was quite disgusted.

Zhou Lan opened her eyes and glared at her, and scolded: "This is called sunbathing, you know a fart?" ”

Li Tong looked up at the sun that could kill ants, and shook his head: "Which bastard told you about sunbathing?" Wait for you to turn into black charcoal, see if the general still wants you? ”

As soon as she heard this, Zhou Lan was even more fearless: "That's right, let Cui Qingqing, that rat, dare to go." ”

Li Tong pursed his lips: "She offended you?" ”

"Not really." Zhou Lan was just about to close her eyes, and remembered that Li Tong always went to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing: "What's the matter with you coming to me?" ”

"I'll ask you personally."

"Who?"

"Just the Lord Wu in the study."

Zhou Lan straightened her bent legs: "I haven't accompanied this Lord Wu, but I know some things about him." ”

"Tell me." Li Tong showed gossipy eyes, and Zhou Lan glanced at her with disgust.

"This Lord Wu's full name is Wu Mengquan, he is a waiter of the Ministry of Works, this emperor's birthday banquet, he is responsible for repairing the royal temple, but some time ago he was suddenly assassinated, half of his ear was cut off, and the assassin has not caught it until now." Zhou Lan looked around and whispered: "There are rumors that there is a secret in the royal temple, and he doesn't want to be repaired, for fear of being turned out, so he wants to kill him." ”

Li Tong frowned and continued to listen.

"Lord Wu is low-key, slightly withdrawn, there are no officials who get along particularly well in the court, and I have not heard of any party or enmity with others, and most of the Ministry of Industry contacts are low-level craftsmen, and I have never heard of Lord Wu doing anything to deduct them."

Li Tong's eyes rolled a few times, and he caught a key point: "He didn't stand on the party side, but the day after we returned to Yicheng, he was the first to come to the door." ”

Zhou Lan blinked, not realizing that there was anything wrong for a while, but she quickly reacted and grabbed Li Tong's wrist: "Could it be that he wants to cause trouble?" ”