"What is this?" Xue Jinxiu asked.

"General Chen's letter to Hou Ye," Cheng Yue said.

"Why don't you give it to Daddy yourself?" Xue Jinxiu asked.

Cheng Yue whispered close to Xue Jinxiu's ear: "I'm afraid that there are spies in the house." ”

After speaking, Cheng Yue got up and did the chair, "I'll wait for the county lord's good news again for the time being." ”

After Xue Jinxiu answered, she went out of the door of the room and instructed Zhu Yun: "Tell me to go down and take good care of Cheng Gongzi." You follow me to Daddy. ”

After Zhu Yun answered, he followed Xue Jinxiu to Xue Changqing's study.

As soon as Xue Jinxiu entered, Xue Changqing dismissed all the people in the house, including Zhu Yun.

"What message did Cheng Gongzi ask you to bring me?" Xue Changqing took a sip of tea and asked.

Xue Jinxiu was slightly stunned and asked, "Daddy knows everything?" ”

"I have made friends with Cheng Yue once or twice for my father, he has never known you in his life, and he suddenly came to propose marriage, most of them are a pretense"

Hearing what his father said, Xue Jinxiu took out the note from his sleeve, handed it to Xue Changqing, and said, "This is brought by Chen Bo Bert Cheng Yue." ”

After Xue Changqing unfolded the note and read it, he was silent for a long time.

"Daddy, do you want to help Brother Wang rebel against the saint?" Xue Jinxiu asked.

Xue Changqing sighed and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Xue Jinxiu clenched her fists and said, "The child's mother died in the war, and the child doesn't want there to be children like me in this world." ”

Hearing this, Xue Changqing let out a long sigh, not knowing what to do.

"Daddy, did His Royal Highness really die at the border because of the trap set by the Holy Lord?" Xue Jinxiu asked.

Xue Changqing nodded and said, "Back then, the Holy Lord was critically ill, and Prince Xi's arm was seriously injured and he couldn't go to the battlefield, so His Royal Highness asked for an order to go. At that time, the current saint held the power of soldiers and horses, and he was bent on getting rid of two political enemies, so he allocated the soldiers to the four highnesses who were either old or recruits with no combat experience. It is already remarkable that the Fourth Highness can block a month alone in that situation", Xue Changqing sighed as he spoke.

Xue Jinxiu didn't interject, waiting for Xue Changqing to continue.

"After your brother Xi Wang learned about this, he chased him to the battlefield without saying a word. Unexpectedly, the Shen family was willing to use his own flesh and blood relatives Shen Zihe, the fourth imperial concubine, as bait, and the four highnesses could block the heavy soldiers but couldn't cross this beauty! With that, Xue Changqing sighed.

Originally, Xue Jinxiu still had a reason to convince himself not to help Cangxi go against Zhou Ze. However, after listening to his father's personal admittion, Xue Jinxiu felt more and more indebted to Cangxi.

"You, why didn't you help Brother Wang Xi at that time!" Xue Jinxiu cried.

Xue Changqing also asked himself this question a hundred times, a thousand times!

The answer he got was that he couldn't risk the Xue clan!

The battle for the storage position has always been a succession or defeat. At that time, although Gaozong moved the heart of easy storage, he was not really easy to store. If he helped Zhou Yi and Cangxi, then once the final winner is Zhou Ze, then the Xue family will all be rebellious and thieves by Pan Wei! With such a notoriety, he can't let the Xue family carry it! He can't take his only daughter Xue Jinxiu to take this risk!

"Splendid girl, this court has always been wise and self-protecting. Father knew that he owed a lot to the Cang clan and the Four Highnesses, and after his father died, his father went to make cattle and horses for Cangqing to apologize! But, let's not meddle in this matter, Ang! As he spoke, Xue Changqing's hand stroked Xue Jinxiu's jet-black and smooth hair.

"Dad, you have to be loyal! Uncle Cang and Uncle Chen have helped our Xue family so much. Do you bear to watch Uncle Cang's only bloodline come to his death, or do you have the heart to see Uncle Chen's incomplete bones? Xue Jinxiu asked with tears in her eyes.

Hearing her daughter say this, Xue Changqing shed tears first, "Girl, our Xue family is not a royal family. The reason why you can survive for so many years after the death of the Cang clan is because your father and I are cautious and never want to show off our merits! It's also because your father and I know how to sweep the snow in front of the door! ”

Everyone sweeps the snow in front of their own door, and doesn't care about the frost on the tiles of others - this has always been the way to survive.

"Daddy doesn't care, I'll take care of it!" As he spoke, Xue Jinxiu was about to leave the door of the study.

Xue Changqing hurriedly got up from his seat, stopped Xue Jinxiu, and asked, "Where are you going?" ”

"Enter the palace," Xue Jinxiu said.

"Who are you going to find in the palace at this time? The princess is about to get married, the queen mother is still grounded, who else is willing to stand on the side of the regent? Xue Changqing asked.

"Third Highness," Xue Jinxiu replied.

Xue Changqing grabbed Xue Jinxiu's shoulders and said, "My stupid girl." On that day, but your brother Xi Wang personally cut off the back road of the Shen family, do you think the Third Highness will give up? ”

Hearing this, Xue Jinxiu panicked suddenly. Yes, at that time, Zhou Ze used Zhou Yi's hand in a vain attempt to eradicate the Shen family. In the end, because of Zhou Yi's death, Cangxi arrested the Shen family. With such a gap, Zhou Xin shouldn't meet and laugh at each other, right?

"Then who else can help Brother Xiwang!" Xue Jinxiu was almost hysterical.

Xue Changqing shook his head and sighed, "For my father, I'd rather let the Xue family have a reputation for being unkind and unjust, than send you to the Nine Shadows Terrace with my own hands!" ”

After speaking, Xue Changqing opened the door and shouted at the maidservant who was waiting outside the door: "Zhu Yun, send the county lord back to the room, without my order, she is not allowed to go out for half a step!" ”

After Zhu Yun heard this, she thought of various ways to bring Xue Jinxiu back to her courtyard. At that time, Cheng Yue was enjoying the flowers, and seeing Xue Jinxiu come back so down, Cheng Yue's heart was cold.

"Is your father willing to help the prince?" Cheng Yue asked.

Xue Jinxiu stared at Cheng Yue with red eyes for a moment, and suddenly knelt on the ground, "I can't convince my father to help Brother Xiwang!" ”

Cheng Yue hurriedly stepped forward to help Xue Jinxiu up and dismissed everyone in the courtyard.

"County Lord, now is not the time to be sad, for the sake of today, I want to think of a way to help the prince take the north gate", Cheng Yue comforted.

"Y-Do you have any other idea?" Xue Jinxiu wiped a handful of tears and asked.

Cheng Yue pondered for a moment and asked, "Does the county lord know where the Hou Ye's tiger talisman is?" ”

Xue Jinxiu shook her head, "The Xue family's army was secretly practiced by my father, don't say tiger talismans, I have never seen the appearance of these generals." ”

"It's so difficult," Cheng Yue sighed. Originally, he wanted to steal Xue Changqing's Tiger Talisman, so that he would have the right to privately mobilize the Xue family's army.

Seeing that Xue Jinxiu was decadent, Cheng Yue continued: "I have a way to protect the Xue family. It's just that you have to cooperate with the county lord. ”

Hearing this, Xue Jinxiu came back to her senses and asked, "Me?" How can I help? ”

"I hope the county lord can help me find the hiding place of the Tiger Fu and the Xue Family's army. If there is really an accident, I will say that this tiger talisman was stolen by me Cheng Yue, and it has nothing to do with the Xue family army and the Xue family," Cheng Yue said.

"This ......", Xue Jinxiu hesitated.

It's not that she doesn't dare.

It's just that Xue Jiajun is her father who has devoted his father's life's work.

"If the county lord is unwilling to help, the old general Chen and I will look away! Cheng Yue farewell! With that, Cheng Yue was about to get up and leave.

"Wait," Xue Jinxiu said.

Cheng Yue stopped. At this time, he couldn't leave lightly because he couldn't get used to the Xue family's ungrateful behavior, otherwise he really didn't know where else to find help.

"I, I'll try," Xue Jinxiu said.

Cheng Yue turned around and helped Xue Jinxiu up from the ground, and said, "I have thanked the county lord for the prince first. ”

"No need", Xue Jinxiu analyzed after speaking: "According to my father's speculation, the chances of wanting His Royal Highness to come forward to help Brother Xi are slim. There is a family feud between the two of them, I don't think Cheng Gongzi should know about it. ”

Cheng Yue responded, but still wanted to fight for it as hard as he could, so he said: "But in my opinion, if the prince is a sharp blade, then Zhou is the executioner." The county lord should understand that a sharp blade alone cannot hurt anyone. ”

"Aren't you afraid that Your Highness will go to the Holy Lord to tell you all about your plans for your own future?" Xue Jinxiu stared at Cheng Yue's eyes and asked.

Cheng Yue smiled and said, "He won't." ”

Xue Jinxiu couldn't see any change in his eyes. This person believes in Zhou Xin so much?

"According to Zaixia's understanding of the Third Highness, he is used to being flamboyant, and now he is willing to surrender, if Zai Xia is not mistaken, he is waiting for an opportunity, right?" Cheng Yue opened the folding fan and continued to say while fanning the wind, "His Royal Highness has learned to lead soldiers to fight since he was a child, and for the soldiers who have been fighting on the battlefield all year round, most people will not care about their life and death, but they are proud to die on the battlefield. Moreover, His Royal Highness is the pride of the sky, and I believe that if he doesn't make a sound, he will be a blockbuster. ”

Cheng Yue said as he looked at Xue Jinxiu's reaction. In fact, he still didn't say a sentence - for the soldiers who fight on the battlefield all the year round, most people don't care about their life and death, and there are only two kinds of people who care about their life and death: one is the person who is greedy for life and afraid of death; The other is a person who has concerns. He didn't believe that Zhou Xin was the first kind of person. Moreover, as long as Xue Jinxiu is involved in this matter, he believes that Zhou Xin will not sit idly by!

Although Cheng Yue doesn't know what the relationship between the two is. However, Chen Qiushi said that if you want to get through the Marquis of Changqing and Zhou Xin, Xue Jinxiu is the key person!

For this reason, Cheng Yue decided to take a gamble!

"Good! I'll help you," Xue Jinxiu said.

Hearing this, Cheng Yue was overjoyed and immediately wanted to thank Xue Jinxiu.

"Don't thank me, I'm grounded at home by my father now, and I don't know how to send a message to His Royal Highness," Xue Jinxiu said.

Cheng Yue smiled, "You don't know what to do, but someone knows." ”

Xue Jinxiu was confused by what she said, Cheng Yue glanced at the corner of the wall, and said, "Come out." ”

Xue Jinxiu followed Cheng Yue's gaze and saw Zhu Yun cowering over there eavesdropping.

"Bamboo rhyme?" Xue Jinxiu was surprised.

Zhu Yun had to walk over to the two after seeing that she was discovered.

"Whose person are you?" Xue Jinxiu asked sharply.

Earlier, she swore that there were no eyes and ears for others in the Hou Ye's Mansion, but she didn't expect these unclean things to be sent to her!

"Slaves and slaves are only loyal to the monarch, not the eyes and ears sent by others," Zhu Yun said with a bowed head.

"Then why did you eavesdrop on the conversation between the county lord and Cheng Gongzi?" Xue Jinxiu asked.

Zhu Yun raised her head and glanced at Xue Jinxiu, and said, "Slaves and maids are entrusted by people and loyal to people. ”

Hearing her say this, Xue Jinxiu's face felt a little unbearable. She never thought that there would be such a thing as a spy in the Hou Ye's mansion, but she didn't expect that the one who eavesdropped on their conversation today was actually a slave who had been following her since childhood.

Thinking of this, Xue Jinxiu asked indignantly: "Whose trust?" ”

"Three, Third Highness, ......," Zhu Yun said in a low voice.

"Him?" Xue Jinxiu asked rhetorically, and turned her gaze to Cheng Yue.

Cheng Yue gloated and glanced at Xue Jinxiu and did not speak.

"Why are you loyal to him? And what has he entrusted thee? Xue Jinxiu asked.

"A while ago, when the county lord was not locked up in the mansion by the Hou Ye, the Third Highness found the slave maid, and he said that he knew that the county lord had a stubborn temperament and would definitely not be able to stay in the mansion. Right now, there is chaos outside the city, he, he ......"

"What is he?" Xue Jinxiu urged.

"His Royal Highness hopes that the slave maid can notify the county lord in time when he is in danger," Zhu Yun said.

Hearing this, Xue Jinxiu's face flushed slightly. Zhu Yun continued: "The slave has followed the county lord since she was a child, and she has no second heart for the county lord. It's just that the slave maid thinks that the county lord and the third highness are a talented and beautiful couple, and the slave and maid can see that the county lord has three highnesses in his heart, and his highness also pretends to be the county lord in his heart, so he agreed to help him keep an eye on you. ”

is a good Zhou Xin, and she actually learned to buy off the people around her!

Seeing that Cheng Yue still looked gloating, Xue Jinxiu blushed and asked, "How do you know that she is the eyes and ears?" ”

Hearing Xue Jinxiu say this, before Cheng Yue could answer, Zhu Yun muttered in a low voice: "Slave is not!" ”

Cheng Yue glanced at Zhu Yun, who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "From the moment she saw me, I could see that she was hostile to me. Before I came, General Chen Qiushi told me that the slaves of the Xue family were all their own people and could be trusted, so I didn't have to hide what I had to say. But as soon as I came in with the bride price, the rest of the family and slaves were all smiling, and she was the only one who ignored me. ”

Is her face so fierce?

Zhu Yun couldn't help but begin to examine whether she really had such a great hostility towards Cheng Yue. The end result was – there really was!

The person who beat Cheng Yue carried a few boxes of dowry into the Hou Ye's mansion, and Zhu Yun didn't feel comfortable anywhere!

"Do you have a way to send a message to the Third Highness?" Xue Jinxiu asked.

Zhu Yun nodded, Cheng Yue simply became a good person, and said, "You let her get up and talk first!" ”

Xue Jinxiu seemed to realize this, and hurriedly let Zhu Yun get up.

"The Third Highness said that if the county lord is in danger, he can go to the palace gate to report to the Sun guard, who is His Highness's person," Zhu Yun replied.

"Do you know him?" Xue Jinxiu asked.

Zhu Yun shook his head, "The county lord has been confined to his home by Lord Hou and has not encountered any danger......

Xue Jinxiu and Cheng Yue glanced at each other, and Cheng Yue nodded slightly, "So far, I can only give it a try." ”

Xue Jinxiu responded, and the shrew drove Cheng Yue out as if she was scolding the street!

"What point can you Cheng Yue compare to His Royal Highness! I, Xue Jinxiu, will never enter the door of your Cheng family even if I become an old girl! As he spoke, Xue Jinxiu punched and kicked Cheng Yue.

Cheng Yue pretended to be powerless, let Xue Jinxiu beat, and shouted pain!

Xue Jinxiu knocked him out of his yard all the way, and drove Zhu Yun out along the way.

After Zhu Yun went out, she sneaked out of the mansion and went to the gate of the palace, and told the guard surnamed Sun that a person named Cheng Yue had come to the Hou Ye's mansion to propose marriage, and the young lady drove this person out without saying anything, and threatened to commit suicide!

The news has been released, as for what choice Zhou Xin will make, he can only wait.

On the side of the Hou Ye's Mansion, Xue Jinxiu quietly sneaked into Xue Changqing's study, preparing to steal the talisman. The reason why Xue Jinxiu chose this time was because at this point, Xue Changqing usually practiced swords in the back garden.

Xue Jinxiu was about to tiptoe around the mechanism under the glass jar, when he suddenly heard a man's deep voice-

"Splendid", Xue Jinxiu was taken aback by these words, and looked back at it was indeed her father.

"Daddy ......", without waiting for Xue Changqing to ask the guilt, Xue Jinxiu called first, and then knelt in front of Xue Changqing, "Daughter, please help Brother Xi." ”

Xue Changqing stretched out his hand to help Xue Jinxiu, who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Don't you want a child in Jinling City who has lost his relatives like you?" In that case, isn't it good for us to stay out of the way? ”

Xue Jinxiu broke free of Xue Changqing's hand, and said in tears: "Whether Daddy helps or not, the battle between the Holy Lord and Brother Xi Wang will be inevitable. Does Daddy really want the Xue family to be infamy? ”

"Enough!" Xue Changqing shouted.

"If you don't help your father, you don't help!" After speaking, Xue Changqing shouted at the guards at the door: "You two send the county lord back to the room." If I find out that the county lord ran out without permission, Ben Hou will ask for the heads of both of you! ”

When the guards heard this, they hurriedly pulled Xue Jinxiu out.

A long time after Xue Jinxiu left, Xue Changqing let out a long sigh and sat down in the chair.

The Zhou family, Cangxi, and Xue family, without which side would not have the current Chengzhou. Now, the Cang family has only one bloodline, but tomorrow they will die rashly!

Thinking like this, Xue Changqing couldn't sit still. He took out the tiger talisman hidden in his sleeve and looked at it repeatedly.

This thing, in the shape of a tiger, is made of bronze. The original edges and corners have been polished smooth and rounded, and they must have been rubbed many times in their hands.