In the wing room on the second floor of the small building, Yu Tianzheng had already prepared hot tea and a few plates of snacks and sat there waiting.

Zhan Qi walked to the door and stopped his steps and glanced into the wing, but he didn't see anyone else, he paused for a moment and then made a standard courtesy inward, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty will meet His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Yu Tianzheng raised his eyes and smiled and said, "When did you and I get to such a point?" There are no other idlers here, so you don't need to be cautious. Brother Zhan, it's really unaccustomed to seeing you treat me as a monarch and a minister in a serious manner, so you should talk to me as you used to. As he spoke, he poured a cup of tea as usual, "Come, come over and have a sip of tea and talk slowly." ”

After hesitating for a moment, Zhan Qi walked into the wing room and sat opposite Yu Tianzheng, took the teacup and drank it all in one gulp.

Yu Tianzheng poured the teacup again and raised his glass with both hands and said slowly, "I'm here to see you off." The final result is to demote you to the land of Southern Xinjiang, you can't blame your brother for not fighting for a better sentence for you, right? ”

Zhan Qi hurriedly shook his head and said, "How come?" Collaborating with the enemy and treason is a great crime of extermination, if it weren't for Brother Yu's hard work, the younger brother would not have just been demoted to southern Xinjiang, and the lives of his family members would definitely not be saved. Brother Yu's great kindness and great virtue are grateful, please accept the little brother's worship! ”

"Brother, don't say words of gratitude."

Yu Tianzheng grabbed Zhan Qi, who was about to kneel, pressed him back to his original position and sat down, and then said: "You and I have been friends for many years, and we have been born and died many times, I believe that you will never do anything to collaborate with the enemy and commit treason." But the matter of Qiusha is there, and no matter how much I trust you, I can't convince everyone that you are innocent. This demotion and transfer is to temporarily keep you away from the political center that has not yet fully stabilized, away from everyone's sight; Second, I want you to go to Qingning County to assist Lei Dongsheng in managing the affairs of the army. According to the secret security transmitted back from the south, the turmoil in the south was ostensibly caused by the connivance of General Jiang, the commander of Qingning County, to bully the local people, but in fact, someone secretly moved his hands and feet and fanned the flames to cause the riots. In order to find out the truth, I have asked Lei Dongsheng to take over from General Jiang, who was dismissed from his post and investigated, to take up his post in Qingning County. The Zhan family army under your command is ostensibly transferred to Lei Dongsheng's management, but in fact you still have the power to command them, I want you and the Zhan family army to do everything we can to assist Lei Dongsheng, and when things calm down, I will find a way to reinstate you and transfer you back to the capital. ”

Zhan Qi looked at Yu Tianzheng with a solemn face and said seriously: "Junior brother will definitely do his best to assist General Lei, and he will not disappoint Brother Yu." ”

"That's fine." Yu Tianzheng smiled, "It's not too early, you go back and pack your bags and go to work as soon as possible." ”

Zhan Qi stood up to say goodbye, Yu Tianzheng glanced at him and said lightly: "Now that the matter has finally been resolved satisfactorily, you can go and get her back." ”

Zhan Qileng paused, and quickly understood who "she" Yu Tianzheng was talking about. He bowed his head a little uncomfortably and said, "Since you have already left, there is no need to come back." ”

Yu Tianzheng picked up the teacup and drank all the tea in the cup, and then said slowly: "She has nothing to do with me, you don't need to have any scruples." ”

Zhan Qi was silent for a while before pointing to his chest and said, "Even if Qiusha betrayed me, the feelings for many years are still here and have not been completely let go. At this time, I can't give her the only affection she wants, and I don't want her to feel like she has become someone's stand-in and get hurt unnecessarily. It may be best not to disturb and let her live in peace. ”

Yu Tianzheng did not answer. He filled the empty cup, and after gently drawing a few circles on the mouth of the teacup with his fingers, he said: "During this period of interrogation, several leaders of the Northern Barbarian spies and the cronies of the Three Princes mentioned in their confessions that Qiu Sha had a very high status in the spy organization, not only that, but she also had an agreement with the Three Princes. ”

After glancing at Zhan Qi, he lowered his eyes and fell his gaze on the pattern of the teacup, and his fingers continued to draw circles on the mouth of the teacup, and he was not in a hurry to say the following.

Zhan Qi couldn't help but ask, "Brother Yu, what kind of agreement is that?" ”

Hearing this, Yu Tianzheng stopped playing with the teacup, raised his head and said unhurriedly: "Qiu Sha proposed to the third brother that as long as she succeeds in seizing power this time, she will take Du Xiaomeng's life and sit on the position of the head mother of the Zhan family. ”

Zhan Qi's face changed when he heard this.

Yu Tianzheng didn't seem to see the change in his face, and continued in a deep voice: "Brother Sanwang agreed to her request, and Qiu Sha herself also gave an order to kill Du Xiaomeng to the people in the organization. Although most of the people involved in the rebellion have been caught, there are still fish that have not yet been caught, such as Qiusha ......"

Without waiting for Yu Tianzheng to finish speaking, Zhan Qi, who had a very bad face, had already run away from the wing room like a gust of wind and rushed out of the worry-forgetting building.

In the wing, Yu Tianzheng picked up the teacup in front of him while watching Zhan Qi leave. The tea in the cup has begun to cool, but he can still smell the faint fragrance of tea, just like his feelings for Du Xiaomeng - it has been broken, but he still has some concern for her in his heart.

Du Xiaomeng did pierce the thoughts hidden in his heart that day, but what she said was not all in his heart. In fact, although he has always wanted to completely turn Du Xiaomeng into a woman like Luzhu, when Du Xiaomeng was dressed up to be nine points similar to Luzhu, he almost regarded her as Luzhu, but it was only a little worse. At first, he saw the shadow of Green Bead from Du Xiaomeng's body, but the longer they got along, even if Du Xiaomeng was dressed up more and more like Green Bead, the more difficult it was for him to find the strong feeling he had at the beginning.

When his eyes looked at Du Xiaomeng, who was dressed in red and wearing various plum blossom jewelry, in addition to the favorite woman in his memory, he actually saw a completely different Du Xiaomeng.

When he was in the Longfeng Teahouse, he once thought about bringing Du Xiaomeng back to Rui Wang's Mansion, and then tell her his inner feelings clearly, but he didn't have the opportunity to make it clear, and before that, Du Xiaomeng took out Jade Ruyi to ask him to keep the promise he had made.

Seeing Du Xiaomeng holding the jade in his hand, Ruyi's tone was firm, and he said words that broke with him without the slightest nostalgia, he understood that even if there was no such thing as a stand-in between him and Du Xiaomeng, it would be impossible to continue. So, he, who had always made a promise and felt that he owed something to Du Xiaomeng, hesitated for a moment and then chose to keep his promise, let go of his hand and let her leave as Du Xiaomeng wished.

In order not to break his promise, in order to completely cut off his reluctance to Du Xiaomeng in his heart, and also in order not to lose a good brother and a good general, Yu Tianzheng decided to send Du Xiaomeng back to Zhan Qi's side. Let Du Xiaomeng take Qiu Sha's place, it will be a good ending for everyone.

However, he knew too well the temperament of his brother and Du Xiaomeng, if no one pushed them hard, they would probably continue to stumble like this without results.

The only relationship, neither of the two people is willing to take the first step, how can this relationship be established? In that case, let him push them and bury his wishful thinking, which was doomed to be fruitless from the beginning. So, Yu Tianzheng deliberately said that Qiu Sha wanted to kill Du Xiaomeng to stimulate Zhan Qi and force him to do what he had to do.

After Zhan Qi came out of the Forget Worry Building, he hurried home and went straight to the stable to pull out a horse, and left the General's Mansion in a hurry without explaining anything, and galloped towards Fengyang Town as fast as possible.

Rushing all the way, Yu Tianzheng's sentence "She wants to take Du Xiaomeng's life and sit on the position of the head mother of the Zhan family" kept echoing in his mind, making his heart irrepressibly flustered, and even gave birth to a fear that he had never felt before. Killing enemies on the battlefield, facing the threat of death countless times has never made him so frightened as he is now. Thinking that Qiu Sha might have been staring at Du Xiaomeng in the dark and waiting for an opportunity to make a move, or that the defenseless Du Xiaomeng might encounter an accident, he couldn't help but sweat on his forehead.

The whip in his hand whipped towards his mount more and more urgently, and the aching horse spread its hooves and sped forward with all its might, so fast that the people on the road felt only a shadow leap up from behind, and in a moment the shadow of dust and dust disappeared without a trace.

Zhan Qi drove the horse all the way to Fengyang Town, and the horse went straight to the Shen Dyeing Workshop in the town, and he jumped off the horse's back without waiting for the horse to completely contain its four hooves, and ran into the dye workshop quickly.

In the hall of the dyeing workshop, Yang Bo's daughter Yang Zhen was instructing the workers to move the goods piled up in the hall to other places, when she suddenly felt a cold wind coming towards her behind her. Before she could turn her head to check, Zhan Qi had already run to her and asked hurriedly, "Sister Yang, where is Du Xiaomeng?" ”

Yang Zhen was taken aback by Zhan Qi who suddenly appeared in front of her, and she asked in surprise, "Xiao Qi, why are you here?" ”

Zhan Qi didn't bother to answer her question, raised his voice and asked again in a hurry: "Sister Yang, where is Du Xiaomeng?" ”

Yang Zhen paused for a moment, and after she reacted, she raised her hand to the back hall and said, "Miss Du, she should learn to dye cloth in the South Courtyard......"

Without waiting for Yang Zhen to finish speaking, Zhan Qi hurriedly interrupted her: "Where is the Southern Courtyard?" Sister Yang, hurry up and take me there! ”

"This way." Yang Zhen didn't know what was going on, she was nervous by Zhan Qi, she asked uneasily while leading the way in front of her, "Xiao Qi, what happened?" ”

Zhan Qi said anxiously: "Life is at stake, I'll explain it slowly to Sister Yang when I go back." ”

At this time, an exclamation came from a certain direction.

Yang Zhen's face changed, and he said, "The voice seems to be coming from the South Courtyard." ”

The two of them quickened their pace and ran in the direction of the south courtyard, and after running for a while, Yang Zhen pointed to a courtyard not far in front of them and said, "That's it." ”

Hearing this, Zhan Qi took the lead and galloped towards the southern courtyard. He rushed into the courtyard like a gust of wind, and the first thing he saw was that there were several red colors scattered on the ground, and many people in the courtyard gathered there not knowing what they were doing, but they heard them saying things like "how can this be" and "are you okay?"

Zhan Qi saw at a glance that he didn't find Du Xiaomeng's figure in the crowd, he hurriedly stepped forward and pushed a path out of the crowd and squeezed inside. After pushing away a number of people, he saw a person standing in the center of the pile with a dazzling red color on his body and hands, and that person was Du Xiaomeng!

Zhan Qi panicked, he shouted "Xiaomeng", pushed away the person in front of him and rushed to Du Xiaomeng with an arrow.

Du Xiaomeng heard a familiar voice shouting her name, she was stunned, and before she came back to her senses, she saw Zhan Qi appear in front of her, and grabbed her hand in a panic and asked in a panic: "Xiaomeng, where are you hurt?" ”

"I'm not hurt." Du Xiaomeng looked at Zhan Qi, who was still nervous when he appeared here for no reason.

Zhan Qi stared at the red on her body and hands several times, and found that it was not blood but dye, just now because he was too nervous and lost his bearings, so he would regard the red dye that was actually very different from the blood stains as blood.

The heart that was hanging in the air only let go a little at this moment.

Du Xiaomeng looked up at Zhan Qi and asked puzzledly, "Why are you here?" ”

Zhan Qi looked at her face without saying a word for a while, and then, without warning, suddenly picked her up and said, "Xiaomeng, let's go back!" ”

The crowd of onlookers were dumbfounded by this sudden scene, and the party Du Xiaomeng also stayed on the spot and did not react, and when she reacted, Zhan Qi had already taken her out of the Shen family dyeing workshop and asked Yang Zhen for a carriage, and she didn't know where to get a thick coat for her to put on.

Du Xiaomeng came back to her senses, looked at Zhan Qi, and stammered a little and asked, "You, what are you doing?" ”

Zhan Qi smiled at her, carried her into the carriage and settled, and said, "Go back to the capital!" Sit tight! ”

"What?"

Du Xiaomeng tried to figure out what the situation was, but Zhan Qi had already turned around and walked out of the carriage, sat in the driver's seat and whipped the horse hard, and drove the car in the direction of the capital.