In the imperial study, the two stood opposite each other.

Mu Churan actually read a trace of sympathy in Xiao He's eyes, although it was only for a moment, the luster flashed. At that moment, Xiao He actually felt that the man in front of him was living like a prisoner, but it was not an iron and stone cage that imprisoned him, but the supreme dragon chair.

If you don't kill him, let him continue to live day after day, but it will be more painful.

The so-called fate, for everyone, is not a cage?

She hurriedly lowered her eyes and responded, "The minister doesn't dare to ask for a reward." ”

Mu Churan was slightly stunned by her eyes, and was puzzled at first, but gradually understood that she was indeed pitying herself. Although this kind of pity was the last thing he needed, it made him feel that someone understood him at this moment, and a circle of ripples rippled in his heart, slowly rippling.

He turned around and laughed softly: "Why don't you dare, I said that I would reward you, could it be that Aiqing wants to resist the decree and disrespect?" ”

Everything is pretending that nothing has been discovered.

Xiao He sighed secretly in his heart, thought about it, and said casually: "That minister dared to ask His Majesty for a piece of ink treasure." Mu Churan's calligraphy has been learned by three famous teachers since childhood, just because the first emperor liked calligraphy, he had learned to hold a pen when he was unstable. When I was seven or eight years old, I had already begun to have a good backbone. Now he has been practicing for more than 20 years, which can be regarded as one of the few hobbies besides martial arts.

If others praise him for his calligraphy, he will only smile at best.

But his words could enter Xiao He's eyes, and he was expected by her longing eyes, even if she pretended to be out, it greatly inflated his vanity.

"Good!" Immediately, Mu Churan went around to the back of the case and prepared pen and ink, "Rong Zhen think about it, what words are good to write?" ”

Xiao He has already planned to get the words in his hands, and send them out to rub and resell, the emperor's royal pen himself, no matter what words he writes, he will definitely be able to sell them for a good price. If it weren't for the fact that the imperial gift couldn't be sold at will, she wouldn't have thought of using this method to make a fortune from Mu Churan.

"It is a great honor to be able to get the true handiwork of His Majesty, no matter what the word." Taking advantage of Mu Churan's happiness, Xiao Hexin said that it was best to write a few more words, and when it came time to talk about business, it would be all about words and money.

She thought in her heart, and studied ink for Mu Churan, and saw him pick up the pen and ponder for a while, moving the pen like flying, the ink like a dragon, in one go, a different kind of mountains and rivers on the paper. The words written were the sentences he read when he set the word for her that day, "Mo Shangren is like jade, and the gentleman is unparalleled in the world".

After Mu Churan finished writing, he was also quite satisfied, and when he was about to take the treasure seal to cover it, Xiao He stretched out his hand to stop him.

"Huh?" Mu Churan was held half of her palm, a little puzzled.

Xiao He himself was a little puzzled, why would he stop him from falling into the seal. In fact, it's very simple, but she doesn't want to take it out and resell it, since she doesn't have to resell it, it doesn't matter if she wants the emperor's treasure seal or not. It's just that her movements are abrupt, and there must be a statement to pass it.

"Your Majesty has given you the ink treasure, and the minister can hide it privately, so you don't have to leave the treasure seal." Her excuse was a little blunt, but she asked Mu Churan to figure out a meaning, if there is no treasure seal, it is just a gift from a friend, and it can be kept privately; If it is stamped with a treasure seal, it is a friend of the monarch and the minister, and there are many births.

He was very satisfied with this explanation.

He grabbed her hand with his backhand, "Rejoice? ”

Xiao He quietly withdrew his hand, lowered his eyebrows and said, "Thank you for Your Majesty's reward, and my heart is full of joy." ”

After noon, Xiao He returned to the house with the box wrapped in yellow forging, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he threw the box to the little servant Gouzi.

"Master, what is this?" He took the long box and was about to open it to take a look, when he heard Xiao He lazily reply: "The things given by the emperor, lock them in the warehouse, be careful not to break them." Gou Zi was so frightened that he hurriedly changed his gestures, carefully held the box with both hands, and went to the direction of the warehouse according to Xiao He's instructions, and kept muttering in his heart, since it is a gift from the emperor, why did he throw it to me so casually, what if I didn't catch it and fell to the ground and broke it, this is not a joke about my Gou Zi's life.

Xiao He returned to the room, so tired that he lay on the bed and didn't want to move, but he remembered another important thing in his mind.

At present, the Longevity Festival is approaching, and the defense of the imperial capital will be stricter than usual. Xue Liangan's case has not been revealed for a day, and he can't show his face, but it is not a way to stay in the Xiao Mansion all the time. She's not safe here, so she'll have to find a way to get him out.

found Xue Liangan and discussed it with him before making a painful decision.

"Although you have been reported dead in the file, the case has not yet been closed, and now that there are many things in the imperial capital, you should go out to avoid the limelight. There is no need to worry about this case, after all, no one else has been implicated, which is a blessing in misfortune. Those who are clear will be clear, and when the time is right, I will definitely make it clear to the emperor to rehabilitate you! ”

Xiao He's plan is not meticulous, but under expediency, there is no other better way, as long as people are alive, there is still hope. The Xue family has passed the news, although the funeral for Xue Liangan has been notified by the government, but this case must not be loosened by Mu Churan, and it will not be over.

Visiting the imperial tomb the night before, the body of Concubine Shu was different, and she did not trace it in time. But Murong directly prevented her from continuing to care about these things, for fear that she would miss his Halloween business. Xiao He has always been used to fighting alone, but now he is pressed by Murong everywhere, and thinking about it carefully, even the incidents in the palace seem to have a clear point, and the Purple Gold City has been strictly screened by Mu Churan to replace two groups of palace people, and he can also be mixed into Murong's eyes, and he really has some means.

Although it was still in line with his goal, Xiao He really couldn't bear the feeling of being stepped on top of his head and pointed out.

For today's plan, it is better to take the initiative to show weakness, borrow Murong's hand, and send Xue Liangan out of the city, which can be regarded as a showdown with him, this person is protected by himself, so that he will not come to calculate in the future.

After going out, when passing through the East Market, I met a group of people gathered in front of a certain store and talked about it.

That shop was Wanhetang, and some regular customers in the crowd were gossiping that the reason why this medicine hall was seized was because the store colluded with thieves and plotted against them. Someone sighed: "It's unbelievable that Boss Bai is such a kind-faced person who can be a bandit." ”

Wanhetang's boss is surnamed Bai?

Xiao He recalled that he had heard this name in the mouth of "Du Nanzhu" that day, and it must have been someone from Murong's side, so he simply leaned over and pretended to be familiar, "This brother, did Boss Bai commit an accident?" When? I just thought of Wan Hetang to talk to him about a deal. ”

Seeing Xiao He's sincere face, the man told him truthfully, "It's just that the people from Jingzhao Mansion came to seal the shop, but I heard that I didn't catch Boss Bai, so I'm afraid I ran away in advance." I really didn't expect that a person who is doing business in a good way would get into such a lawsuit. ”

Xiao He also followed the conversation, pretending to shake his head and sigh a few words, but he was puzzled in his heart, that Boss Bai was afraid that he was the person in charge, so he actually ran away. Although Mu Churan was resolute, he immediately ordered someone to do the errand, but unfortunately he was cunning and couldn't hold the key personnel, and it was useless to catch some shrimp soldiers and crabs.

With Murong's style, since he can let Boss Bai withdraw before the news is heard, it is undecided if he says that all this is in his plan.

After a while, when she arrived at the place where Murong was staying, as soon as she arrived at the door, someone led her in and went up to the second floor.

In the middle of the city, there is a sense of being hidden in the city.

The last time Xiao He was brought here, he had time to take a closer look in the future, and this time he went upstairs and found that there was a small bamboo forest in this backyard, and the whole picture could be seen from the window by the staircase. This Murong seems to be indeed fond of bamboo, but he doesn't know what kind of character he admires in bamboo.

Just when Xiao He was thinking about it, he heard Hanxiang say to himself at the door: "Lord Xiao is here, please wait, the master will be there soon." ”

"Mr. Murong isn't there?" Xiao He asked.

"Please come with me." Hanxiang took her inside and entered the inner room, "The master is meeting guests." Hanxiang only explained simply, let Xiao He wait here, ordered someone to serve tea, and withdrew.

He didn't wait long before Xiao He heard a sound of footsteps, with the unique sound of the fabric rubbing against the clothes. The door of the concealed room was pushed open by him, "Let Lord Xiao wait for a long time." Xiao He smiled indifferently and put the teacup in his hand back on the desk, if she didn't know Murong Qiren, just with his humble and polite style, it really made people misunderstand that he was a good-looking person.

Who would have known that they could turn the clouds and rain with one hand.

"Before I came down, I asked Mr. for help." Xiao He straightened his color and looked at Murong's cold mask.

"It must be a matter of urgency to let Lord Xiao go in person, you might as well come and listen to it, if you can do it, you will not refuse." Seeing him so happy, Xiao He was relieved, so he told him about his plan to smuggle Xue Liangan out of the city.

For Murong, this matter is just a matter of spending some manpower and financial resources, and it is not a difficult matter.

First, to borrow his power to protect her people, and secondly, it can be regarded as a surrender, at least compared to the previous Mu Yunjing who was arrested and jumped to his feet in a hurry, Xiao He was able to take the initiative to send the people around him to him this time, which already shows that he has a lot of trust in Murong.

It's just that through the mask, Xiao He can't see Murong's expression, although she knows that Xue Liang'an was framed, it should be related to Murong, but she doesn't know how much it has to do with it. Such a showdown let Murong know the weight of Xue Liang'an in Xiao He's place, and whether he will attack Xue Liang'an in the future depends on Xiao He's weight in his place.

"It's not that difficult, people are in your house now, right?" Murong agreed without much effort.

Xiao He said, "Exactly." ”

"When are you going to leave?"

"The sooner the better."

"Then leave tonight, my people will arrange everything on the road, you can rest assured." Now that Murong has spoken, she naturally won't be uneasy.

"Then I'll thank you first." Xiao He arched his hand, smiling a little casually.

There was also a hint of a smile in Murong's voice, "Thank you for believing in me." ”

Indeed, nowadays, trusting the two of them is the most rare.