"I found out, those people are all disciples of Xiufeng Mountain Qinghemen, and they are employed by a certain important minister in the court. Surprisingly, the reward they asked for was very cheap, just a copper plate, and the only requirement was to take away the head of King Qinglian after the deed, which was said to be placed in front of the tomb of the former head of Qinghe Gate. ”

Still in that inconspicuous small restaurant, Jun Wunian shook a letter between his fingers, and Wen Mozheng on the other side of the table let out a long sigh, and there was still a trace of indignation on his slightly green face: "They have a grudge against King Qinglian, it is understandable to ambush, secret attack, etc., but why should the second brother be involved?" It's brutal and barbaric! ”

"Who let His Highness contaminate someone who shouldn't be contaminated?" Chu Ci was still calm and relaxed, shaking his wine glass and raising his hand towards Jun Wunian, "Boss Jun, this is your shop, don't you have some good wine to drink?" I heard that Boss Jun is generous and generous, so he shouldn't even refuse to invite a glass of good wine, right? ”

Jun Wunian shrugged: "The wine is there, but it is for the two senior brothers." If Chu Gongzi really wants to drink, he can buy it with money, a cup of 100,000 taels, how about it? ”

"Yesterday, I was forcibly taken away by your senior brother for a thousand taels of silver tickets, Boss Jun thinks everyone is a profiteer, and sleeps with gold and silver all day long?"

Being deliberately complained by Chu Ci, Jun Wunian was not angry or annoyed, and his eyes swept over Wen Moshu, who lowered his head and pondered: "What does the deal between Gongzi Chu and Senior Brother Mu have to do with me?" You spent a thousand taels to thank him for saving people, and you are willing to pay for it, why don't you spend money to buy a glass of wine to drink? Anyway, the great business of Chu Gongzi's family is money, so why be stingy with this? ”

"Money is spent where it goes. I didn't even hear a sound from my 1,000 taels of silver tickets smashed yesterday, so I always felt that it was not worth it, so I naturally had to be stingy today. ”

The conversation between these four people sounds a little mysterious, but in fact it is simple and clear - yesterday, Chu Ci couldn't help but beg Wen Moshu to go to Lou Qianhan to drink, in order to draw Lou Qianhan's eyes and provide safe conditions for the two of them who had a tryst. Although Chu Ci nodded and agreed, but in front of Lou Qianhan, Chu Ci showed many undeserved restraint flaws, which unsurprisingly made Lou Qianhan suspicious. Lou Qianhan secretly asked Mu Jiuge to follow Wen Moshu, so there was a "coincidence" that Wen Moshu and Yan Liwu were besieged by Mu Jiuge's divine soldiers, for this life-saving grace, Chu Ci helplessly took out a thousand taels of silver tickets after Jun Wunian talked about business, which was a thank you to Mu Jiuge.

The whole thing seems to be thrilling and ridiculous, but there are hidden suspicions in it.

Why did Lou Qianhan see that Chu Ci's drunkard did not mean to drink? Because Chu Ci was very nervous, it didn't look like drinking and chatting with people at all.

Why did Chu Ci show his feet? A person who has always done things carefully and is good at hiding his heart will be seen through at a glance? Because he did it on purpose, he wanted Lou Qianhan to find out that he took the initiative to come to the door to divert attention and divert the tiger from the mountain.

So, why did Chu Ci do this?

This is exactly the question that Wen Mo is thinking about at this moment.

To be precise, this is not an intractable question, Wen Moshu is very clear about Chu Ci's attitude towards words and worries. As the strongest assistant, Chu Ci had already confessed his opposition to Wen Moshu and Yan Liwu together, so he did not hesitate to go to Anzhou to warn Yan Liwu, guessing that Wen Moshu wanted to meet with Yan Liwu in private, he couldn't make trouble directly but it was impossible to let it go, so he borrowed Lou Qianhan's meticulous eyesight, hoping that the Ranxue Pavilion could make a hindrance.

Unexpectedly, Lou Qianhan didn't go to make trouble in person, but just asked Mu Jiuge to investigate the situation, and the other group of people unfortunately came to assassinate them, and they came and went, but Chu Ci owed Lou Qianhan a favor.

"How did Boss Jun sleep yesterday? Are you physically and mentally exhausted, or do you fall asleep happily? Chu Ci's eyes were bright, and the plundering Jun Wunian smiled calmly, and his tone was meaningful.

"I calculate a lot on weekdays, and I don't feel how hard it is; I made a little money but it wasn't mine, and I couldn't say I was happy, but it was just the same as usual. Jun Wunian replied in accordance with Chu Ci's words, with the same vague and sharp edge, "I would like to know how Prince Chu feels, after all, his master was ambushed, and he was doing something not very clear, so it would inevitably feel embarrassing to spread it to other people's ears." ”

If you want to be embarrassed, Wen Moshu is embarrassed, not to mention the girl who led other people's families, and was rescued by people who are not enemies or friends at a critical moment, can you feel good after a dispute?

Chu Ci understood that Jun Wunian was knocking on the side and saying to Wen Moshu, turned his head to look at the sick and weak second prince who was still immersed in thought, and shook his head helplessly: "Sometimes I can't help but envy Boss Jun, it's really rare to have a master who is sensible and willing to be obedient." ”

The implication is that Wen Moshu is the disobedient one.

In Chu Ci's resentment and complaints, Wen Moshu was finally freed from his contemplation, and his eyes opened widely: "Is there someone guarding Qinglian Mountain?" Since someone dares to commit murder under the noses of the people, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not run to Qinglian Palace to do evil, and they must let the prince of Dingyuan be on guard. ”

Jun Wunian and Chu Ci sighed in unison.

"Young Master Chu has worked hard."

"Thank you for your understanding."

Chu Ci and Jun Wunian said your words vaguely and unclearly, the four words trapped by love are still too far away for Wen Mozheng, who is still young, Wen Mozheng, who was simple when he heard it, was stunned again and again, turned his head to look at the second brother Wen Moshu who was uneasy, and his face became more and more confused.

, He can't figure it out and can't understand it, he only knows that the second brother, who has always been gentle, has always been preoccupied recently, and it doesn't seem to be satisfactory, as if finding a girl who is in love is a very annoying and painful thing.

"Mo Zheng, after the New Year, the town will be very deserted until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, do you want to go to Qinglian Palace to live temporarily?" Wen Moshu suddenly aimed at Wen Mozheng.

"Huh? Do you want to live in Qinglian Palace? Isn't that good? The prince of Dingyuan doesn't seem to like to be close to outsiders very much......" Thinking of Wen Moqing's cold and detached eyes, Wen Mozheng couldn't help but shudder, with a bitter face, "Second brother is not afraid of the prince?" I didn't dare to speak much in front of the prince, for fear of accidentally making him angry and pulling out his sword and cutting people, plus the cold pavilion master, they are all some fierce people! ”

"Your Highness, should you avoid me saying these things?" As a fellow disciple of the "fierce gods and evil spirits", Jun Wunian smiled or was not angry, and deliberately made a serious face, "Don't say bad things about Senior Brother Lou, he carries an unknown number of life debts, and when he gets angry, he wants to kill." Mo Qing's words can't be said, Senior Brother Mu has a good relationship with him, and offending the No. 1 hero in Zhongzhou is more terrible than offending Senior Brother Lou. ”

Jun Wunian's words seemed to be said casually, but Chu Ci listened carefully, and a faint smile rolled up on his lips: "It turns out that Mu Daxia is willing to come forward because of the prince." Boss Jun should have said it earlier, so as not to keep thinking about it and worrying about the reason. ”

"The disciples of Junzilou do things above board and never hide it, why did Senior Brother Mu save the girl, she should always teach Gongzi Chu and the second prince to know a rough idea, otherwise it would be bad for Gongzi Chu to guess other meanings and make some small moves." Jun Wunian and his voice were loud, although he was saying that Chu Ci might be making trouble behind his back, because of that frankness, it didn't sound disgusting and boring.

Lou Qianhan wanted to kill Yan and leave his worries, but Mu Jiuge came to the rescue because of his friendship with Wen Moqing, and the relationship between these senior brothers and brothers in the Junzi Building was inevitably a little messy. Wen Mozheng was secretly speechless, according to Jun Wunian's instructions before he came, he swallowed all the words in his stomach, and only looked at others with speculative eyes, trying to see something.

One is the second prince with a gentle temperament, frail but intelligent, and the other is the fourth prince who is ambitious and praised by the people.

Wen Mozheng was still difficult to adapt to this atmosphere for a while, Wen Moshu was not here, the four of them chatted for a short time and then went back to the room, and Wen Moshu quietly came out of the room, Chu Ci was sitting downstairs and sipping tea slowly, slanting his eyes and smiling lightly.

"The road is dangerous, so I'll accompany His Highness to Qinglian Palace."

It was the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, and the light snow was frighteningly cold. At this time in previous years, Wen Moshu was shrunk in a warm room with more braziers, and only this year was the exception, not only did he take the initiative to run out of the palace but also went out when it was snowing, and it was not an exaggeration to be said by Chu Ci to be looking for death.

When Wen Moqing saw the smiling Chu Ci and the slightly apologetic Wen Moshu appear in front of her, a trace of boredom flashed in her slightly raised eyes, although she did not directly issue an eviction order, her uncaring expression was enough to see that she was quite unwelcome to the two. Wen Moshu simply greeted a few words, and did not mention the words in his words, but the eyes that kept searching around had already clearly told others the purpose of his visit, but Wen Moqing just refused to speak, and refused to be a good person and offered to let the two meet.

"I'm a little unwell, I'm probably still resting at this time, the second prince might as well come back another day." Bi Xiao's attitude is much more relaxed than Wen Moqing, although he is still a little indifferent to people like Wen Moshu, but for the sake of his relationship with Yan Li, at least he is willing to say a few words to Yan Yuese.

The excuse of being unwell is about to be used up, Wen Moshu naturally didn't believe it, and then looked at Wen Moqing's unkind face, how much he guessed the situation, got up and thought about Wen Moqing and arched his hand: "Yesterday, I insisted on inviting Miss Yan out, and I asked the prince not to blame Miss Yan." ”

"If you think you can protect her, you can take her out whenever you want, and it has nothing to do with me."

"Now the situation is chaotic, there are too many people staring at her, and I have to ask the prince to work hard to protect her." Wen Moshu didn't care about Wen Moqing's cold attitude, paused, and said softly, "Now that the roster has a whereabouts, it's not far away to think about other things that need to be found, even if the prince can't abide by the original agreement to give Miss Yan freedom, at least please ensure that she is safe before returning to the palace." ”

Wen Moshu's words were not inappropriate, but Wen Moqing sneered: "What about after returning to the palace?" What are you going to do? ”

Out of the corner of his eye, he looked at Chu Ci's expressionless face, Wen Moshu pondered slightly for a long time, and then his gaze returned to Wen Moqing, and he looked seriously at the pair of eyes that were darker than the night: "I will do everything I can to clear her identity - even if it can't be cleared, it doesn't matter, as long as she returns to the palace, I will ask the emperor for marriage." ”

Marriage? Bi Xiao gasped in shock, she didn't expect that the relationship between Yan Liwu and Wen Moshu had reached the point of talking about marriage, and her heart was four points of joy and six points of worry.

In the same capacity as a mystery, will the emperor agree to Wen Moshu's request to allow them to marry?

"Bi Xiao, send off." With a calm face, he suddenly issued an eviction order, and Wen Moqing ended the conversation that should have been content without warning.

In addition to exploring Yan Li's worries, the main purpose of Wen Moshu's trip was to let Wen Moqing understand his attitude, and he didn't plan to stay longer after the meaning he wanted to express was clear, so he politely surrendered his hand at the moment.

Leaving the main hall of Qinglian Palace in silence, Wen Moshu sighed lightly: "I'm sorry, I didn't discuss my willfulness with you. ”

"That's why I envy Boss Jun for having a sensible and good master." Chu Ci was not as annoyed as Wen Moshu expected, and his speech and demeanor were still light and leisurely, and he was graceful. While walking, he played with the flute on his waist, and after a few steps, Chu Ci suddenly stopped, revealing a shallow smile with great interest: "Your Highness also found out, so she deliberately invited the girl to go out, and specially came to say those words to the prince." ”

"Hmm." The low response was almost inaudible, Wen Mo looked ahead with a hollow smile, and the corner of his lips smiled slightly bitterly, "What does he think about Miss Yan...... Maybe the prince himself hasn't noticed it yet, but one day he will find out. ”