When Lin Qingji walked into the Lixin Garden with a look of excitement and told Lin Qingzhi the news that Xiao Mufeng was still alive, Lin Qingzhi smiled and said, "I know everything." ”

Lin Qingji sat elegantly and picturesquely on the pear blossom wood chair in the room, and said with a puzzled expression: "It's impossible, don't talk about me, even if the person in Ning Wangfu knows it, it is impossible for the party to pass the news to you so quickly, no matter how clever you are...... Oh, I know, it turns out that the news of his death came that day, you already knew it, you have already seen through this is a scene, and you still keep me in the dark, Ah Zhi, you really even hid it from your eldest brother. ”

Lin Qingzhi looked outside the house to make sure that there was no one, closed the door and looked at the eldest brother pretending to complain, handed him a glass of water, and said with a light smile: "Big brother, I know you're worried, but if it's not hiding it from you, if it's seen that there is a flaw, then wouldn't it be my fault for him?" ”

"Alas, it seems that you still have a soul, but you chose to help him, so your master, Elder Xuanji, shouldn't let you go, right?" Lin Qingji showed hidden worry on his face.

Lin Qingzhi held the teacup and said, "I suspect that the sword poison is likely to be related to the master, do you remember the pill I asked you to bring him before?" I had long expected that it might be useful one day, so I developed it for a rainy day, and even the master should have been deceived into faking his death, but I still couldn't watch him die without his eyes. ”

"Then have you ever thought that your master would not give up, if he knew that you had chosen Xiao Mufeng, he would definitely not take into account the feelings of master and apprentice." Lin Qingji said anxiously.

"I know, from the time I knew that the death of my father and the Lin clan had an indirect relationship with him, I already knew that he used me more than sincerely, and the anti-Jin and Tang Dynasty were just a cover for him to realize his ambitions, how could I be willing to be a pawn in his hands." Lin Qingzhi rubbed the porcelain cup in her hand, and her voice was bitter and cold.

"Fortunately, as long as Brother Feng is canonized as the crown prince, he can pick you up and return to him, but you may need to hide your identity for the time being, and you can't give you the title you deserve." Lin Qingji sighed lightly.

"No, we can't go back now, only by staying here can we know some of their movements, and senior brother, it may not be as simple as we imagined. There is one thing that needs to be asked of you, big brother, that is, Chengqing, if there is a day, you take Chengqing to a safe place for the time being, and then bring it back when everything calms down, I don't want him to become a bargaining chip for Master to restrain his father. Lin Qingzhi had a look of pleading and firmness in her eyes.

Lin Qingji saw the look in his sister's eyes, and the worry in his eyes was even worse, and he frowned and said, "But Ah Zhi, if there is really that day, I am worried that your master will use you to contain King Ning, and I can't watch you have something." ”

"So soon, you're being self-defeating? Big brother don't worry, Ah Zhi has her own plans in her heart and will not let herself be in danger. ”

In fact, Lin Qingji and Lin Qingzhi both knew that these words could only comfort and comfort people, if there really was such a day, she would definitely be in danger, but now there is really no better way, if you don't pull out the nail of Elder Xuanji, Xiao Mufeng's throne will not sit firmly.

In the Drunken Immortal Building, Xiao Mufeng and Xiao Mulin chose a quiet Accord to sit by the window, and after pouring a few glasses, Xiao Mufeng said slowly: "Third brother, do you remember Liu Zhiyuan?" ”

Xiao Mulin frowned and replied: "Remember, when we fought side by side in Jicheng, I felt that he was an upright person, but I couldn't understand why he would be able to open his eyes and say nonsense to frame Zuo Xiang." ”

Xiao Mufeng held the pot and poured wine, his eyelashes drooped slightly, and said lightly: "Because those words were not what he said at all, and those things were not done by him." ”

"That's not who else he is, is someone pretending to be him, how can it be so easy to pretend to be a person, and in front of so many people, it is inevitable that he will not show flaws." Xiao Mulin shook his head and sighed.

"Liu Zhiyuan has been guarding Jicheng all the year round, and he doesn't often return to the court, so most of the officials in the court are just familiar and have no deep friendships, if there is no change in a year or two, it will not arouse suspicion, and we only think that his abnormal behavior was caused by blows and stimuli. In fact, Liu Zhiyuan has a twin brother named Liu Zhigao, who suddenly disappeared when he was sixteen years old and has not been heard from since. But he showed up in the battle of the northern border last year, if the person who framed the left minister in the court before was Liu Zhigao, do you think this matter can be explained? Xiao Mufeng's eyes faintly emitted a bright light like stars, and there was no drunkenness in his eyes, looking at the wine glass in his hand, shaking it gently.

"That was impersonated by his own brother, is Liu Zhiyuan willing to be impersonated like this, this is a crime of bullying the king, and it is a big crime to connect the nine clans." Xiao Mulin frowned and groaned.

"He naturally didn't want to, but if he was imprisoned, do you remember that when he resisted the Khitan army in the north before, you and I led the army to infiltrate the Khitan hinterland from the left flank on the west side, and Liu Zhiyuan led the troops to lead the troops from the right flank on the east side to go deeper, and originally planned to besiege from three sides, but unexpectedly, the army led by Liu Zhiyuan was almost wiped out, he escaped from death and picked up a life, and after he came back, he said little and changed his temperament, we thought he was stimulated and frightened to become like that." Xiao Mufeng seemed to be trapped in his memories and said slowly.

"Yes, we were all sympathetic to his plight at that time, so he didn't participate in the discussion of the next resistance strategy, only recuperated in the tent, and later returned to the capital with you and Zuo Xiang to recuperate." Xiao Mulin followed Xiao Mufeng's words and said.

"Could it be that at that time, Liu Zhigao had already replaced his brother? The person we see is not Liu Zhiyuan at all, but his younger brother Liu Zhigao? So the biggest purpose of his return to the capital is to deal with Zuo Xiang? But who gave him the audacity to do so? Where did he go in the twenty years he had gone, and to whom had he been allegiant? Xiao Mulin's brows furrowed into Sichuan characters, stroking his chin and pondering.

Xiao Mufeng didn't answer him, just waited for Xiao Mulin to slowly straighten out his thoughts, and after a moment of silence, Xiao Mulin's handsome face showed a look of sudden realization, and his eyes lit up and affirmed: "At that time, if you can understand the situation of our army so clearly, and get rid of Zuo Xiang, then the Great Jin will have one less general who is invincible and makes the enemy frightened, and the one who benefits the most is naturally the Khitan, who has been eyeing the Central Plains for so many years." And according to what you said, there was collusion between the Khitan and someone in the palace, so the person who colluded was the queen who had died, right? ”

Xiao Mufeng said lightly: "You are only half right, I originally thought that it was the queen who colluded with the Khitan, but judging from what happened during the time I went to the east, it was Mrs. Xun." ”