Just when the curtain came down on Jinzhou City, a team of black horsemen galloped all the way into Jinzhou City. The person who was the leader was full of anger, and although he didn't speak, he also had a gloomy and angry atmosphere, which made people feel chills when they saw it.

They walked all the way to the gate of the Zhou Mansion, and without letting the porter report it, they directly threw a black token over. Above the gatehouse are Xiao Qinglang's trusted guards disguise, and they are naturally no strangers to this token, which is dedicated to the emperor's personal bodyguard, the Black Armor Army. It can be said that if it were not for the emergency, the emperor would never have sent the Black Armor Army out of the capital.

The expression of the person who came was cold, compared with Xiao Qinglang, the evil aura in his body was simply like a shadow.

"Lord Wang, this is a secret letter from the emperor." The man stood respectfully in the study with a solemn face, and waited with his head bowed.

Xiao Qinglang only looked at people, and knew that something big must happen in Beijing, so he immediately opened the secret letter. However, I saw a few lines of words written on the vermilion imperial pen on it: "The undercurrent is surging in the imperial city, and several forces are gathered in the capital, which makes the rumors in the market constant, and there are abnormal movements inside and outside the government and the opposition, and I hope that my brother will return quickly." ”

There was no cause and effect, but every sentence was eager, which made Xiao Qinglang's expression more and more solemn.

Since his brother succeeded to the throne, he has never behaved like this. In the past, even if there was a tricky matter in Beijing, my brother would always explain the ins and outs in a secret letter, but today the letter is vague. In addition, this time, my brother actually sent the most trusted black armor army around him to deliver a message, which shows that there is something hidden in the matter.

Presumably, the imperial brother must have noticed something, or the situation in the capital has become so severe that the imperial brother has lost his stability.

"What's going on?" Xiao Qinglang looked at the comer with a cold gaze.

The black-armored army arched his hand and said respectfully, "Some time ago, the subject countries of the Great Zhou came to the Great Zhou to worship. Among them, the seventeen countries in northern Xinjiang sent their own princes as envoys, but the envoys were assassinated as soon as they arrived in the capital. The envoys of the thirteen countries all suffered casualties. The Criminal Department, Dali Temple and the Inner Court jointly investigated the case, but they still could not avoid the continuation of the tragedy. Today, in just 20 days, six people have died in a row. ”

"In this matter, the emperor has already issued a gag order, and sent someone to intercept the news transmitted by all parties. It's just that if the case can't be solved, I'm afraid that the seventeen countries in northern Xinjiang will join forces and then invade the outer frontier. ”

Xiao Qinglang frowned slightly, according to his understanding of the two brothers, if he was only threatened by the Thirteen Kingdoms of Northern Xinjiang, he would never be helpless. At that time, the Thirteen Kingdoms of Northern Xinjiang had not yet collapsed, and the Tuoba Imperial Court, a strong enemy of the Great Zhou Dynasty, was in power. At its strongest, the second brother was still able to smash his imperial court and kill the Tuoba clan's royal family, making it difficult for him to succeed in a hundred years. What's more, now, even if the seventeen countries join forces, I am afraid that they will not be able to shake the half of the Great Zhou.

It's just that the envoys and princes of various countries were killed in the capital, if it really proves that it was done by the court of the Great Zhou, then the countries and tribes that are attached to the Great Zhou will be cold.

The matter here and there is already a matter of time, and Xu Qizuo has traces of going to the capital, so it should be a matter of course to take Xiao Chu back to Beijing.

That night, a group of black armor troops left overnight, and Xiao Qinglang also asked Wei Guang to order him to go down and set off early the next morning to secretly return to Beijing.

It's not that there are other plans, but if you go all the way to the capital with great fanfare, the county government office that passes by will definitely welcome or visit. He didn't intend to delay on the road, so he naturally hoped to pretend to be a rich man and a young owner.

The courtyard of the house is deep, and the faint light of the lights falls on the cold and cold ground, like a layer of hazy moonlight. The trees in the courtyard are no longer as sparse and mottled as when they first arrived, but because of the branches and leaves, the other courtyard has been renewed, and you can even faintly see the buds quietly unfolding on the branches.

Xiao Qinglang stared at the deserted courtyard, and sighed for a long time before suppressing the depression in his heart.

"It's been so long since I left Beijing this time." He muttered to himself, but he didn't know what he was feeling.

The courtyard was silent, silent, only the sound of the clattering horses' hooves of the black-armored army that quietly left, and the sudden solemn atmosphere of the Manfu, proving that someone had indeed broken this silence just now.

At night, Xu Chu couldn't sleep restlessly, even though she had asked Aunt Chu for soothing incense, it still made her unable to break free from the shackles of nightmares.

In the dream, the breezy voice sounded again, and the emotionless "let's kill" almost became a kind of spell, making her weak and powerless to struggle.

Later, it was my father who calmly taught himself to solve his doubts. As a daughter of a family like her, she can't enter the school at all, so the writing of the Great Zhou Dynasty, whether it is silver or two, is almost always taught by her father.

She vaguely remembered that many people in the village ridiculed her at that time, and she didn't want to tolerate it, so she sternly refuted the other party with the words of white clouds and dogs. When the gentleman in the study hall heard about it, he was so moved that he even wanted to accept her as a female student. It wasn't until it was discovered that her family had been working for generations that the matter was over. But when I heard about that gentleman, I sighed for her for a long time.

Afterwards, when my father found out, he sighed at her for many days. After so many years, she has forgotten what her father said at that time, but she remembers that in the evening when the sun was shining and the sky was full of red clouds, her father said that he would teach her to read and write in the future.

In the dream, the sky was already dark, but the red glow of blood on the horizon had not yet disappeared. She stood in the middle of the endless road, looking at the blood all over the ground, and the corner of her clothes that shimmered in the wind.

"Kill it, kill it"

Xu is has read a lot of various files in the past few days, and she actually feels that the scene in her dream is extremely real, so that the sound of swords touching each other is extremely clear.

In the dream, everyone's voices and faces were very blurred, or they were covered by a black mist, or they could only see one of each other's clothes when they looked up. It was as if she was as small as a grain of sand in front of those people.

"I have been trembling in the palace for decades, but I am not as good as that," a shaky voice came from far and near, with a trembling voice and endless sad sighs.

The woman was complaining sadly and unwillingly, and suddenly the scene turned, and she saw a lady in a vermilion brocade dress holding a swaddling cloth and comforting softly, "Ruan Ruan, don't be afraid, don't be afraid."

Xu Chu could only see the man's hazy back, she felt sad in her heart, and she just wanted to ask who Ruan Ruan was. But suddenly she saw a sharp knife coming straight at her chest, which made her exclaim.

"Don't," she exclaimed, and sat up in a cold sweat. For a moment, her mind went blank, and she was so stunned that she didn't dare to breathe. It's as if every time you breathe, there is a tingling pain in your heart.

She subconsciously reached out to her heart, where there was a scar, but it was not fatal. Xu Chu had checked it himself, but he had never taken it seriously. But she didn't expect that one day she would have a nightmare related to that scar.

She opened her mouth sluggishly and gasped, only to feel that her entire back was wet, and she felt a chill when she moved slightly.

The faint light of the lights leaked in through the windows, reflecting the shadows of the trees outside the house on the lattice. The room in the darkness became more and more silent, and the sound of his own breathing could almost be heard clearly.

Now it's just over the third watch, and it's all lonely, so naturally no one will notice how frightened she is when she wakes up from the nightmare. She leaned back on the bed, her eyes wide in the darkness, and after a long time she curled up weakly and buried her face in her knees.

In the end, what kind of secrets did she carry, but what did her father hide from her?

I don't know how long later, there was a sound of sparse footsteps, as if with a bit of urgency, and then I heard a knock on the door.

She was stunned for a moment, but did not answer. Just looking at the door, I don't know what I'm thinking, and I just can't seem to face it.

"Xiao Chu" Xiao Qinglang's voice sounded, even though he couldn't see him, the face that frowned slightly had already appeared in Xu Chu's heart.

She got up, without putting on a coat or even shoes, and staggered open the latch of the door.

In an instant, the deep coolness of the spring dew outside poured in, and at the same time, the green bamboo qi on his body surged towards Xu Chu. She stood barefoot in the door with only thin clothes, and there was cold sweat on her forehead, reflecting a little luster under the palace lamp.

And Xiao Qinglang is not much better, even if it is a jade crown and bundled hair, it is not neat. It can be seen that he was also quite flustered when he came on this trip, and he should have heard the report of the guards passing by, so he hurriedly took care of himself and came all the way.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Qinglang looked down at her, wrapping the coat he was wearing around her very naturally, and at the same time blocking the cool breeze of the late night out of the door. He looked at her, reached out to wipe the cold sweat from her forehead, and asked softly, "Nightmare?" ”

Xu Chu pursed his lips and suddenly reflected the form of the two of them at this time. But seeing him standing against the wind, looking at himself with worried eyes, the panic in his heart disappeared in an instant.

She was about to say something, but there was a gust of wind, even though it was covered by Xiao Qinglang, it still made her shiver. Without thinking deeply, she simply pulled Xiao Qinglang into the door and closed the door with her backhand.

Xiao Qinglang came here and did not let Wei Guang and the others follow, so he was not hypocritical at this time. He simply entered the door, and by the light of the palace lamp in his hand, he walked to the table and lit the lamp on the table.

When the room was bright, he glanced at the direction of the incense burner and said, "Is it hibiscus incense?" ”

Xu Chu followed his line of sight and nodded slowly, "I asked Aunt Chu for it, saying that it has the effect of calming the nerves." Is there anything wrong with this incense? ”