In the quiet night, Jiang Shenzhou was by a calm pond, calmly telling Qin Sheng about the past when he and Li Que met.

Qin Sheng could hear it, and he didn't even notice that the fire in front of him was extinguished.

"Of course you did it to save him." Qin Sheng said with a wink.

"Well, the poisonous snake was too close to him at that time, and I didn't have time to warn him, so I had to rush over first." Jiang Shenzhou looked at her and said, "Of course he understands this. ”

"And then?"

"Later, he took me back to the palace and found the best Langzhong and used the best herbs to cure my snake venom. As for our contest ......"

"The contest is naturally over, and you will be tied regardless of victory or defeat." Qin Sheng hurriedly said.

"You're wrong." Jiang Shenzhou shook his head and said with a smile: "The time in Zhongnan Mountain was naturally a tie, but the contest between us never ended. ”

"What?" Qin Sheng looked surprised: "Are you still competing?" ”

Jiang Shenzhou said: "Yes, since that time, we have made an appointment every year to compete in the competition, but every time it is a win-or-loser, until today." ”

Then he sighed and laughed at himself: "It seems that we are all obsessed people. ”

- "You and I are not divided, you can't die yet." This is what Li Que said, and Qin Sheng finally understood the meaning of this sentence.

She stood up and walked gently to Jiang Shenzhou's side.

After a long time, Qin Sheng said movingly: "I used to think that he was very indifferent and didn't seem to have any feelings, but now I know that he is a very affectionate person." ”

"Not only was he very affectionate, but he was also a very principled man, and he could have sent someone to snatch the deer, but he didn't bother to do it because he was principled, and another reason was that he was very proud and didn't care about taking it at all."

"Well, and he is also very stubborn and refuses to admit defeat." Qin Sheng looked at Jiang Shenzhou and smiled: "You, like him, are also stubborn people. ”

"That's why we're friends." Jiang Shenzhou said with emotion.

At this moment, Qin Sheng couldn't help but sneeze. The weather was so cold, she stayed outside for a long time, no wonder she caught a cold.

"Let's go back, we have to leave early tomorrow." Jiang Shenzhou took off his cloak and draped it over her body.

"You say, how long will it take for us to return to Chang'an?" Qin Sheng asked as he walked.

"In terms of distance, six or seven days."

"In other words, I will be able to see my father in six or seven days."

"yes...... How can I talk to him about Liangzhou when the time comes. ”

"I don't know, what do you say?"

"I don't know."

The figures of the two slowly disappeared by the lotus pond, and the voices of their voices gradually became softer, and finally they were almost inaudible.

Seven days later, at dusk, everyone had returned to Chang'an.

Returning to this familiar place again, Qin Sheng suddenly felt very unfamiliar.

In fact, Chang'an is still that Chang'an, but Qin Sheng is no longer the original Qin Sheng. No matter who you are, after experiencing life and death changes, there will be some changes.

When she set off, she was full of spirit and couldn't wait to go to Liangzhou as soon as possible to experience the magnificence and heroism of the northwest.

When she came back, she was like an arrow, and she just wanted to cry under her father's knees immediately, talking about the grievances and sorrows along the way.

Although she pretends to be strong and unyielding on the surface, she always carries the weakness and sentimentality of her daughter's family in her heart.

Qin Qiong was in the Tiance Mansion at the moment, and when he saw Qin Sheng's expression for the first time, he had already guessed that something was happening, and then he saw the number of people in the team, and he already understood the seriousness of the matter.

He stopped talking nonsense, and directly called Jiang Shenzhou and Qin Sheng into his study.

Jiang Shenzhou told him the experience along the way, and he said it in detail, except for the secret of Gao Dawei's identity.

After listening, Qin Qiong didn't speak for a long time.

"My daughter has a responsibility, and I beg my father to punish her." Qin Sheng suddenly knelt down.

"Reprimand? You didn't do anything wrong, so why should Daddy punish you? Qin Qiong sighed.

"Daughter......

"What you do, if you were a father, you would do the same, get up." Qin Qiong comforted softly, turned her head to look at Jiang Shenzhou and asked, "Apart from you, do we have any living people?" ”

Jiang Shenzhou said: "According to the people sent by Li Que, there are three more people who were arrested by Yu Chi Baolin, and they were not lightly injured, so they can only stay in Liangzhou for the time being, but Yu Chi Baolin has promised to let them go. He had just learned about it, but it was a blessing in misfortune that there were three people alive.

Qin Qiong said calmly: "That is to say, we lost seven people this time, you list the names and hand them over to Sun Boyan to arrange the bereavement related matters." ”

"Yes." Jiang Shenzhou responded.

Qin Sheng couldn't help but ask, "Dad, what about Yu Chi Baolin?" Seeing that Qin Qiong was indifferent, she was already very anxious in her heart.

"You're still so anxious." Qin Qiong sighed with a wry smile and said, "You have to eat one bite at a time, and you have to do things one by one, Wei Chi Baolin has committed such a heinous crime, how could my father let him go." ”

He continued: "But the prince is right, once this matter is made public, it will make the court lose face, so it must not be reported to the court. ”

Qin Sheng was puzzled: "But if you don't report it to the imperial court, how can you bring him to justice?" ”

"Well...... this one" A trace of worry flashed in Qin Qiong's eyes, and he sighed: "This matter is quite tricky...... It also needs to be considered in the long term. ”

"Dad......" Qin Sheng still wanted to continue, but Qin Qiong waved his hand and said, "You guys go out, I want to think about it." ”

After leaving Tiance Mansion, Jiang Shenzhou returned to Qianzhen Pavilion.

More than a month has passed, and Uncle Shen is still as drunk as before, as if he has never been sober.

Seeing Jiang Shenzhou, he smiled mysteriously, and although he didn't speak, he pointed to his room with his finger.

Jiang Shenzhou nodded, rolled his eyes, and then smiled like him.

He already understood what Uncle Shen meant, and he meant to say: Palixia, this little girl, is hiding in your room, you can do it yourself.

And Jiang Shenzhou replied to him: I know, she is messing around again, see how I deal with her.

Jiang Shenzhou guessed correctly, Paris was indeed waiting for him to enter the door inside. This mischievous little girl has to play tricks every time, and she is now hiding behind the door, wearing a ghost mask bought from the bazaar on her face, because she wants to scare Jiang Shenzhou.

She leaned on the door, listening intently to the movement outside.

I heard footsteps in the brewery just now, but now it's quiet again. Wasn't the person just now Jiang Shenzhou? Palisia thought for a moment and leaned her ear over again.

At that moment, a hand suddenly rested on her shoulder.

"Ah......" Suddenly, Paris was startled and fell to the ground with a scream.

When she reacted, she found that Jiang Shenzhou was looking at her with a wicked smile. He did not enter through the main entrance, but through the wall outside the courtyard by a detour.

"How did you get in......" Paris stood up, rubbing her aching buttocks, puffing out her anger, "No, why are you scaring me behind my back!" ”

"Why do you say?" Jiang Shenzhou picked up the fallen ghost mask, shook it in front of her eyes, and asked rhetorically.

Palicia stuck her tongue out at him and said, "That's right! I'm just trying to scare you, what? ”

"What do you mean ......" Jiang Shenzhou stared at her and asked, "You are only allowed to scare me, not me?" ”

"That's right! You've finally got the hang of it! Palissa said confidently with her hands crossed over her waist.

"I haven't seen you for more than a month, and I find that you're getting naughty and naughty." Jiang Shenzhou shook his head, and his face couldn't cry or laugh.

"I haven't seen you for more than a month, and you're still so naughty. How old a person is, he still bullies children, so shameless! Palisia pouted, unconvinced.

"It's called one thing falling into one thing!"

"You're bullying the small!"

"And you're a big ghost!"

"You stink!"

"You...... You ......" Jiang Shenzhou only said a few words, and he couldn't help laughing, he laughed happily. What happened in the past month or so has made him depressed to this day, and now he is fighting with Palisia, and his mood has changed a lot.

He laughed, and Parisia laughed too.

She didn't know what she was laughing at, she just thought it was funny, so she laughed.

After laughing for a long time, Jiang Shenzhou waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, I was wrong, you waited for me here for a long time, not to fight with me." ”

Paris replied solemnly: "What a bickering, I'm very serious!" ”

Jiang Shenzhou said: "Okay, okay, you are serious, but I am not serious." When he met this little girl, he could only raise his hand and surrender, after all, she didn't necessarily have a light on her face if she won the fight.

"Humph! It's good to know! ”

Needless to say, I also know that Paris Xia came for the sake of Liangzhou.

Jiang Shenzhou sat under the eaves and told her what had happened in the past month or so, and by the time he finished speaking, it was already the beginning of the lights.

"So the chaos in Li Chunfeng's mouth is actually the emptiness of Liangzhou, if Xue Yantuo takes advantage of the weakness to invade on a large scale, will many people die?" Paris asked with a wink.

"I'm not sure, but I'm not far from ten." Jiang Shenzhou thought about it, raised his head and looked at her again, and said, "So I need you to make arrangements, I will enter the palace tonight to see Li Chunfeng." ”

He thought that Paris would agree, but he didn't expect her to shake her head and say, "I can't arrange it." ”

Jiang Shenzhou was puzzled and asked, "Why?" ”

Paris Xia said: "Because he is not in the palace now, nor is he in Chang'an, he went to Taibai Mountain." ”

Taibai Mountain is on the edge of Chang'an City, and its peaks are towering into the clouds, crowning the Qinling Mountains. People living in the vicinity of Gyeonggi have heard the saying that the snow on the mountains does not melt all year round, even in June, the hottest summer day. Not only that, Taibai Mountain is also known as the eleventh cave of Taoism, and it is said that it is also the place where Taiyi real people cultivate.

Li Chunfeng was originally a cultivator, so he naturally went there to retreat and cultivate.

Jiang Shenzhou asked again: "Did he say when he would come back?" ”

"You ask me, who do I ask?" Parisia pursed her lips and said, "But doesn't he have the ability to be a prophet of the unknown, I guess he will be back in a day or two." ”

A day or two is actually not a long time, but it is particularly critical for the crisis-ridden Liangzhou. When he was so anxious, Li Chunfeng was not in the palace.

Jiang Shenzhou shook his head and couldn't help but sigh.

The night fell quietly, blending into the desolate late autumn like ink.

And Chang'an City is still lit up by thousands of lights, singing and dancing.

In the distance, there was a cheerful singing, with beautiful tunes and gorgeous rhetoric, singing a peaceful and prosperous image.

Jiang Shenzhou didn't seem to hear it, he just looked at the sky silently.

There was nothing but darkness in his eyes.