Zhao Changying's solicitation was also within Gu Xu's expectations.

"King Yan values it so much, the juniors are grateful," Gu Xu responded politely, "If it weren't for too many things that I couldn't help myself, the juniors would definitely stay in Jicheng and serve the dogs and horses of Da Yan." ”

"Something you can't help yourself? Why can't you help yourself? Zhao Changying raised her eyebrows, "Tell me about it, and I'll see if I can help you solve it." ”

Gu Xu pondered for a few seconds and said, "You may not believe it when you say it." I have some secrets hidden in me. Because of the existence of these secrets, the Emperor of Heaven will do whatever it takes to put me to death.

"To solve this problem, I have to spend the last year or so traveling all over the wilderness to find something that can help me save my life."

"Haha, isn't it just a little secret, what's not to believe," Zhao Changying smiled heartily, and the laughter lingered around the room, "Now these young geniuses whose cultivation speed is far beyond ordinary people in the Great Wilderness, who doesn't have a little secret?"

"Especially someone like you, who has no family background and no resources, but can cultivate to the fourth realm before the age of twenty...... Even if you say that you are the reincarnation of an immortal, I will believe it. ”

Gu Xu lowered his head and drank tea, but did not respond immediately.

As the successor of the "Ziwei Emperor", although he is not the reincarnation of a real immortal, he is not much different.

After a short silence, Zhao Changying let out a long sigh: "I should have known that a proud son of heaven like you must be arrogant and ambitious, if you were to lock you in this barren and cold northern realm, and let you obediently serve the Zhao family for the rest of your life, I guess you would not be happy."

"Actually, I invited you here today, mainly for Yan'er."

"Zhao Yan? What's wrong with her? Hearing this, Gu Xu immediately put down the teacup and sat up straight.

"You should know that I'm going to die," Zhao Changying's tone increased slightly, "After I die, Yan'er will inherit my position, and use her shoulders to carry this country with unstable foundations and enemies everywhere inside and outside."

"Since she was a child, except for you, Yan'er has never had a good impression of any man, let alone take the initiative to let other men hold her arm.

"I have always believed in her way of seeing people, and I also want to have someone by her side after my death, to care for her, to take care of her, and to face the storm of the outside world with her.

"So, Gu Xiaoyou, I really hope you can be Yan'er's husband.

"After you get engaged, Dayan will do her best to ensure your safety and provide you with the same treatment as a descendant of the Zhao family, and you will no longer have to worry about your cultivation path.

"Dayan will not restrict your personal freedom, you can go wherever you want to go, and find your 'life-saving weapon'. As long as you live up to Yan'er.

"What do you think, Gu Xiaoyou? I'm giving you a lot of money, right? ”

When he heard the word "engagement", Gu Xu's heartbeat suddenly slowed down by half a beat.

As soon as they met, they talked about marriage, and Zhao Changying's straightforward style of dealing with things really caught him off guard, but it was quite in line with the consistent bold and straightforward temperament of the people in the north.

As for Zhao Yan's affection for him, Gu Xu could also faintly detect it.

As the saying goes, there is no pure friendship between a man and a woman.

Especially like the two of them, handsome men and beautiful women, and they are all genius monks who are one in a million.

When he was practicing in the "Idle Cloud Residence", Zhao Yan would often unconsciously stare at his face in a daze; And he is often dazzled by the long white legs under Zhao Yan's red robe.

In addition, Zhao Yan rescued him from the encirclement of the officials of the Great Qi in Jingcheng, carefully applied healing medicine to him, looked for the "Barrier Breaking Pill" for him, and accompanied him across the border of the Great Qi to the desolate Northern Underworld at the end of the world...... These things may have gone beyond the scope of ordinary friends.

It is in the nature of men to be lustful. Especially when a beautiful girl treats him well without asking for anything in return, it is impossible for Gu Xu's heart to be without a little wave.

However, Gu Xu also knows that the difference between a good man and a scumbag is not that a good man has no lust at all, but that his sense of responsibility can restrain his desires.

Because of Shi Xiaohan's existence, and because both of them were carrying too many heavy things, Gu Xu and Zhao Yan tacitly kept their distance from each other, restrained the emotions in their hearts, and did not pierce the layer of window paper.

But now, when this matter was clearly raised by Zhao Changying, Gu Xu felt a little overwhelmed for a while.

"Thanks to King Yan's love, the younger generation is terrified," Gu Xu thought for a long time, and said with a slight bow, "Her Royal Highness the princess is peerless, captivating the city and the country, and the younger generation has admired it for a long time. It's just that the younger generation has already been engaged, and he has been comprehensively pursued by the Great Qi court, and his fate is unpredictable in the future, so he doesn't want to be because of this——"

"-It seems that what Yan'er said is right," Zhao Changying interrupted him with a smile, "Even if you are divorced, you still miss the previous fiancée, and you still want to kill back to Luojing City and renew your relationship with her."

"I admire a young man like you."

"I promised never to disappoint her in my lifetime." Gu Xu lowered his head and said in a deep voice.

As he spoke, he remembered Shi Xiaohan's delicate appearance waving his little fist and vowing to protect him for the rest of his life.

"You really did live up to her. But what if she fails you? Zhao Changying waved his hand as he spoke, and the two documents fell from the bookshelf and spread out in front of Gu Xu.

Gu Xu took a closer look and found that this was a secret report written by the secret agent sent by Da Yan to Luojing City to King Yan.

The content of the first secret report was that Princess Zhaoning and the divination master Mu Yunkai went together to come to the residence of Shi Lei in the capital of Qianhu, the state capital. After that, Princess Zhaoning accurately grasped his escape route and sent all the officials who pursued him to Jingcheng.

The content of the second secret report is that because Shi Lei made an important contribution to the arrest of Gu Xu, a key criminal in the imperial court, it was suggested that he be promoted to the deputy envoy of Zhenfu from the eastern province of Sipinjiao, and the chapter has now been sent to the cabinet for review.

After reading it, Gu Xu lowered his head, his eyes were solemn, and he didn't say anything for a long time.

Of course, he could guess Zhao Changying's intention to show him the secret report - your former father-in-law sold your information to the Great Qi Imperial Court for his own career, and almost took your life, why don't you hurry up and break it off with him?

Gu Xu is really not good emotionally.

After all, he almost died in Jingcheng - if Zhao Yan hadn't rescued him in time, I'm afraid he would have gone to see Lord Yama a long time ago.

But intellectually, he can also understand Shi Lei's approach - he knows that Shi Lei is an official with no ambitions, who just wants to keep his job in the officialdom and get by.

Shi Lei made such a choice, more like handing over a letter of nomination to the Daqi Imperial Court in order to gain the trust of the imperial court and avoid implicating himself and his family.

"It's just her father's doing, it has nothing to do with her," Gu Xu thought about it and said in a calm voice, "Xiao Han didn't do anything against me. ”

Zhao Changying glanced at him with the eyes of a monster, and seemed to not understand his brain circuit.

In the great wilderness of feudal society, a clan is often regarded as a unified whole, and the individual and the clan are both prosperous and lossy, and one person's immorality will also become a shame for the whole family.

When the children of the family talk about marriage, they not only value their personal skills, but also value the status and virtue of their parents.

Like Gu Xu, dividing a father and daughter into two independent individuals to judge is very different from ordinary people.

"Do you think I will allow an outsider who is not related to our family to have the power of the god of fire and be worshipped by the priests and believers?" Zhao Changying's voice suddenly turned cold, and the smile on her face disappeared.

After Gu Xu grasped the authority of the Fire God, he could use this to take back the bloodline power of the Zhao family, and perhaps in the near future, his prestige might surpass that of the Yan monarch - this was obviously a scene that Zhao Changying did not want to see.

Gu Xu looked at Zhao Changying's rugged and heroic face, sighed lightly, and sighed in his heart: Finally I saw the poor dagger.

A dying lion is still a lion.

Don't look at Zhao Changying, who was seriously injured and died soon, but he is still the heroic character who does not hesitate to pretend to be a drunkard for many years for revenge.

Seeing that Gu Xu was unmoved in the face of temptation, he showed his fangs without hesitation and chose to deal with him with deterrence.

Even though Gu Xu was talented and entered the realm quickly, he still had no chance of winning in the face of a genuine "True Monarch" powerhouse.

Gu Xu didn't like this feeling of being controlled by others.

What to do?

He frowned and began to think of a way to break the game.