In fact, Qi Xuansu still has some guesses about the identities of other people, according to Xie Linyuan, the members of the Qingping Society are limited by dual identities, which means that "Meng Xingyun", "Taichang Yin" and others are most likely living in Dijing or Zhili.

There are also those subordinates of Qi Niang, "Drunken Whip" Needless to say, it can basically be determined that they are from the Shenshu Forbidden Army, as well as the "Heavenly Fairy" who can monitor the Xuanhui Academy, and the "Cherish the Red Clothes" who are related to the members of the Purple Light Society, which is probably also the head snake of the imperial capital.

If you want to find out the truth of the Five Elements Mountain, you can't do without the help of these people.

Qi Xuansu glanced at the sky, and then looked at the "Holy Worry-free" beside him.

Xie Linyuan said slowly: "The reason why I didn't return to the imperial capital directly is because not long after I got out of danger, the imitation 'Lubi Corpse Poison' attacked, making my true qi almost out of control, and I had to lie dormant on the spot to suppress the 'Lubi Corpse Poison'. After the 'extravagant corpse poison' was removed, I still haven't recovered all my cultivation, but my true qi is no longer out of control. It's like a person who has just recovered from a serious illness, but he is still weak and weak, at least he won't tremble and sway. In the next period of time, I will take care of my illness, and this kind of errand will be handled by Qi Niang." ”

Qi Xuansu nodded.

The two discussed for a while, and decided to return to the imperial capital from Xicheng, at this time the door was not opened, of course, they still went back over the wall. For the celestials, as long as the imperial capital does not open the city protection array, there is not much difference between climbing over the city wall at night and ordinary people climbing over their own low walls.

After all, the expansion of the outer city is mainly to prevent soldiers from approaching the city, not to prevent the heavens.

The inner city is the imperial capital in the true sense, which is another way of saying it, where the Tianchen Division is in charge. However, both of them have official status, and they can enter the inner city openly.

There were no accidents in the next entry into the city, although the King of Liao did strengthen the vigilance of the Shenshu Forbidden Army, but there was a lack of high-level generals to sit in person, there was no cabinet decree, and there was no opening of the formation, so naturally the two could not be found.

The relationship between the emperor and the cabinet is naturally greater than that of the emperor, but after the cabinet becomes the prime minister's body, it is actually equivalent to indirectly restoring part of the prime minister system. The emperor holds the personnel power, the cabinet holds the executive power, and all government decrees come from the cabinet, and the emperor wants to carry out his own will, and he can replace obedient people with personnel appointments to do things. However, for the sake of the balance of the court, many times the cabinet members cannot be replaced at will, which forms a certain degree of checks and balances on the imperial power.

It is said that this was intentional by Xuansheng, although Xuansheng did not directly participate in the establishment of the Great Xuan Court, but Xuansheng still indirectly influenced the Great Xuan Court during the grass creation period, and even influenced many decisions of Emperor Gaozu.

Emperor Gaozu was considered to have a son in his later years, and for a long time, he had only one daughter, and Xuansheng was his son-in-law. Therefore, people often say that all major events in the world are decided by the discussion of Weng and his son-in-law.

This made the later emperors of the Great Xuan Court criticized, because it was the law of the ancestors, and they did not dare and could not change it easily.

After entering the city without danger, Qi Xuansu and Xie Linyuan changed back to their original appearance and costumes, exchanged their own talismans, and left separately.

Even if there is no child and mother talisman, as long as you know the identity of the other party, it is not difficult to contact each other.

Qi Xuansu naturally wanted to return to the Jade Emperor Palace located in the north square of Xuanshang, and Xie Linyuan's official residence was located in the northeast square of Duxian.

There was no curfew in the Jade Emperor Palace, so Qi Xuansu returned to the Jade Palace unimpeded, because it was almost dawn, so he didn't go back to his residence, and simply went to his signature room.

When Qi Xuansu walked not far from his signing room, he found that the signing room was brightly lit, and he couldn't help but feel a surprise in his heart, according to reason, he didn't need someone to be on duty here, Ke Qingqing wouldn't come over so early, Su Li had his own signing room, and he wouldn't appear here.

Who's in it? Don't forget to turn off the lights.

Qi Xuansu hesitated for a moment and quietly walked into the signing room.

There was no one outside, Qi Xuansu went to the reception room in the inner room again, but there was still no one.

Qi Xuansu had no choice but to push open the door of the study, and saw Zhang Yuelu sitting in his place, reading a volume of "Taiping Guangji" by candlelight.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Zhang Yuelu raised up and looked at Qi Xuansu.

The two looked at each other in silence.

Qi Xuansu's feeling at this time was as if he had sneaked out of the Dao Palace when he was a teenager, and when he came back, he found that the Dao Palace Sect was sitting in his room, and that kind of "surprise" was difficult to describe in words.

After a while, Qi Xuansu took the initiative to break the silence: "Qingxiao, why are you here?" ”

Zhang Yuelu put down the "Taiping Guangji" in his hand, got up to make way for Qi Xuansu, and sat down in the guest's seat, before saying, "I've been very busy these days, and I have snubbed you." ”

Qi Xuansu coughed lightly: "I'm also busy." ”

"Yes, I haven't seen anyone until midnight." Zhang Yuelu's tone was calm, so that people couldn't tell whether they were happy or angry.

Qi Xuansu was about to argue, and then heard Zhang Yuelu continue: "Last night, I finally had some free time, so I wanted to find you for a few drinks, but your Taoist told me that I haven't seen your figure for a few days, and I still think you're too busy with errands and have been living in the signing room, so I came here to look for you, but I didn't expect to pounce." I asked Director Su, who was your partner, again, and Director Su said that you handed over the follow-up of Qiuhuayuan to her, so you shouldn't be busy, and she didn't know why you didn't return all night, so I sat here and waited for you to come back. ”

No matter how sluggish Qi Xuansu was, he could hear the dissatisfaction implied in Zhang Yuelu's words, not to mention that he was not dull, but in this moment, he had stabilized his mind and sat next to Zhang Yuelu: "Blame me, blame me for letting you sit for a night." ”

Zhang Yuelu is not the kind of character who likes to let others guess his own thoughts, and said straight to the point: "Where did you go last night?" ”

Qi Xuansu didn't want to deceive Zhang Yuelu, and he couldn't put it together, so he played a trick: "I'm going to see Qi Niang." ”

Zhang Yuelu was stunned for a moment, which was a bit unexpected for her. It's not that she thinks that Qi Xuansu goes out in the middle of the night to mess with flowers or drink flower wine, in this regard, Zhang Yuelu still trusts Qi Xuansu, she is afraid that Qi Xuansu will have something to do with the secret association, she is not an innocent girl, she is aware of many things, but she deliberately does not think deeply, otherwise how can Yao Pei say that she is deceiving herself.

It's just that I'm about to talk about marriage, and I don't want to think about it.

"Is Qi Niang also in Dijing?" Zhang Yuelu asked.

Qi Xuansu shook his head and said: "Qi Niang usually sees the head but not the tail, if I want to see her, I usually have to contact her in advance, and then she comes to see me, or she tells me a place and asks me to meet her." ”

Zhang Yuelu nodded, and asked again, "Did you relay my words to her?" ”

Qi Xuansu said: "I just went to see her for this matter." After all, there are many words that you can't understand through the child and mother charms, so it's better to talk about them in person. ”

Zhang Yuelu's eyes were a little imperceptible worried: "What did Qi Niang say?" ”

Qi Xuansu said truthfully: "Qi Niang said that now is not the time, when it is time to meet, she will meet you, and she will not only see you, she will also meet Cihang Zhenren, as for Mrs. Tangtai, forget it, she only talks to people who speak well, and she also said that this day will not be too far away." ”

Zhang Yuelu fell into silence, her brows furrowed slightly.

Qi Xuansu deliberately reached out to smooth Zhang Yuelu's brows.

"Don't make a fuss." Zhang Yuelu slapped Qi Xuansu's palm open.

Qi Xuansu didn't speak, just continued to smooth her brows.

Zhang Yuelu was helpless, so she had to take the initiative to stretch her brows: "I'm afraid of you, what do you think Qi Niang means by this?" ”

Qi Xuansu asked rhetorically: "You suddenly want to see Qi Niang, why do you want to see it?" ”

"When I asked you, you questioned me." Zhang Yuelu said slightly.

Qi Xuansu said: "I can only deduce Qi Niang's thoughts if I know what you mean, you two fighting methods, I am caught in the middle, this request is not too much, right?" ”

Zhang Yuelu was silent for a long time, and said solemnly: "What I am going to say next may make you unhappy or even annoyed, but you must listen to me." ”

Qi Xuansu saw her solemn expression, and also straightened his face: "Okay." ”

Zhang Yuelu said slowly: "There is no love for no reason in this world, and there is no hate for no reason, if you were still in your infancy, Qi Niang picked you up, and raised you with compassion for a while, and got along for more than 20 years, like mother and son, then everything she is doing now is reasonable, I will not have the slightest doubt." ”

"According to what you said, when Qi Niang rescued you, you were very old and not a child, so why would she save you at any cost? Even if there are factors such as empathy in it, isn't it a little ...... for her to treat you Too much? If it weren't for me to live the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, my mother might not be able to do her best as she did when she treated me. ”

"Every time I think about it, I can't help but wonder, what does she want to do? Do you have other plans for you? Do you have to repay all these things several times in the future? I don't have the intention of stirring up a relationship between you, I just want to meet her and make things clear. ”

Qi Xuansu was silent.

However, to Zhang Yuelu's surprise, Qi Xuansu was very calm, not only did he not get angry, but he didn't even have emotions such as pain, entanglement, and unacceptability.

She immediately understood that Qi Xuansu had already thought about this, and the emotions that should have been vented or suppressed by him.

Qi Xuansu's silence didn't last long, and he said softly: "I believe in Qi Niang. Take 10,000 steps back, even if Qi Niang has any plans, what can she do? Do you want me to dig up the 'Heart of Immortal Stone' and return it to her? Could it be worse than my death at the hands of the Inn' assassins? In any case, her current life was given by her, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a grace of recreation. ”

Zhang Yuelu was also silent.

She's deluding herself, and he's not.

Qi Xuansu's voice became lower and lower: "I didn't know who my father and mother were when I was born, the more people lacked something, the more they longed for something." So everyone who is good to me, I cherish. ”

Zhang Yuelu looked at Qi Xuansu and said softly: "Tianyuan, I don't want to snatch you from Qi Niang's hands, nor do I want you to disown Qi Niang, I just don't want to see that one day, you will be forced to a dead end, and finally end up in a catastrophe from which you will never recover......"