Beijing, Su Mansion Hall.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, Miss Shiyue has lost a lot of weight, it's really hard for you these days."

Su Zihe sat on the side of the low table in a dark blue plain robe, lifted the steaming small kettle and poured the hot water into the cup, the tender green tea leaves tumbled and floated in the cup with the water, and the faint fragrance drifted in the house, washing away the cold of late autumn.

"Compared to Su Gongzi, my hard work is nothing." After taking the hot tea, Qian Shiyue's eyebrows and eyes still condensed the worry that could not be dissolved.

"After so long investigation, there is still no news of him?"

Su Zihe shook his head slightly: "Not for the time being." Shiyue, is it okay at the palace during my absence, did the old lady ask? The battle report from the front has been transmitted back to the imperial court for more than half a month, and the Pingwang Mansion should also know the news. ”

"Everything is fine over there in the palace, you don't have to worry. As for the disappearance of the second son, I haven't figured out how to talk to the old lady yet. When she heard that you had returned to the capital the day before yesterday, she always mentioned you in a non-verbal manner. Su Gongzi might as well go to the palace to have a look if he has free time recently, and talk to her. ”

The status of the Ping Wangfu in the capital is not low, but in fact, the palace is very deserted. After the death of the old prince, the eldest prince Li Qiucheng succeeded to his throne, and in the same battle, Li Qiucheng was seriously injured in order to save the old prince, and his martial arts were lost. After he returned, he had the title of King Ping and a body of military exploits, but he had already become a waste. After seeing too many scenes of disobedience in the officialdom, he moved out of the palace in frustration, took his wife and young daughter to the outskirts of the city to set up a small mansion, and no longer asked about military and political affairs.

The second prince is away all the year round, and the eldest prince has also moved out, leaving only the old lady and a group of maids in the huge Pingwang Mansion. The head of the thousand family has a very good relationship with the old prince, and after the decline of the palace, he often asks his wife and daughter to visit, so that the eldest lady of the thousand family, Qian Shiyue, regards the palace as her second home, and takes care of the old lady as a godfather.

Speaking of the palace, Qian Shiyue sighed slightly: "The prince died on the battlefield, the eldest prince was severely injured when he resisted the enemy, and the second prince returned from traveling easily and often put on armor in person, and it took a year and a half to go." The old lady couldn't persuade her, how uncomfortable she must have been. ”

Su Zihe lowered his eyes and was silent when he heard this, how could he not want to persuade Qiu Yan to leave the matter of leading the troops to others to do, even if he had to stay in the palace often to deal with government affairs, at least it was safer to be in the capital than on the battlefield.

"Miss Shiyue, don't mention these words after you finish talking to me. Now the situation between the DPRK and China is delicate, and not only Qiu Yan, but everyone will think a lot about their actions, and the slightest carelessness may be riddled with trouble. Today's Pingwang Mansion can have a place in the capital and don't have to look at other people's faces, it all depends on him alone. ”

"So we must be steady, don't mess with him, and don't influence his decisions. Qiu Yan is thoughtful, and we must have confidence in him. ”

"I know." Qian Shiyue took a deep breath, calmed down, and continued, "Young Master Su, we were both defeated in the war with Dongsheng Kingdom, how should I tell the old lady about the disappearance of the second prince on the battlefield? The first few times I said it, I didn't know how to speak, and it was not a way to keep it a secret. ”

Su Zihe thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Miss Shiyue doesn't have to be embarrassed, I'll go outside to do some things in the afternoon, and when I come back, I'll visit the palace, and I'll take care of the second son's affairs." ”

"It's okay, then there will be Mr. Lao Su." After Qian Shiyue finished speaking, she slowly got up and saluted, "I'm really sorry to come over and disturb me today." In the future, when Su Gongzi is free, you may wish to come to my house to sit down, and my father often talks about learning chess skills with you. ”

"Okay, when I'm busy with this time, I'll come to visit."

The two chatted a few more words, and Qian Shiyue said goodbye and went back.

Personally sent Miss Qianjia out of the door, Su Zihe turned around and went back to the study.

"My lord, this is a secret report sent by Inspector Shi Zhang Yu just now, please take a look."

Zhang Yu?

After receiving the letter, Su Zihe quickly glanced at the situation reported in the letter, and said, "He should have arrived in Luohuai by now, and he should enter Budong Town in two days." ”

"What do you instruct?"

"As far as I know, there is a soil overlord in Nabudong Town, who has been entrenched in the local area for decades and no one dares to move. This person colluded with officials, deceived superiors and subordinates, and did many things that hurt nature and reason, and all of them were suppressed, causing panic among the local people, and the people could not be stable. Su Zihe folded the letter and put it on the table, with a dark light hidden in his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "You reply to Lord Zhang as soon as possible, and ask him to go to Budong Town to check it out, if this is really the case, you must give an explanation to the people." ”

"Subordinates obey."

After his subordinates went out, Su Zihe closed his eyes and pinched his eyebrows. He never rushed back to the capital as soon as he could, running day and night for more than ten days, and he was already physically and mentally exhausted.

But now is not the time to rest, he stayed at home for two days, in addition to disposing of the backlog of official business and distributing it, he also carefully made several complete sets of plans according to the deployment in Qiu Yan's letter.

In this way, Su Zihe's tense nerves finally reached the extreme. Heyi was lying on the hard couch that was simply set up in the study, and at the moment before he fell asleep, the figure of a man in battle robe and armor appeared in his mind, and he couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

The world only said that the man was ambitious and intended for the throne, but they did not know how many unimaginable hardships were paid behind his brilliant achievements. He only took on those heavy responsibilities for a few months, and he was already exhausted and almost vomited blood, God knows how Qiu Yan survived for so many years!

That's it, he wants to rest, so he can rest in peace. After such a deployment, the stable situation in the capital should be maintained for a while, so let him accompany his beloved woman for a while.

If Qiu Yan knew that his days in exile in Budong Town were praised by his good brother as leisurely and comfortable, maybe he would directly deduct his two years of income with a wave of his hand.

I got up early and went to bed late every day, and I had to take care of the daily life of their family of three, and when I went out to help earn some silver, I was persecuted by the overlord of the land, and I was trapped in a cold dungeon and lay half-dead for two days, almost starving to death.

After escaping from the Lu Mansion, the two led the little fox to stay at home. Holding the stove and wrapped in a thick cotton robe, Wen Tiantian moved the bamboo chair to the door of the house and watched Qiu Yan practice in the yard while basking in the sun.

With her flowing body and strong fist style, Qiu Yan's series of movements dazzled her.

"Tut-tut, I always thought that martial arts masters were just swords posing with swords, but I didn't expect that people who really knew martial arts were so powerful. Qiu Yan is really ...... Absolutely! ”

Xu is because Qiu Yan is always injured on his body, and he vomits blood and faints from time to time, he is completely a weak chicken who is strong on the outside and dry in Wen Tiantian's consciousness. However, after the battle of Lu Mansion and the past few days of onlookers and martial arts training, she felt that she might need to reacquaint herself with this man who was respectfully called "Young Master Qiu".

"Look at your unproductive nymphomaniac, and you're fascinated again?" The dead ghost complained boredly, "The skills he uses now are only two percent, our yard is too small for him to perform, and these moves are just moving muscles and bones for him." ”

"So what? The muscles and bones are so powerful under simple activities, if the current Qiu Yan uses all his strength, two more mysterious guys will not be enough for him to clean up! ”

Of course, the dead ghost knew that she was referring to the two mysterious people who appeared in the Lu family, but he didn't actually put those two within the scope of the master in his heart, and the two of them were more tactical cooperation during the battle, and it was only the front and back attacks that made Qiu Yan fall into passivity, if it was a solo battle, ten mysterious people would take turns to play and he would not be able to help him.

"Girl, with Qiu Yan's current ability, how long do you think he can stay here?"

A year or two? March-May? Or maybe it's eight days out of ten?

"What do you mean?" Wen Tiantian's smile was put away instantly, "Qiu Yan won't leave me and Baozi alone, he's not that kind of person." ”

"If he really has no conscience, and escaped when I was being held hostage, why should he suffer? In the future, even if he leaves here, I believe that he will always remember me and remember our little family. Besides, we signed a contract, and he didn't dare to break it. ”

Love makes people stupid!

This girl has lived in her world for more than 20 years, and she is still a silly white sweet in her heart, with no scheming at all, no wonder the mother is single.

"Well, since you have so much faith in him, I won't say much. Everyone has their own destiny, you can do it yourself, don't forget to live for me for ten years. ”

The voice of the dead ghost disappeared, and Qiu Yan also finished two sets of punches.

Wiping his sweat, he walked to the door, pulled over the small bench and sat down next to her. Qiu Yan sweated a lot, but his breathing was very steady, he glanced at Wen Tiantian holding the hand stove wrapped in cotton clothes, chuckled and rolled up his sleeves and lit the brazier with a fire fold.

"You just don't like to be active and you're afraid of the cold. Wake up a little early tomorrow and I'll take you outside for a run and sweat. ”

Wen Tiantian roasted the fire and pouted, "Don't." I'm not as diligent as you, and it's so cold in the mountains in the morning that I don't want to go out. ”

Isn't the bed soft? Isn't the bed warm? There's nothing to do, so why get up early and get cold.

"You!"

Qiu Yan reached out and touched the little fox lying on her lap with a comfortable face, and the soft white hair was particularly comfortable to rub.

Quietly accompanied her to the fire, looking at the neat courtyard a little distracted.

"Tiantian, I may have to go out tomorrow, what do you want to eat, I'll go and prepare it in the kitchen."

The brazier burned with a slight crackling sound, and after listening to his words, Wen Tiantian was silent for a while, and slowly spoke: "How many days are you going?" ”

"Three days at most, two days at least."

"Is it dangerous?"

She may not know about him, but she still has some feelings in her heart. Qiu Yan is not an ordinary person, and what she does must be different.

The worried tone made his heart warm, and he turned his head to look over, and found that one person and one fox were looking at him, Qiu Yan smiled and said: "There is something trivial over there Ye Shiyuan, I plan to go over and take a look, and by the way, we will change the medicine for our doctor Wen." ”

"I just don't know what the situation is on his side, so I want to explain something. If you're busy, you'll probably be staying there for two days, so you don't have to worry. ”

Hearing him say this, Wen Tiantian breathed a sigh of relief, "I know your martial arts are good, but those two mysterious guys are not easy to deal with, you have to be more careful when you go out this time, I and Baozi are waiting for you to come back at home." ”

"yes, I see."

Picking up two pieces of dry firewood and throwing them into the brazier, he stabbed the fire with a small stick, Qiu Yan teased while working: "My deed of sale is still with you, how can people escape?" Rest assured! ”

"Less poor mouth! With the name of your autumn son, how many pieces of paper can trap you? ”

"That was more than four years ago! The hero doesn't mention the courage of the year, no matter how powerful he was at that time, won't he work for you now? Qiu Yan pretended to sigh, "When I was young, I also traveled to many places, and I always felt that it was better to be outside than home. After staying here for a long time, I suddenly didn't want to leave, and it was quite comfortable to live a boring life with three meals a day. ”

Wen Tiantian smirked: "I suspect you are saying that I am boring." ”

"Ah, no, no! How can it? ”

said no, but the smile on his face was very bad. Wen Tiantian snorted arrogantly and ignored him, and took out one hand to rummage through his clothes and coat.

"There's a bit of broken silver here, and it's convenient to go out and spend it. The rest is in my room, and there is a small box on the dresser, and you can take as much as you need, so that you don't have money to eat outside. ”

took the purse and weighed it in his hand, there was not much broken silver in it, it was all the change he usually found when he went out to buy vegetables.

While he was holding the purse and pondering, Wen Tiantian took out a small bag from his waist and opened it, and there were more than a dozen steel needles neatly placed inside.

"Stay safe and defend yourself."