That night, Luo Qingzhi came to the prison of Jingzhao Mansion, and this time she brought a lot of food.

Gao Zhen greeted him with a smile, "Ah Luo, you're here."

The accompanying jailer opened the cell door, and Luo Qingzhi glanced at the lock, and there were indeed obvious scratches.

Gao Zhen took the food box in Luo Qingzhi's hand and opened it impatiently, and the layers of delicate pastries looked quite appetizing.

"Taste it." Luo Qingzhi said softly.

Gao Zhen picked up a lotus cake and said, "Why haven't I eaten this before in the county lord's mansion?"

He took a bite, and Luo Qingzhi's voice came, "I brought it from the palace."

Gao Zhen's chewing movements seemed to stop, swallowed quickly, and asked eagerly, "What is Luo doing in the palace?"

"Naturally, it was summoned by His Majesty." Luo Qingzhi said.

Gao Zhen picked up the pastry again, but he couldn't eat it.

"Who did you see last night?"

Luo Qingzhi's question made Gao Zhen nervous instantly, he opened his mouth, and before he could speak, a burst of laughter came.

"County Lord, this time, you miscalculated."

Yang Shen approached with the booklet in his hand, sensed that the atmosphere was wrong, and asked softly, "I, did I disturb you?"

Luo Qingzhi looked at the booklet in his hand and asked, "Did he sign it?"

Yang Shen shook the booklet in his hand, with a sense of victory, "Of course."

It seemed that she didn't believe it, Luo Qingzhi took the manual, opened it and confirmed it, and sure enough, it was Zhou Jin's confession.

Yang Shen said to Gao Zhen, "You can leave tonight."

It should have been a happy thing, but Yang Shen's speech as if he was inviting merit did not get any feedback.

Luo Qingzhi still cared and asked, "How did he agree?"

Yang Shen said, "I just told him about the torture tools and the environment in prison."

Luo Qingzhi snorted, and didn't know who to speak, so she said coldly, "He's really affectionate."

"Let's go." Luo Qingzhi said to Gao Zhen.

Luo Qingzhi walked in front, Gao Zhen walked behind, and Yang Shen, who stayed in place, was very puzzled and muttered, "Why didn't you even say a word of thanks."

I didn't plan to pick up Gao Zhen tonight, so Luo Qingzhi came on horseback, and at this time, the two had to ride one horse together.

The weather is gradually warming, and now the night is no longer so cold, Luo Qingzhi glanced at Gao Zhen's clothes, his own big coat was still draped on his body, and after making sure that he would not be frozen, he said lightly, "Let's go."

After hesitating, Gao Zhen still nodded "um".

The two walked half a street at an extremely slow pace, Luo Qingzhi stopped, took a step back, and walked parallel to Gao Zhen.

Gao Zhen was a little flustered, thinking about whether to tell her the truth of everything, but Luo Qingzhi didn't ask anything, just silently took his hand and said, "What are you doing so far away from me." qs

Gao Zhen looked down at the hands of the two of them, smiled lightly, and immediately withdrew them.

Luo Qingzhi looked at Gao Zhen, who was so cautious, a little unbearable, and finally promised, "No matter what you hide from me, I won't be angry, I will not change if I choose you."

After Luo Qingzhi selected Gao Zhen as the county horse, Gao Zhen began to feel faintly uneasy, obviously he was already so close to Luo Qingzhi, but Gao Zhen became more and more uneasy, and almost everyone felt that he was not worthy of Luo Qingzhi.

Sometimes, he himself felt as if Luo Qingzhi deserved better, but as long as he thought of giving her to someone else, he was even more unhappy.

Gao Zhen held her hand back, feeling the warmth of her palm, and seemed to be able to dissipate a little of his uneasiness.

"Arlo, I do have something to hide from you."

Luo Qingzhi didn't interrupt, blinked, and motioned for him to continue.

Gao Zhen clenched her hand a little, as if she was afraid that Luo Qingzhi would let go after explaining the truth.

"Mother, I'm not dead, she was the one who looked for me last night."

Luo Qingzhi didn't expect it to be Concubine Shu, the table on her face

There are still subtle changes in the situation.

"Also, about thyme, I, I didn't know about it by accident, I knew about it from the beginning."

After Gao Zhen finished speaking, he didn't dare to look at her eyes at all, obviously he didn't want to let go, but he took the initiative to let go.

"First things I did have a little bit of a surprise." Luo Qingzhi responded lightly, and forcefully grabbed Gao Zhen's released hand, "But, the second thing, I already knew."

Gao Zhen was a little surprised and asked, "How do you know?"

Luo Qingzhi patiently explained, "If you only know by chance and are not a participant, then, if I hadn't drunk the wine you gave, I wouldn't have been poisoned, and the most critical step to make sure I was poisoned must be the participant."

"I'm sorry." Gao Zhen sincerely apologized, "I want to leave the palace too much, and I want to walk to you too much."

Luo Qingzhi held his hand and said gently, "Concubine Shu is not good to you?"

Gao Zhen shook his head, "It's not that my mother treats me badly, but she can't protect me."

Luo Qingzhi sighed and said softly, "If you have a chance, I want to hear how you have spent the past ten years."

There was a hurried sound of horses' hooves, and Yang Shen rode over and stopped in front of the two.

"County Lord, Zhou Jin, killed yourself!"

This sudden news made both of them look surprised, and Luo Qingzhi asked, "When did it happen?"

Yang Shen shook his head, "I'm not sure yet, I just got the news."

Luo Qingzhi understood that Yang Shen wanted to tell herself to prepare early, she said, "I understand your kindness, and I will find someone to investigate the rest of the things."

Yang Shen glanced at Gao Zhen, Luo Qingzhi blocked in front of him, and said, "Before the confession is committed to suicide, no matter what, I will not hand him over again."

"This, I said it doesn't count, county lord, you know, how many people in this Jinling City can't see you." Yang Shen said.

"Of course I understand." Luo Qingzhi nodded, and then said firmly, "However, some people can't be sacrificed."

Yang Shen shook his head, simply said "take care" and rode away.

Gao Zhen reacted from the conversation between the two for a while, but still understood the obscurity, and blamed himself a little, and said, "If only I had been more careful, now, am I bothering you?"

Luo Qingzhi chuckled lightly and said, "No matter how careful you are, it's useless, Gongzi Zhou will definitely let you hurt him in front of everyone and be imprisoned."

Gao Zhen tilted his head, as if puzzled.

Luo Qingzhi whispered, "He wants to protect you."

"What?" Gao Zhen didn't understand at all, "Protect me?"

Luo Qingzhi explained: "He should have known that you were here to investigate the Xia Ji case, maybe he also knew the inside story of the case, and he didn't want you to get involved, so he wanted you to leave the Guozijian."

Gao Zhen lowered his head, thinking that the two of them were in the same room, maybe he was followed when he went out.

"Does he really care about you?" Luo Qingzhi's tone was soft, but there was also a sense of loneliness.

Gao Zhen turned his head, looked in the direction of the palace, and said lightly, "When I was young, he did accompany me for a long time."

Luo Qingzhi didn't ask, waiting for Gao Zhen to speak slowly.

"I don't know why, my father always doesn't like me." As soon as Gao Zhen said a word, he couldn't help but sigh.

Luo Qingzhi thought about the first meeting between the two, and Emperor Wen Gao Huan really didn't like him very much.

"When I was about eight years old, my mother begged my father to let me enter the national prison, but my father only asked Zhou Jin to accompany me." After Gao Zhen finished speaking, he glanced at Luo Qingzhi, "He is knowledgeable and talkative, and I can be said to be inseparable from him for a while."

"But." Gao Zhen's tone changed, "After the palace changed, everything changed, Empress Yang was in charge of the harem, she didn't like me even more, and often made trouble with me, one day, I was caught by her for my mistakes, and she asked Zhou Jin to punish me."

Gao Zhen paused, "Maybe it was because of my young age, I couldn't accept such a betrayal at that time."

Luo Qing

Zhi thought for a moment, "That's it?"

Gao Zhen shook his head, "After I was beaten by him, that night, he slipped into the room and said something to me and did something, and that was something I couldn't bear."

Gao Zhen shook his head, as if he didn't want to think about those details at all, Luo Qingzhi took his hand and said softly, "It's okay, it's all over."

"Arlo." Gao Zhen held her hand, "From the past to the present, you have protected me in front of me, I like you to protect me like this, and I hope that one day, I can grow up to be a man who protects you."

Luo Qingzhi smiled, "Okay, I'm waiting for this day."

"Arlo." Gao Zhen called her name and said, "My mother is also a poor person, and I would like you not to tell Your Majesty the news that she is still alive."

「...... Yes."

"Thank you, Arlo."

Luo Qingzhi said: "Now that Zhou Jin is dead, things may become more complicated, and the rest of the things, don't get involved, stay in the mansion well."

"Hmm."

At the beginning of the lanterns, the vendors on the stalls lit up colorful lanterns, and for a while, the originally depressed street gradually gathered a lot of people.

Gao Zhen took Luo Qingzhi's hand and muttered in a low voice, "Seven points."

Luo Qingzhi, who didn't react for a while, could only let him hold his hand and shuttle through the crowd, and the couple who came to him also walked hand in hand and strolled down the street.

"Seven." Luo Qingzhi understood that she liked to walk on the street holding hands, not afraid of anyone's eyes.

Gao Zhen was in a happy mood, he knew that now was the real sense of being wholeheartedly devoted to Luo Qingzhi.

"That's good." Gao Zhen whispered.

Luo Qingzhi asked rhetorically, "What's good?"

Gao Zhen raised the two of them shaking hands, "It's good to be with you."

Luo Qingzhi nodded slightly, thinking, "Like, this feels really good."

In this way, the two held hands and crossed the bustling street all the way, enjoying the praise of the two by passers-by.

"Looks like a real match."

When he was about to arrive at the county lord's mansion, Gao Zhen suddenly slowed down.

"Tired?" Luo Qingzhi asked.

"It's not." Gao Zhen shook his head and said with some loss, "If only this road were a little longer."

Luo Qingzhi quipped, "Next time you want to leave, we'll do it like this."

Gao Zhen nodded, "Hmm."