Chapter 69: The Deceased
Gao Zhen got up, walked towards Luo Qingzhi step by step, and called softly, "Ah Luo."
Luo Qingzhi stood in place, staring at Gao Zhen, her face calm and her heart throbbing, although she hoped to see him again, she also hoped that he would stay away from the center of power and live a free life.
Seeing that Luo Qingzhi was very calm, Gao Zhen was a little flustered in his heart, he didn't know if his behavior of leaving Jinling without permission would make Luo Qingzhi hate himself.
Luo Qingzhi asked, "How long have you been here?"
Gao Zhen immediately replied, "Just come for a while."
Speechless, Gao Zhen smiled, trying to break the atmosphere, "Ah Luo, I don't worry about you coming alone, so I found it myself."
Luo Qingzhi knew that he was lying, but just let out a faint "um".
Gao Zhen took a step closer and said, "Ah Luo, are you angry?"
"Not really." Luo Qingzhi said, "I hope, I hope you can live a free life, today, I will not see you."
After Luo Qingzhi finished speaking, she crossed him and prepared to enter the inn.
Gao Zhen grabbed her hand, holding it slightly from the beginning, and gradually straining.
"You've always been like that."
Luo Qingzhi said, "What?"
Gao Zhen tugged hard and turned her in front of him, "You are always like this, as long as I do something wrong, you will immediately have a cold face, I like you, but I will also have heartache."
There were people coming in and out of the inn, and Luo Qingzhi said, "Let's go, go in and talk."
Gao Zhen followed the door to Luo Qingzhi's room.
Luo Qingzhi poured him a glass of water and handed it to him.
Gao Zhen took it and put it aside.
"You came alone?" Luo Qingzhi asked.
"......" Gao Zhen hesitated and shook his head, "No."
"Who came with you?" Luo Qingzhi continued to ask.
Gao Zhen pursed his lips, looking reluctant to speak.
Luo Qingzhi didn't mean to force it, and was ready to find Zhixin.
The action of leaving without any explanation made Gao Zhen panic, and he hugged Luo Qingzhi from behind and said, "It was the mother concubine who brought me out."
Luo Qingzhi sighed deeply and said seriously, "Erlang, you really, you can make another choice."
Gao Zhen shook his head, "I don't understand, I really don't understand, what else do I have to do so that you can believe that I am serious, and my choice will always be yours."
"Knock-knock!"
"Young master."
The wind came from the south.
Luo Qingzhi patted the back of Gao Zhen's hand and said gently, "You let go of me first."
Gao Zhen obediently let go, Luo Qingzhi took a few steps and opened the door.
"Young master, when I returned to the mountain, there was no trace left."
Feng Zinan's answer made Luo Qingzhi stunned, in such a short time, everything can be erased, what a powerful force it should be.
Luo Qingzhi asked, "What about the Taoist priest?"
"Staying in the view." Feng Zinan replied.
Gao Zhen walked out, and the moment Feng Zinan saw him, he was obviously displeased, and even put his hand on the hilt of the sword.
Luo Qingzhi noticed it, deliberately pushed him away, and said, "You go to Zhixin's room and see if she is there."
「...... Yes."
As soon as Feng Zinan's front foot left, Luo Qingzhi immediately turned to Gao Zhen and said, "Since you are free now, go back to your mother."
Gao Zhen's face sank, "What I said just now...... Arlo doesn't believe a word."
Luo Qingzhi didn't answer immediately, as if acquiescing.
Gao Zhen didn't want Luo Qingzhi to continue to misunderstand, so he explained again, "Yes, it was my mother who kidnapped me, but I had no way to resist the situation at that time, and later, I was also tied up all the way."
Speaking of this, Gao Zhen pulled up his sleeves, revealing the marks on his wrists.
He continued, "When we arrived in Ningzhou,
I also took advantage of their unpreparedness to run out."
Luo Qingzhi stared at the dark purple marks on his wrists, which were indeed signs that he had been tied up for a long time.
"Last night, was that you?"
Gao Zhen nodded, "It's me."
Luo Qingzhi stared at his eyes and didn't speak, Gao Zhen began to explain on his own, "Mother Concubine wants to know what you are doing in Ningzhou, I invited myself to investigate."
"And what did you find?" Luo Qingzhi asked.
"I'm not here to check on you." Gao Zhen was a little disappointed and continued, "I deliberately left some traces in the hope that you would find out and come to me."
At this time, Luo Qingzhi blamed herself a little for her suspicion, but she also sincerely hoped that Gao Zhen could make another choice seriously.
"But, I've been waiting for a day, Arlo, you didn't come." Gao Zhen's tone was lost.
Luo Qingzhi opened her mouth and wanted to explain something, but when the words came to her mouth, she didn't know where to start, whether to tell him that Gao Yan had his own son and his chances of ascending to the throne were slim, or to tell him that he and Gao Yan were betting on it.
After thinking about it, in the end she just said softly, "I didn't expect that, that's what you meant."
Gao Zhen said, "If you don't come to me, then I'll come to you myself."
Luo Qingzhi sighed deeply, and didn't know how to deal with the relationship with Gao Zhen for a while.
"Knock-knock!"
The knock on the door again was like a life-saving charm, and Luo Qingzhi hurriedly turned around and opened the door.
Feng Zinan was a little flustered, "Young Master, Miss Zhixin is not in the room, I just went to inquire about the shopkeeper, and he hasn't seen the girl come back."
Luo Qingzhi felt bad and asked, "Is there anything unusual on your way back?"
"Nope."
"It's bad," Luo Qingzhi said, "Zhixin may have gone to Mufu for help."
"Let's go." Luo Qingzhi said, "Go to Mufu."
Luo Qingzhi walked a few steps, stopped again, and analyzed: "From just now to now, it is estimated that two hours have passed, and you didn't see reinforcements on the way back, so Mufu didn't send troops."
"Does the young master think that the girl didn't go to ask for help?" Feng Zinan asked.
"No," Luo Qingzhi shook her head, "The situation was in danger just now, I didn't have time to explain to her, with her temperament, she will definitely find someone to come back to save us."
Feng Zinan said, "However, on the way back, I really didn't see any reinforcements."
Luo Qingzhi thought for a while and said, "Now there are two situations, either Zhixin went to Mufu, but she didn't convince them that the people are still in Mufu, or she just went to find other reinforcements...... Perhaps, that person?"
"It's too late to think about it." Luo Qingzhi instructed, "Feng Zinan, you go to Mufu, no matter what the situation is on the spot, take Zhixin away first."
The wind departed from Nandeling.
Luo Qingzhi turned around, looked at Gao Zhen, and said, "You stay here and wait for me to come back."
"Where are you going? I'll go with you." Gao Zhen said.
Luo Qingzhi said solemnly, "No."
Gao Zhen knew that when Luo Qingzhi was serious, he really couldn't refute it, he nodded and said, "Okay, I'm here waiting for you to come back."
Luo Qingzhi went downstairs and sat in the corner of the lobby, and Xiao Er, who ran the hall, naturally knew that she was a distinguished guest on the second floor, and immediately stepped forward to ask.
"Childe, do you want to drink or eat?"
Luo Qingzhi said, "Come to the kettle bar."
"Gotcha."
Xiao Er stepped forward with a white jade porcelain bottle, respectfully poured a glass of wine, and waited silently aside, waiting for Luo Qingzhi's instructions.
Luo Qingzhi took a sip, immediately frowned, and immediately got up to leave.
Although Xiao Er didn't know why, he knew that the distinguished guest could not be offended, so he immediately stepped forward and said, "Childe, but the wine is not good, go change the little one?"
Luo Qingzhi patted the corner of her clothes and sighed a few times, "It's not tasteful enough."
Xiao Er heard the meaning of Luo Qingzhi's words, took a few steps closer, and said, "Go out, go ten miles to the east, Huanxi Building, maybe there is."
Childe's favorite drink."
Luo Qingzhi smiled and said, "Really?"
"Childe, go, I'll make sure you're satisfied."
Luo Qingzhi nodded slightly, Xiao Er sent her out of the door, untied the rope of the horse for her, she turned over neatly and went to Huanxi Building.
Xiao Er looked at Luo Qingzhi's back, couldn't help but shake his head, and said, "It looks gentle and elegant, but it turns out that he is also a bad person in the roots."
Gao Zhen asked fiercely, "Where did she go?"
Luo Qingzhi, who was riding a horse and galloping, thought about the person who had been described by Zhixin.
"He's got eyeliner in fireworks places everywhere, so if you want to find him, you can't go there."
Luo Qingzhi thought it would be difficult to find, but in fact, Huanxi Building was very conspicuous.
The bright red lanterns are hung high and can be seen on the streets.
Luo Qingzhi's horse stopped at the door of Huanxi Building.
The people on the left and right saw that she was dressed well, and immediately stepped forward.
"Childe, it looks like a fresh face, is it the first time you've been here?"
"Yes." Luo Qingzhi shook the fan, it looked like a child's style, but in fact, she wanted to disperse a little of the surrounding rouge.
Luo Qingzhi stepped into the gate of Huanxi Building, and the picture of drunken gold in front of him made him a little trance, a month ago, she also stepped into Mingfeng Tower in Jinling.
The second child on the left shouted loudly, "The private room on the second floor, a distinguished guest."
Luo Qingzhi smelled the rouge around her, and instantly felt a little dizzy, in order to eliminate such a feeling, the hand shaking the fan sped up a little.
Xiao Er pushed open the door of the private room and said, "Childe, please."
Luo Qingzhi entered the room, the fragrance was stronger, and she was even more displeased.
"Let's get the drinks first, okay?" Xiao Er asked.
"My son wants the most expensive." Luo Qingzhi's tone was very light, but after Xiao Er heard it, his eyes lit up.
"Well, Childe, wait a minute."
Xiao Er left, and Luo Qingzhi also walked out of the room, moved from the left side, and began to observe the passing room.
Halfway through, she didn't hear Zhixin's voice, and she gradually breathed a sigh of relief.
Nearing the end of the room, she heard a somewhat familiar voice.
"Childe, please respect yourself, that's not what I meant."
"Don't pretend to be a pretend, my son has inquired about your affairs in Jinling."
There was a sound of cracking in the room, and when Luo Qingzhi heard the word "Jinling", she confirmed that the person inside was Qingshan.
She slammed open the door and struck the man lying on top of Aoyama with the stones from the flower pot.
The man was in pain, turned in anger, full of anger, and roared, "Who?"
The moment Qingshan saw Luo Qingzhi, there was a bright light in his eyes.
Luo Qingzhi couldn't reveal her identity, she could only say, "No one."
The man walked towards Luo Qingzhi and said loudly, "Do you know that this son is from Mufu, dare to beat me, don't die?"
Luo Qingzhi smiled, "Oh, it turned out to be someone from Mufu."