The first day of the fourth month of the eleventh year of Sui Ning

"Luo Qingzhi, the county lord of Anning, has made meritorious contributions to quelling the rebellion, and has been promoted to the general of the town of Guoda, and is the second grade, and the county lord has worked hard for many years, and he is specially allowed to recuperate in Beijing."

The eunuch who delivered the decree had a flattering face, and his mouth continued to say congratulatory words.

Luo Qingzhi received the order with both hands and asked, "Your Majesty has given me such a great gift, I should be grateful."

The eunuch seemed to be in a dilemma, thought for a while, and said, "Your Majesty said that you don't need to enter the palace to thank you."

I thought that Luo Qingzhi would continue to plead, but Luo Qingzhi just said lightly, "Weichen is grateful."

After the eunuch left, Feng Zinan said, "This will is both a gift and a punishment."

Luo Qingzhi didn't answer, and asked Feng Zinan, "What else is your purpose today?"

Feng Zinan said: "The Jin family except for the eldest princess was all imprisoned, and the Mu family army was taken over by Ouyang Hong."

Luo Qingzhi asked, "Is there anything else?"

「......」

"Say." Luo Qingzhi said.

Feng Zinan said, "General Meng resigned, and His Majesty promoted Meng Qing, that is, Huang Shi's son."

"Got it." Luo Qingzhi nodded, but sighed slightly.

"Pass the order, the people of the county lord's mansion must not act rashly." Luo Qingzhi commanded.

"Yes."

Luo Qingzhi returned to the courtyard and saw that Gao Zhen's door was still closed, and the food outside the door was completely untouched.

Qin Shu came out from behind him, "Master, it's been seven days, and since I came back, the second son hasn't eaten."

"He was so bored that he couldn't eat it." Luo Qingzhi said lightly.

"Master, don't you go in and have a look?"

Qin Shu didn't understand that since the two of them returned to Beijing from Wuchang, they were avoiding each other, one refusing to eat, the other refusing to rest, as if they wanted to torture themselves in this way.

Luo Qingzhi took a deep look at Gao Zhen's door and said, "He has been drinking the decoction, it's fine, he can't die."

Qin Shu shook his head and asked Luo Qingzhi again, "Then, master, ...... you?"

"I'm going to the palace tonight, and you go with me." Luo Qingzhi interrupted Qin Shu's words.

Qin Shu said, "However, His Majesty did not summon him."

"I know."

Qin Shu sighed, "I remember, when I was young, Mr. Fan commented on you, saying that you were too straight and easy to bend."

Luo Qingzhi asked, "What do you want to say?"

"You want to protect the second son, at this time, you can't make enemies with Your Majesty."

Qin Shu said directly, and Luo Qingzhi was silent for a long time.

"But." Qin Shu continued, "I am your servant, you give orders, I must obey, when will I leave?"

"Child."

Qin Shu left, Luo Qingzhi walked to the door of Gao Zhen's room, hesitated for a while, and pushed the door open.

The smell of medicine made Luo Qingzhi cover her nose, look around, and Gao Zhen sat on the edge of the bed.

Luo Qingzhi walked over step by step, and every step made a special sound, but Gao Zhen didn't look at it once.

When he was a step away, Luo Qingzhi stopped, Gao Zhen finally raised his head, he looked up at Luo Qingzhi, and a tear was left in the corner of his eye.

"Your mother is poisoned." Luo Qingzhi said.

Gao Zhen let out a sigh of "grace" and lowered his head, "I want to join the army."

Luo Qingzhi nodded, "Okay, after tonight, I will send you to the Pingbei Army in Yuzhou."

"Okay."

Luo Qingzhi turned to leave, and Gao Zhen stopped her, "Ah Luo, I'm not strong enough, I have to be stronger."

「......」

Luo Qingzhi turned around and nodded, "You can do what you want to do, I am your backing."

Gao Zhen asked, "Is it because of guilt, or is it because of love."

「......」

Luo Qingzhi didn't answer, turned around and left, closing the door.

At night, Qin Shu took Luo Qingzhi and flew over the eaves of the imperial city.

Outside the Hall of the Manifestation of the Sun, there is no guard

Wei, as if deliberately waiting for Luo Qingzhi.

"You go back, whether you knock him out, or persuade him to send him to Yuzhou."

Qin Shu asked, "What about you?"

Luo Qingzhi didn't answer, but said sternly, "This is an order."

「...... Yes."

Luo Qingzhi jumped off the eaves and pushed the door through the main hall gate.

With a creak, Luo Qingzhi stepped into the threshold, there was no palm lamp in the hall, it was dark, but Luo Qingzhi was used to such darkness, and walked straight to the East Warm Pavilion, Gao Yan sat on the ground, and he was in front of him.

"Here we are."

Luo Qingzhi didn't answer, and approached step by step.

Gao Yan turned his head and looked at Luo Qingzhi with a calm face.

"Second brother."

Hearing Luo Qingzhi's title, Gao Yan was still moved.

After returning to Beijing, Luo Qingzhi knelt and bowed for the first time.

"Second brother, I want to go back to Yuzhou."

「......」

Gao Yan said: "Tomorrow, I will issue an order to crown you as a princess, and set up a curtain above the court to allow you to listen to the government."

Luo Qingzhi sighed helplessly and said, "Your Majesty, you know that I am not here."

Gao Yan has always been kind and pleasant in the face of Luo Qingzhi, and for the first time, in a stern tone, he said, "I didn't move your Pingbei Army, you have to be content."

"Now, you admit that all this is your plan."

Luo Qingzhi affirmed.

Gao Yan got up and walked towards Luo Qingzhi, exuding a sense of oppression.

"Luo Qingzhi, do you know what you're talking about."

Luo Qingzhi raised her head, stared at Gao Yan, and said, "Your Majesty, do you know what you have done!"

"Presumptuous!"

Luo Qingzhi smiled and said, "Use me, without spending a single soldier in Jinling, you can take back the military power of Ningzhou and get rid of the Jin family, Your Majesty, shouldn't you give me an explanation?"

Gao Yan exhaled, and his words became gentle again, "Ah Luo, I don't have much time, I have to give my son a clean court."

"Needless to say, the Jin family, but what did the Mu family army do wrong?" Luo Qingzhi asked.

"Ningzhou, it's my Ningzhou, and the Mujia army is also my army, how can you obey the orders of a small Mufu token."

Gao Yan's tone was calm, "If the army can be mobilized with just one token, then how can the border of Ningzhou be stable."

"Then you can change it, there is no need to do it." Luo Qingzhi said.

Gao Yan said, "Do you think I haven't tried?"

「...... Is your attempt to install a secret guard?"

「......」

Gao Yan flicked his sleeves and turned around, and said lightly: "Go back to your county lord's mansion, I will arrange another person to take over the Pingbei Army, the battlefield is dangerous, in the future, you can stay in Jinling with peace of mind and be your county lord."

Luo Qingzhi sneered, "So, next, it's my turn, right?"

Gao Yan clenched his fists, as if suppressing his anger.

"Ah Luo, back then, I told you that I wanted to change the chaos in the court and prevent the family from dictatorship, but now, this ambition has not changed."

Luo Qingzhi shook her head again and again, "Get rid of the Jin family and support the Ouyang family, Your Majesty, this is your method."

"Concubine Shu, you also arranged it." Luo Qingzhi continued to ask.

Gao Yan no longer concealed it, "Naturally, without my instructions, how could she mobilize the secret guards."

Luo Qingzhi bowed her hand, "Thank you, Your Majesty, answer your questions."

Gao Yan turned around and looked at Luo Qingzhi's eyes, he knew that this person couldn't keep it......

"Arlo, don't push me."

Luo Qingzhi said, "Yuzhou, I must go back."

Gao Yan's eyes were fierce, "Luo Qingzhi! I say it again, you are not allowed to leave Jinling!"

Luo Qingzhi bowed her hand, "Back then, I didn't protect the Beifu Army, and now, I can't let the Pingbei Army also

Suffer from this calamity."

"I said, don't move them." Gao Yan's words were sincere, and there was a sense of compromise.

Luo Qingzhi said word by word, "I don't believe you anymore."

Gao Yan was a little helpless, closed his eyes, and said, "You forced me."

Luo Qingzhi took out the short sword from her sleeve.

Suddenly, a person came down from the eaves, and the commander Yuan Ying protected Gao Yan behind him.

Luo Qingzhi listened to the neat footsteps outside the hall and sneered, "Your Majesty, you never thought of letting me leave the palace."

Gao Yan said, "There are forbidden troops outside the hall, Ah Luo, you can't go."

"On the battlefield, I have never flinched in the face of thousands of troops, and this time, I won't."

After Luo Qingzhi finished speaking, she climbed out of the window, and the archers outside the hall immediately shot, she dodged back and forth, and at the moment of changing arrows, she flew over to the atrium, grabbed the spear, and killed dozens of people in a row......

On the streets of Yuzhou, in a teahouse, Mr. Storyteller is telling the story of Luo Qingzhi, the lord of Anning County.

"And then?" A man was fascinated by this and hurriedly asked.

Mr. Storyteller sighed, "Even though His Royal Highness the County Lord is strong in martial arts, his two fists are difficult to match his four hands, and he was finally killed by the rebellious Mu family army."

For a moment, the store remembered the sound of embarrassment.

The man sitting in the corner took out a dagger from his bosom and struck it on the storyteller's table.

"Lord Anning is not dead, you old man, don't talk nonsense here."

The storyteller was first afraid, and then thought that his news came from Jinling, but he was still unconvinced, and said, "Now Your Majesty has already buried the county lord with a military salute, why is he not dead?"

The man took off his straw hat and said viciously, "If I say I'm not dead, I'm not dead."

The storyteller looked dismissive and asked, "Who are you?"

"I am Qin Shu, the protector of the Lord of Anning!"

Hearing this, the people in the hall froze one after another, and everyone in Yuzhou City knew that whoever dared to say that the county lord of Anning was not in front of Qin Shu, who joined the army, would end up very miserable.

Qin Shu walked up to Mr. Storyteller step by step, pinched his collar, and asked gently, "Say, is Lord Anning dead!"

"No, no, no......"

"Alright, Qin Shu, stop."

Feng Zinan heard the news and rushed over.

Qin Shu saw that it was the wind from the south and let go of his hand.

"Come out." Feng Zinan was a simple two words, and Qin Shu had to comply.

Walking out of the teahouse, Yuzhou's dazzling eyes made Qin Shu squint.

"If you make trouble when you come back, the second son will be angry." Feng Zinan said.

Qin Shu was deflated, "I just can't hear it, they say that the master is dead."

Feng Zinan sighed, "It's been two years, it's been two years, that's enough, Qin Shu."

"Not enough!" Qin Shu suddenly became angry, "I have been to the tomb that the emperor placed for the master, the master's coffin is empty, and the master must not be dead."

Feng Zinan shook his head, "Later, we went to check, and the young master was lying inside."

"You don't believe me?" Qin Shu asked.

「...... I only believe in the evidence." Feng Zinan said.