"You're not afraid that Jiang Ai won't come back after he goes back?" Liu Zhan was silent for a long time and spoke.

Ling smiled and closed the folding fan, "Don't you come back, isn't it just time to give me time to sit more firmly on the position of the city lord?"

Liu Zhan raised his eyes and looked directly into Ling Di's eyes with a lot of emotions.

"Huh? Liu Gongzi, what doubts do you have?" Ling Dian met Liu Zhan's gaze, not cowardly.

Liu Zhan slowly spoke, and the question in his heart was expressed, "The people of Lin'an City are obviously convinced and cared for you, why do you still feel that you can't sit firmly as the city lord?"

"And according to what you said, you don't care about the threat to you from the forces behind Jiang Ai, so what else do you have to sit on?"

Hearing this, Ling Dian opened the folding fan, and the air flow lifted the hair around his ears.

"Young Master Liu, in the future, you can't expose your thoughts and bases so thoroughly in front of outsiders, it will be easy to guess your thinking pattern." Ling said with a smile.

Liu Zhan frowned slightly, "What about your answer?"

"What?" Ling Di's eyebrows were slightly raised.

"Your answer."

"Oh~" Ling smiled darkly, his eyes narrowed slightly, "This city lord, refuse to answer."

Liu Zhan's brows furrowed.

"Young Master Liu doesn't want to threaten the city lord by leaving," Ling looked at Liu Zhan with a smile, "After all, the city lord's original plan was not to have a place for Young Master Liu, so whether Young Master Liu goes or stays at this time can't make any fluctuations in the city lord's plan."

"If Young Master Liu is willing to leave a witness, the city lord will open the door to welcome him."

"But if Liu Gongzi is unwilling, the city lord will not force him to stay."

Ling looked at Liu Zhan with a smile, and Liu Zhan finally realized the trickiness of this person at this time.

The city government is very deep, and everything it says is at the level of facts, never involving its own core, and it is difficult to guess.

——

In the morning, Qiao Qixin was woken up by a rooster crow.

She sat on the bed with thatched hair that had been turned into a nest of sleep because she couldn't sleep, and her eyes were a little dazed by the early awakening.

How do I cover the futon...... Why is it dark on the wall and the Floating Inn is on fire?

Qiao Qixin reacted for a while, and then remembered that this was Lin'an City, and this was a dark house.

Thinking of this, she stopped her bed and got up and put on her coat.

She was the only one in the room, and Liu Zhan and Ling Dian didn't know where they went.

Suddenly there was a sound of "coo-to-goo" in my ears.

Qiao Qixin looked for prestige and found that the sound came from the courtyard outside the house.

The door was closed, and Qiao Qixin hesitated, raising her hand to push the door open from the inside out.

"Squeak-"

"Huh? Are you awake?"

In the courtyard, Liu Zhan sat on a small pony, with a medicine stove in front of him, bubbling and bubbling.

The morning light shone on Liu Zhan's body, from head to toe, and his hair seemed to be glowing.

"Hmm," Qiao Qixin nodded, and then walked over to Liu Zhan with his hands in his hands, "What are you doing?" Do you want to boil the medicine?"

Liu Zhan lifted the lid of the pot to prevent the herbs inside from escaping with the lid open.

After the herbs went down, Liu Zhan lifted his sleeves, revealing his muscular and well-proportioned arms.

On the skin that was not too fair, dark spots appeared - a precursor to abscesses.

Qiao Qixin was stunned for a moment, "Are you infected?"

"Hmm," Liu Zhan lowered his eyes as he looked at the bubbling medicine stove, "here is the medicine that Ling Dian handed over to me, which can cure the plague."

"You'd better check to see if there are any dark spots on your body, and if they do, you might have to drink the medicine." Liu Zhan looked at Qiao Qixin, his eyes were clear and clear.

But I don't know why, Qiao Qixin always felt that there were some different things in Liu Zhan's eyes, and she was itching in her heart.

Qiao Qixin looked away, her cheeks flushed slightly, "Okay, I'll go back to the house and have a look."

After that, Qiao Qixin ran into the house without looking back.

When the door is closed,

Through the crack in the door, Qiao Qixin saw Liu Zhan's clear eyes staring at her.

obviously has no evil thoughts, but Qiao Qixin is hot when he sees it.

Maybe something has changed since last night.

——

Qiao Qixin took off her clothes and checked left and right to see if she had any dark spots like Liu Zhan on her body.

"Well, probably not...... "Georgette muttered, trying to turn her head to try to see her back.

"What?"

"Huh?!"

Liu Zhan's voice suddenly came from outside the door behind him, Qiao Qixin was startled, and subconsciously covered herself.

"I just heard what you said in there, but I didn't hear you, are you in trouble? What can I do?" Liu Zhan stood outside the door, his tone was more serious than ever, and he was a little cautious.

Qiao Qixin, who covered her chest, was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that she had closed the door, and Liu Zhan was just standing outside the door at this time and asking, and she didn't see anything that shouldn't be seen.

"Ah, ah, it's fine, it's just that I can't see behind my back, that's why I mutter." Georges explained with a blushing face.

Liu Zhan outside the door pursed his lips, he swallowed, and then asked tentatively, "Yes, do you need my help?"

Hiss - isn't this going a little too fast?

Qiao Qixin said in her heart.

Just as he was about to half-push and half-agree, he heard Liu Zhan say, "I won't go in, you only have your back to you, and I'll just take a look at it for you through the crack in the door."

Qiao Qixin: ......

Tsk, okay.

"Okay, then don't look around." Although she was a little disappointed, Qiao Qixin still had to show her reserve.

"Well, I won't look around." Liu Zhan said.

Qiao Qixin took off her clothes and turned her back to the door, "Okay, look."

I don't know if it's an illusion, Qiao Qixin seems to have heard the sound of the Adam's apple rolling.

"You don't have dark spots on your back." Liu Zhan said.

"That's good, thank you." Georgette put her clothes on.

"Liu Zhan? What are you doing with the crack in the door?"

Suddenly, another person's voice came from outside the door—it was Ling Di.

Qiao Qixin silently sped up the speed of dressing.

"Wait a minute, don't go in yet." Liu Zhan took a step to the left and stopped in front of Ling Dark.

Ling Di was stunned, "Huh? Why? Qiao Qixin is still sleeping inside?"

"No......" Liu Zhan hesitated, not knowing whether to say that Qiao Qixin was wearing clothes inside.

"I'm getting dressed, and if you don't want me to be on the list, you'll be waiting outside." Qiao Qixin said while putting on her pants.

"Oh, I'm changing clothes, so I wish I had said no." Ling Dian turned around and walked to the medicine furnace in the courtyard, "That's not right."

Ling Dian turned to look at Liu Zhan abruptly, "She's changing clothes inside, what are you doing with the crack in the door??"

"I, I was worried that she also had dark spots on her back, so I saw it." Liu Zhan tried to defend himself, but he didn't know if he was too nervous, so he kept talking, and the words he said became darker and darker.

The dark expression goes from (●—●) to (눈_눈) ٩(๑「ȏ ́๑)۶.

"Sophistry! Manly! If you read it, you have to admit it! Charge! You're quibbling! What a shame on a man!"

"Squeak-"

Georgette pushed the door open.

Liu Zhan, who wanted to go up and block Ling Yan's mouth, silently withdrew his foot.

Ling Dian didn't know why he also felt embarrassed, and silently closed his mouth.

"I can't see behind me, so I can help me take a look." Qiao Qixin explained lightly, "He doesn't need to be responsible."

When Liu Zhan heard this, he looked at Qiao Qixin, and the emotion in his eyes was indescribable.

Under the calm backdrop of Qiao Qixin, Ling Di's reaction was too naïve.

So Ling Dian pursed his lips and chose to skip this topic.

He put down the medicine bag in his hand, "This is what I gave to the pharmacy this morning

The medicine you caught, the improved version, can prevent that plague if you eat it."

"After you return to Beijing, if you find that there are dark spots on your body, you can take the medicine according to this prescription, fry three bowls of water into one bowl, eat three meals a day, and eat until the dark spots fade, and you can do it."

Ling Dian handed a folded piece of paper to Qiao Qixin.

Qiao Qixin took it, opened it and took a look, and sure enough, she couldn't understand it.

Giving up the struggle, Qiao Qixin put away the prescription.

"Oh yes, and this." Ling Dian held up the oiled paper bag hanging in his other hand, "Here are three buns, you two divide them, and it will be breakfast."

Ling Dian put the bun next to the medicine bag, and then yawned, "There is still something I have to do in the city, you two can make medicine here." Also, I rented a carriage for Qiao Qixin, and it will arrive around noon, so you don't have to take a nap."

Ling secretly reminded Qiao Qixin.

"I'm not in the habit of taking a nap." Qiao Qixin said that Ling Di's worries were unnecessary.

"Okay, you wish you a good ride back home." Ling Di waved his hand and left.

Qiao Qixin looked at Liu Zhan, "Aren't you going back with me?"

Liu Zhan lowered his eyes, poured out the medicine in the medicine furnace, then rinsed it off, poured the medicine that Ling Dian had prepared for Qiao Qixin, and nodded while relighting the fire.

"What else are you doing here? Can't you tell me?" Even though the answer was known yesterday, Qiao Qixin still asked again.

What if, what if Liu Zhan was different to himself after last night? What if he is willing to open up?

Under Qiao Qixin's gaze, Liu Zhan fiddled with the herbs in the medicine furnace and shook his head slowly.

Qiao Qixin didn't have to ask, seeing that Liu Zhan still didn't want to say it, he also skipped this topic.

After a while, the medicine was boiled.

Qiao Qixin also moved a horse and sat down next to Liu Zhan, holding the medicine bowl and began to drink.

This medicine is really bitter, even more bitter than Qiao Qixin had taken before.

After drinking half of it, Qiao Qixin really couldn't drink it anymore, so she put down the medicine bowl to slow down.

When Liu Zhan saw it, he untied the oiled paper wrapped in the bun, took a meat bun and handed it to Qiao Qixin's mouth.

"Take a bite of the bun and get rid of the bitterness in your mouth." He said.

Qiao Qixin nodded, took a bite, and the oil juice overflowed from the side.

Liu Zhan reacted quickly, handed a piece of juan cloth to Qiao Qixin, and asked her to wipe her mouth.

Qiao Qixin wiped off the gravy, swallowed the bun in her mouth and said, "This bun in Lin'an City is really real, not to mention the meat, the gravy is also fresh, and the ingredients are specified as fresh."

"Eat more if you like." Liu Zhan looked at Qiao Qixin, and a little love appeared in his eyebrows. Z.br>

Qiao Qixin silently turned her head, put down the bun she had bitten into, and picked up the medicine bowl to dry the rest of the mouthful.

But she obviously overestimated her mass, and when there were still about three sips of the liquid left, she couldn't drink it.

The liquid medicine was blocked in her throat, and Qiao Qixin couldn't breathe.

She swallowed the liquid with the urge to cough, and then coughed violently.

"Ahem, ahem!"

"Are you alright?" Liu Zhan hurriedly got up and patted Qiao Qixin on the back.

Qiao Qixin coughed and waved her hand, signaling Liu Zhan not to shoot.

Because there is a person behind her when coughing, it does not have any effect on Qiao Qixin's cough, but will arouse her desire to cough more.

Liu Zhan removed his hand and looked at Qiao Qixin worriedly.

At this time, Qiao Qixin's eyes were red because of coughing, and a little tears were rolling in her eyes.

I feel pity.

But obviously, Qiao Qixin didn't realize her beauty in Liu Zhan's eyes at this time, and only thought that Liu Zhan was staring at her because she was coughing violently and it was too funny, which aroused Liu Zhan's interest.

Although Qiao Qixin didn't care about her appearance, she also had a good impression of Liu Zhan, so she naturally didn't want to make a fool of herself in front of him.

She raised her hand, trying to cover her face with her sleeve.