On the way to the city gate, fortunately, no one came to interrogate and investigate. The two of them arrived at the palace gate smoothly, and Chao Ya handed the guard who was guarding the palace gate, and the guard looked at the guard and asked, "Okay, you guys go!" ”

When Chao Ya and Du Ju were about to leave the palace gate, the guard carefully traced Du Ju a few times, and became suspicious in his heart, and said, "Wait, who is this, why is he so faced, I have never seen him enter or leave the city." ”

"The old army stationed in the border city at that time was a soldier specially commended by the Lord, and this is the first time to enter the palace, so you are not familiar with it, how can you speak so rudely to the honored soldiers."

The guard had indeed heard that more than a dozen commended soldiers had recently been recalled to the city hall to receive honors, so he would not be suspicious of Chao Ya's words, and he hurriedly said: "The humble duty is just a routine matter, please forgive me for any offense." ”

Chao Ya nodded and said, "That's not necessary, there is nothing else I will send him out of the city according to the holy will of the Lord." ”

The guard did not dare to stop him, but took a step back and bowed down to salute as a sign of respect.

After Chao Ya and the lord of Duju City left the palace gate, they turned a few official roads, and saw two horses tied under a willow tree, and Chao Ya walked towards the horses. He untied the reins, handed one of the reins to the city lord, and said, "Although we have left the city court, there are often empty subordinates patrolling here, so we have to leave as soon as possible, and we have to be wronged by the lord to ride a horse for a while." ”

"Where is the rebel son of the master?" Du Ju was a little anxious.

Chao Ya was very uneasy about deceiving the city lord, but he did not dare to tell the truth at this moment, so he only said: "In a small temple outside the city, I will take the lord forward." ”

Chao Yafu bowed to the horse, and only after he sat down did he get on the horse. He patted his horse in front of him, and waited for the city lord to follow before he hurried away.

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After galloping for about an hour, the horses came to the jungle outside the city, and both dismounted and began to walk.

Chao Ya led the two horses and led the way.

It was early in the morning, and the gentle rays of the early sun shone through the cracks in the trees, and the mottled shadows swayed on the shoulders of the two of them, sprinkling the most touching style of autumn.

However, although the scenery is quiet, the people who walk are full of suspicion and irritability. After running around all night, he became suspicious of this farmer's bearded guard, and he stopped and asked, "You said that the rebel son of this lord was waiting for me on the outskirts of the city, why haven't you seen it until now?" ”

Chao Ya thought to himself that he had already left the city court at this moment, so sooner or later the Lord would know that he was lying, why not say it now, he knelt down and said sincerely: "The Lord forgives his subordinates for the sin of deception. Chao Ya bowed deeply, and when he looked up again, he had regained his original form.

Du Ju suddenly saw the changed appearance of the farmer, he was so frightened that he took a few steps back, his whole body trembled, he stretched out a slightly trembling finger to Chao Ya, and said angrily: "You... Who are you? ”

"Doesn't the Lord remember his subordinates? I'm Chao Ya who was removed from the position of Jade Cavalry Captain by the Lord ten years ago! Does the Lord remember? ”

Du Ju thought for a moment and remembered. Back then, because Kong Jing reported that he was having an affair with a half-demon woman, he dismissed his position, put his twin sons at the disposal of Kong Jing, and raided his home. Du Ju didn't expect that he would be deceived out of the city court by this person. I don't know what he's trying to do?

"You... What do you want to do to the Lord? ”

Chao Ya knew that the city lord was suspicious of him, so he only said: "Although the subordinates deceived the lord, they never had the slightest intention of murdering the lord, in fact, Lord Chengfu entrusted his subordinates to rescue the lord from the city, and his subordinates were entrusted by Lord Chengfu to have to deceive the lord like this." ”

"Josuke? It seems that Kong Jing is right, he even wants to kill his own master, and he knew that I should have killed him earlier. Duju's eyes were full of hatred.

"The lord has a misunderstanding about Lord Josuke, what I said to the lord in the 'Yuehua Pavilion' before, except for saying that the young lord is waiting for the lord on the outskirts of the city, everything else is true, and there is no lie. Now that the young master has gone to the Northern Flame Land to exterminate Kongjing's private army, there are very few murders in this way, and Lord Chengfu is worried that even if the young master returns triumphantly, then Kongjing will take the lord's life as a threat and let the young master surrender automatically. At the same time, Lord Josuke was worried that Kongjing would harm the Lord, so he ordered me to sneak into the city court and rescue the Lord. Chao Ya was a little agitated, and his breathing became rapid.

"What nonsense, do you think the Lord will believe you again? This lord is going back to the city now, if you traitor dare to make a mistake, I will kill you!" Du Ju didn't believe what Chao Ya said.

"If the lord returns to the city, this Chiyan City will become empty in a short time, and then the lord will either be imprisoned by him or become a puppet, is the lord willing to watch Chiyan City fall like this?"

Although he didn't want to believe it, Du Ju was more or less suspicious of Kong Jing over the years, although there was no definite evidence, but he himself could faintly feel it, but his body was getting weaker and weaker, as if something was hollowing out his body, and he couldn't take care of political affairs by himself, so he handed it over to Kong Jing to deal with.

But even though he had some doubts, he was still unwilling to frankly admit Kong Jing's crime, because as soon as he admitted it, he proved that he had mistakenly believed in the traitor in the past ten years, admitted that everything he had done in the past ten years was wrong, and even admitted his own stupidity and cruelty.

"Bold, you insult the master as a puppet."

"My subordinates have been dismissed, and at most I will let the Lord take my life, but the last general does not want to see the Lord deceived by the thief of Kongjing. What's more, now the life and death of the young master are unknown, and the young master is mainly in the hands of Kong Jing, and he will definitely die. The poor young master was fortunate to escape from the sword of Kong Jing ten years ago, but he didn't expect to endure the pain of a broken arm now, could the Lord let the young master die in the hands of Kong Jing? Chao Ya's words were sharp and sharp, like a sharp dagger inserted into the turbulent Duju's heart.

He was stunned, he fell silent, his cold and sickly face seemed to have been sucked out of his soul, and only a piece of gray gas remained. He looked at the man kneeling in front of him, and he couldn't help but have some faith in his heart, and he said slowly: "Does my rebel really not hate me? ”

Chao Ya didn't expect the city lord to ask such a sentence, "Although the young master still has a grudge against the lord, he actually hopes that his father can accept him, so I believe that as long as the lord is willing to admit the identity of the young master, the young master will definitely not mind the past." ”

"What about the kid?" There was a sad and loving look on Duju's face.

"The young master has grown up, steady and capable, and Lord Chengfu praises the young master very much."

"Really? I guess he still hates me. Duju's attitude suddenly cooled, "But don't think that just because you use my rebel son as a shield, you will believe you, this master will only carefully investigate what you said, and make a decision after everything is clear." "Duju is calm and composed, and now he looks like a master.