After a five-year absence, the news of Gu Qingzhang's return caused quite a stir in the imperial capital.

Emperor Lian Jingzhi was older than him, but when he was the prince, he had a friendship with the Gu family and always regarded Gu Qingzhang as his younger brother. When he came back alive, he was the happiest person than Lian Jingzhi.

In the former dynasty and the harem, everything is implicated. Lian Jingzhi ascended the throne, except for the Xu family, the mother of his wife Xu, there were not many people who could use it.

The Son of Heaven is approaching, the Great Inner Forbidden Palace, and the position of the commander of the forbidden army has been vacant, because others come to sit in this position, and Lian Jingzhi can't sleep soundly.

"Qingzhang is back, and I feel a lot more relieved."

Lian Jingzhi retreated left and right and asked Gu Qingzhang about his experience over the years.

This must be answered, Gu Qingzhang knew in his heart, he lowered the look in his eyes and told the inside story of the year.

Five years ago, there was another rebellion in the south, and Gu Qingzhang, the new Marquis of Ning'an, was ordered to quell the rebellion. He led his army all the way to the junction and rested in the same place on a tributary of the mother river, the Yun River.

There was a miasma in the south, and he asked people to prepare medicinal juices in advance to ward off some of the miasma. The army was like a bamboo, and within a month it was connected to five cities, and soon reached the famous pass in the south, Tongtian Pass.

Gu Qingzhang's voice was neither hurried nor slow, as if he had never experienced those dark years, but was just a bystander.

"The guards on the southern border are cunning and have moved their hands and feet in the grain and grass of our army," Gu Qingzhang lowered his eyes, making it difficult for people to see his expression clearly, "...... Later, most of our army was killed and wounded, and the minister was lucky enough to pick up his life and survive. ”

As he spoke, he got up and saluted Lian Jingzhi: "If the minister violates the emperor's order, please punish Your Majesty." ”

The rebellion in the south has been going on for a long time, and the first emperor has not succeeded in recovering the lost territory and unifying the rivers and mountains when he was there, although Lian Jingzhi has regrets in his heart, he also knows that the south is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is not Gu Qingzhang's fault.

The matter has come to this, and the most important thing at the moment is to win over Gu Qingzhang.

After figuring it out, Lian Jingzhi asked Jixiang to help him up, saying: "Victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and Qingzhang doesn't have to be so harsh on himself." ”

"Thank you, Lord Long."

Gu Qingzhang sat down again, he didn't talk nonsense, and said straight to the point: "Your Majesty, although the minister was defeated, it was not without gain. ”

"There is a person by the minister's side, who can never forget. Over the years, the minister has devoted himself to ambushes, allowing him to draw a topographical map of the southern border. ”

In Lian Jingzhi's surprised eyes, he continued: "The miasma in the south is difficult to treat, and the minister also made people carry back a thing, called the Death Tree, which is rumored to be able to make people completely unafraid of miasma. ”

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Out of the palace, Gu Qingzhang stood at the gate of the palace, turned around and looked at the tall and majestic palace, he squinted his eyes and looked at it for a moment, and asked the people around him: "Is the dead tree for the hospital?" ”

"Yes," Qi Simu grimaced, "Your Majesty is ecstatic. ”

Gu Qingzhang sneered, knowing that Lian Jingzhi's desire to recover the southern realm would not be easily extinguished from now on.

"Let's go," he turned sharply, "we'll have to go back sooner or later." ”

Qi Si grinned fiercely.

After Gu Qingzhang came back, he only told his parents and did not live at home. Gu Shizhong knew that his son was safe, and he didn't care about his whereabouts, but the Qin family was diametrically opposed, after she learned the news, she couldn't sit still every day, and she just wanted to see her son.

"No need to go!"

Gu Shizhong stopped her angrily, he stood in the ancestral hall, Gu Zhao knelt at his feet, Gu Shizhong's eyes were dark, like a dark cloud like black pressure, and the wind and rain were about to destroy.

He shook his head slowly and told the Qin family: "When he comes back, he has his own things to do!" What we should do is to discipline Gu Zhao well. ”

Qin's lips trembled slightly, she still couldn't resist her husband, she just ...... Qin looked at him with a little pleading: "It's cold in winter, I want to send him some winter clothes." ”

Gu Shizhong didn't speak, this was the tacit approval of the Gu family's rulers. He sat down on crutches and, ignoring his youngest son's wailing, had his men whip him ten times.

The old marquis looked at him with a big sword, his eyes were majestic and he was not allowed to refute: "These ten whips, there are girls who beat you to practice good people, and there are girls who beat you to do things recklessly and without proportion...... Even more beat you stupid and dull as a pig, and you don't know if you are being used. ”

Ten lashes down, Gu Zhao was already lying on the ground in his dying. The Qin clan was so disappointed in him that he didn't plead, and the entire ancestral hall was silent, and only Gu Zhao could be heard struggling to breathe.

He almost thought that he was going to die in Huangquan today, but in a trance, what he saw was not Yu Qing, but Lin Chonghan, who helped him manage the inner house in the past.

Lin Chonghan didn't know that Gu Zhao was actually thinking about her at the moment, but even if she knew, I am afraid she didn't care.

Right now, she was worried about something else.

After Gu Qingzhang returned to Beijing, he did not live in the Gu family, but bought a house near her home.

Today, he specially handed over a post to invite her to congratulate her on the housewarming.

Lin Chonghan didn't want to go, for fear that there would be too many people in the capital, but she finally went.

Gu Qingzhang was defeated in a battle in the south, but the emperor made it clear that he wanted to use him, and most of the nobles in Beijing had a keen sense of smell, and their hearts were a little lively.

Lin Chonghan walked all the way, and saw many girls in their youth, and the emotions in their hearts were complicated and indescribable, and the sourness was the heaviest.

"Gu Hou is well," she saluted in a low spirit, "Congratulations on Gu Hou's housewarming." ”

Gu Qingzhang immediately wrinkled his eyebrows, took a few steps forward, and asked in a low voice: "What happened, did someone make you unhappy?" ”

"Not really."

Lin Chonghan took a few steps back, not wanting to say more: "I have already asked someone to send the congratulatory gift, I will leave first." ”

When she is unhappy, she always doesn't like to look at people and loves to hang her head. Gu Qingzhang had always known about her habit, and he was even a little happy at the moment.

Five years have passed, things are wrong, and he doesn't have the luxury of waiting for Lin Chonghan to stop in place and wait for him. But Gu Qingzhang could not restrain his heart, he understood that he would be very happy when he realized that even if she had a trace of the past.

It was as if five years had never been stolen.

After Lin Chonghan left, he quietly blushed, knowing that his temper was inexplicable.

She secretly warned herself that it was a blessing to be reunited, and she could no longer ask Gu Qingzhang to stay only for herself.

The sun is about to set, and as the crowd grows, the feast is about to begin.

The courtyard is lined with an intricate rockery, and the meandering clear water flows down the designed river, and delicate dishes supported by leaves float on the water.

The little maid with her hair tied in a bun walked cautiously about the courtyard, the familiar noblewomen and sons vied with each other to throw pots, a few sparrows chirped in the distance, and the sun slowly paced to the west.

Lin Chonghan greeted the golden and beautiful sunset, squinted his eyes and watched everyone throw pots, and saw that Yougongzi had failed to hit three times, and smiled happily.

Gu Qingzhang finished dealing with the powerful and rested and gasped in the corridor. The upper half of his face was hidden in the shadows, only revealing his sharp jaw, so no one could see it, and he looked at the rich and vigorous love in Lin Chonghan's eyes.

She has been married to someone else for five years, but in his eyes, she is still the liveliest, loveliest, and brightest girl in the capital back then.