At this time, several disbanded soldiers came on, gossiping as they walked.

"Everyone is saying, before the martial arts review tomorrow, the saint has something important to announce, do you know what it is?" One of them asked.

"I don't know! I was about to ask, too! Another soldier replied.

"I asked the general, and the general didn't even know!" Another humane.

"What the hell is going on?" The partner is more curious.

"Who knows? That's it, even the ministers and generals don't know about the above things, how can we know. We'll find out tomorrow morning! ”

Soldiers walked past her. She didn't go there immediately, but stopped in a corner where there were few people and the lights were dark, and waited patiently. After a while, Han Kerang finished speaking, it should have been disbanded, and everyone dispersed one after another and left. Su Yu saw that he said a few more words to Pei Xiaoyuan, which was about the arrangement of tomorrow's affairs, and finally, patted his arm, it should be that he could go back to rest or something, and finally, the person left.

Near Suzaku Terrace, all the people were scattered, and he was the only one left.

Su Yu was about to walk towards him, when he suddenly saw him turn around and head north.

He left the camp, skirted the mountain beam, turned onto a path, and came to the nearby waterside called the Qinglong River.

At this time, there are still many soldiers by the river, or bathing shirtless, or bathing horses, giggling and laughing is very lively. Many people saw him and greeted him, and he replied as usual, and just like that, along the riverside, all the way north.

At first, Su Yu thought that he was also going to take a night bath, or to find an upstream place with few people, but gradually, his intuition seemed to be otherwise.

Farther and farther away from the camp, and fewer and fewer people by the river, he was unhurried and still moving forward. Su Yu turned her head and said to Zhang Dunyi that she and Pei Xiaoyuan had made an appointment to meet at the front tonight, and they were going to the appointment at this moment, telling him to wait in place and not to follow.

Zhang Dunyi was obviously a little reluctant, but after she repeated it again in a commanding tone, she could only comply and stop.

The rain continued to trail in the distance. By this time, the water's edge was empty. When the mountains and moon are in the sky, the water surface is shining with a sparkling white light. Su Yu saw him stop suddenly, as if standing in place for a moment, and then, step on, and in the blink of an eye, the person disappeared, as if out of thin air.

Su Yu ran to the place where he had stopped, only to find that in front of him was a field full of weeds, and beyond that, there was a wild forest.

She went downhill and searched around for a long time, but found nothing. After thinking for a moment, she was about to give up and turn back, when suddenly two figures walked out from behind a cluster of tree shadows in front of her.

The distance was a little far, and the moonlight on the edge of the forest was sparse and shallow, so she could not fully see the appearance of people. But with the rough impression left by the figure and the moment the person turned his face, she still recognized it, it was the He Jin who was sweet.

It was so coincidental that Qingtou had just mentioned him during the day, and he actually saw him here tonight.

He should have been in Ganliang, or the Eastern Capital, not in Cangshan.

Almost subconsciously, she immediately lowered herself and hid herself in a dense field of weeds nearby.

Pei Xiaoyuan and He Jin should have finished meeting, and the two were separated there. Through the gap in the grass, Su Yu saw He Jin turn around and leave, and quickly hid in the wild woods. Pei Xiaoyuan stood in place for a moment, and then, stepping, soon, she also walked near the shore not far from her, and returned to Cangshan to camp, and her figure disappeared.

Both of them were gone, leaving only Su Yu.

In the incessant rustling sound of the wind blowing through the nearby grassy fields, she only felt that her palms were sweaty and her heart was beating hard.

I don't know why, tonight's unexpected discovery, maybe it was seen in person, and it seemed to make her feel more uneasy than when she learned from Sister A on Obon Night that he had gone to see Li Yan.

After being stunned for a long time, she finally came back to her senses, and pressed her more and more disordered mind, and wanted to go back first.

As soon as she moved, she felt one shoulder sink as if it were pressed against a heavy, hard iron object.

Almost at the same moment, a muscle-piercing chill erupted in his neck.

It was a knife that poked silently from behind her and landed on the warm skin of her neck. Out of the corner of her eye, she could already see an icy cold glow reflected in the moonlight on the blade.

She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, slowly rose from the dark grass where she was hiding, and slowly turned her face to look at the man behind her who was holding a knife to her neck.

Her eyes met the other pair. In the dark eyes of the other party, a strange light flashed. The hand holding the knife paused for a moment, then retracted the knife from her neck and quickly unsheathed it.

At this time, He Jin, who had just disappeared into the forest, also went and returned, rushing towards this side at great speed.

"Little lady Ye! How could it be you? ”

When he got closer, he recognized her, and he lost his voice in shock, and then stopped abruptly and stood between Pei Xiaoyuan and Su Yu.

Su Yu was silent. Pei Xiaoyuan didn't speak at first. He Jin's two eyes swirled back and forth on Su Yu's body, his face showed hesitation, and finally he looked at Pei Xiaoyuan, and called him with a little temptation.

"Lang Jun?"

"Nothing. She handed it over to me. There you go. ”

Pei Xiaoyuan said, his tone calm.

Chapter 76

He Jin's gaze flew between the two of them again, no longer staying, and turned to leave.

He was heading in the direction of the palace.

"Why are you following me?"

Su Yu looked at He Jin's disappearing back, and was stunned for a while, and suddenly at this time, this question sounded in his ears.

Slowly, she turned her face back and looked at the person in front of her.

Seeing that she closed her lips and was silent, soon, as if he realized something, he leaned over to her, and when he spoke again, his tone was different, with apology and comfort: "I just scared you, right?" I didn't mean to. I thought ......" he stopped.

"What are you doing?" Su Yu finally spoke, and looked at the direction where He Jin disappeared again in confusion.

"Why did he come to Cangshan?"

"He just arrived tonight. It was my uncle who sent him. His Majesty summoned his uncle to come to Cangshan for summer retreat, but his uncle was unwell and could not make the trip, so he sent Uncle He to apologize on his behalf, and thanked His Majesty the Emperor for his holy favor. ”

Naturally, this is not all the inside information that Pei Ji sent He Jin to arrive. But otherwise, how could he tell her.

After explaining like this, Pei Xiaoyuan continued: "Recently, I have also noticed that someone has been spying on me, maybe it has already started. Day and night, moving in shifts, they are all veterans, and their movements are secretive, which makes me a little inconvenient. The person who is watching tonight must be there, and it just so happens that Uncle He has just arrived, and those who are watching me should not know about it, so I asked Uncle He to come here and wait for me, and I will come again just to lure people out and see who it is. When you followed me, the other party should be behind, but you don't know it. I didn't expect it to be you. ”

Su Yu didn't expect that there would be such twists and turns. She looked around quickly.

"Don't look at it. The other party must have left. He said, looking at her.

"It's just that I don't understand, if you have something, call me to be, why do you follow me like this?" After a pause, he asked, slightly confused in tone.

"Who do you think it should be?" Su Yu didn't answer his question and continued to ask.

He looked at the dark forest around him, "I don't know. ”

He only replied simply, in a flat tone, but clearly insincere.

A thought suddenly flashed in her heart: "Yes......"

She paused.

"I'm sorry, I broke your business." After a moment of silence, she whispered.

"It doesn't matter." His voice also became soft at this time, "It's a blessing that I didn't hurt you by mistake." ”

"Why did you follow me all the way?" He asked again in a low voice.

"After Xishan came back that night, why did you always avoid me?" Su Yu was silent for a moment and asked rhetorically.

He seemed to be stunned, looked at her, and wanted to say something, but then paused. Su Yu didn't urge, just looked at him and waited quietly.

After a few moments, finally, she heard his steady voice ringing in her ears. Clearly, this was his well-thought-out reply.

"The princess misunderstood, I didn't avoid you. It's the Holy Driver who has been out of Beijing in the past few days, and there are more things. In addition, it happened that the princess was also present about that night, and let me excuse the princess for the sin. He said unhurriedly.

"I was confused for a moment and offended the princess. If the princess has misunderstood because of my reckless behavior, I ask the princess to forgive her sins. ”

"What sin are you asking for? What are you afraid I will misunderstand you? Su Yu asked softly.

He fell silent again, and after a moment, Su Yu saw him kneeling slowly towards him, his arms on his shoulders, his palms pressed to the ground, bowing his head, and bowing upright.

"Please forgive me for the offense I had."

His respectful voice and the clatter of the nearby night wind sweeping through the wild woods reached the ears of the rain.

Su Yu leaned down slightly, staring at the person in front of him who was saluting him.

She didn't say anything, and he always lowered his head and eyes, and for a long time, his figure was fixed, not moving.

At this moment, in the direction of the camp behind him, there was the sound of approaching boots. After all, Zhang Dunyi didn't dare to let people leave the sight for too long, at this moment he led people all the way over, and suddenly saw two figures in front of him under the moonlight, one standing and one kneeling, with his figure, he immediately recognized the person, he was surprised and suspicious in his heart, and he didn't dare to approach, signaled his subordinates to silence, and only led people to stop quietly in the dark.

After looking at him like this for a long time, suddenly, Su Yu nodded.

"Well, why should you do that?" She smiled, still whispering.

"I'm leaving. You can go back too. Rest well tonight, you'll have something to do tomorrow morning. ”

She walked away. At first, her steps were as usual, however, when she finished walking this night road by the water, passed the Suzaku Terrace and the camp, and returned to the palace, after leaving the figure that knelt down to her to apologize far behind, her steps became faster and faster, and the more and more sick, in the end, even Zhang Dunyi was left far behind by her.

She walked into the palace without hesitation, and continued to walk towards the place where the lights were still on.

Yang Zaien, who was on duty tonight, with several palace eunuchs, was standing quietly outside the gate of the palace dormitory. A figure walked in, he raised his eyes and saw it, he was a little surprised, hurriedly stepped up to meet it, and whispered, "Princess, please stay for the time being." Yuan Neishou had just arrived, and he was listening to it in front of the emperor. ”

In the Yanju Palace, several giant candles are burning, and Yao Yao is shining. The emperor was dressed in a middle coat, and a gray robe was loosely draped outside, apparently asleep, and got up and came out again, and at this moment he sat behind the desk with his back against the cryptic sac, and with the candle flame, he lowered his head and flipped through a booklet that he didn't know what it was, and he was very fast, and after a few clicks, he threw the booklet on the desk, and his knuckles tapped a blank on the album.

During the day of July 13, he went to the orchard in the south of the city to visit the old household. At night, together with the princess, according to my instructions, no one will be watched, and it doesn't hurt to leave blank in the process. What about the next Obon night? Why is it also a blank space? Could it be that the princess is with him again? ”

"More than this time! There have been many times before, and you didn't give me a good look, and you sent it blank! You disturbed me in the middle of the night, and I said that you had something big to do, just to let me see this? ”

Although the emperor's tone sounded quite flat, the meaning of questioning was also obvious.

"Li Yan's whereabouts are secretive, like a ground insect hiding, hiding his head and tail, even if he can't find it, I'm not to blame. What about Pei Xiaoyuan? He's a big living person! It's right under your noses every day. Is Pei Jiazi too cunning, or are you Yuan worthless and incompetent? Raising so many people and telling you to stare at people, you can't do anything good! ”

Yuan Zhi was reprimanded by the emperor, his expression implied a little shame, and he knelt down to plead guilty: "Your Majesty blames you for being a slave who is incompetent." It's just that Pei Xiaoyuan is really good at hiding. I heard that when he first joined the army as a teenager, he first crawled around in the scout camp, and it must have been the escape technique he learned at that time, which was not something ordinary people could deal with. In addition, the slave was afraid that he would detect that his identity would be revealed, so he didn't dare to ask people to get too close, so he lost it several times and betrayed His Majesty's trust. ”

The emperor's eyes fell on the candle on the desk, his brows furrowed slightly, and he said slowly: "Bon night, in the middle of the night, he disappeared, and he returned to the temple until dawn. Where will he go and what will he do? Is it possible to go to the East Market or the West Market? It's a great place to meet people and get things done. ”

Yuan Zhi knew that he was derelict in his duties, and after getting up on the ground, he bowed his head.

The emperor was distracted for a moment, and then suddenly asked again, "How is the movement here tonight?" ”

"Tonight there are divisions that do their jobs, and everywhere is busy but not chaotic. Your Majesty can rest assured about the princess's return, the old grandfather and Zongzheng have been well prepared, and the slave is also doing his best to listen. It's just that there is another matter here, and the reason why he dared to disturb His Majesty's sleep is also for this matter. ”

"What?"

"The slave just received a report from his men. Pei Jiazi was originally in Suzaku Terrace with Han Kerang tonight. At the end of the day, when the crowd had dispersed, he did not leave, but went out of the camp alone and went north. And shortly after His Majesty's arrival tonight, about a moment in time, he went down the mountain and met a bearded man who was not the one who had accompanied him on his journey, and he did not know where he came from. After a brief meeting with him, the man went north along the Qinglong River, entered a wild forest, and then disappeared. His men suspected that he was going to meet the man again, so they followed him all the way. Didn't expect ......"

Yuan Wei paused for a moment, "I didn't expect the princess to follow, it seems that she also went to find him." The subordinates didn't know what to do with it for a while, so they could only temporarily retreat and leave the matter to the slaves—"

As Yuan Zhi spoke, the emperor's face became more and more ugly, and he picked up the booklet that he had flipped over on the case, snapped, and threw it to the ground.

Yuan was startled, looked at the emperor, and heard him say angrily: "You have been fooled!" ”

"The person he went to see, surnamed Jin, was sent by Pei Ji to Cangshan and asked him to thank me instead!"

Yuan was stunned.

He was also a very smart person, and after a little thought, he had an epiphany: "Could it be that Pei Xiaoyuan has been aware of the surveillance, and he took the opportunity of He Jin to come tonight to make a fool of himself and want to lure the slave out?" ”

The emperor said coldly: "You understand? ”