Lord Jia and Lord Qian are both second-class members of the dynasty, and with Lord Jia coming out for Tianji Pavilion, Lord Qian naturally can't get any benefits. Lord Jia's timely appearance made the farce of Tianji Pavilion come to an end quietly, and Bai Jin led the Praetorian Guard Battalion to return, and failed to get any "explanation" from Zhao Yuan's mouth as Lord Qian said, nor did he take anyone away from Tianji Pavilion.

After the turmoil subsided, the people in Xifu left angrily, but after Lord Jia saw the people from Xifu leave, the confident look on his face slowly retracted, replaced by a thick worry. No matter how Zhao Yuan asked, Master Jia always talked about him left and right. Zhao Yuan invited him to have tea in the house, but Master Jia hurriedly left with an urgent face.

After a while, the noisy Tianji Pavilion was deserted in front of the door, although the Xingshi of the Xifu just now did not hurt the Tianji Pavilion, it was just a farce with no danger, but Lord Qian's angry threat and Lord Jia's desire to speak again and again made Zhao Yuan feel very worried, as if a big stone was hanging in his heart, and he couldn't land for a long time.

Although Lord Jia comforted Zhao Yuan with kind words before parting, so that he didn't have to take this matter to heart, his intuition after many years of wandering in the court told Zhao Yuan that this matter must not be so simple.

There was nothing to say for a day, and the West Mansion did not send anyone to trouble the Tianji Pavilion, nor did the East Mansion send anyone to explain anything to the Tianji Pavilion. It was this kind of turmoil that made Zhao Yuan's heart more and more uneasy. He expected that although the situation in the Tianji Pavilion was calm today, above the palace court, the adults of the East and West Mansions must be arguing and arguing endlessly.

Within one day, Zhao Yuan summoned Liu Xunyi, Qiu Han and Qin Wei seven or eight times in a row, and repeatedly asked about what happened in Tianxing Tower and the ruined temple on the outskirts of the city last night. Liu Xunyi and the three of them returned all the details of last night to Zhao Yuan in great detail, and they couldn't wait to recall them after walking a few steps and blinking a few eyes. But even so, Zhao Yuan was still not satisfied, and still asked about what happened last night over and over again.

In the evening, someone suddenly came to the East Mansion to ask Zhao Yuan to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion alone, Zhao Yuan knew that the matter was very important, and he would come sooner or later, so he did not delay at all, and left in a hurry before he finished dinner.

Zhao Yuan's departure made Liu Xunyi and the others start to beat drums in their hearts, Qin Wei looked worried, and his heart and mind were that he had caused a big disaster, and he would soon be punished and beheaded, so he couldn't even eat a few bites of dinner. Compared with Qin Wei's chatter and Qiu Han's silence, Liu Xunyi was secretly worried about Luo Ningyu and Lin Fang in his heart, after all, Liu Xunyi never got any news of the two of them after the temple was broken, and I don't know if they left Lin'an smoothly?

Now that things are in trouble, Luo Ningyu and Lin Fangda must have a great relationship with the imperial court, maybe the emperor has personally ordered them to be arrested, so wouldn't their situation be a hundred times more dangerous than last night?

In the pavilion of Tianji Pavilion, the more Liu Xunyi thought about it, the more uneasy he became, he raised his eyes to look at the hazy night, and then looked at Qin Wei and Qiu Han who were sitting opposite, and couldn't help but let out a light sigh in his mouth, and said, "Last night, Master Hou ordered us to protect Miss Luo and Brother Lin, but I didn't want to anger Xifu because of this. With the strength of the soldiers of the Xifu Mansion, if we take advantage of the opportunity to make a move, Brother Lin and Miss Luo will inevitably be in danger. ”

Qin Wei couldn't help but pout when he heard this, and said pessimistically: "Brother Liu, now that we are unable to protect ourselves, why do you still think about those two outsiders? This time we were miserable by them, but now I think it is better for them to be caught by the people of Xifu, and I hope that the adults of Xifu will no longer pursue our Tianji Pavilion as soon as they are happy, and we can also pick up a small life." ”

Liu Xunyi shook his head and said: "Hou Ye has always been cautious in his work, he will never let us protect Miss Luo and Brother Lin for no reason, Hou Ye must have done this under the secret order of Lord Dongfu, I expect that last night's conflict was caused by the disagreement between the East and West Mansions." ”

Qin Wei sighed and said: "The more this happens, the more troublesome it will be, the East and West Mansions are all Great Song Dynasty Pillars, and our Tianji Pavilion is really insignificant in comparison, maybe the adults of the East Mansion will hand us over to the West Mansion for the sake of calming things." ”

When Qiu Han heard this, a look of determination appeared in his eyes, and he shook his head and said, "Master Hou will never agree to do this." ”

"What if the Hou Ye is also unable to protect himself?" Qin Wei muttered ignorantly.

"What did you say?" Qiu Han's eyes flashed with a cold light, so frightened that Qin Wei hurriedly swallowed back the words that came to his lips, and at the same time turned his inquiring gaze to Liu Xunyi. Seeing this, Liu Xunyi hurriedly interjected: "No matter what, we will advance and retreat with the Hou Ye, if the adults of the East Mansion are not willing to offend the West Mansion and hand over the Tianji Pavilion, it is also our fate, there is no need to complain." ”

Qiu Han said expressionlessly: "If Dongfu really wants to give up Tianji Pavilion, then Master Jia will not come to relieve us this morning. ”

"Brother Qiu is reasonable!" Liu Xunyi replied nondeniably.

Qin Wei didn't think so, and muttered to himself: "Maybe the emperor wants to calm things down? Compared to the Xifu, which holds the power of soldiers and horses, the emperor may force the Dongfu to back down by three points, and let us be scapegoats in the dispute between the East and the West......"

"The king wants the minister to die, the minister has to die, why do you have to talk so much?" Qiu Leng said in a cold voice, "The eldest husband is still afraid of death?"

Qin Wei was extremely unhappy when he heard this, but before he could open his mouth to refute, Liu Xunyi was already sitting sideways between the two of them, and said with a smile: "Now that the Hou Ye has gone to the East Mansion, everything is unknown, why should the three of us be vain here? ”

Qin Wei cried with a sad face, and said: "If it is solved, why should the Prime Minister invite the Hou Ye to come over the mansion overnight? What can't we wait until tomorrow to talk about it? Do you have to be so anxious in the middle of the night?"

"Bang!"

Before Qin Wei's words fell, Qiu Han was already full of anger and scolded angrily: "Speaking of which, you are just greedy for life and afraid of death!"

"Don't say so righteous Ling Ran, aren't you afraid of death?" Qin Wei was also enraged, and suddenly got up and glared at Qiu Han without avoidance, now he is no longer the cowardly child he was back then, and now he and Qiu Han are on an equal footing in the Tianji Pavilion, so he used to have a lot less fear of Qiu Han in his heart, and refuted, "Even if I am not afraid of death, I am not willing to die so unclear! We are just acting on orders, what is wrong?"

Liu Xunyi saw that the two of them were on the same page, and hurriedly said, "Now no one accuses us of being wrong, Brother Qin, why do you bother yourself?"

"This morning, the soldiers and horses of Xifu have been killed at the door, if it weren't for Lord Jia's timely arrival, we would all have to be arrested by Bai Jin's people. Qin Wei said angrily, "Isn't that enough to show that we are wrong?"

Qiu Leng smiled and said: "Xifu said that we are wrong, you admit your mistake, are you from Dongfu or Xifu? Do you still have Dongfu and Tianji Pavilion in your eyes? Even if there is no Lord Jia today, Hou Ye will definitely not let the soldiers and horses of Xifu arrest people in Tianji Pavilion......"

"Ridiculous. Qin Wei retorted with disdain in his eyes, "Could it be that Qiu Shaobao forgot who was almost kidnapped by Bai Jin's people in the morning?"

"That's me taking the initiative to ask for help!" Qiu Han retorted, "It's better for me to die alone than everyone else!"

Qin Wei sneered and said, "You have such a deep affection for Tianji Pavilion, but Hou Ye didn't stand up for you to say half a word, isn't this enough to explain everything?"

Qiu Han's face sank like water, the sword in his hand snatched out with a "pop", the blade of the sword pointed directly at Qin Wei, and said coldly: "What do you mean by that? You dare to be disloyal to Hou Ye?"

Qin Wei also seemed to realize that he had just lost his words, and hurriedly prevaricated: "I mean...... In that case, even if Hou Ye wants to save us, he can't save us, he has more than enough strength to do so, I don't doubt Hou Ye's love for us......"

Qiu Han snorted angrily: "It's nonsense, even the emperor can't do what he wants in today's situation, let alone the Hou Ye?"

"I didn't say that Master Hou could do whatever he wanted...... Qin Wei was afraid that he would say the wrong thing again, so his tone was much more relaxed than just now.

Seeing this, Liu Xunyi hurriedly stretched out his hand and pressed Qiu Han's sword, and chuckled: "Brother Qin has always been open-mouthed, Brother Qiu must not be like him, he has been favored by the Hou Ye since he was a child, and this can only be an adult, how can he be disloyal to the Hou Ye? Qin Wei just couldn't hold it out, thinking that he was acting according to the orders of the East Mansion, but in the end he was questioned by the teacher, so he was a little puzzled in his heart. ”

Qiu Leng looked at Qin Wei, slowly put away his sword, and said to Liu Xunyi without squinting: "Since we are the young protectors of Tianji Pavilion, we must sacrifice everything for Hou Ye at any time, including my own life. No matter what the outcome of this matter is, we should follow the arrangement of the Hou Ye, even if he lets us die, we should never say half a word. ”

"This is natural, and this truth has been engraved in our hearts the day we entered the Heavenly Machine Pavilion. Liu Xunyi nodded, and then changed his words, "It's just that now that the Hou Ye has not returned from the East Mansion, we don't know what the Prime Minister and the Hou Ye are talking about, and we don't even know if what they discussed was last night, so why bother to mess around and be suspicious? Maybe tonight the Hou Ye and the Prime Minister are discussing irrelevantly matters, so isn't it a joke that we are so suspicious?"

"Yes, everything will naturally come out when Master Hou comes back. Qin Wei nodded in agreement, and then under Liu Xunyi's urging gaze, he took the initiative to admit his mistake to Qiu Han, "I don't say anything about whether I die or not, and Brother Qiu doesn't mind the little brother's momentary gaffe just now, I just don't want to let Xifu succeed in vain, and today's Bai Jinduo is arrogant for everyone to see." After all, if the adults of the Eastern Mansion refuse to protect us, it will inevitably chill the hearts of the brothers of the Tianji Pavilion, and who will dare to do things for the Dongfu in the future? Who else is willing to continue to stay in the Tianji Pavilion all day long, facing the sword mountain and the sea of fire, born and died?"

"I don't talk nonsense with you, you can do it yourself!" Qiu Leng left a sentence coldly, and then strode out of the pavilion without looking back, leaving only Liu Xunyi and Qin Wei who looked at each other in the pavilion.

When Qiu Han walked away, Qin Wei complained to Liu Xunyi: "I think this Qiu Han is stupid to practice, everyone has seen what happened this morning, and it is obvious that Hou Ye wants to abandon him for self-preservation......"

"Brother Qin!" Before Qin Wei finished speaking, Liu Xunyi hurriedly interrupted, "There is no need to say anything about this matter, Brother Qiu has been doing things for Hou Ye for more years than you and me combined, and his loyalty to Hou Ye can be seen day and moon, when will it be our turn to judge here?"

"But ......"

"There is no need to say anything about this matter!" Liu Xunyi threw the wine jug in his hand to Qin Wei, and said faintly: "After all, Lord Hou is a relative of the emperor, even if the East Mansion is willing to back down in front of the West Mansion, it will never make them embarrassed by Lord Hou." As for us...... Just leave it to fate!"

Qin Wei couldn't help but look sad when he heard this, and sighed in a gloomy tone: "It turns out that Brother Liu, like me, has long thought that we may become the scapegoats of Dongfu and Hou Ye......"

Liu Xunyi shook his head with a smile and said, "Actually, whether it is Master Hou or us, at least we are safe and sound now." But Brother Lin and Miss Luo ...... If Xifu is not willing to continue to trouble them, then the situation will not be good......"

Looking at Liu Xunyi's worried look, Qin Wei couldn't help frowning and asked, "Listen to the meaning of your words...... Do you want to continue to protect them?"

Liu Xunyi smiled bitterly: "Brother Lin and Miss Luo are sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes, they are bold and righteous, and their temperament is simple and straightforward, I am afraid that they alone will not be able to fight Xifu." Although I have only a one-sided relationship with them, I have already formed friends, and now that my friends are in trouble, how can I sit idly by? Originally, I had the intention to look for them, but now that the Hou Ye has not returned, and I don't know the blessings and misfortunes, how can I leave without permission? Therefore, everything should wait for the Hou Ye to come back before making a decision!"

"After Master Hou came back, not only our life and death have been decided, I think even the whereabouts of Lin Fangda and Luo Ningyu will have news. Qin Wei nodded.

Liu Xunyi and Qin Wei originally wanted to sit in the pavilion and wait for Zhao Yuan to return to Tianji Pavilion to ask what was going on, but what they didn't expect was that Zhao Yuan went to Dongfu to talk about it, but he didn't return for three whole days.

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