Drunk Bamboo

Night falls on the cliffs of Loushan Mountain.

Zhang Xinghe's slender figure stood with his hands behind his back under the moon.

He looked at the dark cliff, flew down, and disappeared into the night in an instant.

There is a deep cave hidden under the vines in the cliff.

Whether you look from a distance or from under the cliff, you won't be able to find this extremely hidden cave.

Zhang Xinghe followed the vines and climbed into the cave. Deep in the cave, there was a faint light.

His face was not as pale as it looked during the day. At this moment, his complexion was normal and he walked briskly towards the direction of the faint light.

Hua Qinfeng heard the noise and looked up alertly. Seeing Zhang Xinghe, he immediately stood up and asked anxiously:

"Zhang Xinghe, you're finally here! What's going on outside? I'm going to be here for two days, when can I go out?"

Hua Qinfeng did not fall off the cliff and disappear, but hid in this cave, just to let Wang Qingming relax his vigilance and reveal his flaws.

"Your Highness, I'm sorry. The real silver should have arrived in Yu Town, and someone will come to deliver the news soon. Wang Qingming knows that the plan has failed, so he will definitely take action." Zhang Xinghe said truthfully.

Then he told Hua Qinfeng everything that had happened outside in the past two days.

The injuries on Zhang Xinghe's body were not that serious, they were all superficial injuries. Compared to the injuries he had suffered on the battlefield before, they were nothing.

And his body was much weaker than it looked. All of this was just a trick to deceive Wang Qingming.

Of course, Xiong Kuo, who came to escort the silver, knew nothing about it.

"Has the body of the female killer been found?" Hua Qinfeng asked immediately.

In the end, she actually dragged him off the cliff. If he hadn't known there were vines on the cliff, he would have really lost his life this time.

"Chaoyang only fished out a piece of blood-stained clothing from the river. She couldn't escape the dragnet."

"If I hadn't known there were vines under the cliff, I would have been ambushed by her. Come to think of it, I always felt that her eyes looked familiar, as if I had seen them somewhere before. The news of my fall must have spread back to Zhongdu. Send someone to write a letter to the palace to let them know that I'm fine. I'm afraid the people in the palace will worry."

Even if the female killer was not found, he would be dead if he fell from such a high cliff.

Her matter can be investigated slowly later, but what I am most worried about at the moment is Xie Yuzhu, and I am afraid that she will be anxious.

"The princess is here." Zhang Xinghe raised his eyes and looked at Hua Qinfeng.

Hua Qinfeng was surprised at first, then happy and excited:

"Yuzhu came to Loushan?! She came to Loushan because she was worried about me! It's only been two days since I got into trouble and she's here. Why is she here?"

Zhang Xinghe saw the expression on his face change in an instant, slowly lowered his eyes, and said lightly:

"I heard from Master Gu that he rode here at full speed and barely had a break on the way."

"Gu Suiyi? Why did she come with Gu Suiyi?" Hua Qinfeng frowned slightly, then quickly relaxed his brows with a smile, "Yuzhu must be worried sick, I'm going to go out and look for her!"

He took a step forward, standing tall in front of Hua Qinfeng, with a hint of coldness in his eyes:

"Have you forgotten our plan, Your Majesty? If we leave now, all our efforts will be in vain!"

Hua Qinfeng was slightly stunned. He felt that Zhang Xinghe was considering the overall situation and did not bother with him. The main reason was because Xie Yuzhu came here and was in a good mood at the moment.

He turned around and sat back on the rock, stirring the fire with branches.

His mind was full of Xie Yuzhu's shadow, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly: "Then tell her that I'm fine. She's smart and can pretend well. Wang Qingming won't find out. Maybe she can even help you."

Zhang Xinghe saw all of this and frowned, "Your Majesty, have you ever heard that beauty is envied by heaven? Your Majesty's concern for your princess may not necessarily be good for her."

Hua Qinfeng threw the branches in his hand into the fire, raised his eyes and warned: "Zhang Xinghe, you can't stand seeing Yuzhu and I get along, right? You said it once, but you keep saying it, what do you mean?"

"Your Highness, you can't hide your love for someone. Even if you try to control yourself, you will still show your eagerness unconsciously. Just now, Your Highness was ready to go out and look for the princess regardless of your own safety. How can you control yourself?"

"Zhang Xinghe, you don't know. She has been helping me in the past six months in Zhongdu. Without her, my father and the court officials wouldn't even look at me. You wouldn't understand even if I told you. You are just jealous that I have such a good Yuzhu."

When Hua Qinfeng talked about Xie Yuzhu, even his eyes changed.

He has changed a lot in the past six months, even Zhang Xinghe has noticed it.

Hua Qinfeng was no longer reckless and impulsive, no longer did what he wanted, and no longer resisted scheming and calculation.

Zhang Xinghe discovered all these during the past few days in Loushan.

And all these changes were due to one person, the princess, Xie Yuzhu.

Too much is as bad as too little, and too much becomes his weak point.

Zhang Xinghe reminded: "If what the prince said is true, and it's all because of the princess, then the prince should not be so nice to the princess. At least in front of outsiders, don't show that you care too much about the princess."

"Zhang Xinghe, are you referring to yourself as the outsider?" Hua Qinfeng glared at him with a sneer on his face. "Oh, by the way, how could I have forgotten that we were already outsiders three years ago. Did you ever consider us friends during those years?"

His eyes trembled, and Zhang Xinghe said in a low voice: "I never betrayed you back then, but due to changes in my family, I had to make another choice. I am carrying the truth of ten years ago, and I have never hidden it from the prince."

"It's just your excuse. The truth of ten years ago has been revealed. What are you still investigating? What have you found? Zhang Xinghe, these are all your excuses. You've become a coward. You've hidden in Zhongdu. You forgot that you once said you would fight alongside us. But when you saw that my father had rejected me and demoted me from general to captain, you turned around and became my father's bodyguard. In less than a year, you went to the Ministry of Justice and rose to the position of assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice."

Three years ago, they were the best partners.

Zhang Xinghe made plans and Hua Qinfeng wielded his spear to kill the enemy, invincible, defeating the strongest lion army of You Kingdom.

After returning to Zhongdu to be conferred the title, Hua Qinfeng was misinterpreted by those who were monitoring him because of his casual words in the palace. This led to the ministers writing letters to the emperor one after another, angering him and causing him to be punished and demoted.

As a result, Zhang Xinghe parted ways with him and stayed in Zhongdu to become the emperor's personal bodyguard.

Hua Qinfeng was filled with hatred when he thought of what happened back then: "Back then you said something had happened to your family, and I believed you, and even asked people to do everything they could to help you. But in the end, everything was fine at home, so tell me, did you lie to me?"

"I...didn't lie to you." Zhang Xinghe lowered his head.

"You're saying the same thing again. Well, I don't want to talk to you about this anymore. For the sake of the overall situation, I won't go out. But you can't let Xie Yuzhu get into danger, or I won't let you go."

Hua Qinfeng turned around angrily and didn't want to talk to him anymore.

Zhang Xinghe turned around and was about to leave.

"Your Majesty, sooner or later you will know."

Hua Qinfeng said indifferently: "Since you don't want to say anything, I won't mention the past again in the future."

Zhang Xinghe paused, clenched his fists, his face gloomy, and walked forward into the dark night.