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After Anan finished speaking, Ning Chen did not reply for a long time. He withdrew his fierce eyes and wrote with a sullen face.

Anan reckoned there was something going on, knelt and waited, his eyes gazing at the Xinuang Pavilion.

On the wooden floor, there are Duobao Pavilion on both sides. There are many rare treasures, as well as many calligraphy and paintings, which are more exquisite than Chen Wangfu.

Anan looked at it for a long time, his legs were sore from kneeling, when he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps, he turned his head and saw that General Meng was coming.He hurriedly lowered his head.

Meng Guan glanced at Anan in confusion, stepped forward to salute Ning Chen, and Ning Chen nodded perfunctorily.

"My lord," Meng Guan said, "I want to collect the corpses of the people who are in the lower ranks... After all, they are their family members, so they have to accept it."

Ning Chen replied absent-mindedly: "Yes."

Meng Guan saluted silently, and was about to turn around to leave when he saw Anan who was kneeling in front of the door, he hesitated and slowed down.

Suddenly, Meng Guan heard Ning Chen hesitantly say: "You wait in the gazebo."

Meng Guan turned his head, saw Anan glanced at him, saluted politely, answered "Yes", and then ran away.

Meng Guan stayed where he was, frowning.What kind of riddles are the lord and this little soldier playing with? Why don't you explain clearly in person?It's not good to say here, why go to a pavilion.Moreover, there are so many pavilions in Zhu Mansion, the prince didn't specify, and the little soldier ran away without asking. No matter how you look at it, it looks like he is avoiding himself?

The usual Meng Guan is a rough person, he never thinks too much about these small things, but yesterday he saw Qiu Wenshu and the prince killed Zhu Yuan, so he inevitably thinks more...

Meng Guan hesitated, turned around and walked back to Xinuang Pavilion, when Ning Chen was about to get up, the two happened to meet.

"Is something wrong?"

Meng Guan hesitated to speak, and bowed silently.It stands to reason that he shouldn't talk too much, but he has been with the prince for three years, if he doesn't persuade him, he will feel uncomfortable.

The prince's fief is the smallest and the worst.

Back then, Prince Rui was worried about this matter, so he sent him to the prince's side and ordered him to assist him well.Since then, he has been following the prince, so he overheard the eighth prince thanking the prince and mentioning the word "Qiu Wenshu".

He was horrified, remembering that the prince also ruined Prince Rui's situation because of Qiu Wenshu, he could only pretend that he didn't know anything.

After coming to the fiefdom, he found that Prince Chen's mansion was just an old house with four people. There were not many people here. Because of the war, all those who were capable lived elsewhere. Most of the remaining people were not rich. Just food.

In the first year, the emperor bestowed a marriage, and Princess Su Zhichen was dissatisfied with the climate, and she passed away on the way out of Beijing before meeting the prince.Immediately afterwards, the emperor was bedridden, and the prince had no choice but to start a business before getting married.

The prince is gentle and martial, knows people well and works well. Not only is the fief changing with each passing day, but he also regained the five cities in Daning that had been occupied for many years, and the fief more than doubled in one fell swoop.

Seeing that the prince's power is getting stronger and stronger, the Ning army is advancing all the way in the hinterland of Sanmiao... The prince met Qiu Wenshu, and the prince immediately cut Zhu Yuan, who surrendered without a fight...

Leaving aside the matter of Qiu Wenshu, the prince has never acted recklessly. Although he was born in the emperor's family, he is very good at patience, and he will not act rashly until the critical period.

Regardless of the timing, Zhuyuan cut the pot, no matter how Mengguan buckled him, he could only buckle it to Qiu Wenshu.

Meng Guan wanted to advise, but he didn't know where to start, he hesitated in front of Ning Chen.Ning Chen was a little impatient, frowning and urged: "I have something to say."

"My lord... I think that..." If Mr. Li, who is good at strategy, is in Prince Chen's mansion, he must be able to give him some advice.Or maybe Princess Chen is still alive, he just needs to make a point or two in front of Princess Chen, and let Princess Chen take the lead... He is such a rough person, he really doesn't know how to be polite, "It's a stupid thing like killing Zhuyuan because of Qiu Wenshu... Bah Bah, bah, this kind of thing, this kind of thing can't be done again..."

At that moment, Meng Guan seemed to see a flash of embarrassment and anger on Ning Chen's face, but he quickly sank his face and stared at Meng Guan intently, as if he wanted to poke a few holes in Meng Guan's body.Meng Guan felt chilly all over, he hurriedly lowered his head, and didn't dare to ask Ning Chen if he was going to see Qiu Wenshu.

"I killed Zhuyuan just for the sake of my heart. What does it have to do with Qiu Wenshu?" Ning Chen said every word, his tone was very cold, but in Meng Guan's eyes, it was no different from the 300 taels of silver here.

Meng Guan raised his head hesitantly, and when he was about to persuade him again, Ning Chen had strode past him and walked outside.

Ning Chen's face sank like water, he didn't want to meet Qiu Wenshu in the flower hall because he was afraid that Meng Guan would think too much.

He used to be stupid, but he was blind.Knowing that he would be wrong, he did not make any more mistakes, but Meng Guan still regarded him as Amon under Wu.

Anan was standing outside the courtyard, watching Ning Chen pass him to a gazebo, then ran to find Qiu Wenshu.

Ning Chen watched the scenery in the gazebo for a while, and saw Qiu Wenshu approaching from a distance, he restrained his gaze away, frowned tightly, lowered his head and picked a small piece of weed, wrapped it around his knuckles to pass the time.

It took a long time before Ning Chen heard steady footsteps approaching the gazebo, and Qiu Wenshu's clear and cold voice rose.

"My lord."

"En." Ning Chen responded coldly, and said lightly, "Tell me, what's the matter."

"There are still five people from Daning who are missing. They still look to the king. The prince will look for them on his behalf."

"...It's too hard to find, I can't find it."

Although he knew that Ning Chen would not help, but when he heard him refuse without thinking, Qiu Wenshu felt some inexplicable emotions in his heart, as if a breath was stuck in his heart, and he was so bored.

"That's it," Qiu Wenshu lowered his eyes, not thinking about it, "Qiu Wenshu, take your leave."

Qiu Wenshu turned and walked down the steps, and suddenly heard Ning Chen asking behind him, "Is that all you need?"

Qiu Wenshu frowned.

Isn't this big enough?Five lives!

Didn't he keep saying yesterday that it is his duty to protect the Daning people?

Qiu Wenshu looked back, Ning Chen immediately turned his face and looked away, his Adam's apple rolled up and down on his slender neck, and said coldly: "Apart from this, is there anything else? Don't beg for it later. See this king, I am busy with military affairs, and I don’t have time to take care of idlers.”

Qiu Wenshu was grinding his back molars, this Ning Chen always spoke with thorns, always trying to show his superiority, he was hundreds of times worse than the former Yuan Chen.

Qiu Wenshu couldn't help stabbing: "Manjusri only has this request, but it's a pity that the prince doesn't want to help."

Ning Chen paused, lowered his eyes, flapped his long and thick eyelashes, and said in a very cold tone: "This king can't do it."

In a hurry, Qiu Wenshu stopped stuttering, and said, "If my lord spared Zhu Yuan's life, why can't I do it?"

Ning Chen pursed his lips, his chest rose and fell, as if he was enduring it.

Qiu Wenshu was also furious. Leaving aside the missing Daning people, Ning Chen's killing of Zhuyuan was originally a stinky move to kill one thousand enemies and destroy eight hundred. He really couldn't figure out why Ning Chen would do this.

"Zhuyuan surrendered without a fight, why do you still want to kill him?"

Ning Chen seemed to be driven into a desperate situation and couldn't take it anymore, he turned his head and gave Qiu Wenshu a stern look.

Such questioning one after another, as if he hadn't gotten over the misunderstanding three years ago!

how? !Can't he suddenly want to do whatever he wants?

Ning Chen's face was livid, and he was a bit emphatic: "This matter has nothing to do with you, and you have no right to ask."

This kind of Ning Chen, in Qiu Wenshu's eyes, was like a child who knew his mistakes and would not correct himself. He suddenly thought of Yuan Chen in Hushan Academy who was out of breath because he was afraid of cockroaches.He blurted out: "Do you know that killing Zhuyuan will bring you a bad name, and from now on, there will be no second Zhuyuan surrendering to you?"

These words have the meaning of "deep love and deep responsibility", not at all like Qiu Wenshu, who hates him, would say it.

Ning Chen couldn't help looking at Qiu Wenshu.

Standing at the bottom of the steps, Qiu Wenshu looked at him without giving in, those cold eyes seemed to be filled with disapproval for him, but at the same time seemed to be pity for him.

Ning Chen quickly lowered his eyes, opened and closed his lips, closed and opened again, still wanting to know if he was wrong, he asked: "Are you caring about me?" Maybe he was always putting on airs, this time Asked the words, as if asking questions.

"When—" Qiu Wenshu was speechless when asked, and he couldn't even figure out why he wanted to advise Ning Chen like this. He paused and said, "Of course not."

At that moment, Qiu Wenshu seemed to see a tinge of grayness appearing on Ning Chen's face, but before he could take a closer look, Ning Chen sneered and said, "It's not the best, so I won't laugh at you for being overconfident. "

Qiu Wenshu didn't want to say a word to Ning Chen any more, held back his anger, turned around and walked down the narrow path.

The tree shadows on both sides swayed, and the evening wind blew the fallen leaves all over the ground.

The weeds that Ning Chen had tangled up between his fingers earlier had long been tangled up in his palms.Every time I saw Qiu Wenshu, he always seemed to do something stupid.

Brother Huang is right, he cannot see Qiu Wenshu.

Qiu Wenshu was so angry at Ning Chen that he silently followed Anan back to the back room.

There was a whole row of back rooms, only the two soldiers guarding the door were there, and the Daning people in the room were all gone.

Qiu Wenshu sat on the round stool and waited for Yinquan to come back, annoyed about his quarrel with Ning Chen.

As the sun was setting, Yinquan and a few people came back with bright faces.

Entering the room, Yinquan hugged Qiu Wenshu's arm, started to cry, and said in horror, "Master, that Zhu was not a human...he...he cannibalized human flesh..."

what?

Eating human flesh?

Qiu Wenshu's aloof and haughty face showed a trace of astonishment, and he asked, "How do you know?"

"The few of them have been arguing and arguing," Yinquan narrated incoherently, trembling, "General Meng came, they chased General Meng's dignitary, went to see a well, went to the kitchen, we As soon as the lid was opened, Brother Huang's son... only had half of his face left..."

The few people around him retched, most of whom had witnessed this scene.

The news was so shocking that Qiu Wenshu just sat on the spot.