mountains and seas

How could Shang Qi not know that this was Qi Ling trying to make himself happy, saying: "Yes, yes, no one in this world can look better than you. Where are we going?"

"Yangzhou."

Yangzhou, where the Cao family's ancestral home is located.

"Why?"

"Give you a present."

Along the way, Shang Qi asked openly and cheated secretly, but he didn't know what the gift was until——

Until he stood on the hillside with Qi Ling, watching the Cao family's ancestral house down the hill was engulfed in flames, and the people in the side courtyard fled in panic, but the masters of the main house didn't make a sound.

Shang Qi asked, "Why don't they escape?"

They here naturally refer to the masters in the main house.

"They have already been hung on the beams by ten feet of white silk, how can they escape?" When Qi Ling said these words, he didn't feel cruel, on the contrary, it was very natural, as if this was their fate.

"White silk is ten feet long, and the fire is miles away. This is my gift to you." Qi Ling stood against the light, behind him was the raging sea of ​​flames, making this person even more dazzling against the background.

Since Concubine Nian left, Shang Lan has calmed down a lot and looks extremely reliable. This is a rare piece of good news for Shang Jun.

Perhaps because of wronging Concubine Nian, the Empress Dowager felt guilty for the two brothers, and even sent people to send a lot of things for several months.

But the two brothers didn't seem to buy it, they took a look at the items and put them in the warehouse.

It's the end of the new year, watching the envoys from all over the world pay homage, hoping to lose one person to the high position, Shang Qi eats without taste, and drinks bitter wine like water.

At the banquet, I did not see Zhuang Zifu, nor did I see the envoy Wang from Dongling. In the past few years when Zhuang Zifu was the hostage, the envoy Wang would come to Xiyuan every year at this time. I think the two of them will catch up outside the palace again.

Outside the hall, Zhuang Zifu and the king's envoy stood facing each other. Zhuang Zifu rubbed his fingertips against the lines on the cup: "Father, is he alright?"

The king's envoy replied: "Your Majesty's health has not been as good as before in the past few months. A few days before the minister left, he was still muttering that he missed you."

"Really?" Zhuang Zifu raised his head and drank the wine in the glass: "My Highness, too, I miss you so much."

The king's envoy smiled knowingly: "Then why don't you consider going back, Your Highness?"

"Yeah." Zhuang Zifu didn't speak anymore, and the envoy Wang stood outside with him, not in a hurry to ask for an answer, anyway, he still had to stay in Xiyuan Kingdom for a few days.

Suddenly Zhuangzi said again: "My mother and concubine's revenge is avenged."

"Huh?" The envoy Wang didn't realize what Zhuang Zifu was saying for a while.

Zhuangzi touched a jade pendant on his waist again: "That woman is dead."

"Your Highness, what did you do?" The king envoy was terrified. This master could still do such a thing in Xiyuan Kingdom.

"Well, but there are not many people involved, it can only be regarded as guidance." Zhuang Zifu is very confident: "Don't worry, no one knows that His Highness did it."

The envoy Wang was relieved: "This is good, this is good."

On the second day after the banquet, Lord Shang allowed Zhuang Zifu and Qi Ling to go to the inn to have a good get-together with the people from Dongling. They didn’t know what they talked about, but Qi Ling came out of the inn and walked aimlessly in the capital. walking around.

I don't know how long we walked, but when it was getting dark, Qi Ling found himself standing at the gate of Shang Qi's palace. The guard who guarded the gate recognized Qi Ling: "Master Qi, is he here to look for the prince? Go and report."

"No need." Qi Ling called to stop him: "I'll just go in by myself."

"Yes." After speaking, the guard opened the door for him.

As a result, Shang Qi was not seen in the study or bedroom, and Miaomiao who passed by said, "The prince and the housekeeper are in the warehouse."

"Thank you." Qi Ling walked towards the warehouse.

Shang Qi and Zheng Zheng squatted on the ground with his back to the door. There were more than a dozen exquisite boxes, large and small, in front of him. Shang Qi looked at the contents of the box: "What do you think of this belt?"

Seriously holding his chin and looking at it: "It's not suitable, it's a bit gaudy."

"Well~ I think so too." Shang Qi closed the box and threw the object aside casually.

Pointing to another one, he said, "What about this one? This ornament."

"Where do you ask people to put these?" He said solemnly: "And you're not at your own home, where can you put these directly?"

Qi Ling leaned against the door frame without making a sound, just wanted to see what the master and servant wanted to do.

Suddenly Shang Qi saw a pair of jade pendants that Zhuangzi gave him before: "Then this, this is fine, one for each person, just hang it on your waist."

This jade pendant is not very outstanding, and the material is not the best, but it is the best thing: "Yes, it just so happens that you two have one."

Seeing this, Qi Ling couldn't bear it anymore, who would he share this pair of jade pendants with: "What are you guys doing?"

The sudden sound made Zheng Zheng frightened, and he turned his head abruptly: "Master Qi? When did you arrive? You scared me, an old man."

Shang Qi patted his chest exaggeratedly: "That's right, I'm so scared to death."

"You haven't answered me yet." Qi Ling put his arms around Shang Qi's waist very naturally: "Who do you want to wear this jade pendant with?"

Solemnly and consciously withdrew, he couldn't stand such a boring scene at his age.

Shang Qi ghostly: "Why, are you unhappy?"

"Huh?" Qi Ling smiled dangerously, no matter how he looked at it, he felt a little scared.

Lying on the bed and being stripped naked, Shang Qi let Qi Ling gnaw on his shoulders, how could he provoke this big-tailed wolf.

Qi Ling held Shang Qi in his arms, clamping Shang Qi's legs with his legs: "My father, he is dead."

Although Qi Ling didn't get along well with his father, it was his own, and it was normal for him to be sad. Shang Qi could understand how he was feeling now.

"Then you go and explain to Father, go back and see him off." Shang Qi held Qi Ling's face and kissed him: "Last time, you said you knew something, what is it?"

Qi Ling: "So you still remember, I thought you didn't listen."

Shang Qi leaned closer to him: "How could I not listen to your affairs?"

"I thought that my father and mother didn't love me because I was born with different pupils. Later, I found out that my mother was so weak that she couldn't take care of me when she gave birth to me. At that time, my father was impeached in the court and had to let me go. I kept them in a remote yard, and they said they didn't want to see me, but they were protecting me, otherwise I would die." Qi Ling talked about a past that was completely different from what he remembered.

Shang Qi leaned on him: "Then your father really cares about you."

Qi Ling agrees: "Well, after he married his stepmother, he thought of many ways to make me appear in front of everyone in a legitimate way, until he found out that I'm quite smart."

"But you don't know anything, and you came to Xiyuan Kingdom with him." Shang Qi poked Qi Ling's chest.

"I don't regret it." Qi Ling gnawed on Shang Qi, a pair of beautiful eyes shining brightly in the night: "I don't regret coming here, because you are here, maybe somewhere, I came here to meet you."

Shang Qi touched his arm: "Tsk, I have goose bumps all over my body."

"I'll take care of things when I go back, so how about a marriage proposal?" Qi Ling suddenly brought up this topic, which made Shang Qi a little confused.

Qi Ling kindly reminded: "The seventh princess wants to regret the marriage? We are both like this."

After that, he pointed to the bodies with no gap between them.

The shy Shang Qi got under the quilt: "You say so."

But a good wish is just a wish after all, it will not come true.

Just when Qi Ling was about to send an invitation to Lord Shang to allow him to go back with the envoy Wang to attend to his father's funeral, something that no one expected happened.

Qi Ling only felt that he had been jolted so badly that his internal organs had been displaced, but he couldn't wake up again, it was very uncomfortable, and he could vaguely hear words such as His Royal Highness Zifu and Dongling.

This is, kidnapped?

Seeing the sun in the winter in Nishihara is a very happy thing. There are more people on the street. Many people move out of the stools and sit outside in groups of twos and threes, chatting, or taking a nap under the blanket.

But such a leisurely and beautiful picture, Shang Qi didn't care to appreciate it, just because Shang Jun told him: Zhuang Zifu and Qi Ling fled with military plans.

Shang Qi didn't believe that Qi Ling would do such a thing at all, he believed that Qi Ling also believed in his own eyesight.

But when he saw the missing Dongling border defense map in the imperial study room and the "rhetoric words" left by Zhuang Zifu, he was speechless:

Thank you Shang Jun for your kindness over the past few years, Zifu and Qi Ling will go home first, and it would be impolite to say goodbye without saying goodbye, but I am eager for homesickness and hope Shang Jun will forgive me. thinking about people.

The angry Shang Jun tore off the letter paper nailed to the board. This is clearly a threat, so far from seeing things and thinking about others.

"Ying Xufei, I ordered you to go to the Dongling border, and you must guard it until the new border defense strategy is deployed." Shang Jun's veins bulged, and he said it lightly. The current deployment strategy took several days. Years of research and development deployment and a little bit of improvement.

Before the new strategy comes out, it is even more difficult to hold the border and immediately change the current deployment method. It is not an easy task for Xu Fei: "Yes, I must stick to the border."

It is uncertain whether he will die or not, but Ying Xufei still agrees. He may not be a good person, but he is a good courtier who is patriotic.

Shang Qi recommended himself: "Father, they must not have gone far. I would like to lead someone to chase them back."

It is best to be able to recover directly, and the loss can be minimized: "Go."

When Qi Ling woke up, his head was still aching, but he had already seen everything around him: "Your Highness Zifu, what's going on?"

"You're awake." Zhuang Zifu was extraordinarily gentle, shaking off his previous cowardly and timid image: "We're going home soon, and Prime Minister Qi also hopes that you will go back to inherit his official position and help me to rule Dongling."

"Unify the country? Shang, where is Shang Qi?" Qi Ling looked left and right, but he didn't see a familiar figure.

Zhuangzi backed away from the left and right, leaned over and held Qi Ling's face: "Without Shang Qi and Shang Lan, you will be my prime minister and my general from now on."

Qi Ling still had the anesthesia effect on his body, so he couldn't use his strength, but he tried his best to push Zhuang Zifu away: "Your Highness, what nonsense!"

"You just woke up, maybe you are still a little weak, take a good rest." Zhuangzi was no longer annoyed by his rudeness: "This is Prime Minister Qi's suicide note. I have already sent someone to take care of your family. You can go back and take over."

My son Qi Ling personally opened it, and on the envelope are the vigorous and powerful words that Qi Ling is familiar with.

As a father, I know that the end is approaching, and it is a great pity that I cannot see my son for the last time. My son is so talented, and I think he will be able to have a piece of heaven and earth in Dongling. No one can match your appearance, endure humiliation for many years, and will become a great weapon in the future. I will bless you in heaven for my father.

"Father." Qi Ling recalled the only scenes he had of his father's love, especially when his stepmother's maid beat his pet to death.

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