Minister Gu Ming can't take care of himself

Recently, the defenses in Jinling City have been strengthened, General Pei's barracks has been moved ten miles towards Jinling City, patrolling the city, imperial guards and Xiao Zhi's secret guards are all active in various parts of Jinling City.Dingguogong's mansion has replaced new servants, but the original people are still in the Guogong's mansion waiting to be released.

When Xu Guanchen was better, he still went to Lantai to help copy books, and sometimes he even brought the books back to Funing Palace to copy.

When he was copying the books, Xiao Zhi sat beside him and read the notebooks, and looked up at him from time to time, he copied the books so fascinatedly that he didn't even look at Xiao Zhi.

On the night of the second day of April, Eunuch Xiaocheng came in and cut the candle wicks twice.Xu Guanchen drank the medicine, had candied fruit in his mouth, and copied the book with a pen, very happy.

Xiao Zhi, the faint king, was not very happy about being left out in the cold, and finally grabbed Xu Guanchen's hand when Eunuch Xiao Cheng was about to cut the candle wick for the third time.

Xu Guanchen paused, turned to look at him, and blinked: "What are you doing?"

Xiao Zhi snatched the pen from his hand and threw it aside: "It's not a student who was punished for copying books, what do you always copy books for?"

Eunuch Xiao Cheng hurriedly cut the candle wick, took the scissors, went out quickly, and closed the door behind him.

The door was closed, Xiao Zhi grabbed his hand, touched it, sat on the same table with Xu Guanchen, and embraced him from behind.

Xu Guanchen was a little nervous, his body was stiff, he patted the back of his hand: "I'm still sick."

"Yeah." Xiao Zhi buried his face in the hollow of his shoulder, and responded muffledly, "The half pill last time will keep you safe for half a month, half a month will be here in a blink of an eye, just hug for a while. "

"It's okay." Xu Guanchen held his hand, but comforted him, "Everyone has his own destiny."

The two of them sat quietly for a while, Xu Guanchen was hugged by him, he twisted his long belt casually, twisted it together, and weaved a bouquet of flowers in the Taoist temple.

The bunch of flower knots can be tied by pulling out a section, Xiao Zhi's belt is a bit long, Xu Guanchen tied one after another, it seemed that he could never finish.

He bowed his head to tie the knots, and counted, there were seven of them.

The belt was too long, and when he turned his head, he realized that it was Xiao Zhi who untied the belt for him to play with.

Xu Guanchen threw the belt back to him, and secretly poked and cursed: "Rogue."

If you untie your belt without making a sound, what is it if you're not a hooligan?

Flicking his sleeves, he was about to get up, Xiao Zhi took his wrist and brought him back into his arms.

Xu Guanchen fell into his arms, and with a flick of his sleeves, he overturned the pen holder on the desk, and several pens rolled all over the floor.

Xu Guanchen patted him: "I'll go pick it up..."

"Tell them to pick it up later."

Xiao Zhi hugged him tightly, bowed his head again, tied his belt with Xu Guanchen's, took the rosary that Xu Guanchen gave him, and wrapped it around his hand twice.

The rosary was originally broken once, and it was Xu Guanchen who strung it up again.When stringing them together again, he deliberately made the rosary stronger.

I strung a rosary on myself and wrapped myself in it.

Eunuch Xiao Cheng stopped coming in to cut the candle wick, the wick burned longer and longer, Xiao Zhi blew out the candle and threw Xu Guanchen on the couch.

Better to sleep.

The next day was the third day of the fourth lunar month, the day when Dingguo's mansion hosted a banquet for Yuan Ce.

Xiao Zhi was worried about Xu Guanchen, so he pushed Chaozheng to accompany him.Xu Guanchen couldn't resist him, so he let him go.

The banquet was arranged in a small pavilion in the middle of the lake in the Duke's Mansion, and the banquet started at noon. After half of the banquet, when the atmosphere was getting thicker, outsiders came to report that Duan Xiaowang, Xiao Jue, had come.

Taking advantage of the high interest at the banquet, Xu Guanchen repeatedly said "unfortunately, unfortunately", but Xiao Jue was invited in anyway.

That Yuan Cedang put down his wine glass and looked at him with a half-smile.

Xu Guanchen held the teacup and looked back.

Yuan Ce turned his head away, and said with a smile: "Young master wants to set me up, so what if I get set up by him once?"

Xu Guanchen ignored him, bowed his head and took a sip of the hot tea made by Zhijielian.

Xiao Jue came prepared this time, and when he talked with Yuan Ce about the time in Tingyun Town, he was calm and unhurried.

Slowly turning the conversation to the assassin Chen Zhou, he naturally talked about borrowing two people from Yuan Ce to investigate.

Yuan Ce held up the wine glass for a moment, but turned to look at Xu Guanchen, and asked, "What do you think, little lord?"

Xu Guanchen originally just sat on the side without saying a word, and now he just smiled and said nothing.

In fact, Yuan Ce also understood what he was thinking, since Xu Guanchen posted a message to lure him over, he was naturally on Xiao Jue's side, so he still wanted to ask him.

"Okay." Yuan Ce turned his gaze back, and agreed so simply, "The little prince will come to me tomorrow to look for people, you can point out which ones, and I will check for you."

Xiao Jue got up and bowed: "Thank you, Third Highness."

"If I don't answer you, if the young master detains me here today, then don't even think about leaving." Yuan Ce's words pointed to Xu Guanchen intentionally or unintentionally.

Xiao Jue stood in front of Xu Guanchen and blocked Yuan Ce's unfriendly gaze for him: "Young master is plagued by old illnesses, it's time to drink medicine."

Xu Guanchen was also happy to borrow his steps, stood up and asked Yuan Ce to resign. Although it was impolite, drinking medicine was a legitimate reason.

After leaving the main hall, he relaxed a little, and went to the cubicle next to the small pavilion.

Although Xiao Zhi came with him, he was not at the banquet, but just accompanied him in the next cubicle.Xu Guanchen finally escaped, so he naturally wanted to look for him.

They were just afraid that Yuan Ce would find him suddenly, and it would be difficult to explain when they met Xiao Zhi, so the two of them just talked through the window made of green bamboo.As soon as someone came, Xu Guanchen closed the window, and no one could see Xiao Zhi.

Xu Guanchen was lying by the window, talking to him while drinking medicine.

Xiao Zhi asked him: "Is everything done?"

"Well, it's done."

Xu Guanchen took a sip of the medicine soup, raised his head to ask him to kiss, Xiao Zhi held his face, and pecked the corner of his lips: "Then send him away quickly."

Xu Guanchen was happy, and he didn't care about him, explaining: "You can't just throw someone away when you run out, and send him away after being polite."

Before he could say a few words, Xu Guanchen caught a glimpse of a person walking from the corridor, holding a medicine bowl in one hand, closing the window with the other, and turning his head to look.

It was the literati next to Yuan Ce, Yuan Ce called him "Zhiwei".

Na Zhiwei's voice is bad, and his speech is a bit hoarse.He stood still in front of Xu Guanchen, bowed and bowed: "Young master."

Xu Guanchen held the medicine bowl in both hands: "What's the matter?"

"His Royal Highness sent me to bid farewell to the young prince."

"Okay." Xu Guanchen covered it with his sleeve, drank the black soup in the bowl, "I'll go and deliver it."

Eunuch Xiao Cheng took the medicine bowl and brought him some hot tea to rinse his mouth.

After Xu Guanchen finished his repairs, he went there with Na Zhiwei.

The small island in the middle of the lake can only be accessed by small boats.

When he passed by, Yuan Ce and Xiao Jue were standing by the water, they didn't speak, they just stood opposite each other.

In Mulan's small boat, Xu Guanchen and Yuan Ce are on the same boat, Xiao Jue is with Zhiwei.

After Xu Guanchen took the medicine, he became a little listless, holding his head and not speaking.

Today Yuan Ce didn't know what to do, he always liked to tease him, and now he used his hands to tease him again.

Xu Guanchen half-truthfully said: "I don't know how to water, I'm afraid I'm going to drown in my own house."

Sending Yuan Ce to the vestibule, when he was about to leave, Xu Guanchen stayed with him politely, and he said: "I still have an appointment at Fengyue Tower later, it's not good if I miss it."

Xu Guanchen didn't take it to heart either, and just sent him away.

After Yuan Ce left, Xiao Jue wanted to leave too. He clasped his fists at him and said, "Thank you very much today. I sent someone to Tingyun Town to bring the two people who met Chen Zhou to recognize them. Let's do the math." It's time, and it's time to go back first."

"Okay." Xu Guanchen stood on the steps and bowed to him.

Xiao Jue looked around, approached, and took out a piece of warm jade from his bosom and stuffed it to him: "Is the plague god not here? This jade is a thank you gift, it can nourish your soul."

Quickly stuffing things to him, Xiao Jue waved at him again, and left too.

As soon as he turned his head, he saw Yu Qingzi standing on the other side of the flower gallery, so he called out: "Master?"

"Yes." Yu Qingzi stepped forward.

"Master is going out?"

"There is still a lack of medicinal ingredients, I will go out for a while."

"What's missing, just let the people below buy it. Why do you have to ask Master to go there?"

"How do they know what's good or bad?" Yu Qingzi patted him on the head, "Just go back when you're done."

In the Duke's mansion, after staying with Xiao Zhi for a while, Xiao Zhi's hidden guard rushed to invite him.

"Your Majesty, a large amount of Shizhi water was found in the downtown area to the west. There was a man standing on a tall building holding a torch. Looking from a distance, he looked like the traitor Xiao Qi. The incident happened suddenly, and the officials had already entered the palace and were working diligently. Wait outside the hall."

The two looked at each other, Xu Guanchen hurriedly said: "You go back first."

Xiao Zhi got up, but said: "Let's go back together."

"Of course I'm going back when I'm done." Xu Guanchen straightened his clothes, "I'll take a carriage, slow down. You go back first, I'll follow slowly behind."

Xiao Zhi thought for a while, and finally nodded.

In front of the Duke's Mansion, the horses and carriages had already been prepared, Xiao Zhi got on the horse, looked back, and rode away.

Xu Guanchen looked at him for a while, then lifted his clothes and got into the carriage.

Eunuch Xiao Cheng followed him and told the coachman, "Don't go to the west side of the busy market, go around farther, and go to the east side."

The carriage roars.

Outside the Hall of Qinzheng, the officials knelt down on the ground.

Xiao Zhi got off his horse, straightened his clothes, and went straight into the Hall of Qinzheng.

What happened half an hour ago, the city map of Jinling was hung in the Qinzheng Hall, Xiao Zhi discussed with General Pei about the deployment, and ordered several generals to go to the West Market.

After waiting for less than a quarter of an hour, Xiao Zhi suddenly got flustered, got up from the dragon chair, and wanted to go to Funing Hall to see if Xu Guanchen was back, but was held back by the officials, so he could only send someone to check.

In just a quarter of an hour, Xu Guanchen couldn't make it back.

Xiao Zhi thought for a while, and asked General Pei to go out of the palace to have a look: "There is trouble in the west, he should go to the east. Uncle Lao will take someone to have a look, and bring him back."

General Pei said: "Guanchen is no longer a child, and there are people around him, so nothing will happen."

Even though he said that, seeing that Xiao Zhi was serious, he also took people out of the palace.

After a while, the rioters in the West Market were caught and taken outside the Palace of Qinzheng.

The trouble was over so quickly, and the officials were all relieved.

Xiao Zhi went outside to look, and the person who was pushed to the ground really looked like Xiao Qi.

It's just that as soon as he got closer, he realized that there seemed to be something wrong.

He pinched "Xiao Qi" by the neck, forcing him to raise his head.

The skin color on the face and neck of "Xiao Qi" seems to be quite different.The man was gagged and couldn't speak, so Xiao Zhi pinched his neck and looked at him a few more times.

Suddenly reacting, Xiao Zhi raised his hand, and with a "stab", he tore off half of the cock on his face.

Xiao Zhi's mind sank for a moment, his heart was in a bad mood, and he turned his head to call for people to prepare horses.

He got on the horse, raised the whip, slipped his hand, and was a little flustered, and fell to the ground with a loud noise.

Just now I came to report that there were disturbances in the west of the city, and at this time, thick smoke billowed from the east of Jinling City.