After complimenting each other, they both laughed.
"The prince has ordered that my officer be reinstated to his post. It is getting late now, so I will leave the capital and return to Yanzhou." Yang He said after smiling.
"Master Yang, have a nice journey." Liu Yunxiang said and looked at Feng Zheng, "Feng Zheng, are you going back to Yanzhou with Master Yang?"
Feng Zheng looked at Yang He, then shook his head, "Master Yang asked me to stay with you."
Liu Yunxiang smiled, "If you want to go to Yanzhou with Mr. Yang, go ahead. I have Zijin with me."
"Yes, I can protect my girl." Zijin pouted.
Feng Zheng snorted, "You are good at martial arts, but you have no brains."
"You have no brain!"
"Who was deceived by a human trafficker and a meat bun?"
"Me, so what if I was cheated, I can escape anyway."
"Haha, if it weren't for me, your hands and feet would be disabled."
Zijin was choked and couldn't speak, so he could only run away angrily.
"What are you doing stupidly? Go chase that girl!" Yang He urged Feng Zheng.
Feng Zheng scratched the back of his head, "Why should I chase her?"
"Hey, you are just doing this to me for nothing, you are not enlightened at all!"
Liu Yunxiang covered her mouth and smiled. She didn't know whether Feng Zheng could get his mind straight, but Yang He's eyes were really poisonous. She also found that there was something unusual between Zi Jin and Feng Zheng, but they were still young and could talk slowly and gradually strengthen each other.
When sending Yang He off, Yang He also solemnly asked Liu Yunxiang to pay more attention to Feng Zheng's marriage.
"The Feng family is like this."
"Old Minister Feng is a righteous man. All the men in the Feng family are good. I will take good care of Feng Zheng."
After hearing Liu Yunxiang's words, Yang He felt relieved.
During dinner, Yan Mu still didn't come back and had been away from home for several days.
"His Royal Highness sent a message saying that he will not return home tonight. He asked you to rest early and go out less recently." The housekeeper came over and told Liu Yunxiang.
Liu Yunxiang sighed, "Lu Changan is trapped in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing. This is not a long-term solution. The most important thing is Beijin's attitude."
If Beijin is willing to form an alliance with Da Rong, then Xi Yue will agree to the alliance if the situation changes. She and Leng Yuxie do have some friendship, but when it comes to state affairs, they have different positions, so it is better not to talk about their private friendship.
Yan Mu has already sent an envoy to Beijin. She has prepared some specialties from Da Rong for the envoy to take to Leng Yuxie. Anyway, the messenger is short-handed, so he can take care of it.
A banquet was set up in the backyard of the Governor's Mansion. When Yan Mu passed by, Zhu Qingjia had already arrived.
Due to his failure to suppress the Nanzhou riots, he was dismissed from his post and is now idle at home. When Yan Mu walked over, he stood up and saluted.
"General Zhu, the king summoned you to court a few days ago. I originally wanted you to be reinstated, but your palace said that you are ill. You are very ill and can no longer lead troops to fight." Yan Mu looked up and down as he spoke. Zhu Qingjia said, "Tsk, I was still thinking of sending you off when you were buried. After all, we are brothers. Now it seems that I have overthought it."
Zhu Qingjia's face darkened, "Your Majesty, please keep this in mind so that ordinary people will not die of illness."
"Then we can still fight."
“There are many talented people in the DPRK.”
"They are all no match for you."
"Your Highness is joking."
When Yan Mu saw Zhu Qingjia's expression of indifference, he smiled and sat down on the seat next to him.
"May the general take a seat as well."
Zhu Qingjia deliberately sat down two seats away, then lowered his head and remained silent.
"Do you still remember the daughter Hong I buried at the root of the wall? I remember I buried six jars, but there are still two jars left. Could it be that I remembered it wrong?" Shangguan Xu came over with two jars of wine.
Yan Mu coughed dryly, "I remember it was two jars."
"Two altars?" Shangguan Xu looked at Zhu Qingjia again, "Boss, do you remember how many altars I buried?"
Zhu Qingjia pursed her lips and said, "Just two altars."
After saying that, he and Yan Mu looked at each other, each feeling a little guilty.
At this time Zhou Lihuai came, with a cheerful face and carrying two brocade boxes.
"Father, this is my birthday gift to you!"
Shangguan Xu accepted it happily, "You still have the intention, some people come here empty-handed."
"Who is so ignorant?"
"What do you think?"
Zhou Lihuai looked back and saw Yan Mu and Zhu Qingjia. He realized that he had said something wrong and quickly changed his words: "This is informal."
"You have been the most well-behaved and sensible since you were a child."
Zhou Lihuai scratched his head and said sheepishly, "The other brothers are also sensible."
Shangguan Xu chuckled, obviously not agreeing with this statement.
Everyone was seated. There were only four people sitting at the huge table, which looked empty.
"I, Shangguan Xu, have adopted seven adopted sons. The second and third children have passed away, and the sixth child is still in Luzhou. Now you three are the only ones here." Shangguan Xu said and sighed.
Yan Mu sneered: "Thanks to my adoptive father for showing mercy, otherwise I would have passed away."
Shangguan Xu sighed again, "My foster father has indeed done a lot of things that I can't forgive you for."
As he spoke, Shangguan Xu poured two bowls of wine, placed one bowl in front of Yan Mu, and raised the other, "My foster father will apologize to you here."
At that moment, he raised his head and drank the bowl of wine.
However, Yan Mu pushed the wine aside, took a new bowl and poured himself a bowl, "We all have different positions, so we all use our own methods."
As he spoke, he drank the bowl of wine in his hand.
"You can't forgive your adoptive father because he is old?"
"You are older and thicker-skinned."
Shangguan Xu sat back with a click of his tongue, "That's all. When I die, I won't lack you as a wake-up call."
"Yes, there are two more."
Zhou Lihuai wanted to liven up the atmosphere, but seeing that Zhu Qingjia lowered his head and said nothing, he had to do it. He glanced around and suddenly remembered something.
"Father, you keep saying that we have seven brothers and a fourth brother, but we have never seen him."
"What did I tell you before?" Shangguan Xu asked.
Zhou Lihuai twitched the corner of his mouth, "You said that the fourth brother was recruited by the King of Hell to do ghost work."
"Did I say that?"
"We guess he may be dead, but you said he is not dead."
Shangguan Xu nodded, "He is not dead. There are probably not many people in the world who can kill him."
"What about others?"
"He..." Shangguan Xu suddenly looked at the door of the courtyard, then smiled, "He's here."
he came?
They looked towards the entrance of the courtyard, but saw that it was pitch black and could not see anything. But at this time, there was a gust of wind, which was so cold that Zhou Lihuai couldn't help but shudder. He turned around and was about to ask Shangguan Xu, when he saw an extra person at the table.
"Ah! There's a ghost!"
Zhou Lihuai screamed in fright, stood up and took two steps back.
This man arrived so silently, and he was dressed in black, as if he was impermanent.
"Oh, what are you afraid of? If I wanted to kill you, you would all be dead right now. Oh, that's not the case. At least His Highness the Crown Prince is smart and quick."
This sound was somewhat arrogant. After Zhou Lihuai calmed down his heartbeat, he looked at Yan Mu and saw that he had indeed drawn his sword. But after seeing the person clearly, he suddenly smiled.
"Your Highness is not surprised?" the man in black asked.
Yan Mu snorted coldly, "I'm not surprised either."
"oh?"
"There is a killer who tried to kill the Crown Princess over and over again, but failed. It's not that the killer is not skilled enough, but..." Yan Mu looked at the man in black, his eyes sharp, "This killer is afraid of hurting Qu Moran, so Just failed again and again.”
