Chapter 147 Zilan(1/2)
"Is there Chai Anxi's whereabouts?"
Ying Xiang shook her head, "I have found out that the daughter of Mengji is now sending people to search for Chai Anxi's whereabouts."
Chu Zhao smiled indifferently: "Xiao Huaijin came to Jiyang just to find someone." After a pause, he asked the woman beside him: "Who is Liu Buwang?"
"I have never heard of this person's name before. It is the Martial Master Xiao on the surface."
"Where did Xiao Huaijin get his martial master?"
Ying Xiang also nodded: "But they seem to trust and value that Mr. Liu."
Chu Zhao put down the teacup in his hand: "Nothing is important. The most important thing is to find Chai Anxi before Xiao Huaijin."
"I know." After a moment, Ying Xiang hesitated: "It's just how do you plan to treat Miss He?" Although he had learned from Chu Zhao that He Yan was a girl and was prepared in his heart, it seemed that he felt real until he really saw He Yan's daughter through the window. It was really difficult to connect the petite and weak girl in front of him with the cool and cold boy in his memory.
"Don't you think it's amazing that Xiao Huaijin has a woman next to you?" Chu Zhao smiled slightly, "I really want to know how much this woman can trust him."
Yingxiang lowered her eyes and stopped talking. Only the tea in the teacup drifted out of the heat and quickly flew into the air, with no trace to be found.
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On the other end, the people in the room were sitting.
"This is the Utuan's military defense map." He Yan handed the scroll to Liu Buwang to read.
"The fourth young master in Shi Jin Bo's mansion brought news that the Uttor will attack Jiyang soon, but now I don't know whether it is true or false. Master, look at this military defense map, what's the problem?"
Liu Buying looked at it for a moment and put down the scroll in his hand: "I don't know whether this picture is true or false, but if the Utuan really wants to attack Jiyang, it will indeed start with the canal as drawn on the picture."
After all, the most important thing in Jiyang City is this canal. If the canal is cut off, it will cut off the lifeline of a city.
"Mr. Liu had said before that he was chasing the Utto people to Jiyang." Xiao Jue looked at Liu Buwang, "Can you tell me the reason?"
Liu Buying thought for a while before saying, "I will go back to Jiyang to see it every year around the Water God Festival. Before I arrived in Jiyang this year, I encountered a family massacre outside Jiyang City. Someone killed all the people in a village outside the city, put on the clothes of the people in the village, and entered the city as a fake identity. One of them escaped by chance told me about this. I thought it was an enemy seeking revenge, or killing people and robbing money. On the way to investigate, I found that several people were not from the Great Wei. These ukuleles pretending to be civilians and mixed into the city, not overnight. What I can find is a minority. I am afraid that before this, many people outside the city had been killed. There were also many ukuleles in Jiyang City who were disguised as ukuleles."
"Master, is it that there are already many ututors coming in?" He Yan asked.
Liu Buwang said, "Yes, they have been planning for a long time. They just waited for the rebellion during the Water God Festival to kidnap your highness. They just made plans to be disrupted by you by chance, so they should take action for the second time soon."
"Master Liu means that there will be war in Jiyang City soon?" Lin Shuanghe said nervously: "Isn't this place very unsafe?
"Don't worry." He Yan comforted him: "My daughter Mengji once told us that she would let the people evacuate the city in the next few days and go to a slightly safer place. Brother Lin was following the people in Jiyang City and nothing would happen."
Lin Shuanghe felt relieved, but immediately showed a righteous expression. He said, "What are you following the people in the city? Am I not the one who is greedy for life and fear of death? I naturally want to advance and retreat with my brothers and live and die together. Don't advise me, I must be with you and never live alone."
He Yan was speechless for a moment before he said to Liu Buwang: "Master, the daughter of Mengji has handed over the city gate army to the governor. Do you want to take a look?"
"Ahe, have you forgotten?" Liu Buwang felt helpless, "I only know how to set up formations and don't know how to fight."
This is true. Liu Buwang knows Qimen Dunjia and can arch, horse, sword and gun, but it is all a one-person kung fu. He Yan studied Qimen Dunjia by himself, and used the arrangement of troops to gradually develop his own rules.
"I can't fight," Liu Buwang was surprised. "Then my sister He wrote such a good military book. I thought it was a famous teacher who produced a high disciple. Why, my sister He became a self-taught master?"
He Yan smiled awkwardly: "I am extremely talented, maybe I was a female general in my previous life, so I can understand it at one point!"
Xiao Jue sneered and said nothing.
"I will continue to track down the whereabouts of those utu people in the past few days." Liu Buwang said: "If they find their heads, it may be possible to solve a lot of problems. As for Jiyang's city gate army, I will leave it to Governor Xiao." Liu Buwang looked at Xiao Jue. He now knew Xiao Jue's identity. "The number of troops in the city gate is not an advantage. Governor Xiao is too worried. The people of Jiyang will ask you to take care of you."
He seemed to have deep feelings for Jiyang, and Xiao Jue nodded.
Everyone said something about the utu. Xiao Jue will go to train the city gate army in Jiyang City from tomorrow. The time is very short, which is not easy for him. Liu Buwang continued to investigate the whereabouts of the utu. Lin Shuanghe could not count on him to do anything, just stay in Cui Mansion Ansheng and standby. As for He Yan, it became the most embarrassing one. She wanted to follow Xiao Jue to see the city gate army, but Mu Hongjin did not let her go. I wonder if anything would happen. So she copied the military defense map and planned to check it overnight to see if she could set up a new formation according to the terrain of Jiyang. If the military defense map was real, it would be twice the result with half the effort. If it was fake, it would happen that the loopholes could be found and would not be deceived.
After saying that, everyone was about to disperse. As soon as they pushed the door open, they saw a beautiful maid standing under the tree in the yard outside the door, which was Chu Zhao's personal maid Ying Xiang. She didn't know how long she had been standing here, but when she saw everyone coming out, she went straight forward and bowed to He Yan: "Miss He."
He Yan returned the gift.
"The young master has something to say to Miss He." Ying Xiang smiled and said, "I'm waiting in the front hall, does Miss He have time?"
He Yan looked back and Lin Shuanghe waved his hand slightly at her and told her not to go. Xiao Jue looked calm and could not tell anything. Seeing this, Ying Xiang smiled and said, "Young Master said that he might have had some misunderstandings with Miss He before and wanted to clarify with Miss He himself. Last time in Liangzhou Guard, he left without saying goodbye to the girl. He was very rude and hoped that the girl would not care about it. Today he would be apologized."
He Yan didn't take this little thing to leave without saying goodbye. There are so many things in Liangzhou Guard, so how can I find time to investigate these details? The young master of Shi Jin Bo's mansion remembers so clearly that he is so angry. If she takes Qiao again, she would seem a little ungrateful. Besides... He Yan really wanted to know what identity and position Chu Zhao came to Liangzhou Guard with now. Is the so-called dealing with the utuan person his or her other purpose?
Thinking of this, he happily replied: "Okay."
Lin Shuanghe's face changed drastically: "Sister He!"
"Thank you for your tolerance." Ying Xiang was overjoyed.
"Governor, I'll go and have a look first," He Yan said to Xiao Jue: "There's no need to wait for me to have dinner at night." After that, he said goodbye to Liu Buwuwong: "Master, I'll leave first."
Lin Shuanghe wanted to dissuade him a few more words, but unfortunately He Yan had already left with Ying Xiang. Liu Buwang still had something to do, so he just bowed to Xiao Jue and the others and left.
After they left, Lin Shuanghe asked Xiao Jue: "You just let her go?"
"otherwise?"
"That's Chu Zilan! Sister He didn't like him before, and she was so disappointed that she was lost. She was asked by someone to go to see the moon alone. Such a heartless person who was irresponsible actually turned around and came to find my sister He. Look at him, he must use the same trick again and use the gentle offensive to touch my sister He's daughter's heart!"
"That's not very good." Xiao Jue turned around and laughed lazily: "The liar finally got what he wanted."
"Aren't you worried?" Lin Shuanghe followed him with a fan, "If Chu Zilan saw that my sister He was so amazing, and she was so beastly, she would do anything bad to Sister He that was worse than beasts?"
Xiao Jue entered the house, poured himself a cup of tea, and said carelessly: "What misunderstanding do you have about Chu Zilan's vision? Can the scam's red makeup be worthy of the word "stunning?"
"Why isn't it amazing?" Lin Shuanghe was angry, "Xiao Huaijin, you can't compare your face with people all over the world."
Xiao Jue was too lazy to pay attention to him and said, "Besides, Chu Zilan did bad things to her?" A hint of mockery flashed through his eyes, "That guy could twist Chu Zilan's head off with bare hands. Instead of worrying about her innocence, it is better to worry about Chu Zilan."
Lin Shuanghe: “…”
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He Yan met Chu Zilan in the front hall.
When Chu Zilan saw her coming, she smiled and stood up and said, "Miss He."
"The Fourth Prince of Chu." He Yan also returned the ceremony.
It was already dark, and the night in Jiyang City was also bustling. Chu Zhao looked outside and said, "Go out for a walk?"
He Yan didn't know what he was selling in the gourd, but there were many people in Cui's mansion, so it was not convenient to speak like this. He Yan said, "Okay."
The two walked out of the mansion.
The spring night in Jiyang is already warm. Along the banks of the river, vendors are selling lanterns along the streets, with pavilions scattered in a scattered manner, and the scenery is beautiful. It can be said that "the music of the singing of the villages and alleys is combined with the society, and the day and night are connected."
But in such a gentle and prosperous night, there were countless murderous intents hidden. Under the face of the vendors with smiles, there were countless uuthors with evil intentions. Thinking of this, I felt that no matter how lively and interesting the scenery was, it became boring. He Yan couldn't help but frown.
"Miss He is angry?" Chu Zhao, who was beside him, spoke softly.
"How could it be?" She was a little surprised.
"Why did the girl frown and look so worried when she went out together?"
He Yan laughed: "No, I just thought about the Utuan, I was worried about it."
After a moment of silence, Chu Zhao said: "Miss He, don't worry, Your Highness the Princess will arrange everything, let alone Governor Xiao, right?"
He praised Xiao Jue without hesitation. He Yan was determined to test it and asked, "I thought the Fourth Master Chu and our governor were not very compatible."
"Governor Xiao has some misunderstandings about my family." Chu Zhao smiled: "However, his position is slightly different from my family. They are just their own masters."
He Yan was a little surprised.
"But on the matter of Utu, I and Governor Xiao have the same position. Miss He doesn't have to worry," Chu Zhao said: "I am from the Great Wei, so I naturally don't want to see the rivers and mountains of the Great Wei being invaded by foreign races."
He Yan nodded: "That's natural, how can there be a complete egg under the collapse of the nest? It should be consistent with the outside world."
"Are Miss He relieved when I say this?" he asked.
He Yan: "Why do you say rest assured?"
"I won't hurt Governor Xiao, and Miss He doesn't have to be wary of Governor Xiao's affairs."
He Yan laughed dryly: "Mr. Chu is worried too much, I am not wary of you."
"Is that true?" Chu Zhao smiled a little sad, "But since you met this time, you no longer called me 'Brother Chu', but called Mr. Chu Fourth, it sounds like you are deliberately drawing a clear line."
This is OK? He Yan said, "It's not true. If you think it's not good, I can call you Brother Chu back."
"Then can I call you Ahe?"
He Yan was stunned for a moment.
The young man smiled very gently, like a quiet and harmless orchid blooming in the night. On the spring night in Jiyang, his robe was fragrant and his face was handsome. The passers-by could not help but look at him, which was really noticeable. It was really hard to say anything serious to people who looked so beautiful and had a good temper. He Yan hesitated for a moment and said, "You want to call me like this, just call me like this."
A smile flashed through Chu Zhao's eyes, and He Yan continued to walk along the river bank and said, "I haven't apologized for the past with Ahe. I had made an appointment to go to Baiyue Mountain with you to have a drink on that day, but I had something to do and couldn't make the appointment. I left the next day early and didn't even have time to say goodbye to Ahe. Later, when I remembered this in Shuojing, I always felt very regretful."
"Brother Chu doesn't have to take such a small matter to heart." He Yan said: "Besides, you are not meant to be interested, so I was not angry about it." If it weren't for Chu Zhao, she wouldn't have gone to the foot of Baiyue Mountain that night, nor would she wait for Xiao Jue, and she didn't know that the person she met on the top of the mountain behind Yuhua Temple that year was Xiao Jue.
Maybe this is a blessing in disguise?
"Ahe doesn't care, it's because Ahe is broad-minded." Chu Zhao smiled slightly, "But I can't regard this as not happening, I must apologize to Ahe." He looked forward, "I'll give Ahe something."
He Yan was stunned: "What?"
Chu Zhao stretched out his hand, and a small ear lies in the palm of his palm. The ears were decorated with an extremely exquisite pomegranate flower, carved from red jade, with red tassel ears scattered on the bottom. Although the thing is small, it is very clever.
"When I was at the gate of the palace today, I saw Ahe wearing a long whip around my waist." Chu Zhao looked at her gently, "I had luckily obtained a flower spear, but I didn't know how to fight and didn't have weapons. It's a pity to put it with me. However, this flower spear is very compatible with Ahe's long whip. Ahe gave it a try and see if it would be better?"
He Yan subconsciously refused, "I will not receive any reward without merit. Brother Chu, let's forget it, and this thing doesn't look cheap." The red jade is small and transparent in color. Who knows if it will be another "hundreds of gold"? She takes a short hand in it, and she takes something here all day long and receives a "black gift" there. If she doesn't know, she thinks she is really here to cheat food and drink.
"Ahe called me 'Brother Chu', that is, it is very common for me to be friends. Besides, Ahe was worried that the flower spikes were not expensive, and the jade was fake, so Ahe didn't have to bear it. It would be useless to keep this thing here with me. Ahe didn't want it, but he disliked it, or deep in his heart, would he still regard it as an enemy?"
To be continued...