The city defense renovation project of the official road from Jingxing to Yanmenguan is an important step before the spring march. The reason why the city defense is consolidated is to make complete preparations in case of failure. Because it is important, Xu Shilang personally led the team this time, and the project in the northern section has been completed.
After it was completed, the remaining construction projects at several checkpoints in Jingxing had the longest construction period, so Xu Qinghan set up a temporary official office in this ancestral hall.
There are more than ten members of the Ministry of Industry living in the six rooms in the front yard, and two of the six rooms in the middle courtyard are empty. They were originally the residences of two directors of the Ministry of Industry, who are now leading the construction of the city in Jinyang. Currently, only Xu Shilang and Jin
Ling, a director of the Ministry of Industry, and two guards occupied four rooms, so the "young tea merchant" who had the courage to come forward was lucky enough to be appreciated by Lord Jin and invited to stay in the ancestral hall for one night.
"Boss, why does Young Master Xu have a room by himself, and Young Master He has to share a room with us?" one of Jiang Damin's guards asked with some dissatisfaction.
Jiang Damin replied impatiently: "What nonsense are you talking about? You can show off everywhere from now on. I live in the same room with the Number One Scholar. This is much more honorable than sleeping with Xiaohong Xiaocui."
"But I still want to sleep with Xiao Cui." The man thought for a while and replied.
"Me too." Another person also said. The two of them didn't know that Xu Mu was a girl. When they heard that the four of them had to share a wooden bed, they couldn't help but complain.
"The inn is already full, so you go to the threshing floor. There are two big straw sheds there!" Jiang Damin said angrily.
"Jiang Damin, I'm not staying tonight so I came in. Mr. Xu came to chat with me for a while. He has a big house and asked me to live in the outside room." He Qizhou's words came from the window, which temporarily calmed down the three worried people.
"Let's chat, I'll go too." Jiang Damin said happily. He was about to put on his shoes and go out, but unexpectedly He Qizhou said: "Please, brother, just chat with the two brothers about Xiaohong Xiaocui."
"You're still eavesdropping. Go, go, who cares? Let's go back and chat with Mr. Xu in private..." Jiang Damin said angrily, receiving a lot of looks from He Qizhou along the way.
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"Xiaoxue, do you think I'm okay in this outfit?" He Qizhou returned to Xu Mu's room, changed into a robe, and asked after pulling it slightly flat.
"Didn't you change this in Jinyang? It has been worn for six or seven days and has not been washed. It has been worn for two or three days longer than the one you just wore." Xu Mu said.
"Isn't it gray on the road these days? Besides, the color of this suit is better." He Qizhou was still pulling hard on the corners of his clothes. It had been in the package for four days and was a little wrinkled everywhere.
"I said, both of them are cyan. This one is just a little whitewashed, not as new as the other one." Xu Mu shook his head.
"Would you like to change it back?"
"Are you going or not? Don't you still have me? If you don't dare to go, just go back to Jiang Damin."
"Walk!"
"Master Jin, you can go too, that's good." As soon as the two of them went out, they saw Jin Ling walking out of the wing next to Xu Qinghan.
"What good?"
"It's nothing, it's nothing. I feel very cordial with you." He Qizhou always felt that there was an unspeakable pressure in facing Xu Qinghan alone.
“It really deserves its reputation.”
"What's wrong?"
"You are very good at talking. You dared to make Shi Lan speechless when you first entered the Jinluan Palace. I'm afraid there are not many people in this world who can stand your deception."
"Master Jin, look at what you said, I wasn't speaking righteously. Hey, do you know who I am?" He Qizhou said awkwardly. "I really think they are fools! Dad..." Xu Mu interrupted.
, as soon as the three of them walked to the room in the middle of the west wing, Xu Qinghan heard the sound and opened the door, as if he had already been waiting behind the door.
"Come in. Why are you so thin..." Xu Qinghan welcomed the person into the house, her voice choked.
"It's much better now. That's called skinny in the snowy mountains..." Before He Qizhou could finish his words, Xu Mu kicked him hard in the butt.
"Why are you so crazy!" Seeing Xu Mu making a move, Jin Ling shouted in a low voice.
"It's my fault, I'm not good, I shouldn't let you two worry." He Qizhou woke up immediately, but Xu Mu couldn't help being sad anymore, tears burst out of his eyes, and he threw himself into Jin Ling's arms and sobbed silently.
"Let's talk in the back room." Xu Qinghan wiped the corners of his eyes and let the three of them enter his dormitory. This way, his words would not be overheard.
After the four of them sat down, He Qizhou secretly reminded himself to ask questions, answer questions, and never speak randomly again. Jin Ling was still comforting Xiaoxue, so it was Xu Qinghan who spoke: "Mr. He, I owe you a lot, little girl."
Only then can we return safely..."
"Sir Xu, it was Xiaoxue who saved me, otherwise I wouldn't have become like this after being hit by that poisonous dart." As soon as He Qizhou said this, he immediately wanted to slap himself, why did he bring it up again.
"Master He, you don't have to be too modest. It's not easy to bring your little girl back all the way." Xu Qinghan felt inexplicably angry when he heard that his silly girl sacrificed his life for the second time to save He Qizhou, who had a lotus-like mouth.
When He Qizhou heard that something was wrong in the atmosphere, he blamed himself for saying the wrong thing and didn't know how to reply. Fortunately, Jin Ling came to the rescue and said: "Master He, there are no outsiders here, how can you call me an adult? Brother Qinghan, you are the same, both of them."
How could you be so cold-hearted in thanking me for supporting me all the way? He Qizhou, Xiaoxue, you should tell me how you got here."
"Say." Xiaoxue finally stopped crying. During the last few days at the hot spring in the snow mountain, all she could think about was to see her parents and brothers again.
"Oh, then I said, Xu, no, uncle, and Jin, Uncle Jin, I set off from Luoyang at that time..."
"Why didn't you say start from Jiangling?" Xu Muxue said angrily.
"Oh, I set off from Jiangjun County that day..."
"Pah!" Xu Mu couldn't help but slap He Qizhou on the head again, and said, "Let's start with entering the Altai Mountains!"
"Okay, I got it, I got it." He Qizhou didn't know how he could become so stupid. After stammering at the beginning, he gradually brought his thoughts back to the time when Anxi Racecourse first entered the desert, and scenes appeared in front of him again.
I don’t know why, but I seem to have a natural feeling of trust in the people in the room. Even the matter of killing Gan Xing was explained in detail. The more I talked about it, the smoother and more emotional I became. I just felt that I
His words flowed like a river, and his words were so direct that Xu Qinghan and Jin Ling were frightened and dumbfounded.
Xu Mu was not idle either, adding some words of embarrassment from time to time. Anyway, she always said good things about He Qizhou, saying how brave and upright she was. She already had a vague feeling in her heart that her father did not accept He Qizhou as much as she imagined.
Perhaps Muxue didn't know that the more she described He Qizhou as brave and fearless, the more her father would reject this boy who was good at everything.
It was louder at midnight, and the two of them had almost finished talking about their experiences in an enemy country. Xu Qinghan patted He Qizhou on the shoulder and said, "That's it for today. You are injured and tired from the journey, so you should rest early."
"Okay, uncle." He Qizhou felt happy when he saw that the other party did not behave like an adult.
"Brother Qinghan, we are leaving too."
"Well, I won't see you off anymore. Go to rest early."
"Okay, don't do it too late." Jin Ling said.
After the two left, He Qizhou lay on the small couch in the outer room. He saw that there were many candle shadows in the inner room, and Xu Qinghan was still reviewing the documents on the case. It seemed that they were reports from various checkpoints. Although he wanted to accompany Mr. Xu,
But he didn't dare to knock on the door and enter. After just a moment, his eyelids felt heavy and he fell asleep.
"Come to my room." Jin Ling, who walked out of Xu Qinghan's room, took Xu Muxue's hand and said.
"Um."
"My child, I'm really sorry for you." After entering Jin Ling's room, Xu Mu fell into the middle-aged man's arms again.
"mother……"
"Stop crying, Mom wants to ask you, have you thought about it?"
"Um."
"Okay, Mom supports you! Only when you truly face my death can you realize the value of life; and only when you truly fall in love with someone can you be willing to stay with me through life and death. He Qizhou is a good boy." Jin Ling stroked her daughter's head. Xu Muxue kept saying it
Under the turban that I dared not take off, there was a head full of dead hair, except for the two inches at the root, which miraculously grew glossy black hair.
Jin Ling is Zhang Ling, Xu Muxue, Zhang Mufeng's mother, Zhang Luyao's junior sister, and Zhang Zhiren's daughter.
"Mom, why don't you show your true colors to He Qizhou?"
"Your father asked me to take another look."
"I'm worried about my father..."
"I will persuade him."
…
When He Qizhou woke up, he found that it was already bright and there was someone in the back room. It was Jin Ling who was stuffing letters written by Xu Qinghan into envelopes one by one.
"You're awake, go have breakfast quickly, Xiaoxue is waiting for you in the room." Xu Qinghan said.
"Okay, uncle, you didn't sleep all night?"
"It's okay, go ahead."
"Oh, I'm leaving then." He Qizhou could hear that Xu Qinghan's voice was lacking some vitality, and his mood improved for a moment.
"Oh, I stayed up late again. This world is not yours. Can you handle it? Don't go to work this afternoon. I'll let Xiaoxue stay here for two more days." Zhang Ling said while stuffing the envelope.
"No, forget it, forget it, let's rest for a long time. The last batch of money from the Ministry of Finance should arrive today." Xu Qinghan kept writing and said with his head lowered.
"You don't like this kid?" Zhang Ling asked.
"Where is it?"
"Why do you have such a long face?"
"I actually admire him very much. I also want to recommend him to the emperor. But..."
"But you don't want to promise your daughter to him?"
"Um."
"Why?"
"He, his situation is too difficult. If you don't marry him, it's for his own sake."
"How to say?"
"You know."
"I want you to say."
Xu Qinghan put down the pen in his hand and said in a deep voice:
"He is the adopted son of Yang Zheng, and most of the royal family wants him to die! He has offended the Jin Yiwei and the Jiangnan Chen family again! Now it seems that he is destined to join the army in the future. With the emperor's reward, Helian Changying, Tianlong Sect,
Qinglong Temple will soon understand who ruined their good deeds. If the war starts, he will become the enemy's most wanted target like Yang Zheng! But he is far from Yang Zheng's ability."