"Brother Zhu, weren't you waiting outside the city? Why did you come into the city?" Tian Meng looked at the Zhu family who jumped into the carriage and said with a stunned expression.
"Now is not the time to talk about this. When I entered the city just now, I saw Qin Jun holding Tian Mi's portrait to screen passers-by. What's going on? But what happened?" Zhu Jia said straight to the point.
"Are those Qin troops at the city gate looking for Tian Mi?" Tian Meng said in shock.
"That's so fast. What about the portrait?" Tian Meng asked.
"That portrait is exactly the same as Tian Mi." Zhu Jiadao.
"It's so troublesome." Tian Meng said.
"Brother, Brother Zhu, has the situation really reached this point?" At this time, Tian Mi heard the conversation between the two and said with a panicked expression.
Tian Mi's fear was partly feigned, out of fear that her companions would abandon her, but partly genuine, because she was really scared. In Xinzheng, no one could survive the Qin army's sword.
Escape.
"It may be worse than you think. The soldiers responsible for the screening do not look like people in the army. They are suspected of being killers. They must have a high ability to identify disguises." Zhu Jiadao.
"Tian Hu, go to the stronghold in the west of the city first. We will discuss this matter in the long run." Tian Meng's expression changed slightly. The situation was getting worse and worse.
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"Your Majesty, the peasants appeared at the east city gate, but instead of leaving the city, they went back." In the palace, Zhao Gao lowered his hands in front of Ying Zheng's writing case and said.
"You need to guard the city gate to prevent peasants from sneaking out of the city. What else was discovered?" Ying Zheng said.
"There is indeed something wrong with Miss Duanmu's teacher. This is her confession." Zhao Gao took out a roll of bamboo slips from his sleeve pocket and presented it to Ying Zhengdao.
"Is it really the teacher who betrayed me?" Duan Murong, who temporarily took Yan Lingji's place, asked with a somewhat unbelievable look.
"Yes." Zhao Gao said to Duan Murong with Ying Zheng's permission.
"Your Majesty, I want to see that bamboo slip." Duan Murong said with a pale face.
"No need, such things will dirty your eyes." Ying Zheng said.
"Your Majesty, I always have to know this. After all, I always have to grow up." Duan Murong said stubbornly.
It's not that she doesn't believe Ying Zheng's words, she just doesn't want to be reconciled. Why? Why is she the one who was betrayed?
But Ying Zheng ignored Duan Murong and threw the bamboo slips directly to Zhao Gao, saying: "After Zi Nu's side takes action, you don't have to do anything, just watch. If her side
If something goes wrong, help her fix it," Ying Zheng said.
"Your Majesty, do you want the farmer to live or die?" Zhao Gao asked.
"What do you think?" Ying Zheng said.
"The farmer's family is known as the first among hundreds of scholars. Although there is a suspicion of boasting, there is no doubt that there are many people and they are powerful. These people may be able to be used by the king." Zhao Gao said cautiously.
"Yes, if it can be used by the orphan, keep it. If not, then kill it." Ying Zheng said.
"Yes." Zhao Gao said and slowly exited the hall.
"Your Majesty, am I stupid?" Duan Murong asked Ying Zheng with a resentful expression after Zhao Gao's figure completely disappeared from the hall.
"It's not stupid." Ying Zheng said.
"Is that still stupid?" Duan Murong said sadly.
"Your stupidity is not because you lack wisdom, but because you are so naive and kind that you imagine others to be like you." Ying Zheng said.
"Innocent? Kind?" Duan Murong murmured.
"But, only children are qualified to be innocent. I will eventually grow up." Duan Murong said.
"Really? Then when you grow up, what kind of person do you want yourself to be?" Ying Zheng leaned back slightly and looked at Duan Murong beside him.
"I don't know, but I know that I can no longer be as naive as I am now." Duan Murong said.
"Then do you hate yourself now?" Ying Zheng asked.
"I don't hate it." Duan Murong said.
"Then you can always be yourself." Ying Zheng said.
"Always be yourself? Is that possible? If I hadn't met Sister Yan Lingji today, would Duan Murong still be Duan Murong?" Duan Murong said.
"Innocence and kindness are one of the most beautiful things in the world. Wouldn't it be a pity if they were lost," Ying Zheng said.
Duan Murong is naive, but this does not mean that she is ignorant. Ignorant innocence is not valuable, but very cheap, because it is stupidity.
But Duan Murong is different. She is very smart and not ignorant. She sees many things very clearly, but it is precisely because of this that her innocence becomes even more valuable.
She knows that this world is not that simple, but she has not been changed by this world, but still insists on herself.
Just like in the original trajectory, she could see many things clearly, but that did not prevent her from still maintaining her original intention and being the medical fairy of Jinghu Lake.
In Ying Zheng's impression, there are only two such girls, one is Duan Murong and the other is Nong Yu.
"Your Majesty?" Duan Murong looked at Ying Zheng with something else in his eyes.
A few years ago, she lived in Xianyang Palace for a few months, and later she often walked around Xianyang Palace because of Honglian. She heard a lot about Ying Zheng from Honglian, and she also saw it with her own eyes.
Pass.
At that time, the impression that Ying Zheng left on her was countless bamboo slips.
The bamboo slips happened to be what Duan Murong was most afraid of. Therefore, Duan Murong had a deep admiration for Ying Zheng who seemed to be able to defeat the bamboo slips.
However, as she grew older, especially after leaving Xianyang and coming to Xinzheng, some of the things she once heard from Honglian gradually changed. Things that she only thought were interesting at the time gradually showed another side in front of her.
layer color.
"Innocence does not need to be changed, what she needs is protection." Ying Zheng said.
"What innocence needs is protection?" Duanmu Rong murmured to herself.
A strange thing quietly appeared in Duanmu Rong's heart, and she felt that she seemed to understand something. What was once a hazy thing in her heart gradually showed its true appearance.
"But, who is protecting?" Duan Murong looked at Ying Zhengdao.
"There will always be someone willing to protect your innocence." Ying Zheng said.
"Is there always someone? Who could that person be? Can I really meet him?" Duan Murong asked without moving her eyes at all.
"You will meet." Ying Zheng said.
"Will I meet? Your Majesty, are you the one who protects the innocence that belongs to Sister Honglian?" Duanmu Rong asked.
"It can be said that if possible, Gu Ziran hopes that Honglian can remain innocent forever..." Ying Zheng said.
"Is it easier to deceive Sister Honglian like this?" Duan Murong suddenly smiled and said, it turns out that Duan Murong can also smile, and her smile is very beautiful.