Si Tian Guan

Chapter 192

Counting the days, it has been a long time since I left Beijing.

Although the three of them persuaded Qu Shenzhou to recuperate for a few more days, but he still had something on his mind and couldn't sleep well. Others could only follow his wishes.

Fortunately, An Ning was traveling with them, and they were well prepared with soup, medicine, water and food, and they also found horses to escort them to Shimao County.

It's just that Qu Chenzhou was still a little weak, unable to ride a horse alone, and he was too embarrassed to sit in Liu Chongming's arms in front of the two of them, so he just sat behind and hugged Liu Chongming's waist.

"Shen Zhou, I thought about it for a long time last night." Liu Chongming held his thin wrist with one hand, held the rein with one hand, and said to him sideways: "The "turning point" you said before has been vague, maybe it's because more than one turnaround. "

Qu Chenzhou gently pressed his head against his back, it was warm and firm but also comfortable against the wind, so he didn't want to speak, he pinched his hand twice, motioning him to continue talking.

"Get the wood essence, and the emperor will have an explanation. Have you thought about what you want the emperor to reward you?"

"Don't make a fuss, it's important to stabilize the emperor first if you talk about these things now."

Qu Chenzhou closed his eyes, listening to the wind blowing past his ears on one side, and the powerful and real heartbeat on the other side.

He knew that now should not be the time to think wildly, and he could even think of more about the several turning points that Liu Chongming said...

In addition to Mu Jing, this trip to Shimao County may also have unexpected gains.

With Ding Lekang's death, the position to lead the Jinwu Guard was vacated, which was not only a blow to King Huai, but also an opportunity for them.

The butterfly An Ning gave him was still lying quietly in his arms.

"Take it, sir."

This was the first time he knew that a butterfly made of wood could fly. Even if he saw it with his own eyes, he thought he was dreaming for a while.

"Sir, Yanshi seldom communicate with the outside world, and it is inconvenient to disrupt the balance of the outside world, so we can only help you once. We can do it all, but remember, only once."

Qu Chenzhou lightly pressed the butterfly with his fingers, although there was only one chance, the six thousand Yanshi behind An Ning were enough to eliminate his serious worries.

In addition, he knew that at this time in the capital, the queen mother who had no way out was desperately trying to kill her, causing a great commotion.

Maybe everything is their turn.

Or, this turning point is about the relationship between him and Chongming.

As soon as he thought of this, he couldn't help but think that if one day, that wish to walk freely in the world can be realized.

Before the touch came up, Liu Chongming suddenly raised his hand to rein in the horse. He was caught off guard, and his whole body stuck to Liu Chongming's body, hugging him tightly.

"what's up?"

Liu Chongming didn't answer, but squeezed his hands tightly as if he was afraid that he would fall, clamped his horse's belly, and didn't run very far, the speed dropped sharply, and he rushed forward again involuntarily, hitting his forehead on his back.

"Liu Chongming!"

He finally found out that he was being tricked, and he was ashamed and annoyed, but his hands and feet were weak, and he didn't even have the strength to pinch someone.

"Sit in the front, okay?"

Liu Chongming laughed loudly, although he was asking, but before anyone answered, he turned around quickly, pulled his arms back, hugged him to his chest, and held him in his arms.

"Shen Zhou, when all the dust settles, I will accompany you wherever you want to go."

Before he could say anything, a kiss landed on his forehead, as if it was just a bumpy touch.

"If you want to be free, I am willing to wait until you come back."

Perhaps it was the horse's jolting that consumed energy, Qu Chenzhou tilted his head, and slowly stretched his curled hands together behind Liu Chongming's waist.

The heartbeat in his ear was faster, he listened for a moment, and asked softly, "Are you afraid?"

Liu Chongming lowered his head and glanced into his arms, his habitually brave words became frank: "Yes, I'm afraid, and I'm also looking forward to it."

Afraid to think about what happened here, looking forward to finding a turning point.

His brother's name used to be his taboo, and he never thought that one day he could restrain himself so calmly.Maybe it's only him like this that his father can rest assured that he can let him go and do anything.

Although it is under the jurisdiction of Shimao County, apart from the bustling town, there are few people in other places and the land is vast. It is common for there to be only a few families within a few miles.

Even without a map, the location of that family has long been familiar.

They got off their horses on the official road and walked south along the hillside. They could faintly see the traces of the dirt road that once existed, but it was covered with weeds because no one walked for too long.

It took only a cup of tea to move forward, and the wooden door and roof covered by the grass were clearly visible.

The land in the yard is all fine soil that has been turned over. Although there are weeds, they are not as nowhere as outside.

This is an ordinary courtyard, with seven rooms on the left and right, two courtyards on the front and the back, and green brick and tile houses. It seems that life is affluent.

Judging from the traces of the layout, some chickens and ducks were once raised, some of the rooms were used by the family, and two rooms were empty, but there were traces of nails on the walls. Judging from the height, calligraphy and paintings were once hung, which seems to be a study.

Liu Chongming walked in front, opened the wooden door stuck by moss, and looked inside.

"Nothing at all."

Indeed, there is nothing, it is obviously a place where people have lived, there are no household utensils, clothes, bedding, or even firewood and agricultural tools that should be piled up in the yard.

This courtyard seems to have just been built, but no one has lived in it.

An Ning said to help them look around, and took Yan Guiqi out.

Qu Chenzhou sat down by the well, and glanced at the well that had dried up: "The barrel is still there, and they have some details that they haven't had time to clean up."

The rope tied to the barrel was rotten. Liu Chongming fished it out, but the barrel below was sunk in the wet well mud. With a little force, the well rope broke.

"Shen Zhou, after we found this place, my father and I thought about it for a long time, and determined that my brother must have come here back then, and something happened."

"It is very likely that he accidentally saw Mu Jingyan when he was passing by, and Mu Jingyan wants to take Zhou Huaishan away, it is a dark matter, no matter whether my brother really knows what happened here, Mu Jingyan will not worry about it risk."

He also sat down on the well platform, looked at the empty yard, and pinched his flesh with his fingertips to calm himself down.

"From here to Dingling Hill, it won't even take one night to go on a fast horse."

"Mu Jingyan is afraid that someone will find this place according to the map, so whether his brother was chased to the vicinity of Dingling Hill and killed, or transported to Dingling Hill after he was killed, it is his reason to spread the fog."

"It's a pity that we didn't think of this at all when we interrogated those bandits back then. All our attention was placed on Dingling Hill."

He held back his breath.

A hand got into his palm, preventing him from pinching himself any further.

He grasped it tightly, as if grasping a stable stone pillar in a strong wind, and settled down steadily.

"How did those people die?" Qu Chenzhou asked.

"A bandit? At that time, I was afraid that someone would cause trouble behind my back, so I specifically mentioned it to another courtyard. Unfortunately..."

Liu Chongming was ashamed of his former self.

It's a pity that he still didn't keep it. He was young at that time, and even thought that he was too aggressive. It wasn't until he gradually came to his senses now that he realized that it was King Huai who killed him.

Qu Shenzhou clenched his hand tightly.

"There must have been a fight here. Although it is not ruled out that things were taken by the neighbors, but the cleaning is so clean, I guess it is because many things are stained with blood and scratches."

"I just asked An Ning and the others to go to the back mountain to have a look. They can't take the things away, at most they throw them in the ravine."

Liu Chongming hummed lightly.

Everyone around him is doing their best to help him, but everyone knows that even if he comes here in person and sees what happened to his brother, so what?

King Huai was cautious, how could he leave any loopholes for them?

Fortunately, after a while, the two of them, An Ning, did not return empty-handed, and thanks to Yan's return date, otherwise no one would be able to bring things up from the cliff.

The utensils with bloodstains and blade scratches had been confirmed to be correct, but what they brought back were five dead bones, one big and four small.

Even if it's not a work, the gender and age of these people can be seen from the clothes.

"According to the household registration yellow book recorded in Shimao County, Zhou Huaishan married his wife Zhang under the pseudonym Qin Hua." As if unwilling to give up, Liu Chongming wrapped his hands in a handkerchief and went to turn over the bones.

The woman still had a knife wound on her ribs, one can imagine how the knife pierced her chest back then.

"Have four sons, aged 17, 14, [-], and [-]."

He walked slowly past the four skeletons whose stature was getting smaller, and sighed softly, not knowing what he was expecting before he came.

Perhaps it was because although there were thrills along the way, he was able to save himself from danger many times, which brought him a little unrealistic hope.

I hope that God will bless you, and I hope that Mu Jingyan will leave some useful people for him when he has a secret.

After all, it is still a luxury.

He looked at the gazes that fell on him, not wanting to make the disappointment look too obvious, he just smiled: "Go to town and have a good rest."

The busiest town in Shimao County is not that big either.

After landing here, the trip out of Beijing is almost over, and it's time to go back and report.

Next, you only need to ask the local county magistrate to inform the Dinglingqiu prefecture to come and pick him up, and everything will be safe.

Liu Chongming and An Ning bid farewell to each other, went to the inn to open a room, asked Xiao Er to bring hot water for bathing, and then sat down on the armchair beside the bed.

Although the street outside the window is not full of traffic, there are often pedestrians coming and going.

He glanced at it twice, only to feel irritable, and took something out of his arms, only to hear the water behind the screen flicker twice, and the sound stopped.

"Shen Zhou, what are you thinking?"

The person inside poured a ladle of water before slowly opening his mouth: "I forgot to ask, what did Zhou Huaishan say to you before?"

Liu Chongming got up suddenly, he didn't have the heart to worry about anything else.

Regarding his sudden intrusion, Qu Chenzhou didn't seem to notice, looked down at the edge of the barrel, and asked again: "Sanfu...what did you say to you?"

That was their previous knot, and this was the first time Qu Shenzhou took the initiative to talk about it.

Liu Chongming squatted down by the tub, his gaze was nowhere to hide.

"He said everything," he said angrily, "that you are a little liar..."

"If it's him who lied to you!" Qu Chenzhou suddenly became angry, and poured a ladle of water on his head.

"If he lied to you! You really jumped into his trap, right?! He just said a few words and let you find a dead end! You worked hard to get on the throne, and you are just so successful!"

Water droplets flowed down the forehead and hair, over the bridge of the eyebrows and nose, and Liu Chongming looked at him through the water droplets.

"I've never cared about that position, you know who I'm for."

Qu Shenzhou's violently heaving breath stagnated, and he turned his face sideways.

"Shen Zhou, these days I have already thought very clearly. From the past to the present, I have always been in your calculations."

"If you make me love you, I can only give you my heart. If you make me hate you, I can't help hating you to the extreme. You are too familiar with me, and I have no power to fight back in front of you."

Qu Chenzhou bit his lower lip, and asked awkwardly after a while: "Do you hate me?"

Liu Chongming put his arms around his shoulders, watching the water surface between them gradually become narrow, and finally their foreheads touched each other.

"I don't hate you, and I can't compare to your exquisite mind."

"If I had agreed with you to be a Sitian officer, you wouldn't have to suffer so much. So from now on, I will not disobey any order you give me. Even if you ask me to die, I will be willing."

"I just want to beg you, don't hide anything from me. I am willing to be a pawn in your hand, but I don't want to know nothing and watch you abuse yourself.

"I have carefully considered Sanfu's words. We haven't seen each other for nearly ten years. I actually don't know what you have become."

"But you're dead, and I have nothing to worry about in this world. If you're willing to gamble with yourself, so am I."

"Even if the hope is slim, I want you to live."

Qu Shenzhou suddenly withdrew his hand, and suddenly buried his head under the water, shaking like a dead leaf.

Liu Chongming stepped into the bathtub and wrapped the silently crying person in his arms.

Many words finally had a chance to be spoken today, and he was relieved to be relieved of a heavy burden.

"Little liar, even if you go to hell this time, I will follow you and never let you leave me behind."

His long wet hair was floating and tangled in the water, and he curled a strand to stick to his lips.

"You are my wife, forever and ever..."

The neck was bent down under the pressure of the intertwined wrists, and the wet and hot lips touched his Adam's apple, biting thinly with the sound of whimpering, groping for his kiss.

His eager and pious search collided with the anxious longing in his bosom, and the water in the barrel splashed all over the ground, and no one paid attention to it.

They are like mandarin ducks who have just fallen in love, and they seem to be separated in the next moment. They frantically want to swallow each other into their stomachs.

Liu Chongming's clothes were ripped open, and seeing that hand tearing off the shirt in a disorderly manner, he couldn't help taking a sip on his soft earlobe.

"What's the hurry, I'll do it myself."

He turned over and pressed the man against the edge of the bucket, buried his head on the smooth shoulder and neck, lightly gnawed on the butterfly bone, pointed his fingers on the back, and slid down along the smooth ridge along with the water drops.

"Don't be afraid, I will treat you well."

Qu Chenzhou closed his eyes, as if kneeling unsteadily in the water, he turned around and grabbed him, sobbing in a low voice: "Did Sanfu tell you... I was once..."

"I know, I know," Liu Chongming held his arms tighter, as if he was afraid that people would melt away like this: "Shen Zhou, I will protect you this time, don't be afraid."

"Why don't you come! Why don't you come!" Qu Chenzhou suddenly bit his arm, crying bitterly in his mouth: "Chongming...I hate you so much...I hate you so much..."

"Little liar, I hate you too."

Liu Chongming withdrew his hand from the warmth, bent down, and was intimate with others in the warm tolerance.

"I love you too..."