When Jiang Xuening went out, she didn't even dare to take a second look at the sword book standing outside. Taking advantage of the dark sky, she went back to the house and directly pulled off the dirty dress. If it's not good, she just put it in the house and left it for the maid to come After tidying up, he simply threw it into the water basin, soaked until there were no traces before subsiding.

Just lying in bed, most of the night did not fall asleep.

The next day the servant girl came in to take care of the wash, and she was a little surprised to see that her clothes from yesterday were all soaked in the basin. Jiang Xuening only said that she drank too much when she came back last night, and she didn't pay attention to put her clothes away. The maids naturally didn't think much about it.

After the border war ceased, You Fangyin and Ren Weizhi planned to leave Xinzhou on another day. It's just a trip here, and there are some native customs at the border, so you might as well take some back and do business by the way. So I came to ask Jiang Xuening early in the morning if I would like to go shopping in the market together and see the scenery of Guanzhong.

Jiang Xuening was upset.

Originally, I finally made up my mind last night and wanted to explain it to Xie Wei. However, without saying a word, such a thing happened, it is simply ridiculous! If it wasn't for waking up early in the morning and seeing the dress soaked in the water basin and the faint tooth marks on the side of her neck, she would have thought it was her audacity to even dare to dream this kind of dream .

It's just that the plan was also disrupted.

She is well aware of Xie Wei's ability and her own situation, the longer it drags on, the more she will be trapped in a vortex and it will be difficult to get out.

When You Fangyin came to look for her, she just asked herself to leave the General's Mansion, which had become a little stuffy for some reason, and go to the market to take a breath, relax, and think about it.

So the two went out together.

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year after the festival, the market is full of joy, the shops are full of things, and there are people going out to play everywhere.

On the tall city tower, Xie Wei and Lu Xian saw the situation of the camp outside the city from a distance, then walked back.

Although it has entered the New Year, the wind is still cold.

It's just that Lu Xian felt that Xie Ju'an's mood was not affected by the cold wind when he was talking, his eyes were clear and distant, and his expression was calm. Compared with the melting moon hanging high in the sky, it was like the light wind blowing in the catkin pond.

He looked behind him, but he didn't see Dao Qin, and couldn't help but said: "I got up early this morning and heard that Dao Qin arrested a girl last night, trained her for a long time, and cried miserably. You’re going to be locked up in prison for several days, what happened, what did you do?”

Xie Wei raised his eyebrows lightly.

He glanced back at Lu Xian, and said, "Daoqin is more withdrawn and likes to be serious with others, so I guess I offended him."

Lu Xian: "..."

Can you answer more perfunctorily? I **** believe you have ghosts!

He simply stopped asking, and took a look around first, seeing no one was around, and then said: "Now that the imperial court has sent Zhou Yinzhi here, it counts as our army, what are you going to do?"

Shen Lang is really not bad at the emperor's mind.

Although it is not used on the right path, it can be used on such crooked paths, and it is enough to deal with ordinary people.

Unfortunately, Xie Wei is not an ordinary person.

He looked down at the bricks of the city wall in front of him, stretched out his hand to touch the traces of swords and swords left over the years, and said: "Now that he is here to summon security, the generals of Xinzhou City are more or less leading the army, and it is not easy to rebel once the flag is raised. Right now is not the best time. But..."

Lu Xian said: "Do you have a plan?"

Xie Wei withdrew his hand, looked at the fine lines on his palm, and said: "The Heavenly Sect has not made a move yet, Wan Xiuzi has been planning for these years, how can he miss the right time? The mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind. There is no rush."

As the words were being spoken, there was a sudden movement below.

The two turned their heads to look, and it was Zhou Yinzhi who came up from below.

Soldiers on both sides saluted him.

However, he saw Xie Wei and Lu Xian standing here at a glance, and after a moment of surprise, he stepped forward: "Your Majesty, I have seen Young Master Xie. I came here in a hurry yesterday, and it was time for the celebration banquet, so I didn't have time to talk about business. I don't want to." I was about to find General Yan Lin, and now I ran into you."

Xie Wei said, "Do you have business to do?"

Zhou Yinzhi's eyes flickered slightly, and he smiled when he looked at him: "I heard that it has been more than a month since His Royal Highness the eldest princess was rescued. Previously, her body needed to rest, but now her highness is well. The Holy Majesty wants to take her back to Beijing. And you and General Yan Lin's attack on Tatar, rescued the princess, made Tatar submit to our dynasty, weakened its strength, and saved the border wars in the next few years. The Ministry of Rituals is already drawing up the documents for sealing, but I don’t know when will you and General Yan leave?”

There are 100,000 soldiers stationed at the border, and the capital is beyond reach, but if you want to go back, you will have to enter the enemy's belly with your bare hands.

Who dares to take such a risk?

Xie Wei felt that Zhou Yinzhi's words were more probing, but he didn't panic. Instead, he glanced around first, and then looked at Zhou Yinzhi, lowered his voice, and sighed softly: "Master Zhou, the court is really serious. Gently forgive this matter?"

Zhou Yinzhi's expression suddenly froze: "You are..."

Xie Wei's face was bitter: "The Yan family was found to have colluded with King Pingnan's rebellious party, and held grudges against the Holy Majesty and the court. It seems that Yan Lin raised his troops to save the princess at the border. It is a righteous act praised by the common people, but don’t you and I know that the Holy Majesty never issued that so-called transfer order? After arriving in Xinzhou, Xie knew something was wrong. Unfortunately, it was too late, and the military power had already fallen into the hands of the thieves One is for self-protection, the other is for the overall situation, and the third is for the common people, so they made a false and submissive strategy, first helping him to accomplish things, and then waiting for the news from the court. It's just that Mr. Zhou came here alone, and he was talking and laughing with him during the banquet yesterday. It's very puzzling. I don't know, what is the court's plan?"

Lu Xian beside him wanted to laugh.

Zhou Yinzhi never expected Xie Wei to have such a rhetoric.

After he arrived in Xinzhou, he also asked around, almost preconceived that Xie Wei also participated in the coercion and treason at the border. After all, based on what he knew when he served Jiang Xuening in the past, and the fact that he had not had much contact with the court in the past two years, he never dared to underestimate Xie Wei, and was even more afraid of him than others.

However, Xie Wei actually said that the relationship with Yan Lin was false.

Zhou Yinzhi's heart raced suddenly, and he couldn't tell the truth from the fake at the moment, but he also experienced ups and downs in Jinyiwei, and now he is considered a character, and he knows how to talk nonsense when he sees people talking about people.

Then he gave a wry smile.

With a low tone, he said: "It turns out that the young teacher also has difficulties, so I thought, the Holy One regards you as a teacher, as his right-hand man, it shouldn't be like this. It's just as you said, the matter is a foregone conclusion, in fact It’s hard to turn things around, so it’s better to make mistakes and see the situation. Or, do you have other ideas?”

Xie Wei closed his eyes, the brilliance flowed, he was silent for a while, and shook his head: "The enemy is strong and we are weak, there is no good plan for suffering."

Zhou Yinzhi continued: "The matter of returning to Beijing..."

Xie Wei glanced at the archery tower built on top of the urn inside the city tower, and said: "Yan Shizi called all the generals who led the army in the city to discuss matters in the archery tower, but thanked a certain civil servant, so it is inconvenient to sit in and attend. Lord Zhou came just in time , why don't you go to find out what's going on first, and I'll make a plan later?"

Zhou Yinzhi also looked at the archery tower, but couldn't help but ponder.

To Xie Wei's words, he couldn't even believe thirty percent.

I'm afraid that if I believe too much, I will end up in a situation beyond redemption; I'm even more afraid of falling into someone's trap, or accidentally revealing some secrets that shouldn't be said, which will bring about death for myself.

Lu Xian was like a bright mirror, he naturally knew that Xie Wei's words were not true, but he was just trying to confuse Zhou Yinzhi, so he felt happy. But seeing Zhou Yinzhi's words, he seemed to be afraid of the feeling of being surrounded by others, so he moved a step by himself, wanting to avoid it.

Unexpectedly, he took a step and saw the figure below.

At that moment, he subconsciously blurted out: "Miss You?"

You Fangyin was accompanying Jiang Xuening to visit a local tea plantation in Xinzhou City. She just bought two taels of tea and was going to go back to see if it was different from her own. How could she expect to be called suddenly?

Following the voice, the two raised their heads and saw Lu Xian.

By the way, he also saw Xie Wei and Zhou Yinzhi on the tower.

Jiang Xuening was startled for a moment.

Xie Wei was also slightly surprised, but when he saw Jiang Xuening, he also saw her new light blue pleated skirt, and a furry scarf tied around her neck, which tightly blocked her slender neck. , For some reason, those things from last night came back to my mind.

A rare discomfort made him stiff for a moment.

After all, such a thing as self-blasphemy...

Jiang Xuening looked at him.

Although Xie Wei didn't avoid his eyes, but the tips of his ears were unavoidably stained with a suspicious red.

It's just that other people's attention is on the bottom, not paying attention to him.

Zhou Yinzhi saw Jiang Xuening and You Fangyin together, his eyes flickered again, and he took the initiative to chat with her: "Is the second girl busy with Boss You's business?"

Jiang Xuening withdrew her gaze from staring at Xie Wei.

Anyway, it wasn't her who did such embarrassing things, so she was extraordinarily calm, with a smile on her lips, and said: "That's not true, just go shopping."

Now that the words have been spoken, it is naturally inconvenient to leave now.

What's more, she always had doubts about Zhou Yinzhi.

Now that they met, they told You Fangyin to go up to the gate tower. But You Fangyin shook his head, glanced at the people standing on the gate tower, and said that he was waiting for her in the teahouse beside him, and did not go up with Jiang Xuening.

Jiang Xuening glanced at Lu Xian above, she understood, she didn't say anything, she nodded, picked up the corner of her skirt, and walked up the steps below the tower.

Xie Wei seemed uncomfortable and didn't speak.

Seeing that You Fangyin didn't come up, Lu Xian felt a little unhappy and didn't speak.

On the other hand, Zhou Yinzhi was quite familiar with him, he exchanged greetings with Jiang Xuening, seeing that she still had two taels of tea in her hand, he couldn't help saying: "The tea in the market in Guanzhong may not be as good as in the capital, after all the good ones are in the south of the Yangtze River or sent to the palace. "

Jiang Xuening's business has been quite extensive in recent years, and he was also considered to be in charge of the harem in his early years. People who know how to pay tribute to the court from all over the world, how can they not know this?

It's just that Zhou Yinzhi didn't have such an understanding of tea back then.

Thinking back when she went to Zhou Yin's house, Yaoniang was the only one to serve her, and the tea that was carefully brewed and served to her was the best tea in the house, but it was just the second-best frozen top oolong that year.

When Jiang Xuening thought of Yaoniang, she couldn't help but think of Zhou Yinzhi's marriage with Chen Shuyi, and couldn't help asking: "Is Yaoniang okay?"

Zhou Yin was startled, as if he didn't expect her to ask about Yao Niang.

How did he know how much Jiang Xuening knew him?

Although Zhou Yinzhi married Yao Xi in his previous life, there were many concubines in the mansion. Although Yao Niang was not the best in appearance and the most beloved, she was the longest-lasting one in his back house. Later, Yao Xi disappeared for no apparent reason. Although Jiang Xuening didn't care about Zhou Yin's private affairs, she had heard rumors that Yao Xi wanted to deal with Yao Niang, and that's why it happened.

Therefore, she paid special attention to this handsome woman whom she hadn't seen a few times.

Zhou Yinzhi was a little cautious: "Why did you ask her?"

Jiang Xuening said: "When I mention tea, I think of her. When I made tea for me in the past, although the tea was not very good, but the skill of making tea is good. Now you will welcome Chen Shuyi to enter the door, so don't wrong her?"

Zhou Yinzhi was suddenly silent.

It took a while before she laughed: "She was the daughter of a tea farmer in her early years, and she followed me when her family was in trouble. She really loves tea. Before I left Beijing and came to Xinzhou, the autumn tea in the palace had just been given, and she liked Dianhong blindly." The second girl is concerned, and I will convey it to her when I go back."

Jiang Xuening suddenly raised her eyes and fixed a glance at him.

The eyes were too bright for a moment.

Zhou Yinzhi suddenly felt uneasy: "Is there something wrong?"

However, the light in his eyes returned to normal in an instant, Jiang Xuening said "Oh" as if nothing had happened, and said with a smile: "Forget it, why should I care about Mr. Zhou's affairs? It's just that I suddenly remembered it, and please don't worry about it, my lord." , I took the liberty."

Zhou Yinzhi hurriedly said, "Don't dare."

Xie Wei had already seen them chatting for a long time, each sentence sounded like old friends whom he hadn't seen for a long time. It's time for the sidelines to come to an end."

Zhou Yinzhi was startled at this moment, and also heard that Xie Wei's words were a bit "seeing off guests", and immediately sensed something, so he stopped talking with Jiang Xuening, bowed and said: "Look at me, I almost forgot the business. That's it." Let me take my leave first and see General Yan."

After finishing speaking, he saluted one by one, and walked along the winding city wall to the archery tower in the distance.

Jiang Xuening looked at his back and frowned.

Xie Wei asked with a smile or not: "Are you very familiar with him?"

Jiang Xuening's heart felt cold, and she said: "Zhou Yinzhi is wrong."

Xie Wei was taken aback.

However, Jiang Xuening's heart raced suddenly. He turned around, lowered his voice, looked at Xie Wei, and spoke quickly: "Dian black tea is produced in Yunnan, and the autumn tea from the southwest is picked late, and the journey is farther. The middle has always been in the middle of November every year, and the difference between before and after the wind and snow does not exceed ten days. The emperor bestows favors on the ministers, and the left is only at the end of November and the beginning of December. He claimed that when he left for the border, the autumn tea in the palace Fang Ci, the journey from Beijing to Xinzhou is only nine days and ten days away, why did you delay entering Xinzhou until yesterday's New Year's Eve?"

Xie Wei's pupils shrank slightly.

Jiang Xuening said bluntly: "Either he lied about the time of departure, which is unnecessary; or, during the short period of time, he went to other places with other plans!"