Entertainment of Spring and Autumn

Chapter 472 Victory or defeat

Xue Mu did not respond to Li Yingqing's joke, which was not easy to reply...

He made friends with the three sects just to give these auxiliary ministers a warning and avoid being lumped into a group by Ji Wuyou. Since he knew that they were wary, it was enough. He didn't necessarily want to pull his own faction. He knew that this was not the time.

When I returned to the palace, it was already night. Zhuo Qingqing flew from left to right in Weiye and said, "Nothing was found."

Xue Mu sighed: "It's really bearable."

He deliberately reversed the situation and walked openly and openly with the lurking Ye Guying, just to create the illusion that Wei Ye was absent for something and to seduce Ji Wuyou to kill him, but in the end there was still no movement.

When he leaves Beijing and loses the suppression of the Wuwei Formation, who can touch Xia Wenxuan when he sends a dragon out to sea?

In other words, Ji Wuyou gave up the low-level means of assassination and must have other plans.

Zhuo Qingqing said: "I followed the master's instructions and asked Ji Wuxing for details."

"Well, what did he say?"

"He said that he cannot be blamed for the plague. Ji Wuyou should at least take half of the credit."

Xue Mu nodded: "Xie Changsheng."

"Yes, he said that at least Xie Changsheng escaped from the Six Gates and Shenji Gate siege, and it was not him who reported it. It was after Pan Kouzhi colluded with Xie Changsheng that he and Xie Changsheng got connected. It was an accident. . He suspects that Xie Changsheng is Ji Wuyou's man, and only Ji Wuyou can provide Xie Changsheng's research."

"It's just an afterthought. With such an awakening, you still enjoy cooperating with Xie Changsheng?"

Zhuo Qingqing smiled and said, "Since Ji Wuyou is on the stage, everyone will try to pin various clues on him, including us."

"Yes." Xue Mu shook his head and smiled: "After all, I am not a strategist. I always regard myself as a strategist... I'd better go back and develop in a down-to-earth manner."

Everyone talked as they walked, and they arrived outside Liu Wanxi's palace. Liu Wanxi stood in front of the door, listening to their conversation, biting her lips tightly.

"Are you really going back?" When he came closer, Liu Wanxi asked in a trembling voice, with uncontrollable tears in her eyes.

Xue Mu stepped forward and kissed her softly: "When the road is paved, it will only take a few hours for eight hundred miles. I will come to see you when I have free time. We are not separated from each other."

Liu Wanxi sniffed and choked: "I can't let you go...it's very heartbreaking..."

"You can usually ask Xiahou to accompany you more often... You are the one who listens to politics behind the curtain, and you need to be a little bit motherly..."

"I don't want any mother-in-law, I just want you!"

Xue Mu could only promise repeatedly: "I will come back often, don't worry."

Liu Wanxi sobbed: "Don't forget Wanxi when you go back. Next time... next time you can deal with Xia Hou, we can accompany you together, and I will rely on you in everything..."

Xue Mu touched the dagger in the ring and silently changed the subject: "Your meridians have recovered. Although your skills cannot be restored, you can practice again. I hope that next time I see you, you will be a healthy Wanxi. "

Looking at the rising sun outside the window and feeling the humidity of the melting ice and snow in the air, Xue Mu took a long breath and called to the girls who were getting ready outside the window: "Let's go back to Lingzhou."

The capital is no longer under martial law and there are no guards at the city gates. The carriage slowly left the capital. Xue Mu turned his head and watched the outline of the capital gradually become smaller and blurred.

Xia Houdi didn't come to see him off, but Xue Mu knew that she must be standing at a high point, watching him go away.

"Dad." Wei Ye sat on his lap and looked at his expression: "Why didn't you say 'I will come back' this time?"

"Just talk about it in your mind." Xue Mu smiled: "In addition to having time to spend time with Wanxi... When I officially set foot next time, I hope to completely conquer this place."

Weiye clenched her fist: "Dad, I can definitely do it."

Ye Guying hugged her shoulders and leaned on the corner of the carriage. She also felt that Xue Mu could do it, but she didn't know whether she could see it or not at that time.

The curtains were finally lowered and the carriage drove away.

Somewhere on a high wall, Xiahoudi stood alone, holding a knife on his waist, silently watching the getting smaller and smaller carriage in the distance. The wind from a high place made her cloak fly high, and her hair was a little messy and stuck to her eyes, which made her squint her eyes slightly and blocked the blurry water in her eyes.

That little bit of affection for him finally turned into love during this encounter.

After twenty-six years of hard work, I finally felt what the love between a man and a woman is. It turns out that this kind of feeling makes people so reluctant to leave. No matter how resolute the heart is, it will be entangled in this knotted feeling and make it difficult to breathe.

It wasn't until the carriage disappeared that she took a long breath and murmured to herself: "I'm waiting for you... to marry me."

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he saw Ji Wuyou walking over from a short distance away. Xia Houdi stopped and looked into his eyes.

Ji Wuyou looked as usual: "So you are here."

"Well, something's wrong?"

"It's nothing. I just went to check on Wu Xing." Ji Wuyou sighed: "Speaking of which, since the irrefutable evidence is difficult to obtain, can we let the second brother be released from prison temporarily? He can be detained in the mansion. Otherwise, it will be sad to see the brother wither. .”

Xia Houdi nodded and said, "Since the prince has this intention, I agree with him."

"The prince is not the emperor, so he cannot make such a decision. At least his mother and concubine must agree."

"You can tell my mother-in-law that she is kind-hearted and will not object."

Ji Wuyou said pointedly: "My mother-in-law is not feeling well today and cannot come to court."

Xia Houdi knew what he was referring to, but did not respond. Instead, he said: "In that case, I should go see my mother and concubine. Have you conveyed your opinions?"

Ji Wuyou looked at her quietly for a while, nodded and said, "Okay."

Xia Houdi said again, seemingly unintentionally: "I am determined to push my father to establish a queen, what do you think?"

Ji Wuyou was silent for a long time before whispering: "I have a mother."

Xia Houdi sighed: "Then we'll discuss it later. I'm leaving first."

Xia Houdi turned around and left. Ji Wuyou watched her leave and then looked outside the city to the horizon where Xue Mu's carriage disappeared. Even though the carriage was already out of sight, he still stood there and watched it for a long time.

On the third day of the first lunar month in the twenty-fourth year of Chong'an, the imperial concubine lowered her curtains and the prince was established. Xue Muer left the capital and returned to Lingzhou. His goal of going to Beijing was not achieved, and Ji Wuyou's plan was also realized topsy-turvy. There was no winner or lose between the two sides, and it was a draw.

As for the things that were more important to each of them, Ji Wuyou was defeated so badly that he pinched the palm of his hand until there was blood.