Chapter 83 Nightmare
At that moment just now, he almost thought that his will would be broken.

In fact, he knew his intentions, but he was also afraid that his intentions would frighten her and scare her away.

He is nothing now.

If the case can be solved smoothly this time, he wants to tell her—"Look, I'm not so useless. I can read books, and I can also practice martial arts with Cui Huwei... Do I fit the kind you like, gentle and elegant?" , the type capable of writing and martial arts?"

He wanted to be good enough, good enough to be worthy of her, and then show his heart to her.

He felt that he should breathe a sigh of relief. After all, if he revealed his intentions too early, it might only make the relationship between the two of them stiff.

But in his heart, he was still a little lost.

"What's wrong?" Cheng Muqing tilted his head to look at him.

"No." Lin Heng held the corner of his lips, "I just remembered the fire."

"I knew it~" Cheng Muqing raised his head slightly, looking like "I'm very proud".She patted him on the shoulder, "It's all over now, don't think about it."

Lin Heng let out an "um" and lowered his head, wondering what he was thinking.

"Don't think about it, go to sleep." Cheng Muqing turned over and turned his back to him.

Lin Heng turned sideways slightly, looking at her slender back, his eyelids became more and more heavy.

An incense for calming the nerves was lit in the house, and the faint fragrance floated, calming every nerve.

He was dreaming again.

In the dream, he saw the girl walking in the palace, and her back was getting farther and farther away from him.

He ran forward desperately, reaching out to grab her clothes, but he couldn't catch them no matter what.

The next moment, the scene changes.

It was dark all around, and it was also dark before his eyes.

"Ah Qing?" He called out.

The surrounding area was empty, and there was no echo.

Dark, gloomy, suffocating.

"Lin Heng~"

His body trembled instantly, and he felt his face being lifted up.

He looked up and saw a hideous face.

Emperor Qiguo...

"Long time no see, come and play with me."

"Do not……"

"You're doing well, and you're married?" Emperor Qiguo stroked his face with his hand.

"Go away!" Lin Heng patted him away, turned and left.

"Why are you so angry?" Emperor Qiguo followed behind him.

His voice is ethereal, floating in the endless darkness——

"Do you think you can get rid of me?"

……

"Lin Heng? Lin Heng?" Cheng Muqing felt light, and woke up when he vaguely heard a voice from behind him.She sat up and saw Lin Heng in his sleep showing pain, so she quickly raised her hand to push him.

"Huh..." Lin Heng panted slightly, sweat dripping from his forehead.

"Lin Heng, Lin Heng, have you been nightmared?" Cheng Muqing shook his arm.

"Huh...huh..." Lin Heng opened his eyes suddenly, and after a while, he put his eyes on her, "Ah Qing..."

"En." Cheng Muqing responded.

"Ah Qing." Lin Heng took her arm with both hands, pulled her down, and hugged her in his arms, "Ah Qing..."

He repeated it over and over again, his body shivering non-stop.

Cheng Muqing fell into his arms, and her whole body fell on him.She was taken aback for a moment, then propped herself up, and said with a smile, "What nightmare is it?"

Lin Heng tentatively put his arms around her waist, and after feeling the slender waist twist uncomfortably, he quickly let go.

"Pa—" His hand fell heavily on the bed.

The house fell into silence.

"What did you dream about?" Cheng Muqing got up from him, breaking the embarrassment.

"I dreamed about... Qiguo." Lin Heng said slowly, "And you."

"I saved the hero again?"

The corners of Lin Heng's lips curled up.

"In the dream, you said you wanted to take me away, but you didn't show up again." Lin Heng looked at her quietly, but there was no complaint in his words, "Then, I kept looking for you...

Cheng Muqing blinked her eyes twice, maybe it was because his eyes were so sincere that she felt a little guilty.It was as if he had failed him once.

She put her eyes on the teapot not far away, "That's just a dream, in reality you and I are married, and I will not abandon you."

"En." Lin Heng responded.

"You're still hurt, get up and take your medicine."

He got up slowly, "You woke up so early"

"It's okay." In fact, she just woke up.

"Afeng..."

"He went out to investigate the case." Cheng Muqing said firmly, "You take care of your injuries."

"I want to go too……"

"I'll wait for the injury to heal." Cheng Muqing said indifferently.

"Do you believe me?" When it came to investigating the case, Lin Heng seemed to have gotten into something, "Without the Golden Eagle Guard, I can find out where the money is going."

"I believe, I believe." Cheng Muqing nodded, "Then let's have breakfast first, and after we finish eating, we can rest for a while before thinking about this case, okay?"

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded obediently.

"Heng... what are you going to do next?" Cheng Muqing asked curiously.

"I'll catch it myself," Lin Heng said.

"Ah Heng, look at those who are in power. It doesn't matter whether it was the former Emperor Qiguo, or the current emperor, or the prince Lin Yan, which one has personally experienced everything?"

……

Lin Heng didn't speak.

Seeing this, Cheng Muqing knew that he was on the edge of his own horn, so he smiled, "Okay, then the prince can do whatever he wants to investigate."

"Thank you." Lin Heng breathed a sigh of relief, looked up at her, and smiled softly.

After the two of them had their meal, Lin Heng didn't stay in the Wenlan Courtyard anymore, but returned to Jingyuan.

Cheng Muqing took Jinxi to inquire later, and was not surprised to hear the news that Lin Heng had gone out alone.

She didn't have any anger in her heart. Outside the mansion, there was Cheng Houye's guard, so he was relatively safe.

At that moment, Lin Heng went out of the mansion to look for Ah Feng after eating breakfast.

In the end, the two met at a stall not far from the Zhao Mansion...

……

Zhao House.

"You stay in the ancestral hall and think about your mistakes! If you go out and cause trouble again, I will cut you off!"

An extremely angry and thick male voice almost broke through the sky.

"Master, don't be angry, Brother Xu was only bewitched by the bitch." Mrs. Zhao followed Zhao Shangshu and patted his chest.

"How old is he? Still so ignorant?" Zhao Shangshu angrily said, "The bitch asked him out to gamble, and he went out?"

"Don't be a slut or a slut." Zhao Liangxu said, "He is my friend."

"You!" Zhao Shangshu's beard was about to curl up, "I really don't know who is really good for you!"

Zhao Liangxu knelt on the futon with a tense face, without saying a word.

Zhao Shangshu calmed down a little bit, and waved his sleeves heavily, "I don't care where you go in the future, but for a while, please stay with me! Wait until the disaster relief case is settled."

"King Qi and his wife were seriously injured, and I don't know what you are worried about." Zhao Liangxu snorted coldly, "Father, you are too cautious."

"Prince Qi is not very capable, but he has Princess Qi by his side." Zhao Shangshu said, "Princess Qi was brought up by Marquis Wu An, her talent and martial arts should not be underestimated."

"Father, why are you still afraid of having sex with a little girl?" Zhao Liangxu smiled, "How can you still think it's me?"

"You are too conceited, you shouldn't underestimate anyone." Zhao Shangshu sighed, "Even King Qi...can't..."

"You are so timid. He is just a fool."

"Why do you call him an idiot?"

"Who in the capital doesn't know, Lin Heng is stupid?"

"Hmph, is there any proof?" Zhao Shangshu sneered, "His Royal Highness King Qi was extremely intelligent when he was young..."

in accordance with?Why are you stupid?It's not because he ignores whoever talks to him, and just stares blankly at something by himself.Can't communicate with him, he's not even happy or angry.

Isn't this stupid?

But Zhao Liangxu didn't refute this time, just knelt silently.

Zhao Shangshu pressed his chest, sighed heavily, turned and left, leaving only one sentence——

"Look at the young master."

As the sun sets, hundreds of candles are lit in the ancestral hall, and the lights are dim and shadowy.

Zhao Liangxu's face was tense, rubbing with one hand uneasily.

He is very addicted to gambling, and at this moment, his mind is full of nostalgia for the dice and lively shouts of the casino.

"Boom-"

It seemed to be the sound of stones hitting the windows.

Zhao Liangxu moved his ears slightly, got up and walked in that direction.

He slightly opened the window and saw a handsome little face.

"Silent?"

"Master Zhao, I'm sorry." The young man apologized sharply, "If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't be sealed here by Master Zhao."

"I don't blame you." Zhao Liangxu shook his head, "It's because I want to play too much. I haven't gone out for a long time..."

In fact, it was only three days, but these three days were like years to him.

He used to play with the servants in the mansion, but due to his status, the servants always take the initiative to lose to him, which is really boring.

"Then...do you still want to go out now, sir?" The young man looked seriously.

"How can I go out?" Zhao Liangxu pursed his lips, "Ah Sheng, do you have a way?"

He hadn't touched the dice for three days, he felt thousands of ants crawling all over his body, he was so uncomfortable...

"Hmm..." The soft boy nodded, "Yes, but my lord... if Zhao Shangshu finds out..."

"He won't find out." Zhao Liangxu said, "The crown prince has transferred all the main forces of the Golden Eagle Division to his side. King Qi and Princess Qi don't do anything. I only go out at night, and it's impossible for them to have someone staring at them in the middle of the night. Follow me."

"This……"

"Quick! Quietly, help me out."

……

The night is so deep that you can't see your fingers.

"My lord, someone has come out!" A Feng suppressed his excitement and whispered to Lin Heng.

The two had been staring at the Zhao Mansion since the morning, and it wasn't until now that the Zhao Mansion was so disturbed.At the moment, the two are hiding in a small shop for sugar cakes outside the back door of Zhao Mansion.

The owner of the sugar cake shop has been bought by the two, and now he is nodding his head and sitting on a chair.

There was no one around at this point, but the two paid a lot of money to wait for someone in the shop.No need to light lamps, no need to wait on people, and money, of course he readily agreed.

Hearing the call from the caller just now, it should be a quarter of an hour now.

The owner of the sugar bakery was going to sleep and was about to take a nap when the two got up and left.He wiped his saliva, hurriedly tidied up and closed the door.

Lin Heng didn't have any skills in stalking people, and it was Afeng who led him everywhere, so the two were not discovered.

In order to conceal some, both of them were wearing clothes with patches.In addition, both of them were very thin and looked malnourished, like two clean beggars, and no one noticed them along the way.

The black-robed man who had just come out of Zhao's mansion walked very quickly, and the two hurried to catch up.

The man in black turned left and right, walked to a dark alley, and entered the gambling house.

Lin Heng subconsciously wanted to go in, but A Feng stopped him.

"My lord, don't startle the snake."

"Then how?" Lin Heng was puzzled.

"Let's observe this place for a few more days." As Afeng said, he found a hidden corner and dragged Lin Heng to sit there.

The night in early spring brought a different kind of cold air, and the biting cold wind made people shiver.

The two curled up in a corner, shivering, looking like beggars.

"My lord, if you want to know the truth of the matter, you have to stand in the dark and observe." A Feng said while rubbing his arms, "Make yourself an outsider, because only outsiders can see the most clearly."

A little confusion appeared in Lin Heng's eyes.

"We haven't been with him for the past few days." A Feng said, "We squat here every day to see if he comes every day. In this way, we will not be discovered, and we can keep observing him .”

"What if he goes somewhere else?"

"He won't go to other places." A Feng was sure, "Didn't the concubine ask the Golden Eagle Division to send people to watch in various gambling houses?"

"Then this..."

"This gambling house, because it is in the dark, few people know about it, so there is no Golden Eagle Guard."

Lin Heng looked at him, his eyes were as deep as a pool of stagnant water.

He didn't speak, just looked at the casino quietly.

The moonlight is bright and clear, and it fills the whole earth.

The two waited for a long time until the sky turned white and the morning sun shone, and the black-robed man came out.

According to what A Feng said, the two of them didn't move their places, they just fell asleep in their original positions.

As expected, the black running man didn't notice the two of them and left straight away.

"My lord, remember this carriage." A Feng lifted his eyelids and took a look, "Go to attend Liang Shangshu's condolence today, and you can confirm whether it belongs to the Zhao family."

Today is the day of Liang Shangshu's condolences and burial. It should have been earlier, but due to doubts about the case, Liang Shangshu's body has not been buried.Only recently has the case been settled.

Cheng Muqing didn't intend to participate, so he mentioned it to him at the beginning, and never said that he would take him to participate.

"My lord, let's go." Ah Feng stood up, "Go back and change your clothes, let's go to Zhao Mansion."

Lin Heng pursed his lips and said "um".

When the two returned to Prince Qi's mansion, the sky was already bright.

Lin Heng changed into a dark blue wide-sleeved robe, wearing a jade crown, and walked out of Jingyuan.

As soon as he walked out of the room, he saw Cheng Muqing walking towards him.

He was happy in his heart, and the corners of his lips raised involuntarily, "Ah Qing."

"Where are you going?" Cheng Muqing looked puzzled, "The clothes are too formal."

"Go to the Liang Mansion to express condolences."

"Ah?" Cheng Muqing didn't seem to realize it, "My lord, do you have any friendship with Liang Shangshu?"

"No."

"Then you..." Cheng Muqing paused, he never cared about these trifles, probably he didn't even know who was on the beam.Then mention this matter at this moment, "Who do you want to investigate?"

Lin Heng nodded.

"I see." Cheng Muqing bent his lips and smiled, and patted her head, "Wait for me, I'll come when I change my clothes."

For her support, Lin Heng's heart was instantly filled with tenderness.

The spring breeze in April was still very cold, but he felt warm all over his body.

Cheng Muqing changed into a suit of dark blue sleeves, with white embroidered lotus panties inside.She simply wore a bun on her head, with a white jade hairpin inserted.

After all, she was attending the condolences, so she was dressed very low-key, with light makeup on her face.

She had injuries on her body, and with this makeup, no matter who she was, she would feel that she was still seriously ill.

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  "Do you still miss Mr. Xu?" The woman sneered, "Now that your father is dead, do you still expect him to marry you?"

  This sentence seemed to hit her pain point, Liang Xian stood up abruptly, walked straight in front of the woman, raised his hands to pinch her slender neck, "Say it again?"

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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