late night song

Chapter 162 Twins

Xiao Ling went back to Yunjing and brought back Ling Ziyu from General Shengyu's mansion who had been refusing to leave for several days.

The Prince's Mansion is located not far from the Ziyan Palace in Beiling, not far from the bustling Taihua Street. It is a wonderful place to find tranquility amidst the bustle and bustle in the quietness.

Ling Ziyu leaned on the couch, fidgeting with the ribbon pulled from Shan Mingxi's head, and spoke impatiently.

"Why are you so anxious to come back?"

Xiao Ling sighed, sat across from him, picked up the exquisite glazed teapot with a long mouth and poured himself a cup. He raised the cup and took a sip, and found that it was actually wine. He placed the cup heavily on the table angrily.

"You're so old, but you still don't know the depth."

"Thank you." Ling Ziyu snorted, raised his eyebrows and poured himself a glass of wine, "Is the beauty in my arms?"

Xiao Ling remained silent.

"Looking at how frustrated you are, why not let my brother teach you and you will succeed."

"Take care of yourself!"

"Tell me, why did you come back all the way?" Seeing the disgust on his face, Ling Ziyu stopped pestering him.

"Check the file of the female medical officer of the Royal Pharmacy Bureau in the palace 16 years ago. Can she have a background in Sanxing Academy? Also, did she resign or have any other suspicious issues after the scandal in the palace that year?"

"Female medical officer? Who are you suspecting?" Ling Ziyu put away the cynical smile on his face, sat upright, and asked seriously.

"Xuan Lai."

"That senior sister of yours? Where is the record keeping in the inner court and academy?"

Xiao Ling shook his head.

"That's very rare. To be able to hide from the eyes of the embroidered cloth messenger is quite an extraordinary figure."

"Lejia Pengkang said that Xuan Lai is his mother. In addition, he also has a compatriot sister Lan Ye who is four years older than him."

"This old man Lejia has been among the flowers and shown mercy at every turn."

"Shu Yuan went to check. She is now hiding in the Lejia Emperor's Mausoleum. She is said to be keeping vigil. I don't think it's that simple." Xiao Ling rubbed the corner of his clothes with his fingers and paused, "There is also Qi Yijue, he It has been several months since Hehe disappeared. He will not go back to Dongqi now, and he has not come to Beiling. I guess it is very likely that he went westward."

"Xirong? That Kou Sang has crowned herself the queen of the prairie. He will suffer a lot if he climbs this high branch." Ling Ziyu leaned back lazily and said leisurely.

"Have you heard of the King of Liaoyuan?" Xiao Ling knocked on the table thoughtfully.

"The extreme west is too far away. Since the embroidered messenger set out last year, there has been no news. Legend has it that everyone there is eight feet tall and extremely strong, with colorful hair and eyes. I don't know what the women there look like. How charming is my beauty from the Eastern Realm?" Ling Ziyu narrowed his eyes and began to think.

Xiao Ling shook his head and stood up. Before leaving, he told him to gather Beiling's troops and horses, expand the army, and make preparations for border defense.

He had a premonition that a black storm was coming. This time, it was impossible for any of the Three Kingdoms to watch the fire from the other side or stand aside.

In a hurry, before returning to Qiongzhou, Xiao Ling detoured to Sanxing Academy and paid homage to his master. Yao Lingzi only remembered that he rescued Xuan Lai who was displaced by the plague at the border of Hehe. She was only ten years old at the time. She only said that she was alone and her family was ruined. Other than that, there was no other information about her life experience.

Afterwards, he returned to Qinfang, and he felt very relieved when he learned that Shu Yuan had finally straightened out his tangled intestines and brain, and had recognized Gu Yuchu.

He also heard that when the woman wanted to talk to him in person, although he had expected it, he still couldn't restrain his surprise.

In order to repay her cruel rejection, Xiao Lingcai asked Shu Yuan to inform Gu Yuchu in the military camp to come and talk about it on the third day after returning.

Autumn is getting thicker, and it is drizzling outside. It is almost dark before evening, and the lanterns in the yard and corridors are lit one by one by the servants.

Xiao Ling quietly sat cross-legged on the futon and read the medical books.

The view from his seat was very good, the door was completely open, and the interior of the house was connected with the corridor. He could see the sparsely falling yellow leaves in the yard, but he could also avoid the rustling autumn wind that made people feel chilly.

Gu Yuchu's hair was covered with a thin layer of rain and dew, and his military red uniform was half-shouldered wet.

The moment she appeared at the end of the corridor, he already knew that he was just pretending to be a widow as usual, endured the longing in his heart, and followed her quietly without saying hello.

"sit down."

Gu Yuchu stood in front of him, and then he raised his head and met the eyes that had been haunting him in his dreams for a long time.

"Have you eaten?" he continued to ask.

"Who are you?" Gu Yuchu got straight to the point.Xiao Ling was a little surprised and smiled: "I thought you would never ask me."

"Jing Heng said that you are Ling Ziyu's staff, but I don't believe it."

"Who do you think I am?"

"I don't know." Gu Yuchu shook his head, "I hope you are the military doctor who doesn't care about worldly affairs."

"Then are you still the deputy general of Jianyu Camp who ignored past grudges?" Xiao Ling thought of the days when Gu Fan and the three of them had fun in the military camp, and he missed it very much.

"Are you the leader of Beiling's inner dynasty?" Gu Yuchu didn't want to get entangled with him, so he returned to the topic.

"Yes." Xiao Ling admitted openly.

"Then at the Yumenguan Military Camp, you were trying to find out the strength of the Ping Qi Army?"

"And Dongqi's border defense layout." Xiao Ling put down the medical book in his hand and answered every question she asked seriously.

"Then why did you come to Chenglu?"

"In order to find out Le Jia Huanyu's secret plan, Le Jia Peng Kang was besieged at Sanxing Academy." Xiao Ling paused and continued, "Also, that bastard Shu Yuan insisted that I find a way to keep you. "

"He is just an ordinary embroiderer, and you are willing to do it?!" Gu Yuchu's eyebrows flashed, and he was moved but still distrustful in his words.

"He grew up beside me and could be regarded as half a brother."

Gu Yuchu was grateful for this, but she did not dare to delve into this high-sounding reason, so she avoided the problem and said, "You followed me to Yuquan Palace later to attack Lejia Pengkang?"

"If you want to take action against him, you can do it as early as at the foot of Qiyun Mountain. There is no need to wait until now. I entered the palace to find out who Princess Eleven is and what kind of deal He He and Dong Qi have behind the scenes."

Gu Yuchu pursed her lips. He was indeed as extraordinary as she imagined.

"So you approached me on purpose, right? Because you knew I was Yuchi Yuchu, Jingheng's sister."

"Yes, and no." Xiao Ling's distinct lip lines moved slightly, and there were waves in his eyes.

"What do you mean?"

"Meeting you was just an accident. Besides, it was you who took the initiative to get close to me, wasn't it?"

Gu Yuchu couldn't tell.

Indeed, from beginning to end, Xiao Ling never asked her about her past. Although he concealed his identity, she herself never fully confessed to him.

They were like fishermen sitting face to face on both sides of the stream, facing each other day and night, and cherishing each other. What was strange was that neither of them felt the slightest bit embarrassed or intolerable, and over time they actually became tacit friends.

"I really want to be honest with you, but you always stay away. That night you were drunk and cried a lot, but you still refused to talk to me. If you were willing, you wouldn't have to go through such a big detour. I believe it. Le Jia Huanyu's one-sided words are trying to find where your mother came from."

"Different people have different stories about what happened back then. It's hard for me to tell the truth from the lies." Gu Yuchu looked at the swaying lanterns in the corridor and couldn't help but feel sad.

"It's you who always refuse to believe me." Xiao Ling smiled helplessly, "After the city was closed, I asked Gu Fan to send a message, 'We'll see each other when we turn around', but you never looked back."

Gu Yuchu's heart tightened and she rubbed her palms nervously. She thought about it over and over again, then suddenly realized, she raised her head and asked, "That polo match at Mengyu Villa! Blazing Flame!"

"It's me, I went specifically to find you."

"I'm afraid I should go and feel the situation in Qidu City." Gu Yuchu still refused to believe his unique feelings for her.

"It doesn't matter." Xiao Ling laughed. He had learned the stubbornness of the Yuchi clan for a long time. He gently pushed a brown paper bag on the table to her and said softly, "You must be hungry."

Gu Yuchu was not shy. She was indeed a little hungry. She reached out and opened the package. There were many hawthorn cakes in the shape of plum blossoms neatly placed inside.

"Who are you!" she exclaimed. This hawthorn cake mold is unique to Master Shui Niang.

"I am the Lord of Beiling's inner dynasty, but I am not Ling Ziyu's staff. He and I were born in the same year and month, and we are brothers from the same mother, and your Master Shui Niang is our mother."

Gu Yuchu's eyes widened and his jaw dropped in shock: "Master Shui Niang? Chang Le Shui? The deceased queen of Beiling! It is known to the whole world that Queen Beiling and the eldest son of Beiling died due to a leak in Ziyan Palace. How is this possible? ?!”

"The disaster 16 years ago destroyed not only your home, but also the frame, and mine and Ling Ziyu's." Xiao Ling frowned and spoke slowly, "You should no longer worry about the truth of the past. , I can tell you everything.”

(End of this chapter)