Morbid pet

Chapter 227 Calm the Storm
"Cough cough."

Chang Le was drinking water by the stream with a black jug in her hand, but she didn't notice for a moment that all the water was choking in her throat, and she coughed violently.

Xie Zhao heard the voice, pushed aside the crowd and ran over, concerned: "What's the matter? Choking? Why are you drinking this water bottle? Where's the small water bottle I brought you?"

Chang Le handed the kettle to Xie Zhao naturally, then blinked her bright eyes and said, "The little kettle is over there, I didn't bring it over."

Xie Zhao held the big kettle in one hand and patted her on the back with the other.

That is to say, during the daily break and meal, the two can get along for a short time, and then they will soon separate.

Xie Zhao is too busy.

Changle is so busy that I feel distressed.

Chang Le held his hand, and the two of them walked along the small path beside the stream. The wind in May was cool, the sun was shining brightly on the earth, and strands of golden light fell on Chang Le's eyelashes. It is the most beautiful beauty Xie Zhao has ever seen in the world.

Chang Le smiled, "I didn't rest last night, are you sleepy? How about going to sleep in my carriage now?"

Xie Zhao shook his head, "I've already arrived in Nan'an, and I don't have time. I'll be very busy in the next few days, and maybe I won't be able to accompany you for dinner."

Changle didn't speak, and after a long while, she said: "Xie Zhao, I'm not the clingy girl you think, I have my own life, and you just go and do your own things boldly, don't worry about everything Me, I came out to help you, to help Daming, not to hold you back."

Xie Zhao turned his head to look at his girl, and found that Changle's expression was gentle and firm, with an indescribable charm, he liked it to death.He likes every aspect of Changle, crazy, gentle, conceited, and destructive, very much.

Chang Le shook Xie Zhao's hand and asked, "What's the matter? Is there something on my face?" She stood on tiptoe, trying to see her own face through Xie Zhao's dark pupils, she was very close, warm The breath sprayed on each other's faces, making Xie Zhao's heart itch.

Uncontrollable.

kiss.

Domineering and lingering fell between Changle's lips.

Xie Zhao's kiss was domineering and plundering, but today he restrained his kiss and still breathed.He didn't want to interrupt this beautiful morning.

Chang Le's face was slowly burning red.

There are countless pairs of eyes staring at them within half a radius.

Chang Le pulled Xie Zhao away, and took two steps back shyly.

Xie Zhao's black pupils were burning with lust, he tried to smile, his body was extremely tense, "I'm going to take a cold shower, and I'll be in town soon."

After all, he turned around and walked into the depths of the dense forest.

He said that taking a shower means jumping into the creek and taking a cold bath, which is what the army does.But Chang Le couldn't accept it, she just wiped her body with water every time and gave up, but fortunately she didn't sweat much, and her body still smelled good.

She suddenly wanted to be funny.

He followed Xie Zhao's figure to the depths of the dense forest.

She walked alone for a long time.

Only then did I vaguely see a man's shadow by the side of a small stream.

His muscular upper body is exposed above the creek, and he seems to be standing sideways. From Changle's angle, only the old scars on his chest and eight-pack abdominal muscles can be seen, which move up and down slightly with his breathing.

Xie Zhao leaned down, took a handful of water, and poured himself from head to tail.There were crystal drops of water hanging on his dark hair, his Adam's apple rolled suddenly, and he exhaled a foul breath, and his other hand was placed in the water.

Changle blushed.

She turned her head away, not wanting to look at Xie Zhao.

But I heard a cold male voice from the side of the stream, "Why are you hiding from me? Huh?"

Changle's heart beat like a drum.

Peeking is shameful, she said silently in her heart, no peeping, no peeking, no peeking.

But still to no avail.

It seems that everything is so natural.

Chang Le couldn't control herself.

Originally, I wanted to hide in the woods and scare Xie Zhao when he got up.

Unexpectedly, it frightened myself.

She slowly moved out of the woods, lowering her head not to look at him.

The sound of water ticking.

He comes out of the pool.

Chang Le could clearly hear him coming ashore from the creek, hanging all the clothes on his body casually, and walking towards her barefoot.

bad
coming.
When a pair of feet suddenly appeared in Changle's sight, her head was held up by someone, and then she gave a domineering kiss, which was instantly broken.

His hair hadn't been wiped and was still dripping with water.

He walked back slowly with his arm around Chang Le's waist.

Xie Zhao's voice was bewitching, "I really want to see my husband take a bath, so go back and watch slowly, okay?"

Chang Le blushed, "No, no, I got lost just now and came here by accident. I didn't mean to watch you take a bath."

Xie Zhao's voice was low and hoarse, with a feeling of unsatisfied desire. His voice slid behind Changle's ear, and he bit his ear and said, "Next time, I must love you well next time."

Of course Chang Le knows what it means to love you, the love you here is different from the usual love.

She quickened her pace, almost trotting away.

Xie Zhao didn't chase after him, he still walked leisurely into the team.

Chang Le ran back and the first thing he encountered was Chang Sheng.

"Your Majesty, where did you go? Why can't you be found? I saw you and His Majesty here just now."

Chang Le shook his head, "I went to the stream next to me to wipe my body, it's all right, let's go."

Chang Sheng wondered, "Did you take a hot bath? Why is your face so red?"

"There is no big water tank in the team to boil water."

Changle fled quickly, "Don't ask! Shut up!"

Chang Sheng looked at her in bewilderment, and soon, his doubts were answered.

Xie Zhao's robe was loose, his hair was dripping wet, it looked like he had just taken a cold shower, his lips were bright red, which was different from his usual pale white.

Xie Zhao's eyes quickly fell on Chang Sheng, and found that he had been observing him. He smiled, nodded slightly, and walked away.

Chang Sheng cursed in a low voice: "What the hell is going on?"
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Nan'an City.

Zhen Ming waited at the gate of the city with an army of [-] to meet Xie Zhao and the others.

Xie Zhao jumped off his horse, and quickly walked in front of Zhen Ming. The two of them touched shoulders, and he said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, an army of [-] people has already ambushed in Hengshan. The elite soldiers will pass through the Hengshan gorge, it would be even better if they took the main road, according to what you said, another part of the troops are stationed in Nan'an, we just need to wait for a urn to catch the turtle."

Xie Zhao nodded, "Not bad, well done. Let's go into the city, is Nan'an's defense ready?"

Zhen Ming nodded, "The magistrate of Nan'an is Mr. Chen, and he has always been very cooperative."

Xie Zhao's eyes wandered for a moment, then he nodded, and made a forward gesture to the troops behind him, and then the elite soldiers and confidantes quickly followed him into the city.

In front of thousands of troops, Xie Zhao was wearing a bright yellow dragon-pattern brocade robe, his hair was tied up with a black ribbon, without any extra decorations, not even the jade pendant that a gentleman would wear around his waist. Soldiers in armor and armor must look threatening.

This is his unique killing intent.

People who have fought their way out of hell are not angry and majestic.

When he became the Son of Heaven, he hid the killing intent in himself, but when it came to the battlefield, there was nowhere to hide that killing intent.

Almost a deadly threat.

Changle looked sideways at Xie Zhao in front of him, thoughtfully.

The magistrate of Nan'an is Chen Sizhe, an old man over half a century old, with a bookish look, wearing a Confucian shirt and a jade crown, and looks polite, unlike the elite soldiers and generals Xie Zhao brought over.

When Chen Sizhe saw Xie Zhao for the first time, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed. "Your Majesty, it's great that you are willing to lead the battle! The people in the city are all waiting to see the sky."

Xie Zhao sneered, looked at Chen Sizhe, "That's good."

Not a single word was said.

Chang Le changed into men's clothes, without makeup, but she really has a three-point male appearance.

She always felt that Xie Zhao had some biased opinions on this prefect surnamed Chen.

what exactly is it.

She doesn't know either.

Simply do not want to.

The reception banquet prepared by Chen Sizhe for Xie Zhao and his party was set in his own mansion.

Just like his people, exactly the same shabby.

A small courtyard with three entrances and two exits.

Even in terms of feng shui, it's not good.

Chang Le frowned, and whispered to Die Shi, who was also wearing men's clothes beside him, "Is Nan'an poor? Why is this prefect so shabby?"

Die Shi was in a daze for a while, and then withdrew her thoughts, "Master, Nan'an is not poor. There is the largest copper mine here, so it should be rich."

Chang Le looked at the decorations in the yard.

The small courtyard with three entrances has only one small pond, and the rockery is scattered, and the quality does not seem to be very good. The corners are loose, and it looks quite new.

new?
Chang Le looked elsewhere.

I found that someone felt as strange as myself and was looking around.

That person is Zhen Ming who is beside Xie Zhao.

Soon a group of people walked to the restaurant. The restaurant can only accommodate two not-so-big round tables, and they are still divided by diagonal lines, so they can barely sit down.

It happened to be the position of eighteen of them.

Including Chen Sizhe himself, there are nineteen people.

Chang Le sat at the door, she didn't want to make public.

His Majesty brought a woman along with the army, so it was not good to go out no matter what.

It is possible to create any rumors.

Although Xie Zhao himself doesn't care much about these things.

But Changle cares.

She didn't want to hurt Xie Zhao in the slightest because of her own reasons.

She lowered her head, not even wanting to raise it.

Butterfly poetry is also.

Xie Zhao's gaze quickly fell on her, and Chang Le frowned, signaling him not to look.

Chen Sizhe's energy has been on Xie Zhao.

He also followed Xie Zhao's line of sight to see Chang Le, but smiled knowingly, he got up and picked up the wine glass on the table.

"I am not talented, Your Majesty came to Nan'an with all the soldiers, thank you all! I am on behalf of the people of Nan'an, thank you all!"

After all, I finished drinking the wine in the glass.

No one drank with him.

Chen Sizhe smiled awkwardly, then sat down, and continued to talk to Xie Zhaola, "Your Majesty, how is it going this way? Are you tired? After dinner later, I will prepare a station for you, so you can live there directly." Well, it's all regular, don't worry."

Zhen Sizhe dropped his chopsticks a little unhappy.

He has never seen His Majesty arrive at the local area, unless it is a private visit in a micro-service, then at other times, when did he let him stay at the inn?
Is this too bullshit?

Or is there some secret in his own mansion that no one should know.

Xie Zhao himself didn't say anything, he smiled, started to move his chopsticks, took a bite of the fish, and said casually, "Okay, the magistrate made good arrangements."

Chen Sizhe sighed, "Your Majesty, you have also seen that my mansion is too dilapidated and small for you to suffer with us."

Xie Zhao nodded with a smile, "I see, your house is all old, and the rockery is quite new. Where did you buy it?"

Chen Sizhe's eyes wandered for a moment, and then he said quickly: "That was yesterday when my concubine knocked over the food and took it to the rockery, then changed it for a stone overnight, and bought it at the stone shop next to it, it seems to be ten taels of silver, half a month's salary for me gone."

Xie Zhao didn't speak, but nodded, his handsome profile was as smooth as a knife.

He smiled, "Let's retreat after eating, let's go to the city wall to set up military defenses, and the enemy army will come here soon."

Chen Sizhe said a few more polite words, which were all unnutritious conversations.

It was perfunctory for Xie Zhao to get over it with just one word.

Chang Le was eating sullenly, always feeling that something was wrong.

I didn't know until I followed the team to the city wall.

The people in Nan'an are all soldiers, who are forced to quit their work, or are lazy.

Chang Le looked annoyed.

She leaned against the city wall, watching Xie Zhao busy up and down.

Finally, when there was a gap, Changle approached Xie Zhao, "Is this magistrate not welcoming us?"

Xie Zhao said in a low voice: "Chen Sizhe is a distant relative of the Chen family in the south of the Yangtze River. Their family does not follow the right path. I suspect fraud, so I have not touched anyone here. In the middle of the night and at midnight, I have gone to the mansion where he really lives to find clues. "

Chang Le paused, "At this time point, there is a problem with the prefect, will it affect the overall situation?"

Xie Zhao shook his head, "What does his official role affect? ​​I brought all the people who changed his prefect position, Ling Anbai, last year's Tanhua."

Chang Le: "Ling An Bai? Why haven't I seen him before?"

Xie Zhao laughed, "There are a total of 2 troops here, how could you have seen them all."

"His Majesty--"

The third watch is back.

He looked at Changle, and then reported in a low voice: "I didn't find any clues, Chen Sizhe should have cleaned it up in advance, but his real mansion is in the suburbs, very luxurious"

Chang Le asked: "San Geng, you said it is very luxurious, how luxurious is it?"

Midnight said decisively: "It's a little worse than Lanyuetai, but it's only a little bit."

Changle frowned and said, "The Lanyue platform was built by my mother. The imperial concubine built it with her mother's money during her lifetime. It is already considered one of the best buildings in Chang'an City. How close is Nan'an?"

Midnight nodded, "This old man looks dressed in green, but he must have made a lot of money. There is the largest copper mine and iron mine in Ming Dynasty, but I don't know why he pretends to be so poor. I feel like there is something hidden."

Xie Zhao said coldly: "Check. Don't forget that his surname is Chen, and he is also connected with the Chen family in Jiangnan. He may have contacts with the Chen family in Jiangnan. We ransacked the Chen family in Jiangnan, but their Guests, and the business chain has not been broken, it should be that Chen Sizhe sent someone to take over. Otherwise, how could a magistrate have so much money."

Third Geng said with some hesitation: "But we didn't find his money."

Xie Zhao: "I'm running out of time. You bring a few Dongchang fans, and in the middle of the night, go and arrest his wife and children, and ask him to death! His corruption is minor now, but collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country is a major issue! He knows that sooner or later we will He will find his real luxury mansion, but still take us to his fake mansion, most of it is to delay the time, he probably knew that his affairs would not last long, and then he broke the boat and communicated with the enemy in secret. The purpose is to bury us all in Nan'an!"

Chang Le frowned and remained silent.

Xie Zhao sneered and said, "But it's also useful. Didn't he think I'm a fool? Then pretend to be a fool."

Chang Le: "Are you going to tell him the fake ambush information?"

Xie Zhao nodded, "Yes, I have asked Zhen Ming to communicate the fake ambush plan with their local defense envoys in advance. In fact, even I don't know where the real troops are ambushing. My troops are full of eyeliners. , before we find out all of them, we just have to be careful, there are three canyons here, if you say one, as long as their people avoid it, they will inevitably go to the other two canyons, but there are only two places that can lead to here , one is the road we came from.”

Changle didn't ask too many questions.

Since Xie Zhao was prepared.

Then she felt at ease.

Xie Zhao looked at Changle, "Follow me, don't be alone."

"Ah."

(End of this chapter)