"What if it's you?" Chu Cangyue brushed the bamboo book in front of the case and glanced at him lightly with ice-like eyes.

Under Chu Cangyue's as calm and cool gaze as the moonlight, the disdainful person suddenly felt uncomfortable all over his body, as if something was pressing down on his throat, making it difficult to breathe. He avoided his eyes, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and held on to his face.

He said: "If it were me who was in charge, I would have fulfilled my mission and succeeded immediately!"

Chu Cangyue looked at him quietly for a while, but nodded with satisfaction: "Well, I'll leave it to you, Du Si, to go ahead."

He turned his head, summoned the Yi Fu, his closest attendant, and explained: "Find someone to temporarily take over the duties of the Du Si doctor." He turned his head again and said to the Du Si: "I will make you the commander-in-chief of the right army. Go and take the order.

"

Hearing this, Du Si raised his head in surprise and astonishment, and saw the King of Chu staring at him with a calm face and eyes as deep as the ocean. He couldn't utter out the words he just wanted to argue. His face was stiff, and finally he couldn't help but bite the bullet and thank him for accepting the order.

Retired.

Now the other ministers in the court could see it. The King of Chu still favored the Chen family and did not blame or punish her for this major mistake.

So this incident was over for the time being, and no one was looking for trouble anymore and was driven out of the capital to fight against the enemy.

Chu Cangyue asked again: "Qi's troops are not in danger yet, but something unexpected happened now. What do you think?"

Doctor Zhang Zhong came out and said: "I think that strange man must have some abilities. Since the other party has a mysterious plot, we might as well send people from the Yin Yang Sect to deal with it."

"Yes." Chu Cangyue asked again: "How is the defense line at the Tianshan Mountains border? Qin chose to break into the border and it was impossible to prevent it. He arranged the boat division and engineers to build dams for Zehu Lake and build gates for the gorges and valleys. But

Has it been done properly?"

Zuo Yin, who was in charge of the project, had just returned to the capital two days ago. He knew the progress of the project best. He replied: "Hui Wang, it has been snowing heavily recently. The project was temporarily delayed. The lakes turned into ice and the snow on the valley passes made it difficult for us to work.

Although the fortifications have been delayed, it is still difficult for the enemy to reach us."

Chu Cangyue said: "Hurry up and build the fortress. We can allocate another two hundred engineers for this trip."

"Here."

Chu Cangyue asked again: "In the joint defense against the Eastern Yi and Western Barbarians, how many tribes responded to the call, how many surnames were neutral, and how many places were hostile?"

Pang Ji replied: "I have led an army of 50,000. After half a year of campaigning, I have collected the armies of Shen and Luyin. Among them, Beirong's Qunshu, Chao, Tongzhonghe, Huangchuan, and Dongyi are still hostile."

"But, we have united with the small groups on the border to form the east coast defense line, and we will not allow Zhao Guo's vanguard to step into the border town."

"Here!"

After discussing the war, Chu Cangyue rubbed her swollen forehead and suddenly asked: "How are Prime Minister Sun's funeral arrangements going?"

"For this matter, the divination has been set for worshiping at noon on the third day of the lunar month, and for burial at three o'clock on the fourth day of the lunar month. All other matters will be arranged at the Prime Minister's Mansion according to the old etiquette," said the doctor.

Chu Cangyue looked gloomy and said in a dumb voice: "Because of the war, everything should be kept simple, but everything that needs to be prepared is prepared. The prime minister's wife and all the servants in the house have also been properly arranged."

"Here."

Chu Cangyue stood up: "I'm sorry, please step aside. Xun Zhai, please accompany me for a walk."

"Here." Xun Zhai bowed and followed the corner of his robe.

The other ministers all knelt down and saluted to send the King of Chu out of the palace.

Chu Cangyue and Xun Zhai were walking in the cloister, with the king's soldiers trailing far behind. The winter ridge was filled with cold pines, and they were lush and green. With the frosty wind, they fell one after another on the Xuanyuan platform.

Chu Cangyue stood on the edge of the eaves, looking up at the falling snowflakes in the sky. The white fox velvet warmly contrasted the cold jade face, and looked like jade flowers on a beautiful tree from a distance.

However, Xun Zhai saw from the side the everlasting loneliness and coldness of his lord, like the ice and snow on Tianshan Mountain that never melted all year round. The warmth and enthusiasm in his eyes seemed to have been buried with the winter of that year.

"Every time it snows, I will think of that day." Chu Cangyue said.

Xun Zhai lowered his head and said in a clear voice: "My lord, you... just forget about her."

When Chu Cangyue heard these words, there was no expression on her face, because he had heard too many words like this in the past few years, which were all the same and did not help.

"Actually, I know that her kindness to me is not actually a relationship between men and women. She has always only wanted to be a husband. She wanted to make contributions to me by pleasing me. She wanted to make a name for herself in the war. She wanted to be famous in the world. The hidden ambition in her heart

But he is no less distinguished than those who were honored by the government at that time."

He suddenly smiled as he spoke, with a hint of mockery in his smile: "You all say that she wants to be the queen, that she wants to occupy the position of the master of the harem, but in fact you all underestimate her too much. She has never coveted the position behind me.

She wants to stand upright in front of me, fight for the Chu Kingdom, and conquer the world. For such a person with great ambitions, you have only seen her skin as a woman, but you have never understood her heart deeply."

Chu Cangyue no longer calls herself "lonely", but refers to herself as "I". Only when she mentions Chen Jiaoniang alone, he is always unwilling to distance herself from her by calling herself a "lonely person".

His eyes moved to Xun Zhai, empty and cold: "Gu has never known that after she worked so hard for me and Chu State and achieved all kinds of achievements, the reaction of the people of the country was so chilling, and Gu

The close relatives and ministers around her are not as close to her as they appear on the surface, but are full of suspicion and indifference... Gu only wants to stay with her forever, but ignores how many people are plotting her life behind the scenes.

wrong……"

Xun Zhai was horrified, and his face suddenly turned pale. His knees softened and he knelt on the ground, his forehead pressed tightly against the cold ground.

"My lord, Xun Zhai was wrong, it was Xun Zhai who was wrong... Xun Zhai is sorry for my dear girl, Xun Zhai is sorry for her..." He couldn't stop crying at the end of his sentence.

Chu Cangyue's helpless eyes moved to the top of his head little by little, and she asked in a loud voice: "Did you hurt her?"

Xun Zhai shook his head vigorously, his fists turned purple: "Xun Zhai didn't, I didn't..."

"After so many years of investigation, Gu is finally unwilling to admit it!" Chu Cangyue's heart surged. After he took a deep breath, he slowly and heavily spit out: "The murderer who killed her was not

Outsiders are not enemies, not other people, but..." His eyelids trembled violently, and finally he closed his eyes: "I am alone with the people around me."

Xun Zhai gasped, his whole body shook, and blood rushed to the top of his head.

"No - it's not like that..."

Chu Cangyue said: "Who is it? Who exactly is it?"

Xun Zhai crawled to Chu Cangyue's feet. He hugged Chu Cangyue's thigh and begged in a pitiful voice: "My lord, my lord, please, please, forget it, forget everything in the past."

, she is dead, she has been dead for so many years, but the people around you are all people who have followed you in the north and south for more than ten years. If you look into this matter again because of an old incident, it will definitely chill people's hearts.

Besides, now is the critical moment for Chu State’s survival, so you can’t lose big for small things!”

He cried blood every word, his voice was hoarse.

But when it fell on Chu Cangyue's ears, it was so harsh.

He opened his eyes, which were red, bloodshot and disappointed.

"Xun Zhai... I have never mentioned this matter to anyone since the day I became suspicious, but now I have mentioned it to you. Why do you think it is because of it?"

Xun Zhai was stunned. He didn't know why he felt so panicked when he heard King Chu say this.

Although she asked him, Chu Cangyue didn't need his answer.

"I thought that among this group of people, you had the best relationship with her. You are of the same age, and she once saved your life. When you got along, she always regarded you as a good friend, but it turns out...

As far as you are concerned, her death is nothing more than a past event that you don’t want to uncover."

After Chu Cangyue finished speaking coldly, she forcefully pulled out her feet and walked directly over Xun Zhai, who was as stiff as stone, and stepped into the wind and snow. The wind picked up his clothes and flew up, and his back looked so cold and carefree.

cold.

Xun Zhai, on the other hand, stared blankly at his leaving figure, tears welling up in his eyes. He murmured in a low voice: "My Lord, it's not that I don't want to find out the truth and give her justice, but Lord... I don't

I hope you will be sad again."

——

Weishahe Town

Since they still had to wait for news from both sides, staying in the wild forest was not an option, so they decided to let people go into the town to exchange for some ordinary clothes, and then disguised themselves as ordinary people and sneaked into the town.

In order to avoid attracting attention due to the large number of people talking, they divided into several groups and entered one after another. Chen Baiqi and Wei Jian went to Weishahe Town in pairs to take charge of the procurement work.

After asking the locals where there was a market in the town, they went straight to the topic and came to the South Market. They saw many daily necessities on the streets, but there were very few clothes. Moreover, the people in Weishahe Town were a bit...

They did not accept cash or gold, and were only willing to exchange things for things, which put the two of them in trouble.

So Chen Baiqi and Wei Yan discussed that they should go shopping separately to see what things could be used, and then go to a house or clothing store to change some clothes, whether old or new.

There were so many of them that they couldn't all rush into the city at once, but they all stayed nearby and waited for arrangements.

Not long after Chen Baiqi was walking alone, she saw a familiar figure flashing past her eyes. She stopped and thought for a moment before choosing to follow him.

The figure deliberately guided them, and eventually the two of them entered a dead end. Chen Baiqi looked up and found that the person she had been following was gone. While she was wondering, she heard movement behind her. She turned around subconsciously and was stopped.

The person behind her was startled.

"You——" Her eyes widened and she blinked.

The man was very tall, as slender as bamboo, and his whole body was wrapped tightly. He wore a white fox mask on his face, and under the mask he had a pair of long fox eyes. The person who came was actually Fox Lixiu, whom he had not seen for a long time.

Chen Baiqi recognized the person and breathed softly: "It's you, no wonder I thought you looked familiar just now." After she finished speaking, she realized: "Did you bring me here on purpose?"

Hu Lixiu didn't mean to exchange greetings after not seeing each other for a long time, and said directly: "It is not suitable to stay here for a long time. The King of Chu sent people from the Yin and Yang family here."

"What?" Chen Baiqi was really surprised: "Yin Yang family? Could it be that he is the sect leader of Yin Yang family?"

Hearing this, Hu Lixiu was strangely silent for a moment, then looked at her quietly and said, "Not everyone can easily invite the Yin Yang Family's sect leader to come out."

"So it's not him who is here." Chen Baiqi breathed a sigh of relief.

But Hu Lixiu was not as optimistic as she was. He said: "Even if it's not him, this person is still a very troublesome person."

Chen Bai nodded, indicating that she understood, and asked: "Thank you for coming here to deliver the message, but how did you know that I was here, and how did you know that the Yin Yang family was here?"

Hu Lixiu pursed her lips and said with difficulty: "It's a long story."

Chen Baiqi smiled and said: "Then let's make the story short."
Chapter completed!