"Everything is for the State of Chu!" Qu Xiaocang repeated: "Everything is for the Lord!"

Hongmendao's expression returned to calm. After a moment of pondering, he finally said, "When I returned to the capital, every time I fell asleep, I dreamed of the wind and sand in the north. The sesame dumplings were delicious, but the taste seemed to be as good as the mutton burrito, and even more, the big bun with green onions sprinkled with chopped green onions." He sighed, "So I suddenly realized that I was already used to the life over there. Sometimes people are really strange. I want to escape from my original life every day. When I really lost it, I realized that it was my favorite."

"You want to go back to the north?" Qu Xiaocang frowned slightly.

Hong Mendao smiled and said, "I just hope to live a life I really want to live. I have packed up and prepared to set off tomorrow."

Qu Xiaocang was silent for a moment before saying, "In comparison to the north, the Shenhou Mansion needs you more now."

"Just pretend I have never come back." Hongmendao smiled and said, "Second Brother, the second senior brother, the Lord Shen said back then that once he entered the Lord Shen's Mansion, he would always be a member of the Lord Shen's Mansion. I never thought of leaving the Lord Shen's Mansion. I just hope you give me two years to let me walk around myself."

Qu Xiaocang thought for a while before saying, "You go, wait until you think about the dumplings in Zaoer Lane, and you will be back."

Hongmen said, "Thank you, Senior Brother," paused, and said, "There is one more thing I want to ask you."

"you say!"

"Although the eldest brother did what he shouldn't do, we were brothers in private." Hongmendao said slowly: "If the second brother can send someone to bury the eldest brother well, I think the brothers will be grateful in their hearts."

Qu Xiaocang hesitated for a moment before whispering: "He has been buried, you don't have to worry about this."

Hongmendao stood up and bowed deeply to Qu Xiaocang without saying much. He turned around and arrived at the door. Suddenly he thought of something and turned around and said, "My little sister has not been in for three days. She has respected her senior brother and you since she was a child. We can't persuade her." He left and never looked back.

Qu Xiaocang sat for a long time and finally got up.

Ximen Zhanying was placed under house arrest in a separate courtyard of the Shenhou Mansion. This is Ximen Wuhen’s office in the Shenhou Mansion. It is said that it is an office, but it is actually rather a bookstore. The real secret of the Shenhou Mansion has never been here.

Qu Xiaocang came to the door, and there were two female officials from the Shenhou Mansion guarding outside the door.

Although the Shenhou Mansion is mostly male, a group of female officials have also been trained, with not many people, but they are all smart and capable.

The door of the house was locked from outside, but there was no need for this lock. In the world, there were very few people under house arrest by the Shenhou Mansion but could easily escape. When he walked to the door, Qu Xiaocang heard a strange movement inside, as if it was a sound of sharpening a knife. He asked him to open the door lock and enter the house. Sure enough, he saw Ximen Zhanying holding a knife in his hand and sharpening a knife on a whetstone.

After Qu Xiaocang came in, Ximen Zhanying didn't even raise her head.

"This knife is already very sharp, there is no need to continue to sharpen it." Qu Xiaocang sat down on the chair and said lightly: "I sent someone to send you books, which are all classics left by ancient sages. Reading more teachings of saints will not harm you."

Ximen Zhanying looked up and sneered: "I have never liked reading since I was a child, you should know better than anyone else."

"Why don't you eat?" Qu Xiaocang stared at Ximen Zhanying, and his beautiful face had obviously lost a lot of weight: "When you were young, the Lord Shen told you that no matter when, you can't lose your energy, and you should never say no to food."

Ximen Zhanying stood up, took the knife back into the sheath around her waist, stared at Qu Xiaocang and said coldly: "What do you want to do? What mistake did I make? Why do you put me under house arrest here?"

"House arrest?" Qu Xiaocang frowned and said, "Did you forget that I told you that this is what the Lord of God means? The Lord of God lets you stay here for two months and study hard. When he comes back, he will personally take the exam. If he can satisfy him, you can leave."

"Test questions?" Ximen Zhanying said: "Second Brother, will you believe such a reason?" He clenched his fists and said coldly: "Tell me the truth, what happened to the Qi family?"

Qu Xiaocang's face did not change his color and said lightly: "Why do you ask like this?"

Ximen Zhanying sneered: "You know that you have put me under house arrest here just to separate me from the Qi family." Walking in front of Qu Xiaocang, his beautiful eyes were full of coldness: "What happened?"

Qu Xiaocang pondered for a moment and finally said, "Don't worry, there will be nothing in the Qi family, it's just a little trouble that will be solved soon."

"You lied to me." Ximen Zhanying said angrily: "If it were just a small trouble, why did you put me under house arrest? You are just worried that I will be involved in the disaster of Qi's family, aren't you?"

"Since you know, why do you have to ask more questions?" Qu Xiaocang frowned and said, "No one dares to touch a hair in you here. I can promise you." He sighed, "Little junior sister, don't be a child anymore. I am your senior brother and will never do anything to harm you."

Ximen Zhanying snorted coldly and said, "Do you know that I have married into the Qi family. I can't get rid of all the things about the Qi family, and I don't want to leave it aside. From the day I started, I have been ready to share the good and bad luck with the Qi family." After a pause, my voice eased slightly: "Second Brother, tell me what happened to the Qi family, and what is going on now?"

Although Ximen Zhanying is prone to impulsiveness and even a little reckless, she is definitely not a slow person. If there is any change in the price, it must have started from Qi Ning. She understood this, so she was naturally worried about Qi Ning's safety.

"He's fine." Qu Xiaocang said, "Just stay here with peace of mind." He stared into Ximen Zhanying's eyes and said, "Since you really care about him that way, you should naturally understand that if he knew that you were protected by the Lord of God's Mansion, he would naturally be very relieved, but he would definitely not want to see you to torture yourself. If you want to see him, you have to live. If you want to live, you can only eat."

Ximen Zhanying stared at Qu Xiaocang's eyes, suddenly turned around and walked out of the door. When he walked to the door, the two officials guarding outside the door immediately raised their swords and blocked Ximen Zhanying's way.

"Does go!" Ximen Zhanying had already drawn his sword in his hand and raised it to pick it up. The two swords quickly changed their moves, not hurting Ximen Zhanying, but made Ximen Zhanying unable to move forward at all.

"Stop!" Qu Xiaocang suddenly stood up and shouted sternly: "Little Junior Sister, what are you going to do?"

"I'm going to find him!"

Qu Xiaocang's figure flashed, and he had already reached Ximen Zhanying's side. He reached out and put his hand on Ximen Zhanying's shoulder. He pulled it hard, and pulled Ximen Zhanying away with a cold expression: "I told you that if you stay here, you can't leave the Shenhou Mansion. If you act irritably, it will only make things worse and even kill the person you have been worried about!"

Ximen Zhanying was stunned, and Qu Xiaocang didn't explain much, and said in a deep voice: "Look at her." He never looked back and left with his hands on his back.

At dusk, the eunuch Guihe came to the Shenhou Mansion, and he was naturally familiar with this person. When he was summoned to the palace for the first time and learned that Qi Ning was suspected of treason, the eunuch personally told him that the emperor through the pearl curtain did not say anything at that time.

The gray robe was suspected by Qi Ning to be a master of Baiyun Island's eldest disciple. Yi Guihe personally introduced Qu Xiaocang to know him in the palace. In fact, the plan to assassinate Qi Ning was also the eunuch who explained to Qu Xiaocang in front of the emperor.

Qu Xiaocang knew that Guihe was indeed the person the emperor trusted the most now. After the emperor's eunuch Fan Dehai and Fan disappeared, Guihe became the closest eunuch around the emperor.

Guihe's arrival immediately made Qu Xiaocang know that it was the emperor who had a new intention.

After taking Guihe to a room where there is no ears in the wall, Guihe took out half of the black iron plate from his arms. Qu Xiaocang immediately took out half of the black iron plate from his body. Neither of them spoke, and put the black iron plate up for himself, which fitted seamlessly and turned into a complete iron plate. The front of the iron plate carries the word "Huang Zhi" and the back of the plate is a carved word "Ling".

The Shenhou Mansion is directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor, including the Shenhou, and of course everyone obeys the emperor's orders.

When the emperor gave the order, in addition to occasionally summoning the Shenhou to the palace to send tasks personally, he often sent a confidant eunuch to use this imperial edict as a token to convey the order. Half of it was in the hands of the emperor, and the other half was in the hands of the Shenhou. After Ximen Wuhen's body returned to the capital, the imperial edict that Ximen Wuhen was carrying was naturally found. When Xuanyuan Po was not in the capital, Qu Xiaocang, as the second senior brother, naturally assumed the heavy responsibility of protecting half of the imperial edict and always carried it closely. At this moment, the imperial edict was combined into one, which proved that Guihe came to convey the secret order on the order of the emperor.

Qu Xiaocang confirmed that there was no problem with the emperor's imperial token, so he put the token away, fell to the ground, waiting for Guihe to convey the secret order.

Guihe reached out to help Qu Xiaocang up and said with a smile: "The Lord of God first asks you to get up. There is a priest's handwriting here, which can only be seen by the Lord. After reading it, it will be destroyed." After taking the secret decree and handing it to Qu Xiaocang, Qu Xiaocang took it with both hands, glanced at it, his face changed slightly, but he quickly held the secret decree into a ball. When he opened his hand again, the secret decree had become powder.

"The Lord of God is indeed good at kung fu." Guihe whispered with a smile: "The Lord has an order. After completing the task, the Lord of God brings things to the palace to receive rewards."

Qu Xiaocang looked calm and asked, "There is no time limit in the secret decree. I wonder if my father-in-law can tell me!"

"Three days!" Guihe said: "Within three days, the Lord Shen must do this matter cleanly and neatly. The Lord Shen knew that if this matter was negligent, it would likely cause a lot of trouble. The Emperor knew that the Lord Shen's Mansion would not disappoint him, so he handed over this important task to you."
Chapter completed!