As a man, Qin Jiyan had never thought about using his not-so-happy past to gain Gu Qiancheng's sympathy. His pride would not allow it.
Knowing that Gu Qiancheng wanted to know more, Qin Jiyan had no intention of telling her. He pretended not to hear Gu Qiancheng's inquiry and concentrated on massaging her.
Qin Jiyan's attitude is so obvious, what else does Gu Qiancheng not understand? A smart woman should know enough and learn to control her curiosity.
Gu Qiancheng leaned in Qin Jiyan's arms, closed her eyes, relaxed her body and enjoyed Qin Jiyan's massage. After a while, she was exhausted and fell into sleep.
Qin Jiyan slowly stopped his hand, looked at Gu Qiancheng's sleeping face, and showed a subtle smile. After placing a soft kiss on her forehead, Qin Jiyan carefully hugged Gu Qiancheng.
"Um," Gu Qiancheng groaned in discomfort. Qin Jiyan paused, carried her back to the inner room as gently as possible, and placed her on the low couch in the study.
Pulling the quilt, Qin Jiyan covered Gu Qiancheng and pinched the corners of the quilt again, as naturally as if he had done it a thousand times.
Qin Jiyan did not leave, but sat down beside the short couch. His eyes fell on Gu Qiancheng's face, but his thoughts had already drifted thousands of miles away...
He didn't mind letting Gu Qiancheng know his past. The past was part of him and he had nothing to hide, but not now.
Although it was his first time to like someone, he could clearly feel that Gu Qiancheng's feelings for him were not deep enough, and he did not want Gu Qiancheng to deepen his love for him because of his past. This was something he could not do.
Something to accept.
Qin Jiyan just sat by the short couch, looking at Gu Qiancheng's sleeping face, thinking about Beiqi, until dark.
The servants of the house came to ask Qin Jiyan if he wanted to pass on the meal, but Qin Jiyan dismissed him with a cold face and sternly asked the servants not to come and disturb Miss Gu's rest.
None of the servants in Lord Tu's house had ever seen Prince Gui Wei. No one dared to come forward when Qin Jiyan spoke. They all waited at a distance and only dared to come forward when Qin Jiyan summoned him.
After sending the servants, there are layers of guards guarding outside the study. These guards are the people sent by the old emperor to protect Qin Jiyan. They have the duties of protection and surveillance.
Qin Jiyan has long been accustomed to people watching him at all times, and has no discomfort. He tapped three times on the desk, and not long after, a man in black appeared in the blind corner of the study.
Qin Jiyan stood up and exchanged clothes with the other party. Qin Jiyan hid in a blind corner and took the opportunity to leave. The man in black took Qin Jiyan's place and sat at the desk, looking at the case on the table.
The two of them were very familiar with each other, and it was obviously not the first time.
Although the guards outside the study were elite soldiers in the hands of the old emperor, they were still unable to guard against Qin Jiyan. A quarter of an hour later, Qin Jiyan had left Tu Mansion and disappeared into the darkness.
The climate in the border town was even worse than that in the capital, especially at night, when the cold wind was biting and made people shiver all over. However, Qin Jiyan didn't care and walked out of the city at lightning speed.
On a low slope outside the city, Feng Yuqian, who was supposed to be at the military camp, was already waiting on the top of the slope. As soon as Qin Jiyan arrived, Feng Yuqian noticed him and strode towards Qin Jiyan.
"Your Highness, you are finally here." The voice was hearty and a little more heroic, and the intimacy in his words remained unchanged.
Ever since he received the news that Qin Jiyan was coming to Northern Qi, he had been waiting for today's meeting.
"Yes." Seeing Feng Yuqian, Qin Jiyan's tone improved significantly. He looked Feng Yuqian up and down and said appreciatively, "Very good. He has grown a lot in half a year in the army."
The original Feng Yuqian was more of a scholar than Jiao Xiangdi, but it is different now. Although Feng Yuqian is not as rough as those men in the army, the cold and hard aura around him makes it clear at a glance that this man is rolling on the battlefield.
Passed.
"My fourth uncle is very strict with me." The most important thing is that Feng Yuqian himself is also very desperate, because his goal is to win over the generals of the Feng family and become the leader of the Feng family.
Only if he takes down the Feng family general can he become Qin Jiyan's support and gather power for him in the army.
His fourth uncle and his father had both advised him, fearing that he would turn the Feng family into another Chai family, but he believed that even if the Feng family became the second Chai family, Qin Jiyan would not be like the old emperor who wiped out the entire family like Feng.
"Don't work too hard." Qin Jiyan nodded lightly.
Feng Yuqian smiled and said nonchalantly: "I'm working hard now to avoid losing my life on the battlefield. It's worth the hard work. Northern Qi and Da Qin will fight sooner or later. I have to prepare in advance and I can't die on the battlefield."
"Yeah." Qin Jiyan knew that Feng Yuqian was not exaggerating. People like Northern Qi had never been peaceful. It was only a matter of time before the war started. But now, neither side was ready, so they kept delaying it.
After the two of them finished reminiscing about old times, Qin Jiyan revealed the reason for his visit, "Do you have the suspect in your hands?"
The suspect who killed a Northern Qi noble was taken away by Feng Yuqian and imprisoned in a military camp. Master Tu tried his best to find him, let alone kill him.
"Yes, I have the person in my hands. I felt something was wrong when this incident came to light, and I kept people watching. It turned out that the government tried to punish the suspect to death, but he only went to court twice, and he was punished with eighteen kinds of severe punishment.
He used it on the suspect, and when the suspect was detained in public, he only had one breath left." When Feng Yuqian said this, he looked indignant, "Comrades from the border town, the magistrate simply doesn't regard the people of Da Qin as human beings, and they can't beat animals.
Not that cruel."
Thinking of the nobles of Northern Qi showing off their power in their territory of Great Qin, Feng Yuqian wanted to kill people. But their garrison couldn't interfere in the government affairs of the border town. No matter how angry he was, it would be useless, and he had already gone too far by taking away the suspect.
Qin Jiyan had guessed it a long time ago and was not surprised. He just asked, "How is he doing now?"
"After being raised in the army for a few months, I can barely look like a human being." Feng Yuqian sighed, "The torture was too harsh at the beginning, and the doctor will not survive for a few years."
"Tomorrow, I will bring someone to see him. You ask him to prepare." Qin Jiyan said.
"Master Tu and the others are also going?" Feng Yuqian asked in advance, making no secret of his disgust for Master Tu.
"Go," Qin Jiyan said affirmatively, but added, "The military camp is your territory, you have the final say." In other words, if Feng Yuqian didn't want people to go in, he wouldn't stand up for Lord Tu and others.
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With Qin Jiyan's words, Feng Yuqian had nothing to worry about, "I know how to do it. I will definitely handle this matter well."
"Yes," Qin Jiyan responded softly, and then said: "In addition, send someone to Northern Qi to check on two more people."
"Who are you checking?" Feng Yuqian stood up straight and had a respectful attitude.
"Northern Qi Dynasty Yang Ji and his family, focus on investigating the Sixth Young Master of the Yang Family." Yang Ji is the spy chief of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the Sixth Young Master of the Yang Family is Wu Liulang who stirred up the Goddess Tower in Da Qin.
"I know, I will find out as soon as possible." Feng Yuqian didn't know what the use of Qin Jiyan's investigation of the Yang family in Northern Qi was. All he had to do was follow Qin Jiyan's orders.