Qi Zhen came here today in advance to give Li Mu a wedding gift.

Unfortunately, the time was running out. Originally, Qi Zhen thought that there would be nothing important on the big day, so he thought he would just go and have a wedding drink.

Unexpectedly, the Tatars had already mobilized their troops to attack the border.

Although the northwest Jiedushi envoy Cheng Du defended the border cities, the front was destined to not be easily stopped.

It’s not too late for the army to start a full-scale war.

Qi Zhen had to go to the border town in person. The dispatched army had also arrived in Luoyang. After a long journey, he rested here for a day to prepare for war and prepare to continue north to the border town tomorrow.

Military matters were important, and the wedding wine would not be available tomorrow, so he came in advance today.

Before Qi Zhen came, he thought of the adopted son he had recognized in the past, so he specially prepared a copy to send to Guanyin as a wedding gift for Li Mu and his wife.

When others arrived, gifts were prepared. Naturally, Li Mu had to entertain them, so he prepared drinks.

Qi Zhen was preoccupied with things, thinking about the war in the border town, thinking about Linglong who had not been found for a long time, and thinking about the approaching chaos. His heart was full of depression, and he also thought about drinking to drown the depression in his heart.

While drinking on the stone table in the courtyard, Qi Zhen drank the wine and saw the red color all over the courtyard, and felt a little uncomfortable for no reason.

The last time he saw his eyes full of red and joy was the day of the Guanyue Tower fire.

Qi Zhen subconsciously rejected these red silk joys, and when he drank wine, he felt sad. When he saw the red joy all over the yard again, he felt depressed.

So he didn't want to stay for a long time, so he had a few drinks and then left.

He came in a hurry and left in a hurry.

And the guy outside who was rushing to deliver the items was even more hurried.

As soon as the chamberlain serving beside Qi Zhen pushed open the half-closed courtyard door that was blown by the wind, this man bumped into him.

The chamberlain fell backwards after being hit. The secret guard guarded Qi Zhen and raised his hand to help the chamberlain.

The waiter rubbed his sore old body and cried out in pain: "Ouch, where did this guy come from? I was hit so hard that my bones will fall apart."

The guy opposite was even worse. He fell on the stone steps in front of the door.

After this fall, he fell to the ground and couldn't sit still, and fell backwards from the stone steps. The man hurriedly put his hands behind his back, and in a panic, he took the brocade box containing the pendant in his hand and took it away.

Fall behind.

When the boy realized that he had lost his hands, he was so panicked that he yelled, "Don't drop the dice made by our wife!" He didn't care that he was about to hit his head on the stone steps behind him, so he rushed backwards to catch it.

As soon as the waiter said "dice", Qi Zhen, who was standing opposite the courtyard gate, took a step by mistake and leaned over to pick up the brocade box.

Qi Zhen moved so quickly that the brocade box did not even hit the ground.

The things inside will naturally not be broken.

Thanks to the knot tied around the outside of the brocade box, it didn't open even after being tossed back and forth.

Qi Zhen only heard the dice mentioned by the boy, but did not see what the dice there looked like.

He was holding the brocade box in his hand. When the boy saw that the box had not fallen to the ground, he quickly got up and said thank you: "Thank you, sir, for catching it. If the dice falls, I won't be able to eat it and carry it around." He raised his hand.

He was about to take the brocade box from Qi Zhen's hand.

After the boy finished speaking, Qi Zhen looked at the brocade box in his hand, handed it back to the boy, pursed his lips, and asked casually: "Why did you put the dice in the brocade box?"

With a smile on his face, the waiter replied happily: "My wife put a lot of effort into making this without closing her eyes all night long. She is just waiting for our husband to wear it when we get married tomorrow. It is extremely precious. If it falls,

, Not to mention that my wife is angry, but my husband is afraid that he will resign me. Of course, I need to put it in a safe place. Look at the binding rope of this brocade box. I tied it very tightly. Even if I don’t let go,

If it hits the ground, it won't break."

Wearing it on the wedding day? Sent by Mrs. Li Mu? Qi Zhen's eyes trembled slightly, and bitterness overflowed from his lips.

This dice is probably used as a wedding token.

The exquisite dice makes me miss you deeply.

It has a good meaning.

Qi Zhen remembered that he had also received an exquisite dice as a gift from his beloved.

Unfortunately, the exquisite jade was broken into pieces, leaving only a few crumbs, making it difficult to repair.

Qi Zhen was fascinated by this exquisite dice.

Li Mu inside saw a collision outside and walked out.

When the waiter saw the other person, he quickly opened the box and went to greet him. He took out the pendant made of exquisite dice and brought it to Li Mu.

"Mr. Sir, my wife has said that you must wear this pendant. She also said that if the wedding party does not see this pendant on you tomorrow, you will be punished by kneeling in the yard all night."

Qi Zhen turned around and heard the waiter finish relaying Linglong's words.

He shook his head and smiled, thinking, Li Mu's new wife is quite a fierce woman.

After hearing his laughter, Li Mu blushed with embarrassment and said, "My wife loves to play, and I'm used to it, so I made you laugh."

Qi Zhen smiled and replied "Nothing." He thought to himself that the love between husband and wife is like this. The girl spoke so domineeringly, and she was probably convinced that Li Mu loved her and loved her. Li Mu and Gu Yunniang would definitely be together.

They are a loving couple.

He felt bitter in his heart. He often saw other people's couples loving each other, which always made him feel sour. So he turned around and said to Li Mu, "See you someday." Then he prepared to get into the prepared carriage.

It was at this time when he looked back that the exquisite dice pendant tied to Li Mu's body fell into Qi Zhen's eyes.

Seeing the pendant, Qi Zhen's eyes were stunned for a moment.

The chamberlain beside him called "Master" several times before he came back to his senses.

Fortunately, Li Mu's wife also made the dice into a pendant.

Qi Zhen came back to his senses and thought that Shen Linglong had also made a pendant made of exquisite dice for him. His heart ached, and he didn't want to see the dazzling happiness of others anymore, so he got back on the carriage.

The carriage left the courtyard and walked along the street.

The alley was narrow and noisy, and the continuous sounds of children playing could be heard. Qi Zhen leaned against the car wall and closed his eyes.

As we walked, a few wisps of pear blossom fragrance penetrated into the carriage.

The fragrance of pear blossoms filled his nose, and Qi Zhen suddenly opened his eyes.

Exquisite dice, the fragrance of pear blossoms.

Why does Li Mu's wife always remind him of Shen Linglong vaguely?

Obviously he has never seen Gu Yunniang.

But Gu Yunniang always made Qi Zhen feel that there were too many similar coincidences between her and Linglong.

I also make exquisite dice for my sweetheart, and I also like the smell of pear blossoms...

Qi Zhen had smelled the inexplicably familiar aroma of pear blossoms on Li Mu. Later, he did not see any pear blossom trees in his courtyard, so he casually mentioned,

Li Mu told him that she was his wife. She had grown up under a pear blossom tree since she was a child and liked the fragrance of pear blossoms. There were no pear trees in the courtyard of her home, so she had specially bought pear blossom incense. There were more or less people in the family,

They are all scented with pear blossoms.

Although Qi Zhen thought it was a coincidence, he thought that there were not many people in the world who liked pear flowers, and Li Mu had nothing to do with the Ning'an Marquis in the capital. Linglong should not have met Li Mu, a man from the world who licked blood from his knife.

Mu's wife is Gu Yunniang from Luoyang, so there is no way she has anything to do with Linglong.

He thought so, but when he left the courtyard, the exquisite dice that followed was another "coincidence".

This coincidence happened again and again, and finally Qi Zhen became suspicious when he smelled the fragrance of pear flowers again.

Qi Zhen's eyes changed unpredictably. He looked down at the tea shaking on the small table in the carriage for a long time. His throat trembled slightly and he ordered the servant: "Send a message to the secret guard to search for people in Luoyang City again. In addition, check Li Mu's wife."

.Ask the secret guard who has guarded Linglong to check it out in person, and be sure to see the person with his own eyes."

After he finished speaking, the waiter was startled and felt strange.

Since they had not found anyone in Yulu Tower when they first arrived in Luoyang, the secret guards in Luoyang City searched for people in Luoyang City. In Luoyang City, Li Mu's wife who owned a rouge shop was said to have a similar image to Shen Linglong, so the secret guards then

I didn't go to compare the portraits, but continued to search for other women in Luoyang. Among all the women in the city, I couldn't find another one with a similar appearance to Shen Linglong.

The secret guard reported the information truthfully, and Qi Zhen ordered the secret guard not to investigate inside Luoyang City.

Why today, I was told to check again.

And Li Mu’s newlywed wife, didn’t she know that she was a famous brothel prostitute who redeemed her life and married a good man, so why should she investigate?

The chamberlain secretly thought about it, wondering whether Qi Zhen was lost in looking for someone and simply wanted to find someone who looked like him as a substitute.

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. The servant wiped his sweat and thought to himself, although Gu Yunniang was heard to be born like Miss Shen, she is actually Li Mu's wife. Master, he should not be so shameless.

The chamberlain knew a bit about Qi Zhen's temperament, and thought that if Miss Shen married someone, he would probably have to snatch her back by force. But in the final analysis, Li Mu's wife was not Miss Shen.

Well, the master should not be so indifferent.

My master is not really that shameless.

No matter how much the chamberlain complained in his heart, he still had to respectfully obey the order and went out to deliver the order to the secret guard.

Qi Zhen listened to the conversation between the chamberlain and the secret guard outside, and opened the car curtain irritably.

The pear tree branches outside that grew beyond the courtyard wall were swaying in the wind, which made Qi Zhen's heart become confused.

Qi Zhen sniffed the fragrance of pear blossoms in his nose and smiled self-deprecatingly.
To be continued...