The interior was pitch dark.

Inside the closed closet door, the trembling girl covered her eyes, lips and teeth tightly, but her ears were missing.

So she heard the heavy rain outside, heard the cries of swords fighting in the rain, heard the clanging sound of the long sword falling to the ground, and even heard the words "No" shouted by Li Mu.

It was raining heavily outside, and the sound of swords was roaring, and Linglong's mind was also feeling pain as if it was being slashed with a sword.

Li Mu's words and the words of those outside the door kept replaying in her mind, but Linglong couldn't understand them.

She had a headache that was about to split open, and her heart felt like it was being scratched by countless sharp thorns, and the stinging pain was unbearable.

The sound of fighting outside became several times more intense after Li Mu said "no".

The sound of swords fighting could not be heard without stopping. I don’t know how much time had passed, but the last dagger Li Mu was holding also fell to the ground.

He was unarmed and covered in wounds, and finally fell down.

Although he was seriously injured and fell down, he still managed to get up and block the door with his flesh and blood body covered with sword wounds.

Li Mu's voice was low and hoarse, and due to the serious injury, his words were almost out of tune.

But the determination in those words remained unchanged.

He said: "As long as I still have half of my strength, I will never let you step into this door!"

He was unarmed, his sword and dagger were all broken, and his body was covered in blood under the heavy rain, but he still stood guard in front of the door.

The secret guard's eyes turned red. Seeing how stubborn Li Mu was, he knew that if he wanted to take Linglong away, he would have to capture Li Mu.

Not long after, Linglong, who was hiding in the closet in the inner room, heard the sound of pain that still overflowed despite the heavy rain that Li Mu was desperately guarding, and heard those people slashing at him with swords and swords.

The sound in his bones.

She was in great pain and fear, and beat the closet like crazy, shouting Li Mu's name.

Li Mu, who was outside the door, heard her call, looked back at the door in despair, and used his last strength to shout out to her: "Linglong, be obedient, cover your eyes, lips and teeth, don't look, don't cry..."

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Linglong burst into tears, put her hand down from the cabinet, and covered her eyes, lips and teeth again, but the hand covering her eyes, lips and teeth kept trembling.

Suddenly, all the fighting sounds suddenly stopped.

After all, Li Mu couldn't bear it anymore.

His body completely lost all strength and slowly slid down from the door that he had been guarding with all his strength. His only hand was still holding the inner door knocker tightly.

It was obvious that the man had lost consciousness and fell down, but his hand was still holding the door knocker stiffly.

Doing things that are useless, futile, and painful.

The secret guard commander sighed, took Li Mu's hand off the door lock, and raised his hand to push the door open.

At the same time, a secret guard flew out of the rain, stopped the commander, and whispered in his ear: "Commander, the master is here in person, and the personal guard has sent a message. He should be outside Luoyang City by now."

A few hours ago, when it was just getting dark, the army was on the march.

The secret guard who sent the message caught up with Qi Zhen.

Thanks to the large number of troops marching and setting up camp at sunset to prepare for the night's rest, the secret guard responsible for delivering the message was able to catch up with Qi Zhen just as it was getting dark.

Inside the army camp, Qi Zhen was looking at the letter Zheng Jingyan sent from Beijing on the case.

Zheng Jingyan wrote in the letter that Qi Mo ordered people to bring the late emperor's concubine back to the capital. In the royal family, he declared that the late emperor was not dead, but was imprisoned in Yangzhou by Qi Zhen. He accused Qi Zhen of imprisoning the emperor's father and strangulating his concubine's mother. He was a minister in vain.

Not even worthy of being a king.

Folk songs in Beijing spread throughout the city, the emperor's reputation was no longer what it used to be, and the official Yan Guan even asked Qi Zhen with several excerpts.

Qi Zhen had known that his father was merciful and managed to let the concubine go, but he didn't know how Qi Mo had colluded with the concubine.

Qi Mo, who had been supporting him with his heart's blood for more than ten years and had some luck, actually became such a disaster in this life.

Qi Zhen put down the letter and sneered coldly.

His second brother clearly knew that the war between the two armies was about to begin, but he still spared no effort to stab him in the back. His thoughts were evil, and he was no less willing to give in than the third prince in his previous life.

It's a pity that after all, the method is a bit naive.

It's just fame, what does it count?

On the other hand, the imperial concubine had not completely solved the problem that was always on Qi Zhen's mind.

Fortunately, Qi Mo brought her to the capital. Otherwise, if he couldn't find her, he wouldn't have known how to kill her.

He held his forehead and sent a message: "Bring the eunuch next to my father to the capital, and let the eunuch tell the people in the clan why I want to kill the imperial concubine."

The imperial concubine was unlucky to protect her master, so she pulled the emperor to block the sword first, fearing that the incident would be exposed and the emperor would be held responsible after he recovered, intending to kill the emperor later.

Qi Zhen's decision to kill her was beyond reproach regardless of the reason or law.

As for the emperor, Qi Zhen raised his forehead, but was in a dilemma.

In fact, if the imperial concubine was allowed to kill the emperor and then be held accountable, a lot of trouble would be saved.

But Qi Zhen finally took care of those minor blood ties and saved the emperor's life.

However, he knew very well how much his father was worth.

My father is too benevolent and weak, and in troubled times, he will only leave endless troubles.

Thinking of this, Qi Zhen pinched his eyebrows impatiently.

When he spoke again, his voice was cold and he said: "Everyone in the world knows that the late emperor is dead. Tell your father that what happened to the noble concubine in the capital also tells him about the current situation and lets him decide how to act in the future. If it is true

If he creates a mess that is difficult to clean up, ask him if he can bear the responsibility for his kindness as a woman."

The chamberlain took the order and went down to deliver the message. As soon as he opened the curtain of the military tent, he was bumped into by the secret guard from Luoyang who came to deliver the message.

"Oh, how unbecoming you are in such a panic!" The waiter was knocked to the ground, his old bones almost falling apart.

The secret guard was also so panicked that he didn't even bother to help the servant up, so he hurried inside and asked to see Qi Zhen.

The movement at the curtain of the military tent naturally alarmed Qi Zhen.

Qi Zhen raised his eyes and looked over, frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

He came in such a hurry that he barged in without even being informed.

Qi Zhen raised his eyes and asked, and the coldness in his eyes fell on the secret guard. The secret guard felt cold in his heart. He was even more frightened when he thought of what he wanted to report, and he was suddenly stuck.

Seeing this, Qi Zhen's eyebrows became colder. He stood up from the case, went to the secret guard and asked again: "What happened?"

The secret guard was very frightened, and he knew clearly that something would happen if he delayed any longer. He was heartbroken and said, "Master, Li Mu's wife is Miss Shen."

The secret guard spoke stumblingly, but Qi Zhen and the chamberlain who fell to the ground beside him heard clearly.

There was sudden silence in the military tent. In the extreme silence, Qi Zhen heard his own voice.

"What did you say?" He clenched his palms tightly, still not believing it.

Yes, how can you believe it?

Shen Linglong was his and loved him to the core, so how could she be someone else's wife?

Under the pressure from Qi Zhen's body, the secret guard knelt on the ground. His voice trembled violently, but he still reported it again.

"The wife Li Mu married today is Miss Shen. The secret guard who had served Miss Shen earlier saw someone at the wedding banquet and ordered his servants to come and deliver a message to His Majesty. This matter is undoubtedly true. The commander does not know how to deal with Miss Shen and Li Mu. , I specifically ask for your Majesty’s clarification!”

The secret guard was trembling with fear when he spoke, but Qi Zhen's heart was trembling when he listened to him.

He had imagined many possibilities, but he never thought that she would happily marry someone else in such a short period of time.

The one I married was Li Mu.

He personally visited their wedding home and personally delivered a child-giving Guanyin.

Personally, I wish Li Mu and her a long life of love and affection.

Qi Zhen thought it was ridiculous when he thought about the traces of lipstick he saw on Li Mu's clothes that day when he first met him.

That day he laughed at Li Mu's loving couple, but now he laughs at himself for being so stupid.

Shen Linglong loves rouge and gouache the most.

Li Mu and his "wife" opened a rouge shop, and their clothes were stained with lipstick.

Shen Linglong always carries the fragrance of pear blossoms, which persists year after year.

Li Mu also has the familiar aroma of pear blossoms on his body.

Shen Linglong once made exquisite dice for him.

Li Mu also received exquisite dice as a gift from his newlywed "wife".

It turns out that all the coincidences were just because it was her.

But it had only been a few months, how could she marry someone else so easily?

Qi Zhen refused to believe it no matter what. He didn't believe that Shen Linglong's love could be so easily paid to someone else.

His eyes were cold, he clenched his palms tightly to suppress the trembling in his heart, and opened his lips and commanded: "Prepare your horses, I will go back to Luoyang myself!"

Ten miles outside Luoyang City, a group of people were galloping on horseback in the night rain.
To be continued...