"Second brother!"

An extraordinarily loud voice, full of hot urgency, short and short, echoed in a garden. Lu Zhun started running, the rabbit fur collar was shaking, and the cloak was swaying, revealing a pair of machetes behind his waist.

Rong Luoyun opened his hand: "The third child!"

The two brothers hugged tightly. At this time, it was the cold winter, and the flowers in the garden were devastated and desolate, but Rong Luoyun and Lu Zhun were both elated, exuding a sense of spring around them.

Huo Linfeng followed behind to watch, hugging his elbows, generously not saying a word. Without waiting for the two to separate, a team of guards with swords hurriedly chased after Meng Tingyuan, who was full of anger.

Prince Rui was so angry that he was first scolded with open swords and guns, and then he was trespassing on his mansion, which he had never experienced before. But his group entered the garden mightily, the closer they got, the more hesitant their footsteps became, and then they stopped five or six steps apart.

Hearing the footsteps, Lu Zhun turned his head: "What are you doing, are you going to arrest me?"

Rong Luoyun embraced Lu Zhun, as if protecting his cub, and asked, "Prince Rui, is there any misunderstanding?"

Meng Tingyuan was clearly aggrieved, but asked the two brothers who were moving and quiet to question him, as if he was bullying people by his identity. "I was just outside the mansion..." He complained after deliberation, "This person scolded me."

As soon as he said it, Lu Zhun said, "I'm sorry." He pondered, if he didn't accept the softness, he might embarrass Rong Luoyun, and he wouldn't lose a piece of meat if he apologized.

Meng Tingyuan was stunned, he was still aggressive at that time, and the faces of Jianghu people became too fast. But since the other party apologized, if he continued to pursue it, Rong Luoyun would think that he was stingy, and then looking at Huo Linfeng's relaxed appearance, he was already watching his excitement.

He had to swallow the pain, tilted his head and said, "Let's go down."

The guards withdrew, and there were only four of them left in the garden. According to their standing positions, it was a pair of three. Meng Tingyuan's eyes floated, unable to avoid it, and fell on Lu Zhun's hand wearing the jade ring.

He really wanted to ask Rong Luoyun, how disgusted he was to pass this gift to others? But he couldn't ask, and when he asked, he became a poor joke.

Huo Linfeng was always silent, followed Meng Tingyuan's gaze, and then he understood. Considering another identity, if Rong Luoyun gave away the things he gave, and took Meng Tingyuan to send it, then at this time, it is estimated that he will make a move to make the North shock.

"Prince Rui," Huo Linfeng broke the deadlock, "How about entering the palace today, let's take a step to talk?"

Meng Tingyuan suddenly returned to his senses, knowing that Huo Linfeng was going down the steps for him, and replied, "Go to my study and talk." He turned to lead the way, and when he passed a begonia, he couldn't help but turn his head and glance.

As they collided, Lu Zhun bared his white teeth at him.

Huo Linfeng followed Meng Tingyuan to the study. There was a chessboard on the round table and a volume of books for solving chess. After taking his seat, he swept it roughly and asked, "King Rui, do you play chess with yourself?"

Meng Tingyuan sat opposite and replied, "It's just for recreation."

Black and white are evenly matched, Huo Linfeng said: "There is always a bias in people's hearts, and it is inevitable to tilt when playing alone, but the black and white pieces of this chess game are on a par."

Meng Tingyuan said: "I learned chess when I was three years old, and it was taught by the master." He pointed to Tang Zhen, "The master taught me the basics, so he stopped playing chess with me, and let me play with myself."

Tang Zhen said that going down with others is just a fight and a battle, but what you need to learn when going down with yourself is to seek a kind of "fairness". Meng Tingyuan picked up a son: "Teacher taught me that when I can be impartial and achieve complete fairness in my heart, my chess is really learned."

Huo Linfeng listened carefully, and he traced the afterimage of Tang Zhen in his heart, and Meng Tingyuan did the same. Whenever he remembered his teacher, he would always feel lost for a while. There was no word for a while, and there was just the sound of pushing the door, which caused the two of them to withdraw from their thoughts.

The person who came was Princess Rui, with a beautiful face in her golden and jade clothes, she brought tea in person, and softly called "Your Highness". The tea cup was put down, and she asked thoughtfully, "It's getting late, and the prince must be tired after entering the palace for a day. Why don't you talk to the general over a meal?"

Meng Tingyuan didn't lift his eyes: "No need, just go out."

The princess couldn't, so she had to drag her dress and leave. As soon as she left, Meng Tingyuan called the housekeeper and instructed that no one was allowed to disturb him again, and no one was allowed to approach outside the study.

When the room was quiet, Huo Linfeng asked the business: "Your Highness, can you see the Emperor today?"

Meng Tingyuan replied: "I see. I was originally obstructed by the prince. I didn't leave. I spent the afternoon with my mother-in-law, and then I found an opportunity to meet."

He recalled: "The imperial front and the palace gate have been rearranged, and the imperial doctor has only said that he needs to rest, and I don't know if the prince has instructed." After a while, his throat was a little sore, "I decided that Beihou died in battle. When the news came, the father's body became worse and worse, and after Chen Ruoyin's criminal evidence was presented, he even fainted directly."

By means of the two powerful parties to check and balance each other, when one side falls, the other side is left unchecked, but both sides fall, indicating that the instability of the country and the country has caused chaos. Huo Linfeng asked, "How is the situation when you see the empress?"

Meng Tingyuan said: "I told the royal father, you have arrived in Chang'an, and Azatai has also been brought here, just waiting to tell the evidence of Chen Ruoyin's crime. The royal father was angry, but he was so sick that he couldn't get angry, and called me. Don't dare to say too much to stimulate him."

Huo Linfeng pondered for a while, and said, "Prince Rui, the crown prince relies on Chen Ruoyin, and he certainly does not want him to be brought down. But for the sake of the crown prince's success, will the emperor also turn a blind eye?"

Meng Tingyuan didn't answer for a long time, didn't make arbitrary judgments, and Huo Linfeng didn't ask any further questions. He looked down at the chessboard and made a move. With just this difference, the situation turned around immediately, and he said, "I'm going to the palace to face the saint tomorrow morning."

What he meant was that he was going to be the one to turn things around.

Meng Tingyuan said, "You may not see it when you enter the palace—"

Huo Linfeng interrupted: "I must see it. If the prince is not allowed, don't blame me for putting pressure on me. My Huo Linfeng's military exploits for many years, my eldest brother, my father, and the military exploits of everyone in our Huo family's elite cavalry will determine the thousands of soldiers in the Northern Army. , I will press all the people outside the customs to see if the prince still has the strength to resist."

Meng Tingyuan looked at Huo Linfeng blankly, respecting, but also fearful, the king's fear of important ministers, he asked: "If it is true as the general said, the father and the emperor are deceived and do not want to punish Chen Ruoyin..."

Whoa! The full board of chess pieces was swept down by Huo Linfeng's palm and splashed all over the ground at his feet. He replied in a deep voice, "If the Son of Heaven is not a prince, then I will act for Heaven."

This sentence really showed the position, showed a move, and broke through the clouds with pride. Meng Tingyuan was so shocked that he could not speak, he reached out his hand to hold the tea cup, and used tea instead of wine as a gesture of respect.

Huo Linfeng responded with the cup, drinking it, revealing a free and easy smile.

Suddenly, he asked, "Prince Rui, why did you hide the truth that my father killed Tang Zhen and his wife?"

He had long wanted to ask, since Meng Tingyuan likes Rong Luoyun, why hide it? Wouldn't it be fun to join hands to take revenge together, and it would be even more pleasing to Rong Luoyun. Why wait until the day when it is exposed, and end up being estranged from each other, making it awkward even to be an ordinary friend.

Meng Tingyuan asked back, "You say that if someone dies, does that count as compensation?"

He didn't want Huo Linfeng to answer, and said, "I have always been ashamed for hiding Xiaoheng, but I have repeatedly persuaded myself that people will die eventually, and the Duke of Dingbei will eventually pay for his life one day."

Huo Linfeng said: "Although you want to win the support of the Huo family, the Huo family has never stood in the team for so many years, and it was of no help to you until this battle. Why did you choose to hide it? Why can't you bear to kill my father for revenge? ?"

Meng Tingyuan's answer is very simple: "It doesn't help me, it's my life, and it helps all the people in the world. I want to save the people's blessing."

Huo Linfeng looked at Meng Tingyuan, his eyes were facing each other, and his pupils reflected his pupils. He poured tea, picked up his own, and it was his turn to salute the other.

It was completely dark, and in the stinging garden, there was a table of delicious food and wine, and Lu Zhunzheng was munching on meat. Rong Luoyun looked at the door from time to time, wanting to wait for Huo Linfeng to eat together, but when he heard footsteps, it was Du Zheng who brought a plate of fresh fruit.

Lu Zhun's mouth was full of oil: "Second brother, I miss you so much."

Rong Luoyun said, "I miss you too." He looked back and stretched out his hand to serve Lu Zhun's food, "You came to find me alone, do the others know? Is everything going well in Xiganling?"

Lu Zhun muttered: "You said in your letter that you came to Chang'an, and I came after I informed my eldest brother." He leaned closer, "Leaving the Bufan Palace, your status as the palace master will be difficult, but Huo Linfeng is a prominent person. General, if I bully you, I have to give you a show."

Rong Luoyun was delighted to hear it: "You are so ostentatious, you scolded the prince as soon as you came."

Bang, the chicken leg fell into the plate, and Lu Zhun held his greasy and twisted hand to look at the ring. "It turns out that this jade ring was given to you by the third prince, and he insisted that I return it to him." Lu Zhun said, "But it's priceless... I don't want it."

Recalling the scene in front of the mansion, he panicked a little: "Second brother, won't Prince Rui send someone to kill me in the middle of the night?"

Rong Luoyun coaxed: "What are you thinking, eat your chicken legs."

Lu Zhun said, "Wouldn't it be beautiful for you to sleep with me?"

Before the final sound was finalized, Huo Linfeng stepped into the door from the outside, just listening to him, approached, raised his clothes in the corner seat, and tapped the back of Lu Zhun's hand with chopsticks: "You are beautiful, dreaming."

Lu Zhun was in pain: "Stinky soldier, don't mess with me!"

He screamed with a chicken leg and scare people: "Believe it or not, with a cloud-piercing arrow, the disciples of Bufan Palace are here to pacify Chang'an City!"

Rong Luoyun said lightly, "Don't talk nonsense, do you pay for the carriage and horses?"

As soon as he mentioned the money, Lu Zhun calmed down and said embarrassingly, "Let him go this time." After two bites of rice, he complained, "Before the Bufan Palace was besieged, I added weapons, healed the sick, and repaired the damaged house. Squeezed dry!"

Huo Linfeng peeled the beans and ate it. He wanted to laugh when he heard it, and asked, "How many people are injured?"

Lu Zhun replied: "It's okay, in fact, those people are not willing to risk their lives." His tone was softer, "Later I learned that Dingbeihou died in battle, and Duan Daxia said that those people were trying to hold us back and let us Can't get away and go north."

Mentioning Huo Zhao's death, Huo Linfeng deliberately let out a sigh. Rong Luoyun heard that the emotions were not in place, glanced at it, but didn't break it, but Lu Zhun didn't know it, and said hesitantly: "People can't be resurrected from the dead, your condolences."

Huo Linfeng shook his head: "How can it be so easy to be a father and dream about dying all night long."

"Mother..." Lu Zhun was horrified, looked at Rong Luoyun secretly, and reluctantly said, "Forget it, you are so pitiful, let the second brother accompany you."

Really a person who has turned a corner, Huo Linfeng lowered his head and smiled, and smugly kicked Rong Luoyun under the table. Rong Luoyun swayed lightly, holding the table, guiltily serving Lu Zhun food.

Lu Zhun's belly was round after eating, and after washing, he got on the bed and lay down, sighing, the bedding in the palace is really comfortable. He was afraid that when he was sleeping soundly at night, Meng Tingyuan would come to secretly pick his ring, turned sideways, tucked his palms under the pillow, and fell asleep awkwardly.

In the next room, Huo Linfeng was going to the palace tomorrow, so he hugged Rong Luoyun and turned off the lights early.

The night passed quickly.

When the morning light was faint, Huo Linfeng opened his eyes and pulled out his arm under Rong Luoyun's neck. His movements were light and light, but Rong Luoyun was still awake.

"Sleep a little longer." Huo Linfeng said.

Rong Luoyun was disobedient, and got up and dragged the clothes at the end of the bed. They were like an ordinary husband and wife, caring for each other, even dressing and tying for each other.

Tightening his waist, Rong Luoyun put his hands behind Huo Linfeng's back, hugged him and said, "You are alone, and I will bring the thirty elite soldiers of the Huo family to wait for you outside the palace."

It is useless to refuse, Huo Linfeng said: "Okay, you call the shots."

Suddenly, there was a rush of hurried and panicked footsteps. don't know which rash boy it was, but after a while, Meng Tingyuan broke into the door.

His expression was a little dull, and his clothes were neat, but he was very plain, without any gold or jade ornaments.

Huo Linfeng asked, "Prince Rui, what happened?"

"The letter that just arrived," Meng Tingyuan said slowly, "the father has passed away."

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