Second uncle
Gu Yan's leaning motion froze, and he slowly straightened up, looking at the person in front of him.
The guard looked surprised. He is not an old man from Dingguo's mansion. He didn't know who Zhang Qingfeng was, so he waved his hand impatiently, "You have found the wrong place. We don't have Zhang Qingfeng here."
The soldier was taken aback, he vaguely remembered that Zhang Qingfeng was from Dingguo's mansion, so he rushed here directly, looked up at the plaque, it was indeed Dingguo's mansion.
He was a little confused for a moment, not knowing who to give the letter that General Chen gave him.
Gu Yan, who was listening to the conversation between the two, his eyes flickered, he bent down and took a closer look at the bottom of the carriage, but there was no one under the carriage, he didn't feel disappointed, and got into the carriage directly.
Obscure Moon inside was so bored waiting for him, she was delighted to see him coming up.
Gu Yan beckoned her casually, whispered something in her ear, Mizuki nodded with her lips pursed, and got off the carriage briskly.
After a while, the carriage started to move, and stopped in front of a house after a while.
This is the house that the queen ordered someone to buy for Zhang Qingfeng.
He got out of the carriage and stepped in quickly, "Is uncle in the mansion?"
The guard at the door recognized him, and was pointed out by the queen to see the portraits of Gu Jiuxiao and Qin Geng. He was very impressed by the masters. When he saw Gu Yan coming, he immediately smiled and said courteously, "Yes, the master did not go out today."
Gu Yan nodded, with a cold expression, "Obscure Moon will bring someone later, and you bring them to the front hall."
After saying that, he strode forward.
Hearing the servant's report, Zhang Qingfeng hurried to the front hall. He looked at Gu Yan, with fondness in his eyes, and strode towards him, "How come Yan'er is free to come to uncle today."
In the past, he loved Zhang Sinian the most, but now seeing Gu Yan who is very similar to Zhang Sinian, whether he really loves him or empathizes, his love for Gu Yan is real.
Gu Yan also likes this carefree and heroic second uncle very much.
The corners of his mouth curled up, and there was rarely a smile in his cold eyes, "I went to Dingguo's mansion, and accidentally ran into someone asking about my uncle, so I asked Obscure Moon to bring him here."
Zhang Qingfeng was taken aback, and frowned when he heard the words Dingguo Gongfu, a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes, "The old man summoned you? What the hell is he doing?"
Sensing the second uncle's deep-rooted dislike for Duke Ding, Gu Yan was stunned for a moment, and said calmly, "He wants to stuff women into my room."
"Damn it!" Zhang Qingfeng slapped the desk table, disgusted and angry, frowned and sneered, "After all these years, he is still so old and stubborn, disgusting."
"You don't want to be coerced by him. If you need uncle's help, just let me know."
There was a warm current in Gu Yan's heart, he nodded, and the uncle and nephew talked for a while about looking for Ding Wang and his wife, and then heard the servants report that Ozuyue brought people here.
The soldier obviously recognized Zhang Qingfeng, seeing his eyes lit up, he clasped his fists and said, "Young Master Zhang, I found you."
Zhang Qingfeng stood up from his seat at once. He saw that this person looked familiar. After thinking about it carefully, he thought that he was General Chen's confidant, and General Chen was transferred by Emperor Sheng Yuan to attack Bohai City.
"Prince Ding has secretly arrived in Bohai City..."
"Bang".
The always calm Gu Yan lost his composure for the first time. He didn't hold the teacup in his hand firmly, causing the cup to drop to the ground with the tea, the hot water and the broken porcelain shattered, and the moon rushed to his side in a hurry, asking worriedly, "Third Prince, are you... are you okay?"
How could Gu Yan still be in the mood to talk to her, he stretched out his hand to push her away, stepped forward, grabbed the soldier's wrist, and said anxiously, "What about Princess Ding, she..."
His voice was trembling, almost choking, "Did she get to Bohai City safely?"
Zhang Qingfeng thumped subconsciously in his heart, and turned his head to look at him, only to see that this nephew who had always been calm, as if nothing could take his heart and soul, was in a mess. A bad thought flashed through his mind, but he didn't show it on his face, only the letter in his hand seemed to be hot, very hot.
The soldier was stunned for a moment, "I haven't decided on the princess."
no princess...
Gu Yan only felt that he understood every word he said, but he couldn't understand what he meant.
"How could there be no Princess Ding? Prince Ding is back, how could he not bring back Princess Ding, did you not see clearly, I..."
"Ah... the third prince, the villain's hand is about to break..."
The soldier's wrist was about to break due to his pinching force, and he couldn't help screaming.
Gu Yan's face was pale, and he let go of his hand in a panic, and grabbed his shoulder, "You, you explain the situation that day clearly, how could it be possible for Princess Ding..."
"On that day, only General Chen was there, and he wrote a letter..."
Gu Yan almost rushed over to snatch the letter from Zhang Qingfeng's hand. He tore off the sealant on the letter with trembling hands, read the letter at a glance, and then saw General Chen's letter saying that Wang Ding was holding a brocade box with a sad expression, and when there was no Princess Ding by his side, his eye sockets suddenly became sour, and his eyes were full of red.
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"
"Yan'er..."
Seeing his heart-wrenching look, Zhang Qingfeng didn't understand.
Gu Yan seemed to be awakened by this sound, he grasped the letter tightly, pushed him away suddenly, rushed to the stables quickly, snatched the most energetic horse, turned on the horse, whipped the horse's buttocks, and rushed out like a sword.
"Where are you going, Yan'er, come back to me!"
Zhang Qingfeng chased out the door in a hurry, but only had time to see the shadow of the man and the horse flashing at the corner of the street before disappearing.
He stomped his feet resentfully, and looked at Miyue who was about to cry, "You go back to the palace quickly, tell the empress, and say that there is a trace of King Ding, and the third prince and I will go to meet him, and you are not allowed to disclose anything else to the empress, understand?"
Obscure Moon saw that what he said was extremely serious, she nodded hastily with tears in her eyes, and watched him and the soldier ride away again.
She got into the carriage in a panic, and was about to send the coachman back to the palace, when she suddenly saw a dark figure squatting inside.
Ozuki's heart jumped to her heart, and she shrank into the corner as soon as she got close to the shadow, trembling with fear.
The beating heart gradually fell back to the original place, Ozuki carefully lifted the curtain of the carriage window, the light from outside leaked in, allowing her to see the shrinking person clearly.
This person seemed to have rolled around in a mud pond, and his body was covered with drying mud. He seemed a little uncomfortable with the sudden light, and subconsciously raised his muddy hand to cover his face, which was also covered with dirty mud.
Obscure Moon confirmed at a glance that he was not in danger, like a pitiful big dog.
She pursed her lips, put down the curtain, "Go back to the palace."
The carriage started to move unsteadily, Obscure Moon moved a little towards him, and asked in a low voice, "Who are you?"
The man's body trembled, and he kept burying his head in the gap between his knees and chest. It was so long until Obscure Moon thought he was dumb that he made a somewhat puzzled voice, "I... I..."