It was half an hour later when Fang Shuoyang left the imperial study.
After the person left, Shi Qingzhou couldn't help asking Long Xiaoyuan: "Are you really planning to let him go?"
Long Xiaoyuan smiled wryly. "Qingzhou, haven't you seen it? It's not my plan, but he has already made a decision, and we can't stand against it."
Shi Qingzhou fell silent when he heard the words.
Long Xiaoyuan sighed. "Maybe it's okay, let him find out what happened."
"You think he can find out?" Shi Qingzhou frowned.
Long Xiaoyuan said indifferently: "Someone's help is enough, even if not, there are always other uses."
"Then how do you tell Xu You about this?" Shi Qingzhou asked again.
Although Shi Qingzhou doesn't really believe in fate, he can see the difference between Long Xiaoyuan and Xu You, and he can clearly see the affection between brothers from the other side's eyes.
Therefore, Shi Qingzhou believed that Long Xiaoyuan's brotherhood towards Xu You was true.
It was because it was true that he asked this question, fearing that Long Xiaoyuan would not be able to explain it.
After hearing the words, Long Xiaoyuan was silent for a while, then said softly: "Qingzhou, we'll talk about this matter later, for now... let's go back to Kunning Palace first."
Shi Qingzhou didn't ask why, but just nodded.
When the two came out of the imperial study room, they didn't rush to the Kunning Palace. On the contrary, it seemed that Long Xiaoyuan was thinking about something in his heart, and walked a little absent-mindedly along the way.
When the two reached Kunning Palace, Long Xiaoyuan said, "Qingzhou, let's have dinner outside today."
"Huh?" Shi Qingzhou raised his eyebrows. "You mean in the courtyard?"
"En." Long Xiaoyuan nodded. "It's cool outside."
"Okay." Naturally, Shi Qingzhou would not object.
But it's not time for meal yet, Long Xiaoyuan and Shi Qingzhou didn't think about eating now, so they sat down outside.
A servant brought a pot of tea, but Long Xiaoyuan sent them all away instead of keeping them down.
There are only Long Xiaoyuan and Shi Qingzhou in the garden, and Shi Qingzhou feels that Long Xiaoyuan seems a little weird.
This strange feeling has been there since the other party came back.
The other party went to the imperial study as soon as he came back... Although it was said that it was because of the case.
However, Long Xiaoyuan's expression could not be faked.
Now, Shi Qingzhou is more sure.
When the pot of tea was almost at the bottom, Shi Qingzhou saw that the other party didn't want to take the initiative to speak up, so he had to say: "Not in a good mood?"
Long Xiaoyuan blinked and said, "Well... I can't get better."
"I'm afraid it's not just because of the case and Fang Shuoyang's affairs?" Shi Qingzhou said lightly.
Long Xiaoyuan fell silent when he heard the words.
Shi Qingzhou continued: "What's wrong with you? Can you tell me?"
Long Xiaoyuan didn't speak immediately, he seemed a little hesitant.
Shi Qingzhou moved closer to Long Xiaoyuan, stood up, and walked behind him.
"Is there anything you can't tell me?" Shi Qingzhou's voice is very soft, soft and gentle.
Long Xiaoyuan pursed his lips slightly. A little sullenly said: "What's the matter with that brother Shitou?"
Shi Qingzhou was stunned.
Long Xiaoyuan's unhappiness was actually because of him? Just because of this
And Long Xiaoyuan obviously misunderstood the meaning of shock.
I thought there was really some secret in it, a secret of the past that belonged to Shi Qingzhou and others!
As a result, Long Xiaoyuan's entire face turned dark immediately, and a nervous look appeared in his expression.
"Qingzhou, are you really with that woman..."
"Where are you thinking?" Shi Qingzhou recovered from his astonishment, and hurriedly interrupted him.
"Huh?" Long Xiaoyuan was slightly taken aback.
Shi Qingzhou couldn't laugh or cry. "You think too much, I have nothing to do with that woman."
Long Xiaoyuan frowned fiercely. "It doesn't matter? Qingzhou, you don't need to hide, even if you use relationships or something, it's the past. I'm not that stingy, but it's not good to lie to me, you..."
"I didn't lie to you." Shi Qingzhou was helpless.
Long Xiaoyuan stared fixedly at Shi Qingzhou, Shi Qingzhou looked at each other with a serious and calm expression, without any dodging.
Long Xiaoyuan was finally a little stunned when he saw the seriousness of the other party. "You... are you serious?"
"Of course it's true!" Shi Qingzhou said firmly. "I just think this matter is nothing at all, that's all, where are you thinking?"
Long Xiaoyuan pursed his lower lip lightly, still in disbelief.
Shi Qingzhou couldn't help but said helplessly: "She called that at the time, but I didn't realize it all at once. In my memory, it seemed that a little girl called that, but it was a long time ago, and it was absolutely different from what you imagined. , I just saw how you repulsed her, so I didn't want to talk to her too much, that's all."
Long Xiaoyuan fell silent.
Shi Qingzhou said softly: "I really have nothing to do with her, and I'm definitely not the childhood sweetheart you imagined...
Do you want to know about that? "
When Long Xiaoyuan heard the words, he immediately nodded like a chicken pecking rice.
"Well, I want to know, you say."
After recalling it for a while, Shi Qingzhou said: "It was about when I was about ten years old. In that year, I remembered that my mother went back to her mother's house and prayed for her father on the mountain. At that time, I was still young, and my mother didn't take me there. He left me at my grandfather's house."
"And then?" Long Xiaoyuan hurriedly asked.
Seeing the other party's impatient look, Shi Qingzhou smiled slightly. "I was left behind, not very happy. After playing for a few days, I secretly ran to the mountain to find my mother, but you know, I was still young at that time, and I was not familiar with that area, so I got lost... and then I met Wu Xiangyuan. At that time, I didn’t know what Tianjilou was, or even her name. She only said that she was Xiangxiang. I got lost, and I met her on the mountain who seemed to run away from home... "
"You'll run away from home at such a young age, it really doesn't make you worry." Long Xiaoyuan complained.
Shi Qingzhou felt a little funny and nodded. "That's it... She is from the local area. I followed her to the mountain and found my mother. She is a child and there is no one around, so my mother left her behind and sent people to find out the whereabouts of her relatives. We We got along for almost two days... Then she was picked up. If it wasn't for that name... I would have completely forgotten about such a person."
"That's it?" Long Xiaoyuan dug out his ear hole.
"Otherwise what do you think?" Shi Qingzhou asked back.
"I see that girl has a deep-rooted affection for you... It's only because of the two days we spent together when I was a child? At that time, the girl was at most eight or nine years old, right?"
"Well, only eight years old." Shi Qingzhou said.
Long Xiaoyuan twitched the corner of his mouth speechlessly. "What kind of girl is this, isn't she too precocious? Just because I played for two days when I was a child, I still remember it until now?"
Shi Qingzhou blinked. "I have no idea."
In fact, Shi Qingzhou also concealed a situation without saying anything.
That is, when the little girl's parents came to find him, the little girl's mother and his mother hit it off, and they wanted to make a baby kiss... But because his father was not there at that time, the engagement required the consent of both parents , Therefore, this matter was abandoned. It is said that if there is fate, they can be together when they grow up.
Shi Qingzhou had long forgotten about this matter, and only remembered it when he recalled Wu Xiangyuan, and this matter, judging by Long Xiaoyuan's appearance, he would never talk about it!
It's just that I was jealous when I met him when I was a child. If he found out and almost talked about marriage, wouldn't I be even more jealous? No, this kind of thing must not be said!
Long Xiaoyuan, who still doesn't know that his queen has concealed some information, is still lamenting the precociousness of ancient women.
The knot in the heart of this problem was solved, and Long Xiaoyuan's mood improved a lot. He took Shi Qingzhou's hand in his palm, wrapped the other's hand, turned himself around, and faced the side of the stone table. Qingzhou sat on his lap.
Afterwards, Long Xiaoyuan buried his cheek in Shi Qingzhou's neck.
"Qingzhou... am I too jealous?" Long Xiaoyuan was still a little nervous when he asked this question.
In modern times, I believe no one would like such a suspicious and jealous lover, right
In fact, he didn't want to say anything, he just wanted to get angry, anyway, it will be fine after a while.
But his family Qingzhou asked him, that's why he opened his mouth... However, after talking about it, he regretted it a little. He was afraid that his family Qingzhou would be angry and feel that he didn't trust him enough, so he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
When Shi Qingzhou heard Long Xiaoyuan's nervous tone, the corners of his lips curled up. "What's wrong? So you know it yourself..."
Long Xiaoyuan flattened his mouth. Pushing hard to Shi Qingzhou's neck, he sighed.
Seeing the other party like this, Shi Qingzhou was obviously very happy in his heart, but he still said: "You should trust me more."
"Yes." Long Xiaoyuan nodded immediately.
Shi Qingzhou continued: "Also, you can't always wrong me."
Long Xiaoyuan was extremely ashamed. "Well, it's all my fault."
The smile on Shi Qingzhou's lips widened by two points, but Long Xiaoyuan didn't see it.
"Okay, forget it this time, as long as you don't do this again next time."
"En." Long Xiaoyuan nodded sullenly.
Shi Qingzhou suppressed the smile on his face, and said solemnly: "Okay, are you hungry?"
Long Xiaoyuan looked at the sky and nodded. "hungry."
"Okay, let's pass the meal earlier."
"Okay." Long Xiaoyuan nodded immediately.
After the meal, without accident, Xu You came over.
"Brother, what did Fang Shuoyang tell you?" Xu You asked directly.
Long Xiaoyuan looked at the other party and said, "Come with me."
Long Xiaoyuan brought him into the inner hall. "He didn't tell you?"
Xu You shook his head. "He didn't say it, he just said he was going on a long trip after he came back with you."
Long Xiaoyuan sighed. "He wants to go to the Eastern Ye Country."
"What! What are you doing there!" Xu You was extremely surprised.
Long Xiaoyuan looked at the other party and smiled wryly. "You should be able to guess why, shouldn't you?"
Xu You was silent.
Long Xiaoyuan said softly: "His life experience, no one is a fool, he should have guessed it himself, he wants to take the initiative to go to Dongye Kingdom to find out about this matter, I can't refuse because of emotion and reason, isn't it ?"
Xu You didn't speak.
"What's more, Xu You, I think you can see that this place is not peaceful at all. Fang Shuoyang may not be safe if he stays here. On the contrary, it may be safer for him to go to Dongye Kingdom."
Xu You's eyes were slightly red. "Brother... I know you're under a lot of pressure... I'll go with him!"
Hearing this, Long Xiaoyuan seemed to have guessed the outcome, and looked at Xu You. "are you sure?"
Xu You nodded heavily. "Of course I'm sure, I can't trust him to go so far alone, no matter life or death, I want to be with him."
Hearing this, Long Xiaoyuan couldn't help rubbing the other person's forehead fiercely.
"Don't worry, even if you go, it's not just the two of you, the eldest brother will send many people to you. It will be easy."
Xu You blinked. "Brother... We went there not only to find out Fang Shuoyang's identity? Is there anything else to do?"
"You want to know?" Long Xiaoyuan looked at Xu You. "It's fine for Fang Shuoyang to do those things, you don't have to know."
"No." Xu You shook his head fiercely. "I want to know, brother, I don't like everything being kept secret. I don't like that feeling."
"In that case... well, then I'll tell you all..."
Fang Shuoyang waited until Xu You came in from the outside and hurriedly greeted him. "where have you been!"
Xu You pursed his lips slightly. "I'm going to find my brother."
Fang Shuoyang paused slightly, and said nervously, "What are you going to do with him?"
Xu You looked at each other. "What do you say?"
Fang Shuoyang sighed, "Xu You, you..."
"I know what you are going to do, and I told my elder brother, I will go there with you." Xu You interrupted the other party.
"What?" Fang Shuoyang was shocked when he heard this. "Are you going to talk about this?"
Xu You said "um", and looked at Fang Shuoyang's excited look and said lightly: "Why, are you surprised?"
Fang Shuoyang held Xu You's shoulders with both hands. "Don't come with me, isn't it good to be here? You'll be safe here, and I'll be back when I'm done. I..."
"Fang Shuoyang!" Xu You interrupted him loudly. "Are you going to lie to me or to yourself!"
Fang Shuo Yang paused.
"You go, it's so dangerous, can you guarantee that you will come back? You can't! Can't you say something to make me wait for you
You are not afraid that you will not come back, and then I will find someone else to live a new life! "
Xu You roared angrily, and then slapped Fang Shuoyang hard.
Then, Fang Shuoyang was beaten back a step.
Xu You glared at him angrily. "You choose yourself, I will go with you, or you will go, I will find someone else to go right away!"
"You..." Fang Shuoyang was trembling with anger.
But Xu Youke didn't look like he was joking at all.
On the contrary, Xu You looked at Fang Shuoyang very seriously.
In the end, Fang Shuoyang sighed helplessly. "Okay, you win, let's go together."
Xu You blinked. "Not forced?"
What else could Fang Shuoyang do but sigh
Immediately said: "I don't force it, how can I force it when I'm with you?"
"Hmph." Xu You snorted coldly, and then his face looked better.
Afterwards, Fang Shuoyang took Xu You's hand with a wry smile. "You go with me, but you can't run around or move around, understand?"
"You think of me as a powerless woman!" Xu You rolled his eyes. "Master, at least you know martial arts, okay? And it's not like you don't know my lightness kungfu. It's okay to run for your life, okay?"
Fang Shuoyang's mouth twitched slightly. "I'm just afraid that your self-confidence is too inflated."
"You..." Xu You got angry, and stared at Fang Shuoyang angrily.
Fang Shuoyang immediately said: "Okay, okay, let's not talk, but you must promise me not to act without authorization."
"Okay, this big brother has already told me, you guys are so wordy, I'm not a child!"
Fang Shuoyang could only smile wryly in his heart, yes, not a child, it is scary just because he is not a child!
If it's a child, it's even better!
However, Fang Shuoyang didn't dare to say this. If he really said it, Xu You wouldn't fight him hard!
So Fang Shuoyang dragged Xu You into the palace without saying anything.
At night, Long Xiaoyuan and Shi Qingzhou were lying on the bed.
The two were talking about Fang Shuoyang and Xu You.
Then, while talking, the topic turned to the Liu family's case, Long Xiaoyuan suddenly thought of something, that is...
"Qingzhou, I thought of a question."
"What?" Shi Qingzhou was puzzled.
Long Xiaoyuan sat up abruptly from the bed. "Hint from the Patriarch of the Liu family."
"Huh? What is he implying?" Shi Qingzhou asked immediately.
"I'm going to the secret room where the sulfur powder was found." Long Xiaoyuan said.
Shi Qingzhou paused for a moment, then got up together. "If you go there, you have to be a little prepared."
Long Xiaoyuan nodded. "Um."
After Shi Qingzhou put on his clothes, he asked the shadow guard to arrange it first. After about a quarter of an hour, Long Xiaoyuan and Shi Qingzhou left the bedroom of Kunning Palace.
It was a bit cold at night, but Long Xiaoyuan didn't feel it at all. In a state of anxiety, Long Xiaoyuan and Shi Qingzhou almost flew to Liu's house at a flying speed.
It's just... before entering the door, the inside of Liu's house was on fire.
"Damn it." Long Xiaoyuan was shocked.
Shi Qingzhou was also surprised when he saw the fire igniting rapidly inside. "It's not too hot right now, I'll go in and have a look."
"No!" Long Xiaoyuan grabbed the opponent. "Let's go!"
Sulfur powder...but it will explode!
The Liu family definitely has more than just a little bit of sulfur powder!
Long Xiaoyuan didn't have time to explain so much to Shi Qingzhou, so he just yelled. "Everyone withdraw!"
Then run away quickly.
Shi Qingzhou also seemed to understand something.
So, Shi Qingzhou also ran away with Long Xiao, using lightness skills to run.
About two hundred meters away... Boom, the Liu family exploded.
Shi Qingzhou protected Long Xiaoyuan, and even ran away a little at the last moment. In this way, the aftermath of the explosion did not affect them at all.
After the explosion, Long Xiaoyuan looked at the burning Liu's house, his heart was trembling slightly.
"It really is like this... It really is like this..." Long Xiaoyuan murmured.
Shi Qingzhou looked at each other. "The emperor guessed that there is a lot of sulfur buried in the Liu family?"
Long Xiaoyuan smiled wryly. "Actually, it's not difficult to guess, isn't it? Sulfur was found in a secret compartment. It's so secretive. If there is such a little sulfur, it's impossible for the head of the Liu family to value it so much. The only possibility is that there is a lot of sulfur. However, after searching the entire Liu family, they couldn't find it. There can only be one answer, and that is the underground. Liu’s house is here, and it is impossible to turn over the entire underground. There is a pair of eyes beside us, and those eyes are very smart. He should know that we came out of the palace and went straight to The Liu family is here, why did they go straight to the Liu family? That is because they thought of the secret of the sulfur powder. Apart from the sulfur hidden in the ground, there may be other secrets in the secret room of the Liu family, but we have not discovered it. Now, that person Afraid that we would discover that secret, we simply detonated the brimstone, so we started to catch fire when we were about to enter the door of Liu's house... "
Shi Qingzhou listened to the other party's speculation, and after a long time, he let out a long breath.
"If that's the case... we do have a pair of eyes around us."
Long Xiaoyuan nodded, his face was a bit ugly, Shi Qingzhou looked at him and said softly: "Then what secrets do you think the Liu family's secret room has?"
"Now... I can only go in after the fire goes out... I can't guess."
Shi Qingzhou was silent.
Long Xiaoyuan did not continue to stand where he was. "There will be officers and soldiers coming here soon, so let's not stay here to avoid trouble. As for the secret room of the Liu family, since someone has rushed ahead of us, we don't know if there is a secret..."
Shi Qingzhou nodded upon hearing this. "Then let's go back. I will send someone to Hu Qingyuan's side to say hello. Regardless of whether the secret on the side of the secret room has been taken away by someone, let him look at it."
"I can rest assured that Hu Qingyuan is doing things. He has been staying there since the accident in Liu's house, so he couldn't find anything...Qingzhou, forget it, I suspect that even if there is no fire and explosion today, we can't find anything. something."
"Don't be discouraged, since those people want to use the Liu family to do something, they will always surface." Shi Qingzhou said firmly.
Long Xiaoyuan finally nodded. "Um… "
Shi Qingzhou took Long Xiaoyuan's hand. "let's go."
Long Xiaoyuan took a deep breath, looked again at the place where the fire was burning, and nodded... "Okay, let's go..."