beauty heart thorn

Chapter 69
After Li Xu's death, the situation in Dangzhou changed drastically.

Zhu Hongyuan got the order and forcefully dispatched troops from nearby counties to wipe out the bandits.

It was still hot in July, news came from Jiangling that the marriage between the Wu family and the Bai family had already been arranged.

Gu Mingzhu read the note for a while, then put the letter on the table.

At the same time, the government also began to collect taxes.

She was sitting by the window, the hot wind was blowing on her face, the servant girl added ice cubes, and the sweltering heat in the room subsided a little.

While thinking about the current situation in Sanzhou, a person suddenly appeared in front of him, leaning against the window.

Gu Mingzhu said: "Walk silently?"

Xu Jue came in through the window and said, "It's because you don't know what you're thinking about, you just didn't hear it."

Gu Mingzhu said: "I met my parents, what are you talking about?"

Xu Jue was leaning against the edge of the desk: "Talk about Jiangling City, Yue Family, and so on. My father and mother are very enthusiastic and let me stay in the upper wing of the house."

Gu Mingzhu looked at him in surprise: "Daddy? Mother?"

She looked Xu Jue up and down.

Xu Jue smiled, a little angry: "Sooner or later, it's just a matter of getting used to it in advance."

She said, "Why did my parents let you live in the house?"

Xu Jue chuckled lightly: "Heh... this is not easy to handle? I told your father that I was entrusted by Xiu Rong to come to visit, and that I wanted to play in Gusu for a few days, and I didn't have a place to live yet. The wing room is coming soon."

Gu Mingzhu said: "You really opened my eyes. No one will believe you if you tell me about your shame."

Xu Jue said, "I suddenly figured out something."

Gu Mingzhu let out a sigh, and said, "What do you want to understand?"

Xu Jue said: "You are too cold-hearted, I have to be clingy, otherwise one day you might dump me if you stay silent."

Gu Mingzhu shook her head, got up and poured herbal tea, handed it to him, and said, "You are so quick-spoken all of a sudden, it seems that you are not pretending to be less on weekdays."

Xu Jue took the tea, rubbed his thumb along the edge of the teacup, smiled, and said, "It's hard work to pretend, that guy Yun Zhao is really not very studious, it's better to be yourself and feel comfortable."

When he spoke, his tone and expression were frivolous, and there was a hint of frivolity in his laziness, which made people tickle.

Gu Mingzhu looked thoughtful and playful, and said: "I have wronged my eldest son."

Xu Jue glanced at her and said, "What's wrong with yin and yang? Don't make fun of me. I didn't make fun of you when you came back from Dangzhou. Well...the thigh should still be hurting."

Riding on horseback day and night, it does feel a little painful.

Gu Mingzhu turned around and ignored him.

Xu Jue smiled sullenly, saw the note on the table, picked it up, and said, "Your news is fast, and the marriage between the Wu family and the Bai family is also fast."

He said: "You are bold in acting in Dangzhou. Whenever I am in doubt, I dare not think about you."

Gu Mingzhu said: "Is there no suspicion?"

Xu Jue pondered, and said: "Yes, it's just that it's urgent, and I can't tell what's wrong. In the village, I felt that the smell on your body was familiar, and I didn't dare to think it was you for a while. With a bloody knife."

Gu Mingzhu smiled: "Are you afraid?"

Xu Jue didn't change his face, and said, "I'm afraid, I'm afraid to die."

Since yesterday, this person has been talking and doing things like a wave.

Gu Mingzhu stretched out her hand to pour tea, and after talking for a long time, her mouth was dry: "If you are afraid, stay away from me."

"Tsk tsk tsk." Xu Jue looked at her with slightly dissatisfied eyes: "Look, I started to get impatient after saying a few words, and even chased people away."

He said: "Of course I should be afraid. Your head is now tied to your trouser belt. If you die, wouldn't I have to stay in the empty room alone? The night is long, what should I do?"

This man is more eloquent than the aunt at the door.

Gu Mingzhu simply ignored it and said, "Speaking of which, what was written in the letter that night?"

Xu Jue said: "The letter with Biansha, these people are dormant here, just to play tricks on the southeast sideline. It is already July, and Biansha will enter winter in a few months. Winter is bitter and cold. Once food If you get nervous, you have to go to war."

Gu Mingzhu said: "They should have internal support to be able to settle under Zhu Hongyuan's nose."

"All recruited." Xu Jue said: "The adjutants of the Captain's Mansion collected money without asking their identities. None of the upper and lower parts are hard, but the one surnamed Cui has a backbone, and Ming Yi was so bruised that he couldn't hold back to death."

Gu Mingzhu remembered what happened that night, and asked, "How is Ming Yi's injury?"

"Flesh wounds, there is no way out."

"That poison?"

"I guessed it a long time ago, but it's a pity that they don't know it. Mingyi has a special physique and is invulnerable to all poisons." Xu Jue took a sip of tea: "It's just suffering from flesh and blood."

Gu Mingzhu said: "He still has this physique?"

"The suffering in the early years can be regarded as a blessing in disguise."

Gu Mingzhu lowered her eyes, her eyes fell on the teacup, and she suddenly smiled: "You are really willing."

She paused and sighed, "You are really willing."

If those people had malicious intentions, Ming Yi would be killed on the spot.

Xu Jue naturally understood what she meant, and said: "Mingzhu, I can sit in this position. It is impossible to be soft-hearted. You think I am indifferent, but think about it. If you don't find out the conspiracy, the southeast line of defense will fall in winter." , who is suffering?"

Gu Mingzhu put down the teacup and said, "It's my lack of knowledge."

What he said was correct, but Gu Mingzhu didn't have the courage to make such a decisive decision right now.

"The first thing I learned as a coach is to make trade-offs."

Gu Mingzhu pondered, and said: "You can't tolerate Biansha coveting Li's territory, but conniving at what I did, regardless of what future generations will think of you?"

Xu Jue looked at her fixedly.

Gu Mingzhu looked back calmly.

Xu Jue snorted, stood up suddenly, and fished the person into a corner. This was a dead corner, and he couldn't see the door or the window.

Gu Mingzhu called out: "Xu Jue..."

Xu Jue looked down at her: "If you want to listen to love, just say it. Now that you know what you are doing, you are not that shy and shy, and you can play around here."

Gu Mingzhu's shyness disappeared, and she said, "Oh? What corner should I turn?"

Xu Jue exerted some strength in his hands, and held her waist tightly to prevent her from moving: "Because I like you, isn't that enough reason?"

He paused for a moment, then said with a lazy smile: "You still don't know me well enough, I'm a person who fears guilt, and Ma'am can do whatever she says."

Xu Jue kissed her lightly on the face.

Gu Mingzhu felt the warmth, and the corners of her eyes turned bright crimson.

Xu Jue hugged her after kissing her, and after a while, called her: "Pearl."

"what?"

"Gu Mingzhu."

Gu Mingzhu looked up at him from his arms.

Xu Jue said: "Your name sounds really nice, you are a bright pearl, a bright pearl in your palm."

The Gu family did raise her into a jewel in the palm of their hands.

(End of this chapter)