Ninefold above

An hour later, Lu Chengfeng put down his pen and sat in the same posture for a long time. His neck inevitably became sore. She rubbed it by herself. Xie Jiuxiao stretched out his hand to hold her down, and said, "What are you doing painting?"

Lu Chengfeng leaned back: "Bandit trouble."

"A thug who has troubled the court for a long time?"

"En. Qingcheng has the most complicated terrain. Although it is not the most populated, the roads extend in all directions. It leads to Ding'an City, the largest in Subei, and Xilin City, which has mountains, rivers and seas. If you want to go to these two cities, you have to pass through Qingcheng. "

Xie Jiuxiao pondered for a moment, bent down, pressed his wrists on the chair, and dropped his hands on Lu Chengfeng's shoulders, and said, "Is it so sure that the emperor will send you back to Subei?"

Lu Chengfeng looked at the picture and said, "Because he has no one to send. For the whole year of last year, he went to a few people and killed a few others. It is useless except to make the chaos worse."

Lu Chengfeng twisted the topographical map: "Talking about war on paper is always a big taboo. There is a reason why the people sent by the imperial court can't suppress the five cities and twelve prefectures and counties in Subei. It will only respect you while running in the opposite direction."

Xie Jiuxiao said, "You know them well."

After a pause, he added: "It seems that he knows Qingcheng well."

Even if Xie Jiuxiao, who grew up in Yanjing, was asked to draw an atlas of Yanjing, he could only draw the east, west, north, south, and counties and prefectures under his jurisdiction, four avenues, eight auxiliary roads, and the route along the moat. Familiar shop locations in the city... and these are beyond the reach of ordinary people, but Lu Chengfeng's map marks the key points, official roads, hidden roads, where there are villages and where are cliffs, very detailed.

He suddenly realized that what he saw and understood now was just one side of her.

Lu Chengfeng smiled slightly, his eyes filled with strangeness: "Of course I know them. There is no county in the twelve states that I haven't been to. The young masters and ladies from the five great families in Subei ran away when they saw me. What do you say?" I'm not familiar with it."

Xie Jiuxiao chuckled in her ear: "Hey! This sounds very arrogant."

Lu Chengfeng didn't get too entangled in this issue, put away the picture: "I didn't need to draw this picture, it's just because of you..."

Xie Jiuxiao said: "Me? I didn't do anything."

Lu Chengfeng raised his head: "This topographical map is a bargaining chip for our marriage negotiation. Do you think it has anything to do with you?"

Xie Jiuxiao frowned slightly: "With the emperor?"

"kindness."

Xie Jiuxiao thought about it for a while and fully understood: "What if he really doesn't agree?"

Lu Chengfeng looked relaxed: "Then I will be my official in Yanjing, just to wrong you. I don't know if my little salary is enough for you to have a meal in a restaurant outside."

Xie Jiuxiao smiled, and followed her words: "In this case, I will save you money by eating steamed buns at home."

"That's impossible, I'm afraid your elder brother will raise a knife to chop me."

Xie Jiuxiao said, "Then you call back."

Lu Chengfeng laughed loudly: "If your elder brother heard what you said, he would probably feel that the past 19 years have been for nothing."

She raised her head, showing her slender neck. From the corners of her eyes to her hair, there seemed to be a gentle smile. Xie Jiuxiao stretched out a hand to wrap around her neck, bent down and touched Lu Chengfeng's forehead. As soon as they separated, suddenly there was a startled and unbelievable voice in front of them: "You——what are you doing!"

Both of them looked.

Hu Rong was frightened and angry, and pointed at Xie Jiuxiao with trembling hands: "Little brat, what are you doing! What are you doing! I—"

Before Lu Chengfeng could figure out what to say, Hu Rong picked up the stove tongs beside him and said, "I'll kill you bastard!"

Seeing that he was serious, Xie Jiuxiao turned his head and wanted to jump out of the window. Just as he jumped up, June suddenly fell from the sky and flew towards him. The black shadow as big as an eagle really startled Xie Jiuxiao. Backed away, with half of his foot in the air, Lu Chengfeng hurriedly supported him.

With such a mistake, Hu Rong pulled out the tongs violently, and shouted angrily, "I'll kill you, son of a bitch!"

Lu Chengfeng supported him with both arms, subconsciously turned sideways to block, and the poker that was supposed to fall on Xie Jiuxiao's body hit Lu Chengfeng hard on the back.

Hu Rong was stunned.

Xie Jiuxiao hurriedly jumped down to help her: "Sister, how are you?"

Lu Chengfeng shook his head: "It's okay."

Although the tongs are made of iron, the winter robes are thicker than the summer clothes, and that was the pain.

She turned to Hu Rong just as she was about to speak, Xie Jiuxiao hugged him and said bitterly: "If you want to get angry and hit me, just hit me! Why hit her!"

After speaking, he turned his head to look at Lu Chengfeng's back.

This sentence successfully awakened Hu Rong who was stunned. He looked at the two hugging, and his blood rushed towards Tianling Gai: "Okay! I will beat you! I will kill you, you bastard today! Didn't you say that Chengfeng Treat it as a elder sister? Is that how you see it? I—”

He raised his hand and was about to do it, but Lu Chengfeng broke free and raised his hand to stop Hu Rong: "Uncle Hu, listen to me."

When Hu Rong saw her face, his heart skipped a beat, but he finally let go: "Speak, I'll listen to you."

Lu Chengfeng asked Xie Jiuxiao to wait outside first, but he didn't follow his intention, but his arm couldn't twist his thigh, so he could only whisper, "Call me when you're done."

Lu Chengfeng and Hu Rong sat down calmly.

Hu Rong said: "Chengfeng, tell me clearly, what's going on?"

Lu Chengfeng said honestly: "I should have told you about this matter earlier, I went to Xie's Mansion yesterday to ask for marriage."

Hu Rong's eyebrows twitched, thinking of the intimate behavior of the two just now, he could no longer lie to himself: "With Xie Cen?"

Lu Chengfeng nodded: "I know Uncle Hu doesn't like people, so I didn't dare to tell you."

Hu Rong was so angry that his face turned pale and red, and he was dumb for a while: "Chengfeng... I shouldn't have interfered in your marriage, but why did I choose Xie Cen? He..."

Hu Rong paused, and said: "You know that a few days ago, the emperor talked with me in the imperial study room, and there were insinuations on you inside and out. To be honest, apart from the Subei factor, the emperor is quite fancy to you. You In the past, it was just a matter of getting along with the Xie family, but getting married... getting married is equivalent to the inseparability of the Xie and Lu families in the future. The emperor was already scruples about the Xie family, and it was hard for him to stop because of this series of events. He would never agree to this marriage. of!"

Lu Chengfeng said calmly, "I'm ready."

Hu Rong was stunned: "What preparation? What can you prepare?"

Lu Chengfeng said: "If he doesn't agree, or wants to kill again, I will not agree with his will."

Hu Rong didn't fully understand at first, but when he thought about it, he was frightened and angry: "What nonsense are you talking about? You want to fight against the emperor?"

Lu Chengfeng sighed and said, "How can this be considered right? If he sent me, I would go, but the result is the same."

Hu Rong was stunned, unable to speak for a while.

Lu Chengfeng looked at him quietly: "Uncle Hu, you are my only elder now, there are some things I don't want to say to others, even if it is Xie Jiuxiao, but I don't want to hide it from you. The emperor wants me to go back to Subei, then he will You have to show sincerity, otherwise why should I rush for it? It's useless to talk to me about people's livelihood. I have my own way to go back to Subei."

Hu Rong's eyebrows twitched.

During this year, he thought that Lu Chengfeng had changed and became much calmer, but looking at it now, the nature in her bones has grown more and more. She can always do well what she wants to do, and on the contrary, what she doesn't want to do, No one can force it, even if you are the emperor aloft.

Hu Rong felt overwhelmed, and had to try to accept Lu Chengfeng's words. In the past year, he almost treated him like his own daughter. Naturally, some people gossiped in private, but he was too lazy to listen to those gossips. When he grew up, he knew very well what his temperament was, so why should he care about the eyes of others.

Hu Rong persuaded himself, and then hypnotically thought to himself, she has already said this, so is it useful to say anything else?

Hu Rong's face was full of distress: "Oh...why...why is this bastard?"

It was rare for Lu Chengfeng to be silent when asked, so he said in a low voice: "Why him, I have asked myself before. But this kind of question has never been answered. God will reward me later, I never believe in the words of fate, but it always seems to want me to believe that it sent Xie Jiuxiao to me, maybe it also knows that it owes me and wants to make up for it.”

Hu Rong laughed angrily: "You're arguing with me so much for that bastard."

Lu Chengfeng followed suit with a smile: "Uncle Hu, your prejudice against Xie Cen is nothing more than being unwilling for me, thinking that he is a man who is known as a faraway person but someone fully protects him, and why did I fall into such a situation, but I don't care about these things at all. In my eyes, he is better than ten other people, whether it is Yanjing or Subei, no matter whether you are famous for your military exploits or gentleness and modesty, there is no one who can compare."

Seeing that she spoke so bluntly, Hu Rong couldn't help sighing, and said worryingly, "What's all this..."

Seeing that his attitude was soft, Lu Chengfeng smiled gently, and took advantage of the victory to pursue: "Speaking of which, there is one more thing I need your help with."

When Hu Rong was serving tea, he really wanted to be quiet: "...you say it."

"I'm going to choose a suitable day to finalize the marriage. At that time, I hope that you, as my elder, will sit down and have a banquet with the Xie family."

Hu Rong frowned and nodded subconsciously: "It's only natural..."