Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 535 Returning in the middle of the night
It was late at night, and the candles in Gu Lingqing's tent had not been extinguished. He was sitting in front of the desk, closing his eyes and dozing off, waiting for someone to arrive.

Gu Lingqing didn't wait for a long time. After a while, he felt his familiar breath getting closer and closer to him.

The moment he opened his eyes, two people entered the door, it was Jia Mingyun and Yan Bei.

"You are here."

Gu Lingqing, who usually doesn't show his mood on his face, also expressed his joy outwardly when he saw the two of them coming.

He stood up quickly, walked in front of them and patted their shoulders: "It's been a hard journey."

"It's not hard, just give me some silver. As for the amount, you can see for yourself."

Jia Mingyun had completed the task that Gu Lingqing entrusted to him, and at this moment he was relieved, and he returned to his usual idleness.

"I'll give you back the money?" Gu Lingqing looked at the familiar Jia Mingyun, chuckled immediately, and raised her fist, "I'll give you a punch."

Instead, it was Yan Bei behind him who respectfully saluted Gu Lingqing: "Lord Ling."

"Hey?" Gu Lingqing stepped forward and personally helped Yan Bei up, "We are all friends, why is this so? There is no King Ling here, only close friends."

Regarding Yan Bei, Zhao Min also mentioned it in the letters between Gu Lingqing and Zhao Min, so Gu Lingqing was not surprised when he saw him at this moment.

"Let's go." Gu Lingqing led two people to a table in the tent, and the three sat around the table.

Gu Lingqing put the tea that had been prepared for the two of them and poured a cup each.
"It's a long journey, so you must have encountered some difficulties along the way, right?"

"It's not bad." Jia Mingyun didn't report good news or bad news, but the way back was really smooth, and he didn't encounter anything that caught him off guard or he couldn't handle it.

"Steward Yan and the two groups led by Deputy General Yan should arrive before sunset tomorrow." Jia Mingyun took the initiative to report their itinerary to Gu Lingqing,

"Okay." Thinking about going to Wangcheng the day after tomorrow, if the two of them can arrive before tomorrow afternoon, they will be able to make it in time.

For Gu Lingqing right now, the most important thing is to discuss with Jia Mingyun and Yan Bei about going to the banquet the day after tomorrow.
"It's just in time for you to come back." Gu Lingqing put away the joy of reuniting with his friends, and the expression on his face became a little more solemn, "Gu Qi invited me to Wangcheng the day after tomorrow for a reunion."

"What?" Jia Mingyun just picked up the teacup and wanted to take a sip of tea. Hearing this, he didn't even drink it. He directly put the teacup on the table vigorously, expressing his shock and doubts.

"What the hell is Gu Qi doing? Inviting you to visit the city? Did he make a mistake? This must be a grand banquet! Ling Qing, you must not go."

After learning the news, Jia Mingyun expressed his attitude and views on this matter almost without hesitation.

"I'm going!" Gu Lingqing looked at Jia Mingyun fixedly, and slowly spit out these three words.

Before Gu Lingqing could say why he was going, Jia Mingyun became anxious and patted the table.

"You promised him! Ling Qing, what do you think, this is obviously a grand banquet, how can you agree?"

"Don't worry!"

Jia Mingyun usually tends to be more impulsive when things happen, so Gu Lingqing is no stranger to it, but this matter is a matter of his own life. Hearing Jia Mingyun's voice, he frowned slightly, "Listen to me slowly. .”

"Okay!" Jia Mingyun nodded fiercely, "Say it! I want to hear from you, what is the reason for you to go so disregarding the danger of your own life! Tell me!"

The two had already quarreled over this matter, and Yan Bei who was next to him didn't say a word from the beginning to the end.

Although Gu Lingqing regards him as a friend and knows that he is trustworthy, otherwise he would not discuss such an important matter with him, and Yan Bei would not betray Gu Lingqing, but for Gu Lingqing, after all, he cannot be as disregarding the rules as Jia Mingyun .

"I want to close it."

Jia Mingyun looked at the heartache in Gu Lingqing's eyes, and immediately froze in place,
I had planned a lot of words to dissuade him, but after listening to him say these short six words, I never said it again. In the end, I could only say: "Even if you want to end it, you don't have to. Do it in such a way that you risk yourself..."

Jia Mingyun can understand the feelings in Gu Lingqing's heart. For such a long time, he has been watching it.
Gu Lingqing really treats Gu Qi like his own younger brother, and he doesn't want to see this situation.

Since he already wanted to make a deal, he already had an idea in his mind about this matter, which also showed that he had made up his mind.

When Gu Lingqing received Gu Qi's invitation to go to Wangcheng for a gathering, some thoughts in his mind gradually took shape,

"I'm afraid..." Gu Lingqing put her hand on the table and tapped lightly, once and for all, looking at something on the table, her eyes dull, and said what she wanted to say in her heart, "Going to the banquet this time, Either he dies or I live."

"No way?" Jia Mingyun murmured, "After all, Gu Qi regards you as his elder brother, so he shouldn't do such a cruel thing."

Although Jia Mingyun thought it was a Hongmen banquet, he never thought that Gu Qi would kill him

"No?" Gu Lingqing smiled softly, and told him the content of the letter Zhao Min wrote to herself a few days ago, "He has already colluded with the prince."

Jia Mingyun frowned, and the shock in his eyes could be imagined: "Prince? The two of them...how could it be?"

Listening to Gu Lingqing and Jia Mingyun talking so much, Yan Bei, who had been silent by the side, moved his eyes slightly when he heard Gu Lingqing talking about it, raised his head, and finally said that since sitting down the first sentence of

"If the prince really colludes with Gu Qi, there may be killers to help."

"Killer?"

Jia Mingyun didn't know what Yan Bei said, but Gu Lingqing, who was sitting opposite him, understood it instantly, frowning deeply.

Previously, when Gu Lingqing learned of the alliance between the crown prince and Gu Qi, the biggest feeling in Gu Lingqing's heart was that he felt very disappointed. He also knew that Gu Qi must be plotting something wrong, but for a while, he didn't take this matter into consideration.

"With the help of the prince, I am afraid that the assassin of the Raging Flame Hall will be ambushed at the place where Gu Qi hosted the banquet."

Yan Bei still had the same indifferent expression, expressing his thoughts in a straightforward manner.

"Raging Flame Hall?" Jia Mingyun became more and more confused when he heard Yan Bei's words. After all, he knew nothing about Raging Flame Hall.

(End of this chapter)