Second minister and thief

Chapter 49

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The above all point to a fact that Xiao Cen is most unwilling to face: he has feelings for Chu Linqiu that he shouldn't have.And once this dangerous emotion is deeply involved, it will be beyond redemption.Therefore, Xiao Cen has been in a state of excessive pain and entanglement these past few days. Sometimes when he fell asleep, he would feel that two people were pulling him.

"Master Hou."

"..."

"Master Hou?"

"Huh?" When Chu Linqiu's cold hand touched the skin on his neck, Xiao Cen managed to regain his sanity. He subconsciously turned his head to avoid it, and then widened his eyes, humming. He said, "Lord Chu, why are you always making moves today? This will make Ben Hou think that...you are interested in Ben Hou."

Hearing these words, Chu Linqiu immediately withdrew his hands and stood up straight, and his facial expression returned to the previous calm state.Seeing this, Xiao Cen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Speechless for a while.

After a long time, Chu Linqiu seemed a little tired, so he turned around and walked to the couch to sit down, bowed his head and concentrated on untying his belt.

"Master Hou, since you believe me, then listen to me."

"Tell me." Xiao Cen simply took a few steps to the table and sat down, holding the teapot and pouring a few mouthfuls of cold tea, and then he managed to suppress the restlessness in his heart.

"Since ancient times, naive and impulsive people are the most likely to become sharp weapons in the hands of others. Do you know why the capital is known as the 'Land of Tigers and Wolves'? Many people would rather be far away from the rivers and lakes than live on top of the temple."

"Of course I know. Master Chu, you want to say that a person like Benhou will be eaten alive in Taodu before long, right? Then do you know? If someone who said this today It's not you Chu Jiushang, you should have entered the underworld long ago."

"You can't beat me." Chu Linqiu said calmly, still lowering his head and fiddling with his belt.

"But don't forget, you are a sick cat now."

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"Don't mention it." Xiao Cen couldn't see Chu Linqiu showing such an expression, so he took the initiative to change the topic, he took out a necklace from nowhere and put it in his hand to play with, "Master Chu is actually implying that the Marquis has been used by someone? Mr. You Nian...how is it possible..."

Xiao Cen didn't have a deep impression of this person, but he only learned from the letters he had with his grandfather that he was an open-minded and talented person, but he had no ambitions through the years.In his early years, he put forward a lot of views on "taxes", "field acres", and "guards". Every time Xiao Cen saw him, he couldn't help but praise him.It's a pity that none of these proposals attracted the attention of the sage, and finally nothing happened.After a long time, he also looked away, and spent the rest of his life experience on lecturing, devoting himself to cultivating more "talented scholars".

Would such a person be involved in such a vicious murder?Could it be him who is the insider of that gangster in Beijing?If yes, then... what is his intention?

"My people found some letters in the darkroom of Yu Younian's study, the contents of which were outrageous. After reading them, the sage smashed Yan Zheng's head with a memorial."

"So putting it into the big prison is the meaning of a saint?!"

"En." Chu Linqiu raised his eyes to look at Xiao Cen, and suddenly said indifferently, "So in Master Hou's heart, Chu has always been a person who acts recklessly and recklessly."

"..." Hearing these words, Xiao Cen's entire face flushed red, and even the heat that had been suppressed with great difficulty couldn't help rising.At the beginning, he had indeed wronged Chu Linqiu, and mistakenly thought that it was his order alone, so he came to question aggressively, but he did not expect that there was something hidden in it.

"Benhou..." Xiao Cen poured some more tea into the cup, then drank it all in one gulp, his eyes flicked around, erratic, but he didn't dare to look at Chu Linqiu's bloodless face, " What Benhou said earlier... Lord Chu, don't take it to heart. Benhou and I are also in a hurry, and I hope Lord Chu will forgive me for many inappropriate words."

In the past, Xiao Cen must have been stubbornly refusing to admit his mistakes, but now his state of mind has undergone a sudden and earth-shaking change, and it is inevitable that he...doesn't want this person to be sad.

After he finished saying this, Chu Linqiu didn't say anything for a long time, so that Xiao Cen panicked, wondering if he was really angry?What do I need to coax him back?He hasn't recovered yet, will he be angry for something good or bad?

Although Xiao Cen tried his best to tell himself to calm down, he still couldn't help thinking wildly. He simply put Ying Luo on the table heavily, and turned to look at Chu Linqiu. He fell down on the couch, even took off his shoes, and took off most of the heavy wedding clothes. Perhaps due to the pulling, the skin on his chest was faintly visible.

But Xiao Cen didn't care to appreciate it, because if he looked closely, he would find that Chu Linqiu's face was much paler than before, and his forehead was also covered with fine beads of sweat.

"Master Chu! What's the matter with you? Is it..." Are you palpitations?

"It's okay, it doesn't get sick easily."

"..." Xiao Cen opened his mouth slightly, and looked down at Chu Linqiu's hand clasping his wrist in a daze. Both eyes showed obvious confusion. He didn't understand why Chu Linqiu was always so weak. When you have so much strength.

"It's okay, I'm used to it."

"What?" Xiao Cen was in a daze for a while before realizing that he was responding to his previous words. Immediately, an unfamiliar needle-like feeling rose to a certain corner of his heart, making it sore and sour. Ma, I couldn't speak for a while.

"You...why don't you always justify? Why don't you just say that you are a saint...?" At this point, he had a flash of inspiration, grabbed the handrail and blurted out, "Search all officials Is it also the meaning of a saint?"

Chu Linqiu didn't answer, even if he acquiesced, he was very tired now, he was resting with his eyes closed, and he didn't know if he planned to fall asleep right away.

But Xiao Cen knew that although he was lying still, his mind was clear, and sure enough, after a while, he heard a deep and hoarse voice resounding in his ears, like raving, "That one needs someone to bear the blame for him. "

"What about you? Do you deserve to be criticized by thousands of people?" Xiao Cen was so angry that his chest was heaving violently. He stood up abruptly, raised his hand tremblingly and pointed at Chu Linqiu, "Even if you bear all the infamy for him?" , There is nothing good about it. Why do you want to do it? What are you planning? You... really don’t care about it at all?"

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