"Yes," Lian Guang continued after the guards closed the door and left, "Also, there's news from Lord Lin."
Shi Zairong poured Lianguang a cup of tea and said, "Read it."
After Lianguang finished reading the contents of the secret letter, Shi Zairong couldn't help but snort. Xie Zhuangshui might be a military commander, but his intuition was actually quite accurate. Previously, he'd assumed his speculations were merely the result of a political conflict between the two parties. He hadn't expected this rough-and-tumble guy to have such sharp intuition.
In front of Lian Guang, Shi Zairong said without hesitation: "I have always said that Xia Hou Qing is not a good person. The efforts of several generations of the Xia Hou family have only been for the unification of Nanyue and Liang. Perhaps only your Majesty likes to hear such words. Xia Hou Qing is not a saint."
Lian Guang asked, "What does the master mean?"
Shi Zairong shook his head slightly and said, "Let him be for now. Don't let him find out anything."
It's not the right time to deal with Xiahou Qing yet; his Tianshu Tower can still be put to great use. Furthermore, on the surface, he has Yao Chen under his command, a key figure in Nanyue's defense; behind the scenes, he's also engaged in undisclosed dealings with other nations. Regardless of the perspective, it's not a good time to move against him now.
"I understand."
Shi Zairong opened the folding fan in his hand and looked at the poem with the four characters "Hui Jue Hong Yu" hidden on the fan. He couldn't help but frown and said, "Wang Yanzhou, Wang Yanzhou, you are so lucky. Once my young lady is safe, the war between us can really begin."
At the same time, after Lin Feng discovered that Xiahou Qing had done a lot of tricks behind their backs, he handed over some of the matters outside the mansion to his subordinates, and focused his attention on the ice cellar and his sister who was never idle for a moment.
Lin Zhenzhen was bored, so she just followed Lin Feng and lay on the wall. After the dense branches and leaves blocked her figure, she watched the slightest movement at the entrance of the ice cellar motionlessly.
Lin Zhenzhen watched as Xiahou Qing brought someone into the ice cellar early in the morning. Not only was there no one guarding the entrance, but the two of them never came out again. If she remembered correctly, she had been in the ice cellar several times before and had never found any suspicious secret passages.
Looking at the sun now, it was already past noon. She was very curious about how these two people managed to eat, drink, defecate and urinate.
"Brother, why is Lord Xiahou still in the ice cellar? Does he want to die? Or is he actually a monster and can live without food and water?"
Lin Feng gently patted Lin Zhenzhen's forehead and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Why haven't you thought about going out to meet your "friends" recently? Instead, you've been following Lord Xiahou with me?"
Lin Zhenzhen said angrily, "Haha, you still have the nerve to ask me? If you hadn't had someone watching me and not even letting me out, would I have been so bored as to go and observe him? Besides, I saw that you had to keep an eye on him personally and couldn't tell anyone around you. Otherwise, I would rather lie in my warm bed than be here with you, doing a boring watch."
Lin Feng had indeed only told Lin Zhenzhen about Xia Houqing's problems. She was innocent by nature, but she was the most tight-lipped. People are like that, when they have something on their mind, they always try to find a way to get it out.
After learning about this, Lin Zhenzhen was also worried about his safety, otherwise she wouldn't have followed Lin Feng. So, with such a little cotton-padded jacket by her side, the boring task of monitoring people suddenly had a different flavor: "Yes, yes, as long as you don't go out, I'll let you observe whatever cats and dogs you want."
Lin Zhenzhen sighed and said, "Oh, it's all because of you. I finally made a friend and made an appointment to go out together. Now I broke the appointment. If she gets angry and ignores me, you will be fully responsible!"
Lin Feng explained earnestly, "I'm doing this for your safety. The Grand Tutor has also come to Liang from Nanyue. A war between the two countries is imminent. The dangers outside this government office are beyond your imagination."
Everyone says that it's dangerous outside, but Lin Zhenzhen is a little confused. When she was at home, her parents always said that the world outside was very dangerous, so they didn't let her go out easily.
Now, with the two countries at war, her parents suddenly agreed to let her go, and not only did they bring her to Qinghe County, thousands of miles away from home. Shouldn't she stay in the rear during a war? Why would she go to the front lines? Or maybe they thought that this was the darkest place, and that the most dangerous place was also the safest place?
Lin Zhenzhen asked, her chin in her hand, looking confused, "Then why did Dad ask me to come to you at this time? According to your thinking, isn't our home the safest place at this time?"
Lin Feng smoothed the hair off Lin Zhenzhen's face and said with a smile, "Father has his own considerations."
In fact, he hadn't understood why they had suddenly sent Lin Zhenzhen here, but over time, he had come to understand. In this battle, Qinghe County was undoubtedly a dangerous place. No one could predict with absolute certainty which side would win, and no one knew if they would be able to survive the war without being affected.
He had been sent to Liang State since childhood, and before coming here, he had hardly enjoyed the joy of family life with his family. Now, while Qinghe County was still under the control of Nanyue, they also wanted him to feel the warmth of family love. If the war really spread here, he would do everything he could to get Lin Zhenzhen to a safe place.
Strictly speaking, Lin Zhenzhen is no longer a child. She hopes to help with many things instead of always living under the wings of others.
Since Lin Feng wasn't proactive in telling her how he could help, she had to take the initiative to ask: "By the way, you just said that Brother Taishi is here. So, is Sister Huijue here too?"
It was a bit magical to say. If Shi Zairong hadn't reminded her, Chen Xin would never have thought that Hong Yu was actually the wild and crazy girl who ran around the mountains and fields with them when they were young. "She arrived in Liang State before your Taishi brother. She had her own things to deal with, so she didn't come with us."
Lin Zhenzhen looked up at the blue sky and said, "You don't know, but the person I admire most is actually Sister Huijue. Although I haven't met her many times, the rumors about her alone are enough to make her fascinating!"
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