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The leaves know the autumn scenery, the wind is cool, and the dry empty pond is reflected in the bright moonlight.

On the path in front of Hongfeng Village, two carriages in different directions were parked. Qianshan and Jiang Chengjia stood beside the carriage and looked at each other, but they were reluctant to leave even though they had not said a word. They looked at each other for a long time, and finally bowed and bowed, bowed and bid farewell to each other.

Under Qianshan's gaze, Jiang Chengjia walked onto the carriage with her skirt and stepped on the ladder. When the girl sat steadily in the carriage, the coachman set off and slowly headed to the west. Nian Qian rode his horse and followed the carriage to escort it.

A carriage and horse were drawn on the muddy road, leaving traces of their arrival.

Qianshan's eyes were getting farther away, and her mind was hurt. She knew that this separation was perhaps to see her soon, or she might never see her forever. Since Jiang Chengjia refused to continue to be with her side, Qianshan knew that Jiang Chengjia was rushing to Jizhou with the determination to die.

However, no matter how reluctant she was, she finally chose to respect Jiang Chengjia's decision.

The two carriages drove in different directions, and eventually moved further and further away on this parallel line, as if they had already destined to have some kind of ending.

Jiang Chengjia set out from Linhe and did not immediately go to Jizhou to find Ningnanyou. Instead, he detoured and walked away. Through the secret line arranged in Huai State through the Water Pavilion, pretended to be the leader of the caravan and sneaked into Poyang quietly.

She knew in her heart that if she wanted to return to Ning Nanyou and show her determination to him, she had to take out some reliable chips to make him choose to continue to believe her. This chip was Shen Youzhi, who had been missing for three years.

In the past few years, she has not been completely unaware of external affairs. Jiang Taigong and the county prefect of Linhe often went to visit her in Hongfeng Village. Every time she came, she would occasionally talk about some government affairs with her. Gu An and Jiang Shan had conspired with her and Ning Nanyou about Guangxin, and knew that she was not a girl who was usually raised in the boudoir, so they did not shy away from mentioning the court in front of her. Because these two people knew Ning Nanyou's true life experience, they always paid special attention to his every move.

Therefore, Jiang Chengjia often got some news from Jizhou from them.

Three years ago, since King Ning Nankun fled Changshan and was hidden by Ning Zheng to Guangxin, the Changshan Prime Minister Shen Youzhi, who had been following him, disappeared. After Ning Nanyou occupied Jizhou, he sent Zhen Qun to find his whereabouts many times. Strangely, no matter how he searched for Master Shen's whereabouts, there was no result. Shen Youzhi, like the evaporation of the world, suddenly lost contact with everyone. The last place he appeared was the Poyang County City of Huai Kingdom, and he has never appeared in everyone's sight since then.

Jiang Chengjia originally thought that Shen Youzhi was discovered by King De of the traces of helping Ning Nanyou privately, and was imprisoned by King De and the Regent. But Zhuying once reported that Qianji Department was investigating the Regent Huai Palace and Ning Zheng was also looking for Shen Youzhi's traces.

Jiang Chengjia felt very strange at the time. Since Shen Youzhi was not imprisoned by Ning Zheng, why can't Ning Nanyou find his trace in the past three years?

With this question in mind, Jiang Chengjia had just arrived in Poyang and ordered a secret spy lurking here to meet her.

Shen Youzhi was vigilant by nature. If he was not imprisoned by others, he had discovered some danger one step ahead of time and hid himself, so no one could find him. So Jiang Chengjia ordered a secret agent of Qianji to help her find out whether there were some difficult, difficult-to-guess, and difficult-to-see major events in Poyang in recent years, especially various cases related to the government should be based on.

Even if he hides, he is definitely not willing to hide completely. For the old case many years ago, he lurks like Ning Nanyou for a long time. If he is silent, it will not be in line with his style of conduct.

Sure enough, as Jiang Chengjia expected, the Qianji Office carefully investigated the incident records related to the government over the past three years as she asked, and finally found Chen Youzhi's traces in Yunshui Lane of the Poyang County Capitol.

Jiang Chengjia rushed over and went door to door to investigate.

Perhaps because he heard the wind in the alley, Chen Youzhi escaped before the Shuige and his group found the deepest part. He wanted to walk quietly, but when he left the path arranged by his subordinates, he happened to meet Jiang Chengjia who was looking for him all the way.

He immediately pressed the hat on his head and turned toward the cover. However, the girl's eyes were extremely sharp, and she recognized his back at a glance and followed him in an instant.

Chen Youyi glanced at the silhouette of the girl behind him and hurried forward.

Jiang Chengjia chased him all the way to the alley, but saw the person in front of him disappear. She stopped on the bluestone brick road, wandered back and forth for a few steps, lowered her eyes and thought for a while, then smiled slightly and said, "Master Chen, since I have come here, I will definitely see you today. The Shui Pavilion has already set up a net of heaven and earth outside the Yunshui Lane. I am ready to do it and will never let you disappear without a trace."

After a moment of silence in the alley, a "creaking" sound suddenly came. The closed house gate on the side of the alley was pushed open. Then a burst of applause sounded. Chen Youzhi walked out of the courtyard and said with a smile: "I am worthy of being the head of the Shui Pavilion, Jiang Mengluo. He is serious and decisive in his work."

Jiang Chengjia turned around, looked at the direction of the sound, and saw the familiar figure. She lowered her eyes and smiled slightly: "Has Master Chen guessed my identity?"

Chen Youzhi said: "Water Pavilion helps His Highness Rui with such effortless efforts. If it weren't for the rumored Pavilion Master Jiang's personal instructions, how could it be so possible?"

Jiang Chengjia raised his eyebrows lightly: "Master Chen guessed it well."

"But the little woman still has something unknown. Many years ago, my husband said that he would assist King Rui in the future, solve his worries and problems, and help him clean up the grievances of Chang Mengjun and his ancestors. He also warned me and my disciples, "Don't tell him the true life experience of King Rui. The little woman always remembers this promise and advice. But why four years ago, Master Chen sent someone to Jianye, deliberately helped Shuihe and let Zhou Yuanmo go, who was imprisoned? Why did he secretly plan for Ning Nankun and force His Highness to rebel from the Great Wei?"

Listening to her questioning, Chen Youzhi narrowed his eyes and stared at the girl in front of him for a long time, and said lightly: "I didn't expect that Master Jiang had already investigated the past so carefully and clearly. Yes, everything was planned by me."

Jiang Chengjia's eyes turned cold: "Your Highness King Rui regards you as your elder, but you use him as a chess piece. Master Chen, what is your intention!"

Chen Youzhi stood upright with his hands behind his back, his eyes wide and quiet: "Your Highness... He values ​​love and righteousness too much. If he did not destroy the last line of defense in his heart like this, how could he accomplish great things?"

Jiang Chengjia's expression was slightly frozen and said, "So, you didn't really assist Your Highness sincerely at the beginning, right?"

"People of Pavilion Jiang, you are wrong." Chen Youzhi shook his head and firmly denied it: "I really have shown my sincerity and want to help Your Highness."

Jiang Chengjia looked at him, stared at the depth in his eyes for a while, and said silently for a moment: "It turns out that Master Chen planned to help His Highness seize the great Wei Dynasty at the beginning? As for what you said before... the words of helping the prince of the East Palace are just an excuse to win over Jiang's family?"

Chen Youzhi was a little surprised and frowned and said, "Party Master Jiang is indeed very smart. I didn't expect that you have been away from Hongfeng Village for three years and you... are still very familiar with the external situation."

"I just don't understand. Since you have chosen to break with Your Highness, why did you come to Poyang to deliberately look for me?" Chen Youzhi asked the question in his heart, staring at the girl with a bright look.

Jiang Chengjia lowered his eyes for a moment, turned his steps gently, walked forward with his hands against the slit of his clothes, and stood in front of him and said solemnly: "The court has changed a lot. Even if I have a rift with Your Highness, I can't really sit idly by."

Chen Youzhi's face changed slightly and hesitated. He pursed his lips and whispered: "So Master Jiang... Do you want to take me to the palace to expose all this as a bargaining chip for you and Your Highness to rebuild the old one?"

"My Master is halfway through it. I do want to take you to Jizhou and use you as my letter of resignation to Your Highness. However, I am not willing to expose everything you have done to Your Highness. In his heart... he always respects you as his elders, and he will persist in finding your traces over the years.

I don’t want to uncover the scars in your highness again, and I don’t want him to fall into pain again because of me. All things three years ago have passed, and if the Master really helped Your Highness sincerely, he shouldn’t continue to hide here."

Chen Youzhi asked half-believingly and half-doubtedly: "Is what Lord Jiang said true?"

"The little woman dares not deceive at all. Please believe me by Master Chen." Jiang Chengjia bowed slightly and bowed and said, "If you don't have Master's help, I'm afraid I can't even cross the border of Jizhou."

Chen Youzhi was puzzled and said: "Since Lord Jiang has a deep affection for His Highness, why did he leave him three years ago? What exactly happened between you?"

His words made Jiang Chengjia's heart tremble suddenly. The smile on the girl's face gradually disappeared, her eyes dimmed, and a wry smile on the corner of her lips: "Don't you know what kind of personality your highness is? After he knew his life experience, he blamed me for bullying him and hiding him, making him feel in pain, how could he face me calmly?"

Chen Youzhi looked at the sadness in Jiang Chengjia's eyes, and suddenly felt a sense of apology in his heart: "My actions back then were just to make Your Highness recognize the situation and make him not have any hope for the Emperor of Wei, but he never thought... How much harm will it have to you and your wife after the truth is exposed."

"Speaking of this, I also want to thank Master. If you hadn't forced the story of that year, I might have been wandering in the guilt of not being able to tell Your Highness the truth." Jiang Chengjia lowered his eyebrows and laughed, and said helplessly: "So, Master doesn't have to feel guilty."
Chapter completed!