Chapter 37 A Presence of Warmth

Xiaoci looked at Zhuo Ruitong, who had not seen for several days, paused and then said, "Madam went to the warehouse and said that she was going to count the birthday gifts in person."

"When did she go?" Zhuo Ruitong continued to ask.

"I'll go after lunch!" Xiaoci replied.

Zhuo Ruitong then turned around and left the Goblet Palace and went straight to the warehouse where the birthday gifts were stored.

Maybe it's because there are too many birthday gifts, and it hasn't been finished until it's dark.

On the way to the warehouse, Zhuo Ruitong met a soldier who came to report some affairs. When he finished it until late at night, he thought of Huanxuan. As soon as he raised his eyes, he saw that the warehouse was still on in the distance, so he quickly walked to the warehouse.

Pushing the door open, I saw Huanxuan bowing and still carefully count.

Looking at the thin body standing in the middle of the birthday gift box, Zhuo Ruitong suddenly felt distressed and said, "It's so late, why don't you go back to rest!" Huanxuan couldn't help but be shocked when he heard the sudden sound. He turned around and saw that it was Zhuo Ruitong. Then he patted his chest and said, "It scared me. How long have you been?" I've been here for a while. It's you fool who counts too seriously, so he didn't find me!" Zhuo Ruitong said angrily.

Huanying rolled his eyes at him and said, "The old hunter has promised to lead the way, which means that the time to leave for Yuzi is getting closer and closer, so we must quickly calculate these gifts and exchange them for silver money!" Zhuo Ruitong nodded and said, "Well, how much is this gift? Do you want you to count from evening to late at night... Or do some people calculate too poorly and can't count? Seeing that Huanxuan rolled his eyes at him, Zhuo Ruitong deliberately teased her.

"Well, I haven't lost to you two since I was a child, okay? Don't blame me!" Huanxuan retorted.

Seeing Huanxuan's retort, Zhuo Ruitong's eyes were full of smiles, but his heart was distressed by Huanxuan's excessive work, so he said, "Let me help you test it together!" Huanying straightened up and nodded to him and said, "At that time, in order to raise money as soon as possible, I said that I would not refuse gold, silver, money, silk, jade and jewelry. Now it's really troublesome to count. It's best for you to help!" So, two people check the record one by one.

Huanling is probably because he slept too well last night, so he was energetic and tireless, while Zhuo Ruitong was probably because he could be with the person he liked, so he didn't feel tired no matter what he did. The two of them were gossiping while working, unconsciously it was already dawn.

After dawn, it was finally all counted.

Huanying beat her waist and went back to the goblet palace. Looking at the back of her leaving, thinking of this warm night, although Zhuo Ruitong felt tired, his heart was sweet.

After a whole day's rest, Huanxuan came to the palace to find Zhuo Ruitong, and Nie Kong was also in the study.

It turned out that he was reporting Ji Yuguang's situation in prison to Zhuo Ruitong. Seeing Huanying, he also told her about Ji Yuguang.

When listening to Nie Kong say that Ji Yuguang is not only a medical officer but also a master of poison, Huanying was not surprised at all, but very calm.

Nie Kong couldn't help asking, "Isn't Madam surprised at all?" Huanying said, "It's not that I'm not surprised. I've known a drug master for a long time, but I don't know that he is Ji Yuguang."

"Oh? Did you know it for a long time?" Zhuo Ruitong asked with a puzzled look.

"Well, in fact, in the private house in Aojun City last time, Xiao Ci and I were poisoned.

At that time, Xiao Ci and I went out on the street to deliberately attract the attention of the assassin. Nothing happened on the street, but when we returned to the private house and were about to drink water, we found some powdery things like dust floating on the tea. Immediately, I suspected that the tea had been poisoned, so I ordered Xiaoci to quietly pour the tea. It fell without a sound, because it was concluded that the assassin would ambush again after failing to do it.

Zhuo Ruitong couldn't help praising Huanxuan and said, "Your mind is still so meticulous and delicate, and you are still so bold!" In addition to praise, he couldn't help scolding, "However, it's too risky for you to do this. In case of carelessness, the consequences are really unimaginable!" Huanxuan smiled coldly and said, "I think my father was meticulous and cautious in his life, but he was cautious all his life, but it was not a tragic ending of being framed... So, what's the use of being cautious?" After saying that, Huanxuan staggered back and stood still and said, "Now, I just want to advise you that since you have decided to do something big, don't look forward and hesitate!" Seeing that the atmosphere was a little awkward, Nie Kong said, "Madam, I'm very curious that someone was sent to guard the front and back of the house. Why did you expect someone to poison you?" I've thought about this, but if you can stay around, you may not be able to keep the roof of the house. I guess that their method of poisoning should be to remove the tiles from the roof, then lift the lid of the teapot with special filaments, and then shake the poison powder into the pot along the filaments.

Huanxuan explained.

After listening, Zhuo Ruitong and Nie Kong agreed with Huanxuan's point of view. The three couldn't help sighing that the assassin took great pains to achieve his goal and complete the task! Nie Kong turned around and said, "No wonder Ji Yuguang said that the assassin once said that the medicine he gave was ineffective, and the two also quarreled about this matter. It turned out that it was not his medicine ineffective, but was already recognized by his wife!" I think if I really drank the drugged tea, I'm afraid I would have died a long time ago!" There is a lingering palpitation in my heart.

In fact, when you love someone deeply, every action, every word and even every look of that person will be the focus of your unconscious attention and affect your heart at any time. It's not that they are really eye-catching, but because they are all related to the person you love.

Maybe Zhuo Ruitong loves Huanxuan too much, or maybe he is too **. From Huanxuan's words just now, he heard her firmness and determination, but also felt the change of her temperament.

Today's Huanxuan seems to be full of hatred and resentment. Her temperament is no longer as gentle as before. Even the smile on her face does not seem to have the original sincerity and gentleness. Seeing this situation, Zhuo Ruitong is faintly worried, worried that Huanxuan's change will eventually harm her. He wanted to persuade Huanxuan many times. But I don't know how to say it every time.

Since she noticed the change of Huanxuan's temperament, Zhuo Ruitong has been struggling to find an opportunity to persuade Huanxuan and ask her to relax and face everything.

Zhuo Ruitong is worried, but everything is normal on Huanxuan's side. He comes to the study every day as usual.

That day, the three of them finished talking. When Huanxuan and Nie Kong were about to leave, Zhuo Ruitong opened his mouth to keep Huanxuan and let Nie Kong leave first. Huanxuan stopped and asked him what was wrong. Zhuo Ruitong said with a gentle smile, "I want to talk to you and talk about the interesting things we had when we were young!" Huanxuan smiled gently and said, "Well, tell me what interesting things you think of again!" Seeing that Huanying did not refuse to talk about his childhood, Zhuo Ruitong was secretly relieved, so he said to Huanying, "Don't be stuffy in the room. Let's go to the garden. You must not have been to the garden of the palace yet!" Huanxuan nodded and followed Zhuo Ruitong to the garden.

Zhuo Ruitong pointed to a bird parked on a Qionghua tree by the roadside and said to Huanxuan, "Do you still remember that once a bird was injured and fell outside Mr. Qi's school. The three of us secretly ran to see it together, but you and Yuan Can were curious but did not dare to go forward to catch it, but I hid behind me timidly, and finally I caught it. We bandaged the wound and made it fly again. Now I still remember the happy smile of you and Yuan Can when it flew... Haha!" Looking at Zhuo Ruitong's interesting smile, Huanxuan's expression gradually faded and he said in his heart: Yes, he didn't even dare to catch an injured bird. How could he dare to disobey his mother's will? Seeing that Huanxuan did not reject mentioning Zhuo Yuancan, Zhuo Ruitong continued tentatively, "My brother Yuancan is naturally so naive and simple, and he is not good at the world! I remember you used to call him 'stupid', hehe!" Zhuo Ruitong didn't want to be too jealous of Zhuo Yuancan, so he deliberately said so.

Listening to Zhuo Ruitong talking about that person, Huanxuan's heart was as painful as a needle. He snorted coldly, "That's obviously his cowardice, but it can also make you say that he is naive and simple. Do you think a person can really be simple for a lifetime?" Isn't it good to be simple? Don't you love as simple as his child? Zhuo Ruitong lost control.

This time, Huanying did not refute it again, because she knew that Zhuo Yuancan was still a child in Zhuo Ruitong's heart. It is estimated that even if the two brothers meet each other one day, they will call each other "third brother" and "fourth brother". In addition, Zhuo Ruitong was right. She was hopeless in love with him because he was indeed You can always feel simple happiness... The high wall erected before collapsed in an instant. Now I'm afraid it's difficult for me to tell whether I love or hate Zhuo Yuancan in my heart.

Thinking of what happened to herself and her family, how could she love it? Thinking of all the things she had been with Zhuo Yuancan before, how could she hate it! Knowing that he had just lost control and touched Huanxuan's sadness, Zhuo Ruitong blamed himself in his heart, so he came forward and said to Huanxuan with guilt, "Huanxuan, let everything in the past pass. I hope to see you always be happy!" Huanxuan opened her eyes closed with sadness and squeezed out a smile to Zhuo Ruitong and said, "Okay, I promise you that the past will be over!" At a glimpse of Huanxuan's long-lost smile, Zhuo Ruitong's hanging heart finally settled on the ground, so he nodded to Huanxuan.

Then neither of them said anything and continued to walk in the garden. Huanxuan finally broke the silence and asked Zhuo Ruitong, "by the way, have all the jade and jewelry been exchanged last time?" Zhuo Ruitong came to his senses and said, "I won't know until I ask Nie Kong tomorrow."

Early the next morning, Nie Kong came to repay the specific situation after the conversion of the birthday gift. He frowned and said distressed, "Although this time, it is still far from the huge expenditure needed to expand the army!" After listening to this, Huanxuan said to himself, "It seems that I don't know much about military expenditure. When I saw the list that day, I thought that the amount raised this time was more than enough to recruit troops. It turned out that I was stupid!" Compared with the lingling of depression, Zhuo Ruitong looked as expected. He did not complain, but sighed helplessly.

In this way, all three of them have no idea for a while and don't know what to do.

After discussing for a long time, I still couldn't think of a way. Huanxuan immediately said, "Since it's not enough, let's not expand the army first, but buy a horse first!" Nie Kong and Zhuo Ruitong felt that it was inappropriate and said, "The war mainly depends on soldiers. Horses alone are not enough, not to mention that it is still difficult to buy horses!" However, Huanying's idea has been made up and stubbornly said, "The horses of the Beirong tribe are healthy and sick. The reason why they are so arrogant now is mostly because of their strong horses. The two armies fighting with strong war horses will definitely have an advantage. If we don't have a healthy horse, we will suffer a great loss against Bei Rong, who runs fast in the next day... So So, we have to go to Yuzi to buy back Jianma first!" Seeing Huanxuan's head of the analysis, and as if she had made up her mind, Zhuo Ruitong was really embarrassed.

After a long silence, Nie Kong said, "Actually, I have been paying attention to the situation of Yuzi for a long time. Their horses are indeed magnificent and strong, no less than the horses of Beirong, and some good breeds are even better than Beirong.

It's just that, as Brother Jiang said, it's not very difficult to buy back horses from Yuzi!" So what do you mean? Zhuo Ruitong and Huan Xuan said in one voice.

Nie Kong looked at their urgent expressions and said, "If you want to go to Yuzi to buy horses, you must have a guide who is familiar with the road, and the people who accompany you must have excellent endurance. You must not only withstand the wind and sand on the way, but also have strong perseverance, because this industry needs to take great risks. Once there is a mistake, Then all the efforts will be wasted and in vain!" Before the two of them thought about it carefully, Nie Kong said, "In addition to the guide who is familiar with the road, I also need a team leader to control the situation at any time and deal with the changes encountered freely... Originally, I planned to go there in person, but there are too many things in the palace, and there is a lack of people who make suggestions around the Lord. I really can't get rid of it. When I opened my body, I had to stay in Weijun and couldn't take half a step.

Zhuo Ruitong and Nie Kong said, "Yes, how can you go away? You have to do something about everything in the palace!" Seeing that the two of them had so many concerns, Huanxuan said, "Didn't I have invited Brother Jiang? He also moved the old hunter who was familiar with the road to lead the way. What else are you worried about? In the face of Huanying's questions, Nie Kong shook his head and said, "Although your brother Jiang is brave, he is just a scholar in the final analysis. The Lord and I really don't want him to take risks, and the old hunter is ready to enjoy his old age at home. How can he persuade others to take risks for us?" Huanxuan, Nie Kong is right. As the head of a county, how can I let my people take such a big risk for me? Zhuo Ruitong also said.

However, with a happy and stubborn nature, she still persists no matter what the two of them say.

In desperation, she stabilized her mood and slowed down and said bitterly, "Brother Jiang is already familiar with going to Yuzi. As long as we are fully prepared and adapt to changes on the way, and with the help of Brother Jiang and the old hunter, I believe we will successfully buy horses back to Wei County!" Do you mean that you want to go with me and go to Yuzi? Zhuo Ruitong listened to Huanxuan's words and said nervously.

Huanxuan looked firm and said, "Well, let Huanxuan and Brother Jiang go to Yuzi to buy horses. Huanxuan promised to buy the horses back!" No, absolutely not! How can I let you take risks!" Zhuo Ruitong said seriously.

Nie Kong also said that he could not let Huan ling go. He listened to him say, "Madam, you have been living in the capital. You can barely adapt to the climate of the cold place of Wei County, but you really lacks understanding of the Gobi environment. I guess you can't stand it before you have reached a third of the journey. The road to buy horses is not what you think. It's simple. This road can't solve the problem with the will!" In the face of the tough attitude of the two, Huanxuan did not show weakness at all and continued, "Although I have lived in the capital since I was a child, it does not mean that I can't adapt to the climate of the Gobi. Believe me, I can definitely do it!" Zhuo Ruitong has always known that she can't be Huanxuan. Once she decides, it is difficult to change what she says. In desperation, he has to look at Nie Kong eagerly, hoping that he can convince Huanxuan.

Nie Kong naturally knew what Zhuo Ruitong meant. After thinking about it, he said to Huanying, "Madam, it's better to go if you want me to go. Let's not to mention that I'm more familiar with the environment of the Gobi landscape than you. Just since I'm a man and my physique is more than ten times stronger than you, I should go!" When Huanxuan was about to speak, Nie Kong continued, "Madam, you don't have to say more. I'll go. You can stay in Weijun to take my place and help the Lord deal with all the affairs of the palace. With you planning by the Lord, I can rest assured!" Zhuo Ruitong and Huanxuan didn't know what to say for a moment, so Nie Kong turned his head and asked Zhuo Ruitong for a military order.

Zhuo Ruitong only answered, "Then listen to you. Remember to pay attention to safety on the road!" Then he said to Huanxuan, "Huanxuan, just stay and help me!" Huanxuan knew that the military order could not be changed at once, so he had to stand aside and acquiesce.

Although he acquiesced in his reluctance, Nie Kong went to Yuzi. In fact, he was much more confident than going in person. After all, the soldiers of Mingsha Camp have been trained by Nie Kong several times. There is no doubt that Nie Kong is convinced. Thinking of the difficulty of Nie Kong's trip, it is impossible to complete the task without a strong guarantee. .

Zhuo Ruitong looked at Ding Nie Kong, "This trip is going to be hard for you and Jiang Zhidao. How confident do you think you can be?" Nie Kong smiled bitterly, "Are you sure? Can't the military money raised be given to Bei Rong for nothing? Are you sure? I will bring back the horses to the Lord this trip!" No, not only Ma, but also each of you, you must come back alive to see me. Do you hear me, Nie Kong? Zhuo Ruitong said with a serious look of concern.

"I'll try my best", Nie Kong's mood is obviously not relaxed. "I really can't guarantee that the danger on the road will not damage a person, but please rest assured that I won't give up easily!" Yes, no one can guarantee that you won't lose a soldier or a soldier. Don't make it difficult for General Manager Nie!" Huanxuan persuaded and assured Nie Kong, "If Manager Nie trusts me, I will definitely use this time to help the master increase troops and expand the army!" OK, then Nie Kong, please, madam!" Nie Kong bowed deeply.