All the way back, Lu Qiange was discussing countermeasures with Gu Yunxi.

Two loyal Udan warriors rode close behind the carriage, always keeping a certain distance from the carriage.

Playing with the whip, Lu Qiange asked casually,

"The conclusion of blood bond needs the blood of you and Uncle, but you have to hide it from him, so how can you get his blood?"

Gu Yunxi sat on the other side of the shaft and looked into the distance for a while. She clenched her lips, thought for a moment, then tilted her head, and replied,

"I've been trying to find a way since I came out of the witch's magic hall. At worst, I'll take action when he's asleep."

"How could this be possible?" Lu Qiange couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this.

"According to my Uncle's martial arts and vigilance, even if you stab him with the finest silver needle, he will wake up immediately. What will you do then?"

People with martial arts skills would be very alert even when they were sleeping. When something went wrong, they would wake up immediately.

Gu Yunxi frowned, shook her head, and sighed.

Lu Qiange thought for a moment and advised her,

"Otherwise, you'd better tell him the truth. It's a good thing for Udan to conclude a heart-by-heart blood bond. Just tell him that it's doing as the Romans do, and he will agree."

Gu Yunxi shook her head and spoke eagerly,

"No, No. If I tell him what you said, he will agree, but he will be my Evilshield!"

"Why are you so eager to be his Evilshield? Can you tell me?"

Lu Qiange finally noticed the difference. He stared at her and asked,

"Sorry, I can't tell you."

Gu Yunxi buried her head in silence.

"Well, if you don't say, I won't ask."

Lu Qiange sighed with loss and whipped the horse's hip.

"In fact, there is one way. I've thought about it for you."

Gu Yunxi looked happy and asked eagerly,

"What is it? Tell me."

Lu Qiange looked at her and raised his mouth slightly.

"Sometimes you have to use some different means, such as using certain drugs, which are sold in the drug shops on the business street."

Gu Yunxi was full of surprise and exclaimed,

"Are they sleeping pills?"

Lu Qiange covered his mouth and laughed wildly.

At the fork of the road, Lu Qiange turned back and ordered his men,

"You two don't have to follow me anymore. Go back to the Palace first. I have to go to the business street. As I told you before, you must never talk to anyone about meeting a witch today."

They took orders, turned their horses, and ran to the other side of the avenue.

Lu Qiange drove slowly along the straight road at the other end.

It was getting darker and colder.

"Brother Lu, did your people find the news of Chiliarch Cheng and captains in Da Yi?"

After a moment of silence, Gu Yunxi asked a question, and a series of cold white steam came out of her lips and teeth.

Lu Qiange frowned and shook his head slowly.

"Not yet. I will order my men to continue to look for them. However, recently, when Da Yi was loose outside and tight inside, Huanan Xin formulated a series of new policies, but they were nothing more than word games, which were not very beneficial to the people."

"The imperial court is mobilizing personnel in a big way. All officials who have been to Kunhuang Island have been dismissed by Huanan Xin for various reasons. Many of them have disappeared strangely."

Gu Yunxi was so worried that she hissed her teeth.

"It seems that Huanan Xin is afraid that the scandal will be spread by his subordinates."

"Truth will come to light sooner or later..."

Lu Qiange was looking forward, and his purple eyes were cold.

"There are still some storytellers in the opera house and teahouse in the market who are not afraid of death and pass it on from mouth to mouth. Therefore, Huanan Xin sent the Eastern Depot to arrest people in the street day and night..."

"The Eastern Depot?" Gu Yunxi pondered, "Who is the Commander-in-chief of the Eastern Depot now?"

"A young man named 'Yue Xilou'. However, that guy is a real eunuch with cruel means. He dealt with several cases when he took office. Even the Wanhua Tower, my Men of Sacrifice's stronghold, was destroyed by him!"

Lu Qiange's smile on the corner of his mouth showed resentment.

Gu Yunxi was worried.

"Ah? What about Miss Fu?"

She and Fu Danqing had known each other for a long time. Naturally, she didn't want to lose her good friend.

Lu Qiange turned and smiled at her, explaining,

"Don't worry. Although the Men of Sacrifice had a small loss, Fu Danqing and her sisters are all right and continue to work for me in the dark."

Gu Yunxi breathed a sigh, gradually relieved, and gently responded to him,

"That's great. Thank you for helping me with this appointment with the witch. Thank you, Brother Lu."

Gu Yunxi thought it was necessary to show him her solemn gratitude. After all, the brave and kind-hearted man helped her and Leng Qingtang too many times from the Eastern Depot to Kunhuang Tomb, from the Central Plains to the western tribes.

It was quiet for a long time only the sound of horse hoofs and wheels rolling.

Lu Qiange slightly widened his purple eyes. His eyes were as deep as the night. They were motionless and frozen on Gu Yunxi's face as if they had had roots. They were moving like soft light, interwoven with a bit of depression and loss. They looked deep and complex, which was difficult to describe.

Gu Yunxi realized that she had made a slip of the tongue, and her beautiful eyes could not distinguish the color, so she immediately corrected herself.

"Thank you, Hua'er."

Lu Qiange was surprised, and he calmed down gradually.

"Sometimes I always think that if my uncle hadn't written to my Mother, no one would have known his identity..."

Lu Qiange looked up at the sky and was trapped in the memory of the past. A trace of bitterness loomed in his smile.

"Or, he is an ordinary man and a powerful Commander-in-chief of the Eastern Depot. Will the three of us still be entangled with each other?"

Gu Yunxi was suddenly shocked and didn't answer his words immediately.

After calming down, she said with a quiet smile,

"Hua'er, the fate between people is predestined by heaven. You are excellent. You came from the royal family in Udan and have peerless martial arts. You and Jiyan are as well-matched as ever."

She talked about Huanan Jiyan at this time. She didn't mean to destroy the atmosphere, but she meant to remind him from time to time to build an emotional wall between him and herself and ruthlessly isolate everything from the defense line.

Tasting her faint words, Lu Qiange only felt that the feelings in his chest were mixed, and suddenly there was a strange noise as if something had been broken.

After a bitter smile, he turned his eyes to the side and sighed,

"You don't have to be nervous. I know what I can do. Even if my uncle pretends to be a eunuch, he can make you love him firmly. When he reveals his true identity, I won't have a chance to win him."

Before Gu Yunxi could say anything more, he swung the whip in the air, and his face turned a little happy.

"There's the business street ahead. Let's speed up. Go!"

...

It was already noon when they returned to Ping Mount. The person who opened the door to meet them was Huanan Jiyan.

Lu Qiange was surprised.

"Why are you here?"

Huanan Jiyan's face was slightly cold and her voice was harsh.

"Why can't I come? Are you afraid I'll know what you've done out with her?"

She glanced at Gu Yunxi with obvious hatred in her eyes.

"Are you crazy? What the hell are you talking about?"

Lu Qiange was furious. He rushed into the courtyard in one breath, angry and embarrassed.

Gu Yunxi followed, and she could see that Huanan Jiyan had a lot of misunderstandings about her trip with Lu Qiange, so she gently held her hand and gently comforted her.

"Jiyan, don't be angry. Hua'er just accompanied me to the business street to buy spices. He..."

"Will you call him Hua'er now?"

Huanan Jiyan turned her head and looked at Gu Yunxi with anger. Her words were sharp and ruthless.

"When you asked him for something in the kitchen, why did you call him Brother Lu? You call him Brother Lu casually, and he can do twenty or two hundred things for you. He will even go up the sword mountain and down the sea of fire for you. Although he dies, he has no fear!"

"I..."

Gu Yunxi's body trembled and retreated a few steps. Her heart sank deeper and deeper, and the turbid air in her throat could not be breathed out.

Her feet were soft and weak. She looked at Leng Qingtang for a moment.

The eyes as black as ink were quiet and lukewarm. There were heavy overlapping clouds on his handsome face. The gray massiness made his facial features invisible.

In a moment, he suddenly turned back and entered the loft. He didn't go to her, leaving no words of comfort or maintenance.

Gu Yunxi looked at the heavy closing of the wooden door, and her heart "clattered" for a moment. She was sad and desperate.

Over there, the dispute between Lu Qiange and Huanan Jiyan continued.

"I think you're out of your mind today. I'm just going to the business street with Aunt. You're even doubting us. Can't you see that I've brought all the carriages?"

Lu Qiange was impatient and wronged. He kept pointing out outside the courtyard.

The girl was jealous and became unreasonable.

"Why don't you let me know when you go shopping in the business street? She calls you 'Brother Lu', so you can leave me and sneak out of the Palace? If you are not feeling guilty, why cheat me and my Uncle?"

"Shut up!"

Lu Qiange couldn't explain why. He hit his palm with his iron fist and gasped with his head down.

Gu Yunxi looked guilty and tried to clarify the misunderstanding.

"Jiyan, I did ask Hua'er to do a private thing for me and asked him to keep it a secret. He just did what I wanted. Therefore, don't be angry, let alone quarrel with him. It's all my fault. It's my thoughtlessness that makes you misunderstand."

"Misunderstanding?"

The girl's sullen eyes stared at her and were wide porn. She approached Gu Yunxi step by step, sneering angrily,

"I don't think this is a misunderstanding! Do you remember I reminded you that you were married and couldn't do anything at will?"

"You are Zhu's Aunt and he is my fiance. Why are you intimating with your nephew and hiding it from me and your husband?"

"That's it with you."

Lu Qiange roared and prepared to slap her, but he couldn't bear to beat her in the face of the girl's tears.

He hung down his arms powerlessly. He changed into a pleading tone and raised fists to salute Huanan Jiyan.

"I beg you. Don't make a fool of yourself here, will you? Yunxi is my Aunt. I'm willing to work for her. She and I are innocent. Do you hear clearly, huh? Do you hear clearly?"

The girl was completely shocked by Lu Qiange's last sentence and looked at him speechlessly.

"Hum, it's not me that's ashamed, but you two."

A moment later, Huanan Jiyan was silent, sneered, raised her hand, and pointed to Lu Qiange.

"Yes, you are innocent... I believe her, but I don't believe you!"

She sobbed and ran out of the yard. Soon, a horse neighed and went away.

"Aunt, I'll pick up what the witch needs in two days."

When Lu Qiange whispered this, he hurried out to catch up with Huanan Jiyan.

Gu Yunxi stood absently in the middle of the courtyard. The cold wind blew head-on, holding snowflakes on her face. And snowflakes melted in an instant.

Hexagonal snowflakes were in abundance, glittering and dazzling when falling from the haze sky.

The winter of the western tribes had come.