Gu Qingzhang went to support the southern border five years ago, but was ambushed by the enemy and his whereabouts remain unknown.

Everyone thought he was dead, but they didn't expect him to come back alive. When Lin Chonghan heard this, he accidentally knocked over the tea cup, and the song "The Hairpin-Headed Phoenix" lingered in her mind again, leaving her with mixed emotions.

Yu Ning asked the man: "Where is Mr. Hou now?"

"The Marquis will arrive in Beijing soon." He lowered his face so that others could not see his expression. "The situation is complicated. The Marquis asked me to inform my family first."

Gu Zhao raised his head blankly and looked at him. He had suffered a heavy blow today and his mind was in chaos. Gu Qingzhang's return was good news to everyone, but the good news was inevitably discounted when it came to him.

Gu Zhao's father was injured and retired early, so he went to ask for an imperial edict to let Gu Qingzhang ascend the throne.

Gu Qingzhang has been missing for five years, and no one has any intention of letting Gu Zhao become the "Marquis of Ning'an". This is a shame for Gu Zhao.

He opened his mouth, and a trace of joy appeared on his face, mixed with other indescribable expressions, and his handsome face turned out to be a bit contorted.

"Brother...Brother is really back alive?...It's really great...it's great."

He was kneeling on the ground, but the visitor stood upright, looking down at his master's younger brother, with a face that seemed both provocative and sarcastic.

He said coldly: "Yes, when the second master goes back, he must tell the old marquis and the old lady."

After he finished speaking, he was about to turn around and leave, as if he didn't notice the distinguished people in the hall. When he turned around, he glanced at Lin Chonghan, who was sitting blankly, from the corner of his eye.

When Lin Chonghan received this look, he couldn't help but tremble. This man's expression was numb and his eyes were fierce. What on earth has Gu Qingzhang experienced in the past five years?

*

There was still some distance from the capital, and several people were gathered around, chatting while roasting birds.

"Qi San has been gone for so long, why hasn't he come back yet?"

The person who spoke was obese, with a round head, a body full of tendons, and a double chin that was so crowded that his neck could not be seen.

Gu Qingzhang was concentrating on roasting the bird. When he heard this, he didn't even raise his head and said, "Maybe he offended the guard and has been jailed."

He is the most handsome one among them. He has a handsome face and deep eye sockets. He does not look like a person from the capital city, but from the Western Regions. What is even weirder is that the color of his pupils is not black, but one blue and one yellow.

The left pupil is as blue as a cloudless sky, and the right pupil is golden as dazzling sunlight - this is the most obvious abnormal pupil.

"Master Hou, what do you think?" The fat man turned around and complained, "There are so many people here, but you have to send that saw-mouthed gourd to spread the news."

Another man with short stature and evil eyes patted him and said: "Gua Er, the Marquis has his own ideas. Maybe he has been unhappy with Qi San for a long time and is planning to sell him today."

While talking, Qi San quickly appeared.

"Something happened to Gu Zhao," Qi San said concisely and concisely, "Miss Lin married Gu Zhao, but they have divorced."

Several people were silent after hearing this. They were all close friends, and they also knew that Gu Qingzhang's survival in the past five years was all due to his thoughts about Lin Chonghan.

Gu Qingzhang said "hmm", his face showing no emotion or anger.

Gua Er made a sound, and was about to speak when Gu Qingzhang stopped him with a look. He looked at Qian Si with his strange eyes: "Go and find out."

"Gua Er is going to spread the news and ask the people behind to disperse on the spot and rest."

The Qian family's business was spread all over the country, and naturally it also included the capital. Gu Qingzhang soon heard the rumors in the capital. After listening attentively, he issued an order: "Enter the city tonight."

He was the leader among the three, and none of them had any objections.

Gu Qingzhang stood up, took a pill to hide the color of his eyes, and then left.

The cold wind blew across the muddy ground, and in the distance, only four people could be seen riding horses towards the capital, towards the center of power of the entire empire, as if to disturb the seemingly calm lake.

*

Lin Chonghan could not sleep peacefully tonight. She lay on the bed, the bed curtains swaying in the gentle breeze. She stared at the complicated and beautiful patterns on them, and suddenly remembered that she had asked the maid to close the window tonight.

"who?!"

She sat up suddenly and shouted, her right hand touched a sharpened dagger under the pillow.

"it's me."

The familiar voice that had not been heard for five years sounded. Lin Chonghan's nose felt sore and she almost shed tears. She dropped the dagger, lifted the curtain and got out of bed, the corners of her clothes fluttering slightly.

Gu Qingzhang was holding his hands behind his hands, looking up at a picture she had hung on the wall. He turned and smiled at her, his handsome face without the gloomy look before.

This smile vaguely resembled that of a young boy back then, reminding Lin Chonghan of those carefree years. Her lips trembled slightly and her eyes were red. She wanted to say something or ask something, but she didn't know how to speak.

Gu Qingzhang smiled and opened his arms, so Lin Chonghan could no longer bear it, and the baby bird threw herself into his arms like a forest, weeping.

"Okay," Gu Qingzhang stroked her hair with his right palm and coaxed her softly, "Brother is back, Xiaohan should be happy."

Lin Chonghan suppressed his emotions, shaking his head and biting his lip. He was indeed back, but everything was different.

Gu Qingzhang's eyes should have been black, but at the moment he was holding Lin Chonghan, his right eye was faintly frighteningly golden. He closed his eyes and kissed Lin Chonghan's hair to calm down the agitation and murderous intent in his heart.

"I..." Lin Chonghan muttered and wanted to speak, but she was rarely timid, "I am no longer..."

Gu Qingzhang said: "I know."

He asked her to lie on his shoulder and said: "Five years ago, my life and death were uncertain, so there was no reason to hold you back. But I also insisted on going my own way, and I had to achieve military success before I came to marry you..."

Lin Chonghan interrupted him and spoke with some difficulty: "But I am marrying..."

Gu Qingzhang said again: "I know, I don't care."

Lin Chonghan raised his head in panic, wanting to see his expression, but Gu Qingzhang gently pressed her head, not wanting her to see the murderous intent that could not be hidden on his face, and whispered to her interesting stories from the past.

Gu Qingzhang quietly took a deep breath, and five years of time flew by in front of his eyes. These dark days were like a long dream, but when he woke up, he was no longer the high-spirited young man he used to be.

He looked at the bronze mirror on the dressing table. His face in the mirror was distorted and his expression was blurry. His eyes seemed not to be the deep black of ordinary people, but strangely one blue and one yellow. Gu Qingzhang laughed at himself and thought that he might have been there long ago.

Not a normal person, but a monster in human skin.

But this heart has always been pure and innocent, and has no reservations about Lin Chonghan, because he still loves her, so she is the most important key that can cage the monster in his heart.

Gu Qingzhang hugged her and thought silently that if Lin Chonghan was willing, he could play the role of her young man for the rest of his life, as long as she never left him again.
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