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The sun is quiet and beautiful. Until the sound of horses' hooves and the rolling of wheels sounded in the empty streets, and the silence was broken in an instant.

In Wufu Villa, those diners and servants have all dispersed a long time ago. Under the bright glass lantern, except for the fat shopkeeper hiding behind the counter and sleeping soundly in the huge villa, only Liu Hui and Xiao Fengnan continued to drink one cup at a time.

The dishes on their table hadn't moved a few bites, and there were already empty jars of wine under their feet. Although the two of them have their own thoughts, they are rare old people who can chat a few words, and this wine is naturally not boring.

Although Liu Hui has drunk a lot, his handsome face is getting whiter and whiter, and he can't see the power of alcohol at all. His dark eyes were still clear and clear, and there was still a trace of sadness lingering between his eyebrows.

Xiao Fengnan lifted the wine jug and wanted to pour wine for him, but his hands trembled too much, but most of the wine was sprinkled on the table. He put down the wine jug, exhaled a strong sip of wine, and said vaguely: "Lord Wang, the past has passed after all, and people still have to look forward." Now that you are no longer a small magistrate, what kind of beauty in the world can't get it, why bother thinking about people who have passed away for many years. ”

"Brother Xiao, I heard that although your business has become bigger and bigger over the years, you have never married. Aren't you thinking about the deceased?" Liu Hui took a sip of the wine glass: "Yin Che is buried in the suburbs of Beijing, and every year on her death day, there will always be two fresh roses in front of the grave. I know you put one of the bunches, do you know who put the other bunch?"

"Roses?" Xiao Fengnan only felt dizzy, and he shook his head heavily. After half a ring, he muttered: "I remember the first time I saw her, on a sultry moonlit night, she jumped out of the pool with the fragrance of roses, like a rose fairy."

You said that people are not easy to be cheap in this life, and when they can see and touch, they always don't pay attention to it, and they still hide it carefully. You have to wait until you can't see or touch it, then you will know that you are distressed and regret.

I remember that I didn't even say a nice word to her at that time, but now I give her more flowers, and no matter how sweet words I say to her, only the grave owl will occasionally call twice in response......"

Xiao Fengnan's face was flushed, and her tongue was babbling nonsense, obviously because of alcohol. Gradually, his voice became smaller and smaller, and finally he lay on the table and did not move, not even knowing that the wine glass in his hand had rolled off. In just a moment, there was a faint snoring.

The fat shopkeeper was awakened, he staggered up from behind the counter, rubbed his eyelids and muttered, "Boss, but you still want drinks?"

Liu Hui said lightly: "No, your host is already drunk!"

"Oh!" the fat shopkeeper saw that nothing was wrong with him, and retracted and continued to sleep.

Liu Hui looked at Xiao Fengnan, who was sleeping in front of him, and a trace of strong disappointment flashed in his eyes. This person's tone is really tight, and he has been knocking on the side for so long, but he hasn't asked a useful clue. Even when he is drunk, he can tear the words apart.

Liu Hui lifted the wine jug, filled a glass for himself, and drank it all with a wry smile. I only felt a spicy feeling burning from my throat like a fire. But his dark eyes grew brighter and brighter, with a scorching heat.

Suddenly, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside, Feng Si strode over, he bowed his hand to Liu Hui, and said, "Lord Wang, Ji Shizi is here, and he is outside the villa at this moment." Seeing him in a hurry, it seemed that something important had happened. ”

"What's the important thing that actually let him chase Xunyang?" Liu Hui frowned and stood up. Because of the violent movements, his body shook violently, and his handsome face turned pale.

Feng Si hurriedly grabbed his arm and said worriedly, "Lord Wang, are you okay?"

"It's okay!" Liu Hui's voice was dry and rough, and he tugged at the corners of his mouth to give Feng Si a comforting smile. Who knew that the face was too stiff, and the smile that was barely squeezed out was only more ugly than crying.

Ji Xuan's carriage stopped outside Wufu Villa, and he couldn't help frowning when he watched Liu Hui come out of Wufu Villa full of wine.

Liu Hui got into the carriage, sat down opposite Ji Xuan, kneaded his swollen temples, and said, "What happened in the capital?"

Ji Xuan tried his best to restrain the unhappiness in his heart, stared at him fiercely, and said, "Didn't you let you come to Xunyang to envelop the Zhang family?

Liu Hui was a little slow to react to the wine, and after rubbing the corners of his forehead that had swelled for a long time, he said lazily: "You came all the way from the capital, you didn't come to teach me a lesson!"

Ji Xuan froze, he shook his head helplessly, and then lowered his voice and said, "The prince of the Northern Underworld has entered Beijing." ”

"He's coming, he's coming, it's worth all the fuss. Liu Hui rubbed the corners of his forehead, and said indifferently: "The Northern Underworld is also a subject country of my Eastern Qin, doesn't their prince come to offer offerings every year?"

Liu Hui thought for a moment, then frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Could it be that the old Northern Hades King is dead?"

Ji Xuan showed a vague smile on his lips, and said, "It's not like I'm confused!"

"Not bad!" Ji Xuan restrained his smile and said with a solemn face: "The old Northern Hades King has been breathing for so many years, and finally he can't survive it and return to the west." It's a pity that his death, the originally calm Beiming is completely chaotic.

The prince of the Northern Underworld had a cowardly personality, and as soon as the king of the Northern Underworld died, the apparent harmony was shattered in an instant, and his brothers supported the army to stand on their own, and did not recognize the prince as the next king at all.

And the strength controlled by the prince was actually only one-fifth of the entire Northern Underworld. Without a strong fist, the Prince of the Northern Darkness would not be able to suppress his brothers at all. I don't know which strategist next to him came up with the idea to let him personally go to our Eastern Qin to borrow troops, intending to suppress the rebellion. ”

The muscles in Liu Hui's cheeks tensed, and he said slowly: "The Northern Darkness can't be messed up, he is the barrier between us and Great Xia." The Great Xia Monarch was ambitious, and he had always wanted to find an opportunity to get rid of the control of our Eastern Qin, and even intended to annex the Northern Netherworld.

However, the old Northern Hades King has always been close to our Eastern Qin, and we have always had heavy troops guarding the Northern Frontier, so the Great Xia Monarch avoided some taboos so he did not act rashly.

If there is civil strife in the Northern Netherlands, the prince who is close to us is ousted from power, and the rest of his brothers with wolf ambitions are in power, I am afraid that they will join forces with Great Xia to betray our Eastern Qin, and then the border pass, which has been calm for more than 30 years, will restart the war again!"

Ji Xuan sighed slightly, and said: "That's right! Such a simple truth, you and I can think of it, but those old antiques in the court say that it is someone's family matter, and it is inconvenient for us to meddle in the control." In addition, if we rush to send troops, the treasury will be much more difficult.

He also said that in the past few years, there has been a severe drought in the western region every year, and many people have been displaced, and the state treasury has allocated a large amount of money and grain every year for disaster relief. Now the treasury is empty, and it simply cannot support a big war. ”

"Nonsense!" Liu Hui slapped the wall of the car, his eyes were as bright as knives, and he said hatefully: "A group of mediocre talents who only care about their immediate interests are simply misguided by the country." After a pause, he asked again, "What does Father mean?"

Ji Xuan smiled bitterly: "The emperor has been looking for an excuse to hang the prince of the Northern Darkness now, and he hasn't seen him at all, and no one knows what the emperor means." However, the emperor is not more violent than the emperor, he is the master of the defense, it is estimated that it will be difficult for him to send troops!"

"Let's go!" Liu Hui rubbed the corners of his forehead, which was becoming more and more painful, and said in a deep voice: "I hope it is still too late to persuade my father to change his mind." ”

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Miles of carriages were driven around each other, surrounded by numerous cowhide tents and fences. There are also countless bright bonfires lit in the intervals, bringing warmth and light to the dart masters on duty at night.

Hua Liyue was still lying on a pile of sacks at the moment, she was hunched up, but she couldn't resist the chill brought by the heavy dew in the night. Although she had been lying in the carriage for a day, she was still very tired from such a bumpy ride.

After the convoy stopped, she didn't bother to get down, and just lay down on the sack and fell asleep. I slept until midnight but was woken up by freezing, and after sneezing a lot, the remaining sleepiness was also dispelled. In desperation, she could only curl up and wait for the next wave of sleepiness to strike.

"Brother Hua, Brother Hua......" Just when Hua Lianyue was in a daze, she heard one call after another not far away.

She sat up hurriedly and beckoned, "Ding Darthead, I'm here." With a light leap, she jumped off the mountain of burlap bags.

Ding Darttou and Ding Changan are very acquainted, with the same dark complexion and narrow eyes. It's just that there is an extra stubby beard on the chin, and there are a few layers of deep wrinkles at the corners of the eyes. Seeing Ding Dart's head is like seeing Ding Chang'an thirty years later.

"You kid used to hide here, and I looked for you all night. Ding's voice was extremely rough and bold, and it was extremely harsh in this quiet night, which attracted the dart masters who were not far away to look at it curiously.

Hua Lianyue hurriedly said: "I don't know what Ding Dart is looking for me?"

Ding Darttou also seemed to realize that he had disturbed the rest of others, so he smiled and lowered his voice: "I know that it is inconvenient for you to live with others, so I specially prepared a cowhide tent for you and wanted to take you to see it." ”

"That's great, thank you for your thoughtfulness. Hua Lianyue was still worried, the farther she went north, the colder the weather would be. I can barely cope with the past for a night or two, but I can't sleep in the open air all the time. After a long time, I am afraid that I will freeze to death.

"Don't be so polite!" Ding Dart waved his thick and powerful right arm, and said with a smile: "If it weren't for Lord Liugu back then, my arm would have been unable to be saved." Since you are his ......" Ding Zhutou paused, and then said: "Since you are the son and nephew of the Lord of the Willow Valley, you can take care of one or two, I naturally have to take care of it, otherwise I will be sorry for the kindness of the Lord of the Willow Valley." ”

Hua Lianyue knew that Ding Darttou was going south and north like this, looking for a life with his head, and he must have already noticed his identity as a woman. But he is a smart person, even if he saw through it, he didn't say it, but chose to continue to play stupid. Hua Lianyue's gratitude to him in her heart naturally rose to a new height.

"By the way, you haven't eaten at night, have you?" Ding Darthead handed her an oiled paper bag. Hua Lianyue took it unceremoniously, opened it and saw that there were actually two white buns with pieces of meat inside.

Hua Lianyue's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly thanked her, and then took a big gulp. Soon these white masks entered her stomach, and she felt a lot warmer with food in her belly.

"Lord Ding, please wait a moment!" Hua Lianyue quickly climbed into the carriage again, and found her own baggage, before she smiled and said, "Let's go!"

The cowhide tent prepared by Ding Darttou for Hua Liyue was set up near the water source, and a bonfire was specially lit outside the tent. The red swaying flames make people feel warm all over.

Ding Darttou led her to the door of the tent, and left with great interest. After seeing him leave, Hua Lianyue couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, opened the curtain and walked in.

The tent wasn't big enough for one person to rest, but it was better than sleeping under the moonlight. What's more, there was a warm wolf skin mattress on the ground, Hua Lianyue cheered, and immediately threw herself on the soft mattress, rolled a few times, and soon fell back asleep.

It was late but not quiet, with the crackling of firewood burning, the neighing of horses and cows in the distance, and the whispering of the night watchman.

In the darkness, a dark shadow appeared on the outside of Hua Liyue's tent. He crouched in the shadow of the tent and listened carefully, after concluding that the people inside were asleep. He tore a tight cloth belt from his waist, and the thief smiled and pulled out a small snake more than a foot long from the cloth belt.

He quietly lifted a corner of the tent, threw the little snake into it, and then gloated and snickered: "Stinky boy, let you be arrogant, I can't scare you to death this time." He clapped his hands and quickly chose the nearest fire to sit down, wanting to admire Hua Lianyue's panicked appearance nearby.

Hua Lianyue didn't sleep peacefully, and had a lot of strange and colorful dreams. It's just that most of these dreams are fragments of her memories and can't be coherent into a complete story.

In her sleep, she muttered vaguely from time to time, and made some meaningless tones. In the haze, she suddenly felt an itch on the back of her hand, as if a sticky and slippery strip had slipped past.

This strange feeling was fleeting, and it was the time when she was sleepy, so she just turned over in a daze and continued to sleep.

Just as she was about to fall asleep again, the strange feeling returned. This time it was a quick crawl through her neck, and the cold and sticky feeling was really uncomfortable.

No matter how thick the sleepiness was, she finally opened her misty eyes, and met a pair of small, vertical eyes in the darkness that emitted a faint green light.

"Ah..... There are snakes!"

The snake herder, who was bent on seeing the joke, had a smug smile on his face that had not yet fully unfolded. I heard Hua Lianyue continue to shout: "This snake is too small! not enough to stuff my teeth." There was still a clear disgust in her voice.

The man stumbled and almost fell into the fire.