Tong Xi didn't know when she fell asleep, but when she woke up, it was still dark and she couldn't sleep anymore, her room was in the innermost, close to the room that only leaned on Liao Tingyun. When he turned around to find out if Liao Tingyun was still awake, he couldn't see anything except the cold stone wall. It was quiet in the middle of the night, and although he couldn't see their faces or hear his voices, Tong Xi could feel that no one should sleep tonight.

Recalling the resolute faces under the candlelight, and thinking of the difficulties of Su Yue and Liao Tingyun in the future, Tong Xi could no longer sleep. In the dark, the more she thought about it, the more frightened she became, and the more she thought about it, the more lonely she became. As soon as I opened my eyes, I felt a jet-black hand appear in the twilight, raised above the belly, and then reached into his chest cavity and pulled out the heart...... It gave her endless fear.

When she looked in the mirror at dawn, she found that her eyes were red and swollen as if they had been soaked in water all night. The face seemed to be covered with dust, full of vicissitudes and exhaustion.

It was an anxiously quiet morning, and the four of them got up at about the same time, but none of them spoke. The palace is not big, and the outside is the people's house, so the roosters and dogs bark, often there, and these sounds make this suite look embarrassing.

As soon as they had finished washing, the deacon came to deliver a decree inviting the four distinguished guests to breakfast.

In the dining room, the queen brought up yesterday's matter again, but Su Yue still refused.

The queen smiled and said, "Then you will live in our country for two or three years, and the widow will send someone to find you someone to find a place." If you find it, you will go again, okay? So that you don't have to travel long distances, and the widows can also entrust you to train the troops and govern the country with the heroes of the eight counties, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

Without waiting for Su Yue to answer, Dian Yin stepped forward and kowtowed to the queen and said: "This is very good, Dian Yin has thanked Your Majesty first, and during this period, we will do our best to help your country prosper!"

Su Yue crossed the Dianyin, stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty is affectionate and kind, Su is worthy of receiving it, what virtue and talent can we have to take on this great responsibility?"

Dian Yin was unhappy when he heard Su Yue say this, but he was afraid of being above the court, and he really wanted Su Yue to agree verbally with him, so he almost pleaded: "Big brother, you should do my brother this favor." Count me brother, please!"

Su Yue still said: "Brother, it's not that the eldest brother doesn't help you, it's just that helping you like this will hurt you!"

"You ...... Can you say that how can you solve the problem by choking like this?" Tong Xi whispered with a crying voice.

The queen also said: "Yes, if you have something to say, you can discuss it slowly." ”

Liao Tingyun sneered and said, "King Shiniao, I'm going by myself-" After speaking, she walked away, and the female doorman with the halberd saw that she was so rude to the king, and the two halberds crossed the air to block her way.

The queen said: "Don't embarrass the widow's distinguished guests!" The palace guard put away the halberd and let Liao Tingyun out.

A lavish palace breakfast broke up.

After thinking about it all night, Su Yue, who has a lot of experience, has actually calmed down a lot, and he can see that the queen has set them up. It stands to reason that Norikure couldn't have been unaware of it, but he was now blinded by anger and resentment.

But Liao Tingyun ......

Su Yue thought about it and came to the residence, but when he opened the door, he saw Liao Tingyun walking out with a backpack and a sword. The two glanced at each other, and Liao Tingyun's face was like ice and snow. He looked stunned.

"Mr. Qingzhu, what's wrong?Why is it wrong when I enter this palace?" Su Yue didn't care about the difference between men and women, and grabbed her arm just to prevent her from leaving.

"I just wasn't right, it never was. I hate this place and I don't want to see you. As she spoke, she nudged the sword with her thumb, "Let go!"

Su Yue knows that now is a critical moment, and people's hearts cannot be dispersed. He sighed: "Then you promise me that you have something to say, otherwise even if you really chop your hands, I won't let go." How difficult it was for the four of us to go all the way, we have been delayed in Caizhuang for a long time, and now we are finally leaving, and we are going to break up in just a few days, and we will become the laughing stock of the green forest. ”

Liao Tingyun pulled out her green pupils.

"Let it go, or I'll really chop it. ”

Su Yue's eyes were firm, and there was no sign of relaxation.

Liao Tingyun glanced at Su Yue, and his face suddenly softened.

"Then you let go, I'll wait for you outside, the smell of miscellaneous things in this palace is too strong, I can't stand it. ”

Su Yue said: "Okay." "Turn around and go to Norikuin.

He said to Tong Xi, who was sitting on the side wiping his tears: "Nizi, go out for a while, I'll talk to your brother alone." ”

Tong Xi looked up at him, then at Dianyin, but didn't move.

"Did you hear that!" Su Yue glared, and the words were almost shouted.

Dian Yin was also shocked by his tone, but he didn't look back at Su Yue.

Su Yue sat down and tried his best to restrain his anger. After a while, pondering Tong Xi walked away, he tried to say in a calm tone: "Brother, now there are only two of us big men left here." When we chat now, it doesn't matter whether we have face or not, and we don't care if we are stupid or not. ”

"General, please. Dianyin said.

"This is not the place to talk, there are many people within the palace walls. Would you like to go on a trip with the foolish brother?"

"What's the matter?" said Dianyin, "follow the general." ”

The morning sun was warm, and a female soldier guarding the palace gate began to stretch and yawn as soon as she finished breakfast. The other side said: "On duty, be careful what you see above." ”

The female soldier said casually: "Who will look at us?" As she spoke, she glanced up, but saw that there seemed to be two figures on the top of the highest building in the palace.

"Oh, look, there...... There are people there. The female soldier who stretched her waist said in surprise.

The one on the other side covered his forehead with his hand and squinted his eyes and looked up, "There are indeed people, it seems to be the king's honored guest...... The people of the eight counties have a strange temper, it is said that the king wants to marry Su Pihu, whatever, don't panic, just send someone to the palace to report it. ”

Su Yue took Dian Yin and Tong Xi to bid farewell to the king of Wuxiang Kingdom.

The queen exclaimed, "The general really doesn't want to stay with the widow?"

Su Yue, Dian Yin and others hurriedly kowtowed to apologize to the queen.

The queen asked Dianyin again: "I don't want to find a home for Sister Ling, don't look for Sister Ling?"

Dian Yin bowed to the ground and said: "This road is dangerous, and Your Majesty's subjects also have parents, wives and children, if they are in danger because of this, we will also feel ashamed." ”

After saying this, they saw that the queen sitting on the high platform hid her face and wept, and the three of them were stunned.

The third prince kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty has nothing to do with General Su and others, and I also ask Your Majesty to put state affairs first and let them go north." ”

The queen just sobbed softly.

Sangong said: "The heroes of the eight counties are going north this time, would they like to take the avenue or the trail?"

Su Yue said: "What does the avenue say, what does the trail say?"

Three justices: "The road is open, wide and easy to travel, but the road is far away, if you want to go out of our country's borders, the fast is 15 days, the slow is more than 20 days, and there is a big river across the border, the river is called Wanzhang River, and so on, it may take two days to take the ferry, take the ferry; And as long as our king passes down the will and receives them along the road, all the heroes don't have to worry. ”

The queen was a little silent, but nodded in support,

Su Yue looked back at Dian Yin, and the two of them understood, the queen was so gracious, and it was too unsympathetic to blindly refuse, so he said to the queen: "In this case, we will accept the queen's love and take this path, but we have to work hard for Your Majesty and the officials and people of your country." ”

The queen wiped away her tears and said: "The general said this, as long as the general is willing, what is this little thing? If it is not smooth to go north, the general will return, and please come back to see the widow." After speaking, he wiped away his tears.

The third prince said: "Your Majesty, don't be sad, the general and his entourage are here for a great cause, and Your Majesty should be happy." ”

The queen burst into tears and laughed: "Yes, yes, the widow should be happy, pass on my decree, and reward me with a thousand taels of gold for the passage, and six servants to serve all the dignitaries." ”

Su Yue said: "Your Majesty, we have not contributed a single cent to your country, but we have received such a great favor, I am really flattered, but this way to the north, nine deaths and one life, only to give up my brother's meaning, but also do not want to implicate innocent people; ”

"If the general wants to leave, how can he be empty-handed? In this way, you will receive the order to go to the inner treasury, and take as much as you can, okay?"

Su Yue and the others were grateful.

On the occasion of the dispersal, among the three dukes, Situ stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister has a plan to play." ”

"Quasi-Concert"

"Your Majesty, my country is short of horses and saddles, and the three good horses of General Su and other heroes have been sold to the black market by the officials. ”

The queen was furious: "When will it happen, why don't you know?"

Situ Dao: "The torture has been brought to the Criminal Division, it was last night, and the three horses are probably out of the city long ago." ”

"Insulting our country, the crime is not punishable, and the widow will send the criminals on display in the streets, razing the three tribes, so as to set an example, and ask for a reward of five hundred taels of gold for those who can return the three horses unscathed. ”

Su Yue said: "Your Majesty, your country's prison, Su should not interfere, but it just interferes with us, I have to say." The crime of stealing is only punished by death, and the destruction of the three tribes for a few horses is really tormenting us, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice. ”

The queen said: "If others come to advise him on this matter, the widow will punish him, and the general is a distinguished guest, since the general intercedes, he will go around his three clans for capital crimes, and all of them will be exiled." ”

The ministers bowed down and praised the queen for her kindness and kindness.

The queen said, "If the general can wait, wait for the horse to be found, and then send the general out of the city, if not, the widow will send the horse to the general." ”

Su Yue said: "Among our group, except for Su, they are actually not used to riding horses, but the border commander was ordered to send it in person, and he didn't dare not accept it, and it was a pity not to ride it." Since your country is short of horses. If the three horses can be found, I will give them to Your Majesty as a return gift. ”

At this time, the king wanted to keep them for a few more days, Su Yue and others said goodbye to the queen on the grounds that Liao Tingyun was already waiting outside the palace, and the queen had no choice but to send gold for them to receive, and ordered the food department to take out some dried meat and dry food for them to bring, in case of emergency.

The three of them met Liao Tingyun outside the palace and asked about the horses, and Su Yue also said that they had been stolen. The four of them left the city and headed northeast. Liao Tingyun no longer wears a hat, and since then her beauty has been fully revealed.

The four of them walked through the forest and fields, and when they were hungry, they ate dry food that was not like the queen's gift. Dian Yin recalled that since he set off from Shijun to Dejun and Xinshu, and then returned from the country of good people, and now he has set off from Wuxiang country, this strange country that he has never heard of or seen before. The longer I have been away from my hometown, I have almost forgotten what my hometown looks like.

"General," Dian Yin said, "the elder brother suddenly remembered something that he hadn't figured out, not for anything else, but purely curious. ”

"You speak. ”

"Since the "Wood Qi Book" in Hengbu Mountain was lost and recovered in the Wild Wolf Road, I have never seen it again, and I have never seen the general use the Qi technique on it, did the general throw him away?"

Su Yue smiled: "I have actually read that book, although it is written in Chinese, it is also a stubborn tooth, it is really difficult to understand, foolish brother I am also a hero, but I don't know anything about reading and hyphenation, I only recognize some words, when I was a child, I was forced to read and write poetry books by my father and the gentleman of the medical hall, but a large section of the article is a headache at a glance, and then I thought about it, our martial arts in the eight counties are not inferior to him, and you can live a lifetime by studying the treasures left by your ancestors." As he spoke, he took out the book.

"To you?"

Dian Yin shook his head: "I haven't learned the Thousand Shadows Sword Technique that Master taught me yet." ”

Su Yue smiled again and handed it to Liao Tingyun.

Her face sank suddenly.

"The old lady doesn't eat the food that comes from the mouth. ”

"Give it to me," he suddenly stretched out a small tender hand, "I just have nothing to do along the way, so it's better to bring a book and relieve my fatigue." "When I look at it, it's no one else, but Tong Xi.

Liao Tingyun smiled: "Nizi, what do you see the use of this thing." Do you understand?"

Tong Xi smiled: "It's all about relieving fatigue, even if it's literacy, I'm not a person in your martial arts, I don't like to dance knives and guns, "Suoyu" and the "Youzhou Geography and Customs" are about to be rotted by me." ”

Su Yue smiled and gave the book to Tong Xi.

The four of them walked according to the instructions of the queen of Wuxiang and the signs on the "Suoyu", and in the evening they really arrived at Cheng's shop, and before they entered the town, the mayor of the town had already brought people out to greet them. The four of them were welcomed into the shop, and they were greeted as warmly as the king came, and the dinner was also delicious and delicious, and the four of them did not dare to disturb them, so they stayed overnight and set off again, and the same was true when they arrived in Moli Town and Wanfa Town.

The last one is the border city of Penglai. Expected that tonight was another good meal, the four of them were happy to think about it, but the strange thing was that they didn't see Penglai Town after walking for a day on this day, most of the roads they walked before were close to the pastoral people's houses, and there were often wheat fields and mulberry gardens on both sides of the road, woods and rivers. In the morning and evening, you can also meet farmers who are either going to work or finishing work. But since the town of Wanfa was launched, the population has become more and more scarce. After noon, there was not a single house in sight, and not a single person was seen. It was normal for the four of them to think about it later, and generally the closer to the border between countries is, the more remote they are, because there is no one living here, so how can they be willing to divide it with others?

The four of them walked for a day, and they were all tired, they ate some dried meat, and there was still leftover water in their bags, picked up some thatched dry firewood, lit the fire, and fell asleep around the fire one after another without chatting a few idle days.

In the middle of the night, Tong Xi suddenly sat up in her sleep, but saw that the moon was as bright as day, the insects were chirping, and it was quiet under the moonlight, but it turned out to be a nightmare, which startled her into a cold sweat. He sighed deeply and was about to lie down and fall asleep, but his eyes were fixed on the grove not far away, and he didn't move again.

It turned out that Su Yue and the others had been awakened by her when they were asleep, and they closed their eyes and said: "In the wilderness, don't look east and west, go to bed early, you have to go in the morning." ”

Tong Xi looked at the gloomy grove at night and said blankly: "That...... There are people there. ”