The horse-drawn carriage galloped all the way around a thousand times, and when it entered the Thousand Obstacles Mountain, it was already sunset on the second day.

Qianzhuan Mountain is located at the junction of the two states of Qiyi. There are many strange peaks here, and most of them are places of high mountains and dense forests. The ancient trees in the near distance are towering, and the mountains in the distance are continuous, dotted on the land of this Yuan country, like a piece of green jade.

Song Yuyan half-lifted the curtain of the car, and saw that the wild begonias on both sides of the road were lined with lush branches and leaves, blooming brightly. The afterglow of the setting sun casts cascading shadows on the staggered branches, giving the lush mountain forest a bit of heat.

It's a place that doesn't bustle in Kyoto, but it's quiet and quiet. And at this time, she didn't have too much heart to appreciate.

Lowering the curtain, the wind in the forest blew quietly, taking away an inaudible sigh.

The people in the car were all awake, but they all had their own thoughts and kept silent to each other.

Lu Cassia Ming, who refused to sleep all night, waited until the unconscious Bai Sang woke up and confirmed that Sister A had no injuries on her body, and finally settled down. The tired little face rested on Bai Sang's lap, and he soon fell asleep.

The little nose exhaled and inhaled, bringing out a shallow snoring sound in this quiet car.

The mountain lane was bumpy, and the speeding carriage slowly slowed down, making the people who had been holding on all the way in the carriage gradually feel drowsy.

At this moment, a loud shout suddenly came from outside:

"Robbery!"

The carriage then stopped unexpectedly.

Rob?!

Sima Jing opened his eyes suddenly, and when he heard the sound, he immediately stopped everyone in the carriage vigilantly, and then jumped out of the carriage first.

Outside, Ye Ziliang was still sitting in front of the car unhurriedly, but there was a little smile on the corner of his mouth.

Not far from the carriage stood two young men in cloth and scarves, holding wooden sticks in front of the two of them. looks not very old, but his expression is very vicious.

Sima Jing locked his eyebrows, didn't he meet a thief?

He then stepped forward, clenched his fists, and looked at himself secretly. If he really made a move, he should still be more than enough to deal with the two thieves at the moment.

"Stop!" But at this moment, a scolding came from afar. Behind them appeared a man, dressed like the bandit. looked at the two of them, but his face was full of surprise: "Second master!" You're finally back! ”

He hurriedly ran to the carriage, pointed to the two thieves and said, "These two are the new little brothers in the village, so they may have made the second master laugh." ”

Ye Ziliang waved his hand, and suddenly smiled: "It's nothing, it's okay, I'll say that these two little brothers look at each other." ”

The man also smiled heartily when he heard this, and turned around and ordered the two who were stunned at the back: "Quick, go and report to the big boss, saying that the second boss is back!" ”

Sima Jing was stunned, only looking at the appearance of Lord Yuezhang in front of him who was quite familiar with the bandit, but he was confused. Then he had to get back into the carriage and follow the thief into the cottage in the mouth of the two.

The mountains are large, and the walled gate that is independent of the halfway up the mountain looks a little simple. Sima Jing looked at the man's dress again, and thought that the current bandit business may not be so easy.

After everyone got out of the carriage and entered the village, Ye Ziliang stopped, turned around and asked the little brother who came to lead the way: "Where is the big boss?" ”

"I'm waiting for you in the back mountain."

The little thief's eyes were rolling slightly, and his gaze fell on this side and then on the man, but he was also full of curiosity.

Ye Ziliang nodded, then swept over Bai Sang on the side, and said in a deep voice: "Xu San, take this Lu girl down to rest first." ”

The little thief answered, and he and Cassia who was still sleepy-eyed behind Sister Ah exchanged strange glances at each other, and just wanted to lead them away, but the second master stopped him again.

Ye Ziliang thought for a moment, and then said to Song Yuyan: "Niangniang, this village is the safest place now, you don't have to worry." As the sun goes down, why don't you go and rest first? I'll talk to you about the rest tomorrow. ”

Song Yuyan also had thoughts in her heart, but she didn't want to ask anything more at the moment. He nodded his head and walked away.

When a few people walked away, Ye Ziliang had already seen the joy that gradually rose in Ye Xiuying's eyes. He looked at Sima Jing, who was still looking at the stockade on the side, and laughed loudly:

"I'll take you to meet someone first."

A few people walked around a wooden house in the village until they reached the back mountain. Compared with the front, the back mountain is unique. Surrounded by grass and trees, there is a flat ground in the middle, and it looks quite empty.

When I got closer, it turned out that there were still a few people standing on the flat ground. When the two of them saw the appearance of the leader, they couldn't help but shout together:

"Your Highness!"

Sima Jing's face was shocked, and he hurriedly took a few steps forward, just wanting to see clearly. No matter how stupid he was, he seemed to have noticed something along the way, but he didn't dare to think about it. Now that the man was in front of him, he couldn't believe it: "You are really alive!" ”

"Nature is to live. I'll watch over your people. ”

Gao Xun smiled calmly, and fell in Ye Xiuying's eyes, and in a trance, the person in front of him was still the little prince who used to be in the palace of the King of Jin.

When the words fell, two more people came up behind him, and said in unison:

"Major General!"

"Guan Yi! Xue Yong! ”

Sima Jing was pleasantly surprised. The two in front of him were the generals who had been in Sima Mansion since childhood, and after Qin Li rebelled, he only thought that his subordinates were either rebels or died on the battlefield. He never thought that he was still hidden here by the prince.

Gao Xun looked at him with joy and stunned, not at all like the great general in the past. Looking back at the greenery of the mountains, he gradually lost the smile in his eyes, and said lightly on the same side: "It's faster than I imagined." ”

"The Imperial City is indeed inescapable, but fortunately there are people to help." Ye Ziliang breathed a sigh of relief, paused and said in a low voice: "In addition to the queen mother, I also saved two more people this time." ”

"It's better not to save it."

Ye Xiuying listened to it, and interjected lightly, she was quite concerned about this matter along the way.

Gao Xun didn't seem to hear the words of the two, and his eyes crossed the crowd, as if he was out of the matter. He stopped his gaze on the birds frolicking on the branches in the distance, and said with a smile: "I see that you must be hungry all the way." I have sent for food and wine to be prepared, and everything will be done when my stomach is full. ”

Ye Ziliang saw her appearance, and had to sigh secretly.

The chicks in the trees chirped for a long time without stopping, and the evening in the mountains was the longest. The sunset in the distance only dyed half of the sky red, and then slowly disappeared unwillingly.

In the back kitchen of the village, Gao Xun just stepped in, and called the busy figure inside:

"Jing Yuan."

"Eh, big boss."

The man held a spoon in one hand and a pot in the other, and replied with a raised voice.

"What's the hype?"

Gao Xun stepped aside, looked left and right, and asked.

"I fried two side dishes, saying that I was going to send them to the two girls who came today."

The man raised his head, but his face was very delicate, even if he was wearing a short fight in the village, he could see at a glance that it was a young woman. As she spoke, she walked to the door and pointed to the two dishes on the wooden table, but the steps of the walk looked a little strange.

Gao Xun stood at the table for a long time, moved his fingertips slightly, raised his eyes and said:

"I'll give you the one on the west side."

"Eh, okay."

Jing Yuan was stunned for a moment, smiled and nodded. Her eyebrows and eyes are crooked, and she looks like an elf when she laughs, but her temperament is stunned.

When Gao Xun and Ye Ziliang rescued her at the border of Qizhou, she was dressed in strange clothes, covered in blood, and she looked like she was being chased and killed. The two took her to the cottage, and it took a lot of effort to finally bring back a life, but her left leg was not healed well and became half a cripple, and she has remained in the village ever since. She is not proficient in civil and military affairs, but she is proficient in wood art, and her cooking skills are quite good, Gao Xun simply let her take care of everyone's food, and she has a lot of credit for the large houses in this village.

As for why she was injured, she didn't talk about it, and Gao Xun didn't ask either.

Just say that in the bottom of everyone's heart, there should be a past that they don't want to mention.

The last touch of red sun outside was hidden, and the night completely covered the entire mountain forest. Candles were lit in the village, and the dim light faltered in the rising night wind, and the next second it seemed to disappear.

In the room, Song Yuyan sat on the edge of the bed for a long time, but she still couldn't sort out her chaotic thoughts.

As a queen, she abandoned the city and fled. Her heart was full of shame, she didn't know what the scene in the palace was now, and whether the Song Mansion was okay?

She thought about the innocent people, but she could only watch their short lives disappear.

She couldn't hold back the sigh in her heart, pinched the edge of her skirt tightly, and only by the knock on the door outside a few times did she get up and open the door.

Until she saw the appearance of the people outside the house, she thought that she must be winking.

"I sent someone to make something to eat." Outside the door, Gao Xun smiled gently, she was wearing coarse linen clothes, holding a wooden plate in both hands, and her familiar tone seemed to be as if the two had just met yesterday: "There are only some coarse tea and light rice, the place here is biased, not as good as Kyoto, you should fill your stomach first." ”

Song Yuyan covered her mouth and opened her mouth, but she couldn't make a sound.

The room was dark. Gao Xun stood outside the house, unable to see the red eyes, only the tears that kept rolling down her eyes, which were light and clear in the dark night, and seemed very clear.

After a while, the words came out, still trembling a little: "Your Highness? ”

Gao Xun nodded, his eyes fell on the food in his hand, and he said, "Just let me in first." ”

Song Yuyan hurriedly got out of the way, and before she had time to wipe her wet eyes, a few strings of tears slipped down her head.

Gao Xun entered the room and lit the lamp, his eyes fell on the tired face of the person in front of him, hesitated for a while, and asked lightly:

"Are you okay?"

Before escaping, Lu Baisang told Ye Ziliang everything about it, and after Gao Xun found out, Xu was used by the same people, and he couldn't help but feel more distracted and distressed about the people in front of him.

came back to her senses, but Song Yuyan blushed a little, her heart lifted and released, and the hand holding the skirt was loose and tight, she had never been so out of shape in front of Gao Xun. shook his head slightly, and finally raised his eyes and looked at the person in front of him in a daze:

"Your Highness, you—"

There were all kinds of doubts in his heart, and the words came out, but he changed his tone again: "I lost ...... thin"

Gao Xun smiled dumbly, and when her eyes turned, Song Yuyan couldn't see through the look in her eyes, and saw that the person in front of her had already gotten up and said, "It's not early, let's rest early." ”

Song Yuyan then got up suddenly, saw the man walk to the door, paused for a moment, and turned around again:

"In the past few days, I will live in this village with peace of mind, and I don't have to worry too much about other things."

The smooth tone slowly spread out in the quiet room, not necessarily smoothing out the unquellable ripples in her heart. Song Yuyan's words in her heart stopped talking, only looking at her departing back, and did not say anything again.

The night outside the house was like a thick inkstone, so deep that it could not be dissolved.

Gao Xun looked at the dark sky for a long time, as if his eyes were dyed with a layer of black and dull ink.

When he turned back, he saw another figure standing on the east side.

A plain face looked extremely pale under the reflection of the candle flames on the side.

Looking at each other, Bai Sang's fingertips holding the wooden plate gradually turned white, she pursed her lips and muttered.

"Ah Xun ......"

But the man turned and walked away as if he had not heard.

Bai Sang half-lifted his steps, and then hurriedly pulled her sleeve: "Ah Xun." ”

The sleeves that were not grasped slipped in his hands, but the person in front of him still stopped.

Bai Sang tightened his hand, only touching his cold fingertips.

"Don't call me Ahn,"

Gao Xun didn't look back, only his voice was faint, and he couldn't distinguish joy and anger. word by word, but it made her heart a little colder:

"You don't deserve it."