23. Reunion
He couldn't help laughing, in the past half a month, she really kept her promise, she didn't complain, and she didn't even mention a tired word. Although she didn't say it, he saw it in his eyes, and he hurried day after day, often reversing the time of eating day and night, and after half a month, her originally fleshy cheeks were obviously thinner. But she never complained, took care of his daily life, no matter how late he finished the discussion, she always cheerfully stepped forward to greet him, shushing the cold and asking for warmth.
Perhaps he was tired, slowing down and removing his armor himself. She slept lightly, and the slight sound woke her up, she rubbed her eyes and sat up straight, and muttered, "Look at me, you can fall asleep while sitting, why don't you wake me up when you come back?" ”
Yan Xu smiled, "I wanted you to sleep more, but since you're awake, you deserve to suffer tonight." Pack up, we rushed to Qiongzhou overnight. ”
Xiyue's whole person sobered up, "Qiongzhou? I finally came here, why do you want to go to Qiongzhou again? ”
Yan Xu walked straight to the wooden frame with the copper basin, and regardless of the fact that the water inside was already cold, he bent down and splashed the water on his face. Xiyue didn't care about asking about Qiongzhou, and while jumping up to scoop up hot water, she said angrily: "The water is cold, can't you wait for a while?" You are like an ice cube, why do you still wash your face with cold water? I don't even care for myself, and I have to go all night for a while, so how can it be good if you, the coach, fall ill? ”
She skillfully twisted the hot handkerchief as she spoke, carefully wiped the water stains on his face for him, and suddenly laughed: "I used to be stuffy in the palace all day long, looking forward to walking around the palace every day, but I didn't expect that this time out of the palace, I actually traveled all over the Great Jin, from north to south, and then detoured to Qiongzhou, obediently, it's really amazing, I have to remember it well when I get back, and when I go back, the prince asked, I have to say a while to show off." The smile on her face had not yet receded, and she suddenly frowned again, "Jinyun, is it necessary to rush like this when marching and fighting?" Last time, you went to Zheng and Liang, and you worked so hard? No wonder I lost a lot of weight after coming back last time. ”
"I'll see, but you've lost weight?" She held his face in pain, and looked left and right with wide eyes, "Ouch, I'm really thin, poor ......"
He found that sometimes she didn't need him to answer at all when she spoke, and that her ability to ask questions and answer herself was much better than her piano skills. He sighed, took the handkerchief from her hand and put it on her face, "Noise." Hurry up and clean up, give you a pillar of incense time, if it's late, you will stay in Mochizuki Gorge with General Yan. ”
Dissatisfied, she threw the veil back into the basin, grimaced at him, and slipped away as fast as she could.
As soon as she left, there was a moment of silence in the tent. As she left, she lifted the curtain to blow the candle flame, and the figure cast on the tent swayed, and he watched the shadow fall silent, and then he grabbed the veil in the basin and slowly wrung it out. She had just added hot water, and the handkerchief was still steaming after wringing it out, and he tilted his head and pressed the handkerchief to his face, feeling the pleasure of that moment of warmth.
This expedition, for him, is not only to recover the Wei land, he also has an equally important thing to do, he has been planning for this for three years, and he can't wait to see that person being trampled by him step by step according to his wishes.
That night, Yan Xu took Xiyue and more than a hundred Yunwei, and quietly left the army that was heading to Wangyue Gorge, and turned to the direction of Qiongzhou. Five days later, he joined Yuan Mu, who had already received a secret order to wait halfway, and the 3,000 advance troops he led.
According to Yan Xu's plan, the 30,000 soldiers and horses rushing to Wangyue Gorge were actually just a bluff, so that the Wei army mistakenly thought that it was the main force of the Great Jin Dynasty, but in fact, the real intention of his commander was in Qiongzhou, and the real main force had 60,000 elites, and they were on their way to Qiongzhou at this time.
Yuan Mu couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Xiyue. Yan Xu had intended to keep a low profile when he went on the expedition with the army, so Yuan Mu didn't know about it beforehand, and he was very embarrassed when he remembered Hua Yuan's request before the expedition.
Hua Yuan originally planned to take advantage of Yan Xu's expedition to secretly send Xiyue out of the palace and sell it to remote places and even to Chu and Qi, causing her to miss Yan Xu and sneak out of the palace to find Yan Xu's whereabouts. Anyway, she is just a helpless woman with no memory, and it is impossible for her to come back all the way to find Yan Xu. Even if Yan Xu came back and found that she was missing, he didn't know where to look for her.
Hua Yu was sure that she would send Xiyue out of the palace in the palace, but she needed Yuan Mu's help after Xiyue left the palace. In fact, Yuan Mu didn't agree with her approach at all, he warned her at the time that Yan Xu didn't have her in his heart, even if Xiyue was not there, he wouldn't like her, and she framed the people he cared about, if he knew, it would cause him hatred. But Hua Yuan couldn't listen to it at all, she was so desperate that that thought, together with it, became her only hope to get out of her fate.
Since childhood, his cousin has not disobeyed her will, although he knows that this practice is immoral and irrational, but looking at her tearful and miserable appearance, he really couldn't say the cruel words to refuse her at that time, so he gritted his teeth and agreed, thinking that Xiyue has Yunwei by his side, and is often with the prince, it is not easy for Hua Yuan to start, maybe after a while, she will think clearly and no longer obsessed.
So when he saw Xiyue appear with Yan Xu, he was really relieved. It's a pity that he didn't have time to be happy for long, and three days later he received a letter from Hua Yuan, in which she once again asked Yuan Mu to find a suitable time to send Xiyue away on the way out. Yuan Mu was in a dilemma, and then thought that he would wait and see how it got better, if there was really a suitable time, he would do something for her, and she would not complain about herself in the future. If it doesn't work, when he returns to Yicheng in the future, he will tell the truth that he didn't find the right time.
The advance army was ten days faster than the footsteps of the main army, and now it has arrived at Tiger Hill, only a hundred miles away from Qiongzhou, the route of the army has been determined, in order not to startle the snake, Yan Xu ordered to camp in Tiger Hill, wait for the arrival of the army, and then attack Qiongzhou in one fell swoop after converging.
Finally, there was no need to hurry, Xiyue slept until three poles on the day, and after waking up, Yan Xu had taken several subordinates to the nearby to survey the terrain, and he would not return to the camp until night. On a whim, Xiyue called Shangyunzhu and Yunshan to the forest on the side, wanting to make a wild pheasant stew soup to make up for Yan Xu's body. After Yuan Mu made up his mind that day, he paid special attention to Xiyue's whereabouts and hurriedly followed.
Xiyue itself is a playful character, these days have been following the army to hurry, it is rare to be more comfortable today, as soon as you enter the mountains and forests, you will be interested.
"Yunshan guards the east, Yunzhu guards the south, and I outflank it from the west." Several people quickly found a yellow antelope, Xiyue's eyes lit up, she glanced at Yuan Mu's bulky body, and hesitated: "Counselor Yuan...... How about staying here? ”
Yuan Mu smiled and said: "Don't look at my heavy looks, in fact, my hands and feet are quite neat, why don't I follow Miss Xiyue to fight?" ”
Yun Shan and Yun Zhu were not worried about Xiyue going away alone, but when they saw Yuan Mu as their companion, they naturally said yes, so the four of them took a light step and outflanked the yellow antelope from three directions.
Yuan Mu has been thinking about ghosts since he entered the forest, since he promised Hua Yuan, he will give it a try today and act when the opportunity arises. So he deliberately released a cold arrow while people were unprepared, causing the yellow antelope to run wildly.
Xiyue was angry and anxious, and she didn't care about blaming him, so she chased after him. This chase frightened Yunshan Yunzhu, they asked themselves if they had done a good job, but after chasing for a while, they chased people and sheep away.
But he said that the moon chased faster and faster, his body was as light as a swallow, and he jumped in the forest like walking on the ground. The yellow antelope ran for a long time, and the speed gradually slowed down, Xiyue saw the opportunity to shoot an arrow, and the yellow antelope fell in response, she rushed over with a cheer, and was about to beckon Yunshan Yunzhu to tie the sheep away, only to realize that she had chased them all the way and had already thrown them away.
She was surprised and delighted, the mental method of the Northern Secret was really good, she had only practiced to the third level, and her internal strength had been significantly improved, if she continued to cultivate, she would definitely gain a lot.
Just as he was happy, suddenly a young monk in a monk's robe turned out of the forest and said "Amitabha" to the fallen Huang Ling. She looked at the monk in a daze, and the monk slowly turned to look at her after reciting a few words, and her handsome face showed joy, "Yezi, I am Yili." ”
She remembered him, and on the night of the Stove Festival, it was he who told her that Yan Xu was not a good person and could not believe his words. She also learned from Zishuo that she and Yiyi were brothers and sisters before she lost her memory.
But knowing that she knew that she had already decided not to dwell on the past things, she just wanted to stay by Yan Xu's side simply and happily, and at this moment he suddenly appeared in front of her, which made her a little overwhelmed, and she didn't know what to say to him for a while.
Yili looked at her for a moment, his eyes were clear, and there was an unconcealable joy of reunion between his eyebrows, "Yezi, I know that I can't remember the past, and I don't know who I am, but don't be afraid, my name is Yili, and I am a monk from the Great Compassion Temple." When you were a baby, your mother was hunted down and killed, took you to the Great Compassion Temple, and hid you in the forest in the back mountain, when I found you, you were in a pile of leafy daylily flowers, so I gave you a name, Ye Xuan, but I like to call you Ye Zi......"
"My mother?" It was the first time she had heard about her mother, "I have a mother...... So where is she now? ”
Yili nodded, and then his expression darkened again, "Now is not the time to talk about this, I'm here to take you away." ”
As soon as she heard that she was going to take her away, Xiyue subconsciously took a step back, "I'm not leaving, I don't want to leave Yan Xu." ”
Yili was not disappointed, he had long expected this to be the case, "Yezi, don't be afraid, you are reluctant to go with me now because you don't remember the past, if you remember, you will naturally go back to Dabei Mountain with me." He took out a small porcelain bottle from his bosom, "This is the medicine that Master Huishui specially made for you day and night, called Shiyuan Dan, this medicine is extremely difficult to make, so so there is only one pill of Cheng Dan so far." After you take it, you should be able to recover your memory within three days. ”
He stuffed the bottle into her hand and looked grim, "Someone is coming, I'm leaving." Remember, be sure to take this medicine, and I will be waiting for you in three days' time at the river on the north side of the camp at the end of the camp. ”