At the top of the moon, the remaining blood-like clouds gradually disappeared, and the night fog hit, as if a wisp of cold air had blocked the light.

When night fell, it seemed that the boundless thick ink was heavily smeared on the sky, not even the glimmer of the stars, even the midsummer night was a little cool, and under the hazy moonlight, the sky was not pure black, but a boundless deep blue in the black, which stretched far away.

The team slowly stopped at the Wutong Forest, and could see the black, red, purple and blue flags waving in the gray and green forest, and two rows of brocade guards wearing flying fish costumes and rusty spring knives on their waists, kneeling in front of a white jade and ebony carriage.

Seeing Emperor Yue stepping on a wooden tree and holding the hand of a eunuch and dragging him down, he nodded with a knife and asked for a peace, so he got up and relined the phalanx around, standing on guard like a nail.

"I'm going to camp here today and invite Princess Bao Dai to come over."

Emperor Yue glanced at the chariot, straightened the placket of the cloak that was loose due to the bumpy road, and ordered a eunuch to go and summon people, and by the way, he also looked away, and glanced at the figure of the black and gold-trimmed python robe that stood as tall as a tower and was conspicuous among the black and red crowd of people at the base.

The warm and moist ink eyes concealed the color of the ulterior motives, and the corners of the mouth were bent, and the gaze was withdrawn.

After a while, the eunuch who called people led the "Mu Xiaofeng" who was in uneven spirits and walked loosely.

"Brother Huang, there are many mosquitoes in the forest at night, so I stretch my muscles and bones casually outside, and I will go into the carriage to rest." As soon as "Mu Xiaofeng" approached, she pouted impatiently, slapped her cheeks, and glanced at the surrounding woods with her big and beautiful eyes, full of disgust.

The woods at night are no more colorful and varied than those that can be seen during the day, and there is basically only one hue left at night - gray and black, which is eerie.

"Talk to my brother, this trip to Chaoyuan Country, I'm afraid that in the future, the time for our brothers and sisters to get along like this will be one day less." Mu Lige stretched out his hand and pulled her beside him, his eyes sparkling over the outline of her facial features, as if he recalled many of the past in an instant, and sighed, showing a little gloomy and lost on his face.

"Brother Huang, what's wrong with you? It's me who is not good ......" Seeing Mu Lige reveal such true feelings, "Mu Xiaofeng" felt like a nucleus in her throat, very uncomfortable, she put away the previous casual boredom, stepped forward and pulled the hem of his Huazhong clothes, revealing a big smile in the sun: "I originally thought that you must be annoying me, so I wished I could get married quickly, but now I see, the imperial brother is really reluctant to me." ”

Mu Lige looked at her pretending to be proud and proud, her face swept away, and she couldn't help but pat her shoulder with a smile, and said with emotion: "Yes, with you, there is a lot of noise in the palace and outside the palace, but I think that once you are not there, I feel so cold, you say that you, if you leave as a brother, you will have to take care of yourself in the future. ”

……

While their brother and sister were chatting, clusters of torches melted around them, and the lights were dim, reflecting the shadows of the trees all around.

The Ghost Country

"Sister Yin'er, the team has set up camp and stopped, could it be that the bumps in the carriage are not tired, and you still want to stuff raw mushrooms in it? Hehehe......" A funny and hearty voice outside the curtain floated in with the night breeze.

The name of the Rakshasa princess of the Ghost Kingdom is Xiao Baoyin, Xiao Fei is not the surname of the royal family of the Ghost Country, Xiao is a foreign surname, but because there is no princess of the right age in the royal family of the Ghost Country, and the blood is orthodox, only a loyal and meritorious royal county lord is promoted to the title of princess for this marriage with the Chaoyuan Kingdom.

Xiao Baoyin heard Nu Hou's voice, her heart tightened, she glanced at the black shadow in the dark quickly, bit her lower lip and took a deep breath, only to stabilize her mind, and said in a crisp voice: "Angry, angry brother, I, I'm a little uncomfortable, I, I won't get off the carriage for the time being, I'm ......"

Before she could finish her lame excuses, she heard the darkness in the shadows kick the board, and angrily whispered to her: "Fool! Hurry up in front of the curtain of the carriage. ”

Xiao Baoyin was stunned by the scolding, and he didn't know what he meant, but he felt the closed curtain next to him, "Huh!" The ground was lifted from the outside, Xiao Baoyin turned her head sharply, her eyes widened, her brain was suddenly confused, and the next second she felt a force hit her back vigorously, and then she couldn't restrain the balance of her body, and staggered involuntarily and fell forward.

"Huh!"

She screamed in a panic, and just fell in front of the curtain at the entrance of the carriage, and then, as if aggrieved and inexplicable, she propped herself up, rubbed her bare feet that were twisted and twisted, and was about to turn around and ask why the black shadow was bullying her, but she heard a beautiful voice above her head that sounded puzzled and surprised: "Sister Yin...... How did you fall? ”

Xiao Baoyin's pupils froze, and he was silent for a while.

"You said you weren't feeling well just now, but you need the doctor to check your body, could it be that you're tired?" Stretching out her hand angrily, the tenacious fingers like bamboo helped her up like a child, and the star-like pupils unconsciously looked inward, vaguely feeling that the atmosphere was wrong.

At this time, Xiao Baoyin was helped up, and only then did she realize what the "idiot" that scolded her before meant?

She was stupid indeed, and her heart skipped a pound of shame at the thought of it, and she was so annoyed that she was so annoyed.

There are so many excuses, why does she want to talk about such a one? If she says that she is sick and uncomfortable, her brother will definitely come up to investigate and care, which will not only expose the existence of Shi, but also anger her brother's worry.

"I, I didn't, I just felt scared, it was dark outside, outside." Xiao Baoyin hung his head in frustration and muttered in a low voice.

"Scared? Oh, I was negligent, and it was pitch black inside the carriage, and I immediately had the lamp in my hands. Angry patted his forehead, his eyes were full of light, as if a thousand words were contained in it, and he said suddenly.

Xiao Baoyin was shocked when she heard this, she hurriedly waved her hand and said: "No, no, I, I like black, dark, I, I don't need to light the light......"

Just kidding, if you take the lamp, then isn't the matter of her hiding a man in the carriage of the princess to be married exposed?!

Xiao Baoyin's shocked expression reflected the angry and clear eyes, and there was a hint of doubt in the depths of his pupils, but his face still had a reassuring smile, and he teased casually: "Oh, but didn't you say you were afraid of the dark just now?" ”

...... "Can she dig a pit and bury herself in the spot?" Xiao Baoyin's face was embarrassed and red and white, and he was speechless.

Seeing that she was already so embarrassed that she was about to commit suicide, he didn't force her anymore, since she was bluffing and trying to cover, then it must have been her willingness, so why did he bother with such idleness?

Anyway, what he took over this time was just an idle job of running errands and giving people away, and he didn't need to pay attention to other details, let alone intervene too much in other people's private affairs.

"Since you can stay in the carriage at ease, Sister Nayin will rest in the carriage, and I will ask the guards to prepare some food and send it to the carriage for you to use later." smiled considerately, said no more, and got out of the car with the curtain closed.

After the anger left, only Xiao Baoyin who was blocked at the entrance of the carriage was left, she swallowed her nervous saliva, turned around with a smile, and said with a blank eye: "Shi, am I really stupid?" ”

"What do you say? It's just stupid! The dark shadow in the shadows sneered coldly and admitted directly without mercy.

Xiao Baoyin flattened her mouth pitifully: "But, but I've worked hard, I haven't lied since I was a child, although there are many loopholes, but, my angry brother still believes it." ”

"Letter? Hmph, it's okay to be stupid, still so naïve, so self-righteous? I think that if Emperor Jing of Chaoyuan Kingdom really chose you as a concubine so unsightly, you don't need to do anything else, just wait to be played by those women in his harem. ”

"Boom...... Don't scare me...... I didn't want to marry Emperor Jing in the first place, what can I do now......" Xiao Baoyin whimpered, his lower teeth slammed against his lower teeth, and he was at a loss there, obviously afraid.

……

——

The ghost country is the same as the Ying Imperial Kingdom, and the team is docked, and the outside is busy.

starting fires, collecting firewood, building tents, and making food...... In front of this bonfire, the busy figure is a shadow Zhuozhuo, you come and go, Mu Lige and "Mu Xiaofeng" are sitting next to the bonfire, there are no people waiting nearby, they seem to be chatting and narrating, but in fact, the hidden intrigue in the dark is only known to the parties.

"Feng'er, do you remember the birthday gift I gave you when you were thirteen years old?" Mu Lige looked at the sparks of the bonfire, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was a little nostalgic: "What you said to me, I still cherish it." ”

"Mu Xiaofeng" was stunned for a moment, her eyes were motionless, as if she was concentrating on her memory.

Mu Lige rolled his eyes and raised his eyebrows: "What, Feng'er forgot?" ”

"Naturally, I haven't forgotten it, but I got that gift from the imperial brother after thinking about it for a long time, and I still wear it on my body?" "Mu Xiaofeng" shrugged his nose, his soft lips showed glutinous teeth, and as he spoke, he took out a pink round pearl the size of longan from the carp brocade rust bag hanging from his waist, and then solemnly faced Mu Lige with a small face, and said in a loud voice: "I once said to the imperial brother that the imperial kingdom of Ying is not the imperial brother's alone, as long as the imperial sister can do it for the imperial brother, even if it is to go to the soup and the fire." ”

The smile on Mu Lige's lips disappeared, he put away his eyes, and looked at "Mu Xiaofeng" seriously, his eyes seemed to be as clear as a clear day when a haze cleared the clouds, and he sighed and said: "I will remember this sentence for the rest of my life." ”

"Mu Xiaofeng" lowered his head, picked up a branch and picked up firewood at random, and did not answer.

"Mu Xiaofeng" of course knew that Mu Lige was beginning to doubt her identity. It is true that she has exposed too many flaws, although a smart person like Mu Lige has not noticed it for a while, has been fooled for a while, but there are always a lot of accumulations, and there will always be suspicions.

This time he tempted, although she handed in a satisfactory answer, but after all, there was a doubt, and she was not as trusting as before.

But so what, it doesn't matter whether he believes it or not, because this journey is already doomed and there is no return.

——

As soon as she had eaten some roasted dry food, Xiao Baoyin began to fidget, as if she had fleas all over her body, she grabbed her skirt: "You, you said don't go out, what danger will there be outside?" ”

Perhaps annoyed by her repeated questioning, the dark shadow in the shadows finally replied angrily: "Haven't you heard that people from foreign lands have recently sent people around to assassinate those who are going to enter Yanjing to participate in Emperor Jing's election of concubines?" ”

"I've heard of it, but ......" Xiao Baoyin was stunned: "But-" Her face suddenly changed: "Are you saying that someone will come to assassinate us later?!" ”

This sentence couldn't control the volume because he was frightened, and it sounded directly in horror.

But the strange thing is that there is no reaction outside the carriage.

He raised his eyes slightly, but he didn't notice the cold light of his from the bottom up, his eyes were gloomy, and he pushed his façade with a palm, and the palm swept until the flames whirred, and the sparks exploded crackling, forcing him to retreat.

At this time, there was an uproar and nervousness in his ears, the assassin who was disguised as a guard saw that the target was so alert and did not kill, but he revealed his identity again, knowing that with his one-on-one strength, he was by no means the target of the angry marquis, so he took another way, ready to take out a white pill the size of a loquat from his arms and put it into the fire, but obviously all his movements were not as fast as the sword of the angry one.

In the next second, his hand stiffened halfway, and the whole person stared at a pair of dead fish eyes, and fell straight down, but saw a blood cross from the middle of the person to divide it in two, it was complete before it fell, but after it fell, it was broken in half.

Since he was a soldier who had trained and killed people, when he saw this scene, he was also frightened, and a cold sweat broke down his back.

But don't wait for them to think about it, sigh and sigh~, at this time, a few arrows with white pellets were shot out of the darkness, and they plunged into the fire with a thud, but they heard a shrill snorting sound in the fire BIUBIU, but in an instant, there were bursts of white mist fluttering and drifting, like the tip of the waves of a layer of white flowers, and everywhere it touched, it was all a submerged wailing scream.

"Ahhh

A scream pierced the silence of the forest where dark creatures were hidden, and the dormant darkness came out like a wild beast at night, and a terrifying cluster stirred.

Angrily raised a pair of black knife eyebrows, his face was calm, but he was not in a hurry, the wind in his palm was blowing, like a fierce hurricane, instantly blowing away a clear land.

The foreigners are good at poisoning the essence Gu, and this time they will use poisonous smoke, it seems that the foreign lands must have sent to hunt down those assassins who rushed to Yanjing to marry.

Almost everyone present guessed so.

——

The team of the Ying Imperial Kingdom is not far from the Ghost Country, and it can even be said that they are close to each other, because the teams are close to each other, they naturally got the news that they were attacked as soon as possible.

When Mu Lige heard the report from his subordinates, he looked at "Mu Xiaofeng" with heavy eyes, and said in a changed tone: "Xiaofeng, the goal of the carriage is too big, you don't have to go back to the vice-president, and temporarily evacuate with your brother." ”

"Mu Xiaofeng" bowed her head, pursed her lips as if she was afraid, her eyes rolled slightly, and she clenched Mu Lige's arm.

Their Ying Imperial Kingdom wanted to take the opportunity to evacuate the battle, but it was obvious that the enemy was not attacking the ghost country, and their Ying Imperial Kingdom was also facing a crisis in an instant, but when they saw a burst of sparrows screaming and fluttering wings, from the top of the sycamore treetops, a knife net that had been properly equipped for a long time fell down.

"Ahh Hurry back! ”

Due to the narrow roads and the dense crowd of people, under the cover of this knife net, it can be said that a group of people were caught one by one, cut into pieces, and screamed and wailed in waves.

"Brother Huang!"

"Mu Xiaofeng" suddenly looked up and saw the piece of knife net that flickered with the cold light of the moonlight, and during the shock, Mu Lige had already ripped her away with his hands and feet, pulled out like a spiritual snake out of the hole, and quickly pulled out a knife that was guarding him and other guards who had no time to pull out, and slashed through it with a knife, only to hear the sound of the intersection of the iron blades, and the knife net fell to the ground in two.

This knife net is not made of any particularly tough material, but it is made of chain lock hanging blades, which is not something that ordinary martial arts students can resist, and most of the guards of the Ying Imperial Kingdom still cannot escape its net.

Both sides entered the battle situation in the white heat, seeing that the enemy had not yet poured out, they were already embarrassed, and Mu Lige couldn't care about much, so he pulled out the secret whistle from his waist and blew it hard.

It didn't take long for dozens of figures to emerge from the ambush place, speeding across the forest, and from time to time you could hear the muffled sound of heavy objects falling to the ground.

When the attack of the knife net stopped, Mu Lige couldn't hide his face was very ugly, he was stunned by the tragedy in front of him, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Brother Huang! I—Let's get out of here. "Mu Xiaofeng" trotted over with her skirt, she looked at the corpse in front of her that was cut beyond recognition by the knife net, her face was stunned, and she was slightly pale.

"It's night, and we can't keep moving forward because we have too many goals, but it's also a risk to stay where we are." Mu Lige threw away the blood-dripping knife in his hand, and groaned for a long time, the elegant face covered with a layer of cold and cold light was cold at the moment.

"Brother Huang, it's okay, hasn't the enemy been wiped out by us?" When he blew the dark whistle just now to summon the secret guard of Buluo, he didn't avoid her, so "Mu Xiaofeng" saw all this and learned that the person who secretly set the trap had been eliminated, why was he still so nervous?

"This is clearly the way of attacking the Arhats, this is only the first wave, and then there will be a second wave, a third wave...... I really didn't expect that the lazy emperor would be so attentive to my Ying Imperial Kingdom. The corners of Mu Lige's mouth hooked up a sneer, and his eyes were not as warm and clear as usual, but a little more gloomy.

"That'...... So what can we do now? "Mu Xiaofeng" was directly stunned when he heard this.

Xiaofeng...... You first go to Chaoyuan Yanjing with the angry marquis of the ghost country, I think he will take care of you carefully, and after the brother is in his palace, we will meet in Yanjing...... By the way, what about the servant next to you? Mu Lige remembered that "Mu Xiaofeng" begged him to bring a palace maid with him before leaving, and said that she knew some kung fu with her hands and feet, and saw her go out of the carriage to get food at noon, but now the maid was nowhere to be seen, which had to make him suspicious.

"Mu Xiaofeng" didn't seem to expect this kind of emergency moment, Mu Lige would actually notice that he had lost someone, and his expression stopped for a moment, but without waiting for "Mu Xiaofeng" to say more, the killer of the foreign land was like a locust, jumping out of the forest and attacking again.

"Brother Huang, I don't want to follow him, besides, I don't feel at ease if I leave you alone here to fight the enemy." "Mu Xiaofeng" watched a large number of killers approach, turned his head to look at Mu Lige, his eyes were slightly red, and he shouted anxiously.

Seeing that she was so worried about herself, Mu Lige vaguely felt a trace of apology in her heart, and unconsciously revealed some words from the bottom of her heart: "This time the imperial brother made a mistake, but it was also arranged earlier, if you follow him with peace of mind, the imperial brother will definitely be fine." ”

After Mu Lige finished speaking, he decisively pushed Mu Xiaofeng away, and sent out a group of elite guards to escort her, and asked her to rush to the side of the Ghost Snake Country Nu Hou.

He believed that the Ghost Kingdom was protected by the Marquis of Nu, and it would definitely be peaceful.

"Brother Huang!"

"Mu Xiaofeng", who was dragged by the guards, did not follow, she struggled to turn around, screaming and crying.

Here Mu Lige had no time to respond to her, he squeezed into the guards and also entered the game, at this time, a brightly dressed and wealthy figure killed all the way in, and finally confronted him, but saw that he was slightly fat, holding a golden abacus in his hand, and when he walked, the golden abacus in his hand instigated and rang loudly.

As soon as he saw this person, Mu Lige recognized it: "Penghu salt merchant Ai Wen? ”

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If you don't understand this chapter, if you notice the foreshadowing, the next chapter will be revealed.

This chapter "Mu Xiaofeng" is problematic.

This chapter is a plot by someone.