Chapter 4: Hong Bin (I)

The northern frontier is the last city.

"The adults have worked hard for the past ten days, and I have already instructed the kitchen to prepare meals for the adults," Wen Li said with a grin, but her smiling face seemed a little stiff, because she was forcibly enduring the disgusting smell of Mu Zixin and Ling Xiang, "and the hot water for the bath has also been prepared." ”

"Yes, there is Lord Lauwen," Ling Xiang stopped and looked at her coldly, "These ten days have been a long time!"

"Well, no, I understand how adults feel like they are living on the battlefield. ”

"Heh, Lord Wen has never been out of the world and can understand, it seems that you have a high level of understanding. Ling Xiang stared at her tightly, his eyes piercing into her heart like a cold sword.

"My lord, you have won the award, although Wen has never fought against the Burning Army, he has also been a person who has followed the princes to the battlefield," Wen Li avoided his gaze, and his smile gradually retracted, "You and Lord Mu are the only resident officers in Northern Xinjiang who still have the strength to fight against the Burning Army alone, and you two have to ensure that your health is ......."

"You don't have to worry about it, Lord Wen should put his mind on the military affairs of the assistant border area!"

"Of course, Wen has been in Northern Xinjiang for more than 20 years, and he has stayed longer than the two adults combined, and he can handle the affairs of the frontier with ease," Wen Li raised his eyebrows, straightened his chest and nodded at the two of them, "In terms of assistant military affairs, there are only two adults who have not commanded, and there is nothing that I Wen can't do!"

"That being the case, I'm relieved, I've heard that some of the princes of the Seven Kingdoms are colluding with each other," Ling Xiang said, wiping the bloody silver scimitar on his right hand, "I hate those things that are not clean in my hands and feet, and if I find out that Biansai also has such goods......"

There was a loud "snap", and a silver knife light grazed in front of Wen Li, almost sticking to her neck! Before she could react, a stout ancient tree not far away had been broken off by her waist and fell to her feet, and the sharp branches almost cut her face.

Wen Li jumped back in shock, just hit Mu Zixin, she hurriedly dodged, one did not stand firm and almost fell to the ground, and the officers accompanying him were also frightened, and they didn't even dare to breathe.

Wen Li's eyes widened and his mouth was wide open, as if he wanted to say something but was blocked.

"Alright, let's go. Mu Zixin, who had been standing silently next to her, finally spoke, she glanced at Wen Li, whose expression had been completely distorted, and turned around and walked to her room.

She came to a tattered door, and the walls beside the door were covered with vulgar and obscene characters in red ink, and she didn't have to think about it to know that the officers who usually looked at her as crazy had secretly done it while she was out of the sky. Every time she came back from guarding the side, she would always see some new words on the door, among which the five big characters "Young Master of Ziyun Mountain" were particularly dazzling.

She looked at those five words and sneered, and shook her head helplessly.

After taking a bath, Mu Zixin stretched hard, and then threw herself on the bed, she was so tired that she didn't even have the strength to go to the dining room to eat. Reaching out and taking out a necklace from under the pillow, there was a round purple miniature time rail hanging from the necklace, and the ten star-shaped amphiboles on it had already lit up three times, and sure enough, they kept it for three more days.

"Bastard!" Mu Zixin threw the necklace aside, tilted her head, put her hands behind her head, and stared at the gray sky outside the window, which was completely different from what she remembered......

She was so sleepy, she slowly closed her eyes, as if she had come to another world, the verdant meadow, the golden warm sun, she was wearing a white dress and running happily with her bare feet, turning in circles like dancing, her hands stretched out towards the place where the sun shone, jumping high, as if she wanted to embrace the sun into her arms, she smiled from the bottom of her heart, showing her white teeth, and her laughter echoed on the grassland, as warm and bright as a beautiful song......

I don't know how long I slept, Mu Zixin was suddenly woken up by a rude curse outside the room.

"Tell me the truth!" the soldier threw his long whip and slapped Hong Bin fiercely, but Hong Bin closed his eyes silently, as if he was in the middle of a pre-doomsday trial.

"What's going on?" Mu Zixin pushed open the door, but was startled by the scene downstairs. A boy who looked like a black bear was hanging from a big tree with his hands tied, his body was already scarred, and to her surprise, Ling Xiang and the other officers were watching them as if they were watching a performance.

"Ling Xiang, explain to me well, what the hell is going on?"

You ask her. He patted Wen Li on the shoulder. Wen Li shuddered in fright, and glanced at him weakly.

"This guy is a soldier guarding the Hour Track...... But he was drunk and didn't flip the track on time...... So, three days late......" The more she spoke, the quieter her voice became, and the last few words almost came out of her mouth.

"There is no evidence!"

"I can testify, my lord," said a second-class officer, raising his hand, "he is usually in my charge, this guy is an idiot and a liar! He gets drunk all day long! You smell him and it stinks, and he ...... drunk."

"I'm asking for evidence!" Mu Zixin raised his hand and suddenly cut off the wooden railing in front of him, and the soldier who was still cursing loudly just now suddenly turned blue with fright, and he didn't even notice that the whip in his hand had fallen to the ground.

"The soldiers can testify, my lord," Mito walked out, looking unusually calm in the crowd, "even he has already recruited, if you don't believe it, you can ask ...... yourself"

Before Mito's words fell, Mu Zixin had already come to Hong Bin in the blink of an eye, and she put her face to his ear.

"Don't be afraid, with me here, I only believe what you say, tell me, are they wronging you?"

Her voice was so soft, like a white cloud from heaven gently melting in his ears, Hong Bin opened his eyes slightly, and the woman in front of him, with seven golden slashes on her clothes, was a seventh-level officer......

"No, it's not me, my lord, I'm ...... I'm just a sweeping ......."

Hong Bin said, tears flowed down one by one and fell on Mu Zixin's hands, at that moment, she seemed to have returned to the night ten years ago - thunderstorms, lightning pierced the night sky, she was covered in blood and lay on the ground, dragged out of the Xuankun Palace, leaving a long blood mark on the ground. She cried and screamed, her voice burst, but her voice was covered by thunder, no one could hear what she was shouting, everyone stood aside with cold eyes, no one would intercede for her, and no one would believe her......

"I ...... I accidentally overheard them talking and ...... They threatened...... said that if I did what they said, they would ...... They'll let me go home......" Hong Bin said intermittently, as if he would lose his breath at any moment, "I'...... I want to go home......"

Mu Zixin waved his hand and cut off the hemp rope tied to Hong Bin's hand.

"Your Excellency......" Wen Li tried to stop him.

"If you want to live, keep your mouth shut!" Mu Zixin put Hong Bin's arm on his shoulder and helped him walk towards his room, "Ling Xiang, you come up for me!"