In the morning, Jin Ke was the first to wake up. It snowed heavily last night, and as soon as dawn stopped, a row of ice cubes hung neatly under the eaves, and a layer of bright white accumulated in the open space in the backyard of the inn. As soon as he stepped into it, he didn't cross the vamp, and he couldn't help but rejoice that his father-in-law had the foresight to make it impossible to travel in this weather, and they had to stay in this town for two days until the snow melted before leaving.

He glanced at the closed door opposite, stepped on the snow and entered the stove, boiled water to wash rice, and prepared to cook a pot of white porridge for breakfast.

Zhao Xiaozhu walked in with a yawn, put down the teapot and basin, wrapped his clothes tightly, and complained to Jin Ke: "I slept cold to death last night, which caused me to hold my urine and almost spill on the bed." ”

"Is my father-in-law awake too?" "Wake up, before I woke up."

Jin Ke pretended to be casual and asked, "Did you hear anything last night?" ”

"Huh?" Zhao Xiaozhu rubbed the corners of his eyes and said in a daze: "I didn't hear it, what's wrong?" ”

Jin Ke waved his hand: "It's the wind, I'm afraid that the noise will make my father-in-law rest, so forget it if I don't hear it." ”

"Oh." Zhao Xiaozhu moved two steps to the door, looked around for a while, retreated to Jin Ke's side and muttered: "Big brother, my father-in-law told me last night, I'm afraid Miss Yu won't go with us, how sad do you say the second brother should be." I guess he must have hated us to death, if it weren't for the fact that his father-in-law forced Miss Yu to change the sword surnamed Zhu, how would he end up with us to the end of the world, hey. ”

Hearing this, Jin Ke slapped him on the back of the head, "I'm chewing the root of my tongue again, and I'm about to take hot water to serve my father-in-law to wash." ”

Zhao Xiaozhu said "oops", but he didn't dare to talk back. After mixing half a basin of hot water, Jin Ke warned him uneasily: "Don't talk nonsense in front of your father-in-law. ”

"Got it, got it."

"Also, don't disturb your second brother and Miss Yu to rest, let them sleep a little longer."

"Uh-huh." Zhao Xiaozhu didn't hear what was wrong with his words, and left with the basin of water

In the east side of the room, the snow reflects the white windows, the simple wooden bed hangs a half-faded tent, and two pairs of boots are stacked under the bed.

Yu Shu shrank in Xue Rui's arms, and the corners behind him were tightly tucked by him, impermeable. It was so warm that she didn't want to open her eyes. Xue Rui put one arm behind her head. Five fingers into a comb, running her messy hair for a while, he didn't sleep all night, he didn't feel sleepy. I just want to cherish this short time too much. With her. How to fall asleep.

"Is it dawn?" Yu Shu asked softly.

"It's still early, let's sleep a little longer."

Yu Shu opened his eyes and tilted his head slightly. You can see his stubble chin, rubbing his forehead, stinging and itchy, she can't help but think back to the sour and touching place of last night's affair, her cheeks are slightly hot, leaning back on his chest, squinting her eyes lazily and saying, "Don't sleep, you can talk to me." ”

"Okay." At this time, not to mention that she wants to chat, even if she wants the moon and stars, he will try his best to pick them for her.

"You said that King Ning's case has been tried, does Liu Hao still have a chance to turn over?" Yu Shu was a first-time veteran, and she really wanted to be hypocritical and coquettish with him, but the separation was imminent, and she really didn't have time to fall in love. While Xue Rui is still there, she has to ask him to give her a look at the situation in Beijing, and it is best to give her a few tricks for later use.

"Whether King Ning can turn over depends on whether my grandfather is open-minded." Xue Rui didn't beat around the bush with her, and said sharply: "Since the big mention has revealed my life experience, it means that he has long been prepared to deal with my grandfather Xue Lingnan, and once he makes a move, he is bound to uproot the Xue family." And my grandfather probably knew that my adoptive father had been harmed by him, and he held a grudge, if he was open-minded, he would inevitably preemptively strike and take advantage of the emperor's serious illness to support the new emperor to ascend to the throne. ”

When the new emperor ascended the throne, naturally there was nothing to do with King Ning.

Xue Rui pondered for a moment and explained carefully: "After you go back, you must be careful, depending on who can monopolize power in the court, who is the person who plots to usurp the throne, that is, the mastermind behind Jingchen's distress and the murder of Taishi Shuyuan, maybe my grandfather, or someone else." No matter who it is, you must stay away from them, save your little life, and wait for me to go back. ”

After a pause, he said again: "Now only Da Ti can protect you, and only he will not harm you, you can be false and wronged with him, don't conflict with him, remember?" ”

Hearing this, Yu Shu couldn't do it with a tight chest, and said wistfully: "Mention that you killed your adoptive father, I hate to avenge you, and I want me to go back to please him, I'm afraid I can't help but stab him in the back." ”

After last night, she and Xue Rui became husband and wife, and they were even more husband and wife, and they hated the same enemy. She originally had no resentment towards Da Tidian, but after he personally revealed the truth about Xue's father's self-mutilation and death, the more she respected Xue's father's chivalrous courage, the more she hated Da Tidian's ruthlessness.

Xue Rui touched her fluffy head: "No matter how big the grudge is, it's not as important as your life, listen to me, don't let me worry." ”

Unwilling to let him worry about it, Yu Shu agreed with a sigh of relief.

After Yu Shu finished asking, it was Xue Rui's turn: "After you go back, I will force you and Jingchen to marry and have children, do you know what to do?" ”

As soon as he spoke, the delicate body in his arms suddenly stiffened, he sighed softly, hugged her tightly, rested his chin on the top of her head, and whispered: "If he forces you again, you can just promise him." ”

"I-" Yu Shu was in a hurry, and was about to raise her head to speak, but he was firmly pressed into his arms and did not let her look up.

"Don't panic, listen to me first." Xue Rui said in a calm voice: "I asked you to promise him, it's just an expedient measure, and I am afraid that he will threaten your relatives and force you to comply." Why don't you pretend to meet them and let them prepare for the marriage first, and you can find a way to delay the wedding for three months, at most three months, I promise that I will give up letting you and Jingchen conceive the Destiny of Heaven Bone. ”

Yu Shu was pleasantly surprised: "What solution have you come up with?" ”

"Hmm," Xue Ruimo stroked her hair, "Ah Shu, do you believe me?" ”

"I don't believe who else can you trust." Yu Shu said in a sullen voice.

"Then don't ask, wait for my good news."

Yu Shu was only afraid that she would know too much. After going back, he couldn't hide the big point, so he wisely didn't ask any more questions, but his heart was re-lit because of this glimmer of hope.

She and Xue Rui had a skin-to-skin relationship, so she couldn't marry Jingchen again, but if she threatened her relatives' lives with a big mention, she could only surrender, and if she really became a husband and wife with Jingchen, she was not only sorry for Xue Rui, but also sorry for Jingchen.

With Xue Rui's assurance, Yu Shu was pardoned. Because he never let her down.

There was a burst of silence between the two. Xue Rui heard the movement coming and going in the yard, and knew that he couldn't lie down like this anymore, otherwise it would be embarrassing for Yu Shu to wait for someone to call the door. What's more, she came to him last night wrapped in a quilt. The coats are all in the next room.

"I'll go to your room first and get my clothes. You lie down and don't get up. ”

Xue Rui said. So he carefully lifted a corner of the quilt and got up, so as not to let the cool air rush on her. Yu Shu saw that he was not afraid of the cold sitting shirtless on the edge of the bed and dressing, and there were suspicious red marks on his thin waist. It was clearly the mark she pinched out hard last night, and she couldn't help blushing again, wanting to cover her head and get into the quilt, but she was reluctant to look at him less.

Xue Rui quickly dressed neatly, turned around and saw Yu Shu with his eyes closed, the corners of his mouth hooked, leaned over and kissed her pink cheek, didn't say much, covered the tent before leaving

Xue Rui quietly went to Yu Shu's room to get her clothes, wrapped her tightly, sent her back from the back window, and then turned back to his room from the back window, uncovered the quilt on the bed, looked for a plum-shaped red on the mattress, cut off this piece with the dagger he carried, and carefully folded it into his arms.

Breakfast is a pot of salty porridge boiled by Jin Ke, white rice soup with boiled dried meat, salty and smooth, Zhao Xiaozhu ran all over the town to find a steamed bun shop, and brought two cages of vegetarian steamed buns, which tasted pretty good.

Xue Rui served Yu Shu a bowl of hot lean porridge in the kitchen, put two big buns on the plate, and brought them into her room without changing his face, Zhao Xiaozhu pouted and rolled his eyes behind his back, and slapped Jin Ke again.

"What the hell are you doing, didn't you hear your second brother say that Miss Yu had a cold?"

Zhao Xiaozhu muttered unconvinced: "My father-in-law also has a cold, why don't you see him being filial and taking care of women." ”

"You know the." Jin Ke scolded him on his lips, and sighed in his heart, he was not optimistic about Xue Rui and Yu Shu, a little couple, at this time, it was difficult to separate, and when they were separated, after a long time, it would fade, and it would be just a dew marriage after all.

Yu Shu had breakfast, leaned on the head of the bed and chatted with Xue Rui for a while, and then began to feel sleepy, Xue Rui guarded her to sleep, withdrew lightly, closed the door, and went to find Yunhua.

Yunhua and Yi sat on the bed, holding a map drawn in sheepskin in his hand, frowning, and when he saw Xue Rui walking in, he dispersed the sadness on his face, looked up and smiled at him, and asked kindly, "Have you had breakfast?" ”

Xue Rui nodded and walked over.

"You're just here, look at this map, we're going to set off to Rongcheng next, but the river is frozen, it's a bit risky to copy the road, if you take a detour, you have to travel for half a month and can't rest, how do you see us going?"

Xue Rui pushed away the drawings he handed over and said, "Let's not go to Rongcheng, continue to go north, let's go to the northeast to join King Dongjing." ”

A flash of realization flashed in Yun Hua's eyes, and he raised his eyebrows, waiting for him to explain.

Xue Rui said: "Jiang Huaiying, the king of Dongjing, and I are sworn brothers, I traveled abroad three years ago, and I saved his life by coincidence. Later, Jinshang summoned the mother and daughter of the Jiang family into Beijing and detained them, so as to coerce Jiang Huaiying to send troops to Dongying, asking him to cut off his wings, and I also arranged for the mother and daughter of the Jiang family to escape. Jiang Huaiying is righteous, and he is dissatisfied with the court, sooner or later he will rebel, this time I will take you to defect, he will be swept away to greet him. ”

Yun Hua looked at him with a complicated expression, and asked tentatively, "Are you taking this road to help King Dong Jing rebel?" ”

Xue Rui sneered and responded: "Is there any other way for me to go?" You used a fake "Xuannu Liuren Book" to hide from all of us, deceived the big mention, and only exchanged my life, how can I live up to your hard work. ”

Yun Hua was speechless. He probably didn't expect that his careful arrangement would be ruthlessly debunked by Xue Rui. Yes, he didn't tell the truth to Yu Shu and Xue Rui from the beginning, making them think that what he was carrying was the real "Xuannu Liuren Book", first tricking Yu Shu out of the city, and then attracting Zhu Muzhao, not in exchange for the pure Jun Sword, but for Xue Rui.

He had already guessed that Zhu Muzhao might have learned about Xue Rui's background, because he was afraid of the Great Insight Technique. He didn't dare to recognize Xue Rui rashly. After being dormant for many years, he finally waited until Jingchen entered Beijing and the lifebreaker appeared, so that he had the opportunity to meet Xue Rui.

coincided with the Xue family's crime, Xue Rui left Beijing to handle the case outside, he asked Jin Ke to take people back, but he couldn't shake Xue Rui to leave with him, and finally let people go back to Beijing, because Xue Rui couldn't let go of the Xue family who had nurtured him, let alone Yu Shu, his sweetheart.

So Yunhua set up a chain plan. Trick them with a Xuanjing book that he took ten years to forge to make. With Zhu Muzhao's hand, Xue Rui was forced to put down a qiē and leave with him.

"How did you find out?" Yun Hua asked, unable to imagine where he had revealed his flaws. After all, even Zhu Muzhao was fooled. I thought I got the real "Xuannu Liuren Book".

Xue Rui laughed at himself: "Since you are willing to exchange my life for the Book of Xuannu Liuren." I guessed that the book was mostly fake. The big mention will be fooled, because he mistakenly thinks that in your heart, the life of my son will be more important than the Xuannushu. I don't think so. Later, on the way to escape, I looked at you coldly, and I didn't see you depressed, not like I was worried about the consequences of the Xuannu Book falling into the hands of Da Tidian, and Jin Ke and Zhao Xiaozhu were also indifferent, which made me even more suspicious. ”

Yunhua smiled bitterly, with such a smart son, he was more ashamed than proud.

Xue Rui didn't care about his expression, and said to himself: "What I can't figure out is that you are taking such a risk, not for the sake of Chunjun Sword, but just to force me to leave the capital, what is your plan?" Could it be that you know my relationship with Jiang Huaiying, and I made an idea early in the morning to take you to him and help him rebel? ”

Yun Hua opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but it was difficult to speak because of his dry throat. Seeing this, Xue Rui put the map in turn and motioned for him to write in the blank space with his fingers.

Yun Hua then wrote stroke by stroke, "You guessed half right. ”

Xue Rui asked, "What about the other half?" ”

- "I don't know that you have an old relationship with King Dongjing, but when you calculate the general trend of the world, watch the stars at night, there will be war in the north, the king will be defeated, and there will be a left auxiliary star to come out, which can help the sleepy Jiao ascend to the dragon." ”

Xue Rui stared at the tips of his fingers, his eyebrows jumped, and his heart said that this sleepy Jiao is nothing more than King Dongjing, so what is this Zuo Fuxing?

"You mean to say that I am the left auxiliary star who can help Jiang Huai win the world?"

Yun Hua nodded, just like Zhu Muzhao's great insight and mastery, he has a peerless physiognomy, and he has also cultivated to perfection, he has seen Jiang Huaiying from afar, and he does have the appearance of the Ninety-Five, and then looking at Xue Rui's face, it is not difficult to conclude that he is the noble person in the destiny of the King of the Northeast.

Xue Rui was surprised, and then became suspicious: "Your purpose is not to destroy the "Xuannu Liuren Book", but to overthrow the imperial court?" ”

Yunhua only wrote four words - "Different paths lead to the same end." ”

Da'an Shengshi can last for 300 years, relying on the "Xuannu Liuren Book", a pair of heavenly destiny bones, everything is in control, obviously to promote easy learning, secretly manipulate the people's hearts, the world blindly superstitious numerology, foolish and stupid, do not want to forge ahead. Emperor Da'an was mediocre and incompetent, resting on his laurels; The officials in the DPRK and China are insensitive, there are few people who serve the country and the people, and there are many people who seek personal gain; Taoism is rampant, annihilating all the sons, and under the skin of the peaceful and prosperous era, there are thousands of holes hidden in the rivers and mountains.

The so-called born in sorrow and died in peace, if you lose the "Xuannu Liuren Book", how can you not lose the country?

Xue Rui stared at the blank space of Yunhua's fingers, and from his strokes, he seemed to see that twenty years ago, the ambitious Yunhua rushed to the capital, and suddenly understood that he stole the "Xuannu Liuren Book", not only to carry out the master's orders, but also to stand at a height that is difficult for mortals to reach and look down on the world, and his pity for the people in the world.

Xue Rui's heart trembled, and a warm blood gushed out, he knew that it was resonance.

"If it is not broken, it will not stand."

Hearing this, Yun Hua's eyes flashed with joy, grabbed Xue Rui's palm, and shook it excitedly, confidants are rare, not to mention that this is his biological son.

Xue Rui looked at Yunhua like this, no matter how big his resentment was, maybe it was the nature of father and son, the more he understood Yunhua, the more he hated him.

The estrangement between the two people disappeared unconsciously, and Yun Hua's expression became much brighter, and she wrote again-"Does Miss Yu know that the Xuannu Book is fake? ”

Xue Rui shook his head and said, "I didn't sue her." ”

Yun Hua looked at his face cautiously and asked, "Why don't you sue her?" ”

Xue Rui said with a cold face: "How sensitive is the big mention, don't you have to go to great lengths to deceive him, Ah Shudao is still shallow." If she knows that the Xuannu book is fake, she will inevitably be noticed by the big men, lest he vent his anger on her in anger. It's better to let him dream for a few more days, so that Jingchen and Ashu's marriage can be eased. ”

Yun Hua sighed at his good intentions, and on the other hand, he cared about another son-"Jingchen is your brother after all, you two brothers, you must not turn against each other because of a woman." ”

Xue Rui's eyes flickered, noncommittal.

Yunhua knew that he didn't have much brotherhood with Jingchen, and he couldn't force everything, so he sighed secretly. No more attempts to persuade him. lest it be self-defeating and invite him to rebel.

The father and son had a deep talk, determined where to go, and then came down. It's time to part ways

Yu Shu woke up from sleep. I saw Xue Rui sitting on the edge of her bed. Quietly looking at her for a long time, she smiled at him, but there was a dull pain in her chest.

"Ashu. We're going to Ningdong City to join King Dongjing, and we'll be separated here on the road early tomorrow morning. ”

As for why it is not a border city, but the northeast, she has the same heart and mind with him, how can she not understand.

"Okay."

"I have two properties in the capital, which are not owned by the Xue family, one is the Wangji Building, and the other is the Nanlin Timber Store in the west of the city, and I have handed them over to you along with a slave who is loyal to me." Xue Rui took off the purple jade bat that he never left and carefully admonished her:

"This is a token, after you return to Beijing, go to Nanlin Timber Store to find Guida first, explain the situation to him, and he will do his best to help you figure it out. In addition, I buried 50,000 taels of gold in the cellar where the wine was stored in the Wangji Building, which is my private property, and no one knows about it except Lin Fu, and you can take it as you like. ”

Yu Shu exclaimed: "Where did you get so much gold!" "Fifty thousand taels of gold, which is equivalent to more than 500,000 taels of silver, such a large amount of cash, just listening to it makes people dizzy.

"I traveled abroad, and by chance found local corrupt officials digging gold mines in the Liaodong area, it was at that time that I met Jiang Huaiying, rescued him once, after he escaped, he led the troops to seize the mine, in order to thank me, he gave me the gold obtained from the corrupt officials."

The Jiang family is a vassal king, and the gold mines found in his fiefdom naturally belong to him, as long as they are reported to the imperial court and paid taxes and harvests every year, even if they have passed the Ming Road.

Xue Rui put the purple jade bat into her palm and said solemnly: "This is my dowry, if you accept it, you can't regret it." ”

The jade was cold, but Yu Shu felt that his palms were hot, so he sat up from the quilt, stretched out his hand to wrap his neck, and said with red eyes: "You gave me everything, but I have nothing to give you." ”

Xue Rui chuckled, pulled the quilt and draped it over her shoulders, lowered his head and said in her ear: "You have given me the best." ”

He was not just referring to that piece of red, but her wholehearted delivery, with her body and body, the most cherished

Before dawn, Jin Ke set up the carriage and checked the water bladder and dry food before letting Zhao Xiaozhu go out to help Yunhua go out.

Xue Rui stood outside the door of Yu Shufang for a long time, Jin Ke couldn't stand it, walked behind him, patted him on the shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Otherwise, let's leave later, you can say goodbye to Miss Yu." ”

Xue Rui took a deep breath, slowly spit it out, exhausted his reluctance, and turned around: "No need, let's go on the road." ”

***

After Yunhua and they left, Yu Shu stayed alone in the inn for two days, and when the snow melted and the sky cleared, she hired a mule cart in the town and sent her to a nearby county seat, found a dart board, and took advantage of the dart carriage to return to Beijing.

Just after the fifteenth and sixteenth Shangyuan Festival, Anling City was full of lights and festive appearances, the spirit of the year has not faded, after Yu Shu entered the city, he left the dart team silently.

She didn't go back to the house in such a disgraced manner, but first found Nanlin Timber Store and met Xue Rui's henchman. Guida saw the purple jade bat in her hand and didn't say anything, so he invited her upstairs, served hot tea and hot water, and called a little maid to serve her to freshen up and change into clean clothes.

Wait until Yu Shu cleans up and rests for a while, and then tells Guida about Xue Rui's whereabouts.

"Brother Xue and his biological father left the capital, in order to avoid the court's pursuit and killing order, they took refuge elsewhere, before he left, he entrusted his property in Beijing to me, let me come to you to find something."

Because Yu Shu was holding a purple jade bat, Guida had no doubt about her words, and just asked worriedly, "Then isn't my son-in-law very dangerous now?" ”

Hearing this, Yu Shu felt that this old slave was indeed loyal, so he comforted him: "Don't worry, he went to a very safe place, but he won't be able to come back for a while." ”

After a pause, he asked Guida: "We have been leaving the capital for the past few days, have there been any unusual movements in the capital?" ”

She and Xue Rui have both disappeared, it has been seven or eight days now, and Da Tidian will definitely find a way to cover them up, her family is so foolish, but the Xue family can't hide it, I'm afraid that Da Tidian and Xue Xiang have already torn their faces.

Guida's face was a little bad, and he said honestly: "Gongzi didn't see him on the night of the tenth day of the first lunar month, and the prime minister in the mansion sent someone to King Ning's mansion the next day to ask for someone, saying that someone saw King Ning's guards arresting Gongzi. ”

Yu Shu frowned, Xue Lingnan was scheming, how could he not think of why Xue Rui was gone. As Xue Rui expected, Xue Lingnan noticed that Xue Rui's identity was exposed, and he made a preemptive strike without waiting for a big attack.

"What happened then?"

Guida inquired clearly: "King Ning is still imprisoned in Zongzheng Division, the palace is in a mess, and he can't hand over anyone, so Xiangye went to Sitian Prison to ask for someone." ”

Of course, King Ning couldn't hand over anyone, so he just gave Xue Lingnan an excuse to arrest King Ning and go to Huazhen Garden with him to face the saint. At this time, the big mention point could only come forward to stop it, stating that the emperor would not see the ministers during his illness.

However, the emperor can't manage this matter, who else can take care of it, no one is in charge of the country, no one is the master, seeing that this matter is getting bigger and bigger, the people in the DPRK and China are panicking, and the government is delayed, and finally there is a dissatisfied voice that erupts - why not establish a prince!? (To be continued......)