On the winding mountain road to the north, there is a man and a woman, the man is handsome, and the woman is beautiful. The beautiful woman sat on a tall steed and smiled smartly. The man led the horse, and there was a smile on his face, but his smile seemed to be squeezed out.

As soon as the autumn rain passes, the sky begins to clear. Walking on the rugged and muddy mountain road was quite difficult, Yang Muyun's arrow wound on the shoulder did not heal, and after walking for a short time, his breath became heavier, and beads of sweat the size of beans oozed from his forehead rolled down his sideburns to his chin.

Yang Muyun stretched out his cuffs and wiped his sweat, and let out a sigh. There was a faint fragrance wafting from the end of his nose, a flower in front of his eyes, a slender jade hand handed over a peach-colored embroidered silk scarf, and a delicate voice sounded in his ears: "Lang Jun, tired, come, wipe your sweat." ”

Yang Muyun glanced at Yuan Zu'er, who was riding on the horse with a charming smile on his face, and said curtly: "Thank you, Yuan Gongzi, no, Miss Yuan, oh no, Miss Yuan......" was incoherent, not knowing what he was going to say.

Seeing his embarrassed appearance, Yuan Qi'er chuckled, lightly covered her mouth, her teeth were slightly exposed, and her sweet and delicate voice sounded like fairy music, "Lang Jun, you are wrong, the slave family is now your wife, how can you call the slave family so?" ”

Yang Muyun smiled, kept silent, and looked at Yuan Qi'er with an embarrassed expression.

"If you're really embarrassed to say that, just call me Qi'er." Yuan Qi'er's autumn-like eyes rolled over him, and said with a smile.

"Qi ...... Qi'er. Yang Muyun stammered.

"That's right," Yuan Qi'er smiled, "Lang Jun can remember, don't say anything wrong in front of outsiders." ”

Yang Muyun nodded with a strong smile on his face.

"Lang Jun," Yuan Qi'er stretched out her hand and stroked the horse's back and said to him, "I see that you are very tired, why don't you come up and ride with the slave family, what do you think?" ”

"No...... No, I'm not tired. Yang Muyun waved his hand again and again and said.

Yuan Qi'er ate and smiled, and Yang Muyun couldn't help but blush.

"By the way, Lang Jun," Yuan Qi'er's eyes fluttered, "There are a few sisters in the slave family, do you want to serve them tea when you see them?" ”

Yang Muyun secretly said in his heart: "You and I are just pretending to be husband and wife, and as soon as we get out of the Great Wall Pass, we will break up in two, where is there so much nonsense." The smile on his face did not change, "You talk about them, I don't often meet them, and it is even more difficult for you to see them, so you can avoid serving tea." ”

"That's not possible," Yuan Qi'er said: "The slave family can't even know their names, one of them is Sister Zisu, the slave family has already seen it, and who are the others?" ”

"In addition to Shiso, there is another one, where are the few, are you really a prodigal gentleman?" Yang Muyun smiled bitterly, and then her face turned straight, "She is my original wife, surnamed Zhou, called Zhou Mengnan." ”

"Zhou Mengnan," Yuan Qi'er muttered, "What a beautiful name, is her person as beautiful as her name?" ”

"Hmm," Yang Muyun nodded.

"Then who is more beautiful than her sister Shisu?" Yuan Qi'er's beautiful eyes stared at Yang Muyun for a moment and asked.

"In terms of appearance, Meng Nan is slightly inferior to Shisu," Yang Muyun avoided her gaze, thought for a moment and said: "But Meng Nan takes care of their Zhou family's business, and travels south and north to earn a huge business for the Zhou family, which is really admirable." ”

"I didn't expect Sister Zhou to be a strange woman in the business world," Yuan Qi'er clapped her hands and smiled: "Lang Jun is really blessed, not only has the most beautiful sister Shisu by his side, but also has a sister Zhou who is good at business, you just need to be your own official with peace of mind." ”

"With you, can Yang still be his own official with peace of mind?" Yang Muyun smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"What do you mean by this, aren't the slaves worthy of you?" Yuan Qi'er said leisurely: "Although the slave family is not as beautiful as Sister Zisu, and not as capable as Sister Zhou, you have seen the skills of the slave family, Lang Jun, rest assured, the slave family will never drag you down." Gege smiled coquettishly as he spoke.

"You're different from them, and you're just a fake couple." Yang Muyun sighed.

"Is it true or fake?" Yuan Qi'er glanced at him, "You don't even touch them, are you still stronger than our fake couple?" ”

Mu Yun was speechless for a while, but he couldn't refute it, so he had to bend his head and hurry forward.

"I have a question, and I want to ask Lang Jun for advice," Yuan Qi'er saw that Yang Muyun was speechless by what she said, and she was so unhappy in her heart, she bent down and whispered: "If you don't succeed in the exercises you practice, won't you open your heart and accept them?" ”

Yang Muyun didn't answer, it seemed that he was acquiescing.

"That'...... What if you never get to the top of your practice? Yuan Qi'er's words knocked on Yang Muyun's heart, "Do you let them stay with you for a lifetime?" ”

Yang Muyun's figure trembled, and his steps forward were sluggish, "What Yuan Qi'er said is reasonable, just because they have achieved one of their wishes, do they have to sacrifice their right to be a real woman?" There seemed to be a pair of resentful eyes in front of his eyes, how she wished to be fully cared for!

"Am I being a little too selfish?" Yang Muyun asked himself.

"Is my words a little heavier?" Yuan Qi'er saw that his face was changing, and she was a little worried in her heart, and she was about to say something to ask, only to hear Yang Muyun look up at the sky, and said to herself: "Maybe they shouldn't love me, let alone marry me," looked back and smiled at Yuan Qi'er, "Fortunately, I am just a fake husband and wife with you, otherwise I would have hurt one more person." ”

"Did I say so much in exchange for such an inconsequential sentence from you?" Yuan Qi'er bit Sakura's lip lightly and glanced at him fiercely, "I won't let you hurt another person, I will be the first to get you and make you my man." If the power of your whole body really dissipates because of me, I will keep you by my side and protect you for the rest of your life. ”

"Qi'er, what are you thinking?" Yang Muyun saw that her expression was different, so he asked.

"I didn't ...... It's nothing? Yuan Qi'er, who had always had the upper hand, began to dodge his gaze and changed the subject, "Where are we going now?" ”

"This ......" Yang Muyun put his hand on the pergola and looked forward, and a mountain pass faintly appeared in front of him, "After this mountain pass, it should be out of the realm of the Ming Dynasty, right?" ”

......

This pass is a simple checkpoint, not even the gate tower has been repaired, and there is no wall of the Great Wall on both sides that winds with no end in sight, only a small team of officers and soldiers are stationed here to interrogate passers-by. The mountains stretch west from Shanhaiguan to the Yellow River Loop, and there are many such passes for thousands of kilometers. The vast Great Wall project was only just beginning in the Orthodox period, and it was far from being as complete as it was in the Jiajing period of the later generations.

Because the Ming Dynasty repeatedly conquered Mobei during the Hongwu Yongle period, expelled the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty far away to the depths of the desert, and the forces of the Ming Dynasty went deep into the Monan grassland, opened military towns and built guards north of the Great Wall. Therefore, from the three customs to the Juyong Pass, only some important passes were built, and some beacons were built on the high part of the mountains, and these passes were not tightly connected with the magnificent city walls.

Later, Emperor Xuande abandoned Kaiping, Daning, Dongsheng and other guards outside the Guan, the power of the Ming Dynasty greatly shrunk to the Great Wall, two or three hundred miles outside Beijing is the enemy territory, so he began to pay attention to the construction of the Great Wall, but it was only the repair of the old Great Wall, and some chimneys, beacons, tunbao, guancheng, and hao moats were added, which was far inferior to the completeness of later generations, which is why a Mongolian cavalry of thousands of people was able to avoid the border town and go straight to the city of Beijing, which is of course related to military leaks, But compared to the thousands of miles of border, the countless peaks and countless mountain passes in them, no amount of troops can be prevented.

Yang Muyun thought that this was a border pass, but in fact, this was just an ordinary checkpoint within the Great Wall.

There are only more than a dozen officers and soldiers guarding the checkpoint, and the leader is a chief. Due to the remote location, few people passed by, and the officers and men were scattered under the rocks and trees to doze off.

The chief squinted his eyes and watched a goshawk spread its wings and hover in the sky, and then flew towards the mountains in the distance with a chirp, his eyes showed envy, and he muttered to himself: "Lao Tzu will be an eagle in the next life, and it is better to flap its wings wherever you want, than to be trapped in a place where birds don't and suffer from it, damn, stay here all day and all night, and never even see a ghost, but the garrison has forced us brothers to stay here, and after a while, we will simply be savages in this mountain." ”

"My lord," said one of the soldiers, "I heard from the garrison that the capital should allocate money to build a wall here, and then build a tower, so that you and your brothers will not have to sleep in the mountains." ”

"Fart," Shi Chang scolded angrily, "Lao Tzu has even owed military salaries here for three months, and he still expects the capital to allocate money to build a city tower and build a wall?" Dream on you. It's not next to the enemy territory here, and the official in the capital will think of this when his head is kicked by a donkey? When Lao Tzu went back, he told the garrison that whoever he loves to send will come, and Lao Tzu will not serve his mother. ”

At this time, he saw a soldier stumbling towards him, shouting as he ran: "My lord"

"Damn," Shi Chang spat out the straw barley in his mouth, stood up and scolded, "What is your name?" Is there a ghost chasing you in broad daylight? ”

"No...... No," said the soldier, "there is...... Someone came over. ”

"What?" Shi Chang's eyes widened, he waved his hand, and shouted, "Quick, whole team, business is coming to the door." ”

......

Yang Muyun and Yuan Qi'er came to the mountain pass between the two mountains, and saw a Ming army team of more than ten people standing on both sides of the mountain pass in two columns.

"There will actually be someone guarding here," Yuan Qi'er glanced at Yang Muyun, "It seems that this team of officers and soldiers are not good at stubble, what should we do?" ”

"Just step forward," Yang Muyun lowered his head, "It's not possible to turn around and go back now." ”

"Okay," Yuan Qi'er touched a pair of swords under the saddle, "If they want to embarrass us, you get out of the way, and I'll deal with them." ”

"Are you going on a killing spree?" Yang Muyun glanced at her secret movements, "Don't forget that this is still the realm of the Ming Dynasty, and you can't be allowed to come nonsense." ”

"Don't forget," Yuan Qi'er smiled at him, "You promised me to send me out of the border of the Ming Dynasty, and you can't break your word." ”

"I haven't forgotten," Yang Muyun said with a stiff face: "Before leaving the border of the Ming Dynasty, you must listen to me, otherwise, don't blame me for being unkind to you." ”

"Oh, the slave family hasn't promised each other yet, so you taught the slave family a lesson like this." Yuan Qi'er sighed leisurely, and said with a smile in the corner of her eyes: "Well, as long as Lang Jun doesn't do anything to be sorry for the slave family, the slave family will listen to you." ”

As the two spoke, they gradually approached the group of officers and soldiers.

"Stop" Shi Chang waved his hand, like a deep cliff.

Yang Muyun immediately stopped, raised his hands with a smile on his face, and arched his hands far away, "Master Jun, the villain is polite." ”

"Well," Shi Chang's chin raised slightly, a pair of triangular eyes looked them up and down, his eyes fell on Yuan Qi'er, and his eyes widened, "This little lady is really handsome, just like the person on the painting took it off, Lao Tzu has lived for half a lifetime, where have you ever seen such a beauty?" The Adam's apple rolled and swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"Who are you? How did you get here? Shi Changqiang suppressed the restlessness in his heart and asked.

"Back to the military master, the villain is a villager from Liuyinggou Village in the south," Yang Muyun pointed to Yuan Qi'er on the horse, "This is the villain's lady, the villain passed by here today to send her back to her parents' house, and please ask the military master to make it convenient." ”

"Damn, this kid is really beautiful." Shi Chang scolded secretly, his face was still arrogant, and he walked around them with his hands on his waist, "Oh, go back to your mother's house, which mother's house to go back to?" ”

Without waiting for Yang Muyun to answer, Yuan Qi'er said with a smile in the corner of her eyes: "The military master said that he was joking, the little girl only has one maiden family, and after this mountain pass to the north, please raise your noble hand and let me and my wife go over." ”

Looking at Yuan Qi'er's charming smile, Shi Chang's body suddenly turned half full, "The little lady wants to go over, tsk tsk......" shook her head a few times, "It's not that I don't want to, after this mountain pass, there are often Tartar cavalry haunted over there, if they see the little lady's flower and moon appearance, they will definitely take you away, aren't you afraid?" ”

"The military master is really joking," Yuan Qi'er said, "It's still far from the border, how can there be Tartar cavalry?" The military master should not scare the slave family. ”

"It's true, otherwise how could this official be here with a team of brothers?" Shi Chang smiled.