It was a clear sky that day, and in the evening, the colorful glow filled the entire sky, but everyone knew that it was the prelude to this bloody storm.

Seeing that Shen Muchi's physical strength was gradually exhausted after killing several people, Cai Ling was approaching step by step with a long sword, and the soldiers of the northern kingdom were very afraid of the red-eyed southern monarch in front of them, and when they saw her coming, they all stepped aside.

She raised her sword vigorously, and the end of the sword pointed directly at Shen Muchi.

But he didn't dodge, he stuck the long sword in his hand into the snow, and raised his eyelids to look at her coldly, with sadness and resentment in his eyes.

"Shen Tai. You used to look down on me the most because I liked the man in front of me. You have said many times, Shen Mu Chi Qinggao will never look down on me Jiang Cailing. A smile tugged at her lips as she said to the man behind her, but his gaze remained on the face of the man opposite, who only looked at her coldly.

"But Shen Tai, you are wrong. He couldn't help but look at me, and he was only focused on me. Cai Ling smiled and smiled, and suddenly her eyes were blurred. Shen Muchi's reaction, she couldn't care anymore.

"So Shen Tai, it's better to hurt me than to hurt him." Cai Ling suddenly turned the head of the sword, closed her eyes and stabbed the sword into her chest.

But the end of the sword had just cut through his shirt when he was shot to the ground.

Shen Muchi stood beside her, holding her wrist tightly, and said word by word: "I said that you are not allowed to hurt yourself in the slightest in this life!" ”

"Be careful!" Cai Ling exclaimed. One of the strong men approached quickly with a big knife. She wanted to stand in front of Shen Muchi, but she was tightly pulled by him and did not allow her to move.

"No......," Cai Ling hissed and shouted exhaustedly.

As far as the eye could see, it was Tao Tao who blocked the fast knife that was about to be slashed on Shen Muchi's back with his arm, and a severed arm rolled down to his feet, and the blue brocade of the lake on his arm was stained with blood.

"Ahh It was Tao Tao who raised his head to the sky and roared, "You wait to cover Your Majesty's departure." ”

Shen Muchi turned around, his bloodshot eyes were full of anger, and he killed in five steps and one blow, and the strong men in the northern country were all frightened, and they all took a few steps back.

Cai Ling picked up the snow broken arm, wrapped it in a big cuff, endured the pain in her heart, walked up to Shen Tai, and begged: "I'll give you everything you want, let them go back." ”

She turned her eyes to look at Meng Meng, who was already so frightened that she hid behind a black-clothed guard, trembling all over. When their eyes met, Meng Meng hurriedly avoided it.

"Hahaha......" Shen Tai laughed a few times without emotion, lowering his eyelashes to look at her, "Cousin, it's the first time in many years that you have spoken to this king so softly. That person is the king's own brother, and this palace will not let him die in this thousands of miles of snow. But cousin, the conditions you gave this king, this king has thought about it carefully, and he thinks it is feasible. But the time given to you by this king is not much, how about half a year? ”

"It's a deal." Cai Ling said resolutely.

The corners of Shen Tai's lips hooked a wicked smile, and suddenly reached out to wipe a trace of blood from her forehead, and she raised her hand to hit the back of Shen Tai's hand.

Shen Tai withdrew his hand, tightened the horse rope and beat the horse back, without even looking at Meng Meng during the whole process. The soldiers also boarded their horses, and the sound of horses' hooves broke through the quiet night sky of the valley.

After the people went, Cai Ling hurriedly squatted in front of Tao Tao with a severed arm, "Come with me to find Brother Yu." ”

Tao Tao fell in the snow, with beads of sweat the size of beans on his forehead, one hand supported himself in the snow, one sleeve fell empty and fluttered left and right with the cold north wind, and a drop of blood in the sleeve slipped into the snow, melting the cold snow.

He gritted his teeth and turned away, not making a sound.

"Brother!" Meng Meng ran to it, looking at Cai Ling sadly.

At that moment, her heart was colder than the frozen north, and she finally realized that the person she wanted to protect was hurt because of her. There was no time to grieve, she tore the cotton cloth from the corner of her skirt, applied snow to his wound, and was about to wrap the cotton cloth to stop the bleeding.

He shook his arm, which was still halfway down, and threw the blood in her face, but he didn't make a sound and skimmed her face. Meng Meng took the cotton cloth from her hand and bandaged her brother's wound.

The person who no longer pays attention to her is Shen Muchi. When they came, they were in a group of dozens of people, but when they returned, there were only six left.

It was late at night when he returned to the mansion, and the imperial doctor was pacing left and right, anxious, saying that Lord Yang had lost too much blood and was afraid that it would be difficult to survive tonight.

After hearing this, she rushed out of the house, and Shen Muchi spoke to her, and he asked coldly, "What are you doing?" ”

"I'll go and ask Brother Yu." There was a mist in her eyes, but she repeatedly told herself that she couldn't cry.

He stared at her for a moment, his cold eyes threatening to drown her in it. She didn't dare to look at it, and she didn't dare to act rashly.

"I'll go with you." He said.

"Young master!" Mingyue hurriedly grabbed the corner of his robe, "The road is slippery on a snowy day......"

"It doesn't matter." He rolled his eyes away, and returned a gentle smile.

As soon as Cai Ling boarded the black horse, he immediately rode on the same horse, clamped the horse's belly and set off on the starry night.

All the way to Peach Blossom Valley, Cai Ling slapped the door of the small courtyard hard, and after the candlelight was faint, Yu Moyan appeared in the courtyard.

The two lines of tears of "Brother Yu......" couldn't be controlled anymore in an instant, and slipped down two lines.

Even if a miracle doctor like Yu Moyan came to heal Starry Night, Tao Tao only asked for a worry-free life, and his left arm could no longer connect to its original position.

Five days later, Tao Tao, who was barely able to walk, went to the back stream to bury his broken arm. The plum blossoms were blooming brightly, and the snow was still falling one after another, falling on his head, which was a mess of his beard and sideburns.

Cai Ling held up an oilcloth umbrella, and although she hesitated for a moment, she still mustered up the courage to approach and prop the umbrella on his head as he sat on the ground.

"I'm sorry to ......" I thought about it for a long time, and only this sentence could be exported.

"The first time I saw you when I was a child was in the alley at the entrance of the General's Mansion. Zhao Wang Shizi and a few scoundrels came to me to settle accounts, I didn't dare to tell my father, and I didn't dare to fight with them, so I was bullied in that alley all the time, so that every time I went out of the house, I only dared to go through the back door. But that time, you stood in front of me, opened your arms, and said that the man was afraid of bloodshed, and whether he really coaxed a fight and saw if he would talk about it. So we beat the prince of Han. My father took the thousand-year-old ginseng to make amends, and Jiang Xiang also punished you for being grounded for a month, but no one dared to bully me from then on. ”

Cai Ling's hand holding the umbrella trembled.

"Later, they told me that the reason why you want to help me is because you want to know His Royal Highness the Third Prince through me."

"Tao Tao ......"

"I don't blame you. I don't have any close friends. You have been my only friend for many years. His father warned him that he could avoid disasters by staying away from the Jiang family. I never believed in ......."

"But I believe it now." Tao Tao raised his eyes and stared at him coldly, and his tone changed from muttering to asking: "Don't you know what kind of person the waste prince is?" And how will Your Majesty treat you, are you heartless or blinded? Dare to collude with Shen Tai! ”

"I didn't!" Cai Ling defended.

"Humph! Do you think I'm still a child? Tao Tao smiled contemptuously, "Then tell me how we got into Shen Tai's ambush?" What kind of deal are you two doing? ”

"I ......" Cai Ling said a word, Tao Tao couldn't listen anymore, stood up, and knocked down the tarpaulin umbrella she was holding above his head, which rolled half a foot away with the wind.

"From now on, you and I are like strangers." When Tao Tao left, he didn't look back, only paused, and warned in a cold tone: "Don't forget Biluo!" Your Majesty will not have mercy on the traitors of the North. ”

Cai Ling sat down in front of the grave with a broken arm, the red plum blossoms kept falling, the streams were frozen, and the winter in the north was especially cold. The tears were originally two strings of warm liquid, and the dripping on the hands slowly became ice crystals.

She looked up and looked for the sun hidden in the clouds, when will the spring come again?

That day, I went to Peach Blossom Valley to invite Yu Moyan, and there was no time to send him back.

Shen Muchi told him frankly that night, and said that he intended to canonize Zhao Chuci as Zhaoyi, if Mr. Yu was willing to return to China to serve, he would give him the entire Taiyi Bureau to be in charge alone, if he wanted to stay in the northern country, he would not be strong, the carriage was prepared at the door, and Yu Moyan finally chose to stay.

Outside the Song Mansion, several carriages were parked. Xiao Chuan took his father's hand: "Daddy, does Chang'an also have such a beautiful plum blossom lantern?" ”

Yu Moyan stroked Xiao Chuan's round head, "Yes." After finishing speaking, he turned his eyes and looked at Cai Ling.

Cai Ling showed a smile at this time, squatted down and said to Xiao Chuan, "The glass lamp in the palace is very beautiful." ”

Xiao Chuan was suspicious and walked up to her aunt, who was in the scenery, with a smile on her delicate little face all the time, and took Xiao Chuan's hand and spun around in a circle on the snow. Next to the carriage on the other side, two maids supported the weak Liang Mingyue, who was sad and stared at the carefree Zhao Chuci.

"There are still long days ahead, Brother Yu has an idea in his heart." Cai Ling still couldn't help but remind.

"At least keep her from dying." Yu Moyan's gaze also stayed on Zhao Chuci, and then asked Cai Ling, "What are you laughing at?"

Cai Ling suppressed her smile and shook her head.

She thought to herself: If there is such a person in this world who can protect her life, she may be able to live as arbitrarily as Zhao Chuci. She misses the time of her youth, but she can't go back.

Being dragged by her arm in the middle of the groan, she quickly turned her eyes to look, and saw his white and cold face, she couldn't help but be excited every time she saw a person, she stammered: "Shen ...... Your Majesty...... Young master. ”

No one who had spoken to him since Tao Tao's arm had been broken put her into the most luxurious carriage, and sat down himself, without looking at her, and sat with his legs stretched out.

Cai Ling was a little nervous in her crampedness, and soon returned to normal, and the arrogant appearance in front of her was obviously the supreme monarch in the Vertical Arch Palace, so she only needed to serve him properly as usual.

The whole way back, from Yongzhou to Youzhou, and then from Youzhou to Yanmen Pass, on the way to live in four inns, Cai Ling is Mao and stay outside his house, wait for him to get up, and then go in to change his clothes and comb his hair.

Once Concubine Liangxian happened to be inside, Cai Ling waited quietly outside the curtain, and only after Concubine Liangxian was dressed a little neatly did she squat beside the bed to put on cloud boots for Shen Muchi. The boots had just been put on, and her fingers were still on the cloud boots where the auspicious clouds were embroidered, and he walked away, and before she could withdraw her hand, two fingers were trampled under his feet.

"Young Master ......" was Concubine Liangxian's delicate voice, and only when he turned back did he say, "You stepped on Sister Ling." ”

His face was expressionless, and he turned his head away, his arms slightly open, waiting for her to dress him. She didn't have time to think about it, she only put the dark purple robe on his body, and carefully tied the belt for him, and his slender fingers suddenly reached over, just touching the fingers she had stepped on, and she was speechless, she lowered her eyes, removed her fingers, and hurriedly went to get the big one.

"Why does my aunt stand by Jiang Gongzi's side? What did my aunt do wrong? Why wouldn't they let her eat? When I arrived in Taiyuan, when I was eating at the inn, Xiaochuan at the other table pulled her father's sleeve and asked in a low voice.

Yu Moyan moved his gaze back, looked at the Yang family brothers and sisters who had no intention of eating, and sandwiched a piece of white jade tofu for Xiaochuan, and said in a low voice: "Your aunt has not made a mistake, she is a female official in the inner court, and it is her job to serve Your Majesty." ”

Xiao Chuan's eyes widened, "Is my aunt a female official in the inner court?" Then I will be a female court official when I grow up. ”

The last few words were said a little loudly, and Cai Ling at the next table turned her eyes to look at her, and she quickly stretched out a pair of small hands to cover her mouth.

During the break, the carriage stopped in the grove, and Cai Ling came to the stream to prepare a pot of water, and happened to meet Yu Moyan who was playing with his daughter. She knew she was embarrassed now, so she only smiled, and had no intention of even making small talk with them.

"Auntie, come and see. There are a lot of fish in this stream. Ogawa raised his hand to greet her.

She was hesitating, Yu Moyan slowly approached, took the kettle in her hand, squatted down and followed the clearest sweet spring next to the most stone, "Except for you, Xiaochuan doesn't like to talk to others, if it's okay, just stay for a while." ”

The two sat on the grass by the stream with their knees crossed, watching Xiaochuan tease the fish with long reeds, and occasionally laughed at each other.

"Tired?" He asked suddenly.

She shook her head, "Actually, Shen Muchi is not difficult to serve, except for some dishes that he doesn't like to eat and need to be persuaded by others, the rest is fine." His hair was so soft that it felt like it was on a brocade, and it was a great pleasure for me to comb his hair. ”

He didn't answer, but laughed. She nudged his arm unconvinced, "What do you mean?" Don't believe it? “

He smiled, shook his head, and said, "No." If only you enjoyed it. “

"I really enjoyed it." She emphasized again, but after a while, she felt that there seemed to be a foreign object in her eyes, and hurriedly buried her head between her legs. Until she felt a pair of warm hands patting her back, she raised her head, not knowing that her eyes were already red, and only tried to say, "I used to be in Chang'an City, but I was surprised, no one was afraid, and I was more comfortable than you in Peach Blossom Valley." ”

"I know." He looked at her, gentle eyes, firm tone.

This time, Chang Cailing laughed, "How do you know? We've only just met. It's obviously perfunctory! I want to say that the heroes don't mention the courage of the year, right? ”

"You're not doing badly now." He was still as warm as the April wind.

"It's really comforting." Cai Ling stood up and patted the withered grass behind her buttocks, "Thank you for your enlightenment." However, there was still a master waiting for me next to the carriage, and the little woman retired first. “

Turning around, she saw Shen Muchi standing a few feet away, how much he listened to their conversation, she didn't want to think about it anymore, she only raised the kettle in her hand and smiled: "The clear spring in the mountain stream." ”

"Young master." Liang Mingyue was like a bird returning to the forest, walking from the carriage, a pair of soft wattles wrapped around his arm, "There is a beautiful red plum blossom over there......"