However, the fire was quickly extinguished, after all, the southern patrol is hot and humid, and the vegetation on the island is naturally contaminated with water vapor and is not easy to ignite. Even if it is a wax moon, it is difficult to find dead branches and dry leaves. Mu Qinghan then wanted to tear down the thatched roof and start the fire again.

But Meng Zhichu stopped him and said: "Finally, there is a shelter from the wind, so don't tear it down, as for the fire, haven't you seen enough?" This is really a pun, they have done a lot of things with fire today, of course, they are more ridiculed by Mu Qinghan's eyes just now.

Mu Qinghan was a little embarrassed, but he was rude before. found a topic to alleviate the embarrassment at the moment: "Where is Miss Meng from?" ”

"Guess." Meng Zhichu blinked his big eyes, and the slight moonlight shone on the side face, which looked particularly amorous.

Mu Qinghan has not been out of Duanshan for more than ten years, and he has only heard Vasher talk about the outside world, and to be honest, he doesn't know what the outside is like. Of course, there is no way to talk about it. only said: "How can you guess out of thin air, girl, you should give me some hints." Like dialects and the like. ”

Meng Zhichu thought about it, and just wanted to speak, but he didn't continue, so he couldn't help it, so he had to smile and shake his head: "I don't know how to speak from my hometown." ”

"The native language of the family, taught by parents, taught by fellow villagers, how can it not?" Mu Qinghan is so old, and it's the first time that he can't speak his hometown.

Meng Zhichu smiled bitterly: "I left my hometown at a very young age, and I even ......" She paused as she spoke.

Mu Qinghan listened quietly and did not ask.

"I don't even know where my hometown is." She spit out these words lightly, but her eyes were a little melancholy, "Since I was a child, I have traveled with my mother and rarely go home. Then something happened and I never went home. ”

Mu Qinghan knew that this girl had her story, so he didn't want to ask her about her sadness. Then he asked, "Then do you always have a deep impression on you?" ”

"Profound?" Meng Zhichu thought about it.

Mu Qinghan continued: "It's the places where you feel you're having a good time. ”

Speaking of this, Meng Zhichu's eyes lit up: "Then if you want to say this, there is really such a place, my grandfather's house, in the Northland grassland." ”

"Prairie?" For Mu Qinghan, he had only heard of the grassland from the mouth of the traveling merchants, and it was said that it was thousands of miles away from the southern tour. "You've been to the prairie before?"

Meng Zhichu nodded, "I have been in the grassland for three years, and my grandfather has treated me very well. And my uncle took me on horseback riding since I was a child. Every time I won a flower from the Kurutai Conference, I was brought to play with my braids. ”

Mu Qinghan didn't understand what kind of conference and what kind of head flower, but he felt that she was really happy from Meng Zhichu's tone of words. So he asked, "Then you grew up in the grassland?" ”

"It's not really, when I was seven years old, my father recalled us back to the Central Plains with a letter." After saying that, she darkened again. Suddenly, a cold wind poured in, and before the water on her night clothes was dry, she hugged her arms and tightened her body.

This was seen by Mu Qinghan, so he took off his clothes. Since this dress was sewn by Aunt Wang from the wild boar skin he called, it is already dry at the moment. He walked over and put his clothes on Meng Zhichu's body without saying anything.

Meng Zhichu looked at him, and he took off his leather coat and said, "You don't need to give it to me, this cold wind will make you cold too." ”

"The gentleman is in better health, not weaker than you little girls, you should still wear it." Mu Qinghan thought about the courtesy he sent out, but there was no reason to take it back.

Unexpectedly, Meng Zhichu, who was angered by these words, took the leather coat in her hand, and threw it at Mu Qinghan towards the door: "You are delicate, your whole family is delicate!" ”

Sure enough, the sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes refused to show weakness at all.

"With such a temper, it's hard to find your in-laws' family here!" Mu Qinghan was helpless to be thrown away by this plain meal.

"That's none of your business!" The cold wind was swishing, and Meng Zhichu sneezed and shivered after speaking, and touched his injured foot, and couldn't help but "hiss" again. But in the end, he refused to show the slightest inferiority in front of the man, so he still had no pain.

Mu Qinghan saw her like this, so he forcibly put his clothes on her, Meng Zhichu wanted to break free, but Mu Qinghan was forced to stand out by his strength alone, and he was caught by his hands and his shoulders couldn't move. Mu Qinghan said: "It's all like this, don't be reckless." ”

"What are you stubborn, you self-proclaimed masters think that girls are all delicate flowers, and they always want you to protect them. But I don't look at whether the Xuanzheng Hall in Luoyang City is sitting on the house now whether it is a man or a woman. ”

Mu Qinghan said with a smile after hearing this: "Her Majesty the Empress is of course the leader of Da Zheng's women, but the southern tour is Da Zheng's extralegal place, and he can't control it. As he spoke, he lifted Meng Zhichu's feet and took off his shoes and socks. For a small person like me, that's a personal name. ”

Meng Zhichu was frightened by his movements, and he didn't know what he was going to do, so he moved his ankles, but he was pulled by the bruise and painful, and he couldn't help but scream.

Mu Qinghan only said don't move, and buried the pair of beautiful feet into his arms. Meng Zhichu suddenly felt a warmth under his feet, and the pain was more comfortable. Mu Qinghan covered his feet and said: "In the past, it was surprisingly cold in the wax moon in some years, and there was no extra charcoal fire at home. I just covered my sister's feet like this, and then she wasn't cold. ”

"Is that girl upstairs your sister today?" Meng Zhi asked.

Mu Qinghan nodded, speaking of Xiaowei, he didn't know what happened to Tang Mingyin and them, but he was also worried again.

Meng Zhichu saw his thoughts, so he said: "It's okay, I want to come to your big brother Tang's martial arts, but those miscellaneous pieces are not his opponents, and I think I have already got out of trouble at this moment." ”

Mu Qinghan smiled and didn't continue to say anything. Meng Zhichu said: "You are so good to your sister, you don't know martial arts, but you dare to go to the place of the official mansion to save people." ”

"It's only natural for my brother to protect my sister."

"yes, it's a matter of course." Meng Zhichu should be in harmony, but his eyes were lowered, looking at the ground and not knowing what he was thinking. It's just that in Mu Qinghan's eyes, the gloom at this moment is very good-looking.

The two of them talked a lot like this, and Meng Zhichu fell asleep against the mud wall unconsciously. Mu Qinghan was also drowsy, but seeing her like this, I was afraid that she would catch a cold. So he gently lowered his feet, moved over, and gently touched her forehead with his hand, slowly letting it fall on his shoulder. Seeing that his head is not touching the wall, he is relieved.

He wanted to keep vigil, but he was so tired that he soon fell asleep when there was no one to talk to.

And when they were sleeping on the medicine island of Lixiu Lake, the Lord Dutong of Wangyun Tower did not have the heart to sleep. The hostages were rescued, and there were those dead and wounded, and they didn't know how to explain to Shangfeng. He could only kneel in the hall of the Southern Patrol Palace, trembling and trembling, and he didn't even dare to raise his head.

A middle-aged man with a disheveled head, sitting on a throne. His physique is really too thin, but his small body is covered with a big royal robe, which looks extremely asymmetrical. The prince seemed to have just gotten up from his couch and sat down on his throne. The robe fell down, and sometimes it could even loom into a collarbone socket. But this man's face is extremely handsome. In the cold gaze, an elusive chill is reflected. The face is white and creamy, and the pointed chin always feels like it is telling of arrogance. This is Chun Yu Xianzhong, the king of the southern tour of the eleven states in the palm of his hand.

In addition to the trembling guards, there were also the purple-robed national teacher and the general of the Southern Patrol State, Yang Nanpu. The purple-robed national teacher covered his head with a cloak all day long, and few people could see his true face. As for this general, he is the supreme commander of 100,000 soldiers and horses in the Southern Patrol Country, and he is a warrior of the heavy mountain rank. Not long after the incident in Wangyunlou, he rushed to the scene to understand the situation.

The man on the throne was impatient, playing with the sheep's hair brush on the bookcase. Said softly: "That is to say, today, two women were rescued, two walls were burned, and two hundred soldiers were broken?" ”

"Yes, yes...... Yes, there may not be two hundred, some are just ...... Just fainted. "Nadu was sweating like rain, and I didn't know how to deal with it.

Chun Yu Xianzhong stood up, walked down the steps step by step, walked to him, and paced left and right: "The Lone King gave you five hundred elites, guarding day and night." Three thieves, you lost me two hundred, this is ...... Tsk......" said the brush on his head, "what a crime!" ”

Nadu was so frightened that he quickly kowtowed to spare his life, calling him guilty and guilty. But Chun Yu Xianzhong said, since you said you were guilty, but you said to spare your life. You don't understand what you're talking about. What use do you want to be so stupid? After saying that, he turned his back and said to Yang Nanpu: "General Lao Zhang has a move." ”

"Yes!" The general replied simply, regardless of the howl of the man on his knees. It was to draw the sword, it was a sword, and after hearing a scream, the whole hall fell silent again.

"Be careful when cleaning, don't make the hall smell of blood." Chun Yu Xianzhong instructed, and he pinched the bridge of his nose, indicating that he was very embarrassed. Asked left and right: "Although this waste should be killed, three people can do it under the Wangyun Tower." Did you find anything? Who are those? ”

Yang Nanpu also felt the depression of the atmosphere, and hurriedly explained: "After the thieves escaped, the city was sealed, and we haven't found out who it is. However, judging from the scene, it is not a good stubble. ”

"How?"

Yang Nanpu replied: "Two of the three intruders are very strange, according to what the wounded soldiers said above and the traces of the scene, one of them is a master of the Heyi Order. ”

As soon as he heard the master of the Yi Order, Chun Yu Xianzhong also turned around. Heyi level, even Yang Nanpu, the first general of the Southern Tour, is not more than a heavy mountain step. immediately said that this was not a spy by another country. At this time, the purple-robed national teacher on the side spoke: "Although there are many masters of the Heyi Rank in the world, according to General Yang, he is a young man.

There are few people in the world who are young and easy to go to the level, and they are all worthy of the name, and they all perform their duties in various countries. Now the King of Ba and the King of Hengzhou are facing each other, the King of Sanqin is facing off against His Majesty, the King of Wu is in the north, the King of Jiujiang is watching the king, and the masters of the Heyi level of various countries are basically serving on the battlefield. And the Heyi Rank, which is only thirty in the outposts of various countries, is also in the chaos of the confrontation between Qin and Zheng, and I am afraid that there is no time to come to the southern tour thousands of miles away to find trouble.

Come to think of it, there is only the commander of the Protector Army who helped His Majesty ascend the throne. It is said that after he helped His Majesty ascend the throne and repelled Zhao Xuankang, he resigned and went to Shuzhong, not wanting to appear on the southern tour today, presumably related to the Chongyi army in Hengpu Pass recently. ”

"Hey, his majesty is the commander of the three products to come to the south tour, and according to the court etiquette, the princes of the lonely king have to meet him ten miles from the city." After saying that, there was a burst of cold laughter.

Yang Nanpu said: "Just with the female doll in the court of Dazheng, why should his subordinate officials let the king greet him." ”

The purple-robed national teacher said: "If this is the case, we can wait and see what happens, what is Tang Mingyin's intention here, and what is the relationship with this Chongyi army on the southern tour." ”

"What do they have to do with me?" Chun Yu Xianzhong waved his sleeves and roared. "If Wangyunlou's formation fails, what's the use of defeating that group of Chongyi troops who don't know whether it's true or not!"

The two were not deterred by the sudden anger, for their king had been so moody for a long time. Sure enough, as soon as he finished roaring, he raised his tone again: "Didn't you say that there are two strange things?" What's the other one? ”

"According to the soldier who fainted on the top floor, the other thief had great strength but average martial arts. But somehow, all of a sudden, the whole body was bloodshot and the strength was extremely strong, and he killed nearly a hundred soldiers alone. Yang Nanpu talked about the situation.

The purple-robed national teacher's eyes lit up: "What did you say?" Is there such a person tonight? ”

After receiving an affirmative answer, he said, "The king has been a prince for ten years, do you know what this person is?" Chun Yu Xianzhong thought for a while: "What does the national teacher mean?" ”

The purple robe nodded, and the two of them tacitly agreed. Chun Yu Xianzhong said: "Since this is the case, it is indeed necessary to wait and see what happens. ”

"If it is as the king and the ministers think, then Wangyunlou lost two girls in exchange for such news, it is like exchanging fireflies for moonlight. At this point, we just need to investigate the cause. ”

Chun Yu Xianzhong rarely saw the excitement of the national teacher, so he let the purple-robed man be in charge of this matter. The purple-robed national teacher replied with a smile: "The king is relieved, the minister is a member of the 'Marriott', and the 'Marriott' has been proficient in this way for five hundred years. After saying that, the two laughed.

After tossing all night, Mu Qinghan didn't wake up until dawn. When he woke up, he found that there was no one around, only his wild boar skin coat still covering him. At this time, he looked outside the thatched hut, and Meng Zhichu limped with a full of wild fruits.

"Are you awake?" Meng Zhichu asked, and at the same time spread the fruit on the ground, and said, "I just picked it nearby, but it's delicious." ”

Mu Qinghan looked at these familiar wild fruits, swallowed his saliva and took a deep breath: "Uh...... Delicious? ”

Meng Zhichu seemed to be very suspicious when she saw it, so she said yes, she had tasted it all just now, and it was delicious. And also said that you are also hungry for these hours, eat some to replenish your strength. But Mu Qinghan looked at Meng Zhichu with helpless and sympathetic eyes, and said, "Do you know what kind of fruit this is?" ”

Meng Zhichu said, this is not an ordinary wild fruit, I can't really name it, but I have eaten it in other places before, it is very ordinary.

Mu Qinghan said: "Yes, that's right, this thing is ordinary elsewhere. But this is a medicine island, where medicinal herbs are everywhere, and the soil quality has long been different, so the fruits are also different. ”

Meng Zhichu felt a little panicked when he heard the words: "What? It's not the same, how is it different? Can it be poisoned? ”

Mu Qinghan looked at her with sympathy again: "Poisoning will not be poisoned." ”

Hearing this, Meng Zhichu breathed a sigh of relief, but everyone knew that there was a "but" below this tone. ”

But Mu Qinghan didn't say this "but", but asked how much you ate.

"Let's eat four or five."

Mu Qinghan took a deep breath and calmed down: "This fruit is called Nanxun sake lees fruit, eating one is equivalent to drinking a small jar of spirits that can be lit." ”

"Ah, let's just say how do you feel more and more dizzy." After saying that, Meng Zhichu planted his head on the fruit, and Mu Qinghan, who was watching, could only hold his forehead beside him, and said in his heart What is this called. I had to help her up and shake off the dirt on her body. saw that her cheeks were already crimson, and that kind of smile that she drank too much was very familiar to Mu Qinghan, who was running in the tavern.

Mu Qinghan hurriedly carried her up, there was no tension like yesterday at this time, plus the drunk person was slack, and the back felt the most bulky, and when he was on his back, the two soft touches on his back did make Mu Qinghan at a loss for what to do not long ago. Even I didn't feel this way before.

But Meng Zhichu was not honest on his back. leaned his face tightly against Mu Qinghan, and put his hand into Mu Qinghan's arms, and muttered in a blurred voice: "Stinky brother, do you think your sister is beautiful?" ”

Mu Qinghan thought to himself why this girl was drunk like this, it was very strange to hear this, it felt like saving up her savings to go to the Qinglou, and finally found out that she was the one who was prostituted. Thinking about it, it's better to leave here first in the district.

Fortunately, early in the morning, a boatman with a small bamboo raft rushed to the medicine island to collect medicine. It's a pity that Mu Qinghan couldn't get a copper plate around him, so he mortgaged the leather clothes for the travel expenses. I got on the raft and landed at an inconspicuous place in the easternmost place. The boatman also listened to a lot of Meng Zhichu's drunken words along the way, and his eyes changed when he looked at Mu Qinghan. I couldn't help but sigh: "Do young people like to go to the island in the middle of the night to drink?" ”

Of course, although there are some streets with few people, there are always people who point fingers. After all, it is rare for someone to carry a drunkard on his back early in the morning. I heard someone say: "Maybe this is the son of the family who stayed in the Qinglou at night again, and the family sent a guy to carry it back." Mu Qinghan had to hurry up.

I didn't want to hear these words for the first time, so I yelled at the pedestrians who were pointing: "What do you see, you just stayed in the Qinglou overnight." It's just that the voice is still quite soft and cute, and he is going down to fight with others.

Mu Qinghan hurriedly left behind her back, coaxing at the same time. Meng Zhichu was like a coquettish child, muttering: "Go home, I want to go home." Mu Qinghan then coaxed: "Okay, I'll take you home." In fact, to be honest, he didn't know where to take her.

Hearing that he was taking her home, Meng Zhichu was much quieter: "Okay, go home, is the eldest brother at home?" Mu Qinghan thought that he might be missing his brother, so he said: "My brother is here, my brother is here, my brother is waiting for my sister at home." ”

But this made Meng Zhichu flutter: "No, the eldest brother is not going back, not going back." Mu Qinghan didn't know how to answer when he heard this, but he heard her say again: "Big brother knows that I will study, and he will not let me see my mother." As he spoke, he couldn't hear what he was saying.