The glow of the early morning hit his face gently, and a strand of hair slipped down to his eyelashes, and his eyelashes fluttered slightly, and then he slowly opened his eyes.

"Hmm......" The old city slowly sat up, looking at the fire that burned out at some point, and there was still a slight temperature.

"Whatever you want to eat, and get on your way." She smiled wryly.

"Brother, when did you say the old city will arrive?" In the guest room of the inn, Xiao Yue frowned.

"If you are in a small town, I'm afraid it will take some time, but that's fine, we will have more time to make some preparations, and I can rest assured that Yao Bai will follow her along the way." Begonia said slowly.

"That Yaobai," Xiao Yue's brows furrowed even more, "but it's just a customer, we provide him with information to help him do his own thing, and he will pay a corresponding price, and there is nothing else, so why does he have to help us in turn?" In other words, how do we know if he will make a mistake along the way? ”

"Yaobai's words, unfortunately, what he wants to accomplish himself has something to do with Master Xiaocheng, if something goes wrong in Xiaocheng, his own affairs will not be satisfactorily resolved." Begonia smiled.

"Poof......" Xiao Yue suddenly laughed, "Brother, do you know that when you say this, you look like a scheming traitor?" ”

"Alright, if you're done with the questions, it's time to get down to business." Begonia's expression became serious.

"Hmm." When Xiao Yue heard this, she was also well-behaved.

"I don't know if I can still use their strength," Haitang pondered for a moment, "girl, you go and help me contact the old friends from before, I don't know how they will look when they learn that we are still alive, let's see who will still be on our side." ”

"Good!" Xiao Yue knew that after seven years of silence, at this moment, Haitang finally decided to return to her former life, and said, Xiao Yue walked out of the door lightly with a smile of relief and expectation.

"......" Haitang looked at the direction of Xiao Yue's departure and fell silent.

For a long time, a long sigh.

"It's back to square one, but this time, we're not going to lose."

Thinking so, Haitang took out the pen and paper, dipped it in ink, groaned slightly, and wrote on the paper.

Suzhou, the next day, evening, Canglang Pavilion.

The cloudless night sky, for several days, the moonlight was still a little bleak, the cool breeze was blowing, and even the occasional insect chirping was completely silent where the wind blew.

"Brother, how many people do you think will come?" Xiao Yue was wearing a long skirt with an expectant look on her face.

"Who knows," Begonia's words were flat, "what should come will always come." ”

"Yes." Xiao Yue responded to the road, and then the two fell into silence, only silently watching the river bubbling outside the Canglang Pavilion.

Moment.

"Brother Tang, girl Yue, I knew that you were blessed with a great fate, and after waiting for so long, I finally waited for the day when you came back."

A hearty voice came, and the two of them followed the voice, only to see a figure wrapped in a dark blue cloak striding closer, and was about to speak back, but several figures arrived in succession.

Haitang still had a calm expression, and Xiao Yue on the side watched this scene, and stopped talking several times.

Finally, it seemed that the people were coming, or that no one was coming again.

"Guys, we're back."

A simple sentence, but it made everyone present cheer.

"Please take off your masks."

Begonia continued.

"What?"

"What do you mean by this, Brother Tang?"

But everyone was a little surprised.

"It's been seven years, and I believe that all of you who are willing to wait for us for seven years, I hope you can trust each other too," Haitang explained, "Maybe it was because of the mutual suspicion in the past that we finally collapsed." ”

“…… Good. ”

After a brief silence, one of them took the lead in stepping forward, lowering his hood and removing his mask, revealing a lean and heroic face.

"It's General Liang?"

In a moment, the others also stood up one after another to take off their masks, and everyone looked at each other, and the sound of surprise continued to sound.

"Begonia, it seems that you have changed a lot over the years."

The General Liang said suddenly, and everyone also agreed.

"It's just a matter of eating a sting and growing a wisdom," Haitang said indifferently, "Let everyone come here today just to tell you that we are back, and everything that was before, we will get it back." ”

"There is one more thing," Xiao Yue's eyes flashed slightly, and she took over the conversation, "Since everyone has met frankly today, I think there are some things that should be told to you, behind everything in the past, it is not so simple," Xiao Yue narrowed her eyes slightly, "Of course, I think everyone should also have some guesses about these," she paused slightly, "Tonight is actually far more than what you are now." ”

"But before I invite anyone else, I want to ask you to help me do one thing," Haitang said, "Twenty-two years ago, the emperor of Qiang was assassinated, Mu Wangye's house was beheaded, and the imperial chef Zhao Wuya and a cadre of officials were deposed from the court, I think everyone knows about it, the inside story, at least everyone present should be able to see a little strange, Zhao Wuya should have been present tonight, but he hasn't come at this time, it should be that the situation is really a little serious."

"I know you must be very confused at this time, but, listen to me slowly," Haitang seemed to be thinking of words, "Twenty-two years ago, the emperor was assassinated, and it was found out that Prince Mu colluded with the imperial chef Zhao Wuya to rebel, so he beheaded all over the house, and the emperor remembered that he had been in a relationship with Zhao Wuya for many years, but he deposed the court, and the people related to this matter were either beheaded or exiled.

"At first glance, this matter seems to be the ambition of Prince Mu as a wolf, but if you look closely, Prince Mu has always been good friends with the emperor, and he himself is honest and upright, and his heart is weak and free, I can't think of why Prince Mu suddenly became interested in this throne.

"As for Zhao Wuya, it's even more impossible, just because he's in the same camp as us, it's impossible for him to do this, I have a very good personal relationship with Zhao Wuya, and he is also one of the few people who knows my whereabouts over the years.

"What happened twenty-two years ago, I just know a rough idea, if my guess is correct, this matter should involve the queen and the emperor's relatives, Prince Mu is just a substitute for the dead, as for why Zhao Wuya was involved, only he knows.

A few days ago, Zhao Wuya set off for Suzhou, and it seemed that there was some opportunity for him to rehabilitate and find out who was behind the scenes.

"What I hope you will do is to work with me to help Zhao Wuya."

"Brother Tang, forgive me for taking the liberty of it," one of them frowned slightly, "Why did you meddle in this matter, is it just because Zhao Wuya has a good personal relationship with you, or is there some other reason?" ”

"If it weren't for Zhao Wuya's request for me to take care of the apprentices he accepted, I wouldn't have started picking up customers so early, and I probably wouldn't have come back so early."

Haitang said lightly.

"I'll wait until I understand, Brother Tang, if there is anything we can help with, I'll do our best."

"Thank you." Begonia finally smiled slightly.

Half a month later.

The carriage slowly stopped outside the city, and the old city jumped out of the carriage and breathed a long sigh of relief.

About ten days ago, the old city met a caravan bound for Suzhou, and after some negotiations, they came to Suzhou with the caravan.

After entering Suzhou City, the frowning brow that had been frowning in the old city finally relaxed, and she knew that there would definitely be news about her master in this city.

"Let's find a place to live first."

With thought in her heart, she searched for the inn.

"Although I've thought about it many times along the way, I still want to know why it went so smoothly all the way, the city lord of Hangzhou should be unfriendly to me, maybe it's really the pen painting that helped me solve these difficulties......

Thinking in her heart, she walked into an inn, and after discussing with the shopkeeper, she was led by Xiao Er all the way to a guest room on the second floor.

"I can finally take a break."

With a long sigh of relief, he put down the package, and the old city stretched his waist, and was about to go downstairs to find some food, but a figure turned in through the window.

"Who are you?!" The old city was startled, and reached for the dagger in the package.

"Girl, don't worry, please read this letter."

As he spoke, he reached out and threw a letter to the old city.

Old City took out her dagger and let the envelope fall to the ground without answering, she took a few steps back and looked at the man. I saw that this person was wrapped in a dark blue cloak, and his face was masked, and he couldn't see his true face.

"Girl, I have no ill intentions, I know what you have come to Suzhou for, I am the one who helped you," said the man, "maybe you will believe me if I name it, Begonia." ”

"......" Old City frowned, but still carefully picked up the envelope.

"Small city, all the way to Suzhou, hard work.

I'm a little unhappy that you didn't follow my advice, but it's understandable that you'd do so.

Although I am not by your side, I will help you, you can not trust me, but you should trust your master, you just treat me as a matter of loyalty entrusted by others, and promised your master, I will not let you be hurt no matter what.

Although I know a little about your master, I don't know all about it, and there are still mysteries waiting for me to solve.

Here's what I learned:

……”

Old City looked at the letter about what happened twenty-two years ago, and his expression was a little complicated.

"Finally, I said that your master asked me to hand over something to you, and now it seems that the time has come."

The letter concludes with the words.

"Girl, this." The man in the dark blue cloak said, took out a wooden box, and the old city took it, and a faint scent of sandalwood came into his nose.

"Thank you." Old City said, the visitor nodded slightly, and then without hesitation he climbed out of the window as he had come.

Old City walked to the window, but did not see the figure of the cloak on the street below, and shook her head in some surprise, she walked back to the table, put down the dagger, and slowly opened the box.

Lying in the box, is a hairpin, carved with jade, shaped like a phoenix tail, look closely, there is a line of small inscriptions on the hairpin: Gardenia dust.