Lian Zhi'er didn't know how to return to the yard, but saw that Yun Dou'er had already coaxed Ah Kong to sleep, and only fanned the child next to the bed.

When she saw Lian Zhi'er coming in, she hurriedly asked, "Why did Madam come back at this time, didn't His Royal Highness take you out of the house?" ”

Lian Zhi'er looked at Akong on the bed, his eyes were tightly closed, and he slept very deeply.

"I was a little unwell, so I didn't go." Lian Zhi'er looked at Yun Dou'er, "You go back and rest, those people outside don't have to keep vigil, I won't call people tonight." ”

Yun Dou frowned, there was a hint of suspicion in his eyes, but he knew in his heart that Lian Zhi'er had never been accustomed to being served, so he didn't care too much.

After Yun Dou'er left, Lian Zhi'er just sat on the bed in a daze.

The room was so quiet that she could almost hear the faint sound of Akong's breathing and her own heartbeat.

Lian Zhi'er was in a state of confusion, and suddenly saw a plate of red dates on the table, presumably someone sent it to Ah Kong to play.

She walked over, poured a plate of round red dates on the table, gritted her teeth, and said, "If it's an even number, I'll leave with him." ”

After saying that, she took a deep breath and counted.

Yet she counted twice, but it was still singular.

"That's it." She seemed to have made up her mind, and reached out to pluck the hairpin ring from her head. "Let's rest, don't think about it."

However, the moment she pulled off the golden hairpin on her head, she seemed to have made up her mind completely.

She took out a black cloak from the cupboard, then took the quilt to wrap the sleeping Akong, and then went straight to the nine-song corridor.

When she passed by a painting wall, she still paused, and when she went to the left, Ruan Lu's people took her to Yanhui Building, and to the right, she followed Shi Ran back to Beiliang.

Then she finally turned around and went to the right.

Through the countless red lanterns, she saw his lonely and desolate back, and the time had come. He seemed to be about to turn away.

"Dye." She called softly, and the voice followed the cool wind through the walls of the carved gallery.

He looked back in an instant, Xiu Ruo Laneige, elegant and extraordinary, but it was enough to make her sink in.

His pale eyes seemed to hide the morning star, and the moment he saw her, he suddenly lit up.

Lian Zhi'er walked in front of him with Ah Kong in her arms, her voice trembling a little, "I, I'm here." ”

Shi Ran hugged her and Ah Kong in her arms, and the unfamiliar scent of magnolia filled her nose.

His arms were extremely cold, but suddenly she was very reassured.

"Let's go." After a long time, he took her cold hand and went to the side door of the mansion.

There were already people waiting there, and when they saw the two of them, they only unlocked the door.

As soon as Lian Zhi'er stepped out of the door, her empty heart seemed to be filled.

"The gates will be closed in half an hour." Shi Ran took her hand and walked forward, surrounded by a noisy crowd, "Enough for us to go out." ”

"Yes." Lian Zhi'er nodded. Just follow him down the street.

However, Lian Zhi'er found that today's Beijing was a little more lively than in the past, until he walked to the Yanhui Building, but he saw the tent dancing dragon, the curtain flying colorful phoenix, and there were red lanterns.

Lian Zhi'er couldn't help but be a little stunned, could it be that Ruan Lu couldn't do all this?

And at this moment, I heard that there were already people around me talking about it.

"Hey, have you heard? I don't know which rich prince actually chartered the wild goose back to the building, and he was going to get married here tonight. ”

"No, he also said that both dignitaries and beggars can drink as much as they like."

"How much silver is enough, I heard that I have to order someone to light a bonfire in front of Yanhui Building, saying that it is to play the set of Beiliang people." A pedestrian gritted his teeth and said, "Now that the border is fighting, isn't this hitting the muzzle of a gun?" If the Queen Mother knew, wouldn't she want to lose her head? ”

"Isn't it a son, but you've seen it all?"

"With a mask? Whoever dares to show his true face, he said that the bride should come in a while, let's all go and see the excitement, and it is good to have a banquet by the way. ”

Yan was already overcrowded before returning to the building, and Shi Ran took Lian Zhi'er's hand and walked forward, like two fish swimming against the current in the crowded crowd.

Lian Zhi'er, who was far away, heard the boss of Yan Huilou shouting, "The bride should come in a while, and I will be here tonight to get married. ”

Shi Ran was able to take her away today, presumably he knew where Ruan Lu was going, but he saw his gaze faintly, "It's too late for you to turn back now." ”

Lian Zhi'er shook her head slowly, "I never wanted to stay in the capital, I want to go home." ”

After speaking, he only followed Shi Ran and left, but who knew that he didn't take a few steps when he turned around, and saw that Ah Kong in his arms had woken up, and only watched the goose return to the building from afar, crying "wow".

Lian Zhi'er raised her eyes in astonishment, and faintly saw a familiar figure standing next to the window on the second floor, although the person was wearing a mask and wearing a red dress like blood, she still recognized him.

Lian Zhi'er only reached out and pulled his cloak tightly, patted his son on the back, and then disappeared into the long street, without the slightest nostalgia.

*********

Gold and silver shine, jewelry shines.

The night gradually sank, but Ruan Lu's heart couldn't help but become impatient, only to see that the bride had already dozed off on the railing, and the people on the flowing water table outside were already full of wine and food.

Soon the little maid who went to the eldest princess's mansion to connect the branches had returned, and he was already an hour late.

With him were the guards of the Eldest Princess's Mansion, both of whom had strange faces, and they wanted to speak and stopped, just looking at each other, as if they were just waiting for the other to speak.

Ruan Lu had a premonition. The cold blade-like gaze looked at the two people, "Anyway, do you want this prince to go back to the mansion and ask?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, Lord Shi, who was originally in the mansion, is gone." The little guy glanced at Ruan Lu's eyes, and then said, "Even Mrs. Er's is nowhere to be found, and there is still a little boy ......."

Ruan Lu stretched out his hand and took off the wedding clothes on his body, and even the mask on his face was thrown off.

But on the bed was the eldest princess's wedding dress, neatly resting there, without the slightest wrinkle, just the red, but at this time it looked so dazzling.

At this time, the shopkeeper of Yan Huilou hurriedly came in and asked, "Son, it's so late this time, and it's going to be a second banquet outside, this bride ......"

Ruan Lu's cold gaze swept towards him, and then slowly spoke, "Take these two clothes and burn them, and the people outside will also be driven out." ”

And the little servant in the mansion knelt on the ground with a thud, "His Royal Highness, I can't burn my clothes here, this is given by the emperor, if it is destroyed, I am afraid that I will be killed." ”

Ruan Lu sneered, "Even if you keep it, it won't be of any use in the future." ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for others to do it. He took out the fire fold from his bosom, and suddenly a foot-high flame burst out, but the golden thread could not be broken if it was broken.

The shopkeeper was afraid that the whole house would be set on fire if it continued like this, so he quickly extinguished the unburned wedding dress and wrapped it in something and took it out.

The scorching flames reflected in his eyes, as if they were covered with a layer of blood.

The silence inside the house was suffocating.

Ruan Lu's gaze gradually became gloomy, "Go and spread the word that the Queen Mother has a will, and all the 30,000 forbidden troops will follow me out of the city to find someone." ”

The guard knelt on the ground with a thud, and it was a seven-foot man, and he was so frightened that there was no blood on his face, "Your Royal Highness, this is a false edict, and it is a big crime to punish the nine clans." ”

Ruan Lu's cold eyes swept away, and the man immediately closed his mouth, not daring to say a word.

******

Shi Ran did not take her to the north, but went straight to the south, and he didn't hurry up, but walked unhurriedly.

He told her that Ruan Lu would definitely chase after them to the north, and no matter how fast they went, they would not be able to match the forbidden army in Beijing, so they would only go south, and when they would turn back after some time, it would be much easier to leave.

Lian Zhi'er is a rare comfort, although he is worried, but the road is not tiring.

At first, Ah Kong was still crying. However, after two days' work, he returned to his former liveliness, with a pair of black agate eyes, only constantly looking at the people around him, as if he was interested in everything.

Lian Zhi'er and Shi Ran were dressed in coarse cloth, because Shi Ran's appearance was too handsome, so he smeared some ash on his face, so that it was not so eye-catching, perhaps because he had a child, the people only thought they were ordinary husband and wife, and did not care too much.

On this day, Lian Zhi'er was sitting at a street stall munching on sugar cakes, and the sweet sugar flowed down her teeth into her mouth.

At this moment, I listened to a few peddlers and pawns around me gossiping while eating mutton.

"I heard that there is chaos in the capital, only 10,000 of the 50,000 forbidden troops in the capital are left, and the rest are all taken away by Ruan Lu, I heard that who is looking for in the wind and fire?"

Another sighed, "Not really. I don't know what important person is, and I don't even care about the lives of the emperor and the queen mother. ”

I heard that some people came to the south, as if they were looking for a woman, but they didn't know where they owed a love debt.

The hot sugar rolled down violently and landed on the back of Lian Zhi'er's hand, and it suddenly hurt like a burning knife.

Shi Ran didn't have time to check the wound on Lian Zhi'er's hand, so he quickly hugged Ah Kong on the side and said to Lian Zhi'er, "Let's go quickly, we have to cross the river and leave today no matter what." ”

Even Shi Ran never thought that Ruan Lu would use the forbidden army in Beijing.

On the trestle bridge by the river, Lian Zhi'er looked around a little nervously with Akong in his arms.

Because there are very few boats to cross the river, it costs three taels of silver for each trip, and Shi Ran used five hundred taels to charter a boat today, regardless of revealing his identity.

Standing by the river, Lian Zhi'er was relieved.

The forbidden army was all riding tall horses, and it was impossible to cross the river easily, so they had to ride a hundred miles away, and at that time Lian Zhi'er and Shi Ran could already hide.

Shi Ran grabbed Lian Zhi'er's arm and let her get on the boat.

And at this moment, Lian Zhi'er only felt a sense of murder, and then only heard a "buzz", and a cold arrow was nailed to the cabin at Lian Zhi'er's feet.

Lian Zhi'er hurriedly raised his head, but saw a group of people and horses galloping in the distance, and the horses' hooves kicked up bursts of dust.

But she still saw the leader of the man, dressed in silver armor, and the appearance of Wei Hehe. It was Ruan Lu, and he was holding a bow in his hand, and it was obvious that Shi Cai's arrow was shot by him.

Shi Ran hurriedly said, "Let's go." ”

If you are offshore at this time, you will have a chance to escape.

But Lian Zhi'er saw Ruan Lu pull the arrow with his bow again, and saw that the second arrow was about to be shot.

Lian Zhi'er couldn't tell if he was aiming at herself or Shi Dye, but she knew she couldn't go.

In a hurry, she gave the Akongsai in her arms to Shi Ran and said urgently. "You take Akong and leave, even if I can't go back to Beiliang, you must bring Akong back, I don't want him to become a native of the Central Plains."

Shi Ran's pale eyes were a little complicated, but he heard her roar urgently, "Hurry up, Ruan Lu won't kill me, but he will kill you." ”

Shi Ran turned around and got into the boat, and the boat left the shore.

At this time, Ruan Lu had already ridden to her. Then he tightened the reins, and the horse's hooves almost stepped on Lianzhi'er's head.

Ruan Lu looked at the lonely boat in the distance, and the child in Shi Ran's arms, "Find the boat immediately and bring him back to me, reporter, don't hurt the son of this son." ”

Lian Zhi'er stretched out his arm, like an eagle, and blocked everything with his weak body, "No, you let him go." ”

Ruan Lu's face was full of haggardness, but it was as cold as ice.

He slammed Lian Zhi'er with a whip, "You slut, you dare to talk to this son about the conditions, it seems that you are really crazy, and it is not too late for us to settle accounts after we go back." ”

Lian Zhi'er's thin body fell to the side like catkins.

She looked at Ruan Lu, and then at the lonely boat in the distance, and at the moon-white figure.

saw her run forward a few steps suddenly, and then jumped into the icy river with a "bang".

The faces of the people on the side changed, and they hurriedly asked, "His Royal Highness, do you want to save people?" ”

Ruan Lu looked at the gradually calming water, and the delicate body seemed to be gradually sinking into the water.

He still couldn't watch her die, even though she had betrayed her so ruthlessly.

Lian Zhi'er only felt that she was constantly falling to the bottom of the lake, and the cold around her was as cold as ice, was she going to die at this time?

And at this moment, a cold hand grabbed her hand and pulled her back from King Yama's hand again.

****

Lian Zhi'er was placed in a carriage, because she fell into the water and suffered from the wind cold, the whole person had a fever, and she looked at everything in a daze.

She occasionally looked out of the window, but it was a familiar scene, and it was Ruan Lu who brought her back to Beijing.

Only when the road was repaired, a guard gave her medicine and water, and the group walked in a very hurry, as if they were going to return to the capital overnight.

Lian Zhi'er only lay asleep on the carriage. It wasn't until dawn the next day that I heard a commotion outside.

She stretched out her hand to look outside, but saw that the people on the streets of Beijing were crying and looking sad, and the houses on the side of the road were all covered with white silk.

And at this moment, I saw a group of people and horses hurrying over.

Seeing Ruan Lu, he immediately dismounted and hurriedly said, "His Royal Highness, General Qiu died at the border pass, and the body has been transported back to Beijing. ”

Ruan Lu's false transmission of Yi's decree was already a capital crime, but he didn't expect to encounter General Qiu's death, so he picked up a life.

Ruan Lu's cold gaze looked at Lian Zhi'er, there was only endless disgust and hatred in it, and then said a few words to the personal guards beside him, and then hurriedly entered the palace.

Lian Zhi'er knew that those words were naturally related to herself. She was housed in a room in the middle of nowhere, guarded by a housekeeper dressed as a housekeeper.

But soon a doctor came to check her pulse, only to say that she had a cold and prescribed some decoction, and then left.

Lian Zhi'er only took medicine until the evening, but she didn't feel sleepy at all, but her head seemed to be stuffy, and the pain was terrible.

Just when she was in a daze, she felt someone come in.

When she opened her eyes, she could see clearly, but Ruan Lu's face was full of complexity.

"This son of the world is about to leave for the border pass." His voice was cold, the silver armor on his body reflected the cold light, and the piercing eyes were extremely painful.

"Don't worry, if this son dies at the border, someone will definitely kill you." He looked at her like a mad beast, "Let's die together, even in the hell of the underworld, you will also be with this world, and no one can get rid of it." ”

Even Zhi'er was trembling all over.

"Don't hurt my brother, he's just a kid."

"He is your relative, not the son of this world." He sneered, his eyes full of coldness, "You forced this son to take this step, don't worry, maybe soon this son will be able to set foot in Beiliang, and then your younger brother will be personally escorted to the capital by this son." ”

"Don't." Lian Zhi'er's eyes were full of horror, she knew that the people of Beiliang would not be defeated so easily, but she still couldn't tell the fear.

Ruan Lu didn't look at her again, just turned around and left.

When he returned to the mansion, he saw that the eldest princess and the colt were already waiting for him.

When they parted in such a way of life and death, the mother and son had already let go of their suspicions, and the eldest princess also had tears on her face, as if she was reluctant to give up her son, but knew that he had to go.

Ruan Lu walked over slowly and knelt on the ground, "My son has gone, please don't worry." ”

The eldest princess held back her tears, "You can just go, don't worry about things at home." ”

And at this moment, I saw Fu Yunhuang and Ruan Ruhuan coming over, Ruan Ruhuan was crying pear blossoms with rain, but she only stood aside, and she didn't dare to come up and say half a word to Ruan Lu.

Fu Yunhuang was surprisingly calm, and even in front of everyone, he didn't show the slightest reluctance, which made everyone admire, but they didn't expect the princess in this world to be so knowledgeable.

Ruan Lu looked at his mother, "There is something I ask my mother to agree to." ”