The white fog is entangled between all things. The visibility was not high this morning, and Zhu Gaoxu and the others didn't dare to follow closer, but fortunately, the target of the carriage was big, otherwise they would definitely lose it.

The car that came out of Chi Yueguan was heading west.

Zhu Gaoxu began to arrange for Wang Gui to capture Xu Miaojin's whereabouts since July, and now at the beginning of the lunar month, it has been nearly five months! Later, Zhu Gaoxu came out, and even watched Chiyue himself for several days.

If you don't have an obsession, you will never be able to stick to such a thing.

What kind of emotions are lingering in my heart? Zhu Gaoxu didn't even know himself, but he could conclude that although that emotion was not as intense as crying and grabbing the ground, it was buried deeply, like a drizzle that had been drizzling for many days, completely soaked in the soil.

The carriage that Chi Yueguan came out of had already left the city from Changyi Gate, and Zhu Gaoxu asked Wang Gui to follow from a distance, and after leaving the city, his vision was more open, and it was safer to be farther away.

Familiar city towers, familiar places, Qu Neng led troops to come in from here last year, and retreated from here...... But now he himself has been imprisoned in the city of Beiping.

Chi Yueguan's carriage went straight to the West Mountain. There is a temple called Longquan Temple at the foot of Xishan Mountain, where Zhu Gaoxu went. Before he arrived at the West Mountain, he lifted the curtain and took a look, and faintly saw several big trees in the temple, which are said to be hundreds of years old with ginkgo trees and ancient cypresses!

"Let's go the other way." Zhu Gaoxu ordered.

He lifted only one corner of the curtain, and when he looked closely, he saw that the car was parked under the mountain gate. After a while, Xu Miaojin, who was wearing a cyan fur cloak, walked out of the front of the carriage...... Could it be that she drove the car herself? She wrung a cloth bag in her hand, and when she came out, she looked up at the sky, and reached out to grab the green silk covering her head.

Wang Gui drove in the other direction and muttered: "It's strange, the Taoist priests of the Taoist temple don't worship the Jade Emperor, but come to worship the Buddha?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu was as surprised as Wang Gui.

Their carriage arrived at another intersection, and Zhu Gaoxu told Wang Gui to stop, and he got out of the car himself: "Wait here." ”

As he spoke, he pressed his hat down, covering most of his face, and the man walked quickly up the hill from the path.

Zhu Gaoxu quickly entered another small door. Fortunately, he came to this Lingquan Temple to do something, and he asked Wang Gui to find out before, and he was more familiar with it everywhere.

This Lingquan Temple sits on the west and faces east, and the houses below the north side are the places where fasting and eating. Zhu Gaoxu pondered: Xu Miaojin is a Taoist priest, there must be something wrong when he came to the temple, and he didn't have the heart to eat fasting. He climbed up the hill to the west, looked left and right, and saw no one.

In the winter, people in the north don't like to go out very much, and now it's very early, and there are only a few people walking around the temple, most of them monks. Zhu Gaoxu quietly walked into the Guanyin Bodhisattva Hall, and when he saw a monk beside him, he stepped forward to bow a few times, and took out a Daming treasure banknote from his arms and threw it into the merit box.

Zhu Gaoxu bypassed the Bodhisattva's body again, went out from the back door, looked left and right, and when he looked up, he saw a figure in a blue fur coat flickering in at the door above. He suddenly felt the bottom of his mind.

He bypassed the two temples below, climbed straight up the stone steps, and walked to the place where he had just seen the figure. He glanced up, and there were two red letters written at the entrance of the courtyard that were a little faded: Monk's Liao.

This place is not supposed to be a pilgrim, but a monk's residential area. Zhu Gaoxu pondered, would he be stopped by the monk when he went in, and his whereabouts would be exposed?

But for the time being, there is no one here, the walls and the ground are very dry, the water is frozen, and there is no one moving outside at all. Zhu Gaoxu then left the courtyard gate and went to the hillside next to him, and there were only bare branches and dead grass in all directions.

After a while, he took a fancy to a good place: there was a brick and wood house inside the wall, but it was not repaired against the wall, and he estimated that there was a gap in the middle. Zhu Gaoxu was wearing a gray robe, standing still and very inconspicuous, he observed for a moment, decisively stretched his hands to the wall, and suddenly felt that the bricks were cold, and then the person climbed up vigorously. He climbed over the fence and put his feet down first, his hands still grasping the wall, and he went down slowly without making a sound.

He leaned sideways to the corner, poked his head out to look into the courtyard, and immediately shrank back again. In an instant, a general picture flashed in Zhu Gaoxu's eyes, there was no Xu Miaojin in the yard, but there was a child carrying a package.

That cloth bag seems to have been screwed by Xu Miaojin when he got out of the carriage!

Zhu Gaoxu stood there motionless, and after a while, he walked out decisively and quickly.

At this time, the child had already pushed open a dilapidated wooden door, and Zhu Gaoxu strode over and called, "Little brother, stay here!" ”

The little boy's head was shaved, and he was estimated to be only six or seven years old, and when he was called, he really stood at the door, looking at Zhu Gaoxu with a pair of innocent eyes.

"Little brother, who gave you this cloth bag, and what good things are in it?" Zhu Gaoxu asked with a smile.

The child hugged the cloth bag with both hands and said, "Who are you?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu maintained a friendly smile: "I am a friend of your father Zhang Yan, and I am here to pick you up." ”

"You're a liar!" The child immediately raised his head and said, "Big sister said, it was the monk who shaved his head to pick me up!" ”

Children are easy to be deceived, and the truth is shaken out in two sentences! Zhu Gaoxu said: "Then your father is Zhang Yanluo?" ”

The child was stunned, a little confused, and after a while said, "No, my surname is Ma!" ”

"Looks like I picked up the wrong child." Zhu Gaoxu frowned.

The child hurriedly said, "Who are you?" Is it really my dad's friend? ”

At this moment, there was a faint sound of footsteps behind him. Zhu Gaoxu looked back sharply and saw Xu Miaojin standing in the courtyard!

Her face was pale, her eyes were full of fear, and even the fur cloak was trembling slightly, and she didn't know if it was cold or afraid.

"He's still a child, you can let him go." Xu Miaojin's voice said. The child in front said, "Big sister, he said it was my father's friend." Xu Miaojin responded coldly: "You go in first!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu's mood was also extremely complicated, he finally calmed down and asked, "Since Zhang Yan's son has been rescued, he hasn't been sent away yet?" ”

Xu Miaojin said in a trembling voice: "When Zhang Yan received the urgent order, he was in a hurry, he didn't arrange it himself, and no one could take care of his family...... But no matter what, he died for me, and I can't sit idly by!

It is said that in the past few months, there have been fine works of Yanwangfu at various intersections, and this child is being searched. Even if it is a person from the imperial court, very few people know who I am, and I have not found the right person for a while. ”

She didn't quibble, and at this point, she was very honest. Zhu Gaoxu was speechless for a moment.

Xu Miaojin was silent for a while, and then said, "I should have taken Huangquan Road a long time ago, and King Gaoyang saved me once." Now I ask you only one thing, that I may die in peace......"

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly saw a few white snowflakes floating down in the sky. After a while, the snow began to fall heavier and heavier, and the whole world was silently enveloped in it.

"It's snowing." Zhu Gaoxu glanced up.

It was as if a soft voice sounded in his ears again: this road is slow, but it passes quickly.

Now the person who spoke was in front of him, but it felt very far away.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Can you walk with me?" Let's leave this monastery first. ”

Xu Miaojin glanced at him, nodded slightly, and she turned around slowly, feeling a little unsteady in her steps.

Zhu Gaoxu sped up a few steps and walked parallel to her for the first time. The two of them silently walked out of the courtyard gate and walked down the stone steps. The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and soon there were snowflakes on the top of my head and on my shoulders.

Zhu Gaoxu exhaled a breath, and suddenly the white steam.

Xu Miaojin's voice said: "The princess treats me very well, I really don't want to do this kind of thing to betray others......" Her expression was cold and desolate.

"Hmm." Zhu Gaoxu made a voice and sighed, "That night, you asked me who was used the most bitterly, and I said that it was my parents. You were forced by your father, right? ”

"Yes......" Xu Miaojin's voice changed. When Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to look, he saw that she had burst into tears silently. He reached into his sleeve pocket, pulled out a handkerchief, and handed it to her.

Xu Miaojin's voice choked, and she gradually sobbed, "When I was a child, I didn't know what bitterness was...... Yilai stretched out his hand to open his mouth, his appearance was also loved, he was pampered in a thousand ways, he didn't have to worry about anything, his father was as high as a mountain, and he had everything to do...... But ......"

Zhu Gaoxu didn't say a word, he was calm and abnormal on the surface, but his heart was a mess, he couldn't see women crying, especially beautiful women, on the one hand, his heart seemed to be twisted; On the one hand, I reflected, no wonder I was always deceived by women!

"During the Hongwu period, once my father changed other people's recitals without authorization and was sent to prison. Taizu was very strict with officials, and everyone who was an official was frightened when he was afraid of these things, and my father was also frightened. Xu Miaojin whispered softly, "At that time, he was already the prince, and the prince rescued my father from the edict." My dad vowed to die from that day on! ”

She paused and then confided: "In my father's heart, Zhongjun is the greatest, and his daughter can't be compared. He wants to repay the favor because he has received the favor of the prince; I have also received the favor of my parents for many years, and it is time to repay the favor......"

No wonder she said that she was born in debt. This sentence does not seem to be wrong, at least it is in debt to his parents. How many people said emotionally: The kindness of parents cannot be repaid in a lifetime.

Xu Miaojin cried: "I know that I am not filial, these are all things I should do, and I shouldn't resent my parents...... A man like me, who dies, must go to hell, and his soul will be tormented in a pot of oil to atone for the sins of great rebellion in his body......"

Zhu Gaoxu sighed again. The snow fell heavier, and the whole world seemed to be covered with snow, and even the dirt discarded by the pilgrims on the roadside seemed to be clean.