At the foot of the mountain, Yu Du stopped him, he said, there is Mo Xun living above, but the mountain road is rugged and there is a entrance, it is not easy to go up the mountain, at least two days, more than never get out. Yu Du asked again what the entrance was, but the man just smiled and shook his head, didn't speak, and turned to leave.

Qi Yan thought for a while, turned to Yu Du and said, "You only need to leave four guards to wait at the bottom of the mountain for this trip." ”

"Your Majesty, but this..."

"I don't know how long it will take, if I am in the palace, I can still correct the notes sent every day, but this trip is on the mountain, I don't know what will happen. You hurry back to Zhaoyue, and ask the prime minister to temporarily act as the governor of the country. ”

"No," Yu Du began.

Shen Qinghuan's eyes also widened, as if he didn't expect Qi Yan to say such a thing. This throne was obtained by him step by step and cautiously, and in order to consolidate the country, he could endure humiliation and bear the burden for a year. At this moment, she couldn't help but be surprised to say such a thing as letting the prime minister supervise the country.

"It's an order!" Qi Yan said, "I am most assured that you will act, and you will take a group of people to wait for Zhaoyue." Seeing that Yu Du still had something to say, Qi Yan directly refused, "Needless to say." ”

Yu Du glanced at Shen Qinghuan behind him, sighed, and said, "Yes." ”

......

Song Ziyao hurried back to Zhaoling, but the scene he saw was a little bleak.

He stepped forward, knelt down, and said, "The son is late, please ask my father to forgive me." ”

"What is your sin? It's just that Qi Yan is too cunning, in the end, we are not properly planned, our skills are not as good as others, but we are neighbors, but now we want to become the country of Zhaoyue, which is really unwilling to be a father. ”

Song Ziyao's fists clenched, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Erchen should serve the country." ”

He walked down the hall and took out the golden hairpin from his bosom. He found Ah Xu in the town next door to Zhaoyue Qingfeng County. Ah Xu didn't want to tell Song Ziyao these things, he returned to his hometown when he was young and strong, and he was unwilling to participate in these royal struggles. It's just that I can't help it when I am threatened, so I say it. On the golden hairpin, there is indeed a row of small characters densely engraved. It reads: Beware, Zhaoling, protect the emperor.

Although it is only eight words, Song Ziyao has already figured out the ins and outs.

Chen Li is Qi Yan's right-hand man, but he is already old, although Chen Li's son Chen Xueyi is highly qualified, but ambitious, few people can see it. At that time, Song Ziyun poisoned Chen Li's diet, causing a scene of serious illness and death, and the night before Chen Li's death, he finally realized the problem, and with his last breath, he instructed the only guard around him to take a golden hairpin, engrave these words, and then hand it to Shen Qinghuan.

When Qing Huan was young, he liked to play with his uncle. He knew that Shen Qinghuan was witty and smart, and he would definitely win the emperor's favor. Only in this way can they be wary of Zhaoling.

It's just that before this matter was revealed, Zhaoling had already been defeated.

But Song Ziyao held the golden hairpin tightly, knowing that this golden hairpin was now in his hand, and it was the only size he had helped Zhaoling turn over.

......

The roads in the mountains were rugged and intertwined, Qi Yan held Shen Qinghuan in one hand and a sword in the other, constantly testing one road after another, and returned to the same place.

After walking for most of the day, Shen Qinghuan was already sweating profusely, panting, and couldn't walk.

"If you're tired, sit down and rest."

Shen Qinghuan nodded, leaned against a tree and sat down, and Qi Yan also sat down.

There are only two roads in front of them, Shen Qinghuan and Qi Yan have already walked through, all of them have gone around in a circle and finally returned to the same place, going around in circles like this, it is a bit like two circles spliced together, and the two of them are at the junction of the circles, no matter how they shake, they can't shake out.

Shen Qinghuan was a little worried, pulled Qi Yan's sleeve, and signaled whether to go back first.

Qi Yan shook his head, he didn't say it, in fact, he already wanted to go down the mountain first, find the four guards who stayed behind, and then discuss. But on the way back, I found that I had also detoured back to the original path.

He didn't want to tell Shen Qinghuan about it, he was afraid that if he said it, she would be even more worried.

"Are you hungry?" Qi Yan asked.

Shen Qinghuan nodded.

Qi Yan took out the prepared dry food and water and handed it to her. Looking at her eating happily, a picture that had never appeared before suddenly appeared in her mind. If you are not the emperor, you may be able to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests with her, and live a lifetime like this, which is also yearning.

But he knew that such an idea was extravagant.

It seems that all the good thoughts related to Shen Qinghuan will be considered extravagant by him. In those difficult days of that year, he would always think about what a peaceful night it would be if he could fall asleep in his arms one day.

He used to be so afraid that the center of gravity of power would be unstable due to the monopoly of pets, and he thought that he could handle his attitude towards her in front of others and his private attitude. But now, in private, he just wants to be better with her than when he was in front of people.

It's not that he is not afraid that the Shen family is too powerful, he is still worried, and he is still afraid of repeating the mistakes of the previous emperor. However, he realized that he could not control himself at all. From the moment she appeared in his life, he was destined not to let go of her.

Thinking of this, Qi Yan made up his mind even more, her voice, no matter what, he would be cured.

"When we're full and rested, we'll continue on our way?"

Shen Qinghuan stood up, patted his dress, and followed him obediently, his eyes were slightly full of hope.

This time, Qi Yan chose the road on the right, and the scenery on the road was no different from the one just now, but he thought that perhaps the most unlikely place around him was precisely the way out, so he didn't take the paved path, but walked to the place next to the grass and trees.

This is actually a good place with beautiful mountains and rivers, not far away, there is a small waterfall, not the kind that is very turbulent, falling from a place about dozens of zhang high, meandering into a stream, flowing into the distance.

Shen Qinghuan kept looking at the waterfall.

Qi Yan followed her eyes, and there seemed to be nothing abnormal about the waterfall.

When he looked down, he found some muddy footprints on the ground, and he frowned and pondered slightly. Shen Qinghuan also saw it, squatted down, touched the moist soil with his hand, and looked at the waterfall and stream not far away.

"Could it be that someone came up from the water?"

But this stream has a certain slope, and it is very difficult to go up or down, but if you walk through the muddy shoes, you must be...

Qi Yan raised his head sharply and looked at the waterfall.

Shen Qinghuan was smart and understood the meaning, picked up a stone and threw it towards the waterfall, however, the stone was only quickly washed down and flowed into the stream.

Shen Qinghuan squatted down again and picked up a stone and handed it to Qi Yan, she had no martial arts, even if she threw it over, it would be light and fluttering, and she couldn't break through the waterfall even if the flow speed was not fast. But Qi Yan is different, he has internal strength, if his strength is enough, the stone can break through the waterfall, if it succeeds, then it means that after the waterfall, there must be no cave.

Qi Yan naturally thought of this, took the stone handed by Shen Qinghuan, condensed the internal force in his right hand, and threw it forward, and sure enough, the stone broke through the waterfall and disappeared in an instant.

Shen Qinghuan glanced at Qi Yan with a smile, and Qi Yan was also a little incredible. It turns out that this worldly master can really live in seclusion in these places.

He took off his robe, put it on his and Shen Qinghuan's heads, wrapped his hand around Shen Qinghuan's waist, tiptoed, and quickly flew towards the waterfall.

In just an instant, the sound of the waterfall falling filled the ears of the two of them, and the gravity of the falling waterfall made the figures of the two unstable, Qi Yan increased the force in his hand and hugged Shen Qinghuan tighter. Secretly rushed forward again, and only then did he rush over the waterfall, and the two of them fell to the ground together.

Qi Yan exerted his strength, turned around, and cushioned underneath. As soon as the stone under him hit, he frowned, but he thought in his heart, fortunately it wasn't Shen Qinghuan who landed on the ground, otherwise it would have hurt terribly, and maybe he would cry out.

Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth hooked, and he touched her head with his hand.

Shen Qinghuan got up from Qi Yan and touched Qi Yan anxiously, worried that he would bump into him. Seeing this scene, Qi Yan wanted to laugh even more, but he tried to hold back his laughter and said aggrievedly: "It hurts." ”

When Shen Qinghuan heard this, he was even more anxious. But because he couldn't speak, he was in a hurry and wanted to shed tears. She knew that if it weren't for Qi Yan's slight exertion, I'm afraid she would be the one who was grinning on the ground now.

But she touched Qi Yan's body again and again, but she didn't find any obvious wounds, she just wanted to ask if it was an internal injury, but when she looked up, she saw Qi Yan smiling.

Shen Qing came back to his senses and realized that he had been tricked by Qi Yan. She pursed her lips, patted the ashes off her body, and stood up. Her clothes were stained with water droplets and dirt, and she looked a little down. However, Qi Yan's appearance of being so lofty on weekdays is now as depressed as she is now, and she feels comforted.

The two looked at each other and smiled, Shen Qinghuan stretched out his hand and helped him up.

Qi Yan took advantage of the situation to hug her, attached his ear to her, and said, "You don't know, I really like you so much..."

Shen Qinghuan blushed. Come to think of it, he had never said anything like this to her personally. Now here, she was really shy to say such tender words like water.

"Let's go." hugged Shen Qinghuan tightly for a while before Qi Yan said.

Shen Qinghuan nodded and followed Qi Yan out.

This is a cave, and the light at the entrance of the cave is faintly visible, and when I followed the light, I saw a large medicine field at the foot of the mountain.

The hundreds of medicinal herbs planted in the medicine field exude bursts of medicinal fragrance, which is chic.

Following the mountain road, I finally came to the front of the houses. It's simple, but it's chic. Several disciples were carrying medicine baskets there. Some pound medicine, some collect medicine, and some decoction medicine, which is very harmonious.