On the straight and wide official road outside Shuozhou City, a rumbling sound of horses' hooves sounded, rolling up dust and dust, and a group of horseback riders stopped at the official pavilion twenty miles away from Shuozhou City.

The knights on the horses turned over and dismounted, and tied the horses that were panting and snorting from time to time to the grass hut stables outside the receiving official pavilion, this group of people was Xia Zongxiao and his personal guards, after coming out of the mountain, they ran non-stop for three hours, from noon when the sun was shining, to the sunset in the west, and finally Shuozhou City could be seen faintly from afar.

Wu Qiu took out a long pyrotechnic arrow from his bosom that resembled a fire fold, but it was much larger than the fire fold.

With a slight pull on the lead at the bottom, a rush of fire erupted from the smoke and made the arrows burst out of the arrow, rushing into the sky dyed red by the setting sun, and the that returned to their nests in the twilight were scattered in all directions.

Chirp... Boom... The piercing sound pierced the sky, and in an instant, a brilliant firework shone in the air, and a guard character that covered the sky and the sun appeared in the air. For a long time, the sky is dark, and the fireworks shine like a dark night under the illumination of the slanting sun.

The rest of the guards had a clear division of labor, five or six people spread out on their own to guard around the receiving official pavilion, and the rest of them drew their steel knives and cut off the branches of nearby trees to make torches and fires for the night.

"How? Pretty and majestic! They used to call it the Pyrotechnic Arrow, but I didn't like it, and then I gave him a domineering name - Cloud Piercing Arrow! ”

Bai Ye stood beside the stone table and stone chair in the receiving pavilion with Xia Zongxiao in his arms, looking up at the fireworks in the sky: "Cloud piercing arrows? ”

"A cloud-piercing arrow, thousands of troops come to meet!" Xia Zongxiao held on to the edge of the stone table, which was full of withered yellow and some rotten fallen leaves, panting lightly. Today's toss really tired him. He took out the small porcelain bottle that Kong Weng gave him before leaving, and took out a pill, chewed it like chewing jelly beans, it tasted good, and after eating, he felt a warm current fill his body, and his fatigue was a little less.

"Flashy!" Bai Ye pursed his lips, retracted his gaze, sat down with Xia Zongxiao in his arms and said, "How can your body be so weak?" ”

Xia Zongxiao glanced at her: "Who told you to scare me on the rope bridge, you have to float on the rope if you don't go?" Even though I'm here, half of my soul is still on that rope bridge. ”

"No more! It really doesn't work! When the matter here is understood, I will take you back to Bianjing, never come to the north again, I and the north are in conflict, I have been here twice, both times I almost died, and the last time I left half a life" Xia Zongxiao stared at the faint Shuozhou City, and said dumbfoundedly: "This time... Chastity stays here..."

Bai Ye was silent, looking at Xia Zongxiao's lonely back guiltily, as if it was related to her twice, the last time she left Xia Zongxiao, which made him suffer a lot and be sick. This time, she kidnapped him too... Slept... He...

Bai Ye stretched out his hand and put it on Xia Zongxiao's thin shoulder, showing guilt, but Xia Zongxiao put away the sadness and sadness and showed a smiling face, thinking that Bai Ye was "cowardly" when he arrived in Shuozhou City and was afraid of his "disaster": "What? Worried? ”

came out of the mountains and ran for most of the day, although most of the time it was Bai Ye who carried him, but this road was bumpy and tiring, and he was also frightened by Bai Ye along the way.

Xia Zongxiao's spirit is a little sluggish, the sun is setting in the west, the sunset is like fire, and the official pavilion in the evening. The temperature dropped suddenly, and a breeze mixed with cold blew, Xia Zongxiao shivered, with a few coughs, Bai Ye took off the robe that was originally Xia Zongxiao, draped it on him, leaned him into his arms, and blocked the wind with his body.

"Don't worry, don't feel guilty... You are now Princess Wei! Only then did Wu Qiu release the cloud-piercing arrow, this is not far from the big camp outside Shuozhou City, as long as the nearby guards see it, they will come over, according to Wu Qiu, even if they are scattered to look for me, there is still a guard left in the camp.

Although Sun Shilu was sent to prison by Kou Zhen, he should have made proper arrangements, and someone would be on duty in the camp. ”

"Blamed yourself? Regretted it? It's time for you to repent! Even if you covet Lao Tzu's beauty, you can't be hard! There is a knife on the head of the color word, you see how many things you have caused on the spur of the moment? Remember, remember..."

Bai Ye couldn't see Xia Zongxiao's preachy appearance, but he couldn't refute it, so he could only explain two sentences weakly: "I... I... That's when I drank too much that night... Not usually..."

As for what happened that night, Bai Ye still has no memory of what happened that night, as if the memory of that night did not exist at all. Bai Ye thought a lot, but he couldn't figure it out, so he could only put the blame on the wine with anxiety.

"Tut-tut... Don't quibble... Wine is character, if you can't drink it, don't be strong! You will not be allowed to drink in the future! As far as your drunken character is concerned, if you get drunk and hook up outside... Do you still want Lao Tzu's face? ”

"No, it won't... I've had a good amount of alcohol..."

"Hey... It's true? ”

Bai Ye was vague, recalling the ridiculous things he had done after drinking in the past, and Nuo Nuo asked, "If I really did it, what would happen to you?" ”

"Hmph" Xia Zongxiao sneered: "How? Let's take a knife and kill you! I'm looking for a basin of water to soak myself..."

Bai Ye was silent, and only after a long time did he speak seriously: "I die, I understand, why do you want to kill yourself?" ”

Xia Zongxiao glanced at Bai Ye and said coldly: "Lao Tzu doesn't keep an eye on it, what should you do if your bad habits are hard to change?" ”

Bai Ye nodded like a dream, a warm current crossed his heart, but he still had questions: "Then why am I using a knife, but you are looking for a basin of water?" ”

"Nonsense! How painful it is to use a knife! You're rough-skinned and thick-skinned, and you're not afraid of pain! I can't stand my fine skin and tender meat..."

Rough skin and thick meat... You're just rough-skinned and thick-skinned... Drowning is more painful than being cut, ignorance...

Being interrupted by Xia Zongxiao, Bai Ye's solemn mood was much better, since he knew that because of his reckless actions, he was imprisoned all over the house, which humiliated the family, and as soon as he closed his eyes, his father's disappointed and cold eyes were closed.

Bai Ye's heart was as uncomfortable as a knife cut, although Bai Ye had tried his best to be relaxed, but the gloom between his eyebrows and the guilt in his eyes, Xia Zongxiao saw it in his heart.

There were some things that Xia Zongxiao didn't plan to say, but seeing Bai Ye in such pain, Xia Zongxiao still decided to tell her.

“... Belch... Ah Ye! Xia Zongxiao took Wu Qiu and respectfully handed over the leather bag and water bag, rubbed it in his hand without drinking, and prepared his words, carefully opening his mouth and using as tactful words as possible.

"Huh?"

"Do you know how the previous dynasty fell?"

Former Don? Bai Ye looked at Xia Zongxiao's eyes in confusion, why did he suddenly talk about this... But Xia Zongxiao avoided the slightest touch with Bai Ye's eyes, and did not dare to look at her.

"Former Don... Officialdom is corrupt, the monarch is mediocre, and the people are miserable... The world is full of heroes...", which is very official, and most of the orthodox history books record this.

Xia Zongxiao shook his head with an unpredictable chuckle, and tried the water bladder in his hand, trying to pull out the wooden plug that was tightly stuffed into the sac, but the wooden cork did not move for a long time, and then Xia Zongxiao smiled embarrassedly.

White Night Zha Ba Zha Ba Baba mouth, speechless, this body bones... I can't even open a water bladder... Reaching out for him to pull it gently, the cork came out without much effort.

Xia Zongxiao bit his lower lip, the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, and the water bladder in his hand was annoyed and angry, and he argued forcefully: "... In fact... I can do it myself... It's about to be pulled out... My jade-faced little Dharma is not in vain... I've also practiced martial arts..."

“... Well... I know... It's me who is thirsty..."Bai Ye took the water bladder from Xia Zongxiao's hand, raised his head and poured it into his mouth, and handed it to Xia Zongxiao's mouth.

"That's your opinion, even the opinion of the people in the world, but which dynasty and which generation are declining in their eyes, is it due to the emperor's mediocrity and the corruption of the court?

But in the eyes of the current dynasty, the decline of the former Tang Dynasty was not because of this reason, it was... Because the feudal town... The division of feudal towns and the power of the military in the hands of the warriors is the way to take trouble and the danger of destroying the country. ”

Bai Ye's face was contemplative, frowning, still with doubts.

Xia Zongxiao continued: "Do you think your whole family is in prison because of you? Not really? Even if it's not your Bai family who is imprisoned this time, there is also the Zhang family... The Li family... It's just that you caught up and gave the court and Kou Zhen a reason to do it.

The Nine Towns Jiangmen began in the time of Taizu, and the border of the Nine Towns was guarded for a hundred years, deep-rooted, and the relationship was complicated, and the imperial court had long been afraid of it. I have long wanted to rectify it, but I don't have a chance.

This time Xia Liao knocked on the pass, just gave them an excuse to cut off the power of the Nine Towns Jiangmen, you don't have to blame yourself too much, although you are actually ... Maybe.. It's a little bit related, but it's not much... This time the court wants to clean up not one or two households, Xia Liao broke the nine towns, causing the border to flow into a river of blood, even if the mountains and rivers are finally recovered, someone still needs to make an end to this matter, to the court, the people of the world to give an explanation.

You don't have to blame yourself too much... It's okay... At least your family... I will... Preserved..."