Chu Xingyue and his party were taken by Wuchen to an ordinary courtyard in Mozi Lane in the south of the city, this ordinary courtyard is a house with two entrances and backs, and it looks no different from ordinary people from the outside.

However, when they hurriedly came over, there were already a few lanterns lit in the quiet courtyard, which showed that Wuchen had already told the people in the courtyard that they would come over tonight.

Sure enough, after the group of them stepped into the backyard, a middle-aged man in his forties greeted him with a smile on his face, the man didn't know Chu Xingyue and the others, so he just glanced at them lightly, and finally, his gaze fell respectfully on Wuchen and Wushuang.

Kneel down and salute: "Your subordinates see Your Highness, General." ”

Listening to this person's name for Wuchen and Wushuang, you know that this person must know Wuchen's true identity, and it seems that this place is really a secret den prepared by Wuchen for himself.

Wuchen did not shy away from Chu Xingyue and the others, helped the middle-aged man up, with the joy of reuniting old friends on his face, patted the man's shoulder, and said, "Huofeng, you have worked hard all these years." ”

Listening to this 'hard work', the man named Huofeng immediately swelled his eyes, and the whole twenty years of waiting flashed in his mind one after another, and he still remembered that back then, when he first came to the capital of Great Wei with His Royal Highness, he was only twenty years old; his wife at home wrote a letter to tell him that he was pregnant, and he thought that he would be able to go home after staying here with His Highness for about half a year, and maybe he could see the birth of his son with his own eyes.

But he didn't expect that he stayed in Dawei for twenty years, and in forty years of his life, he spent half of his life in a foreign country, separated from his relatives, never seen his lover, and didn't even meet his only flesh and blood in this world; Over the years, he dreamed back at midnight, lying on the bed looking at the bare beams, and he asked himself several times, did he regret making this decision back then?

However, no matter how many times he questioned himself, his answer was always only one, that is, he never regretted it.

He is a soldier who abides by military discipline, a man full of blood, and the luckiest thing in his life is to follow His Highness who understands righteousness; Once, he followed His Highness to life and death on the battlefield, experienced the joy of life, and defended the people of the Western Barbarians; These bloody days make him think of them to this day, and they are all very happy.

Then the main hall came down to Dawei, endured the pain of his lover's death, and became a monk to paralyze himself with the ancient Buddha of the green light. And His Highness has also pushed him away many times; Doesn't he want to go? He had thought about leaving, but he couldn't leave His Highness, whom he had sworn to follow, and go home alone to enjoy his family.

His Royal Highness once had eighteen secret guards in Xiban, and when His Highness left Xiban, he took five people with him, and over the years, none of the eighteen of them abandoned His Highness; Because they once raised their glasses and swore to the emperor and queen of heaven that they would swear to follow His Royal Highness with their lives in this life, sharing blessings and woes, honor and disgrace.

He had a good fate and was able to wait for His Highness to make a decision in his lifetime and return to Xiban; And the remaining four people who came out with them, except for the general, who also became monks with His Highness, the remaining three have all died of illness or accidents in the past twenty years.

Now, being able to wait for His Highness to make this decision, Huofeng felt that his twenty years of waiting were really not wasted at all; They swore to defend their oath and promised that the Queen Mother would bring Her Royal Highness back to Xiban safely; Thinking that he would soon be able to return to his hometown, see his relatives, and complete the Queen Mother's explanation, Huofeng's heart, which had been calm for several years, rippled again at this moment.

Twenty years have passed, like the vicissitudes of life, and tonight, twenty years later, it is like another rebirth, which makes people's hearts surge.

Huo Feng looked at Wuchen with red eyes, shook his head emotionally, and said: "Your Highness, your subordinates feel honored to be able to accompany Your Highness back to their homeland in their lifetimes, and they don't feel hard at all." ”

Wuchen clearly knew how loyal he was to the eighteen dark guards he had cultivated, and the five people he brought out back then had now become two; The ashes of the remaining three people were placed by him in the lecture hall of Longquan Temple, and he also brought the three of them out tonight.

The moment he decided to accept Chu Xingyue's distress signal, Wuchen made up his mind in his heart that it was time for him to go back; Not only for himself, but also for the brothers who have faithfully guarded him all these years.

Wuchen lifted Huofeng up with emotion, patted him on the shoulder again, and a thousand words were in the eyes of the two of them, and then he asked, "I told you what you did, how did you do it?" ”

Huofeng led Chu Xingyue and his party into the hall in the backyard and said, "Your Highness, please rest assured, after receiving the news from Your Highness, your subordinates have already started to prepare; It's just that now that all the nine gates of the capital have been strictly checked, this is not a good time to leave, so the subordinates have prepared everything in this courtyard, enough for us to live here for a few months without major problems. ”

Saying that, Chu Xingyue and the others walked into the hall under the leadership of Huofeng.

The courtyard of ordinary people, seemingly ordinary halls, although not as magnificent as Ling Wang's Mansion, is also clean and tidy, and it can be seen that this courtyard is well cleaned up by the fire and wind; The front yard is home to four large houses with blue bricks and white walls, and the backyard is even more open, with eight small houses.

The hall they entered now was the largest of the eight houses, with clean pineapple tables and chairs, and it was evident that the house had been used by the owner as a large backyard house; The remaining seven rooms are likely to be wings and miscellaneous warehouses for groceries.

Chu Xingyue and Chun Xing couldn't help but look up and down at the furnishings and layout of the hall, but after Huofeng led them into the hall, he didn't signal them to stop and sit down, but continued to lead them to the right side of the hall, and finally stopped in front of a bookshelf with books.

Firewind stretched out his hand, moving one of the books slightly, seemingly at random; Hearing only a crisp click, Chu Xingyue and Chun Xing's ears were pricked up, and they watched in surprise as the bookshelf was slowly removed, and with it, a secret passage appeared in front of them.

It was the first time that Chu Xingyue had seen the dark passage of the ancient people with her own eyes, and with the support of Chun Xing, she walked to the front, looked up and down the secret passage that could be used by the two of them side by side, turned her head and asked Wuchen: "Master, are we going to live here?" ”

Wuchen looked at Chu Xingyue's slightly surprised little face, and then looked at Huo Feng who was curious about Chu Xingyue's identity, and was not in a hurry to answer Chu Xingyue's question, but introduced Huo Feng first: "She is the daughter of Chu Yi, Marquis of Jingbei, and she is also the crown princess of Great Wei. ”

Huofeng noticed Chu Xingyue from the beginning, after all, a woman with a noble temperament and excellent appearance, it was indeed a little difficult to ignore; It's just that what he didn't expect was that the identity of this person was so not simple.

Huo Feng has lived in the capital for twenty years, and naturally has a thunderous reputation for this Great Wei Crown Princess, but to his surprise, the person who he usually hears from his mouth actually let him see it with his own eyes tonight, and he was brought by His Royal Highness.

Seeing Huofeng's eyes widened, Wuchen could understand his surprise, and continued: "I promised her to take her out of the capital safely, originally the defense of the capital was tense because of the escape of the prince of Jingbei, and now that a crown princess has disappeared quietly, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult for us to leave the capital." Huofeng, this matter is very important, and there must be no mistakes; Especially during the few days we have been living here temporarily, no one can find the slightest trace of us staying here. ”

After knowing Chu Xingyue's identity, Huofeng's heart was also a little more steady; After all, the people who can be taken by His Highness by his side should not be unfavorable to them; Moreover, as a military general, he naturally heard about Chu Yi, the Marquis of Jingbei, Qingzhou, and people will have feelings of sympathy for people with similar interests, so even if he knows that Chu Xingyue has a noble identity and is a royal daughter-in-law, for the sake of Chu Yi's face, Huofeng will not have any suspicion and distance towards his daughter, and only treats Chu Xingyue and his party as people who can be trusted.

Huofeng quickly picked up a lantern that had been prepared long ago from the side, walked in front with the lantern, walked towards the dark passage, led the way for the people behind him, and said: "Your Highness, please rest assured, my subordinates have been living in the south of the city for the past twenty years, and have always been alone, rarely dealing with people, even if someone knows his subordinates, he only regards his subordinates as the boss of the rice grain shop, who is alone and well-behaved, and will not have any doubts about the identity of his subordinates; In addition, the neighbors who live nearby are kind-hearted people, so Your Highness can live here with peace of mind. ”

After listening to Huofeng say this, dust-free is also a lot more reassuring; Fire Wind was the most delicate of his eighteen secret guards, and since he had said that it was okay, it must be fine.

As they spoke, the group came to the end of the dark passage; And at the end of the dark passage turned out to be a room that could accommodate dozens of people; The room was bright, there was rice, food, drinking water, everything, and even firewood for heating was piled up on half of the wall, which showed that the preparation was sufficient and sufficient.

Wuchen put his hands behind his back, looked around the room with satisfaction, and turned around like Chu Xingyue to explain: "We are going to hide here for a while, and after knowing that you are gone, whether it is Emperor Showa or the crown prince, they will definitely dig three feet into the ground to find you in the capital; The south of the city is an area where ordinary people's homes live, and it will definitely become the object of investigation; When the officers and soldiers come to you with your portraits, we will hide in this dark room, and when they leave, we will come out and live in the backyard; After the limelight, let's find a way to leave the capital. ”