Hou Cong and Bai Yi rode all the way, followed by Murong Xing and others, and walked towards the palace gate.

In the late spring weather, there is a kind of loneliness that is about to leave. Bai Yi looked at Hou Cong speechless all the way, his eyes looked at the road under the horse's head, and there were too many things in his dark black eyes.

Deputy Chief Manager He picked up everyone from outside the imperial study, asked Murong Xing and the others to wait, and took Hou Cong and Bai Yi in alone, but he didn't see the emperor, and turned to the side again, and a little eunuch came out from behind a screen that was not very noticeable-it was the one who had taken Bai Yi into the treasury and walked around the palace path, and smiled at Bai Yi, neatly, and pressed the mechanism on the wall with his left hand, and a delicate and small secret room was exposed, simply lit with sandalwood, and a corner of the bright yellow dragon robe could be seen.

Hou Cong and Bai Yi entered with their heads down, and the little eunuch and his master stayed outside. The door to the secret room then closed.

The emperor sat on the edge of the wall panel at the very end, reading on the kang table, with a small teapot for a person, a golden duck incense burner at his feet, and a thick blanket from the Western Regions on the ground. Other than that, it's nothing else.

Hou Cong knelt down with white clothes and invited St. Ann. The emperor put down the book, squinted his eyes and thought for a while, and called out "child", which means that it is okay to get up.

"The envoy surnamed Wen in the south, do you want to bring it?" The emperor asked the first question.

Hou Cong raised his head slightly, "My subordinates feel that he can stay in Datong City." It's really inconvenient to carry. ”

The emperor smiled, "Yes, if he doesn't kill people, others will kill him." One less, one less trouble. ”

The emperor knew this truth very well, but he allowed the prince to add people to the ranks. He looked at the young general and the female soldier king in front of him with a smile, knowing the next topic, both of them would be a little surprised. "Do you remember that year when the two of you were competing in martial arts, and someone heard the dragon's chant?"

It's this again.

Hou Cong and the emperor looked at each other, "Your Majesty, that's nonsense. ”

The Emperor shook his head, "How so? You don't know, 10 years ago, I met the descendants of Mr. Shuilong. He said many things to me, and they were all fulfilled. He said that just this year, three real dragons will die in the world, do you think, is it interesting? ”

The white clothes were still unknown, and suddenly Hou Cong's two big hands covered his ears.

"Your Majesty, Bai Yi is still young and doesn't understand this. If the emperor has any reason, tell it to his subordinates, and if he has any will, he will tell his subordinates to do it. ”

The emperor's face sank, "Hypocrisy!" What else can I do with a soldier like Bai Yi who wants to die for the country? Let go! ”

Hou Cong's face was hot, and his hands left Bai Yi's ears. Unexpectedly, without waiting for the emperor to continue, Bai Yi opened her mouth, there was really nothing to scare her, and no one told her that she couldn't discuss these issues with the emperor at all.

"Three real dragons? One for the north and the south, and then one for the north or south. After that, the dragon is everywhere, and the world is one? ”

The emperor's face returned to normal, "Very smart boy." It is said that the north comes first, and the south comes later. Is that I'm going to die first? He even made the date clear, April 27. In terms of itinerary, you haven't arrived in Jiangnan yet. ”

Hou Cong didn't know what to say anymore.

Bai Yi had no fear of this topic, "Your Majesty, the descendants of Mr. Shuilong, if anything can be predicted, did he say the specific details?" If someone wants to hurt you, how? Who is that man? ”

The emperor hadn't chatted with someone like this for a long time, and he looked at Bai Yi intently, "These, I naturally want someone to investigate." If you were me, how would you check? ”

"I will give way to the prince."

"White!" Hou Cong could neither cover her mouth nor accuse her of being disrespectful from his own mouth, but the emperor laughed loudly, and there was no trace of being offended at all.

"Hahahahaha! Look at what you said, send the prince to be a real dragon and let him die instead? In your eyes, I am such a ruthless and unrighteous old man! Tiger poison doesn't eat children! ”

Bai Yi pursed his mouth, as if he was not convinced, "It is difficult for subordinates to believe in prophecy, most of them have a prophecy first, and then someone acts with the help of prophecy." If the emperor gives way to the crown prince, this is itself beyond the prophecy of Mr. Shuilong's descendants, won't this situation be broken? ”

The Emperor shook his head, "No, no. Most of your so-called prophecies are first prophecied, and then there are people who act with the prophecy, and only one situation will work a prophecy known to the whole world. The prophecy of the moon shining everywhere is indeed so. But not many people know the prophecy of the death of the three dragons this year. So far, I haven't seen anyone, and I haven't said a word more. Lord Bai Shenbai in the south knew about it, but their whole family was dead. ”

Bai Shen knew this prophecy before he died?

How did Emperor Liguo know about this?

Hou Cong didn't wait for Bai Yi to speak, and intercepted the emperor's words, "Your Majesty, 10 years ago, where did you meet Mr. Shuilong's descendants?" This time I went south, and my subordinates made a special trip to check it out. ”

"Snowy City. When you arrive, it should be around April 27th. At that time, whether I lived or died, I was able to figure it out. I don't worry about others doing this kind of errand, you know? ”

Hou Cong pulled the white clothes and knelt down, kowtowing to receive the order.

The two of them came out of the secret room, and Deputy Chief He also knew that today's situation was serious, so he didn't say a word, and sent them out of the imperial study, knowing that there was no more will, Hou Cong led a group of subordinates to the outside of the palace. Everyone was silent, Hou Cong saw Qingsong when he was about to get on the horse, and then looked back for a long time, and saw Baiyi riding a horse, side by side with Duguzheng, without waiting for him, he had already left.

"Qingsong, am I very fierce?"

Qing Song looked at the back of the person in front of him, "It's not fierce recently, it's cold." But the girl understood. ”

"Understand what?"

Qing Song took advantage of the night to cover himself, "I understand that you have good intentions, and there are too many things to worry about for the peace of the team." ”

"Is that so?"

Qing Song didn't answer any further, but reminded Hou Cong, "What do you have to order, do you want to sum it up tonight?" ”

Hou Cong thought about it along his lines, fell into infinite calculations, and really fell silent.

Changfu is also busy. Most of the people who used to serve couldn't follow them south, and Changkong told them that they were staying in Changfu to watch things and waiting for the new master. In addition to the reward of Emperor Liguo, Mo Chang did not have much luggage, and he carried his hands every day, and supervised the people to clean up for Ling Xiao Bixiao. As soon as the hour passed, he told the two girls to rest as soon as possible, and left their rooms alone and returned to the main courtyard, where Cuizhu was waiting. He went out for a day.

"Your Highness, this morning, Miss Yuwen sent the shroud to Biluo Temple, and the slave saw it in person, and then followed the masters in the temple to send off the three righteous men on their last journey."

Mo Chang didn't speak, he was only in front of Cuizhu, without a smile, but also the most relaxed. Cuizhu followed him into the room and waited for Mo Chang to bathe.

Mo Chang closed his eyes in the bathtub, thinking about the people and things in the team. Thinking about what to do now that I have returned to a state of nothing. He slowly opened his eyes and had a new plan in his mind.

"Cuizhu, no matter what others do, I only have you, you only have me. You're the one who died half the time for me, and I remember that. You're different from Lowe and the others, and we're going to stay together. ”

Cuizhu smiled, "The slave knows." Your Highness is incomparable to me by others. ”

Mo Chang put everyone, including himself, as chess pieces on the chessboard in his heart. Everything in Datong City will be frozen in the night behind him from now on.

Later, it is the new later.

Three days later, Bai Yi was dressed in white soft armor, rode a white horse, and stood beside Hou Cong. The soft armor and the horse were all sent by Qingsong the night before, and in addition, he only instructed one sentence: "Take Xiao Hou Cong." - The luggage was completed by Yu Wenxing over and over again, and before leaving the house, she knelt and kowtowed to her teary-eyed adoptive father and six wet nurses. Yu Wenxing took out the sachet that was used by Bai Yi as a parasitic slave for Hou Cong and burned it in the courtyard. Gather up the last petals of this year, write the time of the day of the white clothes, and the birthday of the sky on the white satin, wrap them around the old branches invited by the temple, put them in the brocade box with the petals, fill them with incense ash, dig a pit and put them in front of the white clothes and the sky, put a small porcelain basin on it, and there are two goldfish swimming in the basin, and then take the glass cover and bury it again.

Yu Wenxing and the old mothers recited words, saying that this is a ritual before the long trip, which can bless Changkong and Baiyi and come back safely.

At this moment, outside the bustling Datong South City Gate, in front of the white-clothed eyes, there were still the two goldfish, the old mothers stayed at home, Yu Wenxing was alone, following Hou Chong who saw him off, and there were Murong Li, Yuan He, Duguyan and others next to him, all of whom came to see off their children. Deputy Governor He represented Emperor Liguo, the third princess represented the crown prince, and His Royal Highness King Hui, 16, attended in person, giving gifts and sending messages, which was very lively.

Only the protagonist of the south, Mo Chang, was wearing a white dragon robe and standing with a smile, and behind him stood in the sky and green bamboo, dealing with all kinds of people.

He understood better than anyone that the whole ceremony was for himself, but there was no one in the crowd to see him off.

The soldiers on the tower of the city blew the horns, and Hou Cong took the lead to say goodbye, asking the send-off to stay, pulling the reins and turning the horse's head. Several of the soldiers of the Hou Mansion walked up to Wen Yisheng at this time, detained their luggage, and said to him, "Lord Wen, you don't have to go south together this time, and you don't have to go back to the post house, what has been arranged for you, please go to Changfu to live." ”

This kind of temporary notice does not give people any chance of reaction.

No one noticed that Wen Yisheng, the envoy of Chengguo, and his luggage were taken back to the city through the side door.

Hou Cong, Yuwen Baiyi, Yuwen Changkong, Murong Xing, Mo Chang and others got on the horse, facing south. Old Madam Hou stopped first, then grabbed the arm of the third princess who was still walking forward, and smiled at her.

The crowd of people who saw them off, and the team heading south, finally parted and gradually moved away.

On a sunny spring day, Dali sent the captured prince Yang Xianwang's team to the south and officially went south.

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