Lan Zhaoguo.

Today is the time for the prince of Gao Zhaoguo to return to China. In order to show his sincerity, the king of Lan Zhao asked the ministers and the prince and princess to give him a meal together.

Yang Cheng stood beside Princess Yongjing.

The crown prince of Gao Zhengguo came to them and said, "I heard that you are not in harmony, it seems that it is really a rumor, and your husband and wife have a very deep relationship." It's just that I don't know who the rumored girl is in the Central Plains? ”

Yang Cheng said: "It was in Xia Yimei, who was seriously injured and unfortunately contracted A Hibiscus, and in Xia Yimei, in order to help cut off the medicine, the marriage date was postponed. It's just that I don't know why the rumor that Prince Gao heard was that I was going to marry my sister-in-law. It's ridiculous. ”

The crown prince of Gao Zhaoguo said with a smile: "It's really ridiculous, don't you still have a saying in the Central Plains that there is no wind and no waves, and this groundless wind is also very strange." ”

Yang Cheng replied: "The women in the market love to spread rumors, and if you think that Prince Gao is so far-sighted, she will definitely not believe it." Besides, Princess Yongjing and I have no doubt about their affection, and the rumors will be self-defeating. ”

After speaking, Yang Cheng took Princess Yongjing's hand and held it tightly.

Princess Yongjing also shook his hand back and looked at Yang Cheng shyly. In the eyes of outsiders, it is really a loving couple.

The priest and the lord of the country and the queen mother of Lan Zhao were very pleased, it seems that Princess Yongjing has kept the clouds open and seen the moon.

Princess Yongjing thought that Yang Cheng fell asleep last night, and Princess Yongjing looked at his sleeping face carefully, and the more she looked at it, the happier she became. I love Yang Cheng more than before. This time she is in a big disaster, Yang Cheng can abandon Qiuyue and come to relieve her, no matter what the motive is, he has this heart, Princess Yongjing feels that it is enough. At least, her true affection is still rewarded.

Seeing that he was sleeping soundly, he kissed him lightly on the face. Then lie down in the bed and sleep sweetly.

Yang Cheng's face and neck turned red after Princess Yongjing kissed him, but the candlelight was dim, and Princess Yongjing didn't really see it, thinking that Yang Cheng was asleep.

This kiss also brought great emotion to Yang Cheng. He didn't expect that after so many things, Princess Yongjing was still so affectionate to him. His feelings for her now are very complicated. On the one hand, he felt that he owed her a lot and wanted to make up for it, on the other hand, he felt that their identities were very different, and on the other hand, it was impossible for him and Qiu Yue.

But in such a situation, the relationship has not been completely recovered, and if she is with Princess Yongjing, she will be even more sorry for her. If it weren't for 100% dedication, how could he be worthy of Princess Yongjing's affection. So he was very conflicted, and he didn't know whether to accept her or reject her first.

If Princess Yongjing knew that Yang Cheng was thinking like this, she would definitely jump out and beat him violently. She waited so long and paid so much, just to get Yang Cheng's response, even if it wasn't 100% emotional, she could accept it. As long as Yang Cheng has her in his heart, she will be content. There is still so much time left for the rest of their lives to run in with each other and cultivate deeper feelings for each other.

She believes that as long as she has the opportunity, she will definitely be very good to Yang Cheng, let him forget Qiuyue, and all she will think about in the future is her. For a person like Yang Cheng who attaches great importance to feelings, as long as he pays wholeheartedly, he will definitely be able to exchange for deep affection.

Yang Cheng is such a gentleman, as long as he is willing to accept himself, he will not live up to his deep affection.

After the crown prince of Gao Zhengguo returned to China, Yang Cheng led dozens of secret guards brought from the imperial capital not far from the exit of Tianwei Road. They took the path and set up an ambush on the road in advance.

Since the entourage who gave the dowry gifts all stayed in Lan Zhaoguo, the crown prince of Gao Zhaoguo only brought more than a dozen guards this time. Yang Cheng didn't want to make trouble, he asked the secret guard to knock the guard unconscious, and then lured out the crown prince of Gao Zhengguo, and subdued him in a few moves while he was unprepared. Sprinkle him with some more ecstasy.

Then tie people up. How could the crown prince of Gao Zhiguo suffer this humiliation, he wanted to scold loudly but had no strength.

Yang Cheng lowered his voice and asked, "It is rumored in the rivers and lakes that you kidnapped a woman of noble status, where did you hide her?" If you don't say it, I'll put a knife in your face. ”

The crown prince of Gao Zhaoguo said disdainfully: "This prince will never kidnap women, he is just laughing to death, will I still lack women and want to kidnap people?" ”

Yang Cheng said: "If you don't invite it yet, it seems that I have to give you some color to see." ”

After saying that, he took the scimitar and tried to cut it in his face. The knife was already on the face, and the edge of the knife began to invade the skin.

Yang Cheng said: "Do you want to recruit, otherwise your face will be ruined, I will see how you will continue to show off with this face in the future." ”

Gao Chongguo panicked this time, and hurriedly said: "I really haven't taken any women away, although I like women, but I have never lacked women, I swear, I have never taken any women away." Don't scratch my face, if I am disfigured, I will not be able to inherit the throne. I'll give you as much money as you want. ”

Yang Cheng said again: "It seems that you really want to be disfigured, then I will fulfill you." After saying that, he raised his knife and swung it down.

Gao Zhengguo hurriedly said: "Daxia spare me, I really didn't kidnap any woman." Whichever woman I want to like, someone else sends me to bed, and I throw it away when I get tired of playing a few times, there is really no other woman. What I say is true. ”

Seeing that he didn't look like he was lying, Yang Cheng knocked him unconscious, and then returned to Lan Zhaoguo by himself.

The crown prince of Gao Zhengguo originally wanted to return to Lan Zhao Kingdom to settle accounts with them, but it must have been Yang Cheng's doing, but he thought that there were bigger things to deal with in the country, so he gave up. Said viciously: "I'll come back to you and settle this account." ”

The imperial capital, the imperial palace.

Pei Shengyuan was very angry, very lost and painful, time passed day by day, and there was still no clue to find Yang Mubai. It's like disappearing out of thin air, and you can't find it no matter how you look it up. It has been more than four months since Yang Mubai disappeared. And there is also new news about the matter of the crown prince Gao advocating, and the wedding date is scheduled for the sixth day of the lunar month. There are still four months left before the wedding.

The secret guards sent out by Xu Lang did not find any news of Yang Mubai, and some of the secret guards went and did not return.

Pei Shengyuan was even more anxious in his heart, and the most he said to Xu Lang was: "Xu Lang, who are you raising now?" Is it all waste? It's been so long, why hasn't there been even any news? ”

Xu Lang had no choice but to reply: "The emperor is angry, almost all the sects of the secret guard have infiltrated, and no suspicious people have been found. Isn't it the queen who has been transferred abroad. ”

Pei Shengyuan asked again: "Zhang Shuo, do you have any progress there?" ”

Zhang Shuo also shook his head and said, "Through the informants and the information of the rivers and lakes, the subordinates have not found any trace of the queen's mother. In addition, eyeliner was also placed in the Prince's Mansion of Gao Zhengguo, but no trace of the queen's mother was found. ”

Pei Sheng looked at Qiu Yue from afar, Qiu Yue also shook her head, and said: "Your Majesty, Miss has been missing for so long, and there is no news at all, is it really an accident, we have checked all of them." Last time, Yang Cheng also tested the crown prince of Gao Zhengguo, and he didn't look like the one who kidnapped the young lady. Now the eyeliner is also staring, and still nothing......"

Before Qiu Yue finished speaking, Pei Shengyuan interrupted: "Mu Mu can't die, I also dreamed that she asked me for help." There's no way she's going to die, if something happens to her, I can feel it. She's waiting for us to save her. ”

Pei Shengyuan also had no idea, so he asked: "According to what you said, where can you still hide people, and hide them so secretly?" What should be done now, and who is most likely to do so? What is the purpose? ”

Zhang Shuo said: "Recently, the prince of Gao Zhengguo wanted to marry Princess Yongjing, which made Yang Cheng return to Lanzhao. Recently, it was reported that the crown prince of Gao Zhaoguo chose a princess in Lanzhao Kingdom, and he returned to the country first, saying that he would choose another auspicious day to get married. In addition, Gao advocated that the country took advantage of the matter of marrying a wife, and the ministers of the DPRK and China also said that it was intended to invade the imperial capital. According to the opinion of his subordinates, it may have been done by Prince Gao Zhan? It's incredible that there is no valuable information that has been checked for so long. ”

After speaking, he looked at Qiu Yue, but Qiu Yue had no expression. He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, because about Yang Cheng, his answer had to be very cautious.

Pei Shengyuan said: "As far as Gao advocates the country, what waves can't he make?" ”

Zhang Shuo said: "Your Majesty, this matter has to be prevented. If it was really the crown prince of Gao Zhengguo, then ......"

Speaking of this, he suddenly came to his senses and said, "Your Majesty, this matter can all be connected. ”

Then let's take a closer look:

The crown prince of Gao Zhiguo sent someone to buy the empress dowager's eunuch Rong An, and then paid money to the Jingjiao. Go and attack Yang Xiangguo's mansion in order to lure me and Xu Lang, as well as Yang Cheng and Qiu Yue to Luoyang.

If you send someone to drive down the peony, according to the queen's temperament, she will definitely go out of the palace to visit. Then on the way, Wu Xiaolan was used to exchange the queen's mother.

Concubine Zheng Guifei in the palace made eyeliner, and when she knew that Yang Cheng had returned to Beijing, she was anxious to ask Princess Yongjing for marriage.

Taking advantage of the road to marry, it is estimated that there will be an ambush on the way, attack the border, and rob the city.

The queen mother was transferred, it is estimated that it is reserved as the last bargaining chip, and if it fails, the queen mother will be used to save her life.

When they heard this, they connected the latest events as if that were indeed the case.

After Pei Shengyuan heard this, he said: "It seems that this prince of Gao Zhengguo still has two sons, and we underestimate him, but he is playing with fire and setting himself on fire." ”

Then he said: "Since he is the most suspicious, then check him out!" Quickly send more secret guards to find out the whereabouts of the recent crown prince and who to contact, and no one will be spared any contacts with him. Look at what's suspicious behind it. Tomorrow, the general will be summoned to ambush all the roads and routes of the crown prince of Gao Zhiguo. If he dares to invade, let him come and go. ”

Zhang Shuo replied: "General Niu has already been deployed, but he has changed it to Layue by marrying his relatives, and there are still a few months to go." ”

Pei Shengyuan said: "During this time, we have to find Mu Mu first. ”

Thinking that Yang Mubai might be in his hands, Pei Shengyuan was not calm, and said: "If Mu Muzhen is in the queen of the crown prince of Gao Zhengguo, I will drive the expedition in person." ”

Zhang Shuo said: "No, this move will stimulate the crown prince of Gao Zhiguo, if you let him know that you love the queen so much, I am afraid that he will be even more unscrupulous." If the emperor wants to pick up the queen's mother, he can go with the army in plainclothes. ”

Pei Shengyuan thought about it, it is indeed the case, weaknesses cannot be fully grasped by the enemy. Then he said, "So be it! ”

After all this was arranged, Xu Lang and Zhang Shuo finally breathed a sigh of relief, now all the secret guards and informants are staring at the crown prince of Gao Zhiguo, as long as there is a clue, they can quickly find out where Yang Mubai is being held.

It's just that they never expected that the crown prince of Gao Zhengguo didn't know where Yang Mubai was.

Karakoram Mountains, inside the Dark Cult.

Yang Mubai has been pregnant for more than five months. She has been teaching for nearly four months, and she is already familiar with those killers. She observes their eyes and behavior every day.

When I first arrived, I saw that they were unruly, misbehaved, and their eyes were fierce, and they were particularly frightened. Now, looking at them every day, she saw that after listening to the stories she told in the past few months, their eyes gradually became less cold and vicious. Some people's eyes began to be kind.

Those children's eyes became clear after her words and deeds, but they were still very confused.

Several times, some children were injured while practicing, and it was Yang Mubai who helped to bandage the wounds. They are all children of unknown origin, some are slaughtered village boys, some are beggars on the street, some are orphans who lost their parents in the disaster.

When Yang Mubai bandaged their wounds, he often couldn't help crying. These children are so pitiful, they don't know what they're going to do in the future. They are instruments of murder, and their end is to kill or be killed. There is almost no good death.

When those children saw Yang Mubai's tears, their hearts turned upside down, these were their mother's tears. The warmth they lost since childhood, at this moment, sowed the seeds of goodness in their hearts.

Coupled with the irrigation of the books of the sages, they began to question: why can't fate choose? Why do they take care to become wicked? Why did the master only teach them martial arts, teach them how to kill, but never teach them their future life.

Because they don't have a future, they don't have anything to look forward to. Their destiny is to kill, and to die for murder.

One day, a child asked Yang Mubai, and he said, "You are very much like my mother, can you be my mother?" ”

Yang Mubai was shocked and asked, "Child, why do you think that I am like your mother?" ”

The boy said, "Before I was five years old, I had a mother. Later, I don't know why, I didn't have a mother, I came here, and the master told me that my mother died, and he was my father and mother. We must be obedient, or we will be beaten. ”

The boy paused for a moment and then said, "But my mother never beat me, she always spoke to me softly. Leave all the delicious food to me. She's a lot like you. ”

Yang Mubai could guess that the child's mother may have been killed by this killer organization. She didn't say anything, just held the child's hand tightly.

On this day, Yang Mubai gave them a dose of fierce medicine, and he spoke the Analects. Rijen's story.

"When I heard the truth, I could die at night"

Yang Mubai said: "Today, I will talk about the life of the university scholar Mr. Confucius. He has a famous saying, called: "When you hear the Tao, you can die at night"

I'm also a favorite quote from myself. The core of Confucius's pursuit of "benevolence" is Confucius's moral ideal, which is also the highest moral standard. The "Tao" of "hearing the Tao in the morning, dying at night" is not an ordinary "truth" and "reason", but specifically refers to the "way of benevolence and righteousness" of Confucianism. Once you understand the truth of benevolence and righteousness, you should practice it with your whole life, sometimes even sacrificing your own life in order to defend it.

Then Yang Mubai said: "The ultimate life of a person, whether people want to live for themselves or for morality, some people can ignore life for the sake of ideals." Some people sacrifice their lives for the sake of morality. ”

Those people listened with relish.

Yang Mubai was even happier, thinking: They can be influenced, and I hope her efforts in the past few months have not been in vain. At least they won't be numb. If you have a self in your heart, you will have morality, and if you have morality, you will have ideals. No one is born with a penchant for killing. It would be a good thing if they could pull back from the precipice.

She went on to add: "People's self-worth lies in your choice. We can't choose our origins, we can't choose our parents, but we can choose our own lives and what kind of people we can choose. Some people, even when they are in a quagmire, can keep themselves clean. Try to make yourself a useful person. ”

After saying this, she was a little faintly uneasy, because if Shangfeng knew about this, she would definitely be in danger. There is a long talk in the back, and she doesn't dare to say it, just mention it.

When she returned to her residence in the evening, Wanyue said to her very seriously: "I know your little trick, this is not a place for you to perform, and what you talk about on the stage will become a murderous knife." Don't you think about yourself, and you don't think about the child in your own belly? ”

Yang Mubai reacted at this time, what she said today, the waning moon is known, and the left and right protectors must also know. This is repayable, careless. If they blame it, then they are put to death, what will happen to the children.

She immediately said to Wanyue: "I'm happy to say today, my master used to teach me like this. I'll pay attention to it in the future, never again, please help me talk about it. ”

Wanyue said: "Have you forgotten who you are, have you forgotten where you are? Is this a place to pass on benevolence? If you say a word of benevolence, it is an insult to this place. ”

Yang Mubai hurriedly explained: "I really don't mean anything else, I just want to talk about schoolwork, so that's it." It's all in the book, not made it up by me. If it's not suitable, I'll never talk about this kind of homework in the future, okay? ”

Wanyue said: "I know you are kind, but you are so easy to expose your identity. Have you ever thought about the consequences of being exposed? Now you are not alone, you are still pregnant with a child in your belly, and you must be more cautious in your words and deeds. ”

Yang Mubai lowered his head and said, "I know, I won't in the future." ”

Then she smelled the blood of the students on Wanyue's body, and asked, "Why do you have such a strong smell of blood?" ”

Wanyue replied: "I must have killed someone, this is not my blood, it is someone else's blood that was splashed on me." ”

Then Yang Mubai's face turned pale, she had been with Wanyue for so long, Wanyue had never shown her fierce side in front of her, and it once made her feel that Wanyue was a handsome young man. Now think about it, how ridiculous it is for her so-called influence on them. Their viciousness has not changed in the slightest. It made her feel like a failure.

Her efforts in the past few months have been in vain after all. This is a killer's den, she was lucky to survive, and now she has no other thoughts. just wants to protect her children, she believes that Pei Shengyuan will come over to save her one day.

With expectations in his heart, there is nothing to worry about, Yang Mubai let go of the discomfort in his heart, walked to the bed, and then fell asleep. For the sake of the children in her womb, she must take care of her spirits, and she must not make any more extraneous branches, and she earnestly hopes that they will come to the world in peace and health.

On the second day, Yang Mubai went to teach again.

After listening to her talk about benevolent politics yesterday, those killers who were already in trouble didn't take it to heart, and only regarded it as the content of the textbook.

Those smaller killers gradually made waves in their hearts. They had never heard of this before, and the unknown desire made them want to hear more.

It's just that today, Yang Mubai only taught them literacy and practice, and did not talk about anything else. The schoolwork is almost over, and only some interesting stories about literati are told, which is harmless.

A younger child asked, "Mrs. Sun, can you talk about Confucius's benevolence yesterday today?" ”

When Yang Mubai heard this, he couldn't help but be afraid, if this matter was known to the left and right protectors, there would definitely be an incident. Busy said: "Those schoolwork, I won't talk about it in the future." Your master asked me to teach you to read, and if you read well, my homework will be completed. ”

The children's eyes were full of disappointment, and they asked, "Why can't we talk about it anymore, we all love to hear it." ”

Yang Mubai said: "That's your knowledge outside of schoolwork, I am only shallow in learning, and I don't know what is behind." What I talked about yesterday was occasionally remembered, and I have forgotten many of the previous things. ”

It makes sense, and the kids just regret it. One of the children said, "Then if Mrs. Sun remembers anything else, can she tell us about it?" ”

Yang Mubai said regretfully in his heart: "I didn't want to tell you every day, but this will lead to death." ”

Thinking so in her heart, she still said, "If I remember, I will tell you." ”

Another child asked, "Mrs. Sun, how can I make you remember the past?" ”

Yang Mubai said: "The husband said that there is no rule of law for this disease, and no one knows when and in what method to use to make people remember the past, and they can only let the patient remember it naturally at the right time." So, I don't know how to remember the past. ”

The children said, "Okay, then I sincerely wish that Mrs. Sun will remember all the past as soon as possible." ”

Looking at their innocent faces, Yang Mubai felt very sad. If they hadn't been taken to the Dark Shadow Sect, living the life of ordinary people, reading and learning calligraphy, with their unknown desire and serious attitude, maybe they would have achieved a lot of things. Now, they are trapped here, losing all hope. can only be forced to be a cold-blooded and ruthless killer, and their end has long been doomed.

The more he thought about it, the more sad Yang Mubai felt in his heart. Her eyes began to turn red, and in order to hide it, she hurriedly left the lecture hall. She said in her heart: Everything will be fine, maybe Pei Shengyuan is here, they haven't killed anyone yet, then they can still be forgiven. You can also be a normal person in the future.