In other words, when Yuan Hao woke up, he saw Yizhi sitting at the mouth of the cave watching the sunrise, and the golden sunlight shone on her body, covering her with a light orange halo, he shouted, Yizhi looked back, and the sunlight smeared her pink cheeks with crystal moisture.

Seeing him wake up, she got up and walked into the cave, and she stepped out of the warm sun and into the clammy shadows. Yuan Hao saw that her complexion was not good-looking, and she was not at all what she had just seen. She knelt down beside him, picked up her clothes and put them on for him, Yuan Hao put her arms around her waist and kissed her, she didn't resist or cater, just waited for him to stop, hung her head, and continued to dress him.

Yizhi put on a second garment for him, and said: "I remember you saying that after crossing the Wolf Mountain, you arrived at the security army, where there was a Song-Xia trade field, and the group of Uighur women, whether they were willing to leave or stay, all with them, okay?" ”

Yuan Hao was uneasy, stared at Yizhi, and said, "What are you thinking?" ”

Remembrance: "You don't care what I think, even if I want to do something, I can't do anything." Suddenly, he raised his eyes to look at Yuan Hao again, and asked, "What, you want to play tricks, you said yesterday, give me whatever I want." If it is mine, it is all left to me. ”

Yuan Hao felt funny and asked, "Since it's all up to you to deal with, then what do you ask me to do?" ”

Yizhi said angrily: "But if you ask you in vain, you are suspicious and suspicious." After a long time, he added: "Don't try to cheat, I won't pay attention to you." ”

Yuan Hao looked at Yizhi with a smile, his heart throbbed, he stretched out his hand to rub Yizhi's face, suddenly felt melancholy, and said: "I know you are not happy, everything will be fine when you get to Xingzhou Mansion." ”

Yizhi stayed for a long time and asked, "I heard that you have five wives?" Why do you have five wives? In our Song Kingdom, a wife is a wife, and remarrying, no matter how noble she is, is a concubine, and she can't go beyond the position of a wife. Don't talk about the people, in the palace, the queen is the queen, and the concubine is the concubine. ”

Yuan Xuan was stunned, frowned, and said, "Who told you?" ”

Remembering the way: "It's auspicious, but it's not important, I'll know sooner or later." ”

Yuan Xuan was silent for a long time, and said: "Western Xia is the same as the Song Kingdom, a wife is a wife, but after the death of his wife, Xu Xian married a wife. ”

Yizhi looked at Yuan Xuan, who was only about thirty years old, and didn't understand what had happened to him.

Yuan Xuan continued: "You know, our marriage is not up to us. My grandmother and mother are all from Weimu, and my first wife is also from Weimu. He shook Yizhi's hand and said, "My father died in battle when I was nineteen years old, and the Wei Mu clan, relying on my mother's protection, deceived me when I was young, and fought with me for power. When they saw that I was disobedient, they wanted to assassinate me, and I escaped from death, and it was then that I could not, and never slept until dawn. ”

Yizhi asked, "Then how are they?" ”

Yuan Xuan said: "I sank all the rebels into the Yellow River, and poisoned my mother to death, as for Wei Mushi, she was already pregnant at that time, so she was only under house arrest in another palace, I didn't want to kill her...... It's just that the kid is neither like her nor like me. ”

Yizhi stayed for a long time, didn't want to listen to it anymore, and said, "Don't say it." ”

Yuan Xuan said: "My second wife, Suo, is arrogant and has no eyes. She was obsessed with music and rhythm, and she made me feel very bored, so I rarely went to see her, and because of that time, I was obsessed with attacking and fighting, and I was defeated in the first battle of Yak City, and for some reason, the news of my death began to spread in the palace. The depressed woman rejoiced every day, as if she had changed someone, and then I returned triumphantly, perhaps she was afraid, or perhaps she did not want to live such a life again, so she killed herself. ”

He continued: "As for the third, she died not long after marrying me. He smiled again and said, "I even forgot her name, in short, she is also a member of the party." Marriage is the most effective and least costly political tool.

Over the years, only Yurong has been by my side, fighting with me everywhere, and caring for me very much......" Yuan Xuan mentioned Yurong, and his eyes were straight and began to be distracted.

Yizhi guessed: "Yurong, is it Queen Yeli?" ”

Yuan Xuan said: "Yes. He waved Wo Yizhi's hand again and said, "I was too lazy to marry again, so I made her the queen." ”

Yizhi smiled: "Shouldn't it be that you are grateful that she is always by your side, and does your best to assist you, so you named her the queen?" ”

Yuan Xuan looked at Yizhi with his eyes and said, "That son of Wei Mu's family, only Yurong said that he is not like me. I trusted her very much at that time......" I whispered for a long time before I said: "Later, I found out that the people who falsely spread the news that I died in Yak City into the harem, as well as Suo's death, had something to do with Yurong, so I began to suspect her...... She is such a temperament, she must get what she wants, she wants to be the queen, how many more I marry, she will do her best to deal with it, just as she wishes, over the years, she has indeed worked hard. ”

"Then what if she can't tolerate me?" ”

Yuan Yu said: "I will protect you." ”

Yizhi shook his head and said: "You are the person in the front hall, you can protect me for a while, but you can't protect me for a lifetime." ”

Yuan Xuan was stunned for a long time, didn't know how to answer, and said in a low voice: "You are so smart, you will be fine." ”

Yizhi frowned and said: "It's not what I want to get involved in endless palace fights. It's better to pretend to be a man and follow you and be your boy. ”

Yuan Xuan was silent, and thought to himself, maybe he was too anxious to say this, which made him suspicious, and said: "Anyway, I don't go into the palace, I don't want to make a living by intrigue in the women's pile." ”

Seeing that he was still silent, he glanced at Yuan Xuan angrily and said, "If you have to send me into the palace, I will run, and if you can't run away, you will kill yourself." Anyway, it's a person who has died once, and there's nothing to be afraid of. ”

Yuan Yu laughed, but still didn't say anything.

Yizhi was silent for a long time, and it was not good to say anything more, so he had to be silent.

Mother Mu entered and said, "Wushu, Mr. Zhang is already waiting outside." ”

Yuan Xuan let him in to see him, his mother retreated, and Yizhi was about to stand up, but Yuan Xuan held his hand and said, "You don't have to avoid it." ”

Yizhi couldn't figure out his thoughts, so he continued to sit on his knees, and for a while he felt his legs numb, so he sat reclining instead.

It happened that a man dressed as a Song man entered the cave to meet Yuan Xuan. Yuan Xuan was recommended by Yizhi, saying that his surname was Zhang Mingyuan, and he exchanged pleasantries with him, and asked about state affairs.

Zhang Yuan replied one by one, Yuan Xuan bowed his head, and asked about the security army pass.

Zhang Yuan replied: "Back to the vultures, I heard that a noble girl was lost in the capital, and it was implied that she was abducted by a detective from a certain country, so I attached great importance to it, and the gates everywhere were very strict, and the portraits of the two were posted. ”

Yuan Xuan frowned and glanced at memories, and asked, "When I left Beijing, the guards of the forbidden army in the capital city, and the left and right compartments in front of the palace were all chasing an official named Fu Liangbi. How did the wind suddenly change direction? ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Vulture, the minister is worried about the vulture, he is in a hurry all the way, he didn't find out clearly, but he only knows a little ......" He paused and said: "Vulture pawn, if we want to pass the pass of the security army, this girl can't go with you." ”

Yuan Xuan said: "You just have to say, what should be done, don't talk nonsense around the bush." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Back to the Wuchu, the minister heard that Yanyan Road, Jingyuan Road, Huanqing Road, and Qinfeng Road have all set up new checkpoints, check the pass, if you detour, one is time-consuming and troublesome, and the other may not be bypassed." It is better to change into Uighur clothes with the detectives and disguise themselves as caravans, as it just so happens that the cargo camels also have them. The minister and the girl are both Song people, and they parted ways with the vultures, pretending to be businessmen who procured the business, so as not to attract attention. ”

Before the Sunur people arrived, the voice arrived first: "Or, directly slaughter this little girl, and save us from taking risks!" ”

Seeing the anger on his face, he strode into the cave with a big knife, lowered his head, and didn't hear it, but saw it.

Yuan Hao glanced at Sunur, and said angrily: "Who let you in." Sunur was like a fish in his throat, speechless for a while, Zhang Yuan smiled, and pressed it again.

Yuan Hao stared at Sunur for a long time before moving his gaze to Zhang Yuan's face and asked, "You have both figured it out and are you ready?" ”

Zhang Yuan said again: "Back to the vulture, the carriage, the clothes for the girl to change are all ready, and then take the medicine that will make the face swollen and rashed." As for the vultures, they also need to be disguised. ”

Yuan Hao bowed his head and said, "Very good." He waved Wo Yizhi's hand again and said, "You let him go." ”

Yizhi nodded, stood up on the ground, Zhang Yuan finished his work, and made a gesture of inviting Yizhi, Yizhi took his clothes, and went out. Fang went to the outside of the cave, and heard the argument between Yuan Hao and Sunur in the cave, and heard Sunur shouting: "I said why did you suddenly let me come to meet you outside the gate in advance......"

Listening to memories, I feel that it is not so much a dispute as a familiar bickering between friends. Suddenly, I saw an elaborate carriage with agate stones, shells, colored stones, copper bells and other ornaments hanging around the eaves of the car parked not far away, and the sunlight shone on it, shining brightly, and the stars were brilliant. She approached, holding up a string in her hand and examining it.

Zhang Yuan ordered someone to open the door, take off the horse, and ask for recollection to get on the car.

Yizhi stepped on the horse and got into the car, there was a female envoy waiting in the car, the woman's facial features were pretty and smooth, it was the appearance of Zhongzhou people, the female envoy for the memory of the wide clothes, changing clothes, and took makeup to comb her hair, Yizhi's hair has not been washed for a long time, a little greasy, she took the powder for some reason, puffed, combed it, did not see anything unusual.

The envoy packed up her clothes, put on her makeup, and got out of the car.

After a while, Zhang Yuan walked over and said outside the car first: "Miss Yan, I'm offended." ”

Yizhi gave him a slight subdue, and he slumped into the car, and then the door closed, and he heard the sound of a horsewhip, and the car began to sparkle forward.

The car trembled, and after traveling more than half a mile, Yizhi suddenly heard Zhang Yuan laugh, couldn't help but glance at him, and wondered: "What are you laughing at?" ”

Zhang Yuan looked ahead with a smile and said, "I just didn't expect that one day, I would be able to sit on an equal footing with you." ”

Yizhi was silent for a long time and said, "Have you and I seen it before?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "I heard that the girl can't remember many things. He paused for a moment and then said, "If that's the case, then God is still taking pity on you." As he spoke, he looked deeply at Yizhi.

Memories laughed.

After about half a cup of tea, Zhang Yuan said again: "I'm afraid that the girl hasn't forgotten and can't remember me." ”

Yizhi frowned and glanced at Zhang Yuan again. Zhang Yuandao: "I also studied in Suiyang Academy, and I can be described as a classmate with Fu Liangbi, but it's a pity that he can talk and laugh side by side with you, but I can only secretly admire you." ”

Yi Zhi was relieved and sneered: "I vaguely remember that my father seems to be a great figure, and I am in his light, so everyone loves him." She paused for a moment and then asked, "You are from Song, why do you want to help him attack his home country?" ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "The girl's current situation, is it appropriate to ask this?" ”

Yizhi was stunned, and lowered his head with a wry smile.

The hub of the car was sparkling for a long time, and even at the pass of the security army, the coachman stopped the horse, opened the gate for the soldiers to inspect, Zhang Yuan talked to them familiarly, coupled with the swollen face of Yizhi beyond recognition, the carriage quickly entered the pass, and went to the field.

Yizhi opened the side window of the car slightly and looked out, and there was a felt tent on the outside, stacked with tanned skins, weaving or iron armor, gold and silverware, weapons, as well as silk, brocade, tea, grain, green salt, rock sheep, and horses.

Zhang Yuan also looked out the window and saw an acquaintance, so he asked the coachman to pull over the carriage and get out of the car to meet friends.

Hu Huaizhong, an inspector of the security forces, was eating noodle soup when a mist of water rose from the cauldron next to him, enveloping him. Unconsciously heard someone calling him, so he raised his head, and when he saw that it was Zhang Yuan, he hurriedly put down the chopsticks and noodle soup, got up with his toothbrush, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, I haven't seen you for a few days, how is the business recently." ”

Zhang Yuan stepped forward with a smile, and after finishing his work, the two sat down together, he sighed and said: "Since Xingzhou built the canal, the power of agriculture has become stronger and stronger, and the grain is no longer easy to sell. As he spoke, he shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Business is getting more and more difficult to do, what good way does Chief Hu have to tell him, you and I will cooperate again, and it is good to earn some money for wine and meat." ”

Hu Huaizhong looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "I advise you, stop making green salt, make some Tibetan goods, tanning skin, weaving, iron armor, gold and silverware." ”

Zhang Yuan listened and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter, is there going to be a war?" ”

Hu Huaizhong nodded in the direction of the Wenbang and said: "Haven't you heard that something happened in the middle of the city, and there were detectives from Western Xia lurking in the family of the governor Yan Daguan for a year or two, so that people found out, and when he fled, he was kidnapped by the eldest girl of Yan Daguan's family." ”

When Zhang Yuan heard this, he took a breath of cold air and said: "I clearly heard that in the streets, in the tabloids, it was said that Yan Daguan broke with Fu Liangbi's teachers and students, and Fu Liangbi took revenge and made Ji get the girl to the dungeon. ”

Hu Huaizhong raised his eyebrows and shouted: "Don't talk nonsense! As he spoke, he looked around again, and saw that there was no one, so he whispered: "What news can you have, where can that hearsay tabloid be trusted." We all read the Di newspaper, besides, my brother-in-law is Huo Zun, the governor of the Kaifeng Prefecture, and he was on the spot on the day of the arrest. said that the rich official was framed and died nine times for life. When the forbidden army rescued him, he barely had a piece of good meat on his body, a dignified seven-foot man, with blood in his mouth, crying profusely, kneeling in front of Yan Daguan and saying that he deserved to die, and failed to save the eldest girl. Yan Daguan has lost his popularity, just waved his hand, said that he didn't want to blame anyone, let the rich official find the girl back, live to see people, the second half of the sentence can't be spoken, and entered the palace overnight to face the saint, I heard that when I got into the car, I slipped and fell, and another protégé held the ground tightly, did not fall, but spit out a mouthful of blood, everyone watched, the hair was all white in an instant. If it was really done by a rich official, how could Yan Daguan spare him? How can the rulers spare him? ”

Hu Huaizhong pointed to the pass again, and said: "Have you seen it, that one is also a protégé of Yan Daguan, named Shi Jie, and now he is the governor of Yanzhou Mansion, and he also has a small friendship with Yan Da Girl, I heard that she was lost, and she was taken captive by Xixia detectives, and she took leave, and she guarded this pass for several days, and she was hungry and gnawed two mouthfuls of Hu Biscuits, and she was sleepy and confused for a while. ”

When Zhang Yuan heard this, he hurriedly stretched his neck to look, and finally found Shi Jie among the lazy soldiers, his hair was slightly messy, covered with yellow sand and dust, and his beard was unshaven. He glanced at the carriage again, and had some suspicion in his mind.

Hu Huaizhong sighed and said: "What are you doing with all this effort in vain, even if she can get it back, she won't be able to live, why don't you make trouble with people, ghosts." ”

Zhang Yuan sneered and said: "The things in the capital have never been simple, I'm afraid that Miss Yan will die in the dungeon, and any Xixia detective is a disguise." ”

Hu Huaizhong glanced at Zhang Yuan, and said for a long time: "Even if it is about the dungeon, the Xixia detective is not a front. Otherwise, how could the imperial court urgently transfer the Han officials who knew the benefits and benefits to pacify the envoys for no reason, and the disaster over there had just been alleviated. ”

Zhang Yuan said: "This is true. ”

Hu Huaizhong said: "Naturally, take it seriously, and you will be in office in the future." I heard that the Han official is also a protégé of the Yan official, and he has received his favor, but I am afraid that after he comes, some of them will be tossed. After that, he sighed with emotion: "Oh, my old bones!" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Then this green salt business is really unbelievable." After that, he said, "Thank you Chief Hu for your advice." ”

Hu Huaizhong smiled and said in a low voice: "It's not a big deal, it's just that if there are any projects to make money in the future, you have to think about my brother." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "That's nature!" The two of them exchanged politeness again before parting.

Zhang Yuan thought all the way, got into the carriage, and saw that Yizhi was crying, his heart moved, so he asked what was going on.

Yizhi cried: "You want to cry again, what kind of broken pill did you give me, this time, my face hurts, my mouth hurts, my eyes hurt, and I keep shedding tears, and the tears fall on my face, doubling the pain." ”

Zhang Yuan was suspicious for a long time, and then said with a smile: "When you pass the next pass, I will give you an antidote, and it won't hurt at that time." With that, he urged the coachman to set off.

The carriage drove out of the field, along the way is the endless Gobi Desert, the sun shining on the yellow sand, shining gold. A gust of wind blew, and the pile of yellow sand fell off a layer of fine sand grains.

Zhang Yuan got off the carriage with her memories, and saw that in the middle of the desert, it gathered into a clear blue spring, and the snow-white cirrus clouds were reflected in the spring water.

The felt car continued to move forward, and Yizhi lifted the curtain to look out, and at the end of the desert, under the white sky, there was a gray ultramarine.

I don't know how long I walked, but when I was about to fall asleep, I suddenly woke up again, only to feel that my face and lips were hot and stinging. The car stopped at some point, she got up from the tiger skin felt, opened the curtain, and had driven out of the desert, and got a place surrounded by barren hills, the autumn wind was bleak, the withered grass and dead poplars, the clouds on the horizon were crimson, Zhang Yuan stood in the withered grass in front of the cliff, a group of geese flew over his head, straight towards the sunset, the west wind rolled up his robe, he could almost see him overturned, he still insisted on standing, facing the wind, holding his head high.

Remembering the felt car, there is an ancient city in the remote mountain terrain in a dangerous place, under the perennial wind erosion, the earth and stone are rammed and the ruins are broken, and it is dilapidated. The river below the mountain is long, and the afterglow of the setting sun shines on the surface of the river.

After about half a cup of tea, Zhang Yuan said: "The imperial examination should not be the only way to promote talents. ”

Zhang Yuan continued: "I want to prove to your father that he was wrong. I'm going to let the mainstays of the court know that they're wrong. He looked at Yizhi again and said: "The first emperor was cruel and ignorant, so that Liu Bang and Xiang Yu had the feat of overthrowing the Qin Dynasty. And I am the one who helps the right person and does the right thing. ”

Yizhi lowered his eyes and said: "I don't understand your reasoning, my father and mother gave birth to us, they were wrong, you should let them correct it, why do you have to be rude." ”

Zhang Yuan was silent for a long time and asked, "You clearly have a chance to escape, why don't you escape?" What are your intentions? ”

Yizhi stayed for a long time and said with a smile: "You have something you want to change, and I have it too." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "You really remember. ”

Yizhi smiled, frowned again, and said, "I don't remember." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "In order to keep the dungeon and keep their vault, they can do anything. Your father, doesn't he know the details? Your life and death are unknown, he only thinks about entering the palace to face the saint and tell the dim and weak little emperor that war is about to start. You know, you can sacrifice at any time, cats, dogs, playthings. Don't you hate? ”

Yizhi pondered for a long time, and said with a smile: "I don't remember, God really pities me." Otherwise, how tormented I would be. ”

Zhang Yuan saw that she didn't get oil and salt, and the anger in his chest was rolling, and he couldn't wait to tear open her false face and get the truth under the disguise. He pressed the fire and said, "You said you want to change, what do you want to change?" ”

Yizhi frowned and thought for a while, and said: "The sky is high and the earth is wide here, and there is a different kind of beauty, I think here, I can live in a different way." ”

Zhang Yuan pounced, he grabbed Yizhi's shoulders, his fierce face was revealed, and he shouted: "What do you want to do, what do you want to do!" ”

Yizhi was slightly stunned, but she didn't feel terrible, she smiled: "You say, if I tell the vulture, I think of some things, for example, you and I have met in the academy, and you treat me with great care, and you are too good. What will happen to him? I told him again, what will happen to him if you are in a place where there is no one, and your words are insinuating...... He was suspicious. ”

Zhang Yuan only felt a fire rushing to his head, he lifted his hands up, held her neck, trembled, but did not dare to exert force, and said: "You have interfered with my plan, you can't live." ”

Yizhi frowned and said, "Kill me, and you won't be able to go back." ”

Zhang Yuan had nothing to say, and gradually let go of his hand.

Remembering and saying: "You and I should form an alliance, the vulture is so suspicious, maybe one day, you will still need me." ”

Zhang Yuan couldn't cry or laugh, shook his head and said: "Go straight ahead, when you see the poplar trees, you will officially enter the territory of Western Xia, where there are the ears and eyes of the Yeli tribe everywhere, and it won't be long before Queen Yeli will find out about your existence...... Even if you and I form an alliance, I'm afraid you won't live the day I need you. ”

Yizhi was silent for a long time and said, "Then I really want to thank you for the reminder." ”