The days of exile are indeed very hard.

Since Yan Changfeng rushed out of Qinzhou City with Mu Linxiao that day, the two of them have never entered the city blatantly. When passing through the rest of the state capitals in the north, Yan Changfeng just carefully took Mu Linxiao to walk among the countryside and wilderness, he knew that these state capitals must be the same as Qinzhou, and they were also full of thousands of eyes, although it looked majestic with one enemy and ten and one against hundred, but it was too tiring, and more importantly, he was not alone, he still had Mu Linxiao by his side, and he didn't want her to take the slightest risk.

However, there are gains and losses, although the wilderness is safer, but there is no fireworks in the state capital, in this kind of place where even a village cannot be found, hunger has become the biggest problem for the two of them at present.

"Xiao Fengzi, I'm so hungry." Mu Linxiao on horseback weakly hugged the horse's neck, and looked at Yan Changfeng who was leading the horse with loveless eyes.

“…… There should be some fruit left in the package, you eat some fruit first, and then bear with it, and when we enter the village, we will have food. Yan Changfeng's expression was a little helpless, he pulled a dogtail grass and put it in his mouth, in order to save, he was reluctant to even eat the fruit, because he didn't know when he would meet a family in this kind of place.

"But I've eaten all the fruit, and I've eaten all the sour water in my stomach." Mu Linxiao continued to complain.

Her words made Yan Changfeng's heart sour suddenly, he stopped and looked back at Mu Linxiao on horseback, his face was full of apologies and self-blame, since Mu Linxiao married him, he was either hunted down or starved in the wilderness, today the wilderness is frozen, and tomorrow he will stay in the broken temple, he swore in his heart...... wants her to be the happiest woman in the world, but now this kind of life is not as good as ordinary people, so how can she be happy.

He smiled slightly and said gently, "What do you want to eat?" ”

"I want to eat flax cakes, roast chicken, and roast elbows." Mu Linxiao almost blurted out without thinking.

Yan Changfeng shook his head and smiled bitterly when he heard this, he knew that she must be hungry, because these were just foods that were just filling her stomach and were not her favorite on weekdays.

"Okay, you wait, I'll get it for you."

Then Yan Changfeng led Mu Linxiao to a dilapidated land temple, which was a small earthen temple in disrepair, and the roof was rotten with a big hole, and it didn't even have a basic rain shelter function, like this kind of small wilderness temple that was not an official camp was almost all made of earth, if it was built of bricks and stones, it would collapse in a few nights, because in this era of material scarcity, brick money is a large amount for many people.

Sure enough, the inside of the earthen temple was even more shabby, there was no idol of the father-in-law of the land, and there was no incense burner and ash stove, it was estimated that no one took care of it and was secretly carried away by the people, and with a helpless face, Yan Chang barely found a place to sit in a corner of the small temple, he carefully brought a bunch of hay, and took out a blanket from the baggage, and spread it on top of the haystack.

"Wait for me here for now, don't go anywhere, before dark...... I'll be back. ”

"Where are you going?" Mu Linxiao, who was sitting on top of the haystack, grabbed Yan Changfeng's arm.

"Of course, I'm going to the city to find you something to eat."

"Then I'll go with you." Mu Linxiao stood up.

Yan Changfeng's face was embarrassed, "...... Now that we have been targeted by the state government, the sword has no eyes, if it is discovered, how can I protect you. ”

"So dangerous, you don't want to die? I can't eat it! Mu Linxiao didn't expect his complaint to be taken seriously.

"It's okay, wait for me here, I'll be back soon." Yan Changfeng looked at Mu Linxiao gently.

Outside the earth temple, Yan Changfeng's figure galloping alone and a horse disappeared into a gray and yellow; In the earth temple, Mu Linxiao looked out according to the door frame, slightly stunned for a long time.

When a person is accustomed to being by the side of another person all the time, she often does not notice the existence of this habit, let alone know when this habit started, only when she is faced with the time to separate from that person, even if it is only a short parting, after the habit is broken, a strong sense of abruptness and loss will instantly come to her heart, and only at this time, she will realize the importance of that person to herself.

As soon as Yan Changfeng came to the gate of the state capital, he frowned, and he saw a large number of Yuan Su soldiers armed with scimitars and crossbows guarding there, closely checking the crowds entering the city one by one.

He knew that if he went in like this, he would inevitably be discovered by them, but when he remembered Mu Linxiao's hungry appearance, he had to go in.

Finally, he still walked to the city gate, he had already thought about it, if he was recognized, it would be a big deal, even if he poked a hole in the state capital, he would have to walk, for Mu Linxiao, he would do anything.

Even if it's just for one of her meals.

"Hey! The man, get off the horse and be checked! One of the leading generals in front of the city gate shouted at him.

Yan Changfeng immediately jumped off his horse when he heard this.

"Take the mask off." The general pointed to Yan Changfeng's face that was around his neck and covered half of his face.

Yan Changfeng stared at him with an expression on his face, this was the first time in his life that he had been shouted like this, and his right hand had already secretly held the green dragon halberd behind him.

He suppressed the anger in his heart...... Or take off the mask.

At that moment, a trace of imperceptible surprise crossed the general's eyes, but soon he said with casual disgust: "Hurry up and go, don't delay my errand here, next, next." ”

Yan Changfeng, who was slightly stunned, was pushed by the generals and staggered, and a bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth when he reacted, the soldiers he led could not all be cold-blooded and ruthless people.

The state capital in front of you is obviously richer than Qinzhou, and although the street market with people coming and going is not very prosperous, it is always lively, with Hu cakes, braised pork, roast goose, and sheep's heads, almost everything.

In front of these shops along the street, there are old men with wine jugs hanging on their waists and coming to cut two taels of wine and meat, there are poor scholars who are penniless and begging for water with their mouths, and there is a little rich man with a fat brain and a silk cloth, and it is clear from his very familiar ordering voice that this is an old customer.

Yan Changfeng sniffed the marinated smell that permeated the air, and couldn't help swallowing his saliva, he really hadn't eaten a decent meal for a long time, and then, he quickly walked to those shops, and according to what Mu Linxiao said, he bought those cooked foods in turn.

Just when he was satisfied and wanted to return, he found that a thin child of five or six years old had been following him, and the coarse linen clothes covered with dirt on his body could no longer see the original color, wearing shabby straw sandals on one foot, and the other foot was bare, and the stubborn eyebrows and eyes on his dirty little face were cute and distressing.

Yan Changfeng saw his intentions, he immediately took out a flax cake from the lotus leaf, tore off a large piece of roasted elbow and sandwiched it in the flax cake, handed it to the child, and said with a smile: "Give it, eat it." ”

The child was obviously a little flattered, as if he had never received such a great gift, but it was only a moment of disbelief, and he immediately took the food handed over by Yan Changfeng, and stuffed it into his mouth in a big gulp...... I'm really hungry.

"Where's your daddy?" The appearance of the child made Yan Changfeng feel a trace of pity in his heart, and he squatted down and wanted to touch the child's little head.

But as soon as he squatted down, the child ran away, and because he was too panicked, the cake in his hand fell to the ground, and he immediately turned around and picked up the cake, glanced at Yan Changfeng and ran away.

Yan Changfeng shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly, he seemed to see the shadow of his childhood from this child, his mother left early, and his father Khan was busy fighting all day long, so when he was like this child, he was also rolling around in the tent on the grassland and among the cattle and sheep all day long, if a barbecue was set up in front of any tent, he would stand there silently, and when the mutton was roasted, he didn't care about the hot hands, grabbed the barbecue and ran to a place where no one was eating by himself, Withdrawn and domineering, he never played with the other children on the prairie.

But at this time, there were not only memories in his mind, but also longing, and he was passionately looking forward to what his and Linxiao's children would be like in the future.

As he walked out of the city with the food in his arms, his eyes overflowed with warmth and happiness.

Just as he reached the end of an alley, the shouting behind him stopped him.

"Big brother, run away, they're going to arrest you!"

Yan Changfeng turned around and found that it was the child just now, and under the anxious expression, the corners of his mouth were still stained with oil stains from burning elbows.

As soon as the child's words fell, a large number of heavily armed soldiers rushed into the mouth of the alley, saying that it was too late, it was too fast, Yan Changfeng stuffed the food in his hand into his arms, picked up the child and killed the soldiers with the green dragon halberd in one hand.

It turned out that when the child was sitting in front of the braised meat shop with the cake that Yan Changfeng gave him just now, he heard the owner of the braised meat shop telling the soldiers of Yuan Su, and he was smart and witty and immediately heard from the boss's description that the person they wanted to arrest was the big brother who had just handed him food.

This is the first time Yan Changfeng has held a child to fight, it feels like one of his arms is firmly trapped, but this is nothing to Yan Changfeng, what kind of formation he has not seen, after a burst of sword light and sword shadow, he still successfully killed out of the city, jumped on the horse with the child in his arms and walked away.

"Big brother, you're so good." The eyes of the child on horseback were full of admiration and envy.

"If you dare to report at a young age, you are not afraid that those soldiers with knives will kill you." Yan Changfeng lowered his head and looked at the child with interest.

"Don't be afraid, I know...... Big brother is a good person, they want to catch people, I don't let it. ”

"Where's your family?" Yan Changfeng said with concern, "I'll send you home first." ”

"I don't have a family anymore......" the child's voice sounded a little low, "our village has been requisitioned, my father has also been arrested, and my mother doesn't want me to remarry......"

Now, Mu Zhixun is not the only one who is recruiting soldiers, Wan Qiyan's madness is no less than Mu Zhixun.

The child's words made Yan Changfeng speechless for a while, and he didn't know how to comfort the child.

Who had Xiang, at this time, the child jumped directly from the horse, and the startled Yan Changfeng hurriedly reined in the horse, this sudden and lifeless move really scared him.

"What are you doing! Don't die! Yan Changfeng looked angry.

The child who was rolling on the ground stood up numbly, he patted the dust on his body, and the coarse linen clothes on his body looked even dirtier, "Hehe, big brother, you can go, I'm used to living like this." The child smiled, still stubborn between his eyebrows.

"What are you used to? You're so old that you don't have a father and mother, and you're still laughing! Yan Changfeng scolded the child distressedly, as if the child was his relative, "Come on, I'll be really angry if I mess around again." ”

After Yan Changfeng finished saying this, the child stood in place and looked at him silently for a long time, his little head shook slightly, and his eyes were as moved as an adult.

"Okay!"

The child finally shouted out this sentence happily, he grabbed the hand handed over by Yan Changfeng, and got on the horse again.

"What's your name?"

"I don't have a name, and my father didn't give me a name."

"Is the elbow roast delicious today?"

"Delicious! It's been a long time since I've eaten anything so good. ”

"Okay, since you like to eat roasted elbow so much, then you will call it roasted elbow in the future."

"Good!"

Along the way, the little ghost's big burning elbow and Yan Changfeng gradually became acquainted, this kid really talked a lot, he told how he stole other people's eggs when he was a child, pulled the little girl's braids, and all kinds of troubles.

provoked Yan Changfeng to laugh from time to time, which really relaxed his nervousness and fatigue these days.

Soon, before sunset, Yan Changfeng rushed back to the earthen temple with Ye Elbow.

"Big brother, what are we doing here?" Ye Elbow said curiously.

"Because there's a big sister waiting for us here." Yan Changfeng said with a smile.

"Big sister, is it big brother's sweetheart?" Ye Elbow squinted and smiled evilly.

"Heh, you little ghost, you know what a sweetheart is." Yan Changfeng sneered, he took out the cooked food wrapped in lotus leaves from his arms, and found that it was still hot, so he shouted to the temple with satisfaction: "Linxiao, we are back, let's see what delicious food I have brought you." ”

However, when he walked into the earthen temple, Mu Linxiao was gone......

At that moment, Yan Changfeng was stupid, he immediately kept shouting Mu Linxiao's name, kept going in and out of the temple, and circled the temple several times, but there was still no trace of Mu Linxiao.

"Brother Yan, don't worry, think about where my sister might go."

"How do I know where he's going!" Yan Changfeng's eyes were open, and he looked anxious, "I'm really a fool!" What a fool! She's a girl's house...... I can't remember my life experience, I just left her alone in this wilderness, why am I so stupid! So stupid! ”

Yan Changfeng smashed the wall of the earth temple like crazy, the wall of the shock trembled, and the clods of soil and his tears kept going down.

"You're back." A familiar voice came from behind Yan Changfeng.

Yan Changfeng hurriedly turned around, only to see Mu Linxiao, who was wearing a wreath on his head, holding two bouquets of wild flowers in his hands, and was walking towards this side with a smile.

At this moment, Yan Changfeng came back to life again.

He held Mu Linxiao's shoulders with tears in his eyes, and his slightly trembling voice was reproachful, "...... Where have you been!? ”

"I was bored by myself, so I walked around, and when I saw that the wildflowers were blooming very well, I went to pick some." Mu Linxiao looked at a loss, looking at Yan Changfeng's funny appearance, she even wanted to laugh a little, "Xiao Fengzi, what's wrong with you, crying like a fool." ”

"Silly girl, do you know...... You're going to scare me to death. Yan Changfeng hugged Mu Linxiao tightly, and the sudden mourning made Mu Linxiao a little overwhelmed, because she didn't know at this time that her importance to him had already been deeply rooted in the bone marrow.

"Okay~ I promise you." Mu Linxiao stretched her voice, the words sounded like he was comforting a child, but he was full of sincerity, "Here, this bouquet of flowers is for you." ”