Although the spring in Mingjiang came too early this year, the winter in the north seems to be not wanting to go. The snow was still falling, and the snow on the ground was almost up to the horses' knees, and the horsemen on horseback dismounted one after another, pulling the horses to walk with difficulty in the snow.

That's right, Yan Changfeng's team caught up with the heavy snowstorm at the end of each year in the Yuan Khanate, and looking at the four fields, there were only snow-capped barren mountains and wastelands full of dry grass around them, and there was no trace of popularity here except for their group.

In fact, they could have avoided this blizzard, but Yan Changfeng stayed in each state capital for a day or two when he passed through the northern border of Daning. And the reason why he did this was entirely for Mu Linxiao.

It turned out that when their team left Xianggu Pass and left the Gyeonggi area, he found that Mu Linxiao's mood was getting lower and lower day by day, and in desperation, he thought of a way, considering that Mu Linxiao had almost never been out of the door of the North and South Palaces since he was a child, so he simply took her to visit the local mountains and rivers when he passed through each state capital in the future, what he didn't expect was that when he told Mu Linxiao this idea, she agreed for the first time, my God, this made Yan Changfeng giggle happily all day.

Although his entourage had warned him that if he didn't hurry up, he might catch up with the blizzard on the grassland, but he just smiled and ignored it at all.

Even though it was very difficult to move forward in the barren mountains and mountains where the heavy snow was dazzling at this time, when Yan Changfeng thought that Mu Linxiao had begun to gradually answer him, a warm smile would appear on his lips. At this moment, outside Mu Linxiao's carriage, he was riding on a horse, thinking back to the scene of talking to Mu Linxiao in the north these days, and laughed like a fool.

"Linxiao, I heard that the mountains in Pingzhou are very famous, and it is said that Emperor Taizong of Daning still inscribed in the pavilion above, how about we go and see?"

“…… Well. ”

"Linxiao, there is a temple in Cangzhou that is very spiritual, why don't we go in and worship."

“…… Well. ”

"Linxiao, the people of Jiangzhou all say that the stewed noodles here are a must, and they will never be eaten in the capital, or let's try them."

“…… Never mind. ”

Although almost all the conversations between the two along the way were completed in this mode, Yan Changfeng was still happy to do it, which made the Yuan Su entourage around him almost dumbfounded, they had been born and died by Yan Changfeng's side for so many years, but they never thought that their invincible, lonely and indifferent khan would one day smirk at a woman's words or two.

At this time, Yan Changfeng knocked on the partition of the carriage, and then the partition inside was opened, and Qing Niang said against the wind: "Khan, is there something wrong?" ”

Originally, Qing Niang didn't have to follow Mu Linxiao to the north to suffer, with her qualifications of serving the queen and later serving the princess for so many years, she was completely a person who could talk in the North and South Palace, and she could at least have a position as a supervisor if she stayed, but no matter how unbearable Mu Linxiao was and how she refused her, she still chose to follow Mu Linxiao's side and take care of her.

The night before Mu Linxiao's wedding, she cried and said to Mu Linxiao that when she was young, she treated her very well and saved her life...... She couldn't.

What Qing Niang means to Mu Linxiao, Yan Changfeng also knows, so he also respects her, and has never seen her as a subordinate, when he saw Qing Niang open the partition, he smiled and said: "Qing Niang, we have encountered a big snowstorm, but it doesn't matter, you talk to Lin Xiao, this road may take a little longer, let him not be afraid, if he is hungry and thirsty, we will send things into the car, it is cold outside, you don't come out." ”

"Ah, Khan, the slave knows." The wind and snow outside were indeed very heavy, and Qing Niang hurriedly pulled up the partition after she finished.

Although the weather outside is harsh, the interior of the car is very warm and spacious, with a stove, a dresser, a small table, a bed just big enough for one person to sleep on, and a row of backrests.

At this moment, Mu Linxiao was looking at an ancient book brought by Cong Yunjing in front of the table.

"Princess, Khan said ......"

"I heard it all."

Before Qing Niang could finish her words, she was interrupted by Mu Linxiao, she still didn't seem to want to hear anything about Yan Changfeng.

Mu Linxiao's stubborn appearance made Qing Niang a little helpless, she thoughtfully leaned closer to Mu Linxiao's direction, and asked cautiously, "The princess is in her heart...... Can't you forget him? ”

"Who ......" Mu Linxiao didn't want to admit it.

"The princess has been reading this book since she left Beijing, and if the slave remembers correctly, this should be the favorite book of Young Master Pei on weekdays."

After hearing Qing Niang's words, Mu Linxiao gently closed the book in his hand and was speechless.

Seeing this, Qing Niang took Mu Linxiao's hand distressedly and said: "The slave knows that the princess has never been able to let go of Master Pei in her heart, but now that the two of you are already separated, how can there be results, if you want the slave to say, every girl will meet a person she likes when she is young, but only a few people can get her wish, if a woman wants to live happily in this life, she has to fulfill herself, if she blindly lives in the memories of the past, it will only become more and more painful." ”

"Qing Niang...... Mu Linxiao's eyes have begun to redden, "But I just can't forget him, do you know, the first time I saw him...... I fell in love with him, from spring to winter, from sunrise to sunset, we have been together for ten years, happy and sad, my heart has long been occupied by him, how can others come in. ”

It was once difficult for the sea to be water, but Wushan is not a cloud.

Qing Niang wanted to comfort the princess, but she had nothing to say, and the infatuation of her daughter's family could only make her shake her head and sigh helplessly.

At this time, the man outside the carriage rubbed his eyes twice, and I don't know if it was because of the snowflakes or something, he grabbed the horse under him fiercely and walked forward.

But Yan Changfeng just came to the front of the team, but the horses under the seat refused to take a step forward no matter what, and the team behind him also stopped at the same time, the strange atmosphere made Yan Changfeng's eyes become cold, and he subconsciously clenched the green dragon halberd in his hand.

Horses are spiritual, often can not perceive the danger that people do not know, which is also an important reason why nomads are accompanied by horses all year round, in this case, Yan Changfeng looked at the four fields vigilantly, but there was nothing else except the white snow and dry shrubs and plants, but soon, his eyes stayed vigilantly on the withered yellow shrubs and grass branches on both sides of the team, and shouted loudly: "All on guard, protect the Khan Concubine!" ”

For a while, all the Yuan Su soldiers present drew their long knives and surrounded the carriage that Mu Linxiao was riding.

At this time, an astonishing scene appeared, countless cavalry and horses appeared from the dry grass that had been hidden for a long time, and for a while they drew their swords and rushed towards this side, along with the sky full of arrows, and this ambush method that allowed the horses to fall quietly on their sides in the grass without being detected was the usual method used by the evil cavalry back then.

Yan Changfeng knew that he was in trouble.

Because in order to consolidate the farming area that had just arrived, he left most of the army that had gone south in the fourteen states in the north, and at this time his army was only guarded by a mere 500 people, and he could not resist the cavalry ten times his own unidentified in front of him.

Inside the carriage, Mu Linxiao and Qing Niang also noticed the noise and shouting outside, and just as they wanted to open the partition to ask what was going on, an arrow passed through the partition and nailed directly to the dresser. Before Mu Linxiao, who was shocked, could react to what was going on, she was immediately thrown to the ground by Qing Niang, "Be careful, princess!" ”

More and more arrows shot into the carriage, porcelain and mirrors were shattered, Mu Linxiao lay on the ground and covered her ears tightly and did not move, when had she seen such a scene.

Outside, countless cavalry rushed towards this side, and the two sides launched an extremely chaotic battle, Yan Changfeng, who was extremely angry, brandished the green dragon halberd in his hand and slashed left and right, and the enemies in close proximity died tragically under his halberd,

He still recognized these cavalrymen, they were Yan Shanhu's subordinates, just when he wondered why these people would blatantly rebel, a figure in the distance made him seem to understand something, that person was - Wan Qiyan.

knew that he should have killed this bastard remnant directly, this is Yan Changfeng said resentfully in his heart.

At this moment, he was so angry that he wanted to rush over and pick that person with a halberd, but the carriage behind him made him unable to fight wantonly at all, for him, Mu Linxiao's safety was more important than anything else!

"Ahh Yan Changfeng let out a roar of rage, rode his horse back to the side of the carriage, he jumped on the front of the carriage, drove himself with the reins in his hand, and broke through to the valley to the east with the remnants of his relatives.

The white-bladed throat, the blood splattered the snowfield, the tragic battle unfolded in the neighing of horses and the sound of iron clashing, in this world of slaughter, the afterglow of blood and the coldness of snowflakes.

Yan Changfeng, who was driving, shouted behind him while rushing to kill: "Lin Xiao! Linxiao! Can you hear me? ”

On both sides of the carriage, those loyal guards have been guarding the carriage to the death, they know very well the importance of the Khan to the Khan, but they are outnumbered, and the pursuers tried their best to finally fall off the horse, before being trampled to death by the hooves, they used their last strength to stare at the distant carriage, hoping that the people above would ...... Able to survive.

The carriage was still running wildly under Yan Changfeng's driving, but at this time, there were few guards around him, but the enemy was still in hot pursuit, Yan Changfeng kept holding Mu Linxiao's name behind him, but he still couldn't hear any response, but what made him even more desperate was that there was no way ahead.

With a rapid neigh, the carriage came to a halt on the edge of a steep cliff.

Then, there were bursts of heart-rending cries from inside the carriage, Yan Changfeng hurriedly lifted the curtain, but the scene in front of him made him feel extremely guilty and blamed. I saw Mu Linxiao crying heartbrokenly holding Qing Niang's corpse, it turned out that Qing Niang had been shot alive in the carriage in order to resist the arrows for Mu Linxiao.

At this time, a large number of cavalry had already rushed over, and their bloodthirsty and indifferent eyes did not seem to admit that Yan Changfeng in front of them was their khan.

At this time, Wan Qi**, who was carrying a scimitar on his shoulder, walked out of the crowd with the horse, the huge earrings kept shaking with the pace of the horse, the corners of his mouth smiled slightly, and proudly pointed at Yan Changfeng in front of him with a scimitar and said: "Yan Changfeng, you also have today, do you know why you fell to such a point?" ”

Yan Changfeng's cheeks puffed up slightly, his eyes were full of killing intent, he held the green dragon halberd in his hand tightly, if he hadn't taken care of Mu Linxiao's safety, he was afraid that he would have fought desperately like those brothers just now.

"We have lost so many brothers, and we are about to occupy the entire northern border of Daning, but what about you...... actually begged for peace with the Ning Dynasty for a woman, are you worthy of the dead King Zuo Xian and so many brothers in the city of Tongzhou! Wan Qiyan's inflammatory words made the cavalry around him glare at Yan Changfeng angrily.

"Are you worthy! Are you worthy to be the Khan of the Yuan Khanate? You also have today! You've got it today! Yes? Wan Qiyan barked like a mad dog, as if the anger and venting in his heart were far greater than the smugness.

Yan Changfeng still ignored him, and he turned his head and looked at Mu Linxiao affectionately, "Linxiao, are you afraid of death?" ”

The grief-stricken Mu Linxiao looked at Yan Changfeng, she shook her head with tears in her eyes, as if she had understood what Yan Changfeng meant, and her acquiescing gaze was fearless and resolute.

Yan Changfeng's eyes flashed with the same light, and he said gently, "Okay, sit tight." ”

Then he gently closed the curtain of the car, clenched the reins in his hand, and looked at Wan Qiyan with great contempt, "You remember, Yan Changfeng...... He will always be the Khan of the Yuan Khanate. ”

After speaking, he waved the whip in his hand fiercely, and at that moment, the entire carriage jumped directly into the endless abyss under the stunned eyes of everyone behind him.

The people who had come to their senses immediately rushed to the edge of the cliff, and the cold wind whistling through their ears, and under the abyss, they could no longer see anything except the falling snowflakes and rolling rocks.

Wan Qiyan stared at the abyss and said meaningfully: "The Khan and the Khan Concubine encountered a snowstorm on the way back to the court, lost their way, and finally fell off the cliff, and their bones were gone. Remember! ”

"Remember!"

Daning, Tongzhou.

Lu Ziyu on the city wall looked at the south with a solemn face, since that day with the remaining more than 20,000 Beiping soldiers from the wind pass, he has been stationed here for several months, his identity from the prince of Beiyang to the king of Beiyang to the current ...... Daning is rebellious.

In any case, he would not believe that the crown prince would do something to kill his father and usurp the throne, although he did not know exactly what happened in Yunjing City that night, but he remembered a series of things that had happened in Qinzhou and the northern border before. He firmly believed that all this must be a conspiracy of King Chang.

Therefore, under his leadership, the seven states in the north do not recognize the name of "Tianjiao", that is to say, they do not recognize Mu Zhixun's throne at all, but what will happen if they do this Lu Ziyu also knows in his heart that now he has been labeled by Mu Zhixun as a rebellious Daning, but he doesn't care, the Lu family is a family, three generations of loyal martyrs, and the people know it.

The former Rinfeng Pass has been abandoned, and his father and Shangguan Xunyi all died because of saving him.

Since he survived, he must be worthy of those who died. Now, the home he grew up in is gone, and the home in his heart can no longer be lost.