Bonfires are burning in the woods. Li Jiao walked down from the carriage with Shen Pearl in his arms and walked slowly to the fire.

The purpose of this trip is no longer Lingwu, but Fengxiang. After Su Zongde Mo Yan promised to borrow troops, reinforcements from Anxi, Beiting, Bahanna, and Dashi came one after another, and Su Zongnai decided to drive to Fengxiang, gather troops, and recover the two capitals. Li Jiao left Lingwu on the eve of Suzong's departure and rushed to Chang'an.

The road is still long, and the counties along the way have either fallen into the hands of the rebels, or the people have scattered, so along the way, be cautious, avoid the road, take the trails, cross the jungle, and cross the dangerous shoals. However, it was already the cold winter wax moon, even if Li Jiao could withstand the hardships of rushing all night in the wind and snow, Shen Pearl could not survive. Feng Shengyi gave the order to go, camped for a night, and the accompanying dozen or so guards were very happy to hear it, broke the tree for firewood, and lit a bonfire in the forest.

In the light of the fire, Mo Yan sat on the ground, holding a bag of wine in his hand, thinking and sipping slowly.

This is the first time in a few days that Shen Pearl has seen Mo Yan Sip again, and when he looks at it from afar, he sees that his silhouette is like a crazy pen, unbridled. seemed to know that Li Li and Shen Pearl were walking towards him, and with a wave of his left hand, something was thrown towards Li Li, Li Li was slightly stunned, raised his hand to catch it quickly, and heard him say loudly: "Drink!" When I looked down, it was a leather bag of wine.

Li Jiao sat down with Shen Zhuzhu, opened the wine sac stopper, and the strong liquor was mixed with sour fragrance, and he knew that it was a specially made barley wine made by Hui Hui and had great strength. He was not good at drinking this kind of liquor, but he still raised his wine bag without hesitation and said, "Li Jiao owes the Khan a great favor. ”

Mo Yan took another sip of wine, did not look back at Li Li and Shen Zhu, stared at the dark mountains in the distance, and asked, "Then how does Your Highness plan to repay this favor?" ”

Li Jiao was slightly stunned, thinking that he didn't expect him to be so straightforward, and then replied: "If the khan has what he needs, he will do his best." ”

Mo Yan snorted and laughed, "Your Highness's words are not generous!" …… If I want His Highness to bring the country together, can Your Highness be willing? ”

Li Jiao raised his eyebrows slightly, raised the wine bag and took a sip, and replied with a smile: "This country does not belong to Yu, teach me how to give it up?" The bonfire crackled, and under the light of the fire, his expression was calm and calm, but his cheeks were a little drunk, and he reached out to hold Shen Pearl.

Mo Yan lowered his wine bag, turned his head and asked him, "What if one day, the Tang Dynasty will be owned by His Royal Highness?" ”

Li Jiao was faintly angry and replied: "The lord of the Khan country, you should know that the eldest husband has something to do and something not to do. Where is this question intended? ”

Mo Yan sipped and drank a few sips of wine as if he didn't care, and said: "Your Highness, don't be angry, Ben Khan is already a little drunk, and he laughs at will, it's hard to drink wine with His Highness, or we will get drunk tonight." ”

Li Li also regained his expression and drank wine with him.

After drinking a bag of wine, Li Jiao was drunk and was carried into the camp tent to lie down. He was still very peaceful when he was drunk, not like others shouting and screaming, faint in the dark, having random seizures, and only sleeping soundly with his head on his side.

Shen Pearl waited for him for a long time, and after all, he couldn't rest assured in his heart, and slowly walked out of the camp. It was silent, and even the guards on duty were secretly napping.

The bonfire was going out, but there was still a man sitting by the fire.

She came up and called his name. He turned his head like lightning and smiled gently at her, and although he smelled of alcohol, he was very clear.

He wasn't drunk.

She didn't want to walk away immediately, so she had to stand behind him and greet softly: "Your injury? ……”

But he avoided answering, and only said, "It seems that I am going to lose you again." ”

There was infinite sadness in her heart.

The bonfire will be extinguished, just like the world, the fireworks will eventually dissipate, the stars will dim, and they will eventually retire, the hustle and bustle of the world will eventually return to tranquility, and the ups and downs of life will eventually return to loneliness. Everything is fleeting, and what is it that she wants to catch?

She sat down silently beside him, looking up at the stars. Under the moonlit night, Mo Yan saw her bright eyes concentrating, her jade face smiling, the night breeze blowing, blowing her hair, she has a delicate and elegant noble temperament, which makes people love and respect. I couldn't help but ask, "What are you thinking, why don't you speak?" ”

Shen Pearl retracted her thoughts, forced a calm smile, and said, "I was thinking, I seem to owe you a condition when you agreed to save your child that day." What do you think of asking me now? ”

Mo Yansi seemed quite unhappy: "I have long forgotten about this, you should forget it as soon as possible." I've never been disdainful of being strong. ”

Shen Pearl said stubbornly: "I will remember." ”

Mo Yan sipped casually: "That's up to you." Then he said: "You should know how difficult the future will be when you go to Fengxiang. ”

Shen Pearl smiled slightly, "No matter how difficult it is, I won't survive it." ”

Mo Yan snorted slightly worriedly, "I knew that you would rather set foot on the thorny road than go with me." Although I do not want to force you, can I not worry when I think of how much more you will suffer? "Since I am the wife of Li, I can accompany him to be honored and favored in the past, and all people look up to me, and now I have to bear the hardships and pains calmly, this layer, the pearl has already thought through and thoroughly."

Mo Yan shook his head, "Pearl, pearl, I don't know how much you have to suffer in this life!" "At the place where the hand is raised, the skin of the wine is thrown into the bushes like a sharp arrow. Turning his head and saying: "On that day, you were willing to sacrifice yourself to save me, Mo Yansi had already sworn in his heart that in his lifetime, he would only follow your will and never disobey!" At the end of the sentence, a trace of pathos flashed on his face, and then he returned to the solemnity of the Khan.

Shen Pearl caught his expression in this one-ten-thousandth moment, and his heart was faintly touched, and he couldn't help but reach out to his shoulder, remembering that he had been shot by a rebel arrow, "Does it still hurt?" As soon as the words came out, he retracted his hand, and hurriedly stood up to leave.

Getting up in a hurry, his brain was slightly dizzy, he vigorously supported her on the arm, and lifted her between the arms, she was stunned, and then pushed away, in a hurry, I don't know if anyone next to me saw it, regardless of the clothes on the ground, hurried back to the camp.

Li Li was still asleep on his side.

The candles in the tent were dim, his face was flushed, and his face was slightly tired. She went over to cover the thick futon for him again, and suddenly felt that her hand was tight, Li Jiao actually grabbed her hand tightly, she wanted to pull it out, but saw him turn over in his sleep, and said intermittently: "Pearl,...... Don't go, you ......" She slowly lay down beside him, listening to his breathing gradually steady, her hands sink into the quilt, and she took the layers of warmth on his body, and her mind was calm, and she fell asleep unconsciously......

Outside the tent, the branches were alienated and swayed in the breeze.

When she woke up on the second day, Li Jiao was slightly stunned, "You don't want to die, you actually slept with your clothes together last night", put down the hand that touched her forehead, and said with a sigh of relief: "It's okay." Then he said: "It's also to blame me for being greedy for a cup yesterday, and I want you to come and serve me, how do you feel now, but what discomfort is there?" ”

Shen Pearl felt that his body was still fine, and there was no discomfort, Li Jiao, as the commander-in-chief, it was taboo to leave the barracks without permission, and he must not delay his trip, so he smiled casually at the moment: "You see where I seem to be sick, hurry up and get on the road." ”

Li Jiao tied her robe with her own hands and said, "Then we will set off after breakfast, and we will never do this again!" ”

As he spoke, Feng Shengyi had already come and said, "Your Highness, Gele Khan has left. ”

"Oh," Li Li asked suspiciously, "what's going on?" ”

"Today, his subordinates visited the Khan's camp and found that the Khan had left a book, saying that he was one step ahead."

Li Li nodded and stopped talking.