Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is time to set off. The sky is gray for thousands of miles, light smoke fills the air, the sky and the earth are snow-white, and red plums are dotted in between.

Mu Yun stood in the snow, the two black horses in front of him stepped on the spot, and Gong Ran rode on one of them, with a tall and handsome posture.

Yingfu cried with tears in her eyes: "Miss, let's go goodbye, please take care, slave..."

Mu Yunqi smiled, tears fell from the corners of her eyes, she pursed her lips, and said, "Take care of Aunt Lan, if I don't have any news to bring back in the future, you will spend this life there in peace, and you will break off with the Mu family from now on." ”

"Miss......" Lan Gu burst into tears, her eyes staring sadly.

"In the future, if there is no day to see each other again, the three of you will support each other and spend the rest of your lives in peace." Her tone became a little heavier, and tears slipped down quietly as she instructed again.

"Miss, cherish...."The three of them knelt on the ground and bowed their heads to say goodbye.

Mu Yunqi gritted his teeth and turned around, turned over on his horse in one go, and looked back at the woman kneeling in the snow.

A gust of wind howled, lifting the silver-white cloak on the two of them, and the red plum petals fluttered out of the garden, fragrant.

In the attic in the distance, Gong Huan looked down at the woman in the snow, looking at her desolate and lonely smiling at the sky, and the petals gently floated in front of her. The sky was full of snow white and red, although the smile on the corner of her mouth was bitter and far-fetched, but it also amazed him so much that he forgot the chill around him.

"Let's go." Gong Ran looked sideways at her.

"Take care." After saying that, she rode her horse and galloped away.

"Miss ......" Yingfu chased a few steps, looked at the galloping figure, and sat on the ground and cried bitterly.

Two horses galloped on the vast snow-capped mountains, the mountain road was difficult to walk, and the horses struggled forward. Snowflakes were falling whirringly, and the two of them were covered with white snow, their faces were painful from the cold wind, and their eyes were almost unable to open their eyes when they were blown by the wind.

"Take a break ahead, the snow is too big at the moment, and the horses are having a hard time." Gong Ran raised his voice beside her, and the wind drowned out his voice for a few minutes.

"No, you have to get out of the snowy mountains as soon as possible, if the snow closes the mountains, I am afraid that you will be trapped in the snowy mountains tonight." Mu Yunqi shouted at him.

Silver-white cloaks fluttered in the air, snowflakes fell, horses galloped across the snow, rows of horses' hooves trampled over the tracks, and soon they were covered by the falling snowflakes, as if they had never left a mark.

The horses raised their heads to the sky and neighed, but they did not move forward.

"It's too rough, so let's cross it on foot." Gong Ran dismounted and said.

Mu Yunqi nodded, slipped off the horse, and took the reins of the horse and struggled forward.

Two people and two horses, the vast snow-capped mountains, facing the wind, the cold all around, the steps were difficult, and the two did not stop, and finally crossed the snowy mountains before nightfall.

Two black horses were tied to the outside of the narrow cave, and the two people in the cave lit the firewood and sat in front of the fire to watch the snowflakes fall outside the cave.

"How far is this road?" Mu Yunqi stared at the gradually darkening sky outside the cave.

"If there is no accident, the fifteenth day is okay." Gong Ran swallowed the pastry in his mouth and said.

Mu Yunqi wrapped his body tightly, leaned against the stone wall behind him and fell asleep, and when he woke up, he saw that the firewood was almost exhausted, and added the remaining dry firewood in the cave, and then sat down and closed his eyes.

Bright colors faintly appeared outside the cave, and the two turned off the fire and left. For two days in the snowy mountains, I ran all the way and didn't stop.

"Great, there is a market town out of this mountain, so there is no need to spend the night in a cave tonight." Gong Ran said excitedly, his face ecstatic.

Mu Yunqi was already exhausted, and after listening to him, he couldn't help but show joy on his face, and raised his whip to urge the horse, wanting to rush into the town to rest.

It was dark, the town's avenues were sparsely populated, the doors of houses were closed, and the only few hawkers on the depressed streets were closing their stalls.

The sound of horses' hooves trampling was particularly abrupt in the streets, and the street vendors only glanced at it, and then buried themselves in tidying up their vendors.

A Qizhou inn appeared in front, and the two led their horses and walked quickly.

When he walked into the inn, Gong Ran asked for two upper rooms, and then instructed Xiao Er to prepare a good meal and send it to the room.

Mu Yunqi took off his cloak, sat on the stool, and after eating, he lay down early to rest. The night was quiet until dawn.

She was woken up early in the morning by Gong Ran's knock on the door, she got up and asked impatiently, "What's the matter?" ”

"Leave early today, rush to the next market town before nightfall, you come down as soon as possible, I'll wait for you downstairs for dinner." After speaking, I heard the footsteps of him leaving.

Mu Yunqi got up and put the light veil bucket on her bun, covering her beautiful face.

Walking downstairs, Gong Ran had already ordered a lot of food, she sat down next to her, took the steamed bun and chewed it slowly.

Although it was early in the morning, there were already many people sitting in twos and threes in the inn, drinking tea and eating vegetables, and talking to each other.

"Yesterday I came back from the imperial capital, and now although the new emperor has ascended the throne, there is no joy at all, the city is heavily guarded, and the people who enter and exit are checked tightly, and there are many people who have entered the city to be lively, and they have been taken away."

"Oh? Why is that? The man at the table asked suspiciously, looking at the person across from him.

"It is said that it is our queen mother."

"Didn't you say that there was no queen at that ceremony?"

"How do you know, the queen was kidnapped by her brother, and now the notice has already been posted all over the imperial capital, and it has reached the state capitals."

"What's the notice?"

"Reward, whoever reports major news will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of gold......

"Ten thousand taels of gold?"

"Not only that, if anyone rescues the queen, they can give the official a gift."

"An official worship? Isn't it directly a marquis to pay homage to the prime minister? ”

"Who's to say it isn't."

"What do you say this queen looks like, isn't her brother a traitor?"

"You be quiet, it's serious to say this, whoever dares to talk about the queen and the Mu family will be sent to prison."

When the man heard this, he was so frightened that he immediately covered his mouth and looked around to see if anyone was listening. Seeing that no one was paying attention to them, he picked up the tea by himself and asked about the interesting things about the imperial capital slowly.

Mu Yunqi got up and walked out of the inn quickly, took out the horse and turned over and sat down, then grabbed the horse and whipped it, galloping on the quiet avenue in the early morning, the wind raised her veil, her beautiful face flashed in the eyes of the street vendor, and the vendor was stunned for a long time on the spot.

"Xiao Yin..."Gong Ran chased after her steed, and soon galloped forward with her.

"But what the words of the Fangcai Inn make you unhappy?" He asked with one hand on his hand and tilted his head sideways.

"I'm so valuable right now, am I being discovered there?" She asked sarcastically, unable to hear the anger in her tone.

Gong Ran nodded, and said matter-of-factly: "That's right, I didn't expect Gu Hanxuan to ....." The woman who swept to the horse with his eyes glared at him fiercely, and kept silent in a witty manner.

Two horses galloped out of the town and into the woods outside the town, where the snow had not melted on the forest road, and the snow bloomed like flowers, leaving traces of the horses' hooves.

"There seem to be a lot of officers and soldiers ahead?" Mu Yunqi stopped and looked into the distance.

"They've seen it." Gong Ran looked at them and said.

"What are you, dismount." The leading soldier ran over and shouted at the man on his horse.

"I am from Qizhou, and I will go to Jitian Town to visit my father-in-law, and I hope that the soldier's eldest brother will be convenient." He dismounted, and took a piece of silver out of his bosom and stuffed it into the man.

The soldier took the silver in his hand, smiled and said, "Good to say, easy to say." He glanced at the woman on the horse and waved his hand. A pawn ran behind him and handed him the portrait, he opened the portrait and said, "Take off the veil." ”

The corners of Mu Yunqi's mouth hooked, ignoring his words.

The soldier frowned slightly, and said sharply, "Let you take off the veil." So saying, he walked to her horse.

The horse was suddenly frightened, raised his front hooves and kicked him to the ground, and the soldiers in front of him swarmed up and surrounded the two men.

Gong Ran turned over and got on his horse, and the two of them spurred their horses, trampled the soldiers in front of them to the ground, and drove away.

Under the majestic and solemn red wall, the imperial study room was silent, and the bookcase was full of folds.

Gu Hanxuan opened them one by one, and then threw them at the marble floor on the case.

Cheng Huan picked up the teacup and leaned in, and when he passed by, he glanced at the folds spread out on the ground, and his heart was clear. He put the teacup on the bank of the book, and stood aside and didn't dare to make a sound.

Nighthawk hurriedly entered the hall and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, I found traces of the queen's mother in the direction of Qizhou. ”

Gu Hanxuan Huo Ran got up and asked, "Can you keep up?" ”

"Someone has followed."

"Go and prepare the horses."

"Subordinates receive orders."

Gu Hanxuan's face was calm as usual, and the corners of his eyes revealed a faint contemplation, making people wonder what he was thinking.

The bustling streets are lined with stalls of pen and ink, calligraphy and painting, chaotic stalls, feng shui fortune telling, rouge gouache, cold clothes and linen, and the sound of shouting is full of ears. The streets are full of people, tourists haggling at the stalls on both sides, and hawkers holding rock sugar gourds and shouting.

Before entering the city, the two abandoned their horses and entered the city on foot, hiding in the noisy market.

"Find an inn to settle down first, and then leave at night?" Gong Ran looked ahead and whispered.

"Okay." Mu Yunqi replied beside him.

The two of them entered a nondescript inn, asked for an ordinary room, and went upstairs to enter the room.

"Is there anything unusual in the city?" Mu Yunqi took off his veil and asked.

Gong Ran walked up to the window lattice and pushed open the window sash, and under the window was the backyard of the inn, and there was an open space in the courtyard.

"Just in case, leave at night." He said with a solemn face.

Mu Yunqi couldn't help but smile and said lightly: "It's the first time I've seen you serious." ”

He immediately smiled on his face, walked to the table and sat down, "Does Xiao Yin like me to be serious or not serious?" ”

"I don't like you more."

The corners of his mouth twitched, and he pouted: "Sure enough, he has no conscience." ”

"What is your relationship with Gong Huan?"

"Brother."

"What about the woman beside him that day?" She couldn't resist asking at all.

Gong Ran thought for a moment before saying, "She should be the most important person in the second brother's heart now." ”

Mu Yunqi's heart tightened, and he was throbbing like a needle puncture, his face was pale, and he was silent for a long time.

Gong Ran looked at her sideways and said indistinctly: "How did you meet the second brother?" ”

She put away the pain welling up in her heart and said calmly: "Some time ago, on the day of my father's funeral, I went to worship, and I was chased and killed halfway, but fortunately I met him to save me, and I escaped. She was succinct and to the point, reluctant to say more.

"Oh, what a coincidence." He smiled, hiding his thoughts from the trail.

Mu Yunqi glanced at him and said, "Of course it's not a coincidence. ”

Gong Ran didn't want to talk about it anymore, so he walked to the couch and lay down casually and said, "I'm too tired these days, I'll squint for a while." As he spoke, he closed his eyes and remained silent. Of course, he knew that it couldn't be a coincidence, but it was his second brother, and he had to go and expose his lie to him.