It's a hot summer day, but tonight is extremely cold. The forest is silent, the waning moon is the door, the horse chases the east wind, and the river stars are full of stars.

"Mother, what's the sound of being so late?" The little girl stared blankly at the shadow whizzing by in front of the window and asked her mother.

"It's the sound of horses' hooves, and I don't know who is walking at night in such a hurry, he must have something very important." The woman also leaned to the window and looked out.

"100,000 is in a hurry, right?" The little girl asked.

"Well, that's a good point." The woman patted her daughter, who could use idioms, with great relief, and caressed her, "Well, go to sleep." ”

Even after ten nights of riding a horse and chasing the moon, the sun still rises the next day. As soon as dawn broke, He Ju got up early to make up, and Xiao Qi went out to buy some breakfast and bring it back to the house.

The three of them were soon ready to visit the senior in the Silent Building, and He Ju carefully held the guqin handed to her by the pianist, for fear of a little bump. Thinking about it for a while, I will be able to appreciate the stringless technique, and after ten days, I will be able to melt some temperature to the spectrum of ten nights, so I laughed happily and silently.

"County Lord, this is the Silent Building." Xiao Qi took He Ju and Ruoxin to the door of the silent building, the door was closed, and it seemed that the door had not yet been opened.

"Is anyone there?" Xiao Qi stepped forward and gently slammed the door.

A man came to open the door, looking like a shopkeeper, sleepy-eyed as if he had just gotten up, squinted and asked, "Who are you looking for?" ”

"Find a luthier, given to us by her apprentice." He Ju said and carefully passed the guqin through the crack in the door.

"Wait a minute." The shopkeeper entered the door, and after a while, he came back and said, "A few people are please." ”

He Ju and the three of them walked into the building, and there was an elderly man sitting in front of the hall, with a dignified atmosphere, who seemed to be the master in the mouth of the pianist. As soon as the old man saw He Ju, he said, "I guess you know my rules." ”

"Ten days of retreat, concentrating on the arts." He Ju arched his hand.

"Okay, come with me." The elder didn't say a word, causing Ruoxin and Xiao Qi to look at each other and not dare to speak lightly.

"Xiao Qi, Ruoxin, you go back to the inn first, and take a good look around this Wei country in the past few days. See me again in ten days. He Ju instructed, and then entered the inner hall with the elders.

"Fuqin respects its meaning, takes the finger as the medium, takes the reading as the sound, and rhymes with the environment, as if there are no strings." This was the last thing Ruoxin and Xiao Qi heard at the door, and after that, no one knew what was going on in the inner hall.

"Let's go, let's go to the market and see if we can find something new." Ruoxin took Xiao Qi's hand and walked out with her.

...

It was noon, the warm sun was pouring through the streets, people were either enjoying the shade of the trees, or eating wine in restaurants, and small stalls and vendors also set up tents to block the scorching sun.

Suburban, out-of-town, inner-city, suburban.... And so on. A wisp of black shadow galloped through the city, from night to day, from the capital of Nanming to the imperial city of Weiguo on the road, all the cities have left this imprint.

How is the night? The night is not young, the light of the stars and candles. The gentleman galloped, and the horse's hooves swayed.

How's the day? The sun is in the middle of the day, the sun is blazing. The gentleman galloped, and the glimpse was in a trance.

Ten nights rushed to the Imperial City of Weiguo non-stop, and secretly thought in his heart: If something happens to He Ju, I will want you to be buried in the entire Wei Kingdom.

If you say how many light and dark forces there are in Ming Shixuan, I am afraid that I can't take stock of it for ten nights, and the emperors only know that if Ming Shixuan is angry, different hearts will arise, and the world will change.

...

【Wei Kingdom, Imperial Palace】

The sound of "newspaper-" broke the silence of noon.

"Why are you so flustered? Beware of disturbing Your Majesty. The guard in front of the imperial study reminded the officer.

The officers and soldiers immediately held the rejection letter above their heads, panting, and said with a sad and indignant expression: "Nanming! Rejection book! ”

The guards did not dare to delay for a moment, and rushed to the hall with this soldier, shouting: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Wei, who was taking a nap, was woken up by this noisy sound, and said with some displeasure: "What's the matter?" ”

"This is a letter of rejection handed over by Nan Ming." The guards offered it with both hands.

Emperor Wei, who was still in a haze, stood up instantly, his eyes widened, and he said, "What did you say?!" He dragged the rejection letter over.

"Heh, hehe, really, really." Emperor Wei trembled and sat down, everything was clear at this moment, but Emperor Wei still couldn't believe it, took out the letter of alliance handed by King Nancheng, which he had carefully collected, looked at it carefully, and said to himself: "You say, why didn't I see it, this is fake?" ”

Emperor Wei asked bitterly, "Why is the 'Twelve Secret Techniques' I gave me real?" ”

At this time, Emperor Wei was like an old man who had lost his beloved son, and he was hurt by someone he trusted. Holding back tears, he stretched out a hand and said, "Help me up." ”

The guards and officers and soldiers immediately stepped forward to support it, and this trembling body would fall down again at some point.

Emperor Wei moved step by step, walked to the door, this heavy footsteps, it seemed to be full of vicissitudes, word by word slowly flowed in his mouth: "I ask myself, governing the country and doing everything with righteousness, thinking of goodness, and putting harmony first." Now it has caused Weiguo to end up like this. What I wish is nothing more than a peaceful country, free from war, free from strife, not seeking to Weijia and the sea to shake the Quartet, but to be able to defend a pure land for the people, and all living beings are happy. ”

"Your Majesty, your benevolence and righteousness are well known to passers-by. However, although the people of Wei are happy, the army is .... It's really not enough to resist foreign powers, Your Majesty! The guard couldn't help but say what was in his heart, and even he began to pity Emperor Ming.

"Alas! Pathetic, pathetic! Emperor Wei sighed with blood and tears, sighing the heart of the emperor in the world.

Emperor Wei said helplessly: "Since this is the case, then the whole country will search for the people of Nanming, escort them to prison, and those who disobey... Just cut it. Emperor Wei waved his hand weakly, as if he didn't want to mention this matter anymore, didn't want to make any more effort, and walked towards the dormitory step by step.

"Your Majesty's dictation: The whole country is searching for people in Nanming, and if anyone resists, they will be beheaded immediately!" The palace heralds rushed to various places to deliver orders, and the armies received orders and began a nationwide search for the people of Nanming.

Xiao Qi and Ruoxin, who were still wandering in the streets and alleys, saw this group of officers and soldiers anxiously searching every house, but they felt strange, this was just to hear one officer and soldier say: "Nanming is simply inferior to a beast, and he treats me like this." ”

The leading officers and soldiers shouted everywhere: "If anyone secretly hides the people of Nanming, he should be punished!" ”

Ruoxin patted Xiao Qi beside him: "Eh? What's wrong with that, you say? ”

Xiao Qi didn't reply, and immediately replied after a while: "It's broken, I understand." After speaking, he pulled Ruoxin and ran to the inn.

"Got what? Hey, don't drag me down. Ruoxin looked puzzled.

"It must be His Majesty the Emperor who broke the contract." Xiao Qi and Ruoxin returned to the inn and drank water.

"Oh my God, doesn't he want King Nancheng to go back? That's his own son! Ruoxin didn't understand it and began to doubt the truth of the matter.

"Heh, Your Majesty, would you still care about a prince?" Xiao Qi's words revealed the coldness of Emperor Ming.

"Xiao Qi, think about it, where should we go? And the county lord, what about the county lord?! Ruoxin is like an ant on a hot pot, spinning around the house.

At this moment, the voice of the officers and soldiers came from downstairs: "We have searched carefully, Nanming has done such an unkind and unjust thing to us, we treat them as guests, and we must not let them go!" ”

"Ruoxin, let's go through the window, quick!" Xiao Qi shouted.

Ruoxin ran to the window, knowing that if he followed Xiao Qi, he would become a drag, and he was afraid that he would be affected by the county lord, so it was better to let Xiao Qi go, and maybe he could save one.

Ruoxin responded with a "yes", only to see Xiao Qi jumping out without a trace, Xiao Qi looked up at Ruoxin and said, "Jump, I'll pick you up!" ”

Ruoxin didn't dare to look at her, so she immediately closed the window as if nothing had happened.

Xiao Qi under the window was very anxious, but she couldn't do anything, everything was to protect the county lord, she couldn't linger here, so she had to go to Wuyin Building.

I saw that in front of the silent building, there were also officers and soldiers...