The blood of Yu Xiaodao's whole body coagulated, although he already knew that Yu Ruyan was already his brother's person, but he had always deceived himself in his heart and was unwilling to believe or accept it, but now that he saw this scene with his own eyes, it broke the last bottom line in his heart, and it was more painful than killing him.

Seeing Yu Ruyan lying in the arms of other men, the two were still so close, Xiaodao's previous worries about Yu Ruyan turned into a raging vinegar fire-

I waited all night long, afraid that something would happen to her, and walked all the way from Putuo Temple to Kyoto in the dark night, my feet were blistered, and my heart was also burning, but I didn't expect that the truth of the matter was so cruel!

Because she was with him, she completely forgot her agreement with herself, abandoned herself alone outside the mountain gate, and turned her love into ashes!

The food that I was reluctant to throw away in my arms all night in my hand had already been cold, and I no longer had the strength to hold it.

Mu Ling was startled, looked back, and suddenly saw the knife outside the window, his sharp eyes were suddenly startled, and then he was pleasantly surprised, and was about to open his mouth to call him, but he didn't expect that after seeing his eyes, the jade knife glared at him fiercely with a cold gaze, and turned to leave.

Afraid of waking up Yu Ruyan in her sleep, Mu Lingzhi did not call him, but hurriedly put her away, covered the quilt, and chased her out.

However, after a moment's effort, the figure of the knife was no longer visible in his sight, and Mu Lingzhi was still unwilling, and chased from the palace to the city gate, but still did not catch the knife.

He was about to go out of the city and go to a Putuo Temple, but at this moment, a horse drove into the city, and the horse drove into the city gate, foaming at the mouth, as if he could no longer bear it, and fell to the ground in a hurry.

Mu Lingzhi looked at it casually, and the clothes of the person on horseback were actually the messengers of Daqi, but his face was also full of wind and frost, and his body was pressed under the horse.

The soldiers guarding the door hurriedly stepped forward to help him, but the post envoy was already hoarse and said urgently: "The border is urgent, send the letter to General Chen!" ”

Mu Ling looked at it, but saw that there were three feathers inserted in the cowhide envelope, which turned out to be a hundred thousand urgent military intelligence!

I couldn't help but feel a 'groan' in my heart, and my face sank.

Since he had seen Chenzhi with his own eyes and knew that others were doing well, he would eventually find him one day, but the military situation was so urgent, he didn't think about it, and turned around and rushed towards Chen's mansion.

The army of Great Wei did not care at all that the soldiers and horses of Daliang also marched on the border of the Three Kingdoms, so they accelerated their journey and sent a vanguard army to attack the grain and grass camp of Daqi at night.

After General Chen Yiqing showed it to Mu Lingzhi, he said with a rare solemn expression: "Great Wei is actually bound to win my Great Qi this time, and he can't wait to face the Great Qi opponent despite the fact that your Great Liang's army is also in the boundary." ”

Mu Ling's eyes were gloomy, and he said coldly: "Actually, Dawei is not completely sure of Da Liang, so he is in a hurry to attack Da Qi before my Da Liang's soldiers and horses are assembled, or, Da Wei has already found out, Da Liang's soldiers and horses are just my 50,000 personal soldiers, or Da Wei has guessed my father's plan, so he has no scruples to attack Da Qi." ”

Chen Yiqing's face darkened, his face was solemn and worried: "I heard that this time to lead the troops is the most ruthless means of the Great Wei Prince Sima Rong, this mother is just the King of Wei as the prince's room, has been snubbed by the King of Wei before, in the past few years, he has been born out of thin air, seized the right of soldiers and horses, is very ruthless, and the means are also extraordinary, I heard that the conquest of Wu is what he strongly advocates, and he is indeed interested, it will not take three months to capture Wu State, I am afraid that it is inevitable for my Qi State!" ”

Mu Ling's face was clear, and he said indifferently: "King Wei is very old, and the battle for the throne is already in the ring in Great Wei. He is a prince from a humble background, without the power of his mother's family to rely on, and if he wants to inherit the throne of King Wei, he is afraid that it will be difficult. Therefore, the only way to exchange military merit for the throne is to exchange it for the throne. For the sake of the throne, Sima Rong will definitely fight to the death to lead the Great Wei to win this battle. So, this time, it will be a fierce battle! ”

Chen Yiqing thought for a while and couldn't help but wonder: "His defeat of the State of Wu is already a great military achievement, why not stop here, why do you have to risk the exhaustion of the soldiers to continue to attack the State of Qi?" I can't wait for a half-quarter trimming. ”

"If I guess correctly, this prince of Great Wei must have made two preparations, one is to take the Qi State and return to China to invite merit, so that he can have the capital to inherit the throne of King Wei. But I heard that the power of Sima Jie, the crown prince of Wei, is equally strong, and the power of his mother's family is even greater, and Sima Rong is estimated to be difficult to shake the status of the crown prince even if he has military exploits, so he has made a second hand plan. ”

"What are you going to do?" Chen Yiqing said with a puzzled face.

"Open up mountains and land and establish yourself as kings."

Chen Yiqing's face sank.

Mu Lingzhi continued: "The prince of Wei will definitely regard Sima Rong, who has outstanding military achievements, as the biggest threat, if he can't take the throne of Wei in the end, and when Sima Jie ascends the throne, he will only have a dead end for Sima Rong, so he must want to call himself the emperor the king here after conquering the Qi State." ”

"In this way, it is really a battle of life and death." After Chen Yiqing understood, his eyes darkened.

"The first batch of military rations was destroyed, and you need to re-prepare, but the war can't be because the military rations are stranded, let alone because there is no food and grass, and the soldiers will not go to the front line, so the only way to do this is to treat them in the way of others, I led the troops around the distance to ambush the rear of the Great Wei, and also destroyed their grain and grass camp. Compared with us, their army has been away from the country for a longer and farther time, and the soldiers have all been out, and it is impossible to cut off the grain and grass for a day, so cutting off their grain and grass is also cutting off their back road! Let them not dare to go any further. Prepare food and grass for us and gather troops and horses to buy some more time. ”

Mu Lingzhi understands this truth, and Sima Rong, the marshal of Great Wei, also understands it, so the grain and grass camp of Great Wei must be as solid as iron.

And it is extremely dangerous to go deep into the rear of the enemy, but Chen Yiqing has no time to object, Mu Lingzhi has already prepared with 5,000 elite soldiers.

Before leaving, Chen Yiqing gave him his own armor to put on, and did not forget to advise: "It happened suddenly, the armor built for you has not yet been done, so I will wear mine first." ”

"You have injuries on your body, remember not to fight hard, if you really can't do it, retreat immediately, life comes first - this is a military order!"

"Don't worry, she hasn't forgiven me yet, how can I be willing to die?!"

Mu Lingzhi looked at his friend's worried eyes, thinking of Yu Ruyan who refused to look back, and felt bitter in his heart, but he still pretended to be relaxed and joked with Chen Yiqing.

Chen Yiqing sent him to the gate of the city and said firmly: "When His Royal Highness returns from a great victory, I will accompany you to ask my sister-in-law for guilt, if she still doesn't forgive you, I will ...... I cried in front of her palace for three days and three nights, until she couldn't stand it and forgive you. ”

Mu Lingyi waved the horsewhip in his hand and left, and the voice came from far away in the wind-

"That's a great way!"

When Yu Ruyan woke up again, Mu Lingzhi was already no longer in the house, she seemed to have really had a dream, she woke up from the dream, and the people in the dream disappeared with the dream.

missed the good opportunity on the night of the palace banquet, and it would be difficult to find another opportunity to leave the palace without a trace, plus after Brother An came back from outside and told her the news about Mu Lingzhi, Yu Ruyan's whole person was shocked-

She never thought that he, a prince of the Great Liang, would fight for Qi for her!

Although everyone in the world knows that he is brave and profitable, but this time Great Wei is 400,000 male soldiers, and Qi Guocai is only 200,000, plus he is injured, this time I am only afraid of ......

Yu Ruyan no longer had the intention of leaving the palace. Every day at dawn, the first thing to do is to run to the imperial study and ask about the military situation played by the military department every day.

The news I get every day is just that the battle situation is fierce day by day, with countless casualties, and the list of casualties handed to King Qi's desk by the military department every day is more than day by day, and every time Yu Ruyan endures the panic in her heart and is afraid to go through those casualty list folds, and every time she turns over a book, her heart will be cold to the end.

From the initial fear of seeing Mu Lingzhi's name, to the later seeing the mountain-high death list, Yu Ruyan seemed to see a piece of fresh life dying in front of her, thinking about the relatives behind these lives, maybe their families, wives and children were just like her, waiting for their news, and her heart was suddenly so sad that she couldn't help it.

Suddenly, she felt that the pain of being forced to reconcile at the beginning was not worth mentioning at all for these men who lost their lives for the country.

She still felt that if she was a close relative, she could exchange her life for so many fresh lives and return so many complete families, she felt that she should do this!

The worry day and night was so unreassuring that she couldn't sleep all day and night. The entire Great Qi people were also disturbed by the war, and even the marriage between Yu Mingzhu and Shangguan Xianzhong not long after, the King of Qi also ordered that it should no longer be done as wantonly as before, and it was carried out in a low-key and simple manner.

Shu Concubine saw that Yu Ruyan had been tense for such a long time, and she couldn't eat or sleep, so she was afraid that her body would not be able to endure it. So he asked the imperial doctor to prescribe a calming decoction for her, and forced her to drink it, and finally, after nearly a month of not being able to sleep peacefully, Yu Ruyan fell asleep under the effect of the decoction......

Mu Ling was dressed in white armor, like a god, leading five thousand elite soldiers into the enemy's rear camp, and the silver spear in his hand swept through the thousands of troops like a dragon out of the water, and no one could get close to him within a zhang. He broke through the enemy camp and was the first to rush into the grain and grass camp, holding a torch and igniting one grain and grass pile after another, and the grain and grass camp of Great Wei immediately became a sea of fire......

A bright and flickering longbow was drawn into a full moon, and there were three cold feathers on it at the same time, and the three cold feathers were all aimed at Mu Lingzhi. Mu Lingzhi, who was fighting in the sea of fire, didn't notice the cold arrow behind his back, and the next moment, his back was hit by a salvo of three arrows, and blood flowed everywhere on his body......

The moment he was shot by the arrow, his eyes widened in disbelief, his eyes were extremely desperate and painful, and the next moment, his body shook and fell from the horse into the sea of fire......

"Ah......" Yu Ruyan woke up from the nightmare with a frightened scream, she suddenly opened her eyes and shouted in despair: "Ling Zhi, don't!" ”

Brother An, who was guarding her by the bed, was taken aback, and saw that her whole body was shaking like a sieve, looking frightened and desperate, and hurriedly stepped forward to hug her shoulder and comforted: "The princess has a nightmare, don't be afraid, the dreams are all fake." ”

Even when he opened his eyes and saw that he was in the quiet Hibiscus Sakura Palace, on his bed in his bedroom, everything in the dream was too real, the fire in the sky, the arrow feathers stuck in his back, and the despair and pain in his eyes, Yu Ruyan seemed to be able to feel the warmth of the blood splashing on her face......

Her whole body was cold, a heart seemed to have fallen into an ice cave and could no longer warm up, her body trembled so much that she couldn't stop, the look on her face was panic and fear that she had never felt before, and when she thought of the three sharp arrows shooting at him at the same time, stabbing into his back fiercely, Yu Ruyan's heart hurt so much that she suffocated, and grabbed her chest tightly.

Brother An took her hand and kept comforting her, seeing that her whole body couldn't stop shivering, thinking that she was cold, she hurriedly went to the table to pour a cup of hot tea and handed it to her......

She looked at the broken cup on the ground as if she was stupid, and a bad premonition suddenly appeared in her heart. The next moment, she had rolled over and climbed out of bed, and stumbled towards the imperial study.

Her heart was full of deep panic, and a voice kept telling her that something had happened to Mu Lingzhi!

However, as soon as he walked to the gate of the courtyard, he bumped into a group of people, but it was Yu Mingzhu, who had not been seen for a long time, who led the Yahuan Palace people into the house.

For the first time, she no longer looked at Yu Ruyan coldly, and there was a trace of pity in her eyes, but her voice was unusually proud.

"Everyone in the world envies you for marrying a good man, but unfortunately, the good times don't last long, and it's only been a long time since you became a widow!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Yu Ruyan's tense nerves collapsed even more when she heard the word 'widow', she stepped forward and grabbed Yu Mingzhu's collar, looked at her with a hideous expression, gritted her teeth and said: "You dare to say nonsense again, I also cut your tongue like the fourth sister, so that you husband and wife are a pair." ”

Hearing her mention Yu Huaizhu, Yu Mingzhu's face flashed with hatred, but her eyes inadvertently showed a trace of fear. She struggled to break free of Yu Ruyan's hand, thinking of the news she had just gotten, and she couldn't help but feel unusually proud and resentful.

She has always been above all the princesses in this palace, but since the Shangguan Xianzhong incident, coupled with the fact that everyone later saw the demeanor of Mu Lingzhi, the third prince of Daliang, everyone in the palace couldn't help but turn the wind one by one, and they all envied and respected Yu Ruyan, plus Mu Lingzhi contributed to the battle of Qi State, even the King of Qi treated Yu Ruyan differently, and no one dared to bully her, one by one, they said that the fifth princess was much stronger than the eldest princess, which made Jade Mingzhu, who has always been loved by thousands of people, how to endure it?

Thinking that Mu Lingzhi had died in battle, this slut would no longer have a backer to rely on in the future, and he had become a widow, Yu Mingzhu felt extremely proud and hateful.

She looked at the pale Yu Ruyan coldly, and said proudly: "Before, because of Wu Zhaoyi's matter, my father and emperor denied all the remarks of Yiyun Daochang, saying that he was a charlatan. But now it seems that his words are not all lies, at least, it is right to say that you are ominous. ”

"Now, your most brave colt has been killed by you, and you have died on the battlefield, do you dare to say that you are not an ominous person?"

Yu Mingzhu can't wait to tell Yu Ruyan the news in the happiest and proudest tone in the world, the more sad and sad she is, the happier she will be to relieve her hatred.

Sure enough, when Yu Ruyan heard her words, her originally pale face could no longer see a trace of blood, and her brain exploded with a 'buzz', she couldn't believe that she heard it, and asked in a hoarse voice: "You, you, what did you say?" ”

"Oh, I'm here to tell you that your good husband is dead, ten thousand arrows pierce his heart, and his white armor is dyed red with blood. Tsk, don't be too miserable. ”

Yu Mingzhu's red lips knotted and the words she spit out, like the most vicious and sharp blade in the world, pierced into Yu Ruyan's heart, her body shook, and she could no longer hold back and fall backwards.

Brother An exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly stepped forward to help her up, Yu Mingzhu looked at Yu Ruyan who was already colorless, and her cold voice was extremely vicious.

"Hello husband's armor has been quietly sent back to the capital, and now it is being placed in the middle of my father's imperial study, because I am afraid that Daliang will know, and my father ordered to hide the news of his death......"

Yu Ruyan didn't know how she got to the imperial study, she only remembered the moment she pushed open the door of the palace, the blood-stained armor placed in the middle of the hall pierced her heart and began to bleed and collapse.

Her eyes were so red that they were dripping blood, and the dead silence on her face made everyone in the hall feel compassion, even the King of Qi really felt sorry for her hard-working daughter for the first time, walked up to her and pulled her hands without a trace of warmth, and comforted her with kind words: "Daughter, don't be too sad......"

Yu Ruyan shook off King Qi's hand and walked to the armor in a daze, her legs were weak, and she knelt in front of the armor with a 'plop', her hands tremblingly touched the blood stains that had dried on it, looking at the arrows left by the sharp arrows on the armor, as well as the gaps cut by the sword, there was almost no intact place, and her heart hurt to suffocate.

The next moment, his throat was sweet, and a mouthful of blood spurted out and splashed on the blood-stained armor.

"Princess, please mourn!"

The ministers around looked at the poor five princesses in front of them, and they couldn't help but shed tears.

"Where is he? Where is his body? I want to see him!! ”

With a roar, as if the strength of Yu Ruyan's whole body had been exhausted, her eyes were bright red, and Qi Wang shouted loudly.

“…… The corpse of the third prince has not been found for the time being, but this armor has been found, but ...... But the soldier watched him fall off his horse with several arrows in his body......" King Qi was so frightened by Yu Ruyan's description that he trembled in his heart, and he was stunned for a moment before he replied to her with a heartache.

Thinking of Mu Ling's death, he didn't know how to explain to King Liang, and King Qi suddenly tightened his brows and had a headache.

Hearing King Qi's words, Yu Ruyan's dead heart trembled slightly, and her mind suddenly appeared in the barracks, where Mu Lingzhi was training soldiers and horses.

He is so staked and so brave, how could he die so easily!?

She didn't believe it, as long as she didn't see his body, she would never believe that he was dead!

At this point, Yu Ruyan's whole body was suddenly filled with strength, and she got up from the ground with a snort, her bright red bloody eyes flashed with determination, and she gritted her teeth and said: "I haven't seen His Highness's corpse for a day, and I won't believe that something happened to him for a day." Father, I'm going out of the palace to find him! ”

It was the hottest summer of the year, and as if history was repeating itself, Yu Ruyan once again left Kyoto and walked towards the unknown future.

Before going out of the city gate, Yu Ruyan found a shop marked with the logo of the Yue family and went in, showing the feather card, the shopkeeper saw it, and respectfully greeted him from behind the counter, Yu Ruyan handed him the letter in his hand, and asked him to send someone to Putuo Temple to give the knife.

In fact, for such a long time, Yu Ruyan also thought of Xiaodao, knowing that he was waiting for him, she felt very guilty about him, but the events of her later life made her no longer have time to take care of him, so she had to explain to him in the letter and ask him for understanding.

Please take care of the shopkeeper, and when she was about to go out, Yu Ruyan suddenly remembered Yue Yu, who she hadn't seen for a long time, and couldn't help asking: "Is there any news about Yue in charge recently?" Is he okay? ”

The shopkeeper was slightly stunned, and after a while, he replied politely with a smile on his face: "Thank you, girl, for your concern, although we know very little about the news of the family, but no news is good news, presumably everything is safe now!" ”

Yu Ruyan looked at the feather plate in her hand, and asked: "I heard that the business of the Yue family is all over the world, I wonder if there is still the business of the Yue family in the territory of Wu before?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "Although there is a lot of war over there now, business is still going on, but many shops have been closed compared to before." ”

Yu Ruyan thanked the shopkeeper, never stopped any longer, and left Kyoto on horseback with Brother An, running towards the battle-torn battlefield......

Since Xiaodao saw Mu Lingzhi and Yu Ruyan kissing intimately that day, endless vinegar surged in his heart, and after these vinegar fires cooled, they solidified into a deep hatred for Mu Lingzhi.

He also wanted to hate Yu Ruyan, but unfortunately, no matter what, Xiaodao couldn't hate her, so even if he was sad, desperate and resentful, he was still reluctant to leave Qi and Putuo Temple, because he had been looking forward to it in his heart, and he hoped that as long as he insisted on waiting, his sister would definitely come to him as agreed, and then they would return to the mountain countryside together and live a happy life in paradise.

Since then, Xiaodao is still guarding the mountain gate of Putuo Temple day and night, waiting for the arrival of Yu Ruyan by the mountain road, however, day after day, when his heart is about to turn cold into frost, he waits for Yue Yu, who has not seen him for a long time.

Yue Yu stood quietly in front of Xiaodao in a snow-white cardigan, and said with a gentle smile: "Xiaodao, you have grown up!" ”

Suddenly seeing Yue Yu, Xiaodao's heart swelled with an inexplicable sense of intimacy, as if he had found a relative, he felt endless grievances and torment in his heart, his eyes were red, and he choked up: "Why did Brother Yue come here?" ”

I haven't seen him for just a few months, Xiaodao's face has changed from the previous immaturity and vicissitudes, Yue Yu's eyes flashed with pity, stepped forward and gently stroked his head and said gently: "Your sister asked me to send you a letter." ”

Hearing that Yu Ruyan had written a letter to him, Yu Xiaodao's silent heart lit up: "Is my sister coming here soon?" ”

After that, he didn't have time to see the pity and loss in Yue Yu's eyes, so he hurriedly took the letter from his hand and couldn't wait to unfold it.

Suddenly, Yu Ruyan only told him in a few words in the letter that he was going to go out to run errands, so he didn't have to worry.

The joy of the knife's heart turned to ashes again, and the heart was cold and cold.

He lowered his head decadently, suppressed the loss and sadness in his heart, and said with doubts and uneasiness: "Sister is going far away? Where is she going? Why don't you take me with you - does she really want me anymore?! ”

Panic surged into his heart, and Xiaodao suddenly became panicked and scared like a homeless child, and impulsively walked in the direction of Kyoto: "I'm going to find her!" ”

"Where are you going to find her?" Yue Yu sighed softly and made the knife stop his hurried steps.

He turned around anxiously and looked at Yue Yu with a sad face, and pleaded with hope on his face: "Brother Yue, do you know where my sister went?" ”

Looking at the knife in front of him with a flustered face, but full of hope and hope, Yue Yu's heart swelled a little unbearable, and he said for a moment: "I heard that the third prince of Daliang had an accident when he helped the Qi army sneak attack the grain and grass camp of the Wei State, and it is estimated that your sister went to the battlefield to find him." ”

When Xiaodao heard that his brother had an accident, his heart sank, although he hated him in his heart, but if he really had an accident, his heart would still be very painful.

Also, when he thought that Yu Ruyan had gone to the battlefield where the sword had no eyes, Yu Xiaodao didn't dare to delay any longer, and he didn't even have time to say goodbye to Yue Yu, and he had already disappeared.

Qingcha Fuyue Yu got into the carriage and sat down, and asked, "Childe, are we going back to Kyoto?" ”

Yue Yu's pale face showed a little uneasy, and finally sighed: "I don't worry about her, follow her!" ”