The next day, in the early morning, there was still dewy moisture in the dense forest, dozens of vigorous figures, shuttling in the forest, waving swords, dazzling, blood was sprinkled everywhere, flowers and plants fell.

Except for the cold cacophony of the iron colliding with the cold cacophony, all that remained was the morning chirping of insects and birds.

A moment later, a group of black-clothed men with swords dripping blood appeared one after another and knelt on one knee in front of a hundred-year-old banyan tree.

At this time, the person who was sitting on the banyan tree to take a nap, half of his face was hidden under a black and gold mask, and he couldn't see his expression clearly, but the rich smell of blood made his handsome eyebrows frown slightly, but his eyelids did not move for half a minute.

"Master, it's clean." A man resembling the leader of the men in black said to the people under the tree.

After hearing this, the man remained unchanged and only said, "Well, after a stick of incense, set off." ”

"Yes." After the black-clothed leader received the order, he dismissed everyone, and a group of people were scattered around, on the grass, on the branches, or sitting on the side to rest with their eyes closed, or leaning against the tree and gently wiping the bloody sword.

Suddenly, there was a squirming sound, which made the ears of the man under the tree move, and the black-clothed leader beside him rushed to the branch not far away like a sharp sword, reached out, and then turned around beautifully, and returned to the ground easily.

He took off the whistle with the secret letter tied to the leg of the carrier pigeon in his hand, took it out, and presented it to the man under the tree with both hands, and at the same time, the man's eyes were opened, and his eyes were clear.

After he took the secret letter and looked at it, his eyebrows raised slightly, and there was a little more doubt in his eyes.

Seeing him like this, the black-clothed leader couldn't help but ask, "Master, what happened?" ”

The man's eyes were still fixed on the secret letter, and when he heard this, he just shook his head lightly, and without saying anything, he handed him the secret letter, then stood up and walked towards the stream in the distance.

In front of the stream, the man wearing the black and gold mask lifted his shirt and squatted down on one knee, took off the mask and put it aside, picked up a handful of water with both hands, and buried his face in it until the water in his hand dried up along the gap, and then slowly raised his head.

took out a black silk handkerchief from his arms, wiped the water droplets on his face, picked up the black and gold mask belt on the side, and returned to the same way with the black-clothed leader who had been following him, and the two said a word or two from time to time.

And the handkerchief that was originally tucked back to his waist, as if he was hooked by something, when the two were talking, he unconsciously left him, and the blue light flew into a dense giant banyan tree in the dense forest of the stream.

The girl in red, Shingo, was huddled in the dense branches of the giant banyan at this time, panting heavily, because at this time her chest was like carrying dozens of rabbits, and her whole body was trembling in a frenzy.

In the past, in order to make a living, what they did in the village was all legitimate business on the surface, if it weren't for Nanyu's sudden flood, this year's harvest would have been soaked, and she would not have taken the job of stealing chickens and dogs behind her back.

But if it weren't for that, she wouldn't have met that person, let alone the ghost who had been with them for two days.

Along the way, what she said to herself the most was that she only did this to find out the identity of the person who spent a lot of money, and also to protect the safety of other people in the village, so she took the risk and used spiritual tracking to track down, silently praying in her heart for the ancestors to be strange.

Now, she looked at the handkerchief in her hand, while trying to suppress the rapid heartbeat, she was very distressed and thought about what was wrong with her, but she accidentally saw the appearance of that person, and made her a thief, and subconsciously used spiritual magic, if the elders knew, she would definitely be punished.

Although to tell the truth, he was indeed a little more handsome than the witch doctor in the village, but to steal a man's personal belongings, she just felt that she must be a ghost, and she was ashamed to plunge into the stream.

However, she stole and stole it, and she was ashamed, she still carefully picked up the handkerchief and took a closer look.

Suddenly, her eyes fixed on the lower left corner, a pattern embroidered with gold thread like a moon ring, leaving a black background in the middle, and embroidering a dignified "Yu" character with black thread, when she gently brushed the raised word, her mind easily appeared that the voice of him riding on a tall horse and talking, and the appearance when he turned around after trimming by the stream, it was indeed a beautiful person.

Thinking about it, her face was unconsciously soft, and her eyes looked at the figure that had long gone through the dense branches, and secretly made some decisions.

In the dense forest, the figures of two men walked forward one after the other, the person in front was the owner of the veil - Yuwang Yuecao, and behind was the black-clothed leader, his personal guard Xiqiu.

Suddenly, Yueqiu's figure froze, and Xiqiu reacted quickly and stood beside him in a flash, and said suspiciously: "Master? ”

"That's not right." Yue Cao opened her mouth and said, without waiting for the person next to her to ask, and continued: "The secret letter said that they had diverted to Qinghua County to gather, but Yan Xingge was unconscious because of a landslide encountered on the way, and he was recuperating nearby, and now all the materials have been concentrated in Qinghua County, but there always seems to be something wrong." ”

"Master, I suspected that Lord Yan had a problem before, but he personally escorted him in danger and is still unconscious, could it be ......" Xiqiu said his thoughts, but seeing that the man's eyes changed slightly, the words stopped.

"You want to say I misunderstood him?" Yue Xiao asked with a sneer at the people around her.

"The subordinates didn't dare to question the master, the subordinates just wondered why the master suddenly suspected Lord Yan."

Yue Xiao turned to face him face to face and said: "Two reasons, first, the group of people yesterday was specially arranged by Beizhao to delay time, and that girl could hear the accent of Beizhao of the people, and sent someone to follow it, the border trade within Yan Xingge's jurisdiction, there are people who sneak under his hands and don't even notice it, do you think it's possible?"

In addition, the people were lost in Yuehua County, it can be seen that those people's skills are above that group of men, and their familiarity with the terrain is by no means ordinary, I am afraid that they have been infiltrated for a long time, Yan Xingge actually did not mention anything in the secret letter, which is by no means unusual. ”

Xiqiu nodded thoughtfully and said, "If these are really so skilled, but they only got rid of the tracking in Yuehua County, if they didn't want to deliberately confuse the public, so that Lord Yan would be suspicious, they were releasing some warning messages to their accomplices?" After saying his thoughts, he subconsciously looked at his master.

And Yue Cao also happened to look at him with appreciation, nodded and said, "Yes, there is progress." ”

"The subordinates are dull, but the masters are wise, and the subordinates are taught." He bowed, quite impressively, and then asked, "Master, what about the second reason?" ”

"Second ......" Yue Cao paused, her eyes narrowed slightly, she raised her hand and touched her chin, turned around and faced forward, slowly walked a few steps behind her hands, and said as she walked: "Intuition." ”

“……”

That being said, after all, I have known each other for many years, and Yue Cao inevitably sighed in her heart, "There is always a problem, I hope ...... It's not him. ”

When the two returned to their original places, everyone was ready to go, and Yue Cao took the time to reply to the "stand-in" who was now in the post station in Qinghua County, dressed as his "King Yu" holy envoy, and then turned over and got on the horse.

Suddenly, he found that his little finger was a little dirty, and subconsciously touched his waist, but he couldn't find the silk handkerchief, and then jumped the horse's head with the reins, ran forward for a distance, looked along the way, and still didn't find it.

Yue Cao shook her head, held her forehead with one hand and chuckled, and said to herself: "It's gone, and when you go back, you will inevitably be nagged by your mother for a while." ”

Then, he grabbed the horse's belly and ran towards everyone, saying "Let's go." Then he took the lead.

Liangzhou, Qinghua County

In an independent courtyard not far from the post station, a person who looked like a guard stood outside the house and whispered a secret message.

"Your Highness, come and eat."

Inside the house, the man who had changed into the official robe of the holy envoy was sitting at the table and carefully wiping his gold silk mask, and his handsome face was exposed, which was the famous "His Royal Highness the King of Nan" - Yue Tianyu.

When he heard this, he didn't stop wiping, but only said to the people outside the house: "Come in." ”

After the guard entered the door, he presented the secret letter, Yue Tianyu put down the mask, took the secret letter and destroyed it after reading it, and then asked, "What is the situation outside now?" ”

The guard replied: "The materials escorted by Lord Yan have arrived yesterday, the county magistrate sent someone to count them, and sent them to the front line overnight, he also came, his subordinates said that you are resting, so he went back to the county government first, and asked the chief bookkeeper to lead the people from the Tai Hospital to the front line with our supplies, and our people and the officials escorted along the road, please rest assured."

Also, the subordinates have just received the news that the rest of the supplies prepared by the household department have set off this morning, and the subordinates have already sent a letter to them to come to Qinghua County, and the journey will be shortened, and they will arrive in about three days. ”

He nodded, stood up, paced the window of the walkway, looked at the rain that was still densely connected outside, and asked, "Is there any news from Lord Yan?" ”

"Yes, but not much, I only know that Lord Yan is cultivating in an ancient village on a mountain in Qinghua County, and there is no worry about his life for the time being, so people don't have to look for it anymore, and he will send people back after his injuries are healed." So said the guard.

"Huh? That's all? Yue Tianyu turned his head and asked in surprise.

"The village has been hiding from the world for a long time, the trace is difficult to find, and it is said that outsiders are not allowed to approach, this news is still the village sent someone to pass the word to learn, the county let people follow at the moment, but only two miles of land lost the trace, at this time there is indeed no extra manpower to search the mountain, let it be like this." The guard said again.

"Huh, that's the only way? The most promising second-rank member of Nanyue Kingdom is now recuperating from a group of unidentified people, and the group of people under Yan Xingge is really big-hearted. ”

Yue Tianyu's face was indifferent, and he only teased two words when he heard the words, but the guards could hear the concern in his mouth.

"Actually, you can't blame them, the person who came came with the handwritten book of Lord Yan's attendant, and there ......" The guard's face was troubled and a little hesitant.

"Huh? What's more, heh, when does Twilight speak like this? Yue Tianyu turned to look at the person in front of him and smiled gently.

The guard Duxia glanced at Yue Tianyu, took out a handwritten letter from his arms, presented it to him, and said, "Also, the seal letter of the Nanyue royal family, the subordinates have carefully identified it, and the seal letter belongs to the eldest princess. ”

Yue Tianyu looked at her without saying a word for a while, took the letter and glanced at it, and after a while, the long fingers of her right hand curled slightly, touching her eyebrows, "Huh...... Aunt Huang actually came to Liangzhou. ”

That's what makes it really hilarious......

They had just suspected Yan Xingge on the front foot, and he was seriously injured on the back foot, was this just a simple coincidence? In addition, Yue Yunchu suddenly came to Liangzhou in micro-service, which is even more incomprehensible.

But for the time being, no matter why she came, after all, she is a member of the Dongyu royal family, her imperial aunt will never have other thoughts, Yan Xingge has her to look at it, it is also a good thing, but the clues that were originally caught with great difficulty were suddenly interrupted, and now he can only find a way to contact his imperial aunt first, and on the other hand, he still has to hope that Yue Cao will arrive in Beidaying as soon as possible.

Yue Tianyu gently put down the hand between her eyebrows, her thumb on her slightly curved index finger, gently rubbed back and forth, and looked at the rain outside the window and thought.

Twilight stood beside him, not bothering, she always liked to secretly observe the way he was thinking, as if that was what he really looked like, less of his usual elegant joke and more real.

is obviously a person with a ravine, but he is suppressed by reality, he can't display his ambitions, give up his consciousness, and can only live in a life built for him by others for the sake of the overall situation, how unfair and how can people be willing.

Maybe she was too immersed in her own imagination, and the emotions in her eyes were too strong, so that when Yue Tianyu looked at her, her originally peaceful face was slightly displeased.

"Twilight, although you have grown up beside this king since you were a child, don't think you know this king, and don't try to guess anything, just do what you have to arrange, and don't live up to the trust that this king has placed in you."

Twilight was stunned, this man has always been a light and breezy appearance, but gentle and delicate, regardless of class, he rarely calls himself "this king", and has never talked about her in such a tone, and today it is already a reprimand.

She slowly came back to her senses and responded with a salute, but her lowered forehead and eyebrows inevitably carried a little embarrassment and sadness.

exited the room, and the moment the door was closed, the person who was standing by the window also retreated in and closed the window at the same time.

Twilight turned around slowly, walked into the rain curtain, the raindrops were not big but very silky, and it didn't take long to wet the hair, someone stepped forward to send an umbrella, but she waved it back, asked her what was wrong, she only said that she was being punished, let them take care of the yard, and then left the courtyard without looking back.

She had always known that she was different from that person, and she never dared to trespass, but with the change of the direction of the wind and the growth of age, this person became more and more excellent, and in her heart that person was better than King Yu.

But what the Moon Emperor has been doing has been disappointing, the person who can deliver his life is used as a stepping stone by others, and even the current "Holy Envoy" identity is just a stand-in, making a wedding dress for others to gain fame, and she is unwilling to be wronged for him.

On the streets, there are not many pedestrians due to the rain, but most of the displaced people who have poured into the city before have been placed within the scope of the epidemic area, and a small number of those who have not been resettled are scattered outside the doors of various shops to take shelter from the rain.

The atmosphere in Liangzhou is indeed very good under Yan Xingge's governance, no store will drive these people away, some will send them some hot soup from time to time, and some women and children holding children outside will be allowed to rest in the shop.

In the distance, the pharmacy distributes its own decoction to ward off the cold and prevent the epidemic, and diagonally diagonally is a temporary grass hut extended by a shop to shelter from the rain.

And there are countless such spontaneous good deeds by local people, just to give this group of people who are already homeless a moment of warmth and the courage to live.

Looking at the scene in front of her, Twilight suddenly felt a little clearer in her heart, and those personal unwillingness and grievances in the face of the great rights and wrongs of life and death, good and evil, will make people feel dirty.

She may have only seen Yue Tianyu's personal grievances, but what Yue Tianyu had in her eyes was the peace of Nanyue and the safety of the thousands of displaced people, and at this moment she felt that she might really be wrong...... But how can she make up for it?