The long night is over, and the dawn brings the first light of the day.

In the inner room of the main pavilion, Zhuo Yucheng had not yet woken up, so Xin Yao entered the house lightly, and only after preparing hot water did he call softly in the direction of Zhuo Yucheng: "Young master, young master! ”

Zhuo Yucheng opened his eyes and saw that Xinyao was bending down to soak his face in the basin, and the sunlight was shining into the room through the hollowed out window decorations, casting shadows on the ground.

Standing up and rubbing his temples with one hand, Fang opened his mouth and asked, "What time is it?"

"It's time, young master. As he spoke, the square handkerchief that had been wrung out and folded reached the bottom of his eyes, and he was still steaming slightly.

"Young master, wipe your face and wake up. An innocent smile bloomed on his face.

After taking the handkerchief, gently wiping it on his face, he handed it back to Xinyao again.

got up and dressed up, Xin Yao helped to tidy up the bed, and then turned to Zhuo Yucheng to help him tidy up the subtleties on his body.

"Alright. Looking at the elegant and handsome man in white in front of him, Xin Yao sighed in her heart, she was really like a jade, and the son was unparalleled in the world.

"What are you doing, your eyes are straight. Seeing Xinyao staring at herself intently, she didn't feel funny, this girl was ghostly, and she didn't know what she was thinking. Fingers curled slightly, clasped against the door of her head.

"Ahh The center of his eyebrows was tapped, Xin Yao Fang came back to his senses, and couldn't help but shout softly: "Young master, be light, I just saw that the young master was good-looking, so I took two more looks." ”

This girl, Zhuo Yucheng shook her head with a smile, ignored it, turned her back and walked out of the door.

When he arrived at the door, he saw that in the courtyard, Mu Yunxiao was waiting for him, and unconsciously quickened his pace and approached him.

"Second Brother Mu, it's early. ”

Hearing Zhuo Yucheng's voice, Mu Yunxiao also replied early.

"Second Brother Mu came to me early in the morning, could it be that he had something to tell me?" He waited at the door of his room early in the morning, thinking that he had something important to talk about.

After the beginning, Mu Yunxiao was also refreshed, and answered bluntly.

"Oh, I don't know why it's so important. Zhuo Yucheng was really curious.

Mu Yunxiao glanced behind Zhuo Yucheng, and then said to him: "I'll take you to a place today, just our brothers, and have a good talk." ”

Zhuo Yucheng comprehended, glanced behind him, and ordered Xinyao: "You go to your mother's side to report it, and say that I have something to do with the second prince and go out, and I will come back in an hour." ”

Although he really wanted to go with him, Zhuo Yucheng had already given the order, and Xin Yao had to purse her mouth, bow and retreat.

"Let's go. When they came to the stable, one of them led a fast horse, and rode away.

About half an hour later, the two of them came to a small village.

The entrance of the village is full of plum trees, and the trees are planted in two lanes, leaving just one road leading directly to the village.

"The plum tree opens the way, and it is a wonder. Zhuo Yucheng got off the horse and faced the entrance of the village, sighing deeply.

"There is still a period of time before the flowers bloom, if in winter, when the plum blossoms are in full bloom, it is really a flower blossom to guide the way, and the fragrance of flowers is intoxicating. Mu Yunxiao led the horse slowly, pacing between the plum blossom roads, and the sweet time came to his mind, and the corners of his mouth couldn't stop rising.

Zhuo Yucheng slowly followed, and entered the village with Mu Yunxiao.

The name of this village is Plum Blossom Village, which is named after those plum trees at the entrance of the village. I brought you here today because I want to tell you about the old things of the past, so as to express the bitterness in my heart. "As a child of the royal family, there are not many confidants around me, and even if there is pain in my heart, there is no one to complain about, and there is nowhere to release. can communicate with each other, and only Zhuo Yu has become.

"Over the years, you have really been wronged. "Zhuo Yucheng didn't know Mu Yunxiao's suffering, as the second prince, he had to bear the framing from his brothers, but also had to resist the pressure from the emperor, coupled with the suppression of foreign forces, his situation was difficult, it is self-evident.

"It doesn't matter. Mu Yunxiao turned around and smiled at him, and after a few steps, he stopped.

In front of me is a small wooden house, no matter how simple and ordinary, there is a plum tree planted in front of the door that is the same as the entrance of the village, not far from the tree, a small stone table and stone bench stand in front of the house.

"This is it. Mu Yunxiao said, with a smile in his eyes, full of tenderness.

After the two of them set up the horses, Fang sat down at the stone table, and Mu Yunxiao also took out a pot of tea and two tea cups from the wooden house.

"It's no better than the Divine Weapon Pavilion here, there is only some coarse tea, I have wronged you. While referring to tea in the two tea cups, he said to Zhuo Yucheng with apologies.

"What Second Brother Mu said, when he was practicing in Xuanqing Palace, it was just coarse tea to quench his thirst. With that, he picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"It's a small village, but it's calm and peaceful, and it's a great place to retreat. Looking around, Zhuo Yucheng said.

"Hehe, Brother Yucheng's vision is really good. ”

"Second Brother Mu brought me here, not only to let Yucheng see this good scenery, you also said it just now, you want to talk to me about the old things, Yucheng, but you are very curious. Putting down the teacup in his hand, Zhuo Yucheng looked directly into Mu Yunxiao's eyes.

"You have the best memory. The index finger pointed at Zhuo Yucheng, and Mu Yunxiao opened his mouth to tell Zhuo Yucheng about the events of the year one by one.

At that time, he was still a high-spirited young man, who did not know how to use power and strategy, and only longed for the world of freedom outside the palace, so he took the sword of his eldest brother and said goodbye without saying goodbye, and stepped into the complicated rivers and lakes in a daze.

When he first entered the rivers and lakes, he was not good at martial arts and his youthful temperament, simple and fast-paced, and he was always prone to trouble. Once, in an unknown bamboo forest, he was seriously injured by a group of black-clothed traders who were plotted to rescue him, and he fought desperately to escape the pursuit of the group. It's just that the injury is too serious, and after making sure that he has no worries about his life, he relaxed his vigilance, and his eyes were dark, and he fainted.

When I woke up again, I was already lying in this wooden house, and the bandaged wound on my body was still aching, but the degree had slowed down. He looked around, the wooden house was simply furnished, but there were a few plans, two wooden chairs, and a wooden bed lying under him, although it was a little simple, but it was clean.

After a while, there was a sound at the door, and the sound of light footsteps came from far and near, Mu Yunxiao raised his eyes to look at the door, but saw a woman coming, carefully holding a small bowl in her hand, dressed in plain elegance, the only jewelry was a silver hairpin in her hair, light gauze to hide her face, and her chin was low.

"You..." wanted to ask where the woman in front of her was and what kind of condition she was in, but when she opened her mouth, she found that her throat was dry and hoarse, and it was very difficult to even speak.

"Don't worry, Childe, you have been asleep for a long time, and you haven't eaten a drop of water, drink this bowl of medicine first, maybe you will feel better." He took a wooden chair and sat down, held the medicine bowl in front of Mu Yunxiao, and smiled with crooked eyebrows.

Such beautiful eyes, Mu Yunxiao was a little stunned, this girl's eyebrows and eyes are more profound than ordinary women, but it is a different style.

Noticing his gaffe, Mu Yunxiao hurriedly put his thoughts away, took the bowl in the woman's hand, raised his head and drank the medicine completely.

It's really bitter, his eyebrows are wrinkled, and the bitter taste in his mouth lingers for a long time, which is really uncomfortable. The woman smiled and took out a white sugar pill from her pocket and handed it to Mu Yunxiao: "This, take it, Childe, it can relieve the bitterness in your mouth." “

Quickly stuff the sugar pills into your mouth, and the sweet taste is really refreshing.

"Thank you, girl, for saving me. Mu Yunxiao clasped his palms and fists together and thanked the woman.

"Childe doesn't have to be polite, I just did what ordinary people would do. The light veil on her face fluctuated with the woman's breath, "I don't know how the son feels now?" After sleeping for a day and a night, he is always a little uncomfortable. ”

He slept for so long! Mu Yunxiao was suddenly surprised in his heart: "I have been bothered by the girl for so long, and I really don't want to go down." ”

As he spoke, he rummaged through his body, took out a silver ingot, and said, "The girl will accept these silver coins." ”

"This—" The woman hesitated, but did not reach out to take it.

Thinking that this girl was thin-skinned and embarrassed to take it, Mu Yunxiao didn't force it on her, put the silver ingot at the head of the bed, and was about to get out of bed.

"Hey, you're not healed, don't be in a hurry. The woman got up hurriedly and wanted to help him, but when she got up, the rope that tied the veil next to her ear was loosened, and the veil fell to the ground, and Mu Yunxiao's angle just took in the woman's face.

The slightly curly brown hair is different from ordinary people, although the complexion is not as fair as that of ordinary women, but it is also blown, thick eyebrows and watery eyes, a pair of eyes full of smiles, seductive, tall and delicate nose with delicate red lips, even more charming and enchanting.

As the son of the royal family, Mu Yunxiao has seen a lot of stunning colors, but he has never seen such a demeanor, and he can't help but be stunned.

"Childe, Childe?" the woman reached out and shook him, then leaned down to pick up the veil that had fallen to the ground and put it back on.

"Hmm, oh!" Mu Yunxiao came back to his senses, and secretly felt annoyed in his heart that he had repeatedly lost his temper today: "I'm out of shape, I hope the girl doesn't mind." ”

"How come, Childe is not a villain, and Garo won't care. ”

It turned out that this woman's name was Jia Luo, and Mu Yunxiao secretly wrote it down, and his good impression of her increased.

"The girl wears this veil, is it because of her appearance?" As soon as these words came out, Mu Yunxiao found out that there was no etiquette, it was inconvenient to ask whether the girl wore a veil or not, and he also pulled on other people's appearances, Mu Yunxiao, you were injured and your brain was also evil?

After hearing this, Jia Luo nodded generously and said: "The prince also saw that Jia Luo's appearance was different from that of the people here, and when he came here, he caused a lot of trouble because of this appearance, so he wore a veil in order to avoid trouble." ”

A beautiful exotic woman, when she comes to an unfamiliar place in life, will encounter what is wrong and wrong, think about it, and know it, no wonder she will cover it with a veil.

Mu Yunxiao bowed his head slightly and coughed lightly to relieve the embarrassment in his heart. Fortunately, this girl is open-minded, otherwise he really doesn't know how to deal with himself.

"I've been talking to Childe for a long time, and I haven't asked Childe's name yet?"

"In Xia Mu Yunxiao, it is... It's a knight who travels all over the world. "Being alone outside, plus it was sneaked out, the true identity naturally can't be said, thinking that since he came out to do chivalry, he called himself a chivalrous man.

"Mu Gongzi is really a young hero, Jia Luo admires it. Jia Luo's eyes showed admiration, thought for a moment, and then asked hesitantly: "I don't know, when Mu Gongzi is traveling, can he know a Changfeng hero?"

What she said was the name of the eldest brother when he wandered the rivers and lakes?

"Dare to ask the girl, what you said about the Changfeng Hero, but with the Changfeng Sword in hand, he killed the famous Changfeng Hero in the Loulan Trade Place?"

"That's right! That's it, Childe, do you know?" Jia Luo was a little excited when he saw that Mu Yunxiao seemed to know someone he admired.

It's not just knowing, it's his own big brother. I didn't expect the name of Changfeng Hero to be so loud.

"Girl, take the liberty of asking, are you from the Western Regions?"

"This..."Jia Luo pondered for a moment, "Jia Luo was originally from Loulan, and he came here just to see the world outside Loulan. ”

I heard from the eldest brother that the Loulan woman is graceful and graceful, and she has a beautiful appearance.

"I didn't expect that Second Brother Mu also had a lot of encounters back then, and he could get to know Loulan beauty even if he fainted on the side of the road. Zhuo Yucheng smacked his lips, put down the empty teacup in his hand, and his eyes were full of teasing: "Let me guess, is the next episode with what is written in the play, lonely men and widows in the same room, and they fall in love for a long time, and then they are concubines, and the flowers are before and under the moon?"

"You kid. Mu Yunxiao shook his head and chuckled: "There is no shortage of brains in this regard. Still, it's up to you to guess. Garo is gentle and considerate, and under her careful care, I got well very quickly, and gradually developed affection for her. And so it is with me, and so is Garo. ”

"Look, what I'm talking about. He has heard of this kind of way of beauty saving heroes more than once.

"After that, when my body will be well raised, Ingala worships the Changfeng Hero, so I will use the Changfeng Sword as a sword, and take her to travel the rivers and lakes with her, and do chivalrous deeds. Until one day, Jia Luo received a letter, and we set off for Loulan. At this point, Mu Yunxiao paused for a long time and did not speak.

Zhuo Yucheng carefully recalled in his mind that Loulan was located in the Western Regions and was an important business and travel hub, so Loulan often gathered for business and travel, and the market was lively. It is precisely because of the accessibility of trade that the Xiongnu eyed it, coupled with the growing power of the Xiongnu, resulting in Loulan often being attacked by the Xiongnu. Isn't it, the two were attacked by the Huns in Loulan?

Mu Yunxiao raised his eyes and looked at Zhuo Yucheng, sighed and continued: "We encountered the Japanese in Loulan. ”

Sure enough, it was Zhuo Yucheng in a word!

"Even though I am full of force, but in the face of many Huns, plus Jia Luo, who does not know martial arts, I am powerless at all. In my memory, I remember the situation of being in danger at that time.

In the vast desert, the Huns surrounded the two, and Jialuo's veil had long been blown away by the wind, revealing a beautiful face. She hid behind Mu Yunxiao in a panic, and the fanatics around her looked at her, with a wolf-like look in her eyes, and the lewd laughter entered her ears with the wind, which was disgusting.

More than a dozen fanatics came in unison with their swords! Mu Yunxiao protected Jia Luo while struggling to meet the attack.

The long sword blocked a blow, but the hand holding Jia Luo suddenly sank, and when he looked back, a Hun was pulling one of Jia Luo's hands with his eyes shining, causing Jia Luo to scream again and again!

"Ahh

Mu Yunxiao pulled hard, and slashed at the Hun with a sword! Instantly blood gushed out, splashing Jia Luo's face.

"Ahh

Mu Yunxiao didn't care much, kicked him away, and led Jia Luo to escape from the siege of the Xiongnu.

Seeing this, the rest of the Huns swarmed up and made a gesture to chop Mu Yunxiao into mud.

At the moment of crisis, I saw arrows shooting from all around, straight through the chests of those fanatics, hitting them with one blow, and in the blink of an eye, the dilemma of life and death was solved.

"Princess!" looked up, in the direction where the arrow was fired, a group of men and horses appeared, and the one who took the lead came to them and immediately turned over and dismounted, and saluted Garro.

"Princess?" Mu Yunxiao looked back at Jia Luo, she, is she Princess Loulan?

"Alta, get up. Jia Luo walked out from behind Mu Yunxiao and raised his hand to the saluting general.

"Yunxiao, I'm sorry, I have never told you my surname, my full name is Shanshan Jialuo, and I am the eldest princess of Loulan. ”

"Shanshan Jialuo, the eldest princess who was promised by the king of Loulan to make peace with the Xiongnu?" asked Zhuo Yucheng. Hearing that the Xiongnu had been in Loulan for a long time, causing the people of Loulan to be miserable, and the strength was not enough to resist the Xiongnu, the king of Loulan made this decision, wanting to marry the eldest princess to the Xiongnu in order to make peace, so as to exchange for decades of peace in Loulan.

"Yes, it's her. It's just that at that time, the king of Loulan had not yet given Jia Luo to the Xiongnu. Mu Yunxiao's throat was a little thirsty, so he added some tea and took a sip.

"Oh, could it be that there were still strong troops in Loulan to fight the Huns at that time?" Zhuo Yucheng was really curious.

"No, Loulan was already powerless to resist the Xiongnu at that time, and the reason why King Loulan didn't do that was because the person he wanted to ask for help at that time was the Rui Dynasty. Moistening his throat, Mu Yunxiao continued with his unfinished words: "The Rui Dynasty is strong, and the military strength is even higher than that of the Xiongnu, if the Rui Dynasty is willing to help, Loulan has its own shelter, and no longer has to endure the invasion of the Xiongnu." Therefore, the king of Loulan wanted to give Jia Luo to his father as a gift to his relatives, so he sent two letters, one to recall Jia Luo who was traveling, and the other to the Rui Dynasty, and made this proposal to his father. ”

"The emperor is deeply affectionate, and he never forgets the former queen in his heart, so I'm afraid he didn't agree to this proposal. Although it was a question, it was a firm tone, the current emperor Mu Changfeng was really a dedicated person, and he always thought of the first queen in his heart, even his uncle Bai Muqing, who had been with him for a long time, had never really entered his heart.

Mu Yunxiao nodded: "Father naturally declined King Loulan's proposal, after all, Loulan is only a remote and small country in the Western Regions, and it will do more harm than good to disperse his troops for it." In desperation, the king of Loulan moved the idea of giving Jia Luo to the king of the Huns. ”

Jia Luo had a sweetheart, and he didn't want to marry the king of the Huns, so he begged Mu Yunxiao to take her away, who expected that on the night of leaving, the king of Loulan made a hand and foot in Mu Yunxiao's food, causing his internal strength to be scattered, and the chances of winning with outnumbered enemies were very small, so how could it be possible to escape!

Weak, he was abandoned in the desert by the Loulan soldiers, and Jia Luo was forcibly sent to the Hun king who came to the palace of Loulan that night.

The night passed, and the heart died.

Poor beauty Rusi, the Hun King is notoriously cruel, how can a slender woman bear that toss. Zhuo Yucheng sympathized with Jia Luo in his heart, and his noble status sometimes came in exchange for incomparable pain.

Mu Yunxiao thought about this, and the knuckles of the cup were pinched white. He still remembered how she looked when he found Garo after he regained his internal strength.

His hair was messy, his eyes were blank, he was looking straight ahead, his clothes were torn, his hands were crossed on his chest, and his bare skin was full of bruises. She leaned her head against the bedpost, her face clear with tears, and her whole person looked like a broken rag doll.

He approached lightly, and stretched out his hand to hug her, but he saw that Garo jumped up like a frightened bird, and moved back in panic.

He stood there, not daring to move, his heart was as distressed as a knife. The man he held in the palm of his hand was tortured like this by that brute!

Gripping the Changfeng Sword, he turned around and rushed to the palace of King Loulan, he wanted to break the corpses of the people who tortured Jia Luo into ten thousand pieces!

Full of anger in front of the king of Loulan, he raised the sword of the long wind and was about to cut down, the guards all drew their swords to each other, but the king of Loulan raised his hand to stop him, he looked at the angry young man in front of him, and said, "You do it." ”

Looking at King Loulan's calm expression, Mu Yunxiao did not stab down with a sword as he said.

"The Hun barbarians never let Loulan go, and the brute left after committing violence against Jialuo, full of foul language, disgusting, and did not mention the peace talks at all. It was my whimsical burial of Jia Luo's life!Ruined her happiness!I, damn it!" Being in the position of the emperor, but unable to protect the people closest to him, King Loulan blamed himself extremely: "You take Jia Luo away, go far, and never come back." ”

"If you hadn't drugged me that night, I would have taken her away and flew away!How could she have suffered such humiliation!" At the mention of Jialuo, the resentment in Mu Yunxiao's heart surged again, and the sword in his hand quickly pierced into the chest of King Loulan.

Blood dripped down the body of the sword, thinking that the person in front of him was Jialuo's father, the monarch of Loulan Kingdom, and Mu Yunxiao's sword did not hit the vital point. It's just to vent his anger to Jialuo, and the real damn one is the Hun King.

Pulling the sword back, Mu Yunxiao walked out of the temple without looking back: "I will take Jia Luo away, in this life, she has nothing to do with Loulan!

After that, I took Garo back to Plum Village. Mu Yunxiao looked up at the plum blossom tree in front of the house and continued: "After Jia Luo came back, although his spirit was much better, he was awakened by nightmares every night, and he couldn't sleep after that. I comforted her countless times, but the nightmares always lingered, and one day, she had had enough of the torture and killed herself while I was out shopping for her. ”

Such a sad story, sad, lamentable. Zhuo Yucheng sighed lightly in his heart, such a beautiful woman passed away like this, which is really suffocating.

"Jia Luo died, my heart is like stagnant water, I wanted to keep my memories and her, here for her three years of filial piety, who knows, the people of the seventh family, fell in love with the land of Plum Blossom Village. They colluded with the government to forcibly expropriate land! Unscrupulous means were used to force the villagers to give up their land, and once the villagers resisted, they were privately executed, and the villagers were killed and injured countless times, and finally they were forced to abandon their homes and leave their homes. ”

"Those officials, didn't they recognize you?" Zhuo Yucheng was a little strange, it stands to reason that once Mu Yunxiao's identity is exposed, no one in the land of the Rui Dynasty will dare to make a mistake in front of him.

"I have lived in the palace since I was a child, and except for some important officials of the court, no one outside the palace has ever seen my appearance. Those dog officials didn't know who I was, and sent me to prison with the rest of the villagers until Lin Xiao's father, Lord Lin of the Xiaoqi Camp, happened to pass by and tried the case, and then recognized me and set me free. Thinking of the shocked faces of those dog officials when they learned his identity, Mu Yunxiao couldn't help but be annoyed in his heart.

"A nest of snakes and rats, Second Brother Mu tasted the pain of the death of his beloved, and experienced the pain of officials colluding to oppress the people, no wonder his temperament has become different from the beginning. "Zhuo Yucheng is now fully understanding Mu Yunxiao's original intention of fighting for power now.