Mu Zicheng and Ling Dongwu lit a fire, and found a broken iron pot in the temple to boil the water, Mu Zicheng took out a few steamed buns in his arms and put them next to the fire, and after a while, there was a hot fragrance wafting in the broken temple.

Mu Zicheng first handed the hot steamed buns to Xia Mingde's master and servant, and poured two bowls of boiling water and handed them to them, Xia Mingde glanced at the handsome Mu Zicheng in the fire with a shy smile, the country was ruined, and in the troubled times, Xia Mingde, who was a princess, tasted the insignificance of individual strength for the first time, the woman's precariousness, and the fear she had never had, made her look at the man in front of her as if she had grasped the straw that saved her life, she saw that Mu Zicheng was young and heroic, and the love in her heart gradually rose, she raised her eyes and glanced at Yue Pengju, took the steamed bun and boiling water, Eat reservedly.

Ling Dongwu saw that Mu Zicheng first handed the steamed bun to Xia Mingde, and then thoughtfully gave Xia Mingde a bowl of boiling water, he was angry, took a wooden stick and picked it up in the fire, the fire "crackled", Mu Zicheng just wanted to pick up the steamed bun and hand it to Ling Dongwu, seeing that she had already picked one up by herself, she munched on it.

How could Mu Zicheng understand the girl's mood, seeing Ling Dongwu eating Zhenghuan, he didn't suspect it, and he lowered his head and ate it.

On the second day, the four of them continued to get on their horses and hurried away, passing through the first few forks, after several diversions, the crowd became smaller and smaller, Mu Zicheng and Ling Dongwu saw a team of Nanzhao troops running in front of them, and they went up to see that it was the deputy general Jiao Hongliang, Jiao Hongliang saw Mu Zicheng and Ling Dongwu and smiled, "Great, General Mu, Ling Gongzi, the third prince is sending me to lead troops to meet you!" ”

After listening to Jiao Hongliang's words, the two of them felt warm in their hearts, and felt that the desperate fighting in the past two days had finally not been in vain.

After a long day's journey, the group finally caught up with Emperor Nanzhao and his party in Taigu City, which was closest to Hengyang, the emperor and the three princes and others were discussing countermeasures, I heard that Mu Zicheng and his party were back, and hurriedly summoned, Mu Zicheng and others walked in, Ling Dongwu raised his head, saw that the emperor's eyes were deep, and his expression was panicked, the Nanzhao Emperor, who was as weak as his son's brother, had been completely haggard and withered after Xiao Haotian's fright, and felt a hot gaze looking at him, Ling Dongwu followed his gaze to find it, Xia Wenxuan bowed slightly to her, It also looks haggard.

Before Mu Zicheng and the others could meet the emperor, the emperor saw Xia Mingde standing behind Mu Zicheng, and asked in a trembling voice, "Mingde, is it you?" ”

After suffering all the grievances and hardships, Princess Mingde finally saw the emperor's brother again, and couldn't help crying "wow" and knelt down: "Brother Wang......"

The emperor stepped forward and helped her up, holding her in his arms, and was slightly happy in his heart: "Fortunately, Mingde, you finally escaped!" ”

The third prince, Xia Wenxuan, also stepped forward and appeased Princess Mingde.

Princess Mingde cried so much that she recounted to the emperor that Mu Zicheng was rescued by Mu Zicheng in the chaos on the road, and the emperor looked back and saw Mu Zicheng with a lofty and dignified appearance, and listened to her sister's admiration for Mu Zicheng in her words It is self-evident that she wants her sister to marry Mu Zicheng with the body of the princess's daughter, but in the troubled times, she can get a husband with outstanding martial arts, and she can be regarded as having a reliance.

So the emperor said: "General Mu has made great contributions to protecting the princess, and when the situation settles down, I will definitely give you a great reward, I have just discussed with the ministers, Taigu City is too close to Hengyang, and immediately set off to move to Huaiyang, General Mu, on the way to Huaiyang, the safety of the princess is still protected by you!" ”

Everyone present heard what the emperor meant, and Mu Zicheng also heard it, but the emperor didn't explicitly say that he wanted to marry Princess Mingde to him, and he couldn't break the refusal, but just bowed down and said yes.

Xia Wenxuan looked at Ling Dongwuqing's white face for a while, he had his own calculations in his heart, after Ling Dongwu rejected him, he paid attention to observe, and saw that Mu Zicheng and Ling Dongwu were in love, going in and out together, whenever this happened, his heart hurt like a needle prick, today, only he knew the relationship between Ling Dongwu and Mu Zicheng, and only his identity could speak to the emperor, but he would never speak, he was happy to see Mu Zicheng take Princess Mingde, when Ling Dongwu was sad and frustrated, he just needed to comfort him a little, Naturally, she would have switched to her own arms.

Mu Zicheng and Ling Dongwu, who had just arrived in Taigu City, had no time to rest, so they immediately escorted the king to Huaiyang City, and after they got on the road, Xia Wenxuan called Ling Dongwu to his side, and said in a considerate and soft voice: "Dongwu, you are tired all the way, it is better to sit in the carriage and rest!" ”

Ling Dongwu looked up at Mu Zicheng who was walking in front of her, next to the carriage Xia Mingde was riding, and shook her head sullenly, she now wanted to sit in the carriage and take a good rest, but when she thought of Mu Zicheng and Xia Mingde in one car and one outside the car, if she sat in the carriage, she didn't know what happened to them.

Ling Dongwu was like a little beast guarding her territory at this time, and she was anxious to keep an eye on Mu Zicheng and Xia Mingde's actions, because in this troubled world, she only had Mu Zicheng and only him.

Xia Wenxuan saw Ling Dongwu with such a demeanor, and laughed secretly in her heart, she would only see more and more disappointed and sad, so it was up to her.

Ling Dongwu saw that Mu Zicheng was completely in the posture of a guard, and cautiously followed Xia Mingde's carriage, and Xia Mingde took advantage of the reason to open the window to breathe, and from time to time stretched out his head to take a breath outside the window, and saw Mu Zicheng sitting on the horse with a long body, holding a bow on his left and a knife on his right, with a sassy posture, and his heart couldn't help but feel a burst of sweetness.

The army has just arrived in Huaiyang, and before it has been settled, it has been reported that the Northern Desert Army has changed generals for some reason, and Xiao Haotian's position has been replaced by Lord Batu.

When the emperor heard this, he was shocked, and immediately moved to the next station, An Ze retreated, and in order to prevent the Northern Desert army from chasing after him, he arranged for Mu Zicheng to take Jiao Hongliang and other generals to lead an army of 100,000 to garrison Huaiyang City.

Xia Wenxuan rode his horse worriedly and came to Ling Dongwu's side, "Dongwu, you have worked hard along the way, this time you are definitely not allowed to stay at the risk, go to Anze with this king!" ”

Ling Dongwu glanced at Xia Mingde, who was reluctant to say goodbye to Mu Zicheng not far away, his heart was sour, but he still showed a reluctant smile on his face, "Just because this place is dangerous, so I want to stay with my brother!" ”

Xia Wenxuan was about to speak out again to persuade him, and saw that Ling Dongwu had made up his mind, "Dongwu, then you must be more careful, in this troubled world, there are fewer and fewer people worthy of this king's cherishment, even if you are for this king, you must cherish yourself." ”

Ling Dongwu listened to his sincere words, his eyes turned red, and he nodded.

Xia Mingde got into the carriage, turned around and smiled at Mu Zicheng, his face was like a spring flower, and he waved lightly at Mu Zicheng with his bare hand. Mu Zicheng also waved his hand like her, and then stood there, watching the convoy of the emperor and his party leave, turning around on the side of the mountain until it was gone.

Ling Dongwu couldn't help but snort on the side, and said, "Why don't you catch up and continue to wave at each other?" ”

Mu Zicheng was stunned, not knowing what she meant.

Ling Dongwu said angrily: "Such a reluctance, why don't you go with her?" Only then did Mu Zicheng understand that she was angry with her, and said: "She is a princess and waved to me, I just waved to her out of politeness." ”

Ling Dongwu sneered and walked away.

After sending the emperor and the others away, Mu Zicheng immediately made some arrangements for the defense outside Huaiyang City, and did not walk back to the room until midnight, seeing that the light in Ling Dongwu's room was still on, at this time he had already forgotten all the daytime, just thinking that Ling Dongwu would be looking at her if he hadn't slept, and reached out and knocked on the door: "Dong'er, are you sleeping?" ”

"No, come in!" Ling Dongwu had already slept during the day when Mu Zicheng was arranging his troops, and now he couldn't sleep when he was full of worries, and was sitting under the lamp in a daze.

"Dong'er, why don't you sleep so late?"

"I'm thinking about that princess Mingde!"

Mu Zicheng was confused, "What do you want her to do?" ”

"I miss you reluctant to give up on her, and say goodbye!"

"How can I be reluctant to fall in love with her?"

"You have it!" Ling Dongwu has eaten enough vinegar in the past few days, and now he is full of vinegar and willful.

"You're vexatious!" Mu Zicheng saw that Ling Dongwu was tricky, and said this sentence casually, in fact, he didn't understand the girl's mind, and now Ling Dongwu just wanted to force him to say over and over again that he was not reluctant to fall in love with Xia Mingde, and did not like Xia Mingde, so that she would feel at ease. But his vexatious sentence backfired Ling Dongwu even more unthinking.

Ling Dongwu saw Mu Zicheng's eyebrows frowning slightly, obviously angry at her vexatiousness, in his heart she was unreasonable. Didn't he know that she was very jealous of his relationship with Xia Mingde, because she was afraid, she was afraid that the emperor was about to give them a marriage, and she had become superfluous again, becoming Cinderella, always worried that Mu Zicheng would fall in love with the real princess.

"Yes, I'm vexatious, how can I have your princess who is gentle and virtuous, and understanding!"

"You, you," Mu Zicheng didn't know what to say when he was robbed by Ling Dongwu, and said ruthlessly: "What about me, is it not as heroic as Xiao Haotian in your heart, and give in every way!" ”

"You, what do you mean?" When Ling Dongwu heard that Mu Zicheng suddenly mentioned Xiao Haotian, he couldn't help but be shocked.

"What do I mean, do you think I don't know, why did you escape from the Northern Desert Barracks garrisoned by 100,000 troops, why did Xiao Haotian, who is invincible in the world in Hengyang City, hurt in your hands, you never told me about your relationship with Xiao Haotian, just thought I didn't know, I knew it as early as the desert, and all you thought about was that Xiao Haotian!"

Ling Dongwu took a step back, thinking vaguely in his heart, he knew, he had already known, "Since you knew it when you were in the desert, why are you still pretending to be pretentious for so long?" Ling Dongwu said angrily as if his privacy had been announced to the world, his voice was sharp and thin.

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