Mu Zhanyue is not good at talking, and his speech has always been concise, in fact, after he returned from Mobei, he went to Qingzhou first, and he didn't want Qingzhou to be Xue Shengying's. In any case, he was Xue Shengying's father-killing enemy, Mu Zhanyue was not stupid enough to go to Qingzhou City Shoufu to inquire about Chennian's whereabouts, and when he heard that Feng Junyang had gone to Shengdu, he chased straight to Shengdu.

Feng Junyang told him that Chen Nian had already returned to Qingfeng Village, he saw that the person didn't look like he was lying, so he went to Qingfeng Village again, he didn't want to pounce again, so he had to chase all the way north, fortunately, he heard Lu Xiao's long whistle when he passed by the mountain tonight, otherwise he might miss it with them.

Chen Nian was silent when she heard this, when Mu Zhanyue was not there, she had so many questions waiting for him to come back and answer them, but when he was really in front of her, she didn't know how to ask. How do you ask? Ask my father-in-law what he's been doing in Mobei these days. Is it related to the struggle for power in the Xian royal court? I still asked him who he was and why he had been in Qingfeng Village for so many years.

But what can she do if she asks these questions? Will the stepfather answer her?

After a long time, Chen Nian raised his head again and asked Mu Zhanyue: "Father-in-law, why did you put me with Feng Junyang that day." In fact, she wants to use the word "lost" more. On that day, Mu Zhanyue just left her with Feng Junyang, and he didn't even have time to see her, so he only asked Ye Xiaoqi to give her a word.

Mu Zhanyue replied: "When I left, Qing and Hebei were about to be in turmoil, and Taixing also participated, only Feng Junyang was the prince of Yunxi, and he was the most neutral person, and he was the safest by his side. ”

"Why can't you take me to the Mobei Royal Court with you?" Chen Nian couldn't help but ask, she has martial arts, although she is not strong, but she can still protect herself in general, why can't she take her to Mobei with her. Why throw her in the mansion of the prince of Yunxi who he didn't know.

Mu Zhanyue saw that Chen Nian was a little excited, and frowned slightly, but Lu Xiao next to him looked at the two of them like this, and replied for Mu Zhanyue: "The royal court is not safe at the moment, and Lord Qiu Muling is also worried about your safety." ”

Chen Nian refused to pay attention to Lu Xiao, only pursed his lips and looked at Mu Zhanyue with a hint of stubbornness, waiting for his answer.

Mu Zhanyue looked at her quietly for a moment, and suddenly said to Lu Xiao: "Lu Xiao, you go out first, I have something to say to Chen Nian." ”

Lu Xiao was a little worried, but he had to get up and leave. When he left the house, Mu Zhanyue glanced at Chen Nian twice, and then said indifferently: "Chen Nian, I asked your mother to raise you, I don't think I broke my word to her." I don't live for you, I still have my own things to do. ”

Although Chen Nian has been telling himself in his heart not to cry, he still can't help crying at this moment. She lowered her head and let the tears fall on the front of the leather robe one by one, until the tears stopped falling and her eyes were dry again, and then she asked Mu Zhanyue in a low voice: "Who is my mother." Who is my father? ”

Mu Zhanyue was silent for a while, and then replied to her: "I can't tell you now, maybe one day I will tell you, but not now." ”

Chen Nian raised his head and looked at the father-in-law in front of him who raised him, his face was the same as before, and his eyes were still cold. She didn't know the string in her head, and suddenly asked him without thinking, "Do I look like my mother or my father?" ”

Mu Zhanyue's heart tightened when he asked this, and the child he raised in front of him changed his appearance unconsciously, and he vaguely saw the bright and kind woman again. The young lady who never disliked his background and was willing to give him the only jerky to eat, the little girl who stood up in front of him to prevent others from bullying him, and turned around but scolded him fiercely for not being productive, the most beautiful girl who was called "the pearl of the royal court", and the royal daughter with the most noble and pure blood of their Xian clan.

They grew up together, she was the master, he was the servant, and she never thought of him as her brother. At first, it was she who protected him, and later, it became him who protected her.

She once said: "Ah Yue, you are not humble at all, your father must be a big hero, this is why we will be loved by the women of our Xian family, so there is you, your bloodline is more noble than any of them." ”

She once said: "Ah Yue, you are a man, if anyone dares to bully you, you will beat me back." If you only cry anymore, I'm going to beat you up. ”

She also said: "Ah Yue, I don't like the royal court, it's like a big cage here. Let's go to the south secretly, they said that as long as we cross the Wanjiang River, there will be spring all year round, and flowers will bloom at any time. The men there were all handsome and handsome, and the women there were all beautiful and gentle. ”

She longed for Jiangnan, but stopped on the edge of the Wanjiang River. There, she met the handsome man. For his sake, she willingly cut off her wings and entered the cage smaller than the royal court, but the man caused her to lose her life.

In the end, she died on his back, and before she died, she said in his ear: "Ah Yue, I regret it so much??"

Mu Zhanyue's gaze lingered on Chen Nian's face for a long time, and then he slowly looked away and replied lightly: "You look like your mother now." ”

Just because you look like your mother, I can't put you in any cage again. Mu Zhanyue's heart that had been wavering for many days finally settled, the purpose of his southward trip this time was originally to bring Chen Nian back to the Mobei Royal Court, but because of Chen Nian's angry question, it touched the deepest string in his heart.

She had said she didn't like cages, and how could he put her only daughter in cages.

Lu Xiao has been guarding outside the house, standing against the wall with a scimitar, quietly watching everyone clean up the yard. Wen Daya arranged all the dead and wounded brothers, and then carefully looked over to the hall. If he used to think that Lu Xiao was a little terrible with a fierce face, but since he saw Mu Zhanyue killing, he only looked at Lu Xiao gently and amiably. Wen Daya hesitated, but still rubbed the child in his arms towards Lu Xiao, and asked in a low voice, "Miss Xie and her stepfather are still talking in the house." ”

Lu Xiao glanced at him and asked him, "Something." ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Wen Daya hurriedly shook his head, paused for a while, and couldn't help but whisper: "It's really not like a father and daughter, ha." ”

Lu Xiao smiled unconsciously when he heard this, and was about to speak, but the door of the hall was opened, and Mu Zhanyue walked out from the inside, without looking at Wen Daya, and only said to Lu Xiao: "You come with me." ”

After he finished speaking, he strode towards the outside of the village, Lu Xiao glanced back at Chen Nian who was sitting with his head bowed in the house, and didn't care about saying anything for a while, and hurriedly followed Mu Zhanyue to catch up.

Wen Daya watched the two of them go out like this, just wanted to remind them not to go too far, so as not to encounter the wild wolves attracted by the bloody gas, but after thinking about the terrifying big knife in Mu Zhanyue's hand, the open mouth was busy closed again, but he was a little worried about those wild wolves, and he didn't know if there was a wild wolf who didn't open his eyes to the knife edge of the god.

The village has been cleaned up by the Xian people who came with Mu Zhanyue, the dead are piled up in a corner, a few dead war horses are put in another place, and the remaining ones who are alive are tied to the gate of the village. After doing these tasks, those Xian people did not sit or lie on the ground to rest casually like the people in the village, but all stood by their mounts and stood solemnly.

Wen Daya was secretly amazed, and suddenly heard Chen Nian calling him inside the door, he hurriedly turned around, only then did he see that Chen Nian walked to the door at some point, and said to him calmly: "Master Wen, tell everyone to come in and rest, don't sit in the snow, be careful of the cold." ”

There were not many houses in the village, and a few were burned by fire, but now only this hall can be used. Wen Daya realized that he and Chen Nian had lived and died together, and he was not polite to her at the moment, so he called someone to carry the unconscious Yang Yi and the two seriously injured brothers in, and then raised his chin to the few Xian people standing in the courtyard, and asked Chen Nian in a low voice: "Xie Nuxia, but you still need to ask those people." ”

Chen Nian glanced at the five or six Xian people, shook his head at Wen Daya, and said, "No, besides, they can't understand us." ”

As he was talking, the child in Wen Daya's arms suddenly woke up, opened his eyes and saw that the person in front of him was not a familiar person, so he opened his mouth and cried again. Where can Wen Daya coax the child, she cried so much that she only felt that her brain hurt, and she looked at Chen Nian for help. Chen Nian hesitated for a moment, took the child and hugged him into his arms, and shook the child back and forth like the woman she had seen in Qingfeng Village before, seeing that she was still crying, and couldn't help but ask Wen Daya: "Isn't this child hungry?" ”

Wen Daya suddenly realized, "I must be hungry, hungry." ”

However, there was nothing in the stockade for the child to eat. The two people they sent out to buy grain have never returned, and they have met these officers and soldiers before, and they have already suffered an accident, and the grain cannot be bought back. Wen Daya thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go look for those officers and soldiers, and see if I might find some dry food, not only for the children, but also for us." ”

He hurriedly beckoned the stupid man on the side to go with him to rummage through the grain bags of those officers and soldiers, and sure enough, they found a lot of food, and they all took it back and distributed it to everyone. But the child was too young to eat such a cold and hard dry cake, Wen Daya had an idea, and hurriedly washed the broken pot in the house, scooped some water into it and boiled it, and tore up a piece of dough and threw it in, turned around and said confidently to Chen Nian: "Cook it and it will be rotten." ”

It was getting bright outside, and on the hillside not far from the cottage, Lu Xiao stood in front of Mu Zhanyue, stared at him and asked, "Is Xie Chennian an orphan of the princess?" What about the spirit bones? And where. ”