Nanyu City, the Young General's Mansion, that is, Mo Qingyan's mansion.

After bathing and washing, Mo Qingyan came to his bedroom, then turned the mechanism and entered the secret room. The room wasn't big, and there wasn't anything in it. A portrait, a table, an incense burner, a tablet, and a plum blossom jade pendant are the only objects in the secret room.

The portrait depicts a young girl, dressed in white and draped in a large red goose-yellow cloak. The girl held the sword in her left hand and smiled happily, and the pendant she wore around her waist was the plum blossom jade pendant placed on the table in the secret room.

The tablet was engraved with the words "Pei Ke's Spiritual Position", and the incense in the incense burner was about to burn out, so Mo Qingyan brought a new light and replaced it.

This secret room was set up by Mo Qingyan to worship Pei Ke.

"Cole, I've come to see you." Mo Qingyan stared at the portrait on the wall and greeted him with a smile. Because Pei Ke once said that he likes to see him smile the most. Therefore, no matter how sad he was when he saw Pei Ke's spiritual position, he would always give her a smile first.

"My father's decree has arrived, and he wants me to return to Tang Jingcheng." He hadn't decided when he would go back, so he didn't tell Pei Ke about it.

"Originally, I was still hesitating when to set off, but tonight I decided to leave tomorrow." If the letter carried by the arrow that was shot at the wall was true, then he had to hurry back as soon as possible.

"Ke'er, don't worry, I will definitely avenge you and the Pei family." Even if that person is his aunt.

"You must know the problem with my body, and I can go to see you when I take revenge." Are you still waiting for me?

Going out of the secret room, the people in the house happened to deliver the decoction.

"General, it's time to drink the medicine."...... "The people and soldiers of Nanyu City all call Mo Qingyan a general, and few people still remember him as the third prince of the Western Tang Kingdom.

"Send it in."

"Yes." The subordinate pushed the door in, handed the decoction to Mo Qingyan, and after he finished drinking, he took the bowl away and retreated.

Three years ago, Mo Qingyan suddenly fainted while training, and since then he has been living on decoction every day. The doctor said that this was caused by the long-term difficulty in resolving the knot, and suggested that he let go of his obsession and maybe he could slowly recuperate. It's a pity that his health has been getting worse and worse in the past three years.

"General."

It was Chang Li's voice, "Come in." ”

Chang Li is Mo Qingyan's confidant, who he rescued from robbers six years ago when he went out on a tour of the city. At that time, when they passed by, he was the only one alive in Chang Li's group. Mo Qingyan saw the desire to survive in Chang Li's eyes, so he rescued him.

It turned out that Changli's family planned to migrate from Guanwai to live in Nanyu City, but they did not expect to encounter robbers in a valley, and all their family members were killed.

After saving Chang Li, seeing that he had nowhere to go, Mo Qingyan asked him if he was willing to follow him, and since then Chang Li has become Mo Qingyan's follower.

"General, the letter has been sent to the old general's house last year, the old general let you go back with confidence, he is here, don't worry. In addition, the luggage has been packed. When Dr. Yang heard that you were leaving tomorrow, he sent someone to bring you pills, saying that he knew that you would leave sooner or later on the day the holy decree arrived, so he made the decoction you drank on weekdays into pills as early as possible, so that it was easy to carry. ”

"I see, thank you Dr. Yang for me. Now that the matter is taken care of, you should go to rest early, and you will have to hurry early tomorrow morning. ”

"The general also rested earlier, and his subordinates retired."

Early the next morning, Mo Qingyan and Chang Li planned to leave. Mo Qingyan personally carried a burden on his back, in which was Pei Ke's portrait and the plum blossom jade pendant.

When the two came out of the mansion, they found that the old general had been waiting outside the mansion for a long time with the soldiers of the rank in the army.

"You ......" Mo Qingyan looked at his brother and teacher who had been with him for eight years, and choked up a little.

"We're here to see you off, brother of eight years, maybe we won't have a chance to see each other again." A tall and strong general said to Mo Qingyan. In the past eight years, Mo Qingyan has never put a prince on the shelf with them, eats and sleeps with them, and calls him brothers, which is a real iron-blooded friendship between soldiers.

"yes......" the others said in unison.

"Thank you." Big men don't have too much affection to talk about each other, and they all take their friendship to each other in their hearts.

Mo Qingyan approached the old general, "Thank you for the general's years of teaching and care." With that, he bowed deeply to the old general to express his gratitude to him.

The old general did not refuse the other party's wishes, but helped the other party with a pair of old and powerful hands, and instructed: "Be careful in everything. ”

"I will." He won't let himself have anything to do until he fulfills his wish.

The old general patted Mo Qingyan on the shoulder and said, "It's not too early, hurry up and get on the road." ”

Mo Qingyan looked at everyone present, and then said to everyone, "Farewell." Then he got on his horse and left.

"Take care."

"Changli, take care of your master." The old general instructed Chang Li.

"Old general, please rest assured, I will protect the general with my life." Chang Li assured.

Leaving Nanyu City, Mo Qingyan and Chang Li headed towards Huazhou City. There is a large waterfall at the junction of Huazhou City and Nanyu City, and the route they walk today will pass through here.

Coming to the vicinity of the waterfall, Mo Qingyan said to Chang Li: "I've been walking for most of the day, take a rest here." ”

"Yes." After Changli dismounted, he took out the dry food and ate it.

Although it's early winter, the temperature here is much cooler than in other places nearby due to the waterfalls. Chang Li didn't understand that Mo Qingyan would choose to rest here. "General, the temperature here is low, you are not in good health, it is better not to stay for a long time."

Mo Qingyan originally looked at the waterfall cliff not far away, but after hearing Chang Li's words, he withdrew his gaze, and then took out a letter from his arms and handed it to him.

Chang Li took the envelope for some reason, and then planned to open it.

Mo Qingyan stopped Chang Li's move to read the letter, and said, "When we return to Tang Capital this time, we will definitely encounter an attack, maybe it will be the next moment." ”

"Then why doesn't the general take the official road." At least it's safer.

Mo Qingyan didn't explain, but continued: "If I encounter an attack, I will drag the other party's footsteps, you pretend to be very scared and want to run, their target is me, and they will not chase you." ”

"How can a subordinate leave the general and flee alone." Chang Li said unhappily.

"It's an order." Mo Qingyan ordered solemnly.

Changli stubbornly didn't listen.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine. After escaping, you can open the letter, which will tell you what to do next. ”

Well? Chang Li seemed to understand that Mo Qingyan had other arrangements. "General, what do you want?"

Mo Qingyan didn't answer Chang Li's question, and continued: "You will know after reading the letter. In short, no matter what happened to me, you should not look back. You have to remember that sometimes what the eye sees is not necessarily true, but what the other person wants you to see. Do you remember what I said? ”

"Okay, my subordinates understand." Chang Li nodded in response.

"Eat more, wait until you have the strength to escape, and remember to be very scared."

"Hmm." Chang Li roughly guessed what Mo Qingyan had deliberately arranged, and although he couldn't fully understand it now, it didn't prevent him from obeying orders.

Coincidentally, when the two of them were resting and ready to continue their journey, there were a lot of footsteps around.

Mo Qingyan collected his thoughts and said to Chang Li: "They are here, remember what I said." ”

"Hmm." Chang Li nodded vigorously, indicating that he would never live up to his trust.

The sword light and sword shadow came immediately, and Mo Qingyan pulled out his long sword to deal with it. Seeing this, Chang Li also resisted a little, but he didn't know how to do martial arts, but more and more assassins came, and he gradually had the tendency to escape.

Mo Qingyan saw Chang Li's performance, and also cooperated with many assassins in a timely manner to attack him. After a while, Chang Li's left arm was cut by the sword, and Mo Qingyan saw it and blocked the next wave of attacks for him.

"Run." Mo Qingyan shouted.

Chang Li took the opportunity to throw down his weapon and ran away.

As Mo Qingyan expected, the assassin's target was him, and for Chang Li, who "didn't know martial arts", he didn't have any intention of chasing him at all.

After a long period of fighting, Mo Qingyan gradually showed his declining momentum, and his moves became slower and slower, overwhelmed. After a while, a lot of sword wounds were added to his body.

The assassin pressed forward step by step, gradually forcing Mo Qingyan to the edge of a cliff, just as Mo Qingyan avoided the sword style of one assassin, he unexpectedly hit the palm of another assassin, his body lost balance, and then fell off the cliff.

The assassins looked at each other, "What should I do, do you want to go down and investigate?" ”

The other looked at the bottomless abyss and said, "It's so high, you won't survive if you fall." ”

Some people are still not at ease, "Let's go down and have a look, so it's better to go back and pay the errand." ”

"Okay, then send a pair of people to go down as soon as possible to take a look, after all, this is the territory of the Western Tang Dynasty, everything is careful."

Well! "You guys, go down and have a look at it now."

"Yes."

Below the cliff is a pool of clear water, bottomless. Mo Qingyan landed in the deep pool, and then swam ashore. Just on top, he was deliberately forced to retreat to the edge of the cliff, and then fell down with a palm.

In the first year he came to Nanyu, he discovered this place, so he knew very well that he would not die if he fell from it. And if you want to go down the mountain and walk here, it will definitely not be easy for people who are not familiar with it to find a shortcut, not to mention, he knows that they are not from the Western Tang Dynasty just after the fight.

By the time they came, he was long gone.

cough cough cough~ I didn't feel cold when I fell into the water, but now that my soaked body was blown by the cold wind after going ashore, Mo Qingyan only felt biting cold. His body trembled involuntarily, and his lips gradually turned purple.

This would be unbearable for ordinary people, not to mention his crippled body, "You have to find a place to make a fire quickly." "I hope Chang Li can protect his most important thing.