That year in Hangzhou, south of the Yangtze River, Ye Liuyun fell into the building with a sword, and soon Haitang received the will of the Empress Dowager of the Northern Qi Dynasty and returned to the north.

However, the earth-shattering upheaval in the autumn of the seventh year of Qingli cut off the correspondence between the two, and the Holy Maiden of Northern Qi, the real closed disciple of Master Kuhe, such as the leader of today's Yi, disappeared inexplicably and disappeared from everyone's sight.

Even the people of Northern Qi don't seem to know where she went, Fan Xian once asked the Supervision Yuan and Baoyue Tower to inquire about her in various parts of the world, but still found nothing. She disappeared so decisively, so completely, that it gave people the feeling that there had never been such a person as Begonia Blossom in the world.

But Fan Xian knew that this woman had existed and would be stored somewhere in the world, looking at herself and doing something, because he had held her hand and touched her heart.

It's just that he didn't expect that the missing begonia flowers would appear on the grassland west of Qingguo, and after staying on this grassland for two years, he changed the name of Songzhi Xianling.

"Don't you have anything to explain to me?" Fan Xian looked at her eyes, the tip of his heart twitched slightly, and he slowly spoke: "For example, why are you here, such as the matter of the knife, such as the matter of Yiqiē about Subida." ”

Subida, the name of Xihu Danyu, came out of Fan Xian's lips, but he couldn't help but have an inexplicable taste of sarcasm, which was not strong, but it was particularly prickly. Haitang was slightly stunned, then raised his head, gently stroked the flying hair on the corner of his forehead, and said, "Since you have already come, you must have checked everything clearly, why do you want to ask me again?"

Today's begonia, dressed as a maid of the Hu nationality, wears a leather hat on her head, looking a little playful and cute, especially those strands of hair poking out from the brim of the hat, which is even more childish.

However, Fan Xian's tone was still so cold: "Some things, I find out is one thing, and you tell me in person, it's another...... My anger lies in being concealed and taken advantage of, you know my feelings. ”

Haitang was slightly stunned, pulled his hands out of his clothes, rested them in front of him, and bowed to Fan Xian Banfu very seriously, saying, "I'm sorry." ”

Although it is only two words, it is full of apology. Fan Xian looked at her, without the slightest emotion, and did not speak, just waiting for the other party to give him an explanation.

"Let's take a walk. Haitang didn't explain why she came to the grassland, and why those knives appeared in the hands of the Hu master, but naturally mentioned that the two of them walked on the vast grassland.

Fan Xian was silent for a moment and said, "Okay." ”

Parting the knee-long grass, the two left the road hidden in the grass and walked towards the depths of the deserted grassland, at this time the autumn rì was hanging high in the air, the small insects were moving in the grass, and the four fields were quiet, just a glance of green and yellow, and they were blankly leaning towards the end of the sky.

And this man and woman are with their hands in their clothes, like two small dots between heaven and earth, maintaining a gentle speed, heading towards the end of the sky.

If, if there was nothing else between heaven and earth, perhaps these two would be willing to go on forever, not to talk about the issues that will tear people's hearts and livers apart, and not to talk about the stories that will gradually distance each other.

However, there are blue skies and white clouds in the sky, and there are bleak autumn grasses in the plains, and the two of them walk in the empty world, always a genus of mortal dust, even the posture of walking now, it is difficult to be as harmonious as back then, this is not a palpitating loss.

............ "The infiltration of the Daomen in Xihu has been many years, but it has not played a role, and it is always difficult for the Hu people to trust the original strategists. ”

The autumn wind gently blew on the begonia's red fluttering face, she sighed softly, opened her hands, felt the breath of the grassland, and said softly: "Xihu was beaten by the Qing army, if you want to make the Hu people a branch that can compete with Qingguo, even if it is the power to slow down your pace a little, it is an extremely difficult thing." ”

Fan Xian was silent and listened carefully.

Haitang walked slowly, looked at the rì head hanging on the grassland in the distance, squinted his eyes and said: "Two years ago, before the death of Shizun, this task was entrusted to me. ”

"What task?"

"Help Shan Yu to unify the steppe and build the country. Haitang looked at him expressionlessly and said: "You know, although the Hu people are good at fighting, but countless tribes are only nominally controlled by the royal court, but the whole is a plate of scattered sand, if you can't unify the grassland and establish a country in the real sense, how can you slow down the pace of your Qingguo dominating the world?"

Fan Xian sneered and said: "In order to stop me from Qingguo, I actually did not hesitate to let a new grassland kingdom rise on the grassland, have you ever thought about what the Hu people will bring to the world if they are really prosperous?"

Without waiting for Haitang to speak, he stared at Haitang's eyes and said: "When I was in Hangzhou, you once reminded me that the Hu people and wolves are ambitious, ferocious and cruel, and they all take pleasure in killing for thousands of years...... I didn't expect that now that you want to put on armor for this group of wolves, is it that the threat to you in Daqing is so great that you Tianyi will give up the purpose of the Daomen?"

Haitang met his gaze, without a trace of timidity, and said slowly: "The founding of the grassland can be completed overnight, and the plan of the ancestors will be calculated in twenty years...... I must admit that when Master returned to Qingshan with a serious injury, I was indeed shocked, and I never thought that your Emperor Xià would be so powerful. ”

She laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "Since it has become a fixed situation for the Qing army to ride all over the world, how can Daqi be willing to become a fish under the knife, of course we must think of some ways to slow down your pace." ”

Fan Xian frowned, waved his hand, stopped her explanation, and asked directly: "This strategy is indeed vicious, and it is extremely far-sighted, if the grassland royal court can really establish a kingdom in the true sense, I am afraid that Daqing will not be able to sleep in peace for the rest of my life, even if I defeat the Northern Qi, I must always worry about the situation in the west...... It will also leave you with some opportunities to take advantage of. ”

"But......" he said faintly, "although I have only seen Subida from afar, I also know that this Shan Yu Xìng is like an eagle falcon, and he is definitely not an ordinary person, since Kuhe picked him before he died, how can you make him believe in your subordinates, according to your plan?"

"You also said before that Tianyi's intention to infiltrate the Xihu Royal Court is not a matter of one or two days, why can you do this?" Fan Xian looked down at the small leather boots on Haitang's feet, and said: "The Northern Qi people have begun to enter the Xihu Royal Court, and they are planning for the government affairs of Subida Cāo, presumably in addition to civil officials, there are also some military staff officers who know about my Daqing military situation...... How do you convince the Hu people to accept these Northern Qi people?"

"You're talking about Wei Wucheng and these people. Haitang replied lightly: "Not all of them are from Northern Qi, but also the people of Dongyi City and your Nanqing." ”

Fan Xian was slightly surprised and looked at her.

Haitang continued to say indifferently: "These people are just capable people hired for a lot of money, they don't know me, and they don't know my status in the royal court. All I need to do is convince Shan Yu that a king with a heart like the sea and the sky should be good at accepting all foreign wisdom, and that if he is subdued from all over the world, he needs to use the people of the four seas. ”

Fan Xian's brows furrowed extremely tightly, looked at her, and said, "But you still haven't explained, why Subida, an ambitious person, would obey your words so much...... You must know that in the tribe of the Hu people, women have always had no status. ”

Haitang smiled slightly, a little bit of amusement suddenly appeared on her plain face, looked at Fan Xian and asked, "Do you think I use beauty tricks?"

Fan Xian was stunned, he didn't know how to answer, he had already discovered that Shan Yu had hidden the tent in Begonia at night more than once, and that Shan Yu obviously had some kind of affection for Begonia.

Haitang laughed, looked at Fan Xian's eyes, sighed, and said, "I am not as beautiful as you, I want to use beauty, and I don't have this capital." ”

At this time, a very wonderful thing happened between the two, when Haitang sighed Fan Xian's face, her arm seemed to be uncontrollable, raised it, her fingertips trembled slightly, touched Fan Xian's cheek, and slid an inch on his face, the light touch between her fingertips and facial skin was so poignant, touching the deepest feelings in the hearts of the two.

When the two of them found out that such a warm scene had happened, they were stunned. Fan Xian's body was a little stiff, and he raised his left hand with great difficulty, held the hand next to his face, held it, and refused to let go.

Held by Fan Xian's warm hand, Begonia's body was also a little stiff.

"I found it difficult for the two of us to walk in such harmony as we used to. Fan Xian took her hand and said softly: "Maybe the amplitude of the swing is not quite the same, if you hold hands, will it be better?"

"But the steps are still different. Begonia's face was a peaceful and quiet smile, but there was endless regret and loss in his words.

"Gotta try. Fan Xian ignored what she was thinking at this time, took her hand, and continued to walk deep on the grassland, there were only two of them in heaven and earth, at least at this moment, why bother to say something bad.

............ "Are you jealous?" Haitang half leaned on Fan Xian's shoulder, and the hands of the two of them were tightly held on their bodies, as if they were afraid that the other party would suddenly let go.

At this time they sat on a meadow, and below the meadow was a small lake, and on the opposite side of the lake was the sun that was gradually setting in the west, and the golden twilight shone on the water, drawing a golden line, and a few wild water ducks swept over the water with a strange scream.

This situation and this scene are so familiar, just like they are still in the south of the Yangtze River, by the same lake, and they are still those two people.

"What vinegar do I eat. Fan Xian said with some displeasure: "This person can press the left and right virtuous kings on his body in just a few years, and the strength of the royal court is the crown of the grassland, although there is your help, but this person is really powerful." ”

"You're still jealous after all. Haitang said with a smile, but there was no ordinary woman's little pride on her face, nor was she a little uncomfortable, it seemed that she was just stating a fact.

Without waiting for Fan Xian to speak, Haitang leaned her head on his shoulder, this woman's shoulders have taken on too many things since she was a child, although no one has ever known how old she is and where she was born, but the saint of Northern Qi, the identity of the descendant of Tianyi, makes her have to bear this qiē. She will also have a day when she is tired, and she also wants to take the weight off her shoulders and lean on a shoulder that she can lean on.

That's it.

"I am from the grasslands of the north, my name is Songzhi Xianling, and I am the lost princess of the Kharna tribe. Haitang looked at the twilight on the other side of the small lake in a daze, and said slowly: "On the grassland in the north, I helped many people, and led the last group of tribes who moved south to the grassland of Xihu...... You have to pay attention to me, at least at the beginning, to the strength behind me. ”

"Karna?" Fan Xian turned his head, looked at her bright forehead, and said quietly: "I actually went around such a big circle, in order not to make Subida suspicious, Kuhe really put all his mind into it." ”

Although Begonia said it simply, Fan Xian knew that it was difficult for the northern barbarians to reach the cold of Tianwei and was forced to move south, with countless casualties on the way, but there were still more than 10,000 iron horsemen left on the grassland, and Begonia was able to be recognized as the leader by these northern tribes, and it must have paid an extremely difficult price.

And the reason why the royal court of Shan Subida was able to sweep away the resistance forces on the grassland in a short period of time was because he overrode public opinion and accepted the brothers from the northern grassland, thus gaining the support of more than 10,000 northern barbarian iron horsemen.

Now it seems that these supports are only due to the factor of begonias.

"You are the Holy Maiden of Northern Qi, and you have suddenly become the Holy Maiden of the Northern Tribe, aren't you worried about being exposed to your identity?" Fan Xian said softly: "I believe that your wisdom and ability are definitely inseparable from your help, especially after seeing some results, but your identity is always a great problem." ”

"What identity is revealed?" Haitang straightened up, smiled slightly and said, "Expose my identity as the heir of Tianyi?"

Fan Xian was stunned, thinking that he was right, even if Shan Yu Subida knew Duoduo's true identity, it would not have any impact on his choice. But what about the more than 10,000 iron horsemen of the northern tribes? That is the greatest force of Begonia's participation in Xihu, if they know that this princess of the Khalna tribe is a fake, how will it end?

It stands to reason that if Begonia's identity is revealed, the Northern Qi people's yīn conspiracy will be broken, which should be the thing that Fan Xian and Qingren are most willing to see, but for some reason, Fan Xian believes that Begonia will not make such a mistake, or that the dead master of the bitter lotus will not think of this most problematic part, so he quietly listened to Begonia's explanation.

"What do you know about Khalne?"

"In the past, the royal court tribe in the northern grassland tribes was swept away by the commander of the battle Qingfeng only a few decades ago, and since then, the northern tribes have no leader, and the Shangshan Tiger guards the north gate Tianguan, so there is no major incident. ”

Haitang looked into his eyes quietly and said, "What did you like to ask me the most?"

Fan Xian's brows furrowed extremely tightly, he didn't know what the connection between the two questions was, but the matter was important, he thought seriously, and said hesitantly after a while: "I like it the most...... Ask how old you really are. He explained with a smile: "Although I don't mind the love between sisters and brothers, I am also afraid that you are forty or fifty years old, so you rely on your beauty skills to deceive me, a poor man, the old cow eats tender grass, how innocent is the tender grass?"

Begonia's face flushed slightly, and it was fleeting, and then he said with a smile: "I haven't answered you because I don't know how old I am." ”

Fan Xian was silent, he knew that Begonia was an orphan girl, who was carefully cared for and raised by Master Kuhe since she was a child.

"I'm nineteen. Haitang suddenly stared at his eyes very seriously and said, "My mother is a royal daughter who escaped from the Khalna royal court back then. ”

Fan Xian didn't hear this sentence clearly, and secretly thought that when he gave her chūn medicine on the shore of the North Sea, she was only fourteen? Is she molesting Lori or poisoning teenagers? This girl is really younger than herself...... Wait, Princess, Mother, Kharna Court?

He stood up and looked at Begonia in disbelief, Begonia was sitting with his knees crossed at this time, looking at the water ducks flying on the lake with a quiet face, as if he didn't realize what a shocking secret he had just told Fan Xian.

"You...... Be...... She is really the royal daughter of the Kharna tribe. ”

Fan Xian said in a trembling voice, about this qiē on the grassland, he can calculate clearly, and for the yīn plot left by the bitter lotus, he has arranged all the responses, and even exposing the identity of Begonia at the right time is also part of his plan. But he never thought that Begonia could influence Shan Yu and secretly help the Prairie Royal Court to build a country, relying on no fake identity at all, she was originally ...... A royal girl!

Haitang hugged his knees, rested his head lightly on his knees, looked at the golden light in front of him, his eyes showed a slight confusion, and said softly: "You are really calmer than me, when I heard about my life experience from the master two years ago, my reaction was much higher than yours." ”