Chapter 3: Lullaby

After leaving the ruined temple for more than a mile, a group of three people went on the wide official road.

The road is lined with dense bamao bushes, which are perfect for Tibetans.

Lao Huang was looking around all the way, and Xu Fengnian saw this and asked, "What are you looking at?" ”

Lao Huang scratched his head and said, "Our horse, it should come back by itself now." ”

Xu Fengnian pursed his lips and said, "That broken horse is elusive, what do you care about it?" Hurry up and go to Lingzhou as soon as possible. ”

"Yes, yes, yes."

While speaking, the three of them walked to an intersection, Xu Fengnian suddenly paused, raised his hand and pointed to the right front and said, "Do you think that's our horse?" ”

Lao Huang turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw that the old horse was standing under a withered tree.

Li Fei pointed to the big tree, and said in a somewhat excited tone: "Look at the tree, could it be His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”

The two of them raised their gaze in the direction of his finger and looked over the dead tree.

Then I saw a tall figure dressed in a white coat, wearing a hat, and two knives, one long and one short, stuck in his waist, standing unshaking, standing firmly on a dead tree more than a foot high.

They had just been so caught up in the horses under the tree that they hadn't noticed the figure.

Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang hadn't spoken yet, but Li Fei was talking to himself: "Dressed in brocade, with a tall posture and awe-inspiring momentum, we can't make a mistake, let's hurry over and remind His Royal Highness the Prince to be careful of the remnants of the Chu army." ”

As he spoke, he trotted over there.

"Huh...... Ah Fei, that's not ......"

Xu Fengnian stretched out his hand to stop Li Fei, but as soon as he finished speaking, he swallowed the rest of the words.

said that he was Xu Fengnian Li Fei didn't believe it, saying that it was not Xu Fengnian, and he didn't know how to explain it, This matter is troublesome.

He said to Lao Huang speechless and funny: "It turns out that I have such an impression in his mind. ”

Lao Huang grinned and said: "He has a preconceived impression of you, so naturally he imagines how good he is." ”

If you want others to have a good impression of you, let the other party know that you have a good impression of him, Li Fei is proficient in this, and now Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang are full of good feelings towards him.

The corners of Xu Fengnian's mouth twitched, and said, "He wants to know that I am really Xu Fengnian, I don't know if he will be disappointed." ”

The two whispered while quickly following Li Fei.

However, just as they ran to the edge of a big rock, two Chu soldiers suddenly rushed out of the bamao bushes next to them.

One by one, the two of them pulled Li Fei and Xu Fengnian behind the boulder, squatted down by their shoulders, and whispered to Lao Huang: "Come here, squat down." ”

"Uh-oh."

Lao Huang didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly squatted behind the boulder.

A Chu soldier grabbed Li Fei's shoulder and shouted softly, "What did you want to do just now?" ”

The Chu soldiers grabbed Li Fei's shoulders very hard, and Li Fei hurriedly showed a painful look.

He grinned and whispered: "I suspect that the person on the tree is Xu Fengnian, I want to get closer and see clearly, you let go, it hurts." ”

Seeing this, Chu Bing was a little relieved, and said suspiciously: "Is this really the case?" ”

Li Fei hurriedly said: "Of course it's true, this person is in line with the characteristics of brocade clothes, and he is going north, but I can't see his face and can't determine his age, so I want to go over and see it clearly." ”

Xu Fengnian glanced at Lao Huang quietly, and a smile flashed in his eyes.

This guy is quite quick-witted.

Seeing this, Chu Bing finally dispelled his doubts, let go of the hand that was holding his shoulder, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "I see, I blame you, I'm sorry." ”

"We just came over there, and we have already seen his face, the age matches, it is likely to be Xu Fengnian."

Li Fei immediately changed to a dejected look and said, "I thought that this heavy reward was about to arrive, but I didn't expect that the two masters had already discovered him, so do we still have a reward?" ”

That Chu Bing grinned and said, "Don't worry, as long as you are sure that he is Xu Fengnian, you will not be missing your reward." ”

After speaking, he said to his companions: "I'll be staring at them here, you go and inform your lords." ”

Another Chu soldier nodded, turned around and burrowed into the bamao bush behind him, and rushed towards the broken temple.

The Chu soldiers who stayed behind said to the three people: "Don't move, I'll go to the grass over there and keep an eye on him closely." ”

Li Fei hurriedly said: "Then uncle, be careful, don't startle the snake." ”

That Chu Bing scolded with a smile: "Uncle, I still need you to remind me?" I'm gone, remember, don't move. ”

After the Chu soldiers got into the bamao bush and left for a while, Li Fei said anxiously to Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang: "The situation is not good, when those Chu soldiers arrive, the prince will be in danger, what should we do?" ”

Xu Fengnian comforted: "You don't have to worry, that person is not Xu Fengnian, as long as you make it clear, you will be fine." ”

Li Fei looked at him suspiciously and said, "Why are you so sure?" ”

"I ......" Xu Fengnian rolled his eyes and said: "I have seen Shizi, it is definitely not this person, and his body shape does not match." ”

Li Fei glared and said, "Have you seen Shizi?" Seriously? It's no joke. ”

Xu Fengnian nodded again and again: "Really, you forgot that I am also from Lingzhou?" What's so strange about seeing Shizi? If you don't believe it, ask Lao Huang, he has seen it too. ”

Li Fei looked at Lao Huang and saw him nodding, so he looked relieved and said, "That's good, I hope these Chu soldiers don't kill innocents indiscriminately." ”

The three of them stayed behind the boulder with peace of mind, and secretly got up to observe the man in white.

Those Chu soldiers had not yet arrived, but the man in white seemed to have discovered that someone was in ambush.

Although not all the Chu soldiers were dispatched, half of them were nearby, and they soon found the people in white and surrounded them.

The man in white suddenly turned around, flicked the hem of his clothes, and flew down from the tree, and swept out of the air more than three feet.

Several people finally saw his appearance clearly, and Xu Fengnian's eyes couldn't help but show surprise.

I saw that this person was slender, with picturesque eyebrows, and peach blossom eyes, narrow and charming.

The skin is as white as jade, and the standard beauty melon seed face is handsome and extraordinary, not like a mundane thing in the world.

It's just that his chest is flat, but for a while people can't tell whether he is a man or a woman.

Xu Fengnian didn't know the details of this person, and Li Fei didn't know it.

Nangong servant, the daughter of Xie Guanying, the top of the rouge list, and the first beauty in the world.

It's just that this is the first beauty in the world, and her personality is more like a man.

Even if he later fell in love with Xu Fengnian, he asked Xu Fengnian to marry her as a daughter-in-law, and called Xu Fengnian's other wives and concubines daughters-in-law.

"What's your name? Is it surnamed Xu? ”

When Nangong Servant shot to the ground, seven or eight Chu soldiers had already surrounded her.

But she obviously didn't take these chickens and dogs in her eyes, and walked slowly towards the leader, with a cold aura, which made the leader's heart tremble.

"Stop, I'm asking you!" The Chu soldiers led by him seemed to embolden themselves and scolded loudly.

Nangong Servant Shot was still silent, just walking forward step by step.

The Chu soldiers led by him were already impetuous, but when they saw this, they finally couldn't hold it back, shouted loudly, and slashed their necks at Nangong servants with a knife.

She just leaned back slightly, and the sharp single knife slashed half an inch in front of her throat, looking thrilling, but her own face did not change.

The knife missed, and the Chu soldiers led by him immediately withdrew their knives and stabbed them out again.

Nangong Servant still didn't make any big moves, but his head was slightly off, and while avoiding this knife, he grabbed Chu Bing's hand holding the knife with lightning speed and sent it forward.

"Bang"

The strength of the Chu soldiers was completely crushed by Nangong Servant, and they had no power to resist.

The handle of the knife poked back upside down, just above his collarbone, and immediately fell to the ground.

Nangong Servant Shot has obviously shown mercy to his subordinates, otherwise this time, he will be able to take the life of the leader.

When the other Chu soldiers saw that the leader was defeated, they didn't look at it, and immediately swung their swords one after another.

The sword light in the field was shining for a while, and the murderous aura was awe-inspiring.

But Nangong Servant shot was still like a leisurely stroll, easily dodging all attacks.

In the flash, the encirclement of the Chu soldiers was resolved, and finally formed a confrontation with Nangong Servants.

The next moment, Nangong Servant's figure was empty, and a series of "crackling" sounds sounded intensively.

Xu Fengnian only saw in his eyes that a white shadow passed through the Chu soldiers, and those Chu soldiers flew up one after another, fell heavily to the ground, and fainted.

And that phantom shadow, in the final position behind the original Chu soldiers, re-condensed into the figure of Nangong servant.

Until this time, Nangong servant shot the two sabers, one long and one short, and they were never unsheathed.

Xu Fengnian couldn't understand it, but Li Fei and Lao Huang naturally saw it clearly.

When Nangong Servant shot through the Chu soldiers just now, he used his hand as a knife and hit all the Chu soldiers.

It's just that she's so fast, so it looks like a phantom.

Xu Fengnian was so excited that he couldn't help but come to a slap and slap on the boulder in front of him.

"Smack"

A crisp sound made Nangong Servant's gaze froze and turned his head to look at Dashi.

Seeing this, Xu Fengnian knew that he was in trouble, so he hurriedly pulled Li Fei and Lao Huang to squat.

The sound of clothes fluttering sounded, and Xu Fengnian slowly raised his head with an embarrassed smile on his face, looking at Nangong Servant, who was already standing on the boulder.

He pointed in the direction of the Chu soldiers and said with an embarrassed smile: "Passing by, it has nothing to do with them." ”

Li Fei looked at Nangong and asked, "Your Excellency is not the prince of Beiliang, why don't you make it clear to them?" Why bother in vain? ”

Nangong servant's eyes flashed slightly, but he just glanced at him lightly, and then jumped up, crossed a distance of seven or eight zhang, flew back to the dead tree, and went north.

And the old horse went away after her.

Xu Fengnian, who stood up again, saw this scene and said angrily: "Look at that broken horse, why did you still go with her?" ”

Li Fei teased: "Could it be that this old horse is really fine?" The aura of others is obviously more promising with her. ”

Xu Fengnian glanced at him speechlessly, why do you have no future with me?

He didn't care about Li Fei's ridicule, but asked Lao Huang with great interest: "Lao Huang, do you say this person is a man or a woman?" ”

Lao Huang said weakly: "I'm not very experienced. ”

Gu Ji Xu Fengnian continued: "Do you think her face doesn't look like a fox? ”

Who knew that as soon as he said this, Nangong Servant, who had already walked more than ten zhang away, paused on his feet, turned his head slightly, and glanced at it from the corner of his eye.

Xu Fengnian was startled, can he still hear it from such a distance?

He hurriedly stood upright and bowed his body to apologize.

Only then did Nangong turn around and continue to move forward.

Xu Fengnian muttered softly thoughtfully: "She is also going north." ”

Li Fei said: "Don't worry about others, let's go quickly!" It's dangerous right now, and it's not a good place to stay for long. ”

Xu Fengnian nodded, waved his hand and said, "Go." ”

The group of three quickly walked past the stunned Chu soldiers and trotted north.

Because Nangong was walking slowly, the three of them quickly caught up with her.

Xu Fengnian shouted as he ran: "Eh, eh, please stay." ”

After running to Nangong Servant's side, he was about to raise his hand to pat her shoulder, but suddenly felt the air condense, and a chill rose from the tail vertebrae, straight to the back of his head.

He hurriedly retracted his hand and explained, "Don't get me wrong, we are also on the way, I just want to remind you." ”

"In case someone catches you after you in a while, you tell him your name and it's fine, unless you're also surnamed Xu, understand?"

While he was talking to Nangong Servant, Lao Huang had already run to the old horse, put the two straw mats behind the saddle and snapped them, and then took the reins of the horse.

After Xu Fengnian said those words, he looked at Nangong Servant's side face, waiting for her response.

As a result, after a few breaths, Nangong Servant was still expressionless, and he didn't mean to respond at all.

Xu Fengnian was bored with himself, rolled his eyes speechlessly, and said to Li Fei on the side: "Anyway, I have already reminded you, let's go." ”

After finishing speaking, he quickened his pace and walked forward, Li Fei glanced at Nangong Servant, and followed closely with Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang.

After walking forward for a distance, Xu Fengnian suddenly said to Lao Huang: "Wait a while, I'll try again." ”

With that, he grabbed the reins, stepped on the stirrups and turned over on the horse's back.

After sitting down, he knocked his feet on the horse's belly and shouted, "Ride." ”

As a result, the old horse stood motionless and snorted.

After trying several times, the old horse just stood still, and Xu Fengnian said angrily: "What broken horse?" I've taken them all. ”

I had no choice but to dismount and continue walking.

Lao Huang stepped forward and grabbed the reins, and said hehele: "It's been three years, and this horse is also old, and it depends on the mood whether you can walk or not." ”

Xu Fengnian pouted and said, "If you want me to say, this broken horse is your own son." ”

Lao Huang was not annoyed, but followed his words and smiled: "Lao Huang has a queen, hehehe......"

Li Fei looked at the skinny old horse and sighed: "I really don't know how much this horse has suffered with you, it's good to be able to help carry some luggage when you are so thin." ”

At this moment, the chaotic sound of horses' hooves sounded, accompanied by the shouts of "stop".

A few people looked back, and saw a group of seven horsemen galloping towards them, straight past the Nangong servants who were slowly walking on the road, and chased after them.

Li Fei's face changed, and he said nervously: "What's the matter?" Seems to be coming at us? ”

Xu Fengnian's expression was also a little dignified, and he said in a deep voice: "Stay calm and adapt." ”

This time, it was the leader of the Chu soldiers who led the team, and soon surrounded the three of them.

Xu Fengnian looked at the leader of the horse and said with a smile: "My lord, we met again, Xu Fengnian found it?" ”

"Hehehe......"

The leader laughed a few times, suddenly looked frozen, pointed at Xu Fengnian and shouted angrily: "You are Xu Xiao's son." ”

The Nangong servant in the back looked moved, and his pace sped up a little.

Xu Fengnian was stunned for a moment, and then sneered: "Adults are really joking." ”

The leader reached into his arms, took out a scroll, and unfolded the scroll with a shake of his hand.

I saw a handsome young man with meticulously combed hair painted on the portrait.

And his appearance is indeed eight or nine points similar to Xu Fengnian, and being able to paint the portrait to this extent shows that the painter who painted is extraordinary.

Xu Fengnian's face finally changed, and his slightly bowed body straightened, although he was still an image of a refugee fleeing the famine, his temperament was completely different.

He put his hands behind his back and said in a calm tone: "This painting was not there yesterday. ”

The leader casually threw away the portrait and said coldly: "Just delivered, it is also your fate." ”

Xu Fengnian asked, "Where did it come from?" ”

The leader said fiercely: "Xu Zi's 350,000 iron horsemen, there will always be a few who want your life." ”

Xu Fengnian's face was gloomy like water, and he said in a deep voice: "Sent by the Beiliang Army." ”

If the enemy was targeting him, Xu Fengnian wouldn't care at all, because it was a matter of course.

But it was the people in the Beiliang army who wanted his life, which made him angry.

"You...... Xu Shao...... Are you really the son of Bei Liang? A stunned voice rang out.

Xu Fengnian turned his head to look at Li Fei, and when he saw that his face was full of astonishment, he smiled helplessly: "I said it a long time ago, but you don't believe it." ”

"I ......" Li Fei said in a big way: "You look like this, and there is no evidence, who can believe it?" ”

The leader of the Chu soldiers said happily: "Xu Fengnian, the hatred of the country, take your head to pay tribute today." ”

Xu Fengnian looked at the leader again, glared at a pair of innocent eyes, and said, "I was still a child when Xichu perished, and I didn't participate in the war!" ”

The leader snorted coldly: "Xu Xiao has killed countless people, known as the slaughter of the world, and the father and son repay the debt, if you want to blame, you will be blamed for the wrong birth." ”

Xu Fengnian said angrily: "Then you should seek revenge on Xu Xiao!" ”

The leader froze when he heard this, and looked at Xu Fengnian through gritted teeth, but he couldn't say a word.

After all, he was a soldier, not a shameless horse bandit and a thief, and he was somewhat ashamed in his heart.

But in order to avenge the country, I can't care so much.

"Oh......" Xu Fengnian saw that he didn't speak, pointed at him with a look of sudden realization, and looked at Lao Huangdao: "I'm afraid, he's afraid of Xu Xiao, so he can only pick up my soft persimmon and pinch it." ”

Lao Huang echoed very cooperatively: "It's possible." ”

"Qiang"

The leader was annoyed, pulled out the thick-backed machete at his waist, and shouted angrily: "What so much nonsense? ”

Xu Fengnian's expression was awe-inspiring when he saw this, and he said to the leader: "Lao Huang is just a groom, Ah Fei and we are even more peaceful, he doesn't know my identity at all, and it has nothing to do with Xu Xiao." ”

The leader shouted: "The horseman of the Xu family should also die, as for this singer, we are different from Xu Xiao, we are not indiscriminately killing innocents, you can go." ”

Xu Fengnian looked at Li Fei and said with a wry smile: "Let's go!" Looks like I won't have a chance to listen to your songs. ”

Li Fei glanced at him deeply, then turned to the leader and hugged his fists and said, "My lord, no matter what, I will get acquainted with the prince after all." ”

"I want to play a song for the prince at the end, as if it was to see him off, and ask the adults to fulfill it."

Hearing this, the leader glanced at him and said lightly, "Yes." ”

Hearing this, Li Fei pulled out the flute on his waist, met Xu Fengnian's curious gaze, and put it to his lips.

The distant and soothing sound of the flute slowly sounded in the wilderness.

At the moment when the flute sounded, Lao Huang was stunned and looked at Li Fei in surprise.

Nangong Servant, who was not far from them, also suddenly paused, raised his eyebrows, and looked at Li Fei's gaze, a different color flashed.

But those Chu soldiers and Xu Fengnian closed their eyes one after another, as if they were listening to the flute with their hearts.

What's even stranger is that the horses, including the horses, also closed their eyes.

As the flute progressed, even Lao Huang and Nangong Servant were affected, only to feel that their eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and they couldn't help but want to close them.

But the next moment, the two of them shook their heads suddenly, and they came to their senses one after another.

The two of them were in the dark, and they each used their skills to resist the invasion of the flute.

Li Fei stepped forward while playing the horizontal flute, and kicked Xu Fengnian's buttocks, he woke up with a spirit, and looked at Li Fei blankly.

I saw that Li Fei was looking at him crazily, and kept shaking his head.

Lao Huang covered his ears with both hands, stepped forward and touched Xu Fengnian, waited for him to turn his head, motioned him to cover his ears, and then shook his head at him again and again.

Xu Fengnian finally reacted, looking at the Chu soldiers who had closed their eyes tightly, and some had even fallen asleep on horseback, and hurriedly covered their ears.

He looked back at Li Fei in surprise, but saw that Li Fei had an anxious look on his face, and immediately nodded.

He covered his ears like this and galloped towards the north, and Lao Huang hurriedly led the old horse to follow.

Xu Fengnian ran a distance of nearly twenty zhang and was no longer affected by the sound of the flute before he stopped and looked back at Li Fei worriedly.

I saw that Li Fei was playing the transverse flute while retreating at this time.

Finally, the last of the chiefs fell asleep on horseback, and the machete in his hand fell to the ground without noticing.

If it weren't for the fact that the horse could sleep standing up, it would probably have fallen to the ground by this time.

Only then did Li Fei put down the flute, turned around and ran towards Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang.

"Let's go, let's go." Li Fei ran to the two of them and immediately urged.

Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang ran forward with him and asked, "I didn't expect you to have this hand, what kind of work is this?" ”

Li Fei said: "Lullaby, it's useless, it's just that it can make people fall asleep unconsciously." ”

"Good work, reward."

"Okay, if you want to reward me, you have to survive first! I don't know how long we can get them to sleep, so let's run as far as possible. ”

After the three of them left, a little curiosity appeared on Nangong Servant's face.

I went up to check on those Chu soldiers, and found that they were all in a deep sleep, and they couldn't wake up for two or three hours.

Looking thoughtfully at the backs of Li Fei and the others, she unfolded her body and followed silently.