After Ming Cheng left, Yun Chuan didn't care about eating breakfast, so he immediately went out to find Yang Qingyun, and he needed to tell him the news he had found immediately.

As soon as he walked to the place where the guests were resting, he found that Yang Qingyun was already standing at the gate of the residence, stopped by several guards. Yun Chuan beckoned, hurriedly ran over, and said, "He is a friend of Princess Ben, you let him come over." ”

Several guards looked embarrassed and reported in a low voice: "Princess Yunchuan, King Yelu has instructed the visiting guests not to move around at will. This... ”

"I have reported to King Jerod, this man has been handed over to me, I will take him with me, and I will not let him walk around." Yun Chuan did not allow the guards to defend.

When the guard saw Yun Chuan's determined expression, he no longer embarrassed Yang Qingxuan, opened the gate and let him go. Yun Chuan hurriedly pulled Yang Qingyun to a place where the guards were scarce, and asked with concern, "Have you eaten in the morning?" They didn't embarrass you last night. ”

Yang Qingyun was a little unaccustomed to this sudden concern, and was stunned for a moment and said, "I've eaten it." What happened to the Centennial Snow Lotus? We have to go get Snow Lotus back now? ”

Yun Chuan put his index finger to his mouth, "shhhhh Yun Chuan told Yang Qingyun what he had learned, Yang Qingyun's eyes gradually sank, and his brows twitched slightly, "Are Ming Cheng's words credible?" Now go to the yurt of Shangdu Khan to get it? Yang Qingyun interrupted Yun Chuan and said.

"If Ming Cheng is a man, he can only gamble at the moment. Let's go to my uncle's yurt first to get the little box back, and then look for an opportunity to go to Shandu Khan's yurt. Yun Chuan said.

"Then without further ado, let's hurry to your uncle's side." Yang Qingyun learned that the entire hundred-year-old snow lotus was missing last night, so he guessed that there must be other inside information, but he didn't expect that so many variables would happen overnight, but he knew that the matter was urgent and couldn't be messed up, so he nodded in agreement with Yun Chuan's method.

Yun Chuan knew that his uncle Helian Qi had the habit of practicing martial arts every morning, and his uncle must not be in the room at this hour. Yun Chuan resumed his princess dress, and of course he didn't need to hide, so he sent the guards at the door and walked into his uncle's room with Yang Qingyun swaggeringly.

The layout of the room has not changed at all, the box is still in the old position, Yun Chuan is standing at the door of the yurt to guard, Yang Qingyun opened the suitcase, turned through it for a long time, and did not see the small box, even the clothes that the two of them dressed up last night were gone. Yang Qingyun secretly thought that "it's not good", he must have been abandoned and discovered by Helian, and he was waiting for them to throw himself into the net somewhere.

Yun Chuan turned around and saw Yang Qingyun, who had been overturned for a long time, and hurriedly ran over, "What's wrong?" Something gone? Yun Chuan rummaged through the suitcase, and his heart became more and more anxious, "I obviously put it at the bottom, was it discovered?" ”

"Yun Chuan, what are you looking for?" Just when Yun Chuan was anxious, a familiar voice sounded, Yun Chuan only felt like thunder in his ears, and his head "boomed", only to know that he had been fooled and caught. Yun Chuan raised his head helplessly, looked at his uncle with pleading eyes, and called weakly: "Uncle, it's early!" ”

At this time, Yang Qingyun had already stood up straight, without the slightest fear of nervousness, and looked at the Tusang general in front of him, Helian who had been a proton in Dashu for twenty years. He was actually not a stranger to him, when Helian Qi was still in Da Shu, in addition to meeting him a few times a year at several major banquets and sacrificial ceremonies in the imperial court, he also gave him a few times of wine brewed by Yu Wenhan, and occasionally stayed for a few sips. The wine "Xiqiong", Helian abandoned and was also one of the rare confidants. I remember that after a Chinese New Year's Eve banquet five years ago, I returned home from Yuwenhan's residence, and on the way I met Helian Ji, who was sad alone in the heavy snow, and that was the last time they met and talked in five years.

"I heard that you will be able to return to Tusang in the next year, why are you still so sad?" Yang Qingyun was already 17 years old at the time and was already serving in the capital guard battalion.

"It's been twenty years, things are not people, and I have become a superfluous person in this world." Helian Qihe carried a pot of wine in his arms, and said with a sip.

"Do you hate them?" Yang Qingyun knew about Helian Qi and the loneliness and hardship of the past twenty years in the palace, he lived in the northwest corner of the palace, three huts and a small courtyard, and only two servants took care of daily life. The summer is scorching, the winter is cold, and there are only two hours a day to go out of the house to walk around in a few designated locations in the palace, and other times can not go out without the permission of the emperor. Although there are often family letters with Tusang, the correspondence must be read by a special person before it can reach the other party, and in the end it becomes a mere word, just a form of coping. In this cold palace, most people think that he is just a chess piece lost by Tusang, without any value, and he doesn't even have time to look at him when he meets him by chance. Only a handful of people were willing to talk to him, and Yu Wenhan was one of them. After Yu Wenhan knew that he liked to drink, he gave a few bottles of newly brewed wine to chat for comfort, which also gave him a rare warmth in his life in the palace.

"Which of them are you referring to? I said I don't hate, will anyone believe it? At that time, Helian was close to the age of confusion, and the good time was spent in a well of the sky, and the years had ruthlessly covered his gorgeous hair, and there were already fine lines at the corners of his eyes. He was no longer the high-spirited young man he once was, riding a horse and shouting to his beloved girl: "I want all the people of the prairie to know that you are mine!" "Brother Witton Khan praised him for using twenty years to exchange for the prosperity of the desert and live in peace and contentment, but what he did in the past twenty years was only to drink alcohol every day and spend his time in vain, and there will be no him in the records of history, nor will he be in the hearts of the people, and even his relatives and lovers will gradually forget him.

The meeting again five years later gave Yang Qingyun a glimmer of hope in his heart, although it was just a glass of wine, but there was finally a familiar person.

"General Helian, don't come unharmed!" Yang Qingyun took the initiative to salute, neither humble nor arrogant.

Yun Chuan's eyes widened, and he looked at Yang Qingyun in surprise, pulling his sleeve with his hand, not understanding why he was so calm.

"It's been five years, but you're getting older!" Helian smiled lightly, found a seat for himself, and waved his hand at them, signaling them to be free.

"Uncle, you know each other!" Yun Chuan remembered that his uncle had been in Dashu for 20 years, but he didn't expect that he and Yang Qingyun were old acquaintances, and he was finally relieved.

"Say, what are you looking for when you come to me?" Helian Qihe's face suddenly became serious, and the scar left on the left side of his face when he was young immediately became even more abrupt.

"We, we're on the wrong track." Yun Chuan didn't expect Helian to abandon and change his face immediately, and he was speechless for a while.

"Where do you think this is?" Helian abandoned and squinted at Yun Chuan, revealing a murderous aura.

"Uncle, why are you so fierce?" Helian abandoned this kind of fierce eyes, Yun Chuan had seen it in his training ground, and he had seen it when he was punishing soldiers, but he had never seen him look at himself with such eyes.

Yang Qingyun stood aside, thinking carefully about the relationship between the two of them as uncles and nephews, it didn't seem like Yun Chuan's own expression of "Uncle loves himself very much".

Helian got up and picked up a package from the couch and threw it in front of Yun Chuan, two sets of clothes of the Yue clan guards shook off the ground, and there were some disguised props scattered around, Yun Chuan knew it at a glance, it seemed that pretending to be stupid was useless.

"Let's talk about it, you two, are the two guards who sneaked out of last night?" Helian asked with a cold eye.

"Uncle, you are so powerful, you can see it. I'll just say my uncle is the smartest man on the prairie! "It's been recognized, and it can only be dealt with sweet words.

"Although the head guard of the Yue tribe is stupid, he is not so stupid as to make up two people by himself, I waited all morning today, but I didn't expect it to be you!" Helian said with a smile.

"I knew that my uncle loved me the most! Uncle, how did you find these clothes! Yun Chuan breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that his uncle didn't want to punish himself at all, so he leaned over and grabbed Helian Qiji's arm and asked with a smile and squinted his eyes. This uncle, whom she only met five years ago, although he had a serious appearance and sharp eyes, he was never angry with the three of them and even Yun Xi, and he personally taught archery. Yun Chuan is also extremely proud of this uncle, he has been back to Tusang for five years, invincible and invincible, and never forcible and robbed, nor greedy for women, not contaminated with malignancy, Yun Chuan feels that this is actually a cold-faced "scar wolf" with justice in his heart.

Helian snorted, remembering that when he opened the box and took the jade buckle last night, he found that the box had been turned over, and then glared at Yun Chuan: "If people don't know, they can't do it unless they do!" ”

Yun Chuan stretched out his tongue, spread the palm of his right hand, and said with a smile: "Uncle, are you going to return that thing to me?" ”

Helian abandoned but ignored Yun Chuan, looked at Yang Qingyun, who had been standing on the side for a long time, and reproached: "Do you know what the consequences of stealing a hundred-year-old snow lotus will be? Qingxuan, although you and I can't talk about acquaintances, but we also know each other, if you want to provoke the conflict between Tusang and Huang Bei, you don't need to involve Yunchuan. ”

"Uncle, this is none of his business! And we only took three petals. Yun Chuan pulled Helian Qiji's sleeve and hurriedly explained.

"You don't understand the conflict of interests between ethnic groups, don't you understand?" Helian abandoned and said angrily.

"General Helian, I have no intention of provoking any conflict, but I must get these three-petaled snow lotus, no matter what method is used!" Yang Qingyun looked at Helian Qi without fear.

"What if there is no more century-old snow lotus in this world?" Two men who are twenty years apart, but they have the same cold expression, one has white temples like cold light, and the other has cold eyes like a thousand-layer ice lake.

"What did you say?" Yang Qingyun's eyes reflected bursts of cold light, and he asked in a cold voice.

"Can't you see that this box is an ordinary snow lotus? What can make Huang Bei direct and act in such a good show of a thief shouting to catch a thief? Helian Qihe sneered and took out Yun Chuan's small box from his body, opened the box and said.

The light in the yurt room was bright, and the petals in this small box were seen very clearly, this was indeed the petals of three ordinary snow lotus, Yun Chuan took the small box and looked at it, the texture and color of these three petals were similar to what he saw in Wei Xu last night, which confirmed his conjecture even more. Yun Chuan handed the box to Yang Qingyun and asked Helian tentatively: "Uncle, is there really no snow lotus in this century?" ”

"What do you want this snow lotus for?" Helian abandoned and ignored Yun Chuan's question, and his sharp eyes swept over the two of them and fell on Yang Qingyun's face.

Yang Qingyun held the box in his hand and kept silent, "Uncle, I just made a bet with Yang Qingyun that if he can get the three-petal hundred-year-old snow lotus, I can agree to him a request." It's that simple! Yun Chuan couldn't explain the reason, and prevaricated.

Although Helian Qihe has only known this niece for five years, he also knows Yunchuan's temperament, because his appearance is very similar to the queen's character, he is regarded as the pearl of his palm, he is not afraid of heaven and earth, he is nosy, and it is not impossible to make this bet with others. But this Yang Qingyun has a cold temperament, and in his impression, he has no other interests and hobbies except to protect Ping Wang Yu Wenhan, and it is impossible to play such a boring and troublesome trick with Yun Chuan. Helian Qi looked at Yang Qingyun and was about to speak, when the guard outside the door shouted: "General, there is something to report." ”

"Come in!" Helian said with a smile.

The guards came in and reported: "Huang Bei passed the word not to investigate the theft of the hundred-year-old Snow Lotus, saying that everything is focused on the Yunshi Conference, and the Snow Lotus matter will be postponed for the time being, and it will be dealt with after the Yunshi Conference is held." ”

Yun Chuan was secretly happy when he heard this, this was clearly what he said, and he really revoked the matter. So is the snow lotus clue she said also true? Yun Chuan was anxious, pulled Yang Qingyun and said "farewell" and ran out. Helian abandoned and stopped the two of them, stopped talking, paused for a while, looked at Yang Qingyun and waved his hand and said: "Forget it, I don't have the energy to mess around with you, I still have to greet visitors from all walks of life at the south gate at noon, you can go." ”

Walking out of the yurt abandoned by Helian, Yang Qingyun hurried forward, Yun Chuan could only trot to follow, panting slightly and said: "Qingxuan, you wait for me, we can't go in like this, we have to find a way to lure Shangdu Khan away." ”

"I'm responsible for luring them away, please go in and take out the snow lotus, if I can't get out, you must help me send the snow lotus to Xia Yi." Yang Qingyun replied without thinking, Yun Chuan looked at Yang Qingyun's generous back, revealing perseverance and perseverance, and couldn't help but speed up his steps to follow behind him. When he was about to arrive at Huang Bei's residence, Yang Qingyun stopped Yun Chuan: "I'll go over first, you hide behind Huang Bei Khan's yurt and wait for an opportunity to act." After speaking, he handed the small box to Yun Chuan and instructed, "Please." ”

Yang Qingyun was about to leave, Yun Chuan grabbed Yang Qingyun and asked in a low voice, "How did you lead away?" I'd better go, they don't dare to do anything with me. ”

Yang Qingyun shook his head, and said indisputably: "No, I can't always let you take risks." Your uncle is right, once something happens to the hundred-year-old snow lotus, it can easily turn into a dispute between your clans, and it is better for you not to be in the open about this matter. ”

Before Yun Chuan could react, Yang Qingyun strode towards Shang Du Khan's residence, and Yun Chuan had no choice but to wait for an opportunity nearby.

Yang Qingyun swaggered to the side of Shangdu Khan's residence, pretending to be nervous, looking left and right, and soon succeeded in attracting the attention of the guards outside the door.

"What are you doing?" The guard stopped in front of Yang Qingyun and asked.

"I, I'm here to find someone!" Yang Qingyun deliberately amplified his voice.

"Who are you looking for?" The guards looked impatient.

"I just saw a Central Plains man walking by, and I came to look for him. Don't stop me! Yang Qingyun was talking nonsense.

The guards looked at each other, and everyone said that they hadn't seen the Central Plains people passing by here, and then looked at Yang Qingyun and felt that this person was not good, but he didn't want to annoy the Khan in the yurt early in the morning, and wanted to drive him away directly and quietly, so he pushed him directly, who knew that Yang Qingyun stumbled backwards and fell to the ground.

Yang Qingyun stood up from the ground, suddenly became angry, walked over and grabbed the guard who pushed him, raised his eyebrows, and shouted: "What are you pushing me for?" I am the guest of honor you have invited, and you dare to be so rude to me, I want to repay Shangdu Khan! ”

"What VIP? Don't you look where this is? This is not your great power, this is not the place for you to show off your might! Although Huang Bei formed an alliance with the Shu Dynasty, and the Khan was named the king of Northern Xinjiang in the Wei Dynasty, this was not a glorious thing in the desert, and the Huang Bei soldiers naturally did not want to be mentioned.

"What's your name? If you dare to be rude to the distinguished guests, I will go to report to Shangdu Khan in a while to ask for an explanation! Yang Qingyun pointed at the leading soldier and said angrily, "We are not thin on you, is this the hospitality etiquette of your desert people?" Yun Chuan hid in the corner and witnessed all this, watching Yang Qingyun blowing his nose and staring, pointing with one hand on his waist and one finger pointing at him, pretending to be a flying and domineering appearance, she didn't feel a little funny, if she didn't have a task in her body, she really wanted to go out and give some guidance, this posture was completely bluffing, that is, deceiving the mindless guards.

The guards were really instigated, grabbed Yang Qingyun's collar, and several guards immediately surrounded him, pressing step by step, and said contemptuously: "If you want to be a VIP and go back to your big house, this is not your territory!" Don't say I didn't warn you, play scoundrels here again, be careful that the old men are not polite to you! ”

"You let go!" Yang Qingyun made a backhand and pushed the guard who was holding his collar to the ground, and then showed weakness and was slammed by the other guards. The guard who was pushed down got up, patted the dust on his body, and hit Yang Qingyun in the face with his fist, Yang Qingyun turned sideways, and the guard pounced, ready to pounce again! Seeing this, Yang Qingyun kicked with both feet, and the guards on both sides couldn't hold it at all, so they all wanted to step forward and fight indiscriminately, but the scene was chaotic for a while, and he fell into a mess.

"Oh, who are you hitting? Hit me in the head! Several of the guards crushed inside shouted.

"You hold him down! How can they all be so stupid! The guards on the periphery shouted.

"I want to see Shangdu Khan! Shandu Khan! Yang Qingyun also shouted at the top of his throat inside.

Yun Chuan looked at this chaotic scene, and saw Yang Qingyun blocking his head with both hands through the gap in the crowd, grabbing the arms of several guards from time to time and pulling them forward, the guards either hit the wrong direction, or were thrown hard, and he himself ate a few mouthfuls of dust at most.

This trick really worked, the guards here were all led over, the guards shouted more and more, and Shangdu Khan finally walked out slowly with his waist straight.

"What's going on! Early in the morning, you're on guard! Mingcheng's angry voice sounded, and Mingcheng, Shangdu Khan, Prince Bayin, Princess Nata, and General Wei Xu walked out of Shangdu Khan's room in turn.

The guards panicked for a moment, and hurriedly stood up, bowing their heads one by one. Yang Qingyun, who stood up at the end, patted the dust on his body and sneered: "Shangdu Khan, is this how you came to entertain the guests of Da Shu?" ”

"Isn't this the Central Plains person who came with Princess Yunchuan yesterday? How to get dusted! Which of you did it! Nata recognized it at a glance and questioned as she looked at the guards.

Mingcheng seemed to think of something, looked around, and smiled lightly at the corner of his mouth.

Shangdu Khan looked Yang Qingyun up and down, Yang Deshou was still very familiar with Yang Deshou, the great secretary of the Shu Dynasty, but his son had never met, but the father and son looked alike, but Yang Qingyun was more indifferent. wanted to take refuge in Da Shu back then, and most of them were Yang Deshou's lobbying and matchmaking, and he and Yang Deshou also called brothers and sisters and hated each other. Although he is now the second largest ethnic group in the northern desert, many people scold him in private for betraying his ancestors for glory, which also makes his feelings towards Yang Deshou slowly become a little complicated.

"You are Yang Deshou's son?" Shangdu Khan asked in a hoarse voice.

"It's down there! I often hear my father mention you, praising you as a northern hero, a good way to govern the army, and strict control. Yang Qingyun saluted and replied softly.

"Sure enough, it's Yang Deshou's son, and he won't let anything unreasonable, and his sarcastic methods are not inferior to your father at all! Tell me, then, what are you doing with me? Why did my guards push you to the ground? Shangdu Khan was domineering, and looked at Yang Qingyun with a smile and asked.