The news of the great victory in the north finally reached Chang'an, which was thousands of miles away, and Emperor Daliang also ordered Yun Yan to be rewarded.

The ministers in the court also had a tacit understanding, and they didn't mention the cooperation between Yunyan and Xiao Ce, the king of Ming.

Yun Rui, the concubine of the Beihou of Xianzhen, who had been living in Chang'an, was also rewarded, and the black gilt chests full of gold, silver and jewels were carried from the palace to Yun Rui's mansion one after another, and they were almost all over his backyard.

On the side, his guards moved the courtyard alone for more than an hour, and finally finished counting, since the news of the great victory in the north reached Chang'an, he, the guests who wanted to come and see Yunfu, came and went, but the attendants let them leave according to Yun Rui's physical discomfort.

Right now, Yun Rui is sitting in the courtyard, Chang'an is about to enter spring, but Chang'an ushered in the first heavy snow of the year, but unfortunately it is also the last one, Yun Rui's health has always been bad, and the room should be warmed by the stove, but he has to lie on a soft chair wrapped in a blanket today, sitting in the snow and admiring the moon.

"Childe, everyone else has blocked back according to your orders, but this Lord Mo often comes, I'm afraid it's not easy to deal with."

Yun Rui glanced at him: "Yunxi is here?" ”

"Yes, the official Mo Yunxi Mo who asked to see him at the back door."

Yun Rui subconsciously clenched the jade pendant in his hand under his long sleeves when he heard this name, and said softly: "He doesn't have to stop him." ”

It also happens to be the person he wants to see now, and Yun Rui also has something to give him.

Yun Rui didn't have to look back to hear the sound of Mo Yunxi slowly approaching with his feet in the fine snow.

"Brother Mo is back, presumably the siege rebellion in the west has been resolved."

Mo Yunxi walked up to him and put the two wine jugs he was holding on the table: "As soon as I returned to Chang'an, I didn't go back to my father, so I came to you first and brought you plum blossom wine from the besieged city, it is indeed a good wine, I specially brought it to you to taste." ”

The guards on the side took the wine jug with interest, and retreated to warm the wine, and now there were only two people in the entire courtyard, Yun Rui and Mo Yunxi.

Mo Yunxi glanced at the person on the soft chair, and saw that his face was not very good, so he said, "After drinking for a while, go in and rest." ”

Yun Rui shook his head: "My sister wrote a letter to me, she has already left the north and is on the way to Chang'an, so Chang'an has not much time left for me, thinking that it is rare for you to come, let's talk for a while." ”

Because his time is really running out.

Mo Yunxi thought that after today's victory in the north, Yun Yan wrote to ask herself to go back to Chang'an in exchange for Yun Rui to go to the north, although Yun Yan is a woman, but her prestige in the northern army is now not inferior to that of the first town of Beihou, which is naturally a more cost-effective deal for the imperial court, and Mo Yunxi's father agreed to it in the court.

But Yun Rui actually has something to say, and he also has a lot of things to hide from Mo Yunxi.

Mo Yunxi looked at his friend in front of him, "You may not be comfortable at first after you arrive in the north, but-"

Yun Rui rarely interrupted him: "Brother Mo doesn't need to persuade me, I have already decided that I will not return to the north." ”

Mo Yunxi was stunned, the best ending for him was to go to the northern border, the people in the barracks would only treat him sincerely, and it would naturally be best if Longtan Tiger's Den could leave like Chang'an.

Mo Yunxi looked at the person in front of him: "What stupid things are you talking about, even if you don't want to go back, the town Beihou has already written to His Majesty, and he is probably already on his way." ”

Yun Yan means that even if he uses himself, he must exchange him for his younger brother.

Yun Rui was silent for a while and said: "I know, my sister really wants me to go back, but she can't stop me, just now before you came over, I had already drunk the poison, and I could last about another stick of incense." ”

Yun Rui is different from them, since he was a child, Mo Yunxi has never seen him joke:

"What did you say?"

Yun Rui said calmly: "You heard me right, I drank the poison and am going to die." ”

Mo Yunxi took a step forward, clasped his wrist, and touched his pulse, Mo Yunxi's face turned pale, his breath was weak, the poison was about to spread to his internal organs, and he really drank the poison.

Mo Yunxi's eyes widened, and he looked at the person in front of him in disbelief: "The imperial doctor in the palace must have a way to save you, you can go with me now." ”

Yun Rui also forcefully broke his wrist out of his hand: "What they can't cure, this is the poison of the northern realm, people who have never been to the northern realm will never see these poisons at all, and Brother Mo, if they really had a way, they would have cured me all these years." ”

What he meant by this was not -

Mo Yunxi reacted at this time, and looked at the familiar good friend in front of him in disbelief:

"So you're not in good health, have you been poisoning yourself?"

Mo Yunxi suddenly felt that he couldn't see the person in front of him clearly.

Yun Rui nodded and said: "Yes, I have poisoned myself over the years, firstly, to let you let down your guard, secondly, so that the eldest sister can put me in Chang'an with peace of mind, and thirdly, because I have never thought of going back alive since the moment I came to Chang'an." ”

Mo Yunxi shook off his robe, and seemed to hate the person in front of him for not fighting:

"Why are you doing this? You also know that even Yun Yanlai is just under house arrest like you, she will not worry about her life at all, and you can live, which is the best of both worlds for your Yun family. ”

It is also the best way that he Mo Yunxi can fight for this good friend of his in the Great Liang Dynasty.

Yun Rui looked at the person in front of him, he knew that Mo Yunxi was really good for him at this moment, Mo Yunxi may have had another purpose for approaching him in the past, but compared to the people in the entire Chang'an City, Mo Yunxi was the only person who really thought about him, Yun Rui said what was in his heart:

"For our Yun family, this is indeed the best of both worlds, but for the north, not for the Great Liang, let alone for the Great Liang, what kind of life has my eldest sister lived in the north because of me and the Yun family for so many years? She is the only female general that Da Liang has seen for so many years, and what she has experienced in the past is more difficult than the situation of you and me in Chang'an today. ”

Yun Rui was silent for a while, and then looked at the person in front of him:

"This is my best ending, I died in Chang'an and died of poisoning, the eldest sister must be suspicious, in the future, she will not lead the north to be loyal to Daliang as before."

As for who she wants to be loyal to, whether it is Xiao Ce, the second son of the king of Luoyang, or someone else, or whether she is the king of herself in the north, Yun Rui will support his eldest sister's decision in the future.

It has always been because he was a hostage in Chang'an, so Yun Yan will be tied up in the realm, and even have to exchange himself for him, now the beam is torn apart, and the northern border was about to be annexed by the Xiongnu when they did not give reinforcements, and the imperial court abandoned them at the most critical time, these are not a room of gold, silver and jewelry can be exchanged, people's hearts are not cold for a day, just like the snow under the eaves can not fall in a day, these Yun Rui knows it in his heart.

He also understood his eldest sister's thoughts in his heart, Yun Yan was guilty because he had been trapped in Chang'an for so many years, and after he went back to the north, Yun Yan would no longer have anything to worry about.

Either he dies or his eldest sister dies, and the one he would rather die is him.

Mo Yunxi looked at his old friend in front of him, knowing that he had arranged everything properly, if this was not the case, Yun Rui had hidden him for so long, and he would not tell him this tonight: "I know." ”

Yun Rui looked at his friend who was standing in front of him and said: "The spy I arranged in Chang'an once told me that there was a connection between you and the Xiongnu Qianzhan Danyu, but this time you still helped my sister, and you didn't pass on the military information in the north that you learned from me because of your own selfishness, and I haven't been able to say thank you in person." ”

But there are some things he doesn't talk about tonight, and he will never have a chance again.

Mo Yunxi was stunned, even he had dealings with the people around Qian Zhan in private, such a secret thing Yun Rui also knew, the second son of Beihou in the town that they all thought was the most useless and the most sloppy, actually hid the edge of his body, he knew everything, and had been deployed one by one in secret for so many years, this moment surprised Mo Yunxi.

Mo Yunxi did think about telling Qian Zhan about the military situation, so that she and Xiao Ce would lose both together, but at the last moment, he still couldn't bear it.

Yun Rui raised his hand, and in his hand was the jade pendant given to him by his eldest sister when he came to Chang'an that year, and this jade pendant and the jade pendant that Yun Yan had been carrying could be combined into one.

"This thing is for you, you have probably seen this thing, I have the yang jade in the yin and yang jade pendant, the yin and yang jade pendant is my father's command of the 200,000 troops in the north, and now my eldest sister is useless in this jade pendant, but he can protect you, and in the future, the soldiers in the north and the upper and lower beams will see you and not hurt you."

He gave this thing to Mo Yunxi, which was equivalent to giving him a gold medal for avoiding death in the future, if the beam was gone in the future, he would at least survive.

Seeing that the person in front of him was unwilling to accept his jade pendant at all, Yun Rui looked at Mo Yunxi again and said sincerely:

"You just take it, this is the last thing I can do for you as a friend, and it is because of you, my life in Chang'an for so many years is interesting, if there is still a chance in the next life, it is not too late to be true friends and confidants between us, if you are still willing Brother Mo at that time."

Of course he was willing, but he looked at Yun Rui in front of him and didn't speak.

The guard's wine was about to come back, but Mo Yunxi knew that he shouldn't be able to wait for the plum blossom wine he brought him.

Yun Rui's voice became softer and softer, and he finally looked up at the night sky of Chang'an, in fact, the snow scene in Chang'an was very beautiful, but it was not as good as the northern border in his memory, but unfortunately he couldn't go back.

The courtyard was silent.

When the guards came back, they also found that Yun Rui was dead, and in a panic, they knocked over the plum blossom wine on the tray to the ground, and Mo Yunxi stood in place in a daze, and the falling snow fell on him one after another.

*

A lot of things have happened in the north recently, Xiao Ce, who was originally going south, has been repeatedly delayed here, Li Hanning's injuries are almost healed, Yun Yan was originally going to go south but heard that Yun Rui was poisoned and died in Chang'an, Yun Yan cried in front of the soldiers and horses in the north, and it was logical to announce that the north will be the north in the future, and will no longer be loyal to Daliang.

Although some things happened to be a coincidence, Yun Rui was poisoned to death, and Da Liang was already indebted to the north, and he was even more indisputable in this matter.

For Xiao Ce, he didn't care about these at all, he lost a very important person in the battle with the Xiongnu in the north, and now they were going south, Li Hanning was preparing to say goodbye to Cheng An before leaving with Xiao Ce.

Before they go to Chang'an, there is still a long way to go, and it may be difficult for them to return to the north after going south this time, and Li Hanning also knows in his heart that this may be the tombstone they will see Cheng An for the last time.