After escaping from the city, after a few people surnamed Huo left Chang'an City, they traveled all the way for more than a mile before finally stopping to take a breath.

Huo Yu dismounted, untied Huo Guang, and removed the sackcloth in his mouth, but in exchange for a resounding slap.

"Father, now, I'm afraid you can only follow your child to the Huns." Huo Yu said unmoved.

"You erection, the Huo family was actually destroyed in your hands, I regret not giving birth to you." Huo Guang's eyes were red and he scolded angrily.

"The Huo family is not destroyed but also ruined, and when the Huns arrive, the child will definitely create a new foundation!" Huo Yu said unruly.

"How can a person like you, who has no king in his heart and no father in his eyes, have a day of meritorious deeds?"

"It's okay if your father doesn't believe it, if you go back to Chang'an City in the future, you will naturally change your mind."

Huo Guang didn't speak again, and when he got to the current field, what was the use of saying this again?

The water cannot be recovered, the rivers do not flow backwards, and there is no possibility of turning back when they leave Chang'an City.

"Father, I'll go to join Huo Yun first, and then go to Mobei, with the edict of the disobedient county official, it will definitely be unimpeded."

"This county official is really crazy, he can make such a perverse edict, God really helps me, why should my father be obsessed with a temporary reputation of loyalty and filial piety."

Huo Yu chattered and persuaded, but Huo Guang didn't refute anymore, just said coldly: "No matter how you justify, the old man can only follow you." ”

"Father is wise!" After Huo Yu said this, he didn't bother to say any more, and immediately got on his horse and led a few people to a grange in Beichengguo.

According to the original plan, Huo Yu and the others were to join Huo Yun's private troops in that grange, and then retreat all the way north with the help of fake talismans.

After walking for about three or four miles, several people came to the fence of the grange, but before they could go in, Huo Yu and Huo Shan found something strange.

This huge grange was so quiet that not only was there no one to answer it, but it was pitch black in the grange, and there was no noise or neighing of people and horses.

Huo Yu didn't dare to be careless, so he sent Huo Shan in to investigate and contact first, while he and his parents waited outside the village.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and the wind and snow were blowing again, and they were blowing more and more fiercely.

The three members of the Huo family rode their horses and stopped under a locust tree outside the grange, intentionally or unintentionally keeping some distance and not saying a word.

They just looked in the direction of Chang'an City from time to time, for fear that the Son of Heaven would regret it and send chasing soldiers to kill him.

Huo Guang recovered some of his spirit a little, and he had already accepted his fate: all his fame and fortune had come to naught, so he could only survive.

After the time of the incense stick, a man appeared and ran from the grange.

Huo Yu was overjoyed at first, but after seeing that it was Huo Shan, he was shocked: there must be something wrong in the grange!

Huo Shan stumbled over and ran over, and before Huo Yu could ask, he said with a frightened face: "It's dead, all of our people are dead!" ”

"What the hell is going on?" Huo Yu exclaimed.

"All the private soldiers were killed, and the corpses were neatly laid out in the main hall, and their heads were cut off and placed in their arms!"

"And the dozen or so slaves and maids in the grange are all ......"

Huo Shan is a veteran general who crawled out of the sea of blood in the mountain of corpses, and he will never be frightened by dozens of dead people.

Now that he is so panicked, he must have seen a very horrific scene: there are many reasons for killing, and the corpses are placed neatly only for intimidation and show-off.

"What about Huo Yun?" Huo Yu asked anxiously again.

"Dead too! The head was also cut off! ”

"Who dares to ......" Huo Yu held back for a while, and didn't know how to go on.

"The inside and outside of the grange were cleaned, and the perpetrators retreated calmly......"

The angry Huo Yu originally wanted to continue to ask, but Huo Guang, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly spoke: "Don't forget, the county official said that only the Huo family was allowed to go to the Xiongnu, but it did not include the private soldiers here. ”

Huo Guang's slightly sarcastic and desperate tone made the rest of them stunned for a moment.

He realized that he had made a mistake, and he would believe that the Son of Heaven would really let more than 100 of them leave in a majestic manner.

"Huo Shan, go and see if there is anyone ...... again"

"Don't go again! Since it is an escape, don't think about escaping openly, it is already a blessing to be able to escape quietly like this! Huo Xian, whose face was flushed with cold, screamed.

"That's all there is to it."

……

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and the wind and snow were getting stronger.

Although Huo Yu and the others have all eaten a full meal today, a few hours have passed since now.

In addition, after many twists and turns and shocks in the middle, the food in the stomach has already been digested.

The hunger and cold are unbearable, and they are physically and mentally exhausted.

Huo Yu and Huo Shan were still able to hold on, but Huo Guang and Huo Xian had already begun to crumble.

Even the horses under their crotches faltered, slower and slower, and seemed to collapse on the side of the road at any moment.

According to the original plan, after Huo Yu and Huo Yun converged in the grange, they would go directly to Wuyuan County quickly.

Now that this plan has been shattered, they can only use the fake talismans prepared in advance, borrow the transmission houses along the way, and go to Wuyuan County.

It's slower, but it's the safest way to do it.

After all, from Chang'an City to Wuyuan County, there is a distance of two or three thousand miles, and there are countless deep mountains and forests in between.

Not to mention the jackals, tigers and leopards salivating, there are even more thieves eyeing them, Huo Yu and the four of them, who are alone, may be in danger wherever they are.

If you choose the lesser of the two, you can only "borrow" the heralds along the way.

When the time came, the four of them, exhausted physically and mentally, walked into a birch forest.

Because it was already the depths of winter, the leaves on the birch forests on both sides of the official road had fallen, and only stiff trunks and sturdy dead branches remained.

At this time, the wind and snow finally stopped, and the moon appeared in a vague way in the dome.

Perhaps because the sky has been washed by heavy snow for several days, it is extremely clear at the moment, and you can even see many stars twinkling.

It's just that I don't know why, there is a circle of red around the round moon, like a blood mist shrouding the moon, which makes people chill.

The pink moonlight spread on the surrounding snow, which seemed to stain the white and flawless snow with blood.

Huo Yu and the others walked slowly on this silent official road, they were already exhausted to the extreme, and their red eyes could be closed at any time.

Huo Yu and Huo Shan, one after the other, put their hands on the sword, and seemed to want to pull out the sword at any time, but they didn't know if they could fight again.

Perhaps wanting to dilute the terrifyingly quiet atmosphere, Huo Yu couldn't wait to open the conversation.

"Father, walk out of this forest, and walk seven or eight miles to have a herald, and I have a forged talisman on my body, so I can rest for one night."

"Hmm." Huo Guang, who was behind Huo Yu, replied in a muffled voice.

Not only because Huo Guang hadn't recovered from tonight's blow, but also because his physical strength had been exhausted.

Huo Guang didn't know how long it had been since he had left Chang'an City, and he had thought about going outside Chang'an City after letting go of power.

However, he never thought that he would leave Chang'an City in his current capacity.

Panic all day long, like a lost dog, even worse than a lost dog.

Not only is the wealth before his life and the fame behind him gone, but he will also have to bear eternal infamy.

Decades of prudence and hard work have ended up in vain.

There is no saddest thing in life.

But there's really no way to salvage your reputation, and it's not.

When leaving the North City Gate, Huo Guang still had a chance to save his name, and he could struggle to stay.

Even at this moment, he can turn around and return to Chang'an City and plead to the Son of Heaven, saying that it was not his intention to escape from Chang'an City.

Although you can't get the Son of Heaven's forgiveness, you can at least ask the Son of Heaven to give an edict to save yourself from the notorious reputation of traitors.

However, Huo Guang did not do that.

Because at the moment when the horizontal door opened, he was actually a little lucky and lucky under the grief and indignation.

I am glad that I can survive, and I am lucky that I will not be punished.

At first, Huo Guang was reluctant to face it directly, so he could only give Huo Yu that slap with a shelf.

But now that he is getting farther and farther away from Chang'an City, this kind of luck and happiness in Huo Guang's heart is growing secretly and rising.

After all, it feels really good to be alive.

That day in the greenhouse hall, Huo Guang promised the Son of Heaven to die calmly, and in the next few days, he always thought like this.

But who doesn't want to live?

Once he tasted the taste of life, Huo Guang could no longer face death.

"Father, don't blame the child anymore, it's like this, there's no chance to turn back, it's better to look forward."

"After all, I am your child, father and son join forces, and those false names will naturally be there again."

"Success and defeat, as long as people are still there, many things can be reversed."

"Just like the rebellious Son of Heaven, don't look at him so domineering today, but who can say for sure what will happen to him in the coming year?"

Huo Yu kept talking, and Huo Guang, who was getting weaker and weaker, finally spoke.

"Can the people who answered in Gohara County be reliable?"

This was the first sentence Huo Guang took the initiative to say after leaving Chang'an City, and as soon as these words came out, the other three couldn't help but be stunned, and then reined in their horses.

From this simple sentence, they heard a little bit of extraneous sound, and they all stared at Huo Guang in the night.

Asking this sentence means that Huo Guang's mind has changed, and the chance of being able to succeed after arriving at the Xiongnu is even higher.

"Reliable, this person has known the child for many years, and he is a pottery dealer in Wuyuan County, and his family is quite rich."

"Although he has no official status, he has a lot of prestige in the county, and there are trade routes in Mobei, and he used to contact the Xiongnu through this person."

Huo Guang listened, his face did not become kind, but he nodded.

"The Xiongnu are divided into many departments, and each department is also different, which part of the single Yu are you contacting?" Huo Guang asked again.

"I contacted Hu Yanyu Shan Yu, and in the correspondence, he had a lot of respect for me, and he also expressed his respect for my father many times, if I knew that my father was here, I would definitely welcome him."

Now Hu Yan is a well-deserved leader of the Huns, with at least more than 100,000 people controlling the strings under his command, and countless cattle and sheep.

"Huh, tiptoeing? I'm afraid that the pot Yan Yu you mentioned doesn't even wear shoes, right? Huo Guang's words were contemptuous, but he didn't say anything more offensive.

Huo Yu saw the loosening of Huo Guang's attitude, so he naturally hurriedly flattered him.

"Hu Yanyu is just a rat, how can he be compared to his father?"

"We are just using them, the Huns are barbarians, lack of intelligence, are our stepping stones, he will be able to save the Han in the future, and create a great cause, and the people will also know our loyalty and filial piety."

Huo Yu's words made Huo Guang feel a little useful, and his face, which was originally excessively pale due to exhaustion, finally regained some ruddyness.

"Don't underestimate Hu Yanyu too much, although the Hun thieves are not benevolent, they are treacherous and cunning......"

"After arriving at the royal court, I will not be humble or arrogant, and I will not bury the majesty of my great man." Huo Guang said very calmly.

"Yu'er, your father is reminding you, why don't you promise it soon?" Huo Xian urged with joy on his face.

There is one more shift at five o'clock, and Huo's ends.

(End of chapter)