When the old man heard a noise outside the door, he immediately stopped and stood in place, tilting his neck to listen quietly to the movement outside.

I stood up and walked towards the door, and the old man nervously motioned me not to move.

I pressed my hand against her, telling her not to be nervous, and continued to walk to the door, looking out at the hole in the door panel.

"On the avenue in front of the palace, a group of drought-stricken soldiers is coming from the east. When they reached the door, the leader of the Drought Devil people looked at the door that had fallen to the ground, knelt under the threshold, and wept. While weeping, he cried out loudly: 'Your Majesty, the end will be too late!'

"A man stood out from the ranks of soldiers behind him and said to the general who was kneeling on the ground: 'General, let's go in and have a look.' After speaking, he waved his hand to the soldiers behind him, and led the team into the palace.

The generals at the gate of the palace were still crying bitterly.

I turned back and beckoned to the motionless old man standing in the middle of the room, but she didn't move, and I waved again, and she walked to the door and crouched down beside me.

"I whispered, 'Look at the man in front of the palace gate, do you know him!'

After speaking, he tilted his head sideways and gave the hole in the door panel to the old man.

"The old man glanced out and said in surprise, 'This is General Mutan!'

"As I was about to open the door, I grabbed her and said, 'Now that the situation outside is unknown, don't go out rashly.' We don't know if the people outside have collaborated with the enemy and defected. ’

"The old man said, 'How can General Mu Tan collaborate with the enemy. Then he went to pull the door with his hand.

"I grabbed her again and said, 'Old man, don't be in a hurry, even if there are no bad people outside, don't be in a hurry at this time. I ask you, what does this man do?'

The old man reluctantly squatted down again and said, "The people outside this gate are General Fuyuan and General Ranxiang Mutan, the commander of Hanhai, who is guarding the extreme northwest of the drought and the army is stationed on the shore of the Beihe Hanhai. ’

"I asked, 'How far is the Beihe Hanhai from here?' ’

"The old man said, 'About four or five thousand miles. ’

"I asked curiously, 'How do you know this person, old man?'

"The old man said: 'My son-in-law doesn't know, this general of Burning Clothes Mutan was the governor of the capital in the early years, and he was responsible for the defense of Tiandu City and Junmu Palace.

"'Therefore people are addicted to alcohol, and when they are drunk, they do not obey the rules, and often contradict Lord Shousuke. In a fit of rage, Lord Shoufu transferred her out of Tiandu City and relegated her to serve as the town guard in our Tianyi City.

"'Although General Mutan has an upright personality and is often arrogant and contemptuous to his superiors, he has done all kinds of protection for the people in the city, and since he took office, he has done a lot of good things for the people. The people in Tianyi City were all grateful to her.

"'Her devotion to His Majesty is well known. One year, the monarch's mother was ill, and it was not cured for a long time, and a doctor got a side from the ancient medical books, which was just right for the symptoms, but it needed the unfrozen flowing water on the top of the snow-capped mountain to make a medicine primer, and no one in the eighty-one mountains knew where to take it, and no one dared to visit. When General Mutan heard about it, he searched the surrounding snow-capped mountains alone, and finally found a water source that did not freeze. She took the water, fearing that the water would freeze again on the road, so she carried it in her arms, walked all the way back, suffered from cold and hunger, and passed out on the way, but fortunately was rescued by a passing drought hunter. In a coma, Orion wanted to remove the ice water from her arms, she held the kettle tightly with both hands, and Orion's family of five or six did not break her hands. When she woke up, the Orion family made fun of her, saying that she valued the jug of water more than gold, silver, and jewelry. General Mutan's words made the Orion family sigh with emotion, she said that she was not holding water, but His Majesty's health, and at the critical moment, she gave up her life to keep Your Majesty's health.

"'Since then, the name of General Mutan's loyal king has spread throughout the territory of the Drought Valley.

"'In the autumn of last year, there was a curse in the northwest, and several Hanhai commanders could not calm it, so General Mu Tan recommended himself to the monarch's mother and was willing to go to the northwest to calm the trouble.

"'Although Lord Shoufu was quite dissatisfied with his words and deeds on weekdays, when he was leaving, he sighed that when this person was gone, he would be safe, but there would be a sword missing from the capital, and I didn't know whether it was good or bad.

"'I didn't think of this, but it should have been today, and if General Mutan was here, there would never have been last night's defeat. ’

As the old man spoke, the soldiers who had entered the palace to check came out, and the leader stepped forward to help him and said, 'There is no one in sight, and the monarch's mother is nowhere to be found. ’

"Ran Shang Mu Tan said angrily: 'Hurry up and search me carefully in the city, Your Majesty will be blessed with all the heavens, there will be no accidents, she may be hiding somewhere in the city waiting for us to save her.' ’

Before the words fell, the old man in the door opened the door with a 'bang' and rushed to the other side of the avenue, and I ran after her.

"The old man shouted as he ran: 'General Mutan, don't look for it, Your Majesty is no longer in the city. ’

Burning Clothes Mutan and the soldiers were all taken aback, and looked at the old man in unison.

When he got closer, he exclaimed, 'Why are you old man?' As he spoke, he stepped forward and took the old man's hand.

"The old man said, 'General Mutan, last night I hid in the shadows and watched them take His Majesty and General Tu from the palace. ’

"Ran Shang Mu Tan asked: 'Who are they?' Are they Huan Dou people? It stands to reason that the Huan Dou people attacked once half a month ago, and Ran Shang Tho should have made a thorough defense plan, how could it get to the point of being captured by someone, and when the enemy army attacked, no one was responsible for the transfer of His Majesty?

"The old man said, 'You can't blame Lord Shoufu for this. There are spies in the clan. ’

When Ransheng Mutan heard this, his eyes widened and he asked, "Which battalion is the spy?" I want to see which general led the troops and brought out the spies. ’

"The old man said timidly, 'Not a soldier, but a general. ’

"Burning Clothes Mutan jumped up and yelled, 'Which shameless person is it?'

"The old man said, 'It is a general from outside the mountains, I don't know. ’

"I said, 'It's Quyunling, patrolling the border, and all of them are burning hills. ’

When Ransheng Mutan heard this, he was furious and shouted: 'What is inferior to a pig and a dog, I must have skinned her, whipped her tendons, eaten her flesh, and drank its blood!'

"I said, 'General, don't be angry yet, we have to think about where the Huandou people will take the Monarch and the Shoufu-sama, and then think of a way to rescue them. As for punishing traitors, it can be considered in the long run. ’

"Only then did Burning Clothes Mutan notice me and asked the old man, 'Who is this Wa Emperor, and how can he be on this mountain?' ’

"The old man said: 'General, you are outside the border, of course you don't know about the affairs of Eighty-one Mountain. This is the new son-in-law, the princess's husband. The big wedding ceremony with the princess just took place half a month ago. ’

Alas——! when I was about to lead troops into the world to snatch the princess, I was stopped by His Majesty and the old stubborn old Ransheng Tho, and removed me from the post of admiral. Now your majesty's wish has finally been granted. ’

"Ran Clothes Mutan looked left and right, and asked, 'What about the princess, aren't they with you?'

"Before I could reply, the old man preemptively said, 'The princess may have been taken away by them. ’

When Ranshang Mutan heard this, he was annoyed and angry, raised the cold light mallet in his hand, and hit it heavily on the tethered horse stake next to him, and the one-foot-square tethered horse stone was broken in half.

"At this time, another group of men and horses rushed over from the west side of the avenue, and the leading general stepped forward and saluted Burning Mutan, saying, 'Lord Mutan Dutong, why are you here?' ’

"Burning Clothes Mu Tan saw that there was a person who could be angry, and scolded: 'Burning clothes, what are you all doing to eat? You town guards and deputy town guards are all wine bags and rice bags, saying that they are Gongwei Junshan, and now Gongwei has been captured by His Majesty, and life and death are uncertain. I'm going to slaughter you useless things for Your Majesty right now. ’

As he spoke, he pulled out the fire-clad knife from his waist and was about to cut down the man who came. ”