Fu Youde continued: "It is also said that when the emperor appointed you as the crown prince and concubine in the early stage, you expressed your dissatisfaction in private, and even said: 'Can't you be a prince with my merits?'"

"Hmph", Lan Yu snorted disdainfully, "I don't know if it's me who has lost my mind or if they're crazy." ”

"Moreover, someone brought up the old words again in front of the saint, talking about the suicide of Concubine Haimeng and the matter of Xifeng Pass. ”

After hearing Fu Youde say this, Lan Yu didn't speak for a long time, and there was silence in the room.

After a while, I heard Lan Yu sigh and say, "Alas, this matter was not investigated by the saint at that time, but in fact, Long Xin was displeased, and the original title of me as the 'Liang' Guogong was also changed to the "Liang" Guogong, which has far-reaching implications! I have no excuse, and I can't defend it!"

"Oh, is there anything unspeakable about the virtuous brother? You and my brother are not outsiders, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

"This is a long story, the former is known only to me, no one testifies, and no one else believes it, and the latter is very strange, beyond common sense, and without evidence. Concubine Meng's suicide involves two things, namely the 'Jade Seal of the Country' and the Book of Ink. ”

Lan Yue had also seen the Battle of Yuerhai, and was therefore named "Marquis of Jinghai", but she didn't know anything about it, and she didn't know anything about it, and she was completely clueless. I thought that Brother Fu must have found me, and was about to enter the house to say hello, when I heard a soft sound on the roof tiles, I knew that something was wrong, and immediately lifted my breath and ran to the roof, and before my toes hit the eaves, I saw a gray shadow coming towards me, obviously knowing that I was in the courtyard, so that I could take advantage of my body in the middle of the air and no roots to repel myself, and then go away, so as not to be chased by the end. Lan Yuexin called well, and pulled out a small golden knife from his waist and stabbed it in the chest with his hand. Although the knife is small, it makes a sharp and piercing whistling sound, full of skill, and it is a little stronger than the tip of the knife. In the blink of an eye, Lan Yue's knife had already touched the outer robe of the gray-clothed masked man, and just as he thought he had succeeded, he suddenly felt that the gray-clothed man's robe trembled three times in an instant, and each time it dissolved most of the knife strength, and when Blue Moon felt that all his strength was in vain, the gray robe suddenly puffed up like a sail filled with strong winds, full of energy, and overwhelmingly wrapped towards Blue Moon.

Blue Moon's toes had already touched the eaves, but at this moment, not only was her vision blocked, but her ears were filled with the sound of the wind full of gray robes and energy. Blue Moon is completely passive, if he forcibly stands on the roof, when his foothold is not stable, the man in gray can attack Blue Moon from any angle, and judging from the opponent's skill, it must be a fatal blow.

Blue Moon can only return to the hospital.

The goal of the gray-clothed man's trip was obviously not to assassinate Lan Yue, and when he saw that Lan Yue fell back into the courtyard, he ran to the southeast without looking back. The gray robe that attacked the blue moon was like a ball that had just been deflated, slowly falling from the air into the courtyard.

At this moment, Lan Yu and Fu Youde had already come out of the house to the courtyard, Lan Yu was holding an iron tire bow and went up to the roof without saying a word, but Fu Youde walked out slowly without a weapon, and when he saw Lan Yue in the courtyard, he just smiled slightly and nodded, looking like I knew you were here.

Lan Yue was worried about the safety of her eldest brother, so she just gave Fu Youde a slight bow and went up to the roof again. Glancing at it, I didn't see Lan Yu, and after looking carefully, the eldest brother was already standing on the top of the highest main building in the mansion, the "Retreat Building", with an iron tire bow.

Look at the gray-clothed man rushing on the ridge of the roof, he has left nearly fifty zhang away, and a few zhang can reach Zhongzheng Street. The man in gray didn't dare to jump into the nearby alley at first, if that was the case, Lan Yu would chase from the rooftop, the speed would be faster, and he could easily catch up. Zhongzheng Street, which can walk a few more feet, is different, Zhongzheng Street extends in all directions, people come and go, and the traffic is busy, as long as you jump into the street and change your coat. Immediately it was as if it were invisible.

The blue jade did not move like a statue carved in stone and bronze.

Three zhang, two zhang, and one zhang!

The man in gray shook his left shoulder slightly, raised his right leg and took the last step.

At this delicate moment, Lan Yu moved. Quiet as a mountain, moving as electricity! In the blink of an eye, the blue jade bent the bow, set up the arrow, and shot the arrow. "Poof!" the bowstring snapped, and the feathered arrow did not shoot in a straight line, but first into the air, and then fell in a flawless arc. At this time, the man in gray was already in the air, and there was no way to avoid it, and the feather arrow would just stab him in the back of the neck at the moment when he was about to land.

The light sound of the bowstring fell into the ears of the gray-clothed man like thunder, and the gray-clothed man was also a master, knowing that he had been locked by the blue jade's feather arrows, and there was no way to avoid it, gritting his teeth, luck and his left shoulder, and at the same time twisting his body, making his body slightly deviate to the right.

"Bang", the feather arrow poured into the shoulder, and a large blood flower flew up! At the same time, both feet finally hit the ground.

Lan Yue was worried that the eldest brother was about to go over to check what was going on, but was stopped by Fu Youde. "Brother Ling is enough to deal with it, don't worry. With that, he picked up the tea set that Lan Yue had placed on the stone table in the courtyard, and walked into the study indifferently, and Lan Yue had no choice but to follow into the house.

Lan Yue waited for Ying Guogong to drink tea, stood aside by herself, thought of her eldest brother, and did not speak. Fu Youde was also silent, and seemed to be full of concerns.

After half a cup of tea, Lan Yu returned. "Big brother, are you okay?

Lan Yu didn't answer Lan Yue's question, just squeezed out a smile, then made a cup of tea for himself, took a sip, and then beckoned Lan Yue to sit down, and said to Fu Youde: "That person was shot and wounded by me, I looked for bloodstains to follow, but found that the bloodstains went in the southeast direction, so I won't chase them." ”

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial city palace was built in the east of the capital division, and the palace city was inside, which was inhabited by the emperor and the princess, and was also called the Forbidden City. The outside is surrounded by the imperial city, where the yamen and the Praetorian Guard of the central government are located, and the south of the imperial city is where the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Soldiers, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Crime, the Six Divisions of the Ministry of Justice, and the Jinyi Weizong Mansion are located. If this person can escape into the imperial city, his identity is not simple.

Of course, Fu Youde understood all the stakes, and sighed and said, "It's okay if you don't chase it! This person is very good at concealing and hiding his body, even if he is injured, you may not be able to catch up." It's just that for some reason, when you mention the "Book of Ink", my heart beats faster and I notice it. ”

After a pause, he said: "I have also heard a little about the jade seal of the country, before you commanded the northern expedition to Mengyuan in March of the twenty-first year of Hongwu, the saint had mentioned a few things that you should focus on, and the jade seal of the country was impressively listed, and after the war, you also lived up to the grace of the saint to find this thing and dedicated it to the saint, is there any hidden secret? I have never heard of the "Book of Ink", what is it?"

"It's been five years!, the cause and effect of this incident and the twists and turns have been hidden in my heart for five years, and I think if I don't say it again, maybe I won't have the opportunity to say it in the future. ”

Lan Yu didn't know why the eldest brother said these unlucky words, but Fu Youde sighed secretly and felt something.

Lan Yu's eyes were blazing at this time, as if he had returned to the glorious years of sword and sword five years ago.

"Most of the eldest brothers know about this matter, Xiaoyue also participated in this Northern Expedition, and basically knows more, but there are some details that I deliberately concealed from you. ”

"In March of the 21st year of Hongwu, I led an army of 150,000 to the north to attack the Mengyuan, and the purpose of this operation was to completely eliminate the Northern Yuan. We set out from Daning, attacking forward, all the way unstoppable, although there is a Yuan army to block, but in front of my powerful iron cavalry can only be a mantis arm as a car, vulnerable to a blow. All the way to Gyeongju, they did not encounter the main force of the Northern Yuan. Obviously, the Northern Yuan Emperor Timur saw that the situation was not good, and fled first, and then counterattacked when our army was short of water and food, and when people were sleepy and lacking horses. I definitely can't let his plan succeed, I sent a large number of scouts to investigate around, and finally there is a scout report, the main force of the Northern Yuan may be hiding in the vicinity of the fishing sea, I don't say a word about the fishing sea!"

Although there are more than 100,000 people in the main force of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, hiding in the desert is like a scoop of water poured into a river, and finding it is a needle in a haystack. However, on this expedition, the Holy Lord had already made a will to 'clear the desert in one fell swoop', so he had to complete the task no matter what the difficulties and dangers were. ”

"I marched like this for almost a month, and at first there were some grasslands and oases, and I could know where I was by referring to the map, but then it was all the Gobi and the desert, and I couldn't determine my own location, let alone the enemy's location. What's worse is that the logistics of 150,000 people can't keep up, the food and grass are not enough, but fortunately, the soldiers have been without water for three days, and they can't find water again, let alone people, and the war horses have to die of thirst. However, when an army of 150,000 came in a mighty way, but returned with nothing, how could they return to the emperor? How could they explain to the people of the world?"

Hearing this, Fu Youde deeply realized: "Others only see the majesty of being a commander, but who can understand the difficulties of being a commander!"

Lan Yu said: "Yes, at that moment, it was really difficult to ride a tiger, and it was a dilemma!"

"At this maddening moment, someone asked to see him, and he claimed to be able to find a source of water. This person was wearing a Mongolian robe, his face was full of dust, he couldn't tell how old he was, he should be in his thirties or forties, and he could speak fluent northern Chinese. When I asked for my name, I only said that the untouchables were not enough to worry about, and it was important to find a water source first. ”

"I immediately arranged for Guo Ying to follow with five hundred elite horsemen, and privately told Guo Ying that in case of an ambush, kill this person first. He also refused to wait left and right to listen to the movement. ”

At the turn of the day, the man walked out of the tent. I saw that he took out some strange objects from the package he carried, some like a compass, some like a small windmill turning with the wind, at this time the sky was full of stars, the man took out a tube-shaped round mirror, looked into the sky, as if he was stargazing, from time to time fiddling with the angle of the small windmill, as if recording the number of revolutions, and sometimes observing the compass and writing down something, concentrate until, without saying a word. The whole tent was silent, except for the sound of torches. I didn't dare to make a sound to disturb him, so I also raised my head to look at the night sky, and suddenly felt that the stars were brilliant and the universe was vast, and I suddenly forgot the troubles in front of me. ”

Lan Yu said that he was devoted, and the whole person was in a trance and returned to that era, the desert grassland where love and hate were inseparable. Lan Yue suddenly felt that the eldest brother and the eldest brother Fu were the wolves in the desert, the eagles in the grasslands, and the tigers and leopards in the alpine jungles.

After a long time, Lan Yu seemed to have just returned to reality from the past, and smiled at the two of them: "What's wrong with me, I'm like a sentimental girl, it's useless to talk about it, you all know this." ”

Fu Youde said: "People like us, others will never understand, of course, we don't need them to understand." ”

"The next thing you know, under the leadership of that man, I found a water source, it was a beautiful sand lake, very magical, the herdsmen in the desert called it the Moon Lake, its lake is sometimes big and sometimes small, when it is large, it is ten miles in radius, and the people nearby, cattle and even wild beasts come to drink, and the lake is not much bigger than a tent when it is small. Sometimes you don't see it for a year or two, but it appears dozens of miles away. The locals had to try their luck when they found the lake, but the man took it for granted. I was also very relieved to see the soldiers cheering at the fact that they were once again able to drink clean water, and I was about to go over to express my gratitude to the man, but the man himself came up to me and whispered a word in a voice that only I could hear, and suddenly my brain struck like lightning, and my heart could not help beating wildly. ”

Fu Youde and Lan Yue all knew about the previous things, and Lan Yue also personally participated in the Northern Expedition, but the secret behind the matter was never known, and he couldn't help but have great curiosity, pricked up his ears, and listened to Lan Yu's slow words. Knowing that the eldest brother would speak, Lan Yue couldn't help but ask, "What did that person say?"

"Fishing in the sea!" said Timur!," said Lan Yu, "the man whispered, but it was like a bolt from the blue when I came. The man continued, "Finding water may seem difficult to others, but in my eyes it is a trivial matter. Even if you know that the Northern Yuan Emperor Temur was fishing in the Fishing Sea, this sea area is vast, with a radius of several hundred miles, is it in the east of the sea, or in the west, in the south, in the north, or on an island in the sea? Did the Northern Yuan Dynasty arrange open posts and secret posts along the way? How many? What is the other party's communication system? Is it wolf smoke or flying eagles? Or is it a flying horse in groups of several people? How do you cut off their communications once they are discovered? Or is the fishing sea just a trap, and the other party is setting up a formation to invite you into the urn? Or is it even more fake news? I can solve these problems for you, as long as you promise to do me a favor afterwards, it depends on God's will whether it succeeds or not. Don't promise me yet, think about it and give me an answer. If it doesn't work out, I'll leave as if it never happened. Also, please keep it a secret, only the two of us know about it. If it happens, it doesn't work. ”

"At the dinner in the evening, I asked Xiao Yue and Wang Bi to invite me on my behalf, Xiao Yue, do you remember?"

"Of course I remember," Blue Moon said to Fu Youde, "that person is really a weird person. When Brother Wang and I went to invite him, he was fiddling with some strange things about him, and when he saw us coming, he didn't stop, and Brother Wang explained that the man didn't appreciate it, but just said that he was not used to eating big fish and meat, and he brought dry food with him, so let's send him some water. When I talked to him, he seemed to have found something, stared at me for a long time, and then looked at my hands, and then excitedly said that my qualifications were nothing in the world, and asked me if I would like to learn from him, I asked him what he could teach me, and he was very proud to say what astronomy, geography, history, the art of war, the lunisolar calendar, the five elements of gossip, medicine, alchemy, garden architecture, organs, weapon making, shipbuilding and navigation, as big as the Tao, as small as the arts. ”

"I teased him and said I wanted to learn martial arts, the most powerful martial arts in the world. He seems to regret that he can also do a little bit of martial arts, but he is not the most powerful, besides, martial arts will be eliminated one day. You can see that he was disappointed that I didn't learn anything from him. ”

"It's a pity that you didn't learn from him, and he later mentioned it to me, but I politely declined. In fact, that person's martial arts are extremely high, and there are only a handful of people who can beat him when they look at the rivers and lakes, which is what I later knew. Lan Yu took over.

"After the dinner, I only brought a few soldiers to the man's tent, and told the soldiers to handle the door, and no one was allowed to enter, so I entered the tent alone. ”

"I asked him bluntly who he was, what he wanted me to do, and where he came from, and how he had to prove to me that none of this was a trap of the Northern Yuan. ”

"He said that my request was reasonable, but that the name was not important, so he called him Li Jia. He said that once we reached a cooperation agreement, I could send someone to take him into custody, and if it was wrong, I could cut off his head at any time. I should have told me my origins, but I was just begging me to keep it a secret. ”

Li Jia said that he came from a sect called 'Momen', and the ancestor of Momen was Mo Zhai in the Spring and Autumn Period, and Mozi was as famous as the Confucian Confucius and Taoist Lao Tzu. The leader of Momen is called 'Juzi', Mozi's eldest disciple Yu Huali founded Momen, which is the first generation of 'Juzi', and the Momen concept pays attention to 'love', 'non-attack', 'Shangxian' and 'thrift'. There are many disciples of Momen, and Mozi has one hundred and eighty disciples to follow him, which is not counting the disciples, and they are all loyal warriors. By the time of the Fowl Slip, there were more disciples, and the Momen was stronger. ”

"But when it came to Qin and Han, Momen was in danger of being wiped out!"