The red horse galloped across the vast field, and the sky was a brilliant sunset, which had the same color as this horse, and flew in the wind on the rolling mountains. Gao Fei looked up to the west, on the endless mountains, the blood-colored remnant sun was slowly sinking, and at the end of the mountains, the rippling water rippled with the afterglow of the setting sun.

"The head of the Nanshan Sutra, called Magpie Mountain. Its first is called the swaggering mountain, facing the West Sea, with many laurels and gold and jade. There is a god bird, its head is like a magpie, red feathers, three-legged, morning out of the soup valley, twilight swaggering, its name is called Jinluan. - "The Great Wilderness South Classic"

Gao Fei remembered that he had seen the record of that mountain range in the ancient scrolls of the Imperial Capital Zangjing Pavilion, called Magpie Mountain, which was the habitat of the heavenly bird Jin Luan Que, and it was said that the Jin Luan Magpie was the head of the ten three-legged golden crows in ancient times, and during the Great War of Gods and Demons, the Emperor of Heaven rode the Jin Luan Que and fought with the Demon Lord for seven seven and forty-nine days, and finally defeated the Demon King, so the entire people of the Demon Lord were sealed in the dark and dark place, and they could never see the light of day again.

After the battle between gods and demons, Jin Luan Que became the mount of the emperor and the sun god, driving the day chariot in the world, flying out of the Tang Valley in the morning and perching on the Swaggering Mountain at night.

"It looks like the golden magpie is about to return home. Gao Fei smiled bitterly, "It seems that it is estimated that I will not be able to reach Jiannan Pass until midnight, I don't know how the fourth brother will greet me when he is woken up in the middle of the night." ”

It has been three days since he escaped from the south gate of the capital Emperor Yun City, and Gao Fei has been speeding up his horse for three days, traveling three hundred miles a day, in order to avoid trouble, Gao Fei deliberately bypassed all the city defenses, and finally was less than a hundred miles away from the destination, the Jiannan Pass where the fourth prince Gao Yuan was stationed.

Recalling the changes and escapes in the past few days, Gao Fei felt inexplicable in his heart, but when he thought that the Zhu family was probably still searching for his traces like headless flies in the capital at this time, Gao Fei felt a little proud.

Zhu Ning and Zhu Lan's father and son were both very suspicious, Lin Qianyuan's painless raid in the south of the city was deliberately to make them guess that they wanted to attack the west, plus many masters of Mingfeng Hall secretly gathered in the north of the city, they would definitely transfer all their attention to the north of the city.

They could never have imagined that Ling Xuan, the captain of the guard in the south of the city, and his eldest brother Ling Yuan were the sword saints of the neighboring Wuxian Kingdom, and they had fought with Gao Fei many times, so they naturally had a good relationship. With this level of relationship, coupled with the fact that the eyes of the Zhu family are all staring at the north of the city, Gao Fei only needs to disguise himself simply, and he can easily go out of the city through the south gate.

"Unexpectedly, I relied on the trick of disguise to deceive them twice. Thinking of this, a mocking smile appeared on Goofy's face.

In addition to going out of the city in disguise this time, the first time he deceived the Zhu family in disguise was naturally on the day of the coup, when Gao Fei "mysteriously disappeared" from the carriage.

In fact, Zhu Lan's speculation at that time was very close to the truth, but unfortunately he only took into account the most suspicious family member, but did not take into account the other twelve guards.

If the people he sent to watch the carriage on the road were more careful, he would have found that by the time the carriage left the embroidery workshop, the original twelve guards had already unknowingly added one.

That's right, the birthday gift that the family took was indeed just like Zhu Lan thought, it was not a gift at all, but a piece of clothing, but it was not the clothes of the family, but the clothes of the guards.

At the door of the embroidery workshop, the guards sent the embroidery into the carriage, and there were constantly guards who sent the embroidery to the car for Gao Fei to choose, and Gao Fei changed the guards' clothes in advance on the car, and chatted with the boss for a while.

After choosing the gift, Gao Fei got out of the car with the last escort to get out of the car, swaggered and followed the convoy to the palace, and when he arrived at the palace gate, Gao Fei pulled the curtain and asked "himself" to get out of the car, and then exclaimed: "The third prince is gone!" and then took the other guards to pretend to find the whereabouts of "himself", and took the opportunity to slip away.

It was already getting dark, and Goofy felt that his nerves, which had been tense all these days, suddenly relaxed.

Although he knew very well in his heart that the crisis had not yet been resolved, his body seemed to relax as if it were not under the control of his consciousness, and he began to unconsciously imagine that things were evolving in the best direction little by little.

As long as the fourth brother is not provoked by Zhu Ning, he will definitely lead the Zhennan army to follow him back to the royal capital, sword the traitor, and according to the succession order and the people's wishes, he will become the new monarch of Southern Chu.

"What does it feel like to be a king?" Goofy had thought about this question before, but he had rarely thought that he would one day actually sit on the throne of the king. At that time, the crown prince Gao Lixi was still alive, and Gao Fei himself was more nostalgic for the free life on the rivers and lakes, he just felt that the monarch had supreme power and had a broader space to display his talents.

"Perhaps...... For me, it was a really good choice to sit in that seat. Goofy thought so, pinched the horse's belly, and urged the red horse to run faster towards the twilight that was gradually descending in the south.

Late at night, Jiannanguan.

A round of silver moon hangs high in the night sky, there are no stars, the bright moonlight quietly spreads down, gilding the endless dense forest with a layer of clear silver glow, the cool breeze in the middle of the night, the branches and leaves sway with the breeze, and the moonlight spread on it like the ripples on the sea.

Gao Yuan stood on the high castle tower, looking down at the rippling woods, silent.

These days, he often stands on the tower of the city late at night and ponders, the Nanban Ba Snake has long succumbed to the deterrence of the Zhennan army, as the commander, he does not have to worry about the war at all, the root of everything comes from the letter sent from the capital a few days ago.

"The third brother rebelled, my father and eldest brother died, and the second sister asked me to go back and inherit the throne...... "Everything was so incredible, but it all happened, and it happened so suddenly, that he was at a loss for a while.

"How could the throne of Nan Chu suddenly fall on my head? If someone else were to change and suddenly fall from the sky, a crown would fall on my head, and I would wake up laughing when I dreamed, right? But why can't I be happy at all?"

Until now, Gao Yuan still feels unbelievable, on the elder and younger, the natural prince Gao Li's succession, in terms of talent, should also be Gao Fei, who is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, he is the last, and he is disgusted by his father and can only dance and ink, but he is just a sour scholar, although he has been in the army in southern Xinjiang for many years, Gao Yuan thinks that his nature has not changed much in the direction that his father expects.

"I shouldn't be able to be a good monarch...... Gao Yuan thought so, "but the second sister in the letter eagerly summoned me back to the capital to succeed to the throne, which is really nerve-wracking." ”

He shook his head, "It is impossible for the third brother to rebel, if he is still alive, the monarch should be him." ”

At this moment, a personal soldier ran over in small steps, whispered a few words on Gao Yuan's side, Gao Yuan looked good, and walked down the city tower quickly, facing the city gate.

Outside Jiannan Pass, Gao Fei had not yet dismounted, and he stared closely at the familiar and unfamiliar figure that was approaching. Although he has always believed in the person in front of him, he is also ready to deal with sudden changes.

When that person approached, Gao Fei looked at the other party for a long time, this person was thin and fair-skinned, such a face seemed to be very rare in the military, but like a delicate and weak scholar, but it was such a person, but he was the supreme commander of the Zhennan Army in the southern Xinjiang, and more importantly, this person was his brother, his own brother.

Goofy looked at the other person's face in silence, as if looking for the mark of many years ago, and the other party just stood quietly in place, letting him look at it, the expression on his face was excited, comforting, respectful, but more calm, and this deliberate calm did not hide his true emotions, Goofy observed this, so he relaxed all his guard.

"My brother is still the same as before. Goofy smiled with relief, and he took out a silk silk from his bosom.

Gao Yuan took the silk silk, he only glanced at it, and then put it in the pocket of his jacket. He stepped forward to help Gao Fei lead the horse, tears seemed to flash in his eyes, he stared at his brother's somewhat haggard face and said, "Third brother must have a lot to say." ”

Goofy had prepared a lot to say, but he suddenly felt that he didn't need to say so much. Between brothers, sometimes a look can replace a thousand words.

The capital of Southern Chu has not been peaceful in recent days.

Since the day the monarch and the crown prince died violently, more and more strange things have happened one after another.

First of all, the third prince, who was called the "genius of the sky", disappeared mysteriously, and then the adopted son of the royal family, who was usually very inconspicuous, openly treasoned, repelled the seven grandmasters, broke through the siege of the forbidden army and left, and recently it was rumored that this person had taken refuge in the neighboring country Qingqiu.

There are also the twelve helmsmen of Mingfeng Hall, the largest martial arts sect in southern Xinjiang, gathered in the north gate tower of the city to secretly help the "anti-thief" Gao Fei escape from the royal city.

What's even more ridiculous is that there are rumors that there are rumors that they have seen demons in the Demon Forest outside the city, purple, black, and red demonic aura is soaring to the sky, and countless rare birds and beasts are scattered and fleeing in the forest, including many ancient beasts that have not appeared for a long time......

But about these, the real ruler of this country now, the national teacher Zhu Ning, does not care about any of these, and compared to these, two other things that are farther away from his place can affect his heart more.

One of them is the Yan family, which he has always been afraid of, has been moving frequently recently, and it seems that he is preparing to enter the capital.

"The Yan family should have gotten some news recently," Zhu Ning glanced at the two brothers Zhulong and Zhulan under the seat, "What do you think?"

"The black-armored warriors in charge of Yan Jin are guarding against the northern border, just like the eastern border guards we control, they can't be transferred into the national capital without the emperor's edict, as long as he doesn't bring troops, there's nothing to worry about. Zhu Long said without thinking.

"Even if he doesn't lead troops, without the king's edict, he can't enter the capital casually, he is a general, he has military power, and he has to ask for instructions when he enters the capital. Zhu Ning added, "But now that he wants to come in, he came to this Emperor Yun City, and he invisibly hindered us." ”

Zhu Lan said: "There is no reason for him to enter the capital now, if he must come, he must always make up a reasonable excuse." If you need to contain his black-armored warriors, you have to use the power of the Northern Wuxian Kingdom. ”

Zhu Ning nodded, glanced at Zhu Lan, and said coldly: "The few things I explained to you before, only the Yan family's side, you are still doing well, about the matter of searching for the anti-thief Gao Fei, you still haven't made any progress?"

Zhu Lan didn't defend anything, nor did he show the slightest panic and guilt, he just knelt down and kowtowed to admit his mistake: "Please punish my father!"

Zhu Ning stared at him for a long time, his expression gloomy. Zhu Lan kept kneeling, his head down, and he couldn't see his expression clearly. A trace of anger suddenly appeared at the corner of Zhu Ning's mouth, but it quickly disappeared, and his expression became unwavering again: "Get up." ”

"Thank you, father. Zhu Lan stood up and said, "But the child guesses that Gao Fei may have left the national capital." ”

Zhu Ning nodded slightly, which was considered a tacit acquiescence. In fact, in his heart, although Gao Fei has always been an existence like a fish in his throat, as the actual person in charge of Nanchu now, it is impossible for his attention to keep his attention on this person.

"Scheming is art," Zhu Ning muttered to himself, "It's a chess game against all the forces in the world." ”

The current situation is evolving in the direction of his favor, but all this has not yet been out of his grasp, because a Gao Fei, now the plan to deal with the entire Gao family has been completely disrupted, the more this moment, the more the chessboard must be spread out, so that more people can participate in this chaotic struggle.

Zhu Ning looked at these two sons, Zhu Long, as the eldest son, acted decisively and forcefully, but unfortunately had no strategy. The second son, Zhu Lan, is thoughtful and has a tough personality, but he is indecisive and lacks courage.

It seems that it is difficult for both sons to take charge on their own. Zhu Ning sighed, glanced at Zhu Lan again, and still ordered: "Over there in Qingqiu Country, you should go and help your eldest brother take care of it." ”

Zhu Lan clenched his fists to receive his life, but Zhu Long, who was sitting on the side, interjected: "Father, is this matter so urgent?"

Zhu Ning's eyelids twitched, "What's the matter?"

Zhu Long hurriedly smiled and said, "Well, it's not that I don't want to, it's just ...... I had never met Princess Qingqiu, nor had I ever known her, so I suddenly ...... Isn't that abrupt?"

Zhu Ning snorted coldly, and was about to say something, when a spy ran in outside the door, presented a secret letter to Zhu Ning and left.

Zhu Ning glanced at the envelope, his eyes flickered slightly, he quickly opened the letter and read it, his face gradually became solemn.

"The fourth prince is lofty, has accepted the name of the new monarch, and is rushing back to the national capital. Zhu Ning put away the letter and announced this important news to his two sons.

"That's a good thing!" Zhu Long immediately answered.

Zhu Lan saw that his father's expression was wrong, so he didn't speak, and reached out and pulled Zhu Long's sleeve.

"But he brought all the Zhennan army back to the division," Zhu Ning's face finally showed a worried look, "The Yan family's army can still be blocked outside the city, but these 40,000 troops led by the new monarch have no one to stop them." ”

Twilight Notes:

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas, The Classic of the Southern Mountains": The first of the Southern Mountains is called Queshan. Its head is called the mountain of swagger, facing the West Sea. More gui, more gold and jade. There is grass, its shape is like a leek and Qinghua, its name is called Zhu Yu, and the food is not hungry.