The girl finished telling the story of "Tui Bei Tu" to Momiji and the man in black, and the three of them left the oasis and disappeared into the faint moonlight.

Xu Zhi hid in the grass not far from the oasis, seeing the three of them gradually moving away, he only felt that he was still unsatisfied, as if these old things happened yesterday, and sighed in his heart: "It's really a creation to make people, my Tang Dynasty is so strong in the Taizong era, it is really the health of the people, all the countries come to the court, even the capable people and the way of heaven and humanity are on the side of the court, although the queen of heaven is strong, change the Tang Dynasty to Zhou, but the people think about the Tang, blood and food continue, only one pass, Zhongzong can restore the country." And now that the faint monarch and the ministers are in power, the war is continuous, and the people are struggling to make a living, even if Li Chunfeng comes back, it will not be able to change the changes in heaven and people's hearts. ”

Xu Zhi sighed for a long time, confused in his heart, in the troubled times, where should he go? Xu Zhi thought hard, and at the same time, by the bright moonlight, dragged his tired legs forward, and unconsciously returned to the Baiting Station.

I saw that the inn building was already a piece of scorched earth and rubble, and bursts of green smoke and scorched smell were emitted from time to time. Only the Fallen Tear Monument in front of him was intact in the moonlight. Xu Zhi's heart ached, and he thought: "Yuan Zhi wants me to wait for her to come back in this white pavilion, and now this white pavilion has also been destroyed by fire, although the world is big, there is no place for me Xu Zhi to hide?"

Xu Zhi had no choice but to build a thatched shack on a high post near the White Pavilion to temporarily settle down. While continuing to live by picking wild fruits, he continued to wait for news from Zhou Yuanzhi. Unconsciously for more than a month, there was no news of Zhou Yuanzhi and Huifeng and others, Xu Zhi was puzzled, thought for a long time, and decided to return to Caizhou City alone to find out the news of Zhou Yuanzhi.

Early one morning, Xu Zhi made some preparations, wearing a felt hat of Washer, a hanging shirt, and a load of firewood on his shoulder, disguising himself as a country man who went to the city to sell firewood.

Xu Zhi entered the north gate of Caizhou and found that the wanted notices on the city wall had long been removed, and the soldiers at the city gate were also lazily interrogating the merchants. Xu Zhi calmed down, successfully passed the interrogation at the city gate, and entered Caizhou City. As soon as Xu Zhi entered Caizhou City, he went straight to Huangwang's Mansion to hear the news of Zhou Yuanzhi.

Xu Zhi approached the Huangwang Mansion and found that the garrison here was much stricter than before, not only the door of the mansion was closed, but also a lot of guards were sent to patrol around it. Xu Zhi didn't know what was going on in the Yellow Palace, and he didn't dare to go and inquire.

Xu Zhi suddenly thought of a good place to listen to the news, he bypassed the Huangwang Mansion in the south of the city, and came to the Yanyu Building in the city. From time to time, guards will come to interrogate in the restaurant, and the conversation between customers has become very cautious.

Xu Zhi walked into the Yanyu Building, saw that the business in the store was deserted, casually found an empty seat to sit down, and greeted the guys in the store, and the guys hurriedly came over to entertain, Xu Zhi ordered a pot of wine to the guys, a plate of peanuts, a plate of dried tofu, and a plate of sauced beef, and deliberately asked: "I am chopping firewood outside the city, and in previous years, I could sell some firewood to live in the Huangwangfu, but now this palace is heavily guarded, so that the idle people dare not approach." Little second brother, do you know what the reason is?"

The guy first looked around and saw that he hadn't attracted the attention of the other guests, so he lowered his voice and said, " The guest officer didn't know that since the Yellow King and the horse Xu Zhi kidnapped the princess, and a group of death row prisoners made trouble in the city defense general's mansion, the Yellow King listened to General Zhu Wen's strategy and rescued the princess from Xu Zhi's gangsters, who knew that the princess was always thinking of Xu Zhi in her heart, and wanted to run out of the palace to find Xu Zhi several times, but were blocked by Huang Wang's doorman, and later the Yellow King was afraid that the princess would escape without permission, so he locked the princess in the boudoir, and Zhu Wen also sent additional manpower around the palace to protect the safety of the Yellow King, constantly patrolling and checking, and prohibiting any idle people from approaching the palace。 ”

When Xu Zhi heard this, he deliberately sighed: "Alas, the villain's firewood business this year is difficult?"

The guy comforted: "Little brother, don't worry, this firewood can't be sold to Huangwangfu, you can also go to the market to sell it!"

Xu Zhi said to the guy: "Little second brother, you don't know, sell it to the bazaar, the price will be cheap, the villain is old, the bottom is small, you can't sell it at a good price, and you are always unwilling in your heart." ”

The guy smiled: "Little brother, you are also honest, if you want to talk about this loss-making business, you still have to talk about our Yanyu Building, since General Zhu Cun died in our Yanyu Building, General Zhu Wen can't catch the murderer, so he will take our restaurant to vent his hatred." No, I come to the restaurant again and again a day to inspect and extort money, and now how can any guests dare to come to our restaurant to eat, this business is also plummeting. This is not the shopkeeper is worried to death, and our errand boys are also scolded. ”

Xu Zhi saw that Zhu Wen had not caught the murderer so far, which meant that Huifeng and Cheng Yingying were still safe, but they didn't know where they were, so he deliberately asked: "General Zhu Wen is so powerful, why hasn't the murderer of General Zhu Cun been caught yet?"

Seeing that no guest had come in from the restaurant for a long time, the guy simply sat opposite Xu Zhi, lowered his voice and said to Xu Zhi: "Little brother, do you know that General Zhu Wen's main opponent is the concubine Xu Zhi, not the murderer Huifeng?"

Xu Zhi pretended not to understand, and asked: "No, little second brother, it was Huifeng who killed General Zhu's second brother, and General Zhu should go to arrest him to avenge his brother?

Seeing that Xu Zhi was very interested in this matter, the man was also proud, and said: "Little brother, you countrymen will not understand this truth, Xu Zhi is the concubine of the Yellow King, and it is likely that he will replace the Yellow King as the leader of the righteous army in the future, and this is also what Zhu Wen does not want to see, so Xu Zhi and General Zhu are political mortal enemies, and they must be eliminated first." And Huifeng's killing of Zhu Cun is just a personal feud for Zhu Wen, as long as the power is not lost, it can be easily dealt with by sending more people. ”

Xu Zhi deliberately let out an "oh", seemed to understand, and continued to ask: "Then has General Zhu's stumbling block been removed?"

The guy smiled: "Don't hide it from the guest officer, this little one also heard about it just now, that sworn enemy Xu Zhi was burned alive by a sudden fire outside Caizhou City, it's a pity that the princess, she has to be widowed at a young age." It's just that the death row prisoner Hui Feng and the others are not with Xu Zhi, which General Zhu Wen never dreamed of. ”

When Xu Zhi heard this, he hated Zhu Wen in his heart, he didn't speak for a long time, and he drank stuffy wine, and the guy saw that Xu Zhi was absent-minded, thinking that he was tired of listening, so he stopped talking and went to his own work.

Xu Zhi found out from the mouth of the guy in Yanyulou that Zhou Yuanzhi was under house arrest in the boudoir of Huangwang's Mansion, and he was sad, but he didn't expect that his appearance would make Huangchao's father and daughter turn against him, and then offend Zhu Wen, bringing endless troubles to Zhou Yuanzhi. Xu Zhi decided to try to rescue Zhou Yuanzhi, even if he saw her again, even if he died, he was willing.

Xu Zhi walked out of the Yanyu Building and came to the vicinity of the Huangwang Mansion again. This Huangwang Mansion is located in the south of Caizhou City, far away from the streets of the city, surrounded by peaches, plums, poplars and willows, and the environment is very elegant and clean. Huang Chao also attaches great importance to this place, and often boasts in front of the guests: "If the world is decided, Huang is willing to study here with peace of mind for the rest of his life." There is an open grassland a little far east of the Yellow Palace, which is the place where the soldiers of the palace raise horses and practice.

Previously, Xu Zhi and Zhou Yuanzhi had gone to the palace to visit Huang Chao, and they had been to Zhou Yuanzhi's boudoir and knew where her boudoir was located. It turned out that Zhou Yuanzhi was very fond of practicing martial arts when she was young, especially admired those majestic warriors, and liked to watch their drills on the eastern meadow, so she begged Huang Chao to place the boudoir in the easternmost corner of the palace.

Xu Zhi came to the open land at the east end of the Huangwang Mansion, and saw that it was overgrown with weeds more than a foot high, and only a few old horses were grazing with their heads down, obviously no one had been here for a long time. At the end of the meadow, in the shade of the trees, is the high wall of the Yellow Palace, there is a three-storey carved embroidery building in the wall, the eaves are warped, the window near the wall is open, and a pot of orchids is faintly placed. Xu Zhi knew that Zhou Yuanzhi had always liked fresh and elegant orchids, and especially appreciated its simplicity, and this was undoubtedly her boudoir. But outside the walls of the tall building, a large group of guards in fine armor, armed with spears and broadswords, and carrying bows and arrows, patrolled back and forth.

Xu Zhi looked around carefully, knowing that if he broke into Zhou Yuanzhi's embroidery building, it would definitely not be feasible, which would alarm the guards outside the wall and bring great trouble to himself and Zhou Yuanzhi, so that he might never see Zhou Yuanzhi. So what is the best way to let Zhou Yuanzhi know that she is outside? Xu Zhi thought hard.

Xu Zhi suddenly remembered the oath he and Zhou Yuanzhi made when they flew kites on the Flower God Festival, and the two would be like mandarin duck kites, forever together in heaven and on earth, and never separated. Xu Zhi couldn't help but burst into tears, thinking about it, he went to the market to buy an identical mandarin duck kite, came to the open grass in the east of the palace again, rode a horse, galloped eastward, and released a kite painted with mandarin ducks, he held a thin line, and slowly adjusted the height of the kite, until the kite was not far from Zhou Yuanzhi's boudoir, and the height of the embroidery building window was the same, Xu Zhi took out the piccolo he was wearing beside him, and whined and played the tune of "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix".

This song was originally the Western Han Dynasty when Sima Xiangru saw Zhuo Wenjun, and was deeply attracted by her appearance, so he played this song to attract Zhuo Wenjun's attention. Xu Zhi played it over and over again, and when he played it to the emotional place, he couldn't help but stop the flute and chant loudly:

There is a beautiful woman who will never forget it.

I don't see it for a day, and I think like crazy.

The phoenix soars, seeking the phoenix from all over the world.

Helpless beauty, not on the east wall.

The piano will be used as a substitute for the language, and the conversation will be heartfelt.

When I see Xu Xi one day, I am hesitant.

I am willing to match virtue and join hands.

I shall not fly away, and I shall be destroyed.

The song was accompanied by the crisp sound of the flute, which caused the guards outside the wall to stop and listen. Besides, Zhou Yuanzhi was imprisoned in her boudoir, very depressed, and struggled desperately at first, hoping to arouse the pity of her parents, so as to fulfill herself and Xu Zhi. But after Huang Chao listened to Zhu Wen's slander, he was ruthless to break up the couple, so no matter how Zhou Yuanzhi called and begged, it was useless, and Zhou Yuanzhi gradually became discouraged, completely changed as if she was a person, and stayed in the room without saying a word.

Huang Chao felt guilty in his heart, and was even more worried that his daughter would become ill and die for a long time, so he had to ask a caring maid named Qiu Yue by Zhou Yuanzhi's side to reveal the news that Xu Zhi was unfortunately burned to death by fire in Baiting to Zhou Yuanzhi.

When Zhou Yuanzhi heard this, her heart hurt so much that she fainted, and it took many days for her to wake up.

Huang Chao was sad and regretful in his heart, but he had no choice but to let Qiuyue stay away from Zhou Yuanzhi day and night, for fear that his daughter would have another accident.

On this day, Zhou Yuanzhi was chattering with Qiu Yue, and suddenly heard the crisp flute and high-pitched singing outside the window, and couldn't help but tremble in her heart, reminding her of the good past with Xu Zhide, and couldn't help but listen to it, maybe it was a heart, she slowly stood up, walked to the window, and saw a mandarin duck kite not far away, nodding and smiling at herself in the breeze, and a young man in the distance was riding a horse holding a piccolo, and was whining and playing to himself.

Zhou Yuanzhi looked at it, this person was none other than Xu Lang, who he missed day and night. She hurriedly leaned out, thinking that it must be her longing for Xu Zhi that moved the heavens and the earth, and Xu Zhi's dead soul came to meet her.

Qiu Yue saw that Zhou Yuanzhi was about to jump out of the window, so she hurriedly hugged her tightly from behind, and shouted: "Miss, don't look for this short-sightedness, maybe King Huang deceived Miss, and Xu Gongzi is still alive in the world!"

Zhou Yuanzhi listened, suddenly understood, and thought to herself that there was no ghost in this broad daylight, and saw Xu Zhi in the distance constantly waving to herself, she knew that Xu Zhi in front of her was not dead.

Zhou Yuanzhi was so excited that she was about to open her mouth and exhale Xu Zhi's name.

When Qiu Yue saw it, she hurriedly waved her hand, pointed to the guards downstairs, and persuaded: "Miss, if you don't see the heavily guarded downstairs, if you shout out Xu Gongzi's name, not only will you not see him, but you will kill him." ”

Zhou Yuanzhi looked out the window stupidly and sighed: "Brother Xu and I are close at hand, but we can't see each other, how is this good?"

Qiu Yue saw that Zhou Yuanzhi was very sad, and persuaded: "Miss doesn't think about Xu Gongzi's tea and dinner, and Xu Gongzi is also very affectionate to Miss." Whether things in this world can be achieved or not, the focus is on planning. Since Xu Gongzi is safe, Miss doesn't have to be anxious, just be patient for the time being, there will definitely be a day when the moon will be full!"

When Zhou Yuanzhi heard this, she suddenly became brighter, but she was still anxious to see Xu Zhi in her heart, and murmured: "Even though there are thousands of feelings in peach and plum, there is still a spring breeze to send lovesickness." Who can be Yuanzhi's messenger now?"

Qiu Yue naturally understood the meaning of Zhou Yuanzhi's words, nodded at her, and said with a smile: "Miss, tomorrow is the Qixi Festival of Qiqiao, we have to find a way to let Xu Gongzi receive Miss's letter!"

Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Qiu Yue was so intimate, and her heart was moved, and she asked, "Qiu Yue, the guards downstairs are so tight, do you have any good way to deliver the letter to Brother Xu safely?"

Qiu Yue said with a smile: "Miss is usually very smart, why did she ask about the slave today! I really care about it! I just thought about this method, there may be some loopholes, I have to think carefully at night! I won't tell Miss first!"

Zhou Yuanzhi scolded with a smile: "Qiuyue, you ghost elf, look at how you will deal with Miss Ben tomorrow! But I still have to thank you in advance, you have to be careful in everything!"

Qiu Yue replied: "Miss rest assured, the slave will definitely not alarm the guards in the house, and will definitely pass on Miss's thoughts to Xu Gongzi!"