Huaigui

After the rain, the Central Plains returned to the earth in spring, while the Saibei, thousands of miles away, was still howling from the north.

People come and go in Yinzhou City during the day, which is very different from the barrenness three years ago.Helan Mingyue lowered his head and took a sip of water, his lower back was hit, he almost choked, and when he took a closer look, he didn't know which family's children were running around in the street.

Seeing the flag of the Escort Bureau, the child quickly stood up straight and greeted them: "Uncle Duan Six, Brother He Lan!"

Duan Liu was dissatisfied: "He calls me brother, but you call him brother, that's not good!"

He made a grimace for the older child: "Brother Tong Shuang learned it. Besides, Brother He Lan is more handsome and younger than you. All the girls in the city want to marry him!"

Duan Liu became furious and made a gesture to hit someone, and the children ran away.His iron palm was empty, and he looked at the street where the peddler was bargaining with the Hu merchants, and he withdrew his hand in embarrassment:

"It seems to be more lively when I come back this time."

"Suiye has been beaten badly by Rouran in the past two years. Daning doesn't care about the two cities of Yinzhou and Xiazhou and dozens of villages and small towns. They come here to seek refuge. After they settle down, there will be more natural people." He Lanmingyue Smiling, "Sixth Brother Duan, don't take what those kids said just now."

"Hey, how can I have the same knowledge as a child!" Duan Liu scratched his head and added, "Of course, except for that little bastard Li Queshuang, I can't bear him."

Helan Mingyue's smile deepened.

He and Duan Liugang escorted the Hu merchants of Suiye Kingdom from Daning out of the border and returned to their homeland. There have been constant wars in the northwest recently, and the Suiye royal court is scattered, and Khan is nowhere to be found.Fearing that they would be robbed by the Rouran people after returning to China, the team of businessmen paid a higher price and asked them to escort them back to Yinzhou City after the business was completed.

After going back and forth like this, Helan Mingyue left for half a year, and when she came back, she only felt that Yinzhou was still covered with snow, just like the past few years, and there was no change in appearance.

After handing over the pavement to the Futong Escort, He Lan Mingyue intended to find a piece of kang to sleep on the spot, and then went back to the palace after waking up. Li Queshuang got out from nowhere and jumped on his back: "He Lan elder brother!"

"Hey." He responded, hugging the boy's knees and shaking, "Shuang'er, are you sinking?"

"Nonsense, I practice martial arts with my adoptive father every day, how could I sink!" the young man said, but obediently got off his back.

Li Queshuang wandered to Yinzhou City by himself, and a new member of the bodyguard took him back to the palace. Seeing that he was a young man with long arms and legs, he asked him to stay if he could do some work.Originally, he planned to throw it in the bodyguard bureau to eat all kinds of meals, but Li Ciyuan didn't know which muscle was wrong, so he accepted him as a foster son.

Others might think that he was showing kindness, but He Lanmingyue thought for no reason that Li Ciyuan must have been touched.

As the sun rises and the moon sets, the waif takes on a whole new look. He also becomes the new king of children in Yinzhou.

The little overlord is not afraid of anything, he doesn't even care about Li Ciyuan's arrogant face, he only obeys He Lanmingyue's words.

He Lanmingyue always believed that it was Xie Bi's credit.

Counselors love to brag, and when they have nothing to do, they visit a tea stall at the gate of the escort agency to tell stories, from novels to personal experiences.That's how Xie Bi eloquently told Li Queshuang about their deeds from Luoyang to Yinzhou, and since then touched the heart of young Mu Qiang.

To this uncontrollable cheap son, Li Ciyuan sighed: "He only pretends to say what I say, and only listens to you. Just help me teach him by the way, don't let him learn badly."

So He Lan Mingyue became Li Queshuang's eldest brother for no reason.He wasn't too happy at first, but the fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, despite his eccentric spirit, always reminded He Lan Mingyue of Gao Sheng, and his heart softened.

Li Queshuang hadn't seen him for many days, and pestered him for a long time, chatting with He Lan Mingyue until he fell asleep, and then returned to the topic: "By the way, Brother He Lan, brother Xie is looking for you, it seems that there is something to do."

He Lan Mingyue said casually: "It's almost dark, let's talk about what's going on tomorrow."

Li Queshuang said anxiously: "I forgot! He told me to report to you first when I saw you. Why did someone write a letter? It was related to your stepmother—Brother Helan, who is your stepmother?"

He Lan Mingyue was shocked, without explaining much, grabbed a scimitar by her side and ran out of the escort agency.

When he was wrapped in hoarfrost and stepped into the main hall warmed by the stove, before he had time to sit down and drink a bowl of hot tea, Xie Bi ran up to him holding a letter:

"Brother He, there's a letter from Yuzhou. I saw the sign on the corner. It's General Xu."

Xie Bi knew that his real name was not He Guichi, but he liked that pseudonym very much, and he was still called by a single-character surname, and He Lan Mingyue got used to it after a long time.

Five months after arriving in Yinzhou, he received a letter from Xu Xin for the first time.

Xu Xin didn't use his real name and didn't write Luoyang's address. When he got it from the almost deserted post station, He Lanmingyue only saw a peony flower in the corner over there, and understood the ins and outs of the letter.

Since then in Yinzhou, he has received a total of three times.

For the first time, Xu Xin greeted him, and mentioned Li Ciyuan between the lines, and said that Gao Jing was canonized as the prince.It was a very short page, as if she didn't know what to say, she just confirmed He Lan's safety.

The second time was eight months later, when a big conflict broke out between the emperor and King Yu over the issue of Linhai's authority.As a result of the game, the emperor was furious, shut up King Yu, and deliberately sent him back to his fiefdom.

Linhai Yuwen came into Helan Mingyue's field of vision at this time, but he had been away from Luoyang for too long, and he didn't know much about the changes in the court.With limited connections and limited traces of the Western Army back then, he could only guess that maybe the emperor didn't want Lin Haijun to repeat the mistakes of the Helan clan back then, but on second thought, didn't he clearly want to put the King of Longxi to death?

These things didn't bother He Lan Mingyue too much. He had a lot to do: the bodyguard bureau, the pastures in the river valley, and the increasingly fertile grain fields. Everything in Yinzhou City was slowly changing.

Compared with guarding the most noble family in the world back then, He Lanmingyue felt more fulfilled in such trivial matters.

The third time came the most abruptly, because the mailing address was changed, if it wasn't for the peony flower, He Lanmingyue might have become suspicious.Not from Luoyang, this time the letter came from Yuzhou.

Xu Xin wrote the content extremely sloppily: "The king of Yu went to the country to become a vassal, the Murong family was in decline, and the East Palace supported Yu Wenhua's entry into the dynasty. I don't know what will happen. I am not the only one in the capital who is investigating the rebellion of the King of Longxi. Be careful."

When Helan Mingyue got it, Gao Jing was stunned for a while because of the vague mention of it, and then gradually figured out the context.

More than one person is checking?

Is it possible that this matter will stir up the situation?

He almost immediately thought of Gao Jing, and thought of the other party's sentence "Will you wait?", but after thinking about it, he secretly said a little funny: Gao Jing, if you feel that people are gone, what is the difference between pursuing the truth and me back then?

The envelope in his hand suddenly weighed a thousand pounds.

He tortured himself, and the answer he got was still that he wanted to hear about Gao Jing. He couldn't let go of his hatred, his love, and he couldn't let go of this person—Helan Mingyue never mentioned this to anyone.

"Don't you watch?" Xie Bi urged him beside him, "A lot of big things happened this year!"

Helan Mingyue came back to her senses slightly, and realized that the first month had already passed.He didn't know what day and night he was living in Suiye, so he asked casually, "What can be the big deal?"

"Could it be that you don't know?" Xie Bi cleared his throat, and suddenly approached him and shouted, "The old emperor is dead!"

The hand that opened the envelope suddenly stopped, and He Lan Mingyue raised her head in disbelief, her voice changed: "What? Your Majesty... no, the emperor is dead, that, that—"

Xie Bi took it for granted, "That's right, his crown prince has ascended the throne."

A tense string in his mind seemed to break with a sudden "bang", and his ears were buzzing uncontrollably, thinking uncontrollably: That means, Gao Jing is now... the emperor.

"Life is so good!" Xie Bi scratched her fingernails and sighed, "I heard that the little emperor is a year or two younger than me. At about the same age, he is already ruling the world. Deadly popularity!"

Helan Mingyue's jaw trembled, and she was at a loss.When he thinks of Gao Jing, the old wound in his heart will hurt, as if it has never healed, and it has been stuck in a rainy night deep in his memory.

He exchanged his life for the crown prince, Gao Jing succeeded, and got his wish.

But will Gao Jing feel guilty?

Thinking of this, He Lan couldn't help laughing at himself: How could he feel guilty.

With his head down, he forced himself not to be affected any more. Since he made up his mind to remove this person from his life, he didn't ask any more questions about him.

As long as he doesn't see anyone, he can ignore the harm Gao Jing caused to himself, not for three months, not for three years, then 30 years, 50 years...

He always forgets Gao Jing.

Helan Mingyue took a deep breath, opened Xu Xin's letter, and took out a piece of paper from inside.

It was crumpled, but he flattened it out, looking at the writing on it with an oil lamp:

"It's the Spring Festival, and the new year is changing. Hong has not been allowed to return to Luoyang to see him, and he will go to Rouran soon. He asked me to perform troops in Yuzhou, which has attracted Luoyang's attention. There may be war. You must not step in the near future Central Plains. In addition, there is a new retainer in the Prince Yu's Mansion, and Hong calls him General Mei."

If Helan Mingyue was flustered and flustered earlier, it wasn't true, but the last sentence made his scalp tingle, and he immediately stood up and rushed out the door.Xie Bi was puzzled, and shouted from behind: "Did you eat gunpowder?!"

Presuming he couldn't hear him, he rushed to the door of Li Ciyuan's room and began to knock on the door: "Fourth Uncle, Fourth Uncle!"

Not long after, Li Ciyuan came and opened the door: "What's the matter?"

He Lan Mingyue smelled the smell of alcohol and didn't have time to criticize him, and said directly: "General Xu wrote, saying that there is a guest surnamed Mei in Prince Yu's Mansion recently, I guess it is Mei Gong."

Li Ciyuan was mostly sober after hearing this, and invited He Lan Mingyue into the room: "Tell me more about it."

He quoted Xu Xin's words: "That's all I mentioned, and I don't know the details. Fourth uncle, you told me back then, are you sure that Mei Gong is the one who took the lead in besieging the city?"

Li Ciyuan said solemnly: "The elder brother and the second elder brother are both dead, only him. Although he was sent to Luoyang City with the commander in chief, I still don't believe that the dog emperor will dispose of him. It's all a coincidence... Maybe he didn't Listen to the dog emperor?"

"What if he was sent by King Yu from the beginning?"

"Impossible!" Li Ciyuan categorically denied, "King Yu is the cousin of the commander-in-chief, and they had a good relationship when they were young. The commander-in-chief mentioned King Yu many times, and he always gave us the gifts that King Yu gave him during the holidays. ...But there is no such person in the Western Army."

He Lan Mingyue said in a deep voice: "Is there really no, think about it again?"

Li Ciyuan was silent for a long time before he said: "King Yu's mother and concubine are the marshal's aunt. In order to avoid suspicion, he told the marshal when he was still the prince that the two of them should not get too close, otherwise they would only treat the Helan clan. Unfavorable. This will still be the case after the fall of the Zhao family, otherwise, with his identity and his relationship with the commander in chief, it would be easy to gain the right to speak in the Western Army."

He Lan said: "So, you trust King Yu very much."

"It's not a matter of trust or distrust. That's what I saw back then. He didn't use any means, and he didn't even care about the government." Li Ciyuan saw his eyes, pressed his shoulders and said, "Mingyue, Fourth Uncle knows you If you are wronged by him, maybe your heart will change... But I will never lie to you about the commander-in-chief!"

He Lan Mingyue refused to accept it and said: "What about now? Maybe it has changed? I think what General Xu means is that His Majesty has passed away, and King Yu is making a lot of moves."

Li Ciyuan said: "Gao Shi himself fought openly and secretly, does it have anything to do with the commander in the past?"

Mingyue shook her head: "I still think it's too strange. Not only in the past, but now it's also very strange...Why Mei Gong didn't show up before, but now the emperor is dead?"

Li Ciyuan was stunned by the question and frowned, unable to think of any other explanation.

They rarely mentioned the events of those years. As Yinzhou became more and more stable, there was a lack of news from Luoyang. In addition, Li Keshuang's arrival made him worry about it. For a while, even Li Ciyuan temporarily forgot about the bloody feud.But now that it was mentioned, the heavy atmosphere spread again.

Mei Gong was the ghost of the Western Army back then, as long as he is caught, he will be able to find out the cause and effect.But Helan Mingyue must not go to Yuzhou in person, if he is found out, even if Xu Xin is willing to help him...

He and Gao Hong still have an unresolved knot, and if they venture alone in danger, they may fall into the mouth of a tiger.

"Wait." He Lan Mingyue suddenly had a flash of inspiration, "I can... try to contact Lu Yi, maybe he didn't join the feudal clan together, maybe he stayed in Luoyang."

Li Ciyuan asked suspiciously: "Lu Yi? It's the shadow guard captain you mentioned, shouldn't he be King Yu's dog?"

Helan Mingyue has already fallen into deep thought: "He has something else... He has a very close relationship with King Ji, not to mention he owes me a favor... I have a solution. Didn't Xie Bi ask someone to bring back the New Year's goods last time? Since now Nothing happened, which means that no one in Luoyang is watching..."

"You want to send a letter back to the capital?" Li Ciyuan asked hurriedly, "Is there any danger?"

"Ask Xie Bi to help find Dr. Qin first, he has his own connections. Besides, his son is an official, all he needs to do is find out if there is anyone else in Prince Yu's mansion! I'll go—"

Li Ciyuan shouted: "But aren't you afraid that the little emperor will find out and chase you all the way?"

He Lan Mingyue didn't have time to answer and ran out the door. When he heard Li Ciyuan's words, he hesitated for a moment.He couldn't tell why he acted, he just wanted to find Mei Gong?Want to contact Lu Yi?

Still want to tell Gao Jing...he is alive?

That night, the snow stopped in Saibei, and the sun was warm and sunny the next day, almost feeling a little like spring.

Xie Bi hid the news in a box of goods according to He Lanmingyue's wishes, and asked someone to take them to Luoyang.The secret code he used back then, as long as it was sent to Prince Yu's Mansion, Lu Yi would be able to recognize his meaning if he was there, and it didn't matter if he couldn't find it.

The goods were heading east, February was over soon, and when March arrived, Helan Mingyue did not wait for Doctor Qin's reply, but was hit head-on by another news, almost recurring old wounds:

Gao Jing died.

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