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The two were washed all the way along the turbulent river, Chu Shao choked on several saliva, finally managed to grab Mantianhong's sleeve by feeling.

Then he watched helplessly as two red silks and satins protruded from the sky-red sleeves, as if they were alive, they quickly wrapped around a big tree along the bank.

The two struggled in the water for a long time in embarrassment, and then walked ashore with difficulty along the silk.Man Tianhong seemed to have some old injury, and soon passed out with a muffled grunt.

Chu Shao hugged him with one arm, and was stunned for a while on the shore.

He really couldn't remember where he had met this person. Even if this person had an old friend with Zhou Lanmu, there was really no need...for his entrustment to do his best to save people.

"cough……"

Very uncomfortable in the throat.

There seemed to be phlegm and blood, Man Tianhong frowned, and coughed violently a few times, the blood in his chest rolled up his throat, and he vomited a piece.

The vague consciousness gradually became clear, Man Tianhong opened his eyes, and it took a long time to see where he was.

To his surprise, he was actually lying on a soft bed, the injured arm was well wrapped up, and he was given medicine, feeling hot.The severe pain in his body before he passed out had dissipated, and now he was lying here, thinking that he had a dream.

"Ah, the little lady finally spit out the blood, okay, okay," there seemed to be a doctor nearby, and a few people whose faces couldn't be seen clearly, "It's fine to spit it out, it's not life-threatening for the time being, rest and recuperate for a while." day, it will be fine."

"you're awake?"

His voice was extremely hoarse, and he turned his head to look. Chu Shao's complexion was pale, and his eyes were red and bloodshot. It seemed that he hadn't slept well for a long time.He squatted beside his bed, staring at him closely and asked.

"Little lady, you've finally woken up. Your brother has been guarding your bed for a day and a night," someone beside you said with a smile, "If you don't wake up again, he won't be able to take it anymore."

Little lady?He thought in a trance that he must have never spoken. Wearing a golden mask and a red dress is too easy to be misunderstood.He didn't explain, and simply put on a sweet female voice: "Really?"

"Yes," Chu Shao said, "It was these kind-hearted people fishing on the shore who saved us."

"You and your brother were on the bank of the river at the time, and he was hugging you, both of you were dying," the people around interrupted, "Fortunately, we met us, and finally rescued you ..."

"Thank you, old man." Man Tianhong smiled like a young girl who just got married, "This life-and-death situation is extremely dangerous, and I want to talk to my brother about it."

"It's easy to talk, easy to talk." The old doctor smiled and greeted the people around him to go out together, and closed the door for them intimately.Man Tianhong stared at Chu Shao, couldn't help but burst into a "puchi" laugh: "How did you tell them?"

"I said that you and I went fishing together, and I didn't want to encounter a storm, and I don't know where it got caught." Chu Shao replied lightly, he was really tired, "They mistakenly thought you were a woman, I'm too lazy to say, I had to explain that it was my sister."

"Do you know how old I am this year? I'm still a younger sister?" Man Tianhong wanted to stand up, but her whole body was in severe pain, so she had to give up and grinned, "If I were a girl, I'm afraid I could be your aunt..."

Chu Shao frowned: "Stop talking nonsense—on the shore before, when you had time, you explained to me why you wanted to save me. Now that you have time, go ahead."

"Mr. Lan and I are old friends, but his face is indeed not so big," Man Tianhong said with a smile, "Since you asked, I don't need to hide it from you..."

He coughed and said slowly: "General Xiao Chu, do you know...how did your father die?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the other party startled, and the blood on his face faded away in an instant.

"Son..."

Lu Yangchun poured a cup of tea lightly, walked to Zhou Lanmu's case, and called him in a low voice.He was raised in Zongzhou since he was a child, and he followed Zhou Lanmu after he was sent back to Zhongyang by Zhou Yunchuan, and he did not call him "Your Majesty" like others.

Zhou Lanmu was looking at the scroll in his hand indifferently, and when he saw him coming, a gentle smile appeared in his eyes: "Yangchun, why are you staying up so late?"

"My lord, you should go and rest." Lu Yangchun stood in front of his desk, staring at the scroll in his hand with hatred, "How long has it been since you had a good rest..."

"It's okay," Zhou Lanmu put away the scroll in his hand, took the teacup in his hand, and said with a smile, "You are frowning, what are you thinking about?"

Lu Yangchun glanced at him, but his voice became quieter: "The people sent out by the young master have not found the whereabouts of Man Tianhong and General Xiao Chu. Since the two of them left Dongxiang City, they have been hunted down by Ye Mayfly. Presumably... Young Master, what if..."

Zhou Lanmu's heart froze, but nothing showed on his face: "In case something happens, keep looking."

"My lord, why did you let him out of the palace?" Lu Yangchun walked up to him, "Since I found out that they didn't arrive in the clouds as scheduled...Your lord, you don't say a word, and you don't like to talk. Shut yourself up in Chaoming Palace to criticize papers, no one will see you, my lord..."

"You have also seen the matter of Xi Ye," Zhou Lanmu sighed, and interrupted him, "Voga Alos knew about the change of imperial power in Great India, and took the opportunity to make trouble on the northwest border, and even sent such a letter to me. He dared to be so arrogant, there must be his reasons. If Chu Shao doesn't leave, he will have to bring the Xuanjian battalion to meet the enemy. I have no idea, I can take risks, but I can't let him take risks."

Six days ago, Voga Alos suddenly launched an attack on the border. In the middle of the night, he attacked the twelve cities in the northwest and took two cities into his pocket.After occupying the two cities, the Xiye army he led did not continue to attack the city as before, but rested in place and sent a letter to Zhou Lanmu.

The letter only stated that in order to congratulate the new emperor of Dayin, Nishino hoped to hold a meeting with Dayin on the Yuchi Mountain at the northern end of the border between the two countries.

In the past, there was a princess in Great India who went to Xiye to get married and lamented the marriage between the world and the idiots in the mountains at the junction of the two countries, so this mountain got its name.A hundred years ago, the great seal had gathered enough strength, and the twelve battles severely damaged Nishino's vitality, so he had to retreat to the west of Yuchi Mountain. It wasn't until King Shangyun ascended the throne that Nishino became restless again.

But he had suffered several defeats in the past... The Xuanjian camp was still there, where did he get the confidence to send the letter directly to him?

Zhou Lanmu didn't think clearly, so he didn't dare to take risks.

But the current situation... has to go again. The time for the new king's ascension to the throne has been set, and the meeting is scheduled after the ascension. If you don't go, you will lose the face of the entire Great Seal.

"My lord, whether intentionally or not, he made a mistake and paid the price. Even if you don't kill him, you will be a stranger forever." Lu Yangchun said, "But you protect him like this..."

After a long time, Zhou Lanmu replied calmly: "He is my younger brother. His relatives were separated and died early. I am the only one left. If I don't protect him, who else can?"

After saying that, he flicked his sleeves: "Go ahead, send someone to continue searching, and find a solution to the night mayfly, and send it directly to Ruyun. As long as it is safe, there is no need to come back and forth with me."

Lu Yangchun still did not give up: "My lord..."

Zhou Lanmu knocked on the teacup and said in a more emphatic tone: "Go."

After his figure disappeared in Chaoming Palace, Zhou Lanmu lowered his eyes and reached out to press the center of his eyebrows.

I only felt this way when I was in prison... Helplessness and panic were like sharp animal claws, scratching at his heart one by one, leaving bloody traces, but the pain could not be seen.

"If you die, you die, you deserve to die," Zhou Lanmu said lightly to himself, as if trying to convince himself, "I didn't intend to save your life, did I?"

No.

From the very beginning, from the time he read the letters sealed in the box in Chu Shao's secret room one by one—it was not so much a letter as an emotional vent.He wrote down his daily thoughts clearly and clearly like crazy, and told all his schemes. He really planned to burn all these letters after everything was over, and send them to Huangquan Road before talking to him. explain.

How can there be such a stupid person in the world?

Zhou Lanmu clutched his heart, feeling a cold dull pain in his heart.

He opened his eyes suddenly, wanted to stand up, but fell straight down from the chair, dripping and dense pain swept his whole body, he subconsciously reached out to touch his wrist, the string of red turquoise was torn off by himself, at this moment The wrist is empty, nothing.

He rolled over on the ground with his head in his arms, and finally took out the white porcelain bottle in his arms.

Zhou Lanmu held the bottle tightly, his eyes were red, as if he wanted to eat people, if someone opened the door and came in at this moment, he would definitely think that he was completely crazy.

With a "clang" sound, he threw the bottle far away to the other side of the room, but it didn't break, and it rolled twice on the ground.

Zhou Lanmu gasped for breath, and it took a lot of effort to get up from the ground. He staggered and picked up the white porcelain bottle and put it back in his arms, then sat down heavily in front of the case again.

Haven't such days been rare before?Why is there such a sharp pain just thinking about it now...

He was dizzy, and it took him a long time to see an old map in front of him. The twelve cities to the west of Zongzhou were marked in red, and the deep shadow of the Yuchi Mountains shrouded one side, like a cloud of black mist.

The pen was shaking violently in his hand, Zhou Lanmu kept telling himself to be calm, cold sweat ran down his cheeks, finally he calmed down, and wrote on one side of the pen, "Goodness, I will meet the majesty as scheduled".

He also wrote a sentence "In front of the Marriage Chi mountain, dancing to the north of Shaoguan, there is a city to help Zi, and the king is invited to travel together."

After writing these two sentences, he threw the pen out as if he had lost all his strength.With a "tick" sound from the ink-soaked writing brush, a dark ink dot fell on the small triangle of Marriage Chishan.

The author has something to say: In the next chapter, change the map to the west, and meet for a while·beautiful boy of foreign race·patient with secondary illness·Yun