Rebirth of Yongle Merry

Qi Zhaonan followed Yao Ping into the door in a dusty suit, and Shen Yunxu put down his chopsticks to meet him, completely unexpected that he would suddenly come to Daning to look for him.

"Brother Qi, did something happen?"

"Kunwu is gone."

Qi Zhaonan rushed all the way from Beiping non-stop, his voice was hoarse and tired. "Besides you, I can't think of anyone else he can rely on."

Shen Yunxu frowned, "But he never came!"

"He ran away from home suddenly, where did he go?" The only hope was also shattered, Qi Zhaonan's face was full of despair.When Shen Yunxu left Beiping, Shen Kunwu had the idea of ​​following him, but it was already half a year ago. After such a long time, he must not have run away from home for the same reason.

Shen Yunxu looked at Qi Zhaonan, "Did you have a conflict with Kunwu?"

There was a bitter smile on Qi Zhaonan's lips, "Yun Xu, I feel very sorry, you left the Pillow Music Shop to Kunwu. It was created by Ruwu and cost you countless efforts. If I can spare some more time Take care, Kunwu will not be deceived by Mr. Chen, sign and seal on the certificate, and hand over Pillow Music Square to him, he has no experience in running a business at all."

"Director Chen tricked Pillow Music from Kunwu's hands?"

Shen Yunxu raised his head suddenly, Du Ruwu entrusted him before his death, but he still failed to save his family property after all.Shen Kunwu must have felt guilty for losing two shops, so he came to Daning to look for him. "If the store is gone, we can think of a way, but Kunwu is really too stupid. No matter what, he shouldn't leave Beiping alone."

Qi Zhaonan blamed himself very much, "It's me who said too much, he already knows what he did wrong, I shouldn't blame him anymore."

Shen Kunwu ran away from home, and Qi Zhaonan rushed to Daning immediately after he found out. He rode his own horse and only spent eight days on the road.Shen Yunxu pondered, "Kun Wu, like me, can't ride a horse. The only possibility is to seek refuge with a caravan. According to the schedule, he will not arrive earlier than you. I guess he is still on the way."

"I didn't even think of it!"

Qi Zhaonan was dumbfounded, but confused when he was concerned, he just hurried on his way in a daze, without thinking about this at all.

That night, Shen Yunxu lay tossing and turning in bed, and Shen Kunwu followed him to Beiping. His belongings were robbed by the Mongols on the way, and the master and servant lived in the ruined temple. They endured a very difficult time together. The most difficult time Even the two of them ate a steamed bun, but Shen Kunwu still followed him faithfully and never complained about him.Although Qi Zhaonan was appeased, he was still worried about his safety.

The door was pushed open, and when Shen Yunxu heard familiar footsteps, he knew that the person who came in was Zhu Quan.

Because it was summer, he was only covered with a thin quilt, Zhu Quan went to bed and wrapped him in his arms from behind.Shen Yunxu moved slightly, and finally let him hug her obediently.This person's temperament is persistent, like brown sugar, it's not that he can refuse it if he wants to, he simply gives up the useless struggle.Zhu Quan whispered in his ear, "Yun Xu, are you worried about Kun Wu so you can't sleep?"

"Ah."

Zhu Quan pulled his body around and held his lips in the darkness.

The scent of hair after bathing, with the breath of a young man, penetrated into Shen Yunxu's mouth and nose.The fatigue oozing from his limbs suddenly surrounded him thickly. From Suzhou to Beiping and then to Daning, he died once and was reborn again. What was he running around for?The night wind blows the curtains, the moonlight is dim outside the window, and the sound of chirping insects can be heard from time to time. Zhu Quan licks and kisses his lips with earnestness and envy. Shen Yunxu doesn't break free, and his hug becomes It's as natural as treating your most cherished lover.

"If I can't wait for Kunwu to arrive tomorrow, I will send someone to the military town checkpoint in front of me to question the passing merchants one by one, and find him as soon as possible for you, okay?"

Shen Yunxu leaned against Zhu Quan's arms. This boy who was nine years younger than him had already fully grown, and it felt so reassuring to hug him.

He hummed lightly.

Zhu Quan looked down at him, "Yun Xu, you've been getting tired easily lately. Is it because of the hot weather or because of your health? I'll send a letter back to Nanjing and ask my father to send an imperial physician over to diagnose you, okay?"

"I'm fine, don't bother."

Shen Yunxu's eyelids have been closed.

Did Zhu Quan even notice it?He remembers that when he was 16 years old, he was still in good health, at least he didn't get sick often.But since rebirth, his physique has been getting worse and worse. Even that time when Zhang Fu held him tightly outside Zhu Di's bedroom, he fainted because of poor blood and breathing. He walked for a long time to find Yi Wei, but in the end he almost collapsed.

The first time he had a strange thought, Shen Yunxu thought that it might not take nine years, his vitality flowed like the sand in an hourglass.Even if he has one more chance to start over than others, he still can't cross that hurdle. When he is only 25 years old, his life will come to an abrupt end like a string.

"I won't disturb you, go to sleep."

The moonlight came in from the window, reflecting on Shen Yunxu's sleeping face, Zhu Quan watched quietly, and gradually felt his whole heart ache.No matter how hard he tried, he would never let Shen Yunxu die easily again. If he wanted to keep him by his side, he would never let go in his life.

The next day, the whole day passed in a blink of an eye, but Shen Kunwu still did not arrive.

Zhu Quan kept his promise, and sent people to take the portrait painted by Shen Yunxu, and sent people to every checkpoint in the military town against the route from Beiping to Daning.For a journey of nearly a thousand miles, Shen Kunwu had already set off, but as the days went by, it had already been half a month, and he should have arrived no matter what, Shen Yunxu and Qi Zhaonan still hadn't waited for his arrival.Qi Zhaonan became more and more anxious, and Shen Yunxu couldn't sit still anymore, so he drew more portraits of him and asked Zhu Quan to send people to post them everywhere.

A few days later, a driver with an unhealed leg injury returned to Rehe, took off the portrait and provided Shen Kunwu's whereabouts.His caravan encountered Mongols who took captive borders on the grassland, and all their belongings were looted. Young and middle-aged men were kidnapped across the border and sold as "exorcists", including Shen Kunwu who was traveling with them.

When the news came, Shen Yunxu felt his hands and feet were cold.

The Mongols were expelled to Mobei by the Ming army, and the human market still existed. "Expelling the mouth" was to treat people as livestock and sell them to the Mongolian nobles as slaves.Shen Kunwu came to Daning to look for him with guilt, never expecting to be caught in such an accident.

Qi Zhaonan is going to go to the Mongolian tribe to find Shen Kunwu, and Shen Yunxu will of course go with him.

As a result, Zhu Quan acted faster than them. He entrusted the military talisman to Yuwen Tiemu, took Yao Ping and the deputy commander Tuo Huan who was familiar with the Mongolian tribe, and was ready to set off one step ahead of them.

Zhu Quan wanted to go with them, which startled Shen Yunxu.The Mongols were expelled by Zhu Yuanzhang. As a prince, he went deep into the grassland alone. Once exposed, he might not be able to retreat completely.The simple burden has been put on the carriage, but Shen Yunxu is still trying hard to persuade Zhu Quan to stay.

"As long as we find someone, we can still redeem Kunwu by spending a little more money. There is really no need for His Royal Highness to take risks."

"Yun Xu!"

Zhu Quan looked at him with a flash of light in his eyes, "After you found Kunwu, will you return to Daning?"

Shen Yunxu was dumbfounded. This young man was so smart that his thoughts could not escape his eyes. He originally planned to return to Beiping with him and Qi Zhaonan after rescuing Shen Kunwu.

"Yes, or not?"

Zhu Quan didn't look back for a long time, he was waiting for his answer.

Shen Yunxu said awkwardly: "Your Highness Seventeen, is it worth doing this?"

"You still don't understand my feelings."

Zhu Quan held his hand, hoping that one day Shen Yunxu would understand that he would even give him his life. "Let's go, let's go back early."

Shen Yunxu was sitting in a carriage, driven by Yao Ping, accompanied by Zhu Quan, Qi Zhaonan and Tuo Huan each riding a horse. A group of five people crossed the border and set off towards the vast prairie.After walking on the road for nearly two days, they changed their outfits. Tuo Huan was originally a Mongol, and joined Daming after the Mongolian nobles withdrew from Mobei, so with him leading the way, they successfully mixed into the Mongolian herdsmen.

Scattered Mongolia is surrounded in a circle, and the open space in the middle is a market for "drive-out" transactions.The people market trades once a month, and they arrive before the fifteenth day of the month in order to be able to buy back Shen Kunwu when he is sold.Leaving the carriage and horses to Yao Ping's care, Shen Yunxu, Qi Zhaonan, Zhu Quan and Tuo Huan followed the crowd to the trading desk.

A small group of Mongolian soldiers flocked to them. The leading man was about 35 or [-] years old. He was wearing a bijia with a skirt and no gusset, and high-waisted red boots. Big gold earrings.As the prime minister of Mongolia, Mahamu actually went to the border to buy and sell "expelling mouths" in person. Unexpectedly, Tuo Huan pressed down his hat in a hurry, leaned close to Zhu Quan's ear and whispered: "His Royal Highness, the one who takes the lead The person in question is the Mongolian Prime Minister Mahamu, he recognizes me, but I am afraid that I will not be able to show my face here."

Zhu Quan glanced at Mahamu through the crowd. His eyes were high and he didn't notice them.

"Go over and tell Yunxu and the others, we are ready to leave at any time."

The "exorcisms" to be sold were brought to the stage one by one, and the buyers began to bid according to their satisfaction.Shen Kunwu was pushed out of the yurt with his hands tied behind his back.When Qi Zhaonan saw him from a distance, he immediately became agitated, and Shen Yunxu pressed his hand hard to prevent him from rushing forward immediately.But his actions had already caught Shen Kunwu's attention, he looked across the crowd to search, and when he saw Qi Zhaonan and Shen Yunxu, tears flowed down his face.

"Son!"

"Brother Qi!"

He spoke with a crying sound, and was imprisoned for seven or eight days. He was terrified every day, thinking that no one would come to rescue him, but he didn't expect that both Qi Zhaonan and Shen Yunxu would come.It was because of his stupidity that Mr. Chen tricked him into leaving the "Pillow Lefang". He was so excited that he completely forgot the situation of himself and Shen Yunxu and the others.

Little commotion could not escape Mahamu's sharp eyes, and his gaze fell on Shen Yunxu.Qi Zhaonan is tall and tall, wearing Mongolian clothes and standing in the crowd is not conspicuous, but Shen Yunxu is different. His body shape and appearance, even if his face and exposed skin are deliberately smeared with grass ash, still make horses Hamu suddenly became suspicious.

"Bring me that person!"

Mahamu gave an order to the guards around him, Tuo Huan passed through the crowd, and was already very close behind Shen Yunxu.

Across the crowd, Zhu Quan suddenly raised his voice and said, "Mahamu, Erebek killed your father. You are favored but forget your father's hatred. Is this prime minister not guilty at all?" Shen Yunxu didn't know that Zhu Quan could still understand Mongolian, and couldn't understand what he said at all, but Tuo Huan immediately understood that Zhu Quan wanted to distract Mahamu's attention and give them time to escape.

Erleboke was the reigning Great Khan of Mongolia, and Mahamu's father, Haohai Dayu, died in his hands.Zhu Quan's words immediately caused a commotion among the Mongols present, who dared to pick a stab at the prime minister in front of the fierce Mongolian guards, he was probably impatient to live.

With a gloomy face, Mahamu drove his horse and rushed towards Zhu Quan.

Someone in the crowd was kicked by a horse's hoof, and the scene suddenly became chaotic. No one cared about Shen Yunxu's situation.Tuo Huan pushed Shen Yunxu to Qi Zhaonan, and said in a deep voice, "Take Mr. Shen to the carriage immediately, and I will save him."

Under the cover of the crowd, Zhu Quan sprinted left and right to avoid Mahamu's horseshoe.

Mahamu was furious and led the Mongolian soldiers to bite Zhu Quan and refused to relax. He completely ignored the Mongolian civilians present and trampled on them wantonly with horseshoes.The scene became more and more out of control, the yurt was knocked to pieces, and there was screaming and wailing everywhere.

Shen Yunxu was almost pushed into the carriage by Qi Zhaonan, Tuo Huan rushed towards Shen Kunwu, drew out his waist knife and cut the rope in his hand, pulled him and ran towards the carriage.The Mongols chased him from behind, and Tuo Huan lifted Shen Kunwu into the carriage, shouted loudly to tell Yao Ping to leave immediately, jumped on the horse by himself, pulled the rein and ran towards Zhu Quan.

On the endless prairie, Qi Zhaonan rode a horse and followed closely behind the carriage, Yao Ping did not dare to stop, the carriage left the market and galloped wildly all the way.

Shen Yunxu hugged Shen Kunwu tightly in the carriage, neither of them recovered from the chaos.

The quarrel behind him gradually subsided. Yao Ping was afraid that the Mongols would not give up and continue to chase, so he drove the carriage all the way to Heicheng, a military town on the border of Daming, before stopping.After getting off the carriage, Qi Zhaonan took Shen Kunwu from Shen Yunxu's side, and Shen Kunwu threw himself into his arms, crying loudly.

"Brother Qi, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was wrong."

Qi Zhaonan hugged him emotionally, "Kunwu, stop crying, as long as you are safe."

The four of them were finally out of danger, but Zhu Quan and Tuo Huan remained among the Mongolian tribes. Shen Yunxu climbed onto the battlements and looked in the direction of the grassland.It wasn't until nightfall that the guards in Heicheng were called away, and Zhu Quan and Tuo Huan rode back together.Zhu Quan's ribs were kicked by Mahamu's horse's hoof, and Tuo Huan rescued him in extreme danger. They were chased and bitten by the Mongols along the way, and they took a long detour before returning to Heicheng in the dark .

When Zhu Quan got off the horse, his mind was still clear, but the pain was so severe that he kept raising his eyebrows and wrinkling his nose. Qi Zhaonan asked Shen Kunwu to thank him, Zhu Quan stretched out his hand to ask Shen Yunxu to support him, and said to Shen Kunwu: "Get up, I'm fine I’m still alive, don’t be in a hurry to kowtow to see me off.”

Shen Yunxu's heart ached when he heard it.

The military doctor was found almost immediately, Zhu Quan lay on the bed, his upper body clothes were taken off to reveal his honey-brown skin, and he let the military doctor bandage him.Shen Yunxu sat down beside the bed, and wiped off the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.Zhu Quan took the opportunity to lean his face to the side, pillowing the back of his hand and not letting go, Shen Yunxu looked at him helplessly, did not break free but just followed his temper.

The author has something to say: Regarding the correspondence of place names, Daning = present-day Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, and Rehe = present-day Chengde City, Hebei.