Heavy snow fell one after another, and the sky and the earth were completely white. A pit was dug to bury the dead woman and the frozen child's body. The old man surnamed Tian knelt in the snow and wept bitterly.

There are so many sorrows and separations in the world, and the most painful thing is that a white-haired person sends a black-haired person.

Several other children also wiped away their tears. After paying homage to the dead, Uncle Tian heard that Zhong Lixuan was Yuan Xu's envoy. He was about to go to the Donghu Palace and wiped away his tears. He remembered an old incident: "I heard What these people in the Heluo clan said,? Donghu royal family is in chaos, and now the little prince is besieging the royal city with his troops, so it is not safe to go directly. I know there is a secret way that can lead to the royal city, but I don’t know if the secret way is still there Can it be used?"

"The secret passage in Donghu Palace?"

Uncle Tian's voice was hoarse: "It's ashamed to say that when Yuan Xu and Donghu fought, I was a restaurant chef. After I was arrested, I became a chef because I could cook some pasta. I brought a dozen cooks. Then Shi Yuanxu has not yet been defeated,? When I first started as a cook, I still have the heart to make contributions. We are stationed at the rear when soldiers fight. I thought that I would be idle, so I led my cooks to dig a tunnel. It took several months to dig the palace, but Yuan Xu was defeated and retreated, and my men fled to death. I had the worst luck, being captured and sold as a human sacrifice."

He has struggled for many years, holding on with one breath, more or less looking forward to the opportunity to escape through the secret way, but in the Heluo tribe, how can he escape, the secret way is useless in the end.

Because Uncle Tian is a cook and knows how to cook some food, he was not dug by the Heluo tribe as a human animal and fed to the wolves early on, so he survived to this day.

Chu Ci was overjoyed when he heard the news: "That's really great, Uncle Tian, ​​where is the entrance to the secret path?"

Uncle Tian has always wanted to escape with his daughter all these years. He would think of the secret passage day and night, so he clearly remembered the location of the entrance of the secret passage: "In a willow forest on the east side of the grassland, it is more than ten miles away. Take you there."

Chu Ci let the weak people ride horses, and three or four people rode on a horse. Chu Ci and Zhong Lixuan rode together, and headed towards the direction that Uncle Tian remembered.

When it was almost dark, a group of people arrived at the Populus euphratica forest. Uncle Tian touched the trees one by one. After half an hour, he touched the mark engraved on the trunk of a tree that had grown waist thick: "It's here , two feet away is the tunnel entrance."

They dug down two feet away from the tree and dug more than one meter deep before they saw a square stone slab.

Chu Ci and Zhong Lixuan stood below, shining torches on the stone slab. Uncle Tian squinted at the chisel marks on the stone slab and shed tears again: "This is here, this is the secret that I dug with a dozen brothers back then. Say, open the lid."

The stone slab was lifted, revealing a pitch-black tunnel. It had been too long, and the tunnel was already full of tree roots. Fortunately, the tunnel was dug very wide, with branches occupying half of the space, and the other half can accommodate an adult. Pass.

A dozen or so people entered the tunnel one by one. Uncle Tian and Chu Ci held the torches in front. After Zhong Lixuan broke through, the group walked along the winding tunnel. After walking for an unknown amount of time, they faintly felt tremors above them and left again. After about half an hour, the noise disappeared and the tunnel came to an end.

After waiting quietly for a while, there was no sound around, Chuci pinned the firecracker to his waist, raised his hand to push the stone slab above his head, and said in a very low voice, "I'll go out and have a look first, you all hide inside and don't make a sound. , After I check the surroundings, I will come back and inform everyone if there is no danger, if I don’t return within half an hour, you all retreat to the entrance and hide.”

Chu Ci carefully removed the stone slab above the tunnel and looked through the gap.

There is a faint green light in one corner, and the other places are dim, so I can't see where it is.

Chu Ci carefully pushed the stone slab away, put his hands on the exit and jumped out lightly. He observed the place quietly for a while, and found that there was no abnormality, so he moved the floor back to its original position.

He lowered his body and leaned forward again, touched something made of dry straw, and made a small rustling sound, Chu Ci withdrew his hand, and heard a voice irritated: "Mouse, it's another mouse! This dead mouse I'm afraid I'm going to bite my toes again, so I have to watch over it, what a bad luck!"

As he said that, he stretched out a hand from above and hit Chu Ci hard.

Chu Ci froze, the hand that hit Chu Ci's body also trembled, and after touching it with his backhand, before he saw the man, Chu Ci felt his hand tremble like chaff, the man's voice trembled and said: "Why are there such big rats?"

Chu Ci: "..."

He could only straighten his body and catch the man with his backhand. He wanted to ask where it was, but before he could open his mouth, he heard the man trembling like an electric shock, and howled out in a loud voice: "Ghost, there is a ghost! "

The miserable green lantern light in the house shone on Chu Ci's face, and the howling man stared at Chu Ci for a while, foaming at the mouth and rolling his eyes.

"Cheat the corpse!"

He fainted from fright.

Chu Ci turned his head and looked at the miserable green lanterns beside him. He looked down and saw paper figurines stuffed with straw and wooden boards covered with white cloth. He knew where he was.

Yizhuang.

The custom of mortuary in Donghu is quite different from that of Yuanxu. People in Yuanxu need to light lanterns to keep the spirit after death, while Donghu needs to light green lanterns, so the Yizhuang is particularly gloomy.

Holding up the lantern, Chu Ci looked around for a while, then pushed open the gate of Yizhuang to look at the plaque. The opening of the secret passage was indeed in the palace.

Uncle Tian and the others were very thoughtful, except for the corpse guards, no one approached the Yizhuang. The exit of the secret road is here, which is indeed the safest place.

After Chu Ci checked, he turned back and lifted the stone slab, letting everyone in the tunnel come out: "This place is safe, come out."

They all jumped out of the tunnel, and when they saw the green lanterns, they were startled. Chu Ci also lit the spare lanterns, and each of them stuffed one in: "Hide well in Yizhuang, let's go to see the queen and King Khan first. , I will settle you down after you are verified, the corpse guard has fainted from fright, so please take care of him for a while."

All the children had escaped from the dead, and they had all honed their courage. They were really not afraid to stay in a place where the dead gathered together. They nodded to Chu Ci, and then formed a circle around the corpse guard, trying to kill the dead. people wake up.

Chu Ci and Zhong Lixuan left Yizhuang, and after walking for a while, they were surrounded by patrolling guards. The guards arrested the two of them as assassins. Brought to the main hall, waiting for King Khan and Queen's interrogation.

After a while, the door was pushed open, and with the cold wind pouring in, a person came hurriedly. The man was very imposing, and saw that his robe was flying and his hair was scattered. Before Chu Ci could see the man's face clearly, she just skipped it. Chu Ci, who was sitting outside, stood in front of Zhong Lixuan.

The woman's body trembled slightly, but she didn't say a word, Zhong Lixuan also stood up, the two stood facing each other, Zhong Lixuan was two heads taller than the woman, he pursed his lips and lowered his head, he was afraid to look up people standing in front of them.

It was Huangfuling who came. She looked at her long-lost son for a long while, and raised her hand to touch Zhong Lixuan, but she withdrew her outstretched hand before it touched Zhong Lixuan. Her throat was rough and her voice was tense. , with an air of calm and prestige, as if giving orders: "Raise your head."

Seemingly feeling that his tone was too cold, Huangfu Ling showed annoyance on his face after speaking.

Zhong Lixuan raised his head with red eyes, and said softly, "Mother."

Just after uttering this word, the imposing and beautiful woman in front of her trembled all over, and big tears fell from her eyes.

"My child, my child." A broken voice squeezed out from Huangfu Ling's throat, she raised her arms to embrace Zhong Lixuan, her body trembling slightly.

Seeing this, Chu Ci didn't want to disturb the mother and son, closed the door and stood outside, looking at a red plum tree planted by the window, a little lost in thought.

He thought of that book, thought of all kinds of past lives, and thought of the future.

In this life, Zhong Lixuan has found his close relatives, and with Huangfu Ling's protection, everything in the previous life has completely become a thing of the past. As long as he fulfills Zhong Lixuan's last wish, the Heavenly Emperor's calamity will come to an end.

There is only one last hurdle left - the love disaster that must be experienced.

After going through the tribulation of love, Zhong Lixuan will no longer be the young man who is attached to him now, but he will become a ruthless and desireless emperor in the nine heavens.

When Chu Ci agreed to Zhong Lixuan's courtship in this life, Chu Ci knew that the future was already doomed. However, when he thought of this, he felt a sense of sadness in his heart. , will eventually become empty.”

He really likes Zhong Lixuan, and he doesn't know how much he likes him. He will satisfy the other party as much as possible because of that gleam of joy, and help him overcome the calamity. It was a sign of being tempted, but Chu Ci completely controlled it within a strict range.

Don't be obsessed, don't be greedy, accept it with courtesy, and stick to your heart.

For oneself and others, it's all just a dream, and waking up from the dream will never come true.Now that he has found his real close relative, Zhong Lixuan will recover from his excessive attachment to himself.

As far as he could see, red plums were dotted, reflecting the white snow in the courtyard. Chu Ci stepped forward to hold a flower branch, raised his finger and pressed a half-opened bud, and the bud slowly opened, revealing a new bud.

At this moment, Zhong Lixuan's voice came: "Chu Ci!"

"Huh?" Chu Ci turned around, and saw Zhong Lixuan's eyes were still red, and his expression was happy. He raised his hand and grabbed his skirt, with tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, "I found my mother, I Tell mother that you are my husband, mother wants you to go over and salute her, she said she wants to test you, but I won't let her test you, mother seems to be angry, what should I do?"

Chu Ci: "..."

He couldn't hold back any of them, raised his hand and pinched Zhong Lixuan's cheek first, then lowered his head to kiss away the tears that were hanging down the young man's cheek: "You, what should I say about you?"

It is obvious that mother and son recognize each other, but he insists on letting him, who is destined to be a passer-by, also have a name in front of Huangfu Ling. He never expected that Zhong Lixuan's sincere feelings in Chu Ci's heart are really hard to describe.

"Why don't you think of a way to make our mother not angry?"

At this time, a faint voice said: "I'm not angry, as long as my son is willing, I'm fine."

Huangfuling stood behind and looked over with a blank expression. The son who had just been found had already belonged to someone else before it was hot. This was like a bolt from the blue to her. The joy of finding her son immediately became full bitter.

Chu Ci rubbed his nose, let go of Zhong Lixuan and they looked at each other, Zhong Lixuan said in a low voice, "There is still business, Yelusu!"

"Mother, I don't know where King Donghu Khan is. We have important matters to discuss during this trip." Chu Ci said directly.

Huangfu Ling lowered her eyes, her expression was gloomy and unclear. She looked at the white snow in the courtyard and said in a strange tone: "You want to see Yelu'an? Yes, I will take you to see him."

After saying that, Huangfu Ling summoned two guards and led Chu Ci and Zhong Lixuan to walk in one direction. After walking for a while, Chu Ci and Zhong Lixuan felt that something was wrong. This was clearly the way to Yizhuang.

Sure enough, after a while, Huangfuling stood at the gate of Yizhuang in the palace. She pushed the door open, only to hear a creaking sound, and all the miserable green faces behind the door raised up, staring at Huangfuling stiffly.

The expressions of the two guards behind him changed drastically, and they pulled out their knives with trembling hands, and said in a trembling voice: "There are... there are ghosts! Escort!"

Huangfuling: "..."

She squeezed between her eyebrows: "Take them down, order the imperial doctor to wash and treat them, and then put them into clean cotton clothes, so that they can be taken care of."

Even though they knew it was a living person, the two guards were still terrified, they held their breath and stepped forward, before they got close, they saw the corpse guard who was surrounded by those strange people struggling to open his eyes.

All the people holding the lanterns turned back to look at the corpse guard.

The corpse guard who had just woken up stared wide-eyed, and Uncle Tian just yelled: "He's awake!" Then the corpse guard rolled his eyes and passed out again.

Uncle Tian was shocked: "What stubborn disease does this person have?"

Huangfu Ling pinched the center of his eyebrows again: "Take those who are fainted by fright, and prescribe some tranquilizing medicine."

After a group of people went down, Huangfu Ling took the lampshade of the green lantern, held the torch and walked to the innermost wooden board, and removed the white cloth.

There was a person lying on the wooden board. The person had been dead for an unknown period of time. His whole body was bruised and purple, his face was swollen and swollen. The black veins are still twisting like a living thing.

The corpse in front of him was extremely scary, but the three people present were very human, and they felt no fear, only doubts.

"This is King Khan Yelu'an, is he dead?" Chu Ci frowned.

Huangfu Ling drew out his dagger, "Yes, he died suddenly three days ago. He died very suddenly. After death, his body became like this. In order to avoid the collapse of the army, I concealed the news of Yeluan's death and found a new face. People close to him are pretending to be Yelu'an, and no one knows that King Donghu Khan is gone except me and my confidants."

After she finished speaking, she used a dagger to cut through the moving black bulge on the corpse's arm, and signaled Chu Ci and Zhong Lixuan to come over, "Come and have a look."

I saw gusts of clear water flowing out from the place where the corpse was scratched, and it soon covered the wooden boards. The water was colorless and odorless, dripping from the wooden boards to the ground, seeping into the ground and disappearing. .

Huangfu Ling's expression was serious: "Not only did Yelu'an die strangely, but the corpses of several generals in our army also died in the same way. Except for Yelusu, I cremated the other corpses, and the water dripping from the burning corpses extinguished the firewood several times. , It took a long time to burn the body, which is extremely strange. I suspect that this is not poisoning, but a witchcraft."

"Witchcraft?" Chu Ci and Zhong Lixuan were surprised.

Huangfu Ling nodded: "That's right, the Heluo tribe you met on the road is good at cursing. Back then they provoked the flames of war to arrest civilians and feed them to wolves, which caused public outrage, but the grassland tribes could only expel them instead of To kill is to fear their voodoo curse technique. It is said that the Heluo tribe can get some kind of power from the dead fellow tribe. When their tribe dies, they can cast spells on a certain person, so that that person will not be reincarnated, and will be cursed forever. Sleepy Water Hell. I originally thought this was a legend, but now it seems that this rumor may be true."

Chu Ci stepped forward to check for a while, and what he saw indeed touched his blind spot of knowledge, in other words - unscientific.

This unscientific incident reminded Chu Ci one more thing. There are gods and demons in the world he is in now. Weak human beings can't be disturbed by gods and demons, but at this time, the emperor of heaven descends to the earth to cross the catastrophe, and there is no guarantee that no other evil-minded people will intervene.

I have never found any abnormalities in my previous life. The only abnormality is the rebirth of Chuci and the appearance of the golden dragon. In the desert, he was later wiped out by Huangfuling who left the palace with his men.

But now, the Heluo tribe appeared in the grassland, and Yeluan, who was beheaded in a battle with Yelusu two years later in his last life, also died prematurely. The original normal world has become abnormal.

Chu Ci understands that, in the final analysis, it is very likely that the situation in this life has changed. Zhong Lixuan has not suffered all kinds of persecution, and he has become a prince.

This is a signal, a dangerous signal.

Chuci covered Yeluan's body with a white cloth, turned to look at Huangfu Ling: "If you want to verify whether this is a curse of the Heluo tribe, you need to go to the Heluo tribe to find out. If you believe me, join me in order to fight." Qian, I will lead my troops to investigate."

If it is dangerous, then contact the crisis from the source and verify it yourself.

"What?" Huangfu Ling didn't expect to hear such a suggestion at all. She and her son hadn't known each other for an hour, but her son-in-law just opened his mouth like a lion and wanted to lead soldiers to the Heluo clan?

Huangfu was stunned, and Zhong Lixuan hadn't guessed the direction at all. He looked at the corpse covered by the white cloth, and then at his own mother who was said to be the queen but didn't have the slightest memory of Yelu'an, scratching his head in confusion.

He felt that he really could not understand this complicated world.

What was even more unexpected was that after looking at each other for a while, Huangfu Ling and Chu Ci looked at each other for a while, then thought of something, and actually nodded in agreement: "Okay, one thousand soldiers is too few, I will give you three thousand elite soldiers, and they will be at your disposal."

There were only [-] imperial guards inside the palace, but outside the palace Yelusu surrounded the palace with an army of [-]. The number of troops was so large that Huangfu Ling couldn't send more soldiers to Chuci.

"Mother, I can't do it!" Zhong Lixuan hurriedly stopped him. Although he always felt that Chu Ci was omnipotent, it was not common to lead troops into battle. There were only [-] soldiers, and the Heluo clan could still curse. Words are too dangerous.

Chu Ci had his own considerations, he patted Zhong Lixuan on the shoulder: "Xiaoxuan, we two killed the wolf god enshrined by the Heluo tribe, if they really know how to curse, neither you nor I can escape, no matter what Whether this technique exists, in order to protect ourselves, we need to cut through the mess quickly and do it before they react."

Whether it's a curse or a witchcraft, it's impossible to launch it without any preparations. What he has to do now is to eradicate the trouble before the other party does it.

Zhong Lixuan was silent for a while, thought for a while, and looked at Chu Ci: "I'll go with you."

Chu Ci shook his head: "You leave your bridesmaid to resist Yelusu, and I will take Uncle Tian and the others there."

The matter was finalized in this way, and the matter was urgent. At this time, Yelusu led troops to besiege the palace outside the palace, Yeluan was dead inside the palace, and the entire Donghu royal family was supported by Huangfuling alone. Huangfuling was not from Donghu and had no claim to the throne. Nian, the plan to make Yelu'an King Khan back then was also for self-protection. She originally wanted to abandon the city and leave, but now that she has found her son and learned what happened to Uncle Tian and others, Huangfuling is not going to sit still and wait to die.

Even if she didn't want the throne, she wouldn't give it back to Yelusu, the feud. What's more, what agreement did Yelusu reach with the Heluo clan.

The most important thing is that Dongfang Ya and Zhong Lihe are still alive.

The hatred of the family and the country could not allow Huangfuling to back down in the slightest, so she made a decisive decision and ordered three thousand elite soldiers to be handed over to Chuci, who then led the repaired Uncle Tian and others to the tribe where the Heluo tribe lived.

Huangfuling and Zhonglixuan planned to use the secret road leading to the outer city to attack Yelusu guerrilla and break through the siege of the other side.

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