The loyal minister was forced to marry the traitor

On the way to Guixi Mansion, the carriage was changed twice, but the boy remained the same from beginning to end.

It was also because of this that Bai Yan saw that the boy's skills were not simple, and he didn't blush or breathe when he knocked down two strong men with his bare hands.

"I've been born with strange powers since I was a child, these are nothing." The boy named Yue Sheath skillfully changed into a coarse linen clothes, and put a lot of things on his face.

"Second brother, have you seen the meeting?" To avoid being suspected on the way, they called each other brothers, and even gave them two "down-to-earth" names—Wang Er and Li San.

Bai Yan didn't react too much, although he was unfamiliar, his speed was not slow, and after a while, he was no different from Yue Sheath.

Yue sheath looked around him, pulled a piece of gray cloth from nowhere, and roughly wrapped it around the top of Bai Yan's head, hiding the black hair tightly, while he himself was covered with dust and made it look like Like a chicken coop.

"It's less than a hundred miles away from Guixi Mansion, but the people in the palace are one step faster than us. Now there are spies everywhere, and if you are not careful, you may be caught." Yue Shea handed Bai Yan a piece of mustache, "We can only take the official road. Several parts of the trail are blocked by snow, and it is easy to cause accidents if we step in blindly."

The carriage was too conspicuous, and in order to avoid the pursuers along the way, they also lost contact with the people sent by Huaichun.

Bai Yan knew the pros and cons, so naturally he had no opinion.

Yue Sheath took another look at him, "If any accident happens again, you just need to find a way to survive, and don't care about my life or death."

A boy who looked like he was only 15 years old, Bai Yan was silent for a while, and nodded.

As for whether this nod is for the first half or the second half of the sentence, it is not known.

As New Year's Eve approaches, the prefectures and counties along the way are decorated with lanterns and festoons, and even the villages can see the festive atmosphere.

Bai Yan stepped on the ankle-deep snow, his knees were numb from the pain, his cheeks were blue from the cold, seeing him walking slowly, he couldn't help but stop, "Why don't you find someone In a place sheltered from the wind, ask the common people for a bowl of hot soup?"

"Forget it, let's go again, don't bring trouble to innocent people." The two had a hard time hiding along the way, and it was inevitable that they would accidentally leave traces. If they caused trouble for no reason, it would be a sin.

Yue Shea had been in contact with him for many days, and he understood his temperament. After walking for a long time, he managed to find a ruined temple far away from the village.

The paint on the Buddha statue inside had faded long ago, and the doors and windows were falling off. Bai Yan and Yue Sheath found some hay and started a fire.

In the light of the fire, the bluish white on Bai Yan's face was too eye-catching, Yue Shea glanced worriedly, "My lord, are you feeling unwell?"

Bai Yan realized it later, met Yue Sheath's gaze, shook his head, "No."

His body was trembling almost invisible, he glanced at him more than sheathed, got up and walked out.

Bai Yan called him, "Where are you going?"

"Chu Gong." Yue Sheath dropped two words and strode away.

Bai Yan watched his back disappear into the door, got up slowly, found a wooden board from behind the Buddha statue, dragged it to the door and blocked it with difficulty, leaving only a gap that only one person can pass through.

After doing this, he pulled out a pile of half-wet and half-dry grass and simmered it beside the fire.

He couldn't use his hands anymore, so Bai Yan gritted his teeth, and smashed his wrist on his knee, a piercing pain hit him, he gasped, and almost bit the tip of his tongue.

It's impossible to go on like this, he can't delay it for too long, and in the end it can only be a burden that gets out of the sheath.

When Yue Sheath came back with a chicken and a pot, he saw Bai Yan rubbing the snow on his knee with a pale face, the pain made him sweat profusely.

Yue Sheath threw down the chicken and pot, and walked over a few steps to block Bai Yan's movement.

"Don't you want these legs?"

Yue Sheath wiped off the snow with his sleeve a few times, and somehow took out a small bottle from his bosom.

As soon as I opened it, there was a pungent smell of medicine.

Bai Yan frowned, "Where did it come from?"

"It was stolen." Yue Sheath didn't care, poured the medicated oil into the palm of his hand roughly, and rubbed Bai Yan's knee many times, until his knee slowly rose to a burning sensation.

"The chicken and the pot were also stolen. I didn't take the main road, I climbed over the wall to get in..." He looked up at Bai Yan again when he said this, "Come on, I'm ready."

"Why scold you?" Bai Yan was a little calm.

"You don't blame me for doing this?" Stealing other people's things and tricking Bai Yan into saying Gong.

"It's for my life, and it's for my own sake. I have no right to criticize you." Bai Yan thought for a while and added, "Besides, you are not my son, why should I scold you?"

"Pfft..." Yue Shea couldn't help laughing out loud.

It has to be said that at the beginning, Yue Shea felt a little disgusted with this famous Mr. Bai. He did too many "bad things" and dragged down his master, and he asked too many things along the way.

But as he hides and hides all the way, Yue Sheath gradually looks at him with admiration.

He can stand hardship and dirt, and Bai Yan will do most of what he said, and he never complains that he is tired when he is on the road, and tries his best to keep up.

Now, what he imagined, Bai Yan would scold him for "disturbing the people", but it didn't appear.

On the contrary, it was an open-minded and witty remark, which made Yue Shea let go of the last grudge in his heart.

"Did you really do so many bad things?" After Yue Sheath rubbed the medicinal oil for Bai Yan, he started to stew the chicken in a hurry.

That's right, chicken stew.

When Bai Yan watched him shake the spices out of his arms, his eyes changed.

this kid!

Thanks to Yue Shea's blessing, Bai Yan had a meal of steaming, delicious stewed chicken.

Just a bit salty.

The two stayed overnight in the ruined temple, and the next day the clouds cleared and the rain cleared up, so they found the official road and continued on their way.

Previously, it was far away from Guixi Mansion, so I hardly heard any news about the barbarians in Beidi, but as we got closer, we could see the people who escaped from Guixi Mansion.

Bai Yan stopped one person, at least he got some news.

"The barbarians from Beidi came to the city. Most of them were ordinary people. There were only a thousand troops in the garrison, and they all had never been to the battlefield. However, along the way, they met a large army brought by the Marquis of Pingjin."

"I heard that the momentum is so strong that the barbarian has been defeated three times."

"But Marquis Pingjin seems to be injured. I heard it was to save someone."

Even though Bai Yan knew that the news was unreliable, he couldn't help feeling tense, "Is the injury serious? Where is the injury?"

"I don't know that!" The man waved away Bai Yan and continued on his way.

"It seems to hurt the heart and lungs. I heard that the poisoned arrow of the other general went straight into the heart and lungs. I don't know if he is alive or dead. Now the leader is the Supervising Army, and there is also a general surnamed He."

"Brother...Brother!" Yue Shea almost shouted "My lord", he almost supported Bai Yan, and said in a deep voice, "Maybe it was spread by the people randomly, how could a man as powerful as Marquis Pingjin be injured! "

"The one whose surname is He is He Zhaoyuan. If Xiao Jiuqin is all right, he can't lead the army by leapfrogging..." If the first sentence is still open to question, then the latter sentence will tear him apart.

Since five years ago, he had dreamed countless times that Xiao Jiuqin was injured or even died in battle.

The battlefield is ruthless, no matter how powerful Xiao Jiuqin is, he is only a body of flesh and blood, let alone Beidi barbarian's desperate fighting style.

"Whether it's true or not, you can't fall." With the sheath supporting his back, Bai Yan managed to stand still.

It was Xiao Jiuqin who supported Bai Yan during this period of time. He knew little about the situation in Yingdu, and now only Xiao Jiuqin could make him feel at ease, but at this moment, he heard such truth Difficult news.

Originally, the onset of leg disease had already made it difficult for him to walk, but now his legs were so weak, Yue Sheath looked at his expression and asked, "Is the leg starting to hurt again?"

"It's okay." Bai Yan forced himself to hold back.

"Then what should we do now?" Yue Sheath looked at Bai Yan's face, "You can't continue on your way now, you have to find a way to heal your legs quickly, otherwise if you drag it for a long time, you may not be able to walk in the future."

"Do you still have any silver with you?" Bai Yan clasped Yue Sheath's forearm.

"No." After Yue Sheath finished speaking, she turned her head.

"Buy a horse." Bai Yan clasped his forearm with increasing strength.

"No." Yue Shea quickly refused, "Not to mention anything else, it's just that the target of riding a horse is too big, and if you are not careful, you will be discovered by the pursuers."

"We've been delayed on the road for too long, and now the army doesn't even know that there is a change in Yingdu, and..." The "and" didn't finish, but Yue Shea understood.

Compared to being discovered by others, Bai Yan would rather take risks.

The uncertain situation made him anxious, and Xiao Jiuqin's safety was a big rock hanging in his heart.

"Okay." Yue Sheath finally compromised.

Half an hour later, Yue Sheath pulled two horses over.

Bai Yan was taken aback, "Why don't you..."

"I blame my master for being considerate of his subordinates. He didn't give much money, but he gave more silver bills. And the life of selling horses couldn't survive. I looked pitiful, so I simply bought both of his horses."

Yue Shea explained seriously, and Bai Yan laughed, "You are really..."

"It's okay to call me generous, but don't call me stupid." No matter how powerful Yue Sheath was, he was only a 15-year-old boy, and Bai Yan's heart warmed slightly, but he couldn't say a word again.

The two set off again, this time more cautiously, and saw more and more refugees along the way, but as New Year's Eve approached, most of them were so poorly clothed that they couldn't even drink hot water.

"Five years ago, Beidi invaded the border. Such a scene was not uncommon, and it was even worse then." Yue Sheath covered his mouth with a cloth, and his voice was deep.

Bai Yan glanced at him, "You are..."

"Born in Northern Xinjiang, grew up in Guixi Mansion, his parents starved to death halfway, and finally wandered to Yingdu, where he was taken in by the master." In a simple sentence, summing up his previous experience, Bai Yan felt a little bitter in his heart.

"It's better for you to stay in Yingdu than follow me to Guixi Mansion." In the previous conversation, Bai Yan learned that this time it was Yue Shea who took the initiative to invite Ying.

"I've wanted to go back for a long time, but I never had the chance." A look of vicissitudes that young people shouldn't exist flashed across Yue Sheath's face.

"It's very likely that I won't even save my life when I go to Guixi Mansion this time."

After Bai Yan finished speaking, he didn't see a trace of fear of death on Yue Sheath's face.

"It is my wish to die in my homeland."

Bai Yan was completely stunned.

Yue Shea continued, "My parents died on the way to escape, and their bones are unknown, so I have to go back to their hometown for them, and see their hometown for them... It is best to be born here and grow up here... Die here."

A boy who is only fifteen years old, yet he is already so indifferent to death.

But Bai Yan suddenly said, "It's not all about death, life is the best comfort for your parents,"

"Alive..."

"Yes, your parents took you away from your hometown back then to live, to let you live..."