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On the Double Ninth Festival, climb high and look far away, drink chrysanthemum wine, and wear dogwood decorations.

The mighty procession starting from the imperial palace slowly walked towards Zijin Mountain. The royal dragon chariot was driven by six horses. At the front of the team was a young man with a jade-faced general, wearing armor and holding a sword at his waist. It is not an exaggeration to describe his face as pan-an, but his sharp eyes and flying eyebrows enveloped him more. A faint murderous look.

This is the royal party escorted by King Duan Huo Xiao.

Along the way, the common people knelt down to worship Emperor Longbao and the second prince in the sedan chair. There was no accident along the way, and the group had already reached the foot of Zijin Mountain by noon.

The whole army stopped, and Huo Xiao drove to the side of the dragon chariot, bowed and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, we have reached the foot of the mountain."

Emperor Longbao slowly opened his eyes and looked up at the top of the mountain.

"I... haven't been here for many years."

Huo Xiao lowered his eyes and remained silent, quietly waiting for his order.

"Forget it, I'm going to climb the Zijin Mountain again today, haha!" Emperor Longbao laughed heartily, "Come on, Huo Xiao, you can just bring a small group of people up the mountain with me, and the rest are at the foot of the mountain. Come too!"

That Kun'er is Daqi's second prince, Qu Mingkun. Hearing Emperor Longbao's call, a gentle voice came from a sedan chair behind the dragon's chariot to respond: "Your servant obeys."

Huo Xiao looked back indifferently, and saw a white-clothed young man stepping down from the sedan chair. The young man's complexion was slightly pale, as if he hadn't seen the sun all year round. He got off his horse and said in a low voice, "I have seen the second prince Your Highness."

Qu Mingkun cupped his hands and said, "King Duan is polite."

Emperor Longbao smiled and said: "You are about the same age, you don't need to be too formal in your leisure time today, let's go up the mountain with me."

"My son obeys."

"My minister obeys."

Emperor Longbao shook his head with a smile, got off the dragon chariot and took the lead to walk up the mountain.

Huo Xiao gestured to Shen Chen with his eyes, Shen Chen who received the gaze immediately understood, and followed with a small group of troops, and the rest of the soldiers of the Huben Battalion heard the order from Emperor Longbao, and consciously lined up neatly.

"Your Highness, please."

Huo Xiao made a request and said in a deep voice.

Qu Mingkun glanced at him, smiled softly, and followed the team ahead.

Huo Xiao followed behind, turned his head and glanced inadvertently, his eyes twitched the corners of his mouth teasingly, and then walked into the mountain.

Wenren Huang, who was hiding behind the tree, hid his figure completely with a whimper!

Too much deception, he thought through gritted teeth.

Feng Tian started to get busy recently, he was so busy that he couldn't control him, he just let him stay in the prime minister's mansion obediently, but he always had a stalk in his heart, no, there are several stalks now.

His scabbard was on Huo Xiao, if he could find the dagger by the way, then this person was the one he saved that day, if so, if Feng Tian wanted to kill Huo Xiao again, he would stop everything he said. Even if you create a prince who faked his death, you have to hide him secretly.

He clenched his hands, Huo Xiao had already taken the crow's letter, so he didn't have to hide his identity anymore, let's just talk straight to the point!

After all, after so many years of being useless, he never wanted to do it again.

Peacock's past ridicule is still in his mind. He doesn't hate Peacock, he only hates himself for being too greedy for pleasure and didn't think about it so much. If he had known earlier that others saw him like this, he might have gone down the mountain long ago.

Hmph, Huo Xiao, I'll make you spit it out sooner or later after eating mine!

He looked around, there was no one in the dark place, last night he heard Fengtian tell the crow that manpower had been arranged in the dark place, presumably the people in Qihuang Mountain had already been arranged in the mountain.

He couldn't help gritting his teeth, Fengtian was rebellious, but after all, he was the one who watched him grow up, and although he couldn't stop him, he would do his best to protect him after all.

Thinking about it this way, he determined his goal, to prevent Fengtian from killing Huo Xiao, and to protect Fengtian. As for the emperor, he has nothing to do with it!Although he thought about it, his appearance was of no use other than being a one-time meat shield for Feng Tian.

Wen Renhuang bowed his body and secretly followed the people in front of him up the mountain.

The mountain roads are always rugged, but fortunately the weather has been clear these days and there are no muddy paths, making it easy for everyone to walk.Emperor Longbao seemed to be in a good mood today, he had to surpass the guards several times.

Arriving at an open area, Emperor Longbao finally got a little out of breath, he waved his hands and said with a smile: "Hey, I'm really old, back then he and Zhizhong were able to reach the top of the mountain in one go."

Huo Xiao came up from behind, with the same expression on his face, he said: "Your Majesty's sword is not old now, it's just that he won't be trapped by this mountain road for a long time."

Emperor Longbao said: "You can speak more than Zhizhong. He was not as old as me at the time. When it comes to getting old, I can only watch him climb to the top of the mountain..."

Qu Mingkun looked at Huo Xiao.

Huo Xiao was silent, how could he think of so many things that didn't happen when he was alive.

Shen Chen stepped forward and handed Huo Xiao a water bag. Huo Xiao lowered his eyes and handed it to Emperor Longbao with both hands: "Your Majesty, there may be miasma in the mountains. Let's drink some tea mixed with Huoxiang Powder first."

"No, no, no," Emperor Longbao waved his hand, "I'm not too old to withstand that bit of miasma, come again, this time I'll get to the top of the mountain with all my might!"

Huo Xiao pursed his lips and said nothing, put the water bag on his waist, and continued to set off.

It was fine at the bottom of the mountain, but the higher you go, the lower the temperature. Qu Mingkun has always been in poor health. At this time, he was forced to turn pale by the cold air, and the servants around him hurriedly put a thick fur on him.

Huo Xiao frowned slightly, and Emperor Longbao also noticed his son's discomfort in front of him, and turned around and said, "Kun'er, you should sit here and rest first."

Qu Mingkun immediately shook his head and said, "I'm fine, but I haven't been out for a long time, and it will be fine in a while."

"If you can't bear it, just say it. I'm your father, so there's nothing you can't say!" Emperor Longbao said majesticly. He is only such a son, so naturally he can't be hurt. Kun rests here, and you can come up later if he gets better."

Huo Xiao frowned, and just as he was about to say something, he heard Qu Mingkun say: "The scenery of the Zijin Mountain that my father has missed for so many years is right in front of me, don't let my son's sake prevent you from doing your best, the lord is the son of an old general. The son minister should be by the father's side even more today."

With a gentle and sincere tone, he continued: "Your servants can just take a short rest, and after a while, you can find someone to guide your servants and catch up with you."

Seeing that he persisted, Emperor Longbao didn't say anything, and asked Huo Xiao to arrange a few people for Qu Mingkun to protect him, and then marched boldly up the mountain again.

Huo Xiao asked Shen Chen to stay and protect the second prince, and brought a few people with him to accompany Emperor Longbao. On the way, Emperor Longbao was too excited and threw the soldiers away by dozens of meters. Huo Xiao frowned and followed closely without saying a word .

There are few trees on both sides. It seems that people often climb high here, and there are few vegetation. Standing on the protruding hillside, you can overlook the surrounding scenery. Emperor Longbao stood on a high place with his hands behind his back: "Huo Xiao, do you feel it?" .”

Huo Xiao raised his head and looked around. The leaves in the lower places are red or yellow in autumn, and they are bright and colorful in the distance, but the wind blows through the forest, but he is chilled by the coldness. He slowly asked: "What does your majesty mean?" What is it?"

Emperor Longbao stared into the distance: "Literati and inkmen, what we can see when we ascend the heights is just this beautiful scenery, but we can't. We want to see this piece of forest, the land under our feet, and the surrounding mountains and rivers. These are our great inspirations. "

"I killed too much in my early years, and after I became the throne, I was in constant anxiety and restlessness. After your father found out, he brought me here during the Double Ninth Festival to let me know that the world is too big for me to think about it. Since I am sitting on the throne, I will There can be no backing down."

Huo Xiao looked around again, the feeling of being on a high mountain overlooking all beings could not be backed down.

"Your Majesty," Huo Xiao looked at Emperor Longbao, paused for a while and said, "Why didn't you bring Prime Minister Wu with you today?"

Emperor Longbao shook his head: "Do you think what I said to you today is suitable for him?"

Huo Xiao was silent.

"I treat you as my son as well as my friend and helper. You should see my attitude towards Mount Qihuang," Emperor Longbao looked at Huo Xiao and said, "I know that you have long been dissatisfied with Mount Qihuang in your heart, but That Qihuang Mountain treats me the same way."

Huo Xiao narrowed his eyes immediately: "How dare they disrespect His Majesty?"

Emperor Longbao breathed a sigh of relief: "They hate me."

"Then why does His Majesty still keep Qihuang Mountain?" His voice was dull, as if he was holding his breath.

"Qihuang Mountain has been interdependent with the imperial court since the founding of Daqi. They have elected many generations of ancestor emperors. The foundation is so deep that it can be shaken." Emperor Longbao sighed and shook his head. road.

Huo Xiao moved his eyes slightly, and was about to say something, when a soft shout suddenly came from his ear.

"Who is it!" He drew his sword and yelled towards the bushes not far away with a cold face. Several guards at the foot of the hill immediately woke up and quickly surrounded the bushes.

Emperor Longbao narrowed his eyes slightly, watching Wen Renhuang slowly walking out from the bushes, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and then disappeared instantly.

"Who are you?" Emperor Longbao asked.

When Huo Xiao saw his submissive look, the corner of his mouth twitched, and he waved to the guards to let them leave.

Wen Renhuang was so frightened by Huo Xiao's roar that he almost flew out, but after thinking about it, he finally followed them while they were walking. Being caught once would be really embarrassing, so I was very reluctant to come out and knelt down and said: "Long live your majesty, long live your majesty, the villain Wen Renhuang..."

When Emperor Longbao heard the name, he immediately narrowed his eyes and looked at him: "Your surname is Wenren?"

He froze for a moment, then replied blankly: "Exactly..."

He raised his head and glanced at Huo Xiao, who was staring at him fiercely, and said, "He's the prince's friend. He refused to take me out, so I followed him out secretly."

But after watching him for a long time, he was not angry because of his strange and impolite behavior. When he saw him, he unconsciously liked him. When he heard his grievance, Emperor Longbao couldn't help laughing and said: "If you don't want to take you out, you will Secretly following, you are the same as Huo Xiao when he was a child, when his father refused to take him out on a trip, he also secretly followed!"

Wen Renhuang was delighted when he heard it, he looked up at Huo Xiao, and found that Huo Xiao's face was as black as carbon, as expected, each mountain was higher than the other.

"Your Majesty, why don't you ask me?" Huo Xiao raised his eyebrows.

Emperor Longbao said "Oh", "What do you have to say?"

He was startled, and stared at Huo Xiao in a daze, this person is probably trying to say that he doesn't know him, and punish him for being startled!

"The reason why I didn't take him with me was because he talked a lot and was annoying to listen to." Huo Xiao said lightly.

The other two were silent for a long time.

In the end, it was Emperor Longbao who broke the silence: "Young man, you must be more lively, Huo Xiao, you are too quiet, and you need such a friend by your side."

He didn't expect that even the emperor was speaking for him!

I couldn't help but secretly raised my eyes to look at the emperor, and found that the emperor was approaching sixty years old, and looked very kind with kind eyebrows and kind eyes.

When Huo Xiao was told this, he lowered his eyes and said yes, and asked again: "What are you doing here today?"

He gritted his teeth, looked at Huo Xiao with some expectant eyes and asked, "I left the dagger and scabbard with you, do you remember?"

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