The mountains and rivers are quiet and broad

2. Journey to the Fog Mountains ([-])

palace...

A white pigeon fluttered over the walls of the palace compound, flew into the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and landed on the window sill.

"Cuckoo." There was some broken food on the window sill. The white pigeon stepped a few steps, lowered its head to grab the food, then raised its head to look around, and cried out twice from time to time, until the people in the room were caught by the movement here. attract.

Eunuch Ren came over, gently unfastened the letter box from the pigeon's leg, then returned to the hall respectfully, and put the letter box on.

Throwing the memorial on the case casually, Emperor Xuande Chen Mao took the letter box and took out the scroll inside. This was a message from Eunuch Kang after he left Linjiang Town.

——Depart today, and arrive at Wushan in a few days.

"Why do you pay so much attention to your brother?"

A hand stretched out from behind, took the note from Chen Mao's hand, and threw it on the desk after reading it.

Chen Mao didn't care either, and responded in a low voice, falling into his own thoughts.

Just behind the desk, there were two people sitting on a chair. The new emperor was sitting at the table reviewing the memorial, but there was a man hugging him behind him.Eunuch Ren knelt on the ground, not daring to raise his head, and retreated when the time was right.

Sitting behind the emperor is the current state teacher Zhou Zhou - a man who is rumored to be able to call the wind and rain and monitor the fate of the country.

Although Eunuch Ren has never seen a national teacher call the wind and rain, since this man became a national teacher five years ago, he has shown a frightening ability to predict state affairs. Emperor Xuanwu believed in the national teacher in his later years.

The national teacher hides his face with a mask all the year round, and does not show his true face to the public, but even so, the man's demeanor is still amazing.

Eunuch Ren is one of the few people who has seen the real face of the national teacher, and also one of the few people who knows the relationship between the national teacher and the new emperor Xuande.

"Ok?"

"What?" Chen Mao came back to his senses and didn't hear what he just asked.

"I said..." Zhou Zhou raised his hand to caress Chen Mao's face, "Why do you care so much about Chen Ke? He has only been out of Beijing for a few days."

Chen Mao relaxed his body and leaned back, nestling into Zhou Zhou's arms, "It's not the reason, I just don't want him to die."

"Huh?" Zhou Zhou pinched Chen Mao's chin and turned his face away, and pressed a kiss on his lips: "I thought you had no time to think about anything else except me."

Zhou Zhou would unconsciously lower his voice when talking in Chen Mao's ear, and his breath fell on Chen Mao's ear, sexy and charming, but Chen Mao was unmoved, pushed Zhou Zhou's face away, sat upright again, and began to review the memorial Come.Picking up a pen to write a comment, Chen Mao suddenly said: "Chen Ke should be in Wushan in a few days."

"Um……"

"I don't know where those assassins came from. Linjiang Town also has some problems. It's right under the emperor's feet, but I just couldn't notice it..."

"You're not completely clueless, are you?" Zhou Zhou put his arms around Chen Mao's waist, lay on his shoulders, and chatted with him boredly.

"Yes." Chen Mao took out a secret report and unfolded it for Zhou Zhou to read. Zhou Zhou was not surprised to see the names and reports on it, and gave a faint "hmm".Putting away the secret report, Chen Mao picked up the unapproved memorial, "You always know everything."

"No." Zhou Zhou smiled on Chen Mao's shoulder: "I don't know everything. I never thought that I would meet you in the palace and fall in love with you."

With a flick of Chen Mao's pen tip, a drop of ink landed on the memorial, and the black ink quickly faded away. Chen Mao silently took the veil to absorb the ink, Zhou Zhou pressed his hand, and asked him in his ear : "Why didn't you talk?"

"I only love Jiangshan."

"Duplicity." Zhou Zhou laughed, "Didn't you tell me that I know everything? Of course I also know that you love me..."

Chen Mao shrugged off Zhou Zhou's hand in embarrassment.But Zhou Zhou didn't let him go, and continued to whisper in Chen Mao's ear: "If you want this country, I will help you win it; if you want this world, I will help you guard it."

"Tsk, are you finished?" Chen Mao pushed him away and stood up, "You talk too much today."

"Ah——" his arms were empty, Zhou Zhou let out a long sigh that seemed real, but Chen Mao ignored him, knowing that he was just doing it on purpose.

Walking to the window, the wind in the courtyard brought the fragrance of flowers. Chen Mao looked up, and through the eaves of the palace, there was only one side of blue sky: "If there was "knowing this", I would not be this emperor, the world Everyone envies that thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are in my pocket, but they don't know that I can't even get out of this palace. "

Zhou Zhou walked up to Chen Mao, "I thought you wanted this country."

Chen Mao didn't look back, and his eyes fell on a certain place in the courtyard: "Three years ago, you said that the Chen family was unstable, but the country's fortunes went up, but there was a catastrophe, and within five years, people would die. At that time, only you, father and I were present. , the father said, "Mao'er's heart is for the common people, and he has been concerned with state affairs since he was a child. He is sensitive and talented. If he is an emperor, he will surely bring happiness to the people of the world." I can't be wrong, since that day, I have been conscientious and conscientious, worrying that the people of this world will fall into a sea of ​​misery.

It's not that I want this country, but who can rule the world except me?Chen Ke?Or the sixth?All the damn ones have died in the past few years, and the sixth child is still lying sick in the palace... Do you know how the elder brother died..." Chen Mao suddenly thought of the eldest prince who died in the palace eight years ago, and At that time, Chen Ke, who was bathed in blood and held a sword.

Zhou Zhou understood something that happened a few years ago, "Are you saying that King Ren has a hard heart? But since ancient times, only a hard-hearted emperor can sit in the country for a long time."

"I don't believe him."

Zhou Zhou frowned, stepped forward and took Chen Mao into his arms, "But those who should come will still come."

"What do you mean?" Chen Mao turned to look at him.

Zhou Zhou did not answer his questions as usual, but avoided Chen Mao's sight and said:

"The secret cannot be leaked."

Early the next morning, Eunuch Quan packed up the carriage early and was waiting to set off for Wushan Mountain. Chen Ke and Xu Qingfeng were still having breakfast upstairs.

"Are you full?" Seeing Xu Qingfeng put down the bowl, Chen Ke also put down his chopsticks.

"Yeah." After Chen Ke wiped his mouth for him, Xu Qingfeng couldn't wait to stand up, looking at Chen Ke expectantly: "Be good, quack, play."

Chen Ke was silent for a second.Faced with Xu Qingfeng's enthusiastic gaze, he couldn't bear it, "I can't play today, we are going to Wushan."

"Go, Wushan?" Xu Qingfeng thought for a while, reluctantly accepted the reason why he couldn't play, and asked again: "Go to play?"

Thinking that he would be on the road for the next half month, Chen Ke couldn't bear to deny Xu Qingfeng any more, so he nodded.

"With Kuaiguai and Quack... together?"

"Yeah." Chen Ke nodded.

Xu Qingfeng reluctantly accepted.

When I went downstairs, there were many people sitting in the lobby of the inn.Eunuch Quan, Guan Hongfeng, Zuo Ming, Yixiao, Su Libai, Yin Shenyi, his daughter, and Huang Xiangkui were all there. They gathered together to talk, and the shopkeeper of the inn also stood aside, presumably talking about what happened in Linjiang Town recently. When they saw Chen Ke and Xu Qingfeng coming downstairs, everyone quickly stood up and saluted.

"Excuse me." Chen Ke walked among the crowd, and helped the genius doctor Yin, "I am not very grateful for the chance to meet Mr. Yin this time. It's just that time is tight and there is no delay. I will reward you well next time. "

"My lord has said it." Yin Shigong was also very polite, and presented Chen Ke with a bottle of trauma medicine, agreed to exchange letters, and personally sent Chen Ke and Xu Qingfeng to the carriage, and gave Xu Qingfeng a pack of pine nut candies, Let him eat on the road.

Chen Ke saw Yin Shigong's intentions, but due to his personality, Chen Ke couldn't say much to thank him. He followed the example of a knight-errant in the rivers and lakes to thank him with fists, and everything was self-evident.

On the other side, Guan Hongfeng also said goodbye to Yixiao and Su Libai.

"Brother, can we see you again in the future?" Su Libai kept asking questions and looking for topics. Although he had never been in contact with this senior brother, Su Libai was very reluctant to part with him. He rolled his eyes with a laugh.

"It is possible. The green mountains will not change, and the green water will flow forever." Guan Hongfeng replied with a smile. Seeing that there was nothing to say after a smile, he took the initiative to tell him: "Take care of yourself, and take care of your junior brother. If there are any rumors in the world, you will always Just be comfortable and happy, don’t bother with those you don’t want to pay attention to.”

"I know, long-winded." He curled his lips with a smile, very unaccustomed to such a parting atmosphere, and regretted following him, "How can I know by myself?"

"Okay." Guan Hongfeng patted Su Libai's head, and looked at the young man who had just reached his shoulder with a smile: "Abai, you have to practice hard, don't be impetuous, and if you have anything, you can find your second senior brother."

"Yes! Senior Brother!"

"No, no, don't follow me anymore, you brat thought I killed someone else's girl at first."

"That's the second brother, you don't tell me anything, if you take me..."

"I'll take you with me when I'm looking for a woman? Is your hair all grown?"

Su Libai's face flushed immediately, and he became angry from embarrassment, and shouted: "Laugh!"

"Hey—" Qing Piao Piao responded, and laughed to avoid Su Libai's horizontal kick.

Smiling at Su Libai and laughing loudly, Zuo Ming led Huo Huo to the front of the team, arranged for the guards, and finally walked to Huang Xiangkui and his wife who had been standing silently.

"Doctor Huang." Zuo Ming clasped his fists in salute, and Huang Xiangkui also clasped his fists back.

"Left Guard, please order."

Zuo Ming said hurriedly, "This trip is in a hurry, and the matter in Linjiang Town has not yet been concluded. The prince has an order. If there is any new progress in the matter, please send a letter to this place."

Zuo Ming handed Huang Xiangkui a note, on which was the address of a gathering point of King Ren's secret guards.

Chen Ke didn't ignore the affairs of Linjiang Town, but he thought that Eunuch Kang should be able to report everything to the emperor in detail, and someone would come to investigate later, and the result of the investigation could only be entrusted to Dr. Huang's family who resident here.

"Understood." Huang Xiangkui carefully put away the note, "Abi has gone, our tracking clues have also been broken, Mr. Xu is the new clue, if you face the Demon Cult head-on in the future, please let me know and give us a reason Abi's chance to avenge Mingzhi."

"Definitely." Zuo Ming promised earnestly.

The sun was getting higher and higher during the day, and when it was time to set off, the people of Linjiang Town boldly came out to "join in the fun".

But of course there was nothing to see and nothing to say. Amidst the voices of "send off the prince", Chen Ke and Xu Qingfeng finally embarked on a journey to Wushan.

In just a few days, there have been many twists and turns, and even since rebirth, everything has been uncontrollably developing towards an unknown direction.

Putting down the curtain to block the sunlight outside, Chen Ke turned his head and met Xu Qingfeng's bright eyes.

After a few hugs, Xu Qingfeng likes to be close to him more and more, especially when he just wakes up, he will always come over in a daze to hug him to wake him up, in a completely dependent and defenseless attitude .

Xu Qingfeng smiled, his eyes were crooked, and he was full of a smile. Because of the sugar in his mouth, the left cheek was slightly swollen, like a small bun.Chen Ke couldn't help poking it, "Why?"

Xu Qingfeng took out the pine nut candy that Doctor Yin gave him, and handed it to Chen Ke: "Sweet..."

Chen Ke slightly bent his mouth, picked one up and put it in his mouth, and savored it carefully:

"Hmm. Very sweet..."