Changfeng has a place to return

In a room covered with veils, flickering candles were lit, and the night shrouded most of the light, leaving only a faint yellow in the room.The wind blows and the silver bell rings, broken intermittently, and the sound of water, which makes people think of the Qinhuai cruise ship that year when they close their eyes. It is sweet and cheap, like the letter of a poisonous snake, just a little bit, it will make people dizzy.

Mu Zhe was sitting on a chair, looking at the young woman behind the veil, her brows and eyes were rippling like a fox fairy, her lips were stained with blood, but she was a little less charming than before.He looked at him insanely, and suddenly his expression was painful, and through the person in front of him, he asked the lonely soul who had passed away a few years ago: "Why didn't you give birth to a daughter who looked exactly like you? "

Feng Xiaojin didn't speak, but closed her eyes indifferently.He could hear the footsteps of the other party gradually approaching, and stayed there for a long time, and then a hand as old as bark touched his face.

"Why didn't you wait for me, but followed that dog official surnamed Tan?" Mu Zhe continued to ask, "They even said that you redeemed yourself."

He didn't understand why she refused to leave Qin Huai with him since she was rich.

Feng Xiaojin understood.It is actually not hard to guess what choice a brothel girl will make when facing a gangster who is being hunted down by the court, and a suave son of a royal nobleman at the same time.

Mu Zhe has been confused for many years, just because he doesn't want to admit it, he doesn't want to admit that the pure and pure goddess in his mind is actually the same as most women in this world, he cares about a man's status, and he doesn't want to admit that she didn't fancy him at all. , I don't want to admit that the imagined separation of lovers is actually just wishful thinking.It's ridiculous to say that the leader of the cult who is best at playing with people's hearts is also subject to the weakness of people's hearts and avoids cowardice. For so many years, he has been struggling to solve a simple problem, so that he has driven himself into a lunatic.

Feng Xiaojin doesn't think that her mother is such a bad woman, nor does she think that she is such a good woman. In the final analysis, she is just a mediocre layman.When I was young, I met a handsome son from a prominent family and wanted to gamble, but my life was miserable. If I made a wrong bet, my life would be ruined.

He could no longer remember what the so-called "father" looked like.When I was eight years old, I killed the tofu guy and took all the valuables in my family all the way north. After going through a lot of hardships, I finally arrived at Wangcheng in the middle of winter. Driving five carriages, there are carvings and paintings on the roof of each house, and the glazed tiles are so brilliant that people can't open their eyes under the direct sunlight.

People are also different from those mean neighbors in the small town. They are dressed in flamboyant clothes, and the nobles are wrapped in thick furs, and they all look very happy.The lady proprietress of the steamed stuffed bun shop first spotted the little boy standing barefoot in the snow. She exclaimed, and hurriedly sent a man to the backyard to find some clean old clothes, and beckoned to him, "Son, don't stay there, come in quickly!" Roast on the fire."

Feng Xiaojin was dragged into the shop by the staff, washed and changed his clothes, the proprietress brought him steamed stuffed buns and hot soup, and asked, "Are you here to look for relatives in Wangcheng?"

"Yes." Feng Xiaojin held the hot soup, looked at the red silk hanging on the tree outside, and asked enviously, "Auntie, is the New Year in Wangcheng so lively every time?"

"It's only the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, and it's not Chinese New Year yet. Hanging red silk is a happy event in the Tan family. Master Tan is going to take a concubine today." The proprietress laughed, "My boy is going to beg for candy later, so you can go and play together , By the way, who are your relatives, and where do they live? Let me see if I can help you."

Tan Mansion, Mr. Tan.Feng Xiaojin raised her head and asked, "Is it the Tan Mansion on Zhengyang Street? Which Master Tan?"

"It's the Tan Mansion on Zhengyang Street, and there is only one Tan Mansion in Wangcheng." The proprietress said, "Tan Xiaozhong, Mrs. Tan, the third lady from Na Zhou Mansion is going to come in today."

Feng Xiaojin's finger was slightly wrong, and the sweet peanut brown sugar filling flowed out from the bun, warmly covering his palm, and he asked, "Master Tan takes a concubine, so who is his wife?"

"It's the daughter of Mr. Li from the household department. When they got married, it was much more lively than today." The proprietress opened the chatterbox. , Watching the procession of welcoming relatives walking down the long street.And young master Tan's family rode his horse in front of the team, with a face like a crown of jade and a smile like a spring breeze. Just one glance, it became the dream of countless girls in Wangcheng.

Feng Xiaojin thought to herself, eleven or twelve years ago.

At that time, my mother was holding her stomach, or was hugging herself, staying in that dilapidated tofu shop, staring at the north day by day.She thought that he was waiting for her, that as long as she could reach the king city and appear in front of him, she would still have a lover and get married.And what caused the current predicament is not ruthlessness, but man-made.

She felt that the man loved her, so she often secretly told her son about the short meeting, about the man's promise, about the prosperity of the royal city, and the "better days in the future" that only existed in fantasy.

"Your father will find us," she said.

So Feng Xiaojin also believed that his father would definitely go to Qinhuai to pick up his mother and himself. Once he found out that he was gone, he would send out servants to look for him like crazy in every corner. He also had such an extravagant dream, Gritting his teeth all the way to Wangcheng.

But on the first day of arriving in Wangcheng, he met his father and concubine, and he also had a wife, a son, and a daughter.

Feng Xiaojin finished eating the steamed stuffed bun in silence, and followed the proprietress' son to the gate of the Tan Mansion.The butler in brocade was all smiles, and was distributing candy to the children, Xi Po shouted something like "more children, more blessings", the surroundings were extremely noisy, and the brain began to twist from the noise.In the agony of being bitten by ants, he saw his father for the first time, wearing a red dress and riding a white horse, smiling so happily that he went to pick up his bride excitedly without even looking at himself .

All the boxes were wrapped in silky red silk, and some of them were blown away by the wind and fell to the ground, where they were trampled dirty. Feng Xiaojin thought of her mother, who hadn't bought a new piece of fabric for eight years.

"You silly boy." An aunt next to him suddenly patted him on the shoulder, "Master Tan is getting married. It's such a happy event. Why are you crying? Be careful if the manager sees you and scolds you. Which house do you live in?" Ah, where are your parents?"

"Dead." Feng Xiaojin looked at the back of the handsome rider through the mist covering her eyes, "Mother is dead, and father is also dead."

"Hey." The aunt regretted a little, and said softly, "I shouldn't ask, stop crying, then where do you live?"

Feng Xiaojin pushed her away and slowly walked out of the crowd.

He didn't want to recognize that father anymore, even if the other party still had the slightest possibility, he was willing to recognize himself.He is also unwilling to repeat the sufferings he and his mother have suffered in the past eight years in exchange for the cheap sympathy of the people in that mansion mansion, whether they are curious, pity, or surprised, not to mention that there may be no sympathy at all. If there is, I will only be driven out like a wild dog.

The roll of red silk rolled to the ground, and my mother had to push the stone mill for half a year before she could afford it.As Feng Xiaojin walked, she was obsessed with thinking about what the people in Tan's mansion were doing when she was suffering from hunger, cold and abuse because of losing a copper coin in that tofu workshop.

The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and after the anxiety and anger passed, he felt tired and numb again. He was like a walking corpse, walking in the heavy snow that was raging in the royal city. I felt cold until I fell headlong into the snow.

He thought he was going to die, but finally woke up, in a rickety carriage surrounded by a circle of drunken men.

"Where are the officers and soldiers?"

"Don't worry, we have already dumped you."

They were chatting and laughing, when the leading man saw that Feng Xiaojin was awake, he picked him up and threw another jug ​​of wine over.

"Little brat, I think you are also homeless, let's go, follow me to the east to ask for a living."

Feng Xiaojin took a sip from the jug, choking himself until he coughed.

He didn't ask who the other party was, but he could guess one or two based on the sentence "dump the officers and soldiers".

They are enemies of the imperial court.

That is, the enemy of his so-called "father".

Feng Xiaojin said: "Okay."

Since then, he has become a villain who frightens ordinary people.

He once vowed to kill the Tan family and let them all go down to accompany his mother, so he practiced hard, and finally, after five years, he got the chance.

Tan Xiaozhong was ordered to escort the relief money and food to the south. Although he brought a whole army, he still suffered from the terrain and was rushed to pieces by the bandits.

Feng Xiaojin put the long sword on his neck.

Tan Xiaozhong lay on the ground in embarrassment, perhaps because his face was covered with mud, he looked much older than the day he took the concubine, with wrinkles and gray hair.He yelled at the gangsters for their inhumanity: "How many people are waiting for this batch of money and food in Baihe? !"

"How rare is it to starve to death?" Feng Xiaojin looked at him condescendingly, "As early as seven or eight years ago, my mother died of hunger and cold. If the man who promised him on the flower boat can find her, then, where are you, Mr. Tan?"

Tan Xiaozhong didn't understand the meaning of his words, he just got up with great effort, and said: "The imperial court just knew that the people's life is not easy, so they went around to raise money and food. If you rob these things, there will be tens of thousands of women in the world." People also died due to hunger and cold, at least...at least half of the food was left for me to transport them to the disaster area."

Feng Xiaojin said: "So you didn't remember her at all."

Tan Xiaozhong said: "What?"

"I mean, if you have the ability to grab this batch of things, you can take them back from me." Feng Xiaojin said coldly, got on her horse, and walked away.He knew Dayan's laws and what an official who lost relief supplies would face when he went back. This was more interesting than killing the other party.

Tan Xiaozhong was left behind to continue yelling.

The wind finally blew away all the sounds.

But Tan Xiaozhong died in the end.

The whole house died at the hands of Mu Zhe.

Just die.

Feng Xiaojin thought to herself.

All are mortal.

Mu Zhe rubbed his face, unwilling to let go for a long time.He drank some wine on purpose, and half drunk and half awake, he stared intently at the beauty in front of him who had been infatuated with him all his life.He felt that he was not old, but still young, with vigorous vitality.

"You are not humble at all." Mu Zhe said, "Soon, very soon I will make you the most noble woman in the whole world."

The wind was blowing through the room, blowing the candles to the brink of extinguishment.

The shadow on the wall became more and more strange.

Wumeng Yunle put the lampshade away and asked, "How long will it take for your injury to heal?"

"I don't know, neither the witch doctor nor Ah Chang can say for sure." Wumeng Yunyou frowned, "I feel pain in all my bones. How is the village?"

"A lot of nasty Nanyang people came here." Wu Mengyun said cheerfully, "All the disciples are ready to fight. They said that Dayan's army may be coming soon."

Wumeng Yunyou snorted: "How could they pass through the dense forest safe and sound, and that Kuyou still refuses to talk to you?"

"He is willing to talk to me." Wu Mengyun said cheerfully, "That's enough."

"But I heard Ah Chang said that day that the leader would use him to exchange for the lost batch of gold."

"I have already asked the leader, and he said that Kuyou will not be sent away, but will stay in our Baifujiao forever."

"He won't agree to marry you, and the leader may kill him."

Wumeng Yunle pinched the handkerchief: "But the leader knows that I like him, I won't let him die, I want him to be my husband."

Wumeng Yunyou was too lazy to listen to the girl's ramblings, and pulled the quilt to cover her head: "You'd better be sober, or let the little uncle explain the truth to you."

"I haven't seen him for most of the day." Wumeng Yunle looked back out the window, "He seems to be staying with the leader."

……

Qingyao sent a new letter.

Sure enough, as Liang Shu had guessed, the other party chose the exchange location by a lake in a dense forest.

Gao Lin said, "Pour all the gold and jewelry into the lake?"

"The miasma in this area is very thick." Liang Shu said, "Our soldiers can only avoid inhaling too much poisonous mist by pushing the carts in and out quickly. It is indeed beneficial to them."

"They chose this place, which means they have measured the depth of the lake." Liu Xian'an said, "Should we do what they say?"

"Exchange Kuyou first, and they won't be able to consume this batch of gold and silver in the short term. We only need to wipe out Bai Fujiao in the shortest possible time, and there won't be too much loss." Gao Lin said, "Now the biggest The problem is that they won't hand over the real torture in all likelihood."

Liang Shu looked at the people of the Scimitar Silver Moon Clan.

"My lord, please don't worry." The man clasped his fists and said, "We will follow them and make sure they won't be noticed."

"Then everything will go according to plan." Liang Shu told Cheng Suyue, "Go and load the gold and silver into the cart!"

Gao Lin also went to help, thinking silently in his heart, Kuyou must come back, but the money must also come back together, after all, my prince has already planned how to divide it.He picked up a silver ingot casually, and told his subordinates to speed up. A soldier slipped over and asked, "Lieutenant Gao, are you really going to give away all this money?"

"That's right." Gao Lin patted him deeply, "Who made you commanders worth anything?"

Xiaobing: "..."

What's the matter, I vaguely feel that Lieutenant Gao doesn't seem to be very worried?

After a whole night and a day of busy work, everyone finally loaded all the gold and silver into the car, and drove all the way into the dense forest.Liang Shu personally led the team, and Cheng Suyue followed and escorted them. At the junction where the fog was about to thicken, the lake also faintly appeared at the end of the line of sight.

Ku You was being hung and tied to an old tree with a crooked neck, covered in blood and motionless. Below his body was the quiet lake.

"His Royal Highness, come down." A woman in red stood in the forest, "It's best for none of us to play tricks, otherwise—" She looked at the mechanism beside her, "As long as I cut With this rope, hundreds of sharp arrows will shoot through his body."

Cheng Suyue asked loudly: "What if we poured all the jewels into the lake, but you still cut the rope?"

"Girl, don't worry, with Bai Fu Buddha's mother on board, we won't break our word." The woman in red giggled, "Besides, we only want to get back the gold and silver, but we don't have the guts to provoke His Royal Highness Xiao. Thinking about finding a chance to negotiate peace with His Highness, you won’t play tricks on the matter of the bitter commander, don’t you think so?”

She easily jumped onto the branch so that she could see each other more clearly: "This is the most reasonable exchange we can think of. Even if the girl thinks it's unfair, there's nothing I can do. If you still hesitate..." She There is a burning wooden stick between his fingers, which may burn the ropes of the implicated organs at any time.

Liang Shu said, "Fall!"

"Yes!" Cheng Suyue beckoned, and the first batch of more than ten soldiers, covered with cloth scarves, pushed the cart into the forest, dumping all the gold, silver and jewels on the cart into the lake. Immediately afterwards, the second batch of soldiers Also rushed up.

The third batch.

Fourth batch.

……

When the last ten carts of jewels were poured into the lake, the woman in red raised her hand and threw the torch into the lake, laughing loudly, "His Royal Highness is really trustworthy, don't worry, we are also very trustworthy!"

After saying that, she turned around and fell lightly into the depths of the miasma forest. The rest of the disciples of Baifu Sect soon disappeared without a trace, leaving only one Kuyou still hanging alone in the middle of the lake.

Liang Shu flew forward himself, cut off the rope with a sword, and Kuyou opened his eyes in a daze in the air. He spat out a mouthful of blood, dazed, and his golden pupils were lax and said: "I, they, this is Where, I-"

Before he could finish his sentence, Kuyou's eyes suddenly opened wide!Liang Shu was wearing a thin layer of tencel gloves that were almost imperceptible, and he squeezed the hands that were about to take the opportunity to attack until the bones broke!A few Gu worms "buzzed" and fell into the lake.Liang Shu's knee made him gasp, and suppressed the scream.The two fell in the forest, Cheng Suyue immediately led someone to shake off a huge blanket, and wrapped the injured head and feet inside.

"Take Commander Ku back quickly!" she shouted at the top of her voice.

The woman in red hiding in the dense forest watched them leave in a hurry before she stood up in satisfaction.

The members of the Scimitar Silver Moon Clan also quietly followed behind her.

……

Liu Xian'an was anxiously waiting in the barracks, which could make a [-]-year-old sleeping fairy feel anxious. It can be seen that His Royal Highness Xiao Wang is indeed very important. He kept walking up and down until Gao Lin was dizzy. Dare to make an opinion, so he had to look at the other two members of the Liu family, but they didn't see any results.Because there is a consensus from the top and bottom of Baihe Villa that Second Master Liu's walking is a festive event that can be paralleled with the New Year, and it is too late to encourage, so there is no reason to stop it.

So Lieutenant General Gao had no choice but to continue to be dizzy until the noise came from the gate of the barracks.

"The bitter commander is back, the bitter commander is back!" the soldiers shouted happily.

Everyone rushed to welcome them out. When Gao Lin saw his prince's expression, he knew, "Well, the one who came back is really a counterfeit".

While cooperating with acting, he asked his sister in a low voice: "Did you show your flaws so soon? I have been selected by Bai Fujiao for a long time, and I have studied with Kuyou for so long. The fakes I have cultivated will at least let us The prince is confused for a moment."

"I'm also wondering, the lord broke the wrist bone of the other party as soon as he hit it, and he was knocked out." Cheng Suyue said, "I saw it on the way, and his face was exactly the same as Kuyou's, and his eyes were the same, even Yi No trace of the mask can be found."

Gao Lin was puzzled, how did he find out?