Lanting prelude

Chapter 46
The sky was dark and cloudy, and the moonlight had disappeared at some point.

In the dark wilderness, two groups of people were still fighting.There were more than 20 corpses lying on the ground, of which more than ten belonged to Wang Hongyi's party, and seven or eight belonged to Xi Yan's party.

Ever since he confirmed that the other party was Chu Lisang, Wang Hongyi was overjoyed and kept persuading him with good words, wanting Chu Lisang to go with him, but the only answer he received was a sharp knife coming from his face.Wang Hongyi was forced to accept the move, but he resisted and persuaded him at the same time, constantly mentioning various past events between himself and Chu Yingniang when they were young, trying to influence Chu Lisang.

Chu Lisang didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, and only focused on attacking fiercely with a knife. However, what Wang Hongyi said still made her heart flutter and her eyes wet with tears.When Wang Hongyi noticed it, he was secretly happy, and said again: "Sang'er, I'm sorry for your mother, and I'm even more sorry for you. Now that I want to atone for my sin, can't you give me a chance?"

"If you really want to make amends, let your men put down their knives!" Chu Lisang finally spoke angrily, but his attack did not weaken at all.

"As long as you agree to go with dad, dad will let them go." Wang Hongyi dodged left and right.

Chu Lisang's heart moved, and he couldn't help but secretly weighed the current situation: There were only five or six people left on Xiyan's side fighting hard, and the whole army might be wiped out if the fight continued, while Luxiu hid behind him and screamed again and again, several times. This time he was almost caught by Wang Hongyi's men.If he refuses to agree to Wang Hongyi, then there is a nine out of ten chance that they will die here today.

Thinking about this, Chu Lisang had no choice but to stop, put away the knife in his hand, and said coldly: "Okay, I'll go with you."

For now, I can only agree to him first, and then make plans in the future.

When Wang Hongyi heard the words, he couldn't help being overjoyed, and immediately ordered Wei Laoliu and others to stop.

Xi Yan had always wanted to get close to Chu Lisang, but he had been entangled by Wei Laoliu all the time. At this moment, he was surprised to see the other party stop. "Mr. Xi," Chu Lisang walked up to him, and said sadly, "I lied to you just now, hiding him... He is indeed my biological father. Now I have changed my mind, and I want to go with him. Hurry up Qizhou, we must find Xiao Lang, protect him, and then tell him, I... I am fine, let him not miss me."

As she said that, Chu Lisang's tears flowed down her cheeks.

Xi Yan was surprised and suspicious: "Miss Chu, the leader asked me to protect you, how can I leave? Are you being coerced by Ming Zang? I, Xi Yan, can never just watch you..."

"You don't need to say anything, I did it voluntarily." Chu Lisang wiped the corners of his eyes, and interrupted him coldly, "Hurry up and take the brothers away, leave now!"

Xi Yan's face was full of astonishment, and he didn't know what to do for a moment.

With a swish, Chu Lisang drew a knife across his neck, and said decisively, "Old Xi, I'll count to three. One!"

Xi Yan was shocked, and waved his hands again and again: "Okay, I'll go, don't be impulsive!" He said so, but his feet didn't move.

"two!"

Xi Yan became even more panicked, and had to call his subordinates to retreat a few steps, each took the reins of their mounts, but still looked at Chu Lisang.

"Take her away too." Chu Lisang suddenly pointed to the green sleeve beside him.

When Lu Xiu heard this, tears burst out of her eyes immediately: "My lady, you are so heartless, you want to drive me away again!"

Chu Lisang endured the pain in his heart, and said in a deep voice, "Following me is death!"

"I'm not afraid, even if I die, I will die with you!" Lvxiu yelled in tears, then grabbed a knife from the ground, and imitated Chu Lisang's way and hung it on his neck, "You don't take me Go, I will die now!"

Chu Lisang smiled sadly, and said helplessly to Xi Yan: "That's all, you guys go."

Hearing this, Luxiu finally burst into laughter.

Xi Yan and his men still stood still.

"You still don't leave, do you want to wait for me to call three?!" Chu Lisang yelled sharply, and with a strong hand, the blade instantly sank into the skin.

Although the night was dark, Wang Hongyi who was on the side still saw her movements, and he was very nervous, and said angrily: "Xi Yan, are you deaf, why don't you hurry up?!"

In desperation, Xi Yan stomped his feet resentfully, and led his men to get on the horse together, then walked around Chu Lisang a few times, finally sighed deeply, patted the horse and headed towards Qizhou.

Chu Lisang slowly put down the knife in his hand, watching Xi Yan and others disappear into the bewildered night.

The strong wind whimpered in the wilderness, blowing her temple hair and clothes into a mess.But her body remained motionless, as if it had turned into a stone sculpture.Wang Hongyi wanted to go up to her and talk to her several times, but he held back.He knew that Chu Lisang's heart was bleeding at the moment, and any word he said would be tantamount to sprinkling salt on her wound, so he could only remain silent.The green sleeve on the side also suppressed all kinds of confusion in his heart, and kept unusually quiet.

Chu Lisang just looked at the northern night sky for so long, and then a beautiful sea of ​​flowers appeared in front of her eyes.It was a sea of ​​colorful irises, and she saw herself running and shouting wildly among the flowers, while Xiao Junmo stood behind her and looked at her from a distance.

There was still a calm and breezy smile on his face, so calm and so warm.

His eyes are still like a pool of autumn water in an empty mountain and valley, so deep and so clear.

Chu Lisang smiled at the night sky, happy and desolate.

A crescent moon reappeared from the dark clouds.The cold moonlight shone on her pale face, and also saw a tear in the corner of her eye.

In the main hall of Prince Qi's Mansion, Cao Jie was jumping desperately, cursing Xiao Junmo.Li You got impatient and yelled at him, Cao Jie had no choice but to shut up resentfully.

"Xiao Junmo, according to what you mean, Cao Jie brought a knife to the court, and he was preparing to deliver a 'fatal blow' to this king?" Li You asked with squinted eyes.

Xiao Junmo smiled: "You can also say that. But in my opinion, Cao Jie's really powerful method is not to raise the knife in front of him, but to stab the knife in the back."

"A knife in the back?!"

"Yes. Your Highness, think about it. Once we start an incident, don't we need the weapons and gold and silk in the arsenal most? If Cao Jie uses his power to secretly empty out the arsenal and give us a bottom line, then What else are we going to do? So, this is the real fatal blow!"

Just when Xiao Junmo finished speaking, there was a sudden cackling of turtledoves outside the window.He couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief.Now that the secret signal appeared, it meant that Pei Tinglong and the others had cleared the guard posts around the main hall, and they were ready to rush in at any time.

"Xiao Junmo! You despicable and shameless villain! What you said is all groundless and groundless framing..." Cao Jie's eyes widened with anger, and he struggled desperately, but was helplessly held down by the two guards.

"What are you arguing about, shut up for me!" Li You suddenly got up, "Everyone follow me, I want to see what's wrong with the arsenal!"

This is the last chance to hold King Qi hostage.

If he was allowed to walk out of the main hall and summoned the government soldiers again, tonight's action would be in vain!

Xiao Junmo thought, and suddenly stepped forward: "Your Highness, it's too dangerous to go to the arsenal now! Think about it, Cao Jie was the brigade commander first, and then the Dian army. If he is really a spy, there are many of his people in the mansion. So the subordinates I believe that you should not take risks yourself until you have thoroughly investigated his henchmen!"

Li You stopped in his tracks and stared at him gloomyly: "Then what do you think we should do? Could it be that before this, this king can't go anywhere and can only stay here? How many spies are there in the mansion? How to check later?"

Xiao Junmo pretended to think for a while, and then his eyes lit up: "Your Highness, I have a plan, and I can quickly find out these people."

"Say!"

"This..." Xiao Junmo glanced at the officials in the hall, "Please forgive me, Your Highness, I'm afraid I can only tell you this plan."

When Li You heard it, a cold light suddenly shot out from his eyes, nailing Xiao Junmo's face firmly, as if trying to see through him.

"Your Highness, don't listen to him!" Cao Jie shouted again, "This guy is vicious and cunning..."

"Gag him up!" Li You roared angrily.

The two guards immediately found a piece of linen and stuffed it into Cao Jie's mouth.

"Your Highness, if you are worried, you can ask the guards to grab my arm, and then I will speak in front of you." Xiao Junmo said sincerely.

Li You looked at him for a while, finally calmed down, and glanced at the remaining two guards.The two understood, and immediately grabbed Xiao Junmo's arm from left to right, and brought him in front of Li You.

Xiao Junmo approached Li You, and was about to say something, when he suddenly looked at the screen behind Li You with horror, and shouted: "Your Highness, be careful!"

Li You turned around in a hurry, and the two guards subconsciously followed Xiao Junmo's gaze.At this moment, Xiao Junmo's hands grabbed the sabers around the waists of the two guards at the same time, pulled them out, and then inserted the two sabers into the feet of the two guards respectively, then jumped forward, jumped over the food table, and the saber in his right hand Putting it on Li You's neck, the knife in his left hand pointed straight at everyone in the hall.

This series of actions happened in a flash, and when the two guards wailed and everyone came back to their senses, King Qi had completely fallen into Xiao Junmo's hands, and the situation was instantly controlled by him.Cao Jie and the two guards were terrified, and rushed over with their knives, but Xiao Junmo pointed at them with the knives, so they had to stop a foot away, not daring to act rashly.

"Xiao Junmo, it turned out that you were the one who stabbed the knife in the back!" Li You gritted his teeth while looking at the horizontal knife under his eyes in horror.

"His Royal Highness, stop it. It's just an attempted treason to stop now. If you go back to the emperor to plead guilty, maybe you can be lenient." Xiao Junmo said calmly.

"You fart!" Li You's eyes widened angrily, "Xiao, you dare to do something wrong on this king's territory? Aren't you afraid that this king will chop you into meat paste at the order of this king?!"

"This is your territory, that's right," Xiao Junmo smiled, "It's a pity that I'm in charge now." After finishing speaking, he suddenly raised his foot and kicked over a food table in front of him, and the wine and dishes on the table clanged and overturned one place.

This is the secret code he and Pei Tinglong agreed in advance, indicating that he has successfully held King Qi hostage.

As soon as the sound sounded, all the windows on both sides of the main hall were knocked open almost simultaneously, and more than a dozen Xuanjia guards including Huan Dieyi, Hongyu, Luo Biao broke in through the windows one after another, forcing all the dozens of unarmed officials present .At the same time, Pei Tinglong and Xue An quickly killed several guards at the door with six or seven subordinates, and then strode in.

Seeing this scene, Li You, Cao Jie and others couldn't help being stunned and inexplicably astonished.

"A series of tricks?!" Li You smiled miserably, "Xiao Junmo, you are really deliberate!"

At this point, Qi Wang Li You finally saw what kind of chess Xiao Junmo was playing.

"Your Highness has won the award." Xiao Junmo said with a smile, "If you hadn't fully cooperated, it would be useless for me to think hard."

While speaking, Pei Tinglong and others had already walked over.At this time, two of the four guards had already fallen to the ground, and the remaining two looked at each other, and rushed forward bravely, but were cut down to the ground within a few rounds.Pei Tinglong walked straight to Li You, and suddenly turned his head to stare at Cao Jie.Cao Jie held the knife tremblingly, subconsciously took a few steps back.

"Pei Tinglong, you are late." Xiao Junmo said, "I was almost killed by you."

"I met a few patrols, so I was delayed for a while." Pei Tinglong picked up a jug on the ground, raised his head and took a few sips, smacking his mouth, "You eat and drink here, why are you complaining?"

"You envy me so much, if you knew you should do this job." Xiao Junmo said, pushing Li You over.

Pei Tinglong quickly grabbed it.

Li You's eyes were about to burst, and he struggled desperately: "The ones surnamed Xiao and the ones surnamed Pei, if you dare to hurt me, I will..."

Before he finished speaking, Pei Tinglong's knife handle had already hit him on the head. Li You felt his eyes go dark, and immediately fell to the ground and passed out.

Xiao Junmo threw away the two knives in his hand, walked a few steps forward, faced the terrified officials, and said loudly: "Everyone, I know your original intention and don't want to rebel, it's just being coerced by King Qi. Now I will follow Let us tell you the truth, the arsenal and the gates of various places in this mansion have been controlled by us, and His Royal Highness Qi Wang and Cao Dianjun seem to be unable to issue orders. If you are willing to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side, and return to the court, now is your last chance. If you are willing to obey Xiao advises, please take off your official hats to show your resolve."

All the officials looked at each other and were stunned for a while, then two or three took off their hats first and threw them on the ground, and then others followed suit one after another.In a short while, the hats of dozens of officials in the hall were already lying on the floor.

Xiao Junmo nodded in satisfaction, and then looked at Cao Jie who was at a loss: "Cao Dianjun, are you still reluctant to part with your official hat?"

Cao Jie finally broke down, threw away the knife and hat, and kowtowed on the ground: "Master Xiao General, I don't remember the villain's mistakes. I was deluded by ghosts and went astray. I was deceived by King Qi. Please check it out, please. The general forgives..."

"Forgive your crimes, I can't be the master, it depends on what the emperor and the court want." Xiao Junmo said calmly, and then turned to the officials, "Everyone, I can only wrong you to stay in the dungeon for a few days. Only after the decree is made can you accept the selection and appointment of the imperial court again."

Afterwards, Xue An led his men to escort Li You, Cao Jie and all the officials out.Huan Dieyi came forward and met Xiao Junmo's eyes.Both of them were full of emotion in their hearts, and they didn't know what to say for a moment.

Suddenly, Pei Tinglong flipped his wrist and pointed the tip of the knife at Xiao Junmo's throat: "Xiao Junmo, the matter with King Qi has been settled, now it's time to settle the score between us!"

Huan Dieyi, Luo Biao and Hongyu turned pale in shock, and at the same time drew their knives at Pei Tinglong.At this moment, there were still five or six Xuanjia guards in the hall, and when they saw this, they drew their swords and surrounded the three of them, and the scene suddenly became tense again.

Xiao Junmo looked at Pei Tinglong and smiled faintly: "Pei Tinglong, do you want my life that much?"

"Your life is what the Holy Majesty and the court want, not me."

"Pei Tinglong!" Huan Dieyi sternly said, "Without Xiao Lang, would the rebellion in Qizhou be put down so quickly? Even if he was guilty before, he has already paid for his merits. He is now a meritorious minister of the court. How can you still What do you want to settle?!"

"Whether he is a meritorious official or not, I don't count, and you don't count!" Pei Tinglong just saw Huan Dieyi staring at Xiao Junmo's eyes, and couldn't help but feel jealous in his heart. The accumulated resentment made him wish to tear Xiao Junmo into pieces.

"Pei Tinglong, do you think that if the king of Qi is settled, the mess in Qizhou will be over?" Xiao Junmo said coldly, "Do you know if there is any power behind the king of Qi? If so, you can deal with it Come on? So I advise you, don't be so eager to settle accounts with me, and it won't be too late for us to fight again after I clean up this mess. Both public and private, this is beneficial to you, isn't it? "

Hearing this, Pei Tinglong frowned, weighed the pros and cons in his heart, finally put down the knife, glared at Xiao Junmo bitterly, and strode out.The other men quickly followed him away.

Huan Dieyi, Luo Biao and Hongyu breathed a sigh of relief.Luo Biao came over, clenched his fist and beat Xiao Junmo's shoulder, with tears in his eyes, he said in a rough voice: "Boss, you have caused misery to the brothers these past few months!"

Xiao Junmo returned his punch with a smile: "Hundreds of people can't catch me alone, you have the face to say it!"

Luo Biao chuckled: "It's not that the brothers are incompetent, it's that wretch named Pei, how can he catch you with his two moves?"

Huan Dieyi and Hongyu looked at them, couldn't help but also smiled, but their eye circles were a little red.

At this moment, Du Xingmin hurried in, as if there was something urgent.Xiao Junmo patted Luo Biao's shoulder, signaled them to wait a moment, and then went up to him: "What's wrong?"

Du Xingmin said in a low voice, "Yu Shiqi and his son Yu Ping are here."

Xiao Junmo frowned: "Just the two of them?"

"Yes."

"Let them in."

When Yu Shiqi and his son entered the main hall, everyone avoided, only Xiao Junmo stood in front of the screen with his back to the door.

Just now when the two of them came to the gate of Prince Qi's Mansion, they immediately felt that the atmosphere was not right.Yu Ping persuaded his father to leave quickly, but after Yu Shiqi thought for a while, he still ordered the soldiers at the gate to inform him as if nothing had happened.Then, the two of them waited at the door for more than half an hour before a team of fully armed soldiers led them into the mansion—it was not so much leading the way as they were escorting them.

Along the way, Yu Shiqi observed the situation in the mansion and understood something in his heart.Seeing that Yu Ping was extremely nervous, Yu Shiqi said calmly: "Ping'er, remember what Dad said, no matter what happens later, you have to go back immediately, take the whole family and leave quickly, as far as you can go. From now on Whether it is a temple or a river or lake, it has nothing to do with our Yu family! Do you understand?"

Yu Ping was taken aback for a moment, and became even more frightened: "Father, what do you mean by this? If we want to leave, we have to go together!"

"It's good to be able to go together." Yu Shiqi smiled bitterly, "If you can't, you have to take responsibility and protect the whole family."

Afterwards, the two were brought in front of Du Xingmin, and after waiting in the front yard for a while, they were brought to the main hall.Before entering the door, Du Xingmin took their sabers.

As soon as he walked in, Yu Shiqi couldn't help smiling wryly when he saw the official hats thrown all over the hall.The situation has been clearly seen - King Qi probably fell, and all the officials are likely to defect, and the person who miraculously did this in just one day is undoubtedly the young man standing in the hall at the moment!

It seems that Mingzang is right to be eager to get out, and the current situation is really not what he expected.He left Qizhou in such a hurry, besides looking for his so-called biological daughter, there seemed to be another reason, which was out of fear of this young man.At this moment, Yu Shiqi couldn't help being curious: a person who can make the experienced and ruthless Mingzang so fearful, a person who can completely overthrow the Qi Palace in a day, who is so sacred? !

"Is this Mr. Xiao Junmo?" Yu Shiqi stood still ten steps away and spoke.

"Don't dare to call me Mr. Xiao Lang." Xiao Junmo turned around and smiled, "You are Mr. Xu Zhou?"

"I don't dare to take the word 'Mr.'." Yu Shiqi said, "I heard that Xiao Lang is now the leader of the alliance. I wonder if the news is true?"

Xiao Junmo laughed: "This matter can be said to be yes or no."

"Oh? How do you say this?"

"The reason why Xiao Mou does not pretend to be the leader of the alliance is only to prevent Ming Zang from causing chaos in the world; once the mission is completed, Xiao Mou will immediately let the virtuous, and will never fall in love."

"Mr. Mingzang is a descendant of Wang Xi and the nephew of the former alliance leader Zhiyong. He is determined to make the alliance bigger and revive the reputation of the alliance. How can he be said to be a disaster for the world?"

"There is nothing wrong with the Everbright League, but we can't do anything."

"What do you mean by unscrupulous means?"

"Indiscriminate killing of innocents, persecution of goodness, disobedience to the leader's will, pursuit and killing of left envoys and eloquent talents, betrayal of the purpose of the alliance; plotting, endangering the country, attempting to usurp the throne and seize power, lest the world will not be chaotic! All these things, Mr. Xuzhou doesn't know ?”

Of course Yu Shiqi knew what kind of person Ming Zang was.He will come together with Mingzang, first of all because he is dissatisfied with Li Shimin today, and secondly, it is nothing more than mutual use.Hearing Xiao Junmo's words now, he has no words to refute.After a moment of silence, Yu Shiqi asked: "Dare to ask Xiao Lang, where is His Royal Highness King Qi?"

"Dungeon." Xiao Junmo said bluntly.

Yu Shiqi smiled wryly and remained silent, but Yu Ping next to him looked shocked.

"Then Xiao Lang plans to throw our father and son into the dungeon?" Yu Shiqi asked.

"Mr. Xuzhou, as long as you look back now, I can help you find a way to minimize the guilt."

"Oh?" Yu Shiqi was a little surprised, "Why did you help me?"

"Since I am the leader of the alliance, I have the responsibility to help the brothers in this alliance. Also, to fight against Mingzang, it also requires the concerted efforts of all members of the Heavenly Punishment Alliance."

"I see. What do you mean, you want me to obey you?"

"Whether you want to obey orders or not, it's your choice, sir, I won't force you."

"If I take orders from you, do you want me to kill Mingzang and protect Li Shimin?" Yu Shiqi had a mocking smile on his lips.

"I don't want to kill anyone, but if someone is determined to do evil, I can't stand by." Xiao Junmo met his gaze, "Besides, I won't deliberately protect anyone. If I must say protection, then I only protect The purpose and mission of the alliance, as well as the peace of the world and the tranquility of the people."

Yu Shiqi's heart moved slightly.With years of experience in the world, he knew that this young man was telling the truth.Even if he didn't fully agree with him, Yu Shiqi had to admit that this young man seemed to have an invisible power that could absorb people's hearts.

He didn't know where this power came from.Perhaps, when a person regards "protecting the world and the people" as his mission and even his belief from the bottom of his heart, then he will naturally have this kind of power, right?

"Xiao Lang said just now that he could help me, but I don't know how to help? After all, I killed Qi Governor Shi Quan Wanji, and it is also a fact that he joined forces with King Qi to rebel. If you help me, aren't you deceiving the court?"

"The imperial court may not always be right." Xiao Junmo smiled coldly, "Let's talk about the suppression of the gentry this time. From the emperor and the imperial court, down to Quan Wanji and local officials, all kinds of excuses were found to suppress the gentry. It is injustice for the descendants of the gentry to put to death, regardless of the specific reasons, or not in accordance with the law. Since the court is unjust first, then whether the husband kills Quan Wanji or joins forces with the king of Qi, it is unjust. It is a last resort for self-preservation. Although it violates the law, it is justifiable. Therefore, I can help Mr. within the scope of my ability. In my opinion, this is righteousness. Even for this What's the point of deceiving the court? Mencius said that a gentleman should be good at making changes when his sister-in-law drowns in his uncle's aid, isn't that what he meant?"

After hearing these words, Yu Shiqi couldn't help but feel admiration.

He often regrets that there are no righteous men like the Spring and Autumn Period in today's world, but Xiao Junmo in front of him seems to have the chivalrous style he admires most.However, even if Xiao Junmo really wanted to help him, he dared not accept it calmly.Because killing someone for life is a matter of course, even though Xiao Junmo could try to help him get rid of the crime, Yu Shiqi didn't want to confuse his conscience, let alone implicate Xiao Junmo.

"Xiao Lang has a heart for the common people, and his righteousness is beyond the sky, please be respected by the old man!" Yu Shiqi clasped his fists in both hands, and suddenly knelt down.Seeing this, Yu Ping next to him also quickly knelt down.

Xiao Junmo was startled, and hurried forward to help: "Sir, you don't have to be like this, please get up quickly!"

"Leader..." Yu Shiqi finally changed his words, but still insisted on kneeling, "I am ashamed, even if I want to follow the leader, I am afraid that I will be powerless. What I have done by myself must be borne by myself. I just want to ask for something, and I hope you can do it again." The lord agrees."

"You get up first, get up and talk."

Yu Shiqi stood up slowly, but suddenly stepped back five or six steps without warning, and at the same time drew a dagger from his sleeve, and pressed it against his neck.

Xiao Junmo and Yu Ping were shocked and wanted to rush up to stop him, but Yu Shiqi shouted: "Don't come here!" The two had to stop in their tracks and looked at him anxiously.

"Old Yu!" Xiao Junmo said seriously, "There is nothing that cannot be resolved. Put down the knife and let's discuss it slowly."

"No, this matter can only be resolved by the old man himself." Yu Shiqi smiled sadly, "The old man has more than 30 members of his family, but now he committed the crime of murder and treason because of a single thought. If the court pursues it, no one will be spared. Now Plan, the old man can only kill himself. Please ask the lord to hand over the old man's head to the court, and say that the first culprit has been punished. I hope the court forgives and don't implicate the innocent again. If this can save my Yu family from being wiped out, the old man can smile in Jiuquan If there is an afterlife, the old man will definitely follow the lord to do the work of a dog and a horse!" After finishing speaking, Yu Shiqi turned the point of the knife and pierced it hard into his heart.

This thrust was so violent that the blade completely sank into the body, leaving only the handle exposed.

Xiao Junmo and Yu Ping rushed up at the same time, and supported Yu Shiqi who was slowly falling.

"Father!" Yu Ping hugged his father and burst into tears.

"Ping'er..." Blood gushed out from Yu Shiqi's chest and mouth, "Remember...what Dad said, hurry up and stay away from the temple...and the rivers and lakes..."

After speaking, Yu Shiqi tilted his head to the side and stopped breathing.

Yu Ping hugged the corpse tightly, crying heartbreakingly.

Xiao Junmo never expected that Yu Shiqi would take this step, and he was a little confused for a while, so he couldn't help but froze on the spot.I don't know how long it took, but Yu Ping was crying hoarsely, Xiao Junmo patted him on the shoulder: "Dead people can't be resurrected, Yu Lang mourns."

"Leader..." Yu Ping's eyes were red and swollen, "My father said to hand over the head to the imperial court, you... would you do that?"

"How is it possible?!" Xiao Junmo smiled wryly, "Don't worry, I won't do such a thing, you take the old man's body back so that he can bury it."

"Then, how do you explain to the court?"

"You just have to do as your father ordered, and quickly take your family and hide away, and I will deal with other things myself."

Yu Ping nodded sadly.

"By the way," Xiao Junmo suddenly remembered something, "Is Yuan Gongwang still in your house?"

As soon as he was mentioned, Yu Ping felt ashamed: "Uncle Yuan, he is at my house, but... he was seriously injured."

"He was injured?" Xiao Junmo was surprised, "Why was he injured?"

Yu Ping muttered, "Yes, he was tortured by the people from Mingzang."

"What did you say? Ming Zang?!" Xiao Junmo became more astonished, "He also came to Qizhou?"

Yu Ping nodded, then briefly explained the matter of his father's appointment with Mingzang, who then arrested and tortured Yuan Gongwang, and finally said: "However, he left suddenly a few hours ago."

Xiao Junmo frowned: "Going away again? Do you know why?"

Yu Ping shook his head, and suddenly remembered after a while: "By the way, I heard from my father that it seems that one of Uncle Yuan's subordinates confessed something, and then Mingzang took people away in a hurry."

Xiao Junmo was shocked, and looked at Yu Ping with wide eyes: "Be clear, what did Mingzang hear?"

"It seems that... it means to find his biological daughter or something..."

Before Yu Ping finished speaking, Xiao Junmo rushed out like a gust of wind and disappeared at the door in an instant.

All the gates of Qizhou City have been taken over by Xuanjiawei.

At this time, Huan Dieyi and Hongyu were dealing with related matters at the south gate, when a steed suddenly rushed out of the darkness and galloped towards the gate at an almost crazy speed.Huan Dieyi was startled, and immediately ordered the gatekeepers to intercept.The soldiers did not dare to be negligent, and immediately formed a long spear formation side by side, and a whole row of spears shining with cold light pointed at the coming people.

"Who is here?" Huan Dieyi drew his knife out of its sheath and shouted sharply, "Dismount quickly and report your identity!"

The other party turned a deaf ear to it, and still galloped forward at full speed.

Five feet, four feet, three feet... At the last moment, the knight immediately shouted: "Get out of the way!"

Huan Dieyi recognized the voice, and hurriedly shouted to the soldiers: "Get out of the way!"

The long spear array quickly separated towards the two sides, Xiao Junmo patted his horse and flew past the middle, and was swallowed up by the thick black night outside the city in a blink of an eye.

Hongyu looked at the place where Xiao Junmo disappeared with a face of horror, and murmured: "Sister Dieyi, what's wrong with General Xiao?"

Huan Dieyi also stared at the darkness in the distance, and only said one word: "Chasing!"

At dawn, Xiao Junmo met Xi Yan and the others head-on at a distance of more than [-] miles south of Qizhou City.

Seeing Xi Yan's expression, Xiao Junmo realized what had happened.Sitting stiffly on the horse, he felt that his heart was sinking heavily, as if there was a bottomless abyss hidden in his body, which could make his heart fall endlessly.Xi Yan knelt down in front of the horse in great sadness, told the story in detail, and then slapped himself hard.Xiao Junmo asked two of his subordinates to hold him down, and said sadly, "I know you tried your best, so I don't blame you." The tough man Xi Yan, who seldom shed tears all his life, burst into tears when he heard this.

At this moment, Xiao Junmo wanted to cry wantonly, but there were no tears in his eyes.

Because crying requires strength, and now he just feels that all the strength in his body has been drained.

I don't know when it started to rain lightly, and the rain quickly wet Xiao Junmo's eyelashes, making him look like he was crying too.Xiao Junmo thought, God, you are really suitable for the occasion, if I can't cry, you will come and do me this favor.

There is a small hill next to the post road. Xiao Junmo came to the hill trustingly and looked towards the gray western sky.He knew that Chu Lisang must have been taken back to Chang'an by Wang Hongyi, but he didn't know which sky she was under now, whether it was raining in the sky there, or whether the rain there had wetted her body. eyelash.

Xi Yan said that Wang Hongyi turned out to be Chu Lisang's biological father, and Xiao Junmo was caught off guard and expected.Because this explained all the doubts he had found before.Xiao Junmo guessed that Chu Lisang must have known about it when she was in Tianmu Mountain, but she kept it a secret and didn't tell him—she would rather endure this huge pain alone than tell him the truth, and she didn't want to mess up His will and determination to fight against Mei Zang.

Thinking of this, Xiao Junmo felt that even his breathing hurt.

In order to help you complete your mission, a woman made such a great sacrifice, but you threw her here recklessly, allowing her to be taken away by that devilish biological father.

Xiao Junmo kept calling himself a jerk in his heart.He really wanted to call Xi Yan and the others over and let them take turns to slap him...

The rain is getting heavier.Xiao Junmo glanced back inadvertently, and saw Huan Dieyi standing blankly at the foot of the hill looking at him, the heavy rain had already drenched her to the drenched body.

Perhaps it was the appearance of Huan Dieyi that instantly brought him back to reality.Xiao Junmo wiped the rain off his face, and finally looked at the western sky, and then slowly rode down the hill.

Wait for my son, wait for me in Chang'an.

No one in the world can take you away from me, not even your biological father.

There is no force in the world that can separate us, not even blood and swords, not even death...

(End of this chapter)