Mu Hanzhong

The pouring rain poured down, and the mountain road was muddy.A carriage was driving the road in the rain, and the driver in black sat firmly on the shaft, with a grass root he found somewhere in his mouth, and hummed an unknown tune softly. A laid-back look.

Suddenly, the driver took the reins, and the horses pulling the cart stopped.He turned around and headed into the carriage.

The interior of the carriage is spacious, with a simple but very comfortable layout. The floor is covered with thick felt carpets, and there are stoves, coffee tables, and soft couches for sitting and lying on.

On the soft couch lay a tall man, who was in a deep sleep.The full forehead exposed outside the quilt was covered with a white bandage, and a faint red was smudged from one place.

The driver took off his coir raincoat and threw it on the shaft of the car, then walked to the soft couch, tested the temperature on the man's forehead with his fingers, took the wound medicine from the corner, squeezed his chin, and fed the pill into it.After finishing all this, he went out again and continued to drive.

Nan Xiaohuan opened his eyes, and what he could see was the slightly shaking roof of the carriage.

After being dazed for a long time, he tried to recall the previous memories, but just after a few afterimages flashed through his mind, his head started to hurt.

At this time, the carriage stopped suddenly.The curtain was lifted and a person walked in.

When Nan Xiaohuan heard the voice, he tried his best to turn his head to look at the person coming.

"Are you awake? ... Come, drink some water."

There was a faint smile on the corner of the man's mouth, but the flash of astonishment, with a little bit of surprise, was completely caught by Nan Xiaohuan's eyes.There was a movement in his heart, but before Nan Xiaohuan could react, the man lifted him up very skillfully, and brought a water cup to his lips.

After drinking some water, Nan Xiaohuan finally sorted out all the thoughts in his mind, watched the man put away the teacup, and asked, "...Commander Luo."

"Huh?" Luo Qingling turned around, throwing questioning eyes away.

With a hoarse voice and a very weak voice, Nan Xiaohuan coughed a few times and continued to ask, "Where are you going?"

Nan Xiaohuan stared at Luo Qingling, his brain was replaying the last memory before coma one by one. ...It was undoubtedly Luo Qingling who saved him, and the last voice he heard was his... The internal injuries caused by the Burning Heart Palm were very serious, and many meridians in his body were damaged... He tried to gather his internal strength, and the next moment, his whole body was heaving There was a needle-like pain.

Luo Qingling hurried over and lifted the quilt covering Nan Xiaohuan.On the bandage that almost covered the whole body, spots of blood were fainting together...

"Your right arm is broken. I've already found someone to fix it for you. Be careful these days. Also, don't get angry... That Burning Heart Palm is very powerful..." In the blink of an eye, the white bandage was stained red again by blood. Luo Qingling took out the wound medicine and bandages from the medicine box at the side, and while untying the bandages on Nan Xiaohuan's body, he said, "I don't know the extent of your internal injuries..."

"Where are you going?"

Nan Xiaohuan watched him leaning over in front of him and busy changing those blood-stained bandages, but there was no emotion in his black eyes, and even his tone was a bit cold.

Hearing this, Luo Qingling moved his body, but his subordinates stopped: "Go back to Xuanjing."

"Back to Beijing?!"

Even though he had noticed the indescribable strangeness in this person just now, when Nan Xiaohuan heard the answer, he almost got up from the soft couch in shock.

"It's hard to walk in the heavy rain, and the speed has slowed down a lot." Luo Qingling's eyes were calm, as if he was talking about something that should be taken for granted. He lowered his head again and tore off the strip wrapped around Nan Xiaohuan's arm with a swipe. Bandages, "It is estimated that His Highness has been waiting impatiently, and we have to hurry up in the next few days."

"..." Nan Xiaohuan's heart sank, his left hand was as fast as lightning, and he reached for Luo Qingling's wrist.

With a sound of "pa", Luo Qingling's other hand restrained Nan Xiaohuan's left hand.He raised his head slowly, and smiled suddenly at Nan Xiaohuan with his handsome face: "That's right, it's His Royal Highness King Wu Jin."

October 22, Shiwu City, Hezhou, Mobei.

After two days of heavy rain, it finally cleared up, and the flash cavalry dispatched a few days ago finally appeared in the eyes of the soldiers defending the city.

"Quick, hurry up and inform the general, they are back!"

With an order, cheers and joy spread like a tide among thousands of soldiers in an instant.This great joy was also brought to Wu Ye by the soldiers.

Spears and halberds were like a forest, and two hundred flash cavalry stood silently in the cold morning wind.With only dusty armor and a fair-looking face, it can be seen that the journey back has been smooth.Wu Ye's eyes slid over them one by one, and when he reached the last one, the faint smile on the corner of his mouth froze there: "Who can tell me, what about Commander Luo?"

The cavalry across from him suddenly saluted, took a few steps forward, and answered with clasped fists: "On the evening of the [-]th, we waited for the southern guards at the agreed place outside Wuhe City. When we passed by, we didn't see them. The commander ordered to let The subordinate will go first, he will go to the city..."

As the cavalry said every word, the smile on the corner of Wu Ye's mouth gradually disappeared.

"After two days, no news from them?"

"...Yes." The cavalryman raised his head slightly, his young face showed undisguised confusion and deep worry.

Mu Yunxiao, who was behind Wu Ye, raised his eyebrows, and his eyes fell on Wu Ye.

The strong wind in the morning was blowing Wu Ye's white clothes, and the chill was coming from all directions, Wu Ye's mind went blank, and for a while, he couldn't move at all, until Mu Yunxiao came forward: "Han Zhong. "

"...General, this is given to you by the guards of Nan and Commander Luo." The young cavalry took out a small black bag from under the armor and handed it over.

Wu Ye took it, and after a long while, he slowly untied it.

In the bundle is a stack of papers, wrapped with thin threads.Wu Ye pulled the thin thread away.

The neat lowercase letters are densely packed and categorized, describing in detail the defenses of Wuhe City in Xuzhou.In the small left corner of each sheet of paper, the page number is marked with a cinnabar pen.It is enough to see how meticulously the minds of these people are recorded.

Wu Ye suddenly felt that the thing in his hand was extremely heavy, and he almost couldn't hold it when his hand trembled.

"...The subordinates have sent people to disguise themselves and sneak into Wuhe... It is said that Xin Shijing was killed by an assassin... Even Feng Qi was seriously injured by that man..." The young cavalry was one of the few out of 200 people who knew the purpose of this trip One of the people, after handing over the package, reported in a low voice, "The southern guard has successfully completed the mission... With the commander here, even if there are some obstacles on the way, he will return soon. General...don't be too... Worry..." In the end, his voice became softer and softer, apparently even he himself could not convince himself.

Assassinations, most of them use the omissions and omissions of the target's own body to complete the task.Once the situation changes and someone finds out, it will be very difficult to get out.Not to mention being surrounded by thousands of troops and horses within the enemy's sphere of influence...

There is no news at all like now, and the result...is self-evident.

The more he thought about it, the more intense the pain in his chest became.Wu Ye felt that the blood in his body began to flow backwards, and the place where the blood flowed was like a fire... Unspeakable and inexpressible emotions flooded towards him...

Starting from the fingertips, the uncontrollable trembling quickly spread to the whole body, and the extreme cold deep in the bone marrow submerged the heart in an instant, mixed with scorching heat, as if thousands of ants were eating the heart, the excruciating pain was unbearable.

Wu Ye's body swayed suddenly, his eyes became dizzy for a while, there were many figures in his field of vision, and in an instant, all the noises disappeared in the distance.

With a sweet throat, Wu Ye fell to the ground.

……

"Ye." Hearing the sound of footsteps, Xie Tian, ​​who was sitting outside the ward, stood up. The stubble on the chin of the person who paid the most attention to appearance in the past all appeared, and there was blood on the dark suit.

Wu Ye took a deep breath, then raised his eyes and asked, "How's the situation?"

"Just finished the drip." Xie Tian sighed low, turned around and walked in front, and pushed open the closed door.

In the room, the warm light of the setting sun spills from the glass windows, and the fine floating dust in the air is clearly visible.

The man on the hospital bed was very thin, and his once healthy complexion had turned into a weak pale.

Wu Ye sat down on the chair in front of the bed, and reached out to caress the man's forehead.

Recalling the day when the two met, the man raised the corner of his mouth arrogantly, and gave him a French kiss with a hook.He has seen countless faces of this man, but he never thought that one day he would see him in such a quiet place in this place.

In the line of sight, the man's eyelashes moved.

Wu Ye suddenly held his breath.

The man slowly opened his eyes, and at the same time, a weak and hoarse voice sounded: "...Ye?"

Wu Ye held his hand and hurried forward, just about to call out his name, the man looked over.

Wu Ye was shocked!

When did those familiar green eyes turn black?

He didn't know why there was a sharp pain in his heart, he moved his eyes again, and subconsciously looked up.

I saw that the surroundings had turned into pitch black at some point, and the hand in my hand had also become icy cold.

He bowed his head.

The man on the ground was covered in blood, and his black clothes were in tatters. He lay down on the fallen leaves, with layers of corpses piled up around him.

He just lay there, his chest no longer rising and falling, his eyes closed tightly, and there was still dried blood at the corner of his mouth.

cold.

Not a trace of temperature.

—— Xiao Huan! !

Wu Ye suddenly opened his eyes.

"My lord!" Yi Lei, who was standing by the side, kept looking at Wu Ye and exclaimed in surprise when he saw him open his eyes.

"..." Wu Ye stared at the bed curtain.

Yi Lei hurriedly took the hot soup and stirred it with a spoon: "Master, you suddenly had a seizure, thanks to Mr. Xiao being by your side at that time. Otherwise..."

"Any...any news?" Wu Ye closed his eyes, interrupted suddenly, and asked in a low voice.

"..." Yi Lei didn't speak, and looked aside.

After a long while, I decided to speak: "...Wu Yuhou sent people to Wuhe City to send back news. They found Xin Shijing's head in a wild forest a hundred miles southwest of the city...but they didn't see Xiao Xiao's head. Huan..."