South Xinjiang

Shen Mo rode another horse and followed the second prince all the way into the emperor's master bedroom. The emperor was already dying, but he still held his breath and refused to leave.

The second prince said: "Please take a look at the high priest."

Shen Mo was about to feel his pulse when the emperor suddenly grabbed his hand and pulled it tremblingly under his pillow.Shen Mo took out a piece of leather cloth from under the pillow, and it turned out to be the oracle inscriptions of southern Xinjiang.It looks like the notes of the previous Witch Emperor.

The content of the inscription is: the country in southern Xinjiang is broken, the world is in chaos, and Qi Zi conspired against him.

Shen Mo touched the notch on it, frowned suddenly, and said clearly: "The last 'Qi Zi Conspiracy' was added by others, the two princes have no rebellious heart, you forced it out."

The emperor gasped for breath twice, and a few turbid tears flowed from his eyes.

Shen Mo suddenly asked: "Why do you want to believe in Xue Ruxia, the daughter of a criminal minister, but not in your own son?"

The emperor wanted to explain, but he couldn't speak. After struggling a few times, he swallowed his breath, but he couldn't close his eyes for a long time.

The second prince suddenly said: "The fourth brother desperately protected me during the explosion, and even handed over his pro-army talisman to me. Do you know the reason?"

Shen Mo grasped the divination document in his hand, thinking about the cause and effect, "It starts with my former Witch Emperor in southern Xinjiang. He once raised a daughter named Axia, who was a child from the Central Plains he picked up. She is very sensible. He claimed that she was a virgin maidservant and gave her a lot of rights. For various reasons, I only heard about her, but never met her. After the death of the previous Witch Emperor, he asked me to take good care of her, but Axia Suddenly disappeared. Now it seems that she may have discovered the Nabu document when she was packing up the relics of the former Wu Emperor. She wanted to exchange it with Emperor Daqi and restore Xue's reputation. So she hid herself and turned around in the south. After a few years, she handed over the Bu Wenshu and the contact line of the southern Xinjiang rebels to Emperor Daqi. But she kept an eye on it and added a "Qi Zi Conspires Rebellion" to the Bu Wenshu I want to see the emperor and his son kill each other. Later, Xue Ruxia became the princess, and the southern border country was destroyed."

The second prince gritted his teeth and asked, "The heinous things that the fourth brother did..."

Shen Mo said mercilessly: "Most of them are groundless charges imposed on him by the emperor. The fourth prince was the first to discover the emperor's conspiracy, but no one believed him, so he had no choice but to use his tricks to investigate and confront in the name of a villain. Arranged everything single-handedly."

The second prince fell into a long silence, he didn't know what to say to express his feelings at the moment.He smiled wryly to relieve the sadness of knowing the truth, and made a "please" gesture to Shen Mo.

Shen Mo went out, walked a certain distance, and saw Su Yunshu kneeling in front of a corpse wrapped in white cloth, supported by Hua Lixuan.Shen Mo asked: "This is?"

Hua Lixuan turned around and whispered, "General Lou."

Shen Mo did not speak, stood on the head of the corpse, bowed his head and silently recited a requiem spell.

Su Yunshu got up and wiped the stains on his face. He didn't shed tears, but his voice was sour: "I'm tired and want to go home."

Shen Mo said: "Okay."

Hua Lixuan looked at the gloomy sky and said in a low voice, "I'm going to find Qin Qi."

On the second day, the second prince wore a yellow robe and succeeded him.Became a new generation of emperors in Daqi.But at that time, Shen Mo and Su Yunshu were already on their way back to Chengyuan Pavilion.

On the way, Su Yunshu was a little depressed all the time, and only cared about riding the horse without saying a word.Shen Mo knew he had to be left alone, so he silently followed behind.When the two of them reached Nayou Forest, Su Yunshu stopped suddenly, and Shen Mo also stopped the horse, waiting for him to speak.

Su Yunshu said in a daze: "We met here, you saved my life, and the grievances are settled like this. It's only been a few months, and I actually have a feeling that everything is right and wrong, and the world has changed."

Shen Mo looked at Su Yunshu's back and didn't speak.

Su Yunshu suddenly turned his head and smiled brightly at Shen Mo, showing his two small canine teeth again, "Brother Shen, the New Year's Eve is coming, let's hurry up!"

Shen Mo nodded and said, "Okay."

But when they arrived at Chengyuan Pavilion, they found that the gate had been forcibly destroyed, and the inside was full of ruins that had been smashed, looted, and burned. Seeing Chengyuan Pavilion as if it had been ransacked, Su Yunshu was slightly taken aback for a while, Then he frowned and broke in immediately. There was no one there, but blood was all over the ground and walls.

Shen Mo also dismounted, entered the secret room of the study, and saw that the underground area was completely burned, and all the information was reduced to ashes, not a single one was lost.But again, no body remains.

Shen Mo pressed Su Yunshu's shoulder and said, "Be safe and don't be impatient."

After speaking, he took out the Gu device from his bosom and blew it.

The black shadow man arrived quickly and gave a big gift to Shen Mo.

Shen Mo asked: "Where are the people from Chengyuan Pavilion?"

Shen Mo asked this question in the Daqi dialect of the Central Plains, and the shadow man knew that he wanted Su Yunshu to hear the answer, so he also replied in the Central Plains dialect: "You are safe and sound, and all of them have been transferred to southern Xinjiang."

Su Yunshu's tense state instantly relaxed.

Shen Mo asked again: "Who has been here?"

The shadow man replied: "Two days ago, Xingtianjian. But we found its traces and prepared in advance. Pavilion Master Su himself burned all the information underground."

Shen Mo nodded slightly, the shadow man stepped back a few steps, and disappeared like a real shadow.

Su Yunshu heard Shen Mo talk about Xue Ruxia on the road, and asked, "Did the emperor come here to find clues because he became suspicious of Bu Wen?"

Shen Mo whispered: "Maybe."

Su Yunshu asked again: "Could it be that the people who were inserted by the Fourth Prince deliberately reminded you to save them from disaster?"

Shen Mo said, "Maybe."

That's right, there is no proof anyway, so who can know what someone did before his death?

They continued on their way to southern Xinjiang, and when they arrived, it was already New Year's Eve.The small village in southern Xinjiang became extremely lively, with poor supplies and no extra decorations. Everyone built a big bonfire together and played around it.The crowd was full of joy and laughter, and they didn't look like they had suffered disasters at all. The people in southern Xinjiang also smiled plainly and played with them in their stuttering Central Plains dialect.

Su Manxiu held two jars of wine and chatted with Su Yunshu.

Su Manxiu smiled and watched the people singing and dancing in front of her. Among them, Yunxian was the happiest. She was not shy at all. She danced for everyone in a very beautiful manner. Her husband smiled and took a copper bowl to beat the rhythm for her. , the others also let go, either joining in or applauding.Su Manxiu sighed: "This is what the rest of my life looks like after a catastrophe!"

Su Yunshu also smiled, "Father, Chengyuan Pavilion is destroyed, do you feel distressed?"

Su Manxiu patted Su Yunshu on the back of the head, and scolded with a smile: "You brat is such a disappointment, of course I feel distressed! The century-old foundation has been destroyed by me, but it's okay, just lost some money. As long as my people are alive, the intelligence network will always there."

Su Yunshu stuck out her tongue, and suddenly saw Lou En who was staring at him timidly not far away, and waved to him.

Lon came running, holding a square piece of red paper in his hand.Lou En shyly unfolded the red paper for Su Yunshu and Su Manxiu to see. On it was the word "Fu".

Su Manxiu smiled and praised: "Good! Good words!"

Su Yunshu couldn't help nodding, but Lou En blushed and stammered, "Really... really?"

Su Manxiu pulled Lon into his arms, rubbed his head and said, "Really! Your writing is much better than Yun Shu's writing when he was young! His writing was like a dog when he was young."

"Tsk." Su Yunshu heard her own father complaining about herself in order to make other children happy, and said pretending to be savored: "Little Lou En, look, my father likes you more than me. I'm really too Poor!"

Lou En couldn't fully understand the meaning of the Central Plains dialect, so he just laughed along with him, his smiling face was very shy.

Su Yunshu looked around for a long time, and asked, "Little Lou En, where is Shen Mo?"

Lou En said obediently: "Every Spring Festival, I will pray for the people of southern Xinjiang."

Su Yunshu nodded, and took the wine to look for Shen Mo. Sure enough, in the room where the magical artifacts and folding fans were placed, he saw him sitting cross-legged in front of a long incense stick.Shen Mo looked solemn and muttered something.Su Yunshu didn't bother him, just sat not far away, propped his head up and looked around.Slowly, the prayer words brought Su Yunshu to sleep like a hypnotic spell.

Su Yunshu was awakened by a burst of cheers.He shivered, rubbed his eyes in a daze, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Shen Mo was packing up the utensils, and said in a deep voice, "It's probably time to eat dumplings, you should go too."

Su Yun was soothed before he saw the cloak Shen Mo had put on him, smiled slightly, stood up and pulled Shen Mo to go out, but after a few pulls, he found that he couldn't pull it, turned around and asked in doubt: "Aren't you going to come with me?" go?"

Shen Mo said: "It's not in accordance with the etiquette."

Su Yunshu suddenly thought that Shen Mo would not stay alone in the pagoda every year when everyone was bustling with people, praying for the people like chanting sutras.Su Yunshu felt a little distressed, and asked carefully: "Then shall I bring you a bowl?"

Shen Mo shook his head: "The Witch Emperor is going to fast at this time, so you can go."

Su Yunshu curled her lips, and sat down unhappy, "Forget it, if you don't go, it's boring for me to eat alone. I can't bear to put you here alone, let's go hungry with you! I'll call Yunxian tomorrow My sister made dumplings for the two of us!"

Shen Mo laughed, and sat down together, chatting with Su Yunshu.

On the second day, before the dumplings were eaten, Qin Qi and Hua Lixuan came over, and along with them came a sad news: the sixth prince died in battle.

Su Yunshu's smiling face instantly froze, and he asked in disbelief, "Impossible, I must have made a mistake."

Qin Qi's face was also sad, and he frowned tightly and said, "Really."

Su Yunshu thought of the sixth prince who laughed a little stupidly, the kind sixth prince who wanted people to touch his head, and the sixth prince who asked him if he would die, and couldn't help becoming angry: "How is it possible! See you Have you ever seen him in battle? He is so brave and resolute, and he is the strongest fighter who has driven back the Rong army several times! How could he die? How could it be?"

Hua Lixuan was also angry, and shouted: "Why are you crazy here! Did we kill him? It's the Rong tribe! You are so fierce to challenge the army of the Rong tribe!"

Qin Qi covered his eyes with his hands, and said in a low voice: "The day before yesterday, all the soldiers wanted to go home for a reunion. The sixth prince promised them to relax. They were celebrating in the tent to boost morale, but the Rong tribe sent troops to attack. The sixth prince wanted to protect them." Some disabled soldiers were seriously injured. Yesterday, it was the New Year's Eve, the Rong tribe who thought there was a truce suddenly attacked aggressively. The sixth prince still led the team himself, and finally died in battle. The news was spread to the palace last night. Two The prince coughed up blood when he heard the news, and he is probably in the middle of treatment now. We came here to inform you when we received a letter on the way."

Su Yunshu's eyes were red, she took two steps back, and was supported by Shen Mo.

Su Yunshu murmured: "Last night, the entire Central Plains was singing and dancing, and the whole family was celebrating. But this happiness was bought at the price of blood and life. The sixth prince didn't have to go into this muddy water, he can feel at ease To be his prince, to be his lord, he has no worries about food and clothing all his life, but now? For us people, he lost his life and became a ghost."

Shen Mo remained calm and asked, "What did the emperor say?"

Hua Lixuan snorted coldly, "I think it's time for peace talks."

Shen Mo nodded and said, "Let's go, let's go into the palace and have a look."

Yun Xian was not very happy when they had to leave after two days after returning, and Lou En also looked at them eagerly, but Su Manxiu was always cheerful and told them to be careful on the road.

After entering the palace, the second prince's complexion was not very good, but his body was fine.When he saw Shen Mo and Su Yunshu, he just smiled wryly and said, "Now, I'm really a loner."

No one dared to answer these words, the quietness of the huge side hall made people feel bored.

The second prince is now wearing an imperial robe, but his body is thin, and he looks a little pitiful.He suddenly said: "I have already negotiated with the Rong people. I will cut off the five cities in the north of the land and give them to them."

Shen Mo said: "It's better to open the treaty port directly. If the Rong people have food to eat, they won't harass Daqi for nothing."

The second prince sneered and was silent for a moment, but he still didn't explain and just said "OK".Immediately afterwards, he said: "The territory of the southern border is divided into cities. If the owner of the city is the little prince of southern border, will he turn against me?"

Su Yunshu frowned, and rushed to answer: "If you save his life, he will naturally not turn against you. But I think, if you have doubts in your heart, you should find someone else for the position of the city lord."

The second prince smiled, and there was an unfathomable inscrutability similar to that of the old emperor in his smile, "No need, I owe the Wuhuang a favor, and I will pay you back."

Shen Mo didn't thank you, he just pretended to know about it.

Su Yunshu originally wanted to ask about the sixth prince, but seeing that the second prince was in such a state that he couldn't open his mouth right now, he turned around and asked, "I heard that the sky lantern festival will be held in Kyoto this year?"

The second prince nodded, with a slight smile on his lips, "Xiao Liu likes to be lively the most. I originally wanted him to see it. But it's okay, if he knows that Daqi's land has been lost, he still doesn't know how to be angry The people have suffered for too long, I have ordered tax reduction, recuperation, let them pray for the sky lantern festival."

Shen Mo and Su Yunshu said goodbye. Before leaving, Su Yunshu still couldn't bear to remind: "Take care."

They stayed in Kyoto for several days until the Shangyuan Festival.

The streets are full of large and small lanterns, the crowds are crowded, and it is very lively.Su Yunshu was smart, and she won many lantern riddles. Holding the lotus lantern in her hand, she showed it to Shen Mo with a smile on her face.

Many girls came out to admire the lanterns. Seeing Shen Mo's fierce face, they dared not touch him, so they boldly and enthusiastically showed their kindness to Su Yunshu, sending them purses and red strings.Su Yunshu had peach blossom eyes, and laughed and teased the girls, making them giggle, but nothing was confiscated.

Shen Mo didn't care about him, and followed him silently, keeping a distance that was neither too far nor too close, for fear that he would get lost.

Later, the crowd suddenly burst into applause, and Su Yunshu looked curiously, only to find that the people had started to release sky lanterns.Said it was a sky lantern, but it was actually a sky lantern. Su Yunshu squeezed to Shen Mo's side, and shouted in his ear: "Brother Shen! I want to release a sky lantern too!"

Shen Mo grabbed his wrist, and with the other hand pulled out the magic weapon, and quickly opened a passage among the crowd, leading him to a small shop selling sky lanterns.Su Yunshu dipped a brush into the gold ink, and carefully wrote on the red paper of the sky lantern: The country is peaceful and the people are safe, He Qinghai Yan.

When Shen Mo saw it, he teased him for the first time: "You really have family and country feelings."

Su Yunshu was taken aback for a moment, and saw Shen Mo himself writing on the lamp with a pen: the sky and clouds are absolutely beautiful, and the ink sleeves are flirtatious.

Su Yunshu could not help but blush when she could see that the beginning of the poem was "Yun Shu".But it is hidden by the night, so it is impossible to see it.

They released the sky lanterns, and their eyes followed their own sky lanterns slowly up and disappeared.As soon as Shen Mo lowered his head, he could see the stars and spots in Su Yunshu's eyes, which were even more fascinating than the sky filled with lights.

Su Yunshu felt Shen Mo's gaze, poked his arm, and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Shen Mo suddenly leaned into his ear, with a low voice: "I still remember that time you tried to kiss me secretly while drinking, and I owe you an explanation."

Su Yunshu's face became hot, and she took out a red string from her waist and stuffed it into Shen Mo's palm.

Shen Mo squinted his eyes and asked, "Which lady did you invite as a promise?"

Su Yunshu panicked, and hurriedly explained: "No! I bought it! I paid for it!" Looking at the smile in Shen Mo's eyes again, knowing that he was being tricked, he elbowed him, and laughed too up.

From then on, the mountain is high and the water is long, and I will accompany you affectionately.

The author has something to say: It's over!The episodes will be released slowly.