Huaigui

Xie Bi laughed at him: "You are called Zuo Qianhuang, You Qingcang, so beautiful!"

Helan Mingyue hugged the wolf cub with one hand, without saying a word, Li Ciyuan first recalled the glorious past: "Xie boy, don't mention it, the family emblem of the Xianbei tribe from the nomadic life in the early years. The Yuwen family uses black eagles, and the Murong family uses white tigers... The Helan family of the commander-in-chief uses wolves as their patron saints."

Xie Bi was surprised: "Then isn't this little wolf a god descended from heaven, and came to protect Brother He?"

Li Ciyuan smiled, and slapped him on the back of the head: "You are also superstitious! But back then, the commander also had a wolf named Po Jun, who followed us to fight, and then ran away alone."

"Ran?"

"Pojun and Dashuai didn't seem to be domesticated. Instead, they took the initiative to seek cooperation. Dashuai was in danger later. This ghost probably made up his mind with him, and returned to the grassland on his own. After 20 years, he probably died of old age."

Xie Bi rubbed his chin: "There is still this layer of joints? No wonder you all say that the King of Longxi is also called 'Wolf King'." He leaned over and pinched the wolf cub's snout for a few times, and He Lan gave him a glare before letting go. , and said with great interest: "Brother He, you also give it a prestigious name?"

"Name?" He Lan Mingyue lowered her head, and was looking straight into those slightly round eyes. It was clearly a beast, and her gaze was so pure when she was a child. "Let's call it Meteor."

Treasure that suddenly appeared like a falling meteor, he said, rubbing the wolf cub's injured leg again.

Xie Bi shook his head and said, "The silver saddle shines on the white horse, and it rustles like shooting stars... It's also a good name. I'll find some broken wood and cotton to make a nest for it!"

As he said that, he ran out the door. He Lan Mingyue looked out the door with a softer gaze.

One day later, Meteor settled down in Helan Mingyue's small courtyard. Its hind legs were injured by animal traps. The veterinarian in the city re-wrapped it and gave it some medicine. It didn't take long before it was alive and kicking.

It seemed to have grown up away from wolves, and it didn't know what species it was after a short time with humans, and it got used to mixing with dogs raised by other people in Yinzhou City.Meteor doesn't recognize life, but he's a bit timid. Usually, when someone comes to Helan's courtyard, he will hide in a corner and won't come out, and when he leaves, he will retreat into Helan's arms aggrievedly and turn his stomach.

At that time, Li Queshuang's words became a prophecy, and the more Helan Mingyue looked at it, the more he felt like a dog.After he realized that this could not be the case, he began to take Meteor out to practice hunting.

This is a long and interesting process. He used the growth of meteors to understand himself and calculate the time.Maybe it's called consolation, Helan Mingyue finally came out of the collapse just after learning of Gao Jing's death.

The edict of the new emperor's ascension to the throne was quickly spread to Yinzhou, but there are still no officials stationed in this place to govern.Li Ciyuan said that perhaps the Gao family of this generation had a guilty conscience and described Longxi as a barren land composed of several ghost towns in the Central Plains, causing officials to huddle in Yumen Pass and dare not come.

Helan Mingyue doesn't care, he, like Li Ciyuan, wishes that no one will come to this place forever, as time goes by, Yinzhou will be his small home.

Whether it's a prison or self-defeating, Helan Mingyue won't go out.

The days continued to live in full swing, and as he grew up, Meteor showed more and more of a wolf.It still only listens to Helan Mingyue alone, but in order to prevent someone from being accidentally caught and hurting someone, it is better to take the shooting star outside the city, either as a dart or a herd, so that the children will not be afraid of it.

The summer in Yinzhou City came late and passed quickly, and there was still a faint chill in this year until July.More than 20 days later, when it was the best time for grazing in the river valley grassland, He Lanmingyue decided to go outside.

Feishuang also wanted to go, and sat firmly on his horse, but Helan Mingyue had no choice but to answer Xie Bi's words "lead Huang Qingcang".

"How long are you going to come back this time?" Xie Bi leaned against the side door of the palace to watch him count the clean water and dry food he needed to bring, "With so much, don't you have to wait until it snows?"

He Lan Mingyue paused: "I want to go and be quiet for a while."

"Haven't passed yet?" Xie Bi asked, he spoke cryptically but both of them understood.

Helan Mingyue knew almost everyone in Yinzhou City, and only Xie Bi shared the deepest secret with him, so he no longer kept it a secret: "It's almost there, but every day when I pass by the station, I always feel in a daze...Maybe I still There is no way to accept it, it’s not a matter of hating or not.”

Xie Bi sneered: "Could you walk out in another place?"

"I don't know, I want to try." After He Lan finished speaking honestly, he whistled, and Meteor, who was crouching in the corner in the distance, ran towards him.

Meteor is already half the height of a person, not yet an adult gray wolf, but he has lost the squeamish appearance of a puppy in the past.It smelled Xie Bi's breath, grinned for a while, and snorted.

Xie Bi didn't take it seriously at all, relying on Helan Mingyue to make a face: "Then you take your son to play, hasn't Little Xingxing left the city for more than three days?"

"Yeah." He Lan Mingyue stepped on the horse, "It happens to be able to go a little farther, and I can see the diversion of the black water by the way."

Xie Bi said worriedly: "Then you be careful, summer is here, and the barbarians from Rouran are also preparing to go south... The border guards take money and don't work and let them plunder everywhere. If you meet them, you will be far away." Run away!"

He Lan Mingyue smiled at him: "I have a measure."

After saying that, he whistled, and Feishuang leaped into the sky with a long cry, leading the way far ahead.He Lan Mingyue rode away, and did not forget to leave a message for Xie Bi: "Tell Fourth Uncle, Fei Shuang is coming with me—"

"Got it!" Xie Bi chased him out, watching him turn the long street.

He walked anxiously to the shop of the Escort Bureau, and said to himself as he walked: "If you say that you are not in the city so many times a year, why is your heart beating so hard just this time... Bah bah bah! With the sky, nothing will happen this time, and I can come back safely..."

Afterwards, Xie Bi thought that she really had a crow's mouth, and she was afraid of something.

On the fifth day after Helan Mingyue went to the ranch, Li Queshuang went to the martial arts field outside the city gate to practice marksmanship as usual.

Although his adoptive father was in the army back then, his strategies were inferior to those of other more experienced generals and military advisers. The set of marksmanship was passed down by the Prince of Longxi himself, and was later improved. The moves are simple but deadly.Li Queshuang fell in love with him when he saw him practice for the first time. He had no idea of ​​practicing martial arts before, and he was always in high spirits.

During the break, Li Ciyuan was called away by Duan Liu and told them to practice by themselves.As soon as he left, no one could control Li Queshuang, he sat down on the high platform carelessly, with his legs hanging down, took out a white jacaranda leaf from his arms and blew it.

The barren melody played in the middle of it, and stopped after an out-of-tune dry ending. Li Queshuang stood up.

A militiaman in the audience noticed his abnormality and asked, "What's the matter, Shuang'er?"

Li Queshuang pointed to the official way into the city: "There are several carriages here!"

The militiaman waved his hand and said, "Hey, what's so rare about carriages? Don't those Nanshang in groups like to ride in carriages? You're so delicate, don't look, you're lazy, be careful later and I'll tell your father."

"Get out!" Li Queshuang was not afraid of him, and fell off the platform a few feet high with one hand, "I always feel that the carriage is different from what I have seen before, go and have a look!"

He pretended not to hear what the militiamen yelled behind him, and ran all the way to the gate of the city to wait for the rabbit.

Li Queshuang caught sight of those carriages as they emerged from the wilderness of yellow sand. They seemed to be in no hurry and walked very slowly, for fear of causing any jolts.They took a long time to walk this section of the road, and Li Queshuang poked her head to look at it from time to time, thinking that these people were just mirages and would never get close.

Just when he lost his temper after waiting, the carriage finally arrived at the gate of the city.Yinzhou was unguarded, and naturally there was no need to submit a certificate. The driver was a man wearing a half iron mask. He jumped out of the car and saw Li Queshuang leaning to one side.

"My lord," he raised his hand in a polite salute, "are there no officers and soldiers here?"

It was the first time in Li Queshuang's life that someone called him "Young Master" with such respect. He was flattered, stood up straight, and returned a respectful salute to the man: "Hi, no."

The man couldn't see the expression, but his eyes were uncontrollably surprised: "Then is there an inn in the city?"

"There is one." Li Queshuang spat out the grass sprout in his mouth, "I'll take you there, the shopkeeper is a glib miser, and he has to cheat when he meets strangers."

The man said: "Wait a moment."

He went to talk to the people sitting inside. The curtain in front of the car was so thick that only a crack was exposed, and the strong medicinal fragrance wafted out into the air. Li Queshuang rubbed his nose.

They didn't know what they said, their voices were small and soft, like the dignitaries described in the scriptures.When Li Queshuang was young, he wandered all over the place. He saw people talking nonsense, and he had a first-class level of observation and observation. Just by this behavior, he could be sure that the person sitting in the car must not be an ordinary businessman, at least it must be a fat and rich businessman .

But would a wealthy businessman sit in such a humble carriage?

The man wearing the mask came back soon. Seeing that Li Queshuang had been staring at his mask, he smiled gently and raised his hand to take it off, revealing the lower half of his face.

If this is the case, it is not enough to surprise Li Queshuang, after all, he faces Helan Mingyue all the time, and he is tired of looking at even handsome people.But the temperament of this person in front of him is completely different from that of his elder brother He Lan. There is a kind of natural arrogance in his gestures and gestures. Although he is humble, he is not humble, nor does he show any flattery.

He stared blankly until the man made a "please" gesture to him: "Excuse me."

Li Queshuang turned around and walked forward like a log.

The man walked side by side with him, and the driver behind him became another one, with the same iron mask, and even the most common civilian clothes could not conceal the steel-like sternness on his body.

"Is the young master from here?" The man asked with a smile, Li Queshuang nodded, "My surname is Lin, you can call me Brother Lin. Can you tell me how to address him?"

After Li Queshuang said her name, she scratched her head and said, "Why do you introduce yourself? I don't want to do business with you."

Brother Lin said: "We will stay here for a long time, maybe one day we will have frequent contacts. Go out and rely on friends, not to mention there are not many kind and enthusiastic young people like you, it is always good to make friends."

Before Li Queshuang answered, a low laugh suddenly came from inside the car—the voice clearly reached Li Queshuang's ears, his whole body went numb for a short while, and he floated lightly as if he was about to be led away, as if he was about to fly .He turned his head involuntarily, the car curtain was tightly covered, and he woke up suddenly: it was a man's voice.

Seeing his surprise, Brother Lin explained: "That's my master."

A few simple words let Li Queshuang's thoughts fly. The man in front of him is just a servant, so what should the "master" in the car look like?

"Queshuang, can I call you that?" Brother Lin snapped his fingers in front of his eyes without any physical contact, Li Queshuang felt a little hot for no reason, "Is there an escort agency in the city?"

When it came to the Escort, his thinking finally became clear: "Are you looking for the Escort? That's right, as long as the caravan going west passes through Yinzhou, [-]% of them will need the escort of the Escort—are you going to the Western Regions or the North? Don't go to the North now, barbarian Going south soon."

"It will take a few days to find out."

Li Queshuang said "Oh", knowing that this group of people was not something he could offend, so she put aside her desire to talk to him, and focused on leading them to the inn.

He followed when the shopkeeper was settled and settled in the hospital, but the people in the car never got off.

Brother Lin walked up to him, took out an object from his pocket and handed it over: "Queshuang, thank you for helping us, a little thing is not a respect."

Li Queshuang took it, unfolded it and almost dropped it in fright: it was a whistle made of white jade, in the shape of a cicada, and even the lines on the wings were clearly visible, he knew it was not cheap even if he didn't know the details!

"This... I can't take this, it's too expensive, my father knows he must kill me."

"It's okay, you take it, you may need your help in the future." Brother Lin smiled again, he had a pair of smiling eyes, and his expression had the power to seduce people.

He held Li Queshuang's hand and asked people to accept the whistle.The unquestionable movements, the callused palms, seemed to be electrified when they touched, Li Queshuang silently put the whistle into his pocket with his head down.

Brother Lin's voice was gentle and gentle: "By the way, I want to ask you about someone."

The alarm sounded in his mind, Li Queshuang raised his face, the other party's attitude was clear and warm, but his hands and feet began to feel cold, and he stammered: "I...I don't necessarily know..."

"You know people from the Escort, so you should have heard of it." Brother Lin said firmly, "Is there a guy named He Lan Mingyue here?"

At that moment, Li Queshuang took a step back and blurted out: "Are you here to seek revenge?"

Brother Lin was not annoyed when he heard this, and said slowly: "We are not enemies, but old friends. He may be happy or angry when he sees my master, but it has nothing to do with other people. I can recognize you from your tone, then Where is he now, would you like to point out a way?"

Anyway, Helan Mingyue was not in the city, Li Queshuang glanced at the backyard door of the inn, and at some point was guarded by those iron masks, he almost lost all hope, and clenched his hands: "Brother Helan is not here."

Coughing started in the carriage, and then there was a woman comforting her. Li Queshuang just wanted to look over there when she heard Big Brother Lin say, "Not here? You better not lie, kid, even if you lied to us today, I can still find him tomorrow. "

"What on earth did you seek him for?"

"No comment." Brother Lin stared at him, "Thank you, Queshuang, you are a good boy." After saying that, a trace of pity flashed in those star-like eyes, and he stretched out his finger to the knife at his waist.

Li Queshuang couldn't move, her eyes widened in shock.

Suddenly said in the car: "Stop."

The half-unsheathed horizontal knife was retracted, and the occupant of the car sighed softly: "This kid knows him, let him go, I don't want him to hate me more."

Everything returned to calm, Li Queshuang didn't know how he walked out of the courtyard door, and how he walked home, his mind was full of that voice, that laugh, and the last flash of the knife——

Only then did he realize that he had just walked through the gate of hell.

In the courtyard of the inn, the people in the carriage have not come down yet.

The expression of the guard who had just smiled warmly turned cold immediately, his gaze and expression were domineering.He stood by the carriage, separated by a curtain, and a smiling voice came from inside: "Lin Shang, don't you see that you are quite good at coaxing children?"

Lin Shang immediately knelt down on one knee: "This subordinate is guilty."

A gap in the curtain was opened in the car, and the half-kneeling guard immediately leaned over and listened to him: "Many people can easily cause unnecessary trouble, keep one or two strict-mouthed ones, and the others go back to the customs."

"Yes, Your Majesty, my subordinates will arrange it immediately."

"The current situation is inappropriate to be called His Majesty, please use another name."

Lin Shang nodded: "Yes, young master."

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