Ming Jing Tai

After waiting anxiously for a whole day, Xie Ming and Yuan Mai came back at night, bringing back a piece of news that made everyone even more worried-the troops of Huanwei and Yuqinwei encountered the full resistance of the Tenjin Sect and suffered heavy losses. "Yi Zhongren" was hit by a poisoned arrow and died on the way back to the capital.

However, the Celestial Sect didn't get much benefit. If Sima Xian died, it would mean that the dragons would have no leader. Even if Sima Xian's son was an envoy of the Celestial God, his prestige was not enough after all.It can be said that both the imperial court and the Tenjin Sect suffered losses in this battle.

Hu Anwei and Yu Qinwei have been looking for the assassin who assassinated Sima Xian. It is said that the Empress Dowager attaches great importance to this matter.They met Yu Qinwei's people in the town today, which is located in a remote place in the southwest, and Yu Qinwei's finding here also shows that this assassin is very important to them.

Xie Ming said with a pale face, "We found out that the assassin seemed to have been seriously injured by people around Sima Xian."

"My lord is seriously injured?!" Xiaoqin swayed, "The one who assassinated Sima Xian is my lord!"

Yuan Mai's face was also a little pale and he said: "I heard people in the teahouse talking about it like this."

Yuan De looked at everyone: "This must be the reason why your lord has not returned. If you are injured, you have to find a place to recuperate. We are far away and there is no good medicine. You must not go back here to recuperate. Huai Qiu has never come back. , I think he must have found your lord. No news is good news, your lord must still be alive!" He said, looking at Yuan Mai, "Did Yu Qinwei notice you?"

Yuan Mai shook his head: "No. They didn't look at me, they just questioned me in the medicine hall and inn."

"That's good." Yuan De thought for a while, and said, "We can't mess ourselves up if your lord hasn't come back. Everyone is ready for your lord to come back at any time. Your lord has said that we will leave here as soon as he comes back."

Everyone nodded, their faces heavy and worried.In the room, two children under one year old slept soundly, unaware of the dangers of this world.

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The two horses entered the "Lianshan City" slowly, and the two horses on the horses were ugly.It was already bright, people had already woken up, and the streets were bustling with excitement after waking up in the morning.

Lianshan City is a small city in the southwestern border of the Southern Chu Kingdom, backed by several rolling mountains, hence the name.Because of its remote location, the forces of Huanwei and Yuqinwei hardly penetrated here, and the raging war at this time had no effect on this place.

The people in the small town live a simple life of working at sunrise and resting at sunset, but recently, some imperial guards who are very unfamiliar to them have disturbed the tranquility of these people.Although the people here are simple and simple, they also know what Yuqinwei and Hu'anwei represent. Fortunately, this group of people stayed here for two days and then left, and the common people breathed a sigh of relief.

The two first found a place to have breakfast. They spoke the local dialect and wore local clothes, which did not attract the attention of others.There are many small villages in the continuous mountains, and the conversation of these two people seems to come from there.

The two observed the surroundings calmly, and after finding that there was no suspicious person, they rode on horses and went through Lianshan City to the deep mountains.

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In the small village, because of the news of a certain adult's late return and serious injury, there is a deep sense of anxiety.The first thing everyone does after getting up every day is to look at the village entrance, but everyone returns disappointed.

Yuan Mai came out of the yard to look around for the fifth time.He has complicated feelings towards that lord, but like everyone else, he doesn't like what happened to that lord, and even very much looks forward to that lord's return soon.

Because he was not tall enough, Yuan Mai nimbly climbed up a big tree at the door, so that he could see farther.

In the past, he would never do such unruly things, but now, after undergoing tremendous changes, he has learned many things that he once despised: climbing trees, farming, fetching water, making his own bedding, and so on.He walked out in coarse clothes, no one would believe that he was the son of the king of Yue.

After watching for a long time, there was still no one, Yuan Mai sat down on the tree trunk in disappointment.

At this time, two blurred black spots appeared at the mountain pass of Rencun. Yuan Mai was taken aback for a moment, then jumped up from the tree trunk and almost fell to the ground.

With his heart pounding, Yuan Mai rubbed his eyes and tried to open them wide.People in the village will never go out unless necessary, and if anyone wants to go out, they will definitely tell everyone.Yuan Mai hadn't heard of anyone going out, so it must not be from the village!

"Uncle! Someone is here! Someone is here!" Yuan Mai shouted at the top of his voice.

I saw Yuan De rushing out of the house, Aunt Yuan, Xiaoqin... people from every household came out of the house.

"Who is it?!" Yuan De ran out.

"I can't see clearly, it's two people!"

"Two people?!"

Yuan De tried to open his presbyopic eyes wide.When he saw those two people waving at them, his eyes were moist instantly, and he waved excitedly and shouted: "My lord is back! It's my lord who's back!"

"My lord is back!"

When everyone heard it, they all rushed in the direction of those two people.Yuan Mai jumped off the tree and rushed over.

That person is back!

As they got closer, everyone could see clearly, and everyone's eyes were filled with tears of excitement.

The two people came down immediately, Xiaoqin squeezed through the crowd and threw herself into the arms of one of them: "My lord!"

The man hugged Xiaoqin with one hand, and smiled faintly at the excited crowd: "I made you worry. I am back."

The last four words were spoken with great relief and emotion.

Yuan De wiped his eyes and said, "Xiaoqin, don't hug your lord, it's so cold, let your lord come in!"

Xiaoqin was shocked, and quickly let go of the adults, crying and laughing at the same time: "Look at me, I'm not sensible. Come in, sir, are you hungry?"

"Hui Qiu and I ate outside." The adult let go of Xiaoqin and noticed Yuanmai who had been looking at him.

Yuan Mai pursed his lips, stepped forward, and bowed to the lord: "Thank you, lord, for saving your life."

"Your Majesty, you're being polite." The lord helped Yuanmai up, still calmly, "I didn't expect your mother and Erniang to commit suicide."

Tears flashed in Yuan Mai's eyes: "I know. My lord can save me and my younger brother, and my father. This kindness, Yuan Mai will never forget."

"That's not necessary, I saved you only out of my heart." Without wanting to say more, the lord smiled at the crowd again: "Let's go, it's really cold outside."

"Come in the house, come in the house!"

A group of people surrounded the adults and entered Yuande's yard.

Looking at the corn hanging on the wall, my lord took a deep breath, and was surrounded by everyone into the house.

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The small village is very lively today.When the lord came back, everyone felt at ease, and everyone crowded into Yuande's room, waiting for the lord's arrangement.

Yuan De spoke first, and asked, "I heard that you were seriously injured. Where did you get hurt? Are you okay?"

Everyone looked at the adult's pale face with concern.

The lord didn't answer, but the man sitting next to him who came back with him replied: "I almost lost my life. People from Yuqinwei, Hu'anwei and Tianshen Sect are all looking for him. We changed our faces, so let's go." Hiding in Yunyang City. The more dangerous the place, the safer it is, everyone thought he had escaped, and they never thought that we were right under their noses."

"Is the injury healed?" Xiaoqin's eye circles were red.

"All right."

The simple two words concealed the danger and pain, but everyone here climbed out of the palace of Hades, how could they not hear it?

As if this injury was not worth mentioning, the adult continued to talk about the business: "Yi Zhongren is dead, I am now Lin Ruhai."

This lord is none other than the Yizhong man who has been sought by all parties.

"Lin?!" Yuan De's face changed, and he stared at Yi Zhongren in astonishment, "You are from the Lin family..."

Most people in the room changed their expressions.

Yuan Mai looked at his uncle suspiciously, the Lin family?

A cold light flashed in Yi Zhongren's eyes: "I am the only survivor of the Lin family."

"Heh!" gasped, even Huai Qiu couldn't believe it.

Yuande's lips were trembling, he grabbed Yi Zhongren's hand, which is now Lin Ruhai's hand: "Master Lin Xiang is yours..."

"grandfather."

"Oh!" Yuan De's eyes were filled with tears instantly, "You are, you are the grandson of Mr. Lin... Chongren, no, Ruhai, 15 years, 15 years...you...you..."

Those who knew about Lin's family couldn't help crying.

Xie Ming's father, Xie Dan, had tears in his eyes, and explained to a few young people who didn't know why: "15 years ago, when the late emperor was still alive, the Lin family was involved in an unjust case, and the whole family was executed."

"Lin He is in an unjust prison?" Huai Qiu was shocked, he remembered!

Xie Dan nodded: "The late emperor was suspicious by nature. Although the Lin family was a veteran and important minister of the three dynasties, the late emperor allowed Shanghai Anwei and Yu Qinwei to slander Lin Xiangye and He Shangshu. At that time, the blood of the two murdered people stained the capital , Blizzard in June."

Yuan Mai couldn't help but gasped.

But Yi Zhongren was still indifferent, as if he had nothing to do with him, he just said: "The Lin family has long since disappeared. The reason why I restored my original surname is that I am too lazy to change my name. It has been more than ten years, and not many people will remember Lin anymore. Home. She is hidden in the city, and this time we are going to Yucheng Pass."

"Yuchengguan?!" Everyone was shocked, and Yuan Mai was the most surprised.

Yi Zhongren nodded: "Yucheng Pass is an important place guarded by the King of Yue. There will be no troops from the Imperial Guards and Hu'an Guards, and there will be no congregants of the God Sect. It is the safest. If the King of Yue loses, we will withdraw Just come."

"Father will not be defeated!" Yuan Mai's eyes were burning with flames of hatred.

The Yizhong man looked over and said, "Then I will borrow the auspicious words of the son. But the son, you can only be Yuanmai now, even if you reach Wangchengguan, you have to hide your name. You and your brother are the weaknesses of your father and king, absolutely not Let people know where you are."

Yuan Mai nodded heavily: "I know, I won't go to find my father!" When he said this, he held back his tears.After all, it is not easy for a child who is less than 11 years old to bear not seeing his father.

A glimmer of appreciation flashed in the eyes of Yi Zhongren: "After arriving at Yucheng Pass, I will teach you martial arts in person. If you want not to hold back your father, you must make yourself stronger."

"Your Excellency's great kindness and virtue, Yun Kai will remember it in his heart, and he will never forget it in his life." Yuan Mai, Huo Yunkai, the son of the Yue King, directly knelt down and kowtowed three times to Yi Zhongren.

Yi Zhongren didn't hide, he bent to support Huo Yunkai, and said: "For me, the great revenge of the Lin family has been avenged. His Royal Highness, you can just call me Uncle Lin from now on. But I still have a little affection for you." Small request."

"Uncle Lin, please tell me."

The Yizhong man hugged a skinny child from an aunt's hand. He took the child's left hand and opened his sleeve. There was an obvious scar on the child's wrist.

Huo Yunkai was no stranger to this scar, and there was some guilt in his eyes.

"The prince should already know. Jiabao is the child I exchanged for your younger brother. He suffered from blood loss for your brother. I'm afraid it will affect his body in the future. I want the prince to promise me that no matter when, he will protect Jiabao." comprehensive."

"Jiabao is also my younger brother, and I will love him like a pea."

"beans?"

On Huo Yunkai's precocious face, there was an immature smile at this age: "It's Yuandou. I call him Douzi, and Jiabao is steamed stuffed bun."

"Douzi, Baozi..." There was a smile on Yi Zhongren's pale face, "They look like a pair of brothers."

"Douzi and Baozi are both my younger brothers." Huo Yunkai said it again seriously.

Looking at Huo Yun's eyes that looked like Huo Feng's, Yi Zhongren handed the child to the aunt, and his expression suddenly became firm: "Give everyone a day's preparation time, and leave at midnight tonight."

No one asked unnecessary questions anymore, everyone should go home and clean up.Yuan De didn't move, Yi Zhongren knew that he had something to say to himself, and asked Huai Qiu to take Huo Yunkai away.

"grown ups."

"Brother." Yi Zhongren obviously didn't want to hear the other party call him that again.

Yuan De smiled, full of gratitude.

"I used to think that you were someone's nail in the palace, but I didn't expect..." Taking a deep breath, he said in a deep voice, "Recently I've been thinking, maybe, it's time for us old bones to come out of the mountain."

Yi Zhongren held Yuan De's hand: "Brother, you have to think clearly."

Yuan De patted Yi Zhongren's hand and smiled: "Brother believes in your vision. You chose the King of Yue to take over the world, and I believe that he will not be a foolish king. In the past few years, what I have learned the most is, It is the sentence you once said to me: "When the emperor no longer pities his people and lets tigers and wolves rule, we should choose those who are able to live there." "If it weren't for you, we would have died tragically in the hands of Zhang Zhong and Sun Jiyu. In her hands, not only can she not lose any reputation, she can't even get a trace of guilt from the emperor.Our loyalty and righteousness will only bring us more difficult days for the people.Old brother promises you, if the king of Yue is also a faint king who cannot be supported, old brother will withdraw immediately without hesitation. "

Yi Zhongren gave a low laugh: "Old brother, you can just go if you want. If I can get old brother out of Zhang Zhong and Sun Jiyu's hands, why should the others be afraid?"

Yuan De laughed loudly: "Brother, I decided to go out of the mountain because of you."

"Go."

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That night, all the people in this small village disappeared overnight, and their whereabouts were unknown.No one will pay attention to this small village deep in the mountains, let alone pay attention to these villagers who rarely leave the village.

In mid-April, a dog family named Lin came to Yuchengguan and bought the largest courtyard in Yuchengguan. This family has 50 to [-] people.

Many people are quite curious, how could someone's family move to Yucheng Pass in troubled times?But it didn't take long for them to understand themselves—the Southern Chu Kingdom is in chaos now, and Yucheng Pass is King Yue's defense, but it is the safest place.

Many people speculate that the Linhu family migrated from the capital, because many of them have a capital accent.

At first, everyone was very curious about the Lin family, but as time passed, gradually, everyone's attention shifted to the war.

Yizhong's husband disappeared, or died.The death of Yi Zhongren is no longer a secret, but to some people.They couldn't accept that the real Yizhong was dead.

Empress Dowager Ru was furious in the palace for several months, and then she cried bitterly.

But there is one person who always thinks that the Yizhong people are still alive.Because Yizhong people can't die, absolutely can't die.

After reading the secret letter he just received, Huo Feng's face was gloomy, but also somewhat heavy.Yi Zhongren disappeared, no one knew where he was, he seemed to be really dead.

— "You're a coward."

——"I have always looked down on you, and now even more."

——"Today seems to be the fifteenth day. I wonder if the moon will be as round tonight as it was that night?"

——"My lord, go all the way."

Huo Feng slammed his fists heavily on the table.

How could that scheming person die!He must be hiding!What that person wants from the beginning to the end is not power, but to turn the world into a puddle of muddy water. Even himself is probably a pawn of that person.

Huo Feng didn't know Yi Zhongren at all, but with Jidi's various investigations of Yi Zhongren's past in the capital, and Huo Feng's deliberation, he became more and more sure of his guess.

People from Yizhong, people from Yizhong, don't ask me to find you... You owe me too much explanation!

"My lord, someone is asking to see you outside."

Huo Feng quickly collected his thoughts.He had just defeated Kun's reinforcements the day before yesterday, and now that Kun's reinforcements had shrunk back into the city, he also ordered the army to rest in place and think about countermeasures.

"who is it?"

"They refused to say anything, they only said that they wanted to see the prince face to face."

Huo Feng's eyebrows tightened.He frowns frequently now, and there are three folds between his brows.

"Let them in."

After burning Jidi's secret letter, Huo Feng took a deep breath and let it out slowly. He was already a calm Yue King.

The door curtain was lifted, and there were about a dozen people, old and young, coming in from outside.Seeing the old man in the lead, Huo Feng stood up abruptly, his whole body trembling.

The old man saluted Huo Feng Shi Shiran, and said: "The grassroots Zhang Deyuan, and his son Zhang Huaiqiu, come to join the prince."

"Caomin Xie Dan, with his son Xie Ming, came to join the prince."

"Cao Min Zong Lin Xiang, come to seek refuge with the prince."

"Grassman..."

Not to mention Huo Feng, even the soldiers stationed outside were stunned when they heard the voice coming from inside.Zhang Deyuan?Nana, isn't that the former prime minister who died under the hands of the traitor Yizhong?

Huo Feng felt his head explode, and a pair of eyes appeared in his mind.

"My lord, have a good journey."