Crown Sword

The Wuding River is close to the border and separated from Yulin in Qin State by a river. It takes two days to travel southeast to reach the tribe, but Yunzhong County only needs to go all the way to the east.

"Old Moon, aren't we going to Shengle City in the Clouds, why suddenly..."

Shuang Li rode ahead and kept pace with him, judging by her feminine intuition, she thought there was a ghost, so she kept asking.Who knows that Gong Yangyue didn't put her mind on her at all, instead she turned her face away and talked to Chao Chen all the way: "Perhaps, it really is the wind's instruction."

"Do you believe?"

"I believe," Gong Yangyue took out the Zhanfengduo, showing determination on his face, "I will not remember wrongly, the old Fengduo, which is exactly the same as this one, is a rare nostalgia of my father. Didn't you say that it was written in the handbook The dates do not match, is it possible that he really came to the grassland in the second year of Xian'an, but it was postponed and claimed to be the first year of Ningkang."

Chao Chen wondered: "If this is the case, then all the rumors that have been released must be intentional. Why would uncle do this?" Even he himself didn't realize it. And, no matter it was Gong Yang Chi or Gong Yang Qi, they became respectful.

"That's why we're going this way again," Ram Moon replied.

Shuang Li couldn't get in the way, even calling her name and surname a few times was ignored, and she was so angry that she didn't even have the energy to swing her whip, and her trusty horse let the rein fall behind.

Cui Tanfeng followed, saw her bitter face, and asked, "Little Li'er, who is making you unhappy?"

"Old Phoenix, I have fallen out of favor. In the past, Lao Yue told me everything, but now he is only inseparable from brother Chao, and he is so secretive that he doesn't know what else to do." Shuang Li was tearful, very wronged, " You are a great doctor, have you taken the medicine that makes people happy? What is madness powder, Mixiao pill..."

"No, but Seventeen should have a solution." Cui Tanfeng looked aside.

Shuang Li shouted seventeen, seventeen, deliberately leaning towards him.Qiao Min was so preoccupied that he didn't hear it. It took a long time before he realized it. Nahan said, "Call me?"

"I want to have fun, you have to help me."

Qiao Min thought carefully for a moment, and took the tip of his sword to surprise her with a point on her laughing hole. Immediately, bursts of laughter reached the sky.

"You have a grudge against me?" Shuang Li smiled and squeezed tears, she couldn't pull the reins while holding her stomach, and she fell crookedly.

Seeing that the opposite happened, Qiao Min also panicked and rode his horse to give chase.When he got to his side, he stretched out his hand to pull, missed the rein by some distance, but grabbed Shuang Li's arm, all the beautiful snakes, scorpions, and wild beasts were thrown out of the sky, and he stepped on the stirrup, and the whole person turned over and fell. To the back of the little girl.

It was a coincidence that Gongyangyue turned around and saw the two riding together.The raised girl and the empress Ji are not the same, so he almost used his sword to protect his shortcomings: "Qiao Min, what are you doing!"

Qiao Min let out an "ah" and missed.

Shuang Li fell to the ground, finally broke through the acupoint, stretched out his fingers tremblingly, and complained to the puzzled Qiao Min, "You really have a grudge against me!"

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The closer to the destination, the more beaches and waters, the few people who followed Lu Gui's advice avoided as much as they could, and only stayed near the big river with a stable river bed.

If you can't eat rabbits and birds, you can only fork fish to feed your hunger.

I don't know if it's a bad year, Shuang Li and Qiao Min were unlucky in turn, the former fell down, the latter got a fishbone, Cui Tanfeng was busy, and finally opened a pair of Claire's thorns.Gong Yangyue felt that she was at fault for this matter, so she asked Chao Chen to dig the medicine.

The medicine was not dug, but accidentally bumped into something.

After turning over two grassy slopes, the wind and trees were quiet all around, not even the slightest noise of insects.Chao Chen found many corpses of insects under the old roots, and asked Gong Yangyue to go up the tree to have a look. Sure enough, they found some signs of hiding. The two couldn't help but be vigilant, and followed the clues.

"over there!"

Chao Chen still wanted to stick to the ground to listen to the horse, but Gong Yangyue had already killed him first.There was a circle of people on the green grass on the leeward side, all of them were fierce and powerful, and standing side by side in the middle, with soft swords in their hands, it was Yan Cai and Chang An who were facing the enemy.

Gongyangyue fell on the high hill, and Chao Chen followed, hiding behind the white stone and looking out.Since it's not aimed at them, it has to move with the times.

The soft sword is thin and portable, but it is not conducive to slashing and assassination. It is only suitable for wrapping around the neck. That ability, but Chang An doesn't know it at all, and a long battle will only be cumbersome.

But Yancai had no intention of losing his burden from the beginning to the end. Even though it was difficult, he still grabbed Chang An's arm tightly during the charge.

"Brother Yan, be careful!"

When Yancai broke the defense, he was attacked from left and right. He dodged a move, took another move, and saw that the rear hand fell, but Chang An, who had always been worried and timid, stepped forward with a stone, and smashed the person, trembling and crying: "It doesn't matter which pawn you are, you can hurt me at will, but you are not allowed to touch my friends!"

Amidst the splash of blood, the cooperation between the two was surprising.

After the life-and-death crisis was temporarily resolved, the young man who always had a sad face blinked and became depressed again: "It's all my fault, it's my fault, it's my drag."

Although Yancai was a little tired, his natural self-confidence still taught him to be calm and calm in times of crisis.Hearing this, he laughed loudly and said, "Drag? Without you, I'm already a dead body. Now I want to take him to cut|horse|knife, Daguan, help me!"

"Me? Okay, I'll come!" Chang An rolled up his sleeves, seeing that he was still useful, his eyes lit up.He is not afraid of death, he even looks like a person who will seek death at any time, but he is afraid of the death of his relatives and friends, it can be seen that he is also a sincere heart, Gong Yangyue is a little touched, and flies into the enemy.

Seeing this, Chao Chen also felt a little itchy, and followed closely.

After several months of tempering, he is still no match for the masters, but with his fists, he is not afraid to deal with a few juniors who are not as good at martial arts.Of course, the main reason is that as long as Gongyangyue is by his side, he will feel at ease from the bottom of his heart.

The sword was raised and the sword was behind, only to see Gongyangyue raise her leg and kick the knife bearer close, Chang An mustered up the courage to stretch her leg and tripped, Yancai took advantage of the situation and jumped up, rolled the soft blade, flung it back, and snatched it with his hands. That long knife.

If it was as expected, the man surnamed Yan was good at using heavy troops, and he cooperated with Gongyang Yue, and soon settled the chaos.

Gong Yangyue had a lot of eyes, he didn't leave immediately after rescuing people, but took off the killer's mask, inspected the seven orifices and limbs carefully, and then looked at the two people who were being chased and intercepted without saying a word.

Chang Daguan drooped his head, obviously after seeing him last time, he was a little afraid of Gongyangyue.Yan Cai was as usual, after tidying up, he solemnly bowed his hands in thanks, but when he noticed Gong Yangyue's rummaging movements, his expression froze.Chao Chen was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly smoothed things over, "After He Lanshan left, I never thought of meeting in such a way. I don't know where the two brothers are going?"

"Wuding River." Chang An whispered.

Never thought of such a coincidence, Chao Chen immediately glanced at Gongyangyue, Yancai was quick-witted, and knew the elegance of the string song, so she followed suit: "The two knights too?"

Chao Chen nodded.

Yan Cai cupped his fists: "I don't know if I have the face to invite the two of you to go with me."

Chao Chen was about to agree, but Gong Yangyue stopped her first: "That depends on face, these are all Xianbei people, it's not easy for you to offend."

"I, Yan Cai, stand upright and upright, and never make enemies with others." Yan Cai was not displeased by his blunt words, on the contrary, he admired them a little. The more seasoned and cautious the other party is, the less it has anything to do with the matter here. It's all good, one should be honest, so he offered a helping hand and said with a smile: "I know you two must be full of doubts, just now we fought together, you and I will live and die together, how about this, talk while walking, how about ?”

The four of them got together and exchanged names. When it came to Gongyangyue, Yancai and Chang An were a little surprised. Obviously, although Dai was far away, they still felt that the name was like thunder because of the rumors in the world, but insisted that they behaved as usual. Only then did he say, "Heroes don't ask where they come from, they form a relationship now, and look at the future", which is quite like a celebrity.

"How to come to Japan?" Gongyang Yue found it interesting.

Yan Cai replied with a smile: "The family has studied prophecy for generations. The so-called prophecy means that if you don't worry about anything today, it will come true in the future. In other words, it has the effect of prophecy, so you must look forward."

Since ancient times, there have been many prophecies that have been fulfilled. Divination of yin and yang has always been a great science. When Chao Chen heard about it, he immediately stood up in awe: "Mr. Yan mentioned his family background, but where is his ancestral home?"

"Dai Jun," Yan Cai bowed his hands. Although he is good at martial arts, he came from a scholarly family. He has been influenced by his ears and eyes since he was a child, and he has a lot of etiquette. "To tell you the truth, my father is Yanfeng, the Minister of Xingtai."

The so-called Xingtai is directly under the command of the emperor of the country, independent of the bureaucrats, and the local government has no right to intervene, and most of the Xingtai ministers are the royal family's cronies, so it is not an exaggeration to call them special envoys.

Chao Chen handed over his hands to be his father again: "It's because of my family tradition."

After Tuobagui returned to the country, although Yanfeng had the merits of following the dragon and was an important minister in the court, she was not as good as Wang Meng and Zhang Bin after all. Hearing this, Chao Chen only gave a few words of praise politely, but Gong Yangyue was on the contrary, his heart tightened and he was quite dignified.

"Yanfeng? But the master Yan Zizhang who was sent to Qin as an envoy, cleverly answered Fu Jian, and when the Qin dynasty was destroyed, he sent Ji to save the young emperor and return to the country."

"Exactly."

——Gongyangyue vaguely remembered that when she was young, her father personally visited Yanfeng who was only Zuo Changshi at that time, and he was there that day, but he was in the carriage.

Will this Yanfeng know something?

But Yanfeng was not there at that time, and the mansion politely thanked the guests. People who have never met before must have no intersection.

Seeing him questioning, Yancai was also confused. After all, Tuoba Xianbei's rich families are much more attractive than his little-known Yan family: "Young Xia Gongyang, do you know my father?"

"I don't know each other."

Ram Yue hastily dropped the word four.

Jianghu rangers have always had an eccentric temper, Yancai knew it, so he didn't go into it any further, but picked up what he said earlier: "As for why we are here, it is actually because..."

"It's because the Queen Mother is seriously ill and she misses her homeland, so she sent me to wait..." Chang An cut off the words.

He has no objection to Gongyangyue and Chao Chen, but out of vigilance, he doesn't want to tell the whole story of the country's major affairs. In addition, he is worried that Yancai's slip of the tongue will cause future troubles.

Yan Cai is bolder than Chang An, and has a clearer view of the situation. Although the two people in front of him come from reckless backgrounds, they are both shrewd. The usual excuses not only cannot be concealed, but they will also cause estrangement because they are not honest enough. If they were traveling together, when Chao Chen revealed that they would also go to the cloud, he made up his mind to support each other along the way.

Therefore, Yan Cai raised his hand to stop what he said, without changing his face, he said: "This is the first reason, and the real reason is the second. The Emperor Murong Chui of Yan Kingdom's personal conquest was aimed at Yunzhong. After Tuobaqian, Lord Chenliu of the city, died in battle, people in the court were uncertain, and there were hidden turmoil among the tribes, so to avoid disaster, my father followed the king's order and went to appease the Helan tribe of the king's mother's clan."

It is said to appease, but in fact it is to contact and defend the imperial power when necessary.

"Daguan is a member of my father's family, and he traveled with me. Because of being entrusted by others, after leaving the Helan Department, the two of us did not return with the team, so these people were given the opportunity."

Chao Chen asked, "Brother Yan, do you know where he came from?"

"It should be a member of the Dugu Department. Their leader had rebelled before, and was suppressed by His Majesty. Now that the government is unstable, they are ready to move. If we both die on the border of the Qin Dynasty, maybe we can blame Qin State, maybe It can also take advantage of the situation to overthrow the Yan family."

Gong Yangyue didn't care much about the internal affairs of the dynasty, but was a little curious about the old man he said, and he was able to entrust the son of Yanfeng to go out and do it himself. This person's identity must not be simple. For some reason, he suddenly thought of Fengduo, who was competing to buy under Helan Mountain. , then blurted out and asked: "The old man entrusted...that Fengduo?"

Yancai was startled, then smiled brightly: "I really doubt, young hero Gongyang, are you good at divination! Yes, the two of us are going to bury that Fengduo by the Wuding River right now!"

This didn't sound like an old custom, so Gongyangyue asked again, but unfortunately Yancai was only following orders, and couldn't explain why.

No way, this matter has to be put aside for the time being.

Afterwards, Gongyangyue and Chao Chen dug up all the herbs, called Shangyan and Chang to the camp where they had a rest by the river, waited until Qiao Min decocted the Clematis, and then continued to drive southeast until they reached the bank of the Changhe River.

Therefore, the Wuding River is also known as the Shuoshui River. When riding a horse and looking from a distance, the road is slow and the banks are wide, the water flow is not turbulent, and the winding is better than the long course. In the afterglow of the setting sun, the quiet waves are gurgling, the color is like gold, and occasionally birds are wading through the water. , pointing to heavy ripples, like rippling in the heart of the traveler.

On the Jia'an Ferry, there was a lone sail hanging, and the ferryman who was in charge of the oars was lying on the boat with his legs crossed and dozed off. He woke up when he heard the sound of the horse, raised his hand and shouted, asking whether he could cross the river.Yan told Budu, turned to look at Gongyangyue, and after the latter also shook his head, he continued to ask if there was anyone nearby.

It was getting late, and it was much better to have a warm place to stay than to sleep in the countryside.

Unexpectedly, the ferryman said no, originally there were quite a few residents in the vicinity, after all, it was a land surrounded by mountains and rivers, but later they all moved away, and he stayed, only saying that he had been a rower all his life, and he was reluctant.

There is no bridge in a long river, and he is here to cross people.

Looking at the surrounding fields, Chao Chen recalled the legend of the underworld in ancient times, and was inexplicably sad. In the past, this place was occupied by the Xiongnu, and there were constant wars. Presumably, many people died in the past. Those expedition soldiers may also be waiting for their ships to return home.

Gongyangyue said softly: "The spring breeze from Mobei will turn here and return to Jiangnan."

When Chao Chen heard the words, he looked sideways, and saw Gongyangyue wearing a ray of light, immediately ahead, the eye-catching red dress was as bright as the blood that had once stained the wilderness, at that moment, his eyes were also swaying.