Hot as China, cold as snow

As dusk progressed, the carriage never stopped for half a moment, raising a cloud of dust on the gravel path.The girl with clear eyes and elegant demeanor poked her head out of the carriage, her eyebrows slightly frowning, but without the slightest sense of melancholy, her voice was light with indescribable sweetness, like a trace of clear spring: "This can't be done, we can't hurry He's running a high fever." Liu Moran was anxious at first, but after suffering from Ruanjinsan for a long time, he forcibly used his internal strength to fight before the medicine's properties melted. Using the heavy rain as an excuse, the illness became uncontrollable.

The driver outside the carriage was wearing black clothes and straw hats, without the usual iron mask, and there was no trace of gold thread on the cuffs, presumably to conceal his identity, he said after a while: "When you enter Fantan City, avoid the city. For the search at the door, stay at the inn to rest and persevere."

Zi Zhu rolled his eyes in the carriage, thinking that the other party could not see him, so he gave up and said: "He is in a very bad situation, you can figure it out yourself! If you knew it, why did you do it now? Some things have been done, but there is no medicine to regret it."

As the carriage approached the city gate, its speed gradually slowed down.The soldiers guarding the gate of the city checked each one very strictly. Although it was nearly dusk, there was still a long queue of people waiting to enter the city.When they arrived at their place, the leading soldier asked, "Who is in the car? Open the curtain."

Leng Xuanren's voice was very cold: "My lady is in the car, she has caught a cold recently, and there is no wind."

"Whether it belongs to your lady or not, open it, open it, there are orders from above, and people are being investigated. If you don't open it, you are harboring a suspect. If the suspect approaches Fantan City, can you afford this responsibility?" The leader The soldiers were impatient.

Leng Xuanyan took out the silver from his bosom, used his cuffs as a cover, and handed it to the leader of the officers and soldiers. The leader of the officers and soldiers found out the silver, grinned happily, and said in a slow tone: "We have no choice but to open the curtain. , take a look, if it's really your young lady, you shouldn't be afraid to take a look!"

Leng Xuanyan turned his body sideways, and the leading soldier opened the curtain with his sword, and saw a girl with slightly disheveled clothes, black hair scattered on both sides like rags, her eyes closed, her cheeks flushed, it was The performance of having a fever, but has a Jingzi-like beauty.Beside the sick beauty was a maid sitting on her knees, taking care of her young lady with a sad face, and deliberately covered most of her cock with her body, for fear that the spring light would leak out and desecrate her young lady.

The soldiers had seen such beauty there, they were stunned on the spot, Leng Xuanren's face darkened, he closed the curtain, and said in a colder voice: "We can go."

Those soldiers came back to their senses, and said: "It's okay, it's okay." Leng Xuanyan didn't even bother to look at it, and directly drove the carriage through the city gate, found an inn, and stayed.

After tidying up, I found a doctor to see Liu Moran. After prescribing the medicine, and knowing that he was fine, Leng Xuanyan breathed a sigh of relief.Zizhu came up with the boiled medicine bowl, and said casually: "Fantan City again, not far from Fantan City is Zhaolu Temple, I didn't expect that after only a few months, I came back here again, and I'm still with you Two. Fate can be tricky sometimes."

Zizhu stirred the medicine in the medicine bowl, put it aside, and helped Liu Moran, who was still asleep, to lean against the side of the bed.

Zizhu seemed to just say it casually, but it brought back memories of Leng Xuanyan. Just when she thought that such a conversation would disappear in Leng Xuanren's silence, Leng Xuanren sighed deeply: "After Fan Tanyan Not far from the city is Lingzhou, and when you arrive at Lingzhou, you will arrive at Pinggu. I don’t know if you have arrived at Pinggu.”

Zizhu concentrated on feeding Liu Moran's decoction, but didn't want Liu Moran to clenched his teeth, fed a spoonful into it, and sprinkled a spoonful out, so it was no accident that he didn't see Leng Xuanren's expression when he said Pinggu, which was similar to a worry.Leng Xuanyan turned his head and saw it, and took the medicine bowl with one hand: "You are like this, no, I will come." Zizhu stepped aside, and Leng Xuanren sat beside Liu Moran, holding Liu Moran's sliding body with one hand, He raised the medicine bowl with one hand, opened his mouth to drink, then slowly leaned over, and pressed the lips of the person with closed eyes in front of him.

The man seemed to be very uncomfortable, he snorted twice, his eyelashes trembled uneasily, but fortunately he drank the medicine: "Obviously I hate taking medicine so much, but every time I wake up, I drink medicine. The drinks are very crisp, and only at this time will I be so helpless."

She was not very surprised by Leng Xuanren's way of feeding the medicine, but just looked at it calmly, it was so natural, as if it had been like this for thousands of years.Zizhu thought about such deep thoughts, buried in flesh and blood with nowhere to vent, what a depressive pain it was, which forced this man as resolute as steel to confide his heart to himself.This kind of love language can only be felt when it is in the mouth. Such a gentle tone of voice and such eyes that melt like spring water can only be expressed when facing Liu Moran.Zizhu took a step forward to take the medicine bowl, leaving the space of the room for the two alone, and exited the room, the moment the door was closed, he saw Leng Xuanren stroking the forehead of the person in front of him pitifully, until the end of his hair, refusing to leave his hand.

Leng Xuanyan took out a thing from his bosom, half of a piece of broken jade was hung on the light blue tassel, it was the half piece of broken jade that Liu Moran had left in the Fuzheng Palace, and he hung the piece of jade on Liu Moran again. On Mo Ran's waist, put it away carefully.Then he took out a complete jade tablet from his bosom, and the jade tablet spread out in the palm of his hand made people surprised, it was the purple jade tablet representing rights that the two of them got from Mount Xutu after a narrow escape.Leng Xuanren leaned into Liu Moran's ear and whispered: "I know you can hear me, I know I'm sorry for you, I put this purple jade card on you, you put it away, no matter whether you forgive me or not, please remember Stay, I will stand by your side, always stand by your side, never leave."

When Liu Moran was sober, he didn't talk as much as before, but just sat quietly. This kind of quietness minimized the sense of presence. He understood, was there something wrong with Leng Xuanyan?That's right, as the auxiliary king of the enemy country, is it wrong to expand the territory?If it wasn't for the blunder of fate, even Leng Xuanren should be the monarch of the Chengtian Empire. If it wasn't for the blunder of fate, Leng Xuanren would not have become a proton, and he would not have known him. There will be no intersection.What's more, the Chengtian Empire that Leng Xuanyan attacked was a country that caused him as much suffering as others, a country that he swore to take revenge since he was a child.So there is nothing wrong with Leng Xuanyan, but Liu Moran just can't forgive him. During these days of running away on the road, Liu Moran can't hate Leng Xuanyan, but he can't forgive him. This is what the old people often say, the more you care about a person, the more you will The more difficult it is to forgive a person easily!

Being homeless, being hated by his half-brother Liu Chengyin, his adoptive father Liu Xu died without a good end, and the ruin of Prince Rong's mansion was only supported by Liu Jin'an's hard work. These were not what Liu Moran wanted to see, Liu Moran is it wrong?He is not wrong, but his original intention is to fulfill his responsibilities as a child, treat his biological father better in his lifetime, and do his best to make that incompetent father worry about the ease of the relationship between his adoptive father and his master.He didn't want his master Tao Shanren to hate his incompetent father Liu Yao and the Liu family. Tao Fuxing didn't know his life and death, it really happened irreparably, and his relatives shouldn't just hate him like this for a lifetime.

The officers and soldiers outside the door have already started to search the inns and restaurants one after another. Many suspicious people have been arrested. This place is no longer safe. Leng Xuanren leaned out and entered the house: "Of course, we have to go." His tone was very helpless, he knew that Liu Moran would not talk to him, but he still wanted to talk to him.Zizhu walked over, and directly put his hand on Liu Moran's forehead: "The fever has subsided, you can go." Liu Moran then stood up, pushed away the hand on his forehead, gave Zizhu a reassuring look, and walked away. Received something.He wasn't someone to worry about.

Evading the patrolling officers and soldiers, he put on the carriage again, left quietly, took a hidden path and directly set foot on the way to Lingzhou Pinggu.

Scattered crape myrtle flowers appear in the field of vision little by little, and unconsciously, when people are not paying attention, they turn into the brilliant colors of crape myrtle flowers covering the mountains and plains.The crape myrtle flowers appear, and Pinggu arrives.

"Stop the car." Liu Moran, who had never voluntarily spoken along the way, opened his mouth. Of course, Leng Xuanren responded to his request and stopped the car immediately.Liu Moran got out of the carriage without hesitation, and walked deep into the flowers. Zizhu Leng Xuanren and the others didn't know, so they had to abandon the carriage to keep up. Liu Moran walked faster and faster in front alone. A dodge around the corner, then disappeared.

The two chased after each other, but they couldn't find anyone around. They walked along the road in front of them. After walking for a long time, they found that they came to the corner with three peach trees at the original point. Either a ghost hit the wall, or someone set it up. There seems to be no other way but to go back the same way, Zizhu smiled bitterly: "Look, it's good now, he left us and left by himself. Now he has entered the boundary of Pinggu, he is familiar with the way, sure There will be no danger. Now there are two roads in front of you. One is to enter Pinggu, meet his master, meet him, and explain the matter clearly. The other is to turn around and return to the Shunhui Empire. Co-regent, I will take my sister back to my hometown at night."

Leng Xuanren clenched his hand into a fist and hit the tree with his forearm, causing the peach blossoms to fall. This is the peach blossom formation. If there is no mistake, this should be another entrance to Pinggu.According to the information obtained before, Pinggu is surrounded by a Qinghe River. To put it bluntly, Pinggu is an island.After crossing the island is the Peach Blossom Milin, and passing through the Milin can be regarded as entering the island.

"Turn back the same way, get on the horse, and go to Pinggu."

Zizhu seemed to have guessed it a long time ago, and was also prepared, just smiled and said nothing.

The two drove a short distance and saw the chain bridge.Step on the chain bridge, cross the ring river, and enter a small island called Pinggu.More than a circle around the island are free-growing peach trees, which are the same species as the three peach trees I saw before.This kind of tree blooms here all year round, and the pink petals dance with the wind, which makes people look fascinated from a distance, but once they step into it, if they don't know the solution, they will be lost forever.

Without the slightest hesitation, Leng Xuanyan stepped into the Peach Blossom Misty Forest, and Zizhu just smiled, and followed Leng Xuanyan closely step by step, walking into the Misty Forest. In the later stage, the time has passed for a long time in the peach forest, but it is still the time when we entered, and the sun is still strong. It is morning, and the sun has not moved. Reassured, he closed his eyes, focused on memorizing the formation of Jiugong Bagua, and walked slowly according to the formula in his mouth. Zizhu followed behind him without making a wrong step, and walked out of the peach blossom forest in a short time.