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?It is said that Nuo Xu rushed to Dongqin Hall angrily, and the people from Qihe Hall came behind him.They were looking for Nuo Xu, but Nuo Xu was not there, Mo Huichuan probably heard what happened, and followed them without hesitation.

Unexpectedly, the assassination, Pang Zhan's death, and Fan Shaoqian's injury happened in just one day, and now even Song Leyu has been taken away. Even if Mo Huichuan is not good at fortune-telling, he can see that this will be an eventful year.

As soon as he arrived at the Hall of Harmony, the dead and silent front hall seemed to regain a bit of life. The two lifeless people thought that Nuo Xu was coming, and immediately surrounded him.

However, they soon recognized that this person was not Nuo Xu, but Song Leyu's cousin - Mo Huichuan.

Zhao Tianbao, who had been worried for a day, turned paler and his lips were blue, he asked in disbelief, "Why Wang Wang didn't come, is he unwilling to save Le Yu?"

"No." Looking at Zhao Tianbao's fragile appearance, Mo Huichuan had no choice but to explain immediately: "When the people from Qihe Hall came, they happened to be staggered from Wang Wang. I saw that the situation was urgent, so I came here first."

Zhao Tianbao had heard Song Leyu talk about his cousin before, and knew that Mo Huichuan was a popular person around Nuoxu, so he knelt on the ground without thinking, and begged: "Lord Mo, you must save Leyu, he He is innocent, he really did nothing, please ask Wang Wang to save him."

"You, you start first..." Before Mo Huichuan finished speaking, there was another "bang", and even Yao Ziyu knelt down with a pale face.

"Although Le Yu has a bit of a temper, he will definitely not do anything rebellious. Lord Mo, please be aware and save him!"

Mo Huichuan, who seldom received such a big gift, listened to their begging, saw their anxious expressions, and became anxious, and his usual calm tone was a little higher: "You guys get up immediately, and explain the matter carefully! "

Zhao Tianbao and Yao Ziyu glanced at each other. The two who had never faced these things dared not listen to Mo Huichuan's words, and dared not stand up.

Mo Huichuan said angrily: "Get up quickly, saving people is the most important thing. I am his cousin, and I will definitely save him. Please tell me the matter quickly!"

The two of them didn't dare to waste any more time, so they immediately got up and told what happened in the afternoon, but Zhao Tianbao was too nervous, he couldn't even speak clearly, so Yao Ziyu had to do the talking.

The thing is like this, in the afternoon they followed the rules of the palaces and halls, and went to the gate of Qihe Palace to send the late emperor to the funeral.When everything was over and they were about to go back, someone sent a letter asking Song Leyu to go out. Song Leyu read the letter and followed.

It was already half an hour later when Song Leyu came back, but less than a moment later, a man led a group of soldiers and arrested him, saying that he had the intention of treason and that he was going to be sent to the prison.

Before Song Leyu left, he yelled desperately: "Look for King Wang, let him send you out of the palace!"

Mo Huichuan asked suspiciously, "Do you know whose letter it was from?"

Zhao Tianbao bit his lower lip, two words slipped out from his lips: "Wang Wang."

"Impossible!" Mo Huichuan's eyes were full of surprise, and he retorted for Nuoxu: "Wang Wang is busy all day, and I have been by his side, if he has a letter for Le Yu Must know, unless...but that's impossible."

Yao Ziyu also shook his head, and said: "It's really not about Wang Wang's business. Le Yu has already realized that something is wrong after he passed by. He said that although Wang Wang's handwriting is on the letter, it is impossible for Wang Wang to be in this sensitive moment." Send him a letter, let alone ask him to lend the Song family's token, fortunately he didn't borrow it at the time, but he wrote a note asking that person to go to the Song family to get the money."

"Wang Wang's handwriting?" Mo Huichuan frowned and thought, Nuoxu's handwriting is unique in the palace, and it has the potential to be written by ordinary people. He must not be the letter written by Nuoxu, so who is it? written?

"Leyu said that even though things were strange, it was Wang Wang's handwriting, so he had no choice but to write that note." Zhao Tianbao tried his best to say what Song Leyu had said, so that Mo Huichuan could find a way to save him.

However, the more he heard about this matter, the more suspicious it became. Mo Huichuan couldn't make up his mind for a while, and because it was related to Nuo Xu, he had to ask Nuo Xu for instructions first.

He asked, "Did Le Yu say anything else?"

Zhao Tianbao thought again and again, and said with a blank face: "No, Mr. Mo, you must save Le Yu, he is really innocent."

"I know he is innocent, you guys have a good night's rest, and I will tell Wang Wang about this right away." Mo Huichuan pressed his aching forehead, and said, "Don't worry, the Holy Majesty is looking after Pu'er. For the sake of it, I won’t touch you.”

"If he was looking for A Pu's sake, he should have let Le Yu go!" After finishing speaking, Yao Ziyu had a flash of inspiration and said, "Tian Bao, we can ask A Pu for help. The Holy Majesty doesn't trust us or Le Yu. I will always trust A Pu!"

Zhao Tianbao nodded immediately, but this idea was interrupted by Mo Huichuan: "Holy will is unpredictable, you must not talk nonsense, and don't tell Pu'er the matter, so as not to hurt him."

"Why?" Zhao Tianbao, who was in a hurry to save others, did not want to miss any chance.

"Anyway, Pu'er can't let Pu'er know about this." Mo Huichuan said sharply, "Promise me!"

The two were overwhelmed by his aura, so they nodded in agreement, and then sent Mo Huichuan out.

Although they were sure that Mo Huichuan would help Song Leyu, they still couldn't rest assured. Even if they didn't understand the struggle in the palace before, they lived here for a few days, and they knew that the relationship between Nuoxu and Huaijun was not good. Huai Jun is in power, and Nuo Xu's intervention is not sure whether it is good or bad.

"Ziyu, maybe if we tell Apu, he will definitely help Leyu." Zhao Tianbao devoted himself to saving Song Leyu, regardless of the possibility of implicating Chen Pu.

However, Yao Ziyu couldn't ignore Chen Pu's safety, and he also understood Mo Huichuan's concerns, because with Chen Pu's temperament, if he knew about Song Leyu's affairs, he would definitely not ignore it, and would definitely quarrel with Huai Jun, and the whole situation would come to an end. It will become more troublesome and complicated.

But based on Nuo Xu's current power alone, I am afraid that he is powerless.

Yao Ziyu thought about it, and suddenly he had an idea, so he got up and said, "Tianbao, you go to bed early, I'll find someone to help."

Zhao Tianbao's dull eyes lit up, and he asked anxiously, "Who?"

"Fifth prince."

At that time, Min Xuan was half-sitting on the recliner in the dormitory alone, silently looking at the closed door, the silence in the room was a little scary.He clenched the Buddhist bead in his palm, closed his dry eyes by chance, and when the past events that he had discarded behind his memory were about to break through, he quickly opened them again, still looking at the closed door, As if waiting for something.

Suddenly, the noisy voice outside the door disturbed the tranquility in the dormitory, Min Xuan's dull eyes became brighter, and a heart that was so calm as if it had died unexpectedly started beating "thumping".

--he came.

Min Xuan clenched the Buddhist beads in his palm, and gently pulled the corners of his lips, with a half-smile.He knew that Pang Zhan would definitely come, because the Buddhist beads were in his hands, and since Pang Zhan cherished them so much, he would definitely come to him to get them back.

The next moment, he habitually put on a disdainful smile, sandwiched the Buddhist beads in his palm between his fingers, and turned left and right indifferently, while his ears were sensitively listening to the movement outside.

"My lord, the Fifth Prince has gone to bed, you can't go in." Several maidservants shouted nervously.

When Min Xuan came back in the evening, his face was pale and he was in a daze. When it was time for dinner, his face became better but he scolded everyone.Among the several princes, Minxuan and Yongting have always had the worst tempers. The palace maids were so scared by his scolding that they didn't even dare to inform Minxuan that someone was coming, so they asked that person to go back. Just barged in.

With a sound of "Huo", the door was pushed open.

While turning the beads, Min Xuan raised his head to look at the passerby, the movement of his two fingers stopped in an instant, he was stunned, and the beads slipped from his fingers and fell to the ground.The crisp "tick" sound made his heart skip a beat, his head went blank, but he seemed to bend down consciously, stretched out his hand, and picked up the prayer beads that fell near the lounge chair.

When the cold Buddhist beads returned to his palm, his rationality also returned. He looked at the people standing in front of the door and the maidservants behind him, his eyes dimmed again.

"It's you." Min Xuan said stiffly, he clenched his hands tightly, his fingers sunk deep into his palms, and his phalanges turned white from the force.

——Why Yao Ziyu, why him?

Seeing Min Xuan's ugly face, several palace maids were frightened and quickly said: "Please forgive me, Fifth Prince, and this servant will invite this young master out immediately."

However, Yao Ziyu, who came uninvited, stubbornly stood where he was, and said to Min Xuan, "Fifth Prince, I have something to ask."

Min Xuan looked at Yao Ziyu and stared at him closely, the maidservants did not dare to speak, did not even dare to take a breath, they just waited for Min Xuan to speak.

After a long time, Min Xuan finally let go of his tightly closed lips, "You guys step back first."

The palace servants who got the order retreated with relief and closed the door, leaving the two of them in the same room.

Min Xuan lay on the back of the chair, looked at the closed window, and said listlessly, "What do you want?"

"Song Leyu was taken away by the Empress Dowager, please save the Fifth Prince." Yao Ziyu expressed his intention, but Min Xuan didn't respond at all, so he had no choice but to explain the matter directly.

When he finished speaking, Min Xuan raised his eyebrows obviously, and a hint of surprise flashed through his mind, but soon he returned to calm, without any expression.

He said coldly, "It's none of my business."

Yao Ziyu had long expected that Min Xuan would not help him, but he couldn't think of anyone else who could help him except Min Xuan. He walked to the recliner, knelt on the ground and said, "Fifth Prince, what did Zi Yu do wrong in the past? Please, my lord, disregard the faults of villains, please disregard previous suspicions, and save Le Yu, he is innocent."

Min Xuan sneered, "How do you know he is innocent?"

"I hope the king won't order someone to deliver a letter to Le Yu at that time..."

Min Xuan interrupted Yao Ziyu, and finally shifted his eyes from the closed window to Yao Ziyu, and his calm face also showed a resentful expression, "Do you know Wang Wang? How much do you know him? Why do you think he is Would you not send a letter to Song Leyu for the sake of his safety? Yao Ziyu, let me tell you one thing, never overestimate a person's sentiments, Wang Wang doesn't care about anyone except his own life."

Yao Ziyu bit his lower lip, and controlled himself not to refute Min Xuan's words impulsively. Anyway, it was not the first day he knew the fifth prince's temper, and such extreme thoughts could not be changed in a moment.

After a while, he asked back: "But what's the use of him sending a letter to Le Yu at that time?"

"Didn't he want a token from the Song family? The Song family is the richest in the world, why do you think he wants a token from the Song family?" Although this was a question, Min Xuan didn't intend to ask Yao Ziyu to answer, instead his eyes sparkled , He said: "The whole world praises Wang Wang for his benevolence and kindness. Today I will let you know that my sentiment is much higher than that hypocrite."

Yao Ziyu's hope was aroused by such hearing and fighting spirit, he immediately seized the opportunity and asked, "Are you willing to save Le Yu?"

Min Xuan looked at Yao Ziyu's appearance of emphasizing affection and righteousness, unconsciously raised the corners of his lips, and sneered.For a Song Leyu, kneeling in front of him and begging him, is it worth it?Is it really worth it to sacrifice your dignity for a friend?

He suddenly clenched the prayer bead in his palm, and a scene from many years ago flashed through his mind. There was a person protecting him, who would sacrifice something more important than dignity for him, but he didn't want to think about it anymore, so he opened his mouth and said: "I won't save people for no reason, but I can give you a chance. If you can give me a proper reason, I will help him."

"He is innocent." Yao Ziyu listed the first reason.

Min Xuan retorted mercilessly: "It doesn't matter whether he is really innocent or not, but there are so many innocent people in this world, why should I help him alone?"

"If you hadn't forced him to enter the palace, he wouldn't have come at all, let alone be framed now."

"I don't deny it, but he could choose to give up Zhao Tianbao and everything, so don't always say that I persecuted him. He was more or less willing to do it. Besides, this matter and his entering the palace can be mixed together. talk?"

"Unreasonable!" Yao Ziyu was furious, questioning whether Minxuan really wanted to help him.

Min Xuan smiled, "The crooked reasoning in your eyes is what I have always believed in. You can choose to leave now and I won't keep you, or continue to persuade me."

"You!" Yao Ziyu put one hand on the ground, just thinking about it, but remembered Zhao Tianbao's worried look, so he had to continue kneeling.He thought for a while and asked, "You don't like looking at the king?"

"I can't wait for him to die." Min Xuan said bluntly.

"If you came to save Le Yu, wouldn't you just slap Wang Wang?" Yao Ziyu looked at Min Xuan's face and said cautiously: "Lord Mo is Le Yu's cousin and Wang Wang's personal bodyguard. If he doesn't save Le Yu, he's unreasonable, but if you save him, he's benevolent and magnanimous."

"I like to hear that, but Yao Ziyu, do you know why my sentiment is higher than his?" Seeing that Yao Ziyu was silent, he replied to himself: "It's not because I'm a good person, but because I'm more sincere than him. No matter how many bad things I've done, I don't have his disguise."

Yao Ziyu breathed a bad breath in his chest, but he could only endure it for Song Leyu, he was saying: "Fifth Prince, as long as you are willing to help Leyu, I am willing to do my best for you?"

Unexpectedly, Min Xuan snorted, and said even more mercilessly: "Do you know how many eunuchs and maidservants in this palace are working as cows and horses? Then do you want to be eunuchs or palace maids?"

The angry emotion broke the limit of Yao Ziyu's patience. He thought Min Xuan was really kind, but it was just a trick to insult him. He stood up angrily, pressed Min Xuan's shoulder with one hand, and clenched his other hand into a fist to cover up with lightning speed. He swung his ear downwards, but at the last moment he turned his fist to the side, avoiding Min Xuan's face, but hurt himself.

He leaned over to look at Min Xuan, met his dull eyes, and the anger dissipated in smoke.

He could see that Min Xuan was sad, but Huai Jun became the emperor, isn't he the happiest?What the hell happened?

"Aren't you going to hit me?" Min Xuan didn't even move his eyes, only parted his lips, and said harsh words: "If your punch lands on my face, I will make your life worse than death."

Yao Ziyu didn't reply anymore, since Minxuan didn't intend to help him at all, why should he continue to embarrass himself here?However, he was about to leave when Min Xuan stopped him.

"Yao Ziyu, open the window for me." Min Xuan's eyes fell on the closed window, staring closely.

Yao Ziyu knew that he shouldn't talk to this arrogant fifth prince anymore, but Min Xuan's gloomy eyes appeared in front of him again, so he had no choice but to resign himself to his fate and push the window open for him.

As soon as he pushed away, Min Xuan asked from behind: "Why don't you ask Chen Pu to help you?"

"Master Mo said, don't let A Pu know about this."

"Well, if you want to save Song Leyu, don't tell Chen Pu about it." Looking at the crescent moon outside the window, he said coldly the answer Yao Ziyu wanted: "I promise you about this, I will do my best. "

"You," Yao Ziyu turned around in surprise, looked at Min Xuan suspiciously, and asked, "Why?"

"You opened the window for me." Min Xuan's eyes were still on the crescent moon, and he said slowly: "Since you are not a maid and eunuch in the palace, if you do things for me, I will not let you do it for nothing. "

"Why, why?" Yao Ziyu didn't understand even more, just now he begged and knelt down, but Min Xuan didn't agree, now it's just opening a window, what is there to agree to?

"I won't say my words a second time. If you want to, just back down, and if you don't, get out of here too."

Although Minxuan's behavior was very strange, but Yao Ziyu's goal of this trip was finally achieved, so he didn't say any more, just took his leave and left.But before he left, Min Xuan called him again.

Min Xuan clenched the Buddhist bead in his palm and asked, "Do you know why I gave Pang Zhan a Buddhist bead?"

Yao Ziyu remembered that Minxuan insulted Pang Zhan with a Buddhist bead last night, but he was afraid of offending Minxuan, so he dared not say the answer, so he kept silent.

Min Xuan had no choice but to answer by himself: "Over the years, Pang Zhan has helped me a lot, this Buddhist bead..." He paused, his eyes turned red when he looked at Xianyue: "This Buddhist bead is my mother's relic. "

Yao Ziyu was stunned, he couldn't guess the significance of this Buddhist bead to Minxuan, let alone the fact that he didn't really insult Pang Zhan.Although he didn't know what happened, he knew that Min Xuan was really sad.

He suddenly glanced at a cloak that was placed on the table, he picked it up, walked up to Min Xuan again, and put it on him.

He said: "Fifth Prince, there is a cool breeze at night, be careful." After that, he withdrew, but instead of going back to the Hall of Qihe, he ran to the Hall of Books in the Hall of Huairen, and searched hard in the dark. Looking at the prayer beads he threw outside last night.

And Min Xuan was left alone in the dormitory again, he pulled the cloak on his body, looked at Xianyue, wondering what he was thinking.As he watched, his consciousness gradually blurred and he fell asleep on the recliner.

"At the beginning of human beings, nature is good. Sex is similar, but habits are far away. If you don't teach it, your nature will change..." He had a dream. In the dream, there was a woman holding a child, holding a book, and teaching him to read the Three Character Classic ": "It is the father's fault to raise or not teach. The teacher is lazy if the teaching is not strict..."

The child followed the woman to read word by word for a long time, when suddenly the woman held the child tightly in her arms, kissed her hair, and said softly, "Xuan'er, you have to be good, don't be naughty, remember to be good." A good child..." The woman said as she slowly disappeared.

As soon as the scene changed, there was a calm river ahead, and two people were sitting by the river.

One who looked younger said: "They dared to hit me, I will definitely make them regret it in the future!"

Another person said: "Ah Xuan, there are so many bad people in this world, if you teach one a lesson, there will be a second and a third."

The boy asked thoughtfully, "Brother Pang Pang, what should I do?"

"The best way is to be a high-ranking official, a good official, so that you can teach the bad people in the world a lesson." He put on a simple and honest smile, and added: "But to be a good official, you should first be a good person. "

Min Xuan on the recliner suddenly woke up, the crescent moon outside the window had disappeared, replaced by a cloudy sky.Min Xuan touched his face, there was a trace of moisture, and he realized that he couldn't control his tears all the time.

☆、Fanwai [-] - Passing Water in the River

?This was a harsh winter many years later, with a cold wind that ruthlessly blew the faces of passers-by on the road red.However, there has never been snow in this place. Perhaps it is for this reason that people who are used to the white snow have an illusion that the severe winter here is definitely not as cold as the heart and lungs of the capital.

But this is just an illusion, only those who have been here know that the severe winter here is as cold as the capital city, but it is drier than the capital city, and everything seems more depressed.

A middle-aged man was sitting by the bank of the river. His clothes were simple, but he couldn't conceal his aura, which made the gold medal with the word "Qing" engraved on his waist not so obtrusive.If you tell anyone at this moment how arrogant and domineering he was when he was young, they will definitely believe it, because such a personality is only suitable for these rich children.

But at this time, he has lost a fierce and hurtful arrogance, and there is a peace between his brows that he never had when he was young, and a sadness in his eyes.

What was in front of him was the Xinghua River, which was clearly covered with a thin layer of ice, there was no flowing water, and there were no fish jumping up from time to time, but this man was still staring blankly, as if the river still looked like a spring day in his eyes.

He clearly remembered that it was 25 years ago.

That year when he was 14 years old, he decided to leave the palace, in the pretense of wandering outside the palace, but in fact he escaped from that dark place. He thought that as long as he left, those ghost-like people would stop, and he didn't have to get involved anymore. other people.

At that time, he hadn't been crowned king yet, and he didn't dare to imagine that day, because he was a fifth prince who couldn't catch the eyes of the sage. He discovered the greatest secret of the Holy Majesty - the life experience of the eldest prince Nuoxu.

Before he had time to be surprised, murderous intentions flocked to him. Time and time again, in the end, the fifth prince, who seemed to be superior to everyone, wanted to flee for his life.

When he stepped out of the palace gate, he looked at the bright and dazzling sunshine. He had only one wish, that is, he would never have to come back and live his life in peace. That was also the wish of his deceased mother.

He kept going south, and after the most carefree three months in the past three years, he finally arrived at the Xinghua River in early spring, and Xinghua Village was in front of the Xinghua River.As soon as he saw the name of this village, he immediately remembered the phrase "Excuse me where is the restaurant, and the shepherd boy pointed to Xinghua Village".But this is not the Xinghua Village after all, the restaurant is not visible, only a dilapidated small shop by the river bank.

Although the small shop was dilapidated, there were five or six people there, all of whom had just crossed the river.He found an empty table and sat down, ordered two small dishes and a cup of tea, looking at the calm river water with a sense of elegance.

After a few comfortable months, his vigilance has been greatly reduced, and he didn't pay attention to a few people in the shop secretly watching him and whispering.By the time he realized something was wrong, those people had already drawn out their swords and pointed at him.

He overturned the wooden table, and suddenly grabbed him with one hand and pushed him behind.

"you……"

"You run first, I will deal with them."

He looked at the tall and strong man like a bear, and before he could think about why he wanted to save himself, he turned and ran away.But he didn't exercise much, he slowed down after running for a while, and at this time there was the sound of extremely fast footsteps behind him, he knew he was going to die.

However, his hand was pulled again, and the bear-like man took his hand and ran.But he was too tired, panting continuously, at that moment he thought, it would be better for him to die, at least he would die beside this peaceful Xinghua River.

So he stopped, even the man stopped, and let the people behind him catch up.Fortunately, those people's kung fu is not very good, and their swords have long been thrown somewhere.

The man fought them while protecting him. ,

In the end, those people were beaten away, and they were also painted, but they wore a smile of the survivors, which was extraordinarily brilliant.The two of them sat by the river and started talking one sentence at a time.

"Young master, what's your name?" The man who looked like a bear had a very thick voice.

His name cannot be disclosed, but he didn't want to deceive the person who saved him, so he whispered: "Ah Xuan, my name is A Xuan, how about you?"

"Pang Zhan." He grinned at Minxuan, and asked again: "Seeing how young you are, did you come to Xinghua Village by yourself? It's not peaceful here recently. It's near the river, and there are many pirates. The group of people just now must have I came here to rob you because I saw that you were well dressed."

"No..." Min Xuan's face suddenly turned pale. He wanted to tell Pang Zhan that group of people were coming for him, and they all wanted to kill him, but he couldn't say it. He lowered his head and said fiercely: "They dare to hit me, I will definitely make them regret it in the future!"

Pang Zhan laughed again, "I can tell from your tone that your background must be good. If they hear it, they will definitely take out the sword again. Well, these days, it's not bad to say that it's not bad, but it's good to say There are always people who are hungry and will do anything for their stomachs, and it is too dangerous for you to come here alone."

"In this peaceful and prosperous world, why are there still people hungry?" Min Xuan, who has always been a bad temper, actually asked in a good voice. This is because he believed what Pang Zhan said, and he would rather believe that these people beat him just for money. idea.

Most of the lies in this world are deception and self-deception. At that time, Min Xuan got peace of mind, but later he realized how sad it was.

"Natural disasters happen frequently. It's just that the sky doesn't show mercy to people, and people don't show mercy to people. So some people become bad people." Pang Zhan scratched his head, "This is what a friend of mine said."

"Your friend is very knowledgeable."

"Yes, it's not like I can't read well. It's a pity that he doesn't want to be an official. He said that his family won't let him. Which family do you think will not let his son be an official?"

"What's so strange about this?" Min Xuan thought to himself—what kind of father and elder brother would put the younger brother to death?He suppressed his emotions and asked, "Besides, why do you have to be an official?"

"Ah Xuan, those people just now are just a few bad guys. There are still many of these people in this world. Even if you teach one person a lesson, there will be a second or a third."

"So what?" Like Min Xuan's temperament, he didn't want to wipe out all the bad guys in the world, he just wanted to make all those who hurt him regret.

"As long as you become an official, you can be a great official and a good official. In this way, you can teach the bad people in the world and help all the poor people." He put on a simple and honest smile, and then said: "But you have to be a good person." Officer, you must first be a good person."

Minxuan forgot the latter sentence in the long years because of hatred, but because of hatred, he firmly remembered the previous sentence. Only when he becomes a high official, he can teach everyone who hurt him.

But at that time, he still didn't dare to think about it, after all, his father wanted to put him to death, so why would he be a high official?

Suddenly, a few drops of stinging cold water hit his face, he came back to his senses, and saw a few children beside him making noise, throwing stones into the river, piercing through the thin ice.

Looking at the children's innocent smiles, he felt moved and imitated their smiles.Over the years, compared with fame and wealth, he has one more task, which is to learn how to smile beautifully.

Slowly, he let go of some things. Although he was old and his handsome face in the past was a little more old-fashioned, the person who came to see him every six months always said——My lord, your smile is getting better and better .

But he knew that no matter how hard he tried to smile, he would not be able to make the most beautiful smile in the world, because he was neither a child nor had he lost that innocence long ago.

Maybe it was abandoned by him, maybe it was strangled by others.

He and Pang Zhan sat in the middle of the river for one night. That night, Minxuan decided to make this friend. Seeing that he was young, Pang Zhan was worried and followed him on the road.

They have been to Yangzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou and other places. After the incident, Minxuan didn't have to worry about everything. Every time he recalled those few months, he would always think absent-mindedly - if only he could continue to enjoy himself at that time.

However, the sky does not pity him, and people do not pity him. Sometimes he thinks back, could it be that he owed a lot of debts in his previous life, and in this life he came to ask him one after another?

That night, they settled down in an inn, had dinner as usual, chatted for a while, and then went back to their rooms to sleep.The wing rooms they booked are usually adjacent to each other, and they can hear each other's movements by pressing their ears against the wall.Min Xuan once tried to listen to it for half a night, and when he knew that Pang Zhan was asleep, he yelled suddenly. He was so frightened that Pang Zhan had no time to put on his coat, and immediately grabbed his sword and rushed over, only to see Min Xuan laughing. non-stop.

That incident made Pang Zhan angry all night, he didn't like Min Xuan making such jokes.In the end, it was Min Xuan who coyly said sorry, and the matter came to an end.

Min Xuan was lying on the bed, thinking about those few months, and walking for a day, and soon fell asleep.But he didn't sleep for too long, and he was awakened by the movement in the room when he was extremely alert.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw two masked men in black holding shining swords facing him. His mind immediately went blank, he couldn't think of anything, and he could only shout: "Help!"

Normally, thieves would not enter the guest room of the inn so grandiosely, let alone not be afraid of alarming people, so Min Xuan watched them approaching step by step, he knew that these two thieves were really coming for him.

At this moment, Pang Zhan ran in with a sword in his hand. He glanced at the thief and said to Min Xuan, "Hide!"

Between the light of the sword and the shadow of the sword, Min Xuan hid under the bed, trembling, not daring to come out, until a body fell down, he secretly opened the cover of the bed, saw his familiar face, looking down, The man's chest continued to flow bright red blood, and the stench lingered in front of his nose, making his face turn pale again and again.

He no longer cared about his own life, he crawled out from under the bed, hugged Pang Zhan, and immediately held him with two swords.

One of them laughed and said: "Fifth Prince, I couldn't kill you in the Xinghua River that day, and caused our three brothers to die in Huangquan. Today I will kill you and avenge them!"

"This matter has nothing to do with him..." He opened his mouth with difficulty, but before he finished speaking, the sword holding him was released, and two more people fell in front of him.

He took a closer look, and saw that the necks and throats of the two men in black were stuck with sharp darts, and blood sealed their throats.He looked down again, and saw that Pang Zhan's face was pale, and his lips that had lost blood color opened and closed, as if he was saying something.

He hurriedly lowered his head to listen, only to hear: "Call the doctor."

Pang Zhan's voice made Minxuan calm down. He first helped Pang Zhan to the next room, then locked his own room, and then immediately looked for the waiter, but he found that everyone in the inn had run away, so he had to call He beat the watchman and gave him a sum of money, and then he went to the doctor.

When the doctor came, after seeing Pang Zhan, it was already a little bright, so he gave the doctor another sum of money and asked him to deliver the medicine immediately.Then he went back to the wing room, looked at the two corpses lying on the ground, got angry, cut and kicked his feet, picked up the two swords that were originally on his neck, and stabbed them with one hand and the other as if venting his anger. Looking at the two corpses.

It wasn't until his hands were tired and hurt that he dropped the sword, sat on the bed, covered the quilt and yelled loudly.

When Pang Zhan got better, it was already two days later. After he ordered the doctor to take good care of Pang Zhan for him, he left the inn and Pang Zhan himself.

A few more drops of water bounced in his face, and the children threw the last stones and went home to eat.He wiped his face and woke up from the painful memories, but he didn't expect that it was dusk and the sun was setting slowly.

He whispered, "Brother Pang, it would be great if you stopped chasing me later."

Pang Zhan couldn't answer his words, but another voice called him from behind.

"Fifth Master, it's cold, you should wear an extra coat." As soon as he finished speaking, a fur fell on him.

"Thank you Ziyu." He stretched out his hand and let Yao Ziyu pull him up, looking gratefully at this person who was willing to accompany him on this long journey.

In the past few years, he has been exhausted physically and mentally, he is aging quickly, his face has more wrinkles, and his temples have white hair, but Yao Ziyu is as cheerful as before, but there is no change.

Yao Ziyu looked at Min Xuan's dry and cracked lips, frowned, and said, "It's almost night, come back tomorrow."

"No, one day is enough." Min Xuan looked back at the Xinghua River covered with a thin layer of ice, the passing water has gone, but fortunately there is still ice to seal the memory passing away, everything in his heart is enough.

He and Yao Ziyu left side by side, the road was very quiet and cold, but they talked one after another, at least they both felt warm in their hearts.

"Come here, do you want to go south to see them?"

Min Xuan shook his head, but asked, "How are they?"

Yao Ziyu smiled and said, "You should go and see them in person, they will be very happy."

Min Xuan shrugged, not believing Yao Ziyu's words, but just said: "In a few years, it will be fine in a few years."

"Right."

He looked at Yao Ziyu's face and smiled sincerely.He will always remember that Pang Zhan's last wish is that he will not be so lonely in the future, and now he is not lonely, whether it is in his heart or outside his body.