Purple must

That night, Lu Changqing had a dream.In the dream, he returned to his childhood.

The palaces on Yongdu Mountain City are like 20 years ago with carved galleries and painted columns, surrounded by clouds and mist.Feng Qi was wearing the dark purple Taoist robe that was usually tightly pressed on the upper body, standing behind the white jade railing and looking towards the direction of entering the city.

"Master Fengqi," Lu Changqing, who was not tall, held back behind him for a long time, summoned up his courage and called out, "There are delicious fruits in the back mountain, do you want to pick them with me?"

Feng Qi turned around and smiled: "What fruit is Ah Man talking about?"

At that time, the national teacher was only a weak crown, and he was in full bloom; he had not entered the court for a long time, and he was not as scheming as he was later, with a frown and a smile, a handsome appearance, and a natural temperament.

Lu Changqing's cheeks became hot all of a sudden, and he stammered: "A small red fruit, sour and sweet, I don't know what it's called. My brother took me to pick it...it's delicious."

Feng Qi knelt down and patted his head, "Then Ah Man will take me to pick it."

Lu Changqing burst into laughter, ran ahead excitedly, stopped after a few steps, and waited eagerly for the tall man to pick up his clothes from time to time and follow him down the stairs.

The autumn leaves on the mountain behind the palace are like fire, and the trees are rustling with the wind.Lu Changqing trotted all the way to the narrow path, Feng Qi caught up with him a few steps and held his hand to prevent him from slipping.

These dry, warm and strong hands gradually became pale and thin.

Many things and feelings at that time have slowly been covered with dust over the years.

Lu Changqing realized that he was in a dream, but he didn't know whether he should wake up, so he let the man hold his hand and walked forward.

"Lord Fengqi, that's the one!" He pointed at a small tree and shouted.

The man smiled and said, "Ah Man, do you want to pick it for me?" He picked up Lu Changqing and walked to the tree.

It was so close that Lu Changqing could smell Feng Qi's neck.It was a faint scent of saponin, but it was not the sandalwood that was infused in Taoist temples in Haojing for many years.

The young Taoist priest I admired back then is not the same person as the old and cunning national teacher 20 years later.

Because they are not the same person, they can hurt him ruthlessly.

So it turned out that Lu Changqing was relieved in his dream.

In the late autumn afternoon, Lu Changqing and Feng Qi walked side by side in the mountains, eating fruit while walking, making crisp sounds.

At that time, the little Ah Man felt that the happiest thing in the world was to take a walk and eat fruit with the person he liked.

"Aman, you see there are many more over there." Feng Qi suddenly pointed to not far away and said, "You wait here, I will pick them for you."

While sucking the juice from the fruit in his hand, Lu Changqing looked at the man's back.

Feng Qi's long black hair was tied up with a red headband at the back of his head, but Lu Changqing remembered that Feng Qi's hair was tied up with a wooden hairpin just now, and at some point it was replaced with a red headband.He suddenly felt that the headband was too red and glaring.He really wanted to call Feng Qi to stop, but his throat seemed to be choked by something, and he could only watch him go further and further away, until the purple back gradually became ethereal.

Feng Qi stood on the edge of the cliff and smiled wistfully at him.There was an indescribably bleak look at the ends of the slender eyes.

"Aman, I can't pick it for you anymore, because, I..." Before he finished speaking, his foot slipped and he fell down.

Lu Changqing was shaken all over, and he suddenly leaned forward and fell to the ground, climbing to the edge of the cliff with hands and feet.

It was pitch black under the cliff, and a piece of purple cloth hung on the branch, fluttering in the wind sadly.

Lu Changqing woke up and looked at the top of his head absently.Hong Peng asked beside him: "Did Your Highness have a nightmare just now? I see that you slept very restlessly."

Lu Changqing realized that he was sleeping in the army, he sat up and said: "...it's nothing, what's going on with Zhu Jun?" When he spoke, his voice was extremely dry and hoarse, and his voice broke.

Hong Peng said: "They have come to the city to fight twice, but there is still no news from Zhu Hou."

Lu Changqing said: "Hong Peng, let the soldiers pour water down the city wall."

"Your Highness, what does this mean..."

"Let the city wall be covered with a layer of ice, even if they attack the city, it will be difficult to climb up with the ladder." Lu Changqing felt that it was difficult to say a word, as if a huge stone was crushed on his heart.

"Using the cold weather to freeze the water and make the city walls slippery, His Highness is really resourceful!" Hong Peng said happily.

After all, Lu Changqing is not an idle person after all these years of fighting east and west. However, he is arrogant and arrogant by nature, so much so that he attacked the city and killed the king just for the sake of speed, which made him fall into a situation where the princes mobilized and attacked.

He put on a green cloak, mounted a steed and galloped all the way back to the palace.After entering the palace gate, he still rode his horse at a gallop, and did not get off his horse until before Weiyang Palace.

Lu Changqing walked into the hall with a few steps, and the inner room was filled with incense.He peeled off the soft curtains around the bed, and a broken body lay quietly on the bed.

Lu Changqing breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the table, poured a glass of wine, and poured it down his throat.

At this time, someone from outside the hall came to report, and he ordered his servants to come in.

The man saluted in a busy manner, and said in panic: "Your Highness, something happened at Qiguan!"

——Leave Haojing quickly and retreat to Qiguan.

Lu Changqing's pupils suddenly shrank, and he said in a deep voice, "What are you panicking about, please speak clearly."

"Your Highness, Ao Chen, the leader of the dog army, has led an army of [-] troops to the south, only twenty miles away from Qi Pass!"

Lu Changqing stood up abruptly, remained silent for a long time, then turned to look at the bed which was once again covered by layered gauze curtains.

The man lying quietly in the gauze tent couldn't bear the humiliation of being forced by him before he was alive, so he burned himself on fire.Before he died, he left him three kits.

He never thought that Feng Qi would be kind to him.

If it was 20 years ago, he might still believe it, but now, even he himself is no longer a person who would give up his interests for the sake of feelings.Feng Qi is a man of artifice, even the fatuous co-king has faith in him.Such a person will not extend a helping hand to the enemy because of old friendship.

However, the attack of the dog army master now seems to have verified the concerns of the late national teacher.Now that the lords are in chaos, once the dog lord enters Qiguan and takes control of the Central Plains, not only will Qing be the first to bear the brunt of the temple, but the whole world will also fall into the hands of foreigners.

Lu Changqing quickly sent someone to summon Dazai Shen Shutong and General Hong Peng.

When Shen Shutong and Hong Peng arrived, Lu Changqing was wearing a sword around his waist.Without raising his head, he said: "The 10 people of Quanrong have already reached Qiguan for 3000 miles. I must lead the troops to Qiguan. Only [-] people are left in Gaojing. Hong Peng, don't reduce your daily cooking stoves." , Zhu Jun’s Meng Shan is a general, if he sees less smoke in the city, he will be suspicious.”

"I will quietly lead the troops out of the city from the north gate tonight," Lu Changqing said after a pause, "Hong Peng, if Zhu Jun wants to fight, just close the city gate and don't respond. If they delay for three days, I can rush to Qiguan Pass At that time, you will abandon the city and join me at Qiguan.”

Hong Peng said bitterly: "Unexpectedly, Quan Rong dared not go south for 20 years, but now he takes advantage of the chaos to make a mistake! Your Highness, Hao Jing... just hand it over to the two-year-old child in Zhu Hou's hands?"

"It's better to give up Haojing to Zhuhou than to give up the world to Quanrong." Lu Changqing said lightly.

After Hong Peng left, Lu Changqing held the sword hilt at his waist, remained silent for a while, and said to Uncle Shen: "... bury him for me."

From the corner of Shen Shutong's eyes, he quietly looked behind the gauze curtains around the bed, and solemnly said: "Your Highness, please rest assured!"

"In front of his grave, put the best wine in the cellar." After walking a few steps, Lu Changqing suddenly turned around and added this sentence.

At this time, Feng Qi was heading west along the Wei River in a crude carriage.

His old illness was still unhealed, and he was tired all the way, and he woke up from time to time while sitting in the car.Encountering a wild store by the side of the road, Feng Qi went down on the handlebars to buy dry food.

Sitting in the car, he coughed, and heard someone outside say: "For the past 20 years, Quan Rong has been on good terms with me, Da Zhou, and I didn't expect this sudden attack."

Another person responded: "The princes besieged Haojing, and the world was in chaos. Naturally, the dog army leader will not miss this opportunity. What's more, the current dog army leader is Ao Chen who murdered his brother and usurped the throne a month ago."

The man before pondered and said: "20 years ago, Ao Chen was the son of Quanrong, and he was deposed because he led an army to raid Haojing and failed. Now that he has regained the throne, he must seek revenge from us. Besides, he thought that the national teacher was dead. , so more unscrupulous."

"Your Highness, it was my fault that caused the national teacher to escape..."

The previous man said again: "Xuan Yuan doesn't need to blame himself, the national teacher has a delicate mind, so it's not surprising that you can't keep him. Besides, Qi Pass is in danger, the national teacher will definitely not stand by and watch, I'm afraid I can see him in the near future gone."

It's really a narrow road to Yuanjia, and I met Jinghou and Xuanyuan here.Feng Qi suppressed his cough and sat silently in the car.

At this moment, the sound of horseshoes was heard again, and a familiar voice shouted: "Amao, I have caught up with you!"

Feng Qi pressed his head with his hand and shook his head helplessly.

The sound of the stool rubbing against the ground was heard, probably Xuan Yuan stood up, "Girl Ji Xiao, we have met again. This one is His Royal Highness Jinghou."

"Your Highness, this one is Ji Hou's younger sister, Ji Xiao." Xuan Yuan introduced properly.

Although Feng Qi saw that A Xiao was a woman and should come from the family of princes and generals, he did not expect that she was the younger sister of Marquis Ji Xiao Huaijin.In the past, I heard Ji Hou complain about his sister, who likes to disguise herself as a man and walk around the rivers and lakes, and it is true.

After Jinghou met Ji Guogong and his daughter, Xuan Yuan cast his eyes on the carriage, "Ji Xiao, who are you talking about, Ah Mao?"

Ji Xiao suddenly heard that Feng Qi said that he was running away as a child prostitute, and hurriedly said: "It's just a friend of mine..."

Sitting in the carriage, Feng Qi could already hear the smile in Xuan Yuan's words: "Your Highness, when the national teacher was imprisoned in the palace by Qing Hou, he gave himself a nickname, do you know?"

"Oh, what nickname is it?" Knowing that there was something in Xuanyuan's words, Jinghou Fengyun asked back.

"It's Mao." After Xuan Yuan finished speaking, he looked straight at the carriage.

Feng Qi sighed softly, immediately put away his tired look, opened the curtain and got out of the carriage.

With black hair loose, he pulled back his clothes and smiled and said, "You guys have been talking about it all the time, it's not good for me to sit in the carriage anymore."