Not far from the south gate of the capital, there is a lush forest, and several tents are pitched in the flat part of the forest. Ten steps away, there is a clear stream meandering from east to west.

A group of tall, dark-skinned men sat and rested under the shade of a tree, their helmets and weapons were removed and placed beside them, holding a large empty bowl in their hands, and staring longingly at the cauldron smoking from cooking by the stream.

"Looking at you, it looks like you haven't eaten for hundreds of years." Meng Tianhe walked from the depths of the forest with Ah Ning, who was much stronger.He was carrying a pair of bows and arrows, and was carrying a fat rabbit in his hand.There was an arrow stuck in the rabbit's leg, needless to say, it must have been done by him.

A soldier stared at the rabbit in Meng Tianhe's hand, swallowed, "It's so fat."

Not only him, but other people's gazes also intentionally or unintentionally projected on the rabbit in Meng Tianhe's hand.They haven't eaten meat for several days, and birds can fade out of their mouths.

Meng Tianhe held up the rabbit and shook it, then grinned and said, "Want to eat it?"

The little soldier vaguely sensed a hint of danger, so he shook his head decisively, "I don't want to! The empress's funeral is not over yet, I can't wait to eat meat!"

Meng Tianhe nodded in satisfaction, then glanced at the surrounding soldiers with a straight face, and said seriously, "No matter how greedy you are, you have to bear with me. If anyone dares to eat meat secretly, be careful that this general will cut you!"

The soldiers all patted their chests and promised that even if they wanted to steal it, the jerky they had brought with them on this trip would be given by Meng Tianhe to the poor people they met along the way.

"The major general and I have picked a lot of fruit! Do you want to eat it?" Aning, who was behind Meng Tianhe, walked around him and took a step forward. His big apricot eyes were full of smiles, and he held a strange fruit in his arms. The small basket, the bright red wild fruit looks quite attractive.

"Eat!"

"I want it!"

"Come on! First come, first served!"

Throwing down the bowl, a large group of men rushed towards Aning, but after a while, Aning's arms were empty, the fruit was gone, the basket was gone, and he could only stare blankly at Meng Tianhe.

Although he has been a soldier under Meng Tianhe's banner for some time, he still can't get used to the rudeness of these tall men sometimes.

Meng Tianhe threw the rabbit into the arms of the old Jiangtou who came over, walked a few steps to a soldier, kicked his calf lightly, grabbed three fruits from his arms, and cursed, "You all No matter how old you are, you don’t know how to keep two for other children.”

He raised his hand, and the two fruits fell into Aning's arms, and he kept one for himself.

Ah Ning looked at it, then handed Lao Jiang the first one.

Old Jiangtou stuffed the fruit into his pocket, then quickly pulled out the arrow from the rabbit's leg, sprinkled some medicinal powder on the wound, and took out a piece of cloth to bind it up.

"Here, this rabbit is for you." Old Jiangtou said with a smile.

Aning weighed heavily in his arms, lowered his head and stared at the rabbit for a while, and then assured, "Don't worry, Grandpa Jiang, I will take good care of it! I promise not to let it lose weight before the end of the filial piety period!"

This obviously meant that the rabbit was treated as a food reserve, and everyone watching couldn't help laughing.

Ah Ning hugged the rabbit and didn't know why, seeing them laugh, he laughed too.

Suddenly, there was a rush of hoofbeats from far and near.

The people who were still playing just now were instantly touched by the vigilance string in their hearts. They threw away the unfinished wild fruits, and ran back to the shade of the tree, put on their helmets and picked up their weapons, ready to fight.

Aning was pulled behind the soldiers by Lao Jiangtou, nervously looking in the direction of the sound of horseshoes.

Meng Tianhe took out an arrow and put it on the string, frowned and said, "The place where we set up our camp is far away from the road, so it stands to reason that there won't be so many people passing by unintentionally, you must be vigilant."

"Yes."

The soldiers around Meng Tianhe quickly prepared for battle, and killing intent gradually appeared in their eyes.

The sound of horseshoes was getting closer and closer, and the person in the lead circled around the leafy tree, gradually revealing his figure, it was Ao Ye.

"It's Your Majesty, it's all right." Meng Tianhe put away his bow and arrow, and made a gesture. The soldiers behind him instantly broke away from the fighting state, and they had time to wipe off the juice left by the wild fruit on their faces.

Ah Ning stood on tiptoe and looked behind Ao Ye, but she couldn't help seeing She Yanbai, feeling a little disappointed.

Ao Ye reined in his horse, glanced at this place, frowned and asked, "Where are the members of the Liu clan?"

Meng Tianhe smiled awkwardly, turned around and pointed to a tent in the corner, "It's all inside."

There are a lot of people in the Liu clan, but judging from the size of the tent, it can only accommodate a dozen people at most.

Ao Ye's frown deepened. He got off his horse and strode towards the tent. Meng Tianhe and Lao Jiangtou looked at each other and quickly followed.

A group of imperial guards who came along with Ao Ye got off their horses and smiled when they saw Meng Tianhe's subordinates. chest.

After entering the tent, the first thing I saw was a locked wooden box. Apart from that, there was no one else in the tent.

Ao Ye turned around, "Where's the person?"

Meng Tianhe scratched his head, pointed at those wooden boxes, and smiled honestly, "It's all inside."

Ao Ye lowered his eyes, there was no hole in the wooden box for breathing, if a person was inside, it could only be a dead person.

And the order he issued was to teach Meng Tianhe to escort the members of the Liu clan to the capital for further disposal.

Old Jiang handed over a smelling bottle and explained, "The smell in the box is not good. If you want to check it, you'd better smell this first."

"No need." Ao Ye shook his head, paused, and said, "But I need an explanation."

Meng Tianhe raised his chest and said solemnly, "The late emperor ordered that some of the members of the Liu family beheaded on the pretext of escorting men and women of the right age in the south to the capital to participate in the selection of immortals, and then quickly turned back to meet the soldiers who sneaked into Jiang'an Mansion We will reconcile and kill the remaining clansmen together."

He spoke calmly, as if it would be an easy task to destroy a family that had been entrenched in the south for hundreds of years.

Little did they know that that night, Jiang'an Mansion was filled with blood.At dawn the next day, the once prominent Liu family had already collapsed.

Ao Ye rubbed the center of his brows, "When did the soldiers sneak into Jiang'an Mansion start?"

"This question should be answered by the old man, Your Majesty." Old Jiangtou said sadly, "It is common for various forces to send spies to each other, but if we say that our northern border really started to send people into the south, it was the late emperor 20 years ago. The day when my elder brother contracted a serious illness and the late Emperor was made the heir apparent. Later, the late Emperor pretended to favor the Liu family and transferred General Huaiyuan to guard the southern border on the pretext of disintegrating our northern border, in order to wait for a good opportunity to get rid of the Liu family. "

Hearing this, Ao Ye was silent for a while, and then said hoarsely, "Tianhe, I have a mission for you."

Meng Tianhe was about to answer, but saw the curtain of the tent tremble. He immediately bent his bow and set up an arrow to aim, and shouted, "Who? Come out!"

His subordinates know how to measure, if there is something to report, they will definitely shout out first, and they will never appear suddenly at the curtain to eavesdrop!

Ao Ye's hand was also on the hilt of Shuanghua Sword, and his eyes were fixed on the door curtain.

However, it was not a human being who taught them to be so vigilant, but a small white snake the size of a palm.

She Yanbai got in from under the curtain, not paying attention to the bow and arrow that was aimed at him, and crawled aggressively towards Ao Ye.

"No problem, I know this snake."

Ao Ye relaxed his body, squatted down, turned his right hand over to the palm, and pressed it against the ground to teach the little white snake to climb onto his palm.

Meng Tianhe took the bow and arrow and said with a smile, "It turns out that the snake was raised by His Majesty. I just don't know if it is poisonous? If it is poisonous, I think it is better for Your Majesty to be careful. He doesn't bite now. If he grows up, he will give birth to a snake." It’s hard to tell if you’re vicious. If you really like snakes, why not find some other beautiful non-poisonous snakes for you?”

Old Jiangtou touched his chin, pondered for a moment and said, "If Your Majesty really likes this snake, how about this old man pull out his fangs for you? Don't worry, with the old man's medicine, this little snake won't die even if its teeth are pulled out." .”

She Yanbai froze when she heard this, and turned her head to stare at Meng Tianhe and Lao Jiangtou, with fierce anger burning in her eyes.

One was thinking about giving snakes to Ao Ye, or some beautiful snakes!The other wanted to pull out his teeth, which was too much!

Ao Ye lifted the little snake up, "No need, this snake is not poisonous except for being a bit mischievous."

Meng Tianhe and Lao Jiangtou came over to take a closer look, and they were relieved that it was indeed non-toxic.

She Yanbai circled Ao Ye's palm, raised her head and stared at Ao Ye, wishing she could really grow two fangs to show him how powerful she is!

He is a majestic monster, can the word naughty be used to describe him?It is simply nonsense, this is naked slander!

Ao Ye thought that the little snake that had been left behind and crawled back was acting coquettishly, so he covered the little white snake with his left hand and touched the little white snake from head to tail. you."

As for giving She Yanbai a gift, there is no rush, it can only be done after the little snake is trained to stop biting.He has rough skin and thick flesh and a few bites are fine, but if he sees this little snake and bites She Yanbai, it's hard to guarantee that he won't cut it in half.

She Yanbai's body was softened by the touch, but she still had anger in her heart.However, it is really not easy to teach Ao Ye a lesson with the body of a snake, so I have to bear it for the time being, and then settle accounts with Ao Ye later!

"By the way, Your Majesty, you just said that you have a task for me?" Meng Tianhe said.

"Yeah." Ao Ye lowered his head, stroking the scales on the little white snake's head with his fingertips.

She Yanbai lay paralyzed in his palm, suddenly a little thankful that she was not a hairy monster, otherwise she would definitely be bald by Ao Yeshun.

"What's the matter?" Meng Tianhe said, "Just leave it to me, and you will definitely die!"

"I just want to send my father and mother back to the northern border for burial." Ao Ye whispered, "My mother has always wanted to go home, and my father also wanted to accompany my mother back when he wanted to come."

Meng Tianhe was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect that the task entrusted to him would be this.

Old Jiangtou sighed, "But Miss and Uncle are the empresses of the emperor, so they should be buried in the imperial tomb. Besides, the ministers and elders in the capital probably won't agree with you sending them to the north."

"The first emperor and successively will be buried in the imperial mausoleum, but the lonely father and mother will also return to the northern border." Ao Ye said in a deep voice.

"You mean—" Old Ginger said.

"Switch!" Meng Tianhe's eyes lit up, and he immediately assured, "No problem, even if you risk your life with our men from the northern border, you will send your empress and Your Majesty back to the northern border safely!"

Ao Ye raised his hand and patted Meng Tianhe's shoulder, sighing, "Only by entrusting you with such important matters, can Gu feel at ease."

Meng Tianhe knelt down on one knee towards Ao Ye, and solemnly said, "The final general thanked His Majesty for your trust, and he will definitely fulfill his mission!"

The two young men had already made a decision. Old Jiangtou knew that he couldn't stop their rebellious actions, and he might not disagree with the idea in his heart, so he said, "That's good. In this way, the lady and the general can finally be reunited."

"Tianhe, you and Doctor Jiang will pick some people to change into the clothes of the forbidden army later, and then go back to the palace with Gu. It's not too late, we will find a chance to act in these two days." Ao Ye turned to look at those wooden boxes , his eyes turned cold, "As for these things, you can just order someone to find a barren place to bury them."

"Yes." Meng Tianhe took the order.

After thinking for a while, Ao Ye said again, "Since Gu has issued the order to kill the Liu family in public, then when you announce it to the outside world, don't mention the name of the late emperor, just follow Gu's order."

Meng Tianhe didn't care and agreed directly.

Old Jiangtou frowned, disapproving, "Although Mrs. Liu deserved what she deserved, the common people may think that your actions were too cruel. Since the late emperor..."

He didn't dare to say anything more after talking about this, but Ao Ye knew what he meant. It was nothing more than that since the late emperor had passed away, it was better to put the matter directly on the late emperor's head, not to mention the fact that Meng Tianhe and others killed Liu Shifeng. The order was originally issued by Emperor Yuan Shuo.

"I've never lived for fame in my life alone." Ao Ye stood like a pine, with a calm expression, and a pair of majestic phoenix eyes filled with fearlessness.

She Yanbai climbed along Ao Ye's arm and coiled around his shoulders, his stern side face reflected in his two snake pupils the size of rice grains.

Ao Ye looked sideways at She Yanbai, smiled faintly, and his stern expression melted like ice and snow in an instant.

A sudden smile from a person who doesn't smile often is more or less shocking.

She Yanbai looked away, hid her head in her body, and told herself not to be soft-hearted towards him.

Don't live for fame, so you take what the late emperor did on your own head?After a hundred years, he might become a tyrant.

Old Jiangtou sighed, and stopped trying to persuade him, even the old bones around him couldn't persuade him.

When they were ready to set off to return to the palace, Aning ran over and said to Ai Qiqi, "I, can I go together?"

Meng Tianhe shook his head, "Ah Ning, we have something important to do on this trip, so it's inconvenient to take you there, so you can just stay here honestly and raise that stupid rabbit."

Although Aning was a little disappointed, he still nodded obediently. When he lowered his head and saw the rabbit in his arms, he hurriedly ran to Ao Yema, raised the rabbit and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I can put this Give it to Brother Yanbai?"

The little white snake nestled on Ao Ye's shoulder looked down at the fat rabbit, with a hint of interest in its eyes.

He hasn't eaten rabbit meat for a long time, and he is really greedy.

"You should give it to him yourself." Ao Ye looked down at Ah Ning's sincere eyes, remembering that there was no one talking to She Yanbai, and suddenly had the idea of ​​teaching Ah Ning to stay with She Yanbai.

"Ah?" Ah Ning didn't understand, and after raising his hands for a while, he hugged the rabbit in his arms.

"Stupid, Your Majesty wants you to go to the palace to personally give you a banquet for Brother Bai, before you get on the horse." Meng Tianhe smiled, leaned down and shot A Ningsheng.

"oh oh."

Aning smiled happily, and reached out to hold Meng Tianhe's hand.

Meng Tianhe pulled Aning onto the horse with all his strength.

"Let's go." Ao Ye said.

The horseshoes moved forward, dust was flying, and everyone rode towards the city.

Ao Ye led Meng Tianhe and the others through a remote gate of the imperial city, asked them to change into the clothes of the guards, and continued walking inside with them.

When stepping on the bridge leading to Miyagi, She Yan Bai Youyou woke up and raised her head.

He seemed to smell a strange smell, and the more he smelled it, the more uncomfortable he felt in his stomach.

When he reached the middle of the bridge, the little white snake on Ao Ye's shoulder suddenly trembled, rolled off his shoulder, and fell into the deep moat for an instant.

Ao Ye leaned on the guardrail and looked down. He couldn't help but frown when he didn't find the little snake for a long time.

Old Jiangtou carefully sniffed a faint and almost undetectable stench coming from the palace, and sighed, "It seems that realgar has been sprinkled in the palace, probably a lot, and the little snake must have been stimulated." .”

"Forget it, maybe I have nothing to do with this little snake." Ao Ye withdrew his gaze and continued walking. It is a pity to lose a beautiful little snake, but it will not make him feel more emotional.

Little did he know that when he recalled this sentence in the future, he wished that he was dumb at that time.

What is predestined?It is clearly destined to have a share!

The author has something to say: 1. It’s not the time yet, but Yanbai is going to find the kid

2. good night

感谢在2021-06-2123:25:55~2021-06-2223:55:05期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: 1 passerby;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!

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