limited backtracking

The night wind was blowing, and it seemed that there was only the sound of carriages driving in the huge Bianjing city.There was a cool wind blowing in from the window, and Baili Ben was resting with his eyes closed, feeling a headache from the wind.

He frowned and turned his head to the other side, asking, "Aren't you there yet?"

Jiang Weiyan turned sideways to block the night wind, lifted a corner of the curtain and looked out, "We'll be there soon, so wake up first."

Bai Lian opened his eyes slightly, but suddenly felt that his eyes were blurred.He quietly put his hand hidden under the sleeve of his outer robe on his wrist to feel his pulse.

so weak...

He lowered his eyes and quietly waited for his eyes to recover.

"Eucalyptus?"

When Bai Lian heard someone calling him, he suddenly raised his head, "What?"

"We're here." Jiang Weiyan took his hand and pulled him up, "What are you thinking? I called you several times and didn't answer."

"It's nothing, I haven't slowed down."

Fortunately, Jiang Weiyan was holding her hand along the way, so she wouldn't fall down because her eyes couldn't see clearly.Fortunately, he can still pretend to be sleepy and tired, and his eyes will not be seen in a trance.

"Tired? Go back to your room and rest."

Bai Lian was about to nod, when Yuan Yu's room seemed to be still lit from the corner of the eye, "Is Master not asleep yet?"

"Perhaps so."

"Let's go to Master first."

Bai Lian stood in front of the door for a while before slowly raising his hand to knock on the door, "Master?"

Yuan Yu's voice came out of the door, with a trace of tiredness, "Come in."

Jiang Weiyan thought that Bai Lian and Yuan Yu had a lot to talk about, and was about to let Bai Lian go in by himself, "I'm outside..."

Bai Lian grabbed his hand tightly and refused to let him go, "I want you to accompany me."

"Can……"

"There's nothing you can't hear, and I don't intend to hide it from you." Bai Lian lowered his eyelids, his expression a little downcast, "I want you to accompany me."

He repeated it again.

Jiang Weiyan was always helpless against him, rubbed his thumb on the back of Baili's hand, and replied warmly: "Okay."

Pushing open the door, Bai Lian adjusted his expression to make himself look the same as usual.

"Master, why haven't you slept so late?" Bai Lian sat down opposite Yuan Yu, the candle was bright, causing Bai Lian to glance at the candle frequently.

Yuan Yu poured them two cups of hot tea, "I'm afraid you won't find me when you come back, so I'll just wait here."

"If Master is tired..."

"Ask whatever you want." Yuan Yu said, "There's nothing you can't say, you'll know sooner or later."

"I..." If he really wanted to ask, he didn't know where to ask, how many unknown things were hidden in those old things.

Yuan Yu put down the teacup, sighed, and said, "Forget it, let me tell you from the beginning."

35 years ago.

At that time, Bailiyi was still the fifth prince, and Bailiyuan was his youngest brother.

The emperor's health is deteriorating, but the crown prince has not been established for a long time.

Most of the former emperors appointed their eldest sons as their heirs. Among all the princes, the eldest prince possessed both talents and virtues, and was kind and capable. Many people in the court guessed that the eldest prince would succeed to the throne in the future.

Bai Liyi is not too stunning to be stunning, but he is not short of praise.It's just that in comparison, the eldest prince is more outstanding.

Just when everyone thought that the eldest prince would be the heir apparent in the end, one late night, the palace was lit all night, and a large number of elite soldiers stood at the gate of the palace with spears.

Just waiting for Bailiyi to give an order, he broke into the door.

In just one night, the situation changed drastically.

Bailiyi killed his father and brother, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and those who disobeyed were thrown into prison, and will be executed at a certain date.

Within three days, there was no difference from the court, the middle and the people.

Yuan Yu was only 12 years old at the time, and escaped from Bianjing under the protection of the eldest prince's bodyguards.

They went all the way to the west, and the deserters were chasing after them, and they were about to catch up.

The guards hid Bailiyuan in the cave, told him to go west after dawn, to Xiye Kingdom, and handed him a jade pendant, telling him that the guards of Xiye Kingdom would definitely let him in after seeing the jade pendant. .

"Your Highness, you must survive. Only by living can you avenge the Emperor and the First Prince."

This was the last sentence he left for Bailiyuan.

There was no time to get to the bottom of Bailiyuan. Hearing the sound of approaching footsteps, the guard covered the entrance of the cave with haystacks and dead branches, and ran to the other side.

Bai Liyuan looked through the gap, he knew that there was a cliff over there, and they had passed there before.

The cliff is so deep that there is no bottom.

It was dark, and the guard hugged the deer that had been dead by the roadside for a long time, making the pursuers mistakenly think that he was holding Bailiyuan, and when the pursuers arrived, he turned around and jumped off the cliff without hesitation.

"Jump off a cliff?"

"How could you survive such a high jump?"

"Let's go, go back and report."

"..."

Bailiyuan heard the chasing soldiers talking, and covered his mouth tightly to prevent himself from making a sound.He looked at the direction where the guard left, trembling all over, his eyes bloodshot.

Ten days later, he arrived in the territory of Xiye Kingdom.

At that time, the prince of Xiye Kingdom was returning from outside, and saw a person lying outside the camp, his face was pale, his lips were chapped, and he was lifeless.

Only a jade pendant was tightly clutched in his hand.

Mu He got off his horse, broke off Bailiyuan's fingers and took out the jade pendant, but before he could take it all out, Bailiyuan grabbed him again, taking his fingers along with him.

Bailiyuan opened his eyes with difficulty, he didn't see clearly what the person in front of him looked like, but he just saw that his appearance was different from that of the Han people.

"Are you from Xiye?" Bailiyuan grabbed Mu Heze's hand with all his strength, his throat was burning with dryness, but he still shouted, "Help me... save me... save me..."

Mu He took his hand out of his hand, put the jade pendant into his clothes and put it away, picked him up, and said to the soldier behind him, "Go ask the military doctor to come to my tent."

"Yes."

Mu He stood with his hands behind his back and waited for the military doctor to diagnose Bailiyuan's pulse. The boy on the bed looked very handsome after wiping his face.The clothes he changed were thrown aside, even though they were so dirty that the original color could not be seen, but the texture of the clothes was not vulgar.

Certainly not the children of ordinary people.

Mu He took the jade pendant on the table and played with it in his hands.

This is when he went to Daxia a few years ago, he was helped by the eldest prince of Daxia, and he specially gave this item to the eldest prince. In the future, as long as he can help with this item, he will definitely help.

Seeing the military doctor get up, Mu He asked, "What's the matter?"

"It's nothing serious, it's just that I was overworked, and I didn't eat for several days. I couldn't hold it anymore and passed out. I'll wake up after a while."

"Understood, let's go down first." Mu He said to the soldiers beside him, "Let the kitchen make some porridge."

The soldier took the order, but before he stepped out of the tent, he heard Mu Heze's voice, saying, "Add some sugar to it."

Mu He went to the bed and sat down, leaning on the bedpost and waiting for Bailiyuan to wake up.

Bailiyuan woke up in a daze, staring at the top of the tent in a daze, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw a person sitting by the bed, shrinking to a corner like a frightened bird.

His voice was so hoarse that he couldn't hear clearly: "You, who are you?"

Mu He stared at him, "Who are you?"

Bailiyuan shrank in again: "I..."

"Are you afraid of me?" As if seeing something interesting, Mu He leaned forward and leaned forward, teasingly said, "When I was holding my hand tightly, why didn't I see you afraid?"

Seeing that he was not malicious, Bailiyuan licked his dry lips and said, "I want to drink water."

Mu He had nothing to do with him, sighed helplessly, got up and went to the table to pour him a glass of warm water.

"Drink." Mu He handed the teacup to him.

In the next second, he saw Bailiyuan leaning forward and drinking all the water with his hand.

Mu Heze: "..."

The dignified Prince Xiye, who has lived for 20 years, has never fed anyone else water except his own sister!

Mu He took the teacup back to the table and asked, "Do you still drink?"

Bailiyuan shook his head.

It happened that the little soldier came in with a food plate, "Your Highness, the porridge is ready."

"Give it to me." Mu He picked up the porcelain bowl, "Go down."

"Yes."

Bailiyuan's gaze fell on Mu Heze all the time, watching him walk over from the table, handing him the bowl just like giving him water just now.

Just say it differently.

Mu He said: "I, myself, eat."

Bai Liyuan took his hands out of the quilt, and the military doctor bandaged his hands up like bear's paws because he was injured on the road.Not to mention scooping it with a spoon, I'm afraid I can't hold it even with a bowl.

Bailiyuan looked at Mu Heze quietly: "..."

Mu Heze: "..."

He sat down resignedly, gave a "tsk", and whispered, "Trouble."

Mu He stirred the porridge to cool down, then scooped up a spoonful of sweet porridge and fed it to Bailiyuan's mouth, "Open your mouth."

Baili knew that the cannibal had a short mouth, but Mu He opened his mouth as soon as he asked him to open his mouth, and wiped the corners of his mouth whenever he asked him to. He was so obedient.

After eating a bowl of porridge, Bailiyuan finally became less sick.

"Energetic?" Mu He threw the jade pendant to him, "Now I can answer whatever I ask, and if I tell a lie, I will throw you out, understand?"

Bailiyuan pinched the jade pendant, "Yes."

"Where did the jade pendant come from?"

"It was given by someone else."

"Bailiqian? Great Xia Prince?"

"Yes."

"A few days ago, the Great Xia changed hands. The eldest prince Bailiqian and the little prince Bailiyuan died for the country. Then how did you escape?" Mu He understood, "Bailiyuan."

Baili didn't expect that he had already guessed who he was, so he simply said frankly: "Brother asked the guards to take me out of Bianjing, go all the way west, and let me bring the jade pendant to Xiye Kingdom."

"You came to me, what do you want me to help you with?"

Bailiyuan: "I, I just want to find a place where I can survive."

"Just like that? You don't want revenge?"

Baili Yuan resolutely said: "I don't have the ability to take revenge now, but as long as I live, I will definitely be able to take revenge."

Mu He looked at him silently for a moment, "Okay, you stay in the camp for now, and I will take you back to the palace later, and you will follow me from now on."

Baili Yuan nodded, "Okay."

"It's just your name, which can no longer be used. What should I change your name to?"

Mu He thought for a while, and said: "Yuan, from the beginning, from one to the next. The sun is like the day, and the moon is like the night. Yu, from the fire to the yu, means bright and brilliant."

Mu He smiled and asked, "I'll call you 'Yuan Yu' from now on, okay?"

"it is good."

"I'll let someone arrange a place for you first."

"That, I..." Baili hesitated.

"what you want to say?"

Bai Liyuan said a little embarrassedly, "Can I live with you...I'm a little scared..."

Mu He was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand and squeezed his face a little harder, "Keep an inch."

Bailiyuan lowered his head, ready to lift the quilt and get out of bed, "That counts..."

Mu He pointed to the location inside, "Sleep peacefully at night, don't kick me."

This was the first time Bailiyuan smiled since he fled these days.

"it is good!"

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