Suya

The flowing water gurgles through the forest, the bright moon hangs low and moss is printed, the breeze blows, there is no sound of sighing, the night is quiet and the spring mountains are empty.

In the small courtyard, there are tables and chairs, a pot of sake, facing the green hills, looking at the moon and listening to the wind, feeling indescribably happy and romantic.

Feng Chen raised his glass: "Doctor You, I'd like to offer you a glass of thanks from Feng."

You Baiyan hesitated to clink his wine glass to him: "General, I am just a mere villager with no morals and incompetence. I can't afford to be a doctor, and the general has a high position and authority. There is really no need to be so polite with me. Call me Baiyan." That's it."

Feng Chen was noncommittal, and lightly shook the wine glass in his hand: "I heard from Xiao'er that my injury was very serious, if Doctor You hadn't treated me in time..."

He raised the wine glass in his hand and smiled: "I may never be able to drink wine and enjoy the moon like I am now."

You Baiyan frowned slightly, then quickly smiled and said: "General, what are you talking about? The general is blessed with profound blessings, and has his own gods to protect him. Even if he is not here, he will be fine."

Feng Chen chuckled lightly: "I'm not a lucky person. I was lucky enough to save my life this time, thanks to Dr. You's superb medical skills. I will never forget this kind of life-saving grace."

"It is my blessing to be able to save the general's life, and it is also the job of a medical practitioner. I dare not take credit for it."

Feng Chen took a sip of his wine and said, "Doctor You, why should you be humble? It is an indisputable fact that you saved my life, but there is one thing I don't understand——Doctor You is so good at medicine, why does he live in this remote mountain for so long? In the middle, instead of hanging the pot to help the world, displaying what you have learned in your life?"

"I don't live here all the time. I usually travel around the world. I only come back to live here for a few days after the beginning of spring, and pick some herbs that are unique to my country."

"Oh? Then Doctor You and I really have a destiny. If the doctor comes a few days late or leaves early, I'm afraid I will have to die here."

You Baiyan smiled on the surface: "The general is so blessed, so naturally he won't end up like this."

"Haha, is that so? With the doctor's words, I hope I can have a good death one day." He raised his wine glass, and without waiting for Ju Baiyan to return the gift, he raised his head and drank it down.

You Baiyan glanced at Feng Xiao, who had lowered his head from the very beginning, sitting on the side without saying a word, making a whole wooden sculpture.

"Doctor U." Feng Chen suddenly said, "I have been here for a few days, but I haven't seen anyone else. Does the doctor live here alone?"

Jubai Yan turned her head back and replied: "Yes, Bai Yan has been living alone and never lived with others."

Feng Chen tilted his head and looked at him with great interest: "That's strange, there is only one person living in such a big house?"

You Baiyan: "A few years ago, my father, mother, and elder brother lived here with me, but they were separated due to the war and have not been able to reunite until now. I didn't want to make love with each other, so I left here and only came back at the beginning of spring."

"Well, that's how it is." Feng Chen nodded, picked up the jug, filled the wine glass, and drank it slowly.

You Baiyan glanced at Feng Xiao again, wanting to find a helper, but Feng Xiao still looked half-dead, and the veins on his forehead were throbbing.

Feng Chen finished drinking, turned the glass in his hand and said quietly: "Although I have lived in the border for a long time, I am a prince after all, and I have lived in the palace for a long time. I have heard some things. I don't know if Doctor You I’ve heard of a kind of person—the hidden axis.”

"In Fengguo, each monarch will train a group of people, let them learn the customs, manners, poetry and book etiquette of other countries since childhood, and also learn languages ​​when necessary. When these people grow up, they will be sent to other countries. The country, pretending to be the people of the country. They used various methods, or participated in the imperial examination, or got married with the royal family to infiltrate the power center of the country, and constantly obtained various information. But these people are not at all feudal people in terms of identity, Moreover, they have been traveling in other countries for many years. In order to prevent them from having a rebellious heart, they took refuge in others and betrayed the feudal country in turn, so they could not have direct contact with the superiors of the feudal country. Axis'. Then it is brought into the palace or the army by the 'hidden axis'."

"And these 'hidden axes' usually live in extremely hidden places, for example, in a deep forest that is inaccessible like this. Of course, they don't live permanently, and they will leave after getting information. And the place where they live will not It is fixed and will change every one or two years. The 'hidden axis' is not unique to Fengguo, it is also common in other countries, such as Yuguo and Liguo."

Feng Chen poured another glass of wine, put it under his nose and sniffed it lightly. The aroma of the wine was clear enough to make people drunk without drinking. He closed his eyes and said casually: "Although I have never seen these people with my own eyes, I can guess one or two things—the houses where these people live should have a feature: the rooms are not completely separated, like..."

He turned his face sideways and raised his chin towards the house behind him: "That's it." After speaking, he gave You Baiyan a meaningful look, and said slowly, "Are you right? Doctor You."

You Baiyan twitched the corners of her mouth: "The general is indeed well-informed. Such a confidential matter, so humble, I naturally have no way of knowing it. However, this house was not built by me and my family. In order to avoid the war, my parents had no choice. , together with my brother and I hid in this mountain forest, when we arrived here, we saw that the house was empty, so we stayed."

"Haha, is that so? I looked around in the past few days and found that this place is located in the depths of the canyon, surrounded by dense jungles, mountains and mountains, and rugged mountain roads. If I want to get to the nearest town, I have to take a shortcut. It also takes several days to cross the mountains and ridges. Normally, that’s all. When the mountains are covered by heavy snow, it is impossible to go out. In addition, the birds and animals will be extinct and hunting will not be possible. Moreover, due to the difficulty of transportation, the amount of food that can be hoarded is also very limited. I really want to ask Dr. You how your family of four managed to survive in such a bad situation."

You Baiyan listened to his words quietly, the expression on her face didn't change much. After listening, she lowered her eyes and thought for a while, then raised her head to look at Feng Chen, and said: "The general is looking for me today, I'm afraid it's a drunkard Do you mean the bar?"

Feng Chen smiled, but did not answer.

You Baiyan put away that humble attitude, and said lightly: "The general guessed right, I am indeed the 'hidden axis' from Liguo, and this is indeed where I and several other 'hidden axes' once lived. residence."

The "Hidden Axis" of Li Kingdom was originally directly controlled by King Li, but now that King Li is young, they are all managed by Li Xiruo.

"Then you brought me here, is it the national teacher's intention?"

Without hesitation, You Baiyan nodded very calmly and said, "Yes."

Feng Chen originally thought that You Baiyan would deal with him again, but now that the other party is so frank, he was a little surprised. Knowing yourself, you should know that there is no point in concealing it any longer. I will definitely try my best to get to the bottom of it, so it is better to admit these obvious problems directly to avoid further conflicts. Apart from monitoring, Bai Yan's main task is to take care of herself. Ju Bai Yan is impulsive and irritable. If the relationship between the two parties is too bad, it will definitely cause a lot of trouble.

He thought for a while and asked, "Why did the national teacher do this?"

"I do not know."

Feng Chen raised his eyebrows: "I don't know?"

"Yes."

"The matter has come to this point, do you think it is necessary to hide it?"

"I really do not know."

Feng Chen sneered, and put the wine glass on the table with a "touch" sound: "Someone didn't say that, Xiao'er."

Feng Xiao looked up at him timidly.

"Xiao'er is my man. Do you think he will hide it from me for the rest of his life? Moreover, the deputy general has always been in charge of collecting information. As the chief general of the army, how could I treat him if I hadn't been told by others? The way of information transmission is so clear, don’t you think so? Xiao’er.”

You Baiyan turned to look at Feng Xiao eagerly.

Feng Xiao put his hands on his thighs, holding them tightly, and nodded slowly under Feng Chen's gaze.

You Baiyan's eyes stared wide open, almost bursting into flames. He stared at Feng Xiao for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "I didn't expect you to be so dishonest. It's a waste of me trusting you all the time."

Feng Xiaoteng stood up, the chair fell to the ground with a loud noise, he clenched his fists tightly, was silent for a while, panted and said: "I'm a little sleepy, I'm going back to sleep first." After speaking, he turned around and left Walk.

You Baiyan kept staring at him with an ugly expression on his face.

Feng Chen smiled and asked, "Can we talk now?"

You Baiyan glanced at him, snorted coldly, turned her head to the side, and said, "Just because he broke his promise, it doesn't mean I will do the same."

Feng Chen thought, although he still couldn't ask, but from this reaction, he can be sure that he does know the reason.

Feng Chen thought for a while, turned the wine glass and said: "Xiao'er has always kept his promises, and he will certainly do what he promised the national teacher, so he refused to say anything. But after all, he has been with me for many years. What is he? I am very clear about his temperament, and it is impossible for him to hide anything from me, so no matter how much he keeps his mouth shut, I can still ask some questions. He didn't say much, but from what he said, I could tell that the foreign teacher was not real He wants to kill me, he traps me here, and he even has a sense of protection, or in other words, he wants to cut off my connection with the outside world, so that I can't know some things, is that right?"

You Baiyan frowned and looked at him without speaking.

Apparently he guessed right.

"Since you don't want to say it, I don't want to force it, but I think you are probably more than just a small 'hidden axis'."

You Baiyan glanced at him suspiciously, and asked: "Is this also what Feng Xiao said?"

Feng Chen smiled and shook his head: "Xi Ruo dared to entrust the lives of the three of us to you, it seems that he trusts you very much, and your bandaging techniques are very similar, almost exactly the same."

"I know that every national teacher in Li country will select some children from the royal family to enter the palace after he succeeds, teach them all he has learned all his life, and finally select the best and most outstanding people to be his successors, and those who are not selected Some of the winners will be sent home, and the other part of the better ones will be left behind to become the minions of the new national teacher and serve him."

He paused, and took a deep look at You Baiyan: "I think, you are probably one of those minions."

You Baiyan glanced at him dissatisfied: "What minion, it's really ugly, we are brothers, okay?!"

"Haha, is that so?" Feng Chen didn't expect him to say this, he was both surprised and amused: "How could Xi Ruo bring a childish person like you to look at me?"

You Baiyan stared at him with wide eyes: "Who is childish?!"

Feng Chen smiled and waved his hands, expressing that he didn't want to argue with him, but after thinking about it, he found an opportunity to take advantage of him, so he asked: "Even if you and Xi Ruo came from the same school, in the end it's just a subordinate relationship. So sure, he sees you as brothers and not minions?"

Jubaiyan was obviously displeased, she rolled her eyes at Feng Chen and said, "Don't think that Liguo people are as selfish, utilitarian, cold-blooded and ruthless as you Fengguo people, and only treat others as tools."

"Oh? How do you know that the people of Fengguo are selfish, utilitarian, and ruthless?"