has become a demon

That day, Xie Taichu's body was filled with zhenqi and he was suffering from bone-piercing pain. He was carried by Dahei to go northwest. When he felt the pain, he stopped, and when the pain stopped, he went on.When I was hungry, I hunted some pheasants and boars, and when I was thirsty, I chewed ice and drank snow... I didn’t know how many times I called back and forth before the gate of hell, and the stop and go for more than a month actually made him arrive in Ningxia.

He also found out that the Yuanshu people who came from the capital were sent to Yuanma Temple to be imprisoned by the military eunuch Jin Wu, next to Zhang Liangbao where the military households gathered.

The people living in Zhang Liangbao are all military households, some herders raising horses, and criminal soldiers who have been punished by military law.

Arriving at the low-slung village of Zhang Liangbao, he found Zhao Yuan's yard among thatched huts.

I don't know why, but suddenly I seem to be timid with nostalgia.

The big black horse tugged at his sleeve, and Xie Taichu patted its head: "You are right, I am so embarrassed...so I won't go in. Your Highness has always been soft-hearted, and he would be worried and sad when he saw me hurt. What's more... I originally cultivated the way of ruthlessness, it is really inappropriate to see His Highness again, and my mind is confused."

It was as if he was speaking to the horse, but there was a voice in his heart mocking him for deceiving himself.

He stood under the locust tree in the night for a long time.It was so long that the lamp in the house was extinguished, and it was so long that it was polished on the sky... The snow fell on his shoulders, and the surrounding households began to come out to move around, so he left and found a corner to heal his injuries.

From this day on, he always stood quietly under the pagoda tree at the door for a while while healing his wounds.

If someone came, he would leave quietly.

But today...

He came earlier, knowing that Zhao Yuan had only a few supplies left after the child moved out, so he was a little hesitant.Under the rising sun again, I saw Zhao Yuan cleaning and washing.

Even if he fell from the clouds to the mortal world, the Le'an County King's gestures are still graceful and graceful, and the temperament of being calm, moonlight, and icy is not covered by the mud of the world at all.

Xie Taichu walked closer.

Passed the threshold.

Once again, he easily crossed the line of defense he had set for himself.

The first ray of sunlight in the morning caressed the face of King Le'an, depicting his gentle outline.With his eyes closed, his damp cheeks were as translucent as jade in the sun.

Cangshan bears snow, and the sky is brightly south.

Xie Taichu suppressed the bloody aura that surged because of his heartbeat - if this was the inner demon that Xie Taichu couldn't avoid, he surrendered and surrendered willingly.

"Is the real person here safe and sound?" Zhao Yuan even asked him with a forced smile, "Is there something important to come to Ningxia Town from the capital?"

Xie Taichu didn't expect him to react like this, he was startled, and said: "I... didn't go to the capital."

The two looked at each other like this, until a few crows landed on the eaves and squawked, Zhao Yuan looked away in a panic.

"That's right...I have dragged the real person down." Zhao Yuan said, "If the real person hadn't taken me to flee at that time, I must have been an extremely human minister...The real person saved me so much, I am extremely ashamed..."

Before he finished speaking, Xie Taichu had already walked to his side and squatted down, holding his hands and examining them carefully.

Zhao Yuan was startled, and wanted to withdraw his hand, but his wrist was held by Xie Taichu and remained motionless.

Ningxia town is cold.

Zhao Yuan's hands have been rough and swollen these days, with bruises and chilblains, the joints have been chapped, and red flesh can be seen, which is painful and itchy, making him restless at night.

These slender and white hands once fondled the Guqin, fought chess games, studied ink and brushed brushes...but now they are treated like this.

It hurts to look at it.

"Mine oil is a good medicine for chilblain. There are minks in Helan Mountain. I will go into the mountain in a short while and kill a few minks to refine the oil. I will apply it to His Highness's wounds. Then massage every day, and the scabs will heal within a few days." Xie Xie Said to him in the beginning.

"No need..." Zhao Yuan said.

Xie Taichu stood up again and looked into the water tank.The last bit of thin ice inside was taken out and melted for washing, and now the water tank bottomed out.

He then untied the relatively thick Taoist uniform and put it on Zhao Yuan's shoulders.

"Thirty feet behind the village, there is hot spring water flowing down, and I brought the water."

"No, wait. The real—I—"

He didn't dare to stay and listen to Zhao Yuan's blocking voice, he picked up two buckets and walked out quickly, leaving Zhao Yuan alone in the yard, still wearing the dao uniform with Xie Taichu's question on his body.

He touched the dress.

From the inner pocket of the clothes, the torn and bloodstained He Li Shu slipped out and landed on Zhao Yuan's lap.

The bloodstains were like blossoming red plums, their edges blurred in the cold.

Zhao Yuan looked at the bloodstains.

Even more sad.

Xie Taichu collected water by the creek until the two barrels were full, and then he went to the side of the road.

The water is running water, and it was cold after leaving the mountain stream. When we arrived at the village, there were still ice balls, but it looked clear.For no reason, there was a sense of relief as if he had done something for Zhao Yuan.

The big black horse was pawing the ground by the side of the road, looking for some dry grass and chewing. Seeing him working so hard, he seemed a little disdainful, and snorted twice.

"The last food in the house was taken away by the child just now." Xie Taichu said to the big black horse, "Your Highness still has no food for today."

The big black horse flicked its tail and walked a little further.

Xie Taichu didn't take it seriously.

Looked around.

Yuanma Temple is on the edge of Zhangliang Fort. Apart from a few buildings that look like yamen, there is a large area of ​​grass. There are about two to three hundred people in the household, mostly old women and children.

His face was haggard and his clothes were tattered.

Thinking of the child who stole just now... Xie Taichu also knew that even if he searched here, he might not be able to find enough food to satisfy his hunger even if he went to ten or eight households.

He hung the bucket on the back of the big black horse, led it for half a mile, and finally found a decent family at the end of the village.

The pig had just been slaughtered in the backyard, and the blood was still steaming in the barrel where the pig was slaughtered. The two halves of the pork were hung in the yard, and the offal of the pig was washed and hung beside it.

Xie Taichu searched all over his body, only one piece of jade pendant symbolized Qingxing Pavilion.

He took half a pig and hung up the jade pendant.

"As a last resort, exchange jade for meat, and look at Haihan."

Xie Taichu used his sword as a substitute, and respectfully carved a letter of apology on the wooden stake, and then he carried the meat out of the yard and put it on the back of the big black horse.

The big black horse is a military horse, when has it suffered such humiliation, white smoke is coming out of its nostrils, and its hooves are stubborn and refuse to give in.

At this time, Zhao Yuan's yard was filled with several baskets of feathers, which were sent by the guards.

Zhang Liangbao's garrison always followed Zhang Yiqian.

"I mean common man, although you used to be a relative of the emperor, now that you come to our Yuanma Temple, you can't earn your own rations?" When he came for the first time, he was very angry, "We earn our own food, what about you? You can't let us make offerings, right? Who doesn't have a few people, it's winter..."

The boss circled around him and spat out a mouthful of phlegm.

"It's really crippled, what a bad luck! You're so delicate, you can't hold back your shoulders, you can't lift your hands, you're not even as good as a woman or a child." He cursed, "I don't dare let you touch any golden hatchet, we will all have to kill ourselves when the time comes. Even sitting. It’s such a burden, and I have to send someone to bring things... Then who, Chen San’er, will send feathers to the common people, ten baskets in five days, if you can’t finish it, don’t give food. In our castle Don't support idlers! Only I, Zhang Dashan, treat you like this, remember to be grateful."

The top-grade carved tail feathers are selected one by one to make heavy arrow feathers, which can pierce armor at a hundred steps.The middle-grade goose feathers are divided into a basket to make long arrow feathers, which have a longer range and can hurt cavalry.The low-grade crow feathers are put together to make light arrows, which are light and fast, suitable for defensive close combat.There are also some arrows made by miscellaneous feathers, which are used by ordinary soldiers, but they lose their accuracy after fifty steps, and they will live and die on the battlefield...

After Xie Taichu finally reached a "gentleman's agreement" with Dahei, he led the horse back.

When he entered the door, he saw Zhao Yuan arranging his feathers.

Xie Taichu stepped forward and snatched the dustpan from him.

Zhao Yuan was robbed of his work and lost his hand, so he could only look at him: "If the real person doesn't let me do the work, and I can't keep up with the progress of paying every five days, I will have no rations."

"I will take care of Your Highness."

As Xie Taichu spoke, he brought in water to fill up the tank.

Before Zhao Yuan could respond, he stared dumbfounded at him carrying half a pig in from the outside.

Greasy pork stained his shoulders.

The fairy who flew into the mortal world suddenly became a farmer carrying pigs.

Zhao Yuan couldn't help but burst out laughing...

The rain is over and the sky is coming... Xie Taichu finally understands the origin of Zhao Yuan's calligraphy.

But this kind of person only smiled for a moment, and then restrained his color. He lowered his head and his eyes were red, and tears fell on the folded Taoist uniform on his knees.

"Thank you Taichu, why did you come?" He asked.

"I... care about Your Highness." Xie Taichu was at a loss for words, "Your Highness is the one I married."

"You don't need to call me Your Highness anymore. I'm already a common man. I'm so different from a real person. I dare not climb high." Zhao Yuan said, holding up the Taoist uniform with both hands and passing it over. Inside the Taoist uniform is the letter of He Li .

"He Lishu was handed over to the real person when he was in Tianshou Mountain. Two hearts are different, and it is difficult to return to the same mind. Yuan only wants to say goodbye. I hope the real person will be fulfilled, let alone hate each other."

Xie Taichu took the robe for a while and held it in his hands.

Zhao Yuan sighed again, as if he had let go of a heavy burden.

"In this way, you are a stranger, and there is nothing to do with it. Please take the food and water away with the real person. Please don't enter this shabby room."

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Zhao Yuan: get out