Drunk with you

Yu Wenyue gently pushed open the door of the bedroom, and found that the main hall was empty.Then I went to the side hall and opened the door, and the hot air mixed with the fragrance of roses came in for a moment.In the white mist, a round wooden barrel can be vaguely seen in the center of the side hall, and there is a handsome figure sitting inside, with jade shoulders slightly exposed, and long hair hanging out of the wooden barrel, like a waterfall pouring down.

Yu Wenyue's eyes sank, probably because the fog was too hot, her face turned slightly red.He stood at the door and thought for a while, and finally turned around, ready to wait for her in the main hall.

"Asparagus, come here and give me a shoulder squeeze." Chu Qiao, who was soaking in the tub, suddenly called softly.

Yu Wenyue stopped and stood still.

Seeing that no one answered, Chu Qiao called out again: "Asparagus?"

Yu Wenyue frowned lightly, did not speak, and then took off her robe, leaving only white pajamas on her body.Then she walked behind Chu Qiao, put the towel on the edge of the tub, and stretched out her hand to gently caress Chu Qiao's thin shoulders.Her delicate skin became more delicate due to moisture, and the soft touch made Yu Wenyue's throat a little tight.

The person behind him has big and powerful hands, obviously not asparagus!Chu Qiao closed her eyes, took a deep breath to keep calm, then slowly put the towel into the water, then suddenly opened her eyes and swung the wet towel backwards like a sharp sword. Ben Yuwenyue's face struck.

Yu Wenyue quickly grabbed the other end of the towel, and the water splashed on his face.At this moment, his wrist was suddenly grabbed, and then a huge force suddenly struck, pulling his wrist and throwing it into the air.Yu Wenyue reacted very quickly, supported the edge of the wooden barrel with the other hand, turned up with Chu Qiao's strength, drew a perfect arc in the air, and then stepped on the other edge of the wooden barrel smoothly.Chu Qiao pulled off the gauze curtain and put it in the water, surrounding her body.

As soon as Yu Wenyue stood firm, Chu Qiao sank the bath towel into the water, broke through the water again, swung her arms round, and attacked the blurred figure in the mist.The bath towel slapped Yu Wenyue's face with water splashes. He stepped on the edge of the barrel and suddenly got up and leaned back. He had just adjusted his balance, but unexpectedly Chu Qiao's two jade legs suddenly stretched out between his feet, and they suddenly separated. With a kick, Yu Wenyue lost her balance instantly and fell forward.

Seeing that the opportunity came, Chu Qiao grabbed Yu Wenyue's hair and pulled him into the tub with all her strength. There was a loud splash, and there was a huge splash of water in the tub, hitting the ground together with the rose petals.Chu Qiao immediately pressed Yu Wenyue's head with both hands to prevent him from coming out of the water.

Why do we fight every time we meet?Can't we have a gentle way of meeting each other?Yu Wenyue was struggling underwater, not to mention depressed.

Since Chu Qiao didn't know it was Yu Wenyue, she pressed Yu Wenyue's head with all her strength.All the martial arts in the water are useless, and she can't cry out. Yu Wenyue was holding her breath and was depressed when she suddenly saw Chu Qiao's jade body in the water, which was simply surrounded by gauze curtains. With his arms, he tore off the gauze curtain from her body.Chu Qiao covered her body in panic, Yu Wenyue took advantage of her letting go, and immediately floated her head out of the water and took a few deep breaths.

Chu Qiao hastily surrounded her underwater body with gauze curtains, and then put her hands on the edge of the barrel and wanted to jump out, but suddenly the person behind her hugged her thigh and pulled hard, only to hear a plop, and the two sank together In the bathtub, a large splash of water splashed.

Chu Qiao's eyes widened, and she finally saw the face of the person in front of her in the water.Yu Wenyue hugged Chu Qiao proudly, with a great sense of victory to win the game, and then bullied her up to hold Chu Qiao's face, her fiery kiss mixed with the smell of roses invaded her.

This kiss lasted a little long, until the two of them could not hold their breath before they surfaced, panting heavily.Chu Qiao stared at Yu Wenyue for a long time, wondering if she was dreaming.

Yu Wenyue raised her chin and asked, "What are you looking at? Are you not convinced? I have plenty of ways to make you stop!"

"Yu Wenyue, why are you here? When did you come to Yanbei?" Chu Qiao asked in a deep voice.

Yu Wenyue snorted coldly: "I don't even know if my soldiers are replaced, how can I become a general!"

"When did you sneak into the Xiuli Army?" Chu Qiao was a little surprised.

Yu Wenyue gave Chu Qiao a sideways look: "The morning after you were attacked at Cuiwei Pass."

Just as Chu Qiao was about to speak, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a jade pendant on Yu Wenyue's chest.Her eyes sank and she grabbed the jade pendant, and when she took a closer look, it turned out to be the Yue character jade pendant that she had been wearing close to her body.

"Why is this jade pendant on your body?" Chu Qiao asked in a deep voice, frowning slightly.

"Pick it up."

"Where did you pick it up?"

"In the woods where you led away the pursuers." Yu Wenyue replied calmly.

Chu Qiao frowned, the memory before she fainted in the woods that night, the figure fighting with her, and the familiar sword edge, flashed into her mind in an instant.She thought for a while, and suddenly asked in surprise: "The person in the Xianbei costume in the woods, is that you?"

"En." Yu Wenyue responded lightly.

"Then why did I faint during the fight? Did you knock me out?" Chu Qiao asked in a deep voice.

Yu Wenyue glared at Chu Qiao fiercely, and said angrily, "You are stupid! It was you who fell into the enchantment gu and fainted!"

"Enchanting emotion Gu?" Chu Qiao was a little confused, and suddenly remembered the three poisonous needles that stabbed her shoulder when she was being chased.

When it comes to the enchantment Gu, Yu Wenyue didn't get angry, and frowned with a dark face, and said: "You don't know how to live or die, you pretended to be a princess to lure away the ambushers, and you got caught in the enchantment Gu. Fortunately, I caught up with you in time. I even sacrificed myself to detoxify you personally, otherwise what would you do if you fell into the hands of another man?"

"Detoxification? How to detoxify?" Chu Qiao asked in confusion, blinking her big eyes.

Looking at her, Yu Wenyue became more angry, took a step forward with her feet underwater, hugged her waist tightly, and the heat of her breath hit her face, and said in a deep voice: "As it is now, Soak in hot water, then take off your clothes and do what you need to do." Yu Wenyue's face was sullen, and her breathing suddenly became short of breath.

The dream of the hot spring pool that made people blush and heartbeat reappeared in Chu Qiao's mind again. She stared at Yu Wenyue with wide eyes, and asked hesitantly after a long while: "Then...that night in the hot spring pool...how is it?" Isn't it a dream?"

"What? Would you like me to demonstrate it again for you to see, is it a dream?" After saying that, Yu Wenyue moved her face closer to Chu Qiao.

"Yu Wenyue! You actually!..." Chu Qiao blushed and roared angrily at Yu Wenyue.

Yu Wenyue slightly raised her eyebrows and looked at Chu Qiao, and said helplessly, "You were poisoned at the time, and you were so proactive, what can I do?"

"Then...then you can take advantage of me...while I don't know...to me...Yu! Wen! Yue!" Chu Qiao became a little annoyed as she spoke, blushing pitifully, and threw her fist at Yu Wenyue. go.

Yu Wenyue clenched her fists in front of her chest, leaned against her, looked down at Chu Qiao's heaving chest, and said with a smile: "Xing'er, what are you doing now? Are you sure you want to fight me again?"

Chu Qiao's face instantly turned red when she heard the words, reaching her ears, she covered her blushing face with her hand and buried herself in the water, not daring to look at Yu Wenyue.

Yu Wenyue smiled smugly when she saw that she was so ashamed.

Since the pajamas were already soaked, Yu Wenyue had no choice but to simply wrap her lower body with a coat and sit beside the heater to dry the pajamas.Standing behind Yu Wenyue, Chu Qiao gently wiped his drenched hair with a bath towel.

"During the blizzard on Huahu Mountain, were you the one who tied the horse for me?" Chu Qiao asked in a deep voice, thinking about the figure that disappeared in the blizzard.

"Ah."

"Then you were the one who intercepted the bandits in Liangzhou?"

"Ah."

"The owner of the Xianbei tribe who delivered the beef is also you?" Chu Qiao's eyes suddenly flickered.

"En." Yu Wenyue responded, and then turned over the pajamas in her hand.

"The maidservants said that it was your friend who saved me...in fact, it was you..." Chu Qiao didn't question her tone, but seemed to be talking to herself.

"En." Yu Wenyue replied in a deep voice.

"This journey, you have been following me..." Chu Qiao suddenly felt a pain in her heart, and did not continue.

"Stupid and stupid, how can you rest assured if you don't follow?" Yu Wenyue said with a cold snort.

"Are you not angry with me?" Chu Qiao frowned slightly, her voice choked up.

"I'm angry, of course I'm angry, I'm about to explode, and I've always been angry when I saw you along the way..." Yu Wenyue was speaking angrily, but suddenly Chu Qiao's slender arms wrapped around her waist, and her face immediately It also stuck up, and his chin rested on his neck, and warm liquid slowly flowed down his shoulders to his heart.

Yu Wenyue's eyes sank, she put her warm palm on the back of her hand, and said softly: "Don't cry, you will be ugly if you cry any more."

Hearing this, Chu Qiao grinned, turned her head, and suddenly kissed Yu Wenyue's ear lightly. Seeing that he didn't respond in a daze, she hesitated for a moment, and then kissed Yu Wenyue on the face again.

Yu Wenyue felt her heart beating violently, she suddenly got up and hugged Chu Qiao, Chu Qiao hugged him around his neck with a cry of surprise, her face was blushing, and she asked in a low voice with some confidence: "You...what are you going to do?"

Yu Wenyue laughed lightly: "Perhaps the poison in your body has not been completely removed, let me help you remove it again." After saying that, she hugged Chu Qiao and walked towards the bed.

The wooden couch swayed slightly, the curtains fluttered, and the cold winter night gradually became hotter.

Chu Qiao, who was inside the curtain, embraced Yu Wenyue's broad shoulders, pressed her lips to his ear, and whispered with rapid panting, "Yu Wenyue, I miss you."

Hearing this, Yu Wenyue laughed, and breathed heavily on Chu Qiao's neck, making it tickle.

The night sky in Yanbei is full of stars, and the bright moon is shining among the bright stars, embracing and protecting each other, shining brightly.

When Chu Qiao woke up the next morning, Yu Wenyue was already fully dressed and sitting in front of the desk.

"Why did you get up so early?" Chu Qiao came over and asked softly.

Yu Wenyue stood up, took Chu Qiao's hand and held her in her arms, stroked her hair with her chin and said in a deep voice, "Xing'er, I have to go."

Chu Qiao looked up at him: "You really can't stay in Yanbei, it's too dangerous!" After saying that, she paused and continued to ask, "Do you want to go back to Chang'an?"

"No, go back to Qinghai." Yu Wenyue paused, looked into Chu Qiao's eyes and continued, "How can I go back to Chang'an with peace of mind if you stay in Yanbei? Besides, the people you rescued rely on you to change from Qinghai to Qinghai." The little food that came here can’t survive this winter at all.”

Chu Qiao's eyes sank when she heard this, and the sockets of her eyes were a little warm, and she asked in a deep voice, "What are you going to do?"

"Yanbei doesn't want them, I want them in Qinghai." Yu Wenyue said calmly.

Chu Qiao looked deeply at the man in front of her. From the first time she saw him, he had always had a straight face and a frosty look.But in the bottom of his heart that no one can touch, there is a different kind of warmth.He understands her heart, understands the injustices she resents, and shares the same beliefs with her.Chu Qiao was very glad that she was able to walk with him, and was able to touch the warmth in his heart again and again.

Yu Wenyue looked at the moisture in Chu Qiao's eyes, and jokingly said, "What are you looking at? Do you worship me? Do you want to give me your body?"

Chu Qiao squinted at Yu Wenyue when she heard the words: "The rascal..."

Yu Wenyue laughed softly, then lowered her head to Chu Qiao's ear and said in a deep voice, "I don't know who it was last night, but it seems that I like my rascal appearance..."

Chu Qiao's face instantly turned red, and her ears were itchy from the hot air he exhaled, and then they also turned red.She made an angry gesture to hit him, but he hugged her tightly in his arms.

After a long while, Yu Wenyue reluctantly let go of Chu Qiao, and said in a deep voice, "Xing'er, I'm leaving, you have to be careful."

"Well, I got it, you have to be safe and well." Chu Qiao smiled slightly, stretched out her hand to hook Yu Wenyue's little finger and said, "I'll see you off."

Yu Wenyue looked down at Chu Qiao's hands, smiled lightly and interlocked her fingers.

Chu Qiao smiled and pushed open the door, but suddenly saw Yan Xun standing under the bare sycamore tree in the courtyard, dressed in black robes.

☆, return to Qinghai

Yan Xun's thin figure stood under the sycamore tree, his face was a bit dark, the cool morning wind blew by, gently flipping his dark robe.

Yu Wenyue frowned, and tightly held Chu Qiao's hand.Yan Xun walked over slowly, stopped to scan Yu Wenyue's body, and finally his eyes fell on the hands they held tightly.

"Yu Wenyue, don't come here without any problems." Yan Xun forced a cold smile from the corner of his mouth.

"Young Master Yan, don't come here without any problems." Yu Wenyue also smiled slightly, and said in a deep voice.

Yan Xun narrowed his slender eyes, then snorted coldly and said, "You should call me His Majesty King Yan, because Yanbei will soon become independent."

Yu Wenyue smiled lightly and said, "Okay, I must wait until the day when Yanbei becomes independent, and I will call you His Majesty the King of Yan."

Yan Xun's face was sullen, his gaze swept across the tightly clenched hands of the two of them again, and then he sneered and said, "What? Is General Yuwen going to leave?"

Yu Wenyue looked down at Chu Qiao who looked nervous, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, Xing'er said that Yanbei is too dangerous, and she is afraid that someone will frame me again like three years ago, and urges me to leave quickly."

Yan Xun had a disdainful look on his face when he heard the words, and he snorted coldly, "I am Hongchuan City in Yanbei, but General Wei doesn't come and leave whenever he wants."

Chu Qiao got a little nervous when she heard the words, pulled Yu Wenyue's sleeves tightly, put her arm in front of him and said sharply: "Yan Xun, today is different, if you dare to play Yu Wenyue's idea again today , I will protect each other with death! When the time comes when King Xiuli of Wei and his relatives escort the general to die in Yanbei, do you think Emperor Wei and Qinghai will spare you?"

Yan Xun saw that Chu Qiao was guarding Yu Wenyue, ready to fight him at any time, and the anger in his heart surged up uncontrollably.His eyes were red and he gritted his teeth.

"You can't go in! Your Highness! Your Highness!..." The soldiers guarding the gate of Qingshui Pavilion shouted suddenly, but they didn't stop Yue Qi and Zuo Shaolin from rushing into the courtyard.

Yue Qi stared and rushed over to block Yu Wenyue and Chu Qiao, frowned and said to Yan Xun in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness, Qinghai Cuiwei Pass and Rouran Baogu Pass have all deployed troops. Tell me, if you don’t see your son returning to Qinghai in three days, then Qinghai and Rouran’s iron cavalry will crush Yanbei!” Yue Qi paused and continued with a sneer, “Your Highness naively thought that our son is like three years ago Same, is it just a family name? Do you think that Yanbei is still a powerful power in the Northwest? Don’t forget, now Qinghai, Rouran, and Northwest Dangxiang are all following my son’s orders at any time! Yanbei is just caught in this It's just a small place among the three forces!"

Yan Xun frowned tightly when he heard the words, his face was ashen, Ah Jing beside him couldn't hold back, and suddenly drew his sword and pointed at Yue Qi.Yue Qi did not back down, and drew his sword to offset it.

"Jing! Stop!"

"Yue Qi! Take back the sword!"

The two men shouted in unison.

Ah Jing and Yue Qi stared at each other fiercely, and then withdrew their swords.

Yan Xun's face was sullen, his teeth were sore, he took a deep breath, frowned and looked at Chu Qiao, then turned around and said to Ah Jing in a deep voice, "Let General Yuwen go!" After saying that, he took a big step , walked towards the gate of Qingshui Pavilion, leaving behind a lonely and desolate figure.

Ah Jing stood there a little unconvinced, but there was nothing he could do, so he had to order all the soldiers guarding the gate to retreat.

Yu Wenyue held Chu Qiao's hand tightly, lowered her head and looked tenderly at her nervous appearance.Yue Qishi backed away with a long look, and pulled Zuo Shaolin to leave.Zuo Shaolin also asked in a daze: "Hey? The general is not with us..." Before he could finish speaking, Yue Qi covered his mouth and dragged him outside the door.

"Xing'er, the way you protected me just now looks like a fierce wife." Yu Wenyue said with a smile.

Chu Qiao breathed a sigh of relief, and gave him a slight sideways glance: "You still have the mood to joke? Go away, it's too dangerous for you to stay here." Although Chu Qiao was reluctant, she still urged Yu Wenyue.She was suddenly afraid. The frozen lake three years ago and Yu Wenyue covered in blood resurfaced in her mind, which made her feel a little cold, and she couldn't help shivering.

All the way to the gate of Qingshui Pavilion, Yu Wenyue still held Chu Qiao's hand and refused to let go.

"Okay, let's go, they are still waiting for you." Chu Qiao said, looking at Yue Qi and Zuo Shaolin who were standing in the distance.

"You have to guard against Yan Xun. If things get to an irreversible situation, remember to go to Qinghai Cuiwei Pass. Don't worry about those victims and the Xiuli army guarding outside the pass. I will open Cuiwei Pass and let them go to Qinghai after I go back to settle down." Yu Wenyue said He took Chu Qiao's shoulders and hugged her in his arms and continued, "Xing'er, remember to miss me, you know?"

"En." Chu Qiao replied in a muffled voice.

"I'm leaving." Yu Wenyue reluctantly let go of Chu Qiao.

Chu Qiao looked up at Yu Wenyue, suddenly stood on tiptoe, and lightly pecked Yu Wenyue's forehead.

Yu Wenyue's eyes sank, and the corners of her lips curled up into a slight smile, then she turned around and mounted her horse, whipped her whip and left, leaving a cloud of dust flying all over the place.

It was nearly December, and the land of Yanbei was covered with frost, the wind was bitter, and it was cold and desolate.Relying on the coarse grains brought by the Xiuli Army, the victims outside the pass managed to survive for more than half a month.After Yu Wenyue returned to Qinghai, she quickly set up thatched huts on the vast plains to keep warm from the cold. Every household was equipped with braziers, quilts and other supplies to keep warm from the cold, and then opened Cuiwei Pass to collect the displaced people outside Yanbei Pass. Into Qinghai.

After opening the Cuiwei Gate, Yu Wenyue wrote a letter to Chu Qiao.Since letters to and from Yanbei must be registered by the Secretary of the Forbidden Army before being distributed to the recipients, it is only natural that someone will peek at the letters of Yu Wenyue and Chu Qiao.

Yan Xun was sitting in front of the table in Tai'an Hall, looking at the letter in his hand by the dim candlelight, and Yu Wenyue's handwriting appeared on the letter paper with astonishment.Yan Xun wanted to see something from his letter, but he frowned and read it for a long time, and finally put it back in the envelope and sealed it again, asking Ah Jing to give it to Chu Qiao.

Ah Jing asked in a deep voice, "Your Highness, is there any problem?"

Yan Xun snorted coldly with disdain: "It's just a hypocritical poem."

After Chu Qiao received the letter, she read the so-called hypocritical poem, thought about it, and finally a smile appeared on her face.Then he said softly to He Xiao beside him: "The disaster victims and the Xiuli Army have settled down in Qinghai."

He Xiao's eyes sank: "The general said so in the letter? Will Prince Yan peek at this letter, and then take the opportunity to attack Cuiwei Pass?"

Chu Qiao chuckled lightly: "He didn't say anything in the letter."

"How did your lord know?" He Xiao stared in puzzlement.

Chu Qiao smiled and said nothing.

Yu Wenyue's letter, on the surface, seems to be just a poem, which is exactly the hypocritical poem that Yan Xun said: the autumn wind kills the green willows, and Ling Han follows him slightly.Frost has fallen in Guanzhong, and Molan is still blooming.Only when you know the past of Shangyuan, can you meet the king.Hope you don't miss each other, but don't forget each other when you read.

And in this so-called hypocritical poem, there is a word hidden in each sentence, which together reads "Cuiwei has opened, don't read it when you are well."

When she was in Qingshanyuan, Yu Wenyue taught her this way of communication between spies who used poetry to deceive people.So this letter, only Chu Qiao can understand it, Yan Xun naturally can't understand it.

When Yan Xun heard the news that Qinghai opened Cuiwei Pass and accepted Yanbei refugees, his teeth were itchy and he quickly led his troops to Cuiwei Pass, but it was too late, Cuiwei Pass had already been closed, and [-] Qinghai troops were stationed closely at Cuiwei Pass , so that Yan Xun did not dare to act rashly.

Ah Jing looked at Yan Xun's gloomy face, so she rode forward and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, calm down, they are just a group of useless disaster victims. Qinghai likes them, so give it to them."

Yan Xun frowned and did not speak.How could he be angry with a group of common people?It was because someone dared to interfere in Yanbei's affairs, and this person was actually Yu Wenyue!

Ah Jing had just finished speaking, saw Yan Xun was silent, and was wondering if he had said something wrong, when Yan Xun's cold voice sounded slowly: "It seems that he is determined to fight me. "

Yan Xun half-closed his eyes, looking at the heavily guarded Cuiweiguan in the distance, a ball of flames seemed to burst from his eyes.

☆、Winter of Suffering

Just after December, there have been several heavy snowfalls in Yanbei.Countless little snow-white flowers are like fairies in the sky, slowly dropping from the air, dancing lightly in mid-air, and finally falling loosely on the ground.

Chu Qiao stood in the courtyard of Qingshui Pavilion, reaching out to catch the gently falling snowflakes.But the snowflakes are like a flash in the pan, and they turn into a small drop of water as soon as they fall into the hand, crystal clear.

Wen Zhu came over with a mink velvet cloak, lightly brushed the snowflakes off Chu Qiao's body, and then put the cloak on her shoulders.

"Sister Qiao, it's cold outside, be careful not to catch a cold." Wen Zhu carefully reminded Chu Qiao.

"Hmm." Chu Qiao responded and said to herself, "I don't know if it is snowing in Qinghai as well."

"So my sister is missing her brother-in-law?" Wenzhu joked with a smile.

"You know a lot." Chu Qiao glared at Asparagus, but a smile appeared on her face.

"My lord, my lord, there's a letter from Qinghai!" He Xiao ran in, holding a birdcage covered with a black cloth in one hand, and the letter in the other.

Asparagus took the cage and opened the black cloth to see that there was a taupe young eagle with white fluff on the top of the head, brown-black back, gray-brown and white horizontal stripes densely below the chest, a pair of sharp The eyes are piercing, and the small bright yellow mouth is very cute.

With a flash in Chu Qiao's eyes, she happily took the cage, opened the door, and the little eagle flapped its immature wings and flew out, perched on Chu Qiao's shoulder, and gently pecked at her hair with its yellow beak. .

Asparagus stretched out his fingers to tease the young eagle, and He Xiaoli smiled and said, "This must be the Qinghai goshawk."

Chu Qiao opened the letter, and Yu Wenyue's powerful handwriting danced on the letter paper.At the beginning, I asked about Chu Qiao's recent situation and physical condition, told her to keep warm in Tianhan, and then explained some ways to raise small goshawks, and attached a poem at the bottom of the letter: "There are trees in the mountains, and there are trees in the mountains." There are branches, the moon has stars, and lovesickness is far away. Days are spent looking forward to the night, and the dream is the time of reunion." At the end are the four words "Well, don't read", signed with a delicate "Yue" character.

Chu Qiao recited the poem silently again, with a warm smile on her face, but she said to herself, "When did I learn to write such hypocritical poems?"

Wenzhu came over to join in the fun and said: "Sister Qiao, as the saying goes, women look for those who please themselves, so men should be hypocritical for those who please themselves." After finishing speaking, he exchanged glances with He Xiao, covered his mouth and started laughing.

Chu Qiao rolled her eyes and said angrily, "You know a lot!"

"Sister Qiao, is there any code word in brother-in-law's poem this time?" Wen Zhu asked in a low voice after laughing.

"Not every poem has code words." Chu Qiao replied.

"Then how do you tell the difference?"

"Only he and I know about this." After Chu Qiao said that, she looked towards the southern sky, which was the direction of Qinghai.

Now it is the coldest winter of December, and the atmosphere of welcoming the new year has begun in the Tai'an Hall of Hongchuan City, especially on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month after the Chinese New Year, Yan Xun and Yuan Chun will be married, so in this month before the year, Si The etiquette officer has already been busy preparing the relevant procedures for the three books and six rituals.Yuan Chun reads and writes in the hall every day. Although she knows that Yan Xun doesn't love her, she finds painfully that she still loves Yan Xun.That's why he was willing to stay in Yanbei to accompany him, even though Yan Xun never came to see her.

Compared with the festive atmosphere in Tai'an Hall, Hongchuan Street looks a bit depressed.The business of the shops on the street was bleak, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled begged along the street. The passing officers and soldiers looked at no one, ate and drank for free with their official uniforms, and beat and kicked the people in distress.

Chu Qiao sat in the carriage and opened the curtains to see all of this, feeling a little inexplicably sad in her heart.

The horse neighed suddenly, disturbing Chu Qiao's thoughts.She opened the curtain, and saw a teenage boy kneeling in front of the carriage, wrapped in a shabby cotton jacket, with a sallow face covered with tears under his unkempt hair.He Xiao got off his horse and shouted at him angrily: "Who? How dare you block a horse in the street?"

"My lord, my lord..." The boy hugged He Xiao's feet and cried, "My lord, help me! My lord, save my mother! Help my mother!" After finishing speaking, he kowtowed to He Xiao.

When He Xiao was in a dilemma, Chu Qiao and Wen Zhu got out of the carriage, went to the boy and squatted down.The boy raised a weeping face, and when he saw Chu Qiao, he was stunned for a moment, then threw himself at Chu Qiao's feet and cried, "Master Chu! Master Chu, you are finally back! Please save my mother!"

This boy knew Chu Qiao, she was not surprised.Back then when she swore to defend Hongchuan City to the death, the people of Hongchuan already regarded her as a god of war.

"Get up quickly, what's wrong with your mother?" Chu Qiao asked in a deep voice as she helped the boy up.

"My lord, my mother is sick, and now it's freezing cold, and her illness is getting worse, and she's already coughing up blood!" the boy said as he lay on the ground in tears.

After Chu Qiao ordered He Xiao to go to the pharmacy to buy medicine, she took the boy back to Wangjia Village outside the city.The boy's mother was already on the verge of death, and her complexion eased after being fed the decoction. The boy also breathed a sigh of relief, and then knelt down and kowtowed to Chu Qiao with a plop. Chu Qiao quickly helped him up.

"Why is Hongchuan so depressed this year?" Chu Qiao asked the boy in a deep voice.

"Responding to my lord, it's not that this year is bad, but that Hongchuan hasn't had a good time since you left Yanbei three years ago." The boy said with a frown.

"It has been like this for three years?" Chu Qiao asked in a deep voice.

"The first year was fine, but there was a drought, and we were able to divert water from the Huihui River to irrigate the farmland. But in the second year, we suffered floods, and the crop harvest was halved. I thought it would be better this year, but we suffered another plague of locusts. , the crops were not harvested, the family’s only emergency money was paid in taxes, and my father and older brother were also included in the forbidden army camp, leaving only me and my long-sick mother in the family.”

"Then what about your father and brother's military pay? Didn't you get it back to treat your mother?" Chu Qiao asked.

The boy sighed softly when he heard the words: "Because of the disaster, the farmers couldn't pay the food, and Yanbei was in short supply, so His Highness ordered that the military pay of all the forbidden troops be halved. Father and elder brother are low-ranking soldiers, and the military salary is very little. After the halving, it is not enough to give the mother medicine."

Chu Qiao pondered for a moment.Exorbitant taxation, military conscription year after year, halved military pay, and driving out refugees.Everything Yan Xun did was so cold-blooded that Chu Qiao even wondered whether he was the same Yan Xun who was smiling and talking to her in Chang'an back then.

"When I came here, the village was sparsely populated. Where did the villagers go?" Chu Qiao suddenly came back to her senses and asked in a deep voice.

"They all went to Merrill," said the boy.

"Meilin Pass?" Chu Qiao frowned slightly.

"Yes, my lord. After the winter, the villagers around Hongchuan City have no food to eat, and His Highness refused to open the city gate to let us in. Fortunately, King Yu of Wei Dynasty secretly opened Meilin Pass and took in the refugees from the city. We went in and provided us with food and clothing. I had to take care of my long-ill mother, so I had to stay in Hongchuan. But this King Yu is really a good man. He has been stationed at the border all year round, and he is not very rich in food and grass. He is willing to take us in These refugees, hey, such a good person, why did God take his arm..." The boy said to King Yu, with admiration on his face, he said a lot unconsciously.

Chu Qiao lowered her eyes as she listened, and Yuan Song's carefree face gradually came to mind.But then there appeared his empty sleeves, and he cut off the robe with a sword, and then said harshly to her, "We will cut off our friendship from now on".

Chu Qiao suddenly felt a little sad.There used to be two innocent teenagers in Chang'an City, but now one of them has been eroded by hatred. Although he has returned to the homeland he misses wholeheartedly, he has lost his nature and become cold-blooded, ignoring his people.And the other had been heartbroken by two best friends, had his arm broken, and was left unattended by his father in the remote Meilin Pass.Chu Qiao suddenly lamented why they were born in this troubled world and endured the desolation of fate.

"He Xiao, prepare the horse, let's go out of the city." Chu Qiao recovered from her thoughts, her eyes were slightly red, and she suddenly said to He Xiao in a deep voice.

He Xiao was taken aback: "Going out of the city?"

Chu Qiao squinted her eyes to look at the deserted village, and said in a deep voice, "Well, go to Meilin Pass."

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Meilin Pass is located at the border between Dawei and Yanbei, bordering Dawei Border River in the east, Yanbei Hongchuan City in the west, Rouran Gaochang City in the north, and Qinghai Cuiweiguan in the south.After being stationed at Meilin Pass for three years, Yuan Song had unknowingly developed feelings for this place.

Three years ago, Emperor Wei sent him to garrison at Meilin Pass.When he first came to Meilin Pass, Yuan Song had a feeling of giving up on himself, because only princes who were not valued would be sent to guard the border.Later, Yu Wenyue came to help him repair the city wall, set up troops, activated the undercover agent hidden in Hongchuan City, and began to secretly confront Yan Xun.Unexpectedly, Yu Wenyue was in trouble in the ice lake, and after being silent for several times, he came back from desperation, and rose in Dangxiang and Rouran.Yuan Song secretly admired it, and felt that he could no longer be depressed, so he began to manage Meilin Pass, reclaim barren land, grow food, and develop military strength.In three years, Meilinguan has been managed by him in an orderly manner.

Standing under the city wall of Meilin Pass, Chu Qiao felt a little emotional.Three years ago, Yu Wenyue was also stationed here, fighting wits and courage with her in Hongchuan City.Time flies, three years in a blink of an eye, everything has changed.

As the cold wind blew past, Chu Qiao shivered.Wenzhu handed the cloak to Chu Qiao, Chu Qiao took the cloak, turned around, and suddenly saw a thin figure standing in the distance looking at her.He couldn't see his face clearly, but he could see an empty sleeve on his left arm fluttering in the wind.

Chu Qiao was silent for a while, then walked slowly to him, and looked up at him.Yuan Song is no longer as depressed as he was back then, and his mature face is a little more determined.

"Yuan Song, are you okay?" Chu Qiao asked in a deep voice.

"What are you doing here?" Yuan Song's tone was as cold as ice.

"I heard...the refugees in Wangjia Village have been put into Meilin Pass by you. I'm here...I'll see if I can help you." Chu Qiao's voice became softer as she spoke, as if she lost her confidence in an instant.

Yuan Song sneered and said, "Oh, help? If you were willing to help, you wouldn't have stayed in Yinggeyuan to accompany Yan Xun seven years ago! If you had been willing to help, you wouldn't have helped Yan Xun four years ago. Xun betrayed Chang'an! If you were willing to help, you wouldn't have stayed in Yanbei three years ago to be obsessed with obsession! You wouldn't have ruined Yu Wenyue's reputation and almost died in Yanbei! Chu Qiao, Yan Xun was sent back to Yanbei by your own hands The wolf of Yanbei, the lives of the people in Yanbei are devastated, the refugees have no one to rely on, and they can only go to the enemy camp to survive! But now you are standing in front of me, saying you want to help?"

The cold wind blew past, even though she was wearing a mink velvet cloak, Chu Qiao still felt chilly all over her body.Yuan Song's every word condemned her heart, and every sentence was accusing her of crimes, which made Chu Qiao shudder.

"I regret it." Chu Qiao's voice was choked with sobs, faintly resounding in the biting cold wind. "I thought my faith would be realized in Yanbei, but when Yan Xun tried to abandon the Xiuli Army, I already felt that he was no longer the Yan Xun he used to be. Yan Xun who was eroded by hatred. It wasn’t until I thought Yu Wenyue was dead in the ice lake that I realized how ridiculous my beliefs are! I can’t even protect the person I love the most, so why talk about beliefs?” Chu Qiao said in a deep voice , the heart has long been pulled together, and the eye sockets are slightly moist.

She has buried this regret in her heart all these years, and she has no courage to tell anyone.Can