Zhu Nao

Around the Daxiangguo Temple, the soldiers of the Shu army have guarded the entrance tightly, and it is strictly forbidden for anyone to enter and exit at will.

At this moment, a fast horse galloped towards the east gate in the darkness.The soldiers at the east gate immediately became vigilant and put on a guard posture.

When the horseman approached, the guards took a closer look and found that the person who came was a man with disheveled hair.

"Stop! Those who come, dismount quickly!" The guards quickly intercepted with their spears, and shouted, "Who dares to trespass on Daxiangguo Temple?"

"Woo!" The man reined in his horse and stopped, the guards raised their torches to light it up, and found that the tall horse looked very familiar, it looked like Xie Wuji's mount.Looking up again... isn't this person... Xie Wuji?

The guards were dumbfounded.

When this General Xie appeared in front of people in the past, he always wanted to be as majestic as possible. Even if he was covered in blood and mud, he was still heroic. Who has seen him like this?Not to mention the loose hair, the robe was loosely tied around the body, revealing clearly the obscene clothes that were worn while sleeping.Those who didn't know, thought it was him who escaped from the burning house.

"Thank...thank you, General?" The guards quickly put away their spears and saluted him.

Xie Wuji was stared at by everyone, and a trace of discomfort flashed across his face.He asked: "How is the fire in the temple?"

The guard guarding the gate said blankly: "Return to the general, I only received an order to guard to prevent thieves from breaking in or leaving. I don't know the specific fire situation..."

Xie Wuji frowned, and continued to gallop inward.The guards hurriedly made way for a passage, and kept looking back, wanting to see how many people Xie Wuji had brought.

In the rear, even a guard didn't have time to catch up.

Entering the temple, Xie Wuji saw that the place where the fire started seemed to be in the direction of Zhu Nao's bedroom where he lived temporarily, his brows frowned even more, his lips pursed into a thin line.The buildings in the temple are adjacent and it is not suitable for horses. He jumped off the horse and handed the reins to a nearby soldier, and ran towards the direction of the fire.

The officers and soldiers in the temple were in a hurry to put out the fire, people came and went, busy and chaotic.Xie Wuji shuttled through the crowd, looking around anxiously.

When he finally got close to the burning hall, he breathed a sigh of relief—it was not Zhu Nao's sleeping hall that escaped the water, but the Patriarch Hall behind his sleeping hall.

But he didn't see Zhu Nao, Xie Wuji was still worried, he walked around the crowd for a while, and finally saw an officer directing the fire fighting.

He strode forward, grabbed the officer and asked, "Where is Zhufu Yin?!"

The officer was busy, when he was interrupted by someone suddenly, he was about to get angry, but he felt that the voice of this person was familiar, and when he took a closer look, it was Xie Wuji!

Xie Wuji saw that he was standing there stupidly, and questioned him again: "Where's Mr. Zhu Fu?!"

The officer hurriedly came back to his senses, and pointed in a direction in a stuttering manner: "Fu, Fu Yin went to Guanyin Pavilion to avoid danger..."

Without further ado, Xie Wuji turned his head and ran towards Guanyin Pavilion.

The Avalokitesvara Pavilion is located in the second main hall directly south of the Daxiangguo Temple. Xie Wuji passed through several halls, crossed the busy crowd, and finally came to the entrance of the Avalokitesvara Pavilion.The hall was brightly lit and surrounded by crowds, all of whom were young and strong Huben guards.

Xie Wuji's eyes skipped the crowd, and fell straight to the middle of the crowd.He saw Zhu Nao sitting on a bench, Cheng Jingzhe was standing beside Zhu Nao, bending over to tie the front belt of the cloak for Zhu Nao.The two were very close, Zhu Nao didn't know what to say, Cheng Jingzhe smiled shyly, and looked up at Zhu Nao.Under the light of the fire, Jing Zhe's gaze was extraordinarily bright and gentle.

Xie Wuji's forward steps slowly stopped, and he stood still outside the hall.

Cheng Jingzhe fastened the cloak for Zhu Nao, and Jun Nao's dressing was ready.The guards in the hall were also neatly dressed, which showed that the fire was not in a hurry.

Instead, he was at a loss.

Xie Wuji stood outside the hall for a while, Zhu Nao never looked in his direction, but Cheng Jingzhe accidentally looked up and saw him.At first, he just glanced at it indifferently, but after a while, he suddenly realized something, and turned his gaze back, showing a surprised expression.

Cheng Jingzhe seemed to want to say something to Zhu Nao, hesitated for a while, but didn't speak, just looked at Xie Wuji.

The hall was full of people, bustling and crowded, it seemed that there was no need for more people to add to the chaos.

After a while, Xie Wuji nodded at Jingzhe, turned around and left.

After leaving the Guanyin Temple, we walked for a while, and passed several soldiers carrying buckets on the road.The red light in the direction of the Patriarch Hall is much dimmed, it seems that the fire has been brought under control.

The soldiers walking towards him faintly recognized Xie Wuji, stared at him suspiciously for a moment, and saluted hesitantly: "Thank you, General Xie?"

Xie Wuji closed his clothes calmly: "Did the arsonist catch it?"

The soldier hurriedly said: "Three thieves have been caught, and we are interrogating whether they have other accomplices. Those thieves sneaked into the temple through the tunnel of the Patriarch Hall. They burned the classics of the Patriarch Hall, which caused the Patriarch Hall to catch fire."

When Xuantian Sect occupied Xuantian Temple, Henry Zhang ordered people to dig a tunnel leading to the outside of the temple under the Patriarch Hall, so that if one day he was suddenly surrounded by people, it would be convenient for him to escape.

When Xie Wuji entered the city, divine soldiers descended from the sky, and the high priests in the temple were captured without even having time to use the tunnel.As a result, Xie Wuji and Zhu Nao did not discover the existence of tunnels either.

Tonight, several crazy remnants of the Xuantian Sect used the tunnel to sneak into the temple. They wanted to take the opportunity to assassinate Zhu Nao, but the Shu army in the temple was heavily guarded. Maybe he thought that he couldn't come here in vain, or maybe he hoped that the fire could spread to Zhu Nao's bedroom by the wind.

It's a pity that the weak wind tonight burned down the other halls, even the fire in the Patriarch Hall was extinguished within an hour.

Xie Wuji asked, "Are there any casualties?"

The soldiers shook their heads and nodded again: "We found a man who was fainted by the fire in the hall, but he was not one of us, he was the thief who set the fire."

Xie Wuji: "..."

It seems that the situation has been settled, and it was just a false alarm caused by a few stupid thieves.

Xie Wuji didn't ask any more questions, and continued to walk outside.

He found his beloved horse, left Daxiangguo Temple, and was about to ride back to his camp when he heard hurried footsteps from behind.

He turned his head to look, and was stunned at the same place - he saw Zhu Nao hastily chasing up, Jing Zhe and several other guards followed behind.

When he was running close, Zhu Nao turned his head and gave some instructions, Jing Zhe glanced at Xie Wuji with a complicated expression, then looked away, and stopped along with several other guards.

Zhu Nao walked to the horse alone, raised his head, and looked at Xie Wuji who was riding on the horse.At first he was smiling as usual, but when he met Shang Xie Wuji's gaze, he seemed to read something, and his smile gradually faded away.

"Why didn't you come in just now?" After a while, Zhu Nao asked warmly.

Xie Wuji looked down at him, with waves in his quiet eyes.He replied in a low voice, "I don't know either."

Zhu Nao was slightly taken aback, then asked again: "Are you upset?"

Xie Wuji shook his head slowly: "No."

His eyelids drooped, he thought for a moment, and then said, "I don't know."

Zhu Nao laughed and said, "Then why did you come here? Don't you know?"

Xie Wuji remained silent.

Faced with this one question and three unknowns, Zhu Nao sensibly stopped asking questions.He took a few steps forward and touched the horse's neck.Xie Wuji's beloved horse recognized Zhu Nao, and obediently lowered his head to be stroked by him.

The two of them had nothing to say for a long time, Xie Wuji didn't know what Zhu Nao was thinking, he only knew that he was uncomfortable.

He has always been decisive, and he is definitely not a person who is indecisive.But at this moment, he really didn't know how to speak.

When he learned that the Daxiangguo Temple was on fire, he should have immediately commanded his soldiers to help put out the fire, but he appeared here alone;

When he saw that Zhu Nao was safe, he should have entered the palace to ask what happened, but he turned his head and left;

When he saw Jun Nao chasing him out, he should have dismounted immediately to speak, but he is still sitting on the horse.

He doesn't know what he's doing...or maybe he does, but he just doesn't know how to put it.

At this moment, he suddenly froze—when Jun Nao touched the horse's neck, he touched his hand.

Xie Wuji looked at that hand, then at Jun Nao; then at that hand, then at Jun Nao.

Unknowingly, Zhu Nao's eyes curled up like the moon in the first grade of junior high school, and his raised face was full of smiles.

Xie Wuji: "..."

He was just uncomfortable at first, but now he suddenly felt like a good woman who was being molested.

In order not to appear more coy, he resolutely jumped off the horse and stood still in front of Junao.

Junao smiled and said, "I'm very happy that you care about me so much."

"Hmm..." Xie Wuji responded with one word and thought about it.Nothing to say.

Seeing that Zhu Nao was fine, he was naturally happy too.His uneasiness was not because of Jun Nao, nor Jing Zhe or others, but because of himself.

——He is gradually losing his sense of proportion, he is thinking about things he never thought about, and he is doing things he never knew how to do.He once asked Wu Cong whether it was good or not, and he himself did not know the answer to this question.

Once upon a time, everything about him and the army depended on his decision.He has never been confused, because it is useless to be confused, and no one can teach him what to do.

But just now, when he saw the Daxiangguo Temple on fire, when he thought that Zhu Nao's life might be in danger, his mind went blank for a moment, and when he woke up, he was already outside the Daxiangguo Temple.

He asked himself that he was not a benevolent and kind person, nor did he value the life of any living being.What he sees in his eyes and what he thinks in his heart has always been the great cause of the country.If relatives and friends around him pass away, it's not that he doesn't feel uncomfortable, but he can accept it quickly.

But only Zhu Nao... absolutely nothing will happen.

Xie Wuji was still distracted, but Zhu Nao didn't have the foreshadowing to touch the horse's neck this time, and directly held Xie Wuji's hand.Not only his smile and actions, but even his words are like a prodigal son who molested a good family.

Zhu Nao: "General Xie looks so pretty."

Xie Wuji: "..."

When he was considering whether to crush that Deng with his bare hands, he heard Junao answer again.

"I understand how General Xie treats me. Doesn't General Xie understand how I treat General Xie?"

Xie Wuji was slightly stunned, his hand relaxed, and gradually changed from pinching to holding.

The night wind was cold, a gust of wind blew past, and the guards not far away shivered.

I don't know if it's because of the fire that I just experienced tonight, I always feel that the moonlight tonight is extremely lonely...