Chapter 117 Heart

Author: Sigui Beihong

Chapter 117 Heart

Seeing that everyone was on their horses, Mo Yunxiao was still in no hurry. Mrs. Wei said, "Helu, time is running out. I'll take Shigure and go first!"

After she said that, she jumped on her horse and whipped her horse, saying "Drive!", the horse raised its hooves and ran out, "Madam, wait for me!" Mo Yunze followed closely behind.

"He Lu, come on, why are you grinding?" Li Qingzhao also asked anxiously.

"Wait a moment." After Mo Yunxiao finished speaking, he turned around again, looked at Ma Youxian and Zhang Di, and said, "I have to take a little risk this time. I will detach a part of the imperial army to protect Yu Ru and my brother."

The two looked at each other and agreed in unison.

"You two each take half of the troops, one of them will follow me, and the other will chase Yuru." Mo Yunxiao covered his mouth with his hands, coughed, and asked, "I wonder which of the two of you would like to go with me?"

Zhang Di glared and said, "I can follow Wei..."

"Okay, let's go to Zhang Di." Mo Yunxiao interrupted him and added: "If you don't do your best, I will go to the official to sue you!"

Zhang Di's face turned red with anger, but he had no choice but to sigh in vain, drooping his head and following behind Mo Yunxiao.

"Mo Yunxiao, I have never led an army." Zhang Di said: "This time I am just supervising the army, not the commander. If you arrange it this way, if something goes wrong and the officials blame it, then you have to be careful."

At this time, Mo Yunxiao got on his horse and said with a smile: "Okay, in the worst case, I will go to the official and show off my grievances to win the official's mercy, and he will not embarrass me. But what about you? You can't handle the errand."

Well, someone has to be punished. If it’s not me, it must be you.”

Zhang Di's eyes widened and he whispered: "Mo Yunxiao! Don't bully others too much! Which of the concubines in the harem has never flattered the people around the emperor? As long as I'm here, you can't even imagine entering the palace to enjoy wealth and honor!"

"But I want to enter the palace to enjoy wealth and honor, what should I do?" Mo Yunxiao looked at him with a smile, which made him furious.

"After entering the palace... after entering the palace... you must be Yang Taizhen!" Zhang Di also got on the horse.

"Hahaha, I want to be loved by thousands of people, that's all I can ask for. Drive!" Mo Yunxiao smiled heartily, then flicked the whip and urged the horse to run forward.

…

The night wind was still pressing, passing through the forest and fields, mixed with shrill chants. Yunxiang was huddled in a cave that was not too spacious, wrapped in his own clothes.

It is said to be a cave, but it is just a man-made cave dug on the slope. In winter, people on the road would light wolf dung here to stay warm and rest, so it is not very shady.

Yun Xiang huddled in the cave, and the clothes he wore were emitting a little bit of residual heat, which was because he had just been dried by the scholar.

The scholar sat at the entrance of the cave, staring blankly at the night sky. His expression was dull, or rather solemn, just like Yun Xiang's expression when he saw him in the thatched cottage.

"Presumably, he also has a sad past?" Yun Xiang thought, and couldn't help but feel a little close to him.

She lowered her head slightly and suddenly heard the scholar chant: "It is difficult to cross the mountain, so who feels sorry for those who have lost their way."

"We meet by chance, and we are actually guests from a foreign land." Yun Xiang couldn't help but add.

The scholar hesitated for a moment, then turned back to look at her, and saw that she was also looking at him, with a reserved smile on her face.

The scholar also laughed and said: "It turns out that the second girl has also read this "Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion"."

Yun Xiang nodded slightly and said, "Yes, I have read the poems of the Four Great Masters of the Early Tang Dynasty since I was a child. I have also read some Yuan and Bai Yuefu, and some articles from the Wei and Jin Dynasties."

"Oh, yes, yes." The scholar gently patted his forehead with his hand and said with a smile: "The girls from the Mo family are virtuous and gentle, and naturally they are good at reading. They are no better than those clumsy village girls, although they are also pretty and lovely.

"It's a pity that it has no ink and is not worth reading."

Yun Xiang knew that he was praising her in disguise, and was already slightly happy. Looking at this man's fair skin, even facial features, and a royal nobility between his two thick eyebrows, his appearance was slightly inferior to that of "Little Pan An" Song Mingxuan.

, but his magnanimity is far better than that of Song Lang. It is impossible to say that he will be able to jump over the dragon gate and get a Jinshi in the future.

Thinking of this, Yun Xiang was overjoyed, and her heart couldn't help but promise him.

So Yun Xiang asked: "I just don't know why Sir feels this way? Could it be that Sir also has other difficulties?"

The scholar was stunned for a moment, with a sharp gleam in his eyes. Yun Xiang was startled, lowered his head hurriedly, and said: "The little girl speaks freely, sir, don't be surprised."

But the scholar smiled and said: "Young ladies, you don't have to have any offensive thoughts. Alas, who in the world doesn't have the slightest difficulty?"

"Sir, are you also coming to Beijing to take the exam?" Yun Xiang asked.

The corner of the scholar's mouth twitched slightly and said: "Yes, this year is the year of the Great Competition, and the capital I saw was robbers. Alas, if one day I can fly like a dragon in the sky, I must rectify the government of the world and restore peace and prosperity to all people.

."

Yun Xiang didn't understand the deep meaning of his words. He just thought he was a good man with great ambitions, so he had a stronger impression of him.

"It's just that the road to the imperial examination has always been difficult. Nu's father often said that nowadays traitors are in power and force good girls into prostitution, so dad doesn't allow us to make friends with powerful people."

"That's right." The scholar looked at the sky and said quietly: "There are treacherous ministers in the court and mediocre people on the border. When I was in the court of Emperor Taizu, I was very upset about the loss of the sixteen states of Yanyun to barbarians. Emperor Taizong was even more resentful.

Passed away. In the blink of an eye, a hundred years of vicissitudes have passed. People today mourn their predecessors, and future generations will mourn the present again. However, everyone in the world is drunk and dreaming, but no one has seen through the crisis. If one day, Hu Qi goes south, how can our government resist it? "

The more Yun Xiang listened, the more surprised he became. He thought to himself: "He is indeed an outstanding person. Who else in the world can express his interests and harms so profoundly like him?"

The man turned around and said to Yun Xiang: "It is my lifelong wish to organize the internal affairs of the people and build military equipment externally. Alas, it is a pity that the road ahead is uncertain. I don't know when this wish will be realized."

Yun Xiang smiled and said: "As long as you work hard and become a prime minister one day, why worry about such a big thing?"

"Yes, the second girl has taught you a lesson." The man smiled bitterly and shook his head repeatedly, but what he was thinking in his heart was: "How can I take it seriously? A dragon enters the sea, a tiger returns to the mountain, how can I do it if I don't become an emperor?

My ambition? How to take revenge!"

"Sir, why do you keep calling me Second Girl?" Yun Xiang said angrily: "Although I have a female brother, I have been at odds since childhood. I know that my brother likes to wander around the world and has made friends with many people. Therefore, people

Everyone praised her and liked her. But the husband didn't know how she bullied the slaves. She was only proud of herself as a direct descendant, so she spoke harshly. But on the day of Shangyuan, she fell into the Jinming Pool and almost died. From then on

But her temperament has changed drastically, and she treats me better. But I still don’t like her, and I don’t like others calling me Second Miss.”

The scholar smiled and said: "It's not surprising that the female relatives in the house have always been like this. But what should I call the girl?"

Yun Xiang chuckled and said, "It's okay to call me Nu Xiang'er. That's how I call my mother."

"Oh!" The scholar's eyes flashed, a smile appeared on his lips, and he asked again: "I wonder how that group of gangsters kidnapped Xiang'er?"

Yun Xiang sighed and said, "It's a long story. But in the final analysis, the debt must be settled on Mo Yunxiao's head."

"How do you say this?" the scholar asked doubtfully.

Yun Xiang then told how Mo Yunxiao got to know the official, how he entered Prince Jian's palace, and how he cooperated with the official Mrs. Wei and others to suppress the rebellion of the Cao Gang and Prince Jian. However, the Cao Gang was jealous and took advantage of him.

In her narrative, only the part about her secret promise to Zhao Mingcheng was left unstated. Most of the rest were objective facts, but there was inevitably some disparagement of Mo Yunxiao in her words.

The scholar nodded repeatedly when he heard this, and sighed: "It's really like a fire at the city gate that affected the fish in the pond. Alas, I thought the eldest daughter of the Mo family was a hero among women, but I didn't expect that she would deceive King Jian like this. Isn't this the behavior of a hero?

"

Yun Xiang heard that his words seemed to mean he was aggrieved by King Jian, so he added: "But King Jian is known as the 'Dragon in the Flower', and he is a frivolous and dissolute person. Although Mo Yunxiao, a slave, does not like it, except for

Losing King Jian can be regarded as avenging the shame of all the women in the world."

"Xiang'er, have you met King Jian?" the scholar asked.

Yun Xiang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.

"That's it." The scholar said: "The winner has always been the king and the loser is the bandit. No one in the world knows that Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty was a common man, and King Xiang was the true hero. But when Emperor Gaozu conquered the world, he asked others to make it up.

There is some legend about the son of the Red Emperor. Humph! It’s just a deception!”

Yun Xiang frowned slightly and said: "This is reasonable, but the extravagance and lust in Prince Jian's palace is a matter of discussion in the streets of Tokyo, so it should be true."

"Only the people inside the game know the right and wrong. Outsiders just spread rumors, so why should we rely on it?" the scholar argued.

Yun Xiang nodded and murmured: "That's true."

She thought for a while and then asked: "Is it possible that Sir and King Jian are familiar with each other? That's why you said this?"

"Me?" The scholar chuckled and said, "Prince Jian is the son of Shenzong and a relative of the royal family. How can a commoner in this area know each other?"

Yun Xiang wanted to ask again, but the scholar suddenly came over and covered Yun Xiang's mouth. Yun Xiang was startled and almost screamed.

The scholar whispered: "Don't say anything, there is someone outside!"

Yun Xiang listened carefully, and sure enough he heard the sound of horse hooves outside, as if thousands of troops and horses were running past outside.

She turned her eyes again and saw the scholar's hand covering her mouth, but his eyes were looking outside with a look of vigilance.

Seeing him like this, Yun Xiang was secretly happy. Although he did this to protect himself, he always stood in front of him, giving Yun Xiang a full sense of security.

Before the sound of horse hooves had completely faded away, the scholar let go of Yun Xiang and moved toward the entrance of the cave. Yun Xiang suddenly reached out and grabbed his arm. He turned around and asked, "Xiang'er, what's wrong?"

Yun Xiang was so worried that he couldn't speak. He just shook his head, as if to say: "Don't go there, it will be bad if someone finds out."

The scholar smiled slightly and said: "It doesn't matter, just stay well and I will only take a look. You have to know whether you are an enemy or a friend."

Yun Xiang then let go of his hand and watched him move to the entrance of the cave. He opened his eyes and saw a familiar figure standing in front of him. This was a figure that he both loved and hated.

At this moment, he broke out in a cold sweat involuntarily. "Mo Yunxiao?!" He gritted his teeth and muttered, but his voice was very low, so Yun Xiang didn't hear it.

He turned to Yun Xiang and said, "It's unbelievable that these gangsters would collude with the government. They must be here to hunt us down."

"Ah?" Yun Xiang suddenly lost his mind and asked, "What should I do?"

The scholar came over and held her hands tightly, saying: "There are only two ways now. First, I will send you home. Your female brother has the support of Privy Council Zeng and the emperor. These thieves will not do anything to you.

"

Yun Xiang thought it was reasonable and said, "Then you go back with me. If you save me, my family will definitely be able to accommodate you."
To be continued...