It was already dark, but the hundreds of Anxi Qingqi were still following Xue Lin, running fast without stopping. In order to hold back the Beidi army, they detoured too far. Although they had not yet reached Beiguan City, they had already entered the territory of Changzhou. Behind them, most of the Beidi Army was still pursuing them, but the terrain was not as familiar to them. Since they broke through, they have been unable to encircle them again. They were also led through the sand and valleys, and some of their troops were lost. Suddenly there was a flashing torch in front, and the sound of horse hooves came rushing towards him. Xue Lin pulled the horse to the left and ran up the slope, and the people and horses behind him kept up with him in tacit understanding. The Beidi army clung to Xue Lin and vowed to surround and kill him. However, suddenly I saw a huge fire in front of me, and I could vaguely hear some shouting. Only when I got closer did I hear clearly that the shouting was, "The Tibetans have withdrawn, reinforcements from Beiguan have arrived!" The fire spread into a long fire dragon, and the rumble of horse hooves came. The Beidi army thought that the Beiguan army was really coming to help, so they quickly stopped their horses, blew their horns, and turned around to retreat. "Captain, the Beidi soldiers have retreated!" Lin Dahu said in surprise on the high ground. Xue Lin said nothing, holding the reins and sitting on the horse's back, his back still straight. After the fire dragon drove away the Beidi army, it chased for a while until it saw the Beidi army fleeing in panic, then turned back and meandered to the high ground. "Brother!" Hearing a cry, Xue Tai, whose face was covered with dust, galloped over on horseback, carrying the bloody smell of the battlefield. In the flickering firelight, his dirty face was full of smiles.
"It's actually little Artest! He's promising!" Lin Dahu glanced at the soldiers and horses behind him. There were only a few hundred people, but behind each horse were dragging many tattered shields with ropes. No wonder there were so big movement. Xue Tai looked at Xue Lin eagerly, and Lin Dahu also looked at Xue Lin. Just now, everything was dark. Xue Lin's black robe was cut with several slits, revealing the soft armor underneath. The material on the right lapel and shoulder was a little darker, and it stuck to her body wetly. The smell of blood in the air not only did not dissipate, it became even stronger. Two points passed, and his face was even more ugly. The smile on Lin Dahu's face faltered, and he shouted in a tight voice, "Captain?" Along the way, he didn't even notice that the Governor was injured. When did he get injured? How did you suffer? Xue Lin swayed, and with a clang, the long knife in his hand fell to the ground, and he fell down from his horse. "Captain!" "elder brother!" Lin Dahu and Xue Tai almost jumped off their horses and rushed forward to help him up, but they touched blood on their hands. At this time, the soldiers came closer with torches, and the light of the fire illuminated Xue Lin. His figure was stained with blood, and his whole body was soaked with blood and sweat. He sat up with his knife in his hand, his expression still clear, and said in a deep voice, "Go back to the city to detoxify, don't make any noise!" poison? Lin Dahu and Xue Tai both looked shocked. They lowered their heads and took a closer look, and saw that there was a faint blackness in the blood he was bleeding. Both of them felt their eyes go dark. "Those turtles actually put poison on their swords and arrows?" Xue Tai's eyes turned red. "It's okay!" Xue Lin pinched his arm tightly with one hand, lowered his voice, and said, "Don't say anything, go back to the city quickly, and stick to Beiguan!" After saying these words, he seemed to be unable to hold on any longer. , the hand holding the knife loosened, and fell slumped onto Xue Tai. Mingyi suddenly woke up and sat up on the couch. She couldn't remember what she had dreamed about, but she just didn't feel good and her whole body was soaked in cold sweat. She pressed her heart against her rapidly beating heart and didn't come back to her senses for a long time. "Madam, Princess Changning is here." Wei Yu said softly outside. Gillian? Why is she here at this time? Mingyi and Li Fengjiao were not so particular about each other. She was worried that something might happen to Li Fengjiao, so she casually put on a coat and pulled out her shoes. When she raised her eyes, she saw Li Fengjiao sitting on a chair, but she didn't know where she was looking, with a look between her brows. Locked up deeply, looking gloomy and gloomy. "What's going on?" Mingyi asked with a frown. "Mingyi!" Hearing her voice, Li Fengjiao came to her senses and stepped forward to hold Mingyi's hand. She didn't speak for a while, but the worry between her eyebrows was still heavy. Mingyi held her hand instead, "What happened?" Li Fengjiao pursed her lips and shook her head, "It's not like something happened. It's just that I went into the palace yesterday, but I was stopped outside the palace of the emperor's uncle. I couldn't even get in. Instead, I saw Chamberlain Xu and the imperial physician rushing in. Entering the palace gate...Mingyi, I know this matter is of great importance, I didn't even dare to tell my mother, but I feel really uneasy, I didn't sleep all night last night...Mingyi!" Mingyi's face looked a little sad when she heard what she said. According to the time of the previous life, although the emperor's uncle had been sick because of the prince and the internal and external troubles in Da Zhou, he should not have been so seriously ill yet. ! What's more, didn't she save the prince, reduce the impact of the flood, and even remind the emperor's uncle to take precautions against Shonan in advance? What went wrong that made him suddenly so ill? Is it because right now he has to worry about both Shonan and Anxi? Is it because he is overthinking it? Mingyi was confused for a moment, and her palms began to feel cold. She held Li Fengjiao's hand and quietly exerted force without her realizing it. Li Fengjiao was painfully held by her, so she gasped and shouted, "Mingyi! "
Mingyi woke up with a jolt and quickly let go of her hand, "I'm sorry." Li Fengjiao shook her head, "I know you must be worried after hearing this." Li Fengjiao is not a fool. She can see that Mingyi treats Uncle Huang with respect and unspeakable closeness, just like she does with Uncle Huang. . "I'm also very flustered. Can you accompany me to Fahua Temple? I want to burn incense and talk to my aunt." "Today?" Mingyi asked subconsciously. "Yes." Li Fengjiao nodded, "Today is just right." Mingyi thought for a moment and then responded, "Today." It happened to be the birthday of Queen Gu. Last year, she and Li Fengjiao specially chose this day to go to Fahua Temple in order to plead for Xue Lin. Li Fengjiao nodded, "I'm afraid that Uncle Huang won't be able to go this year, so I'll go in his stead. I'll also talk to my aunt and ask her to protect Uncle Huang and let him be well." Li Fengjiao said, His voice became hoarse little by little, and there were tears in his eyes. Mingyi held her hand tightly and wanted to say a few words of comfort to her, but the words came to her lips but they felt empty and weak. She rolled a few times and couldn't say a word. In the end, she had to whisper, "Okay, I'll go with you." Mingyi quickly packed up. The carriage and horses were also ready at this time, and they went out together hand in hand. It's really strange. On this day last year, the two of them rode a carriage to Fahua Temple as usual, but their mood at that time was completely different from now. Mingyi lifted the car curtain and looked at the high eaves of Fahua Temple that became more and more clear in her vision, as well as the two ginkgo trees outside the temple that were almost gone. She suddenly thought of only four words - things are People are not. There was no one watching outside the temple, and Emperor Chongning really didn't come. This fact made Li Fengjiao and Mingyi hesitate for a moment. Since the death of Queen Gu, Emperor Chongning would come to Fahua Temple to spend a day alone on this day every year. It was like this every year, without exception, so maybe It was his agreement with Queen Gu, but this year, he broke the agreement.