live in the Potala Palace,
I am the biggest king in the snow region.
Wandering on the streets of Lhasa,
I am the most beautiful lover in the world.
— Tsangyang Gyatso
At dusk, Yiqi rode across the criss-crossing water flow, the horse's hooves splashed muddy, and galloped towards the distant village.
Haoran opened his eyes in a daze, the cold poison in his body hadn't dissipated, and he still flinched a bit in his words: "Where is this?"
King Zhou replied, "North of Xiqi."
Haoran took a deep breath, sat up straight, and saw a few villages standing here and there on the vast grassland. King Zhou guessed what he was thinking, and said: "The Xihou army will definitely intercept the east of Qishan Mountain, and the only way is to go northwest along the road. , Bypassing Xiqi, there is a possibility of escape.”
You can survive in a dangerous situation, Haoran understands. This is the principle that "the most dangerous place is also the safest place". Just as he was thinking about it, King Zhou reined in his horse, looked at the village on the grassland, and asked, "Have you recovered from the cold?"
Haoran let out a "huh", and gradually felt that the true energy in his body and the cold poison were eliminated, just like ice and snow melting into the sunshine, his body was only weak, and his mind was no longer hindered. King Zhou got off his horse and said, "You wait here."
After a while, the emperor turned around and took the reins of the horse. The two entered the village and found a restaurant to sit down.
King Zhou was dressed in bronze armor, covered in mud and water, his cloak was soaked and wrapped around Hao Ran's body, crumpled up, the people in the inn only thought he was an ordinary warrior from Xiqi, and didn't ask much.
The emperor rode his horse and galloped for a day, and at this time he was beyond exhausted. He casually took off the armor and threw it on the ground. The shoulder pads, wrist pads, and breastplate fell to the ground with a "bang", which seemed to weigh forty or fifty catties. When Haoran heard this, he couldn't help but secretly startled. I thought that fortunately King Zhou was as strong as an ox, otherwise if he fainted halfway, he would also be crushed by the iron can.
King Zhou said: "What are you laughing at? Shopkeeper, here are two bowls of noodles, just like theirs." Pointing to the next table.
The boss responded and turned around, Hao Ran only stretched out his hand to untie the bandage tied on King Zhou's abdomen, and after a long journey, the bumps immediately touched the wound, and the sword mark was faintly oozing with blood. Immediately frowning and pressing the emperor's ribs, he tried his best to transport the remaining zhenqi away.
King Zhou said again: "The true qi of the immortal family is different. Gu... I see that you have recovered within half a day after receiving that sword. Wait, forget it, Haoran!"
Haoran had already lost a lot of blood, but at this moment, his face became pale due to his luck. King Zhou frowned, held Haoran's hand, and said, "Don't do anything foolish."
The store in Shaoqing brought two bowls of hot noodle soup, King Zhou let go of Haoran's palm, and said worryingly: "I'm just a flesh wound, nothing serious, you can't..."
Hao Ran smiled and replied: "Okay, you are getting more and more generous!
King Zhou took the chopsticks, took some from his own bowl and put it into Haoran's bowl, shook his head and said with a smile, "I don't think I feel like we've known each other for a long time in just one day."
Haoran smiled and didn't answer. They had been traveling for a long time, suffering from hunger and cold. The two ignored the slightest demeanor of the monarch and his subjects. He asked again, "Another bowl?"
Haoran really ate too much for one person, and he couldn't bear it, so he smiled and waved his hands: "Forget it, save some money..."
Suddenly, the smiles on both of their faces froze. Reaching out to touch their pockets, Haoran first said awkwardly: "My lord... I didn't bring any money..."
King Zhou reached out to take out his pocket, but he didn't know that when the people in the inn heard the word "big king", someone had already whispered to each other.
"Is that the Emperor of Yin Shang that Xiqi is after?"
"It's not like, don't move rashly, keep the two of them here, and wait for me to send a message to the Xiqi defender..." While speaking, someone rushed out of the inn to report to the village guard.
King Zhou didn't realize it, he took the pocket and shook it. It was time that the Shang Dynasty used bronze knives and coins as currency, and the pocket was neither gold nor jade. With a tinkling sound, Hao Ran hurriedly reached out to snatch it, and threw it on the table. Immediately disappointed, inside the bag was a pitch-black xun and a golden dagger.
The black jade xun was held by Grand Master Wen. Sure enough, King Zhou smiled and said, "Before the expedition, Grand Master Wen gave it to me. When did Gu get this dagger?"
Hao Ran sternly said: "Big... well, boss, don't be nostalgic for now, what should we do?"
King Zhou blushed, extremely embarrassed, it was understandable for the emperor to go out without money, after all the world belonged to his family, but at this time, it would be a big trouble. Haoran didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and subconsciously groped into his bosom, there was nothing but the newly obtained demon refining pot, he couldn't get two bowls of noodles with ancient artifacts, so he glanced at King Zhou's bronze armor.
King Zhou understood, although he was reluctant, he had no choice but to say: "It's a pity, the armor of Gu is far more than..." He took the wrist guard, greeted the innkeeper and said, "This bronze gauntlet is worth us..."
Haoran just smiled, and said, "Our father and son."
King Zhou said angrily, "It's worth our brother's food."
Hao Ran laughed so hard that he slapped the table, and the shopkeeper showed a worried expression, and said: "Guest officer, it's not that the villain is unwilling. How can there be a pawn in this village? Just look at this handguard..."
The emperor had no choice but to take another wristband and said: "I will give you both of these, so don't say more."
Haoran was so full of laughter that he had a bellyache from laughing. He didn’t want King Zhou to be so majestic on weekdays, and there were times when he was so embarrassing. The king of a country fought with the innkeeper. After a long time, the pot seemed to have the ability to absorb everything. Could it be that Luo Li hid something valuable in the pot
Haoran hurriedly took out the demon refining pot, flipped the bottom of the pot, and shook it downward, hoping to shake out something golden with a "clang", at worst, a few pieces of silver would be enough.
The matter here was not over yet, but there was a commotion outside the inn, only the neighing of horses, the symphony of swords and soldiers, and the turmoil of people, someone shouted: "Don't let them escape!"
Without saying a word, King Zhou pushed the edge of the table with one palm, pushed the wooden table and the innkeeper straight away, grabbed the armor with one hand, and flashed the short dagger with the other, blocking Haoran, and shouted in a deep voice: "Go quickly!" !"
"Ah?" Haoran turned his head and saw dozens of Xiqi soldiers, each holding a long halberd and saber, squeezing in from outside the inn door in an endless stream. Mouth down.
Three, two, one.
Donghuang Bell poured out a Kui snake from the demon refining pot.
Chaoge Palace·Nine Halls.
The golden statue of the nine-clawed real dragon is brilliant, but there is a dwarf sitting on the dragon chair. The dwarf dangles his feet back and forth outside the chair, looking thoughtfully at the cloudy sky above the Meridian Gate outside the Nine Halls.
The dwarf sniffed, smelling a woman. After a while, the woman turned out from behind the pillar and looked at Shen Gongbao with a smile.
Yiguo Empress held the pouch of Qingshi yuan in her arms, and the palace was full of fragrance. She was extremely lazy, and yawned: "You are really courageous."
Shen Gongbao smiled and said, "I'm just curious, how comfortable this dragon chair is."
Looking around, Daji saw that the nine halls were empty, King Zhou personally marched, and there were not even a few imperial soldiers outside the Meridian Gate, and said: "How comfortable?"
Shen Gongbao suppressed his smile, and replied seriously: "It's like walking on thin ice, trembling." Immediately, he stood up, straightened his pointed hat, walked to the front of the hall and looked back, "Even Yin Shoude himself is very uncomfortable sitting."
Daji asked again: "Is all the officials on vacation?"
"No holiday, waiting to pay homage to you, mother fox?" Shen Gongbao teased.
Daji yawned again, and said with a smile; "Since it's a holiday, that servant has also gone home to visit relatives. When Wen Zhongping returns from rebellion, you have to take care of the national teacher. In the battle of Qishan, not to mention the loss of soldiers, even the emperor All lost."
Shen Gongbao interjected: "It's an upright battle. I'm not Wen Zhong's opponent. It's always okay to play tricks."
Daji laughed and said: "It's a shame that you two are still under the leader's seat, and you are still fighting in your nest. Forget it, the imperial court asked the national teacher to worry too much. I may be able to save you when I go home now."
After Daji left, Shen Gongbaofang sneered at the empty hall: "Your Majesty? Wen Zhong and the old man are thinking too simply."
The Kui Snake the size of Xiaoshan showed its real body, and when it was photographed with one tail, the inn collapsed into a pile of rubble. Another gallop, leaving the panic crying and the sound of bricks and tiles falling behind, rushed out of the village. With a glimpse, he saw a portrait of the emperor pasted outside the village.
"Gu knows Ximei that troublemaker..."
"There is your portrait." Haoran couldn't help pointing.
King Zhou didn't even turn his head, and immediately bumped, holding Haoran tightly with one hand, and said with a smile: "Next time I go out, I should take Gao You with me."
Haoran was stunned at first, then Fang laughed and said, "Gao Youqian is no longer alive, no matter how much money he has, it's useless..."
The war horse ran towards the sunset, Hao Ran wondered, "West?"
King Zhou gave a "hmm" and explained: "Xiqi is in the southeast of the village just now. After receiving the letter, he will definitely send an advance officer to hunt Gu along the east. It is not easy to run into him on this trip to the northwest."
But all the way to the northwest, it will only get farther and farther away from Chaoge. When can we return to the capital
King Zhou seemed to have guessed Haoran's intentions, and said again: "When you get to a safe place, go north and go east. As long as you reach the territory of Su Hu, the father of the queen, you can escape."
The sun has sunk at the end of the wilderness, the purple light in the sky is receding towards the horizon, the Polaris is showing its brilliance, and the weeds along the road are sparse, leaving the inhabited land, and actually entering the vast desert.
To the east of the Gobi, a bright moon rose slowly. King Zhou picked up a few pieces of dead wood, found a small river, and lit a fire on the Gobi stand leeward.
In the distant sky, there seems to be a huge floating island standing in the darkness. It also seems to be a cloud group, hazy and indistinct.
Haoran walked to the river, bent down and soaked the cloak in his hands, looked up for a while when he got up, and asked, "What is that?"
King Zhou said slowly: "That is the orthodoxy of the Xian family, where a group of decent sects gather."
Haoran lost his voice and said, "Kunlun Mountain? Have we come down to Kunlun Mountain?"
King Zhou laughed and said, "Are you afraid?"
He had turned against Jiang Ziya, but now he was standing under the lair of Chanjiao. Haoran expected that as the Eastern Emperor Bell, Yuanshi Tianzun would not be able to help him, but the emperor was the first person Chanjiao wanted to capture. Can't help feeling afraid.
King Zhou said sternly: "The way here was dangerous, but this place is the safest place. I will come and go under their noses, and no one will find it."
This courage made Haoran speechless for a moment, so he remained silent, turned around and returned to the fire. King Zhou's hair was thick and black, rather short, not reaching his shoulders, Hao Ran untied the string from King Zhou's hair, and wiped it carefully with a damp cloth. Then wipe off the dust and mud on the emperor's neck, and wipe it all the way down the back of the shoulder.
King Zhou got up, took off his waist armor, and took off his combat boots. It turned out that he was a man. His mind fluttered, and he forced himself to restrain himself. He wiped his whole body carefully for the emperor. The sword wound on the emperor's chest had healed, leaving only a faint red mark .
The bonfire burned to the end, and then slumped out. The naked King Zhou stood under the moonlight, and the silver light flowed. On the Gobi Desert, there was only moonlight in the sky, and the soft wind sounded. King Zhou took out the Xun that Wen Zhong had given him, tried it, and played the tune, and it was the song "Month Before the Moon" again. Listening to it now, compared to that in the bamboo forest, it is more tactful and gentle.
When Haoran was moved by this, sadness suddenly arose in his heart. In front of Biyou Palace, under the seat of the leader of Tongtian Sect, the phrase "Since this is the case, this country and society will be free to be disposed of by the ancestors" still lingering in his ears. Immediately put his hands around King Zhou's waist, and put his head on the emperor's shoulders.
After a long time, the music stopped. The Son of Heaven breathed out of rhythm in front of his forehead, and when he raised his head again, he saw King Zhou staring at him intently, his eyes were blurred, he stretched out his fingers, rubbed Haoran's eyebrows lightly, and said in a low voice, "Haoran, Gu seems to have remembered something."
Hao Ran replied softly: "I don't dare, I don't dare to look at Bo Yi Kao again."
Immediately, King Zhou trembled slightly. It was the last words spoken by the two in the imperial garden half a year ago. Afterwards, Haoran was killed by thunder, and his real body was taken away by Sanqing. The kiss was almost elapsed.
The emperor's heart fluttered, he lowered his head, and lightly touched Haoran's lips, the kiss was indifferent but firm. Haoran wrapped his arms around King Zhou's neck and kissed him forgetfully.
In an instant, the two couldn't help themselves, and their breathing was short of breath. When they were hugging each other, they heard a man's banter faintly coming from far away in the Gobi.
"Even if it is a spiritual creature formed by heaven and earth, it is not appropriate to do this at the foot of Kunlun Mountain."