It was raining heavily, and the eaves on both sides of the street were crowded with hawkers pushing their stalls and pedestrians taking shelter from the rain. Occasionally, pedestrians passed by with umbrellas, but they quickly collected their umbrellas to hide in the shops next to the rain.
A carriage came slowly from the east end of the street, stepping on the rain.
The rain was too heavy, the road was slippery, and the line of sight was blocked, so the driver did not dare to drive too fast.
Suddenly, there was a rush of hooves behind him, and a 100,000-hot horse quickly caught up with the carriage, and swooped past itself!
The second master Jing in the carriage had just opened the car window, wanting to see whose horse was running so fast, when the rain brought by the horse's hooves splashed his face.
Master Jing: "..."
Second Master Jing was so angry that he raised his hand to wipe the rain off his face, closed the car window, opened the front curtain and looked at the galloping horse, and he recognized it at a glance.
"Eh? Big brother, look, is that the horse of Tianqiong Academy? It's the crazy one!"
The story of Mawang vs. Heifengqi has long been a legend in the juju circle. Anyone who pays attention to the juju competition knows that there is a Hummer that hangs and beat Heifengqi from Tianqiong Academy.
The grandfather of the country was sitting next to the second master Jing, and his eyes were looking deeply at the direction the horse was leaving. The horse ran so fast that it disappeared in the blink of an eye.
However, he still struggled to lift his thin fingertips and tapped on the armrest of the wheelchair.
This means yes.
If it is twice, it means not.
"Strange, how could that horse come here?" Second Master Jing opened the car window again, stuck his head out in the rain, looked back and saw that there was no carriage of Tianqiong Academy, he felt even more strange.
An Guogong raised his hand, dipped the cinnabar on the armrest, and wrote a word with trembling fingertips: "Chase."
…
The rain is getting heavier and heavier. Rao is the horse of the Duke of Anguo and is a first-class horse, but it is still very difficult to catch up with the speed of the horse king.
Fortunately, Ma Wang ran and stopped, as if he was looking for something, but the speed was not always fast.
They followed Ma Wang further and further away, and gradually came to a desolate and deserted street.
"This is..." Second Master Jing's expression suddenly changed.
In the past, the most prosperous place in Shengdu was full of traffic and crowds. People who came to see each other every day were like crucian carp crossing the river.
But now, this street has long been different.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
There was a heavy crashing sound after the heavy rain ahead, and every sound seemed to hit people's hearts.
Second Master Jing opened the curtain and looked: "That direction is..."
The Black Wind King hit his head with blood, and his body was bruised.
Ma Wang saw it from a distance and ran towards it without stopping.
Ma Wang looked at it with a bewildered face, as if he didn't understand why it was hitting this door.
When Ma Wang saw it collided, he collided with it.
However, Ma Wang didn't know what this dilapidated mansion meant to the Black Wind King. He directly raised his powerful front hooves and was about to stomp on the door locked by the iron chain.
Unexpectedly, the Black Wind King knocked Ma Wang away.
Ma Wang tilted his head and looked at it with a dazed expression.
The Black Wind King continued to use his head and his body to hit the door.
The carriage of the Guogong Mansion stopped not far away.
Second Master Jing opened the curtain, and the rain came on his face, all pouring on him and An Guogong.
An Guogong watched intently, his hand resting on the armrest tightening little by little.
Second Master Jing also had mixed feelings in his heart. He looked at Heifeng Wang and said with a frown, "What's wrong with that horse? Is it crazy? If it hits like this, it will die!"
The king of the black wind was injured so badly that the king of horses did not let it collide, and the two horses fought.
Just when the two horses were fighting hard, the driver suddenly called out, "Master Guo, Master Er! Someone is coming over there!"
It was a young man riding a high-headed horse. He tightened the reins in one hand and held a red tassel spear in the other. He came running from the heavy rain. His eyes showed an uninhibited calm.
He rode toward the Xuanyuan family's mansion.
Second Master Jing was in a trance involuntarily.
Is it raining too much, or the fantasies in my mind are too real.
He seemed to have seen his old brother-in-law come back from the military camp, with such a calm and unrestrained demeanor.
Just down this street, right in front of this mansion.
The elder brother-in-law dismounted from his horse, walked up the steps, and opened the door of the mansion as usual—
Jing Er Ye held his breath.
He opened his eyes wide, and at that moment, he felt that all the tragedies had not happened, the door opened, and the people inside would come out with a smile.
However, the brother-in-law did not do this. He came to the two horses and stopped them from separating.
Master Jing woke up like a dream.
Not uncle.
no.
The eldest brother-in-law is already dead, and he personally collected the corpse for the eldest brother-in-law.
He personally put his brother-in-law down from the city wall, and his hands trembled when he pulled out the red tassel that had penetrated his brother-in-law's body.
Second Master Jing turned his head to prevent his elder brother from seeing his red eyes.
An Guogong did not cry.
His tears had dried up.
After the collapse of the Xuanyuan family, after the loss of his beloved wife who was pregnant with Liujia, and after Yinyin also closed his eyes forever in his arms, he no longer had any tears.
Second Master Jing raised his hand and wiped his eyes indiscriminately, pressing down his throat and choking, and said in his usual tone, "It's that kid Xiao Liulang."
Of course Duke An Guo also saw it.
His eyes fell on Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao held the red ying spear in one hand, raised the other hand to touch the head of the Black Wind King, and looked at it calmly.
The Black Wind King was gradually appeased.
I don't know if it finally realized that the owner it had waited for most of its life would never come back. It raised its head, looked at the sky where the sun was not visible, and let out a mournful whimper.
Gu Jiao accompanied it quietly.
Gu Jiao is rarely able to empathize with people or the outside world.
But at this moment, she lowered her eyes and raised her hands, covering her heart.
"who!"
In the heavy rain, several city guards rushed in. They received a report from the nearby people that some suspicious people had gone to the old site of Xuanyuan's house.
Although the Xuanyuan family has been raided and destroyed, this once prosperous street has become a dead street, but the shock caused by the Xuanyuan family to everyone is enduring.
The city guards did not dare to be careless, so they came to take a look.
Second Master Jing hurriedly dismounted with an umbrella and stopped several city guards who were about to walk towards Gu Jiao.
He showed the token of the Guogong's mansion, and said politely: "My elder brother's horse and I were frightened and came here, and there are my guards there."
As he spoke, he took out a purse from his arms and threw it to the leading city guard.
The guard guessed the identity of the other party.
"It turned out to be Second Master Jing, disrespectful and disrespectful." Anguo's mansion and Xuanyuan's house were in-laws, so he didn't believe that the horses of Anguo's mansion came here unintentionally.
He weighed the money in his hand, smiled with satisfaction, and cupped his hands and said, "It's really easy to startle the horse when the rain is so heavy. Since Second Master Jing has found the horse, then we will leave first."
Second Master Jing smiled and nodded: "Walk slowly."
After the guards walked all the way, a companion said, "Should we tell the boss?"
The headed guard said, "Tell me what? Brother An Guogong came to cherish the memory of the Xuanyuan family members? Who do you know about the friendship between An Guogong and the Xuanyuan family? He could not avoid it, for fear of causing trouble. Only Duke An Guo, who was still Prince Jing, risked beheading and ran to the battlefield to collect the corpses for the Xuanyuan family. Second Lord Jing also followed, and he was not afraid of death. Do you remember the deceased of the Xuanyuan family? Is there anything to report?"
The companion said: "But that kid just didn't dress like the guard of the Duke of Anguo's mansion. He was holding a red ying spear in his hand. When I first saw it, I thought it was the ghost of Xuanyuan's family."
"It's blue sky and daylight, what nonsense are you talking about!" The headed guard said so, and his heart was actually groggy.
That kid was indeed a bit weird, and he looked like someone from the Xuanyuan family holding the red ying gun.
But the Xuanyuan family members have long since died, and they will never really come to take revenge.
He shook his head decisively, took out a purse of money given by Second Master Jing, and said with a smile, "Don't think about it, let's go, brother will bring you guys to drink!"
The figures of the guards completely disappeared in the heavy rain.
Master Jing walked around the two horses, came to Gu Jiao, and asked, "Why did you come here?"
Gu Jiao was looking up at the plaque of the mansion. The plaque was drenched in the sun and rain, and was maliciously damaged. It had long since been damaged. Even the word Xuanyuan was blurred under the thick spider web.
"Xiao Liulang, Xiao Liulang!" Second Master Jing shook his hand in front of Gu Jiao's eyes.
Gu Jiao returned to her senses and said, "I'm here to find my horse."
Second Master Jing hummed: "So you heard it, so you didn't answer on purpose."
"It wasn't intentional." Gu Jiao said, "I heard it, but I was thinking. What you think about first, you ask later."
The implication is that I can answer you when I think about it.
Lord Jing, who has never seen such a person before: "..."
"What's the matter with your horse?" Jing Erye pointed at Heifeng Wang and asked.
Gu Jiao said that she was looking for a horse, but did not say that she was looking for only one horse. Second Master Jing took it for granted that the other horse belonged to Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao didn't explain that Heifeng Wang was not her own horse, she just shook her head slightly and said, "I don't know either."
An Guogong was sitting on the carriage, and he was shaking with anger when he saw Second Master Jing talking to Gu Jiao in the rain like a fool.
Master Jing had an umbrella, but Gu Jiao didn't.
Fortunately, Second Master Jing and his eldest brother finally had a good understanding of each other. He said to Gu Jiao, "You should live in the outer city. It's raining so hard that it won't stop for a while, so why don't you go to the carriage to take shelter from the rain."
Gu Jiao turned her head to look at the carriage after the heavy rain.
An Guogong sat on the carriage and looked at Gu Jiao for a moment, with earnest expectations in his eyes.
Gu Jiao said, "Okay."
Gu Jiao got into the carriage.
Ma Wang bit the reins of the Black Wind King, and regardless of whether the Black Wind King was happy or not, he dragged it with him anyway.
The carriage drove out of the deadly long street, turned right through an alley, and came to another street. After walking for a while, it turned into an alley and stopped in front of a small courtyard.
This is a small house about the same size as Gu Jiao's group rented. Entering is a front yard, passing through the main room is the back yard, and the back yard is connected to a row of back houses.
Gu Jiao didn't go that deep, she just stopped under the corridor of the first row of houses.
She looked at the lily of the valley in the yard, and inexplicably felt that this place was a little familiar, as if she had seen it in a dream.
Second Master Jing moved his eldest brother with a wheelchair to the aisle, and the brothers' clothes were a little wet.
Second Master Jing called a servant and asked him to take Gu Jiao to the wing to change into dry clothes.
"Wear my eldest brother's clothes, except for my eldest brother's clothes..." Only his sister-in-law's relics were left.
He didn't dare to touch his sister-in-law's belongings, the elder brother would kill him, not to mention that Xiao Liulang was a man and could not wear his sister-in-law's clothes.
The servant found a new set of clothes for Gu Jiao that Duke An Guo had never worn.
Gu Jiao's figure is considered tall among women, but compared to Anguogong's height, it is still slightly petite, especially like a child stealing an adult's clothes, which is a bit charming and cute.
Second Master Jing came out of the eldest brother's room after changing his clothes, and what he saw was this scene.
He secretly thought that he had seen a ghost, and actually thought this kid was cute.
Obviously very annoying, right
Second Master Jing said aggressively: "Your horses are in the stable, don't worry, someone will feed them, so they won't starve them! The doctor has also found them! He will treat your horse's injuries!"
"Thank you." Gu Jiao thanked.
Second Master Jing is not used to being so polite, and his attitude immediately stopped being fierce. He coughed lightly and said, "My eldest brother asked you to come over for tea."
Gu Jiao went to the next door.
Grandpa Guo's situation has improved a little recently. It used to be difficult to write a single word, and it may not be successful. Now, he can write three or five in a day, and if he is in good condition, he can write seven or eight.
... Mostly scolding Jing Er Ye.
Talk about what it's like to have a younger brother who doesn't suck.
The wheelchair was wiped and dried. An Guogong was sitting on an official hat chair with chairs beside him and opposite him. Second Master Jing sat down across from his eldest brother without saying a word.
This way the eldest brother can see him, he is so smart!
An Guogong's eyes revealed murderous intent.
Second Master Jing shrank his neck, why did Mao feel that his neck was cold again
An Guogong couldn't turn his head, which meant that he would not be able to see Gu Jiao sitting beside him.
But Gu Jiao didn't sit down immediately, but came to him first and squatted down on one knee to get his pulse.
"The pulse is indeed much smoother than before." Gu Jiao said, "The Grandpa is recovering well."
An Guogong raised his fingertips again, this time he did not tap, but dipped the tea in the cup and wrote three words tremblingly: "How are you?"
Gu Jiao said, "I'm all right."
Anguogong trembled again and wrote: "Black, wind."
This is the limit of his strength. He only wrote half of the last stroke of the word Feng, and the sweat on his forehead seeped out, flowed down his cheeks, and slipped into the placket of his clothes.
"Huh? What did my eldest brother write?" Second Master Jing came over, "Heifeng? What Heifeng?"
Gu Jiao understood that Duke An Guo probably recognized Heifeng King, she said, "It is indeed Han Shizi's Heifeng King, but I don't know why it went there."
She came to look for Ma Wang, and it was unexpected to meet Heifeng Wang. Who would have thought that Heifeng Wang, who had left with Han Shizi, would appear in that place again
"That horse is the Black Wind King, really..." Second Master Jing murmured complicatedly.
"What is it?" Gu Jiao asked.
Second Master Jing sighed: "What do I say? You have seen the Heifengqi of the Han family, but do you know that the Heifengqi originally did not belong to the Han family, but was domesticated by the Xuanyuan family?"
"I heard people mention it." Gu Jiao said. "After the Xuanyuan family was defeated, the military power was divided into four, and the cavalry returned to the Han family, including a large number of black wind cavalry."
"You know the affairs of the country of Yan quite well."
Gu Jiao didn't reply.
Second Master Jing just teased Gu Jiao, he didn't think Gu Jiao had any intentions, he continued: "There can only be one Heifeng King in the 30,000 Heifeng Riders, all Heifeng Kings in all dynasties are male horses, only this one. Heifeng Wang is a filly. It was difficult to give birth. It was stuffy in the womb for too long, and it was almost out of breath after coming out. By the way, my brother-in-law and Marshal Xuanyuan delivered it. After giving birth, Marshal Xuanyuan gave birth to it. I took it back. So that horse is actually a horse raised by Marshal Xuanyuan himself."
Gu Jiao asked, "Who is your brother-in-law..."
Second Master Jing scolded: "Cough, my brother's brother-in-law is my brother-in-law! Xuanyuanhao!"
Gu Jiao snorted and said, "Didn't you change your name to Xuanyuan Sheng?"
Second Master Jing was startled: "You even know this?"
Gu Jiao said, "I heard of it."
No, who are you around? Can you talk about the Xuanyuan family? Aren't you afraid of being beheaded
Second Master Jing rolled his eyes, thinking of something, and then said, "Speaking of which, Heifeng Wang is the same age as Yinyin."
"Yinyin?" Gu Jiao murmured, the name was inexplicably familiar, as if she had heard it in a dream.
Jing Er Ye didn't know what she was thinking, he just thought she was asking a simple question and explained: "Yinyin is the daughter of my eldest brother and sister-in-law. She was born in the same year as King Heifeng. When they were two years old, something happened to the Xuanyuan family. The family made a contribution in the war, the monarch rewarded the Black Wind Rider to the Han family, and the Heifeng King who was still a pony naturally also returned to the Han family. Alas, in a flash, it has been fifteen years."
So Batu King is going back to find its owner today
After so many years, is it still waiting for its owner to come back
Gu Jiao was silent for a moment, then said, "Did the Xuanyuan family really rebel?"
The house suddenly fell into an eerie silence.
Second Master Jing tightened his body and did not dare to answer.
An Guogong's fingertips were dipped in tea, and he wrote a word crookedly with the strength he had just recovered.
Looking at the word "Yes" written by the grandfather with all his strength, it was strange that Gu Jiao didn't have too many surprises in her heart.
An Guogong still wanted to write, but he had no energy.
Jing Erye looked at his eldest brother's shaking hands, and said distressedly, "Brother, don't write, let me tell you!"
They hadn't met this boy a few times, so it stands to reason that they shouldn't talk so deeply, so he didn't understand.
Second Master Jing calmed down and said solemnly: "Yes, the Xuanyuan family has rebelled, but the Xuanyuan family was forced, and the culprit behind all this is the National Teacher's Hall!"
"What did the National Master Palace do?" Gu Jiao asked.
Second Master Jing snorted coldly, and said, "That bullshit national teacher gave the Xuanyuan family a calculation, saying that among the Xuanyuan family's people, there is Ziwei Xing's destiny, and Ziwei Xing is also known as the Emperor Star, and only the king of a country is qualified to have this. Fate, this is clearly saying that the Xuanyuan family has the spirit of an emperor, how can I ask which monarch can feel at ease
"But not long after the military power was handed over, war broke out at the border. Jin and Liang joined forces to attack the border of Dayan, and Dayan was attacked by the enemy. Unstable, the mountains and rivers were broken, and the city fell. As a last resort, the monarch reused the Xuanyuan family again."
"Xuanyuan Li and his eldest son took the lead, attacked the Jin army first, and recaptured three cities in one go. Xuanyuan Li's second younger brother and Xuanyuan Li's third and fifth sons led their troops to encircle the Liang army. Wherever they went, there was no defeat. The alliance between the two countries was beaten to pieces by the Xuanyuan family, and the people at the border were grateful.
"This incident has made the monarch fully aware of the strength of the Xuanyuan family and the importance of the Xuanyuan family in the eyes of the common people. The arrival of Ziwei Xing in Xuanyuan is not something that the Xuanyuan family can stop by handing over their military power, unless—"
Gu Jiao said for him, "Unless they are all dead."
Second Master Jing nodded: "That's it. From the day the Xuanyuan family returned to Beijing triumphantly, the monarch had the intention to cut grass and roots away from the Xuanyuan family, but Xuanyuan Li was a veteran of the two dynasties, a god general of the Six Kingdoms, and Dayan could The development of Xiaguo into Shangguo is due to the various measures taken by the National Division Hall, but how could those who once oppressed Yan country be willing to rise up? , only to block the wolf ambitions of various countries. It's not the Xuanyuan family who guards the territory, and Dayan's early country has been destroyed, so what else is there to talk about?"
"The Xuanyuan family's merits are high, and the monarch is afraid, but he can't kill them casually. They also need them to become the upper country, so the monarch thought of a trick and first paralyzed the Xuanyuan family. Empress Xuanyuan gave birth to a princess, the monarch. Immediately canonized her as the crowned daughter. For more than ten years, the monarch loved the crowned daughter in every detail, and was responsive to the Xuanyuan family. The monarch originally wanted to develop the Xuanyuan family's favored and arrogant temperament, but the Xuanyuan family's family rules were strict. , I didn't do anything out of the ordinary."
Gu Jiao said: "The Xuanyuan family can't be judged for ordinary outrageous things, right?"
Second Master Jing choked: "cough, this is true."
Gu Jiao snorted and said, "So the monarch didn't want the Xuanyuan family to take the initiative to make mistakes, but to let the whole world see how he treats Xuanyuan kindly. One day, once the Xuanyuan family betrayed him, the people will blame him."
Second Master Jing scratched his head: "Ah, is that so? You seem to be making sense."
Gu Jiao asked, "Then, how did the Xuanyuan family get forced to rebel?"
Second Master Jing was silent for a while, clenched his fists, and said with a complicated expression: "I don't know exactly what it is, it seems to be related to the concubine. My elder brother knows a thing or two, but unfortunately you have seen it too, my elder brother can't speak. ."
Gu Jiao thought for a moment and asked, "There are a lot of people who want something wrong with Xuanyuan's family, right?"
Second Master Jing nodded sadly and indignantly: "Xuanyuan's position of power, military power and martial arts are enviable. The Xuanyuan family has never lost the world, but the world has lost the Xuanyuan family."
…
The rain has no tendency to weaken, and the rain is beating on the eaves.
Second Master Jing said that he was hungry and went to the kitchen to find something to eat.
Only Gu Jiao and An Guogong were left in the room.
Gu Jiao moved a small bench and sat beside Anguogong, and pressed his arms and palms for Angonggong, which was helpful for his rehabilitation.
"Tell me about the Xuanyuan family, aren't you afraid that I will tell you?" Gu Jiao asked.
An Guogong tapped twice on the armrest with his fingertips.
Don't be afraid.
Gu Jiao understood unexpectedly.
While rubbing his other hand, she said, "Why not be afraid? We haven't met a few times, I'm very bad."
An Guogong tapped the handrail three times with his fingertips.
you will not.
Gu Jiao raised her eyebrows and looked at him: "How do you know I can't?"
An Guogong is a little bit.
You are, yes, no, you will.
From the first time Gu Jiao hid in his bed, he felt very kind.
Can't say why.
But like the most important person, it came back to him.
(End of this chapter)