[Gulan] Broken Wild Goose Song

Chapter 18

18

Mu Su was taken aback.

His flaming eyes looked straight at him, and the beating rhythm was like someone's heartbeat.Musu lost his footing in an instant.

He Loucheng looked at him at night and said: "It will be colder at night, and it will be warmer if the two of us are close together. We will set off early tomorrow morning. If we don't stop, we can see him before dusk."

Mu Su murmured, "Didn't it mean you didn't freeze to death when you spent the night here alone?"

He Loucheng smiled wryly at night: "I know you have some foundation, but you don't have any internal strength, do you want to compare with me? I'm doing this for your own good, I won't let you die before me."

Musu glanced sideways at him for a moment, and had to admit that what he said made sense, so he slowly walked over, and the cloaks of the two of them were slightly stuck together.

He Loucheng said at night: "You look like someone who has never fought on the battlefield. In the extremely bad weather, in order to survive, let alone a stranger, an annoying person or an enemy, even a skinny and ugly old woman, you have to hug her too."

Musu couldn't help laughing, and said, "Why, in your eyes, the skinny, ugly old woman is more terrifying than the enemy?"

He Lou Chengye took a deep breath and said, "I like the meaty ones, the ones that are too thin always remind me of the bones I saw in the wolf den when I was a child."

Musu's expression darkened, and he regretted asking him this question.

He Lou leaned towards him at night and said, "So you have to eat more fat."

Mu Su didn't realize it for a long time, he was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head to look at He Lou Cheng Ye, his cheeks were a little flushed, he didn't know whether it was from anger or shame.But Helou Chengye was already leaning against the wall, put on his cloak and hat, closed his eyes, and said calmly, "Go to sleep."

Musu was blocked by him for a long time, and finally thought it was just a joke.He slowly took off the mask on his face, thinking that He Lou Chengye said that he didn't need to wear it in the past few days, so he wrapped it in a handkerchief and put it in his arms, closed his eyes, put on the cloak, and listened to the crackling of the flames With a voice, a question suddenly appeared in his heart.

It seems that he hasn't asked He Lou Chengye, where are they going?

"Yan Luan, look, it's snowing."

Xie Yan stood beside the vermilion fence of the high-rise palace, his bright yellow dragon robe seemed a little dazzling.

Mu Su watched the fine snowflakes fall on the broken hair on Xie Yan's forehead, and then slowly disappeared. He lowered his eyes slightly and said, "Your Majesty, I still advocate that the corruption case of the household servant should be reopened."

Xie Yan sighed, turned his eyes from the distant mountains back to Mu Su, and said a little tiredly: "I have already said in front of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the Manchu Dynasty that the case is now settled, don't waste manpower and material resources. a man of his words."

Mu Su's heart sank and he said: "But His Majesty must also know that Liu Yi, Minister of the Household Department, is..."

"enough."

A resolute scolding interrupted Musu's words, his hands trembled in shock, and he looked up at Xie Yan.

Xie Yan pressed his hands on the Zhulan, closed his eyes, and there was a sullen look between his brows.

"Of course I know that the servant is not the mastermind behind the scenes! But do you want me to touch the Liu family for these few thousand taels of silver? Concubine Liu Gui is my adoptive mother, and General Liu guards the western border. You want me to investigate thoroughly for thousands of taels of silver? When the time comes to find out that it's not Liu Yi or Concubine Liu Gui, will I still have to find out!"

Musu's face turned pale from shock, and he fell to his knees with a plop, his entire back was already wet with sweat, and he didn't even have the strength to open his mouth.

This was the first time Xie Yan got angry at him since he was a child.

The cold snowflakes fell on Musu's palm, but they did not melt for a long time.

He heard Xie Yan above his head, his voice was full of majesty and strangeness.

"Yan Luan, you may only care about the truth and justice, but I want to take care of the whole country. You have just stepped into the court, young and energetic, and you can't see clearly or judge many things clearly. When you know how to be restrained, you must be restrained. If you continue to act recklessly like this and cause disaster in the future, I will not be able to protect you!"

Musu's heart skipped a beat, and his pupils shrank suddenly at the last sentence.

He raised his head stiffly, and followed the golden edge of the dragon robe upwards, until he saw Xie Yan's face with an unclear expression, looking beyond the railing, looking at his beautiful rivers and mountains.

"Yan Luan, I will definitely give you Changan forever."

Musu suddenly felt very cold.

The snow in the capital is neither heavy nor dense, and when it falls on the first-blooming plum blossoms, the flowers on the ground are more colorful.But when it fell on Musu's black hair, palms, and neck, it was bone-chillingly cold.

He waited for a long time, waiting for Xie Yan's call.But his heart was getting colder and colder, as if he already knew subconsciously that Xie Yan would not turn back.

"Su Er, Su Er..."

"elder brother!"

"Yan Luan..."

In a trance, he suddenly heard some voices that should not have appeared here. He looked up, and he was no longer on the terrace of the palace, and the surroundings were pitch black. From the thick darkness, the calls of his family members could not be heard. .

Murong?Father?Mother?

Musu wanted to run forward, but his body couldn't move at all. He could only kneel down on the cold ground, like a stiff statue without emotion.

"Brother! Brother! Second brother!"

Musu opened his mouth to shout, but there was no sound, and the stagnant feeling in his throat even made him dizzy.

"Musu, Musu..."

"Yan Luan, Luan'er, Luan'er..."

Someone's voice and accompanying shaking, like breaking the fallen leaves of the moon in the pond, awakened him from his dream.Mu Su came to his senses, and vaguely felt that he was leaning on someone's body, the warmth made him unconsciously want to get closer.

He opened his eyes and looked up, seeing He Lou Chengye's clear and deep amber eyes looking at him with concern.

Those who are close can feel the other party's breath on the top of their own hair.

Mu Su woke up suddenly, sat up, and the dark blue cloak of He Lou Cheng Ye slipped off his body, and there was a sudden chill.

Seeing him waking up at night, He Lou smiled and said, "It seems that I will have to call you Luan'er in the future."

Musu's cheeks were slightly red, but he pursed his lips and remained silent.He saw that the wind and snow outside the cave had stopped, and the sky was turning pale, and only then did he realize what happened the day before.

In the dream, the shouts of family members and the cold footsteps when Xie Yan left made his temples beat unceasingly. He felt uneasy in his heart, but he kept reassuring himself that it was just some memories caused by seeing snow yesterday and the longing for his loved ones That's all.

He Lou Chengye moved the shoulder that Musu was pillowing on, and said: "I didn't want to wake you up, but you seem to be afraid of the cold, and you keep burrowing into my arms from the cold, I'm afraid you'll catch a cold if you sleep again. He picked up his cloak, put it on quickly and said, "Did you have a nightmare?"

The flush on Musu's face persisted, and he wanted to say thank you, but he couldn't open his mouth anyway, and could only say "Yeah."

He Lou Cheng Ye stood up, buried the extinguished charcoal fire with stones, and asked, "Can I know?"

Musu was silent for a long time, looking at the snowstorm and morning light outside, he said calmly, "I'll tell you when I have a chance."

A smile slowly climbed onto the cheeks of He Lou Cheng Ye, he nodded and said: "Then pack up and get ready to go, we will be able to walk to a place with people later."

Musu stood up and asked, "Where are you going?"

He Lou picked up his things at night, his expression regained his calmness and indifference, and said, "Go visit my mother."

The two rode their horses and continued to jog north, not talking much along the way.

Musu recalled last night's dream, and his heart became more and more heavy.

The silhouettes of the rolling mountains in the distance are already clear. The snow that fell yesterday was piled up on the dry grass blades, and a depression was stepped on by the horseshoes, mixed with some sewage.The surrounding large coniferous forests and low shrubs spread to the distance, and a few gray hares sprang out from time to time, staring at this strange comer.

Musu looked around, and the woods and shrubs seemed to disappear suddenly a hundred meters away, as if a clear line had been drawn by some invisible force.As he got closer, his pupils shrank suddenly, because he could see that it was a huge lake, which stretched all the way to the foot of the mountain in the distance.The surface of the lake is covered with thin ice, which completely blends with the white snow on the river bank, as if this huge snowfield is the surface of the lake.

He Lou Chengye didn't say much since he walked out of the cave, he got off his horse, pulled the rein of the horse and said, "We've arrived at our destination."

It was only then that Musu realized that there must be an active volcano near this small plateau, so although it was at a high place, it did not appear to be colder.

He got off his horse and saw a stone house in the distance, a ten-year-old boy ran out of the stone house, excitedly rushed to He Lou to ride the night, and shouted excitedly in Langyue language: "Brother Ah Man! !!"

He Lou Chengye opened his arms, caught the child at once, lifted it up to the sky and said with a smile, "Why do you know I'm here?"

The boy smiled and said, "Grandma said it! Grandma said it's almost time, and it snowed yesterday and you must arrive in the afternoon! I'm still worried that you will get lost in the snow!"

He Lou put the child back on the ground at night, rubbed his slightly frizzy black hair and said with a smile: "How could I get lost!"

The boy hummed, smiled and pulled He Lou Chengye's hand, and shouted at the stone house: "Grandma! Brother Ah Man is here! Brother Ah Man is here!"

He Lou Chengye turned his head to look at Musu with a dull face, and said with a smile, "Let's go. We'll be living here for the time being."

Musu walked up to him and asked, "Who is this child and this old man?"

He Loucheng said at night: "The old man is my mother's personal maid, and the child is her grandson. They are here to guard my mother's spirit."

Mu Su was taken aback.

He Lou Chengye's mother passed away very early, almost 20 years ago, does that mean this old man has guarded the tombs of the former queens here for 20 years?

Only then did he look seriously at the old woman standing in front of the house, who was already hunched, and suddenly felt deep respect.The old woman smiled slightly, looked at He Lou Cheng Ye, lowered her head and bowed briefly, then looked at Mu Su, was stunned, and then smiled at Mu Su.

Mu Su liked the gentleness and indifference from this old woman, he cupped his hands towards her, and said in Lang Yue's language, "Excuse me."

The old woman shook her head and said, "Come in, it's cold outside."

The two walked into the house and found that the interior decoration was mainly made of wood, but it was simpler and plainer.The house is not big, but it has everything you need. The firewood in the stove is burning vigorously, continuously warming Musu's already cold body.

He Lou took off his cloak and boots at night, stepped on the wooden floor, and sat directly by the fire.

The boy looked at Musu, smiled and said in Lang Yue's language, "Big brother, take off your shoes and come in to keep warm!"

Musu smiled at him, quickly took off his cloak, took off his boots and walked into the room. Just as he was sitting next to He Louchengye, the boy brought a bowl of hot tea.He quickly took it and thanked him in non-standard Lang Yue's language.

The boy looked at him curiously and asked, "Aren't you from Langyue?"

Musu was nervous for a moment, not knowing how to reveal his identity to this innocent child.

He Lou Chengye smiled and said: "This elder brother is from Xia."

Musu immediately looked at him alertly.Langyue and Da Xia have been at war for many years. Although many Langyue people are broad-minded, they still feel alienated from Xia people. He did not expect that He Lou Cheng Ye would directly confess his identity.

Unexpectedly, the boy's dark eyes suddenly lit up after hearing this, and he said in surprise, "Really! Are you from Xia? Then you... can you teach me Xia language?"

Musu froze on the spot, looked at the child's clear and flawless eyes, nodded stiffly and said, "...you can..."

"Great!" The child jumped up all of a sudden, walked to the old woman and said in surprise, "Grandma! I can learn Xiayu again, so you don't need to teach me!"

Mu Su looked at He Lou Chengye suspiciously, He Lou Cheng Ye explained to him in a low voice: "My mother is from Xia, and this old woman is also from Xia. But this child grew up in Langyue. Langyue's lineage."

At this time, the old woman brought another bowl of hot rabbit meat soup, handed it to Musu, and said in Xia language in an old and intermittent voice: "Thank you. I am old and can't teach this child anymore. "

Musu hurriedly bowed his hands and bowed, "No, I am lucky to be able to teach such a cute and smart child."

The old woman sat down tremblingly under the support of the boy, and said with a smile, "It's been a long time... I haven't seen Xia Ren since Miss passed away. May I ask where you are from?"

Mu Su bowed and said, "I grew up in the capital."

The old woman nodded slowly: "Well, I have been to the capital city when I was young. It is a prosperous and good place. Have you ever been to Fengcheng?"

Mu Su smiled and said, "I've been there, but it's just for doing business, and I didn't stay for a long time. Fengcheng has become more and more prosperous in recent years, and the population has gradually increased." Fengcheng is located in the north of Daxia, only one border with Langyue It is separated by mountains, but because of the superior terrain, it does not need to be heavily guarded.

The old woman sighed, raised her eyes, seemed to be lost in memory and said: "Fengcheng is a good place, a good place. A good place with dark tides..."

Musu didn't understand, so he could only smile, bowed his head and took a sip of the soup, feeling warm all over his body.

He chatted with the old woman and the little boy, and before he had finished drinking the rabbit broth, the child was about to come over and ask him to teach him Xiayu. He laughed helplessly for a while, and then realized that this was his arrival Lang Yue smiled happily for the first time since then.

He subconsciously turned back to look at He Lou Cheng Ye, but found that the surrounding was already empty.

Mu Su was taken aback, and turned to ask the old woman. The old woman's cloudy eyes were in a daze for a moment, then she lowered her wrinkled eyelids, and said calmly, "Master is going to visit Miss."

Musu was silent for a long time, got up and put away all the bowls, washed the bowls with the old man's rice water, then wiped his hands, and asked, "Old man, can you tell me where the former princess is buried?"

The old man looked out of the window and said, "It's just to the east, by the edge of the woods and the lake, so she can see what she wants to see."

Mu Su seemed to understand the second half of the sentence, but he still thanked him, put on his cloak, opened the curtain and went out.

Following the direction pointed by the old woman, Mu Su saw He Lou Chengye's dark cloak not long after walking.That deep point is in the pure white lake ice and snow and the mottled vegetation, just like a little bit of ink falling from a trembling hand when touching something while painting.

He Lou Chengye stood between the ice and snow, between the mottled bushes and the endless white ice and snow, as if two worlds were separated.The wind blew his robe and sideburns, his brows and eyes were a little blurred in the wind and snow, but his figure grew taller.

Musu suddenly didn't dare to move forward.He stood by the lake not far away and looked at He Lou Cheng Ye.

In front of him was a small mound with a stone tablet erected on it. There was nothing on the mound, as clean as if no princess had ever been buried here.

This huge lake is as white as fine paper. Two black spots stand still in the white, one hovers at the junction of mottled and white, and the other looks out from the center of pure white.

The author has something to say:

Today's update is sent to ovo, thank you little cuties