The conversation between Mu Qing and Zhang Anping did not last long. When Mu Qing clearly revealed that he would leave Suzaku City, a carriage stopped beside the two of them.
Zhang Anping glanced at the carriage and sighed softly towards Muqing: "Hey, I can probably understand why you made these decisions, but before you leave, you must make it clear to the people around you so as not to leave any misunderstandings. .”
Mu Qing said seriously: "I will make it clear to everyone."
Zhang Anping gave Mu Qing a look and walked towards the front of the team alone.
Mu Qing rode his horse and stopped beside the carriage. He didn't know where to start for a while, but the carriage moved. He followed the carriage for a long distance, and it wasn't until he started to turn at the corner of the street that he said: "Peony How are uncle and the others doing?"
The hanging curtains of the carriage fluttered, and after a while, the girl's voice came through the curtains: "It's okay."
Mu Qing's eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and Zhang Shaoyao's voice was cold and distant. It sounded strange, as strange as a stranger passing by on a busy street.
Mu Qing got off his horse and planned to enter the carriage. Zhang Shaoyao, who was leaning by the window, seemed to be in a trance and did not hear the movement immediately. When he reacted, Mu Qing had already opened the curtain in front of the car door and got in.
Zhang Shaoyao quickly turned his body and faced the wall of the carriage, "What are you doing in here?"
When Mu Qing came in, he saw Zhang Shaoyao's somewhat red eyes. After sitting down, he was silent for a moment and said, "I just think we shouldn't be like this now."
Zhang Shaoyao still didn't want to turn around to look at him and asked, "What should that look like?"
Mu Qing lowered his gaze and said seriously: "Now that Uncle Zhang and Aunt Xiaoya have been found, I thought you would be happier, but I haven't seen you smile for a long time."
"long time?"
Zhang Shaoyao moved his shoulders slightly, looked at him and said, "Has it really been a long time? When my father recognized me, I laughed. Every time their health improves, I feel happy. But, I am happy." Time, are you there?"
Zhang Shaoyao lowered his eyes and looked lonely: "You are just not here, so I will feel it for a long time."
"Shaoyao." When Mu Qing saw Zhang Shaoyao like this, he felt panicked and opened his mouth. He was about to explain a few words, but found that this was the fact.
Zhang Shaoyao raised his head, looked at the speechless Mu Qing, sighed softly, opened the curtains, and looked out the window: "Remember what you said when you brought me here, brother A Liang? You told me, this It was a training and a growth for me, but during these days, the place where I stayed the longest was the dark tunnels, where I could only hide."
Mu Qing said with difficulty: "Many things happened too suddenly. I can only rest assured that you are safe."
Zhang Shaoyao nodded silently: "I know, so I never blamed you."
Mu Qing thought for a moment and sat next to the girl, but she dodged him before he even touched her shoulder.
Mu Qing said in a deep voice: "Tell me if there is anything that can make you happier now."
Zhang Shaoyao almost completely shrank his body in the corner of the carriage. After a moment of silence, he said quietly: "Then can you not be my brother? Or not just my brother?"
Mu Qing's eyebrows knitted together, but he didn't hesitate. He shook his head and said, "Shaoyao, I thought we had already made this clear before."
There was a suffocating silence in the carriage. Just when Mu Qing was restless and wanted to leave, Zhang Shaoyao took the initiative to rest his head on Mu Qing's shoulder. Mu Qing stiffened slightly and did not move away.
"Brother, why do I feel that it was actually very good before?"
Zhang Shaoyao closed his eyes and seemed to be recalling certain scenes, "I always thought we would be happy when we left Hidden Valley, but now that we can leave, I feel a little at a loss."
Mu Qing hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his arm and put it on Zhang Shaoyao's other shoulder, "Leaving Hidden Valley is a promise I made to you when we first arrested you."
Zhang Shaoyao nodded slightly: "I know."
Mu Qing sighed softly: "The Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers will still exist, but it will no longer belong to the Hidden Valley. No matter whether you are in Suzaku City or going back, everyone will be there. Some things have indeed changed, but some things will never change. .”
"Will it never change?"
Zhang Shaoyao murmured in a low voice, then raised his face and said with a sad expression: "If you stay in Suzaku City from now on, what about you? Where are you going?"
Mu Qing knew that she had heard her conversation with Zhang Anping just now, and said frankly: "I will go to the ancient battlefield of the wilderness first, and then maybe to the Western Mountains, but please don't worry, this is my home, and I will come back."
When Zhang Shaoyao spoke to Mu Qing, the remaining look of expectation in his eyes quickly dimmed, "Can't you stay here? Aren't you the city lord?"
Mu Qing pursed his lips, unable to say a word.
Zhang Shaoyao took a deep look at him, took the initiative to sit upright, and said, "Is it because of those women of yours? In the past few days, whether I asked Mrs. Wang or the senior sister, they were all secretive. Could it be that Can’t I really see it?”
Zhang Shaoyao looked out the window, his eyes a little dull, and said: "Sister, they thought I was angry with you. You asked me why I was unhappy, but am I just unhappy now? I am only at the third level of spiritual life, but But my brother is already in the early stage of transcendence."
"The early stage of transcendence... A few years ago, we didn't even know about this realm."
Mu Qing consoled him: "With your talent, it will be done very quickly."
Zhang Shaoyao was noncommittal and said, "Brother, do you know the biggest feeling during this time?"
"It's not that Senior Sister and the others think they are angry and sad when they hear that several women like you. It's not that we don't see each other that often, so we are depressed and silent."
"The real feeling is that every time we meet next time, I find a clear fact - I am getting farther and farther away from you."
Mu Qing also felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. The people sitting together were talking about getting farther and farther away from each other. He wanted to refute, but found that the reasons he found were too pale in the face of the facts.
The "far" mentioned by Zhang Shaoyao not only includes the rapid emotional distance between men and women after the two people broke through some kind of window paper, but also includes the gap in realm.
He said that with Zhang Shaoyao's talent, it was only a matter of time before he could reach the extraordinary level, but he forgot that he was not that old.
"Hey~"
A long sigh sounded in the carriage.
Zhang Shaoyao thought about these terrible current situations, and a small face that should have been smart and beautiful was covered with a deep gloom, "I have been comforting myself these days, saying that it doesn't matter even if you treat me as your biological sister, as long as we still stay together In a place, it would be nice to see you often in the future. But in the end, you have to leave here."
Mu Qing grabbed Zhang Shaoyao's shoulders, turned her over to face him, and said, "Shaoyao, you have to believe me. This is only temporary. Even if I leave here, I will come back sooner or later."
Zhang Shaoyao's slender eyebrows moved slightly as she looked at Mu Qing, thinking that the gap between the two would probably be too big to make up for the next time they leave to see each other again, and by then Mu Qing would also have those women around her.
Zhang Shaoyao found that he was unable to stop Mu Qing at all, and it was even right for Mu Qing to do this. This kind of powerlessness could only helplessly watch the relationship between the two move towards a rigid future, which made the girl sensitive. My heart became more and more sad.
Tears just fell from the corners of her eyes and she couldn't stop them.
Mu Qing was obviously panicked and was at a loss when Zhang Shaoyao stopped crying and looked at Mu Qing with a forced smile and said: "Tell me about this period of time, I want to listen carefully. of."
Mu Qing was stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly: "Okay."
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"They're back."
Murong Xing stood at the window, looking at the carriage turning the corner in the distance, and said softly.
Cao Jin stood behind him, until the convoy completely disappeared from the corner, then he narrowed his eyes and said: "I don't know how many people are watching their movements. The return of these people outside the city also represents this stage of rest and recuperation." it's over."
Murong Xing nodded slightly and asked, "Is there any news from Baidi City?"
Cao Jin nodded and said with a smile: "I originally thought that the fastest news would come tomorrow, but the news about Baidi City came this morning."
Murong Xing frowned slightly: "Our letter should have arrived at Baidi City yesterday. Does this mean that the Gu family's group has already arrived at Baidi City?"
Cao Jin smiled slightly and said, "Yes, the Gu family's group of people ran very fast. I was originally thinking about how to prove to the emperor that such a being had arrived in Baidi City, but it was a waste of the information we collected."
"Your emperor agreed to the request in the letter?"
A voice sounded behind the two of them, and Murong Xing turned around. Huai Cao Shi had actually been sitting at the table behind the two of them, and he didn't speak out until now.
Murong Xing looked away from Huai Cao Shi and looked at Cao Jin.
Cao Jin said: "How could the emperor agree to the requests in the letter? But he should be very grateful for my previous suggestions now. At least we still have the opportunity to negotiate here."
Huai Caoshi frowned slightly, looked at Murong Xing and said, "You keep me here just to hear such ambiguous news? I hope that Suzaku City will have a stable future."
Murong Xing was silent for a moment, nodded and said, "This is also what I hope for. You should understand my thoughts, otherwise you will not stay here."
Cao Jin glanced sideways at Huai Cao Shi and said: "It is normal for the emperor not to agree to the request in the letter, but he has agreed that I will contact you on behalf of the royal family. As for what result will be achieved next, we need you to ease it for us. There is a relationship between the two parties.”
Huai Caoshi said coldly: "I know what I should do and what I can do. You don't need to remind me deliberately."
Huai Caoshi now regrets being with the two people in front of her.
Murong Xing knew her current weakness. It was a foregone conclusion that the Ten Thousand Flower Valley would leave the Hidden Valley, so she had regarded Suzaku City as the place where she would stay for a long time in the future. This is why she hoped that this ravaged city could be restored soon. Stabilize.
Murong Xing seemed to see Huai Cao Shi's hesitation, and said in a calm tone: "The appearance of the head of the Lin family will indeed make the emperor give up many of his iron-fisted thoughts, but if Suzaku City becomes a lonely city in the dynasty's territory, then it will never be the same. Want to stabilize."
Cao Jin also echoed: "Yes, in fact, this is no loss to you. After all, you have always wanted to escape from Hidden Valley, right? In this matter, we may not actually be able to help you much, but we can Let that kid Mu Qing be more justified."
Speaking of this, Cao Jin sighed with emotion: "Hey, think about it now, when Mu Qing becomes the city lord, the most powerful force in southern Xinjiang will be the city lord's mansion, right?"
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In a temporary stronghold in Hidden Valley, Chen Zhuo, who arrived late from Shanshan, received the attention of everyone in the room.
When he walked to the side of the lobby, he wanted to find a place to sit down, but he was stopped by Murong Yun: "Chen Zhuo, come here."
There was an unoccupied chair next to Murong Yun, and it was larger than the others' chairs. It was obviously prepared for Chen Zhuo.
Chen Zhuo smiled helplessly, and his bloated and heavy body nimbly walked to Murong Yun and sat down.
"Hey -" Chen Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that everyone was still focusing on him, a smile appeared on his face: "I said they are all old guys. If you have anything to say, just say it. I am still Chen Zhuo of Hidden Valley.”
"How is Murong Jing's condition?"
A deep voice sounded in the room. Chen Zhuo looked to his left. To his left was Murong Yun, and to Murong Yun's left was Murong Yin, who was shrouded in a black robe.
Following Chen Zhuo's action, other people in the room also turned their attention to Murong Yin, and there was even a hint of surprise in their eyes.
Jiang Shangxiu, who was not far away, looked at this scene and sighed slightly in his heart.
Murong Yin has been dressed like this since Xuanwu's death. Although no one mentioned Xuanwu, everyone present knew that it was Murong Yun who killed Xuanwu.
Of course, some of the things Xuanwu did before were also spread by Jiang Shangxiu.
In Jiang Shangxiu's eyes, these people present are enough to represent Hidden Valley, but they represent a divided Hidden Valley.
Chen Zhuo nodded towards Murong Yin: "Zhang Lu, I only heard about Zhuque's condition from Wang Yeqing. She should still be receiving treatment from the eldest lady of the Lin family."
Murong Yun nodded: "That's true."
Chen Zhuo glanced at Murong Yun calmly, thinking that the conflict between the two brothers was so great that they could not communicate directly.
Murong Yin said solemnly: "From now on, don't call her Zhuque anymore. Murong Jing is her name."
Chen Zhuo has been recovering from his injuries during this period, but the news did not lag behind because of Wang Yeqing.
For Murong Yin, Xuanwu's betrayal in battle was an even more unacceptable thing than his death.
This made Murong Yin find that the way he thought was correct had become a breeding ground for betrayal. Now was probably the most frustrating time.
After a period of unspeakable silence, Murong Yun took the initiative to ask Chen Zhuo, "Where did you come from?"
Chen Zhuo said frankly: "From the barracks of the Guards, now is the time to establish a good relationship with them. Some short-sighted people in the city should also pay the price for their stupid behavior."
Murong Yun frowned and said, "Mu Qing didn't go back to Xiaojing's place. I thought you two were together."
Chen Zhuo shook his head and said: "It's not clear, but even if Mu Qing has some complaints about these things, Wang Yeqing and the others will start to formally contact those people in the city."
Chen Zhuo paused and looked at everyone present. When his eyes fell on Qinglong and others, he nodded, and finally said: "This time is completely different from the last negotiation. Last time, they may still need us as their Allies, but this time the weight of one person is enough.”
A complicated look flashed across Qinglong's face. He looked at Murong Yun and said, "I must admit that I completely underestimated Bai Emperor's power when I first came up with it. If it weren't for that person from the Western Mountain Realm, everyone present probably wouldn't be able to sit down. it's here."
"Maybe we can try to build a new alliance."
