When the first snow of winter came, Wu Yue and the others received a letter from Ou Han, to the effect that the You Kingdom was already in chaos, the net could be closed at the beginning of spring, and they hoped that Wu Yue would return to China as soon as possible.

At this time, Dipo was already a bloody storm. Many talented people in the city were dissatisfied with the usurping of Lord Chan Xiu, and they condemned them one after another. As a result, they were killed in large numbers. However, the reinforcements of Lord Chan Xiu were always in the future, causing many people to start moving away. Wu Yue and others also left Dipo in the evacuated procession, and arrived at Yancheng to wait for the snow to melt.

"It's not good." Rongzi walked into the room with a dignified expression, and said, "I just received the news that Jun Xiujun led troops to wash and loot the rich, and then set fire to Dipo City."

Wu Yue frowned and asked in a deep voice, "What? Why did he do this?"

"I don't know the specific details, but Rongzi estimates that King Qing may have improved and will soon send troops to Dipo. At the same time, Jun Xiu and Duohui will not be waiting for reinforcements for a long time, so they must be timid, so they keep doing it, looting property and food, and finding another way. way out."

Wu Yue looked thoughtful.

Murphy asked, "Where did they go? Which route did they take?"

"This is what Zi is worried about. Jun Xiu is coming to Yancheng. He will burn, kill and loot along the way, and recruit the strong to join the army. It is estimated that he will arrive here in two days."

Murphy pondered: "Do you all feel that this despicable way of doing things seems familiar?"

Rongzi was stunned for a while.

Wu Yue replied, "You mean the rogues who once appeared in various countries?"

Murphy nodded: "In the beginning, everyone thought that the defeated soldiers of the former Yu Kingdom were fleeing. However, these robbers have excellent weapons, sufficient food and grass, and act viciously. They don't look like the defeated soldiers who are fleeing."

"That is to say," Wu Yue added, "this is most likely a plan that Jun Xiu has set up from the very beginning? The purpose is to make the Qing Kingdom's internal forces empty?"

Luo Chen listened to the analysis of several people quietly, and was quite interested.

Rongzi said again: "It is useless to discuss the antecedents at present, the important thing is how should we deal with it next?"

"It seems that we can't wait for the beginning of spring." Wu Yue looked up at the window and said calmly, "I order everyone to prepare, we will leave this place tomorrow morning, go to the nearest water inlet, and leave by boat."

"Here."

The next morning, Murphy, wrapped in a thick cloak, rode with difficulty against the cold wind.

Xiao Luochen rode with her, and Wu Yue and the others were loaded with a lot of supplies.

"A few miles further, there is a Leeward Hill, where there are several natural caves, where we can camp." Sword Master Pu Zhu said.

Wu Yue nodded and ordered people to speed up the journey.

There were about 40 or 50 people on this trip. Except for a few scribes, the rest were all skilled warriors and guards, and there was not much delay along the way.

Everyone arrived at the hills mentioned by Puzhu at dusk. Although several caves were damp and dirty, they were fortunately not occupied by wild animals, otherwise it would take some effort.

Several guards found a large pile of firewood, and it took the boss's efforts to raise the fire.

It was cold outside, whimpering like a ghost howl. Mo Fei stared blankly at the outside, feeling a little depressed in his heart.

"Futu, what are you thinking about?" Wu Yue sat beside him, handed a piece of barbecued meat to him, and asked casually.

"It's okay." Murphy recovered, took the barbecue and chewed slowly.

Wu Yue glanced at him again and didn't ask any more questions.

After the meal, Murphy lay on the straw mat and closed her eyes. After a while, she suddenly felt that there was someone lying next to her. She didn't need to open her eyes to know that it was Wu Yue.

Feeling a little helpless in my heart, I said softly, "My lord, you should accompany the young master more."

Wu Yue said lightly: "This kid is more than clever, but he lacks the spirit of a warrior. This king doesn't want to spoil him."

How old is he! In his heart, Murphy despised this old man who was in the midst of happiness and did not know his happiness. The boss looked unhappy with such a child.

Murphy turned around and lay on his side, leaving him an estranged back figure. Who knew that his waist was tight and he was forcibly dragged into a warm embrace.

"You!" Murphy turned his head and was about to speak, when he saw a cloak covering the two of them, his eyes darkened, and he felt his lips being allowed.

Murphy was shocked: This man is too bold! Although the two of them slept in the innermost layer of the cave, they were only tens of meters away from the people on the outside, which was too...

"Well..." Murphy refused, but the back of her head and waist were firmly locked, and she didn't dare to use too violent movements to avoid attracting other people's attention. As a result, she could only let Wu Yue act.

Wu Yue's fiery lips strayed slightly, biting Murphy's chin lightly, and the hand that wrapped around his waist also subconsciously wanted to get into Murphy's clothes.

"You...what are you doing!" Murphy scolded his voice while holding the big unruly hand.

Wu Yue's lips moved to Murphy's earlobe, and he said in a low voice, "This king regrets it. I don't want to just look at you. Futu, are you really not interested in this king at all?"

Mo Fei tilted his head and said: "At the beginning, the lord promised himself that he would not treat Futu like this. How can you go back on your word?"

"This king has overestimated his self-control." Wu Yue laughed at himself, "Especially when you were kidnapped, this king's heart seemed to be empty. I'm really unwilling! Why is Futu a man? As a woman, this king will give you the post without hesitation."

Mo Fei was silent for a while, then sighed: "Can't you just be a courtier?"

"Cofficiary, this king has many more. There is only one Futu."

Murphy didn't speak any more, feeling uneasy in his heart.

Seemingly aware of his unease, Wu Yue tightened his arms and held him firmly in his arms, saying: "Fu Tu, this king wants you, and when you go back, I want you to belong to me completely. But don't be afraid, Ben The king can give you absolute freedom and a lofty position if you wish..."

"My lord," Murphy interrupted, "Fu Tu is unwilling, unwilling!"

Wu Yue's chest rose and fell, as if he was holding back something. After a while, he said, "Then, this king... this king may not be able to help hurt you." He lowered his head and buried himself in Murphy's neck, his heavy breathing brushed across his skin. , "Don't let this king have the opportunity to hurt you... Futu, this king will fall into a demonic barrier."

Murphy couldn't help shuddering, and there was some confusion in his mind. She finally made up her mind to help this man well, and even prepared to never regain her daughter's body, but this man first lost to her own desires and feelings. Whether it was love or monopoly, Murphy couldn't tell. She had absolutely no experience with this kind of thing, but the only certainty was that she didn't want to be Wu Yue's woman, the kind of sad woman who lived in the harem waiting to be favored.

She had to admit that she was afraid, afraid that once she softened, she would be doomed. What's more, she still has one thought in her heart, that is to go home!

"My lord, let go of Fu Tu..." Murphy asked Wu Yue for the first time, "You have absolute power, you can take whatever you want. If you want to break your trust in Futu, how do you let Futu handle himself? What face will you have to stand on the court in the future?"

This is a dead end! Gender became the biggest barrier between the two.

Wu Yue squeezed Futu's shirt tightly, his heart was like a diamond, a stagnant qi was stuck in his chest and could not be evacuated.

He had never been so restrained, Futu could always affect his mood, and the vague worries about gain and loss made him feel unable to grasp Futu, and he longed for a deeper bond, but Futu was always reluctant to cross this hurdle, or he really felt bad for him. He has no feelings, so he hates such things very much.

This thought drove him crazy, and he couldn't bear the fact that Futu treated his feelings like filth.

"It hurts!" Mo Fei whispered, Wu Yue's hand was so tight that she almost broke her bones.

Wu Yue returned to his senses and let go of the strength in his hands, but he didn't let go of him, he just said, "Fu Tu, this king will let you accept and get used to this king's closeness."

Mo Fei was about to speak, and he heard Wu Yue continue: "This king does not allow a ditch to lie between you and me, as long as you fall in love with this king, any rumors and secular ethics will no longer be an obstacle. ."

It seemed that Wu Yue was determined to cross the line between monarch and minister. What should she do? Whether it is accepted or not will be put aside for the time being. Once the body of a daughter is discovered, what will be the ending for her...

The next morning, everyone packed up and prepared to continue on their way.

"Look over there!" Someone shouted in surprise.

Everyone looked back and saw thick smoke rising from the direction of Yancheng in the distance, and the originally clean sky was stained with filth.

"Yancheng was burnt down." Rongzi murmured, "They are so fast."

"Go!" Wu Yue waved his hand and led the crowd to the other side.

When passing through a fork, the cold wind blew wildly, and Murphy's hood was blown open, revealing his slightly messy short hair. When she put on her hood again, the group also disappeared at the end of the fork.

The people who were on the way did not find it, but on the mountains not far away, there was a team of soldiers and horses of tens of thousands of people hidden.

The leader wore a face scarf and his eyes were sharp. He whispered, "I didn't expect to wait for another big fish before Chan Xiujun's person."

In the afternoon, Wu Yue and others rested for a while under a soil peak. This is the area of ​​Qijing Mountain. Under the cliff on the right is the swift and steep Linghe River. Continue along the mountain road on the left, and you can reach the trip river at dusk. From there, you can take a boat directly through the rest of the cities in the Qing Kingdom and reach the eastern border of the Soo Kingdom.

After refilling some food, everyone went on the road again.

At this moment, an arrow slid across the sky and pierced through the neck of a guard behind Wu Yue.

Enemy attack! Dozens of arrows flew one after another, Wu Yue and the others quickly pulled out their weapons and retreated.

While protecting Murphy and Luochen, Wu Yue observed the surroundings and quickly guessed the identity of the enemy in his heart.

Squinting at a certain place, Wu Yue felt that there was awe-inspiring killing intent there. If the other party got closer, he would definitely be able to detect it. This distance is probably the hope for them to escape.

He immediately gave the order: "Run! If necessary, disperse and hide in the forest, and three days later, they will meet in the city of Triumph."

As soon as everyone started to ride their horses, hundreds of cavalrymen rushed out from behind the mountain.

The leader of the knight chased and drew his longbow, aiming at Wu Yue's back, but he knew that the arrow would definitely be blocked by the opponent. After hesitating for a while, he pointed the arrow at Murphy.

His fingers trembled slightly, his eyes flashed a stern look, his hands loosened, and the arrow shot out like lightning.

With a neigh, Murphy's horse leader stood up, if he didn't react fast enough, he and Luo Chen would definitely roll off the horse's back. But they were not out of danger. The mount was shot and started to run wildly, completely out of Murphy's control.

Murphy guarded Luo Chen and crouched on the horse's back, unable to see the road in front of him, and only heard Wu Yue angrily shouting: "Fu Tu!"

Then felt the whole body hanging in the air, and after a pause, it quickly fell down.

Oops! It's a cliff, this time it's not dead!

Wu Yue felt that the blood in his body froze instantly. It all happened so fast that he only had time to see the frantic horse rush out of the cliff and disappear before his eyes.

There was someone he loved right away, and his only child.

Wu Yue's eyes were red, he suddenly restrained the reins, and then slowly turned to face the more than 100 cavalry chasing after him.

He held the knife and stood still in the cold wind, the chill all over his body almost froze the surrounding wind.

Seeing this, the attendants who had already run far away turned their horses and rushed to fight side by side with Wu Yue.

The headed knight withdrew his gaze towards Murphy's falling off the cliff and turned to face the ene in front. He had achieved his goal of making Wu Yue stop, but there was no joy in his eyes, because he didn't want to kill Murphy, just hope he just falls off the horse, who knows...

Wu Yue pointed the knife at him, and coldly spit out a word: "Death!"

Then they personally verified the fighting power of the undefeated ghost king.

Knives rose and fell, flesh and blood flew, and screams came one after another.

At the same time, the swordsman Pu Zhu also played an important role. He was highly skilled in martial arts, and his combat power even surpassed Wu Yue's under the horse, but he lacked Wu Yue's ruthlessness.

Although hundreds of people were surrounded and killed, it felt like a one-sided slaughter.

The knight headed was careless, the face towel was cut open, and a bloodstain appeared on his forehead.

"Xi Su!" A bloodthirsty smile hung on the corner of Wu Yue's mouth, and he swept over mercilessly.

It turned out that this knight was Su Su. He was ambushing in the dark with tens of thousands of horses, preparing to sneak attack on Jun Xiujun's men. He didn't want to meet Wu Yue and the others.

So he came with hundreds of people to chase and kill him, but he didn't want to let Futu fall off the cliff first, and then trigger Wu Yue's tyranny. Wu Yue in his normal state was already very strong, and now it was even more difficult to resist.

Xi Su was fighting and retreating. Seeing that the cavalry he brought had lost most of the cavalry, he understood that this sneak attack was a complete failure. He still underestimated Wu Yue's combat power, and he also overlooked the fact that there was still a great swordsman in the team. also feel sorry for Futu's falling off the cliff, and really don't want to fight again.

"Retreat!" Xi Su finally gave the order to retreat.

The cavalry, who had been terrified by the killing, fled as if they had been granted amnesty.

Wu Yue didn't care whether the rest of the people escaped, but Xi Su couldn't let it go. He followed closely behind him, slashing his back with a knife, and Xi Su groaned and spat out a mouthful of blood. Seeing that the second knife was swept towards his neck, his head was in a different place in the blink of an eye, but he didn't want an arrow to shoot at this time, just hit Wu Yue's mount in the eye, the horse neighed and jumped half-height. When he got up, Wu Yue made a somersault and jumped off the horse.

Although he was fine, Xi Su had already run away and could no longer be chased.

"Ah—" Wu Yue roared, resounding throughout the world.

After a while, he quickly ran towards the direction where Murphy and the two fell off the cliff.

"Futu, Chen'er!" Several echoes came from the bottom of the cliff.

Wu Yue stood blankly on the edge of the cliff.

Suddenly, a faint voice came from somewhere: "Master... Wu Yue, help..."

Wu Yue's heart tightened, he was almost afraid that he had heard it wrong, and then he listened intently, and sure enough he heard a few faint calls for help.

They are still alive!

Wu Yue was overjoyed, and hurriedly shouted behind him: "Come on, find the rope, they are still on the edge of the cliff!"

When the mount fell towards the bottom of the cliff, Murphy grabbed a branch growing in the middle of the cliff under extreme urgency. She grabbed the branch with one hand and Luo Chen with the other, and the two of them hung in the air. , let the cold wind sway left and right.

This scene is too familiar, it will appear in many TV dramas, if it is the protagonist, there will often be adventures, no matter how dangerous or difficult he is, he will not die. But it really happened that she had no other optimistic thoughts besides being frightened. Below is the turbulent Linghe, and now it's winter again. Once it falls, she has nine lives and can't stand the toss.

She did what anyone in such a situation would do, which was to yell, "Help..."

However, at this time Wu Yue was fighting with Xi Su and others, so he couldn't even notice the cry for help blown by the cold wind under the cliff.

To add to the desperation, the branch she was holding began to creak hairily, and a crack appeared in the branch.

Omg!

"Fu... Futu," Luo Chen's slightly trembling voice came, "Are we going to die?"

The always calm child finally became frightened, Murphy took a deep breath to hide the uneasiness in his heart. Wen Sheng comforted: "No, your father will definitely come to save us, we can just hold on for a while. Don't let go, you know?"

The palms of the two of them were sweaty, and as long as one of them relaxed a little, they would no longer be able to grasp it.

"Well, I'll hold you tightly." Luo Chen nodded.

"Good boy." Murphy praised.

Watching the cracks in the branches slowly expand, Murphy's heart became more and more heavy, and the cry for help became more and more urgent.

The weight of the two of them put too much burden on this branch, and the surroundings were full of frost, and there was no place to even step on. Murphy looked at the top of the cliff, then at the torrent at the bottom of the cliff, and finally moved his gaze to Luo Chen.

"Futu, what are you thinking?" Luo Chen asked nervously.

Murphy said: "The branch is about to break, it can't bear the weight of the two of us."

Luo Chen's eyes showed a bit of despair, he thought Mo Fei was going to give up on him.

Unexpectedly, Murphy said: "Later you borrow my body to climb up and grab the branch."

"Why do you want to do this?" It wasn't to abandon him, Luo Chen let go of most of his heart.

Murphy said: "I'm worried that I won't be able to catch you later. If you can lie on the branch, it will be safer."

Luo Chen showed a stunned expression, and slowly climbed up with the help of Murphy. He has been practicing martial arts since childhood, and his skills are very flexible.

At the same time, Murphy didn't forget to continue to call for help. Just as Luo Chen climbed onto the branch, Wu Yue also heard Murphy's cry for help, calling for someone to find a rope.

But Murphy didn't know it, she only saw that the branches were still breaking.

Murphy never felt that she was a great and selfless person, but when she encountered such a situation, she still chose to give her hope of life to others. Luo Chen in front of him was just a child, and in the future he would be the ruler of a country. And she is just a loner who has been left behind in another world. She doesn't have her own home here. Perhaps the only regret is that she has no chance to experience the joys, sorrows and joys of life, and to return to the mentor's side...

Murphy's vision gradually blurred, and there was a bit of sadness and reluctance in his eyes.

"What's wrong with you?" Luo Chen asked cautiously.

"Luo Chen, you must become a great monarch in the future." Mo Fei said softly.

Before Luo Chen could answer, he saw Murphy let go of his grip on the branch and fell to the bottom of the cliff under his astonished gaze...

"No—" An angry roar came from the top of the cliff, and Murphy looked up just in time to see Wu Yue's body sticking out.

Wu Yue, your movements are too slow, she has no time to wait!

Murphy closed his eyes, and what was left to Wu Yue was a desperate picture disappearing into the rapids...