The Ascension Plan of the Ancestral Star of the Shuttles

Chapter 253 Lullaby

After leaving the ruined temple for more than a mile, a group of three people walked up the wide official road.

On both sides of the road are dense bamao clumps, which are very suitable for Tibetans.

Huang was looking around all the way, Xu Fengnian asked: "What are you looking at?"

Lao Huang scratched his head and said, "Our horse should come back by itself by now."

Xu Fengnian curled his lips, and said, "That broken horse is elusive, why do you care about it? Hurry up and go back to Lingzhou as soon as possible."

"Yes Yes Yes."

While talking, the three of them came to an intersection, Xu Fengnian suddenly stopped, raised his hand and pointed to the front right and said, "Do you think that is our horse?"

Lao Huang turned his head and looked, and he saw the old horse standing under a big withered tree.

Li Fei pointed to the big tree, and said with a little excitement: "Look at the tree, could it be His Royal Highness?"

The two raised their gazes in the direction of his fingers and looked at the dead tree.

Then he saw a tall and straight figure dressed in a white cloak, a bamboo hat, and two knives, one long and one short, standing firmly on a dead tree more than ten feet high.

Just now they were all attracted by the horse under the tree, so they didn't notice the figure.

Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang hadn't spoken yet, but Li Fei said to himself: "You are dressed in brocade clothes, tall and straight, and imposing. You can't go wrong. Let's hurry over and remind His Highness to be careful of the remnants of the Chu army."

As he spoke, he trotted over there.

"Hey... Ah Fei, isn't that..."

Xu Fengnian stretched out his hand to stop Li Fei, but he swallowed the rest of the sentence just after speaking.

Li Fei didn't believe that he was Xu Fengnian, but he said it wasn't Xu Fengnian, and he didn't know how to explain it.

He said to Lao Huang in a speechless and funny way: "It turns out that I have such an impression in his mind."

Lao Huang grinned and said: "He has a preconceived impression of you, so naturally he can imagine what he likes."

If you want someone to have a good impression of you, you must first let the other person know that you have a good impression of him. Li Fei is proficient in this way. Now Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang are full of affection for him.

The corner of Xu Fengnian's mouth twitched, and he said, "If he wants to know that I am really Xu Fengnian, he might be disappointed."

The two talked in a low voice while quickly following Li Fei.

However, just as they ran to a big rock, two Chu soldiers rushed out from the nearby bamao bushes.

One by one, they pulled Li Fei and Xu Fengnian behind the boulder, squatted down on their shoulders, and whispered to Lao Huang: "Come here, squat down."

"oh oh."

Lao Huang didn't dare to neglect, and quickly squatted behind the boulder.

A soldier from Chu grabbed Li Fei's shoulder and shouted softly, "What did you want to do just now?"

The Chu soldier grabbed Li Fei's shoulder very hard, and Li Fei quickly showed a look of pain.

He bared his teeth and whispered: "I suspect that the person on the tree is Xu Fengnian, I want to get closer to see clearly, you should let go, it hurts."

Seeing this, Chu Bing relaxed a little, and asked suspiciously, "Is that true?"

Li Fei said anxiously: "Of course it is true. This person fits the characteristics of Jinyi and Huafu, and he is going north again, but I can't see his face, and I can't determine his age, so I want to go and see clearly."

Xu Fengnian looked at Lao Huang calmly, with a smile flashing in his eyes.

This guy is quite quick-witted.

Seeing that, the Chu soldier finally dispelled his doubts, let go of his hand holding his shoulder, and patted him on the shoulder, saying: "So that's the case, I blamed you, I'm sorry."

"We came from there just now, and we have already seen his face. His age is suitable, and it is likely to be Xu Fengnian."

Li Fei immediately changed into a dejected look, and said: "I thought I was about to get this big reward, but I didn't expect that the two uncles had already discovered him, so do we have any rewards?"

The Chu soldier grinned and said, "Don't worry, as long as you confirm that he is Xu Fengnian, your rewards will not be missed."

After finishing speaking, he said to his companion: "I'll be watching with them here, you go and inform the adults."

Another Chu soldier nodded, turned around and got into the bamao bushes behind him, and rushed towards the ruined temple.

The remaining Chu soldiers said to the three of them: "Don't move around, I'll go over there and watch him closely in the bushes."

Li Fei hurriedly said: "Then be careful, sir, don't startle the snake."

That Chu soldier scolded with a smile: "Sir, do I still need you to remind me? I've passed, remember, don't move around."

After the Chu soldiers got into the Bamao bushes and left for a while, Li Fei said anxiously to Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang: "The situation is not good. When those Chu soldiers arrive, the prince will be in danger. What should we do?"

Xu Fengnian comforted: "You don't have to worry, that person is not Xu Fengnian, as long as you make it clear, you will be fine."

Li Fei looked at him suspiciously and said, "Why are you so sure?"

"I..." Xu Fengnian rolled his eyes and said, "I have seen the prince, he is definitely not this person, his body shape does not match."

Li Fei stared and said, "Have you met the prince? Seriously? You can't joke about this."

Xu Fengnian nodded repeatedly and said: "Really, you forgot that I am also from Lingzhou? What's so strange about seeing the prince? If you don't believe me, ask Lao Huang, he has seen it too."

Li Fei looked at Lao Huang and saw him nodding his head. He looked relieved and said, "That's good. I hope these Chu soldiers don't kill innocent people indiscriminately."

The three stayed behind the boulder with peace of mind, and secretly got up to observe the man in white.

Those Chu soldiers hadn't arrived yet, but the man in white seemed to have found someone ambushing him.

Although not all the Chu soldiers were dispatched, half of them were nearby. They soon found the men in white and surrounded them one after another.

The man in white suddenly turned around, lifted the hem of his clothes, and flew down from the tree, flying more than three feet in the air.

Several people finally saw his appearance clearly, Xu Fengnian couldn't help showing surprise in his eyes.

I saw that this person had a slender figure, with picturesque black eyebrows, and red phoenix eyes and peach blossom eyes, narrow and charming.

The skin is as white as jade, the standard beauty oval face, handsome and extraordinary, not like ordinary things in the world.

It's just that his chest was flat, but for a moment it was hard to tell whether he was a man or a woman.

Xu Fengnian didn't know the details of this person, so how could Li Fei not know.

Nangong Pushe, the daughter of Xie Guanying, tops the rouge list and the most beautiful woman in the world.

It's just that this most beautiful woman in the world has a personality more like a man.

Even if he fell in love with Xu Fengnian later, he asked Xu Fengnian to marry her as his daughter-in-law, and called Xu Fengnian's other wives and concubines his daughter-in-law.

"What's your name? Is your surname Xu?"

When Nangong Pu shot to the ground, seven or eight Chu soldiers surrounded her.

But she obviously didn't pay attention to these local chickens and dogs, and walked slowly towards the leader, her cold aura made the leader's heart tremble.

"Stop, I'm asking you something!" The leader of Chu Bing yelled loudly, as if emboldened by himself.

Nangong Pushe remained silent, but walked forward step by step.

The leader of Chu Bing was already impatient, and finally couldn't hold back when he saw this, he yelled, shot at Nangong Pu's neck and slashed away.

She just leaned back slightly, and the sharp single knife was slashed half an inch before her throat, looking extremely thrilling, but she herself did not change her face.

The sword fell to nothing, and the leader of the Chu soldiers immediately withdrew their swords and stabbed out fiercely.

Nangong Pushe still didn't make any big moves, but tilted his head slightly. While avoiding the knife, he grabbed Chu Bing's hand holding the knife with lightning speed and sent it forward.

"bang"

The strength of the Chu soldiers was completely crushed by Nangong Pushe, and they had no power to resist.

The handle of the knife poked back and hit the top of his collarbone, and he fell to the ground immediately.

Nangong Pushe obviously showed mercy, otherwise, this blow would have killed the leader.

Seeing that the leader was knocked down, the other soldiers of Chu didn't want to watch, and immediately rushed forward with their swords.

In the arena, the light of the sword flashed for a while, and the murderous aura was fierce.

But Nangong Pushe still seemed to be strolling in the garden, easily dodging all the attacks.

In the blink of an eye, the siege of Chu soldiers was resolved, and finally a confrontation with Nangong Pushe was formed.

The next moment, Nangong Pushe's figure froze, and a series of "crackling" sounds rang out intensively.

Xu Fengnian could only see a white shadow passing through the Chu soldiers, those Chu soldiers were thrown into the air one after another, fell heavily to the ground, and passed out.

And that phantom finally condensed into the figure of Nangong Pushe at the original position behind the soldiers of Chu.

Up to this moment, Nangong Pu shot the two sabers, one long and one short, but never drew them out of their sheaths.

Xu Fengnian couldn't understand it, but Li Fei and Lao Huang could see it clearly.

Just now when Nangong servant shot through the Chu soldiers, he used his hands as knives and hit all the Chu soldiers.

It's just because she is so fast that she looks like a phantom.

Xu Fengnian was so excited when he saw it, he couldn't help but slapped the big rock in front of him with a slap.

"Snapped"

A crisp sound made Nangong Pu shoot his gaze fixed, and turned his head to look at Dashi.

Seeing this, Xu Fengnian knew that he had caused trouble, so he quickly pulled Li Fei and Lao Huang to squat down.

With the sound of fluttering clothes, Xu Fengnian slowly raised his head with an embarrassed smile on his face, looking at Nangong Pushe who was already standing on the boulder.

Pointing in the direction of the Chu soldiers, he said with an embarrassed smile: "Passing by, it has nothing to do with them."

But Li Fei looked at Nangong Pushe and asked: "Your Excellency is not the son of Beiliang, why didn't you make it clear to them? Why bother to cause trouble for nothing?"

Nangong Pushe's eyes flickered slightly, and he just glanced at him, then jumped up, crossed a distance of seven or eight feet, flew back to the dead tree, and headed north.

And the old horse actually followed her and left.

Seeing this scene, Xu Fengnian stood up again, and said angrily: "Look at that broken horse, why did you go with her?"

Li Fei joked: "Could it be that this old horse is really smart? With her aura, it's obvious that following her has a better future."

Xu Fengnian gave him a speechless glance, why would there be no future for me?

He didn't care about Li Fei's teasing, instead he asked Lao Huang enthusiastically, "Old Huang, do you think this person is a man or a woman?"

Lao Huang said weakly: "I'm not very experienced."

Xu Fengnian continued: "Do you think her face looks like a fox?"

Unexpectedly, as soon as he uttered these words, Nangong Pushe, who had already walked tens of feet away, stopped suddenly, turned his head slightly, and glanced over from the corner of his eye.

Xu Fengnian was startled, can he still hear it so far away?
He hurriedly stood at attention and bowed his body to show his apology.

Only then did Nangong Pushe turn back and continue walking.

Xu Fengnian murmured thoughtfully, "She is also going north."

Li Fei said: "Don't worry about them, let's go too! It's very dangerous here now, so it's not suitable to stay for a long time."

Xu Fengnian nodded, waved his hand and said, "Let's go."

A group of three quickly passed the Chu soldiers who were knocked unconscious, and trotted towards the north.

Because Nangong Pushe walked slowly, the three of them quickly caught up with her.

Xu Fengnian shouted while running: "Hey, hey, please stay."

After running to Nangong Pushe's side, he was about to raise his hand to pat her on the shoulder, but suddenly he felt the air condense, and a coolness rose from the tailbone and rushed straight to the back of the head.

He quickly withdrew his hand and explained: "Don't get me wrong, we are also on the way, I just want to remind you."

"In case someone chases after you later, it will be fine if you tell him your name, unless your surname is also Xu, understand?"

When he was talking to Nangong Pushe, Lao Huang had already run to the side of the old horse, put the two straw mats behind the saddle and fastened them, and then took the reins of the horse.

After Xu Fengnian finished those words, he looked at Nangong Pushe's side face, waiting for her response.

As a result, after a few breaths, Nangong Pushe remained expressionless, showing no intention of responding.

Xu Fengnian made himself feel bored, rolled his eyes speechlessly, and said to Li Fei who was beside him: "Anyway, I have already reminded, let's go."

After speaking, he quickened his pace and walked forward, Li Fei glanced at Nangong Pushe, and followed closely the pace of Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang.

After walking forward for a certain distance, Xu Fengnian suddenly said to Lao Huang: "Wait a while, I will try again."

After speaking, he pulled the rein, stepped on the stirrup and turned on the horse's back.

After sitting firmly, he tapped his feet on the horse's belly and called out, "Drive."

As a result, the old horse stood still and snorted.

After trying several times, the old horse just stood still, and Xu Fengnian said angrily, "What kind of broken horse? I'm convinced."

I had no choice but to dismount and continue walking.

Lao Huang stepped forward to pull the rein, and said happily: "Three years, this horse is also old, it depends on how you feel."

Xu Fengnian curled his lips and said, "If you ask me, this broken horse is your own son."

Lao Huang was not annoyed, instead he followed his words with a smile and said, "Old Huang has a son, hehehe..."

Li Fei looked at the skinny old horse and sighed: "I really don't know how much this horse has suffered with you. It is so thin that it would be nice to help carry some luggage."

At this moment, there was a chaotic sound of horseshoes, accompanied by shouts of "stop".

Looking back, they saw a group of seven riders galloping towards them, passing Nangong Pushe who was walking slowly on the road, and chasing them.

Li Fei's expression changed, and he said nervously, "What's going on? It seems like they're coming for us?"

Xu Fengnian's expression was also a little dignified, and he said in a deep voice: "Keep calm and adapt to the situation."

This time it was the leader of the Chu soldiers who led the team, and soon surrounded the three of them.

Xu Fengnian looked at the leader on the horse, and smiled apologetically: "My lord, we meet again, did Xu Fengnian find it?"

"Hehehe..."

The leader smirked a few times, then suddenly his expression became concentrated, and he pointed at Xu Fengnian and shouted angrily, "You are Xu Xiao's son."

Nangong Pushe's expression moved at the back, and his pace quickened a little.

Xu Fengnian was taken aback for a moment, then said with a sneer: "My lord really knows how to joke."

The leader reached into his arms, took out a scroll, and unfolded it with a shake of his hand.

I saw a portrait of a handsome young man with meticulously combed hair.

And his appearance is indeed [-]-[-]% similar to Xu Fengnian's. Being able to paint the portrait to such an extent shows that the artist who painted it has extraordinary skills.

Xu Fengnian's complexion finally changed, and his slightly bowed body straightened up. Although he still looked like a refugee fleeing famine, his temperament was completely different.

With his hands behind his back, he said in a calm tone, "I didn't have this painting yesterday."

The leader threw the portrait away casually, and said coldly: "It was just delivered, and it is your fate that must die."

Xu Fengnian asked, "Where did it come from?"

The leader said grimly: "Xu Zi has 35 cavalry, there will always be a few who want your life."

Xu Fengnian's face was gloomy, and he said in a deep voice, "It was sent from the Beiliang Army."

If the enemy targeted him, Xu Fengnian would not care at all, because it was justified.

But it was the people in Beiliang's army who wanted his life, which made him furious.

"You... Young Master Xu... are you really the Prince of Beiliang?" A startled voice sounded from the side.

Xu Fengnian turned his head to look at Li Fei, saw his face full of astonishment, and smiled helplessly: "I said it a long time ago, but you don't believe me."

"I..." Li Fei said in great confusion: "You look like this, and there is no proof, who can believe it?"

The leader of the Chu army said happily: "Xu Fengnian, the hatred of the subjugated country, today I take your head as a memorial."

Xu Fengnian looked at the leader again, staring at a pair of innocent eyes, and said, "I was a child when Western Chu was destroyed, and I didn't participate in the war!"

The leader snorted coldly and said, "Xu Xiao has killed countless people. He claims to have slaughtered people in the world, and the father's debts are paid by the son. If you want to blame it, you will be blamed for casting the wrong baby."

Xu Fengnian said angrily: "Then you should seek revenge from Xu Xiao!"

The leader froze when he heard the words, he gritted his teeth and looked at Xu Fengnian, but couldn't say a word.

After all, he was a soldier, not a shameless horse bandit, so he felt somewhat ashamed.

But in order to avenge the country, I don't care so much.

"Oh..." Seeing that he didn't speak, Xu Fengnian pointed to his suddenly enlightened look, looked at the old Huang and said, "I'm afraid, he is afraid of Xu Xiao, so he can only pick me as a soft persimmon."

Lao Huang agreed very cooperatively: "It is possible."

"Chong"

The leader became furious, pulled out the thick-backed machete from his waist, and shouted angrily, "Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

Seeing this, Xu Fengnian's expression froze, and he said to the leader seriously: "Old Huang is just a groom, and A Fei and we met by chance. He doesn't know my identity at all, and it has nothing to do with Xu Xiao."

The leader shouted: "The groom of the Xu family deserves to die too. As for the singer, we are different from Xu Xiao. We are not killing innocent people indiscriminately. You can go."

Xu Fengnian looked at Li Fei and said with a wry smile: "You go! It seems that I have no chance to listen to your song."

Li Fei took a deep look at him, then turned around and clasped his fists to the leader and said, "My lord, no matter what, I will finally get to know you once."

"I want to play a song for the son at the end, just as a farewell for him, and I ask my lord to fulfill it."

The leader glanced at him when he heard the words, and said lightly: "Yes."

Hearing this, Li Fei pulled out the flute from his waist, met Xu Fengnian's curious eyes, and put it to his lips.

The distant and soothing sound of the flute slowly sounded in this wilderness.

At the moment when the flute sounded, Lao Huang's expression froze, and he looked at Li Fei in amazement.

Nangong Pushe, who was not far away from them, also suddenly stopped, raised his pretty eyebrows, and a strange look flashed in Li Fei's eyes.

But those Chu soldiers and Xu Fengnian closed their eyes for some reason, as if they were listening to the sound of the flute attentively.

What's even more strange is that, including those horses, they also closed their eyes.

As the sound of the flute continued, even Lao Huang and Nangong Pushe were affected, and their eyelids became heavier and heavier, and they couldn't help but want to close them.

But at the next moment, the two of them shook their heads suddenly and woke up one after another.

The two men's hearts were dark, and they used their kung fu to resist the invasion of the flute sound.

While playing the fife, Li Fei stepped forward and kicked Xu Fengnian's ass. He woke up with a jolt, and looked at Li Fei blankly.

He saw Li Fei winking wildly at him, and kept shaking his head.

Lao Huang covered his ears with his hands, stepped forward to touch Xu Fengnian, and when he turned his head, motioned him to cover his ears, then shook his head again and again at him.

Xu Fengnian finally came to his senses, looked at those Chu soldiers who had closed their eyes tightly, and some of them had even fallen asleep on their horses, and quickly covered their ears.

He looked back at Li Fei in surprise, but saw that Li Fei had an anxious expression on his face, and nodded immediately.

He covered his ears like this, and strode toward the north, Lao Huang hurriedly led the old horse to keep up.

Xu Fengnian ran a distance of nearly [-] feet. After he was no longer affected by the sound of the flute, he stopped and looked back at Li Fei worriedly.

I saw that Li Fei was playing the flute while stepping backwards.

Finally, the leader was the last one to fall asleep on his horse's back, without noticing that the machete in his hand fell to the ground.

If it wasn't for the fact that horses can sleep standing up, they would probably be lying down by now.

Only then did Li Fei put down his fife, turned around and ran towards Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang.

"Let's go, let's go." Li Fei ran up to the two of them and immediately urged them.

Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang ran forward with him and asked, "I didn't expect you to have this hand. What kind of work is this?"

Li Fei said: "A lullaby, there is no other great use, it just makes people fall asleep unconsciously."

"Good job, reward."

"Okay, if you want to reward me, I have to survive first! I don't know how long I can let them sleep, so let's run as fast as possible."

After the three left, Nangong Pushe's face showed a bit of curiosity.

Going forward to check those Chu soldiers, I found that they were all in a deep sleep, and they couldn't wake up for two or three hours.

Looking thoughtfully at the backs of Li Fei and the others, she stretched out her movements and followed them silently.

(End of this chapter)