RMACAUH Chapter 37

Chapter 37: Escaping Danger, Only to be Trapped Again

Outside the study, the conversation between a maidservant and Wei Xiaofeng could suddenly be heard.

“Your Highness, the Prince is in the study discussing important matters. Please wait a moment.”

Feng Yue looked towards the doorway and said, “Let him in.”

Before the maidservant could open the door, Wei Xiaofeng himself pushed it open and rushed in impetuously. When he saw Mu Yunhua, his quick-witted eyes darted slightly, and he slowly remembered him.

“I recognize you.”

Mu Yunhua bowed, “Mu Yunhua greets Your Highness.”

“Guard Mu, you may dispense with the formalities.”

“Your Highness, this subordinate will take his leave first, not wanting to intrude on your romantic affairs.”

Feng Yue impatiently glanced at him and mouthed the words, “Get lost.”

“Your Highness…” Wei Xiaofeng was about to say something but was interrupted by Feng Yue.

“Everyone else calls me Your Highness, so you also call me Your Highness? How distant!”

“Then… what should I call you?” He couldn’t bring himself to say anything else right now, not yet used to it.

“Husband, Yue-lang, Brother Yue… take your pick.”

Wei Xiaofeng looked disgusted and blurted out, “A-Yue!”

Feng Yue was stunned on the spot. In a daze, he saw Xiaofeng from his previous life, who would always call him ‘A-Yue, ah, A-Yue’ so affectionately. Sometimes it was with joy, sometimes with suppressed emotions, sometimes lively, and sometimes with a hoarse sob.

“Come here.” Feng Yue beckoned to him, and Wei Xiaofeng, as if he had lost his soul, walked towards him in a daze.

As soon as he was close, Feng Yue pulled him into his arms. Wei Xiaofeng landed on his lap, not exactly a petite and delicate type, and was truly afraid that he might have broken Feng Yue’s leg with that sit.

“What are you doing?”

“Hugging you!”

“What if I break your leg by sitting on it? Wouldn’t that be a great sin of mine?”

“Hahahaha…” Feng Yue laughed so hard that tears came to his eyes. “Do you take me for a paper tiger? With your small frame, you think you can break my leg?”

“I don’t have a small frame. Among all the *ge’er*, I’m the tallest and strongest. They always tell me to eat less…” Wei Xiaofeng trailed off, realizing that this wasn’t something good to bring up; it was a bit embarrassing.

“You’re just right like this, just a little too thin.”

“Y-you, what are you saying?”

“Too thin. Eat more.”

“Huh?”

Feng Yue nodded very seriously at him. “Being healthy is more important than anything else. The world’s views are like invisible cages. You must grow freely like the big tree in the courtyard, not afraid of growing too strong. You must have luxuriant branches and leaves, shading the sky and the sun.”

Wei Xiaofeng stared at him with wide eyes. Since childhood, all he had heard were admonishments about how a *ge’er* should be. No one had ever told him that he could grow freely, like a big tree.

“What if I’m not a big tree?”

“Even the vines in the countryside desperately climb and compete towards the sky, never suppressing their own growth, and not afraid of stealing the spotlight from other flowers and trees. Whether you’re a big tree or a vine, you must be yourself.”

These words seemed too distant and empty for Wei Xiaofeng. He was still uneasy, not knowing where he could grow, nor whether he could grow into a big tree or a vine climbing towards the sky.

Feng Yue sighed inwardly, feeling a little sorry for his bewildered expression. “Don’t think too much. Just be happy.”

Wei Xiaofeng gently buried his face in Feng Yue’s shoulder. “Grandfather said he is willing to do everything in his power and offer all his help. He said you would understand this phrase.”

“Yes, I understand his intention in coming here from thousands of miles away.”

“Grandfather, what does it mean?”

“What do you think?”

Wei Xiaofeng had a vague guess in his heart, but he didn’t dare to think too deeply. Now that he heard Feng Yue say this, he had guessed almost everything.

“You, you’re not planning a rebellion, are you?”

“The situation is not yet settled. How can there be talk of rebellion?”

“Why? Didn’t you say that Guangling, although not as prosperous as the capital, is still a good place? You… since you want to be with me, then I’ll go with you to live in Guangling. Wouldn’t a peaceful and stable life be good? Why engage in fighting and killing?”

“Xiaofeng, if I let them go, they won’t let us go.”

“Since ancient times, treacherous officials and villains never have good endings!”

“Do you think I’m a treacherous official and a villain?”

Wei Xiaofeng choked with sobs and lowered his head. “I don’t know…”

He only hoped that Feng Yue could be safe and sound, and stop fighting and killing. It was already so difficult not to be at war, not to be injured anymore. Why did he still have to risk his life for the sake of power struggles?

Feng Yue sighed again, but still instructed him, “Tonight at midnight, I will leave the city. There will be a substitute in the mansion pretending that I’m still here. You don’t need to pay attention to it. Remember what I said. If I haven’t returned before the New Year’s Festival, then go find the First Prince, Feng Chao. Do you remember?”

Wei Xiaofeng clenched his teeth tightly, tears gathering in his eyes, and just nodded dazedly.

He was very uneasy, very afraid… He didn’t want to face these things.

“Go wash up and go to sleep early.”

Wei Xiaofeng subconsciously grabbed his sleeve tightly. “Are you leaving already?”

“Not leaving yet. I’ll leave after you fall asleep.”

Feng Yue led him back to the bedroom, asked the maidservant to fetch hot water for washing up, and lay down on the bed with Xiaofeng.

Wei Xiaofeng just kept his eyes open, watching him, unwilling to fall asleep.

Feng Yue then teased him, a hint of flirtation in his eyes. “If you keep looking at me like this, I won’t be able to bear it.”

Wei Xiaofeng blushed but didn’t avoid his gaze, just gripped the quilt tightly, unable to say it out loud, but his eyes told Feng Yue that he wanted him.

Feng Yue’s slender fingertips lightly undid his robe’s belt, and his large, warm palm reached inside along the collar, tracing the contours of his bones and veins under his palm, caressing and fondling that piece of fine mutton-fat jade-like skin.

Wei Xiaofeng breathed softly, feeling ashamed and restrained. Feng Yue chuckled softly in his ear, “Why such a big reaction? So you’ve already tasted the sweetness of it? If I had known, I wouldn’t have held back last night.”

Wei Xiaofeng’s eyes were glistening with tears, those beautiful phoenix eyes were very alluring, and the corners of his eyes were dyed a blush, adding a bit of vibrant spring color.

“A-Yue, A-Yue…”

Feng Yue’s heart clenched fiercely. He hugged him even tighter in his arms and kissed his lips deeply, sealing his sighs and moans.

“Xiaofeng.” Feng Yue plunged down not so gently. Wei Xiaofeng exclaimed and instinctively wanted to escape, but was held down tightly by Feng Yue, unable to move.

“Don’t move! I’m afraid I can’t help but hurt you. Does it hurt?”

“It hurts…” Wei Xiaofeng said with a sob, his body trembling slightly, and could only cling to him more tightly, like a drowning person clutching the only piece of driftwood.

Tiny kisses fell like raindrops on every corner of his body. Feng Yue waited for him to adjust, only moving slightly, his eyes blurred but increasingly unable to control himself.

“Xiaofeng, Xiaofeng, you’re so beautiful… I love you, I love you, Xiaofeng.”

“Feng Yue…” He actually said he loved him? He, such a person, just said the word “love” so easily.

Because of these words, Wei Xiaofeng became highly emotional. The soft moans between the creaking and swaying bed never stopped for a long time.

*

The night was as cool as water. It was drizzling outside the window, and the temperature was excessively low. The rain fell and turned to ice.

Feng Yue carefully got out of bed, put on his clothes, and looked at Wei Xiaofeng, who was sleeping with his back to him, very reluctant to leave.

He leaned forward and kissed him on the temple, whispering, “I’ll be back soon. Be a good boy and wait for me at home.”

Before leaving, he took the fox fur cloak and put it on, leading his warhorse and quietly left the Prince’s Mansion from the back door of the capital.

He had exchanged for the Golden Guard’s waist badge, and it was common for them to leave the city on business, so he wouldn’t be stopped.

At this time, in the small forest outside the city, Mu Yunhua had been waiting with five hundred elite soldiers for about a quarter of an hour, but Feng Yue was still not seen.

Mu Yunhua sat on his tall horse and exhaled a breath of mist into the air. The rain was mixed with snow pellets, which stung a bit when they hit the face.

What he was worried about had happened. It looked like it would snow heavily in the next few days.

The young general Zhuang Zhuo spurred his horse forward and asked in a low voice, “Colonel Mu, the young general still hasn’t come. Could he have been stopped?”

Mu Yunhua laughed. “The man’s newly married, how can he be like us lonely stars? Just wait, he’ll be here soon!”

The sound of galloping hooves broke through the dark night. Feng Yue arrived in black clothes like the wind. The fox fur cloak he was wearing swayed in the piercing cold wind, and the snow and water had soaked his temples along the way.

Knowing that he was already a bit late, he didn’t stop at all, spurred his horse forward, and issued an order, “All soldiers, listen to my command! Quickly go to Shanhai Pass with me!”

“Yes!” The soldiers responded in unison, swarming to follow.

They traveled non-stop for two days and finally reached the Yanshan Grand Canyon, a must-pass for the Duke of Zhenguo’s return to the capital. In this kind of situation, horses could not enter the mountains. Once it snowed heavily, they would only become a burden.

After leaving the horses at the foot of the mountain, they took limited water and dry rations and walked into the mountains. The five hundred men were divided into ten groups and ambushed around.

It would be in these two days that the army would pass through the Yanshan Grand Canyon to the north before the snow fell heavily. At that time, like a mantis stalking a cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, they would catch them off guard!

Feng Yue and Mu Yunhua squatted in one place. It was so cold that their limbs were about to freeze, but Mu Yunhua saw that Feng Yue was as if nothing was wrong.

Mu Yunhua took a bite of the pancake, which was as hard as a rock, and said while chewing hard, “This situation reminds me of when we first went to the battlefield. We were also ambushing the enemy in the forest, waiting for many days. The snow in the Northwest is still heavier than here.”

“Nonsense.” Feng Yue remembered the coldest days in the Northwest, which were comparable to Beichuan. Ordinary people couldn’t bear it at all.

Mu Yunhua exhaled a breath of heat. “I haven’t seen the old general and General A-Sui for a long time. I miss them.”

“Maybe Aunt Zou will have them bring you some local snacks from home.”

“I want to eat the spiced beef pickled by my mother, roast lamb legs, my mouth is watering.” Mu Yunhua sucked in his saliva.

Seeing his greedy look, Feng Yue wanted to laugh.

“There’s movement, listen.” Feng Yue put his ear to the ground to listen to the sound.

Mu Yunhua listened for a while and said excitedly, “An army is coming, it should be the old general and them!”

After a while, the soldiers holding the flag in the front cleared the way, and the Chen family army’s battle flag fluttered in the cold wind. The number of soldiers brought back was very limited. When recalled to the capital, they could only bring a small number of followers.

Two thousand soldiers in the suburbs of Beijing, some of whom were originally stationed in Beijing by the Chen family, and the other part were subordinates brought back by Feng Yue when he returned to Beijing.

Finally, the Duke of Zhenguo’s carriage drove into view, Feng Yue’s breathing was slightly disordered, and he couldn’t help but feel a little excited.

Inside, there were relatives he missed, whom he hadn’t seen for ten years.

Before he died, he couldn’t even see him again and listen to his last words.

Feng Yue’s eyes were as sharp as an eagle, and he subconsciously clenched the knife in his hand.

Seeing the carriage getting closer and closer…

Mu Yunhua said in a low voice, “There’s no movement.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a cloud-piercing arrow shot from the due north direction and shot the soldier holding the flag on the spot.

The arrow caused a great uproar, and the young general on horseback ordered, “Protect the old general! Everyone be on guard!”

The soldiers quickly changed their formation, took out their weapons, and surrounded the carriage in the center.

Mu Yunhua wanted to rush out, but Feng Yue didn’t rush to order an action. He was sweating profusely in a hurry, “Damn it, they really have an ambush! Should we charge?”

“Don’t worry, wait a little longer.”

Suddenly, the two hundred assassins seemed to have received an order and began to deploy in a well-trained manner, surrounding the Chen family army.

Feng Yue carefully observed the surrounding situation and found that the person giving orders was on the cliff in the due north direction.

These two hundred people were probably just the first batch they saw, and there was a second batch ambushing here.

The enemy’s crossbowmen were ready.

Feng Yue released the first signal flare. At the moment when the crossbow arrows were fired together, the five hundred soldiers who had been fully prepared had set up a shield wall with lightning speed.

The people on the cliff were surprised to find that there was another team of men ambushing here, just waiting for them.

Feng Yue put on his mask and went straight to the carriage. Chen Sui’an, who was protecting the carriage, held his knife in front of his chest and stared at the comer vigilantly, feeling very familiar.

“A-Sui, it’s me.” Feng Yue briefly revealed his mask to let Chen Sui’an see the face under the mask.

“A-Yue!!”

The people in the carriage heard the cry and couldn’t help but open the curtains to look out. “A-Yue is here?”

“Grandfather, I’ll have someone escort you away from the small path now. Someone will be waiting at the foot of the mountain to meet you. Please get out of the carriage first.”

The shield wall could last for a while. When they ran out of crossbow arrows, it would be time to counterattack.

“No!” Chen Taipeng said in a deep voice, “Your safety is the most important thing. Let A-Sui escort you away quickly. Grandfather can handle it!”

Chen Sui’an nodded. “Grandfather is right, A-Yue, you take Grandfather away first. Presumably you are more familiar with the terrain here than I am, and it will be easier to escape if you take Grandfather down the mountain.”

“How can I be a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death!” Saying that, he got off the carriage and took his Green Dragon Crescent Blade, “I’ll fight them!”

Seeing that the shield wall had not been taken down for a long time, the person on the cliff lost patience and asked someone to take his bow.

He fully drew the bowstring, and the second cloud-piercing arrow shot out, breaking the weakest part of the shield formation.

The shield formation was quickly filled, and the second round of arrows was fired together. The power of the crossbow arrows was amazing, and the shield wall of hundreds of people shook like a mountain collapsing.

The third cloud-piercing arrow was shot out, breaking the shield formation again, killing and wounding more than a dozen people.

The fourth time, two arrows were fired together, passing through the shield formation and flying towards the carriage.

Feng Yue flew up and blocked them with his Thunderclap Spear. The tip of the spear collided with the tip of the arrow, creating blue sparks. Such a long range and still had such power, which was shocking.

The person continued to draw his bow, each time fully drawing the string, and successively broke open the shield formation.

The formation was about to break, and they still had arrows.

“Yunhua!”

Feng Yue just gave Mu Yunhua a look. Their years of cooperation on the battlefield made Mu Yunhua understand immediately.

He knew it was extremely dangerous, but the battlefield was a life-and-death struggle in an instant.

Mu Yunhua nodded, and the two prepared to act separately.

Chen Sui’an was shocked. “You don’t want to…”

Feng Yue pressed the mechanism to turn his spear into a short stick and carried it on his back, put on iron grappling hooks on his hands, and silently counted to three with Mu Yunhua. Mu Yunhua stepped on the arms of two soldiers holding each other, borrowed strength to fly out, to attract fire and attention.

Sure enough, the person on the cliff aimed his bow and arrow at Mu Yunhua.

Feng Yue took the opportunity to quietly use iron grappling hooks, as light as a swallow flying over walls, and quickly climbed to the back of the cliff.

Because of his speed, Mu Yunhua had the nickname of Lightning Flying Squirrel, although his speed was extremely fast and he could quickly avoid attacks and obstacles, but this burst of power was very short.

If Feng Yue didn’t get close to the position of the leader on the opposite side in a very short time, then he would die in the rain of arrows.

Mu Yunhua’s speed was obviously slowing down, and the person’s arrow predicted his position. At the moment when his finger was released, Feng Yue struggled to pounce forward, and his wrist forcefully locked his throat.

The last arrow grazed Mu Yunhua’s arm, and blood was seen in an instant.

At the moment when the shield broke, six hundred soldiers rushed forward with their knives.

“Kill!”

“Kill, kill!!”

“Kill, kill, kill!!!”

…

The crossbowmen retreated, and the six hundred assassins ambushing around, all in black and masked, joined the fight.

Feng Yue’s close combat was very superb, and it was almost difficult to find an opponent.

But what he didn’t expect was that the other party was also a master. Even when he was locked down, he could still fight with all his strength and break free.

The two fought close for dozens of rounds, and Feng Yue slightly gained the upper hand.

“Your kung fu is not bad, but it’s a pity that you met me today.” Feng Yue provocatively hooked his fingers at him.

This person knew that he could no longer fight him in close combat, pulled out two curved knives from his lower back, and showed off a beautiful flourish.

Under the cliff, Chen Sui’an shouted, “Soldiers, follow this general and fight out!!”

Heavy snow fell like goose feathers, and one soldier after another and the enemy fell down. The bright red blood splashed and dyed the thin layer of snow red.

The dyed blood was quickly covered with a layer of white snow, repeating like this continuously.

The fallen corpses soon disappeared, leaving only a layer of flawless white.

Seeing that the general situation was gone, the mysterious man, who had been entangled with Feng Yue for nearly a hundred moves, had no intention of fighting and wanted to escape.

“Want to leave? Did I let you go?!” Feng Yue took off the spear from his back and desperately chased after him.

Feng Yue quickly caught up with him, and with a thrust of the spear, the man spun around and raised his knife to block. The tip of the spear picked off the mask on his face, revealing his true face.

The face under the mask shocked Feng Yue on the spot.

The person obviously trembled, threw a smoke bomb. Feng Yue wanted to chase again, but suddenly stepped on a mechanism under his feet, and several sharp wooden stakes flew from all directions.

Feng Yue was alert, ejected the iron claw wire, wrapped it around a big tree, borrowed strength to fly up the tree to avoid the wooden stakes, but did not avoid the arrows and crossbows flying from behind.

“Damn you! How dare you hurt my lord!!” Mu Yunhua angrily wiped the person’s neck with a knife from behind, his movements were clean and neat.

Feng Yue’s lips were pale, his brows were tightly furrowed, he put away the iron claw mechanism, jumped off the tree, and his steps were a little staggered.

Mu Yunhua was shocked and didn’t care about the blood on his face and hands, so he stepped forward to support Feng Yue.

“Lord, your injury…” Mu Yunhua was distressed when he saw it, and cursed in a low voice, “Damn it, how did you get hurt here again!”

Feng Yue swallowed, his throat was dry, the pain could be endured, so he asked weakly, “Grandfather is not injured, right?”

“Don’t worry, the old general is not injured. The snow is too heavy. In just two hours, it has passed our knees. Damn it, this old thief of the sky is deliberately making trouble for us!”

“Let’s go, let’s go and meet them first.”

Mu Yunhua carefully and carefully changed sides to support him. The wound on his right shoulder had just healed! He had already left an irreparable old injury, and this time he had a penetrating wound in the same place again!

Feng Yue couldn’t help but say, “You’ve scolded grandpa, grandma, and his mother in these few words. Can’t you pay attention?”

“I’m not one of those literati. Okay, I’ll definitely pay attention next time, Lord, you believe me.”

“Believe you my ass!”

…

Heavy snow sealed the mountain, which was probably the expected result. When Feng Yue and hundreds of soldiers were trapped here, their emotions were still calm.

Dozens of people formed a group and set up a bonfire. The heavy snow had been falling for five hours.

The accompanying military doctor treated Feng Yue’s wound and sighed softly with pity, “In the future, the young general’s hand holding the spear may not be so flexible anymore. Don’t move around during this time and take good care of your injury.”

The ground was scattered with hemostatic gauze. Mu Yunhua looked at it and threw it all into the fire to burn it.

Chen Taipeng took off his cloak and put it on Feng Yue. “You have suffered. Get some sleep first, and Grandfather will support you in the future!”

Feng Yue wanted to return the cloak to him, but Chen Taipeng held his hand. “Grandfather is not cold.”

“A-Yue, just wear it, your face is as white as a ghost now, it must be very painful.” Chen Sui’an persuaded.

Each and every one of them spoke harshly.

Feng Yue was too lazy to care, and leaned on Mu Yunhua and fell asleep.

When he woke up from a sleep, the sky was bright, and he was actually in the carriage, with a cloak underneath and a thick blanket on his body.

The sharp pain in his left shoulder had eased a lot, and there was a little blood on his face.

Suddenly, the curtain of the carriage was suddenly lifted, and the dazzling white of the world made Feng Yue raise his left hand to block it.

“Come, eat a deer leg.”

This deer leg was frighteningly strong, and raising it could cover Mu Yunhua’s entire face.

Feng Yue was speechless for a while, but still took the whole roasted deer leg, took a big bite, and asked, “What’s the situation now?”

“Hey, it’s not optimistic. This snow will definitely not melt in a few days. We don’t know how long we have to stay in this mountain. I’m afraid we won’t be able to go back after the New Year’s Festival.”

“Big trouble…”

“Don’t worry too much. The soldiers are digging snow to open the road. Hundreds of people are digging, hahahaha… After digging for a few days and nights, well, we can always dig out a road, right?” He said this with a guilty conscience.

Bringing troops away from the capital privately was a serious crime. If he was accused of plotting a rebellion, he would have nowhere to complain even if he was deprived of his title.

He originally thought that since he had already torn his face, even if the emperor knew that he had secretly rescued people, as long as he didn’t do it obviously and didn’t leave any evidence, he wouldn’t do anything to him.

At most, he would hate him a little more and drive him far away.

Now he and the Chen family army were trapped here and couldn’t escape.

“Yunhua.”

“Yes?”

“I saw the face of the leader on the opposite side, it was someone I knew.”

“I’ll damn him… Who is it? Do I know him?”