When everyone in the imperial capital was worried or suspicious about Wei Xinyong's disappearance again, Wei Xinyong was walking in the wilderness in despair.
About two hours ago, it started to drizzle around here.
It is the time when spring is cold and the snow in the north has not yet melted.
Shengguan Town in Panzhou is located in the north. Although the ice and snow have melted and everything has awakened, there is still a chill in the wind. The drizzle on your clothes brings a cool feeling to your heart.
After two hours, Wei Xinyong's green shirt was already soaked through. But he couldn't remember where he threw his original fur coat.
I knew in my heart that if I continued on like this, with my already weak body and my body still recovering from illness, it would be a minor illness if I could recover from it. Without Ji Qubing and waiting for the doctors to take action, I would definitely suffer from a chronic illness. Even if he survives in the future, he will definitely be tortured by illness from time to time.
But who cares
Wei Xinyong smiled nonchalantly - Wei Qi died at a healthy age, with his children and grandchildren around his knees when he died. The saying that evil will be punished seems to be a joke. That's all, Wei Qingming... that beast with a human face and a beast's heart, who raped and molested his young cousin. He had been thinking about his enemy for more than ten years. He had imagined countless tortures, imagined Wei Qingming at his feet, How he wailed in fear and cried and confessed in front of the grave of his sister Wei Xintai, who never had the chance to grow up... But he never imagined that Wei Qingming's final fate had nothing to do with him.
The second master of Zhibentang died in the breakout. Several people who survived saw it clearly - a Rong sharp archer identified his mount and thought that the knight should be a person of considerable status, so he Tens of steps away, an arrow pierced the throat in an understatement.
Wei Qingming, who had always been a playboy and had poor riding skills, didn't even react at all. He dropped his arrow from his horse and was trampled out of sight in a moment...
Mo Binwei thought that describing the news to him in detail - speaking of it, Wei Qingming also ended up with no body left, or in public - would make Wei Xinyong feel better.
But this natural general who was good at fighting but not good at reading people's hearts didn't know it. The moment Wei Xinyong knew about it, his mind was completely empty. There was only one thought that echoed crazily and shouted wildly: Wei Qingming died so quickly. , even if there was pain and fear at that moment, how long did it last
And what about Weixintai
And what about Wei Ji
And what about Wei Xinyong
Wei Xinyong let the rain blind her eyes, one step at a time and one step at a time, walking randomly in the wild with a crazy expression.
The experiences of this life are constantly appearing before my eyes like a dream—
He lost his parents when he was young and was born a concubine.
These eight words are already filled with bitterness.
How many cold nights of starving study, how many sweaty perseverances in the scorching summer heat, repeated intrigues, painstaking plans, forbearance, planning, plotting, mediation, compromise... He has endured a loneliness that ordinary people can't imagine. With pain and suffering, he has put in persistence and efforts that ordinary people can't imagine, and he has gone from an inconspicuous bastard among the nobles to where he is today
He spent his life's efforts and years brewing this jar of revengeful wine, abandoning all the persistence of just waiting. All he wants is to pour a cup alone after the rain has passed and the sky is blue, and drink a cup to eliminate the blockage in his chest.
From now on, no matter good or bad, you can just laugh it off.
However, such a long gestation and accumulation, such hard-pressed waiting, turned into nothing before I had time to taste it...
What is the meaning of his life
He fell ill and went to Beijing this time just to take revenge on Zhibentang.
But, this time, he can’t even get to know the family members of this hall...
Because Wei Qingming and other Zhibentang men were almost all killed in the breakout, and the family members and servants who stayed in Zhibentang and did not die were all set up by the soldier who had a grudge against Fengzhou Wei to kill his nephew. Tortured to death with the most brutal methods.
Even if he was tortured to death, it was not by his hands after all.
It doesn't even have anything to do with him...
His efforts and expectations over the past ten years are like a complete joke!
Wei Xinyong almost subconsciously repelled the people protecting him and drove away the tiger slaves. He used the excuse that he needed to take a walk near the inn, and unknowingly he walked into the field. Then he saw a steep cliff, and then he didn't fall to death or even break his leg... Standing at the foot of the cliff, he felt that the world was vast but he didn't know where to go
He vaguely remembered that during this break, the soldier responsible for protecting him had reminded him that the area was not peaceful and there were so many bandits and refugees that the two were sometimes the same.
It might as well end like this...
With such a self-destructive mood, Wei Xinyong randomly chose a direction that was not in the same direction as the inn and staggered there.
But what he didn't expect was that even though he had been walking for nearly three hours, he was still trudging through the wilderness. There was not even a wild dog in the surrounding area.
"Did God want me to be born just to deny my wish?" Wei Xinyong was originally ill and went north, and he was able to walk for so long mostly because of the anger in his chest.
But no matter how angry you are, your manpower will eventually be exhausted.
After three hours of wandering, he completely lost all strength and fell down next to a puddle in the field. He opened his eyes and stared blankly at the gray sky above his head. He didn't feel cold at this time, but his body felt unusually warm.
He knew this was a sign of a relapse, or even a return to health.
But how could Wei Xinyong care at this moment? He let the raindrops fall into his eyes... He didn't know whether it was rain or tears, sliding into the grass along the corners of his eyes.
"I don't want Wei Xinyong to plan my life. In the end, not only will I not be able to avenge my revenge, but I will also be killed in this wilderness, and even my corpse will be eaten by beasts and birds." Wei Xinyong thought lightly in his heart. He was crazy before. However, his expression calmed down, and finally there was even an innocent smile like a child on his face, pure and without any impurities, "So what? In such a world and such a life, what use should I keep?" It’s better to die.”
He silently muttered "It would be better to die" and gradually sank into the seemingly endless darkness...
Hundreds of miles away, Yuzhu Town, Gyeonggi Province.
Wei Changying asked Yange to immediately rush to Panzhou to look for Wei Xinyong with the Xiliang sergeant who claimed to be Sun Shouren, while he hurried back to the back hall to find Shen Zangning and others.
As soon as she was delayed by Sun Shouren, Shen Zangning had already bathed and changed into mourning clothes.
Huo Qingling also took Shen Shuxie's mourning clothes, modified them, and put them on for the girl named Duanmu Huitong.
When Captain Wei arrived, Su Yufei was asking Shen Shuguang about the survivors of the Duanmu family and the Su family. When it was known that Yuzhu Town had not recruited any of the Duanmu family's descendants, and did not know the whereabouts of Duanmu Wuyou, and the Su family's original sect... Although Shen Shuguang wisely chose to be vague, after all, he was young, Su Yufei When asked, why don’t you know the truth
She was already excited when she came out of the secret room, but with her niece nearby, as an elder, she had to restrain herself to avoid scaring her niece. At this moment, I heard that the whereabouts of her husband and son were unknown, that her grandfather, father, and brother were all gone, and that her grandmother and mother had also died in the Taibao Mansion... Su Yufei didn't even hum, and fainted!
So Wei Changying came in without asking a word. He first asked people to carry Su Yufei into the tent and put him there, and then sent someone to ask Ji Qubing to come and diagnose Su Yufei... After he finished his work, he sat down and spared her. I feel good but also feel exhausted.
And then I realized that Duanmu Huitong had been crying ever since her aunt fell into coma - this child, who was only four or five years old, could already complain. She was still Su Yufei's husband's niece, and it was hard to beat or scold her, so she could only be coaxed. I couldn't help it for a while.
It was Huo Qingling who cheered up and said, "I'll accompany Huitong. Ning'er, you and the third sister-in-law go to the next door to talk."
Wei Changying was relieved and sent Shen Shuguang to accompany Shen Shuxie. He led Shen Zangning to choose a quiet room to talk.
Before entering the door, Shen Zangning burst into tears and asked with a sob, "Father and uncle?"
"I haven't seen it with my own eyes, but the three armies are all in uniform... You also know that your third brother is a stable man. How could he do this unless he has the credentials?" Wei Changying looked at her and the rough linen clothes on his body, feeling sad. He said, "I can't believe it. Which of the men in our Shen family is not skilled in bow and horse? There were so many people breaking out of the encirclement together at that time. My father and the others, since they were born in the Shen family, they are blessed with great blessings..."
The illusion in Shen Zangning's heart was shattered, and she cried blankly for a moment, then asked as if waking up from a dream: "What about fourth brother, seventh brother, and Liu'er?"
"... They are all gone." Wei Changying said sadly, "It is said that uncle saved the fourth brother and Liu'er who fell from their horses... The seventh brother's horse was shot when he broke out of the encirclement, and the second brother and the others couldn't stop at that time. so… "
Shen Zangning said in a daze: "So... uncle and the others live in the same room..."
There is even no male heir in the Xiangning Mansion...
Wei Changying turned his head and wiped the corners of his eyes, and whispered: "I haven't told my eldest sister about this news yet. We will discuss it when Xi'er grows up."
"..." Shen Zangning's heart felt cold, and she choked out after a long while, "The Tutor's Mansion is gone too!"
Wei Changying had known for a long time that the reason why he brought these female relatives who were hiding in secret rooms and secret passages to Yuzhu Town was because on the day the imperial capital fell, people from all the high-ranking sects burned down their houses and died, and the fires often spread to nearby areas. , forming a burning piece.
Otherwise, the Shen family would have had several other courtyards in the imperial capital besides Taifu's Mansion. However, this time they were all razed to the ground and could not be inhabited at all, so they sent the women to Yuzhu Town - except for the palace which was not much damaged, the city had been built since the Dingding period of the Wei Dynasty, and even during the Dahe period. Almost none of the wealthy mansions with their overhanging eaves and horns survived.
Either the owner himself was unwilling to fall into the hands of the Rong and burned it, or it was the Rong who broke the city.
... It is said that many people's secret rooms or secret passages were built between houses. As a result, the soldiers accidentally burned people out with a fire, or burned them to death together with them.
Later, the Rong people discovered this and simply set fire to all the better-looking houses...
It is precisely because of this that even though the Wei army recaptured the imperial capital and Yanzhou and buried all 60,000 Rong prisoners alive to vent their anger, the generals and soldiers were still filled with resentment.
In the past few days, there have been loud calls from high and low to attack the grasslands and massacre the royal tents of the Rong people.
This is also the reason why neither Shen Zangfeng nor Mo Binwei can spare the time to personally take care of Wei Xinyong's disappearance.
Wei Changying was silent for a long time and said softly: "It will be built again."
The Tutor's Mansion will be rebuilt, but the people lost will never come back. (To be continued)