Ye Tianling shook Qing Chen's hand after Liu Guangyu retreated, and led her to look towards Hengling: "Do you know that there is a green valley in Hengling?"
Qing Chen shook his head and said, "I've never heard of it."
Yetian Ling Bolu smiled: "It's not too far from here, I'll take you there tomorrow."
"What are you doing there?"
Ye Tianling said: "Don't you want to see the place where I really learned swordsmanship? I'll take you to meet someone."
"Huh?" Qing Chen was surprised: "Who is it that deserves your special visit at this time?"
"Although this person and I do not have the name of a master and a disciple, we have the truth of a master and a disciple." Before Ye Tianling could finish speaking, he saw Eleven striding up to the top of the wall, frowning his sword eyebrows, and walking in a hurry, "Fourth brother! "He came to the front and said: "Something happened to the Chinese army."
Qing Chen's heart sank suddenly, and he lost all interest in talking and laughing just now.
"The food and grass of the army escorted by Wei Qian, the envoy of the Right Capital, was robbed in Guyuan Mountain. The 18,000 people who accompanied him were wiped out. None of them survived. The grain road to northern Xinjiang has been cut off. Yu Cheng robbed the food and grass on the spot. They were all burned, and the Chinese army was besieged in the Jedi north of Yanzhou with all their strength. There was a heavy snowstorm in Yanzhou recently, and the Chinese army suffered a lot from the snow. Several raids were unsuccessful, but they were divided into two places."
Ye Tianling's expression gradually became serious. The reason why he disapproved of raising troops in northern Xinjiang at the beginning was because of the harsh climate in northern Xinjiang in winter. Yu Cheng's rebel army has been stationed here all year round, and they have long been accustomed to the snow and cold, but the soldiers of the Celestial Dynasty came from all over the place, except for the Xuanjia Army, it was difficult for them to adapt to such weather. Yu Cheng raised troops at this time to take advantage of the right time and place. Once the climate changes suddenly, the situation may change greatly.
The previous victories and defeats will all be imposed at this time. Yu Cheng knows this very well, so he wants to finish off the central army as soon as possible before the opposing two armies meet, so that he can deal with Ye Tianling's west army with all his strength. And it seems that God also has the intention of helping at this time, and finally turned northern Xinjiang into a jeopardy with the blizzard, putting the Chinese army in an unprecedented predicament.
Qing Chen's hand held by Ye Tianling gradually became cold, looking at the icy and snowy northern border, his brows were deeply furrowed.
"Order all the generals to enter the Dingzhou government to discuss matters." Ye Tianling said something to Eleven, turned his head and took a deep look at Qing Chen, and the corners of his lips pulled out a full moon arc: "You go back to the hotel first, and finish discussing this matter I'll go there."
In the hotel a stone's throw away from Dingzhou Mansion, Qing Chen stood quietly in front of the porch.
Sunny day with no wind, a rare good weather in winter, the sun shines unobstructed through the leafless branches, slowly melting the remaining snow covering the eaves of the branches, and knocking on the front of the court for a while On the smooth feldspar, the ear is clean.
At this time, it is hard to imagine what the violent storm in Yanzhou is like. The Chinese army is trapped on the cliffs of the Dahuang Valley, where there are thousands of mountains and cliffs, and there are no birds or beasts. If you make a mistake, there may even be disastrous consequences of defeat.
Qing Chen sighed silently, and settled down to listen to the occasional sound of water drops in front of the eaves. There was a moment of silence, and after more than two hours in the blink of an eye, Ye Tianling still hadn't come back. She wanted to turn around and go across the house several times, but she held back. She knew the right and wrong relationship between her and Ye Tianzhan, and Ye Tianling knew it in his heart from the beginning to the end, but he tolerated all her emotions, and she was unwilling to add any more to this subtlety.
Mingzhi walked quickly across the atrium, walked behind Qing Chen and bowed on one knee: "Phoenix Lord."
"How?" Qing Chen asked without looking back.
"The army is divided into three groups, one with General Tang to take Lincang, one with His Highness the Eleventh to seize the crossbeam, and the rest of His Highness personally lead the army and attack Yanzhou directly." Ming Zhi's voice was calm, just like the expression on Qing Chen's face now , she tilted her head slightly, and asked, "Where is the Chinese Army?"
Ming Zhi said: "Your Highness has no arrangements."
"When to set off?"
"the day after tomorrow."
Qing Chen frowned involuntarily, turned around and said, "I see, you go." But Yin Caiqian stood in front of the door at some point, staring at her with wide eyes.
"Your Highness the Fourth Highness can't save you!" Yin Caiqian concealed her shock and anger: "I'll go to him and ask him for clarification!"
"Come back." Qing Chen said slowly, not loudly, but very clearly, Yin Caiqian's feet froze and stopped.
"Can you control him?" Qing Chen turned his head and glanced at her, then walked slowly into the room.
Yin Caiqian looked anxiously in her eyes, she looked towards Dingzhou Mansion, turned around and said, "I can't, but you can influence his decision, now only you can help Brother Zhan."
Qing Chen smiled slightly: "You are wrong, his decision will not be influenced by anyone, and I cannot change it."
Yin Caiqian's expression changed: "You...you are so cruel!"
Qing Chen stepped into the room, her white fur flicked lightly, as if taking a trace of floating snow, she walked past Yin Caiqian, Yin Caiqian took a few steps to catch up with her: "You are really as hard-hearted as him, and you never think about Brother Zhan at all? Zhan Brother is infatuated with you. At the beginning, the empress did not agree with his request to marry you, so he insisted on marrying you even if he disobeyed his mother. When you got married, he defied the imperial decree and wanted to go back to Tiandu. The Twelfth Highness and I followed him that day Do you know how sad he was when he left Prince Ling's mansion? When he married the princess, he shouted your name drunk on the wedding night! Even if you were ruthless to him, don't you even have the heart to help him? Just look at Did the Fourth Highness borrow a knife to kill someone?"
Qing Chen's eyes were deep, and she listened quietly to Yin Caiqian's questioning. She couldn't connect Ye Tianzhan's handsome figure at the wedding ceremony with his drunken appearance in memory. He was as cold as jade, and he didn't even look at him that day. With a glance at her, she was able to speak and laugh among the guests with ease, and at this moment, thinking about it, he might have really drank a lot.
At that time, she saw him holding his princess's arm, Li Tang hugging Xu Feifei.
Through the crimson glow, she carefully pondered his appearance with a complicated mood, and sighed silently in his spring breeze smile.
In that sigh, there was unspeakable sourness, bit by bit soaked in the most fragile part of the atrium, turning into a bitter taste, overflowing every corner.
For the rest of their lives, they were both aware of the inescapable ties, but pretended to be confused in different ways.
Some things are hard to be confused.
She didn't want the emotions in her heart to be revealed before anyone, so she didn't say a word, she looked at Yin Caiqian until Yin Caiqian felt cold all over her body, seemed to be enveloped by her gaze, suppressed, and couldn't say anything else come out.
Qing Chen stared at her eyes that became brighter due to anger, and said calmly: "If you really think about His Royal Highness, you'd better forget everything you said just now, otherwise you will really hurt him. "
"Do you care?" Yin Caiqian looked into her quiet and indifferent eyes and asked bitterly.
"He'll be fine."
"Oh!" Yin Caiqian sneered, and sneered: "The Chinese army is in danger, and the Fourth Highness dispatched troops and generals without any intention of rescue. Everyone knows that the battle in northern Xinjiang is no small matter. If Brother Zhan has an accident, all of you in the army and court Are you satisfied? His Highness the Eleventh also stood by and watched, this method is really brilliant!"
The corners of Qing Chen's lips twitched, as expected of the daughter of a powerful man, although Yin Caiqian was unruly and willful, she was born to understand some things, but there were also some things she didn't understand, "I still say the same thing, you should know more about the Fourth Highness .” She pointed to the case: “Open it and have a look.”
Yin Caiqian uncomprehendingly opened the scroll that Qing Chen was referring to, which was a map of military aircraft in the Four Realms. Qing Chen didn't look at it, and stood in front of the window, tending to a few cold plums stuck in a white jade vase: "Lincang is a place where Yucheng's rebels stockpiled food, and Yanzhou is also an important city in northern Xinjiang. His troops are divided into two groups. Taking these two places is a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao, and the rebels will definitely not sit idly by. But the use of troops at these two places is a false move, and his real intention is to take the beam. Have you seen the beam? The beam is located between the South Branch of Hengling and the The junction of Guyuan Mountain is the only way for the Chinese army to get out of trouble. Only by controlling this pass can the broken food road be restored. The arrangement of the three roads is interlocking. Lu Xu's army turned into a real attack, and the rebels in Yanzhou will be in a deadly position when the time comes, this is his goal. Although it is good to borrow a knife to kill someone, he may not bother to use it, let alone use it at this time." She is not in a hurry. Not Xu, let's talk about it.
Yin Caiqian is not as familiar with military aircraft maps as Qing Chen. After staring at it for a while, Fang Jiang was suspicious: "Even if it is as you said, why do you have to send troops the day after tomorrow? If you wait a day for the Chinese army, you will be at risk."
A plum blossom gently fell on the palm, Qing Chen sighed silently: "His Royal Highness Seventh will be safe, you just need to know this."
"How dare you be so sure?" Yin Caiqian asked.
"Because I trust him." Qing Chen said quietly, then turned to look at Yin Caiqian: "Caiqian, at this moment, you can understand a little bit what it would be like to be caught between your family relatives and Prince Ling's mansion." Do you like it? I can understand how you feel about him. He also makes me love him willingly. But if you can’t understand him and trust him, this kind of feeling will destroy you sooner or later, and it won’t bring him any happiness. Huanxi. Sorry, I will not let this kind of thing happen. There can only be one concubine in Prince Ling's mansion. As for His Royal Highness, I have given my heart to one person, and I can't tolerate others anymore. Today I will explain everything clearly, Or you can take it easy later on."
Yin Caiqian's brows tightened, and surprise flashed across her eyes suddenly. Qing Chen turned around and saw Ye Tianling standing in front of the door.
Yin Caiqian's surprise was not because of Ye Tianling's appearance, but because she was surprised to see a vague smile on his face. In her memory, she has never seen Ye Tianling's expression like this. It's not cold, aloof, or fierce and majestic, but a faint smile on the corner of his thinned lips. When he looks at Qing Chen, he seems to be a different person, although Only for a moment.
Ye Tianling took Qingchen out of the hotel, Fengchi and Yuncheng were already waiting outside. The two left Dingzhou City and headed north, Ye Tianling said: "With the footsteps of Fengchi and Yuncheng, we will be back before sunset tomorrow."
Qing Chen asked, "Going to Green Valley?"
Ye Tianling nodded, Qing Chen hesitated a little and said: "Do you have to go now?"
Ye Tianling glanced across her face, and didn't miss the faint worry in her eyes, but raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Stay with me, don't worry about others."
Qing Chen gave a soft "um", and raised his eyes to meet him. After he smiled, his deep eyes were like ancient wells, without traces of the wind, clouds and soldiers. They were like water and ink, clear and clear, and the only thing he saw was a touch of white clothes and plain face, rippling in the deep bottom with incomparable clarity.
What Qing Chen said, he didn't try to hide it, and he didn't ask for anything. He promised her some things, but he could only stick to the bottom line. She knew this. The Chinese army must be safe and sound, but this defeat is also inevitable. Only one person can win this battle against the rebellion, and this is also the bet she and the Feng family made.
Ye Tianling saw that she was silent, and said, "Don't underestimate the seventh brother. Back then, he led the army to quell the Baiyue people's rebellion in the Yunnan region. The fiefdom is nothing compared to the poisonous insects and miasma in the deep mountains and dense forests. His own martial arts are not inferior to mine, and there are many capable people in his staff, so he will not die."
It was only then that Qing Chen remembered that he had seen Ye Tianzhan's skills a few times, swiping a jade flute, and when defeating the enemy, he smiled lightly, even sharply, and that kind of gentleness would always be overlooked What, she might as well know him better than Ye Tianling. Her hair was fluttering in the wind, she smiled and said, "The three prefectures in Qimen Pass have just been retaken, so it will take a day and a half to arrange it, and you can't just transfer the troops and leave immediately, but it seems unreasonable for you to take a break from your busy schedule."
Ye Tianling said indifferently: "Li Bu and Liu Guangyu are both very useful, and there is also the eleventh younger brother, why do I need to do everything myself?"
The grasslands in northern Xinjiang are endless, and under the clear, cold and blue sky, the sun shines in the sky, piercing through the white clouds to reflect a deep silver color, and the wind blows and the clouds move quickly, as if the sun is floating on the grassland with the wind, forming a beautiful landscape. Fantastic landscape. Fengchi and Yuncheng were also as elegant as clouds, they crossed the plains and low hills all the way, and soon entered the Hengling Mountains.
Xue Zhan immediately got tired of staying with Qing Chen, jumped off and ran around alone, Qing Chen didn't care, it would follow after a while. The Hengling Mountains are long, and as you go north, it becomes a world of ice and snow, covered with white snow everywhere, reflecting crystal luster in the sunlight. Ye Tianling and Qing Chen rode together, and wrapped her in a wind cloak in front of her. Qing Chen leaned against his body warmly, and the surrounding fields were silent as far as he could see. There were no birds, no trace of people, and the peaks and mountains were covered with snow. She raised her eyes to Ye Tianling and said, "Fourth brother, it's so quiet here, where do you think we'll go if we keep walking like this?"
Ye Tianling looked at the frozen mountains in the distance, and smiled: "Want to know? How about we take a walk and see?"
Qing Chen pursed his lips and said nothing after a while, "It's just the two of us."
Ye Tianling nodded: "Okay, the sky is big and the earth is big, you can go anywhere you want."
"Are you tired from walking?" Qing Chen asked.
Ye Tianling thought for a while, and said: "Then find any place, whether it's a city or a village, near the water or near the mountains, you choose and we will live."
Qing Chen smiled lightly, with the color of ice and snow reflected in his tenderness: "I wash my hands and make soup for you, and then I can cook for you every day."
Ye Tianling looked sideways at her and said with a low laugh, "Don't burn your hands again."
Qing Chen raised his eyebrows: "Then you do it."
Her slender fingers were held in the palm of Ye Tianling, covered with a touch of real warmth, Ye Tianling said indifferently: "As long as you dare to eat."
He has a clean and masculine breath about him, as cold as the snow and as clear as the wind, but the warm breath makes Qingchen's ears itch slightly, and when she hides, her crisp laughter resounds in the boundless snow. At this moment, there is no treacherous wave cloud in the court, no fighting strategy on the battlefield, it seems that there are really only the two of them left in the pure world, relying on each other, holding hands, it is the wind and snow, the beauty of a hundred flowers, The scorching sun is like fire, even the yellow leaves are smiling rightly, the spring and autumn pass, and life is long, no matter which road you choose, no matter where you will go.
The snowy road is vast, and the mountain has an end. After a while, Ye Tianling pointed forward with the whip in his hand: "It's just ahead."
Qing Chen looked around along the way, and found that the further he went, the surrounding rocks gradually turned from blue-gray to a crystal-clear dark green. Looking from a distance in the snow, they looked like emerald greens, and veins of blue meandered deep into the valley. Covered by the snow nearby, the colors of the mountains and rocks are different, some are like tender willows just blooming, and some are like peacock feathers, which are very beautiful against the white snow. She couldn't help but said: "No wonder this place is called Green Valley, there is such a wonder.”
Ye Tianling said: "The further you go into the valley, the more emerald green it becomes, and it gradually fades as you go south until the Pingdie Mountain we first encountered."
Qing Chen said casually: "Is Pingdie Mountain close to here? I really want to go back and have a look. I always think it's very special. Let's go back when we have free time, shall we? I'll bring crystal beads with me and see if it's okay." Amazing things will happen again.”
"No." Ye Tianling said.
"Huh?" Qing Chen asked strangely, "Why?"
"What's so interesting about burning it all up?" Ye Tianling said flatly.
Qing Chen immediately turned around and raised his head, looking at him puzzled, Ye Tianling glanced down at her inquiry, reached out and rubbed the top of her head to make her turn back. Qing Chen suddenly felt that his arms tightened, seemingly subconsciously, but they held her tightly. Then Ye Tianling wrapped the horse's rein around her wrist casually, and completely encircled her in his arms with both hands. It was a gesture of declaring possession and protection, but with a vague and uncertain hesitation.
Qing Chen raised her phoenix eyes beautifully, and a beautiful light flashed under her long eyelashes: "Fourth brother, aren't you afraid of me going back?" She asked with a smile.
"Hmph!" Ye Tianling snorted coldly.
"Isn't it?" Qing Chen smiled mischievously.
Ye Tianling seemed determined not to answer, but he couldn't stand Qing Chen's tricky questioning, and finally said helplessly: "You can pretend to be confused once in a while, and it won't be a bad thing."
Qing Chen laughed loudly when he heard the words, but Ye Tianling said "huh?" in surprise: "It seems that he is not there."
The two got off the horse, and Qing Chen saw in front of him a stone house borrowed from a rocky cave. In front of the stone house, the snow was silent, covering the ground evenly, and there was no trace of people entering or leaving. The surroundings seemed unusually quiet for some reason. Under the setting sun, there is a kind of tranquil desolation.
"Wait here for me, I'll go and have a look first." Ye Tianling said to Qingchen, walked quickly to the stone house, stretched out his hand to push the door, and white snow and dust fell all over him.
The appearance described by Ye Tianling before the stone house was hard to find under the cover of heavy snow, only the blue stone that was trying the sword was faintly visible. Qing Chen walked forward slowly, and suddenly saw Ye Tianling's body trembling. She noticed something strange, He stepped forward and asked, "Fourth brother, what's the matter?"
Ye Tianling didn't seem to hear her voice, and stood stiffly in front of him. Qing Chen looked over his shoulder and saw that the remnant wall was empty, with only a sarcophagus in the middle.
Qing Chen gently held Ye Tianling's hand, under the floating dust there seemed to be words engraved on the coffin lid, Ye Tianling cleared the dust, revealing some strange words. Qing Chen didn't know him, but saw Ye Tianling keep watching, and after a long time, he sighed: "No wonder he said that he doesn't need to be called Master, I really didn't expect that he is the elder of the Rouran clan, and also the elder of the Rouran clan." Mother's uncle."
Qing Chen was not surprised that Ye Tianling could understand the characters of the Rouran tribe. Ye Tianling had studied many tribes in Mobei, let alone his mother's tribe. She said softly: "How could this be?"
Ye Tianling calmed down while closing his eyes, and then remained calm and calm as usual: "Everything has life and death, and life at the age of eighty-nine is not too short." His eyes fell on the sarcophagus again: " Wan Cheng Shuofeng, I don't know who this person is."
"He made this sarcophagus?" Qing Chen asked.
Ye Tianling nodded, and caressed the complicated words on the coffin cover with his fingers: "The Rouran family has the custom of stopping the coffin and burying the respected elders. Looking at the date on the coffin, it has been a whole year since today, and it is time to enter the coffin." On the day of his funeral, I can at least do this for his old man."
Qing Chen took out a silk handkerchief from his bosom, carefully cleaned up the sarcophagus that had been dusty for a long time, and buried the coffin in the ground together with Ye Tianling.
Ye Tianling's expression was a little indifferent, the old coffin and the new grave are still confusing. After everything was done, the night had covered the land, the moon was cold and the stars were sparse, and the valley was windless. The two lit a bonfire with withered pine branches. Down. She quietly watched Ye Tianling chisel a piece of blue stone with his own hands, the firelight reflected on his side face, and there was only depth in the light and darkness.
Ye Tianling hadn't said a word for most of the day. When the last word was carved, he gently raised the sword in his hand. The fire was so bright that it couldn't suppress the cold air on the sword, and it was reflected in his bottomless eyes. A piece of cool.
Those who get back to Lijian win the world, and the Rouran clan gets to get back to Lijian, but in exchange for the end of the clan annihilation. Back then when Emperor Mu attacked Rouran, although he came back with beauty, his real purpose was probably this sword of commanding supremacy. Even though he was already at the peak of power, he still wanted to march thousands of miles and ask for a sword that could rule thousands of places. symbol of.
The Rouran clan still preserved the sword, which caused Concubine Lian to marry the Celestial Dynasty, and also allowed Ye Tianling to be born in the Dazheng Palace overlooking the Central Plains. No matter who his father was, half of his body had the blood of the Rouran clan , the Rouran clan handed over the Guili sword to him in the end.
Ye Tianling got up slowly, and placed the stone tablet in his hand in front of the new grave. On the side of Jianfeng, a dazzling moonlight suddenly prevailed, the wind picked up, and the snow splashed.
On the empty snow field in front of him, amidst the moonlight, Qing Chen looked at Ye Tianling's figure surrounded by sword aura, cold light, and practiced like flying. Yefeng Canxue turned more and more anxiously with the roar of the sword in his hand, and a set of "Eighteen Guili Styles" brought the Guili Sword, which looks down on the world, to the extreme. It is so fierce that people can hardly see it.
With Ye Tianling's clear whistle, waves in his chest stirred the mountains and fields, the light of the Guili sword faded away, the chill subsided, and the surrounding wind and snow fluttered down one after another, instantly merging with the silvery white earth.
At the end of the snow, the shadow of the moon was lonely and cold, Ye Tianling held the sword and stood alone, looking up at the unfathomable night sky in the endless darkness, and said softly: "Master, I brought my wife to see you. It will never disappoint you."