Ten days later, Lu Yunchu and Wen Zhan reappeared.
Ancheng is not too far from Taiyuan Prefecture, but the journey was not smooth. Because of the frequent wars, there were more and more bandits. We encountered several waves along the way, and most of the guards were injured.
Fortunately, they rested for a while in a city.
For the first time, Lu Yun felt the feeling of returning home soon. He was excited and nervous. But Wen Zhan was the complete opposite. He had been very uneasy recently and had trouble sleeping at night.
Lu Yunchu initially thought that he was going to meet his father-in-law and became nervous, but later she discovered that it was not as simple as she thought.
Wen Zhan frowned as he looked at the starry sky. Lu Yunchu stepped forward to ask, he shook his head and wrote on her palm: It's just a feeling.
His feeling turned out to be correct.
Liu Zhixu and Wen Jue compete for power, the plot line collapses, and the story of the man and woman is completely changed. The Liu family, which has been living in a corner, marches into Jingnan, and the man and woman, who should have joined hands to conquer the world, become enemies. In just a few days, Wen Jue retreats and finally chooses to join forces with the biggest villain in the novel.
"Marquis Dingbei?"
When Lu Yunchu heard the guard's report, his head buzzed for a moment and he couldn't believe it.
Marquis Dingbei is the one who usurped the throne and forced the emperor to abdicate in the book. Although the cunning rabbit dies and the running dog is cooked, and there are undercurrents between him and the new emperor, he is still a villain after all, with numerous crimes on his hands. Joining hands with him is tantamount to betraying the loyal Wen family for generations.
Lu Yunchu turned to look at Wen Zhan, who had his head lowered, so his expression couldn't be seen clearly.
She knelt down and took his hand.
Wen Zhan did not feel uncomfortable. He held Lu Yunchu's hand and gave her a smile that told her not to worry.
"Ah Zhan." Lu Yunchu didn't know how to express his feelings at the moment. Although the previous dynasty was gone and everything in the past had long since vanished, Wen Jue could join forces with anyone except Dingbei Hou. His father died to protect Wen Zhan, how could he explain this to his ancestors
Wen Zhan was the one who comforted her: Wen Jue is a smart man.
Lu Yunchu felt upset and distressed by the absurd direction of the story after the plot line collapsed. This man was no longer the man in the book: "But he can't—"
Wen Zhan shook his head.
—This is the best option.
Lu Yunchu stopped talking.
At this time, the guard interrupted their conversation by knocking on the door: "Madam, the world is in complete chaos. I'm afraid we can't go to Taiyuan Prefecture."
Lu Yunchu inevitably felt uneasy and asked quickly, "Where should we go now?"
Although the guard is loyal to Wen Jue, he has been with Lu Yunchu for a long time and has long regarded her as one of his own.
He said, "Luoyang."
Hearing this name, Lu Yunchu's face instantly lost its color, but she quickly calmed down, gave the order and left immediately.
Without further delay, they packed lightly and prepared to leave. But as soon as they left the inn, heavy snow suddenly began to fall from the sky.
The guard was surprised: "It's almost May, why is it still snowing?"
Lu Yunchu looked at the gray sky, feeling uneasy.
For some reason, she had a strong feeling that the complete collapse of the plot had caused the world to be in chaos, and there were strange phenomena in the sky.
She turned her head and saw Wen Zhan, who was also looking at the sky with a frown on his face, his lips tightly pursed.
She was a little scared, but she also thought that maybe she was just being too suspicious. The collapse of the plot would not affect the celestial phenomena. Perhaps it was just a sudden change in the climate.
Wen Zhan suddenly held her hand and wrote on her palm: If the Heavenly Dao is destroyed, will I disappear
This question sounded absurd and terrifying, but Lu Yunchu couldn't give a negative answer. She lowered her eyes and said, "I don't know."
The snow fell heavier and heavier, and in the blink of an eye it covered the ground in a blanket of white.
"What a horrible weather."
"It's really a ghost."
People began to panic and there was more and more talk.
Wen Zhan wrote on her palm again: Then will you disappear
Lu Yunchu suddenly fell into a state of suffocation, and after a while she said, "I don't know either." She had always thought about getting rid of the plot and resisting fate, and never thought about the consequences. She thought it was just like in fairy tales, as long as she defeated the monster, she could live happily ever after.
People began to push and shove each other, rushing to go home.
Wen Zhan kissed Lu Yunchu's forehead, and her heart suddenly calmed down.
Unlike the previous leisurely journeys, they were in a hurry this time, and the guards looked gloomier than each other. Wars were raging everywhere, and the only nearby city that could barely take shelter was Luoyang.
When we arrived at Luoyang City, the area outside the city was already crowded with people.
Lu Yunchu looked at the ancient city gate and felt a pain in his heart.
I was pierced through the heart by an arrow in my previous two lives. Can I escape my fate in this life as well
They took refuge here, and in another place Wen Jue and Liu Zhixu had their first confrontation.
The last time they parted, they were lovers who promised to spend their lives together, but now they are enemies fighting each other.
It was difficult for Wen Jue to face Liu Zhixu calmly. He rode on a tall horse and waved his hand to suppress the restless army.
"Why?"
Liu Zhixu changed out of her soft and gentle dress and put on a robe made from her deceased brother's clothes: "What is there to ask? I think the same way as you do."
Wen Jue gritted his teeth, his eyes bloodshot: "What do I think? I promised you to be together for life, and I promised you the most dignity I can give you, isn't that enough?"
Liu Zhixu touched her sleeves, as if she could still feel the power her late brother had left her: "Give me illusory power, give me loneliness trapped within the high palace walls, give me a lifetime of weakness and subservience?"
These words were really embarrassing, and Wen Jue couldn't accept it: "Liu Zhixu, you don't know what's good for you!"
Liu Zhixu didn't take his accusation to heart: "It's better to be ungrateful than to seek the skin of a tiger." She looked at the flying flag of Dingbei Marquis in the distance and said in a low voice, "The emperor and empress of the previous dynasty treated the Wen family well."
These words were like an iron blade piercing Wen Jue's heart. He took a few deep breaths, but there was still a greasy smell in his throat.
He said, "The previous dynasty was destroyed. If we are restrained because of friendship, how can we compete for the throne?" After saying this, he looked up at Liu Zhixu who was trying to win his heart with this sentence, "Women's kindness."
Liu Zhixu looked at him. After the shackles on her body were broken, her friendship with Wen Jue disappeared completely. But at this moment, she really got to know this person.
If she were in the other's shoes, would she make the same choice as Wen Jue
She placed her hands on the gravel of the city wall, unable to make a decision.
Suddenly, the sky and the earth changed color, snowflakes fell, and everyone fell into panic.
There are strange phenomena in the sky, which is a sign of great misfortune. It is definitely not a good time to fight.
Liu Zhixu stretched out her hand, and cold snowflakes fell on her palm. Past scenes flashed through her mind involuntarily.
At that time, she and Wen Jue were both puppets, and in Lu Yunchu's struggle, they occasionally glimpsed the mysteries of the world. She used to be ignorant and unconscious, and her pain and joy were separated by a thick veil, unable to be truly felt. She went with the flow under the arrangement of fate, numb but safe.
Unlike now, until the last moment, she will never know where her destiny will end.
But she did not regret it. She felt a raging fire burning in her chest, giving her endless courage.
Lu Yunchu was a silly girl and was easily tricked.
"… Others were busy with fighting and killing, but you knew to start with the people. Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. You discovered so many seeds, improved farming, and alleviated—"
Liu Zhixu couldn't help but smile. This should be the fate arranged by God for her, which is quite in line with what Wen Jue said about "woman's kindness". She will continue to walk this way in the future, but this time it is not arranged by fate, but her own choice.
With such heavy snow, Wen Jue would definitely not attack the city. Liu Zhixu turned around and prepared to go down the tower, but was suddenly stopped.
The snow fell all over Wen Jue's head and shoulders, which made Liu Zhixu a little dazed for a moment.
"I invited a miracle doctor to come out for you. Your leg could have been cured."
Liu Zhixu's expression froze: "My legs?"
Wen Jue was very satisfied with her expression: "There is no one in the world who can cure your leg, and there is no one in the world who can ask him to come out of retirement."
After saying this, the annoyed expression he had expected did not appear on Liu Zhixu's face.
She smiled and asked, "How much does it cost to treat your leg?"
Unexpectedly, she asked this. Wen Jue tightened his grip on the reins. The doctor poured her a potion that made her faint, and then repeatedly broke her legs and regenerated them. The doctor said that if she didn't faint, no one could endure this kind of pain, but if she drank the potion, it might damage her mind.
Liu Zhixu saw his hesitation and laughed sarcastically: "The people will support a lame emperor, but not an emperor who takes risks easily."
She turned around without even giving Wen Jue a glimpse of her back.
It was not until this moment that Wen Jue believed that she had never been that gentle, caring and considerate woman.
Dingbei Hou may be the last struggle of the plot. He is like a bloodthirsty monster, stirring up chaos in the world, killing all living things, and leaving corpses everywhere he passes.
Luoyang City is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and there is sufficient food stored. Unless the city gates are opened, it is difficult to capture it, so generally no one chooses to waste time here for a long time.
Lu Yunchu originally thought that he could get temporary stability, but he didn't expect that the city defenders would actually open the city gates and welcome the Dingbei Marquis' army into the city.
Lu Yunchu could feel that this was the subtle control left by the plot at work.
They fled through the city gate, but were surrounded by the army.
The shadow of death loomed over the entire city, and screams and cries were heard everywhere. Dingbei Hou loved massacres, and he might have bloodbathed the entire city today.
However, Marquis Dingbei did something contrary to his usual practice. He blocked the city gates after entering the city and took the civilians as prisoners.
He said to the guard, "That old man Lu Jing is going crazy against me just because his daughter is in this area. Do you think he is a mad dog?"
"In that case, then pull out his daughter and let me chop her into pieces right in front of him."
Lu Yunchu had no idea about this, and her father had already met Liu Zhixu at this moment.
Liu Zhixu didn't know how to face Lu Yunchu's father. He really didn't look like a normal person.
"My daughter! No one can hurt my daughter!" He glared and yelled at Liu Zhixu.
Liu Zhixu wanted to calm his anger as much as possible, and said in a gentle voice: "Uncle, calm down first, we will be in Luoyang soon."
"Who dares! Who dares to hurt my daughter!" But he kept repeating those words, like a few clever puppets in a shadow play... Liu Zhixu's eyes suddenly widened.
Yes, just like she used to be.
She looked at Lu Jing, who was still furious, with a flushed face, and looked completely stupid.
He met Liu Zhixu's eyes and repeated what he had just said: "I will make them pay with blood!"
A bitter taste rose in Liu Zhixu's mouth: "Uncle, can you... get rid of that bondage?"
Lu Jing looked like he would not listen to advice, and turned around angrily: "I, Lu Jing, will cut Wen Jue into pieces even if I risk my life today!" He hit a sore spot and even wanted to overturn the table, "I will kill anyone who tries to persuade me!"
Liu Zhixu dodged subconsciously, the table was overturned, and the porcelain was broken. She turned her head to look at the road behind her, but suddenly felt something stuffed into her hand.
She turned around in surprise, and found Lu standing in front of her without her noticing.
He was still roaring: "I will kill anyone who betrays her. My daughter, no one can hurt my daughter!"
There was irrational rage in his eyes, but at a certain moment, Liu Zhixu saw the pain and sorrow struggling beneath the rage.
She lowered her head, and stuffed in her hand was the tiger talisman of the Lu family army.
Lu Jing was still repeating his lines: "Who dares! Who dares to hurt my daughter!"
Liu Zhixu suddenly burst into tears: "Uncle, I will definitely rescue Yunchu."
Lu Jing's brows were tightly furrowed, and he looked horrifying, but a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. Liu Zhixu burst into tears immediately.
The farce will eventually end, whether it refers to the plot of manipulating fate or the ants trying to resist fate.
As the army approached, Marquis Dingbei waited for Lu Jing and Liu Zhixu to arrive.
There were many people in the city, and Lu Yunchu should not have been caught immediately, but it was Wen Jue who came to arrest him.
He walked in front of Lu Yunchu, and the scabbard hit the armor, making a suffocating sound.
He suddenly saw Wen Zhan.
He wanted to say something, perhaps an apology, but his lips opened and closed but no sound came out.
He waved his hand, and the soldiers stepped forward to take Lu Yunchu away by torture.
The guards clenched their fists, wanting to use their fists to protect Lu Yunchu.
Wen Jue chuckled: "Even a dog wouldn't forget so quickly."
Lu Yunchu quickly asked them to leave: "No need, please get out of the way."
She chose to follow them consciously.
Wen Jue took a few steps, then suddenly turned around and looked at Wen Zhan.
This time he finally spoke: "Will you just let me take her away?"
Wen Zhan was wearing plain clothes, standing here, he really didn't fit in. He curled the corners of his lips and pointed his finger at the sky.
Wen Jue's face turned ugly. It was unknown what he was thinking. He looked at him solemnly and turned around: "Let's go!"
It would be a lie to say that she wasn't afraid. Lu Yunchu's heart was beating like a drum, but she tried her best to stay calm.
In fact, Wen Zhan had a premonition as early as when the city was closed. He told himself that everything would end soon.
Lu Yunchu asked: "What kind of ending?"
Wen Zhan shook his head, still smiling gently, and wrote on her palm: It is difficult to defy fate, but one cannot manipulate people's hearts. Perhaps even God cannot predict what the ending will be.
Lu Yunchu was a little flustered, but Wen Zhan remained calm.
He even kissed her on the lips.
—As long as I can meet you, all the reincarnations are not in vain.
Lu Yunchu looked at him in surprise: "What do you mean by that? Did you... remember?"
Wen Zhan nodded: I guess so.
That’s why he said that even God cannot predict the outcome, because if a flag can reveal the chess game, can it still be considered God
Unfortunately, he was not always so calm. Before Lu Yunchu was taken away, he grabbed Lu Yunchu's hand and hurriedly wrote on her hand: Please don't forget me.
Lu Yunchu was puzzled, and just as he was about to ask further questions, Wen Jue appeared.
She was pressed in front of the army.
Dingbei Hou laughed: "That's her."
Wen Jue nodded with a dark face.
"Tsk." Dingbei Hou walked around Lu Yunchu, his eyes lingering on her, "No wonder that mad dog pampers her like a baby."
Wen Jue still said nothing.
Perhaps no one would discuss obscene things with him, Dingbei Hou lost interest and waved his hand, "Tie her up and go out to meet his father. I want to see how crazy he can be when his daughter dies in front of him."
After saying this, he couldn't help laughing out loud.
Someone stepped forward and tried to tie up Lu Yunchu, but Wen Jue raised his hand to stop him: "I'll do it."
Lu Yunchu stared at Wen Jue, but he never met her eyes.
I thought this guy had a change of heart, but I didn't expect that the way he tied himself up was not loose at all, and he wished he could tie himself up even more.
Marquis Dingbei was very satisfied and had Lu Yunchu led out of the city.
The city gates were opened, and the soldiers outside were at the gates of the city. They were so vast and dense that there was no end in sight.
Lu Yunchu was led to the front. Marquis Dingbei dismounted from his horse and pulled the rope around Lu Yunchu, almost making her trip.
"You dare!" The leader of the opposing army roared. Lu Yunchu looked carefully and realized that it was his father whom he had not seen in two lifetimes.
She didn't know why her father came to this place, let alone how he met Liu Zhixu.
They were clearly father and daughter in this life, but Lu Yunchu felt a strong bond between them. Even though they were so far away that she couldn't even see his face clearly, she burst into tears in an instant.
He loves his daughter so much that he becomes crazy. No matter which life he lives in, he will always maintain this character. It can be said to be a character, and who can refute the truth in it
Lu Jing kept making harsh remarks over and over again, and Marquis Dingbei just laughed when he heard them, enjoying his crazy and stupid look.
Liu Zhixu spoke, her voice was very cold and penetrating: "Let her go, we can discuss the terms properly."
Dingbei Hou was unconcerned: "The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. Look behind you, the army is coming to surround you."
Liu Zhixu asked: "Are you talking about the large army heading north?"
Marquis Dingbei froze.
"It seems I was right."
Dingbei Hou quickly returned to his original state. He looked at the gray sky and squinted his eyes: "Well, we have to decide the winner today. If I win, the land south of the Central Plains will fall into my hands; if I lose... I don't want to lose."
He drew his knife and prepared to put it on Lu Yunchu's neck.
Cutting the meat piece by piece is just talk. Who has the time to perform in front of the battle? If he is not dead after one cut, Old Dog Lu will definitely rush over.
"I'll reward you with a neat move." He said in Lu Yunchu's ear.
Suddenly, a voice came from behind: "Wait."
Marquis Dingbei turned around and saw Wen Jue standing on the city gate, looking down at the people below the city from afar.
He paused.
Wen Jue took the □□ and said, "Leave her to me."
Marquis Dingbei let go of his hand, and the man's throat was cut with a knife and his heart was pierced by an arrow. Obviously, the arrow piercing the heart would be easier for the enemy to see clearly.
Wen Jue moved swiftly, raised his rifle and aimed it at Lu Yunchu.
Lu Yunchu's pupils suddenly shrank. Before the arrow was released, she already felt intense pain. It was the pain left over from her previous two lives.
She looked at the gate of Luoyang City and couldn't help feeling a little dazed. After going around in circles, was she going to be shot to death by an arrow under the city of Luoyang in this life
Then in the previous two lives, wasn’t the archer also Wen Jue
She looked up at Wen Jue, and there was deep hatred and determination in his eyes.
For some reason, she gave a positive answer. The plot didn't mention it, but now she was sure that it was Wen Jue who killed her in her previous two lives.
"It's you." Wen Jue suddenly said, "You have always been the variable."
Lu Yunchu's breath was choked and he stared at him with wide eyes.
"You changed my destiny. I should have successfully fought for the Central Plains, received the mandate from heaven, and worn the yellow robe, but you changed everything." He said in words that no one present could understand, "I could have had a smooth journey, but you messed up everything. I had no choice but to find another way out, and ended up like this now."
Lu Yunchu felt that the world had fallen into a strange stagnation. Wen Jue stood on the city wall and pointed out the truth of the world. Dingbei Hou stood beside her. He was still laughing wildly, but suddenly fell silent and looked at the sky blankly.
Wen Jue said, "Lu Yunchu, I really should have killed you from the beginning." He said, "You deserved to die in my hands anyway."
Lu Yunchu took two steps back suddenly. The feeling of suffocation was about to overwhelm her, but she was tied up and the end of the rope was in the hands of Marquis Dingbei, so she had no way to retreat.
The bow and arrow flashed with a cold light, which was so subtle but could make people feel frozen and stiff.
He pulled the bow to its full extent, a sharp whistling sound pierced the air, and the arrow was in front of him in the blink of an eye. Lu Yunchu closed his eyes before he even had time to react.
"Puff—" the arrow penetrated into the flesh, and the arrow could carry a person flying, and then stuck to the flesh, causing the flesh to shatter instantly, and blood plasma splattered.
Lu Yunchu felt the smelly hot blood splashing all over his face.
As she approached death, she lost all senses in her body. She could feel her heart was about to stop, but the familiar piercing pain did not come quickly.
Blood slid across her eyelids and she opened her eyes.
Marquis Dingbei fell beside her, his neck pierced by an arrow.
Lu Yunchu's brain was buzzing. She had no time to think about anything. Her first reaction was to look up at Wen Jue.
Wen Jue stood on the tower, his robes blown by the strong wind: "What are you looking at? I'll kill you. Ah Zhan hates me to death."
His voice disappeared in the wind in the blink of an eye.
The strong wind was mixed with the wrath of heaven, it seemed to be roaring and unwilling.
The sky and the earth changed color, dark clouds rolled in, lightning flashed and thunder roared, but a scorching sun rose in the east.
The rain was pouring down in torrents, and just as it reached mid-air, it was frozen into snowflakes by the sudden drop in temperature.
The sun was shining brightly, and a waning moon gradually rose on the horizon.
Stars appeared in the pitch-black sky, and a Milky Way ran through it. The Milky Way flickered, and cracks appeared in the sky, like glass. The cracks opened one after another and turned into sweet rain that poured down.
The sun, stars, moon and blizzard all disappeared, the pitch-black sky also disappeared, leaving behind an unprecedented vastness of land and height of sky and the sweet rain that watered the people and brought them peace of mind.
Everyone feels like returning to their hometown, with warmth and peace in their hearts, and an unprecedented sense of comfort.
Only Lu Yunchu felt a strong sense of rejection.
The world was torn down and reborn, and the reconstruction was full of joy, but the people from other worlds were expelled.
Her body became light and her consciousness gradually blurred.
"Yun Chu!" The cold female voice became so anxious for the first time.
"Daughter!" It was a heart-wrenching roar, but it was different from the roar controlled by the plot. This time it was a pain that came from the heart.
"Hello, Lu Yunchu!" This was Wen Jue's voice.
"People!" The guards came without anyone noticing.
…
…
Amidst the chaos, a strange voice came into my ears.
Hoarse and slow, like the speech of a mute, extremely awkward.
"Cloud... Chu..."
But this voice was stronger than any other voice, and the sorrow and pain contained in it allowed her to sense it clearly even in the chaos.
Before her consciousness fell into darkness, a line of words flashed through her mind.
—Please don’t forget me, Yun Chu.