Jade Moon

Chapter 27: Winter Haze [26]

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There was a bloody smell in the hall. But the battle outside the hall was still fierce, occasionally a few cold arrows were shot into the hall, because they were too far away, Shu Shu lost his aim and fell on the gold brick floor.

Prince Rui turned a blind eye, pointing to the emperor's corpse: "Throw this out of the palace and see what they will do."

Immediately, someone came up and dragged Rushuang away, she was still holding on to the emperor's robe tightly, the man pulled out his saber, and was about to cut it off, but she slowly straightened up, her voice was as cold as snow: "Six Lord, don't you take advantage of this moment to run for your life?"

Prince Rui was startled, and then laughed loudly: "Why should I run away?"

She finally turned around and looked at him directly, Zijing Suiying's steps swayed, rustling by her temples, her eyes turned, and there seemed to be an indescribable charm: "Eleventh Master is really not smart, Sixth Master Delay in attacking the city is a taboo of the word "killing brother" in history's writings. Eleventh Master's rebellion, Sixth Master only needs to take advantage of the chaos to attack the city, and no one will know how His Majesty died. Prince Youjing bears the notoriety of murdering his brother, and the sixth master reaps the benefits of this fisherman, but doesn't the sixth master think that all this is going too smoothly? The mantis catches the cicada, the oriole is behind, and the emperor still has a unique trick. Kill." She slowly said word by word, "Prince Yu feigned defeat and left, he didn't fall in ambush at all, but led a large team of the capital to slowly surround the capital into an iron bucket, whether it was The 30,000 elite of the Sixth Lord, or the soldiers and horses of the Nine Cities that the Eleventh Lord can dispatch, are the turtles in the urn in the end. Because the two princes are brothers of the emperor, if there is no serious crime of treason, they cannot kill you. The emperor endured Ordinary people can't bear it, and they are willing to take risks, waiting for this day."

Rushuang smiled lightly and said: "Prince Yu's army may have entered the city now, if Liu Ye wants to survive, there is still time to escape."

Prince Rui suddenly turned his head up and laughed, and after laughing for a long time, he said: "It's up to you? You just let me believe that Prince Yu can siege the city with empty teeth? If the emperor had planned this move earlier, how could he let me sit here in the end? "

"You don't have to believe it," Rushuang said slowly, "Prince Jing won't kill the emperor. He is soft-hearted. Even with the last emperor's edict in his hand, he just wants to force the emperor to abdicate. This is why the emperor is willing to risk his life. And the reason why the younger generation personally used your body as bait to lure Liu Ye into your army alone. Liu Ye couldn't kill the emperor in the first place, because Prince Yu's army should have surrounded your 30,000 cavalry before you entered the palace. It’s not leaking. The emperor is really exhaustive, but he only missed one point—that is the younger brother of the concubine, Mu Yun.”

There was an unpredictable light in Prince Rui's eyes, as if he suddenly understood something: "So he is Qi Erwu's coach? It's hard for him to wear a mask and play tricks."

Rushuang smiled lightly like a sigh: "Yes, that's why Prince Yu couldn't enter the city for a long time, because the 10,000 light cavalry of the Qierwu people entangled him, and Prince Yu was good at using troops, so I'm afraid he has already got rid of his brother's entanglement by now. , will enter the palace soon."

As if to verify her words, there was a tidal wave of shouts outside the Zhengqing gate. The sound of the horn resounded through the frosty sky. The ice and snow seemed to be shaken by this clear sound, and then there was a duller and more distant sound—that was Prince Yu's army. Hit the Zhengqing Gate with a giant log.

Prince Rui stood up abruptly, as if he wanted to step down Danchi, but froze his figure again. Finally, he asked harshly, "What are you doing all this for?"

Rushuang stood there quietly: "What about you? What are you doing all this for?"

Prince Rui's breathing was rough, but Rushuang actually smiled: "Sixth Master, if you say that all this today is just for Sixth Sister, you probably won't believe it. You betrayed Sixth Sister and the Mu family for the sake of the throne, Sixth Master, This is retribution. If God does not act, I will."

"madman!"

"You are crazy, you men," she smiled and pointed away, "For this position, you are willing to do anything, and you are willing to do anything. You give the sixth sister to the emperor, you give the most beloved person to the enemy, It's just because you want to be the emperor. After Sixth Sister died, you sent me to the palace again. You tried your best to treat us as pawns and give us away as playthings. Okay, then I will give you this position for Sixth Sister. , but you don’t have that fate to sit for a while, and everything today is retribution! Retribution!”

Her sharp laughter echoed in the hall, and was immediately annihilated by a loud bang. Finally, the Zhengqing Gate was knocked open, and the sound of a tidal wave rushed over, overwhelming. She stood in the middle of the hall, standing gracefully, as if she was so weak that she would be swallowed up by the tide of the voice anytime, anywhere. This was the first time he faced this woman, but she just stood there quietly, like a bluestone in the torrent, angry Amidst the turbulent waves, he remained motionless.

Prince Rui sneered: "You want to use this to humiliate me, it's not that cheap!" He said proudly, "I am Xingzong's beloved son, how could I die at the hands of that She'er bastard!" The horizontal sword touched his neck, With the last breath choking in his throat, he fell down on the throne and lowered his head heavily.

The blood meanders down the dandelion, dyeing the vermilion dandelion more vividly. Standing there quietly like frost, there is only a silence between heaven and earth, as if a harem has not yet opened, and the snow light is reflected on the window paper, and the morning light finally surpasses it. It was getting shallower and brighter, and the east was shining brightly. It snowed heavily all night, and it finally cleared up at dawn.

Prince Yu led his army into the city after dawn. After a bitter battle, the blood of the enemy stained his robe, but he was so worried that he just rode his horse and galloped. Yongji Gate, Taiqing Gate, Zhengqing Gate... majestic and splendid palaces are presented one by one, and the sound of horseshoes is loud, but the whole imperial city is as silent as an empty city. Everything is covered, and the golden glazed tile roof has become a continuous snow line.

In front of the huge Zhengqing Hall, even the snow on the empty sky street was dyed bright red, countless corpses were half-buried and half-buried by the snow, and there was only a disgusting smell of blood in the air. The bustling imperial city seems to have become a Shura field in the Buddhist scriptures, more like a slaughter field. The broken limbs and remains were frozen hard, and they were shattered by the thunder-like hoofs of galloping horses, making crackling noises. Prince Yu almost rolled off the saddle and ran all the way towards Zhengqing Hall. The white jade altar was covered with red thin ice, faintly revealing the pattern of floating clouds and dragons underneath, and the corpses of internal officials were scattered all over the corridor, the whole hall was like the ninth level of hell, dead silent.

"Your majesty! Fourth brother!"

He almost staggered into the Zhengqing Palace. There was no one in the palace. There seemed to be a layer of fine dust on the golden throne, and the red lacquer and gold dragon chair was dark in color. His voice echoed in the deep palace: "Four Brother... fourth brother..."

The hall was still filled with disgusting blood, and more people died in the hall, because the heat of the kang was warm, and the blood had not yet solidified, and the whole hall was like a sea of blood. At a glance, he saw Zhao Youzhi sitting there with his mouth slightly open, a long arrow pierced deep into his chest, and he was already dead. Prince Yu felt dizzy and frantically searching, "Fourth Brother!"

Behind the heavy curtains, there seemed to be someone. He suddenly stopped and stood there, instinctively holding the long sword at his waist, and following him, the guards swarmed around him, guarding him. Countless spears, bows and arrows aimed at the figure slowly walking out from behind the curtain.

She was dressed in gorgeous makeup and skirts, as if she had stepped out of a sea of blood, her face was astonishingly pale, as if she had exhausted all her strength to move, and a pair of red crow-gold shoes had long been soaked in blood up.

"Thank God..." she said softly, "It turns out that the prince is back."

Then his body softened and he fell down.

She had a very, very long dream. She dreamed that she was only fourteen years old when she was on the first night of the Yuan Dynasty, and all the female family members of the whole family went to Dongcheng to watch the lanterns, but she was punished by her father not to go to see the lanterns because she violated the family rules. lamp. It's so stuffy being locked in the house, the sky is full of fireworks outside, and the city is full of lantern watchers, she couldn't bear it for a while, and finally cheated the nanny together with Xiaohuan, changed into men's clothes and slipped out of the house.

It was the first time she went out of the house privately, and she was separated from Xiaohuan on the street, and she didn't know how to be afraid. The huge restaurant that I walked into was called Banxiang Pavilion. There were already no seats, but she gave the waiter ten taels of silver, and the waiter also thought of a way: "There is also a Qichu Pavilion on the second floor of the backyard. It used to be a nobleman The house has paid for it for many months, and today the princes and ministers have all gone to the palace to accompany the emperor to watch the lanterns, so they will definitely not come, so I will let you quietly."

The Qichu Pavilion is really the most elegant and quiet room in the Banxiang Pavilion. It is facing several red plum trees in the backyard. From the top of the building, you can see the fire trees and silver flowers in the East City in the distance. Countless arcs of light scattered the bustling sky like stars, piercing the silence of the night.

"The east wind blows thousands of flowers and trees at night, and it blows down. The stars are like rain. BMW carved cars are fragrant all over the road. The sound of the phoenix flute moves, the light of the jade pot turns, and the fish and dragon dance all night..."

The words of the ancients have been recited thousands of times. Only at this moment did she realize that the meaning is so prosperous and beautiful. It was the first time she drank wine, and when she was slightly drunk, she couldn't help hitting the pot with chopsticks and singing aloud.

"Moth Xueliu's golden strands, full of laughter and faint fragrance. The crowd searched for him thousands of times, and suddenly looked back, but the man was there in a dimly lit place."

Someone outside the curtain answered her, her heart skipped a beat, the waiter raised the curtain, and it was a handsome young man in green clothes and plain clothes who walked in slowly, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, light as jade, and a pair of eyes as dark as night, if you can Drowning.

It was the first time in her life that she spoke to a strange man, but for some reason she was exceptionally calm, maybe it was because she was wearing men's clothing, maybe it was because of the wit in his words, maybe it was because of his pair of dark and bright eyes.

They talked a lot that day. She told him interesting stories from her childhood, and he listened with great interest. She fought wine with him, and those who couldn't recite the poems would be punished with wine. She had never seen such a knowledgeable and versatile man, no matter what the classics, he could tell them casually.

They talked for a long time, and the room suddenly became dark, and they realized that the candle had been burned out.

Suddenly, the room was filled with cold and snowy light, like the moonlight, and the world was silent, only the sound of snow falling outside the window was slight, while the sparse shadows all over the wall were the shadows of plum blossoms reflected in the snow color, and the branches and flower cups were clearly visible , and the cold fragrance soaks into the bones, as if the sky is full of plum blossoms.

"Thousands of poems, thousands of cups of wine, how many times have you looked at the king? The jade tower and the golden palace go back lazily, and put plum blossoms to drunk Luoyang."

At the far end, under the shadow of plum blossoms all over the sky, he murmured in a low voice.

Let's get drunk with plum blossoms in Luoyang...On that day, she knew that there were people in this world who could be her bosom friend, that there were people in this world who were like-minded with her, who liked what she liked, and who were in love with her.

Before parting, he finally asked: "Dare to ask Miss, your name?"

It was abrupt, it was surprise, it was timid, it was joy and confusion, it turned out that he already knew that she was a woman.

And she understood in an instant, understood what he meant.

He will come to marry her, he asked her name, because he is going to come to propose marriage, the song and lyrics book sings like this: talented man and beautiful woman, love at first sight. She was only fourteen years old, and she was jumping wildly like a deer in her heart. She never thought that she would meet such a person, she was very young, she never thought that she would meet such a person early.

In my whole life, I could have met such a person.

She sounded like a gnat, and finally told him: "My surname is Mu." The Mu family has a century-old history, and many members of the family are officials in the court. Fearing that he made a mistake, she added another sentence, "The family's name is strictly taboo, and the family is strict and taboo. Xia Jun." After all, I was too embarrassed to say my small characters, because I was too embarrassing, so my voice was lower and inaudible, "On the day I was born, the moonlight was all over the ground like clear frost, so my name... my name... "

With just such a gentle sentence, his eyes suddenly brightened, as if there was a strange brilliance: "I see."

Immediately, he gave her the dagger he was wearing with him. The dagger was very exquisite, with several pearls inlaid on the hilt, and four seal characters in gold and jade engraved on the front: "Death and Life Qikuo". Word: "Speak with Zicheng".

Life and death are in agreement with each other, and they talk with Zicheng. Hold your hand and grow old with you.

She blushed with shame, and hurried away, walked through the street and looked back, he was still standing under the lamp of the Banxiang Pavilion, dressed in blue and plain, as light as jade, looking at her with a smile on his face. She didn't dare to look any more, she just walked forward in a hurry, and the sky was full of tiny snowflakes, falling down one after another, she walked very fast, and her heart was beating very fast, her face was hot, but her heart was warm, because Know he will come, he will come.

After all, she didn't wait for him, he didn't come, and she forgot to ask his last name.

In the spring of that year, the sixth sister married Dingchun, the fourth son of the emperor. Because she was a side concubine, her father was not happy at first. But it is said that the fourth son of the emperor knelt and begged for a whole half a day in front of the Yuqing Palace, and the emperor finally agreed, and his father had to let go. Therefore, everyone in the family said that the fourth son of the emperor was so infatuated that he would not treat the sixth sister badly.

In the second year, someone also came to her door to propose marriage, but she hid behind the screen and peeked secretly, it was not him.

Her mother also asked her what she meant, but she just hung her head to the wall and said nothing. She was so anxious that she said, "Mother, I'm still young..."

Mother knew that she didn't like it, and she was only fifteen years old, so she found any reason to tactfully evade the marriage.

But she didn't wait for him after all, until the end she ransacked her family and wiped out her family. Her family was ruined overnight, and she didn't wait for him either.

She never asked his name, she didn't know his name.

She doesn't know, Dingchun.

And he didn't know her fine print.

He doesn't know, her name is Rushuang, the cold moon shines brightly, and the ground is like frost.

He only thought that the moon was everywhere, it was the approaching moon.

Her sixth sister, the small character Linyue.

When she said it, she never thought that she would be misunderstood and missed like this.

She kept waiting, thinking that she could wait for him, until finally her family was ransacked and her family was wiped out. In the prison, she thought about whether she would have a chance to see him again in this life.

She always thought that he would really come, and he would definitely come, because she knew that he would definitely come with his sincere promise.

But she didn't know it was him at the time, and he didn't even know it was her.