The artificial lake where Lin Ling Pavilion is facing is curved, and the distance from the small pavilion where everyone is currently is not the same. There are willows planted in some places, and only low flowers and grasses in some places. Looking at it in the middle of the night, I can only see patches of black or gray, and some figures move around in the middle. Not sure what it is.
"The reinforcements have arrived, they are running around..." Yan Yujin narrowed his eyes, trying to see more clearly.
There was silence in the pavilion. After a long time, Meng Zhi coughed and said, "In my opinion, it's more like... Xie Yu brought some bow and arrow equipment from the patrol camp..."
Xia Dong twisted Yan Yujin's face, the latter wanted to hide, but because the pavilion was too narrow, there was nowhere to go.
"Ozu, I don't know you have night blindness? Isn't your eyesight very good during the day?" The female hanging mirror raised her eyebrows and laughed.
"You have..." Just as Yan Yujin was about to fight back, the sudden deepening pain on his face reminded him that this is Sister Xia Dong, and he couldn't resist, so he had to say aggrievedly, "My eyesight is just a little worse at night, and it is far from night blindness. It's still far."
"Xie Yu is almost exhausted. It seems that he is under a lot of pressure outside the Hou's Mansion. However, the trapped beasts are still fighting. Although this place is a little far from the shore, if the bow is placed in certain places, the range is still enough. Don't be careless." Mei Changsu advised.
"Don't worry, Mr. Su," Meng Zhi said with a long laugh, "this is probably Xie Yu's last blow. The arrows at this distance have softened a lot here. The few of us, it's no problem to hold on for a while... Uh, Master Xia, where are you going?"
"Didn't you make the female relatives behind?" Xia Dong slanted and glanced over, "Am I not a female relative?"
But even though she said so, she was only joking, and then stood up again and guarded the southeast side of the pavilion. Yan Jinyu muttered in a low voice, "I don't look like a woman at all," and also stood in front. Soon the pavilion was surrounded by a two-story and half-fan shape. On the inside were Mei Changsu, who had no martial arts protection, and the entire family of the Zhuo family, who were all injured. On the outside were Meng Zhi, Xia Dong, Yue Xiuze, Yan Yujin, Xiao Jingrui, and others. Feiliu, Yu Wennian and Gong Yu also wanted to squeeze to the outside, but because they couldn't stand any longer, they were pushed back by the men. Xia Dong couldn't help giggling and said, "You guys are really pity and cherish jade..."
Before he finished speaking, the first wave of arrows had already hit, and the force was stronger and denser than expected. The crowd waited intently and did not dare to be careless. The crossbowmen on the shore are also well-trained, and there is almost no gap in the exchange of teams. In the end, Yan Yujin, who had a weak inner breath, was already sweating through brocade, and he missed two arrows. Fortunately, Xiao Jingrui flashed the sword light and wrapped him, and pushed him to the back, Gong Yu immediately took his hand from him. Li took the weapon to replace it.
Mei Changsu helped Yan Yujin sit down beside him, exhorting, "Quickly adjust your breath, transport two small weeks, and then settle in your dantian, don't let go immediately, your physique is innate If it’s not strong, if this qi is not properly adjusted, it will condense into wounds in the five internal organs.”
Yan Yujin closed his eyes according to his words, abandoned distracting thoughts and calmed his breath. At first, he was a little distracted, but then he gradually concentrated, keeping the outside noise out of his ears, and concentrated on running a warm breath that soaked his stiff body. The muscles and veins finally sink into the dantian, and the pain in the internal organs is eliminated.
When he finished adjusting his breath and opened his eyes again, he couldn't help but startled. I saw that the attack of the arrows had stopped, and everyone looked at a certain direction on the shore with solemn expressions, but when he followed to look, he couldn't see anything at all, so he habitually pulled Xiao Jingrui's sleeve and asked: " Jing Rui, what happened on the shore?"
As soon as the words came out, he suddenly remembered that Xiao Jingrui's current mood was not normal. He hurriedly turned his head to look at him, his face was as white as paper, and he was about to find a word to comfort him when Xiao Jingrui suddenly threw off his hand, jumped into the lake, and quickly Swim to the shore.
"Hey..." Yan Yujin didn't hold back, stomping her feet anxiously. Xia Dong sighed beside him: "Let's go too."
Halfway through her sentence, Yu Wennian had already entered the water, chasing Xiao Jingrui's swimming marks, and the rest of the people supported each other and swam to the other side. Although the lake water in April is no longer cold, it is not warm after all. Meng Zhi frequently looked back at Mei Changsu, who knew his concern and said softly, "Maybe, I've taken the medicine."
In fact, not many people gathered on the shore of the lake at this time. The soldiers of Ningguohou and Yuwang's mansion were stalemate with each other, and they all retreated far from the other side of the flower path. As expected, Xia Chun and Yan Que had already arrived, and when everyone went into the water from the small pavilion, the two of them had already reached the shore. It's just that both of them are restrained in temperament. Xia Chun glanced at his junior sister and said nothing. Yan Que just asked, "Are you alright?"
"It's alright, alright." Yan Yujin didn't care that his father's question was simple, not to mention that he had already seen the situation on the shore clearly, and his entire attention had been sucked over there.
On the edge of the rockery by the lake, stood Xie Yu with a pale complexion and pale lips. His usual dark eyes turned gray at this moment. King Yu stood seven or eight steps away from him with his hands on his back, although his expression was serious. There was no smile on his face, but for some reason, a schadenfreude could not be concealed in his bones.
The focus of the two of them is currently in the same place.
In the middle of the grass covered with night dew, Princess Liyang was sitting there, her high hair on the temples was scattered over her shoulders, and her clothes were a little wrinkled and messy. A long sword that was as cold as autumn water was held in her hand as white as a wax sculpture, and it was dragged diagonally by her side. There were still some traces of excitement on the tear-stained face, flushing cheeks, breathing slightly, and blue veins looming in the neck from time to time. Xiao Jingrui was sitting beside her, holding her mother's body and resting her head on his shoulders, slowly stroking her vest with one hand, pinching her sleeves with the other, and gently wiping the tears soaked in her. With messy makeup, he muttered comfortingly: "Okay...I'm here...Okay...It will be fine..."
"He... how about them..." Princess Liyang closed her eyes and asked softly.
"Some wounds...but they're still alive..."
The eldest princess bit her dry and cracked lower lip tightly, breathing deeply and rapidly, but still did not open her eyes.
Xia Dong lowered his voice and asked his senior brother, "What's going on?"
Xia Chun replied in the same tone: "When I took your signal and came here, I saw that His Royal Highness Prince Yu was outside the door, and then Hou Yan also arrived. Lord Xie said it was just a small fire, and he kept blocking it. When we went in, we were about to fight, but the eldest princess suddenly came out with a sword, suppressing the conflict between the two sides, and brought us here... What happened tonight? How did it happen? "
"Sigh... It's inconvenient here, go back and tell Brother Chun again." Xia Dong couldn't help but sighed when he thought of these people who had different fates tonight, shook his head and sighed.
At this time, Mei Changsu noticed that Princess Liyang's hand holding the long sword suddenly tightened, lifted it up, and hurriedly called out, "Jing Rui!"
Xiao Jingrui was slightly startled, and immediately held down his mother's hand and said softly, "Mother... this sword, I'll take it for you..."
Princess Liyang shook her head, as if she had finally regained some strength, she straightened her body a little, and slowly raised her eyes: "Don't worry, the only death is through hardships, mother still has a lot of things to do... No Suicide..." As she spoke, she supported Xiao Jingrui to stand up, took a deep breath, raised her head slightly, held the sword in her hand, and asked in a cold voice, "Where's the little girl from the big Chu? "
Yu Wennian didn't expect that she would call him, and after a moment of stunned he realized, "I-I'm here..."
Princess Liyang cast her gaze on her face and stared at her for a long time: "Listen to Mammy, you kowtowed three times for me?"
"Yes… "
"Does he want you to kowtow to me, does he want to take Jing Rui away from me?"
"I..." Yu Wennian was young after all, and murmured, "The younger generation should have..."
"Listen," Princess Liyang interrupted her coldly, "After he escaped, I once said that our love is voluntary, and we have no regrets. Since we can't resist the destiny, why should we blame others. I can bear your kowtow, but Jing Rui is already an adult, he decides where to go, and I won't allow anyone to force him."
Yu Wennian was captured by her momentum for a while, so she could only answer in a low voice: "Yes..." Before she left Chudu this time, her father stayed up all night telling her about the Princess Liyang, the peach horse, the pomegranate skirt, the flying and sassy princess in her memory. , sex is like fire. But after seeing the real person, she always felt that it was very different from what her father described, and it was only now that she vaguely felt some of her former style.
After these remarks, Princess Liyang had obviously completely stabilized her emotions, and her expression became more and more determined. She slowly pushed away her son's support, took a step forward, and said quietly: "Jinghuan, you come over."
King Yu was stunned. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he had no choice but to follow his words. He just gave a salute and called out "Auntie" when a cold light flashed in front of him, and the sharp sword tip pointed straight to his chest.
"Princess Eldest..." Xia Chun was startled and was about to step forward to block, when Princess Liyang said, "Jing Huan, you are here today to take away the Zhuo family, right?"
Facing the sword in front of him, King Yu was still calm, nodded and said, "Although Xie Yu is a royal relative, but the law of the country is supreme, and he is not allowed to be so evil, the Zhuo family..."
"There's no need to say this kind of nonsense, I'm naturally clear about your reasons." Princess Liyang said coldly, "I want you to promise me two things now. If you agree, the emperor and the empress dowager, At the Queen's place, I don't even need to talk to save you a lot of trouble in the future."
Yu Wang weighed it, bowed and said, "Auntie, please instruct."
"First, never get involved."
King Yu thought about it, except for Xie Yu, the Xie family all have royal blood, and none of them have real jobs in the court. Everything else doesn't matter, he immediately nodded and said simply: "Okay."
"Second, treat the Zhuo family well."
She mentioned this very strangely, except for a few people who were expressionless, most of them were a little confused.
King Yu glanced at Zhuo Dingfeng's expression with the end of his eyes, afraid that he would be suspicious, and quickly confessed: "Zhuo's family is a witness, the first report is successful, I will definitely treat it with courtesy. Oh, some forgiveness, it's up to me. Responsible for going to your Majesty to ask for it."
"I don't mean now. I mean forever. Are you willing to swear in the name of the royal family that no matter whether the Zhuo family is still useful to you in the future, you must not do anything unfavorable to them?"
King Yu was about to harass Zhuo Dingfeng in an attempt to bring down Xie Yu, and hurriedly said: "This king respects Zhuo Zhuang's righteousness, not just to take advantage of him. If my aunt can't trust me, why not make an oath? The king takes the blood of the royal family as an oath, and if there is any trouble with the Zhuo family in the future, people and gods will abandon them."
The sword in Princess Liyang's hand slowly fell, and then she slowly turned around, forcing herself to raise her eyes to face the Zhuo family, tears welling up in her eyes, she managed to hold back, and said in a low voice, "I am a selfish person, for my children, I have been hiding from you all these years, and I have nothing to defend myself. But the little girl Qi'er is innocent. She has belonged to Zhuomen. Even if the two of you have nothing to remember about my husband and wife, please treat her kindly for the sake of the child. ."
The Zhuo family was silent for a moment, and finally Mrs. Zhuo came forward and replied: "The Zhuo family is from all corners of the country, and they only know that their grievances are clear, and they do not involve the younger generation. Qi'er is the daughter-in-law of my Zhuo family. If you get the treatment, you don't need to ask the princess to intercede."
Princess Liyang bowed her head and bowed her head. Tears fell into the grass, she wiped her sleeves up, looked around again, and said, "I have something to tell Xie Yu, would you like to wait a bit?"
There was silence all around, as if acquiesced. Princess Liyang patted Xiao Jingrui's hand, left him where he was, and walked slowly to Xie Yu's side, motioning him to follow her. The two turned to the other side of the rockery together. After avoiding everyone's eyes, Princess Liyang looked directly into her husband's eyes and asked in a low voice, "Xie Yu, do you hate me?"
Xie Yu looked back at his wife, seemed to think about it seriously, and said, "If you don't come tonight, they will rush in sooner or later. Besides, I really want to kill everyone, so it's no wonder you can't trust me."
"I didn't mean this..."
"If it's back then, I think..."
"I don't mean back then. Even if I'm sorry about Jing Rui, but before that, are you worthy of me?"
A tiny light flashed in Xie Yu's eyes, but he didn't speak.
"You really never knew what I was thinking..." Princess Liyang sighed and shook her head and smiled bitterly, "What I mean by asking is... One day husband and wife are a hundred days of kindness, and husband and wife should support each other, but Tonight, I protected my three children, Zhuo's family, and indirectly the person you intended to silence, but you were the only one who didn't protect you. And you... But you are the one I should protect the most... Don't you hate it? ?"
Xie Yu immediately shook his head, "If you mean this, I don't hate it."
"why?"
"Because you can't protect it."
Princess Liyang nodded and said slowly: "As expected. I saw that you were so aggressive, that you would kill people by taking a risk, so I guessed that what you committed was definitely not mine. What the eldest princess can save. Can I ask, what will happen if you are found guilty?"
"People die and their names are gone. Xie's hereditary title is probably gone."
Princess Liyang stared at him and sighed softly: "If the matter reaches this stage, the father-in-law and the mother-in-law know well, and the ancestors of the Xie clan know, what will they think..."
Xie Yu sneered: "Winning kings and defeating pirates has been known since ancient times, how could the ancestors not know it?"
"Don't you ever think about trying your best to keep Xie's lintel from being dusted?"
This time Xie Yu quickly understood what she meant, her heart twisted, and she clenched her teeth secretly.
"The merits of the Xie family's family and their clear names in the past dynasties, how can they be destroyed in one go?" Princess Liyang's eyes were stern, and she handed the long sword in her hand to her husband, "This is the only thing I can do for you and the Xie family. Now that you have failed tonight and you have no life left, you might as well just die so as not to lose the arrogance of Xie's son."
Xie Yu looked blank and murmured, "As long as I die, will everything be peaceful?"
"At least, I won't let it turn over to the lake. King Yu is just a political enemy, not an enemy. He just wants you to fall, not the whole family of Xie's family. I will ask the emperor to see him and ask him to allow me to become a monk. , and take the children to leave the capital and return to the fiefs to live in seclusion. In this way, King Yu will not waste his time on us." Princess Liyang's expression was gloomy, her eyes were desolate and blurred, "I can't protect your life, but at least I can. Protect your reputation. If you think you are lonely under the spring, then when I settle the children, I will come to accompany you, okay?"
She tilted her face slightly, and under the moonlight, you could see the tears from the corners of her eyes, seeping down her sideburns with star spots, and dripping all the way to her ears. Xie Yu suddenly stretched out his arm and pulled her into his arms and hugged her tightly, kissed her ear, and whispered, "Liyang, no matter what you think, I really like you..."
Princess Liyang closed her eyes tightly, but couldn't stop the tears. For more than 20 years, she had never once responded to her husband's tenderness, but at this moment, she had wrapped her hands around his waist.
Unfortunately, after a brief hug, Xie Yu slowly pushed her away, as well as the long sword in her hand.
"Xie Yu..."
"I'm sorry, Liyang," Xie Yu's face was hidden in the shadows, and he couldn't see clearly, "I don't want to die now, I haven't reached the point where the mountains and rivers are exhausted... Let the wind and waves that should be on the lake turn up. Well, if we don't fight until the last moment, who knows what the outcome will be? The big deal is that we lose cleanly, and what if we lose the Xie family lintel? When someone dies, there really is nothing left... Even if I were to die, at the very least, I also want to let myself die willingly!"