In the Peach Blossom Hall, the setting sun shone down on a hall with golden light, and the Queen Mother Jiang sat quietly in the shadows.
"You're back." Queen Mother Jiang heard footsteps.
"Yes, mother." Juicong put on the royal clothes and walked into the hall, "The son is back, the last wish left by the ancestors, the son has fulfilled, and now it is only the first step."
"I'm not feeling well today," the Queen Mother Jiang said lightly. "I didn't go to greet you. I heard the cheers of the army and the people in the city for you, even in the deep palace."
Juicong came to Empress Jiang and bowed to her mother.
He saw the unsheathed sword on Empress Dowager Jiang's lap, but it was not Tianyue.
"How are you kids?" Queen Mother Jiang asked again.
Juicong didn't answer, just stared at the sword in his mother's hand, judging whether the Empress Dowager Jiang suddenly pulled out the sword at this distance, so that he could die under the sword.
"Juiciao died in battle." Juicong said lightly, "Jiang Heng escaped, and now I don't know which country he went to, and he is looking for his whereabouts."
"'Escaped'?" Queen Mother Jiang said coldly.
"Yes." Juicong replied, "Jiang Heng was turned against by Ying Guo's policy, betrayed his brother, and even Juicong fell into the hands of the enemy and died heroically."
The mother and son were silent for a long time, and the Queen Mother Jiang said nothing, just like the day when Juicong came and told her that Juicang was dying.
"Your brother made a big plan for the Central Plains before his death," Empress Dowager Jiang said indifferently, "in the end, it was Geng Yuan's son who completed the first step for you, and it can be regarded as a person who has solved the bell."
Juicong didn't answer, and the Queen Mother Jiang said: "Taki'er is a good boy, it's a pity, I thought he could get along well with them, have you seen him?"
Juicong replied: "People always die, either this way, or that way. He can't accept it now, and he can always see it away slowly."
Empress Dowager Jiang said lightly: "It's true, we will die sooner or later. What can we do if we don't look away? Come here and help me up."
Juicong didn't step forward and stared at Empress Dowager Jiang's stern face. She had been such a face since they were young. She was stern to him and even more stern to Juicang. Only in the presence of their father is gentle.
Of the two children, the mother loves his elder brother Ju Lang more, and Ju Cong has always been very clear. After she gave birth to Ju Lang, she wanted a daughter, but the sky was not as expected, Ju Cong became the middle of the three siblings, and the most unloved one. Even Juaya is more pleasing to her mother than he is.
"Since the mother is not in good health," Juicong said, "just rest, don't force it."
" is active." The Queen Mother Jiang put the sword aside and said lightly, "Cong'er, what are you thinking? Come here, you haven't talked to your mother about your heart for a long time."
Unconsciously, Juicong's back was soaked with sweat.
At this moment, Empress Dowager Jiang's hands were empty, and Juicong couldn't dodge any more.
"Wei Zhuo is also dead?" Empress Dowager Jiang said lightly.
"Yes." Juicong replied and came to the steps. Empress Dowager Jiang raised her hand, Juicong had one hand behind her, and was on guard, but Empress Dowager Jiang put her hand on the back of Juicong's hand and got up.
"How did you die?" Empress Dowager Jiang asked without touching her son.
Juicong said: "When fighting with the Ying army... I was killed by an arrow."
He believed that Empress Dowager Jiang did not know the details of the battle in Anyang. At least for now, many of the filth in it have not reached her ears, and it is all guesswork. Since it was a guess, for a moment, she couldn't kill herself.
"That's a good and rich burial." Empress Dowager Jiang said to Juicong.
Ju Cong helped her mother and came outside the Peach Blossom Hall, watching the flowers blooming in the courtyard.
"Yes." Juicong calmed down and replied, "The Queen of Heaven, my son will personally support the spirits of Juiciao and Wei Zhuo, and hold a beautiful funeral."
"It's time to relocate to the south," the Queen Mother Jiang said again, "the Ju family has waited for many years, and finally came one day, seeing that Taki'er and his guests are already preparing for the relocation to the south. "
Before waiting for Juicong's answer, Empress Dowager Jiang said softly again: "Empress Mother is not going, you all go."
"Mother..." Juicong stopped talking.
Mrs. Jiang was facing the sunset behind her, with a peaceful face, as if she had returned to the time when she was still a girl many years ago.
"On the day I marry your father," said the Queen Mother, "Luoyan is the mother's home, and when the peach blossoms are there, he is there. It is my wish to spend the last time in Luoyan. Go, Your Majesty, It's a pity for those two children."
Juicong let go of Empress Dowager Jiang's hand, and as if granted amnesty, he stepped back half a step, bowed and replied, "Yes." Then he didn't say any more, and hurried away.
Empress Dowager Jiang stood like a sculpture in the sunset and sunset. After a long time, Jie Gui turned out from behind the tree, holding the unsheathed Tianyue Sword.
"I can't do it." Empress Dowager Jiang said solemnly.
Jie Gui said: "He is very smart and knows that there are assassins hiding behind the tree."
Empress Dowager Jiang sighed, Jie Guifei did not blame Empress Dowager Jiang, but said, "It's human nature."
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"Leave it to Wen'er," Empress Dowager Jiang sighed, "if he is still willing to come back. Go and see Juicy."
Jie Gui nodded, took a half step back, and then turned to the East Palace.
"Where do you want to go?" Jie Gui's tone was rarely gentle in front of Prince Taki.
Prince Taki was carrying a burden and facing the guards outside, standing in front of Jie Gui, as if he had glimpsed hope.
Jie Gui walked by, took away Prince Taki's bag, and threw it on the couch, saying, "They are still alive, I can only tell you something."
When Prince Taki heard this, he suddenly lost all his strength.
"You should have said it earlier." Prince Taki said.
Prince Taki faced Jie Gui, and he always felt that he couldn't understand his mind. Since he was a child, he was a little afraid of Jie Gui. After all, a person with completely ruined appearance was too scary for a child.
"Why?" Prince Taki said, "Where did they go? What happened in Anyang City?"
"I can only tell you something." Jie Gui reiterated.
Prince Taki knew that he couldn't ask more questions, and it was enough for him to get the news that Geng Shu and Jiang Heng were still alive.
"Will they come back?" Prince Taki asked again.
"I can only tell you something." Jie Gui reiterated for the first time.
Prince Taki had to go back to the couch and sit down.
"Actually it's strange," Jie Gui said, "why have you always been so obedient since you were a child?"
Prince Taki looked to Jie Gui, many people have said it, or they don't know what to say, but they are thinking about it in their hearts. If Jiegui said something before, Prince Taki would definitely feel that he was provoking his relationship with his father, and his mouth would be slightly off.
Now, it's different.
Jiang Heng changed him a lot, and he was more acutely aware that the relationship between his family members seemed to be overshadowed. Father and grandmother, father and aunt, grandmother and Jiang Heng, Geng Shu and father...
Jie Gui made a strange expression and said to Crown Prince Taki, "Have you ever had a moment in your life when you thought about rebelling against your father?"
Prince Taki didn't answer, just sat quietly.
"Ah," Jie Gui said, "I think about it, you did resist. That day kill Luoyan, it is your resistance. In fact, you are resisting all the time, just in your own way."
"Jie Gui, what are you trying to say?" Prince Taki's tone suddenly took on a little dignity.
"You three brothers," Jie Gui said, "one is like a sword, the other is like a book, and the other is like a shield. The basics are all the same."
Jie Gui turned around, and when he left the dormitory, he turned his head slightly and said, "Sometimes I feel that there is a mirror between you and Jiang Heng."
Prince Taki watched Kie Kei's figure.
"Just do what you need to do," Jie Gui closed the door for him, bowed again, and said politely, "If you have a predestined relationship, you will always meet."
After the day, Prince Yong, Juiciao, and Wei Zhuo were buried at sunrise, and the scene was huge. Prince Taki was silent, and personally helped Jumiao's spirit, while Juicong escorted Wei Zhuo's coffin and patrolled the Yongdu Luoyan. Jumiao's clothes were sent to the ancestral temple for burial, and Wei Zhuo was buried in the Dayong Martyr's Temple.
The move to move the capital was put on the agenda. Ju Cong personally selected the site, and the territory of Yong State was remade. It stretched to the far mountains in the north and Songxian County in the south. The hinterland is like a sword, and the tip of the blade is Song County.
When the Yong Kingdom left the border, the world panicked, and the Liang Kingdom destroyed the country. At this moment, Juicong announced to the world that on the fifteenth day of October, on the day of the Xia Yuan Festival, the "Five Nations League" will be held in Luoyang, and everything will be business as usual.
In the midsummer season, Jiang Heng followed Geng Shu, turned around the mountains, and faintly heard the sound of waves.
"Come up." Geng Shu led the two horses, Jiang Heng couldn't hold back, exclaimed, crossed Geng Shu, rushed across the mountain, stood on the mountainside, and shouted wildly.
"It's the sea!" Jiang Heng shouted, "It's the sea!"
For the first time in his life, he finally saw the sea with his own eyes. The sea is so vast and endless, the seagulls are chirping, and the summer sun shines on the sea with golden light. Fishing boats rowed by in the shallow sea, and the sand on the beach was as fine and white as salt.
Jiang Heng couldn't believe it, he turned back to Geng Shu, and Geng Shu signaled to go, and always paid attention to the movements around him.
Jiang Heng ran to the beach and almost tripped over the front of his robe. He immediately removed his robe, took off his boots, and stood in the sea, staring blankly at the scene in front of him.
"Look!" Jiang Heng picked up the shell and let Geng Shu see it.
Geng Shu tied the horse to the beach and said, "I'll find someone to sleep with later. You can watch as long as you want."
Still remember that year, when Chao Geng Shu said "I want to see the sea", seven-year-old Jiang Heng thought that he would never walk out of the high walls of Jiang's house in his life. In fact, how many people in the world have never had the opportunity to leave their hometown from birth to death
What he said, Geng Shu will always remember it, and he has never forgotten it for twelve years.
Now they have finally come to the seaside, under the blue waves and clear sky, on the other side of the sea, is there an immortal mountain shrouded in clouds and mist? Luo Xuan, Songhua and Mr. Ghost must have started a new life at the end of the sea
Geng Shu once inspected the territory of Yong Kingdom, and in the far east he had seen the long, narrow and broken coast, where the reefs were rugged and the water was pitch-black, lonely and desolate. When I saw the end of Yuedi and the midsummer capital of the land of fish and rice, I also thought it was very beautiful.
And Jiang Heng, who was wearing a clean white shirt and wading on the beach, seemed to have merged with the blue sky and the sea and the sky.
Geng Shu laughed, it was the first time he laughed in a month.
He sat down not far from Jiang Heng, put the black sword across his knees, and kept an eye on the movements around him, even if there weren't too many people inside.
The moment Jiang Heng saw the sea, he almost forgot all his troubles, and soon he was soaked. He looked back at Geng Shu from time to time to confirm that Geng Shu was on the beach. Jiang Heng laughed.
The sea in the north is different from what I have seen. Geng Shu thought to himself.