Zhao Song frowned, and only heard Chu Qiao continue to say in a low voice: "What is the law of heaven and law? Could it be that your Zhao family is the only one, and your words are like a mountain, and no one can resist? A battle in the imperial capital is not a war. There is no right or wrong, only victory or defeat! When your father deceived his friends, massacred Yan Bei, and killed all of Yan Xun’s relatives, how do you calculate this hatred? In the past eight years, the assassinations and murders you witnessed with your own eyes How much? Do you still dare to say that Zhao Zhengde has taken good care of Yan Xun, and his kindness is like a sea? The so-called marrying a daughter and getting married is just a deception. In your hand, what you can see today is only two green tombs and two loess. Zhao Song, you have been deceiving yourself and others, thinking that you can't see the tyranny of Daxia with your eyes closed, and you can't hear it by plugging your ears. The wailing of all the people in the world, but don't think about it, it's just a small rebellion in the imperial capital, why did the huge Great Xia Dynasty fall apart? I don't deny that I have indeed failed your trust, I am sorry for your many years of care, but say From betraying the empire and launching this war, I have no guilt, let alone regret. We have been at odds from the beginning, and there is no possibility of reconciliation. Even if everything is repeated, I will still make the same choice as now. "
The sonorous words drifted in the cold wind. Zhao Song sneered, shook his head and sighed, "Ah Chu, I really misread you."
"You don't, you just don't know all of me." Chu Qiao said in a deep voice, "Zhao Song, living in this era is the sorrow of you and me. The kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by the spring. Eight years ago, Yan Xun once Give me a helping hand when I am in a desperate situation. When I decided to follow him into the Shengjin Palace, your fate and mine are destined to be opposite. You are the prince of Daxia, but I am determined to overthrow the Xia Dynasty. Sooner or later between you and me It will break the battlefield. Everyone in the Great Xia Dynasty knows that the Emperor Xia will not let Yan Xun go, but you are the only one who lives in chaos as if nothing will happen. In the past eight years, I have hinted more than once to alienate you, However, you have always refused to recognize the reality, and naively thought that your father would let this Yanbei slip through the net. Zhao Song, I never thought of cheating you, let alone betrayal, but I did hurt you. For you, I will keep in my heart your care and kindness for many years, and if I have a chance in the future, I will definitely repay you."
"It seems that everything is my own fault, too naive." Zhao Song smiled sadly and turned around resolutely, "I will not let you have the ability to repay me, Ah Chu, you can go, I hope I will never see you again in this lifetime."
"Zhao Song!" Chu Qiao shouted suddenly. Zhao Song paused when he heard the sound of the horse's hooves, but he didn't look back.
Chu Qiao thought for a long time, took a deep breath, and then asked in a deep voice, "How is Yan Xun?"
Zhao Song's back stiffened immediately, and the cold wind blew in, making his eyes even colder.
"It's not that he was driven to a desperate situation, he will never hurt you! He will never allow those people to escort you if he is not seriously injured to the point of being unable to govern! You hurt him, fatally, very seriously, right?"
Although it was a questioning sentence, there was no questioning tone. Chu Qiao said this sentence with certainty. It was a conclusion, not a hypothesis.
"Yes!" Zhao Song turned his back to Chu Qiao, and said in a sinister tone, "He won't live long, but you still have time to go back and see him die."
Suddenly there was no sound behind him, only a deep panting sound, short and depressing, and after a long time, a hoarse voice came from behind, "Thank you for telling me."
After all, there was a clear sound of horseshoes behind him, and before he could even say goodbye, or there was no need to say goodbye at all, the woman on the horse turned her horse's head anxiously, and galloped rapidly towards the northwest!
The people behind him had already left, but Zhao Song still stood there blankly, and the horse scratched its hooves restlessly on the ground. The cold wind blew, and the man's sleeves fluttered in the air, looking full of sadness and bitterness.
Ah Chu, your every word is pearly, every sentence of truth, how can I be so simple that I don't even understand these? For eight years, this worry has been lingering in my heart, but I am still unwilling to let go of the opportunity to grab you. I don't know, but I don't want to admit it. I always thought that as long as I work harder, I can keep you. I have deceived myself so painstakingly for so many years that even I have believed the lies I spun. The empire will fall, the building will fall, I will never leave Yan Xun's betrayal of Daxia, but what is really sad is that you finally gave up on me!
Although, all of this, I have already guessed.
Meeting each other on a narrow road, killing people for rescue, escorting thousands of miles away, you don't ask a few words, but you know everything and guess everything, just because of the firm belief and unshakable trust in your heart! Ah Chu, I used to think that in your heart, I should have the same weight as him, even if it was worse, it would not be much different, but until now, I didn't know how wrong I was.
Zhao Song raised his head and smiled wryly, slowly closing his eyes, after half a lifetime of ups and downs, it was still a dream in the end.
There was a sudden loud sound of horseshoes, Zhao Song suddenly raised his head, and saw Zhao Chun'er and Zhao Che coming hand in hand, followed by a large number of Daxia officers and soldiers, more than 300 people.
"Where's Chu Qiao?" Zhao Chun'er galloped to the front, her brows and eyes were sharp, and she had long lost her former delicacy and weakness, like a sharp dagger. She ruthlessly reined in her horse and asked loudly, "Brother Thirteen, where is she?"
"gone."
"Going away? How can you let her go?" Princess Daxia raised her eyebrows and asked sharply, "Where did you go?"
Seeing Zhao Song's silence, Zhao Chun'er was furious and shouted loudly: "Brother Thirteen! You have already forgotten how we were harmed by them, haven't you?"
"Brother Thirteen, which way did she go?"
Zhao Che was wearing a black battle armor. He glanced at Zhao Song's severed arm and didn't ask any further questions. He had obviously learned everything from Zhao Chun'er.
In an instant, the past eight years whizzed past in my mind, like a huge tornado storm. He still remembered that day, the girl was wearing a cotton skirt dyed with white begonias, small white camel hair boots, and two emerald pearl flowers on her head, she said to herself with a smile, "My name is Zixu, and I live in Wuyou Courtyard." , is Aunt Dou's little maid, and her daily job is to make some clay figurines for young masters and ladies to play with, you have to remember that!"
Zhao Chun'er raised her eyebrows and snapped, "Zhao Song! Are you still a son of the Zhao family?"
"Over there." Zhao Song raised his finger and pointed in the direction where Chu Qiao was leaving. As soon as he finished speaking, the three hundred men and horses galloped away, leaving only a cloud of flying dust in an instant.
Ah Chu, between you and me, it is still a fictitious battle, with different positions, and there is no possibility of standing side by side from the very beginning. You are willing to take great risks to send me home, but I cannot let you go. There is nothing in the world, nothing in the world, a joke that day, is fulfilled today like a prophecy.
The lone wind whirled like a whirlwind, and the world was bleak. Zhao Song rode his horse forward and headed slowly towards the ancient city of Zhenhuang. His back was lonely and slanted.
"Your Highness Seventh, there is none ahead."
The scout galloped back. Zhao Che's face was gloomy, and before he could speak, Zhao Chun'er said first: "Her horse is fast, immediately send ten squadrons to pursue her, no matter how powerful she is, a woman riding alone always needs food and water, and sooner or later we will overtake her. In addition, Feige sent a letter immediately, notifying the prefectures and counties along the way, saying that Yanbei Chuqiao, who had killed a large number of their coalition forces before, had come. It's not just me, there will be many people who are willing to act on our behalf. Under the net of heaven and earth, I want to see how she returns to Yanbei by herself?"
Zhao Che raised his eyebrows slightly, turned his head to look at his little sister, frowned and said, "Chun'er, did you encounter anything on the road?"
Zhao Chun'er was taken aback for a moment, raised her head nervously, and asked, "Why do you ask Brother Seven?"
"You've changed a lot."
Zhao Chun'er's eyes were dark, and those dirty images echoed in her mind again. The girl sneered and said, "Seventh brother, I haven't changed, I just grew up."
"Drive!" Zhao Chun'er shouted sharply, and galloped forward. Zhao Che and many soldiers hurriedly followed her and stood behind her.
A long time later, in a patch of grass outside the official road, a petite figure suddenly stood up. Looking at the direction where Zhao Chun'er disappeared, a lot of bitterness suddenly spread in her heart.
Sure enough, as she expected, Zhao Song betrayed her. She intentionally chose a roundabout way back to Yanbei, if Zhao Song didn't say anything, Zhao Che and others would definitely pursue another way.
As for Zhao Chun'er, she was quiet and silent all the way, never showing hostility, and even intentionally led her to Zhenhuang, in order to let her escort him back to the imperial capital safely, and then kill her quickly.
This big summer princess has long been determined to kill her!
Chu Qiao stood on the empty wasteland, the eagle screamed in the sky, its wings were white, like a white eagle in the Tianshan Mountains.
She flexed her fingers and blew a loud whistle. In the distance, a pitch-black war horse galloped quickly, and quickly ran to Chu Qiao's side, happily circling around her.
Chu Qiao turned over and jumped onto the horse, and said with a calm smile, "Brother, we are going to take a long detour, the road ahead is blocked."
From Zhenhuang to Yanbei, it is a flat plain. In order to prevent the southwestern town government from escaping, the garrison of several large counties and fiefdoms in the middle of the road ordered people to cut down the weeds and trees, and provided shelter. All the dense forests were cut down, and every river, ferry, and post road was guarded by special personnel. They thought that Chu Qiao only dared to abscond secretly, but they didn't expect that she led the southwestern town government envoys to kill them. Several battles in a row caused them to lose their troops and wasted their previous arrangements.
But now, these previous arrangements can play a huge role. Right now, these officials who have suffered a lot from their own hands know that they are alone and want to go through the siege of thousands of miles and return to Yanbei. How can they not keep their eyes open and wait for her to fall into the trap? At this time, whoever can catch her will obviously hinder the new king of Yanbei, and it will be a big blow to the new Yanbei regime. After all, Chu Qiao led four thousand men and horses in a thousand-mile battle without a single defeat, which was enough to make these aristocratic families fearful.
If you still return according to the same route now, it is tantamount to suicidal, and there is no hope of escape.
The only way out right now is to take the southeast route, enter the Biantang border, take the Qingtong Mountain trail to the south, turn into the Wuxun River in southern Xinjiang, go up the river, and finally return to Yanbei!
The horse rubbed its neck against her leg vigorously, Chu Qiao reined in the horse, let out a soft shout, and rode the horse towards the east.
(end of this volume)
Volume 4 Bian Tang Wind and Rain