In the night, thousands of houses in the capital of Western Chu were lit up. Some people are happy and some are sad.
The gates of the locked palace city were opened one after another, and an unruly and unethical carriage drove in slowly, and a haggard old man without an official robe stepped down. Stepping forward to help, the old man waved and raised his hand.
The old man became the eunuch with the handprint of the first eunuch of the Great Chu, and the latter felt uneasy. He didn't know why the old grand master insisted on visiting the palace overnight to meet His Majesty, let alone why His Majesty wanted to meet this man in the Tai Chi Hall. Zhongshuling.
The gate of the Tai Chi Hall was opened, and Sun Xiji struggled to walk up the steps step by step. The lights in the hall were flickering, and the old man could vaguely see the figure of His Majesty the Emperor.
The palm print eunuch felt a solemn atmosphere about to come, because His Majesty the Emperor of Great Chu neither sat on the dragon chair to wait for the old man, nor walked out of the hall to meet the Dinghai Shenzhen of the Great Chu Dynasty.
She stood behind the threshold of the main hall, wearing a dragon robe.
With her hands behind her back, she turned out to be a haughty gesture of rejecting others thousands of miles away.
Sun Xiji stopped a dozen steps away from the entrance of the main hall and stared at her, the old man's vicissitudes of face became more and more bitter. Not only because of a sinister assassination in Zhongshu Ling's mansion today, but more because of the first time the woman in front of him showed such straightforward resistance, which made the old man feel both discouraged and guilty.
Sun Xiji said slowly after the palm print eunuch bent down and retreated away from the main hall: "Your Majesty, the Song family is so guilty of the great Chu, and so worthy of the scholars of the Great Chu, the old minister Sun Xiji's eyes are dim, and he cannot absolve himself of the blame..."
The woman with her back to the lights in the hall, her face was dark and unclear, interrupted Sun Xiji's words, "When you meet the king of a country, as a subject, shouldn't you kneel down?!"
Even the old man who was treated with courtesy by the first emperor of Liyang did not become angry at all, but felt a little relieved in his heart. I saw Sun Xiji patted his sleeves with both hands, and knelt down without hesitation, "Minister Sun Xiji, Great Chu Zhongshu Shengzhong Shuling, kowtow His Majesty!"
She sneered and said, "Master Zhongshuling entered the palace tonight without wearing an official uniform. I think you are old, so I don't blame you. If you have something to say, I will listen to you!"
Sun Xiji lowered his head all the time, and said in a deep voice with all his strength: "Your Majesty, the Song family cannot be trusted, many civil officials in the center of the court cannot be trusted, even the veteran Sun Xiji, but I implore your majesty to trust the 200,000 soldiers on the front line, please Your Majesty, don't take your anger out on all the heroes who died for Great Chu, don't..."
Great Chu Empress Jiang Si unceremoniously interrupted the old man's words for the second time, "Excuse me? Don't you forget that I am standing in front of you right now, ten steps away from you! Think you can survive the sunset?"
She raised her voice, "The Song family is blind, but I can tell you Sun Xiji, even if there is no Cao Changqing in the capital, and there is no royal army loyal to me, I can still kill all the traitors who dare to betray the great Chu Jiang family!"
Sun Xiji's palms were pressed against the cold ground, and the coldness of his hands made his heart even colder.
After a moment of silence, the old man only listened to the endless sorrow in her words, "I have one hundred thousand swords, which were originally used to kill Liyang's army, not to kill the subjects of Great Chu, let alone..."
Afterwards, the muffled whispers, the old man couldn't hear clearly at all.
Sun Xiji knelt there, speechless.
The gate was closed suddenly, and through the gate, Empress Da Chu sneered: "You go, please rest assured, Sun Xiji, please rest assured, Da Chu, since I am the daughter of the late emperor, I will die in the palace like the late emperor!"
The old man stood up with difficulty and looked at the door.
Master Zhongshu Ling who was rejected from the door turned around and left, walked down the steps along the Danbi carved with golden dragon and auspicious clouds, and the eunuch with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes stood there quietly waiting for a long time like a night owl.
This old man, who was able to become the center of the Great Chu in his weak crown, realized at this time that he had taken the initiative to talk to eunuchs very few times over the years. The old man laughed at himself. Fatally left the palace.
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In a dimly lit place, in a small quiet courtyard, she was sitting alone on the threshold wearing a dragon robe, a pair of brocade boots were placed neatly by her feet, and the knife lay across her knees. She lowered her head and took out a A copper coin that has been treasured for many years is placed from one end of the scabbard to the other.
She is regarded as sitting on the big Chu Jiangshan, but she has always only felt that the real belongings belong to her, which are actually these copper coins.
The two seniors she trusted the most in her life, the old man in sheepskin fur and Uncle Qi Daizhao, both regarded her as a once-in-a-century swordsman genius, but on the last and only time she traveled with him on the way, she She is always reluctant to follow Li Chungang to practice swords. Sixty years ago, how many masters of the rivers and lakes longed for advice from Li Jianshen in a few words. She felt that she didn't know why. Maybe it was because she had seen that person's sword practice, and felt that it was too hard and terrible. So she didn't dare to practice swords, she only knew that she was so timid, she had been so timid for so many years, and was bullied for so many years, why should she still practice swords and fight and kill when she can easily study and make money? In fact, she didn't dare to admit one thing at that time, that is, if one day, she practiced sword and became a land god, would she really want to stab him to death
No matter how rebellious the old bastard Song Wenfeng, who is tearing up the face of a gentleman today, has a sentence in it, after all, expresses the aspirations of many elders of the Great Chu, that is, even if Beiliang is the place where she lives for Jiang Ni, it will never be hers Peace of mind.
The Xu family and the Jiang family were not bumps between ordinary elders in ordinary neighbors, but the Xu family's iron cavalry broke through the mountains and rivers of Da Chu, it was Xu Xiao who personally forced the first emperor and queen of Chu to death, and it was Xu Fengnian's father who personally killed them They became the parents of Jiang Si, the new emperor of Great Chu.
However, if this is the case, she, who has long had a vague memory of Dachu, and who is used to hiding when encountering things, may not be able to leave the capital.
Beiliang, sandwiched between Liyang and Beimang, is already so difficult, so the guy who took over the burden from his father, he not only has to face Beimang's million-dollar army, but also the wary Central Plains and the imperial court behind him, If he takes her away today? The emperor who took Da Chu away, how should he face the people of the world next
How would the world scold him
In the first battle, more than 100,000 Beiliang cavalry had died. Could it be that just because she was such a vixen who brought disaster to the country and the people, many more Beiliang cavalry would have died in the battle of Liangmang? Could he really not feel guilty about it
She is a coward who is very afraid of taking responsibility. She used to be a maid who would secretly scold others while washing clothes. Even if she could be heartless and ignore it and stay behind you and pretend to be at ease, you, Xu Fengnian's place of peace, will No.
She knew that in the entire territory of Great Chu, in the past twenty years, many people privately said that the reason why Great Chu perished was caused by her mother who had long forgotten her face. Gathering, the generals are good at fighting, and the people are happy, how could they lose to Liyang, a barbarian in the north who doesn't even know the etiquette of the emperor and his ministers? She didn't want to believe this, but sometimes she was still afraid, afraid that she would become his troublesome beauty.
If it was the her three years ago, the one who didn't understand anything, who only thought that a man and a woman in the world should be together as long as they liked each other, then she would go with him.
But after entering Guangling Road, although she didn't understand the general trend of the world, after thinking about it, she thought about the scene of reunion after a long absence countless times, and finally found that she dared not leave, could not leave.
I don't know how many times she hid in the quilt and cried secretly, I don't know how many times she met her courtiers, her palms were sweaty, and she didn't know how many times she wanted to fly to the northwest pass with Yujian to see him, or take a look from afar Qingliang Mountain, take a look at the small vegetable garden in Wudang Mountain.
She covered her heart, but still felt distressed.
In the dimly lit place, she misses him very much.
He came to her, and she was actually very happy.
She really wanted to tell him that she regretted stabbing you with a sword.
In the years to come, you can hate me.
But don't you dislike me.
She raised her head, her face was full of tears, and sobbed softly: "Even if you don't like it, you can only dislike Jiang Si from Xichu, but you can't dislike Jiang Ni."
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Looking from the top of the city, thousands of lights are on.
There is a young man who is like a lonely ghost with nowhere to go, sitting quietly on the top of the city, with his back facing the outside of the city and facing the inside of the city.
Every once in a while, his body would shake, and some blood would ooze from the sloppily bandaged chest wound.
A tall woman in white hesitated for a long time, and finally came to his side, and said sadly: "Why bother, you are fighting against a country alone."
The young man was silent.
The tall but beautiful woman sighed and said, "Although Xichu's energy is low, it is still not easy to fight against by yourself, especially since you fought Chen Zhibao on the Guangling River earlier, and you were already injured. Since the matter Now that this is the case, why do you stay here to make things worse?"
In her eyes as a master Qi practitioner, she could see the giant pillar of luck standing in the center of the Western Chu capital, continuously splitting out white dragons, rushing straight at him, hitting him.
This is Xichu's real killer move against the land gods. As for the two city guards, they are not worth mentioning.
The young man was still looking at the palace city from a distance, and said calmly: "Tantai is calm, in fact, I know that according to fate, there are actually two people who hate Xu Fengnian's victory for me, except Xie Guanying who raised the dragon in the bowl, and You are the suzerain of the Guanyin sect. It’s just that in the battle of Qin Tianjian, Xie Guanying was beaten into a drowning dog, and Lu Zu, who was not a celestial immortal but an earth celestial being, reappeared. Unfortunately, Hong Xixiang still refused to accept the first order of heaven and man The second call for safety, so I also know that the person in the world who has benefited the most from Xie Guanying's severe injury is actually you. So I am waiting for you to make a move, instead of waiting for you and me to turn against each other in the future, and instead of worrying about you ruining my Beiliang in the future , it would be better if there is a clean conclusion between you and me now."
Tantai Calm had a complex expression on his face.
Xu Fengnian coughed a few times, and said slowly: "Before you decide to make a move, the two of us are considered to be friends, come talk with me?"
Tantai calmly nodded and said: "Okay."
Xu Fengnian, whose feet were hanging outside the wall, smiled and said, "Guess who I envy the most when I have met so many people from the Jianghu?"
Tantai thought for a moment calmly, then asked: "Isn't it Li Chungang?"
Xu Fengnian shook his head and said, "No."
Tantai hesitated calmly for a moment, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "Xuanyuan Jingcheng, Huishan?"
Xu Fengnian suddenly turned his head, a little out of breath, and scolded with a smile: "You are looking for death! Admiration is all admiration, but I don't want to be Xuanyuan Jingcheng!"
Tantai calmly smiled knowingly.
Xu Fengnian looked into the distance again, and the lights in the city were lit up, as if he was looking up at the bright starry sky of Xia Qiu, "I envy Deng Tai'a the most. I don't care about the ebb and flow of the rivers and lakes, and I don't care about the treacherous clouds and waves in the temple. No more grievances, no attachments, no worries, alone, riding a donkey to see the mountains and rivers. I believe that if one day, this Peach Blossom Sword God suddenly falls in love with a certain woman, he and she will be at ease."
Tantai calmly said with emotion: "I really didn't expect it to be Mrs. Deng."
Xu Fengnian folded his hands on his knees, "Yes."
Tantai sat beside him peacefully, actually taller than him, "Why didn't she leave?"
Xu Fengnian thought for a while, "Maybe she's grown up, I'm actually not as sad as you imagined."
Tantai said calmly: "That's still very sad. Giving a sweetheart is like a sword in the heart, it's strange if you don't feel sad."
Xu Fengnian snorted coldly, neither refuted nor admitted.
Tantai calmly squinted his eyes and said softly: "Everyone has their own destiny in this life. Some people are always able to do what they want to do, so they are very lucky. Some people can always do what they like to do, so they are very happy. And some people, they can only do What should be done, even some people, can only do what others think he should do."
Xu Fengnian couldn't help laughing, and the wound was involved again, coughing heavily, Tantai hesitated calmly for a moment, as if she wanted to raise her hand to help him knock on the back a few times, but in fact she didn't even move a finger, the heart is full of heaven. people at war.
Xu Fengnian shook his head slightly, suspicious of being self-indulgent, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to comfort others, will the sun come out from the west tomorrow?"
Tantai Pingping was expressionless, but even if he was not angry, his mood would not be much better.
So not long after she sat down, she got up again.
Xu Fengnian raised his head curiously.
She said unhappily: "I'm hungry, let's have a late-night snack. Only when I'm full will I have the strength to fight."
Tantai calmly swept from the top of the city to the inside of the city.
Xu Fengnian laughed softly behind her: "Silly old man, although the memory left by your master is very fragmented, I can tell you one thing, he cared about you very much, at least when he passed away, he was still worried about you. will be hungry."
Tantai Jingping's face flushed instantly, and he almost fell directly to the ground.
After she left, he continued to look at the palace city.
looking at her.
Want forever.
It seems that a Taoist sage said that it is better to forget each other than to stay in the rivers and lakes.
After sitting for an unknown amount of time, the drowsy Xu Fengnian suddenly stood up and stood on the top of the city between the inner city and the outer city.
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The next day, a man was lying on a beam and dozing off, enjoying himself leisurely and happily.