snowstorm

North cool.king capital.royal palace.

It was just before dawn, and the maids in charge of sweeping and sanitation were doing their own things tremblingly: recently, the frontline wars have been unfavorable, and their king often loses his temper all day and all night. If they are not careful, they will be destroyed, not only It's them, even those concubines and male favourites of the king, they don't dare to say a word when they go to bed recently.

"step, step"

A little maid elbowed the other's arm and said softly, "Did you hear the sound of the horse's hooves?"

"shush"

The palace maid was a little older, she quickly put her finger on her lips, looked around vigilantly when there was no one around, then lowered her voice, and said, "You don't want to die? What if you wake up the king?" There was a pause. Dun lightly tapped the little maid's forehead again, and said: "You heard it wrong, this is the palace, no one would dare to ride a horse in the palace. Hurry up and work." After saying that, he turned around and continued to do his own work up.

The little maid curled her lips and looked in the direction outside the palace: But she really heard it...

At the gate of the palace, the ground trembled "da da". The soldiers guarding the gate looked at me and I looked at you. I don't know what happened. When I finally saw the torches and the sound of horseshoes coming from a distance, I could finally hear them clearly. At that moment, they finally pulled out the knives at their waists, showing vigilance on their faces.

In a blink of an eye, the flaming torches were close in front of them, and under the torches were dark cavalry.

"Who are you?!" A soldier raised a knife and asked loudly.It's just that it's a bit aggressive.

Xie Fu was riding on the horse, but he didn't look at him, he just raised the sharp sword in his hand, pointed at the closed door, and ordered: "Break the door open."

"Yes!" The cavalry moved out of the way, and a row of soldiers came carrying the doorposts. A leading soldier who was in charge of guarding the door was about to lead others to stop him, when he met Xie Fu's dark eyes, and his movements were abrupt. paused.

Xie Fu looked at him, expressionless, and said: "You have to think about whether he is worth your death for him."

"You also have family members to take care of. If you don't want to be the victim of my sword, don't stop me!"

The man was stunned for a moment, he gritted his teeth, but still put away the knife and backed away.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the huge and luxurious door crashed to the ground, splashing dust all over the floor.

Xie Fu looked at the open door, and there was a cold light in his eyes. He raised his arm and aimed the sharp knife in his hand at the door—the shouts and the sound of horseshoes resounded instantly, as if they wanted to pierce the chaotic darkness. Usher in the dawn.

After entering the palace, several generals saluted Xie Fu, and then led troops to control other palace gates.At this time, most people in the palace didn't know that there was a mutiny in the palace, only the maids and eunuchs who were closer to the front door heard the sound and hurriedly made their own plans.

Xie Fu got off the horse, let go of the rein, and the horse ran wildly in one direction. Xie Fu didn't care, let alone those small-scale disturbances. The canopy of the sky, striding towards one direction.

dorm.

The news about the front hall probably hasn't reached the harem yet, and it's still very quiet here.Xie Fu knocked unconscious an eunuch who was about to scream when he saw him with the back of his knife, and the maids wanted to scream, but when they met Xie Fu's eyes, they swallowed their voices.

"If you don't want to die, go quickly." Xie Fu swept past them expressionlessly, his voice calm.

The maids trembled and fled in all directions, but they didn't dare to scream.

Finally clearing up people, Xie Fu stepped into the sleeping hall.The incense that made him sick was still burning in the hall, surrounded by layers of veils, Xie Fu raised the sword in his hand, and cut down those veils neatly all the way, the veils fell all over the ground, and finally there was nothing to block his sight thing.

Finally arrived at the bedside, the bed was still surrounded by layers of veils, and there was a disgusting sound coming from inside.Xie Fu raised his sword expressionlessly, and with a light slash, the veil surrounding the bed fell to the floor.

"what!!!"

Seeing Xie Fu, the naked woman on the bed screamed, and a man with loose hair opened his eyes wide, and hid behind the man in the middle.

Juqu Jinque ruthlessly pushed the man and woman out of his arms, put his hands on his knees, squinted his beast-like eyes, met Xie Fu's dark eyes like night, and spit out two words: "Dan, Qi. "

"I underestimated you." Cherry

Xie Fu remained expressionless, but raised his sword towards him and said, "My name is Xie Fu."

After all, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and the sword pierced through the air and pierced towards Juqu Jinque's heart—if he wanted to die alone, he would naturally stab the sharp blade into his heart .

The man and woman stumbled out of bed long ago, seeing this scene speechless, but trembling with fear on their faces.

But Juqu Jinque rolled a bit, dodging the sword, he rushed towards Xie Fu suddenly, with a flash of coldness in his eyes, he restrained Xie Fu's sword hand, he held Xie Futi The slender wrist holding the sword made a sharp mistake.

"Kacha", "Huangdang"

The sounds of bones breaking and swords falling to the ground were mixed together.

Juqu Jinque violently pulled Xie Fu towards him, and he pinched the other's chin fiercely, with madness brewing in his beast-like eyes: "No, you are Dan Qi, and you will always be Dan Qi. Dan Qi," he turned to him Eye: "Admit your mistake. I will bypass you."

Xie Fu, however, didn't seem to feel any pain, just looked at him with those eyes shrouded in cold light and night, and suddenly, a cold smile appeared on his face.

"Pfft"

It was the sound of sharp blades piercing into flesh and blood. Juqu Jinque opened his eyes wide. He loosened Xie Fu's wrist in a daze, lowered his head, and saw Xie Fu's other hand holding a dagger. Right now, it's being inserted right into his chest.

Juqu Jinque's mouth overflowed with blood, he stumbled and staggered a few steps back, with the dagger still stuck in his heart, he looked at Xie Fu with love and hatred in his eyes: "You really want me to die. hate me so much."

But there was a smile on Xie Fu's face, his eyes were calm, he said: "No, you are dead, I have revenge, I will not hate you anymore." He paused every word: "You are not worthy Let me keep hating on."

After saying that, she turned around and walked outside the hall: Now, there are other things to do.

King Juqu opened his eyes wide, and finally fell to the ground. More blood spilled from his mouth, but his eyes were still looking at the young man's back, venting hatred and paranoia.

Walking to the entrance of the hall, Xie Fu raised his head and glanced at the sky, it was already dawn, and the sun was casting the first rays of light into the world.

"Ah!!!" A sharp cry sounded.

Xie Fuhou felt a pain in his heart, he trembled, turned around and saw the woman just now, her eyes were full of tears, her face was full of panic, she was holding the bloody knife in her hand, Xie Fu's dark eyes, the knife fell to the ground, she swallowed a mouthful of saliva and took a few steps back, tremblingly said: "You, you killed the king... What do you want me to do..." Bei Liang Once the king dies, a concubine like her will have no way out in the future. It's all because of this person...it's all about this person...

"Ah!" The concubine suddenly screamed.

Xie Fu's pupils shrank.

There was the sound of sharp blades piercing into flesh and blood again, the concubine opened her eyes wide, a sword pierced her waist and abdomen, a mouthful of blood overflowed from her mouth, the pupils gradually dilated, her body fell down, and the male pet still had some ruthlessness. Yi Yi's face was revealed, he knelt down suddenly, grabbed the corner of Xie Fu's robe, and said: "Dan Qi, please, please save me, I have avenged you, please help me!"

Even though he was used to seeing people with sinister hearts, Xie Fu still felt that all of this was disgusting at this moment.He kicked the person hard, the person flew out and landed on the ground, Xie Fu conveniently landed and turned around and went out the door.

"tick"

Xie Fu wore a black cloak, the blood was not visible, but a few drops of red were clearly visible on the light-colored floor tiles.

The rising sun had already scattered all over the sky, and the sky was fully illuminated. Although the palace was completely in chaos, fortunately, there were no major accidents due to the soldiers and horses brought by Xie Fu.

Xie Fu walked to a hall, the door was ajar, he pushed lightly, and the door opened, it was winter, but inside the hall was very cold, all the maids and eunuchs had fled, only one ten A one or two-year-old child was hiding behind a table, holding a dagger in his hand, looking at him warily.

The child was thin, his face was a little dirty, and his clothes were also dirty, but he had a pair of stubborn gray-green eyes.Xie Fu looked at him quietly, and said: "You secretly gave me medicine once when you were a child, today, I will repay your kindness." After repaying this kindness, he has no relationship with this country anymore.

This child was born to a dancing girl, with strange eyes, he was not favored by Ju Qu Jin Que on weekdays. After his mother left, he was treated coldly since he was a child, but when he was young, he gave him medicine once.He is a cold-hearted person, and he didn't take this small kindness to heart at first, but since he wants to break it now, he should break it cleanly.

The child's gray-green eyes were a little dazed, and for a moment, he didn't know what to think of, so he put down the dagger in his hand, and his eyes were also relieved of vigilance.He said in a childish and hoarse voice: "I'm just doing a little work, and I don't want to repay you." What's more, it was only that one time.

Xie Fu raised his eyebrows and took a few steps forward. He stretched out his left hand to grab the child's wrist, saying: "This is your problem, not mine." Then he ignored the child's struggle and pulled hard. He took his hand and walked in one direction.

He took the child into the main hall, and above the main hall, several generals were waiting, and several veteran officials were staring at him fiercely—it is not that there are no royal soldiers in the capital, but this man is so quick He occupied the palace, and there were the king and the prince as hostages in the palace, and the soldiers did not dare to act rashly. Now they are blocking the gate of the palace, confronting the soldiers and horses brought by this man.

Seeing the child held by Xie Fu's hands, the veterans and generals expressed some surprise in their eyes, Xie Fu ignored them, just grabbed the child's wrist and walked to the throne step by step.The generals looked at Xie Fu, their eyes full of anticipation—only such a king can save Beiliang from the current crisis.They waited for Xie Fu to sit on that seat, and then they were willing to worship, while those old officials were full of despair—their Beiliang was about to fall into the hands of a great person...

Then, they suddenly opened their eyes wide at the same time, and saw Xie Fu holding the child by the collar and throwing him on the throne, the child was also shocked, just as he was about to struggle to get up, Xie Fu stretched out his left hand, It pressed hard on his shoulder, so he couldn't move any more.

Xie Fu stood beside the throne, put one hand on the child's shoulder, looked down the high platform, and said loudly with a blank expression: "He is your new king!"

"General!" The generals were shocked.

"This is your country, not mine." Xie Fu said, "Your country should naturally be saved by yourself."

"Your king, you must assist yourself."

"The new king has ascended the throne, you are still not bowing down!"

The veterans looked at the child on the throne—that is, after all, the prince of Beiliang, so they suddenly knelt down and bowed: "My lord!"

Those generals were still standing there in a daze, Xie Fu swept towards them, they met Xie Fu's eyes, sighed, and finally knelt down to the child, and said in a loud voice: "Greetings, Your Majesty!"

The child suddenly turned his head to look at Xie Fu, his face was full of shock, Xie Fu gave him a light look and let go, and walked down the high platform step by step, the child suddenly saw the blood on the ground and his bruised right wrist, his pupils widened Shrinking, he stood up abruptly: "You—"

Before he finished speaking, he saw Xie Fu turned around, with a blank expression on his face, and said: "From today on, I, Xie Fu, have nothing to do with this place." After saying that, he walked towards the gate of the palace without looking back.

Walking to the door, a general stopped him with his hand: "You—"Why don't you...

When the question came to his mouth, it still became: "Where are you going?"

Xie Fu said: "Go where I should go." After saying that, he walked away in the sky without looking back.

Those generals looked at his back, and their eyes were a little red: the king is dead now, if that person wants to sit on the throne by himself, they will help each other, but there will be blood, the old officials will not accept, there is still the king outside the palace His personal soldiers will definitely confront them with swords, and bloodshed will be more or less inevitable.But if this prince is helped to the throne, the old officials will obey, and the soldiers outside will also obey. In this way, a war will be avoided...

……

Xie Fu stepped out of the palace gate with big strides, those personal soldiers were all facing each other at another palace gate, this gate was empty at this time, it was strangely desolate.As soon as he looked up, he saw the sun on that day, even the sun in winter was so dazzling that people couldn't look directly at it.

He looked at the sun quietly for a moment, then took out a small bottle from his arms, and poured the contents of the bottle into his mouth—this is a kind of poison, but it can relieve pain. In fact, he hates pain the most—life and death It doesn't matter to him now, before deciding to do this life-threatening matter, he has already thought about it, after this matter, if he lives, he will live, if he dies, it doesn't matter.Now it is not a loss-making deal to exchange this life for these few hours of pain.

He whistled, and after a while, a horse stepped up to him, and he turned on the horse neatly, holding the rein with one hand to control the horse to drive in one direction.

It's the last few hours, and he wants to see someone again.

……

Xu County.

Xu Jun has already been captured, and Lu Jue is mopping up the city and appeasing the people.Xie Qiao idly flipped through a volume in the tent that was set up temporarily—it was still a boring and complete unofficial history in that volume.

After flipping through the thin volume of the book, Xie Qiao threw the book on the desk: This book is really boring.

But obviously, this is a very boring book, he has read it no less than five times.

"Report!" A soldier came in, and he looked at Xie Qiao, hesitant to speak on his face, with shock in his eyes.

Xie Qiao's heart trembled, thinking that something happened to Lu Jue, he quickly said, "What's the matter?"

The soldier seemed to look carefully at Xie Qiao's face, and finally said: "Little prince, someone is looking for you outside, he, he..."

Xie Qiao frowned slightly, and said, "What is he?"

The soldier was overwhelmed, and finally said: "He has the same face as you!"

Xie Qiao stood up abruptly, and he looked towards the tent door. After a while, he ordered in a hoarse voice, "Take him in."

"Yes."

……

Xie Fu lifted the curtain and came in, and met Xie Qiao's eyes full of emotion.

He looked at Xie Qiao, seemingly unintentionally, and said, "How's your injury?"

Xie Qiao was taken aback for a moment, then said, "There is no serious problem."

Xie Fu nodded, he looked at Xie Qiao calmly for a while, then suddenly said: "Xie Qiao, I'm not a good person."

Xie Qiao's pupils shrank, and when he was about to say something, Xie Fu interrupted him, saying: "I once thought about taking advantage of Beiliang's soldiers and horses to conquer Dasheng, become the emperor of Dasheng, and then attack Beiliang again. .I once thought about holding both Dasheng and Beiliang in my hands, so that I would be the real master of the world, above ten thousand people."

"I once planned to kill Xie Zheng, and I also planned to use the people of Liao County to force Lu Jue to go back to Fanggu to attack Liao County—if Lu Jue hadn't planned to capture Liao County that day, I would have killed Liao County in winter." At the coldest time, drive the people of Liao County out of the city and place them on the road from Jizhou to Liao County.” Lu Jue couldn’t see the suffering of the people, so he would go to attack Liao County, and when the people blocked the road, Lu Jue had to walk back Fang Gu, even though he knew there was a fraud there.

Xie Fu thought, therefore, he is really not a good person, he used the so-called righteousness to convince those remnant soldiers in Beiliang that night, but in fact, it was only for his selfish desire for revenge.He had thought of those nasty tricks himself.

"But I failed. To be honest, when I knew that I had completely failed, after the anger passed, I was relieved like a heavy burden—maybe it was because of this relief that I came to you today."

"Xie Qiao, I really like the osmanthus of Jinling." He said so calmly, but some red blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth.He didn't care, just took a dagger out of his sleeve.Xie Qiao opened his eyes wide and was about to move when he saw him holding a knife in his left hand. He took a step back to avoid Xie Qiao's hand, and suddenly slashed at the end of his eye.

The knife just scratched at the tattoo, and bright red blood oozes out, together with the wound, completely destroying the tattoo.

"Huang Dang"

The knife fell to the ground with a loud sound.

He finally fell down towards Xie Qiao. Xie Qiao's pupils shrank, and he strode forward to support his body. Suddenly, he didn't know what to feel, his hand trembled, and when he raised it, it was really warm and bright red. Blood……

"Xie Fu..." Xie Qiao hugged him, his voice trembling: "Doctor...doctor—"

"It's useless." Xie Fu whispered in his ear.He tilted his head, and saw the side face that was exactly the same as his own, showing pain to the bones.Xie Fu thought, this person is really strange as expected. Although they have the same face and the same blood, time and space have eaten up a large gap between them that cannot be filled. He asked himself that there is nothing wrong with this person. Too deep feelings, but this person is so sad for him.

"Brother..." he finally called out.

Xie Qiao's pupils shrank, and he felt his heart was trembling. He put his hands on Xie Fu's hair, and there was some fear in his voice: "You, don't talk anymore, I will find a doctor for you... There are very good doctors here , it’s just a skin injury, it’s definitely okay—”

"But I still took poison..." Xie Fu interrupted him.

Xie Qiao shook her body and hugged him even tighter, but she couldn't speak anymore.

"Brother, I want you to do one thing for me." He said weakly and calmly: "Only you can do this for me. After I die, please bring my body back to Jinling."

Xie Qiao's hand tightened.

Xie Fu continued to talk, his voice was so calm that he seemed to be talking about other people's affairs: "Firstly, I like the osmanthus of Jinling, and secondly, I don't want to meet him on the road to Huangquan——Shangqiongbi, falling to Huangquan, I don't even want to run into him again. Jinling is so far away from Beiliang, and you are guarding it, so he won't dare to pester me again."

"Three times..." His pupils that were about to slacken seemed to light up with an illusory light, as if he was looking at another time and space: "Jinling is my hometown."

How long ago, someone told him that Jinling was his hometown...

It seems to be a long time ago, and it seems to be so close that it just happened yesterday...

When he was a child, he lived with his nanny in Liao County. His nanny had a pair of eyelashes unique to Jiangnan women, and those eyes seemed to contain the beautiful scenery of Jiangnan.

"Ah Fu, our hometown is Jinling." When he was three or five years old, his nanny smiled and said to him: "If you have a chance, you must go back and see. Jinling has beautiful landscapes."

"Okay!" He was young at that time, and felt that there was nothing impossible in this world, so he agreed so easily: "When I grow up, I will bring my nanny back to Jinling!"

"Okay." The woman smiled and nodded his nose, then stuffed the jade badge he had been wearing close to his body into his arms, and said, "I still want to find your brother, his name is Xie Qiao."

"Okay! Find Xie Qiao!"

The days of being dependent on each other lived like this, but they were at ease. Later, his nanny married a person and had a child of her own. Even if she had her own child, whether it was his nanny or that man, he still treated him the same love.

Until he was ten years old, one day, his nanny came back happily and said to him, "Ah Fu, a businessman from Jinling came back today, and he said, your elder brother named Xie Zheng has done business. The emperor who killed your mother died, and the person who killed your mother also died. He also said that His Majesty brought back his younger brother—that must be Qiao Er, Ah Fu, and your elder brother will definitely come to pick you up soon. home."

"Really?" The child's eyes sparkled, Jinling must be a beautiful city, he thought, there are still his relatives there.

But he waited and waited for a year, but he still couldn't wait for his elder brother.

"Nurse, is Brother Xie Zheng only fond of Qiao Er and not me?"

"How could it be?" There was a forced smile on the woman's face, and he tapped the tip of the child's nose: "Ah Fu is so cute, how could His Majesty not like you? Wait, wait, they will definitely come. "That day, when they parted, they told each other their general whereabouts. As long as His Majesty received Xie Qiao and his nanny, he would be able to find out where they were.

However, he still didn't wait.Children always hide all the beauty in the world in their hearts. Although they are a little disappointed, they can find reasons to comfort themselves: "Brother must be too busy! Nanny, when I grow up, I will take you and my uncle and brother back to Jinling by myself." La."

The woman smiled, and just said: "Okay, Ah Fu will go back to Jinling by himself." She already has a home here, and she can't go back to Jinling anymore, but she can when the child grows up.That's where he should go, his relatives are there.

A few years later, the child has grown into a teenager. He is already 14 years old, and he seems to be getting closer to Jinling.But one day, everything was shattered.

Liao County is actually far away from the kings of Beiliang—after all, it originally belonged to Dasheng, and it is actually closer to Jizhou in Dasheng.Although there are many people from Beiliang living in this city, nobles rarely come here, but that day, the king of Beiliang happened to come to this city.

The nanny's child is seven years old, and he follows him all day, calling him brother. He also likes this brother very much and often plays with him.One day, they went to play in the bustling street. Suddenly, there was a commotion, the people fled one after another, and a group of people rode their horses right in the street.At that time, his younger brother was in the middle of the road, so he rushed forward and hugged his younger brother back. It was very dangerous, if he slowed down a moment, his younger brother would die under the horse's hoof.Those people were really too arrogant, the young man comforted his younger brother, and then gave the leader a hard look.

The leader pulled the reins, and the horse stopped with a hiss, and the people behind pulled the reins to stop.

The man sat high on the horse, squinting his beast-like eyes and looking at the young man who looked at him without fear, with a hint of vicious interest in his eyes.He raised the whip in his hand and pointed at the young man: "You—"

Before she finished speaking, she saw a woman rushing out from the crowd. She guarded the two children behind her and bowed to the man: "Please forgive me, they are young and ignorant."

The man looked at the woman, with a cold smile on his face, and some high-level malice in his eyes. He raised his whip, pointed at the teenager and child behind her, and said to the woman, "The two behind you, I want to take one away, the choice is yours, tell me, who do you want me to take away?"

The woman opened her eyes wide, her body trembling slightly.

The man saw the woman's expression, and a malicious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Say it quickly, if you don't say it again, I will take both of you away."

The young man looked at the woman's slightly trembling thin back, and then looked at the man immediately with hatred. He was about to open his mouth to tell the woman that he would go with him. After all, it was he who caused the trouble, when the woman suddenly turned Turning around, pinching his shoulders with trembling hands, the strength was so great that his bones ached, she maintained a kneeling posture, and looked at him closely, with tears and determination in her eyes, she opened her mouth, She closed it again, and finally, she said in a trembling voice: "Ah Fu, after all, I, I have raised you for so many years... I beg you, for the sake of my raising you all these years, save your brother, he, he Only seven years old... Ah Fu, I, I beg you..."

The boy opened his eyes wide. At that moment, he seemed to be involved in a boundless nightmare... He didn't understand why she said that, obviously, even if she didn't say it, he would...

half an hour.The young man's dark eyes became calm and calm, and the light in those eyes seemed to have sunk into the bottom of the sea and completely disappeared.

He brushed her hand off, looked at her quietly, and said, "From now on, I won't owe you anything." After finishing speaking, he passed her and walked towards another nightmare that had just begun.

However, Juqu Jinque did not let go of his nanny, nor did he let go of the nanny's family, whether it was the nanny or the child, they all died...

At that time, he thought that a person must sit in the highest seat in the world in order to protect himself from harm.Whether it's Dasheng or Beiliang, as long as he holds them all in his hands, no one in this world can hurt him anymore... The nurse can't be trusted, and neither can the elder brother, he can only rely on himself...

He looked at Xie Qiao with his eyes that were about to slacken, and an illusory smile appeared on his face: "You will take me back to Jinling."

A line of tears rolled down the corner of Xie Qiao's eyes, his eyes were so red, he hugged him tighter, and said in a hoarse voice, "I'll take you back to Jinling."

"If there is a next life—" Xie Fu thought, it's not too much for a person to be so cowardly before dying, so he continued: "Will you protect me?"

Xie Qiao's heart was numb with pain, he hugged him tighter, and said: "I protect you, I protect you, brother, protect you..." I'm sorry, I couldn't protect you before, so please, survive , give me a chance to protect you...

So, for the first time, Xie Fu closed his eyes with great peace of mind, he knew that Xie Qiao would always keep his word.

Xie Qiao's pupils shrank, her body trembled violently, and tears rolled down her cheeks again...