Darkness of Rebirth

An Yun woke up and found herself lying on the bed in the bamboo hut. After sweeping around, she was the only one in the room, "Du~" softly called out, but no one responded.After being stunned for a moment, he remembered what had happened, hurriedly got up and got out of bed, only to find that he was holding a brocade handkerchief in his hand, upon closer inspection, it was Dongfangdu's handkerchief.

"Yun'er, I'm safe and sound, don't worry, wait for me for four years." Unfolding the handkerchief, he saw such a short sentence written on it.Although this character was written with charcoal, it was indeed Dongfang Du's handwriting.An Yun is most familiar with Dongfang Du's handwriting, whether it is imitated by someone or written by her own hand, it can be recognized at a glance.

"Waiting for you for four years? Are you leaving? Why are you leaving?" Tears fell on the Jinpa, recalling the previous scenes, "Did you leave because of a serious injury? Or is there another reason? "Gripping the handkerchief tightly, I put the handkerchief on my chest, "I need time to leave, but it's only four years." I don't know why Dongfang Du is still alive, but as long as she knows that she is still alive, that's enough.

An Yun glanced at the bamboo house, and when he went out, he saw his horse, Ye Feng, tied not far from the house.When Night Breeze saw his master come out, he neighed and raised his hoof.An Yun stroked Ye Feng's mane, got on his horse, and left Wangxing Mountain. It seemed that he was heading towards the capital.

Banlan waited for Dongfangdu for a long time, but she didn't come back, but a woman in red came, holding Dongfangdu's token in her hand, "Is it Banlan? Dongfang asked me to come to you..."

In winter, night comes very early, but at Youshi, the sky is already dark.Inside the General's Mansion, the lights were brightly lit. Although it was the war period and singing and dancing were not allowed to celebrate the New Year, it was still necessary to have a New Year's Eve dinner.Generals with official ranks sat around several tables, and the one sitting first at the main table was naturally General Zhang Shaocheng.

"Report to the General, Vice-General Ling and Little Brother Banlan are not here." Naturally, this New Year's Eve dinner cannot be without Dongfangdu and Banlan, so Zhang Shaocheng sent a small soldier to Dongfangdu's courtyard.During the day, Ban Lan came to report that Vice General Ling was not feeling well today and wanted to take a day off.There were a group of people in the conference hall, so Zhang Shaocheng naturally knew that Ban Lan was just an excuse, but in the eyes of everyone, Vice General Ling was actually the current Second Prince, no matter what excuse he used, Zhang Shaocheng would agree.

"Why aren't you here?" Zhang Shaocheng felt a little uneasy, he didn't stay in the house well, did he go out to play?But there is nothing interesting in this city, so it must be going out of the city!But there is no place worth going outside the city!Don't lose it!If this is lost, the crime will be great!

"It's really not there!" Xiao Bing didn't let go of his clenched hand. "The subordinate shouted outside the door for a long time, but there was no response from the house. Neither Lieutenant Ling nor Brother Ban Lan came out. Maybe they are out of the house." It was time to be woken up by his own loud voice, but if there was no response, he must have left the house!

"General, since Vice-General Ling is not here, let's have a banquet first." Said Chen Kehao who was sitting on Zhang Shaocheng's lower left.Lieutenant General Ling is just a lieutenant general, so he won't make all the people at these tables wait.

Zhang Shaocheng frowned lightly, suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and said to the generals in the hall with a smile: "So, let's start the banquet. Come on, today's New Year's Eve, I will have a drink first, all the soldiers have worked hard..." Zhan Luan At this time, Zhang Shaocheng didn't dare to drink too much, he only asked everyone to drink a few glasses, and then they were not allowed to drink any more.

On the first day of the first month of the 16th year of Qiansheng, heavy snow fell suddenly. Zhang Shaocheng, who was in the conference hall, saw the snow falling outside his house, and suddenly thought of a strategy against the enemy.Before I had time to rejoice, I received an unsigned letter.Looking at Zhan Xin, there are only a few numbers in the letter: Ling Du is with me.I turned it over and over again, but couldn't see any other words.

If it is a blackmail letter, it should also say how much the ransom is, and if it is a threat letter, it should also be signed by Xi Xuanjun or something like that.Only these six characters are credible, and there is nothing else. "Where did you get this letter?" Zhang Shaocheng asked with a frown.

Seeing that the general frowned, the sentinel hurriedly returned the truth, "When my subordinates patrolled to Vice General Ling's yard, they saw this letter stuck on the door. They thought that Vice General Ling was not here, and they were afraid that the letter would be taken away, so they took the letter. Come see it off with the general." Judging from the situation, we know that Deputy General Ling is not in the house, and he didn't participate in the New Year's Eve dinner last night, so he probably didn't return all night.

"You go down." Now that Dongfang Du is not here, he, the general, is the biggest sinner. Fortunately, he has thought of a good strategy to seize the city. Why not take back the border city first, and at the same time send people to look for it, and then think about how to report to the Holy Majesty.I don't want to, once this Dongfangdu disappears, it will take four years.And he, Zhang Shaocheng, was ordered to stay in Jizhou all the time and devoted himself to attacking Xixuan Kingdom for four years.

Four years later, on New Year's Eve of the 19th year of Qiansheng, in Beijing.

The two carriages stopped at the gate of the palace, and a girl in red got out of the carriage in front.In this winter, I don't wear so much, I don't know if it's cold or not.After the girl in red got out of the carriage, she took a wheelchair from the carriage and pushed it to the carriage behind.

"Dongfang, we're here." The woman in red said with a smile.After finishing speaking, someone lifted the curtain of the carriage, and then saw a woman helping a handsome young man to get out of the carriage and sit in a wheelchair.

"Sister Hongyi, thank you for your hard work." At this time, Dongfangdu has fully grown, but he looks weaker than before, with a slight smile on his face, and said to Gu Hongyi: "I have arrived. Palace, you don’t have to stay with me anymore.”

"Don't you invite me to go around the palace?" Gu Hongyi raised her eyebrows and asked, for the past four years, she had often been by Dongfang Du's side, and she felt a little bit reluctant to part with her suddenly.

Dongfang Du looked up at the tall blue palace wall, then turned to Gu Hongyi and said, "There is nothing better about this palace." In the past four years, although she was far away from the capital, everything in the capital was familiar to her.For four years, I laid out the layout quietly, learned how to use the strategy, and returned as promised when everything was under control.

"If that's the case, I'll take my leave." Gu Hongyi didn't insist, she said goodbye with fists in her hands, turned around and walked to her carriage.Before getting into the carriage, he seemed to think of something, then turned to Dongfang Du and said, "Don't forget the agreement between you and me."

Dongfangdu smiled and nodded, bowed his hands, "Soon." Seeing this, Gu Hongyi smiled and got on the carriage.After giving an order, the coachman turned his horse and drove away from the palace.

"My lord, do you think the emperor will be surprised when you come back so suddenly?" Ban Lan pushed the wheelchair and walked towards the palace gate.The guard of the palace gate saw the two strangers approaching, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop them, "Who is this person? Trespassing the gate of the palace!" Looking at the posture, if you don't report your name and tell the reason why, the guard of the palace gate will be afraid. About to draw the knife.

Banlan glanced at the palace gate guard who was talking, took out a token from his arms, and said slowly: "His Royal Highness the Second Prince is back." After four years away, it's no wonder that the palace gate guard doesn't know the second prince.

"Second...Second prince..." The guard of the palace gate looked at the two people in front of him in amazement, and he came back to his senses after a while, took a look at the token in Banlan's hand, and it really had the name of the second prince engraved on it.Cold sweat broke out on his forehead in an instant, and he handed the token back to Banlan with trembling hands, "The second prince forgives your sins, but the last general's eyesight... unexpectedly... did not recognize the second prince..." The royal heirs withered, the palace There are only four princes and one princess, as the guards of the palace gate, they should all know each other.

"It's okay, it's because I've been away from the palace for too long." Dongfang Du waved his hands with a relieved look, "Go back and watch." Seeing that the second prince didn't want to punish him, the guard hurriedly returned to his original position and watched Dongfang Du The two entered the palace.

As soon as Dongfang Du entered the palace, someone reported to Emperor Qianwen, and Dongfang Lingwu also learned of her return immediately.After four years of absence, everyone said that the second prince was dead, and now that he came back suddenly, the most disturbing thing was probably the prince Dongfang Xi.

It was the prince's men who approached Gu Hongyi to let her kill her.It would be best to let the people of the rivers and lakes kill his second brother, who is half a man of the rivers and lakes.Four years ago, Dongfang Du suddenly disappeared, so he thought he was dead, but he didn't want to come back suddenly today.

At this time, the third prince Dongfang Xu, who was playing chess with the prince in the Eastern Palace, froze with his hand holding the chess piece, and then dropped the piece with a smile: "Brother Huang, the second brother Huang is back, should we go and have a look?" How could his younger brother not know what Dongfang Xi had done, "Today's New Year's Eve, I chose to come back today, there must be a deep meaning."

"Banlan, let's go to the Imperial Study Room first, and then return to Fengqing Palace." Dongfangdu thought for a while, and asked Ban Lan to push himself to the Imperial Study Room, "I have disappeared for so long, Father must want to know what happened to me all these years." The corner of his mouth Upward, with a slight smile.

Ban Lan, who was pushing the wheelchair, rolled her eyes, and said, "So you purposely sit in a wheelchair and pretend to be weak? I'm a girl, and I have to push a wheelchair for you!" In a wheelchair!If you are weak and sick, you can pretend to be coughing, you can say a few words and rest, why use a wheelchair!

The second prince felt relieved, but he felt sorry for her personal maid, her hands were almost callused.Looking at the cozy smile on Dongfang Du's face, he seems to enjoy the feeling of being pushed!

"Your Highness, the Royal Study Room is coming soon, you... you really want to go in like this?" Banlan felt a little uneasy, the emperor was not someone else, so it shouldn't be so easy to fool, I was really afraid that the second prince would show his feet, Worried, he almost called her son again as if he was outside.

"Don't worry." Dongfangdu turned his head back, gave Banlan a reassuring look, turned his head to look at the imperial study not far away, and said in a low voice, "Father, I'm back." His eyes couldn't see clearly Emotions.