fluttering night wind

The midsummer sunshine in July falls on the steps at the entrance of the hall from the gaps in the treetops. The towering Buddhist hall is magnificent.Shen Huaixiu stepped on that kind of light and shadow as if she was stepping on her best years. Behind her was a woman dressed as a peasant woman in a blue cloth coat, and the two walked into the Leiyin Tower in Xiangyang City together.In the main hall stands the golden body of Lei Zhen, which is as tall as nine people, with a left qin and a right sword, and his gaze is stern. When the woman looked up, she couldn't help but staggered.When she saw the young man turning out from behind the statue, she was even more stunned. Tears welled up in her eyes instantly, she knelt down on her knees, and said tremblingly, "Dong Lue, a civil woman, see, see..."

Before she could say the word "My Emperor", the young man had already stepped forward to support her arms, and said in a gentle voice, "Sister Lue, why do you need to do such a big gift."

Shen Huaixiu silently left the hall.

Lue stared at the young man in front of her with tears in her eyes. The last time she saw him, his mother died tragically. His temples turned white overnight, and then drifted away. After many years, when she saw him again, he was already He grew up to be a gentle gentleman, and he never wasted the chance his mother and many others had gained by fighting with their lives.

She couldn't afford to kneel down and burst into tears, so he also knelt down facing her, holding her arms, and looked at her face carefully. He was only in her 30s, but she was as old as an old woman of 50 or [-] years old, with only eyebrows. There is still a faint look of the past in the room, and it is conceivable that these years must have been hiding in Tibet and living a precarious life.

Feeling pity in his heart, he asked in a low voice: "Sister Lue, you still call me Abao. Did they arrest you?"

Lue shook her head and said: "No, I saw the notice in the market town, "The Edict of Ding Guoshi", so I found it myself. Ah Bao, you have finally become the emperor, and Madam Quanxia Youzhi, also rest in peace."

Mencius sneered a few times, and said: "The emperor's dream of a family, let's not talk about whether to do it or not, even if it is done, it doesn't make much sense. Can't you see, it's just a puppet." Why can't it be seen that Mencius is quite conservative on the surface, but in fact he exercises authority alone, and he is free to reward and punish. The previous time he used the hand of the King of Shu to get rid of the five and six sons, and this time he was simply used as the leader.

Lue wept and said: "Abao, you have misunderstood the eldest son..." Before she finished speaking, she felt her arms tighten, and Meng Ziying asked solemnly: "Sister Lue, I have been looking for you for many years, You must tell me, how did my mother die?"

The blood on Lue's face suddenly turned pale, and even the tears stopped. She looked at the other party, and after a long time, she comforted her: "A Bao, why are you asking these things? Your mother has a sudden illness, have you forgotten?"

Meng Ziying didn't believe her words, and continued to ask: "I always thought that I went crazy in my practice and accidentally injured her. But why did she come to the bamboo forest that day? The family all said that she had a relapse of a serious illness, but I remember her. The body has always been good. What's more," when he said this, his face was as golden as paper, and he was trembling all over: "Before she was buried, you didn't let me get close to her. After she was buried, I secretly dug up the coffin. , the sternum is intact, but the mouth and nose are bleeding, which is clearly a symptom of poisoning."

Lue turned pale in shock, and even shouted "I am Amitabha" to calm her mind, Fang said: "Ah Bao, it's been so long, why should you pursue it? Your mother always said when she was alive, who doesn't have some old haters , A smile has seen the wind and clouds pass."

Mencius Ying's gentle eyebrows showed a bit of ruthlessness, and said coldly: "The emperor doesn't even know how his mother died. It is also detrimental to holiness to tell others that I am stupid and cold."

Lue had no choice but to bend down and sob, "How dare you not say anything when a woman treats a crime? Your Majesty once had a younger brother who was dealt with by the woman herself."

Mencius Ying's pupils shrank suddenly, she felt dizzy, and unconsciously let go of the green calyx.

"It was in the spring of that year, for more than five months. Usually, it was well concealed, and no one could see it. Only the wife and women knew about it. When the child was born, it was a formed baby boy, and it was buried in the purple bamboo forest. .”

There was hatred in Mencius Ying's eyes, and she said angrily, "You are talking nonsense, how dare you slander my mother?" How could it be possible to suddenly conceive for five months, unless it is not a woman's way, and the bead is dark.

With tears in her eyes, Lue continued: "We thought we were acting in secret, but we were discovered by the king of Shu later. That morning, I hurried to report to your mother, and then went back to Mrs. Shen's yard to inquire. Your mother is probably I made up my mind not to make the King of Shu take his anger out on you, so I chose to take poison and kill myself without telling anyone."

It turned out that the chance of survival left to him was related to a mother's self-sacrifice.

But who was the sinner who seduced his mother, causing her to become pregnant and have a miscarriage?

He looked at Lue, with anger bursting out of his eyes, how could he have forgotten, whose maidservant and right arm is this woman in front of him? !

He remembered that when his mother came to the bamboo forest after taking the poison that day, she must have wanted to see his younger brother and die with him.

He remembered that for countless days and nights in the past, someone taught him to shoot the moon in the cold river and dance in the snow in the bamboo forest.That person loved to hold him in his arms since he was a child, yelling "Abao, Abao", who is the sweetheart, and who is the treasure in the eyes of who?

The hypocrisy and harmony of the past few months after returning from Yongjing, the atmosphere of brotherhood and friendship was punctured, and Meng Ziying was full of evil spirits, almost vomiting blood, and said word by word: "It is he, Mencius, who seduces the concubine, punishes the mother-in-law, and kills the concubine." Killing father and brother is not as good as a beast!"

Lue had expected that after the truth came to light, it would look like a hell of water and fire, while she silently recited the Buddha's name in her heart, she tearfully argued: "He knew your mother before, and your mother only married into the Meng family later, so she just married her." It's you too..."

Meng Ziying could not listen to her words, stood up from the ground, and bit out a sentence from the bottom of her heart: "We must kill this traitor for the people of the world!"

Lue didn't finish her sentence, choked in her throat, looked at his figure who shot out like an arrow, desperate and sad, fell on the ground and cried bitterly.

In front of the echoing wall at the back of the hall, the man in the green shirt and the sash frowned, and said coldly, "I've talked too much. I'll leave Lue to your disposal." He didn't even look at the woman in front of him, He wanted to brush off his clothes and leave.

Shen Huaixiu finally couldn't help shouting: "Wait."

Mencius turned around and looked at her indifferently.

Shen Huaixiu was trembling all over, and asked in a weak voice: "Don't you have anything to explain to me?"

Meng Ziyou continued to look at her indifferently.

Tears rolled down Shen Huaixiu's eyes: "I am your wife, but you have never said anything to me. I am also a doctor. Since I married into your family, I have only heard you order me to deal with so-and-so, kill so-and-so. More people have been saved than saved."

Mencius probably understood why his wife broke out at this time and place, and took two steps closer to her, intending to raise his hand to wipe the tears on her face, but after raising it, he put it down weakly. When talking loudly, I couldn't find any suitable words to comfort her at this moment, so I just looked at her silently.

Like Ziying, he has a pair of bright eyes that are so similar that Shen Huaixiu never doubts their relationship. The tails of his eyes are slightly raised. Whenever he looks at people, he often gives people the feeling of being drunk, but Shen Huaixiu I just found out today that when he really saw someone in his eyes, he looked like this.

It was such precious eyes that Shen Huaixiu didn't feel rare anymore, so she realized that this man was not her husband from the beginning to the end, and what she saw in his eyes was just the reflection of her own emotions.

She just blessed her body tiredly, but for the first time ever, she let Meng Ziyou look at her back and go away.

The summer night is quiet, and there are thousands of giant bamboos standing in the south garden of Xiangyang Township Mansion, standing like a stalemate.There is a thatched hut in the bamboo forest, which is modeled on the old house of Yizhou County Wangfu. In front of the bright candlelight, Mencius sat alone by the window, drowsy.

In his sleep, he went back to Furong Pavilion. There was an acre of Xiangfei bamboo and phoenix tails by the pond, and the dragons sang softly. In the bamboo forest, two figures slid one after the other silently. , I won't play anymore." The figure behind fell to the ground, it was a handsome and delicate boy.

The man in front also fell to the ground helplessly, and said solemnly: "Practice hard, why is it like this?"

The little boy stretched his fingers, waved them out of thin air a few times, pouted and said aggrievedly: "This silk-wrapped spider's hand is too ugly, I won't learn it."

The man was amused and angry at the same time, knowing that he would always mess around when he had the opportunity, he approached and knelt down to comfort him and said: "A Bao, martial arts are only good or bad, there is no distinction between ugly and ugly, the uglier it is The martial arts, the greater the power."

The little boy rolled his eyes, and said coquettishly, "No, no, I want to learn the Cold River Guying Sword. Five brothers played it yesterday, and the sword moves are beautiful."

The man put on a straight face: "Learn to run if you haven't learned to walk, no!"

"Then learn how to twist the flower finger, or learn the Prajna palm, or learn the flower-wielding hand..."

The man couldn't bear it anymore, and yelled: "Meng Ziying, you can't finish..." Before he finished his yelling, he was kissed by "Ba Ji" on the face, and the child ran away, shouting: "Mother and Bi Yuan are calling!" I have eaten."

The man stretched out his hand to touch his cheek, in short, he just didn't want to imitate the "silk-wrapping spider's hand"!

Meng Ziying woke up from the dream with a smile, and touched her eyes, and no accident, she had already burst into tears.Looking up, there is an extremely familiar figure standing outside the window, and I don't know how long it has been silent.

Meng Ziyou watched him wake up, his facial features were not as angry as what he saw in Leiyin Pagoda in the morning, and a deeper storm seemed to be brewing in the calm, so he asked first: "You came to me, what's the matter? "

Meng Ziying looked at the stranger she was most familiar with, with mixed feelings, and said after a long time: "It's nothing, I just want to tell you, the emperor will do it."

Mencius felt as if a boulder had fallen to the ground, and with a satisfied expression on his face, Meng Ziying couldn't help but sneered, "Do you know what the first thing I will do when I become emperor?"

Mencius said nonchalantly, "Kill me, a power minister?"

Mencius Ying was furious, her eyes filled with hatred, but it was only for a moment, and then the clouds opened up and the moon brightened, and she relaxed again: "It's good if you know. My martial arts are not as good as yours, and I don't have thousands of troops in my hand." , but I have become the emperor, and I will never make it easier for you."

Still childish, Meng Ziyou seemed to want to laugh, but at the same time felt relieved, and was about to turn around and leave, when suddenly he heard Meng Ziying say quietly: "Do you know what I thought when I heard Lue say that I once had a younger brother? "

Mencius paused.

"At that moment, I thought, if I really have a younger brother, I will definitely love him and protect him like you did to me, brother."

In the dark night, Meng Ziyou's eyes suddenly lit up, and the light in his eyes was extremely bright, surpassing the countless stars in the sky.

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At the end of the Great Xia, the barbarians were rampant, and the Shenzhou land sank.

Qingzhou, one of the nine states in the Central Plains, has thousands of miles of fertile fields and hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers. On the left, there are people who bear the sea and on the right, mountains and rivers. The terrain is steep enough to be the capital of an emperor.

During the Chongnian period, there was indeed a nobleman in Yongcheng, Yingchuan County.Nanshandong Tianfudi attracted gentry and heroes to come here to build courtyards and houses, which was contaminated with good luck, so the magnificent villas stretched one after another until the foot of the mountain.

Gaogang near Nanshan is where the family tombs of nearby villagers are located.On the evening of Qixi Festival, the sky was full of sunset, and the children herding cattle passed by here, looking at the rising and falling glazed roofs at the foot of the mountain, humming in their mouths: "You are the lord of thousands of households in the mountains, and you know that riding a horse is better than riding a cow. Like riding a bull to freedom."

After the singing was over, there was only a burst of applause from the wilderness, and a clear and lingling voice said quietly: "The music is good, the lyrics are also good, little brother sings well!"

The cowherd boy looked up and saw rows of large and small steamed bun graves lined up in the open space. From behind one of the graves floated a man in white clothes. His clothes were clean and his feet didn't touch the ground. On the peach tree, the faint crows on the branches screamed and echoed.

Thinking that it will be the Ghost Festival in the near future, the cowherd didn't even dare to see the face of the other party clearly, so he raised the bullwhip in horror and fled.

Take a closer look, the man clearly has hands and feet, whether he is a human or a ghost, standing in front of a solitary grave with no owner overgrown with weeds, beside the grave there is a peach tree with the size of a bowl, which has long since died, and there is no one in front of the grave. any tribute.He leaned against the peach tree, looking at the path under the hill without blinking his eyes.

Gradually the sky is getting dark, and there is not even a ghost on the mountain road. Today, on the Qixi Festival, the stars are shining brightly, and the silver and Han are far away. The Cowherd and Vega by the Milky Way are particularly bright.Suddenly a long star streaked across the sky, and Vega burst out with strange brilliance, which caught people's eyes.

Unknowingly, another figure appeared in the graveyard, knelt down on tiptoe, and said in a low voice: "The news has leaked, Mr. Shen and Mr. Xue have come down to the river to pick you up."

The man was stunned, and frowned, "Who told them to come?"

In July of the ninth year of Dacheng Xuanwu, Liudu, formerly known as Yongjing, Zhaoyang Palace, the heavily crowned ministers and workers were already sweating profusely. A sandalwood armchair was placed at the front of the hall. The eight-year-old prince supervised the country. Wrapped in black court clothes like a dough ball, she tried to sit upright with her chest up in panic.Sitting in the bead curtain behind Jianguo was the frowning Empress Xie, ignoring the disputes in the palace.

A white-haired old official kowtowed and said: "We are outnumbered, so we must not fight! The most urgent thing is to call the imperial guards to protect the queen and the prince to take refuge in Ganyang. Ganyang has the king of Qi stationed there, so your Highness will be safe." As soon as he said this, Many people seconded it.There were also people who objected: "A few days ago, the king of Qi has no news of the three edicts, and if he does not return the soldiers, this crime will be serious. How can His Highness trust him?"

Another middle-aged courtier wiped his sweat and came out and said: "I think that the Shu thieves are approaching Liudu, King Ganyang Qi, and General Pei of Pengcheng are silent. At this time, I should write to Your Majesty. The seven temples cannot be without owners, and all nations must have something Returning, it is advisable to establish a reserve as soon as possible, so that the prince can take the order of the governor of the capital, and order the four directions to work hard for the king."

A month ago, the emperor led a large army to the Northern Expedition, and the best troops were out of reach, but now Xishu claims to have a [-] army going down the river.The thieves came out of the customs to seek the crown, and the ancestral temple was in danger. These people were not afraid to retreat, but they wanted to fish in troubled waters and fight for power and profit.After thanking her, she was so upset that she couldn't do anything.

At this moment, there was commotion outside the hall. It was said that there was an army report. The queen showed it from the hand of the palace supervisor and motioned for the servants to read it out. It turned out that the forward of the Shu army had arrived at the new pavilion.Since the former dynasty crossed south, every high-ranking soldier who sent troops to the capital must pass through Xinting, so it is an important point.Now that soldiers are approaching the city, it can be said that they are in danger.

There was an uproar in Zhaoyang Hall.

The prince Bai Qiongyu looked at this battle, although he was young and weak, he had already known what happened, and before he knew it, he felt like weeping, looking at his mother's pity.

Xie Hou felt a pain in his heart, stood up and shouted: "It is difficult to establish a great country. Although the imperial court has no beauty of prosperity, it also has no evil of sternness. The destiny has not changed. All gentlemen, respect your ceremonies and honor your reputation!"

After thanking the queen, she signaled the palace supervisor to stop the court. Suddenly, Xiao Huangmen came rushing to report the emergency, saying that the eldest princess had left the palace!Empress Xie seemed to have been beaten with a sap, ignoring the courtiers, hurriedly grabbed the prince and walked into the apse.Hearing that the princess had intercepted the military report in front of the Zhaoyang Palace, Empress Xie suddenly had a little joy in her heart, but was then occupied by endless worries.So she pulled out a hairpin from her hair full of pearls and emeralds, and said to her attendant, "Send it to Ah Shou in Wuyi Lane, and tell him to chase after the eldest princess."

The prince didn't know, so he felt uneasy, raised his head and anxiously asked his mother, "Where did sister go?"

Empress Xie looked at the palace wall: "Sister went to Xinting for you."

There is a high hill in the southwest of Yongjing, standing by the river, halfway up the mountain, surrounded by bamboo pavilions, and flying platforms on the top of the peak. If you ignore the white sword lights all over the mountains and the hunting flags, the scenery can be called beautiful.Three white horses came galloping along the road leading to the top of the mountain in the afternoon, and the two leading girls each wiped their foreheads with red silk, put pheasant tails in buns, wore purple clothes with small sleeves, and green brocade around their waists.One ride behind, the rider wears a hat and a white gauze on his face, so he can't see his face clearly.

At the foot of the mountain is the military camp, some recruits entered without knowing it, but seeing the military important place, these three people had no intention of stopping for further investigation, and shouted: "No rush in the army!"

In the scorching heat, the three riders passed by them in the dust, only to hear a thunderbolt in the clear sky: "The eldest princess is going out, it is better to stay away, and the offender will die!"

"It's dangerous!" The man who pulled him away from the galloping horse wiped his sweat and said, "You can't find death? That's the emperor's eldest princess, the princess of ten counties, who earns tens of thousands of dollars. , the army has always been like walking on the ground."

"This..." The recruit clicked his tongue: "Women, what is the proper way?"

The person before gave him a blank look: "What do you know, this is a great favor!"

At this time, the general on duty at Xinting had already received the report and was waiting on the top of the mountain. He saw three riders galloping up one after the other, and the woman who got off the horse last was thinner and smaller than the other women, her eyes were moving slowly, and her eyebrows were especially well formed.Without further ado, she climbed onto the platform and overlooked the river. She saw wooden gates connecting the south of the river, iron locks on the Hengjiang River, and more than a hundred warships in the north of the river. It was not as exaggerated as described in the military newspaper.At this time, the general on duty at Xinting pointed out: "Then the several building ships connected in series in the rear army just arrived this morning."

The woman asked: "Where is the messenger in the Shu army?"

The general on duty pointed to a solitary sail by the river, and asked in doubt: "How can the empress and all the ministers let His Highness go alone?"

"General Chu", the woman took out a small jade seal from her waist purse, and a girl behind came forward holding a brocade handkerchief, the jade seal showed the word "Wu De" on the cloth scarf, and showed it to him : "When Jingning guarded Ganyang in the last years of Jingning, my father gave me this seal to say that I would call myself a widow and act cheaply. Now that Xiliu is gone, life and death are unknown, but it is a day's work to delay it. General It is necessary to hold fast at any time, the stone city is dangerous, and the Huai fence is strong enough to defend it. Within three days, Pei Lie of Pengcheng and King Qi of Ganyang will come, and the siege of Liudu will be resolved."

The general on duty, holding a brocade handkerchief, watched in awe as the girl led the white horse down the new pavilion.

At the ferry crossing, a small boat hung a big "Shu" flag and was surrounded by groups. A boatman on the boat was holding his hand, and a well-dressed civil servant was holding the festival. They were still looking around proudly under the scorching sun. .

When the woman walked to the river, all the soldiers made way for her. Even those who didn't know her, when they saw the dark cloud treading snow behind her that matched the golden saddle, they all knelt down and bowed their heads, not daring to look directly at her.She said to the Shu official: "Gu is Bai Xiliu, the grown-up princess. Your lord's letter, Gu and the prince have seen it. The prince is weak and sick. Go to see your lord on his behalf."

The Shu official sized her up a few times, then said arrogantly: "I mainly want to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, doesn't your country understand human language?"

As soon as these words came out, there was only the sound of knives being drawn on the spot, and everyone's eyes were red and their faces were ferocious.

The woman said indifferently: "Where is the messenger's fairyland?"

Shu Guan was taken aback for a moment, not wanting her to change the topic quickly, but subconsciously replied: "Yizhou West County."

The woman said with a smile: "This is the east of the Yangtze River. The envoy went home for thousands of miles. If you win this battle, you will gain fame and fame. If you don't win, your bones will never return. This body goes with the flow and encourages the envoy alone!"

Her words imply a threat, the weather is hot and windless, the river is still turbulent, out of the corner of the Shu official's eyes, a floating corpse happened to be floating down the river, so he couldn't help shivering all over, restrained his pomp, and respectfully invited her to board the boat.

She jumped out of the cabin and called out "Ah Shou", and one of the second girls who followed her also jumped out of the cabin, and there were four people standing on the boat, which immediately sank under the draft and wobbled.The messenger almost lost his waist, and couldn't help complaining after standing still: "The small boat can't bear the heavy load."

The accompanying girl walked to the stern of the boat, and with a slight push, the boatman flew out of the cabin and fell into the river with a strong wind.With one person missing, the boat floated up immediately, and the maid said harshly without changing her face: "That's all."

All the soldiers by the river applauded.But the envoy's expression changed, he didn't want the woman Taoist family to be so vicious at such a young age.

She took a good time to sit down on the bow of the boat, looked back and said with a smile: "Hurry up, don't let your superior wait for a long time. Or does the messenger want to row the oar himself?"

The Shu official had no choice but to swallow his anger and calm down, so the maid rowed the oar, and the boat went to Jiangbei in full view.

The rolling Yangtze River flows eastward, and the maid seems to be very familiar with rowing the oar, but in the blink of an eye, the light boat has already passed through the turbulent waves, the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood, and entered the opponent's camp.The small boat was being pulled towards the Chinese army, and the Shu soldiers passing by on the boat peeked out one after another, but she didn't take it seriously.

When we got to the rear of the Chinese army, we saw four or five large ships in front of them connected by iron chains, covered with planks, wide enough to run a horse, and in the middle there was a three-story building with numerous flags flying majestic and majestic.When the girl got off the boat, someone came to lead her, but the maid behind her couldn't take a step forward.As the Shu people boarded the building boat in the middle, the boat was painted with gold and color, carved with jade railings, dozens of palace people, and eight or nine enchantresses shuttled back and forth.There was intermittent zither sound, and when we walked to the top floor, we could see windows on all sides were open, the room was extremely cool, there was no one on the throne in the hall, but there were two men and a woman in front of the screen by the window, both wearing ordinary clothes.Before she stepped on the floor, she heard the other party playing a piece of "Meeting Friends in the Mountains" by Wang Qian, a well-known contemporary artist.

A middle-aged woman in palace attire saw her and said, "Wu Sheren, step back first." The seventeen or eighteen-year-old youth who was playing the piano backed away from the piano table and went down the stairs.

The middle-aged woman said to the man who was studying the chess record with his head down: "Your Majesty, Princess Xiliu is here."

Emperor Shu raised his head and said with a smile, "Niece Xian is here."

The woman glanced at him from a distance, and saw that the man was thirty years old, with a clear voice and no anger, the beautiful woman smiled and pulled her up, she felt a gentle force under her arm, and she couldn't help standing up. Woke up.

The woman had a beautiful face, which You had never seen before, only heard the Emperor of Shu call her "Master Xue", she called herself "Xue Xueyi", the woman trembled slightly under her eyes.

The two emperors are both heroes of the present age. They became brothers when they shared the great righteousness in the old year. Their kindness is like flesh and blood.So the meeting was lively, the wine was refilled and the lamp was returned, the court ladies were cunning, their long clothes were flicked, and the fragrant dust scattered.

The woman leaned on the painting screen, thinking to herself that the emperor of Shu was rumored to be weak and sick, and drunk all the time. If she took advantage of this hasty moment to use her hands and feet to usurp him, the opportunity must not be missed.Then he planned to take advantage of "changing clothes" to go out to look for Ah Shou, only to be moved, the Emperor of Shu had already stopped the singing and dancing, turned away the crowd, and said with a smile: "Our country's singing and dancing are crude and unsightly, I have wronged the princess. "

The woman woke up and got up to deal with it.

Xue Xueyi said inadvertently: "If you say who is number one in the world in singing, dancing and neon clothes, the two families of Wang Xie in Wuyi Lane in Yongjing are second to none."

The woman was startled, looked up at the two of them, and saw that they were looking directly at her, she smiled slightly, and said, "I thought I was pretending to be like one, but I didn't expect that I couldn't hide it from the two of you."

Xue Xueyi didn't get angry but smiled and said: "Young disciple Wang Xie is naturally beautiful, looking at the Southern Dynasty from the bottom of the peach blossom fan. Miss Xie Yu has a more open heart than Bi Gan, and I almost misunderstood it, but I tested it a little when I was helping you. There is no half energy."

Xie Yu thought it was the fault here, but before she could respond, Xue Xueyi turned his face and asked the teacher: "My lord just wants to see the son of an old man, and no one can stand without faith. Since your country promised to send Princess Wude here, why not?" Why go back on your promises, practice deceit, what is the reason?"

When she spoke, Emperor Shu kept a half-smile and remained silent.

Xie Yu raised his eyebrows, and smiled at the Emperor of Shu, "You said that I am a Xibei product. Xie Yu is not talented. I have heard that the current overlord of Xichuan came from Leimen when he was young. Tolerate a little mispronunciation in the next song?"

The person on the seat couldn't hold back when he heard the words, and turned his head up and laughed, and wiped his tears at Xue Xueyi and said, "I said that the Xie family girl is not simple. It turns out that before she saw me, the diorama It's broken."

Xue Xueyi's face was pale and uncertain, he hesitated to speak, sighed helplessly and shook his head.

Now that everything was clear, Xie Yu's heart sank, he sat down calmly, and said in a low voice: "Two sect masters, please be safe and don't be impatient. Your two countries have repeatedly made alliances, and there are incense and heavy oaths. Why worry about it? The eldest princess will do it herself, and it will be safe."

Xue Xueyi gritted his teeth and said: "Brothers are still untrustworthy, so what about incense?! Miss Xie came from a family, she was prepared to be a princess, and she has a close relationship with Princess Wude. Before the Lord escapes safely, it is imperative to ask Miss Xie to come here as a concubine. quality."

Xie Yu stood gracefully, with her red sleeves drooping, smiling gently, but vomited a rain of arrows: "It doesn't matter if you stay for a few days, but Xie Yu is committed to the princess in this life, and the little girl's ambition is invincible. If something happens to the eldest princess, I will The Xie family will never give up with Xi Chuan!"

"You!" Xue Xueyi stood up, and excitedly, he turned over the porcelain cup on the coffee table with his clothes, only to hear the sound of jade shattering, accompanied by the sound of a sharp sword piercing the brocade, resounding above the building boat.

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In the wilderness north of Yongcheng in Qingzhou, the sound of hooves was like thunder, and the leading riders, all poor in white clothes, with clanging armor and swords shining like snow, surrounded a four-horse carriage and fled westward against the setting sun.Not far away, more than a hundred horses were chasing. The people on the horses were dressed in different colors, all of them were dressed in reckless clothes.

Although the convoy in front was running away, it was orderly and the formation was not chaotic. On the contrary, the people chasing behind all had fierce eyes and shouted to fight and kill, in a disorderly manner.

The setting sun was like blood, and the terrain was flat and unobstructed. In less than a quarter of an hour, the convoy was surrounded and forced to stop. Everyone was stationed in the bridles of the horses. Unconsciously, every horse surrounded by them was completely black, and there was no trace of stray hair. Nothing, surrounded the carriage and went outward, everyone looked like a tiger, and a horse like a dragon, extremely sturdy.

Everyone hesitated to move forward, but suddenly someone shouted loudly and jumped up from the horse: "Come on, the imperial court will definitely reward us heavily for killing the Emperor Xishu Dog." When it was three or four zhang away, only two sounds of "clank" came from the carriage, and everyone felt severe pain in their eardrums, their breath stagnated, and the one who wanted to cut someone was shaken away by internal force, fell to the ground and vomited blood .

Zhang Feng also split the curtain of the carriage, and one of them was wearing a long gown, holding a Baoqin, and said with a hearty smile: "Heroes, what is the matter of chasing you from the afternoon until the sunset? Is there anything wrong with the Qingshang Hall? "

After everyone was astonished, they shouted: "No, it's a trick!" Some people were unwilling to shout: "It's a big battle for the Qingshang Pavilion to go out. Is the owner of the Quguan hiding something that shouldn't be hidden?"

As a result, the crowd was raging, and just about to swing a knife, Qu Chengfeng got out of the carriage, looked around, stood tall and tall, narrowed his eyes and said: "I was ordered by Emperor Dacheng to escort the four famous pianos to Beijing. There is a slight difference. Can you take care of it?" Affordable? Or is someone coveting royal treasures and trying to steal them?"

His words could not convince everyone, an old man in a robe cupped his hands and said: "Our brothers are like grass and grass in the rivers and lakes, we can't climb the Qingshang Hall. If we meet as fellow martial artists, I will ask you something."

Qu Chengfeng nodded and said, "Elder Huashan, please tell me."

The old man said: "This dog emperor of Western Shu is not a benevolent and sage king. His methods are poisonous and he doesn't care about his external reputation. If the emperor has no way, he will perish, and if he has virtue, he will prosper. , ask the music hall master to hand over the dog emperor."

Qu Chengfeng immediately lowered his face, and said coldly: "What is the emperor of Xishu? Xiao, how can the imperial court allow you to assassinate the leaders of the allied countries and destroy diplomatic relations?"

"Why are you talking nonsense with him?" Everyone yelled, "Just kill them all."

At sunset on the west mountain, there is a merchant ship on Ganshui going upstream. The crew members are all dressed as merchants.If you look closely, you can see that there are ten or twenty iron cables attached to the bow of the boat, not in the middle of the river. Suddenly, a human head pops out from the end of one of the iron cables, and the iron cables wrap around his shoulders.Then another iron cable swayed, and another human head popped out. After taking a breath in turn, they dived into the bottom of the water.

It turned out that this merchant ship sailed on the water because it was pulled by manpower in the river. The people who pulled it were all clean and restrained, with vigorous skills.

Hearing the sound of "哗啦", a person jumped out of the river and landed in the cabin. The crew did not look sideways, and the person went straight into the cabin.

There were three men seated in the inner cabin, and two of them immediately bowed their knees and saluted when they saw the person coming, calling them "Your Highness".

The visitor took off the drenched water cushion from head to toe, took the cloth towel handed over by the maid to wipe his face, showed a bright smile, and said briskly: "Excuse me. There are twenty masters from the Xiangjiang Sect leading the way at the bottom of the river. Tomorrow morning, we can cross the [-]-mile waterway and join the Shu army."

The kneeling young man in black was about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a sword on his waist, handsome and without waves, he cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your help, Your Highness the Princess and Master Su." Although he said thanks in his mouth, there was nothing in his eyes With gratitude, I thought in my heart that it happened in your land anyway, so you should deal with the aftermath.

The other man was a year or two older than him. He was dressed as a scribe, so he didn't know what he was thinking. He sneered and said, "It's easy to talk about it. It's all because your master can subdue himself and pretend to be a salt merchant. Respect, but stay romantic in the forest, play with mountains and rivers, elegant and noble, Su admires it very much."

There was a sense of sarcasm in his words, just now the young man's face was livid, he stood up abruptly, and shouted: "Su Yingquan, don't be ignorant of good and bad! This time your majesty is traveling, and those who know five fingers can count on it, and attracted these bandits, could it be Is it because your country did not arrange well and leaked the news?"

Su Yingquan rolled his eyes to the sky, and said coldly as before: "Isn't it you who are rebellious in your den?"

The young man jumped in anger, and drew out his sword with a swipe.

The people in the seat had been drinking tea, and at this moment they finally couldn't see it anymore, put down the white porcelain teacup in their hands, and said calmly: "Jingxiu, apologize to Master Su, step back!"

Although the young man was wronged, he still cupped his fists as a gesture of respect, and retreated silently.

The man was dressed in white, with clear eyebrows, elegant and handsome, and said with a smile: "Master Su, don't be as knowledgeable as him, I am very grateful to you Yujian Villa."

Su Yingquan didn't dare to be presumptuous this time, and respectfully bowed down: "It's better than nothing, Your Majesty."

Shu Emperor Mencius Yingchao said worriedly to the visitors: "Ah Liu, the music hall master is left alone. I wonder if I can handle it?"

Bai Xiliu wore a tight-fitting long gown with narrow sleeves. She was thin and tall, with a slightly dark complexion, and a pair of big eyes that were extremely agile. Although she was young, she spoke calmly and generously: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the music hall master will be fine." After she finished speaking Glancing at Su Yingquan, the latter would naturally back down.

There were only the two of them in the cabin, the windows on all sides were open, the bright moon was hanging in the sky, the breeze was coming slowly, and the water waves were calm.Meng Ziying reached out to her and said, "Come here and sit beside me."

Bai Xiliu sat next to him on the couch, she had seen Shu Emperor when she was a child, but at that time it was only a quick glance, not as close as today, so she stared at him intently.Meng Ziying laughed and said, "What are you doing looking at me like that?"

Bai Xiliu felt itchy in her heart, secretly thinking that her father's good friends are indeed handsome men, she wished to go up and scratch her paws and wipe some oil, but she said honestly: "When Your Majesty arrives in Jiangbei, please immediately order the two generals, Break the siege of Liudu and let Ayu come back safely."

Mencius Ying's eyes gradually darkened, and he looked at her meaningfully and said, "A Liu, I have heard about what the Xie family's children have done, I'm afraid they are too ugly, too hostile, and don't live long."

Bai Xiliu's heart was full of alarm bells, seven or eight thoughts flashed through his mind, and he was most afraid that he would hold on to Xie Yu, so he said with a flattering smile: "Your Majesty, some people say that you are cruel and merciless, and you are not a virtuous king. I am ugly and ugly, and I am unbearable to be a wife."

Meng Ziying laughed loudly, how could she not know what was going on in her heart?