The master said not to judge people by their appearance

Xie Yunlan fell into darkness.

This feeling is very familiar, the same as the last time in the Nether Dream.

He opened his eyes, and sure enough, he saw the eternal darkness of the Netherworld, but the difference was that the phantom shadow of the candle dragon illuminating the sky was much dimmed, and the candle flame in the dragon's mouth was like the soul in Shen Fan's hand. weak as fire.

Moreover, the left dragon horn of this candle dragon phantom is broken.

Xie Yunlan was puzzled, he didn't understand why he dreamed about Netherworld again, and the dream had such a change.

Just as he was about to walk into the darkness and search for answers like the previous few times, a warning came from behind him.

"Don't wander around."

Xie Yunlan turned her head back and said in a daze, "Shen Fan?"

This Shen Fan is not like the Zhuyin he usually sees in his dreams, the other party is not as alienated and indifferent as Zhuyin, on the contrary, he is very similar to Shen Fan who has been with Xie Yunlan for a long time, without such a sense of distance.

As if knowing what Xie Yunlan was thinking, Shen Fan walked up to Xie Yunlan and said, "This is not a dream, this is the real ghost."

Xie Yunlan was startled, is he dead?

As soon as this thought came to him, he felt wrong, he was asleep, but even if he was attacked in his sleep, he would not just die unconsciously like this.

"You brought me here?" Xie Yunlan realized the truth.

Shen Fan gave a "hmm" and said, "The Netherworld is the land of the dead, you are a living soul, you will be corroded by death energy, and you will get lost in this darkness after staying for a long time, and you will never be able to go back."

"So," he held the candle in one hand, and stretched out the other to Xie Yunlan, "don't leave me too far."

Xie Yunlan was still puzzled, why did Shen Fan suddenly bring him to Netherworld?Could it be...

He stretched out his hand to hold Shen Fan, and followed him with some trepidation and anticipation. They came to the Wangchuan River. Because of the dimness of the candle dragon's soul fire, the road of reincarnation protected by the candle dragon was also shortened a lot, and the dead souls crowded in The narrow river is densely packed, like migrating ants.

Xie Yunlan's eyes searched among these dead souls, but they were all unfamiliar faces, and there were too many people, he couldn't find them at all.

When he was anxious, Shen Fan who was leading him away suddenly stopped.

Shen Fan stretched out his hand, and the candle in his palm illuminated the soul of a thin woman in the crowd.

"Yuzhen!" Xie Yunlan let go of Shen Fan's hand and ran over. He called out eagerly, but Xie Yuzhen was in a daze, just like the other dead souls around her, and didn't respond at all. Go to the end of the cycle.

Xie Yunlan hurriedly reached out to grab Xie Yuzhen's hand, but his hand passed through Xie Yuzhen's body, as if passing through some illusory phantom.

Xie Yunlan turned back to look at Shen Fan, looking a little at a loss.

Shen Fan flicked his fingers, and a ray of soul fire sank into Xie Yuzhen's forehead. Xie Yuzhen's empty eyes seemed to be ignited by the soul fire, and at this moment they regained their brilliance.

"Brother...?" She looked confused, as if she was suddenly awakened from a death sleep.

"Yuzhen!" Xie Yunlan called excitedly, he still couldn't touch the other party, but he was finally able to talk to Xie Yuzhen, and finally heard the other party call "Brother".

"Here is..." Xie Yuzhen looked around blankly, she saw countless transparent and illusory figures, she looked down at herself, and she was as transparent as others.

As if she finally remembered something, she murmured: "I'm dead..."

"Brother, why are you here? Are you dead too?" She asked anxiously, "Did Qing Yun do it?!"

"No, brother is not dead, Shen Fan brought me to see you." Xie Yunlan suppressed tears, he didn't know how long he could spend with Yuzhen, he seized the time and said, "Yuzhen, tell me, how did you die?" of?"

"I..." Xie Yuzhen's eyes suddenly burst into tears, and she choked up, "Brother, I'm sorry, I misjudged the person! Mu Qingyun is not a thing!"

"What did he do to you?!" Xie Yunlan said urgently.

"That night..." Xie Yuzhen wiped away her tears and narrated everything that happened.

On the fifth day after Xie Yunlan left, that night, when Hongyu went to help Xie Yuzhen get medicine, Xie Yuzhen was lying on the bed, looking out the door, thinking that Mu Qingyun was probably busy with business again.

Whenever Mu Qingyun is free, she will come to accompany her. When she is not here, she must be busy with work. Other wives can take care of the housework for her husband, and cook a bowl of supper when the other party is busy, but she can only lie down. Waiting for the care of others on the hospital bed.

Xie Yuzhen felt that she owed something, it happened that she was in good spirits today, and she was bored in this room for a long time, and wanted to go out for a walk, so she simply got up, put on her clothes, and wanted to go to Mu Qingyun's study to see him.

At this time, Mu Qingyun was indeed busy with work in the study, but it was not Xie Yuzhen's official business. Xie Yuzhen accidentally heard the conversation between Mu Qingyun and Yin Wang at the door of the study.

"Three days ago, Xie Yunlan left the customs. Counting the days, he should be going up the mountain today." Yin Huang said.

"Are you ready?" Mu Qingyun seemed to be still worried, "Brother, he is very skilled in martial arts, and ordinary people can't control him."

"Naturally." Yin Huang stroked his beard and smiled, "The lord has already made complete preparations. No matter how powerful Xie Yunlan is, can he still defeat an army?"

"Army? Where did the prince get the army outside the pass?" Mu Qingyun seemed to realize something suddenly, and his face changed, "You are cooperating with Yuanrong people?!"

"That's right." Yin Huang admitted frankly, "What about the Yuanrong people? There are no permanent enemies. When the interests are the same, the Yuanrong people can also be used by the prince."

"But how could the Yuanrong people let my elder brother go?!" Mu Qingyun slapped the table anxiously and asked, "You told me clearly that you just wanted to restrain him and not hurt his life!"

This is what Yin Wang said to Mu Qingyun before. Xie Yunlan is stubborn, rigid and doesn't know how to adapt. He only knows loyalty to the emperor and orthodox, and he doesn't understand the principle that good birds choose trees to live in.

How could such a cowardly person like Yuan Lang be worthy of such a high position? When Yuan Yi enters the capital, in order to deter the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, Xie Yunlan must be killed in public as an example.

As for those who are related to him, even Xie Yuzhen, who is already married, is afraid that she will be prosecuted, ranging from being demoted to slavery to being sold as a prostitute, or being punished and executed along with Xie Yunlan.

Xie Yunlan is so stubborn that he can't make sense of his words. Mu Qingyun tried it in Beijing. The only way he can avoid this ending is to conspire with Yin Huang, who represents Yuan Yi, to lure Xie Yunlan to Kunlun outside the customs with ghosts. Sending people here to capture him, Xie Yunlan will no longer be able to lead troops against Yuan Yi, and will not be questioned in the future.

Moreover, Yuan Yi has a heart of cherishing talents. He grabbed Xie Yunlan and wanted to try to persuade him again. It would be best if Xie Yunlan agreed, but if he disagreed, he would demote his official title and leave with him when the big event was accomplished in the future just go.

But Yuan Yi never said that the person he sent to attack was from Yuan Rong. Yuan Rong had a deep hatred with Xie Yunlan, how could he spare his life!

Yin Juan sneered, as if laughing at Mu Qingyun's innocence, he said: "If a general like Xie Yunlan can't be used by the prince, how can he be allowed to live?"

"Even if the prince enters the capital in the future, he will become a hidden danger of rebellion, and he must die!" Yin Huang said gloomyly.

"You!" Mu Qingyun was so angry that he almost wanted to attack Yin Huan, but he raised his fist, but he didn't swing it down.

Yin Juan's vulture-like eyesight was sharp and shrewd. He saw through Mu Qingyun's heart at a glance, and said in a persuasive manner: "Actually, Xie Yunlan's death is also a good thing for you."

"Think about it, what do other people say about you? You have done so many things for the people of Jeju, who remembers you well? When you mention that you are Xie Yunlan's brother-in-law, who remembers Mu Qingyun's name!" Yin Huan said coldly , "There is also the army, don't you know the rumors in the army? It is said that you can rise to your current position because you married a good wife. They can't see you working hard on the battlefield. As long as Xie Yunlan is there one day, You will always be overwhelmed by him, and you will always live under his shadow! Are you willing to do this!"

Mu Qingyun clenched his fists and remained silent.

"Okay," Yin Huan slowed down his tone, and patted Mu Qingyun's shoulder comfortingly, "You don't have to worry about it, after all, it wasn't you who did it, it was those Yuanrong people. Xie Yunlan's death has nothing to do with you, so you have the right to pretend that you don't know For that matter, it’s business as usual.”

Mu Qingyun was silent for a long time, and when he was finally about to speak, he suddenly heard a strange noise from outside the door.

"Who?!" Mu Qingyun snarled, rushed to the door and pulled the door open.

When he saw the person at the door, he was stunned, and murmured: "Yuzhen, you heard everything..."

"I heard it, I heard it..." Xie Yuzhen's eyes were full of tears, "You...you..."

She seemed unable to continue, turned around and ran away.

"Yuzhen!" Mu Qingyun anxiously wanted to chase out, but Yin Wang stopped him behind him. He took out a dagger and signaled: "Xie Yunlan's guards are still staying in the mansion, so we can't let her spread the matter!"

Mu Qingyun was flickered by the cold light of the dagger, as if he had been touched against the scales, he knocked the dagger out of Yin Hua's hand, and roared: "No! Don't touch her!"

He took a deep breath, calmed down a little and said, "I will deal with this matter, you don't want to do it!"

After speaking, he chased after Xie Yuzhen.

Xie Yuzhen returned to the bedroom, she was packing her things, as if she was about to leave.

Mu Qingyun quickly stopped her and asked, "Where are you going?"

"It has nothing to do with you!" Xie Yuzhen packed her things on her own.

"Yuzhen, listen to me, things are not what you think, I didn't want to harm elder brother..." Mu Qingyun tried to explain.

Xie Yuzhen didn't listen to his explanation at all, she said angrily: "You don't want to harm him, you collude with outsiders to lure him to go outside the customs, you don't want to harm him!"

"I was also lied to by them! They said they would not hurt my brother's life, so I agreed, and I didn't want to!" Mu Qingyun argued.

"Mu Qingyun! You are not a fool, dare you say that you can't guess what they are thinking at all?!" Xie Yuzhen questioned him, saying harshly, "Even if you really can't guess, why didn't you just do it? That Yin Wang, why didn't you attack him!"

"This is the end of the matter! What can I do now? My eldest brother should be gone now. Am I going to tear myself apart with the King of Yunzhou for a dead man?" Mu Qingyun said, "Yuan Yi won't let us go, Yu Jane, I am also for you..."

He tried to pull Xie Yuzhen's hand.

Xie Yuzhen threw it away, as if she was stained with some filth, she showed disgust: "Mu Qingyun, if you are really for me, go and arrest Yin Wang now, and then tell Wang Tai and the others about the matter, and lead the troops to go outside the pass Save people!"

Mu Qingyun responded silently.

Xie Yuzhen was completely disappointed with Mu Qingyun, she turned around and wanted to leave, but was firmly blocked by Mu Qingyun, so she tried to push Mu Qingyun away with her hands.

But she is a woman, and she is sick and weak. How can she push Mu Qingyun who has practiced martial arts for many years? Mu Qingyun stands in front of the door like an iron tower, blocking her way.

Xie Yuzhen was in a hurry, pushing and cursing: "Mu Qingyun, I really misjudged the person to marry an ungrateful person like you! You can even kill your elder brother! You are not as good as a pig or a dog! You, you are an idiot!" A wolf-hearted beast..."

"Enough!" Mu Qingyun suddenly yelled angrily as if he couldn't help it, and grabbed Xie Yuzhen's hand. The woman who pushed him was thin and weak, and he firmly controlled it.

"Big brother, big brother, you only have your big brother in your heart!" Mu Qingyun was provoked to the resentment he had hidden in his heart for many years, "I treat you so well, and you don't care about it. Could it be that you have some kind of adultery?!"

"You, you!" Xie Yuzhen was so angry that she could hardly speak, her voice trembling, "You think so?! You think so much about me and elder brother?!"

"Why can't I think so!" Mu Qingyun said angrily, "You are cousins, not real siblings! Think about it for yourself, do you mention him more or me more?! You are married, and Xie Yunlan always gives things away Here you are, I don’t know how to measure it at all!”

"You!" Xie Yuzhen had nothing to say to Mu Qingyun. In order to get rid of Mu Qingyun's restraint, she directly bit her mouth.

This bite was so hard that he almost bit off a piece of flesh from Mu Qingyun's hand. He subconsciously waved his hand, and Xie Yuzhen was thrown to the ground by him.

With a "bang", the back of her head hit the corner of the table, a puddle of blood came out from under her body, and there was no more sound.

Mu Qingyun's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly picked up Xie Yuzhen from the ground, he said in a panic: "Yuzhen, wake up, I didn't think that way, I, I just said something indiscriminately, don't scare me, wake up Wake up!"

"Miss, the medicine is here...ah!" Hongyu was so startled when she saw the scene in the room that she overturned the medicine bowl and yelled loudly.

"Go to the doctor!" Mu Qingyun shouted with red eyes.

Hongyu woke up like a dream, and ran out quickly, and Xie Yuzhen's consciousness went away with her footsteps.

Xie Yuzhen's body seemed to suddenly become very light, and she was separated from the heavy and sickly body. She was drifting in the world, and a force led her to go underground. She intuitively felt that it was the place she should go, but in her heart With her obsession still alive, she wanted to remind Xie Yunlan and save her brother.

She seemed to see Xie Yunlan, but she couldn't speak, she could only watch with tears in her eyes. In the end, under the constraints of the rules of life and death, with unfinished obsessions, her soul returned to the nether world.

This is the truth of everything.

"Mu Qingyun..." Xie Yunlan read this name. When Mu Qingyun betrayed him and wanted to kill him, he didn't have such deep-seated hatred, but at this moment, with red eyes, he swore to Xie Yuzhen word by word, "This time Hatred cannot be shared, Yuzhen, don't worry, brother will definitely avenge you!"

Xie Yuzhen shook her head lightly, and said, "Brother, I don't want you to avenge me, you are well, live well, remember to take care of yourself when I'm gone, don't forget to add clothes when it's cold, remember to eat on time, don't rely on yourself The body is so easy to spoil..."

Her voice became lower and lower, and the expression in her eyes became darker and darker. Shen Fan temporarily regained her sanity with the soul fire, but it was only temporary. After all, she is a dead person, and she must go.

Gradually, Xie Yuzhen's voice disappeared completely, and Xie Yunlan urgently called: "Yuzhen! Don't leave Yuzhen!"

Xie Yuzhen turned a deaf ear to it, she was just as dazed and ignorant as before, and went up the river with the countless dead souls.

Xie Yunlan wanted to stop him, but he couldn't stop them at all. There was a life-and-death boundary between them, and they couldn't even touch.

Xie Yuzhen drifted away, Xie Yunlan chased after him for a long time, Shen Fan followed him silently with a candle lit.

In the end, Xie Yunlan couldn't run anymore, he knelt on the ground, watching Xie Yuzhen with tears streaming down his face, like countless dead souls, merged into the dark sea of ​​life and death.

The ghostly shadow of the candle dragon in the sky illuminates with a candle, and the reincarnation of death and life is like this forever.