The mountains and rivers are quiet and broad

The battle in the northwest came with great vigor and vigor, but it ended overnight, which was too fast for people to react.

The various small tribes are still cleaning up the battlefield in the hinterland of the desert. Guan Hongfeng, Chen Yikai, and Cao Dingkun stayed behind to preside over the overall situation with Wei Huai, while Xu Qingfeng returned to Juyanhe City under the escort of Eunuch Quan, Zuo Ming, and Chen Yiyun.

The return journey took several days, the road was not smooth, the carriage would sway, and the people in the carriage would be like beans in a bottle, swaying as if they could not be realized, and they felt uneasy no matter what.

Chen Ke lost weight day by day.

Even though he was lying all the time without opening his eyes.

Xu Qingfeng fed and watered Chen Ke every day, but the effect was really limited. In addition to the bumpy road, Chen Ke might have only one breath left when he arrived at Juyan River City.

"My lord, you have something to eat. As long as you arrive at Juyanhe City, Master Jilu will definitely be able to heal the prince. You must take care of yourself..."

Xu Qingfeng didn't dare to fall asleep these few days, because once he fell asleep, he would always dream of Chen Ke, sometimes it was a scene from the past, sometimes it was a thick fog and a bleak figure from his back.

Suffering like this, Xu Qingfeng also lost weight.Eat, drink, rest well——

Eunuch Quan persuaded Xu Qingfeng every once in a while, as if he was worried that Xu Qingfeng would follow Chen Ke to the ground.

Everyone who seemed calm was actually panicked.

But Xu Qingfeng has actually calmed down a lot.

He thought about Chen Ke's situation over and over again in his heart, but he couldn't see a glimmer of hope.

Not to mention the arrow wound, and the poison of the golden bell flower, no matter how good the law is, I'm afraid there will be no way to recover.

As for the stone of life and death, the so-called "rebirth" is nothing more than going from one fate to another. Death will come, danger is unknown, and separation is an established fact.

As if walking on a mortal journey, Xu Qingfeng stood on this side, watching Chen Ke on the other side go further and further away.

But life is a mortal destiny, Xu Qingfeng has no nostalgia for the days without Chen Ke, he has long been prepared to live and die with him.

This kind of seeing through made Xu Qingfeng's calmness even more worrying to everyone.

After traveling for ten days, they returned to Juyanhe City.

Seeing the gate of Juyanhe City from a distance, Grandpa Quan couldn't help but burst into tears: "There is salvation, there is salvation..."

Zuo Ming sat on the other side of the front of the car, listening to Grandpa Quan muttering to himself, he couldn't help stretching his neck, hoping to see Master Jilv soon.

Juyanhe City is full of joyful atmosphere, people are singing and dancing, celebrating the victory of the war and looking forward to the return date of their relatives.

Although the battle in the north was not over yet, good news came one after another.The carriage entered the city in a low-key manner, without attracting the attention of the common people.

Walking along the main road, on the high ground is the Uchi family's compound that occupies half of the city. Ukula and Tianwen, the elders of the Wuqi family, are already waiting at the door.

After not seeing him for a while, Tian Wen grew up a little more and became more stable. When the carriage stopped, he sang a dharma name and offered Buddhist rituals.

Zuo Ming didn't want to see that elder, and he wasn't used to Tian Wen like this. In his eyes, Tian Wen was always a child.

Xu Qingfeng seemed to understand something, put his palms together, smiled slightly, and returned a Buddhist salute, but didn't say much.

"Little Master Tianwen..." After receiving Tianwen, Eunuch Quan couldn't wait to ask, "Master Shilu is still in the city, right? You also know the prince..."

Tian Wen's expression was a bit serious, although his eyes were firm, he avoided the eyes of Grandpa Quan.

How shrewd is Eunuch Quan, his heart suddenly turned cold.Before they set off, they sent someone to send a letter back, begging the master of the law to save King Ren, are they a step too late?Or is the master of the law unwilling to save?

Xu Qingfeng and Zuo Ming moved Chen Ke into the room together, and before entering the room, they glanced at Tianwen, signaling that he had something to say.

Tianwen hesitated for a while, but still followed. Eunuch Quan wanted to step forward to ask more questions, but was stopped by Ukula.

Same as Zuo Ming, Eunuch Quan didn't like this elder, so he stopped in anger, but he heard Ukula whisper: "Master Shilu passed away the night before yesterday..."

Afterwards, Eunuch Quan didn't listen to what Ukula said. He only felt that his eyes went dark, until he was awakened by Zuo Ming's cry.

"Where's your son? Where's your lord?" Eunuch Quan asked subconsciously.

"They're all in the house." Zuo Ming looked at Eunuch Quan worriedly, "Are you okay? Eunuch, you can hold on. You haven't fallen down yet, you can't..."

"Where is Little Master Tianwen?" Eunuch Quan suddenly grabbed Zuo Ming's arm and asked nervously, "Did you already know?"

Zuo Ming glanced at the closed door and nodded with difficulty. "I should know."

"Oh my god, what should I do!" Eunuch Quan couldn't help crying, "This person is obviously fine, how could he suddenly, just..."

Eunuch Quan was very at a loss. He followed Chen Ke for eight years and stayed close by every day. He had long had a deep relationship. Now, he actually felt the pain of a white-haired man giving a black-haired man.

"No..." Eunuch Quan wanted to go into the house in a panic: "It's better not to let the young master know, he will definitely not be able to bear it, the prince told me to take good care of Mr. Xu..."

"Sooner or later, you have to know." Zuo Ming held on to Eunuch Quan, "Sir, I must have made preparations long ago."

——What are you preparing for?

——Life and death go hand in hand.

Even if he didn't put it into words, he could know the answer. Eunuch Quan's breath was stagnant, and his tears kept falling.

"What should I do? What should I do." Grandpa Quan murmured.

Zuo Ming also felt uncomfortable, but he still held on to his spirit, "The only thing we can do is stay with the prince and the young master."

The two people outside were immersed in grief, but Xu Qingfeng in the room did not cry as Tian Wen imagined, but accepted the fact very calmly, and even said "sad" to Tian Wen.

Xu Qingfeng was so calm that it made people feel chills.But Tianwen opened his mouth, not knowing what to say to comfort him.

"You have lost a lot of weight, you have to eat well." After a long while, Tianwen said this.

Xu Qingfeng nodded. Everyone persuaded him in this way, "If the prince sees it, he will feel uncomfortable", "The prince will blame him when he wakes up", these words are the same, and they don't reach Xu Qingfeng's heart.

"You seem to be taller again." Xu Qingfeng seemed to be very relaxed, and said while busy cleaning Chen Ke's face.

"Hmm." Tian Wen nodded, "It's because he has grown his head." He watched Xu Qingfeng clean Chen Ke's face, twisted the veil again and wiped Chen Ke's neck, and then wiped Chen Ke's hands carefully. His nails grew long, and he muttered to find a pair of scissors.

"Xu Qingfeng..."

"Huh?" Xu Qingfeng twisted the veil with his back to Tianwen, turned around and looked at Tianwen suspiciously.

The young man raised his head slightly, his expression a little nervous: "Is your stone of life and death still there?"

"Yes." Xu Qingfeng unfolded the wrung handkerchief to dry on the rack, turned around and walked back to the bed, and took out a brocade bag from under Chen Ke's collar, "Here, here it is."

After Chen Ke found the stone of life and death that Xu Qingfeng threw on the road when he was taken away by Tasiya, he put it in a brocade bag and took it with him.

Xu Qingfeng also discovered this brocade bag when he was taking care of the unconscious Chen Ke. Inside the brocade bag, there was a small Xu character embroidered and a symbol of praying for peace.

Xu Qingfeng handed the stone of life and death to Tian Wen, and Tian Wen took the stone of life and death in his hand and looked at it carefully, feeling the smooth jade surface rubbed by his fingertips, "Do you know what's different about this stone?"

Xu Qingfeng raised his eyebrows in surprise, thinking that Master Jilu might have told Tianwen about the Stone of Life and Death, so he nodded.

But Tianwen shook his head and denied: "I am not referring to the ability of this stone, but do you know that this is one of the cores of the Tianji Stone?"

"Inner core?" Xu Qingfeng had never heard of it.

"The first time I discovered the mystery of the Tianji Stone was that the two fish carved on the Tianji Stone came back to life..." Tianwen returned the life and death stone to Xu Qingfeng, "The Tianji Stone was huge at first, but it often fell off small stones , the falling stones also have weak strength, but it is less than one ten-thousandth of the body of the Tianji Stone.

In the Tianji Stone, there are two cores, which contain the source of all power. Because of the power of the core, there is a miracle of two fish.

——The piece in your hand is one of the cores of the Tianji Stone. "

"This is what the master of the law told you?" Xu Qingfeng wondered, why didn't the master of the law mention it to him before?

Tian Wen was silent for a short time, not telling the truth: "Well, it was the abbot who said it."

"Then this inner core..." Xu Qingfeng held the stone of life and death in his hand, stared at the sky and asked, "It can heal the prince, right?"

Tian Wen was silent again, he hadn't figured out how to tell Xu Qingfeng, and said for a while, "I don't know..."

Xu Qingfeng's bright eyes gradually dimmed again.The stone of life and death uses blood as the medium. If it could work, Chen Ke would have woken up long ago.

"It's better to put the stone beside the prince."

"Yeah." Xu Qingfeng nodded, his smile much lighter.

There was nothing to say for a while, Tian Wen sat quietly, watching Xu Qingfeng circle around Chen Ke.

First, he put the stone of life and death beside Chen Ke, and worried that he would be cold, so he spread a thicker quilt for Chen Ke, then remembered that he needed to cut his nails, and found a pair of scissors.

"Do you want to cut your nails?" Tian asked.

"Well." Xu Qingfeng held Chen Ke's hand intently, "The prince doesn't like to keep his nails, they always cut them very short, I think some white edges have grown, let's cut them for him..."

Xu Qingfeng was very serious, as if he was recalling something, or talking to himself.

Tian Wen felt sad, his eyes felt hot, and he left before the tears fell.

Guan Hongfeng rushed back after receiving the news, and took turns with Zuo Ming and Quan Gonggong every day to deliver food to Xu Qingfeng, but Xu Qingfeng ate less and less.

Chen Ke's body didn't improve, Xu Qingfeng massaged Chen Ke's body every day, as if preparing for his waking up, but everyone knew that it was just a day.

——waiting in agony, the day when I really die.

Eunuch Quan's hair turned gray overnight, but he didn't panic, he still cleaned himself up neatly, and discussed with Guan Hongfeng about the funeral arrangements.

They prepared two coffins, and Xu Qingfeng acquiesced.

On the fourth night, Tian Wen gently pushed open the door of their room.

"God asked?"

Xu Qingfeng didn't sleep deeply, Tianwen just opened the door, and he woke up.

"It's so late, what happened?" Xu Qingfeng looked out worriedly, but he couldn't see anything except the darkness, and there was no sound in the silence.

Tian Wen went to the window, opened the window, and let the bright moonlight fall into the room. "Today is a full moon."

Hearing this, Xu Qingfeng raised his head and saw a round bright moon in mid-air.

"The Tianji Stone is originally a stone on the moon. When the moon is full, the Tianji Stone will have stronger power."

Tian Wen completely pushed the window open, bathed in the moonlight, with a solemn and calm expression, with lowered eyes, very much like a Buddha statue in a temple.

Although he was still a ten-year-old boy on the outside, and the windowsill only reached his chest, his unhurried tone gave people a sense of stability.

"Hold the stone and place it on the prince's chest."

Xu Qingfeng recovered from his momentary daze, and did as he was told.

Tian Wen closed his eyes, and after a while, the Stone of Life and Death began to heat up, and the white light like waves rippled away layer by layer.

"When the wizard discovered that the two fish were alive, he carved other things, and those things came back to life one by one, which shocked and frightened him. He wanted to grind away those carvings, but it was too late gone."

"What did he engrave?" Xu Qingfeng felt that the stone in his hand was getting hotter and hotter, and he couldn't hold it anymore.

"Two children."

"What?" Xu Qingfeng was shocked.

"Two children playing." Tian asked: "They were still very young, playing and playing, they came to life the moment the carving was completed. After seeing the terrifying file, they hid in the depths of the Tianji Stone in fear. Gradually, They merged with the inner core of the stone, and it was not until hundreds of years later that the Tianji Stone was cracked and it was not seen again."

Xu Qingfeng looked at Tian Wen in disbelief, wanting to ask him if he was crazy. "you……"

Tian Wen suddenly smiled: "Is it very similar to the story in the picture book?"

"Tianwen, don't be scary." Xu Qingfeng pretended to be relaxed, thinking that Tianwen was joking with him, but as the stone of life and death became hotter and hotter, white halos appeared on Tianwen's body, layer by layer. layer, echoing the stone of life and death.

The stone of life and death became hotter and hotter, and Xu Qingfeng's palm became red.Tian Wen stretched out his hand and held Xu Qingfeng's hand, not letting him let go of the Stone of Life and Death.Xu Qingfeng looked at Tianwen in surprise, speechless.

Tianwen's hands were cold, and the backs of his hands were extremely white, glowing with the luster of white jade under the moonlight.

——That is not a human hand, but jade, white jade, the same material as the stone of life and death.

"Goodbye." Tian Wen said with a smile.

The voice is no longer like that of an old man who is dying, but brisk and lively, as if saying goodbye to a friend and promising to meet again tomorrow.

The Life and Death Stone was scorching hot, but Tian Wen's hand was bitingly cold.The light on Tian Wen's body became more and more glaring, the pain made Xu Qingfeng cry, and he had to close his eyes.

After a brilliant white light passed, Xu Qingfeng lost consciousness.

early morning……

After waking up, Grandpa Quan habitually went to the main house, and frowned when he saw the open window.

In the northwest in November, the night is so cold that people can freeze to death. Did this window just be opened, or has it been open overnight?

Eunuch Quan hurriedly knocked on the door and called Xu Qingfeng: "Master? Are you up?"

Xu Qingfeng didn't answer.

Eunuch Quan panicked, hurriedly opened the door and ran in, then froze in place in shock.

Chen Ke leaned on the head of the bed, with Xu Qingfeng nestled in his arms, and made a silent gesture to Eunuch Quan, indicating that Eunuch Quan should not wake Xu Qingfeng up.

Xu Qingfeng still heard the movement, and felt that his eyelids were very heavy, and his whole body was uncomfortable. Only when he moved, did he feel that he was not lying on the bed.

He slowly opened his eyes.

"My lord?"

"Ah."

--split line--

Chen Ke woke up. Although he was very pleasantly surprised, he still surprised everyone.

Eunuch Quan pinched himself while weeping silently, and then happily went out to dispose of the coffin.

Zuo Ming and Guan Hongfeng thought it was Grandpa Quan who was crazy at first, but when they saw Chen Ke wake up with their own eyes, they also suspected that it was a dream.

It was a lot of trouble, which brought life to the lifeless yard.

Some people also found that Tianwen had disappeared, but Xu Qingfeng said that Tianwen had traveled far away, and he didn't know where he went, and whether he would come back.

Although a little regretful, everyone was soon immersed in the joy of the prince waking up.

What is even more surprising is that the poison on Chen Ke's body has been cured. It is said that Tianwen found the antidote left by the master of the law.

The winter in November was very cold, and the wind was painful, but the whole yard was filled with joyful atmosphere.

Chen Ke recovered quickly, and Wei Huai also visited twice, telling Chen Ke the thoughts of the tribes in the northwest.The two discussed the content of the peace agreement, which was considered to be a major event in the Northwest.

In the twelfth lunar month of midwinter, Xu Qingfeng was shivering in the house, and Chen Ke opened the door and came in, feeling cold all over.Xu Qingfeng was lying on the couch reading a book, holding Mrs. Tang in his arms.

"Don't come here." When Chen Ke approached, Xu Qingfeng hid back and chased him away with some disgust: "It's too cold..."

Seeing Xu Qingfeng shiver, Chen Ke had no choice but to sit on the other side of the couch.

Perhaps because of the life and death stone, Chen Ke recovered very quickly, and the arrow wound on the back of his heart had already healed.

Xu Qingfeng, on the other hand, didn't know what was wrong with him. After Chen Ke woke up, he became shy of the cold and heat, and from time to time he had a hot head, and he kept it for a while.

"Wei Huai is gone?"

"En." Chen Ke nodded, and just now he and Wei Huai finalized the last regulation, planning the farming and animal husbandry in detail.

"Eunuch Quan came here just now and said that he will celebrate Chinese New Year here this year."

"Hmm..." Chen Ke rubbed his hands, "I'll go back to Beijing when spring begins."

Xu Qingfeng handed Mrs. Tang to Chen Ke, and Chen Ke took it over to warm his hands without delay.

"Is there any news from Beijing?"

Chen Ke took out Chen Mao's secret letter from his arms and handed it to Xu Qingfeng.Xu Qingfeng hesitated for a moment before taking it.

The letter didn't talk much, and it said three things. One is that the war in the north has been victorious, and there must be good news soon;

The second is that they found the dead Yan Keqing and Xiaobie in the prime minister's mansion; the third is that Chen Mao intends to abdicate and give way to King Ning.

These are three major pieces of news.

Xu Qingfeng put the letter paper on the small table in a daze.Are Yan Keqing and Xiaobie dead?

so suddenly?After causing such a catastrophe, he died so quietly?Xu Qingfeng couldn't accept this matter even more than Chen Mao's abdication.

Chen Ke had already warmed up, feeling that there was no cold in his body, he stuffed Mrs. Tang back into Xu Qingfeng's arms, and then pulled her into his arms.Holding Xu Qingfeng in his arms, Chen Ke felt really warmed up.

"So dead?"

"We won't know the details until we go back." Chen Ke counted the days, "When we go back, we can just catch up with Lao Liu's enthronement ceremony."

Xu Qingfeng didn't respond immediately, but just stared at a certain point in the air in a daze.

"It's not a dream." Xu Qingfeng leaned back and found a comfortable position in Chen Ke's arms: "Everything is just a dream..."

After Tianwen left, Xu Qingfeng was lost for a long time. No matter what, he couldn't connect a living person with the core of a stone.

But it is true that Tianwen disappeared, the stone of life and death also disappeared, and Chen Ke got better. Now that he knows that Yan Keqing is dead, everything has come to an end, and there will be no more worrying events.

But all of this was so sudden that Chen Ke hit the arrow as if it happened yesterday.But now, he is snuggling up with Chen Mao comfortably, discussing the future.

"Is there a dream of me?"

"Ah."

"That's not bad." Chen Ke said with a relaxed tone.

Xu Qingfeng was amused by him, thought for a while and asked again: "Will you stay in the capital after returning to Beijing?"

"Let's go after Lao Liu ascends the throne, don't you want to go back to Jiangnan?"

Xu Qingfeng turned his head to look at Chen Ke, his eyes were shining, full of expectation.

Chen Ke looked at Xu Qingfeng and hugged him tightly.

He once failed in the battle for the throne, and committed suicide in a fire full of hatred. At that time, how could he have expected that Xu Qingfeng would be reborn with him?

After being shot by an arrow, he once dreamed of the days before his rebirth, and when he woke up, he realized that the world was just a big dream.

Former Dynasty, Rebirth, National Teacher, Chen Mao, and Wushan Temple, all things are strung together into an inescapable circle like a thread of fate.

After living a new life, Chen Ke understands life and death, as well as love and hate;

And Xu Qingfeng was finally able to live a relaxed and uncomplicated life.

Whether it is the intrigue in the power struggle, or the greed, anger, and ignorance that spans a hundred years, they all end up in the quiet and wide mountains and rivers.

--end--