Chapter 41: The End of Fate
"See Enjun!" To this lame accent, to the unfamiliar kneeling ceremony, An Qiuliang just had a wonderful feeling of flying out of the world in his thoughts, and soon fell back to the reality that he was in the palace of King Anlu, at this moment he is no longer the "little black" who likes to rush at night, and what he is wearing is no longer the night clothes, but a featureless dress, something that is incompatible with his temperament. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The night was no longer the only place he could commit to, and he could now stand more proudly than anyone else under the clear sky of the Anlu Kingdom, the same sky that was undoubtedly uninterrupted from his native Shengping Dynasty, but which gave him a completely different experience.
"Where does this road lead?" An Qiuliang asked.
"Hui Enjun, this is the undisturbed garden where His Majesty the Wind King usually walks and relaxes, and the people sent to take care of the flowers and plants and clean up the pond have just finished and left......" The man knelt on the ground and said, as if he was reporting to his superiors, he was dressed neither like a guard, nor like a subordinate, he could only be a member of the royal family, An Qiuliang didn't want to understand, let alone listen to him continue to report, only said: "So now there is no one among them?"
"Yes. "The man knew it right away, and he deserved it.
An Qiuliang asked, "Can I go inside and have a look?"
But the man did not answer directly, and said, "Your Majesty the Wind King's grand banquet for the Lord of the Wind has not yet been over. ”
"In my hometown, a grand banquet is often a dinner party, and I still think that it is the candles and the lights that make the banquet shine, and it is not an occasion for pleasure and comfort in broad daylight. An Qiuliang said.
When the man heard this, he hurriedly said: "It's really abrupt to be here, please forgive your sins!
"Enjun", it is said that An Qiuliang, he has just been named "Xingguo Enjun" by the King of Anlu Confusing Wolf Wind, just because his family is kind to Kunpeng Thunder Emperor, and he has the secret that may revitalize Anlu Kingdom, he doesn't know whether this "Xingguo Enjun" is an official position, or a title, or just a title, but he has seen the weight of the word "Enjun" a little, which can expand "into the countryside and follow the customs" into "I enter your hometown, you follow my customs" This meaning.
Not only in this palace, when he went to every village and town in Anlu with the word "Enjun", almost all the people would express the same awe for him, which was to appease and control, so that he could stay here with peace of mind and find the value of the word "Xingguo" in the title with Anlu Guojun.
After walking a few steps, he couldn't hear any movement behind him, An Qiuliang looked back, and the person was still kneeling there, only when he felt that he was not at fault for not meeting the etiquette, and he was willing to stand up until he was gone, An Qiuliang quickened his pace and rushed to the undisturbed garden.
He didn't have much illusion about this garden, it didn't surprise him much, for him, this royal garden was no better than the medicine garden in the backyard of Cang's home, there were many things he didn't know worth exploring, and here, like the clothes on his body, was as featureless as the clothes on his body.
An Qiuliang did not wander in this garden, but found a strange-shaped strange stone, put down the Kunpeng Thunder Emperor's sword, and sat down on the slightly flat side. His eyes slowly closed, breathing in the air that was much fresher than the room, and he who had despised comfort before now felt more comfortable than anyone else. Although this garden can not give him much, as long as there is such a thing as "quiet", it can make him grateful.
I don't know how long it has been, but he has never dreamed, and he is still in the dark, clearly knowing that it is his opaque eyelids. Where is the dream? Where is the longing? Is it to live this life only to suffer and then take revenge? Now that he has completed it, there is glory and wealth in front of him, and he has made great achievements, which is exactly what he does not need at all, and it is also something that the person he cares about the most looks down on.
"Heh......" trembling and letting out a breath of heat, An Qiuliang's eyes became a little uncomfortable, they were annoying tears, An Qiuliang didn't want to open his eyes generously and let it flow, nor did he want to squeeze it out in a panic by closing his eyes tightly......
"See Enjun!" A sudden sound came from An Qiuliang's face, and in an instant, he swallowed all the tears under his eyelids into his stomach. Although he was grateful for this voice, when he came back to his senses, he was already standing upright, his sharp gaze following the shining blade of the sword, which was the instinct of the swordsman.
It's already night, and it's a little dim all around, "I'm sorry, I'm used ......to being nervous," An Qiuliang said lightly, he casually threw the Kunpeng Thunder Emperor's sword back into its place, and sat on the ground leaning against the stone. He was approached by a man and a woman, two people who looked younger than him, and were obviously frightened by his unannounced reaction, the boy who had been kneeling fell to the ground on his back, and the girl who had not kneeled also retreated several steps back.
The young man knelt down again, and urged the girl again: "Huizhi, what are you waiting for?
The girl said angrily: "You are really spineless! The people of Anlu have never had a rule of kneeling, we have never knelt to the parents of the monarch of heaven and earth, how can there be reason to kneel to a foreigner!"
"Huh?" An Qiuliang stood up again, but the girl's straightforward personality made him like it very much, he ran over in a few steps, looking at the girl with bright eyes, not caring whether it was rude to do so.
I saw that the girl's face suddenly turned red, but her body stood still and refused to back down, and her gaze just dodged, but she glared straight back.
"Enjun, you must not be like her!" the young man was angry when An Qiuliang hurriedly kowtowed.
An Qiuliang said to himself: "Awesome! What a heroine among women!" He saw that the clothes that the girl was wearing, they had really done special treatment, and Hugh said that it was running, riding and shooting, even if the eaves and walls were not half of the girl's hindrance. Looking at her standing posture again, she is a rare upright person at this age. She must be a person who practices martial arts, and she is also a material that can be made. An Qiuliang knew that the national atmosphere of Anlu was much more martial than that of the Shengping Dynasty, he had seen many women in Anlu a few days ago, but they were all women from ordinary people's families, and a woman like this who was close to the peak of power in Anlu could still get permission from her family to practice martial arts, which really surprised him.
The woman didn't appreciate his compliment, and there was some contempt in her eyes.
"Why did you come to me?" An Qiuliang asked.
The young man replied, "The banquet is over, His Majesty the Wind King is a little worried that he will not be able to find the Enjun. I guessed that Enjun couldn't stand the noise, so he came out to relax, so he came to this undisturbed garden. ”
"Come here often, could it be the prince and princess?" An Qiuliang was surprised, if this was true, he didn't know whether to kneel, or if there was any other etiquette.
"Oh! Of course not. Under is Yu You, the son of King Xunzun, and Hui Zhi is the daughter of King Pengzun. We were sent from childhood to serve as the retinue of His Majesty the Wind King, serving and using His Majesty as an example to follow. His Majesty loved us very much, and the undisturbed garden where he distracted us became a playground for us to play when we were young. ”
An Qiuliang was speechless suddenly, these two people had never experienced the destruction of their families, but the words of satisfaction made him see the sadness that could not be concealed, from "entering the palace since childhood" to such a prime, far away from their parents and relatives, they are simply the same role as eunuchs and palace maids.
He was silent, Yu You knelt there without speaking, An Qiuliang felt more uncomfortable the more he looked at it, and said to him: "Why do you keep kneeling? Aren't you tired?"
Yu You replied: "Enjun has never let me be flattened, how dare I move?"
An Qiuliang patted his head and said in surprise: "So that's the case! Hurry up and calm down! I just met a person outside, and he knelt down as soon as he saw me, but I didn't let him get up and left, you can see such a person when you come?"
"We ...... There was no one kneeling outside, and there was no second ...... on the way to this undisturbed garden," Yu You said, "Is there such a rude person in the palace?"
An Qiuliang smiled, "No need, I've been accommodated too much by you, and I really don't want to go." That man, just think he's done enough!"
"This ......" Yu Yu seemed to feel that something was wrong.
"What someone!" Hui Zhi shouted, and turned her head sharply, and there was already a person standing behind her, who seemed to have been standing for a long time, only to take a step forward or deliberately relax her breath, and let the three of them realize her presence.
An Qiuliang continued: "Because whether he can be allowed to come back alive to accept punishment is undecided. ”
Yu You shouted: "Who are you? I have never seen you! This is the royal palace of the Anlu Kingdom, but it is not a place where you can enter without permission!"
An Qiuliang slowly replied for the visitor: "He is the King of Xuning, the sibling brother of the emperor of the Shengping Dynasty, and a very dangerous swordsman!"
Yu You exclaimed: "Shengping Dynasty?" These four words were enough for him to understand that the comer was not good, and the "dangerous swordsman" came out of An Qiuliang's mouth, and also let him know that even with An Qiuliang's skills, it would not be easy to deal with this King Xuning.
Feeling the pressure from King Xuning, Yu You and Hui Zhi could only stand in place, not daring to act rashly. But seeing An Qiuliang walking back and picking up the sword of the Kunpeng Thunder Emperor as if it was very easy, he slowly pulled out the sword and looked at it carefully, while saying, "Miss Huizhi, do you recognize my sister?"
Hui Zhi replied, "But you are her brother......"
An Qiuliang smiled, he laughed many times after the revenge was successful, but only this time it was really from the heart, "Sure enough, but it doesn't matter, please convey your apologies on my behalf, I have hidden many things from her." In the future, I will trouble you to take care of her for me. ”
"But!" said Hui Zhi, "why don't you go to her yourself? She is very sick, and she can't wait for the day you come! I thought you disappeared at the banquet to look for her, but you hid here to enjoy the comfort......" she couldn't speak, because An Qiuliang had already stood in front of her, and reached out rudely to cover her mouth.
Although she still couldn't stop sobbing, Hui Zhi finally quieted down, she just wanted to listen to An Qiuliang's explanation, whether it could convince her or not.
An Qiuliang didn't mean to speak at all, his explanation was that a flash of crystal light flashed in his eyes, carrying the deep affection and compassion he had hidden for many years, which could actually impress Hui Zhi. He only felt a hot feeling coming from his palm, and it was Huizhi crying again.
An Qiuliang withdrew the hand stained with tears and turned to look at King Xuning, he had turned back into the cold-blooded boy with empty eyes. Without him needing to say much, King Xuning already understood, he nodded and said, "Two unrelated people, you can leave." ”
Yu You took a step forward and said: "Lord, you must not make drastic moves! This is now the rejuvenating monarch of my Anlu country, you must never provoke a war! I promise not to inform the palace guards of what happened here, I only ask you to settle this grievance peacefully with the enjun!"
King Xuning said coldly: "There is no need for this, you should do what you should do." ”
"Lord, I said ......" Yu You's words were still finished, only to hear the sentence "Noise!", An Qiuliang turned around sharply, and slammed his palm on the side of Yu You's neck, and the latter fell asleep like this.
"There's Miss Lao, you, send him out. An Qiuliang said this to Hui Zhi, and continued to confront King Xuning, and never looked back at Yu You and the others.
"The man kneeling outside, what did you do with him?" When Yu You and the two voices couldn't be heard at all, An Qiuliang spoke first and asked.
"I knocked him unconscious and hid him, and he would naturally appear when he woke up. King Xuning replied.
An Qiuliang nodded, "Very good, you have lived a few years longer than me, and you are not vengeful, and even ignore the lives of those who have nothing to do with it." ”
King Xuning pointed at An Qiuliang and said, "So I ask myself if I am worthy of any place where my responsibility lies, and you are a sinner in the whole world." ”
An Qiuliang smiled, "Okay! I'm a sinner! I confess my guilt! But whether or not to ambush depends on your ability!" As soon as the words fell, An Qiuliang followed the Kunpeng Thunder Emperor's sword out of the sheath to kill, and just approached the King of Xuning, but he instantly eliminated the offensive and turned from attack to defense, without revealing a trace of flaws, and at the same time, he spied more clearly on the flaws that King Xuning would have.
King Xuning didn't care about An Qiuliang's scheming at all, the golden light flashed out of his sleeves, and he slashed his head and covered his face like a cloud of attack, An Qiuliang had to dodge and retreat, and the original plan had no room for implementation. This wave of offensives that can't even be regarded as moves has just ended, and An Qiuliang didn't have time to breathe, and the second round of offensive came again.
An Qiuliang has never been so inferior in a fight in this life, let alone beaten so confused, that he can't find the slightest flaw in his opponent no matter what. The more he fought, the more angry he became, and his uncontrollable anger finally broke out, he howled angrily, and the Kunpeng Thunder Emperor's sword went against the trend and struck hard, but it was like hitting the impermeable iron wall, and it was immediately bounced away.
An Qiuliang rolled on the ground a few times before stopping, but King Xuning was still standing there unshakable. An Qiuliang laughed lightly, and after a few fights, he already understood that this gap could not be caught up, and he died calmly but without losing his grace.
He turned over and jumped up, put away the sword of the Kunpeng Thunder Emperor and threw it towards King Xuning, and also took this opportunity to see King Xuning's sword clearly, is it really a "sword"? It is just an ornament created in the direction of the word "luxury", even the aristocratic swordsman with a little quality disdains to use it to embellish his identity, let alone use it as a sword to compete with his opponent for life and death.
"A broken sword and a rotten man really complement each other!" What An Qiuliang did was just to provoke King Xuning and make him act more happily.
King Xuning shook his head and said, "It's a pity, if you don't insult this sword, I may be able to spare your life." Your talent is particularly valuable, after you, I'm afraid the entire sword world will be silent for a while!"
"Put away your elder posture!" An Qiuliang angrily pointed at King Xuning and said: "I have never been favored by you, and I will not let you teach you a lesson! If you kill, you will kill, I will die, such a simple matter, do you still want to tease me?"
"There really isn't ...... need," said King Xuning, "just like you know, there is no need to escape. So when your life is in my hands, I will force you to listen to what you don't want to hear, and you think that the person who is going to die has the right not to listen, but I feel that the person who is going to die should also have the right to talk. ”
An Qiuliang smiled bitterly and nodded, he had taken many detours on the road, just to avoid the enemy who might catch up, but on the border between the two countries, he bumped into the person who intercepted the delusion. At the end of the palace, he bumped into the person who could really take his life. That feeling of sympathy gave him the patience to listen.
"This sword is the sword forged by my father, the emperor, and he insisted on doing it, even if he didn't know the sword, but he wanted to force the craftsman to cast the sword like this. King Xuning picked up a short sword and said, it was the golden light that he used to be supernatural, "He wants to show his majesty with this, but the result must be to lose face in front of the expert......"
"This 'expert' should not refer to ......" An Qiuliang seemed to have thought of something amazing.
"That's right," even though An Qiuliang didn't finish speaking, King Xuning acted as if he had already listened to the question, "This 'expert' is none other than the Kunpeng Thunder Emperor, who was coming to pay tribute at the time, and also brought his sword. King Xuning pointed to the sword of the Kunpeng Thunder Emperor and said, "That sword is really magical enough, as soon as it appeared after my father's sword, no matter whether they knew the sword or not, they were all impressed by the momentum of this sword, and they were ashamed of the abusive words that flattered my father's broken sword, which really made my father lose face!"
"In a fit of rage, my father broke the sword into two pieces, and even a person like him who had never practiced martial arts had a sword that could be broken...... "King Xuning began to wipe away his tears, "I kept my tears in my eyes, picked up two short swords and put them away. When I was young, I knew that my father liked swords, so I went to learn swords, and in various sword world events, I rose to prominence in the name of the Shengping royal family and won glory, but I never won half of my father's favor, he would not care about my existence, let alone support my plans for my family, so I could only ...... Maintain the face of the royal family in your own way!"
An Qiuliang was taken aback, but a passage from King Xuning made him think of two directions, maybe King Xuning recast the broken sword, realized the mystery in it, and practiced the top cultivation like today, so as to maintain the face of the family, or it was he who harmed the Kunpeng Thunder Emperor and pushed the hegemony of the revitalization of the Anlu Kingdom and the An family who took in the Kunpeng Thunder Emperor into the abyss of no return.
"Is it still useful for you to talk about this now?" An Qiuliang sneered and joked, and suddenly there was a lot of movement around him, and Wujian Garden seemed to have been surrounded by guards, "Kill me quickly!
"I just wanted to say...... Revenge and Protection...... It's the same thing...... We're one of those people...... But they don't have that good life to pity each other!" With a low groan, King Xuning moved his hands together, the sword of the former emperor of Shengping and the sword of the Kunpeng Thunder Emperor were each in one hand, and the king of Xuning made another effort, and threw the two swords into an invisible high place in the night sky.
An Qiuliang exclaimed: "What are you ......" Before he finished speaking, he saw King Xuning's fingertips, and a cold light shot into An Qiuliang's neck, and the consciousness in his body was almost completely lost at this moment, and he couldn't even react to instinctively cover his neck. He could not hear the commotion everywhere, could not feel the cool breeze blowing in the night, could not smell the fragrance of the flowers and plants in the garden, and could only see the gradually heavy eyelids covering the last rays of his gaze.
"Multi-...... Thank...... You ......" Although An Qiuliang thought so in his heart, he couldn't convey this meaning in his mouth anymore.
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