Chapter 56: Living and Dying Together

Found it - it is really Pei Rang's Luo Sheng who is trustworthy!

Continue to walk through the stacked green jungle to a wide platform that looks like brocade flowers as far as the eye can see, leaving a six-foot-wide blue brick road in the middle, leading to a stone-carved archway, behind which is a stone staircase that is not in sight.

Arriving here, it was certainly not as convenient as riding a horse as on foot, so the guard dismounted, and just in case, she did not tie it down, reached out to touch it, turned and climbed the stairs.

The sky gradually darkened, and the surrounding scenery was all hazy, only the tower bell became clearer, and further up, there was a faint sound of bamboo branches regularly scraping the ground, and Wei Jian subconsciously clenched the hilt of the Longyuan sword at his waist.

When I finally climbed up, my eyes suddenly opened up - it is said that idlers are not allowed to enter, and even Wang Luan, who is not an idler, rarely comes, but at this moment it is brightly lit.

The so-called pagoda is not like the building that the guard has seen in the past, it is a gold plate on the top, and the heavy building is below, with a total of three floors, the whole body is the same color, and there is no ...... Door!

Maybe it's in the back?

The guard walked around the tower, walked to the half of the tower, and met the old man in a white robe, this old man who walked and fell off the scum, holding a broom in his hand, turned a deaf ear to the oncoming her, and only lowered his head to clean the empty ground, probably old eyes were dizzy?

The garrison had already gone around to the back of the tower, but still did not find the entrance, and continued to walk, halfway around the tower, and met an old man dressed in a black coat, sweeping the floor with his back to her, and also ignored her who quickly overtook him.

After five or six steps ahead, Wei Jian couldn't help but look back, and when she met the expressionless face, she was stunned for a moment—if it weren't for the different colors of her clothes, she would probably mistakenly think that she had reunited with the old man who had swept the floor before!

After going around the tower for a week, the guard still didn't find the door, not even the window, she didn't give up, and went around the tower again, on the way to meet the two old men, black and white, respectively, who ignored her as always.

After the guard carefully studied step by step, and walked around the tower for the third time, the black and white elders finally met in front of the tower, and at the moment when they staggered by, the guard found that there was a gap in front of the tower.

Wei Jian jumped over a few steps, made sure that he was really not mistaken, stretched out his hands and pushed it tentatively, with a loud sound of stone grinding over the green bricks, the heavy stone door that was integrated with the body of the tower was lightly pushed open by her.

Wei Ji looked at the two old men who were still indifferent and continued to sweep the floor after such a big movement, and her heart was full of suspicions, but she really didn't care so much, and carefully walked into the stone gate, and a strange fragrance rushed to her face.

Because Wei Min used the incense to knock her down, she was very vigilant about this, and hurriedly raised her hand to cover her mouth and nose, but the little she had inhaled before had already penetrated her heart, she took a step back and returned to the door, just one step away, the air here is fresh, and the dark fragrance is surging there.

The guard who returned to the door reached out and tore off a hem of his clothes, took out a small medicine bottle from his arms, poured out a little medicine powder, sprinkled it evenly on the hem of his clothes, put away the medicine bottle, covered his mouth and nose with the hem of his clothes, tied it behind his head, and walked into the door again.

But this time it seemed to have passed through something, Wei Ji looked back, and found that there seemed to be a curtain of water between the scenery outside the tower and her, and the old man who had already gone wrong returned to before they met, they approached little by little, and when they were six feet apart, they stopped and looked up at the same time, and at this moment, the open stone door slowly closed.

I didn't see them move their mouths, but I heard an ethereal voice coming intermittently, and one of them asked: "A good man and a good woman, who has developed the three bodhichitta, should live in the clouds? and how can the clouds subdue their minds?" ”1

Then, the stone gate was closed completely.

To the surprise of the garrison, it was not dark in the tower, and when he looked up, every other distance, there was a lamp on the vault, casting a faint light, illuminating the reliefs on the walls on both sides - behind the stone gate, there was a six-foot-wide corridor built around the tower, and there was still no door, except for the six-foot-square platform that entered the door, and there were stone steps in front and back, one side was up and the other was down.

The guard secretly thought: This tower is about two walls, the stone steps between the inner and outer walls, leading up to the top of the tower, down to the underground palace, if you want to enter the center of the tower, either go to the top of the tower, or enter the underground palace!

After judging for a while, the garrison decided to look up first, and the mast said that there were many mechanisms here, and there were no entrances and exits, so the garrison walked extremely cautiously, but along the way, he didn't even encounter a single hidden arrow, let alone a large mechanism that could break people's bones in an instant......

But after walking for a while, Wei Jian still noticed something strange - she had walked for so long, not to mention the three-story tower, even the ninth floor should also reach the top, but the stairs in front of her were still spiraling up with the tower, and at first, the jingle of the tower bell was always wafting in her ears, but at the moment it was unusually quiet.

Raising her eyes and looking back, Wei Jian bit her lip, resolutely turned around, and did not take a few steps to the platform she had just passed, this kind of platform, she had met three along the way, and had always thought that it was a similar slow platform, standing here at the moment, looking up again, I suddenly found that the lights on the vault were different from other places, and this one was extraordinarily large.

Wei Jian squinted her eyes, thought about it, tore off the hem of her clothes, threw it on the platform, and then continued to go up the stone steps, pulling her legs and running, and after a while, she boarded the platform again, and looked up, the lights were very large, and when she looked down, the hem of her clothes was also there—it turned out that every time she passed the platform, she was back to the original point, how could it be, there was only one road here, and going up the steps and walking on the flat ground were completely two different feelings!

Since they can't go up, they go down, and the garrison turns around and runs again, and the result is still the same - back to the original point.

Wei Rang stopped, calmed himself down, and began to think, there is no need for Maji and the others to lie to her, so Pei Rang must have entered the tower, if this is the reason for "in and out", then on the way she will definitely meet Pei Rang who entered the tower before, but no, that is to say, Pei Rang entered the tower, thinking back to the stone gate that came in before, and Wei Rang began to tentatively grope the walls on both sides of the platform.

No matter how much I pushed it, I didn't even find any gaps, and even the reliefs on both sides of the platform were groped, but there was still no result.

The guard turned and leaned against the wall, looked up at the lamp, looked at it for a while, and suddenly found that the color of the corner of the lamp was much brighter than the other places, she thought about it, chose an angle, kicked the wall, touched the bright place with her fingers, clicked, and then heard the sound of the stone door opening.

Landing safely, looking at the open stone door, the guard grabbed Long Yuan tightly, and walked in carefully, as before, the stone door closed again after she entered.

Behind the stone door is an open and bright hall, in the middle of the hall is a stone altar, look closely, the person she is looking for this trip, hang his head, lean on the altar and sit on the ground, up and down, drenched in blood, and his own sword in his chest......

Wei Jian only felt that it was dark in front of him, and he staggered a few steps, and did not stabilize his body until he leaned against the wall - this scene was so similar to his previous life, except that in his previous life, he had someone else's sword stuck in his chest!

"No-" The relieved guard rushed straight over: "Brother, brother, don't scare me-brother, brother, I'm Song, you open your eyes and look at me-brother, please, don't die......"

Hearing her hoarse call, he slowly raised his head, slowly opened his eyes, smiled at her, raised his bloody hand and touched her face: "Ge, you're finally here!" As he spoke, a lot of blood gushed out, but he didn't care at all, just touched her face: "I've been waiting for you!"

Wei Ji knelt beside him, and hurriedly wiped the blood for him: "I'm coming, I'm coming, don't you speak--um......" She had a tingling pain in her chest, and then vomited out a mouthful of blood, and looked down blankly, and saw that the sword that was inserted in Pei Rang's chest before had already disappeared into her heart at this moment.

Pei Rang stretched out his hand to take her fallen body, and whispered in her ear: "We swore that we would live and die together......

Before she could close her eyes weakly, she saw the corners of his mouth curled.

Faintly, it seemed to hear Sima Run's angry voice: "It's all a bunch of waste, what's the use of raising you?"

"Your Royal Highness, it is the autumn and winter season, the weather is repeated, and normal people are susceptible to diseases, not to mention the little Royal Highness, who is already frail and sick, the princess doesn't care about it, so she takes him out like this...... It's a great blessing to be able to save His Royal Highness's life!"

He was impatient to listen to these explanations: "Come on, drag this group of rice buckets down to this king and cut them down!"

"Your Highness think twice, your name of benevolence and righteousness has spread far and wide, how can you do something wrong that makes you regret because of a momentary anger!" Occasionally, there was a gentle footstep: "Besides, at this time, I really want to be investigated, I am afraid that the most deserving punishment is the 'princess'!"

What a familiar tone-Wei Jian opened his eyes suddenly, and saw Wei Min standing opposite, with a benevolent and generous face to explain the angry Sima Run.

The two sisters were only one step away from each other, and Wei Min looked at Wei Min, it was clear, but Wei Min couldn't see her!

As Wei Min spoke, Sima Run slowly retracted his distorted expression, and finally seemed to calm down, sat back on the low couch, and was silent.

Wei Min turned around and waved his sleeves: "Why don't you hurry up and go to your Royal Highness for a good consultation, are you stunned here to add to Your Highness?"

A group of people who were kneeling on the ground said again and again: "Thank you Mrs. Qingyuan!" and then got up and went out backwards.

When it was completely cleared, Wei Min bent down and attached himself to Sima Run's ear, and whispered softly: " Nuo'er his grandmother, was sick back then, but also regardless of the concubine's father's dissuasion, had to get pregnant and give birth, and finally lost his life, Zhu Ge has been considered lucky, if it wasn't for the original encounter with Nan Gong, I am afraid that I would have gone with her mother, but Ya Jia was too sick, even Nan Gong was helpless, when Jia Ge was pregnant with Nuo'er, my mother was worried that she would give birth to a bad child, and she prayed for her day and night, God took pity on my mother's good intentions, blessed Nuo Er over the years, but God's blessing always used up one day, the children of poor families, there is a fever that disappeared overnight, and naturally there are also hot stupid and hot remnants, but Nuo'er was born in the palace, and finally became like this, I can only say that the song is really not a blessed one, Nuo'er has such a mother and an aunt who doesn't understand anything, it is inevitable that it will become like this, how can His Royal Highness anger innocent others and bury the name of benevolence and righteousness accumulated over the years?"

What has become of it?

Wei Ji raised his hand to grab Wei Min and ask clearly, but he was empty, and the picture in front of her was distorted in an instant with her movements, like a pool of still water that had been rowed, and after a while, there was a faint voice from Yajia: "No'er...... Call the mother ......"

Wei Jia ran over to greet the sound, and saw that in the cold courtyard of the palace, Yajia held a hand-sewn rough doll that could barely recognize the human form, placed it in front of Nuo'er's eyes, and taught him over and over again, tirelessly: "Nuo'er...... Here...... Song ...... Called Niang...... Called Niang...... Mother......"

And her Nuo'er, with saliva dripping from the corners of her mouth, her face expressionless, her eyes glazed, not saying or moving, like a carved wooden doll, sitting stiffly on the soft couch.

When she left, Nuo'er would obviously hug her leg and cry: "Mother, don't go, hug me!"

Wei Jian opened his arms and leaned over to hug him, but the picture in front of him was also wrinkled by her.

"Noel...... Noel ...... "The guard heard Yajia's panicked cry in his ears again.

"Come on, your Royal Highness has fallen into the water!"

With an exclamation, she suddenly tightened Wei Yan's heart, and when her eyes became bright again, she saw Wei Min dragging the staggering Yajia with one hand, and pointed to Nuo'er who was floating in the water with the other, and said coldly: "Yajia, Jia Ge entrusted Nuo'er to you, what do you think, you actually saw the child into the river, it is really a brainless person, and you want everyone to call you princess, as a Wei family, I feel ashamed!"

Ya Jia raised her voice and screamed, then broke away from Wei Min's hand, and rushed towards the river she was particularly afraid of without hesitation: "No'er...... No...... Song ...... It hurts...... Don't ......"

Seeing Zhu Ge jumping into the river, Wei Ge only felt a cramping pain in her heart, a mouthful of blood spurted out, she wanted to step forward, but she was unable to move her feet, and fell to the ground with a plop: "No-"

She tried to reach forward, but only to mess with the picture as before, and scratched it a few more times, until finally she grasped a warm object, and she suddenly closed her fingers, like a drowning man grasping at a life-saving straw, clenching it tightly.

"You, you really don't let me worry, you can't stand it for a while and you're going to make trouble, how can this be good?"

Jingle bells, jingle bells - it's tower bells!