Finale: The Ballad of the Ming Palace
"Miss beware!"
A hiss pierced the sky, but it was too late to stop the swift arrow.
"Hmm......" Li Mu'er didn't even have time to turn her head to look, only to feel a sudden sharp pain in her chest, and a blood mist crossed in front of her eyes.
Looking down, a long arrow shot through her chest!
"Mu'er!"
There was a familiar call in his ears, and when this voice sounded, Li Mu'er ignored the pain for a while, but was as surprised as everyone else: Ma Cong came back, and he actually came back alive......
She turned her head with difficulty, and met the horse's gaze for a moment, but she felt that his eyes were shining, and he rode towards her.
Like every time I saw her.
But she couldn't move for half a minute, the pain in her chest was about to tear her apart, and she could only call him softly: "Brother Cong." ”
The body involuntarily fell down to the horse, and at that moment, Li Mu'er felt that the whole person was flying in the sky, and it seemed to be back in the winter of the Forbidden City, the cold wind was howling, and the snow was falling.
Her long hair was messy in the air, raising a jet-black arc and flying like a fairy.
"Mu'er ......" Fortunately, Ma Cheng caught her before she touched the ground.
Feng Rusong on the side immediately came back to his senses to protect them, and said hurriedly: "Ma Tongzhi, please take our young lady first!" ”
"Good!" In the fierce battle, a group of people swung their swords to surround and surround them, protecting the two in the middle, and retreating step by step. And Ma Wensheng, who was in the distance, was overjoyed to see Ma Cong come back safely. But after discovering that Li Mu'er was injured, his heart couldn't help but hurt. This girl, with such a bad reputation as the Li family, has done many things that even he admires, the battlefield is dangerous, he should have stopped her a long time ago!
Looking back at Batu Mengke, he felt more and more angry, and with a wave of his hand, he changed his powerful battle formation again, vowing to take him down!
The thick smell of blood and sweat mixed with each other, filling the air, pungent and unpleasant.
The war, but it continues.
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By the time Feng Yueyan and the three of them came to the outside of the city, it was already night. The dark night seemed to be smeared heavily on the sky, and there was not even a glimmer of stars. The only thing visible is a large expanse of terrifying red, highlighting the killing frenzy that has taken place here.
"Sure enough, it was too late. What should have happened, has already happened. ”
I don't know who opened his mouth first, and then there was a long silence. There was so much blood on the ground that they couldn't be sure if there was anyone they cared about.
In such a sensitive period, a curfew is a certainty. The three of them arrived too late, so they had to find a place outside the city to take a break and discuss it tomorrow.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they turned around, they heard the sound of galloping horses' hooves in the distance. Chao Lu hurriedly pulled the two girls to find a place to hide and observe.
There are a lot of people coming, and they are in the middle, dressed in plain clothes, but they can't hide their lofty spirits. When the unextinguished light at the gate of the city wall accidentally hit him in the face, Feng Yueyan and his wooden grid both gasped.
"What's the matter, you know him?"
"Acquaintance?" Qi Muge sneered, "Great tomorrow, it's hard to know you or not......"
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"Why was the arrow hit?! Her martial arts skills are not bad, there is no reason why she can't hide! Zhu Youzhu asked anxiously as he walked, pretending to be calm along the way, and at this moment, as he got closer and closer to her, he was finally about to disappear.
"This, Weichen is not clear." The chief guard stationed in Ningxia City finally saw the holy face, but before he could invite a few credits for this victory, he realized the abnormality of this long-lived lord.
His steps were as fast as lightning, and he rushed towards the backyard, obviously anxious about the mysterious leader of the Xihe faction!
Should I tell him the truth?
Before the chief guard could think of a countermeasure, the footsteps ahead suddenly stopped. He hurriedly bowed his head to meet him, only to find that there was blood dripping from the ground, forming a long curve, leading to the closed door.
"What did the subordinates do, they haven't cleaned it up yet!" He was so frightened that he hurriedly ordered his left and right hands, but saw Zhu Youji's steps move again.
Step by step, walk in a trance.
The uneasiness in his heart was infinitely magnified, and Zhu Youzhi had the idea of escaping, but it was only a few dozen steps away, but he seemed to have walked half a life.
Half-life causal cycle, right or wrong; Whether it's a chance encounter or an accident; Whether it's Li Mu'er or Shen Yingzhong, they have been stumbling for too long, as if they are finally going to come up with a result today.
But he didn't want to face the result.
He just wanted to go back to that dusty afternoon, when a woman in white came up, waving her swords and making a heroic gesture......
He just wanted to go back to the bloody criminal department that year, and she looked into his eyes unswervingly, tearing her robe and complaining about the day......
He just wanted to return to the quiet and luxurious Qianqing Palace at that time, polish ink and hold a pen, and enjoy the joy of solitude quietly......
He just wanted to go back to the silver-covered palace walls, listen to her call him wrong, and then tell her the deepest secrets in his heart......
He just wanted to go back to the brightly lit stage that night and watch her dance and win that dazzling lantern for him......
He thought...... He thought......
The memory came to an abrupt end at this time, his hand was already resting on the door, but he also suddenly found that there were only a handful of pasts with her, but there were few......
It turned out that in front of Long Live Mountain, Begonia lace, after she danced solo for him, it was doomed to the impossibility of the two.
Could it be that today is the relief she has been waiting for for a long time?
"Squeak......
The door opens, the hand falls.
The crowd did not dare to speak, but it was not quiet all around. Zhu Youzhu listened with pricked up his ears, and heard that there were several men outside the wall in the distance who seemed to be drunk and were singing a nursery rhyme:
"Mongolian soldiers and horses are like frost and snow, and Han soldiers and horses are like the sun and moon; The sun and the moon shine on the frost and snow, and the hand is self-extinguishing. ”
It's a victory, his bacheloress...... But who will remember her, and who will know that she is his female bachelor?
When he finally stepped in, there was no light in the darkness, and the smell of blood permeated his nose, and there was no popularity at all. Zhu Youzhu took a deep breath, screened away all fear, and said softly:
"Yingzhong."
No response.
"Yingzhong......" he called again, but his feet kicked the corner of the table, and he snorted softly in pain.
The chief guard, who had been afraid to say much outside, finally couldn't help it, ignored Xiao Jing's obstruction, rushed into the door and said, "Your Majesty, she, she's not here......"
"What do you mean it's not here?" Long Yan was furious.
The emperor was angry...... She, after she was injured, she asked Ma Tongzhi to take her away...... As for where it went, no one would say...... Your Majesty, you see, knowing that you are hurrying over, she also deliberately left a letter. ”
The candle flame suddenly flashed in front of him, and a dusty letter was placed on the table, cold.
Zhu Youzhu trembled his hands and carefully unfolded the letter, but only four lines of small characters were written on it:
Shang Yi introduced the near dragon bed,
The royal pen pro-inscription ink Shen Xiang.
Fortunately, the roll call is the first,
Mu En dances to thank the king.
The embarrassing nursery rhyme of the drunkard has disappeared from his ears, but the music of the teaching workshop is faintly emerging, it is three or five women, singing a poignant song:
"Since the farewell, the heart is hard to give up, when will a little lovesickness be gone? Relying on the sleeves to refer to the poplar snow, the stream is slanted, the mountains are covered, and people can go ......"
Zhu Youzhu silently lowered his head and walked out of the room step by step with the letter. The blood on the ground was terrifying, and the subordinate who saw it hurriedly closed the door behind him, and unconsciously locked the piece of red dust inside. And Zhu Youzhu didn't look back, just continued to move forward, gradually drifting away......
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Outside the city, Feng Yueyan and the three of them had just recovered from the shock and were about to walk out, but suddenly they heard the sound of horses' hooves again, this time from the opposite direction.
When I looked at it, I was taken aback again.
Far away from the city, the visitor searched the ground for a while, and soon picked up something from an inconspicuous place and held it in his hand excitedly.
Chaolu was furious and said, "Batu Mengke! This madman is so impulsive every time, if he is discovered by the Ming army in the city, wouldn't it be dangerous for him to be alone?! ”
Qi Muge stared at Batu Mengke intently, and there seemed to be relief in his eyes, "That's the peace charm I gave him, and he actually took risks to find something I sent......
Chao Lu and Feng Yueyan looked at her suspiciously, only to see that her eyes were already dotted with stars, as if they were whirling......
"Its wooden lattice ......"
Before Chaolu's words fell, the city gate in the distance suddenly opened! Several people were shocked, so they had to dodge first.
Immediately afterwards, a carriage galloped over, and from a distance, Feng Yueyan could see clearly that it was the horse she was looking for who was driving the carriage!
"Look, he's alive!" Like her wooden lattice, her face suddenly radiated with light.
However, before her joy could be revealed, she caught a glimpse of Batu Mengke in the other direction, and raised her bow and arrow again.
"Don't!"
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In a trance, he heard a terrible shout, which sounded behind him, so frightened that Ma Cong hurriedly turned his head sideways and asked, "Mu'er, what's wrong?" ”
Li Mu'er in the carriage had no time to be suspicious, and continued to follow Ma Cong's instructions, not to fall asleep, and to keep talking: "Brother Cong, am I going to die?" ”
"No, you're not going to die! Didn't you tell me that you secretly asked Chen Aniu to travel the world? Didn't you say that there was a man named Lin Zhi who had very good medical skills? We're going to them now, you won't die, you won't! ”
"Brother Cong, you say, do people have an afterlife?" Li Mu'er smiled lightly, "There should be." When a person dies, it may be like falling asleep, and when he wakes up, he has a different body and identity, and can start a new life. Then, in the next life, in the next life, I will definitely not be a female bachelor, just be a woman with an ordinary Jingchai cloth skirt...... As for him, he will most likely be a scholar...... A humble, self-reliant reader who takes every step of his life......"
Her words were extremely soft, and Ma Cong couldn't hear them clearly, but for some reason, he seemed to have a sudden pain in his heart, inexplicably.
"Brother Cong, you say, how many misses are there in the world? The deceased is like a husband, reluctant to give up day and night. Fortunately, I have tasted the scenery once, and I have written an article about the cuckoo crying blood, and it is enough to stagger with a pleasing person...... Enough ......."
Shang Yi introduced the near dragon bed, and the royal pen inscribed ink Shen Xiang. Fortunately, the roll call was the first, and Mu En danced to thank the king. ”
The calm tone was hazy in the night, and Li Mu'er seemed to see herself dressed in a female official's robe, walking out of the deep courtyard full of spring and the peach paradise where Fangfei was flourishing. Some people were still there talking and laughing at the Ming Palace ballads, and some people passed by her with a smile...... And the golden light on her head swayed, the hostas around her bloomed, and with her footsteps, the begonia flowers drifted like snow, accompanying her away without a trace......
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