26. Wait for the king's return
Hua Xun raised his head and gave Chu Yan a look. Chu Yan turned a blind eye and still refused to bow his head. Seeing that the envoy was about to be angry, Hua Xun had an idea and persuaded bitterly: "Why should His Royal Highness the county lord be like this? Even if there is no bathing and fasting, burning incense to welcome, His Majesty will not blame, the etiquette is at ease in the hearts of the people, or take the order first. β
This turned Chu Yan's crime of disrespecting the decree in court into a sincerity in the hope of receiving the decree according to etiquette, which made the minister's face really much better. If you think about it carefully, you are in a hurry to come and save the red tape of receiving the order, which is indeed a bit rude. He softened his face and said, "Your Highness, please accept the order first." β
Chu Yan glanced at Hua Xun, and after a long time, she lowered her head, slowly bent her knees, and knelt on the ground. She stretched out her hand in a low voice and said, "Minister, Chu Yan, thank you...... Hooray, hooray, hoorayβ" slammed his head on the ground.
Hua Xun didn't look over, she couldn't bear to look at her expression.
Everyone got up, Hua Junhou took Gongzi Yan to entertain the envoys, and Chu Yan slowly stood up, blood slowly oozing from the corners of his lips. She pinched the decree and walked deep and shallow into her courtyard. Hua Xun knew the despair in her heart, worried about her, and followed, she didn't know how to persuade Chu Yan.
Chu Yan wanted to get rid of such a fate, and did not hesitate to kill, frame, and even do things that went against her ideas, but the heavens couldn't do what she wanted, but pushed her into the abyss. How could she be willing? The qiΔ she did ended up in vain. How could she not hate? Obviously she had done enough, but she ended up like this......
She was so depressed that she didn't know how she got back to her room.
Hua Xun has been following behind him, and Hua Xun hesitated, looking at her back.
Chu Yan finally came back to his senses, turned to her and said, "You also saw it today." Black and white are reversed, even if there is evidence? What's the use of doing more? It's just a joke, jumping clown! All in vain! She angrily pulled out the sword on the wall, turned over her hand and cut off the corner of the bookcase, pointed the sword at Hua and asked, "Hua Wentang, are you really willing?!" Are you really willing? β
Hua Xun's face turned slightly pale, and she was silent.
"You see, you're not willing to accept such a decree, are you? Hahahaha......" She threw away the long sword, picked up the holy decree in her hand, held back tears in her eyes, and said word by word, "Minister, thank you, Your Majesty." Hehe......"
Hua Xun lowered his head and said calmly: "The place where you can go is not this world." β
"I was born in the royal family, and I thought that I could live a better life than those people who were worried about food and clothing, but I didn't expect that I would live so helplessly. I couldn't get married independently, I thought I could change my fate and resist my fate, but now I know that I am dreaming, and I can't do it at all! Chu Yan leaned against the wall weakly and let go of the holy decree in his hand.
Representing the meaning of the Son of Heaven, the sacred and inviolable decree fell to the ground and splashed dust. Hua Xun closed his eyes, and he couldn't bear it.
"But I don't believe it...... I really don't believe that I'm going to lose like this! Chu Yan clenched his fists, flames rekindled in his eyes, and stared at Hua and asked, "If the heavens refuse to give it to me, then I, Chu Zhongci, will take it myself!" If the heavens will stop me, I will collapse and collapse the heavens! β
There was a heavy murderous aura in her eyes, and her wild nature was stimulated. She is the pride of the sky, how can she be willing to admit defeat like this? She is Chu Yan, not an ordinary woman.
Hua Xun was shocked when she heard her say this, looked left and right, was glad that there was no one, and hurriedly pulled Chu Yan's sleeve and said, "Be cautious!" If this is heard by people outside, it will be a capital crime of killing the head! You don't want to die? β
Chu Yan was silent for a moment, grabbed Hua Xun's arm and said, "Wentang, you and I have a deep friendship, I can't delay any longer this time, I want to go back to the mansion immediately to prepare." β
"You're leaving?" Hua Xun was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "What about the explanation?" β
"I'm here to look for her, and the person she invited for my father must be going with me." Chu Yan paced irritably, stopped, raised his head and said, "I'm going to meet the envoy tomorrow and ask who is behind this!" β
"There must be something strange about this, I'll go with you tomorrow." Hua asked.
"Alas, hate that I can't ascend!" Chu Yan gritted his teeth and said angrily.
When he came out of Chu Yan's room, the sky was dark. Black and white communication, you can still hear the rooster crowing in your ears, and after a while, the sun will come out soon. Hua Xun looked up at the sky that was about to darken, and a gust of cold wind came, and she realized that she was sweating all over. Silently, by the light of the lantern in the verandah, she slowly walked into her room.
The lanterns in the verandah shone only a little, and there was silence all around, as if the whole world had fallen silent. The flowers and plants on both sides of the path sleep peacefully, undisturbed by the intrigues of the world. The people have also dispersed, and the Huafu, which was still boiling just now, is so dead and silent at this moment.
The chaos of tonight was incompatible with the silence of the dawn at this moment, as if nothing had happened. Hua Xun walked slowly with his arms crossed, feeling a little cold. Her coldness seeped from the bottom of her heart and spread in her bones. In this high-walled attic, there seemed to be no living thing, and she was the only one who was awake and gasping.
Hua Xun walked to the cloister and looked up, and a fox dressed in white stood under the lamp. The fox fur is pure and white, the corners of her skirt move lightly with the wind, the light that secretly flows out of the lantern dyes half of her jade-like face, the yellowish color makes her look delicate and gentle, and the eyes are full of faint and indescribable sorrow, looking at the beauty under the lamp, why not beat her heart in an instant?
Hua Xun stopped slowly. She looked at Huadu and looked at her.
"Is it cold?" Her gentle voice was delicate, and her soft voice licked the tip of Hua Xun's heart.
Hua Xun stood quietly in place for a moment, then smiled slightly, ran quickly in front of Hua Du, and fell lightly, restrained his steps, and even smiled with a bit of reserve.
"Why are you here? Go back and restβ"
Before she could finish speaking, Huadu untied the fox fur and wrapped her.
With Huadu's body temperature, there is still a good fragrance on Huadu's body.
She grabbed the fox fur on her body, it was difficult to restrain it, the hot blood rushed to her head, and her face was slightly red.
With shyness, she stood under the lamp, looked up at Huadu, bit her lip, and suppressed the tumbling love in her heart.
"I'm waiting for you." Huadu smiled lightly and was born with charm.
Then, Hanado took her hand and walked slowly into her yard.
"Aren't you sleepy?" Hua Xun tried to make himself appear less excited.
"I'm afraid you'll be upset to hear this today." So, I'm waiting for you.
The smile on Hua Xun's face gradually dissipated.
"I wasn't unexpected."
"Hmm."
"But I, like Zhong Ci, feel that this is unfair, and I am unwilling."
"But you are different from Zhong Ci, you admit it."
"yes. Huang Enwei ...... Thinking of where you can go, not this world. Explanation, Zhong Ci is leaving tomorrow, do you want to go with her? β
"I'm not leaving. I still have business to do. β
"Really? Great, I still have a lot of questions I don't understand......"
The morning sun jumped out of the mountains in the east, and in an instant it blew all over the world and scattered it on earth. Hanado stopped, the sun brushing her face and kissing gently in her long jet-black hair. A moment at a glance for 10,000 years, like a bright moon. A sudden light in the darkness dripped down her emaciated chin like the tears of a god.
Hua Xun is amazing. She didn't know what words to use to describe Huadu for a while. She choked.
"Don't you go......" Hua Xun suddenly felt a pain in his heart, and his eyes flickered brightly and darkly. The feeling of being hit hard in the heart made Hua Xun gasp.
After that, she lost her mind. It's just that just a moment before she fell unconscious, she saw Hua Du turn her face and her eyes were full of sadness.
In the dark and cold cave, the torches burned fiercely, and the wind blew into the cave, whimpering, as if someone was playing the sheng flute. The rocks are jagged and protruding, and the walls are carved with black drawings, simple lines, outlining mysterious and tortuous patterns. The road washed out by the flowing water on the ground is not so smooth, and it reaches the dark abyss that is invisible, but the peak is illuminated by the firelight. The space here is huge, as if it is a quaint palace, and it is a natural wonder. The steps stretch on top of each other, and there is no end in sight. There are words engraved on the top that I can't understand and distort, and I don't know how many years have passed here, witnessing the changes of the grotto.
Hua Xun listened intently, and could not hear any sound. In order not to strayed into the capital like last time, she decided to stand here and wait for Huadu.
There was no light in the cave, and she couldn't tell what time it was. Hanado should be coming.
She waited for a long time, and her legs were numb when she stood up, but she still couldn't see Huadu.
Hua Xun thought about it, and also felt that it was useless to stand still. Although she was in danger last time, Huadu appeared in time, and if she was in danger here, Huadu might appear immediately to save her. Thinking of this, Hua Xun did not hesitate to climb the stone steps.
I don't know how long I walked up, but the tip of Hua Xun's nose was already slightly sweaty. She held on to the wall, puffed up, and continued walking. It took her a while to see the light. The steps suddenly became crowded, and the stones piled up on both sides, and she jumped over them carefully to keep the hem of her skirt from being scratched by the stones.
When she stood on the platform built by hand-hewn boulders, she looked at the sky in disbelief, and the cold iron chains thick with her arms were connected horizontally and vertically, and those iron chains were dim, but they seemed to be asleep, and she couldn't count how many there were, and from here to half of the cave ran through it. In the middle was a broken stone tablet, covered with dust, with seven yellow pieces of rune paper pasted on it, which, though far in age, had not fallen off. Behind the stele, where the iron locks are intertwined, there is a coffin locked, hanging high in the air, silent. Under the coffin, eighteen teams of stone men and twelve pairs of stone beasts looked at it from a distance, just like stone men driving stone beasts. Even if Hua Xun was far away, she could feel the majesty and coldness of those stone men, and the expressions of the stone beasts were hideous and terrifying.