121. Fate
Although Xiao Feng went north out of Yanmen, he did not return to Daliao immediately, just because the second day was the fifteenth day of the first month.
However, on this day, Xiao Feng waited from dawn to sunset, and from sunset to moonrise, but Murong Fu never appeared. Although this covenant of life and death was made by Xiao Feng himself, he waited outside Yanmen Pass for a whole day, and the situation of getting along with Murong Fu in the past came one after another. Xiao Feng was never able to answer himself: If Murong Fu really came and came to settle the old grudge with him thirty years ago, would he be able to kill Murong Fu with his own hands to avenge his mother? If he came to explain the misunderstanding and rebuild the old good...... Xiao Feng suddenly felt a panic, this feeling was so strange and strangely familiar. Worried and unwilling, hoping that he would succumb, but he didn't know what to do.
Outside the Yanmen Pass, Xiao Feng slowly stroked the stone wall where Xiao Yuanshan left a suicide note, looked up at the full moon hanging high in the sky for a while, and sighed softly. He knew that Murong Fu would not come. Perhaps this is the most appropriate ending. Xiao Feng couldn't help but laugh secretly, and said in his heart: I don't want to kill you, but I really don't want to see you again. It's good that you don't come! That's it, Murong, let's forget about each other like this! Just think of it as ...... The world is a big dream.
Not long after, a figure with a broken arm slowly walked up from the other end of the hillside, it was Xiao Yuanshan.
Seeing this, Xiao Feng hurriedly greeted him and shouted, "Daddy! ”
Xiao Yuanshan looked around and asked, "The dog official didn't come?" ”
Xiao Feng was silent for a while.
Xiao Yuanshan smiled and said coldly: "That dog official knows in his heart that his martial arts are far inferior to yours, so how can he come to send him to death?" ”
Xiao Feng still didn't answer.
Xiao Yuanshan couldn't help but sigh lightly when he saw it, and only said, "Feng'er, Daddy only asks you two questions." First, is the Murong clan the culprit for your mother's murder? Second, the ten years of friendship with you are actually all for use, is it not Murong Fu himself admitted? ”
Xiao Feng's face was hot for a while, and he said with difficulty: "Daddy, the child understands!" "In the past few months, Xiao Feng has lived like a year, no matter whether he opens his eyes or closes his eyes, all he thinks about in his heart is Murong Fu. What else can you not understand?
"I don't think he's coming, let's go!" Xiao Yuanshan couldn't help but sigh. Murong Fu is an official of the imperial court, and wherever he goes, he carries a group of officers and soldiers armed with powerful firearms. Xiao Yuanshan has grown wise, even if he hates him to the bone, he also knows that revenge cannot be forced.
Xiao Feng shook his head and said, "I said the fifteenth day of the first month, which is the fifteenth day of the first month." Whether he comes or not, I'll wait for the day! ”
Xiao Feng did what he said, and Xiao Yuanshan could only admire, so the father and son sat down together against the stone wall. Xiao Yuanshan's hometown revisited, and he couldn't help but think of his wife who died in vain thirty years ago. Thinking back to the past 30 years of hiding in Shaolin, his wife's body was not buried, the father-son relationship was cut off, and in the end, he couldn't even find the revenge of killing his wife, Xiao Yuanshan couldn't help but feel gloomy. Recalling the martial arts conference, the dog official said with a cold and mocking expression: "You are a Khitan who came to seek revenge from me, a Great Song Dynasty official, did you find the wrong temple gate?" Xiao Yuanshan couldn't help but clench his left fist and the green tendons burst out. However, in addition to being angry, he couldn't help but ask himself: If I had jumped off the cliff and not died, I would have found Feng'er and returned to Khitan as soon as possible, and begged the queen to come forward to negotiate for me, so that the Song Dynasty court would hand over the real murderer of my wife. Could it be that a qiē will make a big difference?
Thinking of this, Xiao Yuanshan couldn't help but close his eyes tightly and sighed weakly. Although he hated Murong and his son, he even opened his mouth as a "dog official" and closed his mouth as a "thief" to Murong Fu, and he never had half a good word. But he also knew in his heart: some of the dog official's words were not completely unreasonable, and many things in this world, the dog official was far more clear than the people of the world!
Xiao Yuanshan's father and son were in a lot of thoughts, but at this time, a third person's voice came from the hillside. It was a crisp female voice, calling out eagerly: "Brother Xiao! Brother Xiao! ”
Xiao Feng hurriedly got up and looked, and after a while, he saw the two sisters, Ah Zhu and Ah Zi, running up from the other side of the hill with difficulty. "Azhu?" Xiao Feng screamed in surprise and hurriedly greeted him. "Why are you here?"
It is really not close from Yanziwu to Yanmen Pass, and Azhu is worried all the way for fear that Xiao Feng has returned to the Khitan and will never find anyone again. When she saw Xiao Feng at this time, she cried with joy, and immediately put the reservedness of her daughter's family behind, and shouted regardless of it: "Brother Xiao, Azhu wants to follow you!" At the ends of the earth, Azhu will follow you! ”
Ah Zhu said it so clearly that Xiao Feng couldn't help but be stunned. Ah Zhu's affection for him, Xiao Feng has also heard Murong Fu mention it a few times over the years. If Xiao Feng once insisted that it was Murong Fu's joke, then after Ah Zhu accompanied him to escort Xiao Yuanshan to seek treatment, Xiao Feng had vaguely realized that this might not really be a joke. However, at that time, Xiao Feng was already able to determine his life experience, and he had always regarded Azhu as his sister-in-law for many years. Even though he understood her affection for him, he still soberly decided that pretending not to know that it was the best arrangement for Azhu to find another talent. Xiao Feng never expected that Ah Zhu would be able to run so heedlessly. Ah Zhu treated him like this, how could Xiao Feng not be moved? Even, how can you not be grateful? But at this moment, how did he come over?
Xiao Fengzheng didn't know how to respond, Xiao Yuanshan had already stepped forward and smiled: "Okay! Good! Feng'er, Miss Azhu treats you affectionately, you can't live up to her! At that time, Xiao Yuanshan was seriously injured in a broken arm, and he was taken care of and served by Azhu, so he was very happy with this hard-working, gentle and lovely girl.
Ah Zhu's face was flushed with shame when he heard this, and he hurriedly bent his knees to bless Xiao Yuanshan, and said softly: "Ah Zhu has seen Uncle Xiao. ”
Xiao Yuanshan was about to make a few more jokes, but Xiao Feng sighed lightly and took the lead in saying: "Azhu, the bitter cold land of Khitan, you ...... Don't you regret it? ”
Ah Zhu's face turned red, and he lowered his head and whispered: "As long as Ah Zhu follows Brother Xiao, he is willing to endure hardships and hardships." Azhu ...... No regrets! Her words became lighter and more inaudible, but the infinite affection in these words was evident from heaven and earth.
Xiao Yuanshan immediately laughed when he heard this, and he was extremely satisfied with this daughter-in-law.
is Xiao Feng himself, who is also happy. Even though he has changed from the leader of the beggar gang that everyone admires to the Khitan breed that everyone avoids, he still has the beggar brothers who will never abandon him, and there is Azhu who is willing to follow him wholeheartedly, what are the regrets? He finally couldn't help laughing and hugged Ah Zhu tightly.
The two hugged each other, and Ah Zi, who was standing on the side, also pounced, hugged Xiao Feng's waist from behind and said, "Ah Zi also wants to follow my sister and brother-in-law, and I will never be separated!" ”
Only after this twist and turn, the sky has dawned, and the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has quietly passed. Xiao Feng held Xiao Yuanshan with one hand, held Azhu with the other, and said with satisfaction: "Daddy, Azhu, and Xiao Azi, let's go!" ”
Several people looked at each other and smiled, and then they headed towards Da Liao.
In the Swallow Dock, Deng Baichuan and the other four cleaned up the many corpses in the Swallow Dock, comforted the surviving servants who were tied up in the cellar, and sent one of them to ask for a doctor, and then rushed to see Murong Fu. When a few people entered Murong Fu's study, they saw Gongyeqian's wife kneeling in front of Murong Fu with tears streaming down her face. And Murong Fu himself, at this time, was pinching a piece of pine nut candy produced by "Jinxiutang" and coaxing the little girl in his arms softly. The little girl had a double bun on her head and wore a pink and tender silk skirt, looking very cute, it was the only flesh and blood of Gongye Qian, who was five years old, Gongye Lan.
Seeing Deng Baichuan and others appear, Mrs. Gongye immediately rushed forward and pulled the hem of Sister-in-law Deng's skirt and cried: "Sister-in-law! Sister-in-law, please......" She cried and begged as she turned her frightened gaze to Murong Fu.
Murong Fu turned a deaf ear, only bent down and smiled at Gongye Lan, who was sitting on his lap, and said, "It turns out that Lan'er doesn't like pine nut candy...... What does Lan'er like? The prince will order someone to do it for Lan'er, okay? ”
"My subordinates have seen my son!" Deng Baichuan and the others saw Murong Fu coaxing Gongyelan to eat candy, only to feel the cold overflowing, and hurriedly knelt down to salute in unison.
"The son-in-law has something to do, Lan'er is good, go out with your sister-in-law." Even Sister-in-law Deng also came with a white face to take Gongyelan away.
"I don't!" Unbeknownst to him, Gongye Lan treated Murong Fu very closely, and immediately hugged his arm, sticking to Murong Fu and refusing to leave.
"Lan'er!" Mrs. Gongye Qian immediately shouted, and even her voice trembled.
Unexpectedly, this Gong Yelan was really willful, only kicking her legs and shouting. "I don't! I don't! "Gongye Qian is in Western Xia all the year round, and only his wife and daughter depend on each other in Yanziwu. Yes, it is inevitable that I will be pampered by this daughter.
"Woe to your wife and children, this truth is always understood. Second sister-in-law, what are you afraid of? I saw Murong Fu gently caress Gongyelan's back, and said softly to Mrs. Gongye.
Mrs. Gongye burst into tears, kowtowed again and again: "Son, I know that it is me and my husband who are sorry for you!" Son, if you want to kill, kill me, spare Lan'er! ”
As soon as Mrs. Gongye's words came out, everyone was at a loss, and they only heard Murong Fu ask in a quiet voice: "Hmm...... It turned out that you and Gongye Qian were sorry for me...... Second sister-in-law, how can you and the second brother of Gongye be sorry for me? ”
"I ...... I ......" Mrs. Gongye's tears became more urgent, and she muttered for a long time. "A few years ago, Xianggong sent a lot of red, red, green and green insects from Xixia to me to give them to Ah Zi...... I don't know, I really don't know......" Halfway through her words, she suddenly grabbed the skirt of Sister-in-law Deng, who had always been good friends with her, and cried hoarsely. "Sister-in-law, you believe me! I really didn't know that Ah Zi would be poisoned! …… He is my father-in-law, how can I not listen to him? Sister-in-law......"
"Poisoned?!" Deng Baichuan and the other four immediately changed color, and looked at Murong Fu together. "Childe, what do you mean by that?"
Murong Fu didn't speak, and Ah Bi, who was standing behind Murong Fu, casually lit a small piece of white sandalwood, and said with tears: "Ah Zi poisoned the incense commonly used by the prince...... If it weren't for the fact that Gongzi's practice went wrong a few days ago, none of us would know...... How long has this poison been in place, and ...... ...... too" Abi choked and turned her head, unable to speak any more.
Deng Baichuan and the other three retainers saw with their own eyes that the burning white sandalwood showed a strange purple glow, but after it was extinguished, it returned to its usual grayish white, and they were all dumbfounded as if they had been struck by lightning.
I don't know how long it took for the silence in the room to be broken by Deng Baichuan. I saw him muttering almost distractedly: "The second child has a different heart a long time ago...... Dick ...... Gongzi gave him opportunities again and again, but he had long been ...... I have betrayed my son a long time ago! Speaking of this, he screamed and pounced on Murong Fu, his thick fingers constantly searching for Murong Fu's body. My son was sick again and again, again and again, but I never cared...... I, I only thought of brotherhood and covered up for him many times...... Childe! "The boy doesn't flick when he has tears, but he hasn't reached the sad place. Deng Baichuan recalled the past, he was really ashamed, and suddenly his palm turned over and slapped it heavily on the top of his head.
"Xianggong!"
"Big brother!"
Sister-in-law Deng, Bao Wei, and Storm Evil shouted in unison, and rushed towards Deng Baichuan at the same time. However, stopping him at this time is one step too late after all. Seeing that Deng Baichuan's palm was about to burst his brain, Murong Fu's right index finger suddenly pointed out obliquely, pointing at the point of the wind, Deng Baichuan suddenly felt that his right shoulder was numb, and his whole arm hung down weakly.
"Xianggong!" Sister-in-law Deng hurriedly rushed forward and hugged him tightly, crying loudly with palpitations. "What are you doing here? What are you doing? ”
"Son, Master......" Deng Baichuan only looked at Murong Fu with a look of shame.
Murong Fu was really angry, and immediately choked for a while, and said slowly after a while: "If you don't keep secrets, you will lose the country, and this matter is also my negligence, Brother Deng doesn't have to be like this." The matter has come to this point, or is it serious to try to remedy it. ”
"Second sister-in-law, how many times have you sent things to Ah Zi? Since when? Say! "Bao Wei has always treated Mrs. Gongye with great respect, but at this time, he can't take care of that much. I saw him punch Mrs. Gongye's side, and immediately punched a big hole in the ground.
Mrs. Gongye didn't know martial arts, and her face turned pale immediately, and Gongye Lan in Murong Fu's arms was even more frightened and cried.
"Abi, take Lan'er out!" Murong Fu said softly, "There is no need to scare children about adults. ”
Mrs. Gongye was grateful when she heard this, and when she saw her daughter leaving, she hurriedly replied: "I, I have sent things to Miss Ah Zi twice. The first time, the first time was five years ago, when Gongzi had just returned to Beijing...... Third brother, third brother, I can't help it! I didn't know it was going to be like this...... He is my father-in-law, and if I don't listen to him, he will divorce me! Third brother! After Mrs. Gongye finished speaking, she pulled her bag again and cried helplessly. Unlike Sister-in-law Deng, who is also a heroic son and daughter of the rivers and lakes, Gongye Qian's wife is just an ignorant woman and child with empty beauty, who has always regarded her husband as the sky and obeyed Gongye Qian's words.
Deng Baichuan and the others are not hard-hearted, and at this time, it is unbearable to see Mrs. Gongye crying bitterly. Just looked back at Murong Fu, who was getting thinner and tired, and their hearts were like knives. Looking back on the past, Gongye cadres repeatedly committed crimes, and they all thought of brotherhood and pleaded for him. As a result, Gongye Qian's rebellious behavior is the difference between this and their own rebellious behavior?
Everyone didn't know how to face Murong Fu, and the storm suddenly roared and rushed out like crazy.
"Third Brother Bao, go stop him." Murong Fu said in a low tone, "Gongye Qian is dead, even if he is crushed and scattered, it will not help." ”
"Yes, Childe!" Bao Wei replied with tears, but he didn't rush to leave, but said. "Son, the doctor here is useless, so let's invite Xue Muhua, the 'enemy of Hades', to take a look!"
Murong Fu nodded slightly, and said slowly: "This matter will be entrusted to Third Brother Bao." ”
"Yes!" Bao Wei answered again and hurriedly walked out. He was not in a hurry to stop the turmoil, but he was really anxious to find Xue Muhua.
"As for you, second sister-in-law, I'll let you know if your mother and daughter don't know." Murong Fu pressed the corners of his forehead and whispered, "Gongye Qian is dead, and Yanziwu will no longer keep you." You pack your luggage and take Lan'er, and you will help the coffin to return to your hometown today! I will also give you a lot of money that Gongye Qian has made over the years. But I have a word first, after leaving the Murong family, if you mention the Murong family in a word, I want your entire clan to die without a place to be buried! ”
"Thank you Gongye! Master Xie! Nearly dying, Mrs. Gongye kowtowed again and again with gratitude, and hurriedly retreated.
After Mrs. Gongye left, Murong Fu leaned in the chair with his forehead closed, and he didn't speak for a long time, and he didn't know if he was asleep or awake.
After a while, even the different bags have come back with a storm. The four of them looked at each other, all worried. Deng Baichuan finally couldn't help but step forward and whispered: "Son? ”
After a long time, Murong Fufang unconsciously sighed, closed his eyes and asked, "...... Does Brother Deng still think I'm too benevolent? ”
"The subordinates don't dare!" Deng Baichuan hurriedly knelt down. In fact, Murong Fu was able to spare Gongyeqian's wife and children, and Deng Baichuan was only grateful in his heart.
"There are no two heavens and no two kingdoms. There are some things that my real father can't touch! I hope you can understand this truth as much as possible, so that he will not follow in the footsteps of Gongye Qian. Only then did Murong Fu open his eyes and look at the people in front of him. Xu is weak in illness, his voice has always been very cold, and his tone is light and soft, like a mist that will not disperse at dawn. However, the deep meaning of his words really frightened everyone.
only heard a few "poofs", and the three of Sister-in-law Deng, Bao Wei, and Storm Evil also knelt down and said in unison: "My subordinates don't dare!" ”
"Daddy, I'm afraid that he doesn't want to see me for a while, so he bothers Brother Deng to explain me a lot. I have some good soothing incense here, Brother Deng remembers to take it, so that Daddy can change his mind as soon as possible. "Murong Fu said slowly, and his slow and natural tone did not seem to be blatantly ordering his subordinates to drug his biological father." Okay, I don't have to teach you what to do with the rest. Stand down! ”
Deng Baichuan and the others respectfully responded "yes", and then retreated together.
The overall situation has been decided, and Murong Fu's side is quiet in an instant. He sat in his study for a while, and suddenly looked up at the fading full moon outside the window. The moon shadow is sinking in the east, and the night is so long, but it will gradually pass. Realizing this in a trance, Murong Fu's heart once again flooded with a familiar colic. He gasped twice and pressed his hands on the table as if to get up, but after a moment he laughed at himself and slowly sat back. I saw him leaning back in the chair and sighing for a long time, silently looking at the full moon, as if he was stupid.
The red sun was rising, and Abi quietly pushed the door in. Noticing that Murong Fu had fallen asleep sitting behind the table at some point, she hurriedly stepped forward and shook his cold hand gently. "Childe?"
Murong replied and slowly opened his eyes. The next moment, he stood up suddenly, held the table with one hand and said in disbelief: "It's dawn? Abi, prepare the horses! Before he could finish speaking, the man was already walking towards the gate.
"Childe!" Where could Abi let Murong Fu work hard at this time, and without thinking about it, he stepped forward to stop him and hugged him. "Son, you can't go! Where are you going? Where are you going? "Abi is just a delicate and weak little girl, where can she stop Murong Fu? After only a few steps, she was dragged to the ground by Murong Fu. But she still hugged Murong Fu's waist and refused to let go.
"On the fifteenth day of the first month, Yanmen Pass!" Murong Fu's whole body was weak, and his eyes were black, but he was still struggling to pull away Ah Bi's arm. "Abi, let go! This time it's different, he's gone and will never come back! Let go! ”
"Son, today is the sixteenth day of the first lunar month! Wake up, son! Ah Bi knew that Murong Fu was sick and confused, so he cried loudly.
Murong Fu stiffened suddenly, turned around after a while, and said with difficulty: "The sixteenth day of the first month? ”
“…… It's ......" Ah Bi nodded, and tears rained down in an instant.
"The sixteenth ...... of the first lunar month" Murong Fu repeated with a blank expression, and suddenly fell back into the chair.
Abi stepped forward on his knees, grabbed his hand tightly and said repeatedly: "Son, there is still a way!" There must be a way! ”
Murong Fu kept staring at the red sun that was gradually rising in the east outside the window, and he didn't speak for a long time. It wasn't until the golden light gradually diffused into the study, flooding his body, that he whispered, "It's over...... Even if I take Murong Bo's head with me, he will always remember that it was surnamed Murong who killed his biological mother in order to restore the country; is surnamed Murong, and in order to restore the country, he deceived him for ten years......"
Abi covered her mouth tightly, trying to restrain herself from crying, she really didn't know how to answer. In the face of such heavy pain and helplessness, any words of comfort are futile. In the blur of tears, Ah Bi clearly saw that the sharp golden light was like thousands of feather arrows shooting towards Murong Fu, penetrating Murong Fu's body. Those feather arrows left a huge black shadow on the ground, and Murong Fu himself was gradually merging with that black shadow, and could no longer be separated.
"Abi, I have no way out......" the dark shadow sighed softly, and his tone was low, as if he was from the Nine Shadows.