Chapter 229: Endgame
The man turned his head, his lips full of smiles, as if he had been here all along, waiting for the old man to come. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info Xia Yejin ran up and grabbed him, Fu Qingzhu was dragged by her so that he was almost unsteady on his feet, but in an instant, she was amused by her appearance that she wanted to speak but couldn't say anything because she ran too quickly, and said, "I thought you weren't coming?" β
After Xia Yejin took a sigh of relief, she glared at her, "Did Fu Qingzhu do you do this?" Leave without regard for anything? β
"I didn't ignore it...... the other party looked innocent, "Didn't I leave you a letter?" β
"And if I didn't see the letter, were you really going to leave like this? told Pei Qinxue a fake time, and then acted alone in advance, you are like this, do they know that they can live with peace of mind? β
"Then don't let them know."
Seeing him like this, Xia Yejin was anxious and angry, and said Fu Qingzhu, can you not be so fond of making decisions without permission, this is not your business alone, everyone will always have a way to sit down and discuss it carefully, what kind of hero are you fooling?
Fu Qingzhu smiled rarely, "Actually, this doesn't have much to do with you, returning to the altar was originally part of my plan." And this plan has been around for a long time. β
Xia Yejin was shocked, and even though she was frightened by a certain thought, she froze in place, and muttered, "Is it because of Li Yuanzhi?" β
The other party laughed, "You're really smart." Then he went to the tree by the river and stood still, and said, "Look, there is nothing." I went back to the altar this time, but I just wanted to drag Qiu Shiliang to distract and divert his attention, and as soon as Li Yuanzhi's people arrived, it would be considered a great success.
In a homely tone, he said it very relaxed, as if this time he was not going to Longtan Tiger's Den but going out to pick chrysanthemums.
Seeing that Xia Yejin was still full of sadness and stupidity, he reached out and patted her arm gently, saying Don't worry too much, it's really nothing serious. If they ask, you will say that I have something to do to go out of Beijing temporarily.
"You think they'll believe it?"
"It's okay if you don't believe it, anyway, it will almost come out by then." After finishing speaking, seeing that Xia Yejin still had a bitter gourd face, he couldn't help but be depressed, "Oh, Xia Yejin, I haven't left yet, can you not hang this face, besides, I'm just going back, delaying time, distracting and distracting-"
Without waiting for Fu Qingzhu to finish speaking, Xia Yejin spoke, "No." These two words came out coldly, and Fu Qingzhu didn't understand them for a while, so he asked, "What is not?" β
Xia Yejin raised her head, her eyes were already red, she stared at the person in front of her, and said word by word, "You didn't go to drag Qiu Shiliang to distract him, if I guessed correctly, you are going to assassinate Qiu Shiliang this time, right?" β
Historically, in the struggle between Li Deyu and Qiu Shiliang, it finally ended in the defeat of Qiu Shiliang.
In the later period of Qiu Shiliang, almost all the evidence of his crimes fell into the hands of Li Deyu, but to completely eradicate a powerful and intricate eunuch group, it is far from enough to rely on only a few evidence and the support of the emperor, but also need to be supported by strong force. And this force naturally can't rely on Li Deyu's powerless literati protΓ©gΓ©s.
Before coming here, Xia Yejin had thought about bringing down Qiu Shiliang's most powerful altar, Li Deyu should have used unconventional means, and these unconventional means naturally included inserting internal responses and eyeliner and even hiring people from the rivers and lakes. But what she didn't expect was that this so-called Neiying turned out to be the number one killer in the world, Fu Qingzhu.
Fu Qingzhu leaned his back against the trunk of the tree, turned sideways, and let himself face to face with Xia Yejin, seeing her like this, he couldn't help but sigh, "Xia Yejin is really not as serious as you think, in fact, there is not much difference between dragging Qiu Shiliang to distract him and assassinating him, in short, I just need to carry the people of the Li family, how can I say that my martial arts can also be ranked in the rivers and lakes, this kind of trivial matter, it is really not too difficult......"
Is that really the case?
Xia Yejin didn't believe it.
"And, don't forget, I'm not going to die. Even if...... I'm in real danger this time, and we'll always see each other again. By the time we meet again next time, I'll be a new me again, Fu Qingzhu or Fu Qingzhu, nothing has changed. You see, in this way, there is no harm or loss to me, and I can save everyone. So there's nothing to be sad about. β
Xia Yejin smiled bitterly.
yes, there's nothing to be sad about.
It's just that you are you, but you are not the whole you.
Why is it so unfair to have to put me through this kind of thing every time?
"Isn't this okay......" Fu Qingzhu seemed to remember something, and suddenly took out a piece of Pisces jade pendant from his arms, stuffed it into Xia Yejin's hand, and said that this was bought by me when I visited the jade workshop with Li Xiyi last time, and now I will temporarily store it with you, and I will ask you when I come back. This jade pendant is very valuable, I will definitely come back to ask you for this time, you should be relieved, right?
In this way, he can rest assured that there are ghosts, and it is a shame to use this kind of words to comfort people, and he can think of it.
Xia Yejin's eyes were suddenly so sour that she couldn't open them, she hurriedly rummaged through all the bags on her body that could hide things, and finally found a talisman folded into a triangle, handed it to Fu Qingzhu indiscriminately, and said in a daze, "This has been opened, and it is also very valuable, you remember to take it back and return it to me......" When the words came to the back, they were already with a thick nasal voice.
Fu Qingzhu didn't say anything more and accepted the talisman. Then he waved his hand at her, signaling her to go back first, and then turned around to leave.
The sky is full of red clouds like fire, and yellow leaves are piled up everywhere.
The figure was about to disappear in front of him in the blink of an eye.
Xia Yejin suddenly came back to his senses, grabbed Fu Qingzhu's sleeve, grabbed it, and said quickly almost without stopping, "Fu Qingzhu, don't you go, okay, anyway, in history, Qiu Shiliang will eventually lose to Li Deyu, so don't worry so much, just find a place to go incognito, or go out to travel, in short, don't go, okay?!" β
Fu Qingzhu didn't break free, she grabbed it, and when she relaxed a little, he gently patted her shoulder with his other hand, his tone was soft, and he comforted her softly, "Xia Yejin, you are not stupid, since Qiu Shiliang will eventually lose, then there is nothing to worry about." There will be reunion and separation, and I think you should know this better than I do......"
A few late farmers with hoes walked towards this direction, and the sun was setting in the west, and the last rays of afterglow disappeared into the shimmering waves of the river.
Xia Yejin didn't speak again, but she didn't let go either, and the two of them stood quietly like this.
If life and death can still say some insincere blessings and farewells, the scene of their separation can't even say a word of goodbye.
Because there will be an end to life and death, and the encounter and departure between them seems to never be in sight, again and again, encountering, and then parting, as if they have fallen into a never-ending vicious circle, and there will never be peace.
The birds returned to their nests, the sky was gray, the curtain fell, and Wan Lai began to return to its original place.
By the White Horse River, the two of them were still standing quietly.
Fu Qingzhu patted Xia Yejin's arm hard, and his voice couldn't hear other emotions as usual, "Okay, Xia Yejin, it's almost." If you don't leave, it will be dark. β
Xia Yejin stubbornly refused to let go, as if as long as the two of them didn't have to separate, Fu Qingzhu didn't have to die.
Fu Qingzhu felt a little helpless and tugged on his sleeve with more and more force, he sighed, then laughed again, and tried to use an indifferent and relaxed tone, "Xia Yejin, how old are you and still so clingy, I said that I will be fine." If you're afraid that I'll miss the appointment, at most the next time we meet again, you can just beat me up and relieve my anger. β
After that, he shook his arm slightly, and the short sword hidden in his sleeve slipped from between his sleeves and fell into his palm, Fu Qingzhu glanced at the cold light that flashed above, and then pushed Xia Yejin away from in front of him, and before she could react, she had already cut off the corner of her sleeve with her backhand with her short sword.
The hissing sound of the fabric was extremely harsh, not as heartbroken as imagined, but Xia Yejin's eyes began to blur, and Fu Qingzhu's figure gradually became transparent, and finally turned into a little dust, slowly dissipating into the air.
Xia Yejin stretched out her hand in vain, but she didn't catch anything.
A knight riding by saw a dejected person standing on the riverbank, and his voice was worried, "It's getting dark, girl, let's hurry home......
The horse passed by like a gust of wind, and the man's words were still floating in the air with an epilogue, Xia Yejin put down her hand raised in the air, hazy, she didn't know what happened just now. I just felt that my body was getting lighter and lighter, and in the end, it seemed like nothing.
Her last thought rested on a historical statement:
In the second year of Huichang, in 842 A.D., the altar was trapped. Qiu Shiliang personally killed the dead soldiers under his jurisdiction, dozens of internal responses, and no one survived.
In the third year of Huichang, in 843 AD, Qiu Shiliang returned to his hometown and died in June of the same year. He was 63 years old. Tang Wuzong posthumously awarded him the title of Metropolitan Governor of Yangzhou.
In the fourth year of Huichang, in 844 A.D., because the family was inspected for possessing weapons, the emperor issued an edict to cut the official title, and his family was confiscated.
When Xia Yejin woke up, it was already night.
Gong Chenshi stood by the window, turned around when he heard the movement, and seemed to be a little frightened by Xia Yejin's steady and unspeakable mood, and paused before speaking, "This time the task is okay." β
Qiu Shiliang was at the end of his crossbow, and after the altar was destroyed, he lost all his foundation and backbone almost overnight. In addition, Emperor Wu of the Tang Dynasty Li Yan reused Li Deyu and had a brilliant life, and in the end, he just ended up with no family.
Pei Qinxue's identity was finally concealed by Li Yuanzhi, and the Pei family's tragedy was Zhaoxue, and she continued to live in the Li family with this identity. After that, he married Li Xizhi, and lived happily after marriage, with children in pairs, and a very happy life.
In the dead of night, she also occasionally thought of Fu Qingzhu and all the colleagues who were killed in the altar.
Fu Qingzhu had left a letter to her, saying that he had something to do to go out of Beijing temporarily, and the plan between them was put on hold for a while, and then discussed after he returned. What Pei Qinxue didn't expect was that Fu Qingzhu would encounter an accident on the way out of Beijing.
Just when she was worried that the people from the altar would come to her, she heard that Li Yuanzhi led people to break through the altar and Qiu Shiliang killed the soldiers.
The dust has settled.
Sometimes she also thinks selfishly, fortunately, the plan proposed by Fu Qingzhu was not implemented, otherwise she might have died under Qiu Shiliang's knife. So many things have been arranged in the dark, but fortunately, God seems to be kind to her, and all the previous hardships have been rewarded.
"What do you want to get into such a daze?" Li Xizhi stood behind him, reaching out and gently rubbing her shoulder. Pei Qinxue smiled and shook her head, but saw that the other party took a piece of cut fragrant pear and handed it to her.