Chapter 36: The Death of the Homeland
That year, it should have been a good season for apricot blossoms and spring rain, but the war did not stop, and the iron hooves were endless. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ infoThe whole country of the south was destroyed, the blood flowed like a river, and the beacon fire and wolf smoke filled the entire capital.
Ye Jinyun witnessed the tragic death of her father-in-law Liu Yuan, witnessed her most beloved Queen Qiuci fall in a pool of blood, and witnessed the entire palace turn from a luxurious palace into a ruined wall and a ruin. And in her arms is the only daughter of King Hongxuan and Queen Qiuci, and she is the last princess of the Great Southern Kingdom. Facing the encirclement and interception of the armored thieves, and facing the cliff world that was close at hand, she chose to jump and call the lives of herself and Princess Acacia to the heavens.
After two months of fleeing, two months of fast horses and non-stop, she no longer knew where she was, let alone how far away the distant Shengge country was. I only know the last instructions of Queen Qiuci, and the order of the king - just go north, you must reach Shengge, and then take the jade talisman to meet King Shengge, and do not stop on the way.
However, before the person arrived, the jade talisman had been lost. When Gonggong Liu went to look for water, the jade talisman he was carrying was not left, but who knew that the search for water could not be done, but he was shot and killed. The token was also trampled by the horse's hooves and never found again.
With a jump on the cliff, Ye Jinyun was determined to die. She took one last look at the baby in her arms, closed her eyes, and left the hard rock under her feet before the other could leave her hands.
When she opened her eyes again, she only felt unbearable pain all over her body, and the slightest movement was a pain to the bones, and the muscles and veins of her body seemed to have been cut into several pieces, and she couldn't use half of her strength. A little sunlight shone in her slightly open eyes, making her feel dizzy. The shadow cast by the branches and leaves that had been blown by the wind was mottled on the top of her head and face, and a gust of wind blew, and she suddenly woke upβit turned out that she was not dead.
Soon after, her ears gradually became clearer, and after she regained consciousness, there seemed to be the sound of tinkling water not far away, and after listening carefully for a long time, she realized that the sound of running water was in the crack in the stone under her head. It was a long time before she realized that she was lying in the water, the cold water sliding over her body, and the pain in her body made her forget the cold.
She thought that she was not willing, first fled and was forced into a desperate situation, and when she was desperate, she gritted her teeth and jumped off the cliff with the princess in her arms.
But who knows, heaven and man are tricky. You can't live when you want to survive, you can't die when you want to die, the abyss didn't break her bones, even if her body is crippled, but after all, her mind is still sober, and it must be fine.
At this moment, she could only hear a stream of birds circling overhead, and the sound of contention was as melodious as the rhythm of music, and at that moment, the idea of survival in her heart was rekindled, and it was as unstoppable as a raging fire, and the ferocity struck. Since God didn't ask her for her life in the end, it is a great responsibility to her, no matter how humble she is, she must regain her strength and roll up a bloody storm!
There is faith, but the source of the bloody wind and rain lies in the infant princess. Only then did she suddenly remember, princess, what about the princess? She gritted her teeth and moved her scarred arm, her fingers spreading as hard as she could, rubbing against the things around her arm. But after a lot of blood and sweat, everywhere you can reach your fingers, there are hard stones or silky weeds, and nothing else.
She was exhausted, and after wasting all her strength, she fell into a deep sleep again. She felt that the sun was constantly moving up and out, and she was thirsty, her lips were white, and she didn't know how long she had been asleep, and finally a noisy sound sounded in her ears......
"Which woman is this, why did she get hurt like this?"
"Looking at her dress, she doesn't look like a commoner, it is estimated that she is the lady and aunt of the house!"
"Yes, something happened to this lady, it looks like she is dead......
"Don't talk nonsense, look at her lips are still moving!"
As soon as they heard this, everyone hurriedly looked over, only to see that the woman in the water not only moved her lips slightly, but also her eyes trembled slightly. At this time, a woman hurriedly squatted down, put the bamboo basket in her hand aside, gently held her neck with one hand, and called, "Girl, girl! Wake up! β
"Water...... Water ......"
Everyone saw her two pale thin lips close one by one, but they couldn't hear what she was saying, and the woman hurriedly turned her ears sideways, pressed her head to her mouth, and listened for a long time, then raised her head and hurriedly said, "She's talking about water!" β
"I'm thirsty, feed me some water!"
"Yes, the lack of water will collapse and die, this stream is clear, just take water on the spot!"
As he spoke, the man picked up a wide leaf, quickly rinsed it with water, and then scooped up a leaf of stream water, came to Ye Jinyun, lifted her head, and slowly poured it down.
experienced the slaughter of wars, the escape of nine deaths, and the rivers of blood, but in the end, in this distant and strange place, I once again experienced the warmth of the world. Ye Jinyun was originally a strong woman, but at such a moment, a line of tears slipped out of the corners of her eyes.
"Girl, what happened to you, that you are so scarred?" The woman holding her asked sadly.
"Looking at her appearance, she shouldn't be a person who sings! It is estimated that the person from Liangyu ......"
When Ye Jinyun heard those two words, his eyes trembled suddenly, his eyes widened hard, and he carefully stared at the face in front of him and the sky leaves above his head, and realized in his heart: It turns out that it has come to Shengge......
But when she thought of the lost jade talisman and the princess who didn't know where she lived or died, she was instantly discouraged. Even if she has reached Shengge, what can she do, leaving her with a pair of skins, isn't it the same everywhere?
Just when all thoughts were lost, I suddenly heard a loud voice from the crowd: "Don't move her like this, it's easy to make things worse!" β
I saw a lean, dark-skinned man walking over, with a short beard black and bright left on the side of his mouth, and two slender eyes that were also bright. He stepped vigorously to Ye Jinyun's side in two steps, put his fingers on her nose to feel the breath, and then lifted her wrist to take the pulse. A series of movements were smooth, calm and unhurried, and the majesty on his body convinced others, so they listened to his words and did not dare to move.
After taking the pulse, he silently found a good position, and picked up Ye Jinyun with both hands, so that she would not suffer too much. Then he said to the bystanders, "Please lift the curtain on my car." β
A man hurried over and lifted the curtain of the car, and without squinting, he carried the wounded in his arms, walked quickly to the front of the car, and put her in. After he got into the carriage, he held the reins in his hand, turned his head and said to everyone: "Although I am not a doctor, I know a little about medicine, and I will heal her, so the villagers don't have to worry." β
With that, he let out a long shout, and the horse raised its head and neighed, and its front hooves were raised, and it swept away in the dust.
Half a month later, Ye Jinyun was able to walk on the ground, so she hurriedly begged the man to take her back to the place where she was rescued, and the man listened to her reason, so he drove her over to look for it, but for several days, the search was unsuccessful. The lovesick princess is dead and can't see the body, and she can't see anyone alive, but since she hasn't found it, it represents a glimmer of life.
It is this line of vitality that makes Ye Jinyun who later can't let go of the obsession in his heart.
At that time, she was already a wife. And the person she married was the man who rescued her that day, and later the head of Lin's swordsmanship, Lin Su.
Lin Su traveled to various countries that year, except for the southern and western states that were in the midst of the war, he almost traveled to the other four countries, made sages and friends in various places, learned from teachers from all sides, and studied under famous families, so as to learn a superb martial arts and wonderful swordsmanship, in addition, medical divination also knows a little bit, and is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.
He is not a native of Shengge, nor is he Liang Yu who is next to Shengge, but a friend of Jiuqin, a friend of the late southern country. At the foot of Mianshan that day, a woman who was seriously injured but did not die was rescued, and after learning that she had jumped off the cliff and fell, she sighed in shock, thinking that it was a great blessing not to die. After hearing about what happened to her and learning her true identity, he became more and more convinced that this was a strange woman.
For Ye Jinyun's knot, he obeyed his wife's order and stayed in Shengge for two years. It wasn't until she couldn't find the princess anymore that Ye Jinyun began to miss her homeland and everything in the south. At that time, he had already returned to his heart like an arrow, so he had to put the princess down in advance, and after he went back to rest and settle down, it was not too late to come to Shengge to find someone.
So, Lin Su and his wife embarked on the road back to the south. The southern kingdom has been destroyed, and the old country has become a place in Xizhou, and after the two returned to Xizhou, they settled here. Lin Su restrained his body and mind, carried forward his swordsmanship, recruited apprentices widely, and opened a sect, so that Lin's swordsmanship was born and flourished.
A year after returning to China, on an ordinary market, Ye Jinyun took a toddler who was only two weeks old to buy meat in the downtown area, and suddenly saw a little girl in gorgeous clothes walking towards him, and when he was confused, he saw the girl smiling, lowered her voice, leaned into her ear and said, "Aunt Ye, our master asked you to come over to talk." β
Ye Jinyun's heart was suddenly lifted after three years of silence, she looked at the strange pretty girl in front of her in disbelief, and carefully searched for any familiar palace maid in her memory, but she still didn't understand it, and she didn't have any impression.
Seeing her standing there stunned and silent, the girl said again: "Aunt Jinyun don't have to be afraid, you must know our master." β
This time, she was sure that the person in front of her was not malicious, and thinking that it was likely to be the palace maid who served together in the old Xuan Palace, her arms instantly lost strength, and the child in her hand was suddenly thrown to the ground. When she trembled and hurriedly appeared in front of Princess Qingwan's sedan chair, she finally couldn't hold back any longer, and the two hid in the corner of the street and hugged each other and cried, but they didn't say a word.
In the most chaotic and crowded small teahouse in the downtown area, the two sat by the window, chatting for a long time, the tea on the table was cooled and replaced with hot, and the hot one became cold again without drinking. Princess Qingwan learned everything that happened three years ago from Ye Jinyun's mouth, and her tears completely wet the handkerchief, and between helplessness and remorse, she also told her powerless and exhausted past.
Unconsciously, it was already twilight, and the two said goodbye, one went back to the West Palace, and the other went back to the Lin family.
Ye Jinyun learned that King Mingde had promised Princess Qingwan to leave her brother and sister-in-law alive, but the iron horse was ruthless, on the battlefield, which king had never killed a red eye? After all, the palace was burned, and the queen and the king were finally killed.
In addition, she vaguely learned from Princess Qingwan that in the first battle of Nanxi, the king of Xizhou seemed to have secretly received the full help of Liang Yu and King Qiaojiang, so he was able to kill him quickly. When she heard this, she was full of emotion in her heart, lamenting that the world is so unpredictable and people's hearts are so unpredictable.
And the king's advice was so true! It turned out that when the war horse stepped into the capital, King Hong Xuan had already understood that Liang Yu and Qiao Jiang, who had always been allies, had already betrayed him. That's why he shouted to the three queens in the midst of the raging fire: "All the way to the north, you are not allowed to turn back until you sing......"
And the fact that Ye Jinyun was alive, Qingwan naturally sealed her mouth firmly. After the two parted from the teahouse, there was no contact for a month or two.
But three months later, Princess Qingwan suddenly visited the Lin family, and this time she came to conspire with her about a crucial plan. And the most important force of this plan is actually a five-year-old girl who accompanied her......