Chapter 42: Dust Burial
Probably, it only took two days, the things in the Fu Palace, spread all over the world, in many versions of the legend there are different endings about the Dongfu royal power, I will hear the rumors roughly summarized, it can be regarded as a clear idea, in the eyes of the Dongfu people, the once famous Zhaohua County Lord, who did not let the eyebrows, finally became a complete traitor, these are all collected by the Emperor Fu Xuan, he personally told me one by one the legends, compared to the middle there are many more ugly words He did not sue me.
And the news that the lord of Zhaohua County will marry into Nancheng also spread as he wished.
Huangfu Xuan led the horse and stood in front of me, wanting to speak and stopping.
"Still no news from Xiao Ang?" I asked again. Since I forced the palace that day and completely subverted the royal power of Dongfu, Xiao Ang has disappeared, and in the past two days since Huang Fu Xuan's army entered Leyao City, he has really helped me find Xiao Ang, but Xiao Ang seems to have suddenly evaporated from the world.
Huangfu Xuan frowned slightly and nodded slowly. "Will find it."
will find it, will definitely find it, I believe in him, and I believe in Xiao Ang, Xiao Ang may just be unable to accept finding a place to hide for a while, he is not the kind of child who will find a short-sighted sight, maybe when he figures it out, he will appear, it's just that now the war is in chaos, Xiao Ang is alone outside, he hasn't suffered anything, I really don't worry.
"Are you really going to do that?" This sentence is already the third time he has asked me, and since I sued him for my decision, he has asked me for the third time.
I nodded.
Huang Fu Xuan is dressed in a green brocade, more and more handsome and handsome, I used to think that the emperor should be as deep and introverted as Yu Wenzheng, relaxed and moderate, but Huang Fu Xuan let me see another different emperor, he does not have Yu Wenzheng's obsession with power, but he has the world in mind, for me, Yu Wenzheng is like the moon, is the only thing I can see in such a deep royal court struggle, but on a moonless night, Huang Fu Xuan is like a star.
Why the stars? I don't make it clear, I just think it's very similar, and I thought that one day I would understand what I thought today.
"I'm going to find someone." I still told the truth what I was thinking.
Huangfu Xuan was only slightly stunned for a moment, and blurted out, "Yu Wenzheng? ”
I shook my head, "No. ”
He nodded, "I know, you go, I'll wait for you in Nancheng." ”
"Thank you." I am very grateful to him, although the current situation Nancheng did not suffer, the emperor announced that the east ambushed my siege, and I did not let him return empty-handed, but he is willing to help me tell such a big lie, give me enough time to find that slight possibility in Beishao, I am still very grateful.
When I got on my horse and was about to take the reins from him, he didn't hand me the reins, as if he had something to say, and after a moment of silence he just let out a long sigh and said, "Don't worry, I will continue to help you find Fuon, and feel free to contact me if necessary." ”
I nodded in response, then took the reins from his hand and slammed it, "Drive." ”
At dawn tomorrow, Huangfu Xuan will return to the army of Shuai Nancheng, and the world will know that the lord of Zhaohua will accompany him and enter the palace of Nancheng. Leyao City has become the territory of Nancheng, and the county lord of Zhaohua in the east has become the queen of Nancheng, and I need such an opportunity, an opportunity that has been ignored by the world, to find someone who cannot be found as the county lord of Zhaohua.
Is she as looking forward to seeing each other as I am?
Are you still alive? If you're still alive, why don't you come to me?
What kind of expression will Yu Wenzheng have when he hears such news? I hope he cares, so that he will focus on Nancheng and not realize that my people are already in Beishao.
From Dongfu to Beishao, I walked for two days, and when I passed by the border of Dongfu, I heard the storyteller in the small teahouse telling the story of the lord of Zhaohua County, Prince Yuwen and the monarch of Nancheng.
"The marriage contract between the lord of Zhaohua and the monarch of Nancheng was originally made when the emperor was in power, the marriage contract of Dongfu Nancheng was in front, King Ning was in chaos, the lord of Zhaohua got acquainted with the prince of Yuwen of Beishao, the two of them were distracted by the so-called master and apprentice, the lord of Zhaohua was addicted to the fate, but gave Prince Yuwen a chance, so that Beishao won Dongfu, and now the monarch of Nancheng does not care about the past, and still marries the lord of Zhaohua as the queen, and it can be regarded as benevolent and righteous in terms of reason."
I was leisurely drinking the unknown new tea in the mountains, quietly listening to the old man describe the secrets vividly. It turned out that in the hearts of the world, I was already infamous.
"Then the lord of Zhaohua has become the queen of Nancheng, does it mean that Nancheng will become the overlord of the world?" On the side, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy asked.
As soon as these words were spoken, there was already a heated discussion in the teahouse.
I was about to forget about it, but I couldn't help but think that if there is a daughter in the Fu family, she will take the world, enchant the destiny of heaven, and cause trouble to the lone star. But is this destiny really accurate? I always seem to have only brought disaster to the people around me, I grew up next to my father, and I was very close to my eldest brother, who died in battle and was imprisoned; I worship Yuan Ying as a teacher, and I don't know that he is Yu Wenzheng, the prince of Beishao, who was defeated in Dongfu and called Beishao; After many years of dreaming and waking up and helpless, only Huo Yu and I were close to me as confidants, and I met Shen Yi again, but Huo Yu was not Huo Yu, died on the battlefield, and Shen Yi left; Accepted me again and became the territory of Nancheng.
I'm really a lone star, does the world really belong to me?
"Nine Princes?"
I heard someone shouting beside me, and the voice was coming at me, very vigilant to look sideways, but I really felt strange to this person in front of me, he was about thirty-seven or eighteen years old, dressed in coarse cloth old clothes, he looked like a very ordinary mountain village man, but there was no threat.
It's just, who is the Ninth Prince? I tried to look at him and ask him, was he calling me? Or would I be mistaken? Or, is the Ninth Prince a threat to me?
"That's right, it's really the Ninth Prince!" But he walked straight up to me, stood in front of me, and bowed again and again, as if he was grateful? He turned his head and shouted into the teahouse, "Niuzi, come on, it's the Ninth Prince!" ”
Two people hurriedly ran out of it, a man in his early twenties and a woman in her thirties, who looked ordinary and no different from ordinary people, but I had no impression of them at all.
The man in his early twenties was obviously the cow in his mouth, and after looking me up and down, he fell to his knees with a thud, wiped his tears recklessly, pouted and said with a crying voice, "Ninth Master! It's really good that you're still alive, Master Jiu! God has eyes, great! ”
The Ninth Master? Nine Sons?
Who is it? Is there some conspiracy between the two of them? Or did you recognize the wrong person? "You're a cow? You"
"Ninth Master, Ninth Master, do you still remember me?" He burst into tears and laughed, looking very funny, "Ninth Master, after you disappeared, the village was scattered, several masters left, and the brothers were all dispersed, everyone said, you let that stinky Taoist priest be killed, I know, I know that you won't die!" ”
In the stockade? How many masters? Stinky Taoist? "What are you talking about?"
"Ninth Master, what's wrong with you?" Niu Zi also saw my doubts. "Don't you remember?"
"I don't remember anything from before." I was a little unexpectedly curious about the qiē in their mouths, and in order to understand this qiē, I simply pretended to be confused to the end.
"How so!" But the person who initially thought I was the ninth prince was shocked.
It turned out that the two men were brothers, and the woman was the elder brother's wife, and in their fragmentary conversations, I probably learned such information, the nine princes in their mouths were a well-known bandit leader in the rivers and lakes, and this man called Niu Zi was almost beaten to death because he accidentally injured a son of the Shangshu Ling family, and it was the nine princes who saved him and took him to the cottage.
It sounds like the person who is called the Ninth Prince and the Ninth Master should be a man, although I am pretending to be a man for convenience now, but I am seriously mistaken for a man, which is really ridiculous.
"So, where are you going now?" Niu Zi asked honestly.
"Ochre City." It seems that there will probably be another day to rush to the capital of Beishao, I am not sure how long it will take for Yuwen Zheng to react to the bureau set up by me and Huangfu Xuan to deceive him, but, in terms of his ghostly appearance, it may not take long, if he finds out that I am not in Nancheng, it is easy to think that I am in Beishao, and it should not be difficult to find me on his territory.
"Are you going to see Prince Yuwen?" Niu Zi blurted out this sentence, and his demeanor seemed to be reasonable, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with what he said.
I, but I was shocked, what do you mean?
Yu Wenzheng actually knows the Ninth Prince?
If that ninth prince looks very similar to me, what is the relationship between him and Yu Wenzheng? One is the leader of the bandits, and the other is the prince of Beishao, what kind of connection can there be between the two?
However, what kind of relationship is there between Yu Wenzheng, Jiu Gongzi and me? How similar is that Ninth Prince to me, so that they can think that I am him?
Yu Wenzheng, how many things do you still have that I don't know?
"Ninth Master, you must be careful of Gong Yu." The cow approached me and gave me a very careful advice.
Gong Yu?!
Does this matter still have anything to do with Gong Yu? "I know."
In the previous days, I only felt that Gong Yu was quite oppressive to me, that feeling was even stronger than that of Empress Dowager Wei, he seemed to be spying on me all the time, I could clearly feel that he had a great hatred for me, but now that I think about it, is this qiē related to the two years that I have been asleep?
Take a gamble.
I heard that the residence of Gong Yu Gong Li's master and apprentice outside Dongfu is called Yufeng Temple. It took me one night to find the Yufeng Temple, and then I was sure that Gong Yu was indeed not in the view.
When the "county lord" Gong Li saw me, he was stupid.
He looked left and right, unable to hide his panic, "Your master is not here, I have something to ask you to come." ”
"What do you want to ask?" He seemed to be frightened far more than I expected, and I thought he would just be startled when he saw me, but I didn't expect him to be so frightened that he never came back to his senses, but it also confirmed my belief that he must know something.
"I remember." I decided to let it go.
However, Gong Li's reaction was once again beyond my expectations, and I thought that if he was stimulated like this, he would be so frightened that he would say everything. However, this is not the case, Gong Li struggled for a short time after hearing me say that I remembered, and then, as if accepting the reality, calmed down. "Sure enough."
He said sure enough? Did something really happen? Is it about me, and most of the people around me are involved? What would that be? Why did he say sure enough, did he think I would remember it from the beginning? There was no choice but to gamble again, "Why did I return to Dongfu in those two years?" ”
"You're originally from Dongfu." Gong Li's voice was not loud, but it was very low, he didn't seem to be cowardly, but it seemed to be different, as if he was emphasizing to me, and then slowly, he seemed to notice the subtle difference in his tone, gradually slowed down his tone, and continued. "It's Master's meaning, Master sealed all your memories of the two years in the cottage, and even the memories that belonged to you before, and he hopes that you will recognize that you are the Lord of Zhaohua, forget the Qiē of the Nine Princes, return to Dongfu, and keep the foundation of Dongfu."
These words were undoubtedly like an earth-shattering thunderclap, and they were fiercely shocked in my heart.
Sure enough, I knew it wasn't that simple. "I'm not, I'm not Fuyin? I was "Who am I?" Who the hell am I? Am I not a fuyin? Could it be that I am the Ninth Prince?
"You are!" Gong Li once again accentuated his tone, clenched his teeth and said these two words.
I am? Who am I?
"I knew you were going to come to me." Gong Li sighed at this juncture, relaxed his guard, as if he had known so calmly, "It's okay, this secret is in my heart, and I never want to go, I hid it from you for him at the beginning, and then I hid it from you for my master, I owe you after all." ”
"Why are you hiding it from me?" I just want to know why he did it.
"Although I am the only apprentice of the master, and I have been adopted by the master since I was a child, it is a pity that I can't comprehend the realm passed down by my master, and I am afraid that he will be disappointed, and I have always wanted to prove to him that I am not so useless. Until Prince Yuwen gave me such an opportunity, something that the master could not do, to bring you back from another world with the rare Zhaohua jasper, but I disappointed the master even more. Gong Li's tone slowed down, but there was no trace of remorse in his eyes, he didn't seem to regret what he did, but the result made him not expect that. For Dongfu, you are the lord of Zhaohua, the hope of the entire Dongfu, let you return to Dongfu to inherit the last wish of the first emperor, stationed in Dongfu, is the most appropriate ending that the master thinks, but unfortunately, you once again made him helpless. He really underestimated your destructive power. ”
"So, I'm not the Lord of Zhaohua County." From his long narrative, I summed up the short conclusion I wanted.
"But for some people, you are Zhaohua, eternal life." If he mentions it intentionally or unintentionally, the subtle affection in his words makes me involuntarily understand the people he is referring to. "I'm not the only one who guessed you'd come to me, but I don't know if you want to see her."
She?! "Shen Yi?"
Gong Li nodded, turned sideways, my hesitation may have given him the answer, he didn't ask anything more, just looked at the simple room behind him.
Shen Yi was dressed in plain blue and stood by the door. When she saw me, she smiled slightly, and the shallow smile on her lips reflected the endless sadness in her eyes, and she looked particularly bleak.
"You talk." Gong Li got up and avoided it.
"I thought you were gone." Goodbye her, there is a trance like a lifetime, for so long, I have never been able to recover from Huo Ting's death, I can accept that she changed from Huo Yu to Huo Ting, it is already the bottom line, but the rare confidant is only one night apart from each other, I don't want to believe that she is dead, just like I am afraid of forgetting jì, she has appeared in my life.
"I thought you wouldn't want to see me again." She looks like she was at that time, but the world is long gone, smart as her, can see through people's minds, calm as her, can keep a secret, and is as determined as her, she only loves one person in her life, but she can't escape the tricks of fate.
I deliberately avoided it, because when Gong Li asked me if I would like to see her, I did hesitate. I'm afraid to see her, at least then I can still deceive myself once in a while, and this qiē that I haven't experienced is just a dream. His gaze avoided her, but he saw the white jade jar placed on the stone table beside her. "Is that her?"
Shen Yi turned around and looked at the white jade jar, but her eyes were much softer, the lingering affection that only when she looked at Huo Ting, she smiled, as if Huo Ting had never left, still accompanying, the moment she looked at the white jade jar, she seemed to have entered a dream, that dream seemed to be very beautiful, so beautiful that only her, only Huo Ting, she nodded, as if she was a seventeen-year-old girl.
At this moment, there was too much love in my chest, and I finally couldn't hide it.
When Huo Yu became Huo Ting, I couldn't help it; When Yuwen Zheng left without looking back, I held back; I endured the long night in the prison; Huo Ting's accidental death, I endured it; When Empress Dowager Wei died in my arms, I also held back. But now, it was Shen Yi's glance at the white jade jar that completely crushed the one I had borne by myself, that night, the two of them looked at each other, and the unspoken scene was still in front of me, Huo Ting's sudden death, but the affection between her and Shen Yi in the past was eternal, the deceased was deceased, and Shen Yi would spend his whole life in such a beautiful dream.
Tears, suddenly.
I sat on my knees weakly, regretting my mistake. If I had taken on this qiē earlier, I would not have been such a scene today, I am afraid of the curses of the world, I am afraid of the strange eyes of the world, there is no such a majestic title as the lord of Zhaohua, but he is a coward who does not dare to do anything.
In order not to bear the infamy of the countrymen, I watched my best friend die step by step.
What the hell have I done!
For the sake of those empty charges, in order to avoid the accusations of others, I was so afraid that I personally caused an irreparable situation.
For many years, I haven't cried like this, I thought my tears were all flowing in the Shao Palace. It turned out that what I left in the Shao Palace was not only endless tears, but also my strength, only a cowardly ghost with an empty shell of Zhaohua returned to Dongfu, I was too wrong after all.
"I'm sorry." But it was Shen Yi who leaned down and hugged me and said this.
"It's not." I shook my head, I was the one who should say I was sorry, I betrayed Huo Ting's trust, and falsely claimed that she was a confidant, but I watched this qiē happen slowly when I knew what would happen to it.
"A-Yin," Shen Yi called me again. "Huo Ting won't regret knowing you, and neither will I."
I can't stop the tears pouring out, my head can't think, there is a sense of earth-shaking surge, and the pain is so painful that I can't help myself.
"Just wanted to sue you. You have the ability to take things step by step, to be on top of people, don't let others be bullied, blindly swallow your anger, once some things start, you can only win. If you are destined to be a dragon and a phoenix, what happened today is nothing more than that, if you have any more difficulties in the future, don't forget Huo Ting's sacrifice in vain, and don't look at the people around you who died in vain. Shen Yi wrenched my shoulder, wiped away the tears that couldn't stop slipping from the corners of my eyes again and again, and then Huo Ran got up.
"Shen Yi." I stopped her.
Shen Yi stopped, turned his back to me, just tilted his head slightly, and waited for me to continue.
"Do you regret it?" I asked, "Do you regret knowing that you know that you are wrong, knowing that it is impossible, knowing that it is hard, knowing that you will be sad?" ”
"Sometimes I think that if I hadn't done it, I might have really regretted it years later. I have her in my heart, she has me in my heart, what regrets, even if life and death, I can't break the marriage between us, I can't erase the many years we have been with each other, I can't stop me from loving her deeply, why bother with the result. She didn't look back, but walked to the table and carefully picked up the white jade jar, "Before, we said that we would go to many places together, but she was very busy, so I waited and waited, and now, she finally has time, and we have to go to many places." Ayin, take care. ”
Take care, Shen Yi.
Take care, Huo Ting.