"Mr. Ning, this is not the first time I have written to you. I wrote about it earlier when I lived in Xiaoyu Lane, but unfortunately for various reasons, after I moved to the East Wing, those letterheads were lost. After the tide ended, I waited outside Tiandu City for a long time, just wanting to see you again. Later, they told me that Changling was an ethereal sacred mountain that only appeared during certain periods...... So, is it going to be a long time before we meet next time?"

"Mr. Ning—I haven't seen you for more than a month, and I miss you very much. I sneaked out of Tiandu City alone, to the place where Changling disappeared, and guess what I saw?—— there was only a clearing left, bare, and nothing. I also went to Shushan, looking at the place where you lived from afar, Shushan is really beautiful, but unfortunately I didn't see Miss Pei, I heard that she was safe, fortunately. After returning to the palace, they told me that the Changling Tomb might be opened again, but the people inside might not come out again, and I didn't quite understand what that meant...... Will you come back from somewhere else someday, and where should I go to wait for you?"

"May 11, East Chamber, rain. ”

"Mr. Ning, Qingyan is in a bad mood today, I really want to see you. ”

"I seem to understand what they mean about 'Changling', there are rumors outside that you are dead, and they are trying to make me accept this 'fact'...... But they didn't know the existence of the 'bone flute'. When I miss you, holding the leaf, I can feel a warmth, that is the proof that you are still alive, I will not tell the prince, I will not tell anyone, it is a secret between the two of us. I wonder if you can feel that there are still people waiting for you in far, far away?"

"On the ninth day of the first month of June, Luojia Mountain Dojo is sunny. ”

"Mr. Ning, there is good news for you, the prince is willing to give me 'freedom', I finally have the opportunity to choose the life I want, I went to the dojo in Luojia Mountain today, and studied with Mr. Fuyao, she told me that the 'cause' in my body is caused by something called 'divinity', if I can break the shackles, then not only will I not die, but I can live for a long time. Hey, it's incredible, I tried to recite Mr. Fuyao's scriptures, and I found that there was a little bit less divinity in my body. ”

"July 20, East Chamber, light rain. ”

"Mr. Ning, I've recently started thinking about some questions that I didn't think of before. The bamboo slips left by my brother record the truth of the past ten years...... Actually, I don't blame him, I know he's good for me. But if I could choose again, I would rather be the Xu Qingyan in tattered clothes, begging for survival with my brother on the streets and alleys, rather than him paying so much for me. I miss you so much, what else is there to be nostalgic for in this world? It's been raining lately, I don't know how you're doing, where is the weather?"

"August 19, East Chamber, heavy rain. ”

"I have been locked up for a month, the prince has not allowed me to go out, I have not been allowed to leave the east chamber for half a step, I can't see what it looks like outside, I only know that the heavy rain seems to be endless. To this day, I have seen the case file of the fierce tide and the real cause of my brother's death. It turned out that half of those officials in the Tiandu court were the murderers who indirectly killed my brother...... But they are still alive and well, and the prince told me that they will be punished in the fairest way possible. The prince also told me that if I am willing to change, then he can give me everything I want - I just want freedom now. ”

"The prince said that he could give me real freedom. ”

"September 29, East Chamber, sleepless late at night. ”

"Mr. Ning, my feelings are very complicated, you must not imagine, what I have experienced in this month, I finally understand the composition of the operation of the Tiandu Imperial City, and the true meaning of power...... Under the rule of imperial power, this ancient capital is as precise as a clock, interlocking and never wrong. The prince gave me a lot of books, and in the past, I practiced with the monks of Kushan Mountain, studied Buddhism, understood the principles of the world, and saw the bright side of the world, and these books subverted my cognition. ”

"There is light and darkness in this world, some people live happily, and some people die painfully. The prince sent Tiandu the execution records of the past 30 years, the case files of the three divisions, the laws and regulations, and the prince gave me a suggestion, about every word he said, I can choose not to listen to it, not to adopt it, but if it is because of this, then I have to face the results of my own thinking - that is correct. I think he's right, and I can choose not to read the books that have been sent, but what is written in them will not change because of this. So I chose to accept it, I wanted to see the world as it really is, not with my eyes, but with my heart. ”

"October 30, East Chamber, light rain. ”

"Today, I went to the prison of the Law Enforcement Division and saw the interrogation of criminals...... The scene seen with one's own eyes is a hundred times stronger than the description in the words in the book. But...... They were guilty, and the gang of rogues who had been put on death row burned down a village on the outskirts of Zhongzhou, killing thirty-two innocent lives, and the prince told me that the pain they endured was a kind of atonement. Seeing their painful expressions, I didn't want to believe that it was atonement...... But if atonement is not painful, how can it be called atonement?"

"I made a deal with the crown prince, I will take care of some of the chores for him, and he will give me absolute freedom. I asked the prince to find Xiao Zhao in Xiaoyu Lane for me, hoping that she was still safe. ”

......

......

"November 30—"

This is the last letter.

The date of payment is already three years later.

More than thirty letters, Ning Yi read them slowly word by word, which contained the girl's real emotions, from ignorance to slow firmness.

Xu Qingyan wrote her most painful and dazed years into a letter and spread it out in front of Ning Yi, when he was asleep in the imperial mausoleum, so now he can only be a silent "spectator".

He could only watch, but he couldn't intervene in the "change" of the girl in the letter, because everything was ...... It's all done.

"Today, I went back to the East Chamber, and found the dark file of the Law Enforcement Division. ”

"I should be back to Luojia Mountain tomorrow, I have been working hard to practice for the past two years. ”

Ning Yi's soft voice seemed to sound in his ears.

"Mr. Fuyao told me that divinity has many wonderful uses...... I've been thinking that if I can practice better, maybe I can go to that place and find you......"

In the letter, after three years of looking at each other, it ends here, and it comes to an end.

Resuscitated in the Imperial Mausoleum.

After Xu Qingyan's attempt in the wind and snow plain failed, he still insisted on writing a letter to Ning Yi, but he didn't send it to Shushan again, so the letters Ning Yi received were all like this, after the Tianhailou War ended, Xu Qingyan silently cut off the connection with Ning Yi, waiting for him to come to Tiandu to find him.

This is what it is today.

And so on until tonight.

"Ning Yi, do you know how to destroy someone?"

The prince used the word ruined, and his expression was not proud, but a little sad, and he said softly: "Destroying a person is very simple, just give him something he will never get." People always have their own end to chase, if one day they really reach the ...... Then instead of being happy, it will be painful. ”

"Xu Qingyan is like a blank sheet of paper...... An absolutely clean white paper, someone tried to smear and stain this white paper before, and they all failed. ”

"Why bother?"

The prince leaned against the side of the door frame and said softly: "Making a simple person complicated is actually a simple thing, just let her see this complex world clearly-"

"You don't have to look at me like that, I didn't do anything, I didn't say anything, it was all a choice she made, I just gave her the 'freedom' she wanted, gave her the possibility to be everything. ”

The prince smiled, "Actually, there was no fourth division at the beginning, and after the strong tide, I don't know how many people were busy praying for the national glory, and the Spring Breeze Tea House poured out to make up for the loopholes of the old dynasty...... I didn't have any manpower at all. But when Xu Qingyan chose to sentence the first criminal to death, the 'Supervision Division' was established, there are too many people in this world who cannot be dealt with by law, and the three divisions can't cure them, but the imperial power can, I gave this power to her, so she began to measure the scale in her heart, and had her own 'black and white'. ”

"Gongsun Yue has been searching for the list of rebels in the east over the years...... These people are all reactionaries who are determined to fight against the West, in other words, they are all murderers of the death of 'Xu Qingke'. ”

The prince looked at Ning Yi with interest and said, "You see, even if someone opens the cell door for the caged finch, she will still jump out and choose another stronger cell door to lock herself in...... Tonight, the blood of the rebels in the east will be all over Tiandu Street, and the culprit of this tragic scene is a canary that looks soft and weak. ”

"She's just two or three apart from you, every word falls, it will take a life, of course the list is wrong, she will kill a lot of good people by mistake...... But it is better to kill by mistake than to let go, which seems to coincide with your creed. ”

The prince said a lot in one breath, and finally stopped.

He looked directly into Ning Yi's eyes.

The young man who was holding the sword and killing the ring, making Yan Xiling bleed and drifting, was trembling slightly with his fingers pinching the letter paper at this moment.

He does a lot of things himself, but he doesn't want others to do them.

For example, killing people, killing a lot of people, killing people with no expression and no fluctuations......

He hoped that Gu Xiaoyu would not become such a person, and he hoped that Xuanjing would not become such a person, and he never added Xu Qingyan's name to such a list.

Subconsciously, he didn't think about this possibility.

Is it possible for a pure white piece of paper, a canary trapped in a cage, to be such a person?

Possibly.

The prince did it...... Give her freedom, absolute freedom.

The cold wind suddenly rose, the back of Ning Yi's black robe was soaked in cold sweat, and Li Baijiao's laughter was full of mockery and sighs, which sounded in his ears, giving him a heavy blow to his spirit.

"Ning Yi, Xu Qingyan has become the same person as you, the same as you...... Lord. ”

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(Sorry to keep you waiting.) This chapter was written for a long time. Some people in the comment section said that this is a reversal for the sake of reversal...... You don't have to, if you read carefully, you can turn the second chapter of the fourth volume, as early as the high tide, the relevant foreshadowing has been laid. Every appearance of Miss Xu, including the chapter title of "Huan in front of the palace" and the conversation between Gongsun and Gongsun, all show this plot...... In addition, there will be a change on Friday, and the third watch will be the bottom. ）