Chapter Seventy-Three: The Mountains and Him

But to everyone's disappointment, this climax is not the end, and there should be another volume later.

Well, the climax of the third volume is almost here.

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"Abolish the Queen of Blackwater and give the edict of death".

"The enthronement of the national teacher and the queen of Liming City are the postscript"

In their backpacks, inside a gold-lacquered sealed iron box, there were two edicts.

The knight rode a black horse, reined in white feathers, and was dressed as a court messenger.

While all the tribes were discussing the magic of the Black Water Queen's empty gloves and white wolves, some of the tribes who knew that she had been fooling around for a long time and had not been in the tortoiseshell were even more puzzled, and when they gathered their staff to study her curve to seize power, there was a team of cavalry, rushing out of the towering gate of the Emperor Song and rushing to the tortoiseshell, the center of the storm at this moment.

The new palace built by the queen has not yet been completed, and the gate of Shangyuan Palace has been opened in the sun, and the fierce wind flying from the tortoiseshell land has blown through the eight parts of the six countries of the Great Wilderness.

The queen of the black water arranged a reversal, lured the enemy out of the hole, used herself as bait, set up a shocking game, and caught the famous turtle shrinking king Ming Yan'an who would protect himself. The soldiers were bloodless, and they seized the tortoiseshell Xiongcheng that no outsider could occupy, and the upper Yuan soldiers were 300,000, and they changed the situation overnight, becoming the irresistible new master of Shangyuan and even the tortoiseshell.

It was spring, in April, and an astonishing piece of news spread like fire in the wilderness.

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"Oh my God...... You tell me...... What I did...... Is it right or not......"

A broken choked sob, resounding in the silent space.

There was paper ash swirling under his feet, and it was burned letterhead, silently shattered between heaven and earth.

She leaned against the door, slid down, and buried her head deep in her knees.

Zirui moved to the door in despair, looking at the figure of Jing Hengbo, and quickly disappeared at the end of the corridor, under the corridor, Chai Yu wore armor and hung a sword, and greeted her respectfully in person.

The lights of the corridor gradually turned on and out, illuminating the back of the new tortoiseshell queen, and illuminating her suddenly steady and steady steps.

Jing Hengbo let go of Zirui, Gege walked out of the door with a smile, and shook his hand before going out, and the cloak fell on her shoulder.

Zirui's words suddenly died in her throat again.

She pressed Zirui's cheek and said loudly: "Thank you, thank you for telling me this good news at this time, I am finally alive!" I'm not going crazy, I'm not going to die! I finally have the strength to persevere and take this territory! I've finally done what he wants me to do! Hahaha Queen Daddy! ”

Her words were interrupted by Jing Hengbo again.

She hugged so hard, as if she wanted to give Zirui all the warmth and gratitude of her heart, Zirui was hugged and was full of pain, this pain seemed to permeate the bottom of her heart, after the pain was sour and guilty, she Huo Ran tears were hazy, opened her mouth, and said softly: "Your Majesty, in fact, ......"

Jing Hengbo opened his arms and hugged her tightly.

But suddenly fell into a warm embrace.

Zirui trembled at such a gaze.

Zirui was about to let go of her hand to salute her, but Jing Hengbo suddenly let go of her and stared at her for a while.

After scolding, she suddenly patted her head and suddenly said, "Ah, the army is still waiting for me!" Gotta go! ”

Zi Rui trembled, smiled reluctantly and wanted to explain, Jing Hengbo had already hugged his shoulders, and said hatefully: "Wait for me to get it done here, go back to Emperor Ge and go around Shen Tie and beat these two to death!" ”

scolded Tie Xingze again, "It's not like words! If you have a wife and don't want friends, why don't you give me the letter first? What do you want to do sneakily? ”

"Kill a thousand knives! Just go, why don't you give me a letter, and don't send someone to deliver a message! Makes me worry about dying, isn't it fun! ”

Jing Hengbo's body trembled slightly, he was silent for a while, and after his breath was smooth, he suddenly scolded again.

Zirui patted her on the shoulder, straightening out her somewhat messy sideburns, she didn't dare to speak, for fear that her throat would be blocked after speaking, and she would be seen by the more and more shrewd queen.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ It's okay, it's okay, he's fine, I've been carrying my heart for so long, I'm always having nightmares, I'm always afraid that the nightmare will come true...... Really, Zirui, I didn't think it was anything, but I was scared to death by that same nightmare...... I'm all packed, ready to leave when I hear bad news, but luckily he's fine, and luckily my hunch is wrong......"

Jing Hengbo leaned on Zirui's arm, silent for a long time, and the voice came from under his face, whimpering like crying, and like joy.

This strengthened her resolve.

When she held her, Zirui felt a pang in her heart, and found that in just half a month, the bones of her vest had protruded and she had lost a lot of weight.

Jing Hengbo let out a long breath, his body retreated, and his face seemed to be sad and happy for a moment, and he almost collapsed by the door. was held by Zirui.

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"Got it." She said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, the National Master has helped the Iron King return to Shen Tie, exterminate the rebels of the Mo Army, and ......," she paused and said, "Return to Emperor Song safely." ”

Her tone was urgent, she asked four questions in a row, her fingers pinched into Zirui's shoulders tightly, but Zirui felt a twitch in her heart, barely suppressed the tears in her eyes, and when she raised her head again, the expression on her face was as calm as iron.

"What!" In the next moment, Jing Hengbo had flashed to Zirui's side and grabbed her shoulder tightly, "Xingze has sent a letter?" What did he say? Why didn't he give me the letter? Did the letter say what happened to the national teacher? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, I received a letter from Xingze."

She took a step forward, crushing the soles of her feet. Facing Jing Hengbo's gaze, he smiled calmly.

If Your Majesty learns this news at this time, and runs thousands of miles back, Shangyuan will be destroyed, and her own body will also collapse......

A wave of fear welled up in her heart.

Zirui's fingers trembled in shock, and she subconsciously wanted to speak, but suddenly saw Jing Hengbo's eyebrows becoming Sichuan characters, the corners of his eyebrows and eyes were full of exhaustion, and even the hand holding the door frame seemed to be trembling slightly.

"I asked Yelu to help keep an eye on Shangyuan Palace, Shangyuan Palace has some secrets, and it needs a person who is proficient in the formation mechanism to master it, and he is just right. You and Yongxue stayed in the palace to assist Mr. Yelu. Jing Hengbo casually instructed, he had already walked in front of the door, and before Zirui could breathe a sigh of relief or consider whether to call her, Jing Hengbo suddenly turned around and looked at her expression, "You seem to have something on your mind?" Is there anything you want to tell me? ”

"I actually escaped from Heishuize, and I'm really not afraid of death. I have already ordered the use of the Celestial Star Treasure Boat to enter Heishuize to chase, this time I will go myself, and I must catch people before entering the depths of Heishuize, such an example is too bad, and I must not come back a second time. Jing Hengbo's eyes rarely flashed with a fierce lightβ€”the continuous rotation and the constant troubles of various affairs had exhausted her patience.

"Ahh Zirui was shocked, knowing that such a thing would shake the morale of the army, and once it spread, something would happen to the entire Shangyuan. Moreover, Hei Shuize is too important, once all kinds of strange beasts are released, Shangyuan's safety is in danger.

"Is there one?" Jing Hengbo touched his face and smiled bitterly, "I went to the big camp just now, and a battalion of the Shangyuan Army defected. ”

Zi Rui raised her head in surprise and saw the complexion on Jing Hengbo's face, and couldn't help but be surprised, "Your Majesty, why is your face so ugly?" ”

"Zirui, what are you doing?" Suddenly, Jing Hengbo's voice came, and she hurriedly passed by Zirui Gate, saw her standing in a daze, and turned back to ask.

The pale white paper ash fell inch by inch, and she looked down at the ash shattering and annihilating on the skirt, and suddenly thought--Is it God, who made a choice for me?

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew in through the window, and the letterhead did not catch it, but floated to the candle flame, and the already rotten letter paper was immediately burned, and she went to grab it with an "ah", but she couldn't grab it at all.

Footsteps finally sounded outside, but it was very chaotic, vaguely familiar footsteps, it was Jing Hengbo, her mind was blank, she subconsciously went out to greet her, and when she got up, she subconsciously grabbed the letterhead.

It was already dark, she couldn't eat, she couldn't sleep, waiting for Jing Hengbo to come back, and she was afraid that she would come back.

Zirui leaned against the door, her face turned blue and red, almost crushing the letterhead.

But if something really happens to the national teacher, so that Your Majesty loses the last chance to find him, with Your Majesty's heart, how can you calmly grasp this wishful thinking?

In case the national teacher is actually fine, but His Majesty leaves the army and land, and the achievements fall short, how will you face this wasted effort in the future?

Further you can get tortoiseshell, take a step back and you will be the abyss!

Now the queen relies on the strategy of the last battle, overturning the wind and rain, and almost miraculous abilities, glorifying the soldiers and shocking the Shangyuan, but at this time, she leaves her subjects and soldiers and leaves for an uncertain news, her ungrounded foundation will be ruined!

It is difficult for the queen to gain the approval of the soldiers without sharing the weal and sorrow with them, and as for the secret efforts and struggles she has made to defeat the tortoiseshell along the way, the short-sighted ordinary soldiers cannot be seen.

And in such a difficult process, Jing Hengbo is not there.

Shangyuan's victory seemed to be bloodless, but it was the foreshadowing of the bloody battle of the Hengji Army for many days before. During the period when Jing Hengbo was away, the Heng Halberd Army fought with Shangyuan, fought with the Fifteen Gang, experienced bloody battles and sieges, and spent the most difficult war years, she saw with her own eyes the young soldiers who were shot through the abdomen in the winter, leaning against the frozen city wall, condensing the wound with ice, and stabbing an enemy to death with a knife, and after death, the corpse blood condensed on the wall, and it could not be torn off. I saw with my own eyes that the food was exhausted during the siege, the great sage and the soldiers dug rat holes together, the rat skins were all delicacies, and you pushed me to let you eat a bowl of brown rice for the sick number, and the old man was so sick that he couldn't drink a mouthful of hot porridge.

But no.

Zirui felt that with the queen's heart, it was likely to do such a thing.

Tie Xingze said very reasonably, the national teacher just disappeared, and he didn't look embarrassed when he left, and he killed seven people at once, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like there will be anything, maybe he has other plans, but he doesn't have time to explain for a while. Tie Xingze told her about the matter and asked her to help decide whether to tell the queen or not, and how to tell the queen, she calmed down and thought about it, and she also felt embarrassed. The queen is now at the critical moment of receiving the tortoiseshell, and she hastily tells her the news, what should she do if she goes crazy? What if you leave immediately? What to do if you drop your tortoiseshell?

The letter paper was in Zirui's hand, slowly crumpled into a ball.

On the letter, Tie Xingze explained the situation of leaving the tortoiseshell to Shen Tie all the way, and the situation of Gong Yin's disappearance, and his tone was full of self-blame and remorse, and finally said: "...... The stakes are high, but I don't know what the situation of the Queen is now? What is the situation with tortoiseshells? The whereabouts of the national teacher are unknown, and my brother does not dare to hide it, but he knows the ability of the national teacher, so he will not be taken advantage of by Xiaoxiao, or he has other plans. Sister Su Minghui has a lot of brothers. How to know the queen about this matter, please sister self-determination. ”

At this time, she collected her mood, read the letter carefully, and gradually changed her face and fell into hesitation.

She only looked at one line just now, so she was shocked and rushed out, and wanted to tell Jing Hengbo the news, but who knew that Jing Hengbo had already left.

Zirui shrank back in a daze, and looked back at the letter.

The servant on the side said softly: "Female officer, Your Majesty is busy with affairs and has already left." ”

Not long after she left, there was a knock on the door behind her, and Zirui slammed out of the door, her face pale, she grabbed the letter paper in her hand, and shouted: "Your Majesty ......"

Therefore, Jing Hengbo only glanced at it casually, looked at the white envelope of the thing, and thought it was the paperwork that Zirui helped handle, so he didn't care, turned around and left.

When Zirui's letter arrived, Jing Hengbo was about to accompany Chai Yu to inspect the Shangyuan army camp, and it is said that there are several battalions, loyal to Ming Yan'an, and not very peaceful.

I also understand in my heart that such emotions are probably related to Gong Yin. He led the Mo army away with Tie Xingze at the tortoiseshell border, and from the bottom of her heart, she didn't think that the Mo army could move him, but the uneasiness lingered. After she settled down a little here, she went to Shen Tie to ask about his whereabouts, but for some reason he didn't come back, and the letter didn't come, she waited day by day, only feeling that every day was tormented.

Everyone said that she has been too busy lately, and she has to decide everything, so it is normal to be upset. Jing Hengbo herself knows that she has been busy in the past, but she has always slept very well, and she is still in good spirits when she sleeps, but recently for some reason, the quality of sleep is extremely poor, and she is so tired that her bones will fall apart every night, but she still can't fall asleep over and over again, sometimes she falls into a trance dream, but she will wake up immediately, wake up in a cold sweat, I don't know what terrible dreams I had in that short sleep, but I can't remember anything, I just remember that there seems to be a vast wilderness, and countless roads and characters pass like water in front of me. She didn't know what it was, but she followed persistently in her dreams, stumbling and not knowing how long she had walked, feeling empty and desperate and sad in her heart, as if the chase was a dream, or she was chasing the sun, and after chasing the light, she was burned to ashes. Sometimes when she woke up, she was not only covered in cold sweat, but the corners of her eyes were also wet, and she opened her eyes until dawn, only to feel that the whole person seemed to be overwhelmed by the tide of emptiness.

But more and more troublesome things are still to come, whether Shangyuan is reformed or integrated, how to deal with the fifteenth gang, the existing military system and official system in Shangyuan City, and the arrangements of the ministers, including how the entire tortoiseshell will be integrated, are not problems that can be solved overnight. Jing Hengbo commanded Wenwu, together with the ministers of Shangyuan, held meetings day and night, Jing Hengbo had the help of Yelu Qi Pei Shu and others, but he was still busy with his heels, and his eyes were full of bloodshot because he stayed up all night and did not sleep. The mood also seems irritable, and he often sends a few angry words inexplicably.

When the letter was delivered, Zirui accompanied Jing Hengbo and was in Shangyuan City, and Chai Yu carried out the handover of Shangyuan City's palace and military affairs. On that day, Ming Yan An died outside the city of Shangyuan, the princess of the tortoiseshell led the civil and military forces to surrender and sacrifice the city, the Shangyuan army abandoned the weapon on the spot, and the fifteen gangs retreated in a hurry.

Five days later, the letter was handed over to Xia Zirui.

At dawn, the fast horse took the secret letter sealed by the fire paint and went straight to the tortoiseshell.

That night, the lights in the study of Guancheng were not extinguished in the middle of the night, and the generals looked at the lonely lamp that was not extinguished, and they were all guessing who the king was going to write to and what embarrassing content he wrote, so that he was so hesitant that a short letter would exhaust the night's time?

After nearly ten days, seeing that there was really no hope, Tie Xingze finally said one day: "Prepare pen and ink, this king wants to write a letter." ”

Tie Xingze sighed for a long time, stayed awake all night, and constantly blamed himself. The soldiers of Guancheng saw it in their eyes, and they all sighed and sighed, the king of Dao has such a deep friendship with his best friend, and he will definitely be a sage king that is rare in a hundred years of Shen Tie.

But not only Gong Yin, but even Murong Zhen's group of people seemed to have disappeared from the earth, and no matter how many people were dispatched, they couldn't find half a clue.

For this reason, he gave up the pursuit of the Mo army, and let that army disappear outside the Shentie Guancheng, and he did not leave the Guancheng, so he stayed where he was, waiting for Gong Yin's news to be fed back.

When the news came back, Tie Xingze lost his soul and ordered the troops from all over the country to rush to escort him, as well as the officials in the following places, to make every effort to find Gong Yin.

Tie Xingze immediately wanted to chase in person, the generals hurriedly put down, and immediately ordered the troops out of the house to chase, the soldiers were divided into more than a dozen roads, lit torches, and found Tianguang Daming from the beginning of twilight, at first he could still identify those people who left all over the ice and snow, flashing silver light to guide the way, and also found seven corpses successively, but no one knew who they were, and then there was no trace of ice and snow, whether it was Gong Yin, or the group of people who suddenly appeared, in this Shen Tie territory, they all lost their traces.

Everyone understood that he was referring to the powerful man in white, so they told him what had just happened, and pointed out to him the wall where Gong Yin had left.

He woke up, dazed for a long time, his unfocused gaze moved from the faces of his anxious subordinates one by one, and it took a long time before he sat up suddenly, "Gong...... Where is he! ”

Originally, Tie Xingze had been underwater for a long time, and he should have drowned, and he didn't know if he was cast by Murong Zhen when he fell, or if Gong Yin had already given him a breath when he got up, and after the soldiers rubbed their chests desperately for a while, he spit out a lot of water, and finally woke up coughing.

Murong Zhen's group chased out, and the rest of the soldiers in the mansion had already arrived, but because of the battle between the masters, they couldn't get close at all, so they hurriedly rushed over, went down to the edge of the water where the broken ice had not dispersed, and scooped up Tie Xingze, who looked dead.