In the eighth year of Changping, the emperor drove his own expedition to recover the lost territories such as Yicheng and Crescent City, and drove the dog Rong back to the desert. And named Sun Jiangong as the governor of Dingbei, stationed in Crescent City, to defend against foreign enemies.

A crescent moon hung in the night, and a man walked crookedly on the tower of Crescent City. The soldiers guarding the city gate bowed their heads when they saw his arrival, not daring to look directly at this uninvited guest.

The man was dressed in a white robe and his hair was tied with a long white band, like an ordinary scholar. With a flask in one hand and a tower in the other, he walked towards the northern wall. The lights on the castle tower were bright, forcing the bright moonlight back. If there were no noisy people, no lights, it would have been a different taste.

He thought as he rolled over and sat down on the wall, his feet hanging down from the wall. His actions made the soldiers guarding the city gate cry out in astonishment, but no one dared to come forward to admonish.

"Hey, brother, you said that Your Majesty wouldn't really be unable to figure out how to jump the city gate, right?" The two soldiers in the corner of the city tower were looking at Xiao Yu and whispering.

"If I really couldn't figure it out, I would have jumped a long time ago, where would I go up to the city tower every day to drink?" One of the older ones lowered his voice and said, "Have you forgotten the unjust murder of General Du three years ago?" Our majesty is very ruthless? At that time, I didn't think about our General Du, and he killed his father-in-law alive, how could he look for death and life because General Du died in battle! ”

"That's right, but brother, did General Du really die in battle? I saw her that day...... "The younger one was about to say the next thing when the older man covered his mouth."

"Don't say that again." The older man looked around to make sure no one heard their conversation before continuing, "Do you think you're the only one who sees it?" But who do you think has mentioned it? Let's assume that General Du has died in Crescent City, and then live our own lives in peace. ”

"Yes." The young man looked at the white figure by the city wall and sighed, and said, "But such a majesty is quite pitiful......"

"What a pitiful thing!" The older man glared at the younger one, "I think I deserve it!" People are not so affectionate when they are gone, and who pretends to show them like this when people are gone! ”

The elder spat on the ground fiercely, "Forget it, don't talk about it, my aunt-in-law made me some snacks tonight, and I'll go to my house to drink two cups when I'm on duty." ”

"Okay."

The sound of conversation was blown away by the wind, and occasionally a little bit came to Xiao Yu's ears, but he didn't hear it, and only drank the wine in his hand one sip at a time.

"There is no way to eliminate this situation, so I frowned, but I was in my heart." He looked at the moon in the sky and whispered this sentence over and over again. He has no regrets about what he did back then, as a man, he should have his own ambitions, and if he was given another chance to choose, he would still make such a choice.

It's just that......

He pressed his chest, but his heart hurt so much that he couldn't stop the pain no matter how much he rubbed it, even worse than the one three years ago. He had a momentary pain when he saw her jump off the cliff, but he was soon relieved, because he didn't believe she was dead, and he went crazy looking for her. At that time, he didn't think that she would be reluctant to return to him, he didn't even think about whether her heart was hurt by him thoroughly, he was used to looking back at her save, and he was used to waiting for him no matter how he hurt her. He thought she was alive in a place he didn't know, alive with a love for him, so he didn't hurt like this. But now he was sure that she hadn't died in battle, but he also knew that he had lost her forever.

He only discovered this love, but lost it forever.

Why?

She clearly said that no matter how the world changes, she will protect him and stay by his side. Why don't you wait for him, wait for his arrival, and be stingy with even the last word of separation?

Jin'er ......

He seemed to see her smiling calmly, and he longed to see her again. He stretched out his hand, as if he was about to caress that familiar face, and when he was just a little bit away, his body was pulled back violently.

Ling Qi stood behind him without a cousin, his belt still clutched in his hand.

"陛xià."

He turned his head and looked at Ling Qi, slowly regaining his clarity. "Did you find it?"

"No, they didn't go back to the Valley of the Immortals." Ling Qi hesitated, but continued: "The Queen Mother went yesterday. ”

When Xiao Yu heard the news, she was slightly stunned, but soon showed a light smile: "She is smart, she knows that I will definitely settle accounts with her when I go back, rather than waiting for me to torture her well and force Shaokang out, it is better to break it off first." This aunt of mine is truly brilliant. ”

"Your Majesty, your subordinates are not doing well, let King Yu sneak away from the palace, please punish Your Majesty." Ling Qi suddenly knelt in front of Xiao Yu, he knew how strict this matter was, better than any of his previous tasks. On the way to Crescent City, he was mentally prepared.

Xiao Yu looked at him coldly, and his subordinate under the moonlight was also unconsciously infected with vicissitudes. "Ling Qi, you have also grown gray hair."

The expected Long Yan's anger did not happen, and all that remained in Ling Qi's ears was Xiao Yu's light sigh.

"Majesty?" He looked at the person in front of him puzzled, he had grown up with this person, and naturally understood this person's methods.

"Ling Qi, forget it this time. If you miss again in the future, I will never forgive you. Xiao Yu turned his back and looked at the desert in the distance, and suddenly there was a beautiful voice in his ears.

"Ah Yu, when you don't have these worries in the future, you can go to Crescent City with me, okay?"

"We rode horses and galloped together on the grassland of Crescent City, went to other people's lively wedding banquets together, and stood high in Crescent City together to watch the moonlight......"

"Okay, when there are no more troubles, I will ride a horse with Jin'er on the grassland of Crescent City and take a good look at where Jin'er grew up."

Jin'er, now that I have come to the place where you grew up, and I have also stood on the crescent moon city and seen this moonlight, but what about you? Where are you?

Xiao Yu closed her eyes sadly, and the memories of the past became clearer and clearer in such a quiet night. It's not that he doesn't want to forget, he wants to be back to the original Xiao Yu who only planned for the throne, but these memories came to his heart regardless of his wishes, delaying him several times a day.

Ling Qi stood behind him, quietly looking at this master who had been iron-fisted and cold-blooded. He is a secret guard, not anyone else, and he is not qualified to step forward to comfort, all he can do is stand behind his master and guard silently.

The wind in the desert is more violent than that of the imperial capital, with the sound of "woo" wind, and there is a faint singing voice of someone singing softly.

Xiao Yu listened carefully to the familiar singing, as if a beam of light was lit in the darkness, warming his frozen heart.

The song comes and goes due to the wind, and it sounds like a local ballad intermittently.

"The crooked crescent moon city, leisurely in the sky, Brother Holding Sister by the hand. The high crescent moon city is crooked in the sky, and Brother takes Sister away. Sister's heart is given to Brother, Brother takes Mo and discards it, Sister's people are given to Brother, and Brother holds Mo to let go. ”

Is that......

Xiao Yu suddenly opened her eyes, trying to follow the song to find the familiar figure, but the desert in the distance was like a black curtain, and there was nothing but the wind whistling by.

He remembered this ballad, which Du Yunjin had sung to him when he was in Dongwu Mountain. At that time, he didn't pay attention, but now he wanted to know.

"What song is this?" He beckoned the soldiers to the side and asked.

"Returning to Your Majesty, this is an ancient ballad in Crescent City, if the girl has someone she likes here, she will sing this song to her lover to express her heart."

So it was.

He propped his hands on the cold stone bricks of the city wall, and it turned out that she was showing him her heart. He understood this qiē too late, too late.

The woman in the memory looked at him with a smile, silently, as if speaking of her affection. He looked at her in pain, and her face grew younger in his eyes, until she became a little girl with a bun.

The little girl held her head high and shouted at him unconvinced: "It's just that I'm a few years younger than you, and my strength is not as good as yours, and when I grow up like you, I won't just pick you off the horse!" ”

He remembered that the waiter next to him had a quarrel with her because of this, but the little girl was small but not timid at all, and the waiter who scolded him was red-faced and couldn't get off the stage in public.

That style is indeed Du Yunjin's style, a child who has been spoiled by her father since she was a child, but her eyes are round, and she looks at him directly, without hiding at all.

He must have been angry, but he thought the little girl was very funny.

"You're so good-looking!"

She opened her mouth and said some nonsense, and the waiter next to her jumped even more fiercely, shouting to catch the little girl.

A faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he couldn't catch it, although the little girl didn't know the height of the sky and said disrespectfully, she was Du Bocheng's daughter. His father didn't dare to touch her lightly, let alone him?

The waiter chattered endlessly, and he praised the little girl for being "really amazing", but he didn't expect to lead to the sentence behind her: "Hmph! The day I grow up and pick you off the horse, I'll take you back to Crescent City and ask you to be my husband!" That's how good I am! ”

Those memories that he had forgotten became extremely clear at this moment, the little girl kept her promise, and she really married him for this wish, and he really came to Crescent City today.

Jin'er.

His soft call was finally answered only by the sleeping night and the endless mountains.

This is his country, but there is only his exclusive country.

In the eighth year of Changping, the emperor changed the year name to Yunjin. In the third year of Yunjin, Concubine Lu gave birth to the emperor's eldest son, Emperor Dayue, and gave him the name Che. In the fifth year of Yunjin, after the death of Liang, the emperor gave him the nickname of wisdom. In the sixth year of Yunjin, the eldest son of the emperor, Che, was the crown prince, and the concubine Lu was the concubine.