Yu Shu learned that Yunhua was holding the idea of dying together, and her heart suddenly set off a storm, she originally thought that Yunhua had gone through all the hardships, and after seeing Xue Rui, she would regret that he had broken up his wife and family by going his own way, who knew that after twenty years, destroying the "Xuannu Liuren Book" was still the top priority in his mind, and this matter had become Yunhua's inner demon, compared to it, whether it was Jingchen or Xue Rui, or his life, it seemed insignificant.

This realization made her feel cold all over her body - because if she got the Chunjun Sword, it meant that Yunhua would die, and if she couldn't get the Chunjun Sword, she would die. She is greedy for life and afraid of death, but Yun Hua died because of this, so how will she face Xue Rui in the future?

Yu Shu suddenly fell silent, there was no human speech indoors and outdoors, and the silence was terrifying. Looking out, the screen in the living room was knocked to the ground, the door was open, and the cold wind kept pouring into the room, and two masked dead men stood guard at the door, watching their every move.

Yun Hua and her sat on the couch, with a tea table in the middle, Jin Ke stood behind them, Zhao Xiaozhu was dangling by the door, and did not clash with those dead soldiers, the two sides were in a stalemate, until there was a sound of tense and orderly footsteps in the backyard, mixed with the friction of the armor, from afar.

"Father-in-law," Zhao Xiaozhu turned around and said to Yun Hua with a solemn expression: "There are many people outside, with weapons, and they have surrounded the entire courtyard. ”

Yunhua raised his head, looked out of the door calmly, and after a while, he saw that the courtyard suddenly lit up with firelight, and there was a group of figures hurrying by outside the window, and the first to appear at the door was Jingchen who went and returned.

Yu Shu smiled bitterly silently.

"I brought people here." Jingchen saw Yu Shu sitting beside Yunhua unharmed. couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, glanced at Yun Hua with a complicated expression, and stepped aside sideways, and the person standing behind him was exposed to Yun Hua's field of vision.

Zhu Muzhao, who was dressed in brocade and light fur, was surrounded by several guards with knives in the center, but he was in his fifties but his hair was full of green silk and did not see his old age, he looked calm and relaxed, not like he came to the meeting, but to meet a friend he had not seen for many years.

The eyes of the two crossed in the air, and just one meeting evoked twenty years of grievances. Once one of them was a young man who was famous in Beijing, and the other was a proud son of heaven with a prominent family. I also sympathized with each other. I also used to drink and talk happily, who wants to get together again after many years, but it is no longer a thing.

"Zhu Muzhao."

"Yun Mufeng."

Zhu Muzhao raised his hand to signal the guards to stay outside the door, and only brought the sword-hugging person into the room. Jingchen was the last to come in. Silently stood in the middle of the two sides. Intentionally or unintentionally, it prevents conflicts that may arise at any time.

Jin Ke stared at the sword-hugging man, quietly took half a step forward, and pressed one hand on Yu Shu's shoulder. Zhao Xiaozhu also retreated to Yunhua's side, becoming an arch guard.

"Yun Mufeng, you have been hiding for so many years, and you are finally willing to show up." Zhu Muzhao sat down on a chair casually and said with emotion.

Yunhua looked at him coldly and said, "It's useless to talk more, did you bring what I wanted?" ”

Zhu Muzhao nodded, glanced at Yu Shu, who was controlled by others, and said: "I didn't expect that you would use such despicable means to use even your own son, you have really changed a lot." ”

When Jing Chen heard this, his face was embarrassed, but Yu Shu was calm and silent.

Hearing his provocation, Yun Hua said indifferently: "Why aren't you using them to lure me to appear, I'm just doing what you want." The lifebreaker is in my hands, you can exchange the Chunjun sword for it, or you can try to see if I will kill her. ”

Zhu Muzhao looked at him inquiringly: "As far as I know, the Chunjun Sword has only one use, that is, it can destroy the "Xuannu Liuren Book", this is the Holy Ancestor and Empress Ning Zhen in order to prevent the Xuannu Book from falling into the hands of traitors and thieves, and they used it to cholera the world, so they left this secret, only the monarchs of the past dynasties and the people in charge of Si Tianjian knew - you want the Chunjun Sword, it is nothing more than to destroy the book, I have always been curious about your origin, where did you learn about the many secrets of this dynasty?" ”

Yunhua said: "The imperial court has tracked me down for so many years, if you can't even find out my origin, it can be seen that they are all a bunch of waste." ”

In the face of his ridicule, Zhu Muzhao was not ashamed or annoyed, and said: "In your eyes, how many people in this world are not waste? Even I am not as good as you, so it is more and more difficult for me to understand, back then, you abandoned your glory and wealth, and the power position at your fingertips, in order to oppose the court? Do you know how many disasters you have stolen the Xuannu book for your own selfish burning of the Heavenly Prison, or one day the world will be in chaos and the people will suffer, you are the sinner of the ages. ”

These words can not be described as unreprimanding, Yun Hua crossed his eyebrows and laughed angrily: "I don't dare to take this crime, and I can't afford it." The general trend of the world, divided for a long time, must be combined for a long time, this is the way of heaven. At the beginning of the founding of the country, Empress Ning Zhen held the "Xuannu Six Books", which was to support the righteous path and benefit the people of Li. In order to justifiably use the "Xuannu Liuren Book" to grasp the general trend of the world, she forged the so-called "Holy Ancestor's Testament", compiled a "Governing Technique", and engraved it on the back of the Xuannu Book together with the "Taigu Divine Lesson", thinking that this would cover up their rebellious crimes! ”

"From Xizong to the present, in order to get a destiny, how many ugly things have been done in secret, and how many innocent people have died tragically? Behind this peaceful and prosperous world, it is stacked with white bones and cast with blood, so the country and the society are not ashamed but proud? ”

The words were shocking, and the truth revealed between the lines of Yunhua's words was simply appalling, Yu Shu and Jing Chen looked at each other, no matter what, they couldn't imagine that there was such a hidden relationship behind "The Book of Xuannu Liuren".

According to Yunhua, Empress Ning Zhen clearly forbade future generations to use the "Xuannu Liuren Book", but the later emperor dug her grave in order to consolidate the imperial power!

Yu Shu couldn't help but look at Zhu Muzhao's face, and saw that he was frowning, no longer indifferent, obviously the first time he had heard this kind of statement.

"It's nonsense, there is a whole hadith in the temple. It is clearly a handwritten letter of Emperor Anwu, how can I forge it, I have seen it with my own eyes, how can I believe you to reverse right and wrong. ”

"You believe it or not. I don't mean to hear you. Yun Hua glanced at Yu Shu who was sitting next to him, and sneered: "In the eyes of the world, I am already a dead person, even if I become a sinner for the ages in your mouth, what does it matter." It's better than having my future grandchildren skinned and torn apart. Make a pair of cloth tools. For the use of the faint king's traitorous ministers, it is better for me to kill her first. ”

Listening to him insult the king and humiliate himself, no matter how good Zhu Muzhao's temper is, he will attack. immediately said with a cold face: "Since you are obsessed." It's useless for me to persuade you. Anyway, if you let her go, I will give you the pure sword. He said. He motioned for the sword-bearer to step forward.

At this time, Da Tidian turned out to be Yu Shu's life-saving Bodhisattva, seeing that he was willing to use the sword to replace people, Yu Shu did not feel happy, but was anxious, you must know that the Chunjun Sword is Yunhua's life talisman, Da Tidian and Jing Chen didn't know that the real "Xuannu Liuren Book" was tied to Yunhua's body, once he got the sword, I am afraid that he would immediately swing the sword and self-harm, how could she watch him die?

"No way!" Yu Shu suddenly spoke, and everyone in the room looked at her, she only pretended to be afraid of death, and said to Zhu Muzhao: "What if he gets the sword, or does he want my life?" Let him let me go first! ”

"Shut up." Jin Ke pinched her shoulder heavily, Yu Shu shrunk her neck in pain, and she didn't know where he poked, she couldn't make a sound when she opened her mouth again, so anxious that her forehead was sweating.

Yu Shu thought that he couldn't let Yunhua get the Chunjun Sword, but he didn't know what her appearance exposed.

Zhu Muzhao looked at her thoughtfully, suddenly smiled, as if he had noticed something interesting, and turned back to Yunhua and said: "It seems that she doesn't want the Chunjun Sword to fall into your hands, this is strange, if you can destroy the "Xuannu Liuren Book", shouldn't she be happy to see it happen?" ”

Yun Hua said expressionlessly: "It's because she's afraid of death." ”

"No," Zhu Muzhao shook his head slowly, looked at Yun Hua and said, "She's not afraid of death, but afraid of your death." Let me guess, "The Book of Xuannu Liuren" is on you, right? ”

Yunhua asked him rhetorically, "Do you think I'll take it with me?" ”

Yu Shu listened to their questions and answers, and only felt that she was stupid, this level of wits and courage, if she was not careful, she would lose all the games, it was not something she could mix at all, she could only be a bystander, close her mouth, and watch them divide the winners and losers with wide eyes.

"I think you will." As these words came out, that calm and relaxed expression returned to Zhu Muzhao's face again.

Yun Hua said coldly: "Even if I take the "Xuannu Liuren Book" with me, what can you do to me? I killed the lifebreaker, even if you can catch me and get the "Xuannu Liuren Book", it won't help if you don't have the destiny of heaven. Now, let me ask you one last time, are you going to exchange your sword for someone, or do you want me to kill her? ”

Jin Ke moved his hand to Yu Shu's throat, his five fingers hooked, and he just waited for Yunhua's order to break her neck in an instant. Seeing this, Jingchen was so anxious that he couldn't do anything, but there was nothing he could do.

Zhu Muzhao looked at them back and forth, raised his hands unhurriedly, clapped his palms, and heard someone outside the door ask in a low voice, "What do you command?" ”

"Go, bring the man."

After a while, the footsteps approached the door, the door was half covered, and was pushed open with one hand, Yun Hua looked up, and saw two dead men walking in with a person tied up, the person was blindfolded by a black scarf, and when the dead man took off the black scarf, Yun Hua saw the other party's eyes clearly, and his face changed in an instant.

At the same time, Yu Shu saw someone coming and exploded in shock. Only Jingchen was in the dark, and he shouted in confusion that someone came-

"Brother Xue?"

Xue Rui squinted his eyes, adapted to the light in front of him, looked around the room, and first fell on Yu Shu, seeing her being pinched by Jin Ke's neck, and seeing the sword-hugging person beside Zhu Muzhao, he immediately understood the current situation.

He, like Yu Shu, became a hostage.

"Now let me ask you," Zhu Muzhao said to Yun Hua for a long time: "Do you want the Chunjun Sword, or do you want Linglang's life?" ”

Yun Hua came back to his senses and looked at Zhu Muzhao with gloomy eyes: "What if I say I want the Pure Jun Sword?" ”

Zhu Muzhao snorted coldly, and a sharp blade was crossed on Xue Rui's neck. Seeing this, Yu Shu opened his mouth wide in panic, but he couldn't shout. Yun Hua closed his eyes, and anyone could see that he was struggling at the moment.

"How do you know?" He asked.

Zhu Muzhao has the ticket in his hand, but he doesn't mind solving his doubts: "Before Xue Soap died." Tell me personally. ”

Yun Hua opened his eyes suddenly, and a cold light burst out: "Xue Soap's death is related to you?" He didn't believe that Xue Soap would betray him treacherously, more than ten years ago, Xue Soap died suddenly, the death was strange, he heard the bad news, he suspected that Xue Soap died unexpectedly, most likely because of him.

When Xue Rui heard this, he turned his head to look at Zhu Muzhao, the sharp blade rubbed a bloody mark on his neck, and he didn't feel any pain.

Zhu Muzhao said indifferently: "After you disappeared back then. The first emperor learned that the Xuannu Book was lost. In a fit of anger, he issued an edict to extinguish his mouth, and then Si Tianjian passed it to me, and now he succeeds to the throne, and it has become the top priority to recover the "Xuannu Liuren Book". I know you're nothing but Jingchen. There is also a son who is still alive. I followed this clue to find it, and finally suspected Xue Soap, and I tried it several times. Using the Great Insight Technique, he saw that his only son was not his own. ”

At that time, Xue Lingnan was already in the position of Xiangguo, and Xue Soap also had a good reputation among the literati, and Emperor Zhaoqing had just ascended the throne, and his foundation was unstable, so Zhu Muzhao quietly arrested Xue Soap and brought him to Si Tianjian for interrogation. didn't think about Xue Soap and Wenchen, but he was born with a hard bone, and refused to confess under heavy punishment. If it weren't for the acquisition of the Great Insight Technique, Zhu Muzhao would have no way to judge that Xue Rui would be Yunhua's son.

Jingchen looked at Xue Rui in a daze: "You and I are brothers."

Zhu Muzhao continued: "Xue Soap is a smart man, he knew that after being tortured, he would not escape death, in order to avoid disaster to the entire Xue family, and in order to protect this adopted son, he bit ten fingers and committed suicide by touching the wall in prison. ”

Biting ten fingers, he was afraid that someone would make a false confession and kill himself by touching the wall after his death, and he left a whole body for himself so that his family could recognize the body.

"After Xue Soap died, I sent someone to abandon his body to the suburbs, and faked the appearance of being looted.

After listening to this statement, Xue Rui only felt that his liver and gall were broken, his eyes were red with hatred, and he stared at Zhu Muzhao deadly: "It turned out that you killed my father!" ”

Yu Shu was frightened, but he was afraid that Xue Rui would not care about life or death, and pounced on him to fight with others.

Yun Huaming knew that Zhu Muzhao was deliberately trying to provoke him, but he still couldn't help but be angry, and beat his chest and said: "Jingbai, you don't live up to me, it's me who has failed you-cough!" ”

He coughed violently, and blood spilled from the corners of his mouth.

"Father-in-law!" Zhao Xiaozhu hurriedly supported him, patting him on the back to relieve his breath, while glaring at Zhu Muzhao.

Seeing this, Zhu Muzhao seemed to feel that it was not enough, and added fuel to the fire and said one more thing: "In the dispute between the princes back then, you became the guest of the King of Xiang, but our Zhu family supported the present, but the first emperor was willing to let you take over as the next big mention, and then I released the news that your hometown had a wife, so I killed them." ”

Yun Hua coughed up another mouthful of blood, pointed at Zhu Muzhao, and said in a trembling voice: "I should have expected it to be you." ”

In order to let him marry Princess Luyue, the first emperor used both soft and hard, and in order to refuse to marry, he confessed that he had a family, and few people knew about it, and Zhu Muzhao was one of them.

"If you want to blame yourself," Zhu Muzhao looked at Yun Hua with pity in his eyes: "From the beginning, you shouldn't have appeared in the capital, if there was no Yun Mufeng in this world, there would be no things that happened later, your wife will not die, Princess Luyue will not die, and Xue Soap will not die, this is all the sin you created, you will end up today, it is all self-inflicted." ”

The blood on Yun Hua's face faded and faltered, he half-hung his head, not daring to look at Xue Rui's expression, for fear of seeing his deep hatred.

Zhu Muzhao hooked the corners of his mouth with satisfaction, and struck the last blow: "Now, do you want to let your own son die for the righteous path you defend again?" ”

Yun Hua took a deep breath, swallowed back the fishy breath that surged to his throat, and said in a hoarse voice: "Don't say it, you bring the sword back, we will exchange our lives for one life." ”

In the end, he was ruthless and sacrificed Xue Rui's life in exchange for the Pure Jun Sword.

"No, it's not a life for a life," Zhu Muzhao shook his head, stretched out his finger and pointed at Yu Shu, and then at Yunhua, and said, "It's to use your son's life to exchange it for a life-breaker, as well as the "Xuannu Liuren Book" on your body. ”

"Zhu Muzhao, you don't want to get an inch!"

"You can not give it, whether the two of them are dead or alive is all in your thoughts."

Seeing the two of them-for-tat, Yu Shu was extremely nervous, she had to admit that she hoped that Yunhua would agree, so that they could all survive, and if Yunhua refused, Xue Rui would die. Yunhua also died when she got the Chunjun Sword, and in the end, she survived alone, so it was better to die!

"Promise him." Xue Rui suddenly spoke, his eyes were red and he stared at Yun Hua until he raised his head and looked at him: "Let her go, give them the book, and I'll go with you." ”

Yun Hua was defeated at this moment, sighed, and nodded: "I promised you." ”

Zhu Muzhao smiled with satisfaction, "That's right." As long as you get the "Xuannu Six Books". The life-breaker is safe and sound, and I can let you live. ”

Having said that, Yunhua couldn't believe him, so he proposed to change people first. Wait until they come down safely. Then give him the "Book of Xuannu Liuren".

Zhu Muzhao would not agree. He said, "I gave you a man, what if you run away like that?" It's better to give me the "Xuannu Liuren Book" first. How about I let you take the lifebreaker down the mountain, and when you feel safe, how about releasing her? ”

Yun Hua sneered: "Aren't you afraid that I will regret it afterwards and kill her again?" ”

"Kill her, Ling Langken?" Zhu Muzhao stood up, walked to Xue Rui's side, and pressed one of his shoulders, his meaning was self-evident.

Xue Rui pressed the hatred of the shouting and said in a deep voice: "I live and die with her." ”

It was a touching love story, but because of this situation, it only made Yu Shu sad, after this, she and Xue Rui, don't you want to say goodbye? From now on, Xue Rui will follow Yunhua to the end of the world, and in his lifetime, will they be able to see each other again?

"Okay, I'll give you the "Xuannu Liuren Book" first, but it's not here, let's go down the mountain." Yun Hua was not confused, the entire Taoist temple was surrounded, and he handed over his last hole cards here, and they would only become turtles in the urn.

Zhu Muzhao agreed, but he made another request: "I want to take a look at the "Xuannu Liuren Book" to make sure that it is true." ”

Yunhua knew that he was suspicious, so he asked Zhao Xiaozhu to take out the red crystal book they had forged in advance and throw it to him: "This is fake." ”

As he spoke, he untied his robes again, revealing the circle of Xuanjing books around his waist: "This is true." ”

Zhu Muzhao held the fake book that Yu Shu and the others forged and looked at it again and again, and sighed: "It's just a fake and a real one." Then he handed it to the sword bearer, only to see that the man squeezed the palm of one hand hard, and the red crystal that seemed to Yu Shu to be extremely hard shattered to the ground.

Only then did she realize how naïve their previous seemingly perfect plan was.

Zhu Muzhao saw the strange red light on Yun Hua's waist, and couldn't help but walk towards him, just approaching, but was blocked by Zhao Xiaozhu with a defensive face.

Yunhua was not afraid of the cold, unbuttoned his entire shirt, turned around and asked him to take a closer look, and when he saw Zhu Muzhao's obsessive gaze, he couldn't help but sneer: "How is it, have you seen clearly?" ”

Zhu Muzhao retracted his gaze and asked Yu Shu first: "Is Yunhua really the Book of Xuannu Liuren" on his body?" ”

Yu Shu nodded reluctantly, and then he asked Xue Rui and Jing Chen the same question, and after getting the same answer, he was finally convinced that Yunhua was a real book, so he no longer embarrassed Yunhua.

"Alright, you get dressed."

The two reached an agreement, and then left the Shengyun Temple and went down the mountain together. Jin Ke held Yu Shu hostage and walked in front, Zhao Xiaozhu broke off and protected Yunhua in the middle, Jingchen followed, Zhu Muzhao ordered in public that no one was allowed to chase them, and Xue Rui was escorted to the bottom of the mountain with his front heels.

Yunhua first asked people to unload Zhu Muzhao's car, asked for three fast horses, and then asked Zhu Muzhao to lead people to retreat, and only let Xue Rui step forward, only then did he untie the "Xuannu Liuren Book", let Jin Ke throw it at the other party from afar, and while they were grabbing the book, Jin Ke quickly stepped forward and took Xue Rui away.

As soon as the sword-hugging people fell together, they swept out a few zhang, steadily caught the Xuannu book, returned to Zhu Muzhao's side, and handed it to him.

Zhu Muzhao held the lost and recovered "Xuannu Liuren Book", if he got the treasure, he couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart anymore, looked up to the sky and smiled, and said to Yunhua and his party in the distance - "I said that I would leave you a way to live, and run for your life!" ”

There was no answer from the other side, Yun Hua and Zhao Xiaozhu rode together, Jin Ke rode one ride, Xue Rui and Yu Shu rode one ride, and they ran away without looking back, disappearing into the night. Jingchen's figure moved, and he was about to chase after him, but Zhu Muzhao stretched out his hand to stop him: "Don't chase, let them go." ”

Jing Chen turned his head and looked at him with a struggling expression: "I'm afraid that if she leaves, she won't come back." ”

Zhu Muzhao wrapped the "Book of Xuannu Liuren" into his cloak, looked at the darkness in the distance, and said in a firm tone: "Don't worry, she will come back, after all, her home is in the capital." ”

Her family is also in the capital. (To be continued......)