Although he was reluctant, Yu Wenyong still smiled with relief, "Xiao Qingqiang, I like you, but I don't bother to do anything about forcible seizure." Since your heart is not here, it is useless for me to keep you, it is better to let you go and give you freedom. ”

He paused, and said softly and seriously, "I can't make you like me." But at least, there's one thing I can do—and that's to make you happy. I give you what you want, and you leave to live the life you really want to live. ”

After that, Yu Wenyong stared at me for a long time, deeply, as if he wanted to engrave me in his heart.

I never expected Yu Wenyong to say such a thing, and I was a little touched in my heart, so he looked at me.

After staring at it for a long time, Yu Wenyong took out a wooden box, opened it, and inside was a pill, he said: "This is the real antidote to 'lovesickness', take it, and you will be free." ”

I took the pill and was about to take it when I heard a loud shout: "You can't eat it, the medicine is poisonous!" ”

I was startled, and when I followed the voice, Yuwen Shenju was hurrying over, snatching the pill in my hand, and repeating: "This medicine is poisonous, you can't eat it!" ”

Ling'er, who was nearby, heard the sound and hurried to catch up.

Yuwen Yong reprimanded: "Shenju, what are you talking nonsense!" ”

Yuwen Shenju still said with chiseled words: "The minister is not talking nonsense, this is not an antidote at all, the antidote in the box has already been replaced." It's poison, and once you take it, you will die after an hour! ”

I was shocked, "Where's the antidote?" ”

"The antidote has been ruined."

Yuwen Yong asked angrily: "How can this be poison, Yuwen Shenju, who taught you these bastard words!" ”

Yuwen Shenju asked rhetorically: "Didn't Your Majesty ask Uncle Xiao to replace the antidote?" ”

"It was done by the minister." There was a person walking under the pavilion, it was Yuwen Xiaobo, he glanced at me coldly, "The minister knows that Your Majesty is worried that after Xiao Qingqiang leaves, the Tianxia Zhitu in her hands will fall into the hands of others and pose a threat. As long as she is dead, no one in the world will know the whereabouts of the Tianxia Zhitu, and Your Majesty can rest assured. ”

Yuwen Xiaobo's eyes turned to Yuwen Shenju, and said angrily: "I knew that you would ruin Your Majesty's plan, so I shouldn't have told you about this!" ”

Yuwen Yong said angrily: "Who told you to do these things!" ”

"Enough!" I finally recovered from this series of blows, and coldly interrupted a good show performed by their monarchs and ministers, "Yu Wenyong, I didn't expect you to be so despicable and shameless, and you would come up with such a way to plot against me, I was almost deceived by you!" ”

Yuwen Yong hurriedly said: "Qingqiang, you listen to what I said......"

"Shut up!" The thought of the destruction of the antidote made me uncontrollable with emotion, "I won't believe what you say anymore, liars, all liars!" ”

When I want to go out of the mountain, all I encounter are exploitation, threats, coercion, and intimidation, and I am surrounded by calculations, and I never help myself. What I hate, I still live well, enjoy wealth and power, thousands of miles of rivers and mountains; The one I love sees me as a shadow of someone else, and it breaks my heart deeply. I have nothing left, only one life left, and now that I don't even have that life, what do I have left?

The past is intertwined with the present, one by one, one by one, jumping through my brain like snowflakes, I fell into extreme despair, my eyes turned red, and I said hoarsely to Yuwen: "Why in the end? You have to force me so hard that you have to put me to death! ”

"Qingqiang!"

Yu Wenyong also wanted to come over and explain, but between the lightning and flint, a small dagger pierced into his lower abdomen extremely quickly.

Yu Wenyong's eyes widened, as if he didn't expect me to suddenly stab him, the pain and despair and the pleasure of revenge were intertwined in my heart, I smiled with tears: "Yu Wenyong, I can't live, don't want to live!" ”

Yu Wenyong's face turned pale in pain, "Qingqiang ......"

Seeing this, Yuwen Shenju hurriedly pushed me away with a palm and held Yuwen Yong, "Your Majesty! ”

"How dare you assassinate Your Majesty!" Yuwen Xiaobo looked at me viciously, eager to cut me into two pieces, and shouted at the surrounding guards, "Why don't you come and escort me and take down the demon girl who assassinated Your Majesty!" ”

Seeing that the situation was not right, Ling'er immediately pulled me out of the pavilion, and seventy or eighty guards rushed up. I was full of resentment and despair, and I ignored these guards and fought desperately.

While fighting, suddenly another group of people rushed down from the snow slope and fought with Yuwenyong's guards, and one of the strange men protected me and Ling'er to highlight the encirclement, and regardless of the group behind them, they pulled me and Ling'er into the carriage and were about to flee on horseback.

"Who are you?" I watched with vigilance as the strange man who suddenly appeared and rescued us.

The strange man didn't look at me, but just said to Ling'er: "Madam, I'm Pei Wenju, you've seen me." ”

Ling Er looked at his face carefully, and suddenly realized, "You are the attendant next to Duke Qi Guo, Pei Wenju?" ”

Pei Wenju nodded and said, "Exactly." Madame, don't worry, I will escort you away safely. ”

With a wave of his horsewhip, he galloped hard, splashing the snow like sand and powder on the ground.

——

In the car, Ling'er saw that I was frowning, so she said: "Sister, why don't you tell me that you have fallen for His Majesty's 'lovesickness' and are controlled by him, so you have to do things for him?" ”

After some changes, I was exhausted, and I felt like I had lost my strength, and said, "I don't want you to worry." ”

Ling'er held my hand and said distressedly: "How can my sister carry such a big matter alone, you should tell me and let me share your worries." ”

My heart was sour, and I said, "You yourself are already bitter enough, how can I involve you again." ”

"Sister." Ling'er had tears in her eyes, and then smiled again, "I know that my sister is for my good, but I must help my sister's affairs." Sister, in fact, the antidote to 'lovesickness' has not been destroyed, but in my hands. ”

I was stunned and stunned, "In your hands - how in your hands?" ”

Ling Er said with a smile: "It was Yuwen Shen who gave it to me, and he knew that Yuwen Xiaobo wanted to destroy the antidote, so he changed the antidote in advance and handed it to me." What Yuwen Xiaobo destroyed was just an ordinary pill. ”

Hearing Ling'er say this, it was as if the drowning man had grabbed the driftwood, and a trace of joy came up in my heart, "Ling'er, is it true, the antidote is really still there, in your hands?" ”

Ling Er smiled and took out a small mahogany box and said, "It's true, the antidote is here, sister, you can open it and take a look." ”

I opened the medicine box excitedly, and there was a pill in it, and great joy hit me, but after the joy, I felt a little wrong, and asked: "Since the antidote has been given to you, why did Yuwen Shenju expose Yuwen Yong in one fell swoop and cause a turmoil in vain?" ”

Ling Er lowered his eyes and smiled: "He didn't expect Yuwen Xiaobo to replace the medicine with poison, so he was in a hurry and messed up." ”

In order to reassure me, Ling'er said again: "If my sister is still worried, when I get to the place, how about finding a doctor to check the authenticity of this medicine?" ”

What Ling'er said also makes sense, just in case, I decided to go to the hospital to check the authenticity of this pill when I got to the place where I stayed.

Pei Wenju didn't dare to relax, he changed a horse everywhere he went, drove almost day and night, only slept for one or two hours a day, ran around day after day, and finally settled in a small town.

As soon as I arrived in the town, I went to the hospital to find a doctor, and after looking for a few doctors, I dared to take the pill after confirming that there was no problem. As for whether the poison in my body was cleared, the doctor said that I would need to be observed for two more days, and told me to come back to the doctor in two days.

Pei Wenju took us to rest in a small inn, because the two countries of Zhou and Qi were at war, Yuwenxian was sent by Yuwenhu to participate in the war in Qi. Before leaving, he arranged for Pei Wenju to send someone to secretly protect Ling'er, and if the situation was critical, Ling'er would be sent to him safely. At this time, Yu Wenxian and other generals were preparing to attack Luoyang, and Pei Wenju took us to a small town outside Luoyang City in the territory of Qi according to his instructions.

Yu Wenxian sent a letter, asking Ling'er to live in the town for a while, and when he finished the battle of Luoyang, he sent someone to pick up Ling'er, asking her to rest assured, take good care of herself, and wait for him to return victorious.

Word by word, love is sincere. It seems that Yu Wenxian is sincere to Ling'er. But looking at Ling'er's appearance, I know that she is unwilling to stay by Yu Wenxian's side. Sure enough, in the middle of the night, she quietly planned with me, and after confirming that the poison in my body was resolved, the two of us left, so that Yuwen Yishi could never find it again.

Two days later, the doctor at the hospital checked my pulse and told me with a smile that the poison in my body had been cleared, and I only needed to take good care of myself in the future. I was relieved that the fear and anxiety that had been pent up in my heart all disappeared, and I felt light and comfortable, as if I was about to fly.

Out of the hospital, my business is over, thinking of Ling'er and Yu Wenxian, I asked Ling'er, "Ling'er, do you really want to go, in fact, Yu Wenxian has a deep affection for you, and it is not bad for you to follow him." ”

Ling Er immediately denied: "He is good to me, I will repay him in the next life, but if I want to repay him, I will never be able to do it." I don't like him, so I'd better leave early than to be around him and make him sad. ”

Seeing her like this, I couldn't say anything, so I could only silently lament for Yu Wenxian in my heart.

Ling Er said happily: "Sister, let's go to the desert and feel the scenery of the desert." ”

I remembered what Master Huiyuan had said, and said, "Ling'er, let's stay in Qi Kingdom." ”

Ling Er was stunned, "Stay in Qi Country, but where are we going?" ”

I looked firmly at it and said, "Go to Yecheng." ”

Ling'er's face turned pale, and she said disappointedly: "Yecheng-sister, can we not go?" ”

I persuaded her, "Ling'er, Zhou Guo and Chen Guo, I can't stay any longer." The desert is windy and sandy, and it is not suitable for habitation. Now the only one who can stay is Qi Guo. Yecheng is the capital of the Qi Kingdom, located in a prosperous area, and there are my old people there. So, Yecheng, we have to go. ”

Ling'er lowered her head silently, and said for a long time: "Sister, in the past, I have done a lot of things for Otsuka Zai, and I have also had many names for disguise, and Feng Ling'er is just one of them, not my real name." Now that we are free, we don't have to be controlled by others, and we don't have to show our faces. Sister, can you call me back to my old name, just like I did when I was a child. ”

Hearing the pleading and anticipation in her words, I smiled and said softly, "Ah Sleeve." ”

Her eyes bloomed with brilliance, and she said, "Sister, I'm Ah Sleeve, just Ah Sleeve." It's not Feng Ling'er, it's not anyone else, I'll always be your sleeve. ”

I touched her head and smiled, "Let's go, Ah Sleeve." ”

Exegesis:

(1) The title comes from Yang Wanli's "Sanjiang Xiaodu" in the Song Dynasty, "No matter how the turmoil goes, it comes again"