Chapter 027: One Thousand and One Nights
. The cloth in his mouth was taken off, and the black scarf on his head was also taken off, Yang Hao moved his sour mouth and looked at the woman in front of him wordlessly. Red battle jacket, blue belt, white fox velvet felt hat, dressed as a palace maid.
Charming eyebrows, bright eyes, Yao nose and cherry lips, delicate as a flower, but the eyes looking down at him from top to bottom make people very uncomfortable. Pride, hatred, indifference, and a hidden deep humiliation.
After a while, Yang Hao sighed and said in a low voice: "That day...... It's you? ”
Xiao Xuan said coldly: "Otherwise, who should it be?" ”
She ...... How's it going? And also...... And ......"
"You don't have to have any illusions, I can think of her as a problem, and naturally she can also think of Luo Kedi, Tong Yu, and Wang Tieniu. In the past few days, I have killed many people, but ...... They're still alive because I have to figure out why they're here and what they're going to do. Now I know that they have no ill will towards me, but they have betrayed me, and that is enough, they ...... will die with you. ”
Yang Hao's expression changed slightly, and then he smiled faintly: "This is not unexpected, since the foreign minister has insulted His Majesty, he never thought that he would still be alive." But...... Dong'er didn't know anything, that night, I didn't know you would come, otherwise I wouldn't go at all, she told me, Your Majesty wouldn't go that night......"
Xiao Xuan's pale cheeks finally flushed a little, and his voice whispered with uncontrollable shame: "Even if it is against your own lady, can you use rape?" ”
Yang Hao smiled bitterly: "Foreign minister...... I have practiced a kind of internal strength and heart method, which is a Taoist double cultivation method, that night, the foreign minister's heart demon devoured, and his mind was lost, so he ......, otherwise, he would not have ...... His Majesty like crazy."
"Don't say it." The tall jade rabbit on Xiao Xuan's chest jumped sharply a few times, her crisp chest was straight and strong, and her silhouette was beautiful, although it was not very big, but when she leaned over him, it was invisibly more upright.
She calmed her breath for a moment, and then said: "The female official I rely on the most is actually your lady, and the few palace guard generals I promoted and reused are actually your brothers, I really didn't expect it." Yes, they don't know what happened that night, but by that they have a way to die. ”
Yang Hao stared deeply at the queen in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "In other words, they have to pay the price for your unknown acquaintance?" ”
Xiao Xuan stared at him and sneered: "So what? I treated them well, and promoted a few slaves to become human beings. Do you want to pretend to be generous and release them now, so that everyone in the world will know that my Xiao Xuan's henchmen have defected to the Central Plains? Since their hearts are not here, they should be buried here forever. ”
Yang Hao knew that when she appeared here today, he and Dong'er had reached the last moment, and when she appeared, it meant that their lives had come to an end, but he was so unjust and died so silently, he was really unwilling, knowing that it was impossible, he still made the last struggle.
He retorted: "Your Majesty is good at killing the Song envoy, aren't you afraid of provoking a war between the two countries because of this?" ”
Xiao Sui smiled and said, "You and I have made a concession to a letter of state, which is more important?" The Song Kingdom has fought repeatedly, the country is poor and the people are lacking, if you start a war with me at this time, it will be a lose-lose ending, will Zhao Kuangyin rashly start a war for you? What's more, Song Ting will never know the truth, and the ghost has been found. Speaking of which, I also want to thank you, because you, many people have died these days, my power is more stable than ever, and no one has come to restrain me or threaten me, all thanks to you. ”
This is the second time Yang Hao has heard her say that many people have died in the past few days, and he couldn't help asking: "Dong'er, Luo Kedi, and Tong Yu are all safe and sound, who is the one who died?" ”
Xiao Xuan said his proud methods one by one, Yang Hao was dumbfounded for a long time, and sighed softly: "Good intentions, good means!" ”
"Thanks for the compliment." Xiao Xuan slowly pulled out a short knife, picked Yang Hao's placket with a sharp blade, aimed the tip of the knife at his heart, and said in a low voice: "Now, you can die, you don't have to worry, your lady and your brother, I will send them on the road one by one, you go to Huangquan Road first and wait for them." ”
Sen Han's sharp tip cut a wound on the skin on her chest, and blood came out, she gently stroked Yang Hao's chest with her delicate fingers, dipped the crystal blood bead, gently handed it to her mouth, and slowly sucked it, licking her lips as if she had an endless aftertaste, and said softly with her blurred eyes: "You treated me like that, but I just killed you with a knife, which has violated my principle of being a man." There is no one here, I might as well tell you a secret, no matter how reluctant I was at the time, but you made me experience the joy of being a woman, even for the rest of my life...... Just once. ”
Xiao Xuan's cheeks were as red as blood, and there was a trace of tenderness in her eyes, she gently stroked Yang Hao's bearded cheeks, and her voice trembled slightly: "Sometimes, I also desire to be a woman, a woman who is painful and pitiful, not a queen who is high up and motherly in the world." It's a pity that in life, most of the people are involuntarily, and many things are decided by yourself, even if you are the emperor...... None of them. Since you must die, you can only die at my hands, and I am not willing to let others kill you......"
Yang Hao finally despaired, he knew that when in this hunting ground of power, Xiao Sui was like a female wolf king surrounded by wolves, she would always show everyone with a strong, cold, and rational side, when she tore off her disguise, revealed her true feelings in front of people, and showed her weak side without scruples, she felt that there was no need to hide herself in front of that person at all, who could make her completely defenseless when she was always vigilant? Only the dead...... He closed his eyes and said with a wry smile: "I thought that even if my plan was negligent, it was captured by you on the way to escape, but I really didn't expect that it would be planted here." I came all the way to Saibei, just to find my beloved wife, take away my brother, and offend Your Majesty, it was really not my intention, it was a mistake, it was not Yang Hao's fault!
Dong'er is my beloved wife, Luo Kedi, Tong Yu, and Tie Niu are my brothers, they are favored by His Majesty and awarded high-ranking officials, but they have also made great contributions to His Majesty's birth and death. Coming to the Khitan was not what they wanted, but now they just want to return to their homeland and return to their relatives, and they don't want to murder His Majesty, let alone betray, and they are not wrong.
If an ordinary woman suddenly encountered such an encounter, she must have been in pain, but after His Majesty returned to the palace, he was able to quickly calm down and seize the opportunity to take advantage of the 'disappearance' incident of the three palace guards and the female Shangguan, and arrange such a series of schemes to sweep away the clan forces that threatened the imperial power. ”
Xiao Sui felt that she was being stripped of all her disguises one by one in front of him, ** nakedly exposing her original self in front of him, she couldn't help but be a little flustered, she opened her mouth and said: "I ......"
Yang Hao continued to say with self-care: "Actually, this is normal, no matter which woman, to the status of Your Majesty, overlooking all living beings from above the Nine Heavens, she will not only stare at some of her own things like a deep boudoir woman raised in the courtyard of a deep house, it is a woman, and she will look down on it very lightly." Your Majesty wants to kill me, not so much because a man has offended a woman, but because our flight has damaged Your Majesty's prestige and your power. As a ruler, you are not wrong to do so......"
"You ......"
Yang Hao stared at her, and a calm, serene smile escaped from the corner of his mouth: "Your Majesty, as the Empress of the Prison Country, is an almost perfect ruler. Your Majesty, as a woman, is a woman among women, and I remember everything that night. His Majesty told me frankly that I didn't need to hide that I was about to die, and frankly...... that night, Yang Hao also remembered that night, and I still remember it......"
Xiao Xuan's face became redder and redder, and even the roots of his ears and neck were as red as a red-hot shrimp.
Stripped of her disguise, and putting aside the heavy responsibilities on her shoulders, she was only a young woman of twenty-eight years, she may have been born with the qualities of a ruler, but if she had been born into a small family and married an ordinary man, she would have been a smart, capable, and somewhat powerful wife at best.
But she is not, she was born in the Khitan Xiao family that has been the queen of generations, she married into the palace and became the Khitan queen, and the cold, wise, and decisive ability that a ruler should have hidden in her is like a seed planted in the right soil, moistened by rain and dew, and will grow up quickly. She was buried in a mountain of music cases all day long, and she was about to forget that she was also a woman.
And at this moment, she regained her true nature. She has an indescribable complex emotion for this man who took possession of her by brutal means. Now that he was dying, she didn't mind allowing him to be presumptuous once before he died. At this moment, she is no longer the cold-blooded empress who gives an order and thousands of people fall to the ground without blinking, she is just a woman, a woman with seven emotions and six desires...... Yang Hao slowly closed his eyes and said in a low voice: "Listen to Dong'er, Your Majesty is skilled in arching and horses, and his skills are excellent, please make the knife faster, when I learned the knife with General Cheng, I heard him say that if you go down from the position of the second rib on the left side, you can hit the heart directly, and you will die immediately, and you will die without any pain......
Xiao Xuan's eyes gradually became a cloud of mist, but his eyes were as bright as gems, shining with glittering light.
Her voice also became very soft and gentle: "Don't worry, I'll take the knife...... Will be ...... soon Pretty ...... very soon"
The knife was held high, and the hand holding the handle was clenched tightly, and the pale green tendons on the back of the palm were tensed, but it was steady, without a trace of trembling.
"Although my life is short, I have lived a colorful and contented life. Xiao Niangniang, Dong'er and I are waiting for you under the Yellow Spring, maybe when we meet again, you are still as beautiful as a flower, and at that time, we should be able to abandon each other's identity and status barriers, forget today's grievances, and drink and talk happily, and get drunk, right? ”
Xiao Xuan sighed softly: "What's the matter, do you have to think about the best side?" When we meet in Huangquan, it is likely to ...... I was already an old woman with goosebumps, and she walked trembling like a candle in the wind, and I am afraid that you did not recognize me at all, and did not want to recognize me. ”
"Perhaps, I would never have doubted your statement, but now it seems ...... But not necessarily, the day when we see each other again in Huangquan may come soon, very ...... Very fast......"
Yang Hao's voice became lower and lower, and by the end of the day, he was almost talking to himself, and the vague Xiao Xuan could no longer hear clearly: "Zhao Guangyi led his troops down to the south of the Yangtze River, Han Derang returned to the west with his life, the Khitan Emperor was assassinated and critically ill, and the Empress Dowager Xiao controlled the most powerful country in the world in advance, and it changed...... So much has changed.
A heavy rain forced Chen Sheng and Wu Guang to rebel, inducing the collapse of the Qin Empire; A newspaper decided the way out for the Red Army, and there was a 25,000-mile long march; Some butter and lard became the fuse ...... the great Indian national uprising, a Yang Hao...... Although it is like a flash of comet, it has come and gone in this world, but it has brought about the changes I have caused in this world.
I don't know how big this change will be, I don't know what kind of future the world will go to, and I don't know whether it will be a curse or a blessing for the future world, I only know that in my previous life, I was a cocoon, and in this life, I am a butterfly, although it is short, but infinitely wonderful, this life ...... I didn't live in vain, ...... doll, fireworks, and Miaomiao, I'm sorry......"
Xiao Sui tried hard to listen, but he still didn't hear what he was saying, so he sneered: "What's not necessarily? Now, I am in power, and there is no strength in the court that can compete with me, so how can I die when I am at a good age? Who can kill me? ”
Yang Hao ignored the sharp blade hanging on his chest, and smiled: "On the boundless prairie, lions, leopards, coyotes, feathered sheep, yellow deer ......, all kinds of animals live there, when there is a great drought on the grassland, the ponds disappear one by one, the rivers are cut off one by one, and only the deepest and largest lakes become the last chance for the beasts to survive, you say the last to survive...... What kind of animal will it be? ”
No matter how tenacious Xiao Xuan's will is, after all, she is still a woman of prime age, and the curiosity in her heart is still inevitable, and she can't help but reply: "Then you still need to think about it, the one who can survive in the end is, of course, the lion." ”
"Wrong, it's the feathered sheep and the yellow deer."
"How is that possible?"
"How could it not be? Water sources are scarce, and the strongest beasts will wait by the water's edge day and night in order to survive the water, and the weakest animals will be eaten by them when they come to the water's edge, so the weakest animals have to abandon the drying up lake and flee farther away in search of water.
Along the way, they will die of hunger and thirst, and they will be eaten by the mighty beasts waiting there by the lake, but some of their people will always escape and find a way to survive. But what about the mighty beasts that waited on the meadows guarding the lake, when the lake they were waiting for dried up, when they could not wait for a single piece of food, and wanted to escape from the land of death, it was too late, they could no longer find a drop of water or food along the way, and in the end, they all died on the way to escape.
Today's Khitan is the grassland of the great drought, and you are the lion guarding the water source, all the people are trembling under your feet, but the root cause of the disaster has not been eradicated, the drought is not solved for a day, the crisis will always exist, and in the end, the fate of Niangniang will be the same as that of the lion. Perhaps, Gan Lin will come before the last drop of water dries up? Hehe, what Yang said is just a possibility......"
Yang Hao's mouth is likened to the crisis of drought, referring to King Qing who fled to the northwest, he has already held the heart of death, his mood calmed down, but the Lingtai was clear for a while, he suddenly thought that his secret identity may become his last way to avoid death, if he can reach a political alliance with Xiao Xuan, then he can save his life and Dong'er and Luo Ke's enemies, although the bargaining chip is still too small. However, he suddenly thought again, will Xiao Xuan definitely choose him? Do you believe that the force he has at his disposal is strong enough? What if she chooses Xiazhou Li as a partner? It's just that those who are in prison are just that, and those people in Luzhou will also fall into a place of no return.
Thinking of this, Yang Hao couldn't help but hesitate, but she didn't notice that after listening to his words, she didn't know what touched her heart, the sharp knife that Xiao Xuan held high in her hand quietly put down, and she seemed to be in deep thought. The cell was quiet, Xiao Xuan's eyes flickered, I don't know what she was thinking, the child's attitude that had just been released by accident gradually faded, and her expression was slowly recovering, like a mask of a god on her face, which had just melted by chance, and was re-solidifying at this time, enveloping her face.
When the occasional flashes of **, shyness and gentleness on her face are being replaced by her usual calmness, elegance, nobility and perseverance, when her eyes regain indifference and shrewdness, Xiao Sui has become Queen Xiao again.
She also put the knife into the sheath, Ying Ying stood up, high and graceful, and in an instant she returned to the Nine Heavens.
Yang Hao looked at her in surprise, Xiao Xuan raised his hand, put down the veil, and covered his appearance: "It's a very good story, I will think about it carefully." ”
"Huh?"
"Thanks for reminding me, I've changed my mind."
Yang Hao's body was shocked, and he said in surprise: "Niangniang is going to let me go?" ”
"Do you think it's possible?"
Xiao Sui sneered, she walked towards the door, and said lightly: "I think the story you told is very interesting, I really want to hear you tell the story again, when your story is finished, your life will come to an end......"
The cell door closed, the footsteps gradually faded away, Yang Hao stared at the roof, and his face was inexplicable: "You still want to hear me tell a story...... One Thousand and One Nights? This Khitan queen is the reincarnation of the tyrant caliph who likes to listen to stories? So who am I? I don't read much about "Animal World", I just have one meal a day...... It's just gone? ”