Xu Qingyan looked at the scroll on the desktop and lost his mind for a while.

The curtains were drawn, the outside sunlight was completely isolated from the room, and she sat alone in the dark, without the lights, and the day was quiet.

She completed her revenge...... sent those who directly and indirectly killed their brother to the dungeon and sent to hell.

In that scroll, the prince wrote a line.

"Congratulations, you've found your inner voice, and now you're free. ”

The girl was quietly facing the darkness alone, but also facing her own heart, she saw a set of cages, countless cages, a long time ago, she thought that the Ganye Temple was her own cage, and then thought that the courtyard of Xiaoyu Lane was the cage, and then it was the East Chamber, the Imperial Palace, and the Tiandu...... Finally, there is the entire Great Sui world.

Now she figured it out.

The real cage is not a substantial city wall at all, not a palace that traps people, nor a rusty cage lock, but the obsession that everyone hides in the deepest part of their hearts.

The ground is drawn into a prison, and the cage is not elsewhere, but in the heart.

She had hoped that the night would break, and that man would come with an umbrella, as if he had seen it for the first time, pushing open his cage and bringing herself infinite light—

As long as she has this idea.

She will always be a caged finch.

She would be trapped in her own cage, and whoever opened that door would have built a bigger cage.

And today, according to her "original heart", after completing everything, there was no joy or joy in her heart, only a cold numbness.

And at a loss.

The document on the table, which did not need her to sign or nod, took effect the moment it was issued by the Chenglong Palace, she knew that no one would stop her from entering and leaving the four realms, and she knew that she could go anywhere she wanted in this world.

She was free.

But where are you going?

Where can she go?

She seems to have become accustomed to the days of the East Chamber, to the life of running around Luojia Mountain, Tiandu, and two o'clock and one line every day, to getting up early, staying up late to write letters, to having unrealistic expectations, and to being a canary in a cage, even if she has tried her best to fight.

Holding the letter paper and standing in front of her door, Xu Qingyan didn't push open the door for a long time, and she finally understood where the loss in her heart came from......

When you're free.

You can't share it.

All the expectations in her mind, all the beautiful pictures, are not the composition of one person, there should be another person at this moment, sharing all this with herself.

In a trance, I heard a murmur.

Like the sound of the wind, or like someone knocking on the door.

"Squeak-"

Xu Qingyan was stunned.

She watched as the bamboo door was opened, light spilling through the cracks, and the warm sunlight reflected the familiar tall figure.

"Qingyan. ”

The man spoke.

"There are some things that I have thought about for a long time, and I must say to you. ”

......

......

There was no such thing.

The boy who didn't push the door open.

There is no sword-bearer who stands in the light.

Nothing.

There was a lonely one in the courtyard of the East Wing, even Xiao Zhao was not there, she was the only one, a gust of wind blew open the door for her, and the outside of the house was full of sunlight, even a little dazzling.

Xu Qingyan stood under the eaves, separated by a line of light and shade, stretching out a hand, feeling the warmth that had been lost for a long time.

She stood alone for a long time.

"Miss—"

When Xiao Zhao came back, he was full of arms

The wind blew, the ropes and robes for drying clothes fluttered in the wind, and the room was full of scraps of paper.

The prince's edict was torn to shreds, pieces like snow, and along with this document, there were also files and copywriters written on the table that had stayed up for countless nights.

Xu Qingyan stood quietly in the sun, tearing the invisible white paper, exposing the sins under the heavens and the earth under the scorching sun, the wind rolled, the confetti flew like a snow tide, and the woman stood in the swirling wind scroll of the paper, wearing a thin black shirt with suspenders, and her skin was whiter than snow.

Xu Qingyan glanced at Xiao Zhao, "Throw it all away." ”

Xiao Zhao was stunned.

"Shall we go further afield?"

Here she uses "we", not "me".

Xiao Zhao stood in place, a huge joy surged into her heart, so that she didn't have time to react, those books and documents that were held in her arms were blown off by the wind, she subconsciously wanted to pick it up, but immediately realized it...... None of this is useful.

The young lady tore up the stacked case files in the east wing, walked out of the dark and cramped room, and came to the light alone.

That's right.

This is long overdue......

Xiao Zhao hummed heavily, her eyes were a little moist, in order to avoid gaffes, she took a deep breath, suppressed her emotions, and said with a smile: "I'll prepare a horse for you, have you thought about where to go...... You've never seen it in Tiandu City, Hongfu Street, Green Willow Street, there are a lot of delicious ...... there."

"No need. ”

Xu Qingyan shook his head and said, "I've been there." ”

Xiao Zhao was stunned for a moment, and then heard Xu Qingyan say: "The sooner the better, the farther the better, I want to go to Luojia Mountain...... If Mr. Fuyao is not there, I will go to the north and have a look, there are many mountains, and it seems that there is also a sea. ”

"North, North?"

Xiao Zhao smiled: "It's really good over there, there are mountains and seas, and the heavens and the earth are blessed." ”

After speaking, she took action, Xiao Zhao's movements were very quick, and she sorted out her clothes, but she prepared the carriage with a small half of incense.

Xu Qingyan stood at the door of the East Wing, looking at the old courtyard where he had lived for three years, and felt familiar and strange for a while.

I'm leaving.

......

......

Ning Yi stood alone at the door of the East Wing Courtyard.

He knocked lightly on the door, but there was no response.

Pushing open the door, there were flying confetti in my face, dancing like white doves, those heavy scrolls have never been so light, and the dark case file was bathed in light and shattered—

The yard was empty.

"Master Xu Xiang has already left. A little eunuch walked with thin steps and came to Ning Yi's side, he looked at the expression of this Lord Ning, and found that the latter's eyes seemed to be a little stunned.

The little eunuch noticed that Ning Yi was holding a volume of scriptures in his hands behind him.

He hurriedly reminded: "I just left." The gentleman chased after him from the north gate, and he should be able to catch up. ”

Just left?

Ning Yi's expression moved, he quietly pushed the door in, and came to this side garden, where the mountain scroll condensed the confetti in the sky, piecing them together and restoring.

There was a thought swinging in my mind.

To chase? or not to chase?

He paced in the courtyard, and then pushed open Xu Qingyan's door, the light fell on this small living room, the table was cleaner and tidier than ever, Ning Yi's expression moved slightly, and he gently dragged the locked small drawer, the power of the bone flute flowed gently, the bronze lock cylinder clicked open, and the drawer lay the last letter Xu Qingyan wrote to himself, the content of the letter.

Write, write, delete, delete.

The letter was swollen, wet with tears, and then fainted.

In the end, only one heart-wrenching sentence remained.

"I want to ...... In my world, there is no more light. ”

After reading the letter, Ning Yi's lips moved, but he didn't say anything after all.

He recalled the dead silence of standing in the east chamber that night, the girl never looked up at him, the silent confrontation between the two people, the silent separation, and the silence of a thousand words were lost in silence.

Ning Yi locked the letter back in the drawer.

He left the East Chamber, swept the roof of the ancient building of the Tiandu City, the banner fluttered, the black-robed young man stepped on the flying sword, traveled far away with a sword, and finally climbed to the north gate of the imperial city.

The young man took a deep breath, held the wall with both hands, and looked from afar—

The mountain road in the distance is rugged and twisty, the ancient trees are dense, the sun is shining, and a horse-drawn carriage is bumpy away from the heavenly capital.

......

......

"Miss, let me tell you a joke. ”

"Miss, there's freshly baked flower cake here. ”

"Miss......"

Xiao Zhao found that the young lady's mood was not good, she was always silent along the way, almost no smile, and occasionally lifted the curtain to look at the scenery outside the city, and most of the expressions she showed were also in a trance.

Miss was not happy.

In the past, Xiao Zhao would blame the guy surnamed Ning, blaming Ning Yi for hurting Miss, but this time, Miss saw everything clearly.

They will be far away from the sky, far away from Ning Yi...... Why is the young lady still unhappy?

Xiao Zhao couldn't think of an answer.

On the roof of the carriage, there was a soft "bang" sound.

Someone pressed the carriage with one palm, sat on the back of the steed, and took over the carriage driven by divinity.

Xu Qingyan's trance-like expression was suddenly stunned, and the breeze blew the curtain of the car, revealing the black-robed figure sitting on the horseback at the moment, and the man said softly: "Running so fast, are you trying to avoid anyone?"

Xu Qingyan's breathing became rapid, and she grabbed the black dress in front of her knees hard, not knowing how to answer.

And at this moment, Xiao Zhao felt that he should be under the car, not in the car.

"Wow. For you. ”

The young "groom" suddenly raised his hand and threw it back, and the "Taiyi Nerve Extraction", which had cost a lot of money, was thrown by him pretending not to care, but he carefully instructed: "Don't tear it." There will be no second outflow in the world. ”

Xu Qingyan hurriedly took the scriptures, and heard a very soft voice again.

"That night...... I have said the wrong thing, and if I continue to say more, I will lose too many words. ”

"All the promises of Tiandu are counted, always counted, always counted. Ning Yi said in a deep voice: "As for what I wanted to say later, it was all written in the letter. ”

Xu Qingyan flipped the pages of the book and found that the scriptures were mixed with a piece of stationery, she closed the pages forcefully, and said angrily: "I don't read it." ”

"Then we'll see when the anger is gone. ”

Ning Yi smiled, patted the horse's back, and said softly: "I'm leaving, take care." Have a great trip. ”

Xu Qingyan was stunned for a moment, and the retention of the opening was also slow for a moment, and the back of the black-robed young man was slightly tilted, like a burden on the back of a fallen horse, but the moment he fell off the horse, it turned into a flash of light and swept away in the opposite direction, quiet as a meteor.

Quiet come, quiet go.

Only a rubbing of the ancient scriptures and a brand new letter paper were left.

Xu Qingyan gritted his teeth and opened "Taiyi Pulling Nerves".

In the middle of the text, a half-slender bone flute leaf is used as a bookmark, swaying in the wind, exuding wisps of warm light.

It was as if something had struck her heart.

The girl opened the letter, and there was only one line of words inside.

Very simple.

"The light has always been. ”