Chapter 308: Live for Yourself

Tomorrow is the day of the emperor's funeral, and the death knell in the city has obviously become more poignant and desolate, the monks of Lingyin Temple have been invited to the capital to chant and chant Buddha, even the chanting sound on the west mountain has never been interrupted, Lu Xiangxue's life has not changed much after Lu Xiangxue came, in addition to returning to the top of the mountain every day to inquire about the news, he will also go to the mausoleum of An Guogong and his wife, who is no longer guarded by soldiers, to sit down, Lu Xiangxue's body has been very weak since the slippery tire, and the half-moon rush makes her physically weak, Immersed in the joy of finding Shen Ke, she would chat and talk with the soldiers regardless of the difference between men and women, she listened to them in detail about Shen Ke's experience over and over again, before she got married, she was a lady who stayed at home, and after she got married, she was a virtuous and housekeeper Mrs. Shen, she had never dealt with these soldiers, but fortunately, she had a high status in the hearts of the soldiers, and the soldiers knew everything about her.

The night was already dark, Shen Keyou went to the top of the mountain alone, Lu Xiangxue stayed in their temporary station and waited for him to return, in order to prevent the soldiers from discovering that there was an open fire on the mountain, the soldiers ate these days in addition to the wild fruits on the mountain, they rarely ate cooked food, and the people who were beaten by iron would not be able to stand it if they only ate the fruits, not to mention that they were all wounded, in order to better preserve their physical strength, they would rest as soon as the night came.

Shen Ke came to the outside of Xishan Temple, hid in the bushes, listened to the monks knock on the wooden fish and chanted the scriptures, finished the evening class, and sneaked into the dormitories before the monks went to their dormitories.

Tomorrow is the emperor's funeral, and all the monks of Xishan Temple will go to chant for the emperor, so the captain of the Xishan Guard personally found the host of Xishan Temple and discussed with him the time to leave tomorrow.

Shen Ke hid on the beams of the house and listened to them talk about the route of tomorrow's funeral procession and the arrangements of the imperial court.

"After the emperor's burial tomorrow, the master will have to stay in the capital for a while, and King Chao has other explanations!" The captain was a burly man with a dark complexion, and he was in charge of the guards of the West Mountain.

"I wonder what else is going on?" The senior monks of Lingyin Temple have been reciting the scriptures for the emperor for nine days, and the court will invite them to go only out of the emperor's respect for Buddhism during his lifetime, and the host really can't think of what else the court can explain.

"The rebellion ten days ago killed and injured countless people, King Chao is benevolent, and I hope that the masters can chant for the dead people."

"Good, good, my Buddha is merciful, the old man understands!" The host folded his hands and closed his eyes and recited a Buddha name.

"There is another lively thing, after the emperor is buried tomorrow, Du Yiyi, the righteous sister of the traitor Shen Ke, will be beheaded outside the noon gate, it is a strange thing, the Rui Wangfu has set up a mourning hall to announce that Du Yiyi has passed away, and this suddenly appeared a Du Yiyi, saying that those people attacked the palace ten days ago to rescue Du Yiyi, I really can't understand how the hero of Shen Ke I can also be planted in the hands of women!" The top of the mountain is lonely, and the captain often chats with the host, and occasionally talks about things in the court and asks the host to solve his worries and doubts, which he feels a little incomprehensible.

The host pinched the Buddha beads and squinted his eyes and said: "Shen Ke has escaped, and the court has exhausted all its manpower and has no trace of it, King Chao must want to use this woman to lure out Shen Ke, today the transfer official of the imperial court has come down, and Captain Meng is also boiling to the end, Lao Wei is here to wish Captain Meng a smooth sailing in the future!" ”

When it came to his happy event, Captain Meng, who had a sad face, had a hint of joy on his face, but he was sad and happy, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was also full of bitterness.

"Those comrades-in-arms of mine have all been promoted, and two of them have also become the commander of the Praetorian Guard, that is the future is immeasurable, how can it be like me, I stayed on the top of this mountain for three years in exchange for a transfer official document, and when I returned to the capital, I was also a captain, where did I come from!"

For a person like him who has no background and no majestic and slightly superhuman martial arts, he appreciates the future, at most, he has a front word.

A monk who has been accompanied by the ancient Buddha of the green lantern, a captain who has been guarding the cemetery for a long time, the two of them talked about the future and always had the feeling that the cow was playing the piano against the horse's mouth, and the captain listened to the host tell some Buddhist stories, and the heart always felt bored, so he raised his head and sighed and got up to say goodbye.

As soon as his head was raised, the cloud of dust fell into his eyes, and when his eyes were closed with sour and stinging pain, he seemed to see a black corner of his clothes in a trance.

"Master, there's someone on the roof beam!" Although he has been comfortable in Xishan for many years, Captain Meng has never stopped exercising his future return to the center of power in the capital, before the master can open his mouth, he stepped on the beam with his right foot, and then stepped on the beam with his left foot, and the whole person instantly broke away from gravity and swept towards the beam of the house.

The dust on the roof beams was very thick, and as soon as his feet fell on it, he raised a burst of dust, and he leaned down, but at this moment suddenly a gust of wind blew in and blew out the oil lamp, making the whole house dark.

"I don't know when a black cat came to the temple, and he always likes to come to my house in the middle of the night to listen to me chanting and chanting Buddha, Captain Meng is dazzled!" The host got up and closed the wind-blown window, and stood by the window.

Captain Meng stretched out his hand and touched the roof beam, could he really be wrong just now? Also, what else can there be on the top of this West Mountain except for them, people and dead people and beasts who have no future, who can come here, thinking that he jumped off the roof beam and hugged his fists and said: "I see, the master is really a high-ranking monk, and he can actually let the beasts also be contaminated with Buddha nature!" Admire and admire, it's already late at night, I won't bother much, farewell! ”

The master folded his hands and bowed, and after watching Captain Meng leave, he lit the oil lamp, picked up the Buddhist scriptures on the bookcase, and read them fluently.

Shen Ke, who had been standing outside the window for a long time, listened to the familiar chanting sound, bowed silently towards the room and left quickly.

The news he got on the eve of the emperor's funeral completely disturbed the little tranquility that Shen Ke could survive by listening to the scriptures every day, he had been waiting for an opportunity, waiting for his reinforcements to arrive, he had waited for half a month, and he had not seen any trace of the reinforcements, but he still firmly believed that the reinforcements would arrive, just like some people could still firmly believe in his innocence when he was wanted by the whole country, he was not afraid of life and death and was not afraid of time to wait, but some people couldn't wait.

The moonlight shone brightly, the breeze stirred the grass and trees, and Shen Ke stepped lightly and easily on the continuous grass and trees like a bird shuttling freely in the mountains and forests to their stationing point on the mountainside.

He has never dared to fail to do something for himself, in the face of Du Yiyi and Lu Xiangxue's love for everything, his ruthless retreat and cruel use, since he learned of the emperor's death, he no longer expects his own tomorrow, it is a kind of relaxed pleasure for the soul to be separated from the body, he feels guilty about Lu Xiangxue, carefully looking back on the past, he can also find a trace of truth in the narrow dark corner, because he is her husband; For Du Yiyi, he never wanted to be her brother, but when he first met her, he was burdened with hatred, and when he resolved the hatred, she was already married, and he felt even more guilty, because he pushed her to others under the joy of knowing her heart, and now he is already living for himself, even though he still owes a lot to many people, but he really wants to live for himself freely and freely before the end of his life.

He wants to go to the capital, no matter whether there are reinforcements or not, whether there are thousands of troops and horses in ambush on the other side, the people he wants to see are there, and he can go there if he wants to do something.

He is not afraid of death, the only thing he is afraid of now is that he doesn't know how to explain to Lu Xiangxue that he owes her too much.

Someone under the moon was looking up and waiting, and his light steps stepped on the pine branches, and he landed gently.

It's been a year, some things should be faced or must be faced, she abandoned her family and looked for him regardless of her safety, he had heard the news of Du Yiyi's death, he thought they could live like this, but the reality is so cruel, he is so cruel.

"Husband!" Lu Xiangxue has been waiting for him all the time, every time.

Such a virtuous and elegant woman, how many people dream of hoping to win her favor and find her heart, beauty loves heroes, that is, Lu Xiangxue loves Shen Ke.

"Your illness is not cured yet, you should rest more!" Catching up with this beautiful watery eyes, Shen Ke reached out and grabbed Lu Xiangxue's shoulder.

"Husband, you know what! In the days when you weren't with me, I didn't get a day's restful sleep! Lu Xiangxue, who is accustomed to the life of a young lady, can travel long distances, and can also sleep with the dead on this western mountain, for her, the place where there are Shen Ke is where she should stay, whether it is the prosperous capital or the desolate West Mountain, she is willing.

"Xiangxue, you know that I am a person with no tomorrow, why do you want to suffer with me!" Shen Ke let go of his hands and turned to look up at Mingyue.

"Married as husband and wife, there is no doubt about love. Life should come back, death should be Sauvignon Blanc. You and I are husband and wife, I will go wherever you go, and if you die, I will never live! Lu Xiangxue's eyes were sparkling, Shen Ke's back was in front of her, but she felt that it was out of reach, even if she could live and die with him, he still couldn't open his heart to her.

Shen Ke pursed his lips and smiled bitterly, his throat choked, and Mingyue's eyes were sour and red: "I'm going to do something, maybe I won't be able to come back, no one knows that you found me, and when I die, you will go back to the capital, the emperor has already spoken out not to embarrass the Lu family, no one will embarrass you!" ”

Lu Xiangxue was stunned, and tears came out of her crystal eyes.

"I'm not afraid of death when I go out of the capital to look for you, if you die, I'll kill myself on the West Mountain, anyway, I'm not bad if I bury so many bones in the West Mountain!"

"Yiyi is not dead!" He didn't want to drag her down anymore, since he couldn't give love from the beginning, maybe letting her hate was also a kind of motivation that could keep her alive. "After the emperor is buried tomorrow, she will be beheaded at noon, and I will save her! I've always regretted pushing her out and putting a brother-sister relationship between us, she didn't treat me as her brother, and I never treated her as my sister, I like her, as ...... It's like you like me. ”

Lu Xiangxue sat on the ground weakly, crying silently. She once guessed Shen Ke's feelings for Du Yiyi, she was very jealous and envious and did many things that Shen Ke didn't want to see, the only thing that made her happy was that this relationship was always just a sealed past, although Shen Ke cared about Du Yiyi, but after Du Yiyi got married, she had little contact, she always thought that this was a way for Shen Ke to get out of the past and hug her, but today Shen Ke said these words so ruthlessly to shatter all her illusions, wishful thinking love is too weak, so powerless that she doesn't know how to save it.

"You lie to me! Isn't it funny to say something like that if you don't want me to die with you? She looked up and laughed silently.

Shen Ke's eyebrows were slightly lowered, the corners of his mouth were tightly pursed, and the words on the side of his mouth were swallowed back by him strongly, it was useless to say more, instead of giving her hope, it was better to give her a ruthless and resolute back to make her desperate.

A year of husband and wife, she worked hard for him until dawn, slipped tires for him, and traveled a long distance for him, but in the end, she only got such words? Lu Xiangxue's thin fist hammered her chest hard, and there was a place where it seemed like there was a jack pressing on her.

"Liar! It must be a lie! ”

She muttered repeatedly, and walked in the direction of Shen Ke's departure in despair, she didn't believe it, she would never believe it, Shen Ke must have been doing this in order to save Du Yiyi and didn't want to see him go with him, otherwise what would he do when he rescued himself! Let her die on the road soon? It must be like this! She muttered, gritted her teeth and cried as she went.

Shen Ke lived in a densely wooded area halfway up the West Mountain during this time, because this place has had several haunted accidents and has been listed as a forbidden area in the West Mountain, Shen Ke stayed here for more than ten days, there has never been a guard here, his thousands of subordinates live here, eating wild fruits and wild vegetables that are difficult to swallow every day, these soldiers who have been running with Shen Ke for a long time are already skinny and weak as cats, nesting in the grass are cats, but they are all soldiers who can block swords for Shen Ke when they stand up.

Shen Ke didn't want to involve them, but the fate of these people had already been implicated in him, and even their families.

Great revenge, standing on this land where the bones of his parents were once buried, although he lived in a nest and hid and couldn't see the sun, Shen Ke felt that the time he spent with his brothers for more than 20 years was the easiest in his life, and he very much hoped that this ease could continue, there were many people who had died for him, and he didn't want to die anymore.

"You guys, come with me!"

Among the thousands, he elected ten captains, and when he heard Shen Ke speak, the ten people who were lying in the grass and talking softly to people all stood up one after another and followed Shen Ke to a wood.

Insects and birds chirping, the night on the West Mountain is not as terrifying and terrible as the night walk of a hundred ghosts as outsiders imagine.

Shen Ke expressed his plan, and the ten people who had always obeyed Shen Ke's orders fell silent.

"There are enough people who have died, I don't want everyone to think of me in the future, they only imagine me as a heinous demon, my wife lost my husband because of me, the old man lost his son because I lost my son, and the child lost my father because I lost my father, and now everyone in Daga hates me, and the relatives of those dead brothers may also hate me, you have to survive and tell the world that you and I, we, and all of us, are not what we say, we live for justice."

"General!" Such an opening made the atmosphere a little heavy, and one captain squirmed the corners of his mouth with his heavy head down, and his eyes were red.

"Your parents in your family have been controlled by the imperial court, and so many brothers have died, I hope you can live for them!"

"General, we are not afraid of death!" A few people said excitedly.

"It's decided like this, you hide in Xishan, and when the emperor comes out of the funeral, the guards in Xishan are lax, and many generals in the three armies are upright people, and they won't embarrass you!" If Ning Chaoge doesn't embarrass them, the premise is that he is dead, and he will not plan to come back.

Someone thought of this, and there were still tears in their reddened eyes.

"I'll leave early tomorrow morning, and this thousand people will be handed over to you, if they make a mistake, I will never admit that you are my subordinates, you can rest assured, there will be no problem with King Rui in the capital to answer me."

Shen Ke didn't give them a chance to ask any more questions, and after saying that, he walked deeper into the dense forest, and the captains looked at the backs that were gradually moving away, and they looked at each other at a loss.

"The general's words are military orders, the general has his own decisions, we will be exposed if we follow too much, the moment I leave the capital, I swear to follow the general, and my hundred people will be handed over to you!" A captain clenched his fist at the nine.

"My life was saved by the general, how can I not go if the general wants to return to the capital, I will go with you early tomorrow morning, and my hundred people will also be handed over to you!"

The other man followed the word.

"Let's go too! If you're afraid of death, it's not my old Jiang! One patted his chest.

Others were also excitedly echoed.

"These brothers always need someone to lead, in this way, our old rule, draw lots, ten people and five people will go, and whoever wins the lottery will go!"

Ten people nodded in agreement, one bent down and broke off ten grass stalks of different lengths, and ten people drew them one by one and decided to stay.

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