Chapter 19: See You Again

Liuning only saw the raging fire like the gorgeous sunset of the summer, magnificent, beautiful, but because of the approaching darkness and implied infinite desolation, as if to annihilate all hope, the jumping red gradually approached, only made people feel that their eyes were burning and painful, a familiar figure crossed in front of him, Liuning was all over the heat, wanted to catch a person, but could only watch them walk by expressionlessly, Liuning only felt dry mouth, desperately wanted to shout, but couldn't make any sound......

Liu Ning was awakened by the scene in the nightmare, broke out in a cold sweat, vigilantly looked at the surrounding environment, Tang Changyu, who was originally staying by Liuning's side and was a little sleepy, was startled by Liuning's sudden awakening action, looking at Liuning's cautious gaze at the environment, she was very distressed, how many frightened days has she lived these days?

Tang Changyu held Liuning's hand, hoping to pass on his warmth to her. When Liu Ning saw Tang Changyu guarding beside him, his heart relaxed, and he looked at Tang Changyu's face a little dazed.

Between the four eyes, both pairs of eyes contain too many feelings, both of them have too much to say but don't know where to start, but they have a full tacit understanding to understand each other's moods. Tang Changyu hugged Liuning into his arms and wrapped him tightly, as if he wanted to embed Liuning into his body and rub it into the bone marrow, so forceful, mixed with too much emotion, this was the first hug between them that was so full of emotion.

Tang Changyu's voice was slightly choked and hoarse, and he slowly said to Liuning: "I miss you so much." He didn't dare to think back to the despair of Liuning who resolutely jumped off the city wall, nor did he dare to think back to the nervousness and fear in his heart when he rushed to the general's mansion where the fire reflected the red sky and saw the unconscious Liuning.

Liuning silently felt his strength, his emotions, his warmth, and his voice was a little vague and answered well, I don't know if Tang Changyu heard it, she didn't care, because she knew that they had already been connected, this was the first time that Liuning felt Tang Changyu's emotions so clearly and truly, she could feel that she was intoxicated by such a strong and deep emotion and couldn't extricate herself, so she also hugged Tang Changyu tightly and leaned her head on his shoulder.

Tang Changyu hugged Liuning for a long time, he seemed to be afraid that as soon as he let go, the two of them would fall into the land of life and even death. After a while, Tang Changyu reluctantly let go of Liuning, but still let Liuning lean on his shoulder, and he held her shoulder with one hand, he used this silent action to tell Liuning that he could rely on her, and she could always rely on him like this.

Staying quietly enjoying this stability, thinking of the chaos before he fell into a coma, he wanted to ask what was going on, but he had not fully recovered, and the words turned into coughing sounds.

Tang Changyu hurriedly got up and poured a glass of water for Liuning, Liuning smiled at him, Tang Changyu gently stroked Liuning's back, and said: "You don't have to worry, you are in the Tang camp now, you are safe, your brother has already surrendered to the Tang Dynasty with the soldiers of Chendangguan, but, it's just ......"

Tang Changyu's eyes darkened, he sighed, and then said: "It's just that the General's Mansion in Chendangguan was completely burned down, and we didn't find Yang Huai and Nangong Lin, and this fire was set by Jingli." ”

Tang Changyu's words were tactful, I was afraid that Liuning would be even more sad, and his illness would be repeated, so he didn't dare to say it directly, but Liuning was smart and understood clearly in his heart, Nangong's sister-in-law was seriously injured, and Brother Yang Huai went back to look for him, the two of them were afraid that they had already been buried in the sea of fire and the bones were gone, and Liuning didn't dare to continue to think about it, and his heart turned over and down, and he had no time to hate Jingli, just recalling the carefree days when he was a child and playing together every day.

In the days of the temporary residence in Chendangguan, she was taken care of by Brother Yang Huai and Nangong's sister-in-law, and the scenes in the fire field appeared in her mind again, Liuning blamed herself and felt guilty, she was taken care of and protected by Brother Yang Huai since she was a child, and regarded them as relatives, she never thought that one day her relatives would die because of her, if it weren't for her, Brother Yang Huai and her sister-in-law should have lived an ordinary life of respecting each other as before, raising eyebrows, all because of this tragic standing, because of their persistent and hasty decisions......

Two lines of clear tears slipped down Liuning's cheeks, and her body trembled slightly uncontrollably, Liuning bit her lip to prevent herself from crying, and a trace of red oozed from her lips.

Tang Changyu looked at Liuning's self-blame and sadness, distressed and powerless, he knew that he couldn't comfort Liuning to help her untie the knot in her heart now, he couldn't do anything, only to accompany Liuning silently like this, holding Liuning's arm and unconsciously tightening, letting Liuning know that she would always be by her side, borrowing her arms and warmth, Tang Changyu gently wiped away the tears she kept falling with his other hand, until Liuning, who was tired of crying, fell asleep in his arms.

It was really rare to have a few days of rain in the summer, but it was in the sky of Chendangguan for three days before he was willing to leave, as if to match the gloomy mood of everyone for several days. Tang Changyu has been silently accompanying Liuning, and Liubin, Ding Chuchu, and Zhao Nan also took turns to visit Liuning, although everyone had bitterness in their hearts, they slowly resolved the pain because of each other's presence and companionship.

Until the fifth day, the sky was completely clear, the sky was like a wash, and the air was filled with the fragrance of flowers. Liuning, Tang Changyu, Liubin, Zhao Nan, Ding Chuchu and his entourage of five decided to worship Yang Huai and Nangong Lin, but when they came out of the camp, they unexpectedly ran into Wanyan, who saw that everyone was a little surprised, so she smiled bitterly and said: "The emperor heard that you are going to worship General Yang Huai and his wife, and specially sent me to represent him, and I and Brother Yang Huai also knew each other in childhood, so I should come to mourn." ”

Wanyan was dressed in white like everyone else, and there was no sadness in her eyebrows and eyes, so she turned around and walked forward after speaking, and everyone had to follow immediately.

A group of people came to the ancestral tomb of the Yang family in Chendangguan, where the environment is quiet, solemn, solemn, the shadow of the tree is mottled, the white stele looks a little desolate against such a background, Yang Huai's great-grandfather, grandfather, father, and now there are more Yang Huai and Nangong Lin's clothed mounds, the cemetery is not as overgrown as elsewhere, it is desolate, those small wildflowers are blooming without reservation, but they can't bear to disturb the tranquility here.

The white stele was cleaned spotlessly, and there were no traces of wind and rain, and it could be seen that Yang Huai had meticulous cleaning and pious filial piety, and the stele was engraved with a powerful epitaph, which recorded the merits and ups and downs of these Turkic humerus ministers, stroke by stroke, word by word, all written by Yang Huai himself, and then engraved by hand.

It's just that Yang Huai and Nangong Lin are buried together, and there is still a lonely place behind the tombstone, they are close friends with them, but they don't know how to write this legendary life.

The atmosphere between the group was a little weird, but also a little heavy and depressing, they cleaned the white stele spotlessly, and put Yang Huai and Nangong Lin's favorite wine and food and a handful of white flowers in front of the tombstone, the six of them stood in a row, solemnly raised the incense, and bowed three times to the tombstone, Liu Ning only felt that the heavy body in his heart was heavy, and every time he bent over, he was burdened with heavy apologies, and he couldn't breathe.

After the ceremony, Liuning squatted in front of the tomb to burn paper money for Yang Huai and Nangong Lin, as if he wanted to burn all the painful memories of that day, Liubin saw his sister blame herself so much, and looked at everyone with the same guilt and distress as himself, so he decided to tell Liuning the truth of the matter, and said to Liuning: "Before, I discussed a lot of countermeasures with Brother Yang Huai, and I wanted to be able to recruit Jingli, and it was best not to lose a soldier, and finally we agreed on a strategy that we thought was the most complete. You and I led the army of Chendangguan to pretend to go out of the city to meet the enemy, and he took advantage of this time to arrest Jingli, but Brother Yang Huai said to put on a play and let Jingli lock you up, and you can make a fuss like this can not only make Jingli trust us more, but also protect your safety. ”

"At least if we fail, you can still get rid of the relationship and get out, originally I didn't agree to hide it from you, but Brother Yang Huai insisted that it was for your safety, so I compromised, but none of us thought that there would be so many incidents later, I don't know why Jingli seemed to know about this plan, this madman actually set fire to the General's Mansion with the mentality of burning jade, and killed ...... I don't know where I am. ”

Liubin was silent for a while, and then repeated: "I don't know how Jingli knows." ”

Hearing this, Liu Ning also secretly pondered, everyone did not dare to break this sadness and heaviness easily, Wanyan looked at and observed everyone's joys, sorrows, and sorrows, but found that everyone was the same sadness, and no one noticed his current actions and indifference.

It's just that Liuning was quietly recalling the situation on the day of the fire, and her heart sank secretly, she knew that it must be because of Nangong Lin's misunderstanding and suspicion, obviously she had already persuaded her, but, alas, ...... Liuning raised his head and looked at his brother, with doubts in his eyes, Liubin nodded at Liuning, confirming Liuning's doubts.

Liu Ning's heart was anxious and complicated at the moment, and he didn't know why he didn't feel a trace of relief after knowing that he was not the culprit, but his heart was even heavier.

Liubin walked over and burned the remaining paper with Liuning, and said to Liuning: "If you want to be responsible, I will also take half of the responsibility, I think, Brother Yang Huai and Nangong's sister-in-law have tried their best to protect us, and naturally they don't want to see us so sad and decadent." The deceased is gone, Brother Yang Huai, he ...... He has good intentions. ”

Liu Ning looked at her brother's originally suave peach blossom eyes, but now they were not as happy and relaxed as before, she didn't want to affect her brother's mood because of her emotions, and she didn't want everyone to worry about herself anymore, so she cheered up and smiled at everyone, watching the last piece of paper burn out in the firelight, and disappear.

Liuning took the carving knife and went around to the back of the tombstone, and used his beautiful words to engrave the epitaph for the tomb where Yang Huai and Nangong Lin were buried together, and walked to the tomb to worship after carving, Tang Changyu stepped forward and took Liuning's hand, squeezed Liuning's hand to give her own strength, and took Liuning on the way back, everyone quietly followed behind them, watching a pair of people in front of them holding hands and moving forward.

I saw that Liuning behind the tombstone was engraved in Juanxiu's small characters: Life is also happy, death is also fearful, husband and wife, go to the wind and rain together.