More than a month later, Shen Pearl was 100 days pregnant, and the morning and dusk vomiting finally stopped slowly, and her spirit was a little full. At this time, it was getting closer and closer to the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and although the road was slow, Li Yu had already sent his cronies Wei to drive forward to deliver a letter and Feng Shengyi, and secretly ordered him to come to answer. Shen Pearl found an opportunity to find no one around, and handed the note left by Mo Yan to Cheng Yuanzhen. Cheng Yuanzhen was surprised at first, and then he threw himself at her to the ground, and didn't say much.

In late September, after climbing over Helan Mountain with difficulty, Jincheng County was already in sight. The grass, trees and mountains are still the same, everyone's mood is very different, and they can't help but secretly rejoice, this trip back to the country is almost alive, and they can finally return to their homeland, and they are more and more heartfelt.

After camping, he washed away the fatigue of many days, and set foot on the road to Jincheng County in the light of peace.

Li Yu looked far away, and the towering city walls of Jincheng County were dark and hidden between the mountains and trees, blending into one color. He rejoiced in his heart, gently lifted the reins, the mount seemed to be reasonable, raised his head Xiao Xiao neighing, this sound did not fall, and he could hear the neighing of the horse in front of him, clear and more into the clouds, just like echoing. With the sound of horses neighing and hooves, there are people who are greeted by the wind and dust, and the long sword in Tsing Yi is free and easy, which is the wind and clothes.

Yan Ming was the most happy, and he took the lead to meet him and called: "Brother, you are finally here!" ”

Feng Shengyi smiled, dismounted, and patted Yan Ming's shoulder: "Brother Yan is hard." Then he stepped forward to meet Li Yu and said, "I have been waiting here for one night, Your Highness is fine." Li Yu nodded with a smile, got off the horse and helped him up, and said, "Concubine Shen is also in the carriage behind, you go and meet her." ”

Feng Shengyi knew about this and stepped forward to pay a visit. Shen Pearl lifted the curtain of the carriage and smiled at Feng Shengyi. The corners of Feng Shengyi's eyes raised slightly, and he glanced at Shen Pearl very quickly, and lowered his head and said, "Niangniang, everything is okay?" Shen Pearl smiled bitterly and said, "The general didn't expect to come, I will come back again." Feng Shengyi said in a low voice: "Your Highness has never given up on Niangniang, how can Niangniang give up Your Highness?" "I can only say this sentence, it is inconvenient to say more, and I bowed and retreated.

On the way to drive the horse, Feng Shengyi said to Li Yuyu: "The emperor's illness has worsened, and the queen has summoned or secretly met with King Yue many times in recent months, and I am afraid that there is a conspiracy. "Li Yu had expected that Empress Zhang was bent on seizing the heir, but the sons were young, even if Suzong had a heart, the Emperor Taishang and the ministers would never agree to abolish it; And the emperor's health is getting worse and worse, if Li Yu successfully ascends the throne and the old and new accounts are settled together, how can Empress Zhang have a reason to live, the only way to do this is to contact Li Li, the eldest king of Yue under Li Yu, in order to survive. Li Yu's eyes flashed, and the corners of his mouth pulled out an imperceptible sneer, "Your Majesty can always support it for a few months, don't believe it - although she dared to murder Gu several times, could it be that she really dared to kill the king and usurp the throne!" ”

Feng Shengyi said: "Fortunately, His Highness is out of danger-"

Li Yu smiled slightly: "Is it really out of danger?" Before arriving in Chang'an for a day, there are unpredictable things, you come to answer the orphan, and no one else knows. ”

Feng Shengyi shook his head and replied affirmatively: "No, a certain person got the news and made a little deployment for the official affairs of the Criminal Department, so he quietly came alone." ”

Li Yu nodded, "This is the best, but looking at this Jincheng County from a distance, there is always an ominous omen, and you must be careful everywhere." "Feng Shengyi paid more attention when he passed through Jincheng County yesterday, and he didn't find anything wrong, and the current Jincheng County Shouyuan was Guo Ziyi's subordinate, and he also followed Li Yu to the east and west, and he was not attached to Empress Zhang's faction, but since Li Yu said so, he was not afraid of 10,000, but he was afraid of what happened, and he said yes.

Due to the slow speed, until it was dark, the group arrived at the bottom of Jincheng County. It was past the unitary time, and according to the rule, the gate of Jincheng County was closed. The sergeants and soldiers on the upper floor walked back and forth, the lights in the side rooms flickered, the figures were full, and there were men and women laughing high and low, and there was a strong smell of wine wafting in the wind.

Li Yu frowned secretly, and said sternly: "It's really bold to laugh and have fun with fat fans on the city tower!" ”

The soldiers on the castle tower shouted, "Who are the people below! ”

Li Yu's identity naturally could not be revealed, Cheng Yuanzhen jumped forward immediately, and said: "A certain inner flying dragon is making Cheng Yuanzhen, there is an urgent matter to return to Beijing to face the saint, quickly pass the gatekeeper and open the city gate!" The source was very big, and the soldiers hurriedly knocked on the door to report it. But I heard the man in the room drunken and shouted: "What inner flying dragon, outer flying dragon?" The law is here, and the gates of the city cannot be opened when the time has passed. Tell him to come back tomorrow! Cheng Yuanzhen was furious and shouted: "The little goalkeeper, who does not abide by the rules and speaks wildly, will not come out and die!" ”

Li Yu and Feng Shengyi glanced at each other, and lowered their voices in unison: "Be careful-" Jincheng County is an important town on the border, and the most stupid guards know not to mess around on the city tower, let alone dare to be rude to the inner flying dragon envoy, how sharp Feng Shengyi is, he has already felt that this city tower has a cold atmosphere and murderous intentions, and secretly raised his hand to signal, and the two carriages carrying Shen Pearl and Xiuying slowly retreated.

But I heard the sound of a bang, and the rooms of the city tower were suddenly dark, and the heads of the people were crowded on the city tower, and there were always hundreds of people.

"Put!" With a command, thousands of crossbows were fired simultaneously, and arrows rained down like a storm. Feng Shengyi drew his sword and shouted, "Retreat!" But seeing the white mangs flying in the sky, the sound of swishing was endless, and countless arrows were cut down in an instant, Li Yu, Cheng Yuanzhen, Yan Ming and all the attendants all retreated and danced their weapons to cut down the arrows, and they couldn't dodge the arrows, and many people were hit by arrows and fell off their horses, Li Yu looked back at Shen Zhu's carriage - far back, the range of the arrows could not be reached, and he was a little relieved, his left shoulder was cold, and an arrow grazed the flesh and skin.

Feng Shengyi shouted "Your Highness retreat", whistled a few times, cheered up, and was waving his sword again and again to block the arrows, when he heard a woman's voice suddenly coming from the city tower: "Feng Shengyi, you lost!" The voice was extremely familiar, and he couldn't help but look up - He Lingyi stood proudly at the head of the city, Xiao Xiao in the long wind, the gauzy green skirt was like wings, fluttering, and what shocked him the most was: He Lingyi was holding a giant bow, and the arrow was aimed at Li Yu in the back!

He Lingyi smiled arrogantly at the wind, the strings were like a full moon, and the arrows were like meteors catching the moon, shooting out.

Feng Shengyi didn't think twice and pounced on Li Yu.

He Ling changed color, and he didn't know how he acted, so he took the arrow and wound it, pulled the bow and released the arrow, and this arrow seemed to be pouring all his heart, fast and incoherent, and the momentum was incoherent, and he chased the first arrow-

At the same time, Feng Shengyi and Li Yu rolled on the ground again and again, avoiding the arrows shot like a torrential rain, Feng Shengyi hurriedly picked up a falling arrow feather, lifted it lightly, penetrated a thousand pounds, intercepted the air like electricity, and shot back at the head of the city——

"Huh", the sound of the strings continued, and the second arrow shot by He Lingyi had shot down the previous arrow, and the two arrows fell to the ground at the same time.

He Lingyi's chest swayed, slowly lowered his head, a little blood bloomed on his chest, and the green dress was full of blood, even in this dark night, it was also very charming and dazzling.

Feng Shengyi was shocked and inexplicable, and couldn't believe what was happening in front of him.

He Lingyi is like a green cloud, falling from the city.

"Senior sister—" He howled, desperately running towards the tower, facing countless arrows slashing down, he frantically swung his sword and slashed, soaring into the air, and finally took her into his arms in mid-air.

The arrow was empty, and it was in the center of the mouth, but it bled very little. Feng Shengyi spoke incoherently, "Senior sister, you can't die, you can't-it's all my fault, it's me who lost, I admit defeat, let's go back to Emei together, okay?" - "He Lingyi's hand pressed on the placket of his clothes, stopping his words, his smile was still the same, and he was vaguely coquettish, just like when he was a young man practicing martial arts with his teacher. She looked at him with a pulse, as if she was warm and sighed, and left him the last sentence: "In this life, you are afraid that you will never understand - your favorite." ”

Feng Shengyi didn't understand her words, his heart was torn apart like a sharp pain, looking up to the sky and crying out in sorrow, and Xiao Mu was sassy in all directions.

The arrows shot from the city tower rested for a moment when He Lingyi fell, and then reverted to the arrows, all of which beckoned to Feng Shengyi, the only one within range. Li Yu, Cheng Yuanzhen, and Yan Ming anxiously called for a reminder, all hating that no one had a bow and arrow on this trip, and they had no power to fight back against the random arrows sent from the city tower.

Feng Sheng Yiben sat still holding He Lingyi's corpse, saying that it was too late, it was fast, he raised his sword fiercely, rolled up a cold arc of light, the sword qi was like a long wind and waves, several zhang inside and outside, the sky was full of arrows like meteors falling to the ground, in the long whistle, he put down He Lingyi's body, sank his waist, lifted his foot on the city wall, stepped on the vertical city wall, and in an instant he had crossed the city tower.

Unexpectedly, Feng Shengyi on the city tower had such martial arts, and he didn't have time to dodge, Feng Shengyi's eyes were red, his long sword flew over, and a soldier on the right had not fallen to the ground in a scream, and he had already killed the soldier on the left.

Li Yu looked at the blood splashing on the city tower from afar, knowing that Feng Shengyi regretted his pain, and hated these sneak attackers, he actually killed red eyes, and felt that Feng Shengyi had done too much for himself over the years, and today he had no intention of missing, losing his love, and secretly feeling guilty. His left arm was warm, but Shen Pearl didn't know when he got out of the carriage and walked to his side, lightly grabbed his arm, and stood beside him. He saw that her face was pale, tears were faint in her eyes, and her fingers trembled slightly, so he shook her hand back, "I'm fine." ”

"Ugh!" With a short scream at the end, the lights on the castle tower dimmed and fell silent. In the muffled sound of "boom", the city gate was opened, and Feng Shengyi carried something in his hand, leaping and hurrying.

"Tong", Feng Shengyi threw the things in his hand to Li Yu, said "Please dispose of it Your Highness", turned around and walked towards He Lingyi's body.

Li Yu lowered his head, "that thing" turned out to be a petite woman, with long hair scattered, because she was severely fallen, she squirmed on the ground in pain, and did not raise her head. Shen Pearl smelled a faint fragrance on the woman's body, fragrant but not greasy, thick but not demonic, and blurted out: "Dugu Mirror?!" ”

Dugu Jing raised his head suddenly, panting and sneering: "It's me." Heavy makeup covered her originally delicate face, her clothes were extremely bright and thin, and her eyes were shrewd and enchanting. The olfactory memory is the most eternal and unforgettable, Shen Pearl smelled the smell of spices made by Dugu Mirror in the palace of Concubine Zhang Shu in the past (Note), but now he just subconsciously evokes the name of Dugu Mirror, if you just look at the appearance, you may not be able to recognize Dugu Mirror. However, Dugujing is suspected of falsely accusing Li Yu, even if he is not dead, he should be in Dali prison now!

Li Yu said: "Sure enough, it was the queen who robbed you from prison, look at you like this, you didn't forget to kill orphans even if you were a prostitute!" ”

Dugujing stood up with difficulty, patted off the dirt and dust on his clothes, and raised his head and said: "Your Highness should know that if the slave maid can't get something, she will definitely not let others get it!" If you lose today, you can kill if you want to, and you don't need to say much! ”

Li Yu pondered for a moment and took Shen Zhuzhu's hand: "She hurt you the most, you once said that you would kill the enemy and avenge Hongrui, she will be handed over to you." "Hand the sword to Shen Zhu. Cheng Yuanzhen raised his sword and reminded quietly: "Your Highness, Niangniang is pregnant and bloody, I am afraid it is ominous. It's better for me-"

"Nope! - Dugu Jing took half a step back, glared at Shen Pearl viciously, and screamed: "I'd rather die headfirst than die in your hands." She looked at Li Yu, "Your Highness, you and I are finally a master and servant, husband and wife, and you are so ruthless that you want me to die in the hands of this slut?" When he said the word "ruthless", tears flashed in his eyes, and two tears fell, which crossed the thick fat powder on his cheeks, leaving two tear stains, which were ugly and ugly.

Shen Pearl had never seen Dugujing cry. Of course, she hated Dugujing very much, and she used to hate sleeping on his skin and eating his flesh, but in the two years of Wuxing, she thought deeply about Dugujing and his person, and gradually understood it. Dugujing was born cold and became a maid, but he was unwilling to obey fate and strive for the top, never looked forward or backward in doing things, was ruthless and decisive, killed Hongrui, harmed Lin Zhi, and framed Li Yu, almost succeeded, and was considered a righteous daughter by Zhang Shufei. In her heart, there are no gods to fear, no ghosts to fear, and to achieve the end, unscrupulous means. But she is so miserable after all, from Li Linfu, Li Yu to Zhang Shufei, she is just being used everywhere. She is still one of the thousands of poor women in the world.

Shen Pearl once thought that a tenacious and constant woman like Dugujing, even if she was on the verge of death, would not be afraid, let alone cry. But when watching her shed her first tears, Shen Pearl Huo Ran understood: she is a woman after all, and what she strives for in this life is not only the power of the moxibustion, but also Li Yu's heart. Therefore, Dugujing would have tried to murder her Shen Pearl in the past; And once he understood that Li Yu's heart could never be obtained, he finally fell into madness and pointed the finger at Li Yu.

Attachment is a woman's nature, or, it is also a woman's natural enemy. How many women, all their lives, love a man; With a lifetime of waiting, to wait for the return of a heart. The same is true of Dugujing, but the method is more extreme than that of ordinary women, because she has been born and has become accustomed to fighting for it with her own hands no matter what she wants to get. Therefore, she will not wait quietly, she will attack with all her strength and never die.

Shen Pearl said to Dugu Jing: "You are instructed by someone, if you are willing to say the Lord in front of Your Majesty and the ministers, I will protect you from death." ”

Dugujing laughed sharply and said, "Keep me from dying?" You think I'm going to be so stupid, this man's name, I'd rather die than say it. She staggered down, staggered upside down and turned in a circle, her mind seemed to be frenzied, and she couldn't stop laughing sarcastically, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, look, who do you like?" I didn't have the courage to lift a sword to kill slaves and maids! Your Highness, what is the use of you wanting such a princess, and what can she help you? Slave maid, except that I am not a daughter of the family, what is not better than her-" Speaking of this, he suddenly turned his head and pounced on Cheng Yuanzhen, Cheng Yuanzhen was stunned, and before she could put away the sword, she snorted "uh", the long sword penetrated her heart, and the blood gushed like a spring, and her face became more and more hideous and terrifying because of the pain, and when her body fell, she suddenly stretched forward, grabbed Shen Zhuzhu's skirt tightly, and a mouthful of blood sprayed under Shen Zhuzhu's skirt.

Grasping so tightly, Shen Pearl had to bend down, but saw Dugujing suddenly raise his head, smiled weirdly, and spit out two words. The voice was too low, Shen Pearl didn't hear it clearly, and asked suspiciously: "What?" "Dugu's lens was off, and he died of anger.

Yan Ming and Cheng Yuanzhen rushed into the palace in a hurry, and captured the Jincheng County Guard, who was trembling with fear, and several wounded and undead guards on the city tower to see Li Yu. After some interrogation, the county guard didn't know the reason, and even claimed to be wronged. In the retrial, the guards said that Dugujing only came to Jincheng County yesterday, and his methods were so good that he bewitched the gatekeeper and set a trap for hiding from the county guard. The gatekeeper had just been stabbed to death by the furious Feng Shengyi with a sword in the chaos, and Yan Ming rummaged through his corpse, without any letters, only a Zhonggong token. Thinking that the gatekeeper was originally the queen, he received the queen's instructions from Dugujing and He Lingyi, so they designed to murder Li Yu together. The Jincheng County Guard should really not know the information, otherwise the guards of the city tower would fight alone, and no one would answer. It's a pity that this mere token can't be used as evidence, and Queen Zhang is really cautious.

Shen Pearl walked silently to Fengsheng's body.

Feng Shengyi hugged He Lingyi's body and sat still. After a long time, he said: "I was eight years old when I learned art from my teacher, and my sister was six years old. The younger sister's mind...... I should have understood...... She stepped into the red dust for me, and now that she is gone, what I have done is considered a great minister in the future, and it is no longer interesting-"

Shen Pearl said faintly: "I'll go and tell Your Highness - you take Miss He back to Emei." ”

Feng Shengyi was silent and did not answer.

Li Yu walked slowly, a big coat gently covered Shen Zhu's body, he leaned over to support Shen Zhu, and stood silent. The three of them didn't know how long they stood silently, only to see the galaxy changing, the clouds floating, tirelessly watching, unconsciously in the dawn of the rooster crowing, the morning light slightly dewed, the battlefield was cleaned up, the gate of Jincheng County was opened, and gradually business travelers passed through, and it slowly became lively.

In the sound of hooves, someone rode a donkey past in front of Shen Zhu. Obviously he had gone far, but the person on the donkey's back looked back, and it happened that Shen Pearl raised his head, and he blinked at Shen Pearl strangely, his face was wrinkled and blurred, and he was extremely old. Shen Pearl was shocked, grabbed Li Yu's hand, and called out in surprise: "Lord Zhang Jiuling-" Feng Shengyi couldn't help but raise his head.

The donkey rider had already turned his head and swung forward leisurely, as if he hadn't heard Shen Pearl's call, and his mouth was chanting, and it was sent with the wind:

"There is water in thousands of rivers, thousands of rivers and moons, and there are no clouds and thousands of miles in the sky."

Eight years ago, in the black pine forest, Zhang Jiuling once chanted this sentence, and Shen Pearl seemed to understand it. Now I taste this verse again, as if I have an understanding. Joy and anger, happiness and suffering, honor and disgrace, sorrow and joy, gain and loss, taking and giving, just like thousands of rivers and rivers in the world, although the form is different, all are the mirror of life, only the heart is clear, understand what you want and want, and the heart is open, in order to be truly detached, otherwise you will be entangled in pain all your life, no matter where you advance or retreat, you can not get rid of your troubles.

It took her eight years and twists and turns to understand such a simple truth.

What is her wish? But he did what he wanted.

What does he want? The heaviest thing in his heart is still the glorious Ninety-Five. And then there was her.

She has never intended to be on par with the country.

When he gets this splendid river and mountain, he will rejoice; But he would grieve at the loss of her.

In this case, since she has reconciled with him, why is her heart always burdened like a mountain, uneasy, and forced to smile every time? Why be obsessed with whether or not it will drag him down? Her choice made him feel uneasy, and it was also a drag. She only knew that the sword would hurt him, but she didn't know that she was also a cold sword that would pierce his heart deeply.

It is now the last moment of his life-and-death battle with the queen.

Why didn't she accompany him to this decisive battle, no matter life or death, success or failure, at least, she has no regrets.

Her mind had never been so clear, she shook Li Yu's hand tightly, looked at him and smiled. The Buddha smiled, and among the disciples in the audience, only the Venerable Mahakala Ye understood the meaning, hoping that it was not too late for her to realize.

Feng Shengyi also stood up: "When a certain senior sister is buried, let's go." ”

Note: For details, see Chapter 49 "Crystal Crystal Clouds Floating Daylight".