Chapter 15: The Finale (Part II)

Li Xuan is like a lonely goose who has lost his lover, screaming in pain and sorrow, and those who hear it cry. Long Xiao raised her hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, stepped forward and patted Li Xuan's shoulder: "She is the emperor of my Great Qi, and she should be buried in the imperial mausoleum, if you don't want to, it doesn't matter, she is your wife, and you know her last wish best." ”

Qin Xi has been dead for more than ten days, if it weren't for the piece of mutton fat jade pendant that never left her neck, her body would have been rancid in this early summer. This jade pendant was originally two pieces of yin and yang, it is the treasure of other countries to pay tribute to Daqi, the first emperor favored Qin Xi, gave one of them to her, and the other was given to the emperor's favorite horse, the reason why Li Xuan was able to get another jade pendant back then, is because he was the first emperor's intention to marry Qin Xi, in the dark, Li Xuan and Qin Xi are destined to have a husband and wife fate.

Li Xuan couldn't cry, crying like a child who couldn't find a home, he could vent the pent-up depression, Long Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, he was glad that he had never met a woman he loved in his life, and he never wanted to taste the pain of losing his beloved.

Long Xiao left the camp tent, leaving Li Xuan alone, and allowing Qin Xi to be buried in Qinzhou was his biggest concession. In order to protect the country under their feet, he and Li Xuan both lost too much.

Li Xuan sat down, the jade pendant kept Qin Xi's body very well, except that it was paler, she really seemed to be asleep. This is God's punishment for him, he didn't know how to cherish it before, so he didn't deserve to stay with her until he was old. What fame, fortune and status, compared with her, are all fleeting and worthless, but it is too late.

"Xi'er, do you know? When I was young, I traveled through Qinzhou, and when I saw you on the street dressed in red and riding on a horse, I remembered you. Later, I got acquainted with Long Xiao and entered the Great Qi and helped him seize the throne. Fortunately, Emperor Qi appreciated, when I had no official position, one day Emperor Qi ordered me to enter the palace, led me to see your portrait, gave me the sheep fat jade pendant, he ordered me to marry you, help you become the empress. Your relationship with me began before you knew I existed. ”

"Long Xiao is an emperor's talent, very ambitious, I promised Emperor Qi on the surface, but in fact, I secretly plotted with Long Xiao, and I came to Qinzhou to kill you. Although Qin Cheng is not your biological father, he protects you very well, and Emperor Qi has sent people to stay in Qinzhou for many years to protect you secretly, if I act without permission, it will only expose my relationship with Long Xiao. As it turned out, the beautiful man I made was very successful, and you fell in love with me at first sight. It's ridiculous that while I am like a departure from you and make you like me, I am sinking deeper and deeper in the void and reality, and I never dreamed that I would like you so much. ”

"I confess that I am a pretentious man, and I have some skills to count the hearts of the people. In the end, the most inaccurate thing is your own heart. I don't know when it started, I will inadvertently think of you dreaming of you, thinking of your smile, and my heart will become unsettled. You're a far cry from what I thought you were. Which lady secretly snatched my jade pendant, and denied it in person, refusing to admit his mistake? The few months I spent with you were short, but they were the most flesh-and-blood period of my life. ”

"Killing Qin Cheng is a last resort, even if you don't have the intention of taking the throne, with Qin Cheng such a powerful backer, Long Xiao will not rest easy, Qin Cheng was seriously injured at that time, and his days were numbered, so I killed Qin Cheng in front of him. I don't regret killing people, I only regret not letting you go and letting you bump into this scene. You stabbed me in the left shoulder, and I didn't hurt because I knew your heart hurt more. You are such a soft-hearted and kind person, and you are so angry that you want to kill me, but your body trembles terribly. ”

"I forcibly took you to Daqi, I knew you were unhappy, you see, I was always doing things to force you. I forced you to marry me and become my wife, forced you to stay in the palace, forced you to stay in Daqi and waited for me to finish the war. You are hurt by Qin Cheng's death, but I want to tell you that I will spend the rest of my life healing your heart. But you didn't give me a chance to explain, I thought you were still alive, even if you didn't remember our past, we could start over, this time, nothing can stop us from being together. ”

"When you were better, I told Long Xiao that I wanted you to marry according to the rules of Emperor Qi, and he agreed. You have finally become my wife, maybe the bad memories of the past are too deep in your mind, and you have an instinctive resistance to me. So I did a lot of childish and abnormal things to target you, in order to arouse your jealousy. ”

"Some of the ministers who wanted to talk to me sent their daughters, and some sent the singers and dancers they had collected, and I took them all, but I didn't touch any of them, and as for the dream, she was my woman before you appeared, and one year I was in danger outside the Saiwai, and she refused me regardless of her life. She was kind to me, and I agreed to let her stay with me. ”

"Before you lost your memory, I deceived you first, and I was not worthy of you; After you lost your memory, I was ashamed of you and couldn't keep you. You said you want to go back to Taolin, and I'll be there with you for the rest of my life, okay? ”

Li Xuan ordered someone to prepare a crystal coffin, and in the early morning of the second day, he personally escorted Qin Xi back to Qinzhou on horseback, and Bai Yi and his party of four accompanied him. On the occasion of parting, he left a message to a deputy general: "Go back and tell the emperor that this battle should be over, he is the emperor of Daqi, don't be emotional, the Southern Emperor is extreme and suspicious, with him in power, the southern country will not become a climate." ”

He can imagine how angry Long Xiao would be when he received his official seal, he had promised to stand side by side with Long Xiao to create a prosperous world, and now he has done everything he can do for Daqi, without him in the court, Long Xiao can sit on the throne as well. He has no attachment to power, and he only wants to fulfill his selfishness for the rest of his life and stay by Qin Xi's side. He never wanted to leave her again.

The group hurried day and night, and when they marched to the outside of Qinzhou City, Li Xuan saw Qi Ao standing under the city wall in a dark robe, he seemed to have stood for a long time and weathered, and every step towards the crystal coffin was stiff and slow, Qi Ao's slender hand gently brushed the crystal coffin, his fingertips trembled slightly, and the woman he was thinking of was lying in this coffin, her expression was quiet and indifferent, and he finally couldn't see her cold eyebrows anymore. She died, and his heart died.

"It's good for her to come back. It was always her home. Qi Ao withdrew his hand, turned sideways with a cold face, and let Li Xuan and his party enter the city, his hands hidden under the wide cuffs were clenched into fists, and the whole figure was nailed to the spot, standing for a long, long time. Over the past few years, all he can do for Qin Xi is about to protect Qinzhou.

Three months later. Qinzhou Peach Blossom Mountain. Li Xuan built two thatched huts in this large peach forest, which were clean and elegant, and quite interesting. After returning to Qinzhou, he built Qin Xi's peach blossom mound in the depths of the forest, and he lived here all the time, and no one in the sky and on the earth disturbed their lives.

A few days ago, he made a list and handed it to Bai Yi, and Bai Yi handled his property in Daqi on his behalf, in addition to the generous resettlement fees left to everyone in the Xuanwang Mansion, the rest of the money was accompanied by the information of the talents who could be reused by him for many years, and he handed it over to Long Xiao without reservation, which could be regarded as an explanation to the Daqi court. Originally, he was dismissed along with Bai Yi, and it was up to him to decide where to go, but Bai Yi was stubborn and guarded the Li Mansion for him with several other people who came to Qinzhou together.

Late summer and early autumn are the time when peaches are ripe. The peach trees in the mountains bear a lot of fruit, and he has picked a few to taste them, which are sweet and juicy, and taste very good. Qin Xi was the most greedy, and he picked up a small bamboo basket and put it next to her tomb. On this day, the mountain breeze was refreshing, and the impetuous heat was brushed away, and he walked back from the depths of the peach forest, and was painting in the house with a pen, when he was halfway through the painting, suddenly three darts flashing with cold light suddenly hit him.

Bai Yi was agile, took the lead in rushing out of the shadows, drew his sword to block, and the three plum blossom darts were nailed to the sword body impartially, the tail of his eyes swept away, and the darts were quenched with poison, he couldn't help but step forward to protect Li Xuan, his expression was cold and cold, and he squeezed out the word "despicable." ”

Dugu Hao laughed heartlessly, and said sarcastically: "In terms of despicability, I, Dugu Hao, I'm afraid I'm not as good as you, a hypocrite." If it weren't for Qin Xi's life in exchange for Li Xuan's life, he would have killed Li Xuan with his own hands: "She has repeatedly backed down for you, but you can't even keep her life, what shame do you have to live in the world?" ”

These words were very harsh, Ren Baiyi couldn't listen to it, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Dugu Gongzi, please respect yourself, my master is also very sad about the death of the princess, Hugh has to insult again, otherwise don't blame you for being polite." ”

Bai Yi was gentle and silent, if it weren't for Dugu Hao's anger and his words were really ugly, and he humiliated Li Xuan, he wouldn't be so excited. His vigilant gaze was firmly fixed on Dugu Hao, the relationship between the prince and the princess was not enough for outsiders, although the pain of the prince losing his beloved was not said, he was a retainer in his eyes and in his heart.

The prince of his family is not a person who will show his emotions on the surface. Previously, the prince was injured on the battlefield, and because the princess refused to forgive him, he stood in the rain for a few days, and the road was bumpy for days, and his body was not as good as before. As soon as the princess died, the prince's courage was only the last one, and Dugu Hao came to stimulate the prince.

"I'd like to see how you're welcome—"

"You!" Bai Yi's face changed, and he wanted to draw his sword.

"Stand down." Li Xuan put down his pen calmly, Dugu Hao in the house stared at him with scarlet eyes, he didn't pay attention to it, he just said as he walked: "I know you will definitely come, you might as well come over and have a cup of tea." ”

A tea table was placed under the pergola outside the courtyard, Li Xuan and Dugu Hao sat opposite each other, Bai Yi stood a few zhang away with his sword in his hand, watching the two cautiously, and once something was wrong, he immediately rushed up and cut Dugu Hao.

Li Xuan calmly filled two cups of hot tea, put one of them in front of Dugu Hao, the fragrance of Huifeng and peaches wafted in the air, and the faint fragrance of tea was wonderfully blended together, he picked up another cup and drank two sips, his fingertips felt the slightly hot temperature, and his heart was like water. On the other hand, the cup in front of Dugu Hao has never moved.

"You can come here to find me, that is, you have already let go of her death, and today when you leave from this peach forest, you are still Dugu Hao, but it is different from me. As you say, my mortal body was bought for her life, and if it weren't for that, I would have gone with her. ”

"Life is also joyful, and death is not painful. I will not step out of this peach forest again in this life, if you want to take revenge, I am ready to wait. ”

There is nothing more painful in life than to live like a walking corpse, his body is still there, but his heart is trapped in this broken shell, withering and decaying. Her last wish was to come back here, and if she was here, he wouldn't go anywhere.

"I've wanted to kill you more than once, and I only regret that I didn't kill you sooner." People die like lights go out, she dies, everything that remains is meaningless, even if she kills all the people in the world, she can't get her back. The anger faded into a deep powerlessness, and the days of bickering against her seemed like yesterday.

Dugu Hao stood up, the whole person looked very decadent, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes: "I can't do anything to you, remember your promise, if you break your oath and leave the peach forest and exhaust the ends of the earth, I will bring your body back to her for burial." Since you keep saying that you love her with all your heart, you should rejoice in her death. ”

As for the man who killed her with his own hands, he had ten thousand ways to keep him alive in agony. It is the best policy to punish a person and kill him, and it is the best policy to let him survive and not die.

Dugu Hao had already walked away, Li Xuan was sitting alone in the posture of Fang Cai, the tea was already cold, and he drank the last sip of tea. As the sky grew darker, a sudden wind rose on the flat ground, and blew up a stack of drawing paper on the table in the room, each of which was scattered on the ground around the table, and the paper was all drawn by the same woman.