That smile disappeared from the corner of Yu Wentai's mouth.

An indescribable feeling swelled up in my heart.

She always worked hard for him like this.

He took her hand and whispered, "If you don't want to go back to Chang'an, I can really refuse." Even if a hundred edicts come, I can refuse them all. ”

"Refuse?" Ran Ying raised her eyes and looked at him seriously, "But that's your dream." Chang'an is your dream, the dream of unifying the north, and the dream of unifying the world. ”

Yu Wentai smiled lightly and said gently: "You and the children are my biggest dream." ”

Ran Ying took a deep breath.

She knew that it was his dream and his fate.

She knew that a short life of comfort could not paralyze his fighting spirit, and he dreamed of returning to Chang'an from time to time, wanting to regain control of the direction of this era.

He is tumbling in the torrent of the times, and he must stand at the top of the times, to direct the movement of the sun, moon and stars, to change this era, and to step a bright road for this dark era.

His majestic back will become the most glorious monument of this era.

He belongs to this era.

"There you go. You are stepping down from the court for me, and now, I will give you back my dreams. Atai, life is too short, I want you to burn fiercely, and imprint your name deeply into the skin of this era, I want you to engrave your name deeply in the blood and bones of this era. ”

"Ah Ying......" He looked at her, not surprised, but very moved.

It's a chaotic time.

But he has the best Ah Ying.

Ran Ying climbed on his neck and looked at him deeply with her snow-white little face: "You go." I'm with you with the kids. ”

Yuwentai was moved, he couldn't speak, only his nose was sore, and he hugged his wife in front of him tightly.

Early the next morning, the edict came again.

This time, Yu Wentai respectfully accepted the edict.

As soon as Huang Men and Jin Wuzi, who had passed the edict, left, Yu Wentai was just about to order the guards to prepare their outfits, when he saw He coming over.

He Shitie's face was blue, he was angry, saw Yu Wentai, and scolded: "You little bastard! I'm tired of living a good life, right?

I'm going to the cusp again! ”

As he spoke, he picked up his fist and hit his head and face.

Yu Wentai was in pain, and began to scurry around in the courtyard with his head in his hands.

Before he could open his mouth to beg for mercy, he heard He crying.

He chased after him for a while, and stood in the courtyard whimpering and crying.

Yuwentai stopped, walked up to her, and asked, "Ah Xiang, what's wrong?" ”

He hasn't cried when he was beaten, why is she crying?

He whimpered and couldn't stop crying.

Ran Ying didn't hold her at this time, so she dared to approach and asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

He wiped his tears and said, "Why are you so unreassuring? It's only been a few years of stability, and I'm going to be born and die again. Is fame so important? Is it more important than a family reunion and happiness? ”

The more she cried, the more sad she became: "Look at this courtyard, how lively it was when the old man and the sons were there, and now?" After ten years of walking, Shiro came back alone! Why go for it?! ”

Yu Wentai was moved, hugged her and coaxed her. When Ran Ying saw it, she was about to step forward, but Yuwentai shook her head at her.

I am afraid that He will be angry with her, saying that she does not know how to persuade her husband but instigates her.

On this day, Yu Wentai and He talked alone in the study for a long time, and He kept wiping his tears.

The next day, with tears in his eyes, he sent Yuwentai and his wife and several children, as well as a group of iron guards on the way back to Chang'an.

He and Ah Zhong looked at the backs of the group and cried until they broke their liver and intestines.

Will they wait until the day when these children come back?

In this life, will you ever see them again?

……

Yuwentai and his entourage went out of Wuchuan, boarded a boat on the north bank of the Yellow River, walked along the river to the west, and then crossed the river to the south.

In the evening of this day, the sunset shone in the evening, reflecting the long river for thousands of miles, and the golden light was dazzling.

Yuwentai stood alone on the deck, silently watching the magnificent scene of the long river sunset, not noticing that Ran Ying walked to his side.

"There's something I haven't told you." She said, with a mysterious look on her face.

"What's the matter?" He tilted his head.

Ran Ying took out a brocade bag from behind her, looking at it heavy, not knowing what it contained.

"What is this?" He took it and opened it.

It is a square seal, five dragon buttons, a corner is missing, and it is filled with gold.

"This is?!" He was shocked and looked at Ran Ying with wide eyes.

Ran Ying nodded: "Inherit the jade seal of the country." ”

"How did you have this?"

He turned the jade seal over, and sure enough, it was engraved with the eight insect and bird seal characters of "Ordered by the Heaven and Longevity Yongchang".

"Before Ah Ying died, she quietly stuffed the whereabouts of the jade seal into my arms. Sure enough, I found it. ”

Ran Ying said, a little stunned, "My entire Ran clan died because of it, and Ah Ying also died because of it, and I have been hesitating to send it to Jiankang according to my grandmother's will......"

"However, after arriving in Jiankang, I saw that everyone was indulging in pleasures, and the men and women who went in and out of the vermilion lacquer gate were so weak and weak, and Xiao Yan had been obsessed with Buddhism for many years and did nothing...... I think that this jade seal, which our Ran clan has guarded for more than a hundred years, cannot fall into his hands. ”

She looked at Yuwentai: "In my heart, only you are worthy of it." ”

Yu Wentai was very moved. He knew what a price she had paid for this jade seal. He knew how much she hated this jade seal and how much she loved it.

But now, she actually handed over the jade seal to him.

He took the jade seal in his hand and looked at it for a long time, then was silent for a long time, and said, "With this, can you really get the world?" ”

A trace of delusion arose in my heart.

Just like Sun Jian, who fished out the jade seal from the dry well, just like Yuan Shu, who got the jade seal from Sun Ce.

"I don't know. But I think that it may be just a belief, with which the unity and strength of the Qin and Han dynasties can be restored. ”

Yu Wentai looked at the jade seal for a long time, and suddenly laughed.

He smiled so wantonly and wildly, as if the heavens, the earth and the universe had become small in his eyes.

And he is infinite, infinite, infinite.

Immediately, he raised his hand and threw it hard—

The heirloom jade seal carved by the Heshi Bi drew a beautiful arc in the setting sun, and then quickly fell, and finally, with a bang, sank into the Yellow River.

"You ......" Ran Ying was a little surprised.

"Ah Ying, the Jade Seal of the Kingdom is a curse, it curses your family, and it curses everyone who wants to take shortcuts. And this world—"

Yuwentai tightened Ran Ying's hand, raised his head to meet the blood-red sunset, and his heart was surging:

"A true hero will never be trapped by a seal. Ah Ying, can you feel it? Now this era is sinking like this sunset. A new era is bound to come. And I—if the destiny of heaven is in my Yuwen clan, Ah Ying, I will definitely give you an empire that has never been seen before, and will shine for all generations. ”

He greeted the oncoming river breeze, his sleeves and placket fluttering like a sail on a proud voyage.

Suddenly, he whispered—

"And this jade seal, let it sink to the bottom of the surging river, and be the foundation of this immortal country."

(Final)

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