Chapter Sixty-Seven: Defending the North
In November, the border pass in Saibei has entered the winter in advance, and the cold wind is howling, blowing on the face like a rough and straightforward man, and the cut is hot and painful.
Far from the prosperity and hustle and bustle, there stands an ancient city, and the tall ancient city walls still guard the creatures in the city like a guardian despite the wind and sand.
This ancient city is Lingzhou, Lingzhou is located in the Jin Kingdom and Mongolia, Khitan, Tubo four countries at the junction of the place, his body is full of ancient atmosphere, the vicissitudes of time, the war-torn black city wall is still shining with a penetrating fierce light, such as an ancient beast, like a sword that has not yet been completely unsheathed is prohibitive.
Xiao Mufeng stood on the ancient city wall of Lingzhou, dressed in black and flying in the wind, looking at the vast scene of Xiao Suo in the north of the Saibei, the continuous, undulating sand mountain is a large area of dead wood in the depression, presumably it must be lush and full of flowers in spring, and the angular face led to a bitter smile.
Ah Zhi, you once said that you want to see the majestic scenery of Saibei, like the lonely desert, the magnificent scenery of the sunset over the long river, I promised to show you when you and I get married, I'm sorry, I didn't do it, you should hate me very much at the moment, right?
As long as you can live, even if you hate me for the rest of your life, it's worth it, because life is more important than anything else, at least there is hope in life.
Xiao Mufeng thought of the look in Lin Qingzhi's eyes that day, from shock to disbelief, to doubt, to despair, and finally his petite and thin body fell off the cliff like a fallen leaf, and his heart was as painful as if it had been fried in oil.
He can't forgive himself for drawing a knife against the person he loves the most, but he has to do that, because if he doesn't do that, not only Lin Chengde, but Lin Qingzhi will also lose his life, and he suffers from guilt and guilt day and night for his incompetence and ruthlessness.
I thought that I could finally get a place in the court, and I thought that I could finally protect my beloved from the queen and the crown prince, but I didn't expect that it was his biological father who took his beloved, the supreme emperor, who didn't kill her back then, and still wanted to take her life more than ten years later.
Thinking of the quarrel in the Chengqian Palace, he had never refuted his respected and beloved father like that, and that time, he had prepared the worst plan to fight for her, but it was still useless.
Rather than being attacked by someone else without a glimmer of hope of survival, it is better for him to do it himself, so that he can control the strength, and even the location of the cliff is carefully chosen by him, because he knows where to pierce the sword from without dying, and a clearing under the cliff is full of hay, which is enough to ensure that he will not die if he falls.
He also secretly notified Murong Qing to save her, Xiao Mufeng didn't know Murong Qing's thoughts about his wife, how could a man not understand the meaning of that kind of look, but in order to keep her safe, only he could be trusted.
So after making all the preparations, Xiao Mufeng found an excuse to take Lin Qingzhi out of the mansion and go to a cliff in the northern suburbs of Luoyang City to implement his plan, he didn't worry that the emperor's people didn't know this, because he already had the emperor's eyeliner by his side, and he clearly knew who he was, so he could take the risk of taking the spy, arrange all this in advance, and make sure that the spy could witness all this with his own eyes when he started.
Only by making the emperor's death letter to Lin Qingzhi true, can Lin Qingzhi really be safe, so he has already found a corpse to impersonate in advance, and also sent his cronies to secretly monitor, as long as Murong Qing rescues Lin Qingzhi, he will immediately dispose of the hay he arranged in advance.
The emperor praised his "decisive" approach and crowned him the Prince of Qizhu, but he only felt sick in his heart.
This Prince of Qizhu was exchanged for the sword on Lin Qingzhi's body, which made him feel ashamed and disgusting, and he no longer had any emotion in his heart for this father who had infinite love and respect in the past, and just wanted to escape from this dirty Luoyang City.
Because as long as he returns to the mansion, he can see the shadow everywhere, and what appears in front of him is the sincere vows and promises when he got married, and the taste of Lin Qingzhi on the bed makes him nostalgic and crazy.
He had to carry the white blue and white porcelain medicine bottle that Lin Qingzhi gave him every day, and even when he went to bed at night, he had to hold the vial to fall asleep.
It's just that he didn't take out a single pill from the pill inside, he stopped the poison-suppressing pill that Lin Qingzhi grinded for him, only pain could slightly eliminate the pain in his heart, although every attack would be like breaking a bone alive, making him sweat all the cold sweat and exhaust the strength of his whole body.
He began to like to sleep, but he suffered from severe insomnia, only when he was drunk could he see his beloved Ah Zhi in his dreams, she always ran and smiled sweetly at him, the smile made him fascinated, and he was in love, but he couldn't catch her, and finally ran to the edge of the cliff, jumped and disappeared in front of his eyes.
From children to couples.
I will always be with you and accompany you.
No matter when and where, no matter what kind of danger, I will stand in front of you and protect you with everything I have.
The promise was not fulfilled, and the promise was broken, Ah Zhi, do you hate me? You should hate me, Xiao Mufeng woke up, the other side of the red mandarin duck red pillow was empty, only the pillow on his side was wet.
Half a month after Lin Qingzhi fell off the cliff and died, Xiao Mufeng asked the emperor to go to Saibei to defend the frontier, Saibei is the border of the four countries, and there are constant wars all year round, and there are no big battles and small confrontations are often happening, although the old emperor is ruthless, he doesn't want his son to go to such a small place.
But looking at the emaciated figure and haggard face in front of him, the old emperor remembered that Concubine Jin, who was as gentle as water, if it weren't for herself, Concubine Jin wouldn't have died in the deep palace so early, did she also have to watch herself and her son go with her early?
The old emperor suddenly had a little doubt in his heart whether he was too hard-hearted, whether he was too cruel to their mother and son, a touch of guilt crept into his heart, he has always been unable to sleep well in the past month, and he always dreams of the siblings who fought with him in all directions, and he scolded himself for not distinguishing loyalty and treachery, ungrateful, thinking of this, the old emperor only felt very depressed in his heart.
After thinking about it again and again, he still agreed to this stubborn son's request to go to Saibei, if he can really save his life and earn military merits, he can be entrusted with this thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in the future.
The day after the emperor agreed, Xiao Mufeng packed his simple bags and embarked on a long journey to Saibei, looking at the prosperous Luoyang City behind him, casting a glance and turning around and riding away, leaving only a lonely back for everyone, from the day he stabbed the long sword into the body of his beloved, he never had a happy day, and there was no longer a spring breeze smile on his face.
The lonely smoke outside the plug, the long river of sunset, the cold sand on the desert in the wind, a pot of turbid wine and a song, the dream of the rivers and lakes and the king.
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