The Thirteenth Life and the Third Life (3)
"If the Zuoqiu Kingdom wants to invade our country, it must first attack our five passes, so these five passes, one pass cannot be lost, which is the same as the last time the Zuoqiu army was obviously not ready, but it wanted to risk attacking our department." Wu Ma Linjiang talked about military affairs, and his expression immediately became solemn, "But the strength of Zuoqiu State is strong, and our army should adopt a stable strategy, the longer the time, the longer the battle line is stretched, the more unfavorable it will be to Zuoqiu State, and our army will not be far from the day of victory." ”
Yu Linling nodded, thinking that it was no wonder that his father said that this battle could not be ended in a year and a half, and it turned out that he had already seen the situation clearly.
"But if you want to keep it, you must have good reserves, and Mingyue is busy with these things. He thought that within this month, the Zuoqiu army would inevitably attack, so he rarely even slept these days. Bells. You know, defending a city is sometimes harder than besieging it! ”
"In this way, I will also return to Mo Tong Pass as soon as possible." Yu Linling straightened up, "There is the throat of Wuguan, it will definitely be besieged, and Feng Bao can't defend it alone." ”
Wu Ma Linjiang looked at her, entangled in his heart with unbearability and contradictions, he wanted to sit in the Tiger Pass and couldn't leave, and looking at the world, she was the only one who could guard Mo Tong Pass, "Your body is not all right-" He tried to explain to himself, reluctant to let her go, but had to let her go.
"No, as a general guarding the pass, I should prepare for war as soon as possible."
"Then- let Mingyue help you. I'm relieved to have him here. Wu Ma Linjiang looked at the clear and innocent eyes of the 'girl' in front of her, and remembered her expression when she went to the palace when she was fifteen years old, and finally understood why her father did not condemn her.
"Okay, I'll clean it up." Yu Linling turned around to leave, and suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile: "Look at me, I forgot to change my words again, I should say: Lord Marshal, the last general will go to prepare." ”
Looking at her bright appearance, Wu Ma Linjiang's heart was hot, and he walked up a few steps and held her hand. "The war is dangerous, I will transfer you another 10,000 'elite' soldiers, you must return safely, and then you will become the second princess, Chrysostom Yinuo, never regret it, this 'jade' pendant is my token."
Yu Linling was stunned, holding the 'jade' pendant in his hand, and couldn't come back to his senses for a while.
Is he going to marry her? Wasn't that exactly what she had always expected? A noble man who once smiled softly at her. What's more, if he has seen her body, he should be her husband. He is also the future son of heaven, who will bring her endless favor and honor. But why, when he held her hand, she didn't feel her heartbeat 'legs' weak, when he fed her that tea three years ago, her heart was beating so much that it was going to rush out of her throat, and now she just wanted to run away.
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Out of the camp, Yu Linling ran to Jinma Spring in the back mountain, wanting to calm the mood of chaos. The 'jade' pendant in his hand is hot to hold, and it feels like it weighs a thousand pounds, even if it is put in a pocket.
"'Female' donor. You have a peculiar bone, you are a natural lover, but I am afraid that there will be a destiny for marriage, and the third generation will give it. When she was about to return to the camp, she met a Taoist with a white beard.
"What's that?" She was a little curious, but her heart was inexplicably sour.
"This marriage is entangled in three lives and three lives, and Poor Dao doesn't know what life it is, but you can be sure that your destined person is a member of the royal family. If you marry the wrong person, you will miss it in this life. ”
Miss? The second prince just made a promise to her, is it providence or coincidence?
"The 'female' donor cherishes, these three lives are entangled in love is a catastrophe and fate, and it is difficult for ordinary people to find, I hope you will not miss it in this life."
After the Taoist chief left, Yu Linling also slowly walked back, thinking about these words repeatedly, and the weeds in her heart grew barren and wasteland, as if she had missed it in her life.
"General Rain." While she was thinking, a calm voice came from beside her.
She was startled, twisted her body violently, only to feel dizzy, and her body was firmly supported by one arm, "General be careful, it's Mingyue who is abrupt." ”
"Call me Ling'er." She crashed into his smiling eyes, and her heart melted.
She hid the 'jade' pendant, and decided in her heart that everything should be focused on the war, and if there is anything, it will be left after the war!
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As expected, the Zuoqiu Kingdom attacked in a few days. However, due to the full preparation, Mo Tong Pass was in danger and did not fall, and the enemy army attacked for more than a month and did not break through, but for Yu Linling and the defenders, this battle was also extremely the last day of defending the city, Mo Tong Pass had reached the point of running out of ammunition and food, up and down the city wall, the corpses were piled up, and even blocked the enemy's way to attack the city.
The tragedy and 'fierceness' of this battle, even Yu Linling, who fought with his father since childhood, has not experienced it, fortunately, Mingyue has always been by her side, supporting her at the moment when she is most panicked, and when the city pass is about to break, she rode alone to make up for the gap in the Wuma army, until another team of defenders came up.
She bent her bow and arrows on the city wall, and took the head of the enemy in the hosts, and every time she was too tired to lift her arms, she turned her head and saw his caring eyes; When she rushes out of the city to chase the defeated army, he will protect her behind her and keep her safe; When she was injured, he would carefully carry her into the medical tent. and forcefully ordered her not to trespass; When she went to the enemy camp in person, it was he who went with her, swimming and climbing mountains, ambushing and hiding, and fighting a bloody way, carrying her all the way back. She never imagined that his courage and composure would become her most reliant at the most critical moment.
"Ling'er, get out of the way!" Mingyue screamed and threw Yulin Ling to the ground. At the same time, a feathered arrow 'fired' from the enemy passed by her ear with a sharp wind. The warm liquid dripped down her neck, and Mingyue was pierced by the arrow in order to save her.
"You're hurt!" She panicked and lost all her composure on the battlefield. It seems that losing him is more terrible than losing the whole war.
"It doesn't matter." He said lightly, and suddenly pulled out the arrow folded in his shoulder, his face was pale, but his eyes were warm. At that moment, Yu Linling's heart suddenly beat weakly, and she was suddenly immersed in his breath, feeling that this scene had been seen many times, in her dream.
My father said that this battle could not be fought in a year and a half, in fact, this war was fought for seven years, until Zuoqiu Guo submitted his letter of state and bowed his head to the courtiers. In the past seven years, Mingyue has traveled back and forth between Motong Pass and Hukou Pass, making Yulinling accustomed to him being by his side, and when he is away, his heart feels like a piece is missing.
It's just that he can't figure it out to her, he can die for her, but he has never 'revealed' a little affection, like a shadow in her life. There is also news that the second prince sends from time to time, reminding her that there is a second princess waiting for her to do, and reminding her that she must marry into the royal family so that she will not miss the love of the third world.
"My father has made me the prince, and I have also reported that my father wants to marry you, and swear that you are the only one in this life, and I will never make anyone a concubine again." When the class teacher returned to the court, the second prince personally came to the 'door' and brought the emperor's holy decree of marriage.
Her father was very happy, but she was a little annoyed, because she didn't agree to this marriage, but if she didn't refuse, wouldn't it be tacit consent? What about the bright moon? What was he in her heart? Does she love him? Does he love her?
She firmly believes in the matter of the love of the third world. Isn't it all fulfilled now? No matter who she was hesitating for, she didn't want to miss it again. Besides, the second prince was so kind to her, with the respect of the prince, he promised to marry her only in this life, and she was a twenty-five-year-old 'woman' who had been tortured by war, what was there to be dissatisfied!
"Now because of the matter of Lichu, the DPRK and China are unstable. The eldest prince is obedient on the surface, but his heart is unconvinced. You married earlier, I have made my wish, and I have the strength to spare, so that I can protect the second prince and save the country from 'swinging'. Her father tried to persuade her to make a decision.
Sitting in the dragon-patterned 'flower' sedan chair, she lifted her red hijab, took a picture of the bronze mirror on the small table, and found that she was beautiful, but there was a trace of horror and sorrow in this beauty, as if she was not wanting to gain something, but to lose.
"Bell." A gentle voice sounded by the car window.
Moment. Her heart tightened suddenly, and she suddenly understood what she had been restless for so many days, just to wait for him to come and say a word to her! Or "Congratulations", or "Come with me"! But if he did, would she be able to disobey the Holy Command? Can the septuagenarian father be imprisoned for disobeying the will?
"This is for you, I believe that the second prince will be good to you for the rest of your life." A small box was handed over by the window, and only he could get close to the princess's 'flower' sedan chair. But she couldn't see his face, his eyes, even though she found herself so eager for him at this moment.
He took it blankly, but he couldn't speak. And he didn't say anything, he just sent her to the big 'gate' of the prince's mansion, separated by a sedan curtain, but the end of the world was just a stone's throw away. She couldn't help but look out of the crack in the window, and saw him walking away in a strong suit, not like he was coming to drink wine, but like he was going to war.
The second prince got married, the ceremony was complicated, and Yulin Ling was at the mercy of the palace people, and he was not sent to the palace until the evening. Sitting on the wedding 'bed' inlaid with gold and jade, she was flustered and had some ominous premonitions, but she didn't know what it was. In a panic, the box that Mingyue gave her fell from her sleeve and made a crisp sound, it was a bell, and it was the bell she heard on the night she was seriously injured and rescued, the sound was extremely crisp, like rain falling on the lotus platform.
She was stunned, and when she opened the box, it turned out to be a jade bell!
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"Tell me, did you save me the night I was injured?" As soon as the second prince returned to the palace, she was anxious to ask.
"I picked you up on the battlefield, when your wounds had been healed, and you passed out, no, you slept in the grass." The second prince didn't understand why his bride asked these questions on the wedding night, and when he looked down and saw the jade bell in her hand, he said curiously: "Hey, did Mingyue give you this as a gift?" This is the year you entered the palace face saint, he carved it out of jadeite. Back then, you made a fool of yourself and captured the hearts of all the princes, but I didn't expect that today I was favored by the beauty. Alas, it's really stupid to think about Mingyue, for so many years, he has been carrying this bell with him. ”
"Who the hell is he?" Yu Linling only felt that the blood in her whole body seemed to be 'drained'.
"No wonder you don't know." The second prince said: "He is the third prince Wuma Linhai, but because his mother is only a palace person, and he is deeply favored by my father, in order to avoid trouble, he has been sick since he was a child, and few people have seen him, Mingyue is just his pseudonym." ”
It turned out to be him! It was he who rescued her on the battlefield, when she was fifteen years old, he was the one who fed her water, and she always remembered him! Why was she not faithful to her feelings, but what prophecy should she believe? If they are entangled for three lifetimes, what can be stronger than this love? Why didn't she pick the right one?
"I'm going to find him!" She stood up and said, but at this moment, the sound of soldiers suddenly sounded outside the 'door'. Wu Ma Linjiang and Yu Linling were both startled and hurriedly rushed out of the 'door'.
I saw that there was a 'chaos' and 'chaos' in front of the 'door' of the entire dormitory, and the 'chaos' arrows flew in the courtyard, and in the screams, many people had fallen in a pool of blood, but there were still people pouring in from all corners of the 'door'. The black clothes of the assassins, the red clothes worn by the 'squires' for happy events, crowded together, just to cut each other down!
"Bring me my bow!" Yu Linling took off the phoenix crown and stretched out her hand to the 'waiter' and 'woman'.
The 'servant' and 'woman' turned around to leave, but was stopped by Wu Linjiang: "Today you are my bride, tomorrow you will be my queen, this little thing, I don't care to you." ”
As he spoke, he saw another group of people rushing in from the outer courtyard, as if they had been prepared for a long time, and besieged the assassins, and the situation was immediately reversed.
"Linhai!" The second prince shouted, and Yu Linling also recognized who the protector was.
In the chaos, Yu Linling looked at the 'upright' figure, and her heart was full of tenderness. Oh he! He finally came. Now that he knows that he also loves her, then everything is still in time. A person as smart as him must have expected someone to assassinate him, so he would have prepared, right?
"Big brother, you don't have to kill each other!" Wu Ma Linhai's sword rests on the neck of a man in black, and when he takes off the face scarf, it is the eldest prince Wu Ma Linshui.
"Linhai, why do you have to help Linjiang, why do you have to snatch away what I care about the most." thoughtlessly shouted: "But your second brother snatched your most beloved 'female'!" ”
Wu Ma Linhai's hand shook, and he subconsciously looked at Yu Linling, and saw her dressed in red, standing under the eaves, as beautiful as a fire lotus, looking at him with eyes, as if there were a thousand words to say, which made his heart surge.
This 'girl', he feels that he has loved all his life, but he has never been close!
At this fleeting moment, Wu Ma Linshui rolled over, broke away from the grasp of the third brother, reached out and picked up the bow and arrow at his feet, and pointed directly at the second prince Wu Ma Linjiang: "The throne is mine!" Die! The failure of the assassination made him mad.
The arrow was furious, but it was coming towards the rain bell. She opened her eyes wide and flashed to the side, but unfortunately the wedding dress on her body tripped her feet, so that she could not hide, at this time, she saw a black shadow flashing in front of her, and Mingyue once again blocked an arrow for her, but this time it was fatal, and the iron arrow passed directly through the 'chest'!
"Why did you kill Ling'er?" Wu Ma Linjiang shouted: "Aren't you hating me? ”
"I hate the third brother!" The eldest prince, who was caught, shouted: "If he hadn't helped you, would you have got the throne?" Yu Linling entered the palace at the age of fifteen, and the third brother loved her so much that she was fascinated, so I want to kill this 'female' person, so that the third brother can also taste the taste of being taken away! ”
Yu Linling knelt on the ground, this arrow made her heart ache, and she only hugged Mingyue and cried: "Why don't you say it?" Do you know that I love you in the first place, why do you never say it to me?! ”
"Bell." It was the only thing he could say, and more blood poured out of his mouth.
He looked at her tenderly, and when he heard what she said, he felt that he was the happiest when he was about to die. The scene of the first meeting flashed in front of her eyes, she was dressed in white and green armor, and a bird feather was obliquely inserted into her black hair. Since then, she has broken into his heart.
He always went out of the palace to peek at her, watched her fight with the soldiers in the army, watched her fight in the market, watched her play coquettish with her father, and waited for her to grow up, but he didn't think that she would fall in love with his second brother later.
I don't want her to be embarrassed by seeing each other naked, and I don't want her to be embarrassed by their brothers, so I want to fulfill her, but I didn't think that she loved him! Happiness but also pain, because it was too late, and only his soul could be around her.
"Don't cry." He tried to squeeze out all the tenderness and emotion, and gave it all to her at once.
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A few days later, a lonely grave was erected on the top of Yunxiao Mountain near the capital.
The grave is on the edge of a cliff, while on the opposite cliff there is a newly built hut. The two peaks are connected by a rope bridge.
Yu Linling couldn't bear to leave her father and go with the bright moon, so she returned to the hut at the foot of the mountain during the day to accompany her father, and came to the cliff at night to accompany her beloved.
She missed, and in a dream understood the cause and effect of these three lives. But so what, true love does not wear away with time, and what can be consumed is not real emotion.
She didn't pray anymore, she just waited. What is the third life, the reincarnation of thousands of lifetimes will also wait for him!
"Lianlian, you and I agreed for a hundred years, if you die at the age of ninety-seven, why not wait on the bridge for three years." She sang this Northwest folk song and poured all her love into it.
She called the rope bridge the Yoma Naho Bridge.
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