Chapter 15: The Last Journey
The ministers accompanied Emperor Wei to stand in the palace for most of the day, and Wanping got the news until the next day, she was taken aback, and quickly wrote a letter to Bai Yiyan and sent it over.
The messenger arrived on the front foot, and the blue kite, who went out to buy something on the back foot, also came back in a panic. Bai Yiyan read the letter at a glance, and his whole heart fell into the ice cellar. She is not only because her marriage contract has not been canceled, but also because she is too often in charge. Because of her, he was going to die, and after dying of torture with a thousand knives, his soul would be annihilated, and none of his whole family, his nine clans, would survive. Bai Yiyan's hands and feet were cold, and Bi Kite's words in her ears turned into a buzzing sound. She could only hear Bi Kite's words: "I am going to be executed today, and everyone has been pushed out of Changlemen." ”
Bai Yiyan suddenly took the letter and ran out directly. Bi Kite saw her appearance, frightened, and hurriedly followed behind her, Bi Luan didn't know what was going on, and hurriedly rushed over. When Bai Yiyan arrived at the courtyard, he suddenly stopped, turned to Biluan and Bi Yuan and said, "Bi Kite, you go and tell your mother the news, just say that the matter has not been completed, and I will discuss it with her later." Biluan, I have to go out now, if anyone in the house dares to stop me, call me. Bai Yiyan was imposing, with a calm face, and the two of them couldn't help but listen to her instructions.
When Bai Yiyan walked out of the Hou Mansion, the people at the second gate were surprised. Bi Luan had to find an excuse for Wan Ping to have something to meet, and followed Bai Yiyan to explain to her, but fortunately, the people at the second gate didn't have the courage to embarrass Bai Yiyan, and asked her earnestly if she wanted a carriage.
Bai Yiyan calculated the fastest path to Changle Gate in his heart, and didn't want to wait for the carriage, so he went straight. Biluan followed her closely, very worried. Bai Yiyan walked to the uninhabited alley, ran directly, and immediately returned to walking back to the bustling road. Along the way, the streets and alleys were full of discussions about being punished by the Nine Clans for being too often. Biluan finally knew why Bai Yiran was like this, but looking in this direction, she was going to Changle Gate, she was secretly surprised in her heart, and she was anxious to pull Bai Yiyan. Bai Yiyan refused to stop, just looked back at her coldly. Bi Luan couldn't, so she had to trot to follow her.
The journey to Changle Gate was not far, and before I arrived at the execution ground, I saw that many people had gathered. When Bai Yiyan squeezed in, he was listening to people talking.
"Lord Feng's family is such a good person, why did they end up like this?"
"I heard that he made a mistake in divination, and he accepted other bribes to deceive the emperor. Everyone got the stolen goods and was sentenced to death, and they deserved it. ”
"What nonsense are you talking about, Lord Feng is the most incorruptible, how can he accept bribes? I don't live far from his family, he is a high-ranking official, and he only lives in a four-way courtyard, and his wife even goes out to buy vegetables herself. ”
"That's it, Lord Feng's divination is extremely accurate, although he doesn't tell fortunes, but if someone in the family counts a yang house and a yin house, which suits his temper, he will help you, and never collects money. How can you say that he is not accurate in his calculations? ”
"Eh, I know the inside story. I have a brother who works as an errand under the Marquis of Youdu, and today is the home where they raided the house of Tai Chang, and it is said that nothing has been found in the house except for a large pile of books and tortoise shells. But he said that the news came from the Imperial Tomb Guard this morning, saying that there was a landslide over there last night. ”
"Doesn't the landslide mean that it will only happen when the emperor does not cultivate political virtues? How can this be blamed on Taichang Zhang? ”
"Shhh Taichang is in charge of measuring the location of the emperor's tomb, and it is estimated that the landslide destroyed the emperor's tomb. If the emperor doesn't take him out, who else will he take? But it's really terrible to exterminate the Nine Clans in this way, isn't it said that the extermination of the Nine Clans is only used for the crime of rebellion, how can it be greeted on him? It's too miserable to let him break his bones and scatter ashes. ”
Bai Yiyan's heart was numb with pain, and when she finally squeezed to the front, she saw this man who was about to die because of her for the first time. The blood was still flowing from the mouth of the scribe, his children and his wife had been beheaded one by one in front of him, his mother was crying in despair, and she was the next to be executed. In this way, he was forced to watch his family members being brutally killed in front of him one by one. Bai Yiyan stared at Feng Yuxiu tightly, she didn't even know his name before she thought about getting out of the marriage, and today because of her, he was going to die on this execution table.
The executioner raised his knife and killed the last member of Feng Yuxiu's family, and walked towards Feng Yuxiu, and now it was his turn to suffer the most painful torture. Feng Yu Xiukou couldn't speak, his heart was already full of holes, and a few more knives or fewer knives on his body were nothing to him. He never thought that he, the first god operator of Dayong, would end like this one day. His gaze swept to the execution table, it didn't matter what the people here thought of him, he just hoped that on the day when Yonghua City was broken, they would still be alive. He suddenly received the gaze from the crowd, full of sadness and guilt, the corners of her eyes were moist, but she stubbornly did not let the tears fall. Feng Yuxiu knew her identity at once, it turned out to be her, and she should have come to see him off for the last time. It's okay, Bai Yiyan, it's up to you to help me test the right or wrong of the last hexagram. Feng Yuxiu, who was full of blood, suddenly smiled weirdly at the audience, which frightened the other people watching the punishment, and their hearts trembled.
The executioner began to carry out the execution, cutting down one by one, a thousand knives, and each cut was counted by another executioner, and the flesh and blood sealed in Yu Xiu soon fell to the execution table. The vast majority of the people who watched the punishment could not stand the cruelty of this punishment and had long since left. Bai Yiyan was still standing there, her eyes wide open, her nails had already been deeply embedded in her palms, and blood was red on her fingertips. This knife not only cut on Feng Yuxiu's body, but also on her heart. She forced herself to stand here today, just to make herself remember what kind of person her opponent was. One day, she will let Yuwen Mochi pay for Feng Yuxiu's life!
Bi Luan was also frightened when she saw the punishment, and she was so frightened that she looked away. Although she followed Bai Yiyan to the battlefield, no matter how bloody she was, she was not as cruel as this punishment. For Biluan, what is more terrifying than this punishment is Bai Yiyan's current appearance, she doesn't cry or hide, she doesn't even blink her eyes, she just looks at it so fixedly, watching Feng Yuxiu turn from a living person into a pool of flesh and blood. The punishment was over, Bai Yiyan turned around and left, without stopping for a moment.
Bi Luan was in a hurry, she didn't know where Bai Yiyan would go if she was so stimulated, she asked Bai Yiyan and tried hard to persuade her, but Bai Yiyan didn't say a word. Bai Yiyan walked very fast all the way, so fast that Biluan couldn't keep up with his trot. When she finally stopped at Mucang Hutong, Bi Luan finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that as long as she still knew how to go to Young Master Qingyun.
Bai Yiyan knocked on the door of the Shen family, didn't say a word to the old man, and walked straight into the courtyard. In the living room, a few people who were discussing heard the movement, and before they could go out, they saw Bai Yiyan come in with a white face.
Bai Qingyun sensed that something was wrong with her and quickly asked her what was wrong. Bai Yiyan didn't answer, and pulled out Wan Ping's letter in his arms and handed it to him. Bai Qingyun suddenly noticed the bloodstains on her palm, grabbed her wrist and asked in a deep voice, "What's wrong?" ”
Bi Luan whispered: "The girl went to see off the last trip of the Taichang Lord, and she insisted on watching the whole execution process. And the girl refused to open her mouth to speak again since she left the house, and she never cried along the way. ”
Wu Wei had already brought back the news from the streets and alleys, and Bai Qingyun was discussing the next plan with him, Shen Rongzhi, Jiang Yutang and his son. Bai Qingyun quickly glanced at Wan Ping's letter, handed it to Wu Wei, asked them to go out to read the letter, and asked Jiang Yutang to bring the medicine box from next door by the way.
Shen Rongzhi had the lesson of the last time, and Wu Wei was by his side, but this time he went out obediently, without a word of nonsense. Jiang Yutang's father and son went back to the next door to get the medicine first. Bi Luan looked at Bai Yiyan worriedly, and also went out, and brought the door to the two by the way.
The afterglow of the setting sun shines through the window on Bai Yi's body. Against the light, Bai Qingyun couldn't see her expression clearly, but he could feel her emotions. Sadness, pain, self-blame, anger, hatred, all kinds of emotions were mixed in Bai Yi's closed lips. She refused to speak, she refused to cry, and just stood there so coldly.
Bai Qingyun walked over and hugged her in his arms: "Ahri, it's okay, it's okay with me." Would you like to have a word with me? ”
Bai Yiyan didn't answer, the whole person was still cold, but in the burning July, she was like a winter frost, and every inch of her skin exuded coolness. Bai Qingyun couldn't, so she had to raise her head and look into her eyes, hoping to awaken her senses. The two looked at each other quietly, and a tear flowed down from the corner of Bai Yiyan's eye without warning and rolled down her lips. Bai Qingyun suddenly lowered her head, and an uncontrollable dragonfly swept across her cherry lips, taking away all her tears.
Bai Yiyan finally moved, and opened his mouth dryly: "Yuwen Mochi, I want him to die!" ”
Bai Qingyun was relieved to see that she was willing to speak, knowing that it was okay. He understood Bai Yiyan's intelligence, and as long as he thought about it carefully, he could see that this was Yuwen Mochi's counterattack. No matter who leaked the news to Yuwen Mochi yesterday, he was able to reverse the unfavorable situation overnight, and he had to be admired. Although he didn't know how he did it, Bai Qingyun didn't believe that such a coincidence of the landslide appeared last night. What's more, from Baiqingyun to the imperial capital, it has not rained yet, the imperial tomb is not far from here, the climate should be about the same, there is no earthquake and no rainstorm, where is the landslide? And the means of planting the blame were determined in a hurry, and it was not even time to prepare the invented master. It's just that Yuwen Mochi can buy important ministers under the noses of Emperor Wei and the princes, and he is definitely not a figure that can be underestimated. And according to his ruthless style of doing things, it seems that he is a difficult opponent.
Bai Qingyun turned Bai Yiyan's injured hand over and examined it carefully, and there were four crescent-shaped wounds left on each of her bloodless palms. Bai Qingyun sighed, why did she insist on sending Taichang to the last journey, he could understand. But seeing her like this, he felt distressed again.
Bai Yiyan felt the congealed blood flow again, and her hand was still held in Bai Qingyun's warm palm. But she didn't want to pull out, and on days like this, only he could give her the greatest comfort. She calmed down and pulled out an ugly smile: "Brother Qingyun, now I have no way back." Please help me. ”
Bai Qingyun had never heard Bai Yiyan ask so solemnly, he nodded: "Your business is my business." Before you came, I was conferring with Wu Wei and them. You calm down, and after dinner, we'll continue to think about it. ”
Bai Yiyan looked at Brother Qingyun's mouth, and suddenly thought of the kiss that couldn't be lighter, and her blood rushed to her face at once, revealing a flush.
Bai Qingyun looked at her face, which was still pale before, but now it suddenly turned red, she was very worried about her, and was about to ask her if she was uncomfortable, when she suddenly woke up, and a suspicious pink quietly crept up his ears.
Both of them turned their faces shyly. Bai Yiyan pretended to cough and pulled his hand back embarrassedly. Bai Qing got up and said that he wanted Biluan to return home to deliver the letter.