One, the imprisoned princess
"Never. If the mother thinks so, then she thinks wrong. Ji Kaihan categorically rejected her idea and analyzed with her: "What Niangniang thinks may not be a good thing, but in fact it is not so. Niang Niang, think about it, if you really divide the prince into a wild place, when the time comes, the foreign military orders will not be accepted, and the prince can use it as his base to develop his own power again, if he still has the heart of rebellion, it will be a simple matter. I know what Niangniang is thinking in her heart, you are afraid that others will say that the new emperor is not benevolent and righteous, if Niangniang is still afraid that Li Yuanxiao will continue to rebel, Niangniang might as well build a luxurious mansion in the capital for him, give him a nominal title, and let him live well in the house. Only under your own nose can you be more able to control the enemy. Ji Qihan said with a smile.
When Yao Zhenyin heard Ji Kaihan say this, he couldn't help but look at him with admiration and said, "Mr. Ji, I didn't believe that you are also quite proficient in the power of the court. ”
"That's not it, Ji Mou has always been not interested in the affairs of the imperial court. It's just that his father who used to be under was also an official, and he followed the princess for a long time, so he naturally learned some ways to do things for officials. I wonder if the mother thinks the advice below is advisable? ”
After Yao Zhenyin heard what he said, he praised repeatedly: "Mr. Ji's method is really excellent, in this way, not only can you not treat the prince lightly, but also monitor him at any time to prevent him from rebelling again." Thank you, Mr. Ji. ”
Ji Qihan nodded and said with a smile: "Niang Niang is polite." ”
So Ji Qihan said goodbye to Yao Jiyin, and the next day, Ji Qihan took the 100,000 elite soldiers lent to him by Yao Jiyin and prepared to go back to Daming.
Just as he said goodbye to Yao Jiyin and was about to go out, he had just walked to the gate of the city, when he suddenly heard someone calling him, saying, "Ji Daxia." ”
Ji Qihan looked back and found a woman in white clothes standing in front of him, the woman's hair was simply on her shoulders, and the whole person looked very refreshing, who was not Yao Wanyun?
Ji Kaihan was stunned when he saw her face exactly the same as Jing Hengdi, he walked down, glanced at her, and said to her, "Miss Yao Er, why are you here?" ”
"I heard that Mr. Ji is going back to Daming, so I came to see you off."
"Thank you, Miss Yao Er, Miss Yao Er has a heart." Ji Qihan said to her.
Ji Kaihan saw her with a sad face, obviously because Yao Yongsheng was stabbed to death by Li Yuanxiao by mistake, which made her feel very sad.
"Can I talk to Ji Daxia alone?" She glanced at Ji Xianhan and said.
Ji Kaihan nodded, so the two of them came to a pavilion outside the city.
"I don't know what Miss Yao Er is looking for? If there is anything you need to help with, I will do my best to help you. ”
When Yao Wanyun heard him say this, her shoulders twitched violently, turned her face to look at him, and said to him, "Take me away, take me out of here." ”
Ji Kaihan didn't expect her to suddenly say such a thing, Ji Kaihan was stunned for a moment, shook his head slightly and said, "Second Miss Yao is young, and she is already over fifty years old, how can she be with Second Miss Yao?" What's more, Miss Yao Er is Li Yuanxiao's concubine. ”
"I knew, I knew you would dislike me, I already knew, I shouldn't have told you this." Yao Wanyun looked at him, and a sad look suddenly appeared on her face.
Seeing her appearance, full of sadness, Ji Qihan also felt very moved in his heart, because after all, she was exactly the same as the woman she liked.
Ji Kaihan shook his head and said to him: "I don't think so, it's just that I and Miss Yao Er are completely people from two different worlds, even if they are barely together, there is no happiness." Yes, Miss Yao Er is indeed exactly the same as the transverse flute, but in the eyes of the next, in the heart, there is only the transverse flute. ”
Hearing him say this, Yao Wanyun sighed low and said to him, "I know, I was just joking with Ji Daxia just now." I came to Ji Daxia just now because I had something to give to Ji Daxia. With that, she took out a small bottle and handed it to Ji Xinhan.
When Ji Kaihan saw the small bottle, he was slightly stunned and asked, "This is?" ”
"This is the antidote to the Nine Turns Soul Rejuvenation Pill, as long as you eat this antidote, the poison in your body can be unraveled."
"How did you have this antidote?" Ji Qihan asked her in surprise.
Yao Wanyun nodded and said, "Don't forget, I'm Li Yuanxiao's concubine, of course I should have it, don't you think I shouldn't have it?" ”
"But why did you give me the antidote?"
"No, it's just that I know that you are a generation of chivalrous warriors, and I don't want you to die in vain, and you don't want to die in vain."
After Ji Xianhan heard her say this, he nodded and said, "That's right." ”
"In that case, why don't you take the antidote quickly, do you suspect that I will poison you?"
After hearing her say this, Ji Kaihan no longer hesitated, and took the antidote, and after taking the antidote, Ji Kaihan said to her: "Thank you, Miss Yao Er, you will remember your kindness to the next in the future." ”
"It's just that you just won't take me away, will you?" Yao Wanyun looked at him with a hint of ridicule in her eyes.
Ji Qihan lowered his head and did not answer her question.
"Alright, I'm joking with you, you can go quickly. Actually, I came to you just to give you the antidote. After finishing speaking, Yao Wanyun waved her away.
Ji Kaihan nodded and said to her, "Since this is the case, there will be a period later." ”
Yao Wanyun thought for a while, took out a letter from her sleeve and handed it to him and said, "I wrote this letter to you, I hope you will come back to read this letter after you leave the capital for a hundred miles." You are a committed gentleman, and I am sure you will be able to do it. ”
Ji Kaihan nodded, took the letter, and said goodbye to Yao Wanyun.
Ji Kaihan walked all the way, with an army of 100,000 people, he always felt that something was wrong in his heart, remembering the way Yao Wanyun talked to him just now, it made him feel as if something was wrong, he hesitated, and wanted to open the letter that Yao Wanyun gave him, but he promised Yao Wanyun that he must wait for a hundred miles before opening the letter, and he couldn't help but hesitate for a while.
He continued to move forward, wishing that he could travel a hundred miles immediately, and in the end he had traveled about thirty miles, and he couldn't hold back any longer, yes, he was a humble gentleman, but thinking of Yao Wanyun's expression just now, he felt that there were a lot of inappropriate places, so he opened the letter.
I saw that the letter was written in Chinese: Ji Daxia, when you see this letter, I am no longer in this world. Actually, I know that you won't take me away, but I can't help but ask you, I want to know an answer, so that even if I die, I will die clearly. Since the moment I met you, I really like you, although you are so many years older than me, but in my mind you are a hero, heroes are used to worship and like, regardless of age. Later, you told me that I was born exactly like a woman you used to like, and I was very happy, and I really wanted to be by your side and serve you for the rest of my life. However, in fact, I can't do that, because my father Yao Yongsheng is attached to Li Yuanxiao, and I, as his daughter, what else can I do? I can only help her, if I don't help him, it will be regarded as unfilial. In order to please Li Yuanxiao, my father not only forced my sister to death, but also asked me to be Li Yuanxiao's concubine, I know that Li Yuanxiao is a promiscuous person, he has countless concubines, how can he put me in his eyes and heart? He kept me by his side just for a moment of joy. But as a child, since his parents have orders, how can he not obey? So in desperation, I had to promise my father to help him complete his plan, so I followed Li Yuanxiao. From the moment I met you, when you told me that I was born like the woman you liked, I knew that I had lost the right to love you. ”
When Ji Kaihan saw this, his heart seemed to twitch, and he only felt that his heart was full of pain and didn't know where to start, so he endured the pain in his heart and continued to look down.
Yao Wanyun said: In fact, from the first day I helped my father, I knew that he was doomed. My aunt has been in North Korea for more than 30 years and is a heroine among women. But there is no choice for children, don't you say? So I can only choose to help my dad and deal with my aunt, and it turns out that my aunt really won, and my dad also died because of it, and now I am left alone, so I really want you to take me away. I also know that you will definitely not take me away, but I still want to see you, and I will give you the antidote to the Nine Turns Soul Restoration Pill, otherwise, you will definitely not live for this month. So I made an appointment with you in the Long Pavilion, hoping that you could take me away, but you flatly refused me, didn't you? It must be so, when I write this letter, I already expected you to reject me, right? If you hadn't rejected me, I'm sure you wouldn't have seen my letter, and now that the two of us are galloping together on horseback, you see this letter to mean that I have been rejected by you. Now I have no one to rely on in this world, and there is nothing to be nostalgic about, and we will have no time in the future. Thank you very much, Ji Daxia, it was you who made me have a nostalgia in my heart, I originally thought that I would not like anyone.
Seeing this, Ji Aihan's tears couldn't help but flow, people say that men don't flick when they have tears, but that's because they haven't been sad, in this situation, how can a person like Ji Aihan not cry?
Ji Kaihan thought about it carefully, from beginning to end, when he first saw Yao Wanyun, Yao Wanyun's shocking glance really touched his heartstrings that had calmed down for a while, and later he should have been more or less interesting to Yao Wanyun, but when he knew that Yao Wanyun turned out to be Li Yuanxiao's concubine, he broke off this thought.
Yao Wanyun must have wanted him to take him away wholeheartedly just now, but he rejected Yao Wanyun mercilessly.
How is Yao Wanyun now? Thinking of this, Ji Qihan couldn't sit still any longer, he instructed the generals who led the troops to say a few words and let them continue to move forward, while he himself drove to the Korean capital on horseback.
He rode his horse as fast as he could, and rode his horse as fast as he could, lest he be too late, and all that awaited him was a tragic scene.
Soon, very fast, he walked extremely fast, but he still felt very slow, he just wanted to be able to go to Yao Wanyun's side immediately, and tell her that in fact, he also had her in his heart, but because of the age gap between the two people, plus Yao Wanyun had been Li Yuanxiao's concubine, so he didn't accept the two people, and the distance between the two people was crossed, but now that he thinks about it, who hasn't done anything wrong?
The reason why Yao Wanyun did this was also a last resort, didn't he give himself and Yao Wanyun a chance? He walked quickly, shouting Yao Wanyun's name loudly: "Wanyun, Wanyun, you wait for me." I'm coming, I'm coming. ”
The wind was fierce, the horse's hooves were gained, and he had only one plan in his heart now, that is, to hurry to Yao Wanyun's side.
When he arrived at the pavilion outside the city gate, he saw that there were many people gathered there, and they were all pointing as if something had happened. Immediately, a bad feeling passed through his heart, but he still tried to calm himself down, and rode away quickly.
After arriving there, he got off the horse, and sure enough, he saw a woman in white lying on the long pavilion, the woman was lying there, quietly, as beautiful as a fairy, the moment he saw the woman, Ji Xianhan's heart suddenly swelled with two words: transverse flute.
However, the person lying in front of him now was not Jing Hengdi, but Yao Wanyun, a dagger was stuck straight into her chest, and there was red blood staining her white clothes, so she went quietly.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way." Ji Qihan shouted loudly.
Those people couldn't understand Ji Erhan's words, but seeing Ji Erhan's compassionate expression, they saw his thunderous demeanor, like a mad lion, and everyone hid to the side.
Only then did Ji Qihan come forward, hold Yao Wanyun in his arms, and gently call her name: "Wanyun, Wanyun." However, her body had stiffened slightly, and she must have been dead for some time.
Ji Kaihan's tears poured down, people say that men don't flick when they have tears, but they haven't reached the sad place, how good this sentence is.
Ji Qihan hugged Yao Wanyun, put his head on her forehead, and called her name softly: "Wanyun, Wanyun, I'm still late, I'm still late." It's me who is bad, it's me who is not good, why did I reject you, why? It's me who is not good, I obviously dislike you for being Li Yuanxiao's concubine, I killed you, I killed you. ”
He hugged her body hard and put her hand on his body, but as soon as he put it on, her arm immediately fell down, so he put her arm up again, but her hand fell down again, and so on several times, Ji Qihan couldn't help but cry bitterly.
Ji Kaihan had never cried so much in his life, even when Jing Hengdi encountered a bad disaster, he had never done so, but now he couldn't hold back the pathos in his heart.
Why? Why did things turn out like this? If it weren't for her ruthlessness, how could Yao Wanyun end up like this? It was he who killed Yao Wanyun, it was he who killed Yao Wanyun, half guilt, half remorse, the sadness in his heart was really irrepressible.
He hugged Yao Wanyun in a daze, sat there, and didn't know how long it took before someone shouted: "The Queen Mother has arrived." ”
Ji Kaihan didn't hear it, still holding Yao Wanyun's body.
It turned out that the matter of human lives outside the city had soon spread out, and some people came to see and knew Yao Wanyun and Ji Aihan, and they knew that Yao Wanyun was the niece of the Queen Mother, so they reported this matter to Yao Zhenyin.
Yao Zhenyin had already guessed that it might really be Ji Qihan, so she rushed over, and after seeing this situation, she couldn't help but burst into tears, and said: "My niece's personality is still too hard. ”
She stepped forward and said softly to Ji Kaihan: "Mr. Ji, don't be so sad, the so-called life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky, isn't this a sentence that you Central Plains people often say?" If Wanyun has a spirit in the sky and knows that you are so sad, she will definitely feel uncomfortable. ”
Ji Qihan raised his head, glanced at Yao Zhenyin, and said to her: "I killed her, I killed Wanyun." She had so much helplessness and so much sadness in her heart, she just asked me to take her away, in fact, I could have taken her away, but I actually rejected her, it was I who rejected her, so she fell to this point. The Queen Mother, it's me, it's me who did it wrong. ”
In fact, how can we make it clear who is right and who is wrong in the world? Your current mood, the mourning family can also understand how the mourning family was not very sad when the emperor died. But the road always has to go out by itself, no matter how sad and sad it is, the days will always go on, you say that the mourning family is right? ”
After hearing Yao Zhenyin's persuasion, Ji Qihan calmed down a little, Ji Qihan pointed at Yao Wanyun and said to Yao Zhenyin: "Queen Mother, I want to ask you for one thing." ”
"Why bother asking for such a serious thing? If Mr. Ji has anything to do, just talk to the mourning family, as long as the mourning family can help Mr. Ji, I will do my best to help Mr. Ji. ”
"I think Wanyun died for me, but her greatest wish must be to be buried next to her father. I hope the Queen Mother can help me bury Wanyun next to her father, I wonder if the Queen Mother will agree to be there? ”
"Don't worry, Wanyun is not only a woman who admires you, she is also the niece of the mourning family, how can the mourning family not love her? This stupid girl, I didn't expect to have such a strong personality, and in the end, I couldn't think about it. I hope you don't feel too upset. ”
"I don't have the face to face her anymore, and I ask the Queen Mother to help me handle her posthumous affairs." As he spoke, he plucked a hairpin from Yao Wanyun's head and said to the Empress Dowager Yao: "Empress Dowager, Wanyun will entrust it to you, I hope that Empress Dowager will help me bury her properly." ”
So Empress Dowager Yao sent someone to bring Yao Wanyun's body back to the palace and prepare to be buried with Yao Yongsheng's body.
Ji Kaihan said goodbye to the Empress Dowager Yao, stumbled out of the city, he walked for a long time to find his horse, after riding the horse, along the way, he couldn't help the sadness in his heart, and sang loudly: "The leaves are pale, the white dew is frost, the so-called Yiren are on the water side." The leaves are pale, the white dew is frost, the so-called Yi people, on the water side. ”
He just sang these four lines repeatedly, and the more he sang, the heavier the sadness in his heart became, and the more he sang, the heavier the sadness in his heart, and in the end it was difficult to suppress it.
Ji Kaihan was originally a man of temperament, he could no longer suppress his feelings, thinking of Yao Wanyun's every move, he smiled, tears flowed down, he jumped off the horse, lay in the wilderness, and cried loudly.
The pain was really indescribable, and after crying alone for a long time, he remounted his horse to chase after the 100,000 Korean soldiers, presumably he knew that Yao Wanyun's death made him grief-stricken, but he couldn't defeat him, because he knew that there were more important things to do at the moment.
Soon, he caught up with the 100,000 soldiers and horses, and along the way, Ji Qihan was silent and didn't say a word, and soon, he returned to outside Beijing.
After arriving outside Beijing, he ordered the Korean general Li Chengyu to garrison the 100,000 elite soldiers outside the city gate, while he returned to Beijing to resume his life.
The first place he wants to go to is naturally Huaiming Garden, Huaiming Garden is located not far from the capital, after coming to Huaiming Garden, he knocked on the door, ready to go in, who knew that after knocking on the door for a long time, no one came to open the door.
He couldn't help but be shocked, and after walking in, he found that there was no one inside, and Huaiming Yuan was very messy, obviously it had been turned over.
What happened? He couldn't help but be surprised in his heart, he knew that as long as Jian Huaizhen could control the situation, no one would dare to attack Huai Mingyuan, and now that someone came to search Huai Mingyuan, I am afraid that things have reached the point where it is difficult to control.
He was very panicked in his heart, so he walked out, he thought about it, the next place he should go to is the former Shangshu Mansion, maybe Jian Huaizhen and they may still be in the Shangshu Mansion.
He deliberately dressed up like ordinary people, and asked the people around him on the road, what happened, and the people couldn't tell clearly, and said vaguely, in short, I heard that the emperor and the eldest princess had a conflict, and in a fit of anger, the eldest princess was imprisoned.
After Ji Kaihan heard this, he couldn't help but feel surprised, so far, it seems that things are far from being as simple as he imagined, but there is one thing he can't understand, Jian Huaizhen's kung fu can really be said to be alone, how could he be imprisoned by the emperor so easily?
What the hell is going on? The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't figure it out.
However, now is not the time to think about this, he immediately hurried to Shangshu Mansion, who knew that when he arrived at Shangshu Mansion, he found two large white banners hanging on Shangshu Mansion, with a dazzling and dazzling seal written on them.
When was Shangshu Mansion sealed? Seeing this, his heart fell more and more.
He walked a few steps in front of the Shangshu Mansion in a row, and he knew that he had to leave, otherwise, if he continued like this, he would definitely attract the attention of others.
He was about to leave when someone gently tugged at his sleeve and shouted to him, "Follow me." The man gestured as he spoke.
Ji Kaihan recognized that gesture, it was the gesture of the candle shadow shaking red, presumably this person was the person with the candle shadow shaking red, so he nodded and followed the person forward.
Who knew that after that person walked around Shangshu Mansion, he opened a small corner door and led Ji Qihan into it together.
After Ji Qihan followed the person in, he found that the person had taken him to the house and said to him, "The people you are looking for are inside." After speaking, he shouted inside, and immediately after, Ji Qihan saw Fang Xiao and Jiang Shaoheng walking out together.
Ji Qihan was slightly stunned and asked, "Brother Fang, Brother Jiang, what's going on?" ”
Jiang Shaoheng and Fang Xiao both had heavy looks on their faces, and said to him, "Let's talk about it first." ”
So he followed Jiang Shaoheng and Fang Xiao in, and after walking in, Ji Qihan was a little anxious and asked, "I just heard from the people that the emperor imprisoned the eldest princess in a fit of anger, but is there such a thing?" With the princess's sister's kung fu, how could the emperor be able to imprison her? What the hell is going on? ”
"Don't be in a hurry yet, listen to us slowly." Jiang Shaoheng said to him: "By the way, you went to North Korea to borrow troops, can you borrow them?" ”
"Borrowed an army of 100,000." After saying this, he couldn't help but think of Yao Wanyun again, and a trace of pathos appeared on his face.
Jiang Shaoheng observed his words and looks, and saw that he looked a little sad, so he asked: "Did something happen when I went to North Korea?" ”
"It doesn't matter what happened, what matters is what happened to the princess?"
Jiang Shaoheng and Fang Xiao shook their heads and said: "We don't know what happened, in short, one day I suddenly lost the news with the princess sister, and then I heard that the princess sister was imprisoned by the emperor, and it was Yun Cao who sent someone to bring the news to us." Not long after that, someone sealed the Shangshu Mansion, arrested Wenying and Luoxue, and broke the waves, who were injured during an argument with the soldiers, and are still lying on the bed inside. He said as he pointed inside.
"So what the hell is going on?"
"I just don't know what's going on. This is also what happened in the past two days, Brother Fang and I are preparing to sneak into the palace to have a look, but since the emperor has imprisoned the princess sister, he must have expected that we may enter the palace, and the palace will definitely be heavily guarded. The two of us must make a complete deployment, and don't waste our lives. We guessed that after you came back, you might not find us in Huaiming Yuan, and you would come to Shangshufu, so we specially sent someone with a candle shadow to shake the red waiting for you. Is everything going well with the borrowing of troops? ”
Hearing them ask, a trace of sadness surged up in Ji Kaihan's heart again, so he told Jiang Shaoheng and Fang Xiao everything that happened in North Korea.
After Jiang Shaoheng and Fang Xiao heard what he said, the two of them sighed repeatedly: "I didn't expect Brother Ji to go to North Korea to borrow troops, and the road was also difficult and dangerous. Fortunately, you were able to calm down and save the Joseon Dynasty, if not, maybe Joseon would have fallen by now. ”
After hearing him say this, all Ji Qihan thought about in his heart and eyes was Yao Wanyun, and he couldn't help but sigh.
When Fang Yu saw him say that, he glanced at him and said to him, "Those who have lost their souls are the only ones. ”
Jiang Shaoheng saw that the two of them were a little sad for a while, so he said to him: "Let's not think about the past, if Second Miss Yao knows that you are now so depressed and sad because of her affairs, she doesn't want to see it." Let's think about it now and figure out what happened. ”
"Didn't Yun Cao send you any more letters?"
"No, if my guess is right, even Yun Cao is suspected by the emperor. It stands to reason that the emperor could not have such great ability, I don't know which master guided him behind him, and allowed him to do it so neatly and mercilessly? ”
Everyone sighed for a while.