"Miss, this is the last person on the list. ”

In the East Wing Courtyard, the candle flame is flickering.

Xiao Zhao's expression was soft, and he put away the case file for Xu Qingyan, he was too busy tonight, and after the banquet was dismissed, the second list was presented to Xu Qingyan's table...... Although she is a maidservant, she has followed her master for a long time, and she knows a little about the prince's arrangement.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been waiting for three years today.

Three years of forbearance, three years of "tolerance...... Only then did we have this complete list, and only then did we have a big operation to purge dissidents tonight.

At the beginning, she offended the third prince, and she was exiled to live a difficult life until the prince rescued her from the middle of nowhere...... She was able to live again.

For Xiao Zhao, Miss is the one who gave her life.

So is the crown prince.

Holding the case file, Xiao Zhao glimpsed the haggard and pale face of the young lady through the reflection of the pear flower mirror on the table, from the day she left Tiandu to the end of the palace banquet tonight, the young lady did not say a word to her.

Xu Qingyan, who was rubbing his eyebrows, was obviously a little tired, with some indescribable sorrow between his eyebrows, as if he had something on his mind.

But now...... Xiao Zhao didn't dare to ask more.

"Miss...... Take a break. ”

She could only sigh softly, comforting her softly, and then hugged a large copy of the case file, ready to push open the wooden door.

"Squeak".

The wooden door was opened.

The cold wind poured in, the night was gloomy and long, there seemed to be a thunder sound, and the face of the person who came out in an instant, Xu Qingyan, who was extremely tired, saw the appearance of the entryist, and was stunned in place, Xiao Zhao, who was holding the scroll, was startled, and the person glanced at her and gave her a way out of the way......

This kind of silent concession is actually a kind of ignorance.

Xiao Zhao lowered his head and hugged the case file, and walked out quickly, his expression becoming angry and distorted.

She lowered her voice like the roar of a wild beast, and read word by word in her voice.

"Ning-yi. ”

......

......

"Ning Yi, why are you here?"

The door of the house was closed again, and the strong wind in the middle of the night, as well as the boiling Tiandu at the moment, all the noise, were shielded from the small courtyard of the outer Tiandu.

It was quiet here.

The candle flame was soft.

The woman's gaze was also very soft, like a calm lake, without the slightest wave, but now in Ning Yi's eyes...... But he lost the original innocence.

Xu Qingyan noticed the pile of stationery in Ning Yi's hand.

Her expression was stunned for a moment, then fell silent, and the atmosphere became stiff in the silent entanglement, and soon she understood the cause and effect, so she said with some disappointment: "I...... You've never read the letter to you before. ”

Ning Yi found a place in the room to sit down.

He clutched the letter, he wanted to say something, and on the way to the East Chamber, countless thoughts, countless thoughts, and countless words that could be said could be said with his mouth open in his mind.

But a thousand words, in the end, there is only no word.

Should I be angry?

Why are you "angry"...... Angry that Xu Qingyan killed so many people, or angry that she became the same person as herself?

Should you be disappointed?

What right do you have to be disappointed in Miss Qingyan?

In the end, Ning Yi's throat trembled, and he just squeezed out three words stiffly.

"I'm sorry. ”

The girl who had been waiting for a long time heard these three difficult words.

I'm sorry?

The girl smiled.

"Why do you say 'I'm sorry'?"

Without waiting for Ning Yi to speak, she answered softly, "You think I'm ashamed now, right?"

Ning Yi was stunned.

He stood still, not knowing what to answer.

Xu Qingyan is still the same Xu Qingyan, when facing himself, he is always soft and weak.

It's just that after reading those letters, Ning Yi can no longer associate the girl in front of him with the girl Xu in his mind......

Xu Qingyan stretched out a hand and gently held the jade cup on the table, the tea was cold, but she didn't care, she took a sip gently, facing Ning Yi, she always felt that she couldn't let go, she always felt cautious and uneasy...... obviously wrote everything in the letter, but he was always worried about Ning Yi's attitude after knowing the truth.

She was in a trance, the girl who corrected the papers late at night never retouched her face, she was dressed very casually, wearing a black gauze skirt, her hair was scattered, and the broken hair on her forehead hung down gently to cover her eyes.

The time in front of me blurred.

In this quiet pavilion, scenes from the past are reflected, but at the moment it is quite ironic.

Mr. Ning didn't read those letters......

She still thought that Ning Yi said that day

To cut open the cage for her, this is the attitude after knowing everything.

So that's now.

The girl took a deep breath and looked up to squeeze out a pale smile, trying to stabilize her voice.

"Ning Yi. ”

Xu Qingyan asked with a smile: "Now you know...... That's who I am. Do you want to take back those words from before?"

Ning Yi was just silent.

Today's two people seem to have changed souls.

He didn't know how to speak, he didn't know how to organize his thoughts, and after the prince revealed the true murderer of the bloody night, his mind went blank...... But he chose to face it, came to the East Chamber, and came to see Xu Qingyan.

"Chief ...... of the Department of Inspection"

Ning Yi's voice was hoarse.

"It's me. ”

Xu Qingyan admitted in a calm tone.

"The people killed over the years ......"

"It's me, too. ”

"...... Tonight"

"It's all me. Xu Qingyan held the teacup and stood up, she was no longer the thin caged bird hiding in the dark, there was light in her eyes, bright and firm, staring at Ning Yi, her voice was not loud, but she burst out with all the strength in her small body, "Every major case file of the Supervision Department, the last person to sign and confirm it is me, and every drop of blood that has been flowing underground all these years is related to me...... As for tonight's purge, I am solely responsible, and those rebels in the East who killed my brother will be punished in the fairest way. ”

Every time he said a word, Ning Yi's face turned pale, he had never seen such a firm and fierce Xu Qingyan, and the girl in the black gauze skirt held the tea cup in her hand vigorously, like an antelope preparing for battle.

Xu Qingyan suddenly seemed to be drained of his strength.

She looked at Ning Yi's eyes and saw too many complicated emotions in them.

The girl tiredly asked, "Do you feel guilty?"

"Guilt...... Yes, there is. ”

"You don't need to feel guilty. It's a choice I made on my own, and it's none of your business. ”

"You should jump out of this cage. Ning Yi only felt that every word he said sounded very pale, very weak, and ridiculous," ...... I hope you don't stain this blood, stay away from strife, and be a clean person. ”

“......”

"Qingyan, everything I said that day was serious. I've talked to the crown prince, I'll take you out of Tiandu, and no one will know the secret of the head of the Supervision Division-" Ning Yi gritted his teeth and said, "As long as you promise me not to get involved in the follow-up of these events, I will help you become the 'Xu Qingyan' you used to be." ”

He stared at the girl and took a step back, while Xu Qingyan took a step back.

The distance between the two men froze.

She took a deep breath and shook her head, "I refuse." ”

"I don't want to become the 'Xu Qingyan' I was before. ”

"Ning Yi, I'm absolutely honest with you...... I have never deceived you, concealed from you, doubted you. The wooden floor that Xu Qingyan stepped on barefoot was already wet with tears, and she asked with a sad smile: "But why, even you want me to become the 'Xu Qingyan' I used to be?!Should I live as you think...... Is this what you call giving me 'freedom'? Li Bailin wants me to live like that, Emperor Taizong wants me to live like that, and now even you are the same...... What's the difference between you and them?"

Ning Yi's brain was buzzing.

He remembered what the prince had said...... If you want to destroy someone quickly, give that person something she will never get.

Only the crown prince really gave Xu Qingyan freedom.

Absolute freedom.

Unrestricted, unrestrained freedom...... So with a gentle thrust of hatred, the girl would sweep in the direction of darkness—

Every move I have made to make the white paper white again is useless.

Just like the people who wanted to blacken the white paper before.

What exactly is the color of this piece of paper never depends on other people, only on herself.

"Mr. Ning, you must be disappointed in me......"

Qingyan chuckled under her breath, her voice sounding painful, and she fell back into her chair as if she had dropped her soul out, "Me too...... I'm disappointed in you too. ”

The girl put her hand in front of her neck.

She gently tugged on the red rope, tore the half of the bone flute leaf from her jade neck, and used all the strength of her life to lift it up.

Her voice was crying, trembling violently, and she made a lot of determination.

"Flute...... Flute...... Give it back to you. ”

Xu Qingyan gritted his teeth.

The bone flute was taken by a hand.

She didn't look up, so she didn't see the man's expression at the moment.

The girl curled up in a chair with a thin body because of emotions

Trembling violently, she controlled herself and buried her head between her knees.

There was still no sound in the pavilion, and after giving the bone flute, she stopped talking, and Ning Yi stopped talking.

There was no sigh.

No crying.

Nothing, perhaps a million of them wanted to speak and stopped—

But in the end, there was only a silence that was more solemn than death.

Then there is the sound of the wooden door being pulled.

Ning Yi left the East Chamber.

The girl's curled up body continued to tremble, and finally burst out with a low cry uncontrollably, there had never been a moment in her life like this heartbreaking, blurred vision, all kinds of regret urged her to chase, after falling off the chair in embarrassment, she was like a dead fish, clutching her five fingers hard, the snow-white wrist bulged with blood lines, and finally the whole person shrunk into a small ball.

Outside the house, the long night burned out, and the dawn light rose, like a line of tide, reflected into the ground through the bamboo window, slowly advancing.

The cowering girl hid in a corner, the light flooding the room, but it was stuck at her ankles.

......

......

The dawn was broken, and the Burrow was silent.

Ge Qing looked at the long knife hanging in front of him in a daze.

The leader of the team of the Supervision Division collected the knife at the last moment, he silently read the message of the token on his waist, and said lightly: "Mr. Ge Qing, you once wrote a "Discussion of the Four Realms" in the Ping Demon Division?"

Ge Qing was stunned, I don't know why, this article was made by him when he was drunk in his early years, and he was full of spirit for a while, and scolded the court officials, but fortunately it was never published, and it was only circulated among a few close friends, even Huang Zhilang never knew about it.

The moment he heard the "Essay on the Four Realms", his first reaction was to refuse.

Ge Qing shook his head decisively, "I don't understand what you're talking about. ”

The team leader just stared at him with a blank face, and said, "An adult has read that "Essay", and 'he' praised you for writing very well. People who can write such articles will not collude with the traitorous party, and the matter of Huang Shilang may be stained, and it is a false accusation from the eastern border...... Next, you'll need to accompany us to do a survey. ”

"Investigation?"

Ge Qing was a little distracted.

"Hmm. A routine investigation. The group leader said lightly: "Don't worry, since the adult has spoken, you don't have to worry......

"Wait. Ge Qing was still protecting his wife, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Tonight...... Didn't a lot of people die?"

The group leader frowned, he wanted to scold him for not asking what he shouldn't have been.

But the last message in the instruction kept him silent at this moment.

The team leader nodded, and shook his head again, "A lot of people died tonight, but they were all damned people, smuggling, selling counterfeit silver, transporting the treasury, and the charges were conclusive, so the sentence was death...... That lord doesn't wronged a good person, at least in my opinion, he didn't wronged you. Don't worry about being tortured, and then you will be taken away by the Law Enforcement Division in accordance with the procedure. ”

After saying that, he slowly put his knife back into its sheath and turned away with the group.

The team leader finally stopped, turned his head, looked at Ge Qing, and reminded with an expressionless face: "Regarding the matter of the 'Supervision Division', I hope you will forget it cleanly, so as not to cause trouble." ”

......

......

"February 19. East Chamber. Night. ”

"I've finally, finally, finally met Mr. Ning, and I've waited too long for this day. But it was all worth the wait. ”

"The reason why I wrote this letter is because the days with Mr. Ning are so memorable, we went to eat rake beef, glutinous rice cakes, morning tea shop on Hongfu Street, went to Luliu Street to eat rock sugar gourd, and pinched sugar man...... With Mr. Ning, no matter what happens, I am very happy. ”

"The happiest thing is that Mr. Ning told me that it is not me who is wrong, but the world. ”

"Mr. Ning, in fact, you don't know, I don't care about this world. All I care about is you. ”

"I will be a bright person, I will try my best to run forward, in fact, I don't need Mr. Ning, I can break free from this cage myself...... If that day comes, I want to go with you to see the highest snow-capped mountains, go to the farthest desert, and go to many, many places that I have not been to, just like these days in Tiandu, such days, I will laugh happily when I think of them. ”

"It was the happiest time of my life. ”

"I want to ......"

A very long text, full of wishes.

For example, go to the beach to pick up conch.

Another example is to take a boat to the fairy island in the West Sea.

Another example is to find a yard to sleep in the sun.

However, these dense words, crossed out by horizontal lines, were wet with tears, air-dried, and blurred.

In the end, only remained.

"I want to ......"

"There is no more light in my world. ”