Chapter 3 Coup d'état
In December of the 568th year of the Altino calendar, the city of Hangzhou of Altino
"Hey, hey, you're all right, are you all right? All of a sudden, your face is so ugly, is it because you have eaten something and your stomach is bad?"
Seeing Izumi Sakura's sad expression suddenly becoming silent and crying, Lancelot, who was about to say something, became scrambling and tried very hard to make Izumi Sakura feel better.
"No, I'm fine, a little sand got into my eyes just now......"
Izumi Sakura came back to her senses, immediately collected her thoughts, changed her smile, and forced herself to suppress the discomfort and contradiction in her heart, and wanted to propose to leave this dangerous place that touched the scene. At this time, she noticed that Lancelot's embarrassed expression had a feeling of wanting to stop talking, so she asked.
"Ah...... That one...... Nothing...... Originally, I wanted to tell you that it was very windy and cold, and after standing here for a long time, my head was a little ......."
"What? Are you going to tell me you're getting headaches again?"
"Uh...... Actually, it doesn't hurt much, but it feels a little bit...... A little bit of feeling, really to say it hurts, it doesn't seem to be very bad, but ......"
Because he found that his wife's expression was wrong, Lancelot was so worried that he even began to say something wrong, and he stole a glance at Izumi Sakura's face while talking, but in the middle of the sentence, Izumi Sakura suddenly let out a "wow" and cried like a little girl.
In the past, Lancelot's understanding of this beautiful wife always remembered her intellectual, intelligent, rational and self-controlled, elegant and noble, a noble woman who showed a high level of education at all times, and discussed things with her, and listened to her methodical analysis, which could even be said to be a kind of enjoyment, but he never thought that she would have such a scene as now, completely disregarding her own image and self-control, and crying like a young girl.
It happened suddenly, and Lancelot panicked at the moment, and he couldn't figure out what he had done wrong, so Izumi Sakura was so heartbroken, forgetful and crying, and hurriedly ran over, trying to figure out the reason for her crying, but as soon as he got closer, the placket of his chest was grabbed by Izumi Sakura with one hand, and the tears that gushed out of his clothes fell little by little, spilling on his placket.
“...... I'm sorry...... I'm really sorry...... But...... I can't ...... again this time Woo......"
The intermittent sobbing sound, and the sad face that was full of tears, slammed into Lancelot's chest at the same time. Still unable to figure out what he was wrong, Lancelot could only let his wife grasp the placket of his clothes, and tears flowed frequently, wetting a piece of his chest.
Izumi Sakura looked up at Lancelot, her beautiful eyes were misty with tears, and she couldn't speak words, she could have left the previous locations decisively to avoid the recurrence of Lancelot's old illness, but when she realized that she had to leave here, she suddenly felt a familiar pain in her chest.
That pain, when Senior Brother Gongjin wanted to wash away his memories and let himself forget these past events, his chest used to be so painful......
If Lancelot were to recall that scene, the possible consequences would be terrifying, but if everything that had happened was erased and denied, the pain would be much more painful than that fear.
When Izumi Sakura realizes this, her sanity quickly directs her in the direction and tells her what to do now, however, it takes more courage. Izumi sucked in, trying to build up as much courage in her chest as she could, so that she could look Lancelot in the eye and say what she had to say.
"I ...... I ......"
To do this, it may be more difficult than going into battle to fight the enemy, Izumi Sakura couldn't say a complete word for a long time, but just when she wanted to try to speak again, the man who had been silent in front of her finally spoke.
"Actually, I should have said sorry to you, I originally brought you back here to make you happy, but I didn't expect it to make you so sad, I'm really confused. ”
What Lancelot said made Izumi Sakura puzzled, but Lancelot immediately gave a good explanation, pointed to the air with one hand, in the middle of the two big trees, facing the place where nothing didn't exist, and said seriously: "In the middle of those two trees, there used to be vines, and there were grass lanterns, and the number was ...... There are probably more than 1,500 lights, I can't remember much, anyway, after weaving the straw lantern, I will hang it directly, and I have to hurry up to continue weaving, so I don't have time to ......count it carefully."
These words made Izumi Sakura look up at Lancelot incredulously, but he seemed to be very excited, pointing to a few plane trees, and carefully describing the scene here that night, how each grass lamp was hung, and how the lights were flickering, clearly and meticulously.
“...... Ahh......h Alas, it is much more difficult than going into battle to slash and kill the enemy, and I have never had such trouble in my life. ”
Lancelot sighed: "If it weren't for my rabbit wife telling me that this would allow me to bring the first beautiful sister in Hangzhou, even if someone put a knife on my neck, I wouldn't have done such a thing, but what...... She, the chairman of the Magic Guild, is not a nonsense magic stick, that love magic does work, I always believe that it is because of the magic of that magic that you will be tempted!"
"You...... You're really remembered......"
"Well, some time ago, when I was in retreat, some of the past impressions began to come back to my mind, and I was very confused at first, but I soon realized that it was a memory that I had lost...... Even before I left for Shangri-La, I had pretty much remembered the past. ”
The affirmative and gentle tone evoked a memory of Izumi Sakura, when she was in danger in Shangri-La City, her husband was incarnated as a masked warrior "Ali Baba Goode III" to come to the rescue, at that time I only felt funny, I couldn't figure out what trick he was doing, because the two husbands and wives had no suspicion of each other, why did he use this way to avoid himself?
If the husband really doesn't like him, he won't go to great lengths to help, but when he asked him why he changed his name, he just used "I'm sorry" to explain in vague words, and I couldn't figure out what he was embarrassed about, but now, I ......
"At that time, you said that you were embarrassed to meet me, which means ......"
"Because I'm sorry for you...... Since we met, I have never given you any good life, I have always brought you trouble and trouble, and I still bullied you so brutally when I was in Japan, I really can't find such a bad man again......"
Lancelot's sigh caused Izumi Sakura to burst into tears again, and she felt ...... If it was such a situation, I might have the courage to say that apology.
"At that time...... It's all my fault, I stabbed you...... But believe me, I really don't want to do that, and if I had a choice, I'd rather have that sword in my ......."
"Shhhhh ”
At that time, at the bottom of the West Lake, the pain and heartache of being betrayed by Izumi Sakura's sword, and now, after a few years, Lancelot has enough wisdom and insight to see through the whole thing and understand the reason for Izumi Sakura's move, so he whispered a soft shout to stop Izumi Sakura from speaking, and used his thick fingers to gently wipe away the tears that rolled out.
"Thank you...... However, I can't be cowardly any longer, I want to face these things, it should be a sin on my back, I don't want to run away from ......"
Even in the midst of her excitement, Izumi Sakura maintained her intelligence and sanity. Gently but persistently pushing Lancelot's hand away, she looked up at the man and asked softly.
"We ...... What should I do?"
When all the things that have been deliberately hidden have been revealed in the sun, the time of judgment has come for the crime and punishment that we once wanted to escape. Izumi Sakura knows very well that there are too many things between herself and this man, and those grievances not only involve the two of them, but even involve many people next to them, and all kinds of entanglements make Izumi Sakura unable to see the future.
"If we want to settle accounts, we have a lot of accounts to settle with each other......"
The love and hatred that happened at the bottom of the West Lake, the hatred of Ku'er Mountain, the hostility on the battlefield, and the life-and-death duel in Japan...... He and Izumi Sakura seem to be enemies who are destined to be enemies by nature, no matter which of these incidents, if you count the hostility and hatred in them, the two should immediately draw their swords and fight each other!
"But we didn't...... Even when we hate each other the most, we all leave room for us. Although it is a bit of a coincidence, I still believe that in the dark we still remember each other, and we did not do everything to the end...... Now is the moment. ”
It is easy to settle the hatred and grudges of the past, however, even in the darkest and heavy memories, laughter and joy can still be found, and there is not only one side of things, if we want to move towards the future together, we cannot remember only one side. So, now there is only one problem left......
"Actually, if you think about it, I never seemed to ask you formally in the past, I just pulled you up and forced you to follow me......"
Lancelot chose to shake Izumi's trembling hand and asked very seriously: "This beautiful big girl, would you like to go through the rest of your life with me, a mountain monkey?" Of course, I don't deny that our line of work is very risky, and the so-called life ...... Maybe tomorrow we will be slaughtered together by your senior brother, but even if we are going to die tomorrow, I still hope to have you by my side when I die...... Well, of course I don't mean to drag you to die with me...... Strange, why did I say this? I didn't mean to say this......"
From the beginning of knowing this man, until now, his incoherent speech when he is nervous has obviously not improved, which is really not a happy thing.
There are many things that can be answered, but the most important thing at this moment should be to be honest with yourself and not make answers that you will regret......
"Fool, you don't need to pretend to be so sven......"
There were still tears in her eyes, but a smile had already bloomed on Izumi's lips, and there were only a few times in her life when she really wanted to laugh, but at this moment, she couldn't help but laugh out loud, because the feeling of being immersed in happiness was really good.
"A rude monkey like you who can't speak, just pull me up and ask me to follow you!"
"Oh, then, if there is anything in the future, I can just knock you unconscious with a stick and drag you along?"
"That's not going to work!!"
In the exclamation, Izumi Sakura had already been picked up by Lancelot, and before he could react and struggle, he lowered his head and kissed him. Perhaps the mountain monkey was as rude and brutal as ever, but Izumi couldn't deny that after years of honing and practicing, his kissing skills had indeed improved greatly.
However, the difference from a few years ago is ...... There are also many uninvited guests who are irrelevant and unfamiliar to the two of them, and they will come uninvited at the most inappropriate time!
"No, I'm sorry, did I pick the wrong time again? You guys are really hard to find, I have drilled through most of the underground of Hangzhou City, and I almost drowned in the West Lake by the groundwater before finally finding you. ”
Coming out of the earth, half of his body was still hidden under the surface of the ground, and his gray face looked like a fat gopher. He was still smiling, but after bearing Lancelot's murderous gaze, he hurriedly began to explain.
"Yes, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to break your adultery! Actually, there's nothing wrong with kissing, you dog and man just keep kissing! Kiss it until you die, kiss it until you go to hell, I won't bother it again. ”
"Yukitaro, what's the matter?"
Even though she lamented in her heart, Izumi Sakura still had to ask about the situation before her husband drew a knife and cut people. If he really intended to peep, with his understanding of him, he must be full of obscene smiles at this moment, and he will not be as flustered as he is now, so there must be a situation in the airship.
"It's nothing, it's just that the news from the Jixia side has just arrived, and the Iron Mask Demon and Jinao Island have returned to Zhongdu, and some changes have happened, so I need to let you know immediately......
"Got it, we'll be back shortly. ”
Let Yuxue leave first, Izumi Sakura thoughtfully helps Lancelot sort out her messy hair and clothes, and prepares to say her final goodbye to this place that contains many memories.
"By the way, is your head still hurting?"
"What is the pain? My head is so strong, I haven't had a headache in a long time. ”
"But you've been ...... all day today"
"Oh!you said that!haha,haha,hahaha~~"
Lancelot burst out laughing, but anyone could hear it, and there was a deliberate hint of embarrassment in the laughter.
"Because I've been thinking about how to tell you the truth, so that you won't be angry?" Later, when the North Gate was closed, Fenghua suggested that I could pretend to have a headache first, and then say that I would recover my memory, which seemed more normal!"
"Wait, Sister Fenghua knows?"
"Yes, Xiaocao and Feng'er are not here, I can only consult with her, she said I should be honest with myself, talk to you well, and don't leave any regrets, so I changed my course and came to Hangzhou first. ”
And then ...... You're just screaming about headaches, just to pretend to be back to your memory? Oh my God! I've been worrying that you're going to have a relapse. ”
I don't know what to say, but now Izumi Sakura also feels that her head hurts enough, and she may even have a cerebral hemorrhage and fall down at any time.
However, when Lancelot put his arm around her shoulders and apologized in a low voice, Izumi Sakura, whose anger disappeared in an instant, could only secretly sigh that she must have done a lot of evil in her previous life, and only in this life did she have this retribution, no wonder others.
"Forget about this time, but you honestly tell me, is there anything else you didn't tell me?"
The scope of this question was very wide, and seeing the slightly angry look in Izumi Sakura's eyes, Lancelot couldn't avoid the question, and after a moment of thought, he looked left and right, and thought of one thing.
"When you say that, there is actually one thing!"
"What's the matter?"
"The night I was weaving the straw lantern here, I was very shocked when you pointed to your heart and said that the fire was lit there, because it was only at that moment that I suddenly discovered a very important problem. ”
"Found what?"
"I found ...... Your boobs are actually not as big as a little grass! I feel like I have suffered and been deceived by you like this. ”
“......”
"Hey, mother-in-law, what do you mean by you turning around and leaving? You want me to tell you frankly, and when you hear it, you turn around and leave, it's very ungraceful! And I mean you didn't have as big boobs as she did then, not that you ...... now. Ah, hahaha, I say that, of course I don't mean that your boobs were smaller than a man's at that time, hey, don't go, wait for me!"
After Lancelot and Izumi Sakura returned to the airship, they read the latest information from Jishita on the electronic screen, and were surprised to find that the situation was far more serious than the "some changes" that Yuyuki had said, and the severity of the situation was even no less than the change in the situation after the Great War in the land tour.
The appearance of Jinao Island in the sky over Zhongdu was an incident earlier today, when the Zhongdu City set off a commotion, and nearly 10 million citizens were in an uproar for this behemoth's sky-covering spectacle.
Zhou Gongjin, who returned to the central capital, did not waste time, and immediately chose to meet with Hülegü to discuss military affairs with the prince who held the power of Altino. The meeting was not long, according to the accounts of the hundreds of officials and ministers present at the time, it was only a quarter of an hour before and after, and the two brothers turned against each other.
Although Hülegü is notoriously hidden, but against this too powerful enemy, but there is not even a chance to show the edge, under the clamp of the lock of the vitality of all things, he was captured at the first move, and then Zhou Gongjin announced that the prince of Hulegu colluded with the enemy country, was deprived of all power, and the whole capital entered a state of martial law, and severely searched for spies in the city.
"It's really inexplicable, that iron-masked shemale can't get along with anyone......"
Lancelot made such a feeling, and Izumi Sakura was greatly surprised, because she really couldn't imagine that Senior Brother Gongjin would break his face with Senior Brother Sixth at this time.
Of course, with the wisdom of Senior Brother Gongjin, sooner or later he would see through Senior Brother Six's intention to make peace with Reyns and join forces to deal with him, but this time it was inevitably discovered too quickly, and only a few people on his side knew about the whole thing, except for Hülegü and Nier. Nier even used secret words in the interrogation, even if she was intercepted, she would not be discovered, how did Senior Brother Gongjin know?
And even if you know that Senior Brother Gong Jin has always had such a deep personality, how could he suddenly take such drastic measures? At such a time, imprisoning Hülegü and monopolizing power will not only have to face the enemy outside the city, but the Medici forces inside the city will also have a counterattack, this is really the worst way to deal with it!
The more she thought about it, the more inexplicable it became, Izumi Sakura couldn't figure out the significance of Gongjin's approach at all, but Lancelot thought that things had developed to this point, and there was no need to say anything more, and he should take advantage of the enemy's chaotic position to go over and give him a blow and blow the iron-masked demon away.
"Down with the second senior brother, but...... His martial arts...... Husband, have you been able to grasp the power of the Zhai Heavenly Position?"
"Not yet!"
"What's going to hit then?"
"That's why I said kill him, not kill him. Lancelot raised his eyebrows, and asked Yuxue next to him to take out a copy of the newsletter he had just received, which clearly read:
The dean's landline "Titanic No. 1" has already moved towards the central capital, and it is loaded with the main cannon that the Taiyan Academy has completed with all the efforts of the academy - Tongtian No. 2!
"Not to mention the self-healing ability of the Zhai Heavenly Position, even if it is the perfect body of the Taitian Position, as long as it takes a shot, it will definitely die, we will find an opportunity to target the Iron Mask Demon, secretly put a cannon on him, and keep him even with the Iron Mask, and turn it into ashes!"
"Then what if he also secretly looks for an opportunity to fire a shot at you?"
"Good question, but I think that with the martial arts of the iron-masked ladyboy, there is no need to secretly release our cannon, not to mention that there are you on the ship, maybe he cares about the friendship of the same family and will not do it, but if he really releases it...... Hmm, wahahaha, mother-in-law, now we can really be together forever. ”
Lancelot crossed his arms and laughed, Izumi Sakura watched from the side crying and laughing, I really don't know why her husband is so confident, he will think that a rebel who once killed the teacher with his own hands, and still cares about the friendship of the same family, but when the matter comes, it is useless to think too much, only to go with the flow and go to the capital first.
Looking at the dashboard that was almost at full speed, Izumi Sakura prayed that Niel in the middle capital would be safe, but she didn't expect that the situation there was more severe than she imagined, and Nile was sighing useless with her two allies.
"Think of a way, one of you is the head of the White Deer Cave, and the other is the military division of Reyns, don't you have any ideas when it comes to the end?"
"I protested. My title of head is to be put on the shelf, it has nothing to do with my own wishes, most of the time I only smoke marijuana and my sister, and I don't know anything about military affairs. ”
"I'll protest too. I'm a well-known soldier of a hundred defeats, and every time I come up with an idea, it must turn into a bad idea, so for everyone's safety, it's better not to let me make an idea. ”
Gengoro and Yan Ning pushed each other's responsibilities, on the one hand, the two still needed time to recover their vitality and combat strength, and on the other hand, because the situation changed beyond Gengoro's expectations.
Hülegü was preparing to make peace with Reyns, but Gengoro didn't know about it beforehand, and he only heard about it from her after he came to meet Nier.
In Jinao Island that day, Gong Jin was already suspicious of the bizarre appearance of Rou Ning, and after careful observation, he found that Gengoro was still hiding on the island, and after laying an ambush, he suddenly launched a thunder surprise attack, and the two enemies should have been completely lifeless, but Rou Ning was not able to be restrained by the lock of the vitality of all things, and at this time it helped a lot, after a bloody battle, Rou Ning and Gengoro finally killed the child, so they fought all the way and came to the middle capital.
Along the way, there was a pursuit battle with Jinao Island, Gengoro's strength did not recover, and Yan Ning was also injured by Gong Jin when he broke through, and the main reason why he was able to reach Zhongdu safely was actually because of the excellent cultivation of the two in magic. The two celestial magicians worked together to repeatedly perform space jumps, and then cast various blocking spells to disrupt the enemy's tracking direction, taking advantage of the disadvantages of Jinao Island's jumping system that had not yet been repaired, so they escaped to the middle capital.
"Actually, I think there's another reason. Gengoro smiled and said: "When he was hostile to your old partner, Zhou Gongjin actually kept one hand and didn't go all out, which gave us an opportunity to take advantage of, otherwise we might have died on Jinao Island a long time ago." ”
"What the hell is going on? I've been a little girl's mother for too long, and now I have no interest in men at all, I just want to find a good place and hug a young and lovely little beauty. ”
Yan Ning scoffed at Gengoro's words, and had no interest in talking to him more, so she left on her own. When the two of them arrived at Zhongdu to meet Nier, Nier sent Zhou Jiamin back to the mountain behind Bailu Cave, while Yan Ning and Gengoro took temporary shelter in Wanhualou.
Wanhualou is the rudder of the Qinglou Alliance in the central capital, since the Shangri-La War, Zhou Gongjin, who intends to eliminate Shangri-La in one fell swoop, has become the great enemy of the Qinglou Alliance, and it is reasonable for the Qinglou Alliance to take in Yuangoro;
"Sister Yan Ning, why are you a big customer? When you were in the middle of the capital, did you spend a lot of money in the Qinglou?"
Nier specifically asked this question, because in her feeling, the word Yan Ning and wealth seemed to have nothing to do with each other, and it would sound incredible if she could have spent a lot of money in the Qinglou back then.
"Spend money? no, no, no, people who have the ability don't have to pay for drinking flower wine and prostitution, but the beauties who were good with me at the beginning promised in person, as long as I open my own yard and be the boss, they all jump ship to do things with me, and the Qinglou Alliance is afraid that I will tear down their platform, so as long as I come, there will be no charge." ”
"Huh......? Do you still have that kind of plan now?"
"Oh, maybe that's okay, if you come to work with me, I'll call you a red card lady!"
Yan Ning smiled and left, and Nier learned from Gengoro that Yan Ning really had plans to open a brothel, but this incident caused Lu You to be angry, and he felt that the dignified children of Bailu Cave opened a brothel, and also entertained fellow Confucian students at a discount, what kind of system did it be?
However, although Rou Ning helped Gengoro leave Jinao Island and was clearly hostile to Gongjin, he was not interested in Alterno's situation, so when they discussed Hulegu's situation, Rou Ning chose to leave and not participate in these actions.