Chapter 43: It's Hard to Say Goodbye When We Meet (Merry Christmas to All!)
In seven years, the Qinglan Domain was turned upside down. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
From the beginning when the Jin State and the Ming State jointly besieged the Yue Kingdom, resulting in the initial defeat of the Yue Kingdom, to the final strong counterattack of the Yue Kingdom, which first disabled the Jin State in one fell swoop, and then destroyed the Ming Kingdom.
In just seven years, it has changed from the former four countries to the current Yue country ruling Qinglan alone, and the former four countries have become the only one country now.
The once prosperous Qinglan Domain, under the burning of wolf smoke and beacon fire, was riddled with holes and unrecognizable.
According to statistics, at the time of the Four Kingdoms, the Jin Kingdom had the largest population, reaching a staggering 50,000 people, while even the Xia Kingdom, which had the smallest number of people, had a population of nearly 20,000. And now, after the reunification of the Yue National Congress, the number of census numbers in the whole Qinglan region is less than 100,000!
The staggering mortality rate was not only due to the war, but also to various rogues and local forces over the course of seven years. Especially last year, a plague that enveloped almost the entire Qinglan Domain, this plague directly slaughtered nearly thirty cities, and the center was in the Ming Kingdom.
If it weren't for this shocking plague, the Yue Kingdom would not have been able to destroy the Ming Kingdom so easily and achieve the final victory.
In order to prevent the further spread of the plague, the emperor had to order the burning of the city, and then the white ash paved the ground, and half of the land of the Ming Kingdom was plain white, full of sorrow.
At the time of the last battle, Yu Ziyu once appeared on the battlefield, she was still wearing a black veil, her amazing face was obscured, and she pointed a sword at Zhang Ling from afar.
Her long red whip was wrapped around her waist, and an astonishing temptation was strangled on the black clothes, and her slender waist was not full of hand, but such a Yu Zi language made Zhang Ling's will to struggle to survive collapse in an instant.
It's been seven years.
Every day, I am fighting against the devouring of the source, but the vitality is still being consumed little by little. If it weren't for Wen Ruyan covering his hair with medicine, then Yu Ziyu would have seen that the person who was still a young man in fresh clothes and angry horses was actually already gray-haired and miserable.
After the final battle, Zhang Ling disappeared.
Without knowing where he had gone, without any news from him, he left Kyoto, avoiding everyone's eyes and ears and setting out on his own.
Wen Ruyan pinched a letter in her hand and smiled bitterly.
Her beautiful cheeks were filled with despair, and what was written in the letter really made her feel as if all these years of work had lost any meaning.
Zhang Ling didn't love her, she didn't even like her.
He was dying, but he still wanted to see Yu Ziyu for the last time.
Wen Ruyan smiled and shed tears, wetting the letter in his hand.
Zhang Yao looked at the flowing clouds in the sky and sighed silently.
"Brother Ling, why are you doing this?"
"Then sister, why are you suffering?"
Zhang Yao was stunned for a moment, and then fell silent.
This world is so big that countless people can survive, and this world is actually very small, as small as fate, it seems to be deliberately arranged.
In the early days of the war, Zhang Ling asked people to inquire about the whereabouts of the old man in the South China Sea and Zhang Yao every day, and later learned that Zhang Yao actually lived in seclusion in the Forgetful River, and the man who practiced with her every day, the young man named Ji Qingyang, was actually the senior brother who Yu Ziyu often hung in his mouth.
At that time, everyone didn't know, until one day when Zhang Yao and the others went down the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, they saw the terrible Yu Ziyu with a pale face.
Zhang Yao and Ji Qingyang lived in seclusion on the mountain and rarely went down the mountain, so they didn't know that it was like this outside.
At that time, Yu Ziyu looked at Zhang Yao with an indifferent expression, Zhang Yao almost couldn't believe that it was the girl who was once lively and cute like an elf.
It wasn't until the original thing came that Zhang Yao felt a burst of unbelievability, and she felt that something must have gone wrong. From the beginning of the South China Sea, she could see that Zhang Ling's love was just beginning, and she was obviously moved by Yu Ziyu, but why did such a thing happen to Xia Guo and his party?
It was also since then that even she and Ji Qingyang felt uncomfortable together, and Zhang Yao was not a person who would wronged herself, so she simply left their senior brother and sister and went to find Zhang Ling, wanting to ask things clearly.
Zhang Ling told her what happened, starting from the beginning, it was like a farce that was deliberately arranged, and in the end, such an ending made Zhang Yao laugh.
In the past seven years, Ji Qingyang has come to see her countless times, but there seems to be a gap between the two, and it is no longer the same as before.
But who is to blame?
Who's at fault?
Is Zhang Ling to blame? What is wrong with Zhang Ling? He desperately saved Yu Ziyu, and in the end, he will be innocently wronged and bear the words of affection in this world, what can he say?
But if you want to complain about Yu Ziyu, she doesn't seem to complain, Yu Ziyu was injured to save Zhang Ling, without her knowledge, she was taken away from her innocence by her beloved man, but she was ruthlessly abandoned, and she humiliated herself fiercely with the big red wedding dress she wore on someone else, and put it on someone else's body, I'm afraid she was going to kill that person on the spot, right?
Zhang Yao smiled bitterly, so that every time she met Ji Qingyang, she couldn't help but toss back and forth in her heart, and finally could only sigh at the injustice of God.
Between the two, Ji Qingyang could only sigh silently in the end, and then left silently.
The former gentle smile has long been covered by a layer of deep worry, and the white clothes with the slight cold and warmth of early spring are now lonely.
Zhang Yao put away her thoughts and looked at Zhang Ling who was sitting opposite, and her heart was even more unbearable.
"Brother Ling, there is no news from Master so far, your body is ......"
"It's okay!" Zhang Ling looked at his hands lightly, his mood was dead and silent, and he didn't make waves.
The Origin Rift has begun to absorb his life force, and within three months, he will definitely die, and he just wants to see Yu Ziyu one last time and tell her that he loves her and loves her so much that he can die.
Forget the love river, the mountain of falling souls.
Standing side by side with white and black, under the Fallen Soul Mountain is the Fallen Soul Valley, which is difficult for birds to cross.
The Valley of Fallen Souls is one of the three major Jedi in the Qinglan Domain, and there has always been a saying that 'as long as you enter the Valley of Fallen Souls, the King of Hades is waiting to collect the corpse'.
However, the scenery on the Soul Mountain is extremely beautiful, the flowers are luxuriant, and the light of the rising sun and the setting sun is refracted through a natural stone mirror, reflecting this small gentle slope picturesquely.
It was here that Zhang Yao lived in seclusion for more than a year.
Now Ji Qingyang and Yu Ziyu live here.
A blue figure was trying to climb up the mountain, it was an ordinary person, wearing a blue dress, his long hair was tied up by a ribbon, and his back looked like a thin teenager.
Zhang Yao helped Zhang Ling get out of the carriage, looking at this landscape, and suddenly a feeling of being a person or a person suddenly arose.
Seven years, so much has changed.
She saw how a girl changed from simple and cute to ruthless, Zhang Yao didn't know if she knew this change in Yu Ziyu, but she felt very sorry for Yu Ziyu, and felt sorry for the cold-faced woman wearing a black veil on the battlefield.
She used to stand on the South China Sea, fluttering in purple clothes, like an elf.
"Why are you here?"
Ji Qingyang fell from the sky, dressed in white to show his elegance, he was a little surprised to see Zhang Yao, but when he saw Zhang Ling, his face darkened.
He didn't know what was going on, so he hated this unkind man.
Even though he looked seriously ill now, as if he was about to die.
Zhang Ling knew what Ji Qingyang was thinking, but now he didn't care about anything, he just wanted to see Yu Ziyu.
"Brother Qingyang, my brother wants to see Miss Yu. Zhang Yao looked at Ji Qingyang quietly and spoke slowly.
Ji Qingyang frowned and looked at Zhang Ling strangely, "My junior sister doesn't want to see anyone." ”
As he spoke, he bit the word 'anyone' hard.
A trace of pain flashed in Zhang Ling's eyes, but he straightened up his body and said toughly, "What if I have to see it today?"
"Then you can try!" Ji Qingyang smiled slightly, and for a moment the warmth seemed to shine on the earth, but in his eyes, there was only indifference and disgust.
Zhang Ling also laughed, he was wearing a cyan robe, with a hint of reserved pride, as if he had returned to seven years ago, which made Zhang Yao stunned, and tears almost fell.
"Sister, you help me stop him, and I'll go up the mountain by myself. ”
Zhang Ling smiled, clean and thorough.
"No, your body can't go up. Zhang Yao directly denied him.
Zhang Ling looked at Zhang Yao very seriously, with a toughness in his eyes that he had rarely seen, "Sister, I have no choice, I don't want to die with regrets." Besides, as long as I can see her, three months is no different from one day for me, so it is better to overdraw my life for three months to today! ”
His voice was clear and calm, as if he were speaking, with irrefutable force.
Zhang Yao gritted her teeth, pondered for a long time, and finally nodded heavily.
Zhang Ling looked at the Falling Soul Mountain, his eyes sank, he took steps forward, stopped when he passed by Ji Qingyang, and then continued to move forward.
"Brother Qingyang, offended!" Zhang Yao stepped forward and blocked Ji Qingyang's way.
She was hunting in white, her long hair was pulled up high, and her autumn-like eyes were as tough as Zhang Ling.
Zhang Ling and Yu Ziyu, they have already missed it, Zhang Yao doesn't want his younger brother to carry such a heavy burden, not to mention, his life is not long.
"Yao'er, you know I'm not going to make a move on you. ”
Ji Qingyang looked at Zhang Yao helplessly, and his good-looking eyebrows showed a sad expression.
Zhang Yao lowered his eyes and whispered, "But no matter what, I will stop you today!"
That gentle slope is not far away, if it is flying, it is probably within a snap of his fingers, but Zhang Ling has long lost his Yuan Force, and his current body is inferior to ordinary people. I could only walk up step by step, and walked for half an hour.
When Zhang Ling saw Yu Ziyu's back, he only felt that all kinds of emotions were surging up, and for a while, his eyes were red.
The black gauze fluttered, her long hair fluttered in the air, and the wind on the mountain was too strong.
Will it blow her cold?
"Ziyu!" Zhang Ling muttered, his voice low and hoarse.
Yu Ziyu didn't look back, she stood on the edge of the cliff, looking at the dark and secluded Fallen Soul Valley below, as if petrified.
Zhang Ling stepped forward, he stood behind Yu Ziyu, wanting to touch her, but he was a little timid,
"What are you going to do?"
Yu Ziyu's voice was cold, and she turned around, stunned for a moment.
The last time I saw him, it was on the battlefield, at that time Zhang Ling was wearing blood-colored armor, and the horse under his crotch was holding his head high, which was a very impressive image of a freshly clothed angry horse. But now, the former boy is gone, his gray hair is full, his breath of life is extremely weak, and Yu Ziyu can't even feel the fluctuation of the Yuan Force on his body.
But after so many years of silence, she is no longer the girl who once simply didn't care about the world, she hated Zhang Ling, and the hatred born of love was firmly rooted in her heart, so even though her heart was throbbing at this time, she hid her emotions well.
"I'm here to see you!"