Chapter 4: Death
The huge strange stone that rolled down to the Yue tribe, Yun Chuan specially ran to see it, whether the potholes on it were really the map of the Central Plains, no one knows. As for the treasure legends, she did hear about them, but the stories in these books were not enough to be believed even by the Khan of Witton. But today, seeing Wang Cheng find an abbot more and more in a hurry, Yun Chuan couldn't help but be a little confused: his father took most of the generals to the Yue tribe this time, and even the queen mother, who has rarely shown up, accompanied him, and the pomp and circumstance of this matter was inevitably too big.
"Yun Xi, what do you think about the matter of the Yunshi Conference?" Yun Chuan turned his head to find Yun Xi sitting at the window in a daze, "Yun Xi, what's wrong with you?" How many times have you been soulless tonight? Yun Chuan patted Yun Xi's shoulder.
Yun Xi came back to his senses and looked at Yun Chuan, tears rolling in his eyes. This frightened Yun Chuan, and he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" Aren't you all happy these days? Why did you cry all of a sudden? ”
Yun Xi said slowly: "Those two men just now are the two that I have often mentioned to you since I was a child, the man in white Wen Han is my cousin Yu Wenhan, and the man in green clothes Yang Qingyun is the big brother Yang I often mention to you." ”
"Ahh Look at my memory, I said how these two names are so familiar! "What a fear of something! When she met Yun Xi eight years ago, her father told her that this was her distant cousin, and that she had fled here. When the two got acquainted, Yun Xi slowly told her his true life experience. Although the water and soil climate of the grassland has changed Yunxi's appearance a lot, her life experience must not be leaked.
"Then do you want to recognize each other, didn't you say that they have taken good care of you since childhood, then this is a good thing, this is called 'bitter and sweet'. In that case, you have to thank me, if I hadn't made it a little difficult today, they wouldn't know where to go now! "Yun Chuan is even happier than Yun Xi.
In the past few years, only Yun Chuan knows how hard Yun Xi has lived. Although Yun Xi has always been light, elegant and docile, but since Yun Xi secretly revealed her life experience to Yun Chuan, Yun Chuan knew how desperate and difficult she was living during that time, and the two brothers who were often mentioned during those torturous days were Yun Xi's concern and thoughts. Now that I think about it carefully, although these two men Yunchuan have never been masked, they are also familiar: the status of the family, the knowledge they are good at, and the troubles of childhood, sometimes thinking about it, it is as if they have grown up with themselves.
"Do you think I can recognize each other now? My father was slandered and usurped the throne, and his life and death are still unknown, and my uncle fled all the way to Tusang, which made me completely forget the past and live incognito. It was also in the past four years that I have managed to come out slowly. Can I still return to the identity of 'Yuwenxi' in the open? How much do they know about eight years ago? Will there be a greater danger after recognizing? As he spoke, Yun Xi's tears couldn't stop falling.
"Yun Xi, don't be so sad, now we are in the dark, they are in the light, we can test it tomorrow. How many times have I told you, what does it mean to be able to live in the open? No matter what your previous identity was, you will always be the princess of Tusan, Ashina. Yunchuan's best friend and sister, you can live as much as you want in this life! Yun Chuan comforted and wiped away her tears.
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"Someone, kill, kill!" Suddenly, there was an exclamation from the window, and Yun Chuan and Yun Xi opened the door and ran with the crowd. By the time they arrived, the door of the room where the accident had occurred had been blocked.
Yun Chuan saw that Yu Wenhan and Yang Qingyun were also in the crowd, thinking of the relationship between the two of them and Yun Xi, which had an extra layer of intimacy compared to the wine confidant, so he jumped up to greet them and led Yun Xi to squeeze in. Squeezed in front of him and asked anxiously, "What's wrong, what's going on?" Yu Wenhan was surprised to see that Yun Xi's red eyes were still filled with tears, and asked, "You guys?" Yun Xi immediately shifted his gaze and asked, "Is it really fatal?" ”
"Aren't these two the people who bullied the king just now?" The two people who fell in the pool of blood were the people brought by Wang Chengyu, one fell on the threshold, and the other fell into the house, and a large pool of blood smelled fishy. There is also the monk in the room who is twisting the Buddha beads in one hand and bowing his head and chanting "Amitabha Amitabha".
"Get out of the way!" Several people shouted and pushed away the surrounding crowd, Yun Chuan was also pushed hard, his feet were not standing firm and almost stumbled, his hand was pulled back by a calloused hand, and hit a thick chest, Yun Chuan finally stood up straight.
Yun Chuan's little hand trembled, and he turned his head suddenly, and he was a millimeter away from the face of the person who was holding him, and he was almost close to his face. Yun Chuan was scratched by a cat in his heart, thinking "dare to take advantage of me", he raised his hand and slapped the other party, and the other party also reacted quickly, held Yun Chuan's wrist, and said, "What do you want to do?" ”
Only then did Yun Chuan see that this person was Yang Qingyun, it turned out that he was also trying to support himself, and he was already dressed in men's clothes, which was not offensive. Thinking of the hand he had just been held and the chest he was holding, Yun Chuan couldn't help but feel red at the root of his ears, but he could only pretend to be casual and say, "I, I thought it was you who hit me!" ”
Yang Qingyun let go of her raised hand, glanced at her and looked into the room with cold eyes. Wang Chengyu was shouting at the master of precepts: "Who did it!" Who did this to you! However, the master did not react as if he had not heard it, and twisted the Buddha beads and silently recited "sins and sins".
"What is the sin? I asked who killed them?!!! Wang Chengyue roared angrily.
"Donor, greed, hatred, and ignorance are the three poisons, which are the root of suffering, and I hope that the donor will let the poor monk go back, don't try to explore the mystery of the treasure, I am afraid that it will lead to death!" The Master of Discipline said in a low voice.
Wang Cheng became even more annoyed when he heard this: "My father has 100,000 elite soldiers here, and now it is the Tusang Weitun Khan who personally invited the current saint to participate in the Yunshi Conference, and the saint ordered my father to supervise this matter. I'll see today, who has the guts? ”
When Yu Wenhan heard this, his brows tightened, and he thought: It turns out that Wang Chengyue is the son of Wang Yu, the general who guards the thirteen cities of the border pass, but he didn't expect that the general, who has always been known for his loyalty, filial piety, and iron man, has such a high-flying and domineering son.
At this time, Wang Chengyu's subordinates hurried back, squeezed through the crowd, and said breathlessly: "I ran away, but when I jumped out of the window to chase someone, I saw this." After saying that, he handed out a token, Wang Chengyue saw the token, his face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly put it away and stuffed it into his pocket.
The subordinate hurriedly said: "Master, this situation is not good, let's hurry up and report to the official." ”
Wang Chengyu glared and said, "What kind of official?" I'm the biggest official here! ”
"Yes, yes, then, do we want to go to the desert tomorrow?" The subordinate asked nervously.
"Why not?" Wang Chengyu pressed the token in his arms with his hand, took a deep breath and said, "This is the first time I have done an errand for the saint today, and it can't ruin my good deeds!" ”
"Then I'll send someone to inform the general about this? Why don't you send us some more men? The subordinate said with a huff on the side.
"Yes, let my father send us more elite soldiers. Maybe I'm going to make a big contribution this time... Wang Chengyue's originally nervous expression suddenly became a little proud, and after looking up and seeing the crowd outside the door, he suddenly roared, "Why don't you hurry up and blow these people away!" And the corpses in this room, dispose of them quickly. ”
The subordinates immediately bombarded people, and the people watching outside the door began to discuss: "This is clearly trying to snatch the precept master and swallow the treasure alone, and in the end, the person did not rob it and caused a human life." ”
"It does make sense, so this treasure is not a rumor!"
"By the way, you can see what the man brought back? Wang Chengyu's face became so ugly! ”
"I didn't see it clearly, the black piece, seeing that they were so nervous, it should be a big deal!"
Finally, the crowd gradually dispersed, and only Yunchuan and the four of them walked slowly to the porch, each with their own concerns.
This token that everyone talked about a lot, made of black stone, carved wolf seal totem, Yun Chuan recognized it at a glance, this token is the elite cavalry token of the Tusang clan. Tusang's elite cavalry is a well-known eagle on the grassland, invincible and invincible, and Yunchuan's uncle Helian abandoned and served as his general.
Yun Chuan looked at Yun Xi with some anxiety, both of them were very puzzled, this 700-year-old treasure rumor has rarely been mentioned in contemporary times, when I heard that there was going to be a cloud stone conference, it was just said that it was a strange stone landscape to invite the world to enjoy, and the treasure was just gossip and talk about it, skipping a sentence. Then why did even the elite cavalry come? Do you really want to kidnap the master of the precepts to study some treasure?
Yu Wenhan and the others didn't notice it, but said strangely: "There are dead people in the inn in this city, everyone is as if they haven't seen it, they don't report to the official or the funeral, and the shopkeeper of the inn doesn't show up, isn't there a royal law here?" ”
Yun Chuan replied contemptuously: "Although I haven't been here much, I still know about the situation here. There are a lot of fish and dragons here, and there are fights and troubles every day, and everyone is not surprised. As for the king's law, it also depends on who has the final say here, right? ”
Yu Wenhan also heard that the situation at the border pass was complicated, and he was often raided and robbed by the bordering Xiayi ethnic groups, but the news that the imperial court received was that General Wang Yu was well guarded, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and there was a prosperous scene. Yu Wenhan asked puzzledly: "I have a very strict legal system and never engage in favoritism. And the border city, the forces are mixed, and it is indeed very difficult to manage. ”
"Hey, don't you think that this force is mixed, and it's all our desert tribes who have come here to bully the people of your dynasty, right?" Yun Chuan shook his head and said helplessly: "I don't deny that in the desert, there are indeed some idle people who are idle and thieves, and we also despise them. But you see, I can swagger to the border city to play, which means that this place is not afraid of us, and we are welcome. There is a ballad here, you must not have heard of it, 'The sunrise is related, the sunset is afraid of no return, I would rather marry the Mobei Han, and Mo Zhan is on the edge of the official camp'. ”
Yu Wenhan was speechless for a while, although he was born within the high wall, he still knew the situation in the world. What we have seen and heard today is indeed beyond what we have heard.
At this time, the shopkeeper finally appeared, and brought a few people up slowly, carrying two stretchers to dispose of the corpse. Yun Chuan stopped the shopkeeper's place and asked mockingly: "Shopkeeper, you can be regarded as appearing, there is a death in your store, how do we live here?" ”
The shopkeeper still had a good face, and said with a smile: "In our city, which store has not killed anyone?" I think you should be a desert person, you believe in immortality, this life and death have a fate, and it is not in the way. ”
Yun Chuan shrugged, glanced at Yu Wenhan, and told him with his eyes that this was the border city in reality. Yu Wenhan asked: "Then why didn't you report to the official, who has no parents and siblings, how do you explain to the family of the deceased?" ”
"This guest officer, what a joke, report to the officer? Don't you know who their master is? Which faculty can control him? The shopkeeper was already a little impatient, and there was still a hint of professional sneer on his face: "You guys are good, let me go quickly, I have to be scolded when I go in!" Rest early, don't lose your interest when you go out to play, why bother with such trivial things? ”
The shopkeeper took people to prepare a detour, Yang Qingyun took advantage of the situation to block the front, the shopkeeper looked up, a murderous aura attacked, Yang Qingyun said coldly: "Don't you say that killing people and setting fires here are common things, then if I kill people today, I don't have to be subject to the king's law?" The shopkeeper was shocked, how could these stunned young people still be on the bar, so they had to give up their hands and plead. Yu Wenhan sighed and said, "Let him pass." Yang Qingyun took a step back, and the shopkeeper hurriedly ran away as if relieved.
Yu Wenhan and Yang Qingyun were about to say goodbye, Yun Chuan looked at Yun Xi who was full of reluctance on the side, and hurriedly said: "Being troubled by them, the sleepiness is gone!" Are you sleepy? Want to see the sunrise over the border city below? ”
Yun Xi said knowingly: "It's already the second watch, I don't know if the two brothers are sleepy?" We know that there is a hill nearby, just in time to see the sunrise, and you can see the camellia flowers blooming all over the mountain. ”
Seeing that the two of them were a little hesitant, Yun Chuan hurriedly stepped forward and quipped: "There are some things that I can't help, but I believe that there is a harvest from heaven, so don't be so sad." I promise that when you see the sunrise over there, you will suddenly be enlightened, and all your troubles will be forgotten! ”
Yu Wenhan couldn't help but smile slightly, the little brother in front of him didn't know what magic power he had, and he could always remove the dark clouds in his heart in three words, so that he couldn't help but let down his guard. And this voice and smile are as warm and familiar as the dear person eight years ago. "Good!" Yu Wenhan replied loudly.