Chapter Ninety-Eight: Falling Snow
Seoljin Castle South Castle Head.
Lu Xing borrowed Chen Fei's foal, and after sending Xiao Yu back to the City Lord's Mansion, he came to the southern city head alone with the Dragon King's Spine.
The soldiers guarding the city had only just seen Lu Xing, and they knew Lu Xing's identity, so they respectfully said, "The prince of the world, please." ”
Lu Xing was silent and went up to the city alone, and Lei Ying was still in the city.
Lei Ying looked back at Lu Xing and said, "The prince is here?" ”
"Hmm," Lu Xing nodded, throwing the Dragon King's spine on Sun Wu's corpse, Yu Guang noticed that Lei Ying was a little stunned, and asked, "What's the matter, why don't you go back to the City Lord's Mansion?" If you are not used to living in the City Lord's Mansion, you can also go back to your Lei family's mansion. What is there to blow the cold wind in this city? ”
Lei Ying was slightly stunned, looked at Lu Xing carefully for a while, she stepped on the battlement with one foot, and sighed: "Since I was eleven years old, I haven't been in Xuejin City for a day. For me, Seoljin City is not like a home, but more like a quagmire, and the longer I stay here, the deeper I will fall, and I have always felt that my father and mother are like this. Everyone said that my father and mother were fornicating with barbarians, but I didn't believe it, I really didn't believe it! ”
Lu Xing raised his eyebrows and glanced at Lei Ying, and said lightly: "Do you need me to help you find Elder Ge?" You and I will look at the file again, if your father and mother are really wronged, I will definitely help your father and mother overturn the case. ”
Lei Ying shook her head lightly, swept the snowflakes off her shoulders with her hands, and said, "No, there's no need to look at it." My father and mother were originally Marshal Chen's subordinates, and she said to me, 'Your father's sin, the evidence is conclusive, and it is the same to watch it a hundred times and ten thousand times', I was still young at that time, even if I knew that Marshal Chen would not lie to me, but I still wanted to see it with my own eyes, so I held my father's file and kept reading it, and after reading it for three days and three nights, I knew that Marshal Chen did not lie to me.
"And then I went on a hunger strike, I wanted to starve myself, I wanted to go underground to see my parents, I wanted to ask them why?" Lei Ying said flatly, just like snowflakes falling lightly, the whiteness of the earth became thicker.
"Marshal Chen dragged me to my father's tomb, she asked the elder for my father's body, and she buried my father's mother." Lei Ying said this, and his voice stopped.
Lu Xing turned his head to look and saw tears dripping from Lei Ying's eyes, and the tears fell into the snowflakes, and after a long time, they became part of the snow.
Lei Ying woke up her nose softly and said with a smile: "Let the prince laugh, I just think that the prince of the world is not bad, and he is not difficult to get along with, so I said this." ”
"Marshal Chen forced me to eat in front of my father's tombstone, and she said that if I didn't eat, she would dig up my father's tomb," Lei Ying wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her fingers, but she couldn't hold back the tears like rain, and the tears slid down her hand into her sleeve, as if sending the cold wind from the north to her sleeve.
Lu Xing stepped forward, hugged Lei Ying with open arms, and said softly: "It's cold, go back, let's cook a hot pot and eat later." ”
Lei Ying was slightly stunned, looking at Lu Xing who was close at hand, she smiled and said: "The prince is too gentle, and he treats everyone the same, just like the fourteen old generals, they just want you to abdicate when they make such trouble, but you only punish you slightly, and they will definitely deal with the prince a thousand times afterwards." ”
"At that time in Kua'e Pass, you had to go through Ku'e Pass alone for the sake of the death of some saucers, Lan Wu and I didn't support the son, I think you are a short-sighted, brave and unscrupulous person."
Lu Xing smiled slightly and asked, "What about now?" ”
"Now," Lei Ying blinked at Lu Xing's eyes and said softly, "Now I'm a womanizer." ”
Lu Xing asked again: "Then what kind of king do you think the northern land needs, can a womanizer like me do?" ”
"Of course not!" The corners of Lei Ying's mouth hooked up a smile, his eyes were raised, and there was a little hope in his eyes, "Learn from King Chu Zhuang, if you don't speak, it's already ...... That's fine. ”
"Alright, I'll go back first."
Lei Ying lightly pushed Lu Xing away, and jumped off the city with a spear in a few steps.
And at this moment, there is not a single patrolling soldier in the southern city, and under the towering tower, a black-robed man walked out of the shadow of the tower, and his figure was very tall.
Lu Xing looked fixedly, this person was hiding under the black robe, and he couldn't see anything.
"Who are you? Someone in the military? Does Lei Ying know you? ”
The black-robed man spoke, his voice hoarse: "I sent the voice to General Lei to leave first, there are some things I want to ask the prince." ”
Lu Xing raised his eyebrows and said, "It's okay to ask, but let me see your true face." ”
"Actually, I can roughly guess your identity, the one who can make Lei Ying take the initiative to leave is at least the sixth-floor martial artist, no, with Lei Ying's temperament, you are a mountaintop martial artist?"
"Mountaintop Takeo...... You are the commander of the Great Pond Warriors, and you are Qin Wu! Lu Xing fixed his eyes and touched the sword cultivation gourd with his left hand, if the martial artists in the world are on the list, if the martial immortals are the leaders, then the second is only Qin Wu.
"What are you here to do? According to the rules, you will lead 80,000 large pond warriors to guard the snow field, and you will not be allowed to return privately without the king's order! ”
The black-robed man nodded, laughing hoarsely, "These are just the speculations of the prince, and the prince has no evidence, so don't speculate." ”
"When you killed Sun Wu, I was actually there, but I didn't stop it," the black-robed man raised his head slightly, and under him was a pair of bright eyes, "You think Sun Wu can't be the king of the Northland, I don't think so, but I think even more that you don't have the ability to be a king on land." ”
"All the way north, I have been in danger many times, if it weren't for the fact that countless people have helped you openly and secretly, how would you have arrived in Xuejin City safely?"
"How can you lead Xuejin City to prosperity, and how can you protect the grain in the fields and farmhouses of tens of millions of people in the Northland?"
Lu Xing's tense left hand was gently lowered, he looked at the black-robed man indifferently, regardless of whether he was Qin Wu or not, he opened his mouth to answer this person's question, his mind relaxed, his heart was like a mirror, and his body was like a pine.
"Killing Qi Mu is to let Dong Ran'an divide points; The ruins of Chuangwen Dao are to improve their cultivation; The second time I broke through the Kua'e Pass is to tell my Majesty my determination today; The second house of Dong Wang was raided in order to stabilize the rear; The reason for killing Sun Wu is very simple, the king of the northern land cannot be an empty shelf. ”
"Actually, after Sun Qi died, there was indeed a suitable person in the North, that is, Qin Wu, who was very young for a great general."
"It's just that the Northland can't have a king with unparalleled killing power, that will bring down the Northland. So, I went down. ”
The black-robed man spoke again, his voice hoarse, "Stupid! The Great Zhou Dynasty is the biggest scourge in the north, instead of stubbornly defending the north and letting others slaughter it, it is better to wave troops south, take Kyoto, and destroy the dragon veins of the Great Zhou. When I gain a foothold in the south, I will be able to reclaim it sooner or later. ”
"Do you really think so? What if the dragon is trapped in the wild? Lu Xing asked flatly, he was not angry because of the words of the black-robed man, and even there are many people in the north who have such thoughts, and the grievances that the north has received in the past twenty years are really too many.
The black-robed man said: "That blood will flow thousands of miles, and it will be killed until the heavens and the earth are cold!" ”
Lu Xing frowned and said, "You underestimated the ambition of the barbarians, and also underestimated the ability of Da Zhou, not to mention the existence behind the gate of heaven. ”
"No," the black-robed man shouted: "When the gate of heaven is opened again, the kingdoms will fight and fight, this is exactly what the heavenly people want to see, they will not hinder me, I can make a compromise with him, and the next time the gate of heaven is closed, I will already dominate Kyushu." ”
"Qin Wu! Who are you loyal to? Lu Xing was furious, he didn't have a moment as angry as he was at this moment, how many martyrs had died in the northern land because of the heavenly people, how dare he, Qin Wu, dare to say such a thing!
"Heh, heh," the black-robed man smiled and shook his head sarcastically.
"In fact, there is another way, hand over the military power and join the Great Zhou Dynasty, and there are people in Xuejin City who are walking this road."
"People are nostalgic for the old, it doesn't hurt to kill a Sun Wu, since Xungui dares to touch the royal power, then he should be killed! Do you want to regain the royal power of Seoljin without blood, and the book is read for nothing? Woman's kindness! ”
Lu Xing looked at the black-robed man fixedly, and said coldly: "The domineering you said is not suitable for Xuejin City, the great enemy is current, the barbarians are going south, Xuejin City will naturally twist into a rope, why should I weaken my own strength." ”
The black-robed man took his hand and said with a smile: "Domineering is not suitable for Xuejin City, joke!" Lu Ang, Lu Shuang, which one is not overwhelming the world and threatening the world with domineering? is the former Confucian saint, who also shocked the world with domineering. ”
"You're three people away by land. Originally, with Sun Qi's martial arts talent, as long as he followed the footsteps of the martial immortal, he could steadily become the second martial immortal, so everyone in Xuejin City obeyed him. But what are you capable of traveling on land? Even if I can recognize you, what ability do you have to make the 300,000 soldiers in the north believe in you and obey you? ”
"Earlier you asked me who I was loyal to, and I can tell you that I won't kill you until I know Lu Shuang's life and death."
The words of the black-robed man struck Lu Xing's heart like a jack hammer, and the snowflakes in the sky slowly fell, and the chill in the southern city became more and more intense.
Lu Xing looked at the black-robed man indifferently, there seemed to be a cold light flashing between heaven and earth, the frost and snow at the head of the city were flying, and the sword light was famous-falling snow.
"Qin Wu, do you recognize this sword?"
The black-robed man stretched out his hand and grabbed it, and actually pulled this sword light out of the heavy snow, and his two fingers caught the sword light, like an aurora shining brightly.
He looked at the sword intent in his hand, his eyes were deep, as if he was looking at the extremely beautiful scenery of the world, "Your sister's sword path is very powerful, looking at the ancient and modern, only Taibai can compare." ”
When the words fell, the black-robed man reached out a hand and pointed in the air, the moment the sword rose, the heavy snow stopped for a moment, and the moment the sword fell, the new snow buried the old snow.
The sword light was unpretentious, a touch of white like frost and snow covered the ground, and the frost condensed the entire southern city head, including 1,200 battlements, thirteen enemy towers, and six miles of wide horse road.
"This sword is also snowfall."
The sword light faded, and the cold was still there, but the black-robed man was gone.
Lu Xing looked at the frost under his feet and sighed lightly, he immediately jumped off the city and waved his hand to Lei Ying below, "Let's go, go home." ”
Lei Ying's eyes continued to shine, gently patting the snow off his shoulders for Lu Xing, holding the silver spear in his hand, and walking towards Suzaku Street with Lu Xing. I bought a lot of vegetables along the way, and the streets and alleys at the moment were full of smoke.