Chapter Ninety-Six: A Different Path
It seems, what's wrong?
According to what Yun Xiu said in the Baiying Cave that day, the person she was waiting for was now a general, how could he be a lonely soul wandering on the banks of the Lethe River?
Even if they are not the ones waiting for each other, then look for them until they meet the person in their hearts.
This one has come to an end temporarily, while the other one is not so simple. The crime of treason, just thinking about it is enough to die ten times, so Qingya didn't mention this matter, so he could only find other information channels.
In the evening, the slanting sun gilds a layer of vicissitudes on the solemn palace, the sunset hangs outside the Hanyuan Palace, the palace of gold bricks and red tiles casts a paper silhouette, standing here and looking south into the distance, the whole Chang'an City is in full view.
The current emperor has only been on the throne for forty-one years, and for a dynasty that cultivates, his era has just begun
One hundred and thirty years old, which is still very young for an emperor.
But this is the king who should have displayed his great deeds, but at this moment, like the sunset behind him, a twilight.
According to legend, there are spirits in the south of Chu, with 500 years old as spring and 500 years old as autumn; In ancient times, there were people who had a big tsubaki, and 8,000 years old was the spring, and 8,000 years old was the autumn.
A spring and autumn is for a catastrophe.
Now, the Fuxia Dynasty, which has gone through more than 300 years, has also entered this fateful catastrophe. In the founding year of the country, the first emperor invited the world's first warlock to calculate the fortunes of Fuxia.
Who knew that this warlock and his junior brother had entered the realm of selflessness as soon as they began to calculate, and they had been calculating until the rise and fall of the world for more than 2,000 years after Fuxia.
In the end, it was the junior brother who woke up first, and only after pushing him behind his back did he stop the calculation. The infinite heavenly machine is unobservable, and if there are more people who know it, the rules of the world will change.
At this point, the two of them kept the conclusion of this day's deduction in their hearts, leaving only a few words to cope with the emperor's request.
"Facing the sea in the east and the mountains in the west, thousands of princes bow down. Last night, the lights were full of buildings, and the fairy mountain swept the night with a sword. ”
The young king recited the prophecy of a hundred years ago, and looked at the figures of the three people under the palace wall in the distance, could they be the prophesied sword of calamity.
"Why did you two leave in such a hurry, you finally entered the palace for a trip, why didn't you play in the palace for a while, such a prosperous place, you two can actually regard it as a cloud of smoke?"
Qiu Chiyu walked in front, and the two followed her left and right, to use a popular metaphor among the people, it was a young mother with two babies.
"The master taught that our monks should take it as their responsibility to pursue the supreme path, and not to indulge in all kinds of things in the mortal world, and not to lose their minds by playthings."
The green cliff in the rear replied solemnly,
"Just her? Don't be discouraged by the plaything, she was ...... back then."
As if remembering something, Qiu Chiyu immediately covered his mouth, he couldn't say it, if this stinky boy went back and told her that I exposed her shortcomings in front of his apprentice, then I wouldn't have a peaceful birthday.
She gently pulled Hua Qing'er to her side and whispered in her ear, "Has he always been like this?" One master said, one master said, how can you be like a child. ”
"That's not it, after three years of cultivation, I think he has regarded Uncle Liu as his mother." Hua Qing'er nodded in agreement.
Mother?
After all, she is the same age as her, and she has never had a Taoist couple so far, why is she cultivating on Shaking Light Peak, and she is regarded as a mother.
But this can be used to secretly ridicule him in the future, and in front of her apprentice in the future, I will also call her mother-in-law to see how she copes, hehe.
After having dinner at the restaurant near the river, the three of them secretly flew out of the city gate and went straight to the west mountain.
In the distance, the silhouette of the West Mountain shows a strange color in a vast twilight, the mountains and forests are whistling, birds and beasts are crying, everything is indicating that human beings should not enter, after all, after nightfall, this is an inhuman paradise.
"Da, da, da"
Two black bears as tall as green cliffs were running between the jungle to feed, and suddenly they smelled a burst of human anger, and their eyes immediately radiated green light, and rushed towards the three of them with a devastating momentum, breaking one tree trunk after another.
But when it got close to the three of them, it braked sharply in an instant, turned around and wanted to run back quickly, but due to the inertia brought by its huge body, it still couldn't stop sliding towards the three of them.
Pop, Qiu Chiyu's white palm slapped on its black mane, causing all the hairs on its body to stand up, and it could only squat in place and remain motionless.
Because, the woman in the middle, is exuding a sense of fear carved into its blood, it doesn't know what kind of creature it is, but the genes tell it to run, run as far as possible.
"Don't run around at night when the children are older, let's go home quickly."
Qiu Chiyu turned his face sideways and signaled that it could go, and the black bear that had been pardoned disappeared without a trace in an instant, and he didn't know how his huge body ran so fast, it seemed that this son had a talent for cultivation.
Bidding farewell to this episode, the three of them continued to walk deeper into the West Mountain, Qingya followed the memory of the last time to find the place where he fell, but found that the hole that had collapsed by himself had been repaired.
The gate of the White Glowing Cave is just an ordinary small cave, and the further you go inside, the larger the space becomes, and the starry ears illuminate this place as mysterious and gorgeous as the night sky.
After all, it is a woman, even if she lives in the mountains and wilderness, she will decorate this place so magnificently.
Coming to the door sign engraved with the white glow cave, Qingya gently slapped the boulder blocking the front three times,
"Miss Yunxiu, I have returned from the palace."
Boulders rumbled down, revealing their way to the depths.
Qingya took off his shoes and socks and walked in, although Qiu Chiyu and the others didn't understand what they meant, but it was only the etiquette of visiting, they also took off their shoes and socks, and walked in barefoot.
"It's so soft, it's like walking on the clouds,"
Hua Qing'er was bouncing on tiptoe on the carpet, and the hairpins in her hair were dancing happily, while Qiu Chiyu wondered if she could go back and spread it in her bedroom.
Deep in the mountain, Yun Xiu sat at a low table, crossed legs, quietly waiting for someone to come. She has spent forty years in this kind of waiting, and finally today, there is a result.
"I thought I would have to wait another forty years."
Seeing Qingya walk in, she whispered quietly.
"Please don't make fun of Miss Yunxiu, please allow Miss Yunxiu to introduce you a little bit when you come down, this is Wan ......"
"Wanlongling Yanlongmu Qiuchi Yu, no one in Chang'an City knows the prestige of Yanlongmu, although I am a country person, this knowledge is still there, and the younger generations have seen the autumn seniors."
Yun Xiu was the first to recognize Qiu Chiyu's identity, and stood up, bowed slightly, and poured hot tea for the three of them.
"Don't be polite, I'm just here with the two of them, let this kid talk to you about your business." Autumn pond rain turned on the onlooker's tea drinking mode again.
"I don't know Miss Yunxiu, can you get this sword?"
Qingya took out the broken sword that Qin Xiangge handed over to him from the star field and handed it to Yun Xiu.
Yun Xiu's eyes widened in an instant, and she picked up the broken sword and put it in front of her eyes to look at it carefully, she used her fingers to gently stroke the word "Qin" engraved on the sword grid, and tears silently slipped straight down from her eyes.
She held the broken sword firmly in the palm of her hand, clinging to her chest, as if in the next second, the broken sword would leave her again.
Then she lowered her head, bent down, and held her deep in her arms, just as she had held her beloved for the last time forty years ago.
There was silence all around, only a slight sobbing sound was heard, Qingya didn't know what to say, perhaps, let her cry quietly at this time, it would be the best relief.
Seeing Yun Xiu's miserable appearance, Hua Qing'er's eyes were also red, and she looked at the green cliff on the side, not knowing what she was thinking.
Qiu Chiyu also put down the teacup and looked at the three people in front of her with a blank expression, the descendants of the divine dragon were born to break off love, she couldn't understand it, and she couldn't imagine the feeling of the people's heart.
I don't know how long it took, Yun Xiu raised her head again, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with the tears she still wiped, and still asked Qingya with a crying voice,
"Where is he?"
He ...... He ......"
This time, Qingya was stumbling and speechless.
How can she speak, do you just tell her that the person she was waiting for has long since returned to the netherworld, and she will never be able to wait for him in this life?
Forty years of waiting for nothing, what a blow it was to her. But if you don't tell her, do you want to continue to let her wait with that faint hope?
"Say, where is he, where is this negative person, you say!"
Yun Xiu raised her voice a little excitedly, and even her body trembled unconsciously.
"No, no, he's not a negative person, he's been looking for you, he's ......"
In the panic, Qingya didn't know how to deal with it.
"Then why didn't he come to me, is he already married and has children? I understand that shemales have different paths, and I have never had the luxury of accompanying him for the rest of my life, but if this is the case, why doesn't he even want to talk to me. ”
Yun Xiu's miserable words were more like telling herself, and she laughed at herself that the forty years of obsessive waiting were just a blank in the end.
"No, his heart has always been you, he ......"
Qingya is still racking her brains to think of a way.
"He's dead."
Qiuchi Yu, who had been sitting silently, made the facts clear at once.
The air suddenly froze, and it wasn't until a quarter of an hour later that Yun Xiu was still standing there dumbfounded. Qingya looked at her figure, as if all she saw was a soulless body.
I don't know how long it took, Yun Xiu replied as if mechanically: "If you told me last year that he was dead, I can accept it, after all, forty years have passed, and mortals can't escape the wear and tear of time.
But at the beginning of this year, I saw the triumph of the army and heard his name named General Dingyuan, and now you tell me that he is dead? ”