Chapter Seventy-Six: The Second Life

The picture is frozen, the memory is frozen, and they are all left in front of the cliff in Yanmen Pass forever. It seemed that Fang Chengyu was worried that he thought about it too much, Xiao Jintong said: "Continue to look for the exit, although I don't know why these murals on the stone wall will take us through the past, but we haven't figured out the reason yet, maybe these murals can unlock the secret of this mysterious cave and take us out." ”

There is no better way, and it can only be so. Fang Chengyu thought in his heart.

In the dark, there was still a shallow tear stain in the corner of Xiao Jintong's eyes. But no one saw it. Quietly wiping the corners of his eyes, Xiao Jintong continued to walk forward with the Night Pearl, this time what he saw was that in the era of war and chaos, a general led a team of soldiers and horses to stand in front of a new grave, while a girl knelt in front of the grave to hide her face and cry.

"What does this mural want to tell us, and what is the connection between these murals?" Xiao Jintong and Fang Chengyu also looked at these murals in a daze.

Just as the two of them looked at the mural closely, the picture in front of their eyes changed.

"Crossed over again?" Xiao Jintong, who was dressed as a peasant girl, said to herself. She looked at herself and got up. This time it seems to be possessed by a peasant girl in the prime of her life, who is dressed plainly and patched everywhere.

Slowly information also poured into my mind, the girl's name is Cailian, her parents are ordinary peasant families, and there are two younger brothers at home. At this time, it was the chaotic times at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the war was continuous, the mountains and rivers were broken, the people were not happy, and they had no next meal after eating.

"Alas, not for the peasant households, I don't know the suffering of the people in the world. Since ancient times, emperors and generals, how many people can understand the suffering of ordinary people like this!" There was a rumbling sound from Cailian's belly, who had just finished sighing. It turned out that Cailian had not eaten for two meals.

It's just that this time is different from last time, Xiao Jintong seems to have his own thoughts, but he can't control his body like when he was attached to Princess Xining, it seems that this time he crossed over and was just a consciousness attached to Cailian.

"What are you thinking?" The one who spoke was a young man, and his appearance was exactly that of Fang Chengyu. After seeing Xiao Jintong's appearance of Cailian who had been silent, he asked out loud.

Through Cailian's memory, I learned that this person's name is He Tian, and Cailian grew up together since childhood, and the two are a pair of childhood sweethearts. He Tian's family, like Cailian's family, is a poor peasant family.

"Brother He, are you really going to join the army tomorrow to defend your family and defend the country?" Cai Lian asked with a worried look on her face.

We ordinary children from poor families don't even know a few big characters, and it is absolutely impossible to gain fame in the examination. For now, the only way to do this is to join the army and make some meritorious deeds on the battlefield before I can come back and marry you!" He Tian said.

After Xiao Jintong's consciousness heard the words of the person who looked like Fang Chengyu, he understood that Fang Chengyu should be the same as himself this time, but a consciousness passed through the possession, and this time the two of them could no longer intervene in their thoughts and physical behaviors.

"Cailian is reluctant to let you go, go goodbye, I don't know when Big Brother He will come back to marry Cailian. Why don't you go to my house now, and wait for you to marry me, and I will watch you return at home. Cai Lian looked at He Tian reluctantly, her eyes were full of tenderness, and she whispered to He Tian despite her already red cheeks.

"Lian'er, I know your heart, you know my mind. Our two families are the poorest in the neighborhood, but your parents also dislike me for being from a poor background, and want to marry you to a better family, so that you won't be unable to open the pot for three days. This time I have made up my mind, and I will definitely make a meritorious battle on that battlefield, and then come back to marry you. He Tian clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

The two hugged each other and fell in love.

The next day, He Tian came to the place where the two often met. He put his arms around Cailian and told her that he was going to join the army under the account of General Wang of Youzhou. Let her not worry, and after some meritorious service, she will return to the field to marry her.

He Tian left alone with only a few torn clothes on his back, and the homeless people had no fixed residence, and there were beacons everywhere. This ignited He Tian to achieve a good career and come back to give Cailian a stable life.

Cai Lian actually kept it from He Tian and didn't tell him that her parents sold herself into the palace as a palace maid in exchange for some food. On the third day of He Tian's departure, Cailian was also sent to the palace.

In the palace with high walls and deep courtyards, Cailian is like a bird in a cage, thinking every day about when he will be able to fly out of this cage and go to Youzhou to find his eldest brother He freely. However, the palace is as deep as the sea, and usually in the palace, you are not allowed to step out of the courtyard where you are located.

Two years later, in Youzhou in the north, wolf smoke was everywhere, He Tian bravely killed the enemy on the battlefield for the dream in his heart, and was soon promoted from an ordinary soldier to Xuanjie Lieutenant. He Tian looked at the dense enemy army under the city, there was no fear in his eyes, only to fight bravely to kill the enemy and return to his hometown, where there was still a person waiting for him.

The battle lasted three days and three nights, but the enemy army still flocked to Youzhou City like a tide.

In the palace, in the palace where Cailian was located, a eunuch quietly said to another person: "Have you heard? General Wang, who was stationed in Youzhou City, and all the generals under his command were wiped out, Youzhou City was broken, and our five princes were announced to go to the palace early in the morning to see the driver." ”

This happened to be heard by Cai Lian, General Youzhou City King, isn't that the army that his big brother He went to defect to? For a while, it was like five thunderbolts hitting the top, Cai Lian's eyes turned black, and the whole world seemed to have lost its color.

When Cailian woke up, her first thought was to leave the palace and go to Youzhou to find He Tian, to see people in life and corpses in death.

In the first battle of Youzhou, the city gate was finally broken, the city guards and civilians in the city were all slaughtered, the corpses were all scattered all over the field, and it was unbearable to see, only a few quartermaster soldiers escaped.

After several twists and turns, Cailian didn't think about tea and dinner every day, and only thought about how to get out of the palace.

Finally, the five princes in their own clothes were ordered by the Tang Emperor to go to recover Youzhou, and the palace maids who served on the road included Cailian.

Cai Lian was anxious in her heart, and she was about to arrive in Youzhou, but all the way from Chang'an, there were fleeing homeless people everywhere, and occasionally there were a few corpses on the side of the road.

After coming to Youzhou City, the enemy army had already rushed out and retreated. Leaving only a dilapidated empty city, Cailian sneaked away from the retinue of the five princes, looking for He Tian's whereabouts everywhere.

But this time in the battle of Youzhou City, there were heavy casualties, and there were very few survivors, so it was not easy to find out He Tian's whereabouts, Cai Lian did not give up, she firmly believed that He Tian must be waiting for her somewhere. She remembered that He Tian had told her that he would come to marry her.

The legend of the swordsman's love