Chapter 838: Continuing the Journey (Part II)

After breakfast, Xiao Tian and Su Jia also had to say goodbye to Gao Ying Xiaoqing......

"Master, Sister Xiaoqing, then Ah Tian and I are leaving, you have to take care of yourself......" In front of the Plum Blossom Villa, Su Jia said reluctantly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info reunited for two years, although they were together for less than three days, Su Jia still had a good time in this short time.

"You are outside, you have to pay attention to yourself, you have seen so much of the world, how to go, you should know better than anyone else......" Gao Yingying said earnestly.

"Hmm......" Su Jia nodded comfortably.

Xiao Tian still smirked in front of Gao Ying: "Master, the apprentice is gone, don't think too much about the apprentice—"

Who knows, as soon as Xiao Tian's words came out, Gao Ying seemed to be a conditioned reflex, and said with a "bad face": "It's best for you to leave, so you don't have to worry about me every day - I live a stable life alone on weekdays, look at how much trouble you have caused me in the three days since you came back?"

Seeing Gao Ying's temper, Su Jia and Xiaoqing snickered on the side, while Xiao Tian said with a drooping face: "Master, can't you say good things to me before leaving......

Su Jia looked at Xiaoqing, and said goodbye to Yiyi as she did two years ago: "Sister Xiaoqing, I'm leaving, and you're left alone to accompany Master." But don't worry, when the war is over, Ah Tian and I will come back to see you...... Also, the fighting in Bianliang has subsided, if it's okay, you can take Master to the city for a walk, and it's good to take a break......"

Xiaoqing nodded with a smile and said reluctantly: "You don't have to worry, I will take care of my mother-in-law...... It's you, the war is merciless, two people are outside, you must take care of each other, care for each other......"

"We know this, Sister Xiaoqing doesn't have to bother......" Su Jia blushed and smiled, vaguely moved in her reluctance.

"That's it, Jia'er and I are leaving, Master, little green girl, take care......" Xiao Tian finally waved goodbye.

"Take care ......" Gao Ying and Xiaoqing are the same......

In this way, Xiao Tian and Su Jia left Plum Blossom Villa, ending their three-day short but warm return trip......

returned to the vanguard barracks, and the soldiers were ready to go, and Tang Zhan Lu Jing, who happened to be in Bianliang, and Qin Yu Murong Ying, who was guarding the prison city, also returned to the camp with the army. The time of the military departure was in the afternoon, while the time was still early, according to the original plan, Lu Jing and others took the ashes of the Zhao family and his wife, accompanied by Zhao Zibo and Emei disciples, etc., and went to the "Ghost Gate Cliff" to set up a tomb monument for Zhao Zichuan and Li Yuru......

"Ghost Gate Cliff" is not far from Liang Weng Mountain, and it only takes an hour to arrive on horseback. From the canyon, on the "desperate slope", on the battlefield where Zhao Zichuan finally fought bloodily, everyone decided to bury the ashes of the Zhao couple here to pay tribute to the souls of the martyrs......

The wind is light and the clouds are light, the sky is clear, and this is no longer the cold wind and cold howl of the wartime day, and the silence is dead. On the top of the "Desperate Slope", next to the broken temple where Zhao Zichuan rested for the last time before his death, everyone erected the tombstone of the husband and wife here, and worshiped with incense to show their awe......

"The heart is floating on the clouds, and the sun is setting in the west. What is wrong with the rise and fall of the ages, and the life and death of a hundred years are the same. Don't wait for the yellow bird on the sandside, why ask the shepherd in the snow. There were two swords buried here, and the rainbow light night pointed at Chu Tian and ......" Xiao Tian looked at the stone tablet on the side and muttered silently.

"Ah Tian, what are you reading?" asked Su Jia with some confusion.

"I'm reading, the words on this stele...... Oh no, it should be poetry......" Xiao Tian turned his head and responded.

"Verse?" Su Jia stepped forward to think.

"That's the famous general of the former dynasty to resist the Yuan, Wen Tianxiang's poem ......" Zhao Zibo responded on the side, "The poem on the stone tablet may be the ...... left by Wen Tianxiang before his death."

"I think Brother Zichuan led the army here, so I should have seen it......" Lu Jing said silently, "The double sword is simply a realistic portrayal of the fate of the Zhao family...... The Zichuan brothers wielded the two swords of Qiankun, expelled Meng Yuan, and fought on the battlefield, which can be regarded as inheriting the ancestral soul of the Song family, and being generous and righteous...... However, is it really good to die on the battlefield and die, and in the end the result is to be at the mercy of others like chess pieces...... Is it really good......" In the last sentence, Lu Jing's voice was very subtle, and others did not hear it - it was obvious that Lu Jing was secretly insinuating that Zhu Yuanzhang did not move in the "Ghost Gate Cliff", which finally caused Zhao Zichuan to die alone and tried his best.

Looking at Lu Jing's lonely expression in front of the monument, Tang Zhan was on the side, and tried his best to comfort: "Brother Zichuan died on the battlefield, and he did not live up to the will of the ancestors of the Zhao family, although we are all sad, we should also be proud of Brother Zichuan......

"But...... But ......" Lu Jing knelt in front of the monument, as if she was about to lose control of her emotions again, and said with tears streaming down her face, "Brother Zichuan...... And sister-in-law...... It's all because of the war...... Because the war ......"

"It's our fault......" Suddenly, on the side of the Emei disciple, Qingxue stood aside and said guiltily, "If it weren't for our Emei faction that night and attacked the military camp in disregard of the righteousness, we wouldn't have been succeeded by Wuliang Tuoduo's treacherous scheme, and Miss Li wouldn't have ......."

"Qingxue ......" Hua Ling sighed in response.

"It's not your ...... to blame," Tang Zhan comforted, and then said angrily, "If you want to blame, you have to blame Wuliang Tuoduo and Wang Dasheng, they killed my sister-in-law-"

"Tang Shaoxia......" Hua Ling still said in the tone of the rivers and lakes.

"However, these two people have also got the end they deserve...... Tang Zhan turned to a low voice, "Wuliang Tuoduo was killed by the Zichuan brothers himself, and the Zichuan brothers did not live up to the wishes of the Zhao family, and Wang Dasheng was defeated by the Xiao brothers, and the battle of Bianliang was over......

"Wang Dasheng ......" mentioned Wang Dasheng, Xiao Tian couldn't help but secretly resent, he defeated him with his own hands, not to mention, before this, too many brothers died at the hands of Wang Dasheng, Xiao Tian felt a kind of anger in his heart for too long, as well as grief for the deceased......

"By the way, is there any news from Yang Xiaofei and An An......" Lu Jing retracted her emotions and asked about the whereabouts of Zhao Zichuan and Li Yuru's children instead - after Yang Xiaofei and An An disappeared that night, there was no news of the children.

"No......" Hua Ling shook her head guiltily, "These days, we Emei disciples have searched for the whereabouts of the child, but we have never found ...... I'm sorry it's our ......."

It seems that the people of the Emei faction are trying their best to find the whereabouts of the orphans of the Zhao family these days. It's a pity that there is still no clue, it seems that it is really as said in the parting letter, Yang Xiaofei with the child, disappeared without news......

"Miss Lu, don't be sad...... Qing Xue comforted on the side, "Don't worry, our Emei faction will definitely continue to search for the whereabouts of the child...... After all, we are ashamed of Zhao Gongzi and Miss Li, in order to atone for our sins, our Emei faction is willing to take on the responsibility of finding the child, even if it is five years, ten years, or even longer, we will not give up......"

"Thank you, Miss Qingxue, Miss Hualing......" Lu Jing was also in a trance of tears, and thanked silently......

Xiao Tian walked to Zhao Zichuan's tombstone again, knelt on the side with Tang Zhan, seemed to do it intentionally, and said softly: "It is not only the people of the Emei faction who are worthy of the Zichuan brothers and sisters-in-law, but also me and Tang Zhan's brothers...... If we had fought Xiangyang, we had not disagreed with each other and killed Uliang Todo, there would have been no follow-up...... Brother Tang Zhan and I are also considered the 'murderers' who killed the Zichuan brothers and sister-in-law, and the two of us should also atone for our s......ins," After speaking, Xiao Tian kowtowed a few times reverently in front of the tombstone of the Zhao couple.

"Ah Tian ......" Su Jia looked at Xiao Tian's Boran, and felt a lot in her heart.

"Well, I think so too......" Tang Zhan also responded on the side, "Brother Zichuan, I, Tang Zhan, keep calling you 'brother', but in the end I 'killed' you, brother, I am ashamed, and I apologize to you......" Simply, Tang Zhan also kowtowed in front of the tombstone like Xiao Tian.

"Stupid ......" Lu Jing looked at Tang Zhan with tears in her eyes.

Xiao Tian and Tang Zhan, the two brothers respected for a moment in front of the monument, and remembered the day when they contradicted each other, Zhao Zichuan's precepts before his death......

(in recall)......

"Stop it!! for me-" Suddenly, just as the situation was ossifying, a loud reprimand came from the side of the two of them--it was Zhao Zichuan, as the eldest brother among them, Zhao Zichuan stood up and spoke at this time.

"Woo-woo-woo......" Maybe it was the tension of the current atmosphere, maybe it was Zhao Zichuan's roar, and An An, who was still sleeping in his mother's arms, was so frightened that he cried and made a fuss.

When Li Yuru saw it, she hurriedly coaxed: "Don't be afraid, uncle, they're not quarreling, don't be afraid......"

The scene was suddenly silent, and only An An's extremely painful cry could be heard. The child's cry is like a thorn inserted into the bottom of the heart, and the pain is the most real feeling. Tang Zhan and Xiao Tian seemed to understand something, and finally regained their strength, standing in place and stunned, listening to An An's bitter crying, the two of them felt a trace of guilt inexplicably.

Su Jia, Lu Jing and others, who were blocking on the side, also felt the same way, listening to the children's crying, they found that these "adults" were too naïve, and they would actually cause a situation of discord between brothers because of a failure......

Under Li Yuru's constant comfort, An An's crying finally decreased, and at the same time, the "conflict" between Xiao Tian and Tang Zhan gradually subsided...... Seeing that his mood had stabilized, Zhao Zichuan looked at Xiao Tian and Tang Zhan, who were "still unsatisfied", and said with serious eyes: "Look at what you guys have made a fuss...... Before I set out for Xiangyang, you were afraid that I would lose my mind and lead the troops because of my brother's hatred, so you let me stay in the camp, and I agreed, but you, see for yourself, avenge my brother's revenge, but because of a mistake, your own people quarreled, and you didn't care about brotherly affection, don't you have any shame at all?"

Zhao Zichuan's words were harsh but reasonable, in the eyes of Xiao Tian and Tang Zhan, Zhao Zichuan was like his brother, severely criticizing his mistakes and loss of coolness...... The two of them who calmed down, it was right to think about it carefully, the purpose of killing Wuliang Tuoduo before was to avenge Zhao Zichuan. But Zhao Zichuan was able to calm down when he failed to go with the team, but the two of them let go of the enemy because of a mistake in decision-making and the brothers excluded each other, which is too naïve and irrational to think about it now......

Zhao Zichuan knew that his tone was a little heavy, and he thought that his purpose was to persuade the two brothers to reconcile, so he immediately changed his tone and said: "When you were in Bianliang, you got acquainted for the first time, and you were able to work together to thwart the conspiracy of the Nangong brothers...... Now that we have gone on the march, we have gone all the way from the conquest of Xuzhou to the present, what difficulties have we not experienced? Just because of the defeat of avenging me this time, regardless of brotherly affection, and even breaking off with kindness, do you think you are worth it?"

After Xiao Tian and Tang Zhan heard this, they immediately felt that their behavior just now was too irrational, and they even spoke poisonous words in front of their brothers, thinking about it now, it was really undeserved. Listening, the two occasionally looked at each other, their eyes full of guilt.

Zhao Zichuan didn't seem to finish speaking, he slowly turned around, looked at the ashes of his brother Zhao Zijin in front of the case, and said meaningfully: "Whether it is relatives or friends, it is a fate given by God to be together...... However, providence can sometimes create and deceive people, and sometimes a word between relatives and friends may be the last sentence of a farewell between relatives and friends, and this farewell may also be a farewell between life and death...... Relatives and friends are rare in life, while they can still meet, cherish it, otherwise it will be too late, and the nostalgia may be the last regretful word......"

(In reality)......

"Relatives and friends are rare in life, while you can still meet, cherish it, otherwise it will be late, and the nostalgia may be the last regretful word......" Xiao Tian silently muttered Zhao Zichuan's "precepts" that day.

"You also remembered that incident...... Tang Zhan smiled bitterly, as if he had the same idea as Xiao Tian, and at the same time recalled the battle of Xiangyang, and the brother conflict was dissuaded by Zhao Zichuan.

"When I thought about it at the time, I thought it was Brother Zichuan's memorial to Brother Zijin...... Xiao Tian turned to sadness, "Now it seems that this sentence confirms our and Brother Zichuan...... The last regrettable word, I never thought that the Zichuan brothers would leave us......"

Tang Zhan thought about it, straightened up and looked at the stone tablet, and said with a firm look in his eyes: "In this case, in order to live up to the wishes of the Zichuan brothers, our two brothers have the same fate, and from now on, they will be rational and tolerant, and there will be no more 'conflict' scenes...... Even if there is a disagreement, we will never do anything uncool......"

"Well, perhaps, this is the best explanation we can give to appease the souls of the Zichuan brothers......" Xiao Tian closed his eyes and smiled, then turned his head to look at Tang Zhan - Tang Zhan also looked back at the same time, and the two brothers fists faced each other and touched lightly.

On the day of the conflict, the two brothers swung their fists to vent their anger at each other, and now they are also swinging their fists, but it is a proof of the mature oath between the brothers......

Su Jia and Lu Jing saw it in their eyes, and they also smiled at each other......

"Today we will worship, and the departed will rest in peace...... Brother Zichuan, sister-in-law, don't worry, we will inherit you, as well as the Nangong Murong brothers' will, wave the army to the Northern Expedition, and swear to expel the tyranny of Mengyuan from the Central Plains - this is also my lifelong wish as a descendant of the Tang family!" After speaking, Tang Zhan stood up, waved his sword and wiped his palms, and the blood dripped down in front of the monument, and swore with blood.

Xiao Tian was the same, wiping his bloody palms with Tang Zhan and making an oath to righteousness in the world......

Everyone was determined for a while, so they left the "desperate slope", returned to the camp to follow the army, and immediately went north...... (To be continued.) )