Ling Xiao smiled slightly, she remembered that she had not yet reached the age of Ji Ji, and she encountered that vicious battle, when she tried Qingfeng for the first time, she defeated He Zheng, at that time she did not have the slightest self-satisfaction, but a succession of nightmares, she didn't know that the swordsmanship she used, she could kill those people so easily, she was very afraid, she was afraid of her hands, and she didn't know how many people's blood would be stained in the future------

Ling Xiao remembered herself back then, the self who fell into the self-blame after the killing, she was so afraid of killing again, and He Zheng in front of her, who had killed so many people, had never felt like this, she finally understood that the difference between people in this world is not in status, nor in men, women and children, the difference between people lies in their hearts, whether they are good or bad, good or evil.

Thinking of this, Ling Xiao looked at He Zheng, who was already half-dead, and shook his head gently: "General He, you didn't see any of my moves clearly that day, did you?"

He Zheng gritted his teeth and didn't answer, he wanted to say yes, he didn't see any of her moves clearly, and he was defeated in her hands, which was the biggest failure in his life and the biggest shame.

"I don't have a red mole on my face, He Zheng, the red mole you saw back then------"

He Zheng looked at Ling Xiao nervously, he stared at Ling Xiao's delicate face, he wanted to listen to Ling Xiao tell about the mystery of the red mole, and he wanted to completely remove the big stone in his heart.

"The red mole you saw was nothing more than ------ ------ drop of blood that I splashed when I was young and didn't learn ------ kill!" Ling Xiao said slowly.

After He Zheng heard her answer, his eyes suddenly widened in horror, he shook his head desperately, opened his mouth wide, and wanted to shout loudly, but he didn't shout anything, he knelt on the ground weakly, stared at the ground with dull eyes, and never said a word again.

After Ling Xiao gave the answer he wanted, he turned around and left easily, she remembered that after the fierce battle that year, she and the master slowly left the foot of the mountain, and when they went up the mountain, the master saw the drop of blood on his face, and he didn't expect such a coincidental thing, the drop of blood just splashed into his eyebrows, the master was full of love, he reached out to wipe off the blood for himself, and the two of them returned to the mountain like this, and since that day they have forgotten about the blood, until after entering Beijing, they met He Zheng outside the gate of the palace, and He Zheng suddenly asked if he had a red mole on his face, She suddenly remembered this incident, at that time she had a feeling of luck in her heart, and also had the sadness of He Zheng's persistent pursuit of herself, the road He Zheng took in this life, all the things in his life, did not step into the accurate place, his life is a sad life, it is an evil life, and the rest of his life will no longer have any meaning, he can only live in this world, a dead man who is not as good as death------

The broken bones in He Zheng's chest began to hurt again, the acupoints that Ling Xiao had just clicked on no longer had any effect, He Zheng had no feeling for the physical pain at this time, and the fear that rose from the depths of his heart completely crushed him, he couldn't imagine that he had been hunted down for so many years, it was actually a big joke, he killed so many girls, girls, and women with red moles, and he actually ------ because of his stupid judgment that he couldn't be stupid.

He sat on his knees and cried and laughed, crying about his incompetence, laughing at his stupidity, everything he had done all these years was a phantom, a manifestation of ignorance and incompetence------

What he didn't expect was that the Yulin Guard soldiers who were knocked to the ground by Ling Xiao stood up one after another in the midst of a wail at this time------ it turned out that they were just hit by Ling Xiao and fell to the ground unable to move. When they stood up one after another, they silently walked to He Zheng's side, and they all listened to what Ling Xiao said word for word, and for the chief in front of them, their eyes were full of ridicule, contempt, resentment, disdain and disgust.

He Zheng slowly raised his head, looked at these subordinates in front of him, looked at the layers of deep meaning in their eyes, he was really in despair, he used to work so hard to climb from a humble and dirty killer to the emperor's side, in order to gain the emperor's trust, he betrayed the sixth prince Xiao Hong, and also betrayed his master, he stepped on their heads and climbed to the emperor's side, at first Xiao Yan didn't believe the things he said, it was he who secretly told the emperor about the whereabouts of the prince over the years and the unsightly things he had done, and he accidentally discovered the adultery between the prince and the eldest princess Xiao Yuyao, and sent the jade Jue that the prince inadvertently left in front of the emperor, and it was at that time that the emperor made up his mind to get rid of his sixth brother.

When the emperor was angry with Fan Yuncheng, he was secretly happy in his heart, if Fan Yuncheng hadn't been his substitute ghost, he was afraid that the first person the emperor wanted to kill would be himself.

How can he recover his life now when he goes back? Just like Ling Xiao said, can he still go back? He Zheng looked at these subordinates in front of him, they were slowly retreating from his side, and he shouted a little anxiously: "Take me------ bring ------ me." ”

"General He, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person, a sinister and cunning villain like you, so let's not provoke it. Now we can only go back to the emperor by ourselves to resume our lives, as for you, let's stay here. An elderly guard said loudly, "If Mrs. Fan doesn't kill us, we must inform the emperor of this." ”

When those Yu Linwei got on their horses and returned to Beijing, He Zheng was powerless to stop them from leaving, he watched Yu Linwei leave beside him, and when the sound of their horses' hooves could no longer be heard on the official road, He Zheng was completely dead: he was finally abandoned by others.

Thinking that he was still a young child, because of the disasters in his hometown, he couldn't even eat, so he had to follow Yuwen to the capital, in order to grab a bite to eat, he had to kill those children younger than himself, in the fight again and again, his heart gradually became hard, and in the end even he didn't believe that he would become a brutal and ferocious killer, he and Yan Fei were the same brothers, only that Yan Fei could make himself realize that he was still a person, and there were human emotions------ but even his dearest junior brother died in his own hands in the end, He Zheng really wanted to die at this timeEven if he falls into the eighteen layers of hell after death, he will not regret dying now.

The saber at his waist has always been there, but he doesn't have the strength to pull this sword out, he doesn't even have the strength to die, and Mrs. Fan has already calculated this, knowing that he can't die, so she will leave him with confidence.

At this time, the sky was close to dusk, and the cool autumn wind rolled down the leaves in the bushes easily, and the leaves that drifted down were floating up and down in the air with the wind, and they slowly fell when the wind stopped for a while------

Xiao Yan and Wei Rui, who were above the palace, had stopped playing chess, and they looked at each other, not knowing what to say to each other. It wasn't until the deacons and eunuchs hurried to the palace that they slowly returned to normal.

"Emperor Qiqi, Yu Linwei led by General He, is waiting outside the palace at this time, please summon the emperor. ”

Xiao Yan's expression slowly returned to normal, and he asked in a low voice, "Is General He back?"

"Back to the emperor, I didn't see General He------ only the guards came back. ”

"Let the captain of the guard come in and see the union. ”

"Obey!" the eunuch hurriedly withdrew from the hall and went to announce that the captain of the guard would come.

After the captain of the guard who came back to return to his life entered the palace, he hurriedly knelt down and reported: "Your Majesty, the last general has come back to resume his life." ”

"------Mrs. Fan, have you caught up?" Xiao Yan pondered for a long time, not knowing how to phrase it.

"Your Majesty, we caught up. The captain of the guard replied loudly.

"------ her------ what are you doing with her?" Xiao Yan thought for a long time, but couldn't find the right words to ask about it.

"Your Majesty, do you want to ask Fan Yuncheng's wife?" the captain of the guard asked cautiously.

The ------ asked her. ”

"That lady had already left with Lord Fan's coffin at this time. The captain of the guard replied cautiously.

"Where is He? Why didn't he come and report to Lianyu?"

The captain of the guard was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly replied: "Back to the emperor, General He was seriously injured by Mrs. Fan, and he couldn't come back to give the emperor his life for a while." ”

"Seriously injured?" Xiao Yan muttered.

"It is ------ Mrs. Fan turned out to ------be a person with extremely high martial arts, Your Majesty, after Mrs. Fan injured General He, she did not hurt us, except for General He, Yu Linwei and others were unharmed. ”

Unscathed? Xiao Yan looked at the captain of the guard in a daze, that Mrs. Fan did not hurt them, this was a signal to him, she could have easily killed them all, but she did not kill them in vain, but with a merciful heart, she let them back------ Xiao Yan was originally an extremely smart monarch, he understood very well what Mrs. Fan wanted to convey, since she had let herself go, then she also had to repay her favor, from today on, he Xiao Yan must withdraw all his subordinates who chased and killed her, if she sent someone to chase and kill, I am afraid that the consequences are really beyond my control。

"Lian knows, you go down first. Xiao Yan closed his eyes slightly, he couldn't bring out the fear in his heart, he was the king of a country, he was the founding emperor of Daliang, and his Daliang would live forever in the world.

At this time, the two monarchs and ministers were still looking at each other, and Xiao Yan slowly asked, "Huaiwen------ you have expected this ending a long time ago, right?"

"Your Majesty, the things that Weichen said before this were just speculations, and the news brought back by Yu Linwei confirmed Weichen's guesses, and it was indeed not bad. Wei Rui replied in a low voice.

Xiao Yan let out a long sigh: "Huaiwen, is it wrong?"

Wei Rui's heart suddenly jumped wildly, this was the first time he had heard such words from the emperor's mouth, a son of heaven in the current dynasty, the founding monarch of Daliang, actually said such a thing to himself, either the emperor was confused, or the defeat in front of him crushed him.

"Your Majesty------" Wei Rui was speechless for a while, he didn't know what to say, and the emperor in front of him would return to his previous ambition and domineering.

"Huaiwen, what you said to me before seems to be all right------ if Mrs. Fan has extremely high martial arts, if she wants to kill me------ I am afraid that it will be a matter of effort. Xiao Yan smiled bitterly and said, "Huaiwen, why didn't she kill me?"

"Your Majesty------ she has too many reasons to do this, but ------" Wei Rui paused, "What's the point of doing this for her?"

"She can ------ sit on the throne of Shanglian, she can ------" Xiao Yan didn't dare to say any more.

"Your Majesty, what you said is not bad at all, she can take your throne over, her uncle is Xiao Baorong, this world was originally their family, if she wants to take it back, it is justifiable, no one can resist her------ the emperor, now what is puzzling is, why didn't she do it?"

Yes, she has it at her fingertips in this world, why should she give up all this, if she is Xiao Ziliang's descendant and Xiao Baorong's relatives, then why can't she take back the world that should belong to her, why didn't she?

"Your Majesty, you should be glad for two things ------at this time," Wei Rui said with a gentle face.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Yan's eyes looked at Wei Rui in front of him a little blankly,

Wei Rui picked up a chess piece again and gently placed it on the chessboard: "For one, you should be glad that she is a woman." ”

Xiao Yan was silent, yes, if she is a man, I am afraid that her country has already changed hands, he Xiao Yan is afraid that he will not sit here anymore and talk to Wei Rui, then Mrs. Fan, as a woman, cannot be an official in the imperial court, and of course she will not be able to make the officials of the imperial court obey her, which is a great good thing for him Xiao Yan.

"Second, you should be glad she's not an ambitious woman!" Wei Rui continued.

"------" Xiao Yan's face was hot, and he suddenly felt a burst of horror in his heart, Wei Rui's words really got to the point.

"Your Majesty, you think, if she is an ambitious woman and has a deep hatred of the family, no matter who she marries as a wife, she will try every means to convince her husband, make enemies with the emperor, and rebel until she takes over the country of Daliang. Your Majesty, does what Weichen said make sense?"

Xiao Yan closed his eyes and lowered his head slightly, he fell into deep self-blame, because he listened to He Zheng's words, he became murderous and poisoned Fan Yuncheng------ then He Zheng was eager to kill Fan Yuncheng and his wife, presumably inseparable from the ugly things he did when he was young, but what about himself? He suddenly felt that he had lost the rivers and mountains in front of him, and the great rivers and mountains of the Great Liang seemed to be no longer his own, and they were gradually moving away from him------

I don't know why the Bodhidharma Patriarch suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, remembering the conversation between him and the Bodhidharma Patriarch by the river, and now I want to come to the Bodhidharma Patriarch What he said, now they have all come true, that Bodhidharma is worthy of being a monk who has attained the Tao, for the end of his own emperor, he has seen through it a few years ago, and he has not paid attention to his own ignition again and again, but stubbornly walked into the darkness step by step.

He has devoted his life to the promotion of Buddhism, and has been walking on the path of kings like an ascetic monk all his life, and since ancient times, there has not been a king as persistent and arduous as him, but in exchange for what? When Xiao Yan opened his eyes, he remembered his life, since the time of King Liang's incident, to now he and Wei Rui are sitting here face to face and playing, he looked at the scattered chess game in front of him, and finally said: "Huaiwen ------ lost." ”

Wei Rui raised his head in surprise, although the emperor was eaten by himself a few chess pieces, but the emperor still has the upper hand in the overall situation, he only won a few small victories, and he couldn't shake the emperor's chess game from the overall situation, but the emperor suddenly opened his mouth to admit defeat, which made him incomprehensible.

"Your Majesty, the situation in your chess game is still very good, why do you want to admit defeat?" Wei Rui asked softly.

"Where's the good? It looks like an extremely stable situation, but Huaiwen has shaken my foundations, and I can't rebuild those foundations, and if I continue ------ the building is about to collapse, I can only lose. Xiao Yan swiped the chessboard with his hand and disrupted the chess game, "This game can't continue anymore, Huaiwen------ Huaiwen, what will happen to the future of Lian?"

Wei Rui looked at the emperor's disrupted chess game in a daze, and he replied softly: "Then the emperor can play another game." ”

Xiao Yan laughed and stood up: "Huaiwen, I can play this chess game again, but I Xiao Yan in this life, but I can't do it all over again, the rights and wrongs of the past can't make up for it------ I lost, I lost the chess game, I didn't lose to you, Huaiwen, the only person I have lost in my life is Mrs. Fan------" Xiao Yan laughed, sat down again, he looked at Wei Rui with a solemn gaze, and asked solemnly:" What's Lady Fan's name?"

"------Her name is Ling Xiao. ”

"Ling Xiao ------" Xiao Yan was overshadowed, the word Xiao is implied in this woman's name, which has explained everything, she is indeed Xiao Ziliang's descendant, that Xiao Ziliang belongs to the same vein as herself, both are Xiao clan ancestral halls, in this way, she can't do anything too much------ she gave up killing, in exchange for real peace in her heart, but what about herself? What will happen to her heart? Xiao Yan desperately found that from today onwards, her heart will never be at peace.

"Ziwei Shengchuan Valley, Ling Xiaohua is full of branches ------ the emperor, she finally let go of everything, what should be put down should not be put down, what should be given up should not be abandoned, she did not make any calculations with you, she left cleanly ------ the emperor, Fan Yuncheng's matter, Wechen still thinks about it is still sad, his Wechen has only one request, Wechen hopes that Fan Yuncheng's tragedy will not be repeated, the emperor should be sympathetic to the people's feelings, reuse honest and honest people, this Liang Jiangshan can be stable as before. ”

"Lian has believed in Buddhism for many years and pursued a cause and effect, but in the end, it was not those scriptures that made me understand these truths, but Ling Xiao's ------" Xiao Yan looked at the "Diamond Sutra" on the side case , Suddenly there was a real epiphany, it turned out that he had become a monk again and again over the years, chanting the Buddha every day in the Tongtai Temple, it turned out to be really a vain, the Dharma Patriarch could not enlighten himself that day, because his heart was full of perverse atmosphere, as a monarch deep in his heart is extremely narrow-minded, naturally he can't listen to the enlightenment of the Bodhidharma Patriarch.

"The emperor ------ Weichen what he should say today, and what he shouldn't talk about has been said, if the emperor insists on condemning Weichen, then I can only accept it calmly. Wei Rui whispered.

After a long time, Xiao Yan sighed heavily: "Huaiwen, how can Lian still be able to kill you today? If he really kills you, then the monarch of Daliang will really be a faint monarch." ”

"Wechen thank the emperor for not killing, but there is still one thing ------ Weichen wants to report to the emperor. ”

"Huaiwen, today you and I, the monarch and the minister, there is nothing to say, and if there is anything to say, I will talk about the couplet. Xiao Yan said helplessly.

"The emperor once gave the sword forged by Gu Yishan to Weichen, but Weichen ------ transferred it to someone else, so the emperor won't blame Weichen?" Wei Rui asked in a low voice.

Xiao Yan shook his head slightly: "Lian doesn't want to blame anyone at this time, if you really give Lian's sword to others, presumably this person must be the one who can take on this sword." ”

Wei Rui thought of Fan Jun who followed him to the killing field, Fan Jun who always had a temperament that others couldn't fathom, his temperament was very much like his mother, that non-angry and self-confident eyes, that calm and confident look, those were born emperors, when Wei Rui saw this, his heart was quite shocked, he knew that these things could not be said, and no one could say them, the faint murderous aura on Fan Jun's body, the soldiers who fought each other on the battlefield, could not be detected at all, Wei Rui remembered himself at that time, silently observed Fan Jun's self on the side, and once felt the domineering in him so clearly, Fan Jun's innate temperament is irreplaceable by others------ Wei Rui is glad that Fan Jun has taken a bright road, and did not choose a path of no return like Xiao Hong and Xiao Zong.

What he was most worried about in his heart was not that Fan Jun had gone astray, what he was worried about was that he would one day become enemies with Fan Jun, if they became enemies face to face, he knew that he would not defeat him, and he would not have any confidence to defeat him------

"Your Majesty, it's already too late ------ the sky, and it's time for Weichen to leave. Wei Rui looked at the sky outside, the autumn dusk was bright, and he knew that he should leave, "Your Majesty, this position of Yongzhou Assassin History, Weichen is unable to take it off, can you take this burden off Weichen?"

"Huai Wen has a suitable candidate?" Xiao Yan asked softly.

"The post of Yongzhou Assassin can be handed over to Zhang Shan Zhang, this person is in charge of affairs in Yongzhou, loyal to his duties, in the opportunity of the Northern Expedition of Weichen, Yongzhou guarded like an iron bucket, the emperor will Yongzhou Assassin history handed over to this person, you can rest assured. Wei Rui said hurriedly.

"It's aligned!" Xiao Yan nodded and said.

"Your Majesty, Weichen had a chronic illness in his early years, and his illness has been repeated in recent years, I am afraid that Weichen's body is really unbearable------ the emperor, Wechen requests today, resign from the post of general of Pingbei, return home to recuperate, and hope that the emperor will approve it!"

Xiao Yan's face changed immediately, Wei Rui can not be the assassin of Yongzhou, but he can't resign from his official position in the army, resigning it means that Wei Rui will never contribute to his Liang Jiangshan again, then his Liang Jiangshan is supported independently by Cao Jingzong and others, but I am afraid that it will be even more difficult.

"No, Lian won't allow you to leave!" Xiao Yan said dissatisfiedly.

"Your Majesty, Weichen knows too many things, and I'm afraid it's not appropriate to stay with the emperor. ”

"Hmph, Wei Rui, why do you insist on leaving Lian? What do you think? Aren't you afraid that Lian will get angry and even take your life?"

"Your Majesty, of course Weichen is very scared, because of this, Weichen left something in his hands. Wei Rui replied calmly, "During the Battle of Zhongli, I once intercepted several letters between the prince and the second prince Xiao Zong, as well as the handwritten letters left by Lord Zhang Yuanzhi, all of which were in the hands of Weichen at this time. ”

"You ------" Xiao Yan was furious when he heard this, what did Wei Rui mean by saying these words?

"Lian Ke is the emperor of Daliang!" Xiao Yan said loudly.

"Weichen is also the most loyal people of Daliang. Wei Rui replied calmly.

The atmosphere in the palace suddenly became tense------