Pihanjin

Silence all around.

After a long time, Xie Changgeng sat up slowly.

"So, you know all about it?" he said.

"When did it happen?" Apart from the low tone, there was not much surprise in his tone.

The young man didn't answer at first, just took off the sword from his waist.

"When your guards saw me just now, they knew that the sword I was wearing came from Your Majesty, so they didn't ask me to remove it and allowed me to enter with the sword."

He said, holding one hand in front of him, grabbing the hilt of the sword with the other, and slowly pulled out the sword, the cold light flickering.

"Do you know what is the last thing you should do in your life?"

His finger gently wiped the blade, the skin was immediately cut by the sword glow, and the blood spread slowly along the blade that he touched. The candlelight shone with a strange dark glow.

The young man didn't seem to have the slightest feeling, the blood flowing from his fingers rushed to the sword groove, filled up, overflowed again, and splashed drop by drop along the blade.

"The last thing you should do is that year, when my mother took me away from Guzang, she chased out of the city and gave me this sword." He said.

"How I wish that you never gave it to me. Or that day, I listened to my mother's words and didn't accept it. Even if I accept it and don't touch it later, that's fine..."

The young man's expression was a little gloomy.

"If this is the case, I will never know that you are my father in this lifetime, but in my heart, you will always be the one I respect and admire, Mr. Xie, and I will respect you more than I respect my father."

"But no if..."

He threw the sword that was stained with his blood, and threw it at Xie Changgeng's side.

"You were right. I remembered everything a long time ago. Do you know why I have to be this prince, even if I knew clearly that when you found my mother, she did not I don't want to."

"The reason why I am like this is entirely because of you. Because you want to be the emperor, that's why I want to do it!"

"Why do you ask my mother for forgiveness? Do you think that you made my mother the most honorable woman in the world, and made me the crown prince. When you die in peace, you will pass on this country to me. You can write off those injuries that you have suffered, and you can feel at ease?"

"Really, I don't hate you for my own sake. In the past, when I died, I asked for it myself, so what has it to do with you. I'm doing it for my mother's worthlessness. When I think of everything, I Fang understands that when you and I didn't know, she remembered the past. She shouldn't be so generous, swallowing all the pain by herself, to fulfill you. And you, after you treated my mother like this, this For the rest of your life, what do you rely on to still achieve what you want, not only to be the emperor, but even to try to win my mother's heart again?"

The teenager laughed.

"How can I let you get your wish? I can't wait to grow up to take everything from you, it's too long and too cheap for you. So when you came to Yuecheng, I went to see you outside the city and called you Go to Huguo Temple. I know that I have opened my mouth, and you will definitely go. When you get to that place, if you still don’t remember anything, it is God’s favor for you, I admit. Fortunately, God still has Eyes, I didn't make my mother suffer alone."

The young man's expression gradually became excited.

He said: "Yes, I just want to let you know what kind of person you are, lest you think that you are so generous and how you are burdened by my mother. I also want to let you know that you are not at all You don't deserve my mother's forgiveness, and you don't deserve her feelings. If you don't disappear, my mother, she will have no peace in her life. When she sees you, she will remember all the pain she went through. If you With even half a cent of conscience, you should never appear in front of her again!"

The young man almost finished speaking these many words in one breath, then stopped, his chest heaved slightly, and he kept breathing.

Xie Changgeng stared at him steadily, motionless.

"Then what should I do? Is death the only way to end?" Finally, he said, his voice hard and heavy.

The boy's gaze swept past the sword beside him.

"Your guards are not far outside at the moment."

"I can tell you the truth, I also have a team of Death Guards who are completely loyal to me. Their loyalty to me and their bravery are no less than those who serve you. But tonight, I did not bring them here. You. At this moment, you can call your people to kill me on the spot on the charge of treason, and I will never resist at all, I will do what I say."

"but-"

His tone changed suddenly, his tone was stern.

"If you don't get rid of me, you will have no other choice."

"You don't have to die. Compared with the pain my mother has endured, if you die easily, don't you think it's too cheap for yourself?"

He paused and fell silent, as if caught in some distant memory, and finally, spoke again.

He said: "Many years ago, you took me, who was very young, and went through untold hardships to pick up my mother in Tianshan Mountain. At the end of that long snowy road, at the foot of Tianshan Mountain, there is a building called Jincheng. The lonely city. There, you promised me that you will protect this place in the future, no matter how far and how desolate it is.”

"I don't know if you have forgotten what you said back then, but I always remember it. Now is the time for you to fulfill your promise. Your destination is right there."

"When you disappear from this world, you should know better than me. Don't worry, after you die, I will govern this world for you, the ministers, I will command and rule, the people, I will care for the shepherds. , that small court that is still alive, I will personally destroy it. And you, as the founding emperor and a generation of British masters, will be recorded in the history of historians. I will also be on top of your sacrificial book, To add to you the most complimenting posthumous title I can think of—as you did to my mother before."

He sat on the ground and stared at the man across from him.

"I'm waiting for your choice."

"Or, if I die, you continue to be your emperor."

"Or, you disappear from this world. In this way, my mother's pain will be completely ended."

…

At the fourth watch, in the darkest night before dawn, a thin young man walked out silently from a small door in this mansion.

The personal entourage waiting in the shadows was busy pulling a horse to greet him. He looked at his mount, stopped, and the horse also stopped in place, turned his head, and rubbed his arm with his mouth affectionately, and the boy stretched out his arms and hugged the horse's neck tightly. , buried his face, at first motionless, after a while, his shoulders began to tremble slightly, looking from behind, he seemed to be crying, but also seemed to be laughing, but he could not hear the slightest sound from him, such a scene, looking at It's kind of weird.

The entourage did not dare to disturb, and stood aside, bowing his head and waiting. Fortunately, his mood seemed to calm down soon. He slowly let go of the hand holding the horse's neck, touched its mane, then turned over on the horse's back and galloped away.

…

This was an extremely ordinary day. Mu Fulan, who had been waiting in the Shangjing Palace for many days, received a secret letter from Hexi.

The letter was sent back by Liang Tuan, who had been sent by her to **** the prince to **** the prince.

Before Mu Fulan read the letter, her whole body froze.

At Xi'er's request, she asked him to go out to the capital to receive the emperor's triumphant victory. Considering the time, she should have set foot on the return journey in the past few days, but the people sent out have never seen any trace of the emperor's teacher returning to the dynasty. On the other hand, there has been no new news for six or seven days, and the ordinary ministers may not be aware of it, but Liu Guan and several other confidant ministers have already caused doubts. In the past two days, I have frequently asked Mu Fulan for the latest news. news progress.

Mu Fulan looked as if nothing had happened, but in his heart he had already felt a sense of unease. She always felt that something happened thousands of miles away, and she didn't know it yet.

She did not expect that at this very moment, she finally got the news, and the news was such a bad news.

Is he gone? That man named Xie Changgeng is gone?

how can that be.

However, black and white, clearly. As Liang, how could he misrepresent the emperor's death if it wasn't a conclusive thing?

In a secret letter, he said that His Majesty the Emperor had a great victory in his personal expedition. He had prepared a class teacher to return to the DPRK a few days ago. Before leaving, he would patrol the borders lightly for the last time. He did not want to encounter a summer flash flood on his way back. break out.

The mountain torrent came without warning. At that time, it was like an earthquake, the mountains trembled, the sun and the moon were dark, and under the torrent, the road collapsed and destroyed in an instant. Everyone tried their best to secretly search, and finally followed the waterway washed out by the flood, and went deep into the north to find the front of Mengmeng.

Many years ago, when the emperor was still the Jiedushi envoy in Hexi, in order to avenge the attack on the natives of the Mahe Valley, he had led three hundred light cavalry to chase down the northerners who were several times their number. Now, the people from the north are avoiding the sharp, and have already moved westward. There is no trace of half of the enemy here. This spring and lake is also owned by Hexi.

This is a living spring in the desert. For thousands of years, the water has accumulated into a lake, the water is deep and wide, and the horizon is endless. Everyone searched in the lake for many days, and finally found a crown and hat worn by the emperor that day. Apart from this, there was no other trace.

What this means is self-evident. Fortunately, although His Royal Highness is still young, he is very decisive in his actions, and has the style of His Majesty the Emperor. He came forward in time to calm the hearts of the army on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor, arrange various matters, and also took into account the overall situation. From the date of release, except for a few entourages and close ministers, the news was still being concealed, and he first sent a letter to the palace. , the final decision by the Queen.

Mu Fulan's eyes widened, staring at the letter in her hand, unable to believe her own eyes.

Her heart slammed violently against her chest, blood roared in her ears, and her hands kept shaking.

That night in Xiguan, the back of the man leaving on horseback is still vivid in my eyes, and this man died like this, disappeared without a trace in this world?

Her legs were weak, and she could no longer support her body. She grabbed the corner of the table with her hands, and she fell on the chair.