At the moment when the bowstring suddenly sounded and the silver arrow shot out, Qingqing suddenly woke up and sat up with a bang. Only then did he realize that he was already covered in cold sweat. Looking around, he saw that the sky was getting late and the window was gray.
It looks like it's going to rain.
Why did I sleep for so long?
Before Qingqing had time to blame herself, she heard a gentle voice ringing in her ears: "Young hero, why did you wake up so soon?" When she turned around, it turned out that it was Qiu'er who was leaning on the couch with a night bottle in her hand.
The hot decoction, "This is the medicine left by General Tao. The general asked the young hero to drink it. After a while, the young hero should sleep again. Everyone will be back early tomorrow morning..."
Hearing this, Qingqing quickly grabbed Qiu'er's hand and asked, "Where are you all now?" Qiu'er smiled shyly: "Tonight is the meeting of the imperial court. Xuan Ming and the others have set off for a long time, and they must have arrived at Yao by now.
Light Palace."
Without any time to think, Qingqing pushed Qiu'er's hand away, stood up and ran out of the house. Unexpectedly, her body was really weak, her meridians and bones were weak, and after running a few steps, her feet seemed to be dragged down by a big iron stone.
Usually, it hits the ground with a "bang" sound.
Seeing this, Qiu'er quickly stood up with a heavy belly and walked forward, trying to pull Qing Qing up. But Qiu'er was not convenient for herself, how could she drag a half-invalid person covered with bruises? Qing Qing...
Gritting his teeth, he put his arms on the ground and managed to get up. As soon as he stood firm, Qiuer grabbed him tightly:
"Young hero can't stand firmly, where are you going?"
"We can't let General Shen and the others go to the Seven Stars Palace, otherwise they will be harmed by Mr. Ruo!"
Unexpectedly, Qiu'er burst into tears when she heard this. She grabbed Qingqing's arm and refused to let go: "Young hero, Xuan Ming and the others must be at the entrance of Yaoguang Hall now. Young hero, what else can I do now?"
Go, we can't stop it no matter what..." Qing Qing was so anxious that he couldn't help but throw her hand away: "Then let the twelve generals fall into Tian Keju's plan?"
"Young Master Linghu... Qing Qing..." Qiu'er cried more and more uncontrollably, her face covered with tears like a flood breaking a bank, and she kept sobbing, "Since I had this child in my belly,
I can't sleep well every night, and I always have nightmares all night long... I'm afraid that one day, Xuan Ming and this child will leave me... Several times, the young hero and several generals talked at night, and I
I was just pretending to be asleep, but I actually heard everything..."
After hearing Qiu'er's words, Qingqing turned around, with an incredible look in his eyes.
"Xuan Ming has his own ambitions. I can't stop him from doing anything... But if the young hero leaves now and none of you can come back, what will happen to my child..." Qiu'er could no longer restrain himself.
Unable to hold back, he hugged Qing Qing tightly, lay on her shoulder, and cried loudly.
Between the pear blossoms and the rain, Qiu'er's breath rose and fell in Qingqing's arms. Qingqing felt her sobs, as if the warmth of two lives was revealed in her breath. Qingqing couldn't help but raise her head and dropped a line
Silent tears - for the first time, I felt that the chivalry in the world, which I thought was based on my heart, was actually so difficult in the entanglement of life and death.
Yes, if General Shen goes away today and his name goes down in history, what will Qiu'er and the child in her belly do?
Qingqing slightly held Qiu'er's shoulders, forcing herself to put her feet on the ground without moving. This time, she held Qiu'er's hand and said softly: "Madam, believe me, before sunset today, Qingqing will definitely
return."
Qiu'er stopped talking, just intertwined her hands with Qingqing's, and held Qingqing's palm firmly with her ten fingers.
With a cruel heart, Qingqing finally pulled her hand away, turned around, and walked out the door without looking back. The black clouds in the sky seemed to tear the vast tracts of West Lake into tiny teardrops.
.
Can't wait, Qingqing ran to the stable in the backyard and shouted in a low voice: "Stars, stars!"
The golden horse hadn't seen Qingqing for a long time. When it heard its owner's call, it hooted loudly and impatiently scratched the ground with its hooves. When it saw Qingqing approaching, it stuck out its tongue and carefully licked the wounds on Qingqing's hands and arms.
.Qingqing caressed the golden horse's neck and murmured:
"Whether you succeed today or not depends on you!"
The golden horse seemed to understand its master's words, and it kept chirping, as if it was urging Qingqing to get on the horse. Qingqing no longer hesitated, or even wanted to find a saddle, and just put all his strength into it.
With enough strength, he jumped up and hugged the golden horse's neck with both hands. The horse neighed and ran towards the Yaoguang Palace without waiting for instructions.
This horse has hooves that are accustomed to walking on yellow sand and soft rocks. It can run in the desert and walk as fast as flying. Now the hard horse hooves are stepping on the stone road, and it is even more energetic. The wind is howling all the way, and even the surrounding streets and piers have become
A fleeting phantom. Qingqing felt that the crowd around him was getting more and more crowded, and the water vapor by the lake was getting colder and colder. He couldn't help but keep urging:
"Stars, good stars, hurry up!"
Upon hearing these words, the golden horse was even more excited and sweating like rain. From the perspective of passers-by, they saw a flash of light and shadow, and the horse's hooves seemed to be about to fly in the air.
Seeing the sun setting in the west, almost engulfing the last light of the earth, Qingqing finally saw the neat figures of four white horses not far away in front of him. Before he had time to shout, Qingqing stepped forward and stretched out his hand.
, grabbed the reins of the horse at the end. The horses struggled with varying degrees of difficulty and suddenly neighed to a stop, and the coachman and the carriage were almost thrown out together.
"You don't have eyes!" The coachman steadied himself, stuck his head out angrily, and cursed.
Qing Qing didn't care so much and ignored the coachman's words. He opened Shen Xuanming's carriage curtain and said, "General, you can't go!"
Xuan Ming saw Qing Qing's face clearly and was slightly surprised. He seemed to have never expected that in less than half a day, she would wake up and get on the horse to chase after her. However, there were many people around Yaoguang Hall, so the carriage suddenly stopped suddenly.
Already, many good people were looking here. Xuan Ming quickly pulled Qing Qing off his horse, frowning and looking sternly:
"You shouldn't come at this time! What if a disciple who lives in a foreign country recognizes you..."
"So what if you recognize him!" Qing Qing couldn't help but interrupt him, "General, Mr. Ruo already knew..."
Hearing these words, Xuan Ming opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but still couldn't. He only heard Qing Qing continue: "Tonight's court meeting, the general cannot go under any circumstances. No matter whether the leader or Ruo
What the gentleman said and what he did, the general just pretended not to know and ignored him... Mr. Ruo's chess game layout was too wide, and now it's time to raise the pieces, the general must not be like this..."
Before Qingqing could finish speaking, Xuan Ming lowered his head and hesitated for a moment, then raised his eyes again and smiled.
"Young Master Linghu, the general knows that Tianke lives deep in the city, and we generals are no match. But in this court meeting, the general has no reason to back down. All of our twelve generals are here, even if there are people in front of us.
There are mountains of swords and seas of fire, and there is no chance for hesitation."
"But the general already knew that he was staying as a guest that day..."
"Jade can be broken, but its whiteness cannot be changed. Bamboo can be burned, but its joints cannot be destroyed. Although the body is dead, the name can be hung on the bamboo and silk. The words of the ancestors of Wu Sheng are true. Young Master Linghu may not know something.
"The biggest difference between the generals of Xihu and Mi Yu Tianke is that they follow the Lord later and serve the righteousness first. To fight against Tiankeju tonight is no different than holding on to the city. If the city is broken, it is just death." At this point, Xuan
Ming lowered her head, as if she was trying to remember something, or maybe she didn't want Qingqing to see her tears falling.
Qingqing saw that Xuan Ming was so determined and had prepared words all the way, but couldn't say a word. He couldn't help but look back at the sunset over the West Lake - the sky was gloomy, and the glow was brighter than blood. Xuan Ming patted Qingqing on the shoulder: "Qingqing, take care of me.
Good Qiu'er." After saying that, he signaled the coachman to re-hitch the four horses, and without saying a word, he headed in the direction of Yaoguang Hall.
Qingqing stood there, staring blankly at the four horses with fur as white as snow, pulling Xuan Ming, little by little, and turned into the gate of Yaoguang Hall in front. Qingqing neither covered herself with a veil nor left in a hurry.
He was stunned in the crowd, unable to take a single step. Several Tiankeju disciples seemed to recognize Qing Qing's appearance, and whispered:
"Look, that's not the one who offended sir before..."
Before he finished his sentence, he was given a look by the people around him and had to turn his head, stepping on the blue stone slabs step by step and walked into the Yaoguang Hall. Qingqing turned around and looked around the hall - the seven halls were covered with seven stars.
They formed a formation and lined up all around. Even if they were renovated, they could not stop the wind and frost that the eaves had experienced. Qingqing clenched his fists and let tears fall drop by drop on the back of his hands.
If I had known today, why did I only burn down the Kaiyang Palace, why didn't I go all out and raze the Seven Stars Palace to the ground!
But outside the empty and silent hall, no one answered, and the setting sun sank silently behind the mountains. There were fewer and fewer people around, until the last ray of sunset fell into the darkness, and a cold wind blew.
No one walked past the empty Yaoguang Hall.
The summer evening breeze was not exactly cool, but Qingqing felt like she had fallen into an ice cellar and was trembling all over.
Seeing the tall and majestic palace door slowly closing, Qingqing hurriedly concentrated on her ears, as if to hear clearly what would happen in the Yaoguang Palace. But just after hearing the first sentence, she couldn't help but hugged the golden horse.
Neck, blocking his ears like crazy——
Qingqing was afraid that once she heard this, she would lose her courage and stay away from everything that belonged to Miyu West Lake.
I am a descendant of Dongshan. If I turn around and go back now, I can completely forget everything that happened by the West Lake and hide from the world. No one in the world can find me anymore. But at this moment, for some reason, Qing Qing
Qing didn't even have the strength to turn around.
Jinma couldn't understand these complicated truths in the world, so he just stuck out his tongue and licked Qingqing's hand wetly.
Qingqing didn't know how long she had been waiting. When the night lights in the streets went out and the ripples on the lake stopped, she vaguely heard the footsteps of a person approaching. Without thinking, Qingqing suddenly raised her head and walked towards the sound.
Looking in the direction you came from——
A disciple was wearing a black robe, his face hidden in the darkness, and he was running towards him in a hurry. Qing Qing saw clearly the string patterns on the man's robe, and his eyes couldn't help but dim.
This man did not beat around the bush, he stopped directly in front of Qing Qing and said straight to the point: "Young Master Ren ordered me to sneak out and give you a message - you don't have to wait here for several generals." Seeing Qing Qing.
As if he didn't understand what he said, he remained motionless. The man added, "General Kong, I'm afraid I won't be able to come out tonight."
Qingqing took a deep breath and didn't answer, just shook her head.
Seeing that Qing Qing was persuaded not to move, the disciple on the opposite side had no choice but to turn around, as if he wanted to return to Yaoguang Palace. After taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped and turned around and said: "If you are the master of deception,
I am afraid that not only a few generals, but also the entire nine clans will not be able to escape today for the crime of causing chaos in the West Lake."
At this point, the disciple also understood that no more words could be said until the point was made, and he left in a hurry.
But Qingqing was trembling all over and couldn't stop it. She had to clenched her fists and forced herself to grit her teeth so as not to roar. Then she got the strength from nowhere, pulled Xingxing's mane, and turned over on her horse. Xingxing roared.
With a cry, without hesitation, he ran back with all his strength in the direction of the General's Mansion.
This was the decision Linghu Qingqing regretted least in the first half of his life.