auspicious time has come

Chapter 269 Let's Go Home

With the sound of "plop", Zhao Qinming, who was covered in blood, couldn't hold on any longer, and fell to his knees in the grass.

He led people and a group of dead soldiers to protect Princess Yongyang and escaped from the palace. Along the way, in order to kill, throw off or divert the pursuers from all walks of life, the people who accompanied him died or were injured. The secret way fled here, and he was the only one left beside Princess Yongyang.

"Back then... when Lu County was almost lost and his subordinates were about to die under the sword of the enemy, it was His Highness... who came with reinforcements... and saved Lu County and his subordinates..." Zhao Qinming knelt while leaning on his long sword There, the figure hung limply, making a sound with difficulty.

He will never forget that day.

In the bloody battle, the enemy who raised a knife against him was shot and killed——

After the enemy fell, he saw one man and one rider.

The woman in the silver armor and the longbow was no more than eighteen or nineteen years old.

She looked calm, and when she glanced at him, her unwavering eyes seemed to be looking down upon all living beings.

At that moment, there was only one voice in his heart—it turned out that this was the rumored Princess Yongyang.

From then on, when he looked at her, he was destined to only look up and admire her.

That faith-like existence is deeply rooted in the bottom of my heart, and there is no possibility of uprooting it.

He never questioned her right or wrong, just like a mortal never questioned the gods.

"...At that time, this subordinate was nothing more than a small soldier who didn't even deserve a name, and His Highness had secretly taken care of him for many years... Only then did this subordinate have the opportunity to serve His Highness..."

"However, this subordinate is extremely stupid... This time he failed to help His Highness succeed, but instead dragged His Highness down..."

His voice was filled with shame and tremor.

Princess Yongyang, who was two steps ahead of him, stopped and turned to look at him: "I'm still saying these stupid things at this moment—"

Her eyes fell on the blood-soaked armor robe in front of him, and her tone was indifferent: "It seems that you are going to die too."

"Yes..." Zhao Qinming raised his head with difficulty, and looked at her with shame: "This subordinate is incompetent, so he can no longer follow His Highness... Three miles away is Liuyin Temple... Your Highness will be safe there. "

In that mountain temple, there are dead soldiers who are loyal to His Highness, and there are secret passages to hide.

"Your Highness, walking alone in the mountains...be careful." His gaze was fixed on that indifferent face, and he couldn't leave it for a moment.

Princess Yongyang walked towards him, bent down in front of him and stretched out her hand.

His Highness wants to take him with him!

Zhao Qinming felt great hope and joy in his heart, but subconsciously said: "Your Highness must not be dragged down anymore..."

The next moment, the hand holding the sword was empty, and without the support, he fell to the ground.

"You can't use this sword anymore."

Princess Yongyang held the sword and said.

Zhao Qinming smiled tremblingly, raised his head and looked up at her: "Yes...Your Highness, take it for self-defense."

This is Your Highness.

Always calm, sane, selfish, never burdened by useless things.

He is also useless at this time, and should be discarded as well.

"You still have the strength." Princess Yongyang holds a sword in her hand, and raises a large dragon robe sleeve in one hand, pointing to the path on the left: "Go along this road, as far as you can go, and die with blood stains." On this road, I can lure them away for Ben Gong and delay some time."

"Yes... the subordinate is taking orders."

Zhao Qinming put his palms on the ground, tried his best to stand up, and staggered towards the direction her finger was pointing at.

He was still useful, and he could do something for her, which was great.

After a few steps, he fell to the ground again and got up again.

Until he could no longer stand up, he could only crawl forward.

Princess Yongyang never turned her head to look at it. She was walking in the mountains with a sword in her hand. Her hair was hanging down in a mess. The blood-stained dragon robe was scratched by thorns and rocks in many places. Her gaze was always looking forward without any shifting shake.

Until the sound of footsteps appeared in front of her, a figure appeared, blocking her way.

Princess Yongyang's eyes moved slightly, looking at the figure in the dark, silently watching him around.

"You don't need to look, I'm the only one." Yan Ming looked at her, his figure was covered by a black cloak, hidden in the darkness, making it difficult to see his expression: "Slow down, I've been waiting here for a long time .”

"You know that this palace will come here..." Princess Yongyang narrowed her eyes.

"Yes."

"You know that Zhao Qinming is from my palace, and he pretended to send it to your door... The defense plan was stolen by you and revealed to Shi Jingzhi."

"Yes."

Princess Yongyang sneered: "I underestimated you."

"If you don't even have this ability, how can you be worthy of your cultivation over the years." Yan Ming slowly approached her: "Do you know why I am like this? Because I don't want to be used by you anymore, you think I am a lunatic, so stubborn I am a lunatic, I will never go the same way as my brother... But I am not as good as you want, and I want to make your certainty become a smart joke."

At this moment, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and there was a trace of revenge in his tone: "Li Wei, how does it feel to be bitten by ants when everything is out of control?"

The joy quickly dissipated, and he looked at her with lowered eyes, unable to conceal the surging hatred: "Do you know how close, respected and admired you have been to me all these years...I enshrine you..." As the world, the sun and the moon, even consciously feel dark and insignificant, even if you want to please you, you have to be careful, and blame yourself for any sinister and evil deeds, and never dare to let you know, just for fear of disturbing your eyes and ears, but you don't know that all these are exactly what you want Manipulation makes it!"

"Li Wei, you are simply an evil ghost who has no heart, but wants to feed on people's hearts—"

Seeing him like this, Princess Yongyang just treated it like a trivial joke: "So you came here by yourself, is it just to let Ben Gong listen to your stupid ideas?"

"No..." Yan Ming looked at her, his eyes calmed down a little bit: "I'm here to take you where you should go—"

Before he finished speaking, a dagger appeared in his right hand under the cloak, stabbing towards Princess Yongyang.

The two were very close, Princess Yongyang raised her hand to block his movement, grabbed the dagger, and stabbed back at his heart.

Her movements were fast and precise, and there was no change in the expression on her face——

"Just because of you, I also want to kill Ben Gong. When Ben Gong went to the battlefield to kill the enemy at the age of 17, you were not born yet."

She exerted more force on her hand, and when Yan Min frowned, he held her hand tightly and helped her push the dagger deeper.

He almost exhausted all his strength, and when he pushed her hand forward suddenly, the blade also cut through the palm of her tiger's mouth.

Princess Yongyang looked at him with great interest: "It turns out that you came here on purpose to let me kill you..."

"For a person like me, if I die at the hands of others, it will only make people's hands dirty..." Yan Ming smiled tremblingly: "Li Wei, you and I will go to hell together."

After speaking, blood gushed out of his mouth.

Princess Yongyang's eyes changed slightly, she took a step back, and looked at the palm cut by the dagger: "You used poison—?!"

Yan Min laughed out loud, more blood gushed out, he staggered two steps, and fell to the ground.

Seeing that the wound on the palm had turned black, Princess Yongyang frowned greatly.

With Qizhen not around, no one can detoxify her!
This kind of poison, once the poison spreads to the heart, it may kill her in just a moment!

No, she must not die!
The next moment, she held the sword in her left hand and swung it at the poisoned arm without hesitation——

The severed arm flew away, blood spattering.

The great pain caused her to groan from the depths of her throat. She clutched the bleeding wound tightly, struggled to walk a few steps into the grass, and finally sat leaning against a big tree covered with vines. Going down, his face was pale and ferocious, and cold sweat fell down.

The sound of horseshoes broke the silence of the forest.

"General, just ahead!"

"..."

Xiao Mu and Heng Yu got off their horses and walked quickly towards Yan Ming.

"Ajin!"

Xiao Mu stepped forward and bent down to lift Yan Ming up.

"Brother..."

Yan Ming looked at him with a very pale and pure smile.

"Take it quickly!" Heng Yu squatted down, took out a pill that was hidden with him and stuffed it into his mouth: "Go back and find Grandpa Bai and Military Doctor Yan to treat you—"

Yan Ming shook his head slightly at her, and the next moment he vomited a big mouthful of black blood, vomiting out the pill he had just swallowed.

"Little Seventeen, it's useless..." He looked at Heng Yu: "So, it's a relief for me, and I deserve it..."

He looked at Xiao Mu: "Brother, I have argued with you many times before... because I knew in my heart that I couldn't stand with you. I had too much blood on my hands, and I couldn't turn back. I couldn't convince myself, nor I know I am not worthy to stand by your side..."

"That's why, being cowardly and escaping, I can only try to drag you along my path with me... In this way, I can deceive myself and others, and convince myself that I am right..."

"Fortunately, brother was never dragged into this abyss by me, and became so unrecognizable as me..." He spoke slowly and weakly, his mind became lax, and he gradually became incoherent: "That night, I went home secretly Seen……"

"Brother, I know I was wrong... Can I still go home?"

Xiao Mu nodded, and said hoarsely: "Of course, brother promised to take you home—"

Tears welled up in Yan Min's eyes when he heard the words, as if he had received a great salvation.

He was very cold, and his eyes became pitch black, so he could only raise one hand feebly: "Little Seventeen..."

Heng Yu grasped that hand: "I am here."

"...Am I, should I call you sister-in-law?" Yan Min's voice was low, with a smile on his face: "I'm a few years older than you, but I want to call you sister-in-law..."

"Since I met you, my happiness has always been true...the name is also true..."

"I know." Heng Yu held his cold hand tightly: "You helped me at the beginning, and you never thought of harming me. I know it's fake. I know it's true. I know it's true. Always knew."

At this moment, she only talks about the right and wrong between her and him.

Yan Ming smiled reassuringly: "...Okay, that's good."

His voice was too weak to be heard: "Brother, it's cold here, let's go home..."

"Okay, go home."

Following this reply, Yan Ming closed his eyes.

The mountain wind passed through the forest, making a rustling sound, as if he had returned to the peaceful and carefree years of his childhood.

After a while, Hengyu got up slowly, stepped over the stump, and walked into the blood-stained grass.

Princess Yongyang, who fell under the tree, was surrounded by soldiers brought by Xiao Mu with swords.

She said intermittently: "...Father, Teacher, Brother Shi... They have always praised me very much, but they have never thought that I am more worthy of that position!"

"Because I'm a woman..."

"I'm not wrong, it's them...the world owes me!"

"That group of ignorant ants in the Liu family dared to belittle and ridicule me for not being able to conceive children... I should have crushed them to death. I killed my son-in-law myself! Before he died, he had been begging for mercy... ... was about to die, and still grabbed Ben Gong's dress and begged Ben Gong to save him."

"A temporary win or loss is nothing... I will get everything back sooner or later!"

"what……"

She let out a faint but maniacal laugh.

Heng Yu looked down at her broken arm: "The broken arm is pretending to be crazy, you don't want to die, you want to live, don't you? Then you'd better survive, live, watch, wake up, disappointed, unwilling, suffering— —Until one day, I will torture myself to death in the backlash."

Letting her watch everything go against her own delusion is the best punishment for this kind of lunatic.

When Heng Yu turned around, she said: "Take her back and hand her over to His Royal Highness, there is no need to stop the bleeding and treat her."

"Yes!"

……

……

Li Wei was taken to the palace and dealt with by the prince.

Hengyu followed Xiao Mu back to Duke Shu's mansion, brought Yan Ming's body back there, and ordered his confidants to guard it after it was settled properly.

When the two came out from Shu Guogong's mansion, the sky was almost bright.

Soldiers and officials searching for rebels can be seen everywhere in the city. A group of officials passed by here, and saw someone come out of the long-sealed Duke Shu's mansion openly. When an official was about to interrogate, he was stopped by his own superior.

"Didn't you see, the one guarding outside is Lu Longjun!" That Shangfeng glared at him: "Don't be troublesome—"

The officer took a closer look and saw two soldiers in black armor guarding the stone lion.

Really Lu Longjun!
Yesterday was when Lu Longjun entered Beijing to turn the tide!
According to this, the young man who walked out and was being saluted by Lu Longjun...is Xiao Mu, Marquis of Dingbei?
The officer's eyes lit up and he looked over with admiration, and was slapped on the head by Shangfeng: "Don't embarrass me, go quickly, there are still many errands!"

The officer shrank his head in resentment, and when he followed Shangfeng away, he couldn't help but secretly glanced back—why is that little lady beside Dingbeihou?
"Aheng, shall I take you back to rest?" Xiao Muzheng said to Hengyu.

Heng Yu, who hadn't relaxed and closed her eyes for a long time, shook her head at this moment, "I want to go to Grandpa Bai first, and I want to go now. Where is he placed now?"

Since Xiao Mu's "death" before, the Dingbei Hou Mansion in Beijing was sealed up for treason, Wang Jingyong escaped early, and Yin Hai and Yan Ming, in order to cover up Li Wei's eyes and ears, obediently captured him and squatted in the prison——

Naturally, Divine Doctor Bai was also arranged to leave Dingbei Hou Mansion secretly.

"It's in a courtyard in the city." Xiao Mu handed her a hand: "Let's go, I'll take you there."

Heng Yu nodded, took the hand he offered, and got on the horse and left with him.

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　Good night everyone~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)