Abandoned woman's glory

Chapter 156 Ghost Valley·The Forgotten Memory

The Xuanwu Hall suddenly became noisy.

Everyone was stunned and let out a low cry of surprise. Emperor Xuanwu and Empress Xiao also opened their eyes wide in disbelief. They couldn't say a word, they just looked at me in astonishment.

After a long time, I heard her say: "She—killed Ling Shaoyang?"

"Yes."

"Did you hear it, or did you see it?"

"I saw it with my own eyes. She stabbed a knife into Ling Shaoyang's chest. The knife penetrated three inches, and the blood spurted five feet."

"Oh?"

The suspicion in Empress Xiao's eyes deepened. She walked in front of me and stared into my eyes, as if she wanted to see through my soul. After a long time, she slowly said: "Why did you kill him? Didn't he keep you here all the time? Is there someone around to protect you?"

Helian Cheng's expression suddenly changed.

This sentence was also like a knife, piercing my chest, I took a deep breath, raised my head to meet her examining gaze, and said: "This is the grievance between me and him. Nothing to do."

Xiao Wanyu raised her eyebrows, but instead of being angry, she calmed down.

She looked at me for a long time, as if she felt something, she finally said: "Cheng'er, take her down first. How to deal with it, Aijia and your father will discuss it later."

"Yes."

He Liancheng bowed down and led me out of the hall.

The moment I walked out of the hall, I raised my head, but saw a familiar slender figure standing in front of me not far away, looking straight at me.

Mo Yunyi?
Her face is so complex that people can't see clearly, it seems to be smiling, and it seems to be the deepest despair. I know that she must have heard Heliancheng's words, but at this moment, she can't really believe it at all, even dare not think about——

That man, is he dead or alive?

me too.

The moment I was taken away by He Liancheng and lost consciousness, I only remember the blood red in front of my eyes, and the man who hurt me the most fell in a pool of blood.

Is he really dead?

In Xuanwu Kingdom, more than half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

For more than half a month, he, He Liancheng, accompanied me all over the city, and I also found out their situation. Many years ago, Xuanwu was invaded by the grassland barbarians and almost wiped out the country. Finally, the capital was moved here from the Yanyun area. , has been completely integrated with the barbarian state. The blood of the people here flows the wildness of the grassland barbarians, but they also have the feelings of the Han people who want to return to their hometown.

They—want to return to the Central Plains!

And if they want to go south, their biggest obstacle is the Azure Dragon Kingdom!
On this day, I rode a horse with him and walked slowly on the grassland. He looked at me and suddenly said, "You have been so quiet these days, are you waiting for news?"

Startled slightly, I looked up at him.

"You also want to know if Ling Shaoyang is dead, right?"

When I spoke, my voice was trembling: "He, is he dead?"

"I think we should have to wait for a while before we know the truth."

That's right, generally speaking, the death of a monarch is not a trivial matter, especially Qinglong's domestic and foreign troubles, and Ling Chufeng's situation is like this. Ling Shaoyang's life and death are not just one person, but affect the foundation of the entire country, and he will not simply issue an obituary.

unless--

"You mean, if Ling Shaoyu takes the throne, it proves that he is dead?"

He Liancheng looked at me and suddenly laughed: "Do you think Nangong will let Ling Shaoyu take the throne now?"

The sudden mention of the Nangong family made me a little overwhelmed, and I stared at him with wide eyes in astonishment.

"What did you say? The Nangong family, what does this have to do with them?"

He Liancheng sneered: "Do you think that this time Nangong Yu entered the palace just to present a beauty and two fine horses?"

Of course not, his purpose was to encourage Ling Shaoyang to send troops to the west, and in order to achieve his goal and remove my obstacle, he even reached an agreement with many ministers in the court. pressure--

and many more!

He and the ministers of the DPRK and China? !
I opened my eyes wide and looked up at Helian City, only to see him sneer and say, "It's not that simple for him to enter the palace. Over the years, he has accumulated a lot of contacts and wealth in the south, and he has had deep contacts with several important officials in the court. It can be said that Ling Shaoyang doesn't know about his connections in the palace. With the power of the Nangong family, the power of the Nangong family is overwhelming to the east, and the wealth is incomparable to the country. How could it be possible to be subordinated to others for a long time? They have long had such ambitions."

I was stunned.

What he meant was—the Nangong family wanted to usurp power?

No, impossible!Even if I can't believe other people, but Nangong, I think of the man whose eyes are as clear as the sky, he lost nearly [-]% of his martial arts for me, how could he have such thoughts!
"Impossible, you lied to me!"

"I did not lie to you."

He Liancheng looked at me coldly and said, "Don't you think that Ling Chufeng's fate as a living dead is really caused by himself?"

As soon as these words came out, my heart was hit hard.

The Dragon and Tiger Renewing Life Pill, this highly poisonous medicine, was given to Chu Feng by people from the Nangong Family!

Although Chu Feng may not be ignorant of the consequences of taking this medicine for a long time, has the person who provided him with this medicine already planned something?
At this moment, Nangong Yu's deep gaze suddenly flashed in my mind.

This person is completely different from his nephew. If Nangong's eyes are as clear as a lake, he is a deep and bottomless pool with countless secrets buried in it!
He sent Guan Guan to Ling Shaoyang's side, and encouraged Ling Shaoyang to send troops to attack Xuanyuan. All of this was indeed not the style of the family venerable who didn't care about political affairs and only talked about Fengyue in the rumors.

In particular, he wanted Nangong to swear such a poisonous oath, which puzzled me even more.

There are indeed too many things in this family that people can't figure out.

But, do they really want to usurp power?
Seeing my puzzled eyes, a faint smile floated on Heliancheng's face, but at this moment he seemed a bit cruel, and he said slowly: "Didn't I promise you before, as long as you follow me out of customs, I will tell you You, more than eight years ago, what happened to you?"

I slowly turned to look at him.

What he meant was—more than eight years ago, there was also Nangong in that memory that I had forgotten?
I exhausted all my strength to keep my hand holding the rein from shaking so badly. I took a deep breath, calmed my disordered breathing, and looked up at him: "You say."

There was a smile in his eyes: "We did meet eight years ago. But, do you still remember where?"

I was taken aback, Xuanwu Kingdom has not shown up in the Central Plains for many years, and as the prince of Xuanwu, where would he see me?
"where?"

"Ghost Valley."

I gasped.

Ghost Valley?That is the most mysterious place in the world, and it is also the place where all heroes and emperors flock to. He has achieved the unity of the Central Plains for a hundred years, and the dream of countless heroes, but no one can easily set foot there.

Unexpectedly, we actually met in Guigu!
And Mr. Guigu once ranked me, no, it should be Xuanyuan Xingsi who has no amnesia as the number one person in the world. He has destined me to suffer for many years, but for so many years, he is just for me. It is a name, an existence that everyone respects as a god.

What role has he played in my life?

I looked at Helian City: "Why, we will go to Guigu, isn't Mr. Guigu's rule that no one is allowed to enter that place?"

He smiled: "That's what he invited himself."

"what?"

"More than eight years ago, Mr. Guigu suddenly spread the dragon and phoenix posts and invited us all to Guigu."

"Dragon and Phoenix posts?" If we were to invite some influential figures in the world, shouldn't it be hero posts?The dragon and phoenix post, it seems a bit——

"You must not understand why it's a dragon and phoenix post, right?" He Liancheng smiled: "That's because Mr. Guigu invited the dragons and phoenixes of all the lords of the allied countries in the Central Plains, so they are called Dragon and Phoenix post."

Children of all Confederate royalty?I was secretly taken aback, I didn't expect Mr. Guigu to have such a charisma, but looking at the Central Plains, maybe apart from him, no one else would dare to post such a post and invite these people.

but--

All the royal children? !
There was a sudden buzz in my head.

All the children of the royal family, that is to say, including the princes of Qinglong Kingdom? !
I was completely stunned, completely unresponsive, and my mind fell into a blank for a moment. After a long time, I slowly turned my head to look at He Liancheng. There was not much smile on his face, but a solemn smile. looking at me.

I don't know how long it took before I heard his voice suddenly sounded, it seemed to sound from a far away place, but it fell so heavily into my heart——

"That's right, Ling Shaoyang met you eight years ago."

Eight years ago, Ling Shaoyang already met me? !

This sentence was like a bolt from the blue, which made me unable to recover for a long time. I recalled that when I first arrived in Qinglong Kingdom more than half a year ago, I met him "for the first time". He was dressed in black, standing In the setting sun, he shot and killed his eldest brother, the former Prince Qinglong, my—husband.

And the first thing I said to him was——

"Who are you?!"

Even though it has been so long, I still remember his expression at that time, cold and cold, his eyes froze in an instant, without even a trace of warmth.

At that time, we had already met, but he didn't show it from the beginning to the end!
After getting along for so long, I have already felt that he is not a sharp and violent person, but for me, his attitude was very bad from the beginning, and even—even later, he hurt me the most. Could all this be related to eight years ago?
What happened in Ghost Valley eight years ago?
I know that all the truths are buried in my memory, but I will never be able to open them. All the people who know, maybe only Heliancheng, will tell me the truth.

And I want to regain that memory, even if I can never change back to the previous "Xuanyuan Xingsi", but I have the right to know what happened in my life!
I raised my head and looked at Helian City: "Eight years ago, how many people have been to Ghost Valley?"

He Liancheng raised his head slightly, as if thinking about it, and said slowly: "The three princes of Qinglong Kingdom have all arrived; and I was escorted south by my attendants to Guigu; on the third day, Xi Yumen, the prince of Baihu Kingdom, and Xi Yu, the princess Ying came to Ghost Valley by boat from Longhu Gorge; on the same day, Mu Liusha, the princess of Suzaku Kingdom, led Qingqi to Ghost Valley."

These names, even though they have been locked in Wangyun Palace for so many years, I know that almost everyone has become one of the top figures in today's world.

But——I raised my head and looked at him: "Where is Xuanyuan Kingdom?"

He glanced at me, and slowly said: "And you, and the two princes of Xuanyuan Kingdom, Xuanyuan Ting and Xuanyuan Kang, were already there before we arrived."

Xuanyuan Court!
As soon as this name appeared in my ear, it was like a needle piercing into my heart.

For many years, even if no one said it, I will always remember that the prince of Xuanyuan Kingdom was said to be well-read, well-educated, humble, courteous, and approachable. He was the future monarch in everyone's mind. expect.

However, he died.

Recalling Li Jun's eyes full of hatred when I was on the tower of Wancheng, I shivered a little.

I must find out what happened in Ghost Valley eight years ago, but I don't know if I can bear it.

I looked at He Liancheng: "What is Mr. Guigu calling these people for?"

Heliancheng's eyes turned to our eyes.

What we are facing is a boundless prairie, the snow mountains in the distance, and the vast world. It seems that there are only two of us riding together. A gust of wind blows, and waves of green waves are set off on the vast prairie. The chill of ice and snow.

"After Mr. Guigu summoned all the royal families, they gathered in Guigu to discuss the way of marriage."

My eyes widened in surprise.

The master, the way of heaven and earth, is a famous classic taught by Guigu in the past. After each generation of Guigu's students enter the world, they all become big men who hold the world in their hands. The Central Plains, the flames of war, are only their subordinates. chess game.

And Mr. Guigu actually invites these people to discuss the way of scheming, what is his purpose?
"Mr. Guigu believes that the trend of the world is that if it is divided for a long time, it will be united, and if it is united for a long time, it will be divided. The division of the Central Plains for nearly a hundred years will definitely unite again. To become the new overlord of the Central Plains, this is his purpose."

"He wants to find this person among the princes and daughters of the lords of the alliance?"

"good."

But——I am a little surprised. Although there have been large and small entrenched forces in the hundreds of years of wars in the Central Plains, there has never been a situation where a female dominates the world. Why does he even summon the princesses?
So, I smiled lightly: "Does he think that a woman can do this?"

He Liancheng glanced at me, then shook his head and laughed again, I frowned slightly: "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"You really lost your memory." He smiled: "You eight years ago would never have said such a thing."

"Ok?"

He laughed and said: "Among these princes and princesses, some have great ambitions, some are idle like clouds, and some go with the flow and don't care about world affairs, but among all the people, you are the one with the greatest desire for power. I see, you most want to unify the Central Plains and sit on the throne of the overlord."

At this moment, I was too surprised to speak.

The former Xuanyuan Xingsi, the woman who was ranked number one in the world, actually had such a great desire for power. As a woman, how could she do this.

I shook my head: "No, it's impossible! How could a 12-year-old girl have such an idea?!"

He Liancheng looked at me, laughed again, with the same expression as before, and said, "Indeed, a normal 12-year-old girl shouldn't have such thoughts, but you forgot one thing."

"what's up?"

"You belong to the royal family, you are the princess of Xuanyuan Kingdom, you grew up in the court, and what you have been exposed to is the power that dominates the world."

……

"Ling Shaoyu, the third prince of the Qinglong Kingdom, was the youngest prince who arrived at Guigu at the time. He was only seven years old. But after that, he went to the battlefield at the age of 13, made great contributions in eliminating bandits in the south of the Yangtze River at the age of 14, and took charge of the Imperial Palace at the age of 15. Long Tang has been on the battlefield since then, and his mind is still immature, and he will have a lot to do in the future."

……

I suddenly trembled so badly that I almost fell off the horse.

What he said is right, there are rumors that there are many celebrities who became famous at a young age, all around ten years old, and I——Xuanyuan Xingsi, who was once listed as the number one in the world by Mr. Guigu, is not the current me at all, I have her her appearance, her identity, but in fact, she and I can already be said to be two completely different people.

What she was thinking and what she had done was beyond my comprehension.

I seem to have had a premonition that everything I talked with him today would really be unbearable for me. I turned over and got off the horse, and he also got off the horse, holding the rein with me, and walking on this boundless grassland. Slowly, we walked to the edge of the river valley, with the iron chain bridge overhead, making a clanging sound with the wind, but it made our surroundings even more tranquil.

"Okay, even if what you said is true, I still don't understand why Mr. Guigu invited these princesses, me, Xi Yuying, and Mu Liusha. Can the general trend of the Central Plains really be controlled by women?"

He Liancheng turned his head to look at me, after a long silence, he suddenly spoke, but said something completely irrelevant.

"Do you know Madam Murong?"

Hearing this name suddenly made me stunned for a moment, and nodded subconsciously.

"Participating in the Battle of Hebei was famous in the Central Plains, but it was actually just the smallest episode in Mrs. Murong's life. Many earth-shattering events happened to this woman. You must know that she was not born in the royal family, and even—— My queen mother told me that Mrs. Murong was born in a brothel."

What?Mrs. Murong was born in a brothel? !

How could such a "humble" woman enter the highest power center of the royal family, and even make the emperors of the two dynasties fascinated by her? !

Looking at my astonished gaze, He Liancheng seemed to have guessed what I was thinking, and continued: "This, perhaps, is the most intriguing aspect of Mrs. Murong. And I can tell that Mr. Guigu respects her very much, as if I was enlightened by her when I was young."

what? !

I was taken aback. From the rumors I know about Mrs. Murong, most of them were nearly a hundred years ago. If it is said that Mr. Guigu has been enlightened by her, and the two people are from the same era, then—Mr. Guigu should Nearly a hundred years old!
At this moment, Guigu, Mr. Guigu, this originally mysterious combination is even more elusive in my eyes.

We walked slowly along the river, let go of the reins, and the two horses ran happily in the valley, causing bursts of water splashes, blown by the wind, and some fell on our faces, bringing Bursts of coolness.

It also temporarily calmed down my confused mind due to shock.

He Liancheng continued: "At that time, there were two extremes among the princes and princesses in Guigu. One was headed by you, eager to start a war and unify the Central Plains; the other was completely opposite, thinking that the general trend of the Central Plains could be passed To achieve peaceful reunification through a larger alliance, these two different views filled the entire discussion process, and disputes continued.”

"Who is there who holds another view?"

"Princess Mu Liusha of Suzaku Kingdom, Prince Xuanyuan Ting, but the leader is—" He glanced at me, I seemed to have sensed something, and I heard him say the name heavily.

"Ling Shaoyang."

My heart sank slowly.

"There seems to be hostility between you and him from the first time you saw each other. You two are like two sides of a mirror, both sharp and radiant, but they are completely opposite. It seems that in this world, only There could be one."

……

"The discussion at the beginning was completely a confrontation between the two of you. But I have to admit that your confrontation was very exciting. If you were born with a sharp spear, then Ling Shaoyang is a perfect shield. Even Mr. Guigu said, If the two of you are not princes and princesses, if you can be included in Guigu, you may become the most inexhaustible talent in Guigu in the past hundred years."

……

"This discussion lasted for a long time, and at the end, Mr. Guigu no longer wanted to get an answer, because he could already feel that the future of the Central Plains should be the relationship between you."

At this time, I have completely lost my reaction. The eight years ago at the entrance of Helian City seems to be a bizarre farce. Everything that happened in it is beyond my expectation, and it is not under my control.

Me, and Ling Shaoyang?

Between us, there has been such a confrontation. Is he and I a natural opponent?
No, it's not me and him, and Xuanyuan Xingsi and him. Now I just have this name, this body, but a completely strange soul.

However, that person's name, like a nightmare, stabbed into my heart again.

I am still afraid of him, that kind of fear with hatred is like a needle, piercing my heart, and it is getting deeper and more painful every day.

But now, I'm suddenly a little confused.

Eight years ago, were he and "I" really just confronting each other?

And that night, it was me or the "Xuanyuan Xingsi" from eight years ago who made him love and hate, and even used the cruelest means to hurt him?
Looking at my pale and bloodless face, He Liancheng said softly: "If you can't take it anymore, I don't need to talk about it. You rest for a night, maybe this is too sudden for you."

After speaking, he blew a whistle, and the two horses ran back immediately, and he wanted to help me to ride.

My heart was indeed in a mess, but at this moment, I suddenly remembered one thing.

So, I gently pushed away the hand he extended to help me, and looked up at him: "He Liancheng, you have been talking for so long, what does these things have to do with the Nangong family? Why did you just say that people from the Nangong family Will usurp the throne?"

"You still believe in Nangong?"

"I trust my eyes." I looked at him and said firmly, "Nangong is not such a person."

He Liancheng sneered: "Maybe, he is not such a person, but he cannot represent the entire Nangong family."

My heart moved.

Indeed, I have already seen that although Nangong's martial arts are rarely rivaled in the Central Plains, he is only a heir to the Nangong family after all, and all the power of the Nangong family is in the hands of Nangong Yu.

As for Nangong Yu entering the palace this time, many of his actions are indeed very suspicious, especially that night, I heard the conversation between him and Nangong outside the main hall, which seemed to hide some secrets of their family, Even that poisonous oath, to a large extent, was like a heavy mission, oppressing Nangong's head.

Could it be that he really wanted to usurp power?
I thought about it again and again, but finally felt that I couldn't figure it out. He Liancheng looked at me and said, "Is there anything else you can't figure out?"

I said: "If they want to become the overlord of one side, they should have had such an opportunity at the beginning of Qinglong Kingdom's establishment. Why wait until now?"

"It's very simple. If they raised their troops when the Central Plains was full of wars, they would have a chance, but the chances of failure are also great. Now, which of the four major allied countries in the Central Plains will not be successful? Maybe one is not paying attention. , there is a danger of destroying the country and genocide.”

"You mean, they chose to stand behind the Ling clan, support them to establish the country and proclaim themselves emperor, and then use another opportunity to usurp power and seize the throne, so that the price they pay will not be too high."

"good."

My heart felt a little cold.

Dragon and Tiger Life Renewal Pill, is this medicine their chance?
But——I was a little puzzled: "They waited until the Ling clan established the country, and raised troops at this time, they would be rebelling, and wouldn't they encounter even greater resistance?"

He Liancheng looked at me with a slight smile in his eyes: "It seems that although you have amnesia, your brain has not changed, and the way you think about problems is still the same as before. Xingsi, you are a big deal people."

I frowned slightly.

He didn't continue to talk about this issue, but said: "Of course I know what you said, but there is one thing you don't know—"

He glanced at me, and an inexplicable smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"What if, instead of rebelling, they recovered?"

(End of this chapter)