Golden branches and jade leaves

Chapter 108
Chapter 18: Sunset on the Long River

"What did you say? Who took back the capital?" Ni Tingxuan's voice was out of tune due to extreme shock.

Su Mi next to her couldn't help but turn pale with shock, who is it?able to take advantage of this opportunity.

With a hoarse voice, the little school who came to report said the person who established this supreme achievement: "It was the northern soldiers who originally guarded Juyu Pass."

It's Mu Qinghan's team!
"How could he have entered the capital? There is still Yeluxin's [-] troops in the capital." Ni Tingxuan couldn't help asking.

The Ni family is always paying attention to such a tempting feat of recovering the capital. Even if Ni Yuan led the army to occupy Nanchen, and Ni Tingxuan went on an expedition to the Northern Liao Dynasty, he never let go of the movements in the capital.

Sufficient troops have already been prepared and ready to stand on the border of Yongzhou.

Once there is a gap between the Liao people in the capital, they will immediately march westward and capture the capital.

Although after the decisive battle with Ni Yuan, the Liao army suffered a great loss, but there are still nearly [-] troops stationed in it, and the capital city wall is high and deep, the food and grass are sufficient, and the defense is strict, which is far from what a city like Xijing can compare with. yes.

Therefore, the forces of all parties have been unable to find opportunities.

"I heard that someone in the capital secretly..." Xiaoxiao coughed a few times because of his dry throat.

"You will explain in detail, don't worry." Su Mi said.While handing over the water on the table to his hand.

The little school gratefully took the water glass, looked at Ni Tingxuan's face, and then dared to drink it, moistened his mouth, and began to tell the story of the recovery of the capital.

After Ni Yuan defeated the Liao army, Yeluxin returned to the capital with the remnants of the army, and began to close the city, hoping to rely on the stability of the city to fight against the Qi army and wait for a turnaround.

However, Ni Yuan's troops lost too much, so they had to temporarily retreat to the eastern Yuzhou area, rest and rectify, and prepare for another battle.

Just taking advantage of this opportunity, Mu Qinghan's troops, who had been entrenched in Laizhou as if they were living in seclusion from the world, began to move out, and Chen Bing fell under the city.

At that time, Ni Yuan got the news of Mu Qinghan's dispatch, and he just snorted coldly when he heard about it. Mu Qinghan obviously wanted to take advantage of this move.But it was too early to start.

The capital is a fat and plump city that is coveted by various forces, but with the tiger Yeluxin entrenched, no force dares to act rashly.

Although the tiger is now injured, the injured tiger will only become crazier.

With these soldiers and horses in Mu Qinghan's hands, it is impossible to capture the capital,
The Liao army obviously thinks so too.Qijing's city is so strong that it is unparalleled in the world. Even Ni Yuan dared not attack the city rashly and waste his troops. Instead, he chose to draw the Liao army out of the city for a decisive battle.What's more, Mu Qinghan.

Unexpectedly, Mu Qinghan's people had already planted a dark thread in the capital.

It was Liu Quan, known as the richest man in the capital. Originally, after the Liao army entered the city, he led the merchants in the capital to express their allegiance to Yeluxin. Ren Gaomi resisted the forces, and his many loyal actions finally won the trust of the Liao people. I heard that Yeluxin even sealed him an official position, which gave him the opportunity to approach the city gate. After that, he has been secretly buying and contacting the city gate. Toiling slaves.

On September [-]th, those hard laborers who could not endure the torture of the Liao people started a rebellion. Such a small chaos was often seen when the Liao people entered the capital, but after being suppressed bloody again and again, those hard laborers seemed to have gradually Accustomed to the oppression of the Liao people, he dared not stroke the tiger's beard easily.Unexpectedly, a rebellion was launched at this time.

Yeluxin, who had been hiding in the deep palace, was furious and clamored to go and kill all these ignorant slaves in person, but before he had time to set off, he was met by a master sent by Mu Qinghan's subordinates at the same time. Seize the opportunity and succeed in the assassination.

It is said that it was an earth-shattering fight, and in the end Yeluxin and the assassin died together.

There was great chaos in the Liao army.Liu Quan secretly opened the gate of the city and put in the soldiers and horses outside the city. Under the attack from inside and outside, the Liao army was leaderless and unable to resist. In addition, since they learned the news that their hometown capital was besieged, they had already returned to their hearts. Like an arrow, the Liao people did not resist fiercely, and finally chose to break out of Beijing and abandon the city that they had occupied for nearly two years.

Mu Qinghan finally regained the capital in one fell swoop...

Ni Tingxuan was secretly shocked when he heard that, in fact, the Ni family had also ambushed many secret agents in the capital early on, planning to act as an internal response when the capital was recovered, but when the Liao people turned against them in Yongzhou, the whole city carried out repeated searches They actually killed all their ambush informants, such as Gao Shengnuo, and almost wiped out all the secret forces accumulated by the Ni family in the capital for decades, which made Ni Yuan have to choose Yelvxin Lure out of the city for a decisive battle.He has never been able to understand where the Liao people found such accurate information.

Now Mu Qinghan actually used the same method.

assassin!perish together!
At this moment, only these words remained in Su Mi's ears.

Xiaoxiao continued to tell, she didn't hear clearly at all, an ominous premonition suddenly rose in her heart, an inexplicable chill began to spread from her chest like weeds, and she felt her heart began to thump The ground jumped wildly, and there were thunderous noises in my ears.Even though it was midsummer, his whole body was as cold as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

She was falling into a kind of unknown fear, and wanted to ask something, but she felt that the corners of her mouth were so dry that she couldn't control it no matter what, and couldn't open it, as if a little force would split open due to excessive fear.

"Who was the one who assassinated Yeluxin?" Ni Tingxuan couldn't help asking for details.There is such a master.

Su Mi's face turned pale, cold sweat broke out from the palm holding the armrest.

Before she had figured out how to bear it, the name that showed infinite cruelty had already blurted out from the mouth of the little school: "I heard that it is Wen Xian, a famous assassin master in the world."

Wen Xian is dead!

Su Mi's body couldn't help shaking, and she felt dizzy for a while, as if the world had turned upside down.She felt that she was about to faint, but the heart-wrenching feeling kept her awake.

Ni Tingxuan was still asking about various details about such a battle, and Xiaoxiao answered each one truthfully.In Su Mi's ears, all the words lost their color and turned into buzzing noises, leaving nothing but a blank mind.

For her, Wen Xian's real relationship was only a few days, but in her heart, it occupied a strange place. Perhaps it was the same experience of the country's ruin and family destruction that made her feel close. Or maybe the tit-for-tat life in those few days was extraordinarily special, maybe it was his simple and unrestrained attitude towards life that made her envious and jealous, yearning for her...

In Su Mi's heart, he has always been regarded as one of the few people who can truly be trusted by her.

Moreover, it was for her that Wen Xian went to help Ge Chengming and escorted him all the way to the north, which made her feel unspeakably guilty, and felt a cold and sharp cutting pain in her heart, which made her unable to shed tears.

Originally, he didn't have to die, he should not be bound by these feelings of ruining the country and family, and the hatred of destroying the country. He should be free to fly in the rivers and lakes, swaying with his sword, without paying attention to these right and wrong.

It's me who insists on dragging him into this circle.

She barely supported the table beside her, but accidentally touched the water glass to the ground. The clear and pleasant sound of fine porcelain cracking came out, and Ni Tingxuan finally realized it. He turned his head and saw Su Mi. The expression on her face was clear, but the despair and sorrow in her eyes made him tremble with fear.

He panicked and quickly supported her: "What's wrong with you?"

"I'm fine." Su Mi said reluctantly, but her words were out of tune.

How dare she say she's fine? !Ni Tingxuan looked at her anxiously, and didn't care about other people's eyes. He immediately picked her up and walked towards the back tent.

"I'm fine." Su Mi struggled anxiously a few times, but couldn't get away, so she let him hug her and entered the inner tent.

Only the little schoolboy was left standing blankly in the tent, watching the scene in front of him. At this time, Su Mi was obviously an ordinary young man...

Putting Su Mi on the couch, Ni Tingxuan was about to call the medical officer, but Su Mi held onto his clothes tightly, "Don't call someone, I'm just a little tired."

It was only then that Ni Tingxuan remembered that Su Mi's medical skills were far superior to all the medical officers.

He was at a loss and didn't know what to do, Su Mi lowered her head and said, "Go and get busy first, I don't have anything, just take a rest."

Ni Tingxuan hesitated for a moment, the tired look on Su Mi's face made him almost suffocated with depression.It should be good news for her to recover the capital of Daqi, but why is there such a panicked side?

For what?
After hesitating for a while, he still walked out. He could see that Su Mi wanted to be alone for a while.

After closing the curtain of the tent, he saw through the gap that something bright like a pearl flashed across her cheek and disappeared in a flash.

He lowered the door curtain, turned his head and walked out,
Is it because of that Wen Xian...

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Looking up at the night sky on the grassland, it is always very quiet and moving, and people's thoughts can extend far and far, just like the grass below them.

Su Mi sat there quietly, looking up, the sky was so dark, even the stars became extremely rare tonight.

In the distance, there is a faint and tortuous flute sound. I don’t know which homesick soldier is telling his thoughts about his family during the war.The grievances are hard to understand and touching.

Underneath the battlefield passion of Lu Yun and Yue for eight thousand miles, there are so many eternal partings and indelible pains.

"Don't worry, I've calmed down." She said softly, as if speaking to the person behind her, or to herself.

The world is like a passing cloud, and it will eventually turn into a void.

Ni Tingxuan didn't speak, but just took a step closer silently.
After a while, Su Mi turned to look at him,
The moonlight shone on her unparalleled beauty, and her expression was as cold as the moonlight.

The moment of looking at each other was so long, "What are you going to do now?" Then, she lowered her head and asked softly.

you……

The starlight tonight may be too cold, and Ni Tingxuan couldn't help feeling a chill in his heart.

Perhaps, in her heart, she never belonged to the same realm as herself.

He has long been keenly aware that there has always been a strange defense and estrangement between her and him.This distance seemed to be innate, and it appeared between the two of them.At the beginning, Ni Tingxuan thought it was because Su Mi was jealous of her status as a concubine, so it was impossible for Yu Li to act, but when she lost her status as a concubine and became a simple woman with the surname Gu, that blocked her. The invisible wall was even stronger, making it impossible for him to take a step forward.

In this period of gold and iron horses, during this time of being together, under the orange light of this tent, the distance has been shortened.

But a short piece of news brought all these changes back to the original point.

What's the reason?
It's because of that Wen Xian...

Ni Tingxuan's heart froze, he had also heard about Wen Xian.

How did they get acquainted, a concubine who favored the sixth palace, and an assassin who was famous all over the world.

Moreover, he still remembered that on the day of the night banquet in Tianxiang Garden, it was Wen Xian who stabbed her chest with a sword...

Did the two know each other at that time?

It was still that day when the horse was free and unconstrained, and the sword that coincided with Qihui connected her with him.

Ni Tingxuan had countless doubts lingering in his heart, but he couldn't ask a single word.

But he is dead now.He quietly looked at the lonely and beautiful figure in front of him, and such contemptuous thoughts rose in his heart irresistibly.

He lowered his head, as if escaping, and said softly after a while: "The next thing is naturally to clean up the post-war affairs here, and then I will prepare to go south and return to the capital."

All the doubts can only linger in his heart, and finally turn into bitter wine, which he can taste quietly by himself.

The stars are twinkling, the night wind is getting cooler, and the two are sitting side by side on the vast grassland,

Everything in the world seems to be stagnant at this moment, but it still cannot restrain the quiet passage of time.

Finally, the desolate cold moon in the sky gradually sinks to the west, and at the end of the horizon, a bright red light rises slowly, interweaving with the emerald green earth below, scorching people's eyes brightly and warmly.

Su Mi stood up silently.

Seeing her receding figure, Ni Tingxuan couldn't help but wryly smiled, and clenched his icy-cold palm tightly.

Looking back, I looked at the rising sun like fire, and the sea of ​​clouds changing.

Under the rising sun, his figure was alone, indescribably lonely.

Is it over between them, or never started?
Has the war been won, or is it just a brief hibernation?

Volume [-]: Golden Ge and Iron Horse·Glory in Troubled Times (End)

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The eighth volume is over, the reality is cruel,
Well, I knew I was going to be pai, so if you want to shoot, just shoot.

Fortunately, the helmet pot lid has been prepared,

Be merciful, everyone, remember to hit it lightly,
By the way, I lifted the edge of the pot lid, and yelled weakly, monthly pass, monthly pass, is there any book friend who still has a monthly pass?Please support me a little bit...

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