The wind chimes in the courtyard were ringing "ding-dang-dang". It was not a violent vibration, but a gentle and melodious sound echoing in Gu Changning's ears, as if someone was whispering and crying in Gu Changning's ear.

[Changning, your grandfather didn't protect your mother well.]

Gu Changning walked to the maple leaf, bent down to pick it up, turned the fiery red maple leaf between his fingertips, and said, "I don't blame you."

He raised his head slightly and looked at the footprints in front of him.

I don’t see the lonely soul returning to its hometown, but I see the ghost shedding tears of sorrow.

Humans and ghosts are different, but Gu Changning can strongly sense the breath of his relatives.

Gu Changning added, "I blame the world, the fickleness of the world, and the blindness of human nature. But no matter how difficult the process was, I finally returned home. I will guard the Watchtower that you failed to defend. The Xiao Army will not disappear. Grandfather, call back the heroic spirits of the 100,000 Xiao Family Army and tell them... to all go home."

With a "whoosh", the wind started to blow again.

The spirit-calling banner hanging outside the gate fluttered to the left.

After a while, the people outside the courtyard heard the orderly footsteps and horse hooves coming from outside the Xiaodi gate.

Someone lowered his voice and asked, "What's that sound?"

Xiao Sangwan seemed to sense something and turned around and walked out the door.

Seeing this, everyone followed Xiao Sangwan to the gate of the Xiao Mansion.

The streets in the distance were foggy and dark at night.

There was a vague sight of a group of people, no, a large group of soldiers in armor and holding weapons, passing through the maze and walking past the gate of the Xiao Mansion.

Everyone was shocked.

Some people covered their mouths and dared not make a sound, they thought they had seen a ghost.

Red armor and black flags, exactly the appearance of the Xiao family army ten years ago.

Everyone who saw this scene had their heart beating very fast.

They believed in and feared ghosts and gods, but no one had ever actually seen these things.

But many people saw it tonight.

The old marquis returned with 100,000 Xiao troops.

Xiao Sangwan covered her mouth tightly, tears already streaming down her face.

Grandparents, parents, uncles, I never thought I would be able to see them one last time in my lifetime...

The 100,000-strong Xiao army was like a long dragon, until the last soldier disappeared at the end. Everyone thought that all the members of the Xiao family had returned, but they did not expect that there was still a man riding a white horse galloping quickly through the fog.

Xie Jinhua just walked out of the mansion and stood on the steps. The young man on the white horse was none other than the young Xiao Wenbai.

He rode past Xiao Sangwan and Xie Jinhua without stopping. When his figure was submerged in the night, he stretched out his hand and waved to the people behind him, returning to his favorite army.

Xiao Sangwan's crying stopped abruptly.

The night sky suddenly dissipated. Her eyes were fixed on the direction where Xiao Wenbo left. There was a smile on her face. Tears flowed down her face. She said in a hoarse voice: "He can finally ride a horse."

Xie Jinhua patted Xiao Sangwan on the shoulder, and looked up at the direction where Xiao Wenbai was following the main force. A faint smile appeared on his face, and he was happy for Xiao Wenbai.

Gu Changning asked Master Kunling: "Can we hold the funeral now?"

Master Kunling nodded and said, "One hundred thousand Xiao troops have returned, and every general of the Xiao Mansion can rest in peace. We can now bury them."

"Master." Xiao Sangwan had more questions to ask Master Kunling: "My entire Xiao family died in Xiguan ten years ago. Have their heroic spirits been in Xiguan for the past ten years?"

Master Kunling replied truthfully: "Yes."

"They... have been guarding there all the time?" Xiao Sangwan asked.

Master Kunling looked at Xiao Sangwan and said, "Generals dare not return without orders from their master. After they die, no one will call their souls back. Their souls will fall into the West Gate and become wandering ghosts. They will be trapped in the place where they died, repeating the war day after day."

After listening to Master Kunling's words, Xiao Sangwan clenched the handkerchief in her hand and tears fell again.

Master Kunling added: "Prince Xiao is like a living dead, and one of his souls remains in Xiguan. However, everything has been completed now. I hope you will be patient and at peace. I will help these heroic souls to be reborn and send them to their paradise."

"Thank you, Master." Xiao Sangwan clasped his hands together and bowed devoutly.

Master Kunling turned around and returned to the Xiao Mansion to arrange the next steps.

Gu Changning stationed 30,000 troops to guard the road that the Xiao family's coffin must pass through.

He thought that some resentful common people would come out to cause trouble on the way, but unexpectedly, a young and strong man stood on the periphery and raised his hand and shouted: "Let us send off the old marquis and every loyal and brave martyr of the Xiao family."

"Can we carry the coffin?"

"Give us a chance to send the old marquis away."

Gradually, more and more people knelt on the periphery, vying for a spot to carry the coffin.

Xie Ci saw that the situation was not right, so he quickly walked to the front of Gu Changning and Xie Jinyun's palace sedan chair and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, many people are kneeling on both sides of the street, hoping to help Martyr Xiao carry the coffin."

Gu Changning looked back at Xie Jinyun.

Xie Jinyun said: "Go out and take a look."

Gu Changning immediately lifted the curtain and walked out of the palace carriage.

The coffin bearers were still moving slowly forward, and the team did not stop. Even the common people who were kneeling on the ground begging for a place to bear the coffin did not break through the defense line and rush into the main road to hinder the funeral procession.

The people knelt down and worshiped. The scene before them was incredibly spectacular.

Gu Changning said: "Being seen off by hundreds of families is the honor and treatment that the Xiao family deserves. Let them go."

Xie Ci ordered his subordinates according to Gu Changning's order without any hesitation. Xie's army immediately put away their spears. A group of men walked towards the coffin, took over the coffin-carrying load from Xiao's army and continued to move forward.

And every time they took more than ten steps, a large group of people would come forward to take over the burden of carrying the coffin.

No one was fighting over anything, everyone was united and very well-behaved.

Such a wonder was seen by literati, who wrote it down in poems and painted it in ink.

In the minds of military generals, this is the highest honor after their death. Who wouldn't want to have the people scramble to carry their coffins and see them off for ten miles after their death?

After the Xiao family's funeral was over, Xie Jinhua also left Yanjing City.

Xiao Sangwan asked Xie Jinhua with tears in her eyes: "Sister Hua, are you not going back to the Xie family?"

Xie Jinhua said: "I will go back and say goodbye to the Xie family. If the Queen asks, you can say that I am used to living a free and easy life."

"Then there must be a goal." Xiao Sangwan held Xie Jinhua's hand, reluctant to let go: "After you leave Beijing, where are you going? You have to let me know."

Xie Jinhua took out the painting and said with a smile: "Go here, to Watch City. Now Chen and Yan have become one big country, and there will be no more wars. You don't have to worry about me. I will write to you when I arrive in Watch City."

At this time, Manager Xiao walked in from outside and said, "Miss Xie, there is a young man named Wei outside. He said he is here to take you back to the Wei family."

"Who is it?" Xiao Sangwan was stunned and asked.

Xie Jinhua said: "Yuan Ce's younger brother, Wei Yuanshuo."

After that, Xie Jinhua turned back to Manager Xiao and said, "Tell him that I have left. This is the letter I left for the Wei family."

She handed the letter to Manager Xiao, said goodbye to Xiao Sangwan, and left from the back door of the Xiao Mansion. She quickly climbed onto the horse's back and rode away, unaware that a pair of eyes were silently staring at her from behind...

(This is the end of Xie Jinhua, you can also use your imagination freely)

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