Laughing at Chang'an

With a red dress sweeping the floor and fluffy gray hair tied high above her head, Wang Ziyun of Huofeng, carrying her cigarette stick that never leaves her body, met Geng Yan who also came at the Xiama Bridge in front of Weiyang Palace.

"Handsome Geng."

She greeted Geng Yan with a smile, the latter stopped and waited for her to catch up and walked in together.The two of them bypassed the front hall and walked along the deep palace corridor to the east hall which they seldom set foot in on weekdays.

"The first six Hanhai-class ships all have their own emblems, and at least half of the twelve holy knights from the Daguang Palace have come." Wang Ziyun's voice was not loud, her magnetic hoarse voice echoed on the silent palace road, There was a hint of a smile hidden, "War without declaration is considered a thief. I don't think we need to talk about morality with them. It is only reasonable to slap this slap back."

Geng Yan smiled silently.

"The incident happened suddenly, and there is probably something strange inside." He raised his head and looked at the majestic palace in front of him, "Let's take a look and talk about it."

Has arrived at the meeting hall.

Stepping into the palace, Geng Yan's first feeling was deep.

After the hall door opened inwards, one can see the chairman's table over 50 meters long.At the end of the long table, on the jade plate embedded in the wall, there is a large and simple word 'quiet' that makes everyone who comes in tremble.A lot of people had already arrived at the table, all of them were familiar faces, the heads of the top [-] mercenary regiments in Chang'an City gathered together.

The current president of the mercenary guild, Li Tieyi, the leader of Huiguang, is listed at the top.From his left hand are Blood Slaughter Hades, Geng Army Geng Yan, Fire Phoenix King Ziyun, Bayonet Han Danru, Arms Alliance Feng Liancheng, etc., and his right hand is Donggong Shen Murong, Desert Yellow Sand, Blue Flag Buddha, Old Wooden Hunchback, Xijiang Liuyi Pu...

In this meeting hall, there were eighteen kings under the command of the mercenary king Dian, who all conquered the Eastern Desolation and restored the human race.There is also a massacre of seven people who betrayed their relatives and left their relatives, and blood spilled on the long table... How many heroes and heroes throughout the ages have been at this long table, pointing out the country, and killing thousands of people with a single word.

Geng Yan lifted his clothes and sat down.

There are nearly a hundred people sitting in the hall, but it is still eerily quiet. Everyone here is the leader of the group, and the concentration of mind is beyond the reach of others.Even if the fleet of ships outside the city is like a forest, and the enemy's soldiers are already overwhelming, not many people sitting here may really care about it.

What they ate was the rice bowl of war, so what was so strange about such a scene.

"Everyone is here, let's get started."

Li Tieyi, who sat at the top, looked around for a week, and said, the officer waiting by the door bowed and retreated, and the two gates were quietly closed, sealing the entire palace in the middle.

"The cause and effect of the matter have been clarified." Li Tieyi put down the teacup, stood up, and said to the crowd, "The Twelve Holy Knights of the Daguang Palace and the Twelve Holy Knights directly under them came. According to the messenger's report, They are here to welcome back the Lord of the Great Light Palace, the Holy Maiden of Light, Hevira Shuen, who disappeared five years ago."

All the leaders around the long table have different expressions.

The grievances between the Illuminati and Chang'an City are longer than the old lady's foot wrap. This time, the other side suddenly attacked with troops, there must be some great reason... If you want to talk about the Lord of the Great Bright Palace, Her Highness the Holy Maiden of Light , the people here will not be too unfamiliar.

Five years ago, the previous emperor of the Guangming Empire passed away, and three princes competed for the throne, sparking a civil war.The Holy Maiden of Light, Hevra Shuen, and the second prince are siblings of the same mother. They were involved in this civil war, and their whereabouts were unknown after the second prince was defeated and died.This was also a major event that shocked the world at the time. The empire went through a great chaos, but it was the third prince who was not well-known before who finally won the throne.

Li Tieyi turned his gaze to Geng Yan who was sitting second from the left.

"The other party said that the saint has been living in seclusion in Chang'an these years, and now she is in Li Shen's residence on Gubai Road."

Hades burst out laughing, not only him, many people here couldn't help but want to touch their foreheads when they heard the name Li Shen.Geng Yan, who was watched by Li Tieyi, lowered his eyes and picked up the teacup, sipping softly in silence.

"As soon as the day breaks, they will enter the city to welcome the saint." Li Tieyi sat down slowly, his old voice echoing quietly in the hall, "If we don't allow it, then we will force our way in."

Wang Ziyun raised his eyebrows, Huang Sha leaned over and patted his trouser legs, the leader of the most vicious and craziest group of people in the world was sitting here, listening to jokes.

"Then ask them to take a look." Lanqi's Futu lit a match, lit the cigarette in his lips, and said without raising his eyebrows, "Da Guangming Palace, Twelve Paladins? Are you amazing?"

Wang Ziyun knocked on the cigarette rod, and was the first to laugh out loud, and then the whole hall burst into laughter, the laughter almost lifted the roof of the hall.

Hades looked at Li Tieyi beside him, and there was an inquiring meaning in his eyes that only each other could understand.

Li Tieyi shook his head.

"It's a meaningless battle, if you can't fight it, don't fight it." Waiting for everyone to laugh, he patted the table twice, and said calmly, "The holy girl is a hidden danger after all if she stays in the city, so it's okay for them to pick it up."

"But Chang'an also has Chang'an's rules. They can't come and leave whenever they want."

"If you want to enter the city, you can, Twelve Paladins, leave half of your head."

He looked at the people at the table one by one.

"Do you have any opinions on my decision?"

………………

In the depths of the Northland there is a beast named Hu, whose hair is like velvet, soft and warm, it does not invade water and does not burn when exposed to fire.

Last month, the adjutant got a high-quality Hu fur from a merchant in the Northland, and Haitang took a fancy to it and used it to sew a cloak for Li Shen.This fur fur is extremely difficult to sew, and if there are any traces and pressure, it will be exposed on the surface, and the one that Haitang got may be due to bumps on the road and improper preservation, and many places on the leather surface have blemishes.

She cleaned it carefully inside and out, picked a good day to dry for three days, then smoothed the fur with a comb, picked out the blemishes, and cut it into the required material according to the appropriate size.When sewing, in order not to leave traces, she used the method of pressing the needle, threading the thread through the skin without penetrating it, but this was not strong enough, so she repeated every connection point three times. all over.

The snow-white cloak lay quietly on the bed.

She sits at the table.

A garden of crabapple blooms outside the house.

"The flower Begonia looks beautiful on the outside, but inside it is odorless and tasteless. It is quite similar to you."

When we first met, we were enemies but not friends. That beautiful man, holding a big knife, killed her entire boat of guards. On his blood-stained pretty face, he had such an abominable smile.

But he didn't kill her.

Whether it was fate or accident, this man named Li Shen appeared in her life, and since then, everything has become different.

Haitang stood up quietly, walked to the door of the room, raised her head, and looked at the rising sun.

——God refused to give her story a happy ending after all.

She has no joy or sorrow, no sorrow or anger, and also, no complaints or regrets.

………………

On the majestic and ancient city gate, the word Chang'an has been engraved for thousands of years.The hazy morning light shrouded the blue-black wall bricks, and someone walked out of the city slowly.

Geng Yan, dressed in a pitch-black marshal uniform, walked step by step in front of the Twelve Holy Knights of the Great Bright Palace that spread out like an ocean outside the city gate.

He watched them silently.

No one has any objection to Li Tieyi's decision, but it is a bit difficult to handle who will come forward to do this.It's not that anyone here is afraid of offending the Great Bright Palace. The problem is that another person is involved in this matter.

They would rather offend the ten Great Bright Palaces than provoke that mad dog Li Shen.

So Geng Yan stood here.

Among the twelve holy knights of the Great Bright Palace, there are elderly people, young people with immature faces, and women.They have been mythed by the outside world together with the Great Bright Palace, but they are actually just a group of mortals with flesh and blood.

The meaning of Chang'an City has been conveyed to them through the messenger.Accept it or not, they decide for themselves.

Geng Yan stood with his hands behind his back.

The cold morning wind blew his golden hair.

There was no dispute or negotiation, twelve pairs of eyes rested on him without blinking, from the neck down to the chest up.

——Out of twelve, six will die.

—Who is going to die?Who should live?

Geng Yan closed his eyes.

The first paladin with an old face took a step forward, followed by the fourth paladin who was a woman, then the sixth, seventh, ninth, No.12...the six held the golden coat of arms inlaid with the emblem of the sun in their left hands. Paladin's battle helmet, with the palm of his right hand facing upwards, clenched into a fist, and smashed hard on his heart.

The remaining six people who did not come out drew their swords from their waists and swung their swords at the same time.

Six heads fell to the ground, and Geng Yan opened his eyes.

There was a momentary loss in his eyes.

He lowered his head, watching the head rolling down at his feet.

"You guys, go in."

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The wooden comb slid over Snow Silver's long hair inch by inch.

Haitang looked at herself in the mirror.

Snow silver hair, ice blue pupils, this is her true face.She is not Haitang, nor is she called Haitang.She is the sixth princess of the Guangming Empire, the owner of the Great Guangming Palace, the Holy Maiden of Light, Haiweila Shuen.

A noble, puppet doll.

She who had defected from the Great Bright Palace once, she didn't care how she would be treated after returning.She was just a little regretful that she couldn't see what Li Shen looked like wearing the newly made cloak.

Anyway, he won't look bad in anything he wears.

He took off his plain blue cloth skirt, put on the undershirt of thousands of brocade silks, tied up the bright sun belt, and put on the phoenix robe of the Ming Palace.With auspicious rings around her ears and a bright crown on her head, Haitang gently tucked the little flower hairpin that Li Shen gave her into her temples.

Once gone, there will be no return.

She walked out of the house, walked step by step through the blooming begonias in the courtyard, stretched out her hand, and pushed open the closed courtyard door.

It was quiet in the Li residence.

She walked over the long rope where the clothes were drying, patted the broken leaves that fell on the clothes, passed the clusters of autumn chrysanthemums in the garden, watered them, and finally came to the vermilion freshly painted fan. in front of the gate.

There are thousands of doors in the world, but this one is the only one, and she doesn't want to go out.

Farewell, my husband.