Jun You Ji Fou

On February [-]th, the sky was dark and cloudy with lead clouds.

The courtyard of the Taiwei Mansion was lined up like chess pieces with black-armored elites, their bodies straight, with their long swords at their sides, motionless like clay dummies.The three thousand shadow guards all appeared, and under the dim sky, they still existed like black shadows.

Crows and magpies chasing carrion fell on the high wall, staring at the scene in the courtyard as if smelling blood.

Chu Mingyun walked into the hall from the inside, his long crow-colored hair was tied up, and his dark light armor reflected his eyes coldly.Qin Zhao took a few steps forward, and while lowering his eyes to straighten his cuffs, he walked out, "How is the situation in the palace?"

"The imperial army is guarding, everything is as usual, Li Yanzhen is still in a coma."

"Where's the Habayashi Army?"

"There hasn't been any movement yet, but a large number of elite soldiers have been sent to watch near Jianzhang Palace, and they can deal with it at any time." Qin Zhao said, "The long streets in front of Suzaku Gate have also been cleared."

Chu Mingyun paused in front of the door, looking at the blurry shadow outside through the door, "What about the Su family?"

"Nothing happened." Qin Zhao hesitated for a moment, and continued, "The watcher said that Su Shiyu locked himself in the ancestral hall after returning to the mansion yesterday, and he was not allowed to eat or drink, let alone news."

"Staying in the ancestral hall without eating or drinking?" Chu Mingyun looked sideways, looked back after receiving an affirmative answer, and sighed to himself: "...Is he planning to torture himself to death to take revenge on me?" After a pause, he said to Qin Zhao, "Let Du Yue go over and have a look."

"Du Yue was right next to me when I received the news, and it's already passed."

"Heh," Chu Mingyun laughed indistinctly, "For once, he's clever."

"Senior Brother," Qin Zhao couldn't help but said, "You still have injuries on your body, can you really not wait any longer?"

Chu Mingyun shook his head and smiled softly, "The arrow is on the string." After speaking, he raised his hand and opened the door.

The hall door was wide open, and he walked out slowly. The shadow guards in the courtyard knelt down on one knee in unison and said "My Lord" in unison.Chu Mingyun got on his horse, his eyes swept over the crow magpie flying away in fear with flapping wings, the rein was wrapped around a few times in his palm, and he pressed the hilt of his sword with his slender fingers, "Let's go."

The commander of the imperial army personally greeted him outside the palace city, and saw the group of black men and horses crossing the empty long street, coming in a cloud of dust, bowing and saluting from a distance.

Chu Mingyun reined in sharply, the black horse neighed and stopped, and the imperial guards bowed respectfully under his horse. He squinted his eyes and looked at the many palaces in the distance, and suddenly remembered the answer he gave to his master on Cangwu Mountain:

"Of course I want revenge. But who do you think my enemy is, the Hun soldiers who were ordered to massacre the city, the general who planned the invasion, or the officials who fled from the city? In fact, it is not. Follow the orders of the general and use the strong to defeat the weak. The law, the fault lies in the weakness of the country."

"My enemy is the world."

A thunderbolt exploded in the sky, and the lightning cut through the sky and flashed a pale light. The heavy clouds that had accumulated for a long time suddenly collapsed, and the torrential rain poured down.

The palace gate opened wide.

There was no sound in the bedroom, Li Yanzhen slowly opened her eyes, her eyes were empty, her eyes were empty for a long time, she propped up the couch and sat up, there was no one around.He covered his mouth and coughed a few times, lifted the brocade quilt and got out of bed, and walked out of the dormitory in a daze, but there was no one to be seen along the way, and there was a chaotic noise coming from a distance, obscured by the sound of rain , It was disturbing for no reason, and every step under his feet was as soft as stepping on the void, as if in a dream, he walked to the imperial study room unknowingly, and when he recovered, he was standing in front of the wooden sculpture.

The imperial study room was also empty, only the peerless beauty who lacked a face faced him silently.

Li Yanzhen stared at it blankly, did not move for a while, he suddenly grabbed the carving knife on the table, and landed on the statue without hesitation, the carving knife rustled lightly, and sawdust fell rustlingly, he did not hesitate at all , as if that appearance has long been familiar to the heart, the woman's face gradually became clear, the gentle and elegant eyebrows and eye corners, the faint smile on the lips, everything followed the memory back to the sunny days when the sun was shining, and the apricot blossoms all over the ground. Come.

The carving knife fell to the ground, Li Yanzhen stepped back a few steps to look at it, looked at it again and again, and suddenly laughed, "Sister, you are so beautiful, can I draw a picture for you?"

No one answered, his smile gradually faded, he reached out to take the candle on the table and lit the wood carving, burning the ambiguous thoughts of his youth into a palace of fragrance.

Just as Lu Qinghe turned around the palace corridor with the soup and medicine, a group of maids rushed towards her. She quickly stabilized the medicine and narrowly escaped, watching them knock over the flower stand in panic, and ignored the muddy skirts.Her heart tightened, she turned around and hurried to the bedroom, pushed the door open and entered, but Li Yanzhen was not there.

The medicine bowl fell to the ground and turned into a pool of black concoction. Lu Qinghe rushed into the rain and ran around looking for it.The palace was in chaos, some places were fighting and scuffling, and some places were empty and silent, countless palace people fled to pass her, and the disturbing voices were messed up in the rain.

She was drenched all over, her chest felt as if it was going to burst, and she was in a panic.

Suddenly seeing a group of imperial guards rushing past, heading towards the imperial study, Lu Qinghe was about to stop the inquiry, but suddenly realized something was wrong.Although these people were dressed as imperial guards, they had a murderous posture. Among the people who were fighting just now, she roughly saw the imperial guards and guards fighting.

There was a flickering fire in the imperial study room, which was particularly eye-catching in the dark and rainy curtain, obviously someone was there.

Before she could think about it, Lu Qinghe rushed to catch up, slashed the last guard's neck with a knife, and took his long knife. She stepped on the shoulder of the man in front of her, leaped into the air, and landed in front of the imperial study room. The knife blocks them.

The imperial guards looked at Gong'e who suddenly appeared in front of them, with fierce faces, "If you don't want to die, get out of the way!"

Lu Qinghe took a deep breath, shook his long knife, and raised his voice: "I am Lu Qinghe, the daughter of Lu Shi, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and I am ordered to protect Your Majesty, and the rogue officials and thieves will pass under my sword first!"

The imperial guards looked at each other, and turned to kill them together.

There was no fear in her eyes, and she greeted him with a knife.

The world was too noisy, and her ears were filled with the violent sound of her own heartbeat, so she didn't notice when the palace door behind her opened.With the last blow, Lu Qinghe kicked away the corpse on the ground, gasping for breath, the blood on her face was immediately washed away by the rain, she turned her head and met a pair of quiet eyes, suddenly at a loss what to do.

Li Yanzhen looked at her quietly, then walked over, took her cold hand, and returned to the hall.

The imperial study room was filled with an inexplicable aroma, something beside the window was burnt into a ball of white ashes, the panes were scorched black, half of the gauze curtain was burned away, and it was drenched by the rain that came in.

"Your Majesty, this is..." Lu Qinghe turned his head to look at him, and put a brocade handkerchief on his cheek. Li Yanzhen didn't say a word, but focused on helping her wipe off the rainwater. She froze for a moment, then smiled again, Did not escape.Finally, Li Yanzhen brushed her loose hair behind her ears, pulled her to sit down on the soft couch beside her, looked out, and finally said: "It seems to be raining again?"

Lu Qinghe listened carefully, and the sound of knives and swords mixed with the torrential rain outside the palace was getting closer and closer. She hesitated for a moment, "Well, it's getting bigger and bigger."

Li Yanzhen nodded, "No wonder it's so noisy."

The thunder rolled, and the big raindrops hit the iron armor with crackling sounds.

Chu Mingyun wiped the rain off his face casually, and looked indifferently at the head of the guard who was covered in blood not far away.The imperial guards in Miyagi had already surrendered and surrendered. Only the head of the guard was still leading the people to resist, struggling to the death under the siege, scolding the commander of the imperial guards for rebellion hoarsely, and cursing him for disobeying the destiny and dying.

Chu Mingyun suddenly raised the corners of his lips, the chuckle hadn't melted into the sound of the rain, and the person had already dodged forward.The head guard raised the long knife supporting his body high and swung it out brazenly. The sword clanged and collided, and he couldn't help being shocked back a step in the splash of rain. Full strength is the power that can ruthlessly cut off the opponent's sword as well as flesh and blood.

The long knife drew a dazzling arc in the rain, but it went out of the air and cut into nothingness.The chief guard's eyes widened suddenly, and he stared at the man in front of him in disbelief. The long sword pierced his throat without the hilt for a moment, and he couldn't make a sound, his blood-red eyes were full of unwillingness.

Chu Mingyun didn't look at him, but looked at the magnificent palace covered with layers of rain curtains, and his voice was a little bit colder than the rain, "I am the destiny."

He withdrew his sword backhand and stepped over the corpse.The cold rain washed the iron armor and long sword, and dyed the ground red on the white jade steps.

The heavier the rain, the stronger the wind made the window lattices rattle, the long wind pierced through the hall, the fireworks on the white candles flickered out, and the ancestral hall was dark.

Su Shiyu, who was kneeling under the ancestral tablet, slowly raised his eyes. The tablet of Su Jue facing him was shining with a cold light, which flickered in his eyes.

"Father," Su Shiyu said softly after a long time, "...is it my fault?"

The voice fell in the silence, and the tablets of several generations of loyal souls of the Su family looked down at him quietly, without answering.

The window was slammed open, and cold wind and rain poured in.

She heard the sound of countless footsteps stepping over the sound of the rain, and it was clearly approaching. The man as gorgeous as a red lotus finally came with a sword, stepped on the long bloody road, and pushed open the heavy palace door.

Lu Qing and Huo Ran got up and stood in front. She stared at Chu Mingyun, her hand holding the knife was tightly clenched, and she couldn't help trembling slightly.She knows her abilities well, and it is still difficult to deal with the man in black behind him, let alone Chu Taiwei who has been killing for many years, not to mention she has an inexplicable sense of closeness to Chu Mingyun, she does not want to be his enemy at all, but And I don't even want to see Li Yanzhen die.

Chu Mingyun tilted his head and looked over, with no expression on his face.

Lu Qinghe met his gaze bravely, struggling in his heart, and a hand suddenly stretched out behind him took her into his arms.She was taken aback, Li Yanzhen's hand covered her hand holding the knife, Lu Qinghe was extremely stiff and did not move for a while, Li Yanzhen sighed lightly, and shook her hand.She finally couldn't help the red eyes, trembling all over, and slowly loosened the knife with difficulty.

With a "clang", the long knife fell to the ground.

A forced palace came to an end so quickly.