Jun You Ji Fou

the day before.

In the side hall, Li Yanzhen stood under the porch, looking up at the phoenix trees and green branches in a daze. Su Shiyu had already quietly left, but the question was still lingering in his ears.

——"Your Majesty, do you still yearn to be a freelance craftsman outside the palace?"

He stood still for a moment, then turned and returned to the palace.Lu Qinghe was sorting out his old paintings on the desk case, carefully putting them away one by one, when he heard footsteps and looked back, "Your Majesty, I just made the tea and put it over there. "

Li Yanzhen gave a "hmm", but didn't move her footsteps. Seeing her busy back, she picked up a painting and unfolded it, but her hand suddenly stopped, and she didn't move for a long time.Li Yanzhen passed her shoulder, saw the peach blossoms all over her eyes, and the glowing red clothes, and finally couldn't help but uttered: "...Qinghe."

"I..." He watched Lu Qinghe turn around and said hesitantly, "I have something to tell you."

Lu Qinghe nodded, "Well, let's talk."

"I'm leaving Chang'an."

"Well, I know." Lu Qinghe said with a smile, "I heard Mr. Su's conversation with you, as long as you can leave safely, these paintings will be packed soon, and I will pack your luggage for you later."

Li Yanzhen shook her head, and continued: "I grew up in the palace since I was a child, and I have never been to any place except some other palaces. There are a lot of books, but they are not proficient, and they only have the skills of carving and painting, and they can barely read..."

He spoke very slowly, as if he was thinking about every sentence, Lu Qinghe didn't know what to say, but he didn't bother him.

"...I know very little about things outside the palace. I don't know as much as you have traveled abroad." Li Yanzhen looked at her and smiled slightly. "I have never been to Dongting and Jiangnan, and I have never seen Changbai Snow Mountain. You Would you like to watch it with me again?"

Lu Qinghe was stunned suddenly, staring blankly at him speechless.

Li Yanzhen still said slowly: "Don't worry, I will be very careful in everything I do. I won't bring you any trouble, and I won't make you hard. If the road is difficult, you can exchange some of my paintings for some money. If not, I can do it too." Carve something to..."

"I am willing," Lu Qinghe interrupted him, choked up, but smiled brightly, "I am willing, very willing!"

Li Yanzhen smiled, stepped forward and hugged her gently, she raised her arms to hug Li Yanzhen, tried her best to hold back her tears, and said with a smile: "Fortunately, it's not too late, let's go faster on the road, and we can still catch up with the flowers in the south of the Yangtze River .”

Li Yanzhen nodded and smiled, "Okay."

When it was almost dawn, the people who came to pick them up as agreed to leave the palace arrived.

As the Xiling King's army attacked closer and closer, more and more people wanted to flee with their families in Chang'an City. The commander of the Imperial Army couldn't stop him, and returned to the palace to report, but he had to say "If they want to escape, let them go", so As soon as he came, he simply opened the city gate and let them pass, without even interrogation.

They rode an unremarkable carriage out of the city amidst the crowds. After going around a few times to make sure nothing happened, they stopped in a remote place on the outskirts of the city.

As soon as Li Yanzhen got out of the car, she saw Su Shiyu waiting here, and couldn't help laughing, "I didn't expect you to come see me off in person."

"It should be so." Su Shiyu raised his hand to signal another larger carriage behind him, "All the money and money needed are ready, and the coachman also knows some martial arts. It should not be a problem to protect you all the way. If there is any need, Someone can contact me again."

"Thank you." Li Yanzhen thought for a while, and couldn't help asking: "Aren't you going to leave Chang'an?"

"No," Su Shiyu shook his head, "I still have some things to do."

"...Is it for Chu Mingyun?"

Su Shiyu was slightly taken aback, then smiled calmly, "You can say that."

Li Yanzhen nodded, remained silent for a while, and suddenly said, "What do you think of me during these years in office?"

Su Shiyu pondered for a while, but he didn't answer, so he laughed, and continued, "There's nothing wrong with it, it's just that it's too useless, isn't it?"

"Presumably everyone in the world thinks the same way." He sighed, and chuckled endlessly, "It's also fortunate that Su Aiqing is not a woman."

"What did you say?" Su Shiyu couldn't hear clearly.

"It's nothing." Li Yanzhen looked at him with a smile, bowed her head solemnly, "I'm afraid we won't see each other again, brother, take care."

Su Shiyu was slightly moved, and also nodded in return, and said softly, "Take care."

The sky was getting brighter, the forest was still filled with mist, and the grass was green. Li Yanzhen was fascinated by the figure of Su Shiyu riding away on his horse. Lu Qinghe waited for a while, and couldn't help but wonder: "You... know the relationship between Master Chu and Master Su. ah?"

"It's just a rough idea," Li Yanzhen said with a light smile, "if you saw the way Chu Mingyun looked at him in the court hall, you could probably guess it. But so what if you know it, just like Jiang Yuan at that time, I always feel that I care about it." Too much will just add to the annoyance."

"Jiang Yuan?" Lu Qinghe was startled, "Is it the Jiang Zhaoyi I heard about in the palace, the one who poisoned you before? You already knew that she had bad intentions?"

Li Yanzhen nodded indifferently, "I know, but even if I know, I still want to keep her. After all, if she is executed, then I will not even have the last person to speak in the palace?"

Lu Qinghe was speechless, stretched out his hand and gently took his hand.

This small gesture made him laugh, and he held her hand instead. Li Yanzhen sighed: "I have thought a lot these days of being under house arrest, only to realize that I have never lived as myself in the first half of my life for more than 20 years."

"Father and empress care for me because I am the only remaining son; people like Jiang Yuan who want to murder me are for my throne; even Su Aiqing's care for me is just because of his courtiers The responsibility is not for me." The voice was faintly dispersed in the mist, he turned around and looked at Lu Qinghe, with mixed feelings until he finally said: "So, thank you for liking me."

"Yanzhen..."

"Let's go and see how the flowers in Jiangnan are." Li Yanzhen smiled and pulled her into the carriage.

The setting sun melted gold, and it was stained with strong blood outside the city. A battle was coming to an end.

The Xiongnu cavalry was as brave and brutal as the rumors. The [-] elite soldiers fought hard with the heart of death, and finally showed their decline in the consumption of each other. Most of them were killed and injured.

"Commander, what should we do? They are about to call, do you want to report to His Majesty again?"

The commander of the Forbidden Army kept pacing on the wall, sweating profusely when he heard the words, and shouted: "What are you going to report? Resist soldiers to defend to the death! Resist the soldiers to defend to the death! Don't understand, even if you and I die, we must defend! "

"But how do we know how to fight?" The adjutant lowered his voice, "Commander, Commander! Otherwise... shall we run away?"

The commander stopped abruptly, hesitated, gritted his teeth and cursed after changing his expression a few times: "You bastard! This is Chang'an, the capital of the country! If you leave, it will be the Huns who come in! Let me hear this kind of thing again!" If you don’t, I’ll cut you down first!”

The adjutant nodded again and again in horror. He was very angry, but his heart was not very strong. At this time, there was a sudden exclamation from the guards, and the commander hurriedly followed and looked back.

A horse in the rebellious army suddenly rushed to his side, Li Chenghua swung a knife subconsciously, and was swung away by the other side with a machete, only then did he see that the person who came was Yu Wenying's attendant Yu Lu, who was leading the Xiongnu army this time .

"My lord, the situation is wrong!"

Li Chenghua followed Yu Lu's gaze, and his eyes widened suddenly.

The vermilion gate of Chang'an City opened wide, and countless black armored cavalry poured out, rushing straight to the front from the rear. Looking around, there were at least 5000 people, and their morale was high.However, the mighty 5000 Xiongnu army now has only [-] people left after excluding casualties. What's more, after a long hard battle, the soldiers and horses are tired and morale is low, and the situation is extremely unfavorable.

His eyes were fixed, and he fixed his eyes on the man among the ten thousand armies.

The flags were waved, the horns hissed, and the Xiongnu soldiers and horses listened to the order and stopped their offensive. The scattered troops quickly gathered together. Li Chenghua rode forward and stopped in front of the confrontation between the two armies.

Su Shiyu smiled knowingly, and also went up to the front of the battle.They were separated by a large distance and looked at each other from a distance.

"Master Su," Li Chenghua shouted, "You lead troops to stop, are you going to serve that traitor?"

Su Shiyu remained calm and looked at him without responding.

"Sad, lamentable!" He said with a heartbroken voice, "Do you have the heart to ruin the reputation of the loyal souls of the Su family in your own hands? Your father, General Su Jue, has a spirit in heaven. How do you make him feel about a thief selling his life?"

Su Shiyu finally raised his voice, his tone still calm as usual, "Will the prince invite foreigners to invade the country, can he be worthy of the ancestors?"

"It is the good fortune of the two clans that the foreign clans are willing to send troops to help wipe out the rebels, since they have the heart of alliance, why should they be ashamed?"

Su Shiyu shook his head and chuckled, not wanting to say anything.The cavalry of the Habayashi Army behind him slowly moved forward to support him, their long swords, knives and halberds were all displayed, sharp and ready to go.

Li Chenghua could see that a battle was inevitable, his expression sank, and he raised his hands high.

The command flag was waved down, and the two armies rushed out almost at the same time, roaring to hedge.

The sound of war drums and fighting resounded throughout the world.

Compared with the fine black armor on other cavalrymen, the soft armor on Su Shiyu's body was extremely thin, but he was in the vanguard without paying attention, leading a group of cavalrymen straight to the opponent's center.

Sweeping all the way, extremely fast and dangerous, in the gap between the light of the knife and the shadow of blood, it turned into a narrow blade that pierced the lifeblood, and cut a bloody path.

Blood splattered like rain, penetrating into Su Shiyu's white shirt, bloody smell and dusty smell filled his nostrils, fast horses flashed past enemies one by one, and the faces of those people became blurred and overlapped back to the depths of memory .

He was not able to gallop on the battlefield as he wished when he was young, and there is nothing wrong with choosing to die in this way now.

Li Chenghua was already in sight.

The sound of horseshoes was urgent, Li Chenghua looked at Su Shiyu who was approaching, with a look of ferocity flashing across his face, he grabbed the crossbow arrow on the saddle and shot it.Three beams of silver light hit his face, they were too close, it was too late to move away and dodge, he suddenly leaned up and almost lay down on the horse, crossbow arrows flew past in front of his eyes, and the light of the knife flashed by his side , He straightened up and sat up while pulling the reins, the horse turned accordingly, and the long knife brushed against the soft armor on the side of the shoulder, leaving a burning pain.

The two exchanged positions in an instant, and Li Chenghua turned his head to stare at Su Shiyu, who escaped in danger, and snorted coldly.

The horse under Su Shiyu suddenly wailed and fell forward - the moment he passed by, the Huns cavalry next to him slashed at the horse's leg with a knife.Li Chenghua's knife fell on his head.

Su Shiyu let go of the saddle without any hesitation, stepped on the horse's back and jumped into the air in an instant, facing the knife.

A sharp arrow came through the air, penetrated the armor and pierced into the back of Li Chenghua's heart. His hand that dropped the knife froze suddenly, and the blade only rubbed against the side of Su Shiyu's neck, leaving a thin light red mark. Almost at the same time, Su Shiyu's The sword also fell.

Su Shiyu landed steadily, followed by Li Chenghua's head, which rolled and lost in the chaos in an instant. The headless body was still sitting stiff on the horse, and then fell down.

Another howl of arrows passed over his head, Su Shiyu looked up, and Yu Lu not far away spat out a mouthful of blood, but regardless of the arrow that had penetrated his chest, he tried his best to draw the bow, and shot straight at the last moment when he fell off his horse come over.

A little light from the arrow's edge flashed in his eyes, and Su Shiyu breathed a sigh of relief.

The three armies win the command, the overall situation is settled.

Facing the approaching cold light, he did not move, did not dodge, slowly let go of the hand holding the sword, and closed his eyes in relief.

But suddenly bumped into an embrace.

Someone grabbed his waist and rushed out of the battle.The sound of the scuffle faded away, and the only thing that rang clearly in my ears was the sound of rapid breathing. The other party's hands were trembling slightly, but they hugged him tightly again and again. Regardless of the blood stains on his body, they hugged him very tightly and deeply, for fear that he would Disappeared in general.Sandalwood is faint, this embrace is too familiar, Su Shiyu's whole body is stiff, unable to move.

Chu Mingyun took a slow breath, looked at the person in his arms, and said in a low voice: "Shiyu, open your eyes and look at me."

Su Shiyu's eyelashes trembled slightly, hesitating, and slowly opened his eyes, meeting those pupils, shining brightly.

Chu Mingyun looked at him and smiled, and asked, "Why did you help me?"

"I……"

But he didn't give Su Shiyu a chance to answer at all, cut off the words and continued to ask: "Why do you say that if I die, I will pay my life back?"

He grabbed Su Shiyu's side hand, "Your gesture of holding the sword just now was completely fine, so why wasn't it like this the day you wanted to kill me?"

Su Shiyu wanted to free his hand, but Chu Mingyun clenched it tightly, staring at him with burning eyes, "I tried it, the hand that held the sword couldn't exert all its strength that day, since you are so angry, Why are you still reluctant to kill me?"

"How dare you say you don't have me in your heart?"

Su Shiyu froze, remained silent for a long time, and chuckled as if he was very tired, "Yes, I have you in my heart." He looked at Chu Mingyun quietly, "It has always been you, only you."

Chu Mingyun looked at him, slowly raised his eyebrows and smiled.He seemed to have waited for this sentence for too long, waited for the snow-covered green mountains, waited for the red plums to rot, suffered for half a life, and became sick to the bone marrow before the dust finally settled.

"I believe," Chu Mingyun lowered his voice, "Shiyu, can you believe me?"

Su Shiyu was stunned and couldn't answer, so he could only stare at him blankly.

Chu Mingyun took out a jade pendant from his close-fitting sleeve, and handed it to him. The white jade carving pattern was exactly the one that Su Shiyu gave, but the jade pendant had criss-crossed gold marks, which were apparently broken and re-spliced ​​by gold leaf. "I threw this jade pendant before, but it was broken again. At most, I can only put it together like this..."

"At the beginning, I did approach and test you on purpose. What you guessed on the boat was almost correct, but the point you didn't say was wrong..."

"From the day I kissed you, every word that I like you is true."

Su Shiyu looked down at the jade pendant in his hand, rubbed it slowly with his fingertips a few times, and smiled softly, "...it can be spelled like this."

"That's mine too." Chu Mingyun held Su Shiyu's hand holding the jade pendant.

Su Shiyu looked up at him, and said with a helpless smile, "Yes."

"You're mine too."

"Ah."