Martial Lord

And just as the little brother said, there is indeed a passage under Concubine Zhang Shun's coffin.This passage skillfully avoided the inspection circle of the mausoleum guards, and went straight to the mountainside, like a way of life specially paved for them, guiding them back to the world from the gloomy tomb.And the moment they stepped out of the cave, there was a loud noise from inside the passage, and then the entrance collapsed, sealing this ghostly road forever.Even if the mausoleum guards came to investigate, they would only think it was an ordinary landslide, and they would never suspect that someone had entered and exited the imperial mausoleum.

Everything was just in time, just right, almost as if it had been planned.Could it be that Concubine Zhang Shun had anticipated what happened today, so she deliberately left a way out for her son?With such abilities, and being buried together by the late emperor, how could this woman be just an obscure and ordinary concubine?

At this point, Wu Xie finally remembered the origin of Concubine Zhang Shun.

In fact, not only was this person not unknown, but she was also very well-known. From the high officials to the common people in this dynasty, there was almost no one who didn't know about her.Wu Xie didn't realize it before, because "Concubine Zhang Shun" was her title after entering the palace, but before that, she had a more well-known name-the Saintess of Snow Mountain, Princess Baima.

Princess Baima is a foreign woman brought back from the snow-capped mountains by the first emperor when he was young.The Xueshan family has always been mysterious and has little contact with the Central Plains. People are always full of fear of the unknown. This marriage with Princess Baima has also received a lot of criticism because of her status.The Saintess of the Snow Mountain is low-key and modest, gentle and wise, and proficient in medical skills, saving countless lives, and is respected as the guardian goddess of the Snow Mountain.

It is heard that the first emperor fell in love with Princess Baima at first sight, and regardless of his precious body, he personally took risks to complete the [-] tests of the Xueshan clan, and won the trust and respect of the Xueshan patriarch, and also won the heart of Princess Baima.However, contrary to the rumors, after Princess Baima entered the palace, the late emperor did not show any fascination. He only gave her a remote and quiet courtyard, and ordered all the courts in the harem not to disturb her.And Princess Baima also lived in seclusion as always, rarely even showing up at royal celebrations.Everyone guessed that Princess Baima had committed a taboo and fell out of favor as soon as she entered the palace.I heard that this princess from a foreign land never smiled after entering the palace. She looked at the direction of the snow-capped mountains all day long, frowning, and became sick from depression. She died soon after.

It turned out that Concubine Zhang Shun was the famous Princess Baima, and she was actually Zhang Qiling's mother.

So far, Zhang Qiling's identity is ready to be revealed.

Wu Xie suddenly figured out something.When Zhang Qiling told about the origin of the Ultimate Heavenly Book, he had a sense of disobedience.Imagine if the little brother was just an ordinary person at that time, how could he appear beside the late emperor and be deeply trusted?Now that the little brother's identity is revealed, everything immediately becomes logical.Although I don't know why the little brother concealed his identity and wandered in the rivers and lakes, but he finally knew why he kept his life experience secret all the time.

After escaping from the imperial mausoleum, they left Yingtian Mansion overnight in order to avoid long nights and dreams.Zhang Qiling lost too much blood and needed a secret and quiet place to recuperate.Fatty has many friends, so he quickly found a reliable place to stay thanks to his connections.This is an old small courtyard house located at the foot of an unnamed mountain. It is sparsely populated and it is not convenient to come and go, but it is more important to be quiet and single-family than the noise of the inn.

The fat man was in charge of picking up the medicine, Wu Xie took care of Zhang Qiling, and took turns cooking and decocting the medicine with the fat man at night.A few days passed, Zhang Qiling's pale face finally had some color, and he became more energetic.It was only later that Wu Xie learned that Zhang Qiling's slow recovery was not only due to blood loss, but also because the poisonous gas in the imperial mausoleum was very harmful to a master like him.While trying to save him, the little brother had to use his kung fu to resist the poisonous gas, so he suffered serious internal injuries.

However, compared to this, Wu Xie is more worried about the mental state of the younger brother.

His health has improved a lot recently, and he finally spends more time awake than asleep.But even when he was awake, the man just stared at Princess Baima's bone altar motionlessly.Although he was a little bored before, he still communicated with people, but now he doesn't speak at all.Sometimes Wu Xie thought, he might as well fall asleep like that, he still has some popularity when he sleeps, but when he wakes up, his eyes are full of nothingness, as if he is here, but his three souls and seven souls are still in the dark imperial tomb Average.

If you want to persuade, you can't persuade, if you want to talk, you can't say anything.

Right now, this is probably the best portrayal of Wu Xie's mentality.

One day, when Wu Xie came back from outside, when he opened the door, he saw that Zhang Qiling was not in the room, and even Princess Baima's bone altar was gone.Wu Xie was shocked, and hurriedly searched the surrounding area, and finally found Zhang Qiling in a small forest not far away.

He was kneeling on the ground, spreading the soil one handful after another, his movements were slow but pious, every move seemed to be performing the most solemn ceremony, and he didn't mind Wu Xie's arrival at all.And when Wu Xie saw Zhang Qiling's palm clearly, he couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Brother!" He rushed over.

I saw that the newly scabbed wounds on Zhang Qilingfang's hands were almost completely open again, and there were many new wounds near the nails, mixed with mud, dripping with blood, which was shocking.And Zhang Qiling didn't seem to feel any pain, he didn't think it was his own hand at all, and he didn't know how long he dug like this.

"What are you doing again? You don't want your hands?! You——" Wu Xie saw the scene in front of him clearly, and was suddenly at a loss for words.

"Mother doesn't like the imperial mausoleum, she hopes that I can bury her with my own hands." Zhang Qiling said plainly.

really.

Zhang Qiling buried Princess Baima's bone altar in this forest.The environment here is pleasant, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, it is a good place to sleep peacefully.However, he chose the most self-abuse and cruelest method. Without using any tools, he just dug a hole with his hands, making his newly recovered fingers bloody and bloody.

Wu Xie let out a long sigh.While cleaning Zhang Qiling's wound, he couldn't help but said: "Little brother, why are you bothering, your mother saw you torture yourself so much in the spirit of the sky, are you going to make her feel so distressed to death?"

Zhang Qiling was taken aback, and repeated Wu Xie's words in a murmur: "My heart hurts...will she?"

"Of course, what mother doesn't care about her own child? You are not filial, but unfilial, when you hurt yourself in front of her old man. She tried her best to arrange that secret passage for you, just to let you survive. You like this If you don't take care of your body, don't you want her hard work to go to waste?"

Zhang Qiling looked at Wu Xie, as if he had heard Wu Xie's words for the first time these days.After a while, he suddenly said, "She has never seen me."

Huh?Wu Xie was surprised.

"As soon as I was born, I was secretly sent back to the Snow Mountain. My mother didn't know about it. They told her that I died at birth, and they found another dead baby who was about the same age to make her believe it. "King Mu Shang" The word 'Shang' means premature death. I only learned that Princess Baima was my mother when I was 16 years old. She was still alive at that time, but I never thought of coming to see her."

Wu Xie was puzzled: "Why? Don't you want to see your mother? Maybe she misses you very much."

Zhang Qiling shook his head: "Missing this kind of thing is based on 'cognition'. A person's curiosity does not constitute missing. I have never met her, and she does not know my existence. Such a meeting It's meaningless, and it will cause trouble in life."

Wu Xie frowned: "I still don't understand why you have to be sent away as a prince?"

"Because only by keeping me away from the court since I was a child can I be completely excluded from the struggle for the throne. Although my father made an alliance with the Xueshan family, he was actually very jealous of my family, and my family just happened to need a An independent, pure heir—so they made an agreement that once my mother gave birth to me, they would immediately send me back to the clan."

"Just because of this? Just because of this, you have to be separated from your mother? Have they ever thought about the feelings of your mother and child!" Wu Xie angrily said, "This is simply too much!"

Zhang Qiling was very calm, as if talking about other people's affairs: "When I was 19 years old, my father was defeated and asked my clan for help. The clan sent me to my father, thinking that this would show the sincerity of the clan. But my father In fact, he didn't want to see me. He has always been... afraid of my people, including me. He knew that I would definitely go to him one day, so he asked the Huo family to lead me into the imperial tomb. Mine, that coffin was prepared by my father for me. Even after death, he hopes to control me and not threaten his country. Letting me lie beside my mother is his last kindness to me. "

Wu Xie's mind flashed, and he suddenly remembered what Zhang Haike said, "The last thing it wants to see is you as its leader." Could it be that "it" refers to the late emperor?No, the first emperor died long ago, and the "it" Zhang Haike said probably did not refer to one person, but to all the current imperial families who knew the secret.The Chinese surname of Princess Baima is "Zhang", so coincidentally, the surname of the martial arts leader is also "Zhang". It seems that this is not a coincidence. The Xueshan family and the Zhang family in the Central Plains should be inextricably linked. The "Zhang family" is simply the name of the Xueshan family.

"Brother, what happened next?"

Zhang Qiling looked at the grave with ecstasy, and murmured: "In my heart, I only think that I have no father and no mother. My father wants me to die, but my mother doesn't know my existence at all. Because of these things, I I have never seen her, and never thought of seeing her. Until I saw the letter he left me in the tomb. I didn’t know that she actually knew my existence. She has always loved me very much. Miss me, she was always waiting for me to see her."

When Zhang Qiling said this, his tone was very calm, but Wu Xie felt the surging emotions in his chest that had always been calm.It was a kind of remorse that could not be expressed in words-the first time I knew my mother in my life, but it was many years after my mother died.He didn't even know that her mother loved him and missed him, and even missed the chance to reunite with her mother.

"Why, I came so late..."

Zhang Qiling bowed his head, his black hair fell down from his ears, blocking his expression, a strange but joyful emotion surged into his heart, something warm and moist fell from his face, dripping dust.

The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop, the child wants to support but the relatives don't wait.Stone had feelings at this moment, and the hero who had always been as strong as a god finally became an ordinary person, feeling the most bitter and sour taste in the world at a loss.

Wu Xie looked at him silently, feeling that all words were powerless at this moment, cheer up?Sorry?These words are of no help to the little brother.He never thought that Zhang Qiling would cry one day, he never even dreamed about it, and he didn't dare to think about it, and it's the same now.If the price of regaining human emotions is to bear such pain, then Wu Xie would rather keep him indifferent.It doesn't matter to ignore him, it doesn't matter to leave him, as long as he is still the fairy Zhang Daxia, as long as he doesn't have to bear these painful regrets.

After a long while, he said: "Brother, I know it's useless to say anything at this time, but it's not your fault. If she complains about you, she won't leave you a book, and won't help you escape from the imperial tomb. Princess Ma's wish is not only to see you, she also hopes that you can live a good life and live a decent life, you still have a lot of things to do."

Zhang Qiling looked at Wu Xie: "A lot of things?"

"Yes! The first thing is to find the second volume of the heavenly book, cure the disease, live a good life, and live a better life than anyone else, so that Mama Baima can see you in the sky and be happy every day. Of course, I also... ...Fatty and I will always be with you!"

Zhang Qiling closed his eyes and fell into a long silence.

The wind is blowing, the leaves are whirling, bringing the coolness of early autumn.When Zhang Qiling came, he was dressed lightly, not even an outer shirt, Wu Xie remembered that he was still injured, so he took it with him when he went out.Seeing that Zhang Qiling didn't speak at this time, knowing that he still needs time to recover from his grief, he shook off the coat in his hand and gently put it on the man's shoulders.

The next moment, the back of his hand was held down.

The early autumn wind was blowing the hair and the corners of their clothes, but Wu Xie didn't feel the slightest cold.Zhang Qiling's hands are big and steady, and the palms are often slightly warm, completely different from his cold personality.It's just that every time they come into contact like this, the timing is not very good, either they are being hunted down, or it's a life-and-death moment, and another time, when the little brother went mad... But this time it's different.He could feel his heartbeat, his emotions, his forbearance, his suffering through the shallow pulse on the man's wrist... It was as if he could finally share some for him.

After being speechless for a while, when Zhang Qiling raised his head again, the aura around him was obviously different.

"Go back to Huo's house in ten days, I want to see Mrs. Huo again." He said calmly and firmly.

Speaking of Mrs. Huo, Wu Xie was very angry. It was a waste of her age to frame the younger generation.Asking her about the whereabouts of the copper fish, it's fine if she doesn't say anything, but leading them to a dead end is really hurting others and not benefiting oneself. No wonder the little brother is so angry, but he is seriously injured now, so it's not the time to be arrogant.Wu Xie thought that Zhang Qiling was going to settle accounts with the Huo family, so he hurriedly said, "My little brother can't do it! Although this old lady Huo is really hateful, but your injury is just right, I think it's better to take a long-term plan..."

Zhang Qiling shook his head: "There is no time, the copper fish is not in the imperial mausoleum, she still owes me the whereabouts of the real copper fish."

Wu Xie was startled: "Are you sure she knows?"

"She must know, and now, she must tell me."

Wu Xie was worried about Zhang Qiling's injury, and was about to persuade him again, but his palm was suddenly clenched.His heart felt hot, and the moment he met Zhang Qiling's eyes, the big stone on his chest finally sank.