she won't live to twenty

When King Loulan finished speaking, a few bitter tears fell from the corners of his eyes.

Wuming listened to the whole story, still holding his hand, smiling helplessly from the sidelines.

"Son, what's your name?" King Loulan sighed bitterly and looked at Wuming seriously.

"No name." Wuming said indifferently, "No name, no surname, no father and no mother."

This name was chosen by Wuming himself, but when he said it, King Loulan obviously misunderstood something.His cloudy eyes were once again covered with tears, and he murmured: "I'm sorry for them..."

Nameless silence.

After a long time, King Loulan stopped his tears and asked again, "I heard you want to go back to Qin?"

"Yeah." Nameless nodded.

"When Yuwen Tianming comes back, if you still want to leave, just leave." After saying this, King Loulan closed his eyes sleepily, and waved to the maid to lead Wuming away.

Wuming walked out of the palace slowly, did not return to his room immediately, and sat alone on the edge of the cliff, staring at the silvery snow field illuminated by the moonlight in a daze.

Lou Lan Wang Zha?Of course scum.He first betrayed the princess he was married to, and then abandoned the woman he loved for the sake of power.But then the woman jumped off the cliff and passed away, and her only son left Loulan absolutely.

Now King Loulan is an old man who will not have a long time left. No matter whether Wuming scolds him or comforts him, it will have no effect.No matter what it is, only when Yuwen Tianming comes back and tells him, can he listen to it.

But no one knew when Yuwen Tianming would come back.

On the first day Wuming woke up, he wrote a letter to the second master, asking Ainu to order someone to send it to the palace of the eldest prince of Qin.However, she has been in a coma in Loulan for a month, and when the letter is delivered, it will be another month or two. I don't know what will happen to the Qin Dynasty at that time?Will Second Master and Master Master look for her everywhere?Can they get her letter?

Nameless not sure.

Sitting on the edge of the cliff, she could only feel a very shallow flow of true energy in her body, and her body shivered slightly from the cold wind.It is difficult to keep warm with this little qi, let alone walk across the boundless desert alone through the iron chain and return to the territory of Daqin.

It will take at least half a month before the true energy is fully recovered before leaving secretly.

At this time, Wuming only felt confused and lonely.

Suddenly she saw two figures on horses approaching a little bit in the desert covered by silver light.The moonlight was bright tonight, so those two figures were particularly conspicuous, even the shadows falling on the desert, Wuming could see clearly.

She thought she had misread, and rubbed her eyes with trembling fingers.

The two figures disappeared.

Wuming's heart felt empty, and his heart was filled with loss.

The next moment, she saw a slight trembling on the iron chain, and the two lightly crossed the iron chain and landed in front of her.

The eye sockets of the bearded master's master turned red, and the seductive second master raised his head and let out a strange chuckle.Wuming looked up at them and was stunned for a long time. For the first time, he felt that the two masters were so good-looking.

……

"Little nameless, we're here to take you home."

In the middle of the night, Wuming was tossing and turning on the bed in the palace, thinking of this sentence again and again in his mind.

She, who never showed weakness in front of outsiders, buried her face in her knees at that time, accidentally cried out a weak voice, and her shoulders trembled slightly.The master knelt down to comfort her silently, his unshaven cheeks were also soaked with tears.The second master laughed out loud, laughing insanely.

Wuming now thinks back to the scene just now, and only feels that his cheeks are burning red, and even the roots of his ears are very hot.

She actually cried in front of the two masters?

... But, it's ridiculous!

But apart from being ashamed, Wuming had to admit that the chill that had lingered deep in her heart these days finally faded away, and instead bursts of warmth surged up.

Her family crossed the boundless desert, stopped in front of her in the moonlight, and came to take her home.

She also has a family.

She's not alone...well, she's lonely.

"Huh..." Wuming let out a long breath, put on a thick fox fur, stood up and opened the window.

She was lying on the bed, looking up at the full moon in the night sky.

Nanyue...

The master told her just now that Nan Yue was brought back to the capital by Tang Zhi's men after she was pushed off the city wall by the autumnal equinox.If she doesn't hurry back, no one knows what that lunatic Tang Zhi will do to Nan Yue.

Wuming's eyes were bloodshot at that time, and his mind went blank. He wanted to jump over the iron chain and return to Daqin immediately, but the second master grabbed him by the collar.She hasn't fully recovered yet, even if she has a level [-] master on the same journey, she may not be able to cross the wasteland.

Accompanied by the master, he had to set off back to Changjing as soon as possible, and he had to rest for at least three more days, and wait until the true energy in his body could circulate smoothly.

Nameless understands this truth.

Now that she had already taken her life, she couldn't afford to lose it again.She wanted to return to Changjing alive and appear in front of Nanyue intact and unharmed.

But rationality is one thing, but the uncontrollable longing and worry in my heart is another.

Wuming lay down by the window in depression, blowing the cold wind, shaking his head from time to time.

The second master's frivolous voice sounded at this moment: "What? Little Wuming? Can't sleep in the middle of the night and miss your little Nanyue?"

Nameless glanced at him sullenly: "Yes."

The second master was wearing a thin cardigan, holding a flagon in his hand, and was sitting on the railing outside the window, drinking smartly.

Wuming remembered the story that King Loulan told her, and asked softly, "What about you? Are you in a bad mood?"

"Yeah, I'm a little melancholy." The second master raised his head and took a sip of wine, which dripped down his neck and soaked his clothes, "Xiao Wuming, I'm not going to go back with you and Tang Zhengze."

Nameless let out a faint "oh".

The second master raised his head all of a sudden, raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't you feel sad? At least let's keep it for a while, you little heartless."

Wuming chuckled softly: "Is it useful to retain?"

Second Master: "...It's useless."

"That's it." Wuming propped his chin with both hands, "This is your home, and you have your reasons for wanting to stay. There is no banquet in the world that lasts forever. Well... I will often take Xiaonan with me in the future. Moon came to see you."

The second master shook his head with a smile, and took another sip of wine: "Little Wuming, do you know everything about me before?"

"Your father told a part." Wuming replied, "He just told a part of the story from his point of view."

"Then do you want to hear another part of what I saw?" Second Master asked softly.

"Follow you." Wuming said lightly.

The second master sat up straight, looked up at the bright moon, and slowly said: "Before I was six years old, I lived in the countryside with my mother. I remember that when I was young, I was in poor health and often fell ill. Every time I was hugged by my mother When I went to the hospital, I could hear the noisy laughter around me. Some people laughed at me because I was too weak, and I would die there sooner or later; some people asked my mother if I wanted to sleep with him. He protected us, mother and child. I also understand that he is just greedy for his mother's appearance and money... Heh, it's not a good memory anyway."

"I vaguely remember that my mother was a person who lacked love at that time. She always talked in front of me that the person she loved would come to pick her up one day. When I was young, I didn't understand what love was. I just felt that every time I said The mother who used this word is like dead, lifeless. I am afraid of such a mother, so I am also afraid of the word love. But one thing is certain, my mother is very good to me, she loves me, so I am also very Love her, but I didn't understand it at the time."

"When I was six years old, as my mother said, the man she loved came to take her back to the palace. She became a noble princess, and I became a prince. Our lives have changed drastically. No one bullies me anymore We laughed at us, and there was another man who always stood behind us, pampered us, and protected us."

"For me, life in the Palace is hardly unpleasant...except for two things."

"The first thing is to practice martial arts. I am weak, so the master is much stricter with me than other royal families. They can go to rest in an hour, but I have to persist in the cold wind for another, or even two or three hours, often It was not until the dead of night, when my body was beaten black and blue, that I could drag my tired body back to the house to rest. At that time, I often thought, if I have an apprentice in the future, I must let her suffer from the beginning."

Hearing this, Wuming, who had been silent all this time, finally couldn't help but said: "Second Master, so that's why you insisted on chasing me with a stick when I first started learning martial arts?"

The second master looked back at her, the undried wine dripping on his fair neck glistened in the moonlight, his eyes were a little confused.

nameless:"……"

Forget it, seeing that Second Master is just a poor alcoholic now, she endured it.

The second master continued: "The second unpleasant thing is the bullshit tradition of the Loulan royal family. Because I am beautiful, they raised me as a girl. There are even unknown princes from foreign races who want to marry me... …I bother!"

Nameless laughed out loud.

When Wuming's laughter stopped, the second master said again: "In short, apart from these two things, I was very happy in the palace at that time. I was busy practicing martial arts, reading books and spending time with other royal family members of similar age. Playing, the time passed day by day. During that time, I was so busy that I almost forgot about my mother."

"I think my mother should also be very happy. After all, she is finally living with the one she loves. After all, life in the palace is much more comfortable than that in the countryside."

"I thought she was happy, and I always thought so. Until one night, when I got up to go to the bathroom, I heard her sobbing in a low voice. The cry was full of despair, much more desperate than before. I listened I felt very heartbroken, but I didn't understand why she was crying, so I went to ask her."

"She said that although she has returned to her father now, but his father does not love her. She is close to the person she loves, but she cannot get the love she wants, so she is very painful, this pain , It’s a thousand times more painful than when we were separated from each other.”

"At that time, I didn't understand that my father was so good to my mother, how could he not love her? He protected her, took care of her, and gave her the best living environment, how could he not love her?"

"Later, when I grew up, I realized little by little that my father gave everything to my mother, but he had no love. When my mother was sick, he would send the best doctor in the palace to take care of her, but he would not let go of the court to accompany her personally. .My father will never go out of the palace with his wife like other uncles, take a walk together, and personally choose beautiful accessories for her to wear. He will not do all these things that can prove his love. "

"He doesn't love his mother."

"But he loves me as his flesh and blood. He is willing to practice martial arts with me, listen to me tell some jokes that are not funny at all, and he will comfort me when I am unhappy. But the more my father loves me, the more painful my mother is. She also wanted his love. Then the more I grew up, the more my mother was eroded by pain, she became crazy, she didn't love me anymore, she started to hate me."

"My mother scolded me, beat me, smashed things in front of me frantically, and cried with despair. I don't understand how this happened. I really felt pain and despair for the first time when I was 14 years old."

"But my father didn't know anything about the changes in my mother."

"Until one night, she suddenly jumped off the Baizhang cliff and fell to pieces. I stood in front of her dead body and cried for a long time. I didn't know why I was crying, whether it was because my beloved mother died, or because of other things. The reason? I just remember that my brain hurts like hell, dull pain, throbbing pain, throbbing pain, and the whole brain seems to be destroyed by the pain."

"At that moment, I just wanted to leave this place that brought me pain and never come back."

"So I left without looking back."

Having experienced these things when I was a child, it is no wonder that the Second Master is so perverted and weird now.

Nameless sighed softly: "It shouldn't hurt now, right?"

"It doesn't hurt anymore. After so many years, it doesn't hurt anymore." The second master shook his head, "This is also the reason why I dare not love someone. I am afraid that I will be as indifferent as my father and hurt another person's heart." , and afraid that I would be like my mother, falling into the abyss of despair and never getting out, until I died. I dare not marry, let alone have offspring."

"So little Wuming, to have a daughter like you..." Under Wuming's black and blue expression, Second Master paused for a moment, then calmly changed his words, "I mean apprentice. To have an apprentice like you, I already I think it's enough. If you weren't there, I would have returned to Loulan as early as the year Tang Zhengze was going back to Beijing."

Although the second master was not mentioned in the original text, he should have returned to Loulan at that time.Wuming thought for a moment, and vaguely guessed the reason why the Weibei War was earlier than the original text.

Because the second master returned to Loulan early in the original text, it relieved King Loulan's heart disease, and made him fall ill a whole year later than now.As for why the second master is clearly in Loulan's country in the original text, Loulan will still be in chaos, so that barbarians invade Daqin, so it is unknown.We can only guess that maybe the second master's heart knot at that time was not resolved, and he was still unwilling to sit on the throne, which led to chaos in the Loulan court.

"Second Master, do you know what the butterfly effect means?" Wuming asked softly.

The second master shook his head: "I don't know."

Nameless chuckled and shook his head without explaining.

The encounter between her and the Second Master indirectly caused the Weibei War to be advanced by one year, just like a butterfly lightly flapping its wings in a cave causes a hurricane on the other side of the mainland.

"Second Master, you asked if I would be sad after parting with you, what about you? Would you be reluctant to part with Master and me?" Wuming asked, changing the subject.

The second master was stunned for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and took a sip of wine, and said vaguely: "Who would... who would be reluctant to part with that coward Tang Zhengze? I, I have disliked him a long time ago. If he was not greedy for life and afraid of death, he would leave Beijing If you have to delay for a few days before going to Weibei, Tang Zhi's assassins will never have a chance to attack you!"

The two masters stayed well in Changjing, why did they suddenly set off for Weibei?I am worried about the safety of the nameless.

Wuming thought of this, and felt a little warm in his heart.

Wuming propped his head on his arm, looked at the moon and smiled softly, but the second master became more and more excited, and even began to swear indistinctly, explaining that he would have a fierce fight with the master on the iron chain tomorrow, and that he would kill everyone The master beat him all over the floor looking for teeth.

Wuming listened, just chuckled.

Then a gust of cold wind blew in, the second master regained consciousness a little, and started talking about how to kill Tang Zhi again.During the half a year since Wuming left Beijing, he had already set up a net in Changjing City, as long as he could lure the master Wang Tianba away from Tang Zhi's side for a stick of incense time, Tang Zhi would surely die.

"Little Wuming, I captured the dead man who pushed you off the city wall and turned him into a cripple, but I didn't kill him on purpose. Do I want to kill him in the future, or do I want to keep him alive in pain? It all depends on what you think..."

Nameless nodded.

She carefully memorized every detail that the second master said, and was going to find a way to lure Wang Tianba away and solve Tang Zhi's hidden danger once Nan Yue was rescued.As for the autumnal equinox, there is no need to plan carefully to take revenge on a useless person. Wuming is ready to go back to Qin before we can talk about it.

Early the next morning, the second master really had a fight with the master.

Wuming returned the red moon scimitar to the second master, and returned the dagger to the master. She sat on the edge of the cliff and watched the two standing on the hanging iron chain, using their best weapons to fight freely.

Every time the swords collided, they used their best efforts.

The sound of metal friction and collision resounded throughout the cliff, attracting many people from the palace to watch.

The second master is like a dexterous cat, constantly jumping on the iron chain, his figure is elusive and elusive.The master is just the opposite, his feet are firmly on the same place, no matter how the iron chain shakes, they are always inseparable, as if walking on the ground.

The second master's sword is fast and light, while the master's sword is steady and heavy.

The two martial arts styles are completely different, but they complement each other but do not restrain each other. After dozens of moves, it is still difficult to distinguish the winner.The people in the Loulan Palace were tired of watching, and retreated to the palace one after another, only Wuming looked up and continued to watch.

Wuming's martial arts was taught by two masters, so she not only has the strong inner strength of the master's lineage, but also knows the dexterous sword technique taught by the second master. She can almost guess what the two masters will do next, and what will happen next. How to deal with the opponent's moves.

They are all family members who have lived together for more than ten years, how could they not understand each other.Wuming knew the two masters, and they became more familiar with each other.I'm afraid there will be no winner in this battle.

Wuming watched them fight until dark from dawn, and the maid gave her two meals and three medicines on the way, and she finished them all at the edge of the cliff.It wasn't until the bright moon hung high that they finally exhausted their last bit of strength, skimmed from the iron chain to the edge of the cliff, and lay down, panting heavily.

Wuming returned to the room first.The second master had a grudge against the master before, but now that they fought for a whole day, the resentment should have dissipated long ago.

……

Wuming spent the last two days recuperating in Loulan.

She and her two masters traveled all over the capital of Loulan. After eating enough of the special honeydew melon and scones of various colors, she bought some fresh gadgets and put them in the package.

I even skied once on the nearby snow-covered sand dunes and had a childish snowball fight.Wuming's body hadn't fully recovered yet, and the two masters tacitly didn't attack her. The two fought each other out of joy, and Wuming made trouble from time to time, picking up snowballs and throwing them at them.The snowflakes scattered in the air and were blown down by the wind.

On the third day, although Wuming's body hadn't fully recovered, the true energy in his body had already flowed smoothly.So Wuming and Master rode away, heading for the distant Changjing.The second master rode a horse and followed for ten miles, and finally ordered the dark guards to protect the two of them all the way until they entered the territory of Daqin.

Nameless This is the first time I have seen the scene in the depths of the desert.

Although both are wastelands, the northern desert and the Shudu wasteland are completely different scenes.There are snow-capped mountains in the wilderness of Shudu, where there are elk, wolves, and bobcats... There are low jungles and streams under the snow-capped mountains, and there will be a short green in spring.But the desert in the north looks more like nothing at first glance, only a piece of snow and sand that can't see the end.

Fortunately, Master still remembered the way back to Weibei. On the first night, they arrived at the first oasis.A few unlucky horse thieves happened to be drinking and eating meat by the lake. When they saw two horsemen coming from a distance, they turned around and ran away in fear.

Most of the people who came from the direction of Loulan were not good people.

Wuming looked at the back of the horse thief fleeing, and suddenly thought of something: "Master, when I was in Loulan, the second master told me that you did some tricks before you set off, so that King Qin and Tang Zhi didn't find out. But now it's been nearly two weeks. Within a month, they should have noticed that you were not in Beijing."

The master smiled wryly and nodded: "...um."

"Master, do you think they will think that my disappearance is faked? Do they think that you have the intention of rebelling, so you left Beijing at the critical moment of the war in Weibei and disappeared with me?"

"...Maybe." Master sat bitterly by the lake, taking a sip of water to drink.

"Then Master, what are you going to do?" Wuming asked.

"Let's watch it after returning to Beijing." The master looked at his reflection in the water and said in a low voice.

Wuming also looked down at the lake water, the starry sky on the wasteland was shining brightly, shimmering in the water, making people intoxicated.

"Master..." Wuming licked his lips and said in a low voice, "Now Xiaoqi has completely controlled the military power in Weibei, and the battle of the barbarians is still in the final stage, King Qin and Tang Zhi dare not call her back, let alone King Qin now Seriously ill in bed, it is rare to be awake. As for Tang Zhi, Second Master has already set up a trap, as long as we can lure Wang Tianba away from him, we will have a chance to succeed."

"So master, they can't threaten you anymore. You really don't think about it? You know, the crown prince can't even fight Tang Zhi, and you can really rest assured that the world will be handed over to him in the future?"

"You used to be afraid of King Qin, but what are you afraid of now? Master."

The master buried his face in the icy water of the lake and did not answer.

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