The King of Liang, the feudal lords outside the town, and the generals inside

Under Shen Qing's protection or captivity, although Bai Yu could not go out freely, she did not have to worry about eating and drinking, and had everything available, and no one dared to be disrespectful in the slightest.Bai Yu asked Shen Qing many times what other plans he had. Shen Qing had always been respectful, but he only talked about him from left to right, and changed the topic very flexibly.

After being cut off from the world for a long time, Bai Yu could no longer remember where he was today or where he was.

Finally one day, Shen Qing said to him: "Your Highness, the veteran has already prepared everything for His Highness, and will escort His Highness to leave Dazhou to a safe place, in case of a comeback."

"Having failed once, Prime Minister Shen still refuses to recognize the reality?" Bai Yu said, "I used to have hundreds of thousands of troops and occupy half of the territory of the city of Dazhou. Isn't it still a failure?"

Shen Qing was neither impatient nor impetuous, and said slowly: "Forgive me, the old minister, the failure this time was all because His Highness refused to be united with the ministers. His Highness discovered the secrets of those dry wells, and told the enemy instead of your master. If not, How could Yan Chengrui rescue him again with just 500 people?"

Bai Yu glanced at him and said coldly, "Yan Xun is not my enemy, you are."

Shen Qing laughed it off, and asked him instead, "Since this is the case, why did His Highness end up in this situation, while the Yan family and his son were crowned kings and marquises, so happy?"

"Didn't you cause me to get into this situation? If Master hadn't drugged me and let others pretend to be me and lead an army into the Chongming Palace, I would have surrendered immediately after cleaning up Cen's relatives, and let the imperial brother punish me." of!"

Shen Qing shook his head, and said: "Your Highness is too young. If that's the case, does Your Highness think that the situation at that time would be better than it is now? The old minister can tell His Highness that except for Yuchi Yuanhe who is at large, the other generals, including your master , are locked up in the dungeon. A few days ago, the emperor ordered that they all be beheaded in ten days."

Bai Yu was startled suddenly, her face turned pale immediately.He stood up and said, "Don't you save them?!"

"How to save?" Shen Qing asked.

"You asked me to see Brother Huang, I will trade me for them!"

Shen Qing didn't speak or move.If he didn't speak, the people outside would not let Bai Yu go.He couldn't beat them, so he could only plead with Shen Qing in a soft voice: "Chen Xiang, I can't watch them being executed like this, they rebelled because of me, the person who should be killed is me! Can you..."

"Your Highness!" Shen Qing snorted, "They followed His Highness to rebel and each had their own purpose. Before rebelling, they should know the consequences of failure. This is their own choice, and no one else can blame them! Your Highness is the head, they are the limbs, always I only heard that you can sacrifice your limbs to protect your head, how can you use the principle of exchanging your limbs for your head?!"

In the next few days, Bai Yu tried to escape twice, but was arrested by Shen Xiu and his men.

At noon ten days later, the supervisor looked up at the sun in the sky, then at the statue-like Yan Xun next to him, hesitated for a long time, and finally plucked up the courage to go over and said, "General, the time has come, isn't it... ..."

Countless people watched a row of death row prisoners waiting to be executed, whispering to each other.Yan Xun glanced around and said calmly, "Wait a little longer."

Not knowing what he was waiting for, the supervisor could only sit back obediently, waiting anxiously.

"Why aren't you beheading? How long has it been?" The people below were discussing.

Seeing that half an hour had passed, the supervisor's buttocks were numb, but Yan Xun was still sitting like that, without saying a word, with a calm expression.For no reason, the supervisor felt that he seemed to be getting more and more unhappy, and the temperature next to him was getting colder and colder.

"Great general..." the supervisor bit the bullet and spoke again.

"Take the prisoner back." Yan Xun got up and said a word.

Supervisor: "..."

Seeing Yan Xun's expression, the emperor understood, and asked, "He didn't show up?"

Yan Xun shook his head.

The emperor had nothing to say for a while, folded his arms and began to meditate.

After a while, Zhang Lan came in and reported: "Your Majesty, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment is asking to see you."

"Let him in." The emperor pointed to Yan Xun again, "Sit down first."

The Minister of the Ministry of Punishments came in and said, "My Majesty, Yuchi Yuanhe just surrendered himself to the Ministry of Punishments, and I brought him into the palace. Please forgive me."

The next day, the emperor ordered people to release the wind, and five days later, Yuchi Yuanhe was beheaded.

Yan Xun was still waiting there for the emperor.He was still sitting next to the executioner as before, with a group of common people watching.The only difference is that Yuchi Yuanhe is the only death row prisoner on the execution ground this time.

The supervisor was not in a hurry this time, nor did he urge Yan Xun, he just waited to sit for another half an hour before going back.Although he didn't know what the emperor's hobby was, whether it was playing tricks on the people in the court or something, but it had nothing to do with him anyway, and he gradually became sleepy.

But Yan Xun next to him was not as calm and indifferent as last time. His surface was still a pool of still water, but his heart was jumping wildly uncontrollably.He hoped that Bai Yu would appear, but also hoped that he would not appear.

That day he followed the emperor to the prison.Although they were prisoners, the emperor issued an order not to treat them badly. The mattresses in the cells were soft and warm, the food was fresh and abundant, and there was a constant supply of fruit and wine every day. They even gained a few catties.

This cell is not a single cell, all the generals eat and live here together, so that they can talk about nothing and avoid loneliness.When the emperor and Yan Xun came in, everyone was stunned, and after a while they got up and bowed down.

The emperor asked them to get up very gently, moved a chair to sit down by himself, and then said: "I want to thank you for clearing the court and eradicating traitors for me. After everything subsides, I will restore your officials to their original posts."

There was no sound in the dungeon, everyone was so shocked that even Xie En was forgotten.

The emperor said again: "But now I can't find King Liang, and I am very worried about him. You have to do me a favor."

After the emperor and the generals said a few words, they went to see Kuizheng again.

悫 is being held in solitary confinement.The environment on his side is better, it looks like an exquisite bedroom, and there are even servants to wait on it.

He was playing chess against himself, and he was not surprised when he saw the emperor and Yan Xun, so he stood up and saluted.

The emperor chatted with him for a while, and then asked, "Can the Taoist priest think of where King Liang might go? Is there any place for him? Is there someone to take care of and protect him?"

He was thinking about it for a long time, as if he remembered something.But before speaking, he glanced at Yan Xun, hesitant to speak.

The emperor said: "What unspeakable secrets does the priest have?"

Guizheng sighed, and said: "Actually..." He paused, and then asked: "Dare to ask the emperor, is Yuchi Yuanhe absconding?"

The emperor nodded.

"Then maybe, Li Guang should stay with him." Kui Zheng said with his head lowered.

The emperor frowned, feeling that Que Zheng's words were intriguing.Yuchi Yuanhe is Bai Yu's general. It would be normal for him to lead thousands of remnants to protect Bai Yu from evacuation, but Cui Zheng said it so strangely...

The emperor turned his head to look at Yan Xun, and suddenly remembered the incident before Bai Yu left the feudal domain.He couldn't help but "click" in his heart.

"The Daoist means..."

"At the beginning in Sichuan and Shu, Yuchi Yuanhe had [-] garrisons under his command. In order for him to help...it's no wonder Li Guang." Kui Zheng paused, and quickly added, "Don't worry, General, in my opinion, Li Guang still only has you in his heart."

Yan Xun suddenly felt a dull pain in his abdomen.

Coming out of the sky prison, the emperor said to Yan Xun before getting on the sedan chair, "Don't worry about being sad, maybe things are not like this."

Yan Xundao: "I won't believe it—unless I see it with my own eyes." He paused, and then said: "The emperor's holy will has been determined, and I can't be disobedient, but I still feel that this is inappropriate. It is a crime of rebellion. It’s no small matter, if there are examples like these, how will other generals feel when they see that they can be reinstated even if they rebel? This is unfair to those loyal subjects.”

The emperor nodded and said: "You are telling the truth. I also know that you are sincerely thinking about Da Zhou. But I have made a decision like this, and there is no need to discuss this matter again."

Yan Xun had nothing to say, and sighed silently in his heart.

"As for the other generals, you have to take responsibility and smooth out their grievances. This is your duty as a general."

"...The minister obeys the order."

·

The supervisor and execution officer yawned silently, and started counting the number of civilians to pass the time out of boredom.

Yan Xun felt some abdominal pain again, the sunlight made him dizzy.He closed his eyes, rubbing the center of his brows.

The hour has come.

The heavy-backed saber and ax hand held the big knife and glanced at the supervisor, who waved his hand and signaled him to wait a while.

At this time, there was a commotion under the execution ground, and some people complained: "Why are you crowded? If you are late, stand behind! What's so interesting about beheading?"

"What's going on?" The supervisor stretched his neck to look around, "Is someone trying to rob the execution ground?"

Yan Xun opened his eyes and searched back and forth among the people. Suddenly, his pupils constricted and he stood up abruptly.

"Is this the King of Liang?" Someone said, "It seems to be the King of Liang!"

"Don't stop him!" Yan Xun yelled at the officers and soldiers maintaining order.

Bai Yu seemed to be running wildly, sweating profusely, a few strands of hair stuck to his face in a mess, and the clothes on his body were dirty and torn.Panting, he rushed to Yuchi Yuanhe who was kneeling on the ground, and without taking a look at Yan Xun, he leaned into Yuchi Yuanhe's ear and asked him, "Where is Ye Zhiyan?"

Yuchi Yuanhe said in a low voice: "Killed by the great general."

Bai Yu froze for a moment, and stayed where she was, and asked after a while, "Didn't you take him away?"

Yuchi Yuanhe smiled desolately with the corners of his mouth pulled, "Yes, but his injuries were too serious to be rescued. There is no need for him to live anymore, so he went to the Ministry of Punishment and surrendered himself."

Bai Yu's heart thumped violently, all the strength in her body was exhausted, she fell to the ground and looked at Yuchi Yuanhe in a daze, and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Yuchi Yuanhe looked up at Bai Yu, wanted to say something, turned his gaze behind him, and then fell silent.

Their voices were so low that no one else could hear them, but Bai Yu's "tension" and "concern" fell clearly in everyone's eyes.Yan Xun walked slowly behind him, looked at the two people who were so close to each other, looked at Bai Yu's hand on Yuchi Yuanhe's arm, his head hurt like it exploded.

Bai Yu felt the person behind him, but he didn't move or speak, as if as long as he was in a stalemate like this, time would stop at this moment forever, and nothing would happen.

Everything around them seemed to be completely dead, and the warm sunshine at noon couldn't warm the chill around these three people.

Yan Xun's eyes still fell on Bai Yu, but he said to the supervisor, "The time has come, behead."

Bai Yu finally turned around and stood in front of Yuchi Yuanhe, not allowing anyone to approach him.

It has been more than two years since we parted, and no one thought that it would be like this when we meet again.There used to be such deep affection and mutual acquaintance, but now they are facing such a tense confrontation, as if they have never known each other.

"Don't kill him." Bai Yu begged.

Yan Xun looked at him steadfastly, his gaze was like a knife, which cut Bai Yu in pain.He said: "It's been two years, and this is the first sentence you said to me."

Bai Yu clenched her teeth, feeling mixed feelings in her heart.Looking at the person in front of him, two years of longing surged together, engulfed in the old tenderness, the best and most beautiful love affairs he had ever had, buried him like a rising tide, but silently reminded him With him, that's all in the past.

What if the sword stabbed himself?What if Yan Xun regards Ye Zhiyan as himself?

What was buried under that sword was more than just a human life.

Bai Yu didn't dare to think about it anymore, and didn't know what to say to Yan Xun, so he just repeated in a murmur, "Don't kill him."

Two years, like half a lifetime has passed.Bai Yu is still at the age of growing up, and has changed a lot. She is taller and no longer so thin.He gradually matured and got rid of the childishness of 16 years old.What about his heart?Will it gradually move towards others?Yan Xun looked at him, even feeling strange.

"Five days ago, I was also here to kill your other generals and your master. I waited for half an hour at that time, but you didn't come. Today is just such a Yuchi Yuanhe. In your heart, all of them Together, can’t they compare to him alone?!”

Yan Xun's stern words made Bai Yu feel chills in the bright sunlight.

God knows how he went through all kinds of hardships to escape from those who escorted him away, and how he trekked through mountains and rivers and tossed half his life to return to Shangjing.During these five days of hardships and grievances, he originally thought that he would get comfort and help after meeting Yan Xun, but he didn't expect this to be the result that greeted him.

It's more than chilling, it's like a thousand arrows piercing the heart.

"If you want to kill him, kill me first." He said.

Yan Xun breathed heavily, and sneered in anger, "You think you can threaten me like this? I can tell you clearly, even if you die in front of me now, I will not let him go!"

Bai Yu's eyes were filled with cold ashes.

Should he feel lucky or sad, he didn't expect Yan Xun to say this at all.

Bai Yu pulled out the dagger for self-defense from his sleeve, and stabbed himself in the stomach very quickly without any hesitation.

No one responded.Seeing a flash of cold light, Yan Xun rushed over and grabbed Bai Yu's wrist, trying to stop his movement.

It was still a bit late, the tip of the knife had already pierced in, and blood oozed from the wound immediately, Yan Xun's stop only prevented the dagger from piercing too deeply.

"Your Highness!" Yuchi Yuanhe turned pale with fright, but his hands were tied behind his back and he couldn't do anything.

Cold sweat oozes from Bai Yu's forehead because of the pain, the glaring blood is like a sharp knife, slashing across Yan Xun's heart, a huge fear instantly surrounds him and engulfs him whole.