The rivers and lakes are full of vests

Fu Peibai and his party hurried on land for seven days, changed water routes, and finally arrived at West Night City in late July.

During this period, several major events took place in the world. First, under the slogan of sweeping away the eunuchs, the King of Yan colluded with the commander of the imperial court to wipe out the eunuchs in one fell swoop, and then issued a secret call from the late emperor. The character is precious, and I am deeply humbled, and I will surely be able to inherit the great rule. I will succeed me to the throne, that is, the emperor's throne.

As soon as this edict came out, the court was in turmoil. Shangguan Hong, a veteran of the three dynasties, pointed out in front of civil and military officials that the secret edict was forged, and that King Yan conspired to kill the prince in order to seek the throne, and denounced him for being unfaithful, filial, benevolent, and righteous.

King Yan smiled back and did not make any excuses. He only summoned the secret guards and killed Shangguan Hong in court. All the officials were terrified and no one dared to move.

Since then, the entire capital has fallen under the control of King Yan. He sent troops to seal off the imperial city, not allowing anyone to enter or leave, and sent secret guards to monitor all officials.

In just half a month, he bloodbathed half of the court officials, the court was almost ineffective, and the central government completely lost control of the local area, causing wars everywhere.

The armies of King Wu and King Zhou went to war in Binjiao area, causing nearly one million people to flee and 80 people to become refugees. The flames of war burned the entire land of the Central Plains.

Despite this, King Yan stuck to the capital, still clinging to his dream of becoming an emperor, and even picked an auspicious day to hold the enthronement ceremony.

Fu Peibai just arrived in West Night City when he received the news, Qu Feng and Long Fei also received the news.

In the big tent, Long Fei was furious. He slapped the table with his palm, and the air current caused the papers on the table to fly.

Qu Feng was holding the spies' report letter in his hand, his brows were furrowed, but his temperament was much calmer after all, and he wouldn't be as irritable as Long Fei.

"Third brother, calm down, Ah Pei is already on his way to Xiye, and he should arrive soon. When she comes, we will discuss the matter of raising troops together."

When Qu Feng said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived. As soon as Qu Feng finished speaking, the big curtain was lifted. Fu Peibai walked in casually, followed by Seventeen, Sima Tuo, Li Jingming, Wen Moyao and others.

Qu Feng was stunned for a moment, greeted him, and said pleasantly: "Just now I mentioned you to my third brother, I didn't expect to arrive so soon."

Fu Peibai smiled and nodded, "Uncle Qu, Uncle Long."

"Let me introduce to you, this is Seventeen." Fu Peibai paused for a moment, then continued: "She is my... fiancée."

Long Fei opened his eyes, "Fiancee? No, you, you, you are not..."

Fu Peibai felt a lot of teasing eyes on her body, she coughed lightly and said: "Uncle Long, I will explain to you later, let's talk about business first, business."

"This is Li Jingming, the youngest son of Prince Xiangyang. This is Senior Sima Tuo, the descendant of General Yanwu. This is brother Wen Moyao, a good friend I met in the Jianghu. This time, we will work together to fight against each other. .”

Qu Feng glanced at the crowd, and said in a deep voice, "Since you trust someone, my third brother and I can certainly trust you."

"You don't need me to tell you about the turmoil in Kyoto and other places. Now let me tell you about the frontier situation."

Qu Feng spread out the huge sheepskin map, pointed to a point on the map, "The coalition forces of the countries outside the Great Wall are stationed ten miles north of Changyeyuan, with a force of about 30, all of which are brave and skilled cavalry.

Our two sides had already engaged in a diplomatic battle in West Night City before, our army suffered heavy casualties, more than [-] frontier troops were disabled, Tiance army lost [-] elite cavalry, Zheng Hong ordered the city gates to be closed to avoid the battle, Meng Yan Volunteered and led eight hundred scouts to lurk near Changyeyuan to inquire about the enemy's situation. "

Fu Peibai frowned, "Zheng Hong's father surrendered to the King of Yan. The King of Yan should have sent a letter to him to lead the troops to the capital to guard the capital. Why is he still shrunk down here?"

Long Fei sneered and said, "That bastard, he was scared out of his nerve after being taken captive last time. Now that he heard that King Yan killed half of the people in the court, how could he have the guts to go back? This kind of heartless People, naturally don't care about his father's life or death."

"Is the soldier talisman still in his hand?"

"Well, if you give an order, I will immediately send someone to capture him and ask him to hand over the military talisman."

Fu Peibai stopped Long Fei and said, "No hurry, I will go to the Marshal's Mansion to look for him in person some other day."

It was dusk, and the lights in the big tent kept burning, and Fu Peibai didn't open the tent until midnight.

The nightingale was singing, the stars and the moon were bright, she looked at the direction of Zhengnan with deep eyes, and then she asked Sima Tuo, Wen Moyao, and Li Jingming to go back to the city first, and then said to Qu Feng: "Uncle Qu, Uncle Long, tomorrow you two Come with me somewhere."

Qu Feng asked, "Where are you going?"

Fu Peibai lowered his eyes, and a shadow fell from his eyelashes, "Go to visit my parents and younger brothers."

Long Fei said happily: "Okay, okay, we will set off early tomorrow morning. We have been separated from elder brother for more than ten years, and now we can finally see each other."

Fu Peibai raised his head, his throat tightened, and he said with difficulty: "Father, mother, and praise, they passed away the year before last..."

Long Fei's smile froze on his face, he was stunned for a long time, his tall body swayed twice, he was still able to stand still with Qu Feng's support, he couldn't believe it: "What are you... Yes, you, didn't you say that they live a good life in a small village in the northwest?"

Fu Peibai clenched his fists, suppressed the grief that was rolling in his heart, and said: "I lied to you at the beginning, my father and mother are already dead, and I personally...buried them under the willow tree at the entrance of the village."

Long Fei's body softened and he fell to the ground.

Qu Feng glanced at him, turned his head to look at Fu Peibai, his eyes were faintly red, and he tried his best to keep calm and said, "What's going on? Brother, what are they..."

"Being involved in a conspiracy in the rivers and lakes, innocent people lost their lives."

Long Feihuo got up, his eyes were red and he roared: "Who is it? Who killed Big Brother, I want to avenge Big Brother! Tell me who it is?!"

Fu Peibai's throat moved slightly, unable to utter the name, she closed her eyes and said, "The person who killed my father and younger brother is dead."

Just as Long Fei was about to continue, Qu Feng pressed his hand and said, "Stop talking."

"Apei, since that's the case, we will set off tomorrow to pay homage to elder brother and the others."

Fu Peibai nodded, and then left the camp with Shi Qi, heading towards West Ye City.

On the way, she was a little depressed, Shi Qi took her hand and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, Ah Pei."

Fu Peibai paused, and slowly embraced Shiqi, "You don't have to blame yourself, I've said it before, it's not your fault, everything is against people's wishes."

Shi Qi raised his hand, hesitated for a moment, stroked Fu Peibai's back, and said "OK" lightly.

The next day, the four set off on horseback and arrived at Huailiu Village three days later.The village was in ruins, green vines covered the eaves and walls, but the willow tree at the entrance of the village was in full bloom, with branches swaying in the wind and catkins flying.

The four of them got off their horses and walked, and stopped in front of the willow tree. Fu Peibai's close relatives were buried in the small mound.

Long Fei knelt on his knees, his tall body was hunched, his nose flaring.

Qu Feng also knelt in front of the mound, took out the prepared wine, unsealed the wine, and poured it slowly in front of the tomb, "Brother, my third child and I came to see you..."

Long Fei cried and fell to the ground, holding his head and muttering: "Brother, if you hadn't been protecting me everywhere in the barracks, I would have died in the barracks a long time ago, if you hadn't jumped out to block that knife for me that year , Right now I’m already a useless person, big brother, I’m sorry for you, I couldn’t even see the last side of your life.”

The man's ups and downs of crying lasted for a long time.

Fu Peibai knelt with his back straight, and solemnly kowtowed his head in front of the mound, "Father, I will fulfill your unfulfilled ambitions during your lifetime. You, mother, and brother can rest in peace."

The setting sun was dim, sprinkled on the bodies of several people, and brought mournful wailing in the wind.

After paying homage to his relatives, it was already dusk. Recently, refugees were fleeing wildly and bandits were rampant. To be cautious, Fu Peibai chose to rest overnight in Huailiu and return to West Night City at dawn.

The evening fog suddenly rose, and the fire was crackling, and the four people gathered around the fire, and the atmosphere was silent.

In order to break the frozen atmosphere, Qu Feng took the initiative to start the conversation and asked Fu Peibai: "A Pei, won't you introduce the Seventeenth girl to us?"

Fu Peibai groaned, raised her head, looked at Qufeng, then at Shiqi, pursed her lips and said, "As I said a few days ago, Shiqi is my fiancee," she paused, her gaze Suddenly became firm, "It's the person I want to walk hand in hand with for the rest of my life."

Qu Feng was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Okay, okay, in this way, you are not alone in this world, brother Huang Quan will definitely feel at ease."

Fu Peibai took Shiqi's hand, held it in his palm, and gave a low hum.

Qu Feng looked at Shi Qi who had been smiling and saying nothing, and said in a gentle voice: "Miss Shi Qi, if you don't mind, you can call me Uncle Qu just like A Pei."

Seventeen smiled and said, "Uncle Qu, Uncle Long."

Qu Feng wiped his eyes and said again and again: "Okay, okay."

Long Fei breathed out a long breath, and said to Fu Peibai: "You are both women, it's not easy to live in the world, and you face more difficulties than ordinary couples. You should support each other, understand each other, and be good."

Fu Peibai nodded slowly, "OK".

Then the few people chatted about some past events, Qu Feng and Long Fei got dressed together and went to bed.

Fu Peibai brought Shiqi to the dilapidated house, pointed to the inside, "This is where I have lived for 16 years."

Shi Qi held her hand tightly, Fu Peibai returned a calm smile, and led Shi Qi into the room.

The house is pitch black, only the moonlight pours in, the corners are thick with dust, and cobwebs are everywhere.

Fu Peibai pointed to the wall, where there were several scratches, "Jia Xu and I scratched it every year when we measured our heights. You see, at first we were only so short, and then he and I grew so tall."

Shi Qi raised his head and patted the top of Fu Peibai's head, "Now he's grown a little taller."

Fu Peibai smiled and said nothing, and led Seventeen to the door of a room, "This is Jia Xu's room, I slept here before he was born, and I was forced to move to the cubicle after he was born, so at that time I hated him very much at one time, and felt that he had taken my room and my parents' love for me."

"But when he grew up slowly, babbling, toddling, the first name he called out was neither Daddy nor Mother, but an indistinct "Sister", at that time my heart melted , the first time I really felt that such a villain is my younger brother, I have another person who is connected by blood besides my parents in this world."

"Apoi..."

Fu Peibai looked at Shiqi and smiled slightly, "Don't worry, I'm fine, I'll show you my room again."

The two then walked to another room next to it, which was smaller and full of dust.

Fu Peibai walked to the cabinet, and after groping for a while, he took out a wooden sword from the cabinet, "This is what my father used when I was young when he taught me how to practice swords, but at that time I was too playful and never serious. Dad also went with me, and didn't force me to practice martial arts and sword anymore."

"Seventeen, come here, look, this is the room of my father and mother, have you seen the warm kang, in winter, my mother will burn the charcoal fire vigorously, and then I will take my brother into the bedding , father and mother told us some strange stories, there was heavy snow outside the window, but the room was warm, from the body to the heart.”

Fu Peibai chattered endlessly, as if through these words, she could really go back to those years that could never go back. After a moment of trance, she looked at the dilapidated scene in front of her, lowered her head, her shoulders trembled slightly, "But Now there is nothing left."

Responding to Fu Peibai was a gentle embrace, Shi Qi hugged her, and murmured like a comforting child, "You still have me, A Pei, just as you promised me, I will never leave you. "

Fu Peibai hugged Shiqi back, buried his head in her neck, and said hoarsely: "I only have you, Shiqi, in this world, I only have you."

Shi Qi closed his eyes and said softly, "Well, I only have you."