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In the second month of the seventh year of Qianyuan, the officials were in a hurry, and the willow catkins in the city filled the sky above the city in the wind, pouring into people's ears and eyes, and couldn't get rid of them.The weather is fine every day, the willow branches are green, the apricot blossoms are red, and someone in Blacksmith Alley sells off-white gardenias, and the fragrance wafts far away.Standing on the city wall, Chi Heng watched the people rushing in through the city gate, bustling and bustling.Some young people excitedly narrated the new emperor's ascension, and some old people gritted their teeth and told about the past. The song was still crisp and lively. The busy child threw the towel on his shoulder and yelled in a curved voice. : "Guest officer, please..."

After the abdication of the throne, Chi Heng suddenly became energetic.

No more coughing, no more sickness.

She was dressed in light yellow clothes and stood leisurely, thinner, but her eyes were shining brightly.

Luo Jinghan hugged him happily, and said sweetly: "Chi Heng, you fell ill so suddenly at the beginning of the year, I was so scared every day, thinking that you...ha, if I knew this, I would not be an emperor long ago Wait until February, March...May, the court will be settled in May, I resign, let's go to Rongzhou together, okay?"

Chi Heng replied, "Mayue, then I can take a stroll first."

"Where to go?"

Chi Heng kissed the side of his face, and said relaxedly: "I'm going to Shuzhou, I'll come back as soon as I go, you guys get ready first."

"What's interesting in Shuzhou? The beautiful scenery is not as good as Yuanzhou, the wealth is not as rich as Rongzhou, the prosperity is not as good as Qizhou, and the people's honesty is not as good as Ningzhou. Hey, in short, what else is there to do besides Zhaojin City!" Luo Jinghan dissatisfied Pulling Chi Heng's belt, the corner of his mouth suddenly turned up, "I'll go too, we are in a restaurant in Zhaojin, the first time, um, the first time you followed me!"

"...Who follows whom!"

"You, follow me! Hmph, if I hadn't been the overlord, you wouldn't know who it is now!" Luo Jinghan looked up and down provocatively, "The thing I regret the most is when I was in Stonezhou and Yuanzhou. If you didn’t do anything, then you would fight and fight, and the day lily almost got cold!”

Chi Heng couldn't help laughing.

Gong Ping led a horse over, Luo Jinghan leaned over curiously, and said in surprise: "You even have your clothes ready? What are you doing in such a hurry, the capital has not yet been settled. At least, you have to let me put the Give the job to someone else!"

Chi Heng patted the horse's back, smiling brightly: "Forgive me, handing over power is already painful, and you still let me watch?"

"But……"

"Government affairs are all handed over to you and Deputy Envoy Ji; military affairs are all handed over to Shi Wei and Po Jing; I really have nothing to teach, so why not teach him to be the emperor? Ha, that thing, sit on the dragon chair and it will be easy It will be. I will come back after a stroll, and you all just finished your work." Chi Heng stroked his short hair, looking energetic, and smiled without any burden.

Ji Ce was the busiest, so he was suspicious at first.

But seeing Chi Heng whipping his horse, full of energy and happy face, it is clear that he is the real Chi Heng who has not been seen for a long time.Ji Ce's heart was relieved.Yan Jingtong came to the throne for the first time, and he was so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground. He was sweating heavily in a thin dragon suit. No matter what he had to do, he had to go to Ji Ce, so Ji Ce was too busy. body.

After a lingering night, Ji Ce asked, "Are you going to Split Cloud City?"

Chi Heng's smile faltered: "You can't hide anything from Deputy Envoy Ji! He was left in that place in a hurry back then, and the tomb wasn't even properly repaired, and I never visited it in these years. I want nothing to worry about from now on." Yun Yintian, say goodbye to him. Deputy Ji, don't you care?"

"really?"

"Deputy Envoy Ji knows that I can't let him go." Chi Heng closed his eyes and smiled.

On this day, someone happened to send two birds to Ji Ce.

The bird was the size of a peacock, with extremely gorgeous feathers, and green and light yellow down on the bend of its neck.The two birds are a pair, and they always kiss their beaks and necks intimately. The visitor introduced them kindly: "This is a luan bird, which is very rare to see, especially a pair. They were caught in the wild, and they have an arrogant personality." keep."

Ji Ce pondered.

Chi Heng took a step forward, the bird jumped to the side vigilantly, its round eyes were very cute, Chi Heng thought: "Luan bird? See if they can't do without one, why not call them acacia birds. Acacia, the name is vulgar. Make a good living."

Those two Acacia birds really survived.

Later, word of mouth spread the name of the Acacia bird, and the original name was gradually lost to oblivion.

One day before leaving, Chi Heng asked his guard Zhao Zhong to continue into the palace.

The imperial guard ran for a while, and came back to say that it was Zhong Xu's day off, and he went hunting in the deep forest early in the morning, and he would not come back until evening.Chi Heng sat in the quiet room, with a plate of incense curling in the stove, waiting quietly, from noon to sunset.The gladiolus outside the window is in bloom, the straight branches are drawn like swords, and the white flowers are big and big.

Chi Heng stood up and looked over one by one.

Seeing someone who is particularly tall and straight and energetic, he holds it in the middle, and with a scimitar, the incision is neat.One vase is very elegant, and when the three are squeezed together, the flowers are eager and vigorous.Chi Heng picked them one by one and filled all the vases in the hall, even the three-eared porcelain three-eared vase with blue pattern and wide mouth that was only used for viewing.

When the waiter came to help, Chi Heng waved his hand.

He only ordered: "General Zhong Xu is here, let him come to the bedroom."

Not long after, the house was full of flowers. Chi Heng looked around and saw that the windows were simple and unadorned, so he inserted snow-white gladiolus flowers on the edge of the window. In the dark night, reflecting the lights, the flowers became whiter and more energetic.

"His Majesty!"

Zhong Xu stood upright behind him, his lips were pursed tightly, and his expression was solemn.At the age of twenty, he is the most elegant, wearing a dark blue brocade suit just right, tailoring his handsome figure so that it is hard to find another in the sky and on the earth.

"I don't know, what is your Majesty summoning the last general?" Zhong Xu spit out each word, stiff as always.

Chi Heng felt disappointed.

Obviously she has always been pampered, and she has always put her heart into warming her up, why is she so born and never willing to get close to her?Chi Heng patted the dirt on his wide sleeves, and the waiter came quickly with a small basin, first helped Chi Heng wash his hands, and then brought soft pajamas for Chi Heng to change.

After tidying up, Chi Heng turned his head, and Zhong Xu was still standing stiffly and straight.

Chi Heng sighed and beckoned him to come over.

Sit down, candied fruit, jujube cake, several dishes of snacks and a dish of powdered tea are neatly arranged on the table, two empty plates, two empty cups, and two pairs of chopsticks.Chi Heng reached out for a jar of flower mud wine, and as soon as he lifted the lid, a strong fragrance of flowers wafted into his nostrils. Chi Heng poured two cups and asked leisurely, "Where did you go today?"

"Hunting in Nanyuan."

"What did you hunt for?"

"A white fox, a roe deer, and a deer."

Chi Heng smiled: "Everyone praises you for your high riding and archery skills. For so long, you haven't seen any tribute."

Zhong Xu lowered his head, but straightened his waist even more.

20 years old, no matter what, he is good-looking, with eyebrows drawn into the temples, and the black and blue clothes make his handsome face more heroic.

Chi Heng leaned over, wanting to get closer.Zhong Xu suddenly moved back, his eyes jumped sharply, his eyelashes blinked twice, and his lips were pursed even tighter, as if he was trying to bear it.Chi Heng's heart felt sore, he slowly sat back to his original position, and drank a glass of wine.

Zhong Xu picked up the wine and drank a cup.

Chi Heng drank three cups by himself, and said, "I used to have a young companion named Zhong Xu." He dipped his finger in the wine and wrote a heavy preface on the case.

Zhong continued to drink his cup.

Chi Heng sighed: "Because I missed him for a while and killed him by mistake. He didn't want to die. Before he died, he told me to look for him in 12 years. Later, I found you. You look exactly like him, and you have the same temperament. , he used to practice guns, and you also like to practice guns."

Zhong Xu didn't even lift his eyes, his lips were pursed white.

Chi Heng couldn't continue, and filled up the wine: "A few years ago I was busy fighting, and I left you in Zhaojin; then you were going to the border, and I left you in Changling Prefecture. Now you lead the army I am very pleased that you are outstanding in combat and have lived up to my hard work—you are you, he is him, and I don’t want you to be him." After finishing speaking, Chi Heng drank several cups in a row, staggered towards the dragon bed, Plopped down on the bed.

Zhong Xu followed behind and called His Majesty a few times in a low voice.

Chi Heng closed his eyes and put on his clothes.

Not knowing what to do, Zhong continued to stand for a while.Chi Heng waited quietly, and then heard light footsteps walking towards the door, Chi Heng felt sour, gave a wry smile, but heard the door creak closed, and then Zhong Xu came back lightly, bent over Said: "Your Majesty, I will help you take off your shoes."

As soon as the ankle was warm, it was held and the shoes were taken off.

Zhong Xu carefully covered Chi Heng with a brocade quilt, then sat blankly on the edge of the bed, staring at the gladiolus flowers on the window edge in a daze.The back is not stretched straight, but is naturally tall and straight.Chi Heng coughed lightly.Zhong Xu turned around, his temples drooping: "Your Majesty, what's the matter?"

"Go to sleep, the bed is big."

Zhong Xu hesitated for a moment, took off his shoes and clothes, and went to bed lightly.

Chi Heng divided the brocade into half, and Zhong Xu just lay on his back straight, motionless.Chi Heng covered his forehead with his hands, and murmured: "When I brought you to Zhaojin, you were still quarreling and crying when you said something. It's been almost ten years before you know it."

The bell continued.

Talking to yourself is really boring, drunk easily, eyes blurred, Chi Heng smiled lightly: "You are straight and stubborn, but fortunately, Yan Jingtong can tolerate your temper, I am not too worried. If you don't understand, think Ask Ji Xiang, General Shi, and General Cen if you don't understand. Even if you don't become the emperor, love is always there. From now on, you have to be yourself...think about everything by yourself..." Muttering a few words, General Chi Heng held his hand Covering the back of Zhong Xu's hand, Zhong Xu does not move, his skin touches, so stable.

Chi Heng gradually fell asleep.

The turmoil in Xijiang was only leveled, and Shi Wei was also busy, catching up with the new emperor and the old emperor, and he was even busier.

Others have lingering time, but Shi Wei stays up late to deal with affairs.

Moreover, he was reticent and didn't express his thoughts very much. When Chi Heng said he was going to Shuzhou, he didn't ask much.On the third day of March, Chi Heng left Beijing with only Gong Ping and a few guards.When seeing them off, both Ji Ce and Luo Jinghan stopped, and Shi Wei rode Chi Heng all the way to Qizhou. Chi Heng said with a smile: "Ji Xian, if you go further, you will reach Shuzhou, and you will be sent to Qizhou." Here."

Shi Wei stood silent.

Chi Heng embraced Shi Wei's long-standing attachment.

In the warm sunshine and breeze, Chi Heng hummed a tune softly in Shi Wei's ear, the tune was simple and light, the words were vague, and the song ended.

Shi Wei smiled lightly and remained silent.

"This is a song sung by some refugees in Leizhou when I was 16 or [-] years old. Come on, at that time I really admired the major general in the song - it seems that Ji Xian has heard it too." Chi Heng blew lightly, smiled and pinched his cheek.

Seeing Chi Heng's expectant eyes, Shi Wei said: "...Why haven't I heard of it? It's just that I was still young at that time, and I didn't say anything about face, so I don't know how happy I was. I couldn't understand a few words. I secretly wore plain clothes I walked into those people as an ordinary person, but I ran into a person who had seen me before, and kept looking over, fearing that people would recognize me and be embarrassed, I bumped into a weapon in a hurry, and my clothes were torn."

Chi Heng kissed Shi Wei's lips: "Why didn't I meet such a shy Ji Xian——fortunately, you didn't escape my palm."

Shi Wei chuckled: "You naturally like to conquer. Whether it's Yan Luan or me, it seems that they were once people you admired."

Chi Heng laughed: "I like it, so I want to become this kind of person. I am lucky to meet Ji Xian in three lives. If I am destined to meet again, Ji Xian, I owe you too much. If there is an afterlife... Ha, this life is enough Come back to Beijing someday and have a good drink."

"There is nothing owed between you and me."

"I am least worried about you. You are like a tree, not afraid of wind and rain, not afraid of the cold. Others will wither and grow with the seasons, but you are always you, whether planted in the palace wall or planted in the post road. Whether it is on the edge or planted in the deep forest, you are always a tree and will not change."

"You too."

"... What kind of tree does Ji Xian think I am?"

Shi Wei pursed his lips, and only said when Chi Heng pressed him repeatedly: "Red sandalwood is harder than iron, but it can make the best bow."

Chi Heng closed his eyes and kissed Shi Wei's lips deeply. The moist lips were as sweet as honey. He thought that he would stop with just one kiss, but once he kissed, he couldn't stop like an addiction, asking for it over and over again. Until the lips are kissed until they are crimson, the edge of the lips turns blue, and the whole body trembles uncontrollably.

Chi Heng is reluctant to part, unable to say goodbye.

Shi Wei brushed Chi Heng's forehead hair, his eyes were calm: "Chi Heng, will you come back?"

"……Why not?"

"But your expression looks like... Don't forget, don't forget that you promised, you will come back, you must come back." Shi Wei smiled and let go of Chi Heng's hand, his eyelashes were slightly lowered, concealing the inability of his eyes. Restraining the trembling, "I will send you off for thousands of miles, and I will have to say goodbye at the end. I remember you said that you don't like to see the back of others leaving. This time, I will watch you go."

Chi Heng rode away.

He was afraid that if he stopped for a step, he would not be able to leave again, but he couldn't help but rein in the galloping horse, and looked back at the figure standing still, getting smaller and smaller until it was covered by trees, roads, and green hills. He headed south without looking back.

The sky in March is filled with moist moisture.

After passing Qizhou, it was still bright and sunny in the morning, but at noon, it started to rain, and even the horse and man were drenched, and the horse became more careful when running on the muddy road.I thought it was just one day, but who would have thought that it would be covered by plum rain for several days in a row, even if it didn't rain, the brushed grass and trees would be stained with water vapor even if it didn't rain.

In this way, I arrived in Shuzhou with a layer of rain.

April is uncertain.

The north of Shuzhou River, such as Zhaojin City, is extremely prosperous. After crossing the Shuzhou River, there are mountains and plains. In March, the mountains and fields are full of flowers that are not inferior to Zhaojin. One village, one tree after another, colorful purples and reds enveloping white mist all the way, softening Chi Heng's heart.He reined in the horse that was eager to run, and greedily watched the ups and downs of the rivers and mountains covered with flowers. He remembered this mountain and this river. He once led his brothers and soldiers to step on it. Live every year.

Along the road, there are old people plowing, children playing, and couples resting in the fields.

Chi Heng moved the horses to the river to drink, and chirping birds flew down to drink with them.

The bird turned around, tapped a few times on the water, brushed the water grass and drew an arc, and flew into the forest. Chi Heng lowered his head, saw the reflection in the water, his face was gray, and the joy of new life was washed away.The sky was so clear and clear, Chi Heng put the horse aside and sat down by the stone by the river, watching the birds fly down to feed and drink, the ripples spread and gradually calmed down, he closed his eyes and listened to the birdsong , listening to the occasional ding-dong sound in the water, and listening to the farmers who walk by carrying hoes from time to time chatting loudly about homework.

It didn't take long to hear the familiar sound of horseshoes.

The horseshoes are fast.

As soon as you hear it, you know it is a good horse and a rider with superb riding skills. The horse is running very fast, passing Chi Heng quickly, hearing the horse's hoofs disappearing in the ear, and suddenly the horse neighs, and the hoofs come back suddenly After galloping, he stopped hastily. The man on the horse flew off his horse, strode over with vigorous strides, and when he was getting closer, he stepped lightly, and stopped at the side.

Chi Heng bent over and smiled.

"Hey! Wake up? Open your eyes when you wake up! I left four wives to chase you so far, so it's not idle!"

Chi Heng couldn't help laughing, and opened his eyes to see Cen Pojing wearing a gray brocade jacket, with his hands on his hips and a whip in his hand, the rough voice resounded by the calm river, shaking the birds to fly away.

"It's easy enough to go!"

Chi Heng blinked: "Why did you follow me? I'll take a random walk to relax."

"The capital is not enough for you to disperse? Go to this long-haired place to dry hair! Don't talk about what's there. The few in your family want to follow, and they are coy. I'm afraid you will be unhappy if you follow. If you don’t follow, you’re afraid that you’ll go wild if you’re loose, and you’ll be caught where you’re not, hahaha, send me to watch.”

Chi Heng raised his eyebrows, got up and flicked his clothes.

Cen Pojing was in high spirits: "Among all the cities, Xijiang and Shuzhou are the ones I have never been to. It was Liang Huzi who attacked Shuzhou back then, haha, but it took a lot of effort. Feng Zhencang was lucky enough back then , As long as Yuanzhou or Yizhou is broken, he will be invincible! Who knows that there is a general in the front, Liang Huzi in the back, and you in the back, so he was blocked alive. Looking back, thinking about it later, Heng, obviously back then we could have punched hard and helped Liang Huzi drive Feng Zhencang out of Yizhou early, instead of just helping him when he was dead."

"and then?"

"what?"

"Help him drive Feng Zhencang away, and then what? Liang Qianlie will definitely invade Shuzhou, and Feng Zhencang will definitely mobilize troops to put out the fire. There is only one result. Feng Zhencang's troops are quickly and massively consumed, and they will completely fall to Zheng Yi And Liang Qianlie was self-proclaimed king at that time, and did not belong to the Qianyuan army. If such a thorough entanglement, all the troops of Liang army will inevitably be involved, but not just the tired army. The result is that Zheng Yi will take over Feng Zhencang, and dry The Yuan army only had four or five state pools, and they were quickly swallowed up."

Cen Pojing laughed loudly: "Let's say you are treacherous! Seeing Liang Huzi and Feng Zhencang's tug-of-war! First, Feng Zhencang believed that he had a hope of winning, so he insisted on not joining forces with him; second, he allocated troops from time to time, It not only gave Liang Huzi the hope of winning, but also made him owe you, and finally voted for our Qianyuan army. I not only admire you for thinking far, but also for your ability to hold your breath-not afraid of a miss , Liang Huzi is really gone. So you can be the emperor, but I can only be a general!"

"I'm not the only one who came up with the idea."

"There is only one person who makes up his mind! It is important to make up his mind, and it is more important to be able to make up his mind. Ji Ce thinks far and wide, so he has become a military adviser and a prime minister, but he is still a little bit short of being a leader—bravery, momentum , decisiveness!" Cen Pojing slapped his thigh, "Let's not talk about those, what are you doing lying here, isn't Lieyun County in front of you? Why don't you just wave the horsewhip?"

Chi Heng smiled: "I'm timid."

"what?"

"After slaughtering a city, I'm afraid that ghosts will haunt you." Chi Heng smiled, and patted the back of his horse, "Now, with you here, I won't be afraid. You are the perfect candidate to suppress ghosts."

"Go! What are you afraid of?"

The two laughed while talking, and rode into the border of Lieyun County.As soon as the Ge family in Lieyun County was wiped out, the line of defense immediately collapsed, and Feng Zhencang quickly took it as his own back then. Now, Lieyun County has lost its title of county and belongs to Shuzhou.

The mountains and rivers have not changed much, spring is prosperous and autumn is dry.

The lush vegetation blurred the original boundaries.The two chatted about anecdotes in the army, old anecdotes, and hurried forward. Three days later, Chi Heng looked at the cracked cloud city from a distance, and he could see the dilapidation and the people coming and going. The two were suddenly silent, and stood for a while, Chi Heng said: "I still won't go in."

Cen Pojing pretended to be relaxed: "Okay! What's so interesting about a broken city!"

"It takes more than a hundred years to build a city, but it only takes one day to destroy it."

"Only if it is broken can it be erected, and if it is not broken, it will not be erected." Cen Pojing looked at the green hills in front of him faintly, "Let's go and see General Lang, where did you put him?"

"Outside Lieyun City, more than a hundred miles to the west, that mountain is like a green tomb."

The green hills are like graves, and the green graves bury the bones.

The mountains are stretched and passed through one after another. In May, the scenery is beautiful, covered with brocade and surrounded by greenery, and rhododendrons weeping blood are brilliant.

Along the way, Cen Pojing didn't talk about it, but Chi Heng talked about Yan Luan's past from time to time, for example, Yan Luan didn't like red, for example, Yan Luan was occasionally confused, for example, when Yan Luan descended from the sky like a god when attacking Leizhou, talking about These, Chi Heng's mouth curved into a smile: "Po Jing, he must have liked me very much at that time."

"Oh why?"

"...he hit me many times."

Cen Pojing grinned: "That's not the reason! Haha, I don't know if he likes you or not, but I know you like him, and you like him badly. Didn't you sleep together at that time? In your dreams, you are always bright and bright." Shouting all over the place, Rong Yue and I are nothing more than that, Wen Yunbai was woken up one day and couldn’t sleep anymore, he looked sideways at you, with dark circles around his eyes to remind you: the general is away, and the military orders are not obeyed, so don’t think about orders for a day— —In the end, you said in a daze: Yes, the distance is too far, and Lang will not be able to understand the situation, so he has to write a letter to him immediately and report in detail. I almost died laughing on the sidelines.

"Is it that obvious?"

Cen Pojing touched his face: "We are all that kind of people: whoever we like, we wish we could announce it to the world. He is mine, so don't worry about anyone else!"

Chi Heng also smiled: "No, I only care about him. What he says, I do. I like him so much. I like everything he says. I wish I could take out my heart and show him See—I liked him so much then."

Cen Pojing was a little embarrassed, he had never heard Chi Heng say such a clear word, and continued to touch his feverish face and said: "Ha, that's right. Unlike some people, they have to toss about hiding, tucking, and twisting. You see, Xu Zi told you bluntly, Zhong Xu’s child is going to die, in front of you it’s like owing him [-] to [-] yuan, behind you he’s like a little daughter-in-law, after you left, he’s still with Ji Ce It's a quarrel."

"Fight for what?"

"How can I let you come to Shuzhou alone, what if something happens, you have to come by yourself. Before Ji Ce said anything, Yan Jingtong was so angry that he refused to let him come, and if he stopped, he would take the emperor. His hat came to press him down—after a long time of quarreling, I slapped the table: I'm going!" Cen Pojing laughed loudly, "Look, brothers are still reliable."

Chi Heng smiled: "Ha, I didn't love him for nothing."

"I scratch my head every day for my four wives, and I am jealous all day long. If I am not careful, I will burn myself. Hahaha, not to mention that everyone around you is better than human beings. They are not fuel-efficient lamps. Give them all You're tamer than a horse, hey, what's the trick?"

Chi Heng raised his eyebrows: "I was tamed by them."

"Look at your virtuous smile!"

Chi Heng bent into an arc and smiled proudly. His eyes flashed with a smile: "I didn't leave anything for them. If I suddenly disappeared, I would be like a general, and I would burn it down. Pick up a few Give them a point with every bone, so that the fate can be renewed in the next life."

Cen Pojing frowned: "What nonsense?"

Chi Heng raised his head and smiled relievedly: "Let's talk casually, people, how can they think so much about the aftermath! The people I liked, really, I can't bear to let them be alone."

Cen Pojing was in a fog.

As soon as the warm wind blew, Cen Pojing's forehead was covered with sweat, and he changed the topic with a big hand: "You never mentioned Lang Jiang before, have you finally figured it out now? That's right. Everyone has their own destiny, cherish the person in front of you, and I'm sorry Two people used to live, now you also live his share, don’t you? I heard that you built a few big ships in Bingzhou for the purpose of going to the South China Sea. Ha, it’s better to be the emperor. Do whatever you want."

Chi Heng smiled: "What else have you heard?"

"There are too many. For example, a large piece of fertile land has been built in some mountains in Qizhou, and a large manor has been built by some river in Yizhou, and it is almost time to send boys and girls to the land of immortals. I didn't believe that you wanted to go back to hermit. There are so many rumors, I can't help but not believe it. Unfortunately, when I asked Ji Ce and Luo Jinghan, they all said they didn't know." Cen Pojing grinned.

"If you can't even hide it from you, how can you fool Ji Ce and Luo Jinghan?"

Cen Pojing urged: "Which of our brothers is with whom, are you still hiding it from me? To be honest, where did you fall in love with Yuanxi? Let's be neighbors! Once the emperor and the courtiers, I will disarm and return to the field!" !"

Chi Heng smiled: "You will know."

While speaking, he came to a grassy slope unknowingly, Chi Heng reined in his horse, his expression became solemn.

Cen Pojing looked around, the place is open, the slopes are undulating, Xueluo is wrapped around trees and streams are around the mountains, the scenery is green and deep, you can hear birds singing, and the rustling of leaves rubbing against each other.Cen Pojing suddenly thought of something, turned his head and said, "Is it here?"

Chi Heng's eyes were confused: "It's gone."

Is the original grave gone?

Chi Heng murmured: "I was afraid that someone would come and destroy his tomb, so I didn't pile up the grave at all. I just piled up a few stones in front of a century-old tree."

There are also big trees as far as the eye can see, but most of them are trees that are as thick as two sides, and they can only be seen for ten years; .

Cen Pojing said: "The mountain tops are very similar, let's look for them again."

Chi Heng didn't move, his eyes wandered, only clusters of blood-red rhododendrons, his frown gradually unfolded, as if he had some thoughts, he suddenly said: "Pojing, when you entered Yan Wangjun, you and I knew each other. We killed the enemy together and led the army together; later I entered the Qingzhu Temple, and you brought me back; we built the Qianyuan Army together, but I was the only emperor; now, I... only you come to me rest assured."

"Who are you and me?"

Chi Heng got off his horse, the breeze brushed his sleeves, and stared at the green hills and red flowers for a long time.

Cen Pojing felt anxious and couldn't tell what was wrong. Here, it would be more appropriate to leave Chiheng alone for a while. Cen Pojing scratched his hair and said, "I'll go and look around, find some wine and drinks. Here comes the food and drink."

Cen Pojing pulled the reins and started to gallop.

Chi Heng turned back, smiled and said: "Pojing, if there is an afterlife, I still hope to live like this."

There are few people here, and it took only a cup of tea to run into an old farmer. When Cen Pojing said, the old farmer raised his hoe and shouted: "I know, you are talking about the middle of the mountain. It used to be higher than it is now. Let me Think about it, that year, ah, that summer when the emperor massacred the city, it rained heavily for a whole month, and the landslides avalanched, and a lot of mud and sand were washed down. Let alone a single tree, I don’t know how many trees were washed away at that time ——Have you been here? You should not forget that you have been here, the mountains were so high in the past, and they were full of tall old trees."

heavy rain?Wash away all the remains?Cen Pojing lost his mind.

The old farmer coughed hard: "Bones? Don't talk about bones, even stones that have been tens of thousands of years have been washed away. Regardless of whether it was before or now, the land here is not red for thousands of miles. It rained heavily that year. Afterwards, the wild land in the middle of the mountain became red. Cough, it’s all red from the blood spattered by the current emperor’s murder.”

Field red?Is it Rhododendron?

Life is too short to experience vicissitudes. In the past ten years, half of the mountain has been cut off, old trees have been obliterated, and new flowers have grown, leaving no trace of the past. Could it be that Chi Heng's expression just now has been guessed.

Cen Pojing took the horse rope and went back step by step.

Look at the mountains stretching out, so many, so similar, but what one is looking for is only a small one of them.If good fortune does not allow, even the emperor, so what.Before he knew it, the sun was setting and Cen Pojing stopped slowly. He saw Chi Heng sitting under a clump of rhododendrons, with his legs bent and his head resting on his knees, as if he had fallen asleep.

And the guards stayed away.

Gong Ping, the head of the guard, said: "General Cen, after you left, His Majesty ordered him to stay alone for a while without disturbing him."

Cen Pojing said suspiciously: "Have you sat down for a long time?"

At that time, the setting sun was pouring down on the green hills, and the sky was majestic. The red rhododendrons in the middle of the mountain swayed with the wind, and Chi Heng remained motionless.

Cen Pojing leaned over, was about to speak, but stopped suddenly.

Chi Heng lowered one hand, and grabbed a handful of red rhododendron flowers in his hand, as if reflecting blood.Looking up, there are several red strings tied around the wrists, and the red strings are tied with half-cut red corals.The wind blew, and the petals of the azaleas patted the red coral.

In the seventh year of Qianyuan, the first emperor died at the age of 31.

In mid-June, Gong Ping and other guards knelt in front of the new emperor Yan Jingtong and tremblingly described the events of that day. The first thing was that the late emperor died without any warning; In the mountains for half a month.In desperation, Cen Pojing ordered the late emperor's body to be burned. Because of this fire, the sky cleared and the road was cleared.And all of this was witnessed by General Cen Pojing.The new emperor naturally didn't believe it, Longyan was furious and wanted to charge him with premeditated murder.

Cen Pojing didn't say a word, holding a box in his hand.

Just as he was about to go to prison, Ji Ce came to the new emperor in a trance, dressed in white, and said, "They are all innocent."

There is no impenetrable wall in the world, as soon as Ji Ce got the news, he first found a taciturn waiter who had served Chi Heng the longest.Seeing that the deal was done, the waiter talked about the witch doctor with a trembling voice, but said very lightly, changing his life, the waiter thought he was hallucinating.

The witch doctor was nowhere to be found.

No one can prove it, but what Chi Heng has done in the past year is clearly revealed, and the so-called vague pretense is really just a pretense.Exchanging life for life, whose life was exchanged, Ji Ce stood in front of Cen Pojing, his face pale: "He, really, is dead?"

Cen Pojing's face was covered with dust, and he was very depressed: "I set it on fire, whether it's dead or not, it's all turned into ashes. If you want to see it, here it is."

The black box, the scariest thing ever.

Ji Ce sat blankly beside Cen Pojing, trembling all over, as if about to cry, but there was no tear in his eyes. For a long time, Ji Ce opened the box, took out a bone, held it tightly in his hand and pressed his heart, Shaking his lips, he said, "Is he there to die? Well, that's great, how could he, how could he..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Ji Ce fell to the ground.

The second person who came to question the truth was Luo Jinghan. Luo Jinghan's face was completely unwilling to believe, and big tears rolled down: "I don't believe it, I don't believe it, he asked me to wait for him!"

Cen Pojing picked out a bone from the box and handed it to him.

Luo Jinghan clenched his hands tightly, threw a throw, and cried bitterly: "I hate you! You are too selfish! You are too self-righteous! Do you think this is the end? Do you think that this is the end? How can you only care about yourself? Forget about me completely! Why are you so cruel! Chi Heng, I hate you! I hate you!" He hated one after another until his voice became hoarse.

There are too many people coming one after another.

Cen Pojing kept silent after telling the story for the third time, and he and Ji Ce coincidentally hid the matter of "exchanging lives for lives".Grief is like a river, at first it is turbulent, and then it is calm-it looks calm, and only the grieving person knows what kind of sadness flows in his heart.Half a month later, Cen Pojing went to court and stood beside Shi Wei.

The new emperor somehow came late today.

All the people waited quietly.Cen Pojing looked at Shi Wei who was beside him, he was dressed in white, he had lost a lot of weight, and his face was calm.Shi Wei never came to ask Cen Pojing, nor did he show strong grief, just like his character.Cen Pojing sighed: "Shi Wei, I have something with me, Chi Heng said I would give it to you."

Shi Wei's eyes were expressionless.

Cen Pojing prepared good wine, night fell, Shi Wei came, the two sat in the study, silent, you drank one cup and another.Not long after, the empty wine jug was thrown on the ground, and Cen Pojing finally passed out. At the moment when his consciousness disappeared, he saw Shi Wei still drinking coldly, one cup after another, without any expression on his face.

In July, the summer is hot.

After the court, the courtiers went to the official office in twos and threes, narrating the court affairs, and when they were leaving, they suddenly saw a fast horse galloping towards them.What kind of place is this, how can horses run wild?Seeing this, the courtiers dodged away one after another, Cen Pojing held his forehead, feeling the pain intermittently.

The horse couldn't stop, and a person flew down.

Ignoring the astonishment of the surrounding people, the visitor strode straight towards Cen Pojing and immediately asked, "Where did he go!"

Before Cen Pojing came back, a courtier hurried over and said cautiously: "General Rong... King Rongzhou, are you back?"

Rong Da flicked his hand, stared at Cen Pojing and asked viciously: "Pojing, where did Chi Heng go! He died? Who believes such nonsense! Everyone in the world is dead, and he can't die Yes!" The last sentence was yelled out.

"This is true."

Rong Yue's face turned livid, and he yelled: "Who are you lying to! In the blink of an eye, the emperor has changed! In the blink of an eye, the people who went to Shuzhou will be gone! You people are fools! What abdication! What abdication! You! I think you guys are working together to usurp the throne!" After saying that, he grabbed Cen Pojing by the collar.

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